and if entire populations. and if these tactics are unfamiliar to you, then you haven't been paying attention, because this is the russian attack playbook perfected in over ten years of war in syria. perfected in over ten years of war in syria-— perfected in over ten years of war in syria. that report went on to show — war in syria. that report went on to show the _ war in syria. that report went on to show the dead - war in syria. that report went on to show the dead body - war in syria. that report went on to show the dead body of. on to show the dead body of ukrainian civilians and the corpses of russian soldiers. we will not be showing such images on newswatch, but madeline e—mailed us to say... so paul, you give a warning, but viewers are really wondering is it necessary to show dead bodies?- wondering is it necessary to show dead bodies? well, we obviously — show dead bodies? well, we obviously think _ show dead bodies? well, we obviously think carefully - show dead bodies? well, we i obviously think carefully about what we're going to broadcast and, as everyone can see, this is a horrible, brutal, nasty war, and it's ourjob to it and cover it. and unfortunately,

that does include reporting some of the realities of what's going on on the ground. and so, for example, the piece you're talking about was in the ten o'clock news, so in the later bulletin there was a warning in the introduction. it's not the first thing you see in the report. the report builds up to some of those moments, and we make a judgement between showing some of the destruction and horrors of war but at the same time we totally recognise that for some of the audience — we don't want to lose the audience by taking things too far or looking as though we have sort of lost our judgement. so wejust have sort of lost our judgement. so we just try and strike that careful balance. 0k. let's move onto another issue. another of the bbc�*s team in ukraine is all garran, who has been based in kyiv where preparations were being made for the arrival of russian soldiers. , , ., ., , soldiers. the streets are ready for battle- _ soldiers. the streets are ready

for battle. so _ soldiers. the streets are ready for battle. so many _ soldiers. the streets are ready for battle. so many of- soldiers. the streets are ready for battle. so many of the - for battle. so many of the people. behind every tree, molotov cocktails. this is a very normal neighbourhood in kyiv, and here is what you have here now — the shell of a bus being used as a barricade, sandbags, a gas canister. all of this has been brought here by local people to defend their own streets.— own streets. john and sonia were watching _ own streets. john and sonia were watching that - own streets. john and sonia were watching that had - own streets. john and sonia were watching that had this | were watching that had this reaction. the charge that reports and interviews may have provided valuable information to the russians has been levelled several times over the past few weeks. for instance, in this message from gary.

so paul, real concern about giving out compromising information to the russians. can you see why viewers complained about the examples that we gave? i complained about the examples that we gave?— that we gave? i think it's an interesting _ that we gave? i think it's an interesting issue, _ that we gave? i think it's an interesting issue, and - that we gave? i think it's an interesting issue, and i- that we gave? i think it's an interesting issue, and i can| interesting issue, and i can understand why people have raised this. i guess what i would say is obviously the russians have their own satellite information gathering systems, their own on the ground information gathering systems as well, and a sort of hi—tech military machine which is able to work in all aspect of information gathering in the conflict. so while i can see why people have raised this, i would point to the technology

and the capability that something like the russian forces would have for them to gather and collect their own information about what's happening on the ground in ukraine. ., ~ , ., ., ukraine. 0k, thank you, paul. well, ukraine. ok, thank you, paul. well, it's— ukraine. 0k, thank you, paul. well, it's also _ ukraine. 0k, thank you, paul. well, it's also no _ ukraine. 0k, thank you, paul. well, it's also no surprise - well, it's also no surprise that events in ukraine have dominated news coverage, but some viewers have been wondering whether, more than three weeks in, bbc news should now be allowing more space and time for other stories. if viewer called mike e—mailed... and mraali and mr a ali had this to say.

