the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt warns russia not to use uk citizens as "diplomatic pawns" after a british national is held on suspicion of spying new guidance says there is little evidence to suggest screentime is harmful to children, and parents are the bestjudge of how long they should spend on smart phones and other devices now it's time for newswatch, with samira ahmed. under the spotlight this week, reporting on migration. hello, and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed. on our first programme of 2019. has bbc news bought into a government narrative about a migrant crisis which doesn't really exist? and what would you like bbc news to do in the year ahead? the tradition of making new year's resolutions can be useful, though those january exercise regimes often don't last until the end of the month. so it's easy to make promises on behalf of others, so we invited those following us on twitter to tell us what resolutions they would like bbc news to make in 2019.

we will be featuring some of the many responses we got on this programme, starting with these four. we more resolutions for bbc news later. but in the meantime, while many of us were celebrating

christmas day, a0 migrants are being rescued from small boats trying to cross the english channel from france. since then, more rescues have been reported, and the government, particularly home secretar sajid javit, bbc news, have responded strongly. so too has bbc news, choosing the story as a top headline on a bbc one bulletin on for days over the past week. tonight at 10pm: the number of rising migrants trying to cross the english channel is declared a major incident by the home secretary. as more people are detained off the coast of dover today, ministers warn it is only a matter of time before lives are lost. the government defends its handling of the rise and migrants crossing the channel after calls for more patrol boats. with more than 200 people arriving in the past two months, the immigration minister blames organised crime gangs trading in human misery. this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 6pm. sajid javit says there is no easy answer, as another group of migrants are found by border officials

on the kent coast this morning. the channel migrant crossings: the home secretary questions whether they are genuine asylum seekers. a patrol boat in dover, sajid javit says that is attempting the risky trip england should be claiming asylum in france instead. there was also significant coverage on the bbc news website, where the situation was referred to as a crisis. that reflected saj id that reflected sajid javid's interpretation but was the bbc right to go along with its? a number of viewers thought not with this person writing: there was also another objection

voiced by viewers such as barbara relating to the use of the term migrants. she recorded this video for us expending the problem as she saw it. the trouble with the word immigrant is that it's now used by governments with the object of illegal or economic to encourage the british people to feel negatively towards the people crossing the channel. if the bbc chose to use the word asylum seeker or refugee that would be much closer to the truth and it would not play into the hands of government ministers who have created under continuing to encourage the so—called hostile environment. on wednesday, home editor puts the number of those

attempting the perilous journey gci’oss attempting the perilous journey across the channel into context. there are real concerns the risk these migrants are coming and the criminal gangs exploiting desperate people in terms of a threat to the uk, the major incident as the home secretary described it, the numbers are actually quite small. in the whole of 2018, 312 people in small boats were intercepted by the uk borderforce boats were intercepted by the uk border force trying enter britain. he went on to observe that many more people are intercepted trying to enter the uk through conventional ports and other modes of transport and that asylum applications are far lower than they used to be an far lower than they used to be an far lower than they used to be an far lower than in most eu countries which led him to this conclusion. so while the sites of people joined to invade the borderforce patrol while the sites of people joined to invade the border force patrol may make people feel uneasy, the impact on our country must be described as marginal at most. that conclusion gave rise to a new set of complaints voiced here by charles murray.

well, we asked our bbc edited to discuss these points but we are told no one was available and were given this statement. the statement goes on:

please do let us know your thoughts on the coverage of migration into the uk, or on any aspect of bbc news. details of how to conduct us coming up at the end of the programme. now for more on your thoughts and how would you like bbc news a change in the year ahead, importance of elsewhere urged ensure. . . a relatively positive story that led news bulletins on thursday with the news bulletins on thursday with the news that china had successfully landed a robotic spacecraft on the far side of the moon. as part of its coverage, bbc news showed this

animation of the probe landing but some viewers were unimpressed with paul smith e—mailing: a staple of new year's media coverage is the annual increase in train fares, complete with the satisfied commuters. tom burridge reported on this years ticket price rises on wednesday. from today, ticket increased by 3% in england and wales, scotland, the rise is slightly smaller. northern ireland's rail system is different, and there is no increase today. it means that an annual season ticket from bradford dillyn leyds will cost £32 more, someone bradford dillyn leyds will cost £32 more, someone commuting from writing

into london will an extra £140. tony cedillo thought this all had a familiarair. after a very busy year, news of the christmas and new year was quiet with shorter bulletins and your staff on duty, that gave been used in all the opportunity to run its usual series of reviews of the year, hard—core programmes covering 2018 developments in the field of politics, science, sports, the media and other areas. but bob richard scott the occupied by that too much airtime over scott the occupied by that too much air time over the holiday period writing this week: before we go, your final suggestion

for 2019 resolutions. james dean's think bbc news should: thank you for those and for all your comments this week, we will see how many of those challenges are taken up many of those challenges are taken up by many of those challenges are taken up by bbc editors. we would really like to tell good and what concerns you about bbc news current affairs,

it might even appear on the programme, you can call us here or e—mail news watch you can treat us at news watch bbc and watch previous editions of interviews on our website at the address for that is bbc .co .uk/ news watch. that's all from us and we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week, goodbye. good evening, very mixed fortunes today in the sunset —— sunshine, for some the skies remained, the clear and we got to see some scenes like this one. this was from a weather watcher interested but further north in cumbria the skies were much greater, a lot of crowd around and i think as we head through the weekend, it is grounds that will tend to win out, it will stay largely dry but it will often be quite cloudy. we have got an area of high pressure for me in charge at the moment it's been here for the

last few days. the areas of crowd just circulating around it and i think even in those places where the skies have been clear, parts of the west cou ntry skies have been clear, parts of the west country for example up into wales and the midlands will tend to bring a bit more cutting us when you had to the west of the night. we will keep some clear skies here but it might get a bid to hear, touch of frost also in the clear skies for north east england and scotland you could be touch and frost and it will be chilly underneath the crowd. the exception to that is the far northeast of scotland because they are coming in off the atlantic. the northwest of scotland i should say will see that slightly milder weather and as we go into tomorrow, you get the picture by now. a lot of crowd on the map, still potentially some sunny crowd on the map, still potentially some sunny spells across northeast england and eastern scotland. i think the sunny spells tend to fit in with crowd across the southwest of england and the temperature is paid back to between five and 8 degrees. a small change as we go through saturday evening we will see this band of patchy rain moving across northern ireland and scotland

and that is associated with a very wea k and that is associated with a very weak frontal system which is going to push its way further south as we go into sunday. taking cloud with it, sunday looks like a pretty cloudy day across much of england and wales particularly maybe dias pa rt and wales particularly maybe dias part of drizzle from the thicket of this crowd crowding over again and i'm hopeful we'll see some sunshine across the north of scotland and the temperatures still single digits in the north was something milder showing its hand down towards the southwest and then a bigger change as he get into monday, the steep area of low pressure will be pushing towards the north of the uk, bringing some outbreaks of rain but also some produced strong gusty winds and northern parts of scotland could see wind gusts of 60, 70 or 75 mph. then tuesday we will see strong winds whipping down the east coast of england as well. further south not quite as windy, will be breezy, still dry and cloudy not quite as jenny as it has been. some changes ahead but a pretty quiet weekend. this is bbc world news today.

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