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england's women have overtaken france to move up to third in the fifa world rankings. they jump just one place after their qualification for next year's world cup. scotland's qualification moves them up two spots, to their best ever position of 19th. well, that's almost all we've got time for, butjust a reminder before we go of a wonderful afternoon for europe and an historic one too. the last time they won all four matches in a session came back in 1989 when seve ballesteros and jose maria olazabal led the way in the four—balls. and, just as this year, europe had been 3—1 down before that comeback too. in 1989, it ended as a iii—all tie. we could have some drama ahead! and you can follow it all on the bbc sport website, with the latest scores, analysis and thunder claps from paris... head over to bbc.co.uk/sport from all the team here on sports day — bye for now. and now i claim a fake news is
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investigated and disproved. hello, and welcome to news watch with me. an atrocity in cameroon, how the bbc proved that footage was genuine and not fake news. and how should reporters interview those who have gone through or witnessed for medical events? first, it has been a week of big speeches, i day beforejeremy corbyn address the labour party conference,
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donald trump spoke to the general assembly of the united nations about the measures his administration had taken against iran. last month he began reimposing hard—hitting nuclear sanctions that have been —— that had been listed under the brand deal. additional sanctions will resume november five and deal. additional sanctions will resume novemberfive and more deal. additional sanctions will resume november five and more will follow. that phrase that more would follow, was misheard by someone at bbc world news as war will follow their resulting in this unfortunate to me. the response... a clarification was quickly issued explaining the tweet, but the offending post stayed on mind being shared thousands of times without that clarification until the
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following day when it was deleted. that error led to cries of fake news and that charge was leveled again after this shocking video featuring soldiers in cameroon began to circulate widely injuly. these women and children are being led to their deaths. some claim this atrocity took place in mali. others said it was filmed in the far north of cameroon where government soldiers have been fighting vocal around since 2014. —— the story was taken up... the reporter therejoins me now from nairobi to explain what happened next. thank you for coming on. once that video went viral, what was the response of the government? well, initially the government in cameroon denied that these were their soldiers. that this killing happened on cameroon soiled. and they continued to deny and call this
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fa ke they continued to deny and call this fake news. usually you would expect that with the kind of clues we had that with the kind of clues we had that had to do with the uniforms the soldiers were wearing and the ammunition they had on the government said that this was not typical of soldiers in the far north of the country where this video was recorded. but that is where the investigation came in and were able to uncover that. talk me through some of the other things that you set about proving to be able to show this video was authentic. the uniforms is one. we have been watching some of the footage. showing how you pieced together the story. what else did you look at? first of all with the location. to find out where it was, there was a lot of conversation going on involving researchers on twitter and they were reaching out wondering where is this. there had been clues that this was cameroon, listening to
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the soldiers talk about the people, the soldiers talk about the people, the two women in the video accusing them of being members of boko haram. that was already a clue that only four countries fighting boko haram, three of which are french—speaking. then going on there is a background —— there is a mountain in the background, mountain ridge, using that ridge investigators were able to match it to a town which is in northern cameroon. from there, they we re northern cameroon. from there, they were able to use tools like google earth and other online platforms, open source techniques to match it. finding the location, using google maps, looking at the buildings that appear in the video. the dirt track as well that they walk—on. piecing these clues together. how long did this take in order to verify the topography? is painstaking work. it
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started injuly topography? is painstaking work. it started in july and topography? is painstaking work. it started injuly and it took a few weeks. about 15 people worked on it. both that the bbc and outside. painstaking work, daily work. that involved putting heads together. some people were not particular experts in their day—to—dayjob, but these were people who were passionate about using open source technique and spending time on it to bring out this investigation. you are gathering information from the public. are there dangers using crowd sourcing? absolutely, we talk about the fake news phenomenon in which the cameroon government talked about when they denied this claim. obviously there are lots of videos going around on the internet, on social media and it is very difficult to verify a lot of them. at the same time, there are a lot of tools. the same way this video has
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been verified, there are lots of tools, even though... the average person can use to verify these videos. as much as it's difficult, there are solutions. thank you so much. now, one concern that is regularly raised is over interviews with just undergone or witnessed somatic events such as a terrorist attack. after last here's terrorist attack, a number of viewers posted online how they objected to how it was being covered in the press. one user said they had to turn the tv off because she was appalled how do journalists are pushing traumatise children for interviews. another greek... —— another agreed. the bbc has developed new training
