but now it's time for ian hislop in conversation with amol rajan. hello. ian. come in. you come up with a private eye cover like those? well, this was when theresa may, do you remember her? she was around at the beginning of the year. um, she used to be prime minister. anyway, she left and we had to think "how can we pay tribute to mrs may?" so i thought, "perhaps a blank page will be good" and so we have the theresa may memorial issue — her legacy in full. and a little thing at the bottom, saying, "er, thank you". which, again, seems quite cruel, but was quite funny at the time. do you ever keep tabs on how each of those sell? yeah. yeah, that was a seller. i'm afraid that was popular! and nigel farage? nigel farage. this is great. he's always good. partly because he always does photo opportunities, so having been accused of having a party full of fruitca kes, he does a photo op eating a fruit cake. i mean, he does thejoke for us. and you sometimes jump on anniversaries too. yes. essentially, the joke is essentially, thejoke is boris saying he has been caught out, she

and coming up in half an hour on bbc news: amol rajan takes a look back at a year dominated by the powerf social meida in review 2019: the media year. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. we start with breaking news and three members of the same family, reported to be british, have drowned in a swimming pool at a spanish resort in the costa del sol. our correspondentjon donnison is here with more details. what more do we know about this? tragic story, it seems. this happened as a resort that's very popular with british families on the costa del sol. the resort says that three members of the same family we re three members of the same family were found unresponsive in a swimming pool, the emergency services attended but they were unable to save them. it has been reported it was a nine—year—old girl, a teenage boy, and their father. any idea as to the circumstances regarding how they could've ended up like this? no, there is a question as to whether one of them perhaps got into difficulty first, that's been reported by some of the papers, that the young girl may be gone to difficulties a

and later this hour, private eye's editor, ian hislopjoins the bbc‘s media editor amol rajan to look fascinating year of front covers, cartoons and satire. the governor of new york, andrew cuomo, has called the knife attack at a jewish celebration in new york state "domestic terrorism". five people were injured, two of them critically, during a hanukkah gathering at the home of an orthodox rabbi. a man has been arrested. in recent weeks, police have stepped up patrols in jewish neighbourhoods, following a series of anti—semitic hate crimes. our washington correspondent, chris buckler, reports. members of new york's largejewish community had gathered to celebrate their religion, only to be attacked because of it. they were at the home of a rabbi in monsey to mark hannukah when a man forced his way into the house and started stabbing people, in some cases multiple times. he pulled it out from the thing and he started to run into the big room which was on the left side and i threw tables and chairs that he should get out of here. the injured are still being treated in hospital and this

and in half an hour, our media editor, amol rajan, sits down with the editor of private eye, ian hislop take a look back at 2019. good morning. merry christmas. the queen will lead members of the royal family for the annual festive church service at sandringham this morning. yesterday, the duke of edinburgh rejoined his family after spending four nights in hospital. prince george and princess charlotte will attend the service for the first time. prince andrew, who stepped back from royal duties last month, has attended an early morning service with prince charles. charlotte gallagher reports. the brothers walked side by side into the charge for the 9am service. charlotte gallagher reports. prince philip arrives back at sandringham by helicopter after spending four nights in a central london hospital. he walked out unaided and without a stick. a huge relief for his family that he's home to spend christmas day with them. this hasn't been the smoothest year for the royals, something the queen appears to acknowledge in her christmas message, describing 2019 as "quite bumpy". later today, th

and coming up in half an hour on bbc news, amol rajan takes a look back at a year dominated by the poweral media, in review 2019: the media year. spanish police have named a british holiday—maker and his two children who drowned in a swimming pool on christmas eve. gabriel diya had been staying with his family at a resort on the costa del sol. police say the pool appears to have been working normally at the time. emily unia reports. according to spanish police, gabriel diya, who was 52, died trying to rescue his nine—year—old daughter, comfort, after she got into difficulties in this hotel swimming pool. his 16—year—old son praise—emmanuel tried to help and also died. postmortem examinations confirmed that all three drowned. a 14—year—old girl, the children's sister, raised the alarm. a british tourist who's staying at the resort told the bbc she spoke to the children's mother. i noticed a woman was walking towards where i was. she looked really distraught. when she came closer, she was just saying, "help me, help me. please help me. my children are drowning." it was horrible. i didn't s