viewers of the news channel have certainly been getting a different diet from normal since the invasion started, because much of that time it has been merged with the world news channel, designed for audiences outside the uk. some of the output on the two channels has long been shared, particular overnight and at weekends, but that simulcast in, as it is called, has increased significant lead over the past few weeks, to the consternation of jason shaw. why has the bbc pretty much ended the bbc news channel in the uk? it is nowjust bbc world news in a different name. at a time of crisis such as ukraine, and real —— when real, unbiased news is at a premium, we must give the people comic bbc population just we must give the people comic bbc populationjust a simulcast, less bbc population just a simulcast, less local bbc populationjust a simulcast, less local global news. ~ ., simulcast, less local global news. ~ �* �* , news. we asked the bbc news about this _ news. we asked the bbc news about this and _ news. we asked the bbc news about this and they _ news. we asked the bbc news about this and they told - news. we asked the bbc news about this and they told us... |

so that is the official bbc response, paul. you, of course, edit the domestic listens. verse 25 minutes of monday's news ten, the first 20 minutes on tuesday's news at ten, were ukraine. why aren't the bulletins as opposed to the rolling news channels, the bulletins, doing thejob rolling news channels, the bulletins, doing the job of providing a full and balanced round—up of the whole day's news including important uk stories? i news including important uk stories? ~ �* , news including important uk stories? ~' �* , ., stories? i think there's a number _ stories? i think there's a number of _ stories? i think there's a number of things - stories? i think there's a number of things there. | stories? i think there's a | number of things there. i stories? i think there's a - number of things there. i think first of all, just to reassure viewers, we have this conversation every day and have these discussions about the balance. i think secondly, we can all clearly see that the size and scale and the consequential nature of what is happening in ukraine at the moment needs expensive coverage to reflect all that. but we

have been covering other news and other stories during the past three weeks. so to give you a couple of examples, you quoted tuesday night, for example, on the ten 0'clock news. we had a piece from yemen reflecting the conflict there and what's going on there, which we ran ahead of the prime minister's visit to saudi arabia the following day. last week we did an hour long six 0'clock news, last thursday, for exactly this reason, because there were a number of really big and important angles on the ukraine story, but there were also a number of important domestic stories. nhs waiting lists in england, children services in england, the latest on covid and what was happening with infection rates — that we absolutely knew we had to cover and report for audiences. so i would argue that we are covering the other stories. thank you. let's move onto a final issue we want to look at,

and it is one that has confused and it is one that has confused a number of viewers, and it is how bbc presenters and correspondence have been saying the name of ukraine's capital. just after dawn, another attack hit a residential area in kyiv. in kyiv, a van load of old tires— in kyiv, a van load of old tires becomes a tank trap to snare — tires becomes a tank trap to snare russian troops.- tires becomes a tank trap to snare russian troops. today at 6 - m, snare russian troops. today at sam. powerful— snare russian troops. today at 6pm, powerful explosions - snare russian troops. today at 6pm, powerful explosions in l snare russian troops. today at i 6pm, powerful explosions in the ukrainian — 6pm, powerful explosions in the ukrainian capital, _ 6pm, powerful explosions in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. - 6pm, powerful explosions in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. for- ukrainian capital, kyiv. for uuite a ukrainian capital, kyiv. for quite a few— ukrainian capital, kyiv. for quite a few days _ ukrainian capital, kyiv. quite a few days now, ukrainian capital, kyivm quite a few days now, around kyiv itself. quite a few days now, around kyiv itself-— kyiv itself. that last version there, kyiv itself. that last version there. kyiv. _ kyiv itself. that last version there, kyiv, is— kyiv itself. that last version there, kyiv, is how- kyiv itself. that last version there, kyiv, is how most. kyiv itself. that last version there, kyiv, is how most of| kyiv itself. that last version i there, kyiv, is how most of us have traditionally known the city but the consensus among bbc staff in this conflict is initially kyiv, or a compromise. paul, can you tell us what is going on with the pronunciation, and why? just to ick u- pronunciation, and why? just to pick up your— pronunciation, and why? just to pick up your points _ pronunciation, and why? just to pick up your points around - pronunciation, and why? just to pick up your points around the i pick up your points around the consensus around the staff, the bbc news in 2019, i think, started using kyiv and the spelling of kyiv, which is the

