that was marianna spring, and that's it for the short cut of this week's click.s, as ever, waiting for you on iplayer, right now. as ever, you can keep up with the team throughout the week on social media. find us on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter @bbcclick. i don't believe it — she's already gone and left her virtual self to do all the work. seriously. all right, from the real me and the not—so—real her, thanks for watching, and we will see you soon. bye— bye. good evening. last night northern ireland recorded its coldest september night on record, tonight it could be part of england and with stormy weather later in the week, a great landscape could look more autumnal by next weekend. the cold est autumnal by next weekend. the coldest spot tonight will be where we saw it the clearer skies today, from the south—west of england into the east of scotland, cloud will increase across northern ireland but throughout that clearest way we could see temperatures as low as —3 oi’ could see temperatures as low as —3 or “4, especially in scotland and western engla

that was marianna spring, and that's it for the short cut of this week's click. is, as ever, waiting for you on iplayer right now. as ever, you can keep up with the team throughout the week on social media. find us on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter @bbcclick. i don't believe it — she has already gone and left her virtual self to do all the work. seriously. all right, from the real me and the not so real her, thanks for watching and we will see you soon. bye— bye. hello and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed. coming up: with less than six weeks to go until the us presidential election, how to cover a campaign like no other. i'll be asking north america editorjon sopel about the challenges of his job in a volatile political atmostphere. next tuesday sees the first of three debates between the two main candidates in november's us presidential election. the covid—i9 pandemic means president trump and joe biden haven't so far been as visible, out on the campaign trail, as normal in an election year — but on thursday the president was in florida addr

that was marianna spring and that's it for the short cut of this week's click.sion is, as ever, waiting for you on iplayer right now. as ever, you can keep up with the team throughout the week on social media. find us on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter @bbcclick. i don't believe it, she has already gone and left her virtual self to do all the work. seriously. all right, from the real me and the not so real her, thanks for watching and we will see you soon. bye— bye. hello. well, for some of us, friday was an extremely windy day, caused by an area of low pressure sitting in the southern portion of the north sea, you can see spinning around here, and it sent the howling winds all along the north sea coast from the north—east of england, around the lincolnshire coast, east anglia and down into the south—east as well, and these are some of the gusts we had during the course of the afternoon. donna nook, which is very close to grimsby, nearly 70mph, and even further south, in london itself, in northolt, around 46mph, so some very blustery conditions, and big

that was marianna spring, and that's it for the short cut of this week's click.s, as ever, waiting for you on iplayer, right now. as ever, you can keep up with the team throughout the week on social media. find us on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter @bbcclick. i don't believe it — she's already gone and left her virtual self to do all the work. seriously. all right, from the real me and the not—so—real her, thanks for watching, and we will see you soon. bye— bye. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm sarah mulkerrins. coming up... a thriller at brighton ends with a 100th minute winner for manchester united. excellent exeter reach their first european champions cup final after beating the four time winners toulouse. a feeling of relief in russia for lewis hamilton after what he says was one of his worst qualifying sessions. and nat sciver helps england's cricketers complete a t20 series win over the west indies. hello and welcome to sportsday. you're very welcome along to the programme — lots to get through, and we'

marianna spring, bbc news.ave signed up to an agreement to distribute future covid—19 vaccines valley. the us and china have not signed up to that. there is much more on all the news anytime on the bbc website and on our twitter feed. thank you for watching. temperatures have been well above the seasonal average recently. lots of sunshine around but as we head through this week all that summery weather is about to change to something a lot more autumnal as we reach the end of the week. through monday we saw highs of 26—27 across the south of the country. low 20s for the north, but watch as we start to see the blue covers invade from the north and north—west. bringing that arctic air to our shoress. that will push temperatures below the seasonal average by the end of the week struggling to get into double figures by the north of the uk. changes taking place early on tuesday across the north—west of the country, an act of where the front bringing windy weather here, at base of rain for the south, tuesday will sta

marianna spring, bbc news. that's it for now. thank you very much for watching.easonal average recently. lots of sunshine around but as we head through this week all that summery weather is about to change to something a lot more autumnal as we reach the end of the week. through monday we saw highs of 26—27 across the south of the country. low 20s for the north, but watch as we start to see the blue covers invade from the north and north—west. bringing that arctic air to our shoress. that will push temperatures below the seasonal average by the end of the week struggling to get into double figures by the north of the uk. changes taking place early on tuesday across the north—west of the country, an act of where the front bringing windy weather here, at base of rain for the south, tuesday will start generally dry with clear skies. a few mist and fog patches are banned in most places will be relatively mild but more cloud across scotland and ireland to start tuesday. at base of rain continue in the northern western isles in particular. some of that heavier here and