amol rajan, bbc news, hastings.erator running the west coast main line. avanti's first train left london euston for manchester piccadilly this morning. virgin trains was britain's longest—running rail franchise operating for more than 22 years. our business correspondent, katie prescott, explains what the changes will mean for passengers. stripped of its colours, one of the last virgin trains pulling out of euston station. after a row over pensions liabilities, britain's longest running rail franchise is being replaced by ava nti west coast. it's a joint venture between scotland—based firstgroup and the uk arm of italy's main train operator. the main change that passengers at euston station will notice will be the change in branding as virgin's red and white livery is stripped away and the staff wear new uniforms. but the people in those uniforms will stay the same, as most of the crew, drivers and even senior management are being kept on. all pre—booked tickets will still be valid. passengers will travel on 20 new

amol rajan, bbc news, hastings.bed as a "medical emergency" at an airport in chicago. the 21—year—old rapper, whose real name was jarad anthony higgins, was best—known for his 2018 hit song " lucid dreams", and appeared on a track with ellie goulding this year. at this stage, the cause of his death is unknown. the fbi says it is treating a deadly attack on a florida naval base as a presumed terrorist attack. the gunman, a saudi soldier who was training at the pensacola site, killed 3 people and wounded 8 on friday. the us defence secretary has ordered a review of the screening process for foreign military in the country. investigators say they believe he was acting alone but they're working with the saudi authorities to establish whether he had connections to any particular group. hundreds of thousands of people have filled the narrow streets of hong kong to take part in a peaceful march, demanding greater political rights. singing pro—democracy anthems and shining lights in the dark, the crowd followed the route of

amol rajan, bbc news.ssues at the top of their manifestos, from brexit to the nhs. but where do they stand on the key questions upper most in voters' minds? we've asked our team of correspondents, to take a look. brexit, it's why the election is happening on the issue that will dominate afterwards. the conservatives want a majority to get boris johnson's conservatives want a majority to get borisjohnson's deal conservatives want a majority to get boris johnson's deal through parliament unchanged to end our membership of the eu at the end of january. then there will be a transition period where eu law still applies and negotiations with brussels over trade, security and other matters. some of the brexit party except the prime minister wasn't deal and some don't but they wa nt to wasn't deal and some don't but they want to win seats of their own to keep an eye on him as he delivers it. labour would negotiate a close economic relationship with the eu, they would put that and the option of remaining to a publi

now on bbc news, our media editor amol rajan sits down with the editor of private eye, ian hislop, toake a look back at 2019. hello. you are everywhere. thank you for having us in, thank you so much. how do you come up with a cover like those? this was when theresa may, do you remember her? she was around at the beginning of the year. she used to be prime minister. anyway, she left and we had to think — how can we pay tribute to theresa may? so i thought perhaps a blank page will be good, and so we have the theresa may memorial issue, her legacy in full. uh, thank you. which again seems quite cruel, but was quite funny. do you know how each of those sell? yeah, that was a seller. i'm afraid that was popular. and nigel farage? this is great, he's always good. partly because he always does photo opportunities, so having been accused of having a party full of fruitca kes, he does a photo op eating a fruit cake. i mean, it is fantastic. he does the joke for us. borisjohnson‘s private life has frequently furnished you with cover ideas and this one you have here. this was sort of essentiall

