hello, and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. victory for england in the world cup on monday, but we hear why not all bbc news viewers were celebrating. and newsnight‘s emily maitlis has a run—in with a german politician. the first full week of the world cup divided the nation into happy and often excited fans, and disgruntled, often angry non—enthusiasts. many of the latter felt the tv schedules and news output were being taken over by football, with england's first game on monday already the top headline 12 hours before it kicked off. you're watching bbc breakfast. the wait is almost over, england make their debut at the 2018 world cup. this morning, the team have appealed for fans to get behind them as they prepare to take on tunisia tonight. get behind us, we'll give it a real go. we aren't there to lay up, we will go there and give it a go. gillian grey tweeted her dissatisfaction with that. the news channel and bbc one news bulletins continue to look forward to the match during the course of the day, and to look back to eng

welcome to newswatch.ot of talk about deadlines and crunch points, but danny dyer seemed to speak for many on good evening britain when he said brexit is a mad riddle — no—one knows what it is. as the correspondent tasked with explaining it all to us, is it frustrating for you? it can be, and i thought "mad riddle" was a brilliant phrase and i would like to strenuously object to steve's proposal for a 24—hour brexit channel, because then i would never get to lie down, anywhere. it can be frustrating, but it is incredibly complicated. i mean, people use various different metaphors for trying to get out of the european union. one of them is unmaking an omelette. we've had a0 years of putting it all together, and you can't simply jump away, you have got to unstitch it all. it's very, very difficult and these are issues, frankly, which a lot of people now involved in the negotiations, i think, did not understand. you take issues like the customs union, for example. i've spent a lot of time on air trying to exp

hello, and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.monday, but we hear why not all bbc news viewers were celebrating. and newsnight‘s emily maitlis has a run—in with a german politician. the first full week of the world cup divided the nation into happy and often excited fans, and disgruntled, often

hello and welcome to newswatch.otest against leaving the european union, we examine the challenges of reporting on brexit in an objective, comprehensible and interesting fashion. and... who's your favourite couple on love island? and we find out why brussels correspondent adam fleming was faced with that question from an unusual guest on the daily politics programme. this week's european council meeting had been seen as a crucial staging post in the protracted negotiations over the uk's departure from the eu. as it happens, the growing political disagreement over migration dominated the agenda. but, as ever, brexit was under discussion as well. amid all the disputes about migration, theresa may had had just a brief chance to talk to the assembled leaders about brexit. her message to them? we are ready to intensify and accelerate the pace of negotiations. i want to see that from the european commission, and the european union, as well. but, more than a year into the negotiations, the eu says the uk still doesn't have

welcome to newswatch. day of the cold war, the role was focused on broadcasting, how different will it be now in the age of social media? it is already different, to be honest. with digital media and the explosion of what is happening has been a part of our work for some time. if you look at how we are working into the future, we need to be even more able to follow that huge range of sources. if we the monitors cannot keep up with the media we are following, we are in trouble. that keeping up with the changes, keeping across which sources are relevant, which sources you need to listen to, whereas which ones are less influential... how do you do that? i would like to bust the myth of a pair of headphones tuning into a crackly radio station. our monitors are very fluent in the digital media they are following. they might be following four or five broadcast screens at the same time as looking at tweets and threads across a range of sources. it is a very fluid, fastjob now. at the same time as i am talking abo

hello and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed.north korea meet. historic, certainly, but did this get carried away by president trump's gameshow—style approach? and was coverage of the anniversary of the grenfell tower fire excessive and maudlin? it's been a bumper week for news, with president trump's meeting with kimjong—un, a crucial vote on brexit, the one—year anniversary of the grenfell tower and the start of the world cup, all vying for attention from editors. we'll be hearing your reactions to how all these stories were covered, starting with the summit in singapore on tuesday, which was widely described as historic. the handshake in history. donald trump becomes the first serving us president to meet a north korean leader. just months after trading insults, an extraordinary turn of events as president trump and kim jong—un meet face—to—face. a lot of progress, really positive. i think better than anybody could have expected. how much progress had actually been made, and how much substance there was to the agreement, was m

welcome to newswatch.ns to bbc news coverage, the world's media fall victim to a prime example of fa ke fall victim to a prime example of fake news as a russian journalist turns out not to have been murdered after all. and why there was no mention of the arrest and jailing of this man, although hundreds of thousands of people knew about it. first, the political turmoil in italy occupied plenty of airtime this week, as that country struggles to form a government three months after a general election. that election saw the success of what has been called the antiestablishment five star and la liga, normally described as a right—wing party. but these coalition partners have also been widely characterised across bbc news with a term that has proved controversial with some viewers. there is catchier adler describing concerns of italians on wednesday's news at ten. they want those changes that populist politicians have promised them. they are trying to foist an unlike the government of technocrats threatening th

