in the united states, this is how the doubt and the nasdaq are getting on. now it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed. hello and welcome to news watch. victory for england in the world cup on monday, but we hear why not all bbc news viewers were celebrating. and newsnight‘s emily make cliff has a run—in with a german politician. but first —— the first full week of the world cup divided the nation, into happy and often excited fans, and disgruntled and often angry nonindigenous. many of the latter felt the tv schedules and news outlets were being taken over by football, with england's first game on monday already the top headline 12 hours before it kicked off. you're watching... the way is almost

over, england make their debut at the 2018 world cup. this morning, the 2018 world cup. this morning, the team have appealed for fans to get behind them as they prepare to ta ke get behind them as they prepare to take on tunisia tonight. we aren't there to lay up, we will go there and give it a go. julian green -- grey tweeted her dissatisfaction with that. the news channel and bbc one news bulletins continue to look forward to the match during the course of the day. and to look back to england's victory the following day when it gave top billet —— billing. that trumpet carol peters to co nta ct billing. that trumpet carol peters to contact us and say —— sent us this video. i'm very aware ofjust how important england pack —— playing in the world cup right now is to the people of the uk, but i question if it actually suitable to

be the lead story of headline news on bbc breakfast as it was on 19 june. at a time when we have so many other news stories going on, the refugee crisis of italy, brexit, trump's america, and holding children away from the parents. but no, instead we get england winning one football match at the world cup as the headline news story. bbc brea kfast as the headline news story. bbc breakfast has an excellent sports bulletin, and it was extensively covered there. so why was also covered there. so why was also covered as the headline news story? i have no objection to it being a pa rt i have no objection to it being a part of the news campaign, but have we really got the proportionality right when it is the lead story? i say not. other parts of bbc news we re say not. other parts of bbc news were also under attack for succumbing to world cup fever, with one anonymous caller to our phone line and putting it like this. one anonymous caller to our phone line and putting it like thislj cannot line and putting it like this.” cannot for the life of me understand why reports from the world cup are

being put in the news programmes when either the bbc is showing a live match, or there is a highlights package later on. and quite frankly, bbc, i think you have far too many people out in russia covering the world cup. you have got people from the sports department and the news department telling us the same thing, and it's absolutely disgraceful. for some viewers, the focus on the england team in particular isn't just focus on the england team in particular isn'tjust pushing other nonsporting stories out of news bulletins, but also demonstrates an unwelcome favouritism towards one particular part of the united kingdom. kara mcallister put it like this. and bill colville, look forward to

the traditional end of england's football dreams. as we mentioned last week, it's notjust the presence of football in news programmes that annoys some news watch viewers, but the d's —— decreasing the of news to watch. as those programmes are sometimes moved or shortened to make way for live coverage of the world cup on bbc one. james rogers recorded his thoughts outlining his objection to that practise. i was surprised to find that monday's 6pm news had been reduced to ten minutes. given the football did not kick off until 7pm, why was it not possible to have a full half—hour programme? several minutes of the short 6pm news

programme were also devoted to football. come on, bbc, there is time on monday in the schedule for both a full half—hour news programme, particularly the full half—hour regional news, and also this could have been done before football kick—off. this could have been done before football kick-off. while we did want to discuss the impact of world cup programming on the duration and timing of the news bulletins, but bbc scheduling declined our request, instead giving us this statement. we plan to discuss the way bbc news

is handling the world cup with a senior editor at some point and the next few weeks, so please continue to let us know your views on that and any aspect of bbc news. we are particularly keen to hear those able to reach a bbc studio to record an interview or discussion on friday afternoon. stay tuned for details on how to contact us after the programme. on tuesday evenings newsnight, emily make cliff interviewed the deputy leader of germany's nationalist party afd on the subject of her party's immigration policy. the two clashed over the direction of crime figures since germany's recent influx of migrants. it's fake news to say the numbers have been going down, that our country is configured, it's not. you know that's all wrong, don't you? you you know that's all wrong, don't you ? you have you know that's all wrong, don't you? you have the lowest crime rates

