levels of rain and flooding. hurtling towards the us's east coast with growing windspeed, the authorities fear hurricane florence could have a deadly impact on several states with virginia and the caroline is the hardest hit. a major and serious event no doubt, but some viewers were struck by the contrast between the coverage given for most of the week to hurricane florence and the super typhoon which at the same time was being forecast to make la ndfall same time was being forecast to make landfall in the philippines on saturday. trevor e—mailed on thursday from hong kong. neverfar never far from neverfarfrom a news bulletin is the former foreign secretary bolan

—— boris johnson. on the former foreign secretary bolan —— borisjohnson. on sunday bbc news reported on allegations about his private life which featured him on the sunday paper. —— in one sunday paper. and another article in the newspaper in which mrjohnson claimed the brexit discussions had "wrapped a suicide vest" around the british population. borisjohnson continued boris johnson continued to feature in news bulletins across the week, as did serena williams who last saturday's us open tennis final after a dramatic outburst. incensed at accusations of foul play, she directed her anger at umpire carlos ramos was saying "you will never ever be on another court of mind."

she called him a thief and said he had stolen a point from her, that prompted him to escalate the penalty by awarding an entire game to the eventual winner naomi osaka. after the match williams claimed she was fighting for a greater cause than simply her own. jenny wondered... if you have been hooked by bbc one's sunday night series bodyguard, and millions have, amid the occasionally fanciful plot lines you may have come across some familiar faces and voices. in this scene from the first episode the fictional home secretary appears alongside real—life andrew

maher. home secretary how anxious should we be about this terrorist threat, is there another one around the corner? we are a target, we can't be complacent. i am committed to supporting our security services by giving them greater powers to confront greater threats. the government is intent on forcing through a beefed up regulation of investigatory powers act this year, this... andrew maher is not the only one preparing his best actor a cce pta nce one preparing his best actor acceptance speech. there are plenty of other bbc news staff as well. we simply do not know... in the second, for many months have been deepening divisions between her and the prime minister, the two at odds over their approach to security. home secretary julia montague was among those injured in the blast at st matthew 's college. the attack on home secretary julia 's college. the attack on home secretaryjulia montague was carried out by a sniper firing from the roof

of the nearby office building. the government appears to have gained access to the roof by posing as a tradesman but took his own life before he could be questioned. the emergency services were alerted at around five o'clock yesterday. there is now speculation that the initial findings suggest... the use of the familiar bbc news studios and branding and the presence of ten other bbc news presenters and reporters in the series so far no doubt adds to the authenticity of the story we are watching, but very lies the problem for some viewers. of course this is not the first time

that dramas or films have used genuine news reporters in this way and the bbc does have some editorial guidelines on those, which said: to discuss this further i am joined by gavin allen, the bbc‘s control of daily news programmes. under your own editorial guidelines, if it is causing concern, why do you allow it? people might disagree with the use of it but it is not causing concern. there is no question that eve ryo ne concern. there is no question that everyone is clear this is not a drama —— this is a drama, not a documentary. the concern would be if you thought this was actually happening, that it was a real news event. nobody thinks that. high profile presenters should not be used in their usual new setting, thatis used in their usual new setting, that is what viewers say is wrong with bbc journalists. that is what viewers say is wrong with bbcjournalists. there are that is what viewers say is wrong with bbc journalists. there are two things to this. there are visual clues, very clear visual and audio clues, very clear visual and audio clues, in the clips you have just showed, if you look at the andrew

maher example, yes, he is on set but he is not filmed in any way you would ever see on his show, the tv screens are over someone's shoulder, you are looking at the background and people in the background around the set. it is very clear... was that deliberate? absolutely. there is radio reports where music is played over it. you would not get that on our programme. it is all in compliance with the guidelines. that on our programme. it is all in compliance with the guidelinesm isa compliance with the guidelinesm is a bit subtle isn't it? nobody actually thinks clearly hawse is the home secretary. no one thinks the bloke playing the prime minister is... it is very important, this is a drama, you are trying to enhance the drama, having people like andrew maher another is in it allows you to lose yourself in that drama will stop the other way to see it is that so stop the other way to see it is that so far we have had 14 bbc news figures appearing, including today programme presenters and radio presenters. was this a public