ukrainian version, and previously kyiv was the russian version. so that is what is behind that, so it hasn't been something that has just evolved over the past few weeks. it is over the past few weeks. it is interesting — over the past few weeks. it is interesting that _ over the past few weeks. it is interesting that not _ over the past few weeks. it is interesting that not everyone is still saying the same, and also we don't say paree, we don't say roma, so some viewers would say it might look a bit like virtue signalling for the bbc to be pronouncing it this way, from their point of view. yes, and again i willjust point to the fact that this change was made in 2019, so it is not something that has just sprung up three weeks ago. and so i would point to that, but i accept that there are some differences in how the pronunciation is, and obviously historically and over the past few decades the pronunciation has been kiev, so i can understand why at times correspondence or presenters may have spoken to 1 or the other for those reasons. paul

ro al, other for those reasons. paul royal. thank _ other for those reasons. paul royal, thank you _ other for those reasons. paul royal, thank you so - other for those reasons. paul royal, thank you so much - other for those reasons. paul royal, thank you so much for making the time to come on newswatch and answer viewers to pose questions. thank you for your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about it what you see, read or hear on bbc news, on tv, radio, online and on social media, e—mail us or you can find us on twitter. you can call us, and do have a look at our website for previous interviews. that's all from us. we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. good buy. —— goodbye. hello. limit mac on friday we had the warmest day of the year so far, and i suspect that will be beaten, if not the day ahead in the coming few days. we had pretty much unbroken sunshine for many parts of the uk, as you can see. there was a little bit of patchy cloud here and there. the east coast of

northern ireland, for example. but with this high pressure, this intense area of high pressure, dominating notjust through the weekend but beyond, well into next week, we will see more dry and fine weather. they will just be see more dry and fine weather. they willjust be the odd fly in the ointment, perhaps a few showers materialising on sunday. but as i say, for many the forecasters dry one and in fact into next week temperatures are rising. it will feel warmer as warmer as well as the winds start for light. 0ther winds will be a feature of the weather during the rest of the night and the day on saturday, picking up. so limiting our frost and fog more, but there will be some patchy frost and fog around to start saturday morning. still chilly as temperatures fall within a degree or so of freezing and there will be some frost around, particularly in the north and east, which is more likely where we will see any pockets of fog. but again, it looks like a largely sunny day. the fog will lift around about mid—morning and then that wind picks up. coming in of the chilli north sea, so tempering the feel of things, always the strongest and gusty estate in northern and western areas. actually, some of the strongest

gusts could be around the headlands of the south and west, coinciding with some high tides as well, of course. but it will be a windy one across the uk. we will notice that. as i say, it is coming off the north sea, which at this time of the year is seeing some of its lowest temperatures, seven or eight celsius, so you can imagine it will feel a bit cooler right on the east coast. but inland, 13 to 15 quite widely, 16 and eastern areas and possibly 18 in the north—west of scotland, because here we will have some shelter from that east or south—easterly wind. so if we get to 18 that will make it the warmest day of the year so far. now, as we move into sunday, it doesn't look quite as warm because we will have a bit more cloud around. still lots of dry weather, and we are likely to start with a bit more patchy fog and frost on sunday morning again. the winds are just starting to ease a little bit, but these other differences. a bit more cloud coming into the west, to the isles of scilly, and this little area of cloud perhaps producing some showers in east anglia and the south—east. so slightly cooler but still a lot of dry weather

to be found.

this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lucy grey. our top stories: russia intensifies its attacks across ukraine on multiple fronts. this is the result of an air strike near the city of lviv. those reaching safety, escaping the besieged city of mariupol, have endured weeks of russian shelling. translation: there arej dead people lying around and no—one to take them. they just lie there. it shouldn't be like this. someone must intervene. empty prams lined up in central lviv, one for every child killed since the attack on ukraine began. at a rally in moscow, vladimir putin praises what he calls "russia's heroic deeds" in ukraine. solidarity in space:

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