find us on twitter @newswatchbbc and do have a look at our website, the address is bbc.co.uk/newswatchw your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. good evening, it has been a day of contrast across the country, but not as extreme as yesterday. now, you can see some of these showers were heavy, and it made for a cool and disappointing day at times. if you saw the cloud break—up, some sunnis both came through, as we have had in eastbourne early on. temperatures responded into the low 20s. that and the weather front bringing these showers will continue to move in from the west, and as we go towards the weekend, it will be a cooler, showery saturday, leading into a quieter but a cloudy sunday. this is the story for the next few hours, the story for the next few hours, the weather front being it these ends from scotland, another one waiting in the wings on saturday. because it are day with the south—westerly wind driving in a little bit more cloud, and if you showers along west facing coast. with all that cloud around, temperatures will not fall too low, it will be a mi

time now for newswatch. hello, and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. a run—in with a german politician. the first full week of the world cup divided the nation into happy and often excited fans, and disgruntled, often angry non—enthusiasts. many of the latter felt the tv schedules and news output were being taken over by football, with england's first game on monday already the top headline 12 hours before it kicked off. you're watching bbc breakfast. the wait is almost over, england make their debut at the 2018 world cup. this morning, the team have appealed for fans to get behind them as they prepare to take on tunisia tonight. get behind us, we'll give it a real go. we aren't there to lay up, we will go there and give it a go. gillian grey tweeted her dissatisfaction with that. the news channel and bbc one news bulletins continue to look forward to the match during the course of the day, and to look back to england's victory the following day when it took top billing. carol peters contacted us and send us this video. i'm very aware ofjust how import

welcome to newswatch.ent tasked with explaining it all to us, is it frustrating for you? it can be, and i thought "mad riddle" was a brilliant phrase. and i would like to strenuously object to steve's proposal for a 2a—hour brexit channel, because then i would never get to lie down, anywhere. it can be frustrating, but it is incredibly complicated. i mean, people use various different metaphors for trying to get out of the european union. one of them is unmaking an omelette. we've had a0 years of putting it all together, and you can't simply jump away, you have got to unstitch it all. it's very, very difficult and these are issues, frankly, which a lot of people now involved in the negotiations, i think, did not understand. you take issues like the customs union, for example. i've spent a lot of time on air trying to explain what it is, but we still have, from our audience research suggestion, that a lot of people don't quite understand it yet. you know, if you are working for something like the financial

now on the bbc news channel, it's time for newswatch.orld for 75 years. we ask its boss what it is doing to fight fake news. and upstaged by little pigs. carol kirkwood struggles to focus on the weather forecast. first, the week has ended with two prominent brexiteers in the cabinet, apparently flexing their muscles. on thursday, bbc news was reporting that david davis was threatening to resign. he didn't. and friday this leaked excerpt from a speech from boris johnson emerged. simonjessop had this response. the top story on all bbc one news bulletins on tuesday was the latest in a long—running transport saga. a third runway at london's heathrow airport. the government finally gives the go—ahead, saying it will help the uk thrive after brexit. after almost two decades of delays, the transport secretary said the controversial £14 billion runway would be in the national interest. one viewer rang us with this response.

now on the bbc news channel, newswatch.ary of the grenfell tower fire, excessive and maudlin? it‘s been a bumper week for news, with president trump‘s meeting with kim jong—un, a crucial vote on brexit, the one—year anniversary of the grenfell tower and the start of the world cup, all vying for attention from editors. we‘ll be hearing your reactions to how these stories are covered starting with the summit in singapore on tuesday which was widely described as historic. the handshake in history, donald trump becomes the first serving us president to meet a north korean leader. just months after trading insults, an extraordinary turn of events as president trump and kim jong—un meet face—to—face. a lot of progress, really positive. i think better than anybody could have expected. how much progress had actually been made and how much substance there was to the agreement was much debated. was the bbc and the media in general too quick to accept a white house narrative claiming a triumphant success? one twitter user thought so,

