the golden age of america begins right now. applause. from this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world. it's likely to be a challenging and controversial four years for those reporting on president trump, so we asked on social media for some thoughts on how the bbc should do that. karen hardiman replied.

so strongly held and opposed views there, and one of those who will have to navigate the varying audience expectations and attitudes is senior north american correspondent for bbc news gary o'donoghue, who has worked in washington since 2014. his broadcast from a trump rally in pennsylvania last summer immediately after an attempt on the then candidate's life immediately went viral. it was seen 300 million times on social media. as you can see, we're on the ground behind our car, which is not ideal, but that's the shelter we have at the moment, and that's what we're trying to ascertain, what has happened. as people streamed out

of the venue, they told us what they had seen. one man, a local business owner, described how he noticed a man he believes to be the shooter climbing onto a low roof nearby. we were pointing at him, the police were down there running around on the ground, we were like, "hey, there's a guy on the roof with a rifle!" and the police were like, "what?" they didn't know what was going on. garyjoins me now from washington dc. thank you for coming ob newswatch. compared to president trump's first term, how will it be different reporting on him this time around? obviously, we have the experience of his first term and how he operated, so i think we won't be quite as sort of buffeted by the way he did politics, which was on social media, largely, bypassing a lot of his officials, putting stuff out there in a fairly random way. he will try, i think, to put much more context around what he says.

some of the most shocking things he said in his first term did not come to pass. some did, of course. and so i think putting those sorts of announcements when they happen this time around in that context will allow people to at least judge for themselves how serious he is, whether this is just riffing, or as he used to say on the campaign trail, his "weave," where he moves from one subject to another and another, and sort of says stuff that sounds quite outrageous, if you like, to some people, at any rate, but might not actually come to fruition. president trump has made it clear he thinks there is a liberal bias in the mainstream media. how much of a problem is that for the bbc? well, i think it's less of a problem perhaps, i hope, for the bbc, than it is for some of the american networks, because the american networks are very much sort of divided down those lines. we're obviously a foreign news organisation. we're the biggest news

organisation in the world. but also, we don't have, and this is a phrase being repeated a lot at the moment, we don't have a dog in the fight here. we are, to some extent, seen as outsiders. that can be a disadvantage, but it's also an advantage. quite often when you say to trump supporters we're from the bbc, they go, "oh, 0k." some do see us just as part of what they call the mainstream media, which is an insult from their point of view, but a lot don't. and that's an opportunity for us as an organisation. we've already seen a flurry of announcements from the new president. is it hard to keep up with him and work out what is newsworthy and what is not? yes, of course it is. it may seem that there's stuff coming from every direction, and there is. that may give a bit less time than one would like to try to work out which bits last, which bits don't last.

for example, much was made of this sort of huge number of what they call executive actions that donald trump brought in on day one. now, many of those things can happen straightaway and only required a stroke of his pen. some of those things will need money, and he cannot spend new money, only congress can do that. so that will take time. so some of those things are intentional, they are proclamation type things, it's just him saying, "here's what i think about something." all that context is what we have to do in a very busy moment with all these things coming at us, and hopefully those things will slow down a bit, so we can spend more time explaining these things to our audiences in more depth, so this is an unusual week, these few weeks will be unusual, i think. this is a bit of a flippant example, but the president did claim in his inauguration speech he had been selected by god

to make america great again. that is not an easy claim to verify, is it? but overall, do you think it will inspire journalists to fact—check what he says are adequate? the way he does business, obviously, there's quite a lot of public appearances, often quite lengthy, up to an hour at a time, taking questions and answering. that real—time checking is a big challenge for us, and it's a challenge we have to meet. but it's a big challenge, because he uses superlatives, he uses the most, the biggest, the widest, the tallest, the deepest. he often throws out numbers there which, some of which you can check pretty quickly, you know, this amount of money or this amount of trade, you can look at that, there are official statistics. so we can do some of that. as for divine intervention, i think that is even beyond the bbc, to work out god's mind. it's very noticeable

that lots ofjournalists have been saying, "oh, this president is transactional, it's all about the deal, we shouldn't take what he says literally." but lots of viewers are complaining the media is not holding him to normal standards of scrutiny. is that a worry for you? i think we are holding him to normal levels of scrutiny. as i say, this first period is frenetic, and everyone is scrambling to keep up with that. some of the more controversial things, around greenland and the panama canal, we've just got to see what action he takes. we can report what he says, we can report from those places, which we have been doing, to say what the reaction has been. you know, all these things are real issues that we should be exploring and will explore, off the back of what may look like throwaway remarks by the president. gary 0'donoghue, thank you.