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for its journalists as to how to handle such interviews. i am joined by these two exports. experts. judith, you repeated the map reported on the aftermath of the manchester arena bombing. what were some of the experiences?” manchester arena bombing. what were some of the experiences? i think the first moments, this couple of days, it was a very intense time. it was relatively chaotic. the news was quickly rolling around the clock. you spoke about people people who we re you spoke about people people who were traumatised being seen on the scene. i got to know some of those people who lost loved ones in the attack. it was only by talking to them over a longer period that we started to build up trust with each other and a relationship, which i am
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pleased to say in some cases continues until today. that is one of the lessons that i learned reporting this attack. it is not something that was appropriate for us something that was appropriate for us to turn up and report and then leave and forget about it. here in manchester and beyond, and attack with so many others which resonates which has left people's lives changed forfor which has left people's lives changed for for ever. we which has left people's lives changed forfor ever. we have which has left people's lives changed for for ever. we have a responsibility for covering that. you have written a book about this. can you tell us what sort of advice you are giving is mac yes, as you are hearing so many of us can be working so closely to people who are emotionally vulnerable. and they are very much at the heart of this. the message to the reporters is do your job, do it well, do no harm. it is about being a human being and
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professional. we look at openness, transparency is, at managing expectations. our use of body language and language. and the all—important skill of listening to what people are trying to tell us. getting our facts right. that basic trust when people have entrusted their story to us. we applied this good practise to each step the reporting process. two approaching the relationships as you heard, to interviewing, the filming with them, which is often out of their comfort zone and to writing about them and framing their stories. judith can you tell me a bit more about what did happen after the manchester arena bombing? we know people reported about getting really intrusive questions by some journalists. we know because the families spoke to someone about the
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damaging... one family told me that inside their children had discovered that their brother had died by reporters coming to the door. and that prompted us at the bbc to see whether we could do something about this. whether we could together those experiences to learn from them and to teach journalists, notjust within the bbc, but externally to the bbc academy about the way things are done and should not be done and to see whether there can be some kind of improvement. we know that in the aftermath of these terrible incidents, journalists have a duty to report. what is the view now on the wisdom of broadcasting interviews with relatives who might say they are willing, but they break down in the interview and it d istresses down in the interview and it distresses viewers who feel the bbc‘s perhaps should not be broadcasting this. parent two children were killed, and children
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whose parents have died and survivors of abuse have gone on film. they were all interviewed by a numberof film. they were all interviewed by a number of reporters at a time of great distress. on film, they spell out what they liked and disliked about the process. a teenage girl who has a mum who died, she said don't switch the cameras off because i consider that a disservice at not showing the wrongness of my emotion. young boys who delude man whose dad died saidi young boys who delude man whose dad died said i needed a minute, i need a break. everyone is different. it is so important to treat them as individuals and to listen to how they want to be treated. and that goes back to preparing them, talking to them and giving them control. judith annjo, to them and giving them control. judith ann jo, thank to them and giving them control. judith annjo, thank you both so much. thank you for all of your comments this week. do call us with your thoughts. or e—mail us. on
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twitter as well. have a look at our website. that is all from us. we will be back to hear your opinions about bbc news coverage next week. goodbye. good evening. a coolerfeel good evening. a cooler feel right across the country, but at least there was some sunshine to compensate. quite a lot across england and well. but cloud into scotland. the cloud will continue to thicken and the winds will start to pick up as well. temperatures are holding up, but elsewhere where there are clear skies low figures are not out of the question. a touch of frost and submit patches. there will be some lovely sunshine from the beginning across the bulk of the country. the cloud will thicken. and
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the wind will pick up as well. highs of 12 to 18 degrees. this weather front will come slowly styled we getting all the time. a band of cloud making its way through the midlands making its way through parts of wales. at the star of the new month is cooler but largely dried. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. the us senatejudiciary committee approves president trump's supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, 11 votes to ten, allowing him to move one step closer to being appointed to the us supreme court. but a final vote in the senate may be delayed after a republican senator called for a week's delay, to allow the fbi to investigate sexual abuse allegations against the nominee. i think it would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to,
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