and later in the programme private eye's editor, ian hislopjoins the bbc‘s media editor amol rajan tok back on a fascinating year of front covers, cartoons and satire. there are calls for a government inquiry into racism within football — after the chelsea player, antonio rudiger, complained of hearing monkey noises from the crowd during yesterday's premier league match at tottenham. the professional footballers‘ association said it was "disgusted" by the reports, and insisted urgent action was needed. the referee stopped play during the second half after rudiger complained of hearing monkey noises in the crowd. shortly after the stoppage, an announcement was made over the public address system warning that: "racist behaviour is interfering with the game." after the match the chelsea captain, cesar azpilicueta, explained what happened on the pitch. tony came to me and he told me that he was listening in the crowd monkey noises and obviously myjob as a captain is to come straight to the ref and to report it. now it is under investigation and we have to work together towards eradication

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amol rajan, bbc news, hastings.: tens of thousands of pro—democracy campaigners in hong kong have begun a march through the city centre. it's the first time since the summer that police have allowed a rally by the group civil human rights front. the territory's new police chief has warned that officers will intervene if there's any violence. north korea says it has carried out a very important test at a satellite launching site at sohae. analysts believe it could have been a ground—based test of a rocket engine. australian firefighters are warning that the bushfires blazing out of control in new south wales are likely to get worse this week. officials say a 35—mile wide mega blaze close to sydney cannot currently be put out. there are around 100 blazes in new south wales with only half under control. around 60,000 people took part in a charity sleep—out last night to highlight the issue of homelessness. 0rganisers of the world's big sleep 0ut, which began on a small scale in edinburgh three years ago, said 52 cities

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next, the bbc‘s amol rajan takes a close up look at a year dominated by the power of social media 7 inw 2019: the media year. and a warning, you may find some of the material in this film upsetting. hello and welcome to this review of the media year in 2019, and what a year it has been. one dominated, of course, by the californian tech giants that both manipulate us and find themselves being manipulated by friends and foes of decency and democracy. injanuary, ian russell tried to understand why his teenage daughter molly took her own life after seeing pictures of self—harm on instagram. my colleagues angus crawford and tony smith broke the story. this is the story of molly russell. molly was the youngest of three sisters. at the time she seemed to be a very ordinary teenager. she was 14. she was enthusiastic. she handed her homework in that night, she packed her bags and was preparing to go to school the next day, and then, when we woke up the next morning, she was dead. molly was one of around 200 children who take their own lives every year. since her death, we have been able to look

and, later this hour, private eye's editor, ian hislop, joins the bbc‘s amol rajan to look back on ating year of front covers, cartoons and satire. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the duke of edinburgh has returned to sandringham in time for christmas, after leaving hospital in london. prince phillip, who's 98, spent four nights in the king edward vii hospital on the advice of his doctor. our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, is at sandringham, where there is relief that the duke is back home. yes, a real relief here that the duke of edinburgh is back with his family to spend christmas on the sandringham estate. not just from the royal family, but also people who work on the estate, who say they see that him quite a lot, he walks around the estate, they check to him and he feels like part of the family. they are pleased he is back to spend christmas with his family. we will next see the royals tomorrow morning as they go to church, as they do on christmas morning, we don't know if prince philip will be there. firstly, he has just been discharged and secondly because he did

and coming up in half an hour on bbc news: amol rajan takes a look back at a year dominated by the power

and coming up in half an hour on bbc news, amol rajan takes a look back at a year dominated by the power of social media in review 2019: the media year. good a very happy christmas. the queen has used her christmas message to say that she has been "struck" by the "sense of purpose" younger generations have shown in tackling issues like climate change. her majesty also acknowleged that 2019 had been a "bumpy" year. it comes after a year of intense political debate about brexit, as well as a number of personal events affecting the royal family. this morning members of herfamily joined the queen in attending the christmas day service at sandringham in norfolk. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. morning service at sandringham. notable for who attended and who was absent. making their first appearance, six—year—old prince george and four—year—old princess charlotte. absent from the main service, prince andrew. he decided to attend an earlier private service for the family. after the 11 o'clock service, the queen headed back to sandringham house, where prince philip had remaine

