we re whether the strikes were justified, and that split was reflected in what the audience thought of the bbc�*s coverage of the dispute. in contrast, tony thought that... one element of the bbc�*s coverage which attracted some attention was the use of footage shot from the error such as this on tuesday morning. such as this on tuesday morning-— such as this on tuesday morning. such as this on tuesday morninu. ~ ., ., ., ., morning. we are out and about this morning. _ morning. we are out and about this morning, we _ morning. we are out and about this morning, we have - this morning, we have been others morning, but let's take you live to our shot from the helicopter this morning to give

you an indication of what the situation is in london. asjohn was saying, it is notjust the rail strike, was saying, it is notjust the railstrike, it was saying, it is notjust the rail strike, it is the underground strike this morning, lots of people choosing to stay at home, and this is the queue for the buses. ,, this is the queue for the buses, ,, ., this is the queue for the buses. ,, ., ., , ., ., ., buses. steve scott was one of a number of _ buses. steve scott was one of a number of viewers _ buses. steve scott was one of a number of viewers to _ buses. steve scott was one of a number of viewers to query - buses. steve scott was one of a number of viewers to query the | number of viewers to query the expense of using that helicopter footage. expense of using that helicopterfootage. here is his video. helicopter footage. here is his video. . ., , helicopter footage. here is his video. , ., ., ., video. the helicopter photo and hovered over _ video. the helicopter photo and hovered over euston _ video. the helicopter photo and hovered over euston station - video. the helicopter photo and hovered over euston station to | hovered over euston station to report how quiet it was there. there were no people, no trains at the station. what on earth to the bbc expect to see at euston station on the first day of a national rail strike i wonder? surely this is a total waste of licence payer's money, let alone environmental impact of this needless life.— of this needless life. well, we ut of this needless life. well, we put those _ of this needless life. well, we put those points _ of this needless life. well, we put those points to _ of this needless life. well, we put those points to bbc - of this needless life. well, we | put those points to bbc news, and they told us that costs for using the helicopter are shared with another broadcaster, and added...

the government's case it is industrial dispute was put on tuesday's news at one by the prime minister in a part of that morning's cabinet meeting for which the cabinets were let in. ., ., , . ., in. the mood music from the cabinet this _ in. the mood music from the cabinet this morning - in. the mood music from the cabinet this morning shows l cabinet this morning shows little hope of a deal soon. we need to get — little hope of a deal soon. we need to get ready to stay the course, — need to get ready to stay the course, stay the course, because _ course, stay the course, because these reforms, these improvements in the way we run our railways are in the interests of the travelling publie _ interests of the travelling ublic. , , . interests of the travelling ublic. . ., public. this practice of inviting _ public. this practice of inviting television - public. this practice of. inviting television crews public. this practice of- inviting television crews into the start of cabinet meetings has happened weekly for the last three weeks and it has raised some questions in the minds of viewers such as jamie. in recent months, a trend appears to have developed showing clips of cabinet meetings on the main bbc one

six o'clock news. we see mr johnson is surrounded by nodding members of his cabinet promoting what they claim to be doing. we do not see shadow couple of meetings on the news, do we? the bbc is supposed to be impartial. it is not impartial news coverage. indie be impartial. it is not impartial news coverage. we ask to bbc news _ impartial news coverage. we ask to bbc news for— impartial news coverage. we ask to bbc news for a _ impartial news coverage. we ask to bbc news for a response - impartial news coverage. we ask to bbc news for a response to i to bbc news for a response to that. here is the statement they gave us. when news of thursday's by election results came in, boris johnson was in rwanda, and hanging over his trip, there was the government's controversial plan to send asylum seekers to that country. that term asylum seekers, along