now it is time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed.ersary of the grenfell tower fire excessive and maudlin? it's been a bumper week for news, with president trump's meeting with kimjong—un, a crucial vote on brexit, the one—year anniversary of the grenfell tower and the start of the world cup, all vying for attention from editors. we'll be hearing your reactions to how all these stories were covered, starting with the summit in singapore on tuesday, which was widely described as historic. the handshake in history. donald trump becomes the first serving us president to meet a north korean leader. just months after trading insults, an extraordinary turn of events as president trump and kim jong—un meet face—to—face. a lot of progress, really very positive. i think better than anybody could have expected. how much progress had actually been made, and how much substance there was to the agreement, was much debated. was the bbc and the media in general too quick to accept a white house narrative claiming a triumphant success? one twitter us

now it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed. hello and welcome to news watch. victory for england in the world cup on monday, but we hear why not all bbc news viewers were celebrating. and newsnight‘s emily make cliff has a run—in with a german politician. but first —— the first full week of the world cup divided the nation, into happy and often excited fans, and disgruntled and often angry nonindigenous. many of the latter felt the tv schedules and news outlets were being taken over by football, with england's first game on monday already the top headline 12 hours before it kicked off. you're watching... the way is almost over, england make their debut at the 2018 world cup. this morning, the 2018 world cup. this morning, the team have appealed for fans to get behind them as they prepare to ta ke get behind them as they prepare to take on tunisia tonight. we aren't there to lay up, we will go there and give it a go. julian green -- grey tweeted her dissatisfaction with that. the news channel and bbc one news bulletins continue to look forward to the match duri

find us on twitter @newswatchbbc, and do have a look at our website, the address is bbc.co.uk/newswatch. we'll be back to view your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. the weather this weekend is looking a little hit and miss. in fact, we are expecting some rain, on—and—off rain, across northern parts of the uk. on—and—off rain, across northern there could even be some thunder and lightning. but the good news is it's not going to be like that all through the weekend. i think we'll all get at least some sunshine. let's have a look at the satellite image. a lot of cloud across the uk right now and, in fact, this area of cloud here, that's racing in our direction. that'll be moving through the rest of the night and into saturday morning, and that's responsible for the showers. so here's the forecast, then, through the early hours of saturday. showers getting into northern ireland, some into wales, the north—west of england and western scotland. so here we will have some rain overnight, and then towards the east and south, it's looking dry. the temperatures first thin

in a few moments it'll be time for newswatch. but first, here's click. the new adidas telstar 18. i wanted to find out what goes into the design behind this, so i've come to loughborough university to find out. this year's design is a model re—version of the iconic adidas ball from the 1970 world cup, the telstar. but if you thought this was a case of aesthetics, think again. loughborough university have been researching for adidas for almost 20 years, and their rigorous testing facilities offer findings on how the ball moves and reacts in different situations. hi, andy. hi, kat. first up, the team use a roboleg to recreate the moves the players make over and over again at different speeds and powers. we have a compromise here between the fluidity and flexibility of a human player but the repeatability of a machine. it needs to be a robot because even the best player in the world cannot kick a ball the same way twice. yeah. if we want to know how a ball will respond, we need the robot. let's see it in action then. i'm intrigued already that the foot appears to be in front of the b

those of you who have just tuned in hoping to watch newswatch, that has been moved to 8:45 p:m..watching, it will be on them. let us move on. "we were just doing ourjob". the words of the two police officers who were first on the scene of the salisbury nerve agent attack. they were called to help sergei and yulia skripal, who they found on a park bench. the officers —— along with detective sergeant nick bailey —— today met prince charles and the duchess of cornwall, who were in the city to thank the emergency services and others caught up in the aftermath. peter cooke reports. and message to the world that salisbury is safe and open for business. today the duke and duchess of cornwall walked through the area where sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were found in march. after greeting hundreds of well—wishers, they spent time with those closest to the nerve agent attack and for the first time we heard from the officers who were first on the same. by returning call toa first on the same. by returning call to a couple slumped on a bench, that is not out of the ordinary and then f

here's samira ahmed with newswatch. hello and welcome to news watch.ater on this week's round—up reactions to bbc news coverage, the world's media fall victim to a prime example of a news as a russian journalist turns out not to be murdered after all. and why there was no mention of the arrest and jailing of this man, although hundreds of thousands of people knew about it. first, the political turmoil in italy occupied plenty of airtime this week. with the struggles to form a government, three months after a general election. that elections a success for what has been called the anti—establishment by star movement and the league, normally described asa and the league, normally described as a right—wing party. but those two coalition partners have also been widely characterised across bbc news it with a term proved controversial among some viewers. hoosier at her —— here is your editor, describing the concern of the viewers. they wa nt the concern of the viewers. they want those changes they have been promised to the president tried to boat boys and an