marianna spring, bbc news. 0n course for third place at a triathlon in spain when he took a long term near the finish line. ended up blocked at the barrier. he overtook him but notice his mistake and stopped to allow him to catch up and cross for saying he deserved it. the organisers awarded him honourable third place in the same prize money. there is much more on the news national and international any time on the bbc website. thank you so much for watching. hello there. temperatures have been well above the seasonal average recently. lots of sunshine around, but as we head through this week, all that summery weather is about to change to something a lot more autumnal as we reach the end of the week. now, through monday, we saw highs of 26—27 degrees across the south of the country, low 20s further north. but watch how we start to see the blue colours invade from the north and north—west, bringing that arctic air to our shores. that'll push temperatures below the seasonal average by the end of the week, strugg

that was marianna spring, and that's it for the short cut of this week's click. team throughout the week on social media. find us on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter @bbcclick. i don't believe it — she's already gone and left her virtual self to do all the work. seriously. all right, from the real me and the not—so—real her, thanks for watching, and we will see you soon. bye— bye. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. headlines for viewers in the uk fighting breaks out between armenia and azerbaijan in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh, with casualties on both sides. president trump's pick for the supreme court prepares for a tough reception from democrats, asjoe biden urges senators to postpone her confirmation. the murdered london police sergeant matt ratana is remembered at the rugby club where he was head coach, as the suspect is named as 23—year—old louis de zoysa. the uk government defends its decision to allow students to return to university despite several outbreaks of coronavirus, leaving ma

marianna spring, bbc news.e already heard, one of the new measures the government is expected to announce tomorrow is a curfew on pubs, bars and restaurants in england, which could see them ordered to close at 10pm. our correspondent duncan kennedy is at a pub in winchester. yeah, it is a pub where there has been some lively interest in the sport that has been on the telly. they have been enjoying themselves with that. when you ask them, what you think about the idea of pubs closing up ten, many say, yes, they would accept it. but others have been telling us it is yet more mixed messages from the government. firstjob done, line—out won. at the march hare pub, they're mad about rugby. they're going to replay it! even on a monday night, there's quite a crowd, with many staying until closing time at 11. but if, as expected, the prime minister says pubs will have to shut at ten in england, what then? ten o'clock, yeah, as everyone has said, is reasonable. and i think we all recognise that we have to adjust. if it s

marianna spring, bbc news. including all the latest from the italian tennis open and the other top sports stories. all that to come ina sports stories. all that to come in a moment. music. ben johnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all athletes should be clean going into the games. i'm just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning, these people were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burnt down by serbian soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world. and so, the british government has no option but to continue this action, even after any adverse judgement in australia. concorde had crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes. let's update you on the headlines. the british prime minister prepares to outline a raft of leisure an

and so the bbc‘s specialist disinformation reporter marianna spring has been finding out more. an incredibly smart algorithm. at least smart enough to make the company a lot of money. more eyeballs on a video and more engagement equals more cash. it's simple. but what is not simple is how potent this combination has become. videos from fringe groups with extreme ideas surfacing to the top and influencing users' views. the pandemic has pushed the issue to new levels, with false information about the coronavirus often finding a much larger audience than trusted sources. as the months have gone on, youtube has become inundated with documentary—style films from pseudoscientists promoting conspiracy theories. this plandemic documentary received millions of views. despite efforts to remove it from youtube, facebook and twitter, users were constantly re—uploading the clip. and recently demonstraters have taken to the streets in london to promote some of the most popular coronavirus conspiracy theories mainly seen online. a man who would like to remain anonymous got in touch with us af

sensitive" about his company being "...the ultimate deciders here's disinformation reporter — marianna springnough. and in fact, a failure to shut down groups and pages were a diffs information and pages were a diffs information andi and pages were a diffs information and i hate speech dives not only results in that hate speech and disinformation spilling into local groups, parent chats and other spaces but also in real—world violence. the example of kenosha is a very compelling one where as a consequence of an event on facebook where threats were being made. it looks as though that could have been linked to are at least encouraged violence on the streets. if you don't follow mari it's worth looking herup on don't follow mari it's worth looking her up on twitter. she is waving through a lot of misinformation with the covid and the us elections. thanks for watching. we will see you tomorrow at the usual time. bye—bye. the heat of the last few days has well and truly gone now. the biggest drop in temperatures was across northern parts of the uk today. tomorrow, it's going to be pleasantly warm

our reporter marianna spring, who specialises in investigating disinformation, has more details.hen there's the one being waged beneath it, a subterranean social media campaign sucking people into a world dominated by conspiracy theories. and it could impact their vote. qanon is one of them. it claims president trump is fighting a secret war against elite, satan—worshipping paedophiles. though completely unfounded, it's been entertained by the man himself. these are people that love our country, they just don't like seeing it. so, i don't really know anything about it other than they do supposedly like me. tom long runs a local facebook group in the swing state of florida. it's one of the places false claims from qanon has reached. you see all these crazy things that are posted and reposted, and then reposted. and if you know that person, you think, oh, that person knows what they're talking about. and then it gets spread, and spread, and spread. even though it's completely false. qanon has also surfaced on younger platforms like instagram and tik—tok.

