now on bbc news newswatch. hello, and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed.rogramme... why has the bbc�*s disinformation correspondent created online profiles for five fictional american voters? and is it the responsibility of her and the bbc as a whole to confront and expose the purveyors of false conspiracy theories? first, the football world cup has certainly made its presence felt on our broadcasting landscape, sparking rows over the tone and extent of its coverage across both sports and news outputs. those two worlds came together when bbc one's coverage leading up to the men's tournament's first game on sunday featured appearances from bbc news international editor jeremy bowen and its analysis editor ros atkins. hundreds of thousands of foreign workers — mostly from south asia — were hired. and there have long been concerns about their treatment. that focus on qatar's human rights record and questions about how fifa came to award it the right to host this year's world cup have featured extensively on news outlets over the past week, and that's raised q

thank you so much for coming on newswatch.hen we're talking about disinformation in news? i think it's really important to think about how disinformation tends to be deliberate misleading of people, promoting conspiracy theories or falsehoods that can cause serious real world harm, and a lot of the focus that i have in thisjob is understanding how disinformation spreads and how it affects people — particularly those who are targeted by it — falsehoods about the pandemic, the war in ukraine. these aren't fringe beliefs any more. these aren't sort of small internet forums where people are promoting conspiracies that, you know, a lot of people would think are quite extreme and they wouldn't believe — particularly after the pandemic, but also around other major global events, elections and more. disinformation is more common than ever, it's something that can proliferate and spread very rapidly, and it has a real—world consequence — it spills out into the real world. it can cause violence offline, it can lead to people being targe

and although newswatch wasn't on the air then, audience feedback was requested.bulletin twice, once fast and once slowly, and listeners were asked to write in with their preference. do let us know your preferences on the current speed of news reading or anything else. you can email us. or you can find us on twitter. at #newswatchbbc. you can call us on 0370 010 6676. and do you have a look at our website. bbc.co.uk/newswatch. that's all from us. we'll be back next week talking to clive myrie and to hear more of your thoughts about bbc news coverage. goodbye. hello. well, the rain clouds are starting to clear, and the weather is improving across scotland after what has been a very wet couple of days. and, of course, not just scotland but northern england, too. here's the radar from the last 12 hours or so — and in aberdeenshire, in char, we had about 160mm of rain injust the last two days or so. but that rain is getting lighter. it's not going to be a completely dry day, though, on saturday. how about the weekend overall? well, it will be a mixed bag for most of u

call us on us on 0370 0106676 and do have a look at previous interviews on our website, bbc.co.uk/newswatchom us, will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello there, welcome to our forecast for the week which will see temperatures returning closer to the seasonal average but notjust yet. for this weekend, we stick with the mild conditions we have seen of late because the jet stream is digging its way southwards and then bending northwards again. this dress dream passion continues to allow us to tap into this really warm air coming up from the south moving northwards across the uk. we do have a frontal system in the picture, it is a warm front pushing its way northwards across northern ireland and scotland taking some rain whether it but that rain increasingly becoming confined to the far north—west. high pressure across the new content so a lot of dry weather this weekend. not going to be quite as when as it has been certainly through saturday the wind is lighter than we have been used to and any early fog will give way to some spells of sunshin

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. mason's questioning of the prime minister this week persistent or pointless? and how the bbc has been soliciting your views about its output for 100 years. first, as in all budgetary events, the chancellor unveiled a blizzard of statistics in his autumn statement on thursday. later in the studio, the bbc�*s economics editor, faisal islam, ran through some of them. now here are today's borrowing numbers in yellow. the key thing is that they're large and they stay high. now, back in march, the official forecasts for government borrowing were much lower, in blue. the obr is forecasting that those tax rises and more significantly, the uk inflation rate, now at its highest rate in 41 years, will also drive those historic falls in real household disposable income. robin petherbridge was watching that and had this response. well, bbc news said they would give us a response to those questions and we'll bring you that next week. the statement was, of course, long—awaited, and there had been pl

and although newswatch wasn't on the air then, audience feedback was requested.lletin twice, once fast and once slowly, and listeners were asked to write in with their preference. do let us know your preferences on the current speed of news reading or anything else. you can email us. or you can find us on twitter. and do you have a look at our website. that's all from us. we'll be back next week talking to clive myrie and to hear more of your thoughts about bbc news coverage. hello. friday has brought us some major disruption across parts of eastern areas of scotland on account of severe flooding problems. this was one of our weather watcher photos coming in from angus, which had been one of the worst hit areas along with aberdeenshire, perth and kinross as well. now, we've seen 140 millimetres of rain in places over the last 48 hours, and that rain has been causing big problems with flooding. we've seen around seven severe flood warnings being issued by the scottish environment protection agency. that's where flooding is expected and brings with it a significant

