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yeah, yeah. one reason agnetha and frida were happy to rejoin abba was an agreement that they didn't have to do any of the interviews. but even still, this reunion is set to be very short lived. i've said that's it. i don't want to do another abba album. but, i'm not alone in this — there are four of us. the ladies might be able to do that. yeah. it'll take them to do it, a chilly. yeah, i think so! colin paterson, bbc news, stockholm. the headlines on bbc news... three board members including the chairman of yorkshire county cricket club have resigned over the club's handling of racism experienced by former player azeem rafiq. former england capatin michael vaughan was accused of making a racist comment to players — something he denies — the bbc says he won't be presenting his cricket programme next week. greta thunberg leads thousands of young activists through the streets of glasgow
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to demand action on climate change at cop26 now on bbc news it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed. hello and well continues watch. has bbc news gone over the top and wasn't really necessary to send so many and presented the glasgow burning fossil fuels in the process? you could scarcely have failed to notice that we are in the middle of cop 26 the climate conference in glasgow billed as a crucial moment in the battle to halt the rising global warming. in the battle to halt the rising globalwarming. from in the battle to halt the rising global warming. from the start of the week it was clear at the bbc was putting out all the stops to cover
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the summit. seeping into glasgow, leaders from around the world ready for make or break talks on the future of our planet. there to greet them, per mr borisjohnson and un secretary general you guterres as one by one they arrived. fresh from the g20 talks in rome, it's a roll call of more than 100 world leaders. but even before proceedings got under way in glasgow, and he e—mailed us to ask is it possible to have one knees but it didn't work climate change doesn't get rammed down our throats please? and if you recall the thought bbc news is ramping up the propaganda on climate. the website pointed out that on monday of the 1a stories about climate at the time of its news website none appeared in the top ten most read list. sam and garrett thought that was one of the things that make the bbc�*s a remarkable.
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others to a sign of the bbc overestimated the audience interest in and the environment and with another source of annoyance as well. there's a mountain to climb in terms of this problem. there's a mountain to climb in terms of this problem-— of this problem. thank you david. i'm a of this problem. thank you david. m a science _ of this problem. thank you david. i'm a science editor. _ of this problem. thank you david. i'm a science editor. i _ of this problem. thank you david. i'm a science editor. i should - i'm a science editor. i should explain this in one part of the conference arena which is just across the river from conference arena which is just across the riverfrom bbc conference arena which is just across the river from bbc scotland and in another part of the arena we canjoin our political and in another part of the arena we can join our political editor lower ). it complained that will be very familiar to regular news watch the race. is it really necessary for you be broadcasting on the steel and susan martin made this more general point about the staffing of
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the conference: the iamjoined i am joined now from the climate conference in glasgow by angus fox ? foster who leads the team for bbc news. thank you for coming onions watch. that start with how much coverage. there's been a lot of coverage, did you overestimate public interest in it? i coverage, did you overestimate public interest in it?— coverage, did you overestimate public interest in it? i don't think so. audiences _ public interest in it? i don't think so. audiences are _ public interest in it? i don't think so. audiences are increased - public interest in it? i don't think so. audiences are increased and | so. audiences are increased and interested in the story. we measure audience interest every months. the climate change consistently this year has been building up and up in the ranking and yes we absolutely do
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have a lot of coverage on monday and tuesday with about a hundred world leaders in glasgow which is the biggest meeting of world leaders in history but as soon as that was over on wednesday we switched away and many of our bulletins with the covid—19 situation. many of our bulletins with the covid-19 situation.— many of our bulletins with the covid-19 situation. this is cop 26, is a more important _ covid-19 situation. this is cop 26, is a more important than - covid-19 situation. this is cop 26, is a more important than the - covid-19 situation. this is cop 26, | is a more important than the others i have gone before?— i have gone before? that's a good cuestion. i have gone before? that's a good question- i _ i have gone before? that's a good question. i think— i have gone before? that's a good question. i think the _ i have gone before? that's a good question. i think the way - i have gone before? that's a good question. i think the way i - i have gone before? that's a good question. i think the way i would i question. i think the way i would answer that is given the scale of the problems and the magnitude of the problems and the magnitude of the catastrophic impact it should have on the way many of our populations will be affected. given the scale of that, what tools do we have to train delicious and at the moment there is only one tool right here where i am this is the only way the government has so far found to try to deal with climate change and