here's marianna spring, disinformation reporter.he way they have tackled harmful misinformation and certainly in the months heading to the us election misinformation and hate speech or high up the agenda. facebook are saying they are trying to shut down dangerous conspiracy theory groups, for instance those linked to the qanon conspiracy, unfounded conspiracy that says president trump is waging a secret war against the tannic paedophiles and they promote a great deal of misinformation. but many others are quick to point out that facebook don't act quickly enough and in fact if they are to shut down groups and pages where disinformation and hate speech drive not only results in hate speech and information spreading into local groups, parent chats and other spaces but also real—world violence, the example of kenosha is compelling. as a consequence of an event on facebook where threats were being made, it looks as though that could have been linked to it or at least having been encouraged by the violence in the streets. facebook took c

somebody has got to do something about antifa and the left. 0ur specialist disinformation reporter, marianna springigrant group and they have following on social media as stand back, stand by which they use as a call to arms. they have been sharing his comments, praising them, they have created a new logo for themselves in order to rejoice that and they very much see this as an endorsement of their group, opposed to what the trump campaign argue is trump batting down and rejecting this movement. proud boys have been vocal about fighting antifa, which trump has accused of being involved in violence in the us, with baseless claims. antifa trended overnight during the debate because joe trended overnight during the debate becausejoe biden trended overnight during the debate because joe biden came trended overnight during the debate becausejoe biden came out and said antifa is an idea and not an organisation. republican supporters we re organisation. republican supporters were critical of that, referencing their own conspiracy theories to do with this group, suggesting they have been involved in settin

that was marianna spring, and that's it for the short cut of this week's click.morning. welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and nina warhurst. 0ur headlines today... calls for the government to promise university students that they will be able to go home for christmas, as thousands are locked down on campuses across the uk. president trump nominates conservative judge amy coney barrett to fill the vacancy on the us supreme court, sparking a bitter fight ahead of november's election. concerns for the future of many pubs, bars and restaurants, following the introduction of the 10pm curfew, with some saying trade had dropped significantly. good morning. "the handball rule is killing football." so says crystal palace manager roy hodgson, whose side were beaten by a late, controvertial penalty. he says it's destroying his enjoyment of the game. good morning. after a chilly start to the day ww‘ll see an east — west split to the day to day. sunshine for many qestern parts of the uk, cloudier in the east with some strong winds around, too. i'll bring you all the deta

that was marianna spring, and that's it for the short cut of this week's click.media. find us on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter @bbcclick. i don't believe it — she has already gone and left her virtual self to do all the work. seriously. all right, from the real me and the not—so—real her, thanks for watching, and we will see you soon. bye— bye. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. delays in accessing coronavirus tests are continuing to cause disruption to hospital doctors. that's according to new research given to the bbc. the royal college of physicians surveyed its members and said that testing remains an "enormous problem." we'rejoined now by its president, professor andrew goddard. morning, professor. you have produced this report lots of different key findings. what are the main headlines you can tell us about? main headlines are that one in15 about? main headlines are that one in 15 dock as i currently not at work because they are either off sick or they are waiting for tests themselves for family members, for covid—19. but as i

our specialist disinformation reporter marianna spring joins us. what's happening here?in common, apart from the fa ct that much in common, apart from the fact they are detached from reality. one is qanon which is a false conspiracy theory suggesting that president trump is waging a war against elite paedophiles. on the other side, coronavirus conspiracy theories, like the pandemic is a hoax, which is false. the claim that vaccines are a hoax, which is false. the claim that vaccines are a way hoax, which is false. the claim that vaccines are a way of micro—chipping or killing the population should a coronavirus vaccine be available, again false. a number of people got in touch with me by e—mail sent coronavirus is a hoax, it is covering up with these paedophile rings and it is none that i started to think on these to medal viral things are becoming one. i spoke to a man who's mother attended the protest, she was not interested in conspiracy theories three months ago, she is becomes obsessed with coronavirus conspiracies and qanon and she was that a protest with a sign th

our specialist disinformation reporter mariana spring has been taking a look at this. mariannad how it is being shared. this video was originally posted on tick—tock mac and it is now over 3 million views and it is now over 3 million views and in the video there is a lady very upset that her daughter has been vaccinated she says without her permission while she was at school and she says things along the lines of "i don't know what they put inside her!" that video has been been picked up and shared very widely on instagram, on facebook by those who have been taken in by vexing conspiracy theories and they are using this video to demonstrate are using this video to demonstrate a false conspiracy theory that they believe which is that mandatory vaccines have been secretly in law to enforce and that will apply to the coronavirus vaccination. we know thatis the coronavirus vaccination. we know that is not true, there is no law suggesting that there are or will be mandatory vaccinations all —— although the government has refused to stay with it that will be the case in the future an