on monday, axel rudakubana pleaded guilty to the murders in southport last summer of elsie dot stancombe, alice da silva aguiar and bebe king, and on thursday he was sentenced to life witha minimum of 52 years in jail. the news at six covered some of the highly distressing details about some of the attacks which emerged in court. some of the injuries were so horrific that we are not going to report it all, and i must warn you that what you're about to hear is very distressing. judith moritz reports now from crown court. the report that followed from judith moritz, daniel sandford and fiona trott in liverpool, and the programme as a whole, drew praise from viewers, as did the live coverage during the day on the news channel, much of it fronted by sarah campbell.

but there were also concerns about the coverage during the course of the week, articulated in this anonymous phone message we received. i wish the bbc would stop showing the picture of the southport child killer. you are enhancing his notoriety. yes, let's make sure it's never forgotten, but we don't need to keep seeing a picture of him. mike mavin made a similar point to us on email.

we put those points to bbc news, and they told us... 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 on social media, you can email us orfind us on x. you can call us or whatsapp us.

and do have a look at previous interviews on our website. that's all from us for now. thank you forjoining us. do think about getting in touch, and perhaps even coming on the programme. we will be back to hear more of your thoughts about how the bbc covers the news next week. goodbye. hello. with storm eowyn continuing to drift away northwards, the weather today is a good deal quieter for most of us. some sunny spells, some wintry showers out there, but if we take a look at the satellite picture, we can see exactly what is going on. eowyn now pushing away northwards. it has been very windy in the north of scotland so far today, but those winds are easing. this little frontal feature pushing in from the west will bring some squally showers

and another bout of brisk winds later, and then another area of low pressure is developing in the atlantic. that will start to influence our weather tomorrow, but in the short term, mostly fine as we head towards the end of saturday afternoon. but then our band of squally showers pushes in from the west. some of those wintry, particularly across scotland, and it will turn really windy for a time in the north—west of scotland. not as windy as it has been, but any further strong winds could cause a bit more disruption. some ice is likely to form as well across parts of scotland. temperatures dropping away, a cold night for many. a little bit milder, though, down towards the south—west as this next area of low pressure approaches. this low has been named storm herminia. not named by the uk met office, it's been named by the spanish weather service for the impact it is expected to have in spain, but for us it is going to bring some heavy rain in from the south—west as we go through the day tomorrow, and some pretty brisk winds as well. that rain spreading northwards across england, wales into northern ireland, southern scotland eventually.

a bit of snow over high ground. northern scotland seeing some sunshine and relatively light winds, but elsewhere, for western and southern parts, gusts of 50mph, 60mph, possibly 70mph in exposed places. temperaturesjust four degrees in aberdeen, ten degrees in plymouth and in saint helier. this area of low pressure, instead of moving through quickly, isjust going to linger. it's going to spin around just to the west of us as we head into monday, so it's going to remain very windy, particularly for western and southern parts. some outbreaks of heavy rain, which could cause flooding again across the south of the uk. some rain further north as well. it will be quite blustery for all of us. temperatures north to south around six to ten degrees. it does stay unsettled through tuesday on into wednesday, but there are signs that things will turn a little bit calmer and quieter as we head towards the end of the week.

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this is bbc news. in the last few hours, 200 palestinian inmates have been released from israeli prisons. four female israeli soldiers were released by hamas. this has been the second exchange under the gaza ceasefire deal. the four hostages have reunited with their families. the women had been seized from an army base on the border with gaza when hamas attacked 15 months ago. iam nick live i am nick live in tel aviv where they have been celebrating the release of the four women. celebrating the release of the fourwomen. families celebrating the release of the four women. families here, though, say they won't give up until all of the hostages are home. in wadi, gaza palestinians are queuing to return to their homes. but this isn't guaranteed after hamas failed to release a civilian hostage today.