shortly here on bbc news, newswatch. but first, it's time to click.n the last few years, we have heard lots about the metaverse and how it's going to change our lives online. i've made several stories about it and the effect it's going to have... yeah, but you had help! i beg your pardon? you had help from the likes of me — the trimmer, younger—looking virtual version of you that's helped with all of these stories on the telly. well, if you know so much about it, perhaps you'd like to explain what the metaverse actually is then? my pleasure! if we think of the current internet as something that we look at, the metaverse is the next version of the net that we are inside, experiencing as a sd avatar like this one. that's the broad idea — it doesn't truly exist yet. but games like fortnite and roblox of us a glimpse —— offer us a glimpse of what the metaverse could be — virtual realms that play host to pop concerts, fashion shows, and sports. ah! as well as allowing us to play games. and mashing up different activities across genres and industries. but w

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.d out the full horror of the attack in the ukrainian city of mariupol. and, did the midterm elections in the united states warrant the amount of coverage they received here in the uk? first, in a year of climate—related disasters and broken temperature records, the relevance of the cop27 summit in sharm el—sheikh were self—evident. and, as it started on sunday, bbc one's early evening news made clear how high the stakes are. dire warnings for the future of the planet as the cop27 climate conference begins in egypt. delegates hear the last eight years have been the hottest on record, accelerating the effects of climate change. we must answer the planet's distress signal with action — ambitious, credible climate action. the united nations' secretary general antonio guterres, who we saw there, warned the following day that the planet was on a highway to climate hell. but language like that, and the way that it was reported worried liz middleton: there were other concerns, too, around the

now on bbc news, newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.f climate—related disasters and broken temperature records, the relevance of the cop27 summit in sharm el—sheikh were self—evident. and, as it started on sunday, bbci's early evening news made clear how high the stakes are. dire warnings for the future of the planet as the cop27 climate conference begins in egypt. delegates hear the last 8 years have been the hottest on record, accelerating the effects of climate change. we must sense that the planet's distress signal with action. ambitious, credible, climate action. the united nations secretary general antonio guterres, who we saw there, warned the following day that the planet was on a highway to climate hell. but, language like that, and the way that it was reported, worried liz middleton. "i'm concerned that bbc news is becoming extremely there were other concerns, too, around the summit. john lambert was one of those left wondering about the environmental impact of the bbc�*s coverage. the bbc�*s climate editor, justin rowlatt, ha

hello, and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed. on this programme...ctional american voters? and is it the responsibility of her and the bbc as a whole to confront and expose the purveyors of false conspiracy theories? first, the football world cup has certainly made its presence felt on our broadcasting landscape, sparking rows over the tone and extent of its coverage across both sports and news outputs. those two worlds came together when bbc one's coverage leading up to the men's tournament's first game on sunday featured appearances from bbc news international editor jeremy bowen and its analysis editor ros atkins. hundreds of thousands of foreign workers — mostly from south asia — were hired. and there have long been concerns about their treatment. that focus on qatar's human rights record and questions about how fifa came to award it the right to host this year's world cup have featured extensively on news outlets over the past week, and that's raised questions in the minds of some viewers, such as hugh balter. england's first match on monday kic

now newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.as in all budgetary events, the chancellor unveiled a blizzard of statistics in his autumn statement on thursday. later in the studio, the bbc�*s economics editor, faisal islam, ran through some of them. now here are today's borrowing numbers in yellow. the key thing is that they're large and they stay high. now, back in march, the official forecasts for government borrowing were much lower, in blue. the obr is forecasting that those tax rises and more significantly, the uk inflation rate, now at its highest rate in 41 years, will also drive those historic falls in real household disposable income. robin petherbridge was watching that and had this response. "you first showed a graph of uk borrowing measured in percent, well, bbc news said they would give us a response to those questions and we'll bring you that next week. the statement was, of course, long—awaited, and there had been plenty of previewing and speculation about what it might contain in the media over the past few weeks.