since 1992, a 25 year low. you know that violent crime rates are down... i'm telling you that that's what you're it interior minister said. why would you contradict the official status from your own interior minister? you're using crime figures to scare people. you don't have to shout at me when you're doing an interview. that interview produced some strongly felt and varied responses. some members of the audience felt she was not an appropriate guest, with catherine lenin tweeting... the opposite opinion was expressed in this post from lee brailsford. immigration policy also provided controversy in the united states from where nick brandt reported on

wednesday, on president trump's decision to stop the much criticised separation of undocumented migrants and their children. zero pulp -- zero tolerance immigration policy has provoked outrage across america and around the world. so today for the president, that rare thing, a reversal, a climb—down. all it took to end child separation was the flourish of his pen. this woman felt the full story was not being accurately reported. she e—mailed... three years ago, the bbc launched a

new news app that provides us with a more personalised news experience on mobile and tablets. but at the end of last month, those using the app via kindle fire devices suddenly found they could no longer do so, and many of them were not happy. michael bryan asked... —— michael brya n michael bryan asked... —— michael bryan asked... and alan lovett wrote... but i'm afraid that looks unlikely, as neil mc alpine has written on a blog. monday's good morning britain on itv

had a scoop, an interview with thomas markel, whose absence at the recent wedding of his daughter to prince harry was something of a media frenzy. bbc news carried clips of the interview, which was discussed by nicholas witchel on the news channel. i'm sure the main point he wanted to make was that he had wanted to be there to walk his daughter down the aisle. he a p pa re ntly daughter down the aisle. he apparently had these hard problems, but he was watching it on the television, saying he was very proud and upset not to have been there.

tinges and tweeted his reaction... 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 on 03700106676, or e—mail news watch. you can find us on twitter at news watch bbc, but look at our website, the address for that is bbc .co .uk/ news watch. that's all from us, we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news again next week. goodbye. we are in for a beautiful weekend, lots of sunshine on the way, and we can certainly say that seller is well and truly here. we are actually infora well and truly here. we are actually in for a prolonged spell of very dry weather, which is not great news for

those who would like some rain, it's not on the horizon. uv levels of during the weekend, and also the pollen levels will be very high across many parts of the country. here is the recent satellite, you can see quite a bit of cloud just to the north here. weatherfronts that will be very lightly skirting with northern parts of the uk over the next couple of days, or for most of the country, it will certainly remain sunny through tonight. and this night will be a little on the net beside, first thing in the morning, temperatures will be down to the single figures, but really from tomorrow night onwards, those temperatures will start to rise overnight. the weather map for saturday, high—pressure sitting wrapped up in the uk, unexpected to budge for a long time come. these weather fronts just brushing northern parts of the country, so hockney and shelton will get some rain, possibly northwest of scotland, but south of that is looking sunny. the lowlands and

northern ireland will have temperatures in the teens in the south on saturday, temperatures will be getting up to 25 celsius. and here are the pollen levels for saturday. you can see how high they are across much of the country, even as hard as high as parts of central scotland. sunday's forecast, even in low it, just a little bit of clout with sunny spells to the south of that, and temperatures are rising nationwide, so no longer in the teens across the north, but we are talking about temperatures into the 20s for northern ireland and scotland, central southern scotland, and in the mid—20s in the south. so and in the mid—20s in the south. so a very warm day on the way on sunday, the is still very much there on monday, wednesday, thursday, and any front towards the north of iceland there. europe will basically be heating up through the next week, a heat wave developing across europe, we will be feeling the

effect of the warmth wafting in our direction. here's a selection of places widely into the mid—20s, we might be approaching 30 degrees or so as we head through the middle parts of the week. so a prolonged speu parts of the week. so a prolonged spell of dry weather on the way at the moment, with absolutely no sign of any the moment, with absolutely no sign ofany rain. this is bbc world news today. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories... president trump tackles the dispute over his immigration policy head on, by appearing with families whose loved ones were murdered by illegal immigrants. your loss will not have been in vain. we will secure our borders and we will make sure that they are properly taken care of eventually. the word will get out, you've got to have a safe country. the united nations accuses venezuela's security forces of killing hundreds of people under

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