well, we sought an answer to that from bbc news and they told us: semantics were also at the heart of some other feedback we received this week, the subject matter this time the debate in the republic of ireland around last friday's referendum overturning the ban on abortion, and in particular phrase used here by emma vardy, reporting on northern ireland's possible response. the dup leader arlene foster has said her party will keep its pro—life position, and that friday's referendum in the south will have no impact on the law up here. one twitter user was prompt to pose this question. are the viewers were more concerned about the way it which by sunday bbc news was moving the story on from

the vote in the republic of ireland. in belfast today, a sense the debate now m oves in belfast today, a sense the debate now moves here. northern ireland remains the only part of the uk were abortion is illegal unless there is abortion is illegal unless there is a risk to a woman's life. abortion is illegal unless there is a risk to a woman's lifelj abortion is illegal unless there is a risk to a woman's life. i would love to see a referendum appear. again, with the parties it will probably never happen, but hopefully, it will start a bit of a conversation going.|j hopefully, it will start a bit of a conversation going. i would love the same sort of vote up here, so i would. could it happen? i don't know, not without government. grace dalton rang us with her thoughts. know, not without government. grace dalton rang us with her thoughtslj felt dalton rang us with her thoughts.” felt extremely depressed about the referendum result in ireland. it was confounded so much by bbc coverage the following day, throughout sunday night and most of monday, of supposed calls for abortion laws to be changed then in northern ireland. it seems bizarre to me that you would have a news report about calls

as though some significant number of public statements have inmate by significant figures. you vox popped people in the street, but it wasn't news, it wasn't a news story. what you were doing was to stoke more division and more controversy and hurt. the bank holiday weekend also saw an event important enough to the news that one that it featured in friday's headlines. the bbc‘s festival of music, called the biggest weekend. builders massive celebration of live music, the event is being staged in four nations across four days. arrant attainment correspondent liz is underjointly from belfast. what is happening where you are? well, the first acts came on stage just under half an hour ago, to kick off this huge music events spanning four days and four nations. it has taken months and months of effort from hundreds

upon hundreds of people and of course the most crucial ingredient is here too, and that is the passion of millions of fans across the uk. but kate merrin questioned the attention given to the biggest weekend on bbc news, writing: please let us know what you think about the subjects we are raising in this programme, or tell us your views on any other aspect of bbc news. take —— stay tuned for details on how to contact us. it has been a challenging week forjournalism, on how to contact us. it has been a challenging week for journalism, one in which a murder was reported which turned out not to have taken place, and an arrest took place which lots of people knew about but which was not reported at all for four days. the murder which never was was of course that of arkady babchenko in ukraine. at his apartment block in

the capital, kiev, with am you rolled was shot and fatally wounded, his wife told police she was in the bathroom and she heard gunfire. —— the iii—year—old. she found her husband lying in a pool of his own blood. he had been shot in the back and died in an ambulance a short time later. the problem was that arkady babchenko turned out the following day not to be dead after all, but a participant in a sting operation set up by ukrainian security services intended to foil what they said was a russian assassination plot. sarah louise ellis thought there would be egg on the faces at bbc news after falsely announcing the murder of a journalist in ukraine which was actually a sting operation. but if that was a prime example of fake news, it was a case of the news that concerned hundreds of viewers and earlier this week. last friday the former english defence league leader tommy robinson was arrested and jailed for potentially prejudicing a court case. he was broadcasting on social media outside leeds crown

court when a trial was taking place and a judge found him guilty of co nte m pt of and a judge found him guilty of contempt of court. over a quarter of a million people viewed his footage, and many were bemused there was no mention of it on mainstream media, oi’ mention of it on mainstream media, or of protests against his jailing over the weekend. james comey wandered on monday: the silence was because the judge had ordered a temporary media blackout, fearing that reports of robinson's conviction could influence the jury robinson's conviction could influence thejury in robinson's conviction could influence the jury in the very casey had broadcast about on facebook. the media challenged the ban, which was lifted on tuesday, allowing the strange tale to be told. bbc news explains.

also on tuesday bbc news brought us a story introduced here on the news at six 18 day. youtube says it has deleted more than half of the music videos which police claim are responsible for fuelling a surge in violent crime across london. the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, says the groups which feature so—called real music include lyrics which encourage knife attacks. the problem in some eyes of the audience articulated here by jennifer bates. the same day bbc news told us that

medical staff who treated the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia skripal did not expect the power to survive. here is rita chakravarthy on the news that one. in interviews with the bbc's newsnight programme the staff said at first they thought the pair had suffered a drugs overdose. mark urban reports. it isjust before 5pm on the fourth of march. we were just told that there was two patients down in the emergency department who are critically unwell and they would be coming up to the unit. sarah clamp emailed us: finally, we are used to seeing the main use here at broadcasting house in the background of broadcasts. on occasion, the staff behind the presenter seemed to catch more of the audience's attention on what is going on in the studio, and that was the case this week forjohn

going on in the studio, and that was the case this week forjothacob, who sent us this screen grab with a message. could someone have a quiet word with the security chap guarding the bbc newsroom in london? it might be that he needs a break. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs or even appear on the programme, you can call us or email us. that is all from us. we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello there. friday was another day when we had plenty of thunderstorms around but this time they were mainly focused across the northern half of the uk. flashing away across the north of wales, northern england, northern ireland and scotland, where we had some localised surface

water flooding issues as well. what catches my eye on the satellite picture at the moment is this area of cloud extending out from europe across east anglia. it is bringing outbreaks of rain. most of it's quite light but i think this will have a bearing on the weather forecast across eastern counties of england, as i'll explain in a moment. for the time being, a few splashes of rain for the next few hours across some of these eastern counties. not as murky a night as it has been, particularly across southern england, although around coastal areas there are still some patches of mist and fog. perhaps a few patches of mist, too, around the pennines and north midlands, we have the most humid air. thunderstorms developing through today. i think they will be mostly in scotland. one or two for northern ireland, one or two for east anglia. so this is how the day starts.

we will see this cloud and light rain working in across parts of norfolk, moving across lincolnshire and in across yorkshire. that might get to northumberland and durham as well later in the afternoon. what that area of cloud will do is stop temperatures rising so high. further north we can see some sunshine, with heavy thundery showers for scotland. a risk of localised flooding here, but it's not certain these showers will develop across eastern england. that cloud that i showed you might actually stop the showers from falling here. there could be a few thunderstorms, though, to the south in east anglia. southern counties of england and across southern wales, this is where the driest weather is going to be with the best of the day's sunshine. the heaviest of the downpours, i'm pretty sure, will be across scotland and maybe into east anglia. those showers will fade away through the night. on sunday, a lot of dry weather for the second half of the weekend.

not completely dry. a few showers around. northern england, parts of southern scotland, the favoured areas for catching those showers. quite a bit of cloud around the north sea coast of scotland. the best of the sunshine further south with a ridge of high pressure keeping the weather settled here. and it will be a bit warmer. temperatures could reach 25 degrees around london and the south—east. on into the early stages of next week. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: hand—delivered to the white house. a personal letter from kim jong—un, as president trump confirms the singapore summit is back on. i think we're going to have a relationship and it will start onjune i2. after weeks of political uncertainty, italy has a new prime minister. giuseppe conte leads a controversial populist government. europe, mexico and canada pledge to hit back at america's new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports,

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