in 2004, a commentator on the fox news program newswatch named jim pinkerton said in that program that polls are as accurate and precise as human nature, which is to say they are not accurate and they are not precise. this practice, he said, is witchcraft. the 24 presidential election problem really represented the zenith or if you will the nadir of pop among prominent journalists that year, jimmy breslin, a well-known, well-read, celebrated columnist writer, playwright in new york city. took on a campaign late in the late the race to chastise polls on one occasion, calling them cheap, meaningless blatant lies. and. jiy breslin's complaint was that pollsters were not interviewing voters with cell phones who had given up landlines and were relying primarily on cell phones that. number was fairly small a cell phone only. voters back in 2004. itas since become overwhelming. many people have given up thr landline f cell phone only use not so much in 2000 for pollsters. he was right did not generally call cell phone numbers. there were complications. federal regulations seem to impede that

now on bbc news, newswatch. hello, and welcome to use a watch with me, samira ahmed. question time? mini—budget in september, there were calls for then prime minister liz truss to respond to the resulting criticism. after six days, she did so by placing interviews, not with the national media, but with eight local bbc radio stations. while liz truss's performance may have hastened her departure from office three weeks later, the interviewer was widely commended. where have you been? we had to take urgent action to get our economy growing, get britain moving and also deal with inflation. on radio stoke, an awkward moment. we are going to spend more _ on mortgage fees under what you have

thank you so much for coming on newswatch.ace. is there a danger at all in publicising those people, that you actually spread the conspiracy to new believers? it's a really important question and it's one that we discussed extensively when we were doing both the panorama and the podcast series because we have to think about how we can cover these topics ethically and responsibly, and whether we can cover them at all. and i think with this specific investigation, it really did come down to the survivors and centring our investigation around those survivors, who were being really seriously harmed by the tactics employed by some of the conspiracy theorists involved in this investigation. they were left feeling unsafe, they were left feeling frightened, and one of them said to me, "if you don't investigate this, "the harm continues for us. "it gets worse." and what's really interesting, i think, in response to the investigation is notjust the huge reaction to it — the number of people who were shocked and engaging with it — but th

now on breakfast, it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.ng very artful in trying to get me to confirm elements of the package that i announce on thursday, as i would expect from you. but i'm not going to do that, i'm afraid. a viewer called jens, originally from germany but now living in northamptonshire, contacted us about that interview and recorded his response for us. as per usual, laura kuenssberg interviewed the chancellor on her sunday morning programme before the big budget announcement on thursday. this seems to be the same pattern as andrew marr did before in his programme on a sunday, that it always had the chancellor of the exchequer on their programme before any such announcement, which then gives the chancellor each time the cop—out to say, "oh, i can't give you any more details about the budget — "you have to wait until the announcement on thursday." so my — my issue, therefore, is why are you not inviting the chancellor the sunday after such an announcement, where he then could give further detail, further explanation to the

time now for this week's newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.t the planet was on "a highway to climate hell". but language like that, and the way that it was reported, worried liz middleton: there were other concerns, too, around the summit. john lambert was one of those left wondering about the environmental impact of the bbc�*s coverage. the bbc�*s climate editor justin rowlatt has, in the past, defended on this programme the need he sees to travel and take flights in the course of reporting on the environment. but he was also the subject of another complaint this week, regarding his appearance on air. this is the main conference hall where the leaders speak and as you walk around this truly vast convention centre, you get an idea of the range of issues under discussion. anthony webb wrote to us, saying: it's not the first time justin rowlatt has caused some controversy by wearing jeans on television. he did so in the news at ten studio injuly and tweeted afterwards: well, it's clearfrom what we've heard this week that some viewers do consider

now, it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed. hello and welcome to newswatch.u have done, based on the predictions, than we would have saved with energy. i don't think anybody is arguing that we should not have acted on energy. on radio kent... time is short. we've seen the bank of england having to intercede because of the measures that your government brought in on friday. this does not normally happen. we are working very, very closely with the bank of england, the bank of england... they are putting putting out your fire, to be fair. the bank of england running independent monetary policy. a rare moment in the national spotlight for bbc local radio and a reminderfor many of its value. this week, though, the corporation announced that there would be cuts to those services with dedicated programming for each of england's 39 local stations ending at 2pm every day. content after that being shared across regions. this will mean 139 fewer roles in audio teams — though the bbc says there will be additional posts created in investigation and digitaljournalism. the