�*for reason both it is so choosy for reason is ukraine. welcome to bbc news and tick—tock. a fair amount of incoming fire coming into this now. more explosions today. a greater variety of explosions on the edge of the city. this is so far— on the edge of the city. this is so far from _ on the edge of the city. this is so far from normal- on the edge of the city. this is so far from normal it - on the edge of the city. this is so far from normal it is i is so far from normal it is hard to even describe. and these people have no idea what they going to do next.— they going to do next. below round they going to do next. below ground in _ they going to do next. below ground in our— they going to do next. below ground in our bomb - they going to do next. below ground in our bomb shelter, | they going to do next. below - ground in our bomb shelter, and when you come up it is this. empty. social media has played a big part in disseminating news from conflict zones since the arab spring where twitter played a big part and video shared on facebook did much to alert the west to the atrocities in syria a few years later. the bbc has embraced those two platforms and instagram where it had the biggest account in the world with over 20 million followers. the use of the social media sites and apps by bbc news bases a number of questions and he had to answer some of them

is the digital director of bbc news. thank you for coming. why now? ., , ., , now? from the beginning of this war, we now? from the beginning of this war. we knew — now? from the beginning of this war, we knew that _ now? from the beginning of this war, we knew that we _ now? from the beginning of this war, we knew that we would - now? from the beginning of this war, we knew that we would be l war, we knew that we would be presented with a challenge and that would be how can we continue our service, get trustworthy news, news that really matters to all audiences and audiences inside russia and inside ukraine? and we are using our own platforms but then we are also using social media platforms and we've not been on tick—tock but we could see from the very beginning of the war that tick—tock became a place with a lot of information about the war but also disinformation about the war and we just felt that it would be wrong of us not to be there. tick—tock has developed very fast. it used to be primarily for entertainment. we can see how this was really a place where the war was a very important topic and we wanted to be part of that

conversation. weisberg many people think of it as a source of fibre dance video so how does it work as a source of news? i don't know yet. i don't think any of us. i can see there are thousands of people watching our content. what exactly do they get out of it and what do they do with it? we don't know that very much about that yet. in a platform like this there is always a risk that your content will be taken out of context and misunderstood so we are trying to mitigate that by focusing very much but honestly, we don't know yet whether that really works as a news platform for anyone. really works as a news platform for anyone-— for anyone. the videos tend to be very short _ for anyone. the videos tend to be very short so _ for anyone. the videos tend to be very short so do _ for anyone. the videos tend to be very short so do you - for anyone. the videos tend to be very short so do you have l for anyone. the videos tend to | be very short so do you have to kind of dumb down to make content work on tiktok? this is one of my _ content work on tiktok? this is one of my favourite _ content work on tiktok? this is one of my favourite topics. - content work on tiktok? this is one of my favourite topics. i . one of my favourite topics. i have done radio, television and

digitalfor all have done radio, television and digital for all of have done radio, television and digitalfor all of my have done radio, television and digital for all of my life. i would argue that being short does not mean it is in any way done. in some ways you had to be more clever with what you devote of the few aware that you have got, you really have to decide what to publish and i think that has been key for radio bulletins camino are very short headlines for them to be accurate and impartial, convey important information. even have to work hard which word you choose and that is the same method to be applied to platforms like tiktok. looking at the bbc _ platforms like tiktok. looking at the bbc tiktok _ platforms like tiktok. looking at the bbc tiktok page, - platforms like tiktok. looking at the bbc tiktok page, not . platforms like tiktok. looking| at the bbc tiktok page, not of the video is a kind of repurposed tv packages of up to two minutes. how far are you making original content for this platform? 50 making original content for this platform?— making original content for this platform? so we have for now not to — this platform? so we have for now not to do _ this platform? so we have for now not to do original- this platform? so we have for| now not to do original content but to take the content, the excellent reporting that our colleagues are doing on the front line, you know, in the middle of the war, inside

russia, from around the world, because we think some of that storytelling does work on a platform like tick—tock. it is authentic, it is in the middle of the story, it is led by our reporters, correspondence and editors who are in the field. sayer mayjust be in this position there is open country. in essence it is made for platform like tiktok. is there any evidence that it is driving audiences towards other bbc news content or is itjust free content for people who are never going to pay the licence fee? wouldn't have evidence for that on tiktok yet but we do have an instagram and facebook and we do work very hard on making these platforms work for us as a place where people discover bbc news and discover ourjournalism and then come to us so we are monitoring our

ability to get referrals, as it is called, to get people to, when they discover something on instagram, for instance, many of them click through and go to our platforms that are only published with one purpose to inform everyone. we can better kuwait and give a proper editorial, editorially cremated, a mix of content whereas, of course, we are publishing a third party platform like facebook or tiktok, the algorithms are making that curated mix for the audiences. i5 making that curated mix for the audiences-— making that curated mix for the audiences. is you are very much aware, tiktok _ audiences. is you are very much aware, tiktok is _ audiences. is you are very much aware, tiktok is not _ audiences. is you are very much aware, tiktok is not owned - audiences. is you are very much aware, tiktok is not owned by l aware, tiktok is not owned by the bbc, are you worried about losing the central control over content? and is by chinese corporation which has its own bands on content for russia. very much so. this is because i am a journalist. journalism is almost like a chair where one of the legs is cure should. it