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come together and act in a consensual way. come together and act in a consensualway. even come together and act in a consensual way. even though there hugely laborious and dysfunctional and sometimes don't make as much progress as everyone lives like they're all we've got so it's important that we are here understanding what's working and what is not and explaining that the people and they want to understand how the problem will be selves. they don't want to be told at the end of the world and we can't figure it out. , , , ., . . , out. on this issue more than any other they're _ out. on this issue more than any other they're asking _ out. on this issue more than any other they're asking what's - out. on this issue more than any other they're asking what's the l out. on this issue more than any i other they're asking what's the bbc doing sending people like you edwards and all of these reports presenters of the glasgow and they're just reading links or presenters of the glasgow and they'rejust reading links or doing interviews that can be done on remotes?_ interviews that can be done on remotes? , . ., , . remotes? they are not 'ust reading links. the parties h remotes? they are not 'ust reading links. the parties need _ remotes? they are notjust reading links. the parties need to - remotes? they are notjust reading
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links. the parties need to report. i links. the parties need to report. that means going where the news is and what's happening and talking to people and digging out the truth of what's happening and there are thousands of people there, government, advisors, we need to be able to talk to all of them and they need to make sense of what they're saying and we can't do that credibly unless you are here talking to people in person they may be having relations with them. i think in terms of the numbers you need to know the sheer breadth of bed bbc services. in order to serve that audience well it comes out that you need a of bodies. it's for the bbc to be getting out of london and nations and regions to be closely and audiences feel like were not close to those areas. by sending
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someone here that a saint audiences this story is really important and that's saying look, pay attention. we think it's a big deal. let's ta ke let's take the bbc published a piece on its website which sparked a backlash among some readers. the article included quotes from some lesbian women who said they are increasingly being pressured and coerced into accepting trans women as partners. it mentioned a survey in which a majority of the 80 who responded reported having being pressured peacefully that it was acknowledged that the sample may not be representative. clearly rogers is one of those who objected. bbc went
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to fire women constrained gentlemen... the bbc also received plenty of support for the article with carol contacting us to say... running high on line and the bbc
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responded on monday by putting out a statement which included these points... that was not the end of the matter. after the article is published, one of those quoted in it posted a description of trans women as being vile, weak, and disgusting and it emerged she had previously been accused of sexual misconduct planting a slew of further complaints. on thursday the bbc edited the piece saying that
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back to the climate conference in glasgow and one of the biggest names attending is a certain teenager activist from sweden. her name has been on plenty of trips this week. we can always prevent things from getting worse. it's never too late to do as much as he can.- getting worse. it's never too late to do as much as he can. thank you for talking — to do as much as he can. thank you for talking to _ to do as much as he can. thank you for talking to us. _ to do as much as he can. thank you for talking to us. the _ to do as much as he can. thank you for talking to us. the swedish - for talking to us. the swedish teenauer for talking to us. the swedish teenager greta _ for talking to us. the swedish teenager greta thunberg - for talking to us. the swedish i teenager greta thunberg arrived for talking to us. the swedish - teenager greta thunberg arrived in glasgow by train last night. he auoted glasgow by train last night. he quoted greta thunberg, you can see the response, it's a pretty clear thumbs down. activists are demanding more action now to lead by greta thunberg mobbed as she arrived in glasgow. but is that now famous name being pronounced correctly? no. according to greta herself. chris
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pointed us towards that video commenting i seem to recall that the bbc used to have a pronunciation department... thank you for all your comments to speak. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear or read on bbc news on tv, radio, online and social media, e—mail news watch at bbc dealt without uk or you can find us on twitter @ news watch bbc. you can call us as well. and have a look at our website. that's all for months and we'll be back to your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. the die. the die. after a dry night some rain on the
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way to the start of the weekend. overnight it's turning right across northwest scotland. the wind will pick up as well. plenty of cloud elsewhere. a few spots of rain here and there, wanted to showers and temperatures not going down near as far as they did last night. particularly in england where there was a lot of frost to start the day today and we start tomorrow with temperatures in the double figures in some spots. it will be windy tomorrow, plenty of cloud with patchy rain at times especially in the west. my substantial rain running across scotland, northern ireland and tonight in england and west into wales as well. for the midlands east angry and said in england, few spots of rain but also some patchy rain heading south into the evening. the wind will pick up across all parts especially northern scotland. overnight saturday into sunday. some gusts up to 60 or 70 mph with waves and some of the gusts as well. it will be a mild weekend.
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i'm nada tawfik in new york and this is bbc world news america. prosecutors in georgia allege that ahmaud arbery, an unarmed blackjogger who was killed last year, came �*under attack�* from the three white men who confronted him. in scotland, climate activist greta thunberg leads thousands of young demonstrators through the streets to demand that world leaders take stronger action at the cop26 summit on climate change. we have had 26 cops, they have had decades of blah blah blah and where has that led us? we report from a village in northern alaska where climate change is driving people from their homes.

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