she can run away from this conference, but not the immense challenges she confronts. john smith took exception to what he saw there on news bulletins later in the day. "it's a complaint many newswatch viewers will recognise," he wrote. "chris mason shouted at a passing liz truss. �*have you done enough, prime minister?�* did he seriously expect a reply to this question? or more likely, was it done for effect? shocking behaviour." and a viewer called doreen had a different objection. "total misrepresentation of liz truss rushing to leave conference after her speech. she was not running away. it was teeming down with rain, and she was rushing towards her car. the only comment made should've been why nobody had an umbrella for her." susan also contacted us about that latter sequence and recorded this video for us. my complaint is triggered by some nasty, unkind,

snide reporting i heard from chris mason at the tory conference. liz truss was getting into a car, and he said words to the effect of, "liz truss can't leave quickly enough." maybe she had an appointment or a room to go to or work to get on with, whatever. she's probably sick of being caught and verbally mugged by reporters. do they do positive or only one—upmanship? we put that point to bbc news, and they told us... the thinking behind the mini budget a fortnight ago and the economic philosophies of the prime minister and her chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, dubbed trussanomics, have been developed over recent years by a number of individuals and organisations, including the institute of economic affairs. and staff from the iea have appeared on several bbc outlets over the past two weeks. right, let's talk to a panel of experts, the head of public policy

at the free market think tank, the institute for economic affairs, matthew lesh is here. matthew, your organisation enthusiastically welcomed the mini budget. we're joined now by andy mair from the free—market think tank the institute for economic affairs. joining us now is len shackleton, editorial and research fellow at the institute of economic affairs and professor of economics at the university of buckingham. as you can see, the iea is normally, but not always labelled on air as a free—market think tank. it has links with the conservative party. the chancellor spoke at its fringe event at the party conference this week, but it says it's independent of any political party or group. its website doesn't say specifically who funds it, but three tobacco companies have confirmed they provide it with financial support. we've had complaints over the years from viewers who do not think its staff are suitable guests for bbc news programmes.

as for how they are labelled when introduced... and artemisigs argued... we wanted to discuss the practice of interviewing guests from the iea and other think tanks on bbc news, but nobody was available to speak to us. instead we were given this statement.

now it's three weeks since the death of a young woman sparked widespread protests in iran. mahsa amini died after being detained by morality police for allegedly breaking the strict law requiring women to cover their hair with a hijab or headscarf. the police have denied she was mistreated and say she died of a heart attack. but it's clear that many iranians don't believe that. as rana rahimpur reported on wednesday's news at ten. pupils are burning the pictures of the leader of the islamic revolution, chasing away pro—government school officials. and showing their middle finger to the ideology that has

oppressed them for years. the bbc and independent media are not allowed to report from iran, butjournalists here across bbc persian and bbc monitoring have been gathering videos from social media and speaking to witnesses, tracking where protests broke out in the first few weeks. another bbc persian journalist who's been covering this story is with me now. thank you so much for coming in. can i ask first how easy it's been for you and your colleagues to get accurate information about what's going on inside iran? it's definitely not easy. one of the main things that we rely on nowadays is social media, because bbc persian is definitely not present in iran, so we rely on social media. one of the ways, for example, to find... i personally find, for example, nika shah karimi, who was killed during the protest, i managed to find some of her relatives. and the way i did it, for example, was that going to her social media

accounts or her relatives' and then seeing who's got the same last name, trying to contact these people. some of them reply, some of them don't. and then you need to reassure them that their safety comes first, that we are not going to, you know, pose... like put their safety and security at risk in any way. so then that you start talking to people and trying to gather information and cross—check the information with other sources that you find. you've raised two important questions there. so, one is the fact that there's a lot of media that's emerging through social media and its so—called user generated content. how can you verify it? so, there are many different ways to do it, but one of the main things that our team uses is through google map. for example, there's a protest on the street and you see in the corner there is a bank or there's a shop or you can see it, the name of the street. so that's how they try to check all these single elements, frame