is not in the research and reporting and publishing. it is also the incubation of content. what you put it together with? how do you prioritise it? and the control of duration is not in your hands when you are publishing on other platforms. there could be a lot more of this ahead. we have a mixed diet where we will spend some of her time on social media and some of our time may be an bbc news other news providers. we'll spend some of our time on entertainment and news and that is all right. it is this ecosystem we have to be a really good part of and these platforms are places people often discover stuff. it is almost like serendipity, you no. you just come across news in these places and then it is on us to make sure people discover bbc news and the news more importantly on these platforms and then come to us

for a better experience.- for a better experience. thank ou so for a better experience. thank you so much- _ for a better experience. thank you so much. the _ for a better experience. thank you so much. the big - for a better experience. thank you so much. the big political| you so much. the big political event of the beatles wednesday's spring statement. as is normal in advance of the and other significant speeches in parliament and the economy, the chancellor and his labour shadow was interviewed the weekend beforehand including on sunday morning. he was not able to give direct answers. i cannot speculate on policy and you know that and i know that is frustrating for people. whether you do that? and what it is difficult for me to talk about a tax policy. is that something you are looking at? may notice frustrating for people watching but i cannot comment in advance of a physical event. we had the traditional pantomime that we see twice a year. the chancellor comes onto sunday morning...

it is the oscars this weekend and one of the favourites is the power of the dog. the film has enjoyed some success last week, winning awards for best film and best director. though he didn't win a bafta and missed out on the best actor category, it was the name of the film's star that originally featured in the headline on the bbc coverage online. it did not go down well with one person. probably because i'm part key

way to make you beep but my frustrations was this active receiving all of the glory for effectively what director's ultimate success. she wrote, produced, directed and managed the film in a pandemic. and yet here we are making it seem as though he had pulled the full thing off together. it was his film and it was not. and he lost. whereas she won. and deservedly so. i think, is a working mother and working stepmother i don't want my daughters growing up in a world where they have wonderful ideas, they are successful, and they get passed over to be someone else's and in this instance again, it was a man. i fish a complaint it was changed to and featuring the name of the director and not the actor. she contacted us again to say

thank you to who ever change the headline. i appreciate the action hope it will make more girls aspire to great careers. thank you for your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see, bead, here on bbc news on tv, radio, and social media. e—mail us. we will hear your thoughts again next week. hello there. there's going to be some major changes next week, and things could look a little different on sunday across some parts of the country. but on saturday, we've got more of the same. it's going to be a cold start, but there will be plenty of warm sunshine. temperatures early on saturday could be close to freezing in some rural areas. it'll warm up quickly. any mist and fog in

northern ireland will lift. it will stay quite cloudy in the far north of scotland. otherwise lots of sunshine, just a bit of fairweather cloud once again and the winds will be light. and temperatures on saturday similar to what we had on friday, could again make 19—20 degrees in some northern parts of england. a reminder that on saturday night, the clocks spring forward by one hour as we move into british summer time. so, an hour less in bed. for many people waking up across the eastern side of england, it could be a cloudy start, though, on sunday. we've still got high pressure around, but there's more cloud coming in off the north sea. it could be quite low cloud, misty as well. it means it's going to be a mild start to sunday across eastern parts of the uk. a little bit chillier further west.

there's the cloud that we've got across eastern areas. it will tend to filter its way through the midlands towards east wales. some of that cloud could linger all day through parts of the midlands, around some eastern coasts of england, but for many, i think the sunshine will come through. it may not be quite as warm as it has been of late. more sunshine, though, further north for scotland and northern ireland, so again here, temperatures are likely to reach 17 degrees or so. major changes, though, heading into next week. high pressure that's brought the fine, warm weather is no more. pressure's going to be dropping. and at the same time, we're going to find more cloud moving in as well. not everywhere, mind you. and many places are still going to be dry even though pressure is falling, but we could see some rain across these central areas. north and south of that, though, i think we are likely to find some sunshine. and the temperatures are still reasonable for this time of the year. 16 degrees in the sunshine, won't feel too bad at all. but it is a downward trend, really, through next week. not only will see more cloud and an increasing chance of getting some rain, those temperatures are really going to be dropping away as well. so, rather than being warmer than average, it will get colder than average, especially later on next week as the wind changes

to more of a northerly. that brings the colder air, and across some northern parts of the uk, it could even bring some snow.

welcome to bbc news. i'm nuala mcgovern. our top stories... russia signals a shift in its military strategy in the war — narrowing its focus to the east of the country. ukrainian troops successfully counter—attack around the capital kyiv — destroyed russian tanks are seen on the road north of the capital. and ukrainian troops have been able to achieve this against a much larger army, a more powerful army. in places now, they're not just resisting, they're mounting a counterattack. in the south of the country there are fears of starvation in the beseiged city of mariupol as hundreds queue for food and water amid the devastation. the duke and duchess of cambridge on the last leg of a caribbean tour that's attracted crowds and some controversy.

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