and also, in 45 minutes, private eye's editor, ian hislop, joins the bbc‘s media editor amol rajan tok back on a year of front covers, cartoons and satire. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the chief executive of the us aircraft manufacturer boeing has been sacked less than a week after the company said it would temporarily halt production of its troubled 737 max airliner. boeing has struggled to recover after 346 people died in two crashes involving the 737. our business correspondent theo leggett has the story. two devastating accidents and 346 people died. the first plane crashed into the sea off indonesia late last year. then, in march, an identical aircraft went down in these fields in ethiopia minutes after take—off. since then, boeing's newest and fastest—selling aircraft, the 737 max, has been grounded worldwide. blame‘s been placed on a piece of flight control software, known as mcas, that activated at the wrong time and forced both planes into a catastrophic dive. boeing's failures and mr muilenberg's leadership have been angrily condemned in the us congress. those pilot

and coming up in half an hour on bbc news, amol rajan takes a look back at a year dominated by the powercial media, in review 2019: the media year. hello, good afternoon. a six—year—old girl has opened a pack of tesco christmas cards to find a message saying they were packed by prisoners in china being forced to work against their will. tesco says it's stopped production at the factory while it investigates. greg mackenzie reports. ready? uh-huh. it was six—year—old schoolgirl florence widdecombe who'd sat down at home to write out her christmas cards to her friends and family when she discovered one of the cards had already been written out. we were writing in them and about on my sixth or eighth card, there was... somebody had already written in it. there was a message which read, we are foreign prisoners in shanghai, china, forced to work against our will. please help us and notify human rights organisations. the first thought was that it was some sort of prank. but on reflection, we realised it was actually potentially quite a serious thing and so i felt very shocked, but i also felt

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now on bbc news, private eye's editor, ian hislop, joins the bbc‘s media editor amol rajan to look back much. how do you come up with a cover like those? this was when theresa may, do you remember her? she was around at the beginning of the year. she used to be prime minister. anyway, she left and we had to think how can we pay tribute to theresa may? so i thought perhaps a blank page will be good, and so we have the theresa may memorial issue, her legacy in full. uh, thank you. which again seems quite cruel, but was quite funny. do you know how each of those csll? yeah, that was a seller. i'm afraid that was popular. and nigel farage? this is great, he's always good. partly because he always does photo opportunities, so having been accused of having a party full of fruitca kes, he does a photo opt eating a fruit cake. i mean, it is fantastic. he does the joke for us. borisjohnson's private life hss frequently furnished you with cover ideas and this one you have here. this was sort of essentially a smut special. because there was a proper public interest in this story in the public mone

amol rajan, bbc news, hastings. more now from our political correspondent jonathan blake.oportion of voters might not have made up their minds by this stage? there will be many, and three days left of campaigning for them to make up left of campaigning for them to make up their minds and what has been a pretty predictable election campaign. the conservatives with a laser—like focus on brexit, boris johnson hoping people will vote for him to see the process of leaving the eu take care of sooner rather than later, although many point out it might not be as possible to deliver it as quickly as he claims. the labour party have asked people to look beyond brexit. their policy ofa to look beyond brexit. their policy of a new deal and another referendum has been a tough sell for them in certain areas. the party has hoped to focus on investment in public services, renationalising industries and paying for it with taxes on the richest, although many economists point out that formula is not as simple as jeremy corbyn point out that formula is not as simple asjeremy corbyn would have

