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 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

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 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 in most eu countries which led him to this conclusion. so while the sites of people joined to invade the borderforce 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 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 commuting from writing into london will an extra £140. tony cedillo thought this all had a familiar air. 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 pritchard thought

they 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 thinks 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 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/newswatch. that's all from us and we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week, goodbye. hello, once again. just because a big area of high pressure is dominating the weather across many parts of the british isles, and it's dry for many, it doesn't mean to say that we're all in the same boat. as we see here, quite a transformation in the day, once the cloud peeled away to reveal those gloriously blue skies. but, if you kept the cloud right throughout the day,

well, then it was pretty leaden fare, despite the fact, as i say, it was dry for the most part. and here we are, many of us through the course of the weekend, again, largely dry, often cloudy. and that's because there's quite a lot of moisture trapped in the lower levels of the atmosphere, under the influence of the high pressure there. a frontal system will eventually show its hand across the north—western quarter of the british isles. we'll talk more about that in just a second. so that cloud shield isn't complete, by any means at all, and if it breaks for any length of time into the first part of saturday, you will end up with a chilly start to your day, although there will be some sunshine to compensate. that could well be the case across parts of wales, down into the south—west. but i think, as the morning proceeds, so perhaps some of those gaps will fill in. again, much of england and wales will be cloudy, but dry. the best of the sunshine perhaps to the eastern side of the pennines, up into the eastern side of scotland. temperatures nothing to write home about for the time of year, pretty average, four to around seven, the exception the western isles of scotland.

but here, late in the day, the cloud thickens all the while, so too into northern ireland, and you eventually end up with a wee bit of rain. i don't think it's going to amount to very much at all. it's tied in with that weather front, which, as we move from saturday into sunday, will just tumble its way through the area of high pressure, tending to lose what little potency it had. and you'll notice that one portion was away towards the continent. another eventually flicks back towards northern ireland, so maybe some brightness here for a time, but then the cloud comes back later in the day. enough about the cloud for there to be the odd spot of rain, perhaps, across the heart of england and wales. the best of the sunshine in the day further north across the greater part of mainland scotland. temperatures may be up a touch or two across particularly the south—western quarter, just picking up on more of a south—westerly flow. but, as i take you from sunday to monday, the eyecatcher is a vigorous area of low pressure passing very close by to the northern portions of britain, before it dives through the north sea and off towards denmark. whilst that's around, and with so many isobars on the charts, it's no great surprise that when i show you the gust values on monday and tuesday for a number of locations across northern and north—eastern britain,

well, 50, 60, possibly even 70 mph. not everybody will see that, by any means at all. come a little bit further south and west, a quieter couple of days in prospect. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: political lines are drawn over the us government shutdown. democrats and president trump square off as he says he is prepared for it to last months. he said he'd keep the government closed for a very long period of time — months, or even years. we won't be opening until it's solved. we think this is a much bigger problem. the border is a much more dangerous problem, it's a much bigger problem, it's a problem of national security. us stocks soar after the head of america's central bank says

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