with refugees is the most common one being used around this issue on the bbc, as you can hear in these two recent reports. can hear in these two recent reorts. �* , . can hear in these two recent reorts. a ., ., can hear in these two recent reorts. �* , ., ., ~ can hear in these two recent reorts. ., ~ ., , reports. as a hotel like many others. inside, _ reports. as a hotel like many others. inside, one _ reports. as a hotel like many others. inside, one of- reports. as a hotel like many others. inside, one of the - others. inside, one of the rooms made up and ready to receive their unwillingness. refugees forcibly removed from the uk. ., �* , the uk. the government's policy to remove _ the uk. the government's policy to remove asylum _ the uk. the government's policy to remove asylum seekers - the uk. the government's policy to remove asylum seekers to - to remove asylum seekers to east — to remove asylum seekers to east africa is on hold. the home _ east africa is on hold. the home secretary this lunchtime and that— home secretary this lunchtime and that it will happen. but some news _ and that it will happen. but some news what _ and that it will happen. bit some news what viewers are not happy with the use of those terms. meanwhile, astrid had a

different point to make. well, someone who has been thinking about the use of language in this context is dominic who is the bbc�*s homing little thank you for coming on newswatch. how should we describe these people crossing the channel?— the channel? this is really commentator _ the channel? this is really commentator because - the channel? this is really commentator because the j the channel? this is really - commentator because the law is about to change, which is going, to be frank, the company muddy the waters here about the

language. the basic fact is claiming asylum when you are saying you are a refugee and need addiction is not a crime. it is likely, headed by what is happening at the channel at the moment where you can have a situation where somebody is crossing because they are an economic migrant of actively seeking to better themselves, they basically want to improve their life in some shape or form, they haven't necessarily got a claim on asylum. in that context, if they haven't already got a visa or permission to enter the uk, technically speaking you could say they are an illegal migrant because they are arriving without authorisation. to accommodate matters further, you can then have an asylum seeker, someone who says a silent asylum elsewhere, i have spoken to people in the past two claim asylum in germany and sweden, and decided to come to the uk. they have a refugee claim, but then decided to come to the uk to claim asylum here. in that context, are they an

asylum seeker or somebody asylum seeker or somebody asylum shopping, to use language which is deployed by some, looking for a better life. that is quite accommodated mix to start getting your head around. i can understand how the audience can be a little bit confused by some of this.— some of this. given that some --eole, some of this. given that some peeple. viewers _ some of this. given that some people, viewers are _ some of this. given that some people, viewers are saying - people, viewers are saying this, who didn't claim asylum in the first safe country or didn't chose to move, some say they are illegal migrants. does they are illegal migrants. does the bbc ever use that term? well, not necessarily in that context. talk to you about something which is about to happen. this coming tuesday, the law changes, and technically speaking, there could be people after tuesday to cross the channel who could be classed as an illegal asylum seeker because they didn't already have entry clearance, didn't have permission from the home secretary to arrive in the uk. now, what that means is from the middle of next week, if ministers start using phrases like illegal asylum seeker, it will depend on the

context, because technically you could have people who are coming in, seeking asylum, and then taken to court for basically breaking criminal law because the accusation would be they didn't have any good reason to come because they could have claimed asylum elsewhere or some other reason. it is getting more and more commentator, this area of law. how far is it appropriate to use the term refugee for people coming across the channel? the term refugee — coming across the channel? tue: term refugee has coming across the channel? tte: term refugee has to coming across the channel? "tt2 term refugee has to be coming across the channel? tt2 term refugee has to be used in very specific circumstances. i see this as a legal definition. somebody is not a refugee in my reporting until they have refugee status, and what that means they have claimed asylum, they have been given some kind of status by the home office thatis of status by the home office that is recognised they have a need for protection, and therefore, they are protected by the uk and settled in the uk with status. at that point, in law, they are a refugee, they have a right to remain in the uk. so when i am reporting this issue, i will talk about asylum seekers, migrants, but the word