strategy to build the brand of the bbc news resent is? no. when these requests coming it is the head of department and often me who assesses the crypt, —— script, assesses the content, is a reputational damage, are you causing confusion or concern, is it undermining the credibility of the presenter, you make a judgement on whether it is reasonable for this person to be in a bbc production and in this case, myjudgement was yes. a bbc production and in this case, my judgement was yes. news element of this runs through all the episodes, the bbc wants a campaign only recently to tackle fate news, and this does not help. it does any viewer actually think this is news? fake news about intentionally misleading or skewing the news. this is an skewing the news, it is enhancing the drama, they are very different. it is trying to have a certain realism. we have learnt that people caught up in recent terrorist

attacks have said that they stopped watching bodyguard because they found the presence of all these real bbc news journalist unsettling. found the presence of all these real bbc news journalist unsettlinglj think bbc news journalist unsettling.” think it would be unsettling if you have been caught up, i don't want to minimise that if you have been caught up in a real terrorist incident, seeing a drama about a terrorist incident is... they said they were able to watch it but it was the presence of the bbc news journalists who they knew from reporting real scenarios, that is what of them. it is difficult to ta ke what of them. it is difficult to take that into account when you are trying to enhance a drama and put into that something that makes it more credible and allows you as a viewer to lose yourself within it. to ta ke viewer to lose yourself within it. to take into account everything, every individual person's reaction to the drama. what viewers who are concerned are saying, winnow there isa concerned are saying, winnow there is a long history of abc news appearing on other programmes and having some fun with it there is doctor who, morecambe and wise, but it is not confuse people when it is

sci—fi or comedy, but this was a drama. who is being confused by it? name one person who actually confuse this was a news event and naturally was a terrorist attack will stop there is an ethical unease about it. is there a? ethically, yes, if you feel you are undermining trust in bbc news, but i absolutely adamantly don't think this diminishes trust in bbc news in any way. thank you for your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs or appear on the programme you can call us: or e—mail us: programme you can call us: or e—mail us: you programme you can call us: or e—mail us: you can programme you can call us: or e—mail us: you can find us on twitter and do have a look at our website the address is: that is all from us, we will be back next week. goodbye. hello again.

before we look at the weather in the uk let us have a round—up of what is happening with the storms elsewhere in the world. for northern parts of the philippines battered by typhoon mangkhut, that is heading out into the south china sea, not far away from hong kong on sunday, not as powerful by this stage. back over the pacific, into north america, where we find florence. that will weaken over land this weekend it will continue to bring flooding rains to the carolinas. this area of cloud contains remnants of an ex—hurricane that could be heading our way next week. this weekend, bit of a mixed bag. wetter windier weather in the north—west that will start to push its way will start to push its way into england and wales next sunday. the best of the weather will be in the south—east. we have this link of drizzly rain across northern england. perhaps even into north wales. the wetter weather a rise as the winds pick up in the afternoon across northern ireland and into western scotland. elsewhere dry weather. the difference in temperatures in the sunshine. through the evening and overnight

you can see how this rain develops more widely in northern ireland, in scotland, pretty heavy rain. quite windy out there as well. some of that will edge of the irish sea. the south—east dry and clear. and across the board it should be quite a warm night on saturday night. the rain should move away from scotland and northern ireland. being replaced by sunshine and showers in the north—west. the rain gets stuck across northern england, wales, not far from the south—west. the east midlands, east anglia, the south—east likely to be warm but towards the north—west of the uk a different story, quite a bit cooler with the show is coming in was the south—east, the temperatures continuing to creep up and up. into the early part of next week, this area of low pressure contains remnants of ex—hurricane helene. it will drive its way quickly northwards up the western side of the uk. uncertainty about the detail.

the winds will collect really picking up as it sweeps its way the winds look like really picking up as it sweeps its way northwards and is threatening to bring heavy rain briefly as well. the system has come from a long way south and contains tropical air. that will be felt across the east and south—east of the uk for monday and tuesday. it will be not as warm in the north and west of the uk. stronger winds. rain for a while. towards the south—east this is where temperatures will continue to climb into the mid—20s. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. our top stories: hurricane florence is pounding the carolina coast with powerful winds and devastating rain. several fatailities are reported, with predictions of more storm surges to come. super typhoon mangkhut has made landfall in the north—western philippines, with winds of over 200 kilometres per hour.

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