now it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch.ashion. and... who is your favourite couple on love island? laughter. and we find out why brussels correspondent adam fleming was faced with that question from an unusual guest on the daily politics programme. this week's european council meeting had been seen as a crucial staging post in the protracted negotiations over the uk's departure from the eu and, as it happens, the growing political disagreement over migration dominated the agenda. but, as ever, brexit was under discussion as well. amid all the disputes about migration, theresa may had just a brief chance to talk to the assembled leaders about brexit. her message to them? we are ready to intensify and accelerate the pace of negotiations. i want to see that from the european commission and the european union as well. more than a year into the negotiations, the eu says the uk still does not have a clear negotiating position and it needs to see one. she headed home, excluded from today's brexit discussion.

the advertised programme of newswatch will now be shown at 8.115 this evening. so let us shown at 8.115 this evening. so let us continue to listen in. japan does, south korea does, and i think china does, but thaw is their neighbour, it is no ours. reporter: you you were concerned about the meeting of lavrov... i didn't like it. but it could be very positive too. ididn't like positive too. i didn't like the russian meeting yesterday. i said what is the purpose of that? but, it could be a positive meeting, if it is a positive meeting, if it is a positive meeting, if it is a positive meeting i love it. if it is negative i am not happy. it could very well be a positive thing. that could happen. that could happen. we talked about it. we talked about ending the war, and you know, this war has been going on, it has to be the longest war, almost 70 yea rs, has to be the longest war, almost 70 years, right. there is a possibility something like that, that is more of an signing of a document that it is very important in one way, historically it is very important, but we

now it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed. welcome to newswatch. i'm samira ahmed.ter all. and why there was no mention of the arrest and jailing of this man, although hundreds of thousands of people knew about it. first, the political turmoil in italy occupied plenty of airtime this week as that country struggles to form a government three months after a general election. that election saw the success of what has been called the anti—establishment five star movement and lega, normally described as a right—wing party. but these coalition partners have also been widely characterised across bbc news with a term that has proved controversial with some viewers. here is katya adler describing concerns of italians on wednesday's news at ten. they want those changes that populist politicians have promised them. they are trying to foist an unliked government of technocrats —— they are trying to foist an unelected of technocrats threatening the same old, same old, and trying to put a lid on things, thatjust didn't go down well. if there were fresh elections, it would probabl

and current affairs, or even appear on the programme, you can call us on 03700106676, or e—mail newswatchyou can find us on twitter @newswatchbbc, but look at our website, the address for that is bbc. co. uk/newswatch. that's all from us, we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news again next week. goodbye. hello this is breakfast, withjon kay and naga munchetty. two years to the day since the eu referendum and divisions are laid bare. senior cabinet members go on the offensive, while anti—brexit campaigners prepare to march through london to demand a vote on the final deal. good morning. it's saturday the 23rd june. also this morning... sir david attenborough launches a new campaign to tackle plastic pollution, and says he's been "astonished" by the response to blue planet. so many people have written and sent messages to say that they want to do something. and there are simple things that we can do and people are doing them. the us navy is drawing up plans to house thousands of illegal immigrants in detention centres on remote military bases, according to reports. in sport, it's

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now it‘s time for newswatch with samira ahmed. hello and welcome to news watch.ake cliff has a run—in with a german politician. but first —— the first full week of the world cup divided the nation, into happy and often excited fans, and disgruntled and often angry nonindigenous. many of the latter felt the tv schedules and news outlets were being taken over by football, with

now on breakfast, it's time for newswatch.. on thursday, bbc news was reporting that david davis was threatening to resign. he didn't and on friday this excerpt from a speech by borisjohnson emerged. simonjessop had this response: it was the latest in a long—running transport saga. a third runway at london's heathrow airport. the government finally gives the go—ahead, saying it will help the uk fright after brexit. —— thrive. after almost two decades, the transport secretary said the controversial runway would be in the national interest. 0ne viewer rang us that this response to the days coverage. why is heathrow airport receiving rolling news all day long? 35 million of us don't live anywhere near it. i don't care if it is there or if it isn't there. this is pure london based news, which is a big problem with the bbc. nearly all of our news is london—based. after last week's comments of the coverage of the irish referendum on abortion, it attracted attention following an item on wednesday's outside source. in brazil, four wom