refugee, i will try to reserve that for that very specific category. when we are interviewing people, for instance, you could be talking to refugee charities like campaigners or people who are working with asylum seekers and migrants, along the english channel on the french side of the coast, they will very often say" to us in clips, we are supporting these refugees. don't criminalise these refugees. we have to accept thatis refugees. we have to accept that is their opinion that all these people are refugees and we obviously reflect what they are saying, but we have to be very careful to make sure that the language is there language rather than hours so there is a difference there.— difference there. one of the viewers we _ difference there. one of the viewers we heard _ difference there. one of the viewers we heard from - difference there. one of the viewers we heard from the i difference there. one of the - viewers we heard from the same we should use the term people with an add—on description, people claiming asylum, for example. what do you think? tt is not unreasonable, but some of this is about terminology around snappy language in news, news is supposed to be digestive fairly quickly, so very often we will go to

shorthand. i take the point, there is this issue about whether or not itjust whether or not it just basically whether or not itjust basically categorise people in one particular way forever. we have had this thing around the disabled. we very, very rarely do that language, the disabled. we talk about people with the. people using wheelchairs. you have to be _ people using wheelchairs. you have to be careful— people using wheelchairs. tm. have to be careful not to dehumanise people because if you dehumanise people, you are actually making it a lot harder for the audience to understand the motivation of the person behind it. the motivation of the person behind it— the motivation of the person behind it. . ., ,, i. behind it. dominic, thank you so much- _ behind it. dominic, thank you so much. thank— behind it. dominic, thank you so much. thank you - behind it. dominic, thank you so much. thank you for - behind it. dominic, thank you so much. thank you for all. behind it. dominic, thank you i so much. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news on tv, radio, online or social media, e—mail: or you can find us on twitter. you can call us: and do have a look at previous interviews on our website. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week.

goodbye. hello. plenty of fine weather around this weekend, but showers in the forecast too. however, some of us may miss them alltogether and and end up with a dry weekend. but i will add that around coastal areas it could be windy at times and feel a little on the cool side. this changeable weather is brought by an area of low pressure which will basically park itself over ireland, it's already arrived, and the showers are becoming frequent across some western areas, and they will be over the course of the next 2a hours. now, we've had showers in the last few hours. they will continue through early saturday morning across parts of western scotland, but generally speaking, it is a dry end to that night with clear spells and temperatures raining from around 10 to 15 degrees, so not particularly cold

first thing in the morning. let's have a look at the forecast for saturday then. here is our area of low pressure with clouds and showers swirling around, this is a cool atlantic breeze so around these coastal areas of cornwall, devon, around the coasts of wales, the irish sea and into scotland. it will be chilly. temperatures around 15 degrees in some spots. basically, the further east you are, the sunnier and warmer it will be. out towards the west, always a chance of catching some showers, even heavy ones, notjust through the afternoon, but in the evening as well. they will have a tendency to drift northwards carried by the breeze circling this area of low pressure. that was saturday, this is sunday. look at this — even some persistent rain at times expected in northern ireland and around some of these western parts of the uk, further east, dry and brighter, and in fact east anglia and the south—east and along the south coast of england it should be a mostly sunny day on sunday. here, temperatures up to 23 degrees in one or two spots

but more typically were talking about the mid or high teens a little bit further towards the west. and this low pressure is still with us early next week, but what happens is it actually moves away and another one takes its place, bringing spells of rain to western parts of the uk once again. overall, we are in a spell of fairly unsettled weather. here is the outlook for some of our major cities, and you can see the further north and west you are, the more changeable it is with these showers. the best of the weather will always be further south and south—east. have a good weekend.

this is bbc news. i'm simon pusey. our top stories: the us supreme court overturns the landmark roe versus wade ruling, ending the constitutional right to an abortion that dates back nearly 50 years. the historicjudgement will transform abortion rights in america with individual states now able to ban or restrict the procedure. critics say the ruling is a major setback to a woman's right to choose. president biden has strongly condemned the decision. the court literally taking america back 150 years. this is a sad day for the country, in my view. but it doesn't mean the fight�*s over. but senior republicans — including former vice president mike pence and mitch mcconnell — welcome the ruling, saying it's a victory for the unborn.

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