our media editor amol rajan reports from hastings on the south coast on the role online forums are playingows how much of the election conversation around the country is happening in facebook groups. hastings and rye, a marginal, illustrates this story. a closed facebook group called hastings 2020 decides aims to be impartial. it was founded by plant biologist, russell hall, who keeps it on a tight leash. a lot of people see facebook as a threat to democracy, would you argue that it's actually a benefit? very much it can, yes. i mean, the ability for citizens right across the town to actually talk directly with each other is great. what i am seeing though is a lot of... well, non—factual information being passed around, let's say. it is fake news. these facebook groups show the growing power of self—appointed group moderators who curate discussion amongst communities that are sometimes bigger than the readership of the local paper. this is where so much of the discussion about this election is taking place, and often it is the groups that were set up to talk about hedgehogs and wheelie bin

now on bbc news, private eye's editor, ian hislop, joins the bbc‘s media editor, amol rajan, to lookverywhere. thank you for having us in, thank you so much. how do you come up with a private eye cover like those? well, this was when theresa may, who — do you remember her? she was around at the beginning of the year. um, she used to be prime minister. anyway, she left and we had to think "how can we pay tribute to mrs may?" so i thought "perha ps a blank page will be good" and so we have the theresa may memorial issue — her legacy in full. and a little thing at the bottom, saying "er, thank you". which, again, seems quite cruel, but was quite funny at the time. do you know how each of those — do you ever keep tabs on how each of those sell? yeah. yeah, that was a seller. i'm afraid that was popular! and nigel farage? nigel farage. this is great. he's always good. partly because he always does photo opportunities, so having been accused of having a party full of fruitca kes, he does a photo op eating a fruit cake. i mean, it is fantastic. i mean, he does thejoke for us. boris johnson'

now on breakfast, private eye's editor, ian hislop, joins the bbc‘s media editor, amol rajan, to looksatire. hello. you are everywhere. thank you for having us in, thank you so much. how do you come up with a cover like those? this was when theresa may, do you remember her? she was around at the beginning of the year. she used to be prime minister. anyway, she left and we had to think how can we pay tribute to theresa may? so i thought perhaps a blank page will be good, and so we have the theresa may memorial issue, her legacy in full. uh, thank you. which again seems quite cruel, but was quite funny. do you know how each of those sell? yeah, that was a seller. i'm afraid that was popular. and nigel farage? this is great, he's always good. partly because he always does photo opportunities, so having been accused of having a party full of fruitca kes, he does a photo opt eating a fruit cake. i mean, it is fantastic. he does the joke for us. and you sometimes jump and you sometimesjump on anniversaries. this is when boris became prime minister. which many people equate with an event as

amol rajan, our media editor, joins me now.nd lots of the dispute and debate and lots of the unpleasantness, if i can put it like that, has been online, and that is spilling over into the reactions tonight. we are also looking for reactions in tomorrow's press, and you know all about the press, and you know all about the press, in your previous role, so tell us a bit about what we can expect. well, there is an absolute war going on online, a lot of it highly unpleasant. a lot of it is really, as nick robinson was pointing out, about the battle for the future of labour if there is this heavy defeat. but for the first media hit of the night, let's look at the more traditional media, the front pages. such nights as this pose a huge challenge for the newspapers, especially if there is a hung parliament, as there was last time, and usually you find that they get more decisive over the course of the night. no such problem tonight. looking at the daily mail's frontpage. the editor of the daily mail can makea frontpage. the editor of t

and later in the programme, private eye's editor ian hislopjoins the bbc‘s media editor amol rajan to on a fascinating year of front covers, cartoons and satire. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a british man and his two children have died after drowning in a swimming pool at a resort in the costa del sol. they were on holiday at club la costa world when it's believed a 9—year—old girl got into difficulties in the water and her brother and father attempted to rescue her, but also drowned. our correspondentjon donnison is with us now. we are getting a much clearer picture now of what happened. this was a big resort in fuengirola. we are getting some pictures, there we re are getting some pictures, there were several villas on this resort. the company that run it, club la costa world, they are saying that these three members of the same family were found unresponsive in the swimming pool. the emergency services tried to revive them, they we re services tried to revive them, they were not successful, though. and nine—year—old girl, her brother we believe 16 years old, and her father