by frame sometimes, to be able to geolocate the place and then they realise it's correct. we've got our ways through google map and also the appearance and the weather. for example, if they're wearing a mask, if they're not wearing... for example, these protests, one of the characteristics of these protests is scarves. so they're taking out their scarves, they're burning their scarves. so we know that this is for this protest and not for the previous ones. right. and you also mentioned the safety of people who are contacting you. and i wonder how you're able to establish what you can put out without risking their safety with inside iran. i can give you a good example. like, for example, one of the sources i was talking to was arrested by iranian security forces. so when, and one of the things that iranian security forces do, the first thing they do when they arrest someone is that they gain access to their social media account. so, after she was released, she contacted me again. but how could i be sure that this is not an agent that is talking to me and it's her? so i asked her... she couldn't make any phone calls or that, so i asked her to send me a voice message so i can be sure that it's her. and these are some of the ways

that we manage to check if this is the right person we are talking to and then cross—check it with other sources as well. now, we've mentioned that bbc persian is sort of blocked. certainlyjournalists can't work inside iran. what sense do you have of how far your broadcasts, your output are getting through to the iranian people and how they're being received? one of the ways is checking our social media, for example, especially on instagram, because instagram is one of the only social media platforms that is not banned in iran. i believe that we have the most followers among all the persian—speaking media. we have got the most followers on instagram, over 18 million. the iranian regime have accused western governments and western media outlets of exaggerating the scale of the protests. and you'll remember that the 2009 green movement was also very big on social media, but it was put down. is there a risk that you could be accused of hyping the scale of this? at the moment, we are actually being accused from both sides, from the iranian regime of hyping up the protests, which i don't think

is accurate because we are just publishing what we are receiving and trying to make sure if it's correct, contacting people in the in the area and talking to them directly. this is one thing. and on the other hand, we are also being accused of discouraging people from taking part in protests because, for example, we put out there a video or a footage that we received of police officers chasing or even beating protesters. we need to reflect that because that is police brutality. we need to show it. this is a document, that's ourjob to do it. but some opposition find it, you know, that we are discouraging protesters from going out on the streets. newswatch viewers will probably remember that we've discussed the harassment of bbc persian journalists and their families in iran over recent years. can i ask what the situation is now? it has changed, but not for the better, because we are being harassed by the iranian regime definitely, but also from the opposition now because they think

because of our impartiality, they think, for example, this in this moment in time, we should not be impartial. it used to be mostly online, for example, especially from the opposition. it used to be online harassment, but it is turning into real—life harassment. the other day, one of our colleagues received a death threat. they put out $5000 for anyone who kills him in london, you know, things like that. but also in real life, they are being attacked physically sometimes. a worrying time. thank you so much for coming on newswatch, and all the best to you and your colleagues. thank you. 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 and social media, eemail newswatch@bbc.co.uk or you can find us on twitter at newswatch bbc. you can call us on 0370 010 6676. and do you have a look at our website for previous interviews. bbc.co.uk/newswatch. that's all from us.

we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello. after a week of changeable weather, it's looking fairly promising for most of us this weekend. certainly not for everybody. in fact, after a sunny saturday, we're expecting wind and rain to sweep into northern ireland and scotland. but england and wales should remain dry through most of sunday. now, you can see the weather systems sweeping across the country right now, that heavy rain that swept into north—west england and the midlands in the last few hours. a high—pressure is now building in. that will settle things down, at least temporarily. so, lots of clear weather on the way for tonight, light winds as well. now, the band of heavy rain that swept across the uk will be exiting our shores and reaching the near continent through the early hours of saturday.

behind it, there is a brisk wind off the atlantic, and we'll have a few showers out towards the west. but generally speaking, it is looking clear. quite chilly first thing on saturday, even in towns and cities temperatures will be around five or six degrees. you can imagine in the countryside, it will be colder than that. the weather for saturday, very little if any wind at all across southern and south—western areas, a bit of cloud building up in the afternoon, but that's pretty much it. it should feel pleasant in the sunshine, around 15 or 16 degrees. more cloud and then the next band of rain is approaching. as the high pressure slips away after that sunny saturday, a low approaches and a weather front brings wind and rain to northern ireland the morning, eventually western scotland. through the day it mayjust about brighten up before sunset here in the very far northwest. but i should think it will turn wet and windy around the irish sea coasts later in the day on sunday

but elsewhere, sunday is looking fine. monday, if you're wondering about that, that weather front is out of the way and we're back into an area of high pressure, settled weather with temperatures between 13 in the north and around 17 in the south. let's have a look at the outlook into next week. it stays fine across the south of the country. you can see london and cardiff there enjoying that settled weather with temperatures in the high teens, but further north it will be a little more changeable with temperatures close to the mid—teens. bye— bye.

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