hello and welcome to newswatch.ews tries to answer viewers questions about brexit, but is that mission impossible? and with panorama invited inside number 10, was it doing too much pr for the pm? over the past few days bbc news has set about the challenging task of answering in a clear and objective way some of the many questions people have about the process of leaving the europe european. on tv, on radio, and online. how will trade work after brexit? what will brexit mean? will it happen? why haven't we left yet. all we'll journalists trod happen? why haven't we left yet. all we'lljournalists trod a delicate path through the economic, but our are tick constitutional and political implication of brexit but some members of the audience thought that approach was fundamentally flawed. here is michaeljordan. the news these last couple of days seemed to be on an all out crusade to convince the population that leaving next march will open up the heavens and all kinds of abominations will happen to us. and this caller to

thank you for coming on newswatch.you accept as many viewers say that the bbc has fallen below the standard expected of it? well, we're very clear we regret some aspects of the way in which we covered the cliff richard story at the beginning. we made clear that we think that the use of a helicopter was inappropriate in the circumstances, and that there were some other things about the way in which we covered it, the proportionality of it and so on, which we, with the benefit of hindsight, now regret. so yes, there are certain things about the way in which we did the story which we regret. but we have never conceded the principle, and that's why we got involved in the court case when sir cliff took a case against us. we've never conceded the principal, never wished to concede the principle, that we should not have reported the matter at all. the editorial misjudgement is the one we want to talk about. you mentioned the helicopter going up, which was defended at the time. leading bulletins with it and going live, those w

thank you for coming on newswatch. it clearly is causing concern.itorial guidelines, why did you allow it? because it isn't actually causing concern. people might disagree with the use of it but there is no question that everyone is very clear that this is a drama, not a documentary. there is no confusion about that. the concern would be if you thought, oh, my god, this is actually happening. this is a real news event. nobody thinks that. high—profile presenters should not be used in their usual news setting. that is exactly what viewers say they saw with andrew marr, there are two things to this. firstly, there are visual clues. clear visual and audio clues. in all the clips you have just shown, if you look at andrew marr, for example, yes, he is in the set but it is not filmed in the way you would ever see on the andrew marr show. the tv screens are over someone's shoulder. you are looking at the background, you are looking at people in the background around the set. it is very clearly... was that the deliberate? yes, absolutely. there are some ra

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. genuine and not fake news. and how should reporters interview those who have gone through all witnessed traumatic events ? through all witnessed traumatic events? —— or. first, it has been a week of big speeches, the day before jeremy corbyn addressed the labour party conference donald trump spoke to the general assembly of the united nations about among other things the measures his administration had taken against iran. last month we began reimposing hard—hitting iran. last month we began reimposing ha rd—hitting nuclear sanctions that have been lifted under the iran deal. additional sanctions will resume on november five and war will follow. that last phrase, more will follow, was misheard by someone at bbc world news as war will follow, resulting in this unfortunate tweet. the response from mike hartmut... a clarification was quickly issued, linked to the original tweet, and explaining the tweet. and then the following day it was deleted. that error led to cries of fake news and t

thank you for coming on newswatch.uite a bit of time with the prime minister last week, travelling in her car, you eavesdropped on the meeting, you even sat with her and her husband watching tv. when you say a deal it is no different to any interview with a senior politician. we say we wa nt with a senior politician. we say we wantan with a senior politician. we say we want an interview and they say we are prepared to be in an interview on the estate and in these circumstances. obviously in this case we circumstances. obviously in this case we said, could we have some access case we said, could we have some a ccess as case we said, could we have some access as well, behind—the—scenes access, and we got more access as well, behind—the—scenes access, and we got more access access as well, behind—the—scenes access, and we got more access than you would normally get. we were explicit in the script and i was explicit in the script and i was explicit in the script and i was explicit in writing when i wrote about this and i h

thank you for coming on newswatch.n the video went viral, what was the response of the cameroonian government? well, initially the cameroonian government denied that these were cameroonian soldiers, that it was... that this killing happened on cameroonian soil and they continued to deny and deny and call this fake news. so usually you would expect that with the kind of clues we had, which had to do with the uniforms of soldiers were wearing, even the ammunition they had on. the government said that this was not typical of cameroonian soldiers in the far north of the country, where this video was recorded. but that is where the investigation came in and we were able to uncover that is indeed actually was the case. and talk me through some of the other things that you set about proving to show this video was authentic, the uniforms was one. we have been watching some of the footage showing how are you pieced together the story while you were speaking. what else did you look at? well, first of all, the location. so, to fi

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. that it seriously infringed the privacy of sir cliff richard. what lessons has it learned from the episode? and with the bill for fighting the case set to rise beyond £2 million, will anyone be losing theirjob as a result? sir cliff richard announced this week he would soon be releasing a new album, which would reflect, as he put it, a bad period in his life. the singer was referring to bbc broadcasts four years ago

coming up in around 10 minutes' time, newswatch. but first on bbc news, click. india — a technology superpower in waiting. half of the 1.2 billion people here are aged 35 or under. in the years that we've been coming here, we've seen it change from an it outsourcing work house to a place of innovation and start—ups. and although click has a huge audience in india, and although we've brought indian stories to the world, we haven't yet been able to bring the world to india. so it's high time we put that right. we've taken the click live show on the road, to the beautiful setting of bikaner house, new delhi. new delhi! thank you for having us! are you well? cheering and applause and it's here that we wowed audiences with the coolest tech we have seen on our travels. we painted colours in the air, tickled their ears, took them to the future, and to the distant past. this is hampi, once the capital of the vijayanagara dynasty, and by the 16th century, it was the second—largest mediaeval era city in the world. since 1565, it's lain in ruins, but over recent years this

thank you for coming on newswatch.zz show. what sort of deal did you do to get that access? when you say a deal it's no different to any interview with a senior politician. we say we want an interview and they say we are prepared to be in an interview on this date and in these circumstances. obviously in this case we said, could we have some access as well, some behind—the—scenes access, and we got more access than you would normally get. but we were explicit in the script, i was explicit in writing when i wrote about this and i have talked about it, that obviously access is really what they want to give you. and indeed we showed in panorama at one stage how we were filming the beginning of a cabinet meeting on no—deal preparation and then we were thrown out and the door was closed. my feeling always is that access is fine to do on tv provided you are explicit with the audience about what you are seeing and what you are not. presumably, though, the prime minister's director of communications robbie gibb would have play

now it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. as a result? sir cliff richard announced this week he'd soon be releasing a new album, which would reflect, as he put it, a bad period in his life. the singer was referring to bbc broadcasts four years ago of a police raid on his house following an allegation of sexual assault which was later dropped with no arrest and no charges being brought. sir cliff then sued the bbc for invasion of privacy and mrjustice mann found in his favour, saying the bbc had infringed sir cliff's privacy rights in a serious and sensationalist way. and he awarded him over £200,000 in damages. since we discussed this on our last programme injuly, there's been a development. the bbc says it won't appeal against a court ruling that it breached sir cliff richard's privacy by covering a police raid on his home. that decision a couple of weeks ago not to appeal against the ruling which the bbc had said they were considering doing was broadly welcomed. but some newswatch viewers remained angry that that appeared t

but first, newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.their summer recess to be greeted by a new daily programme on bbc two presented by jo cockburn. it's monday, it's 12:15 and we're live in westminster. intro music plays. politics live takes over the slot previously by the hour—long daily politics. it only lasts for 45 minutes, except on wednesdays, when a 1.75—hour programme includes live coverage of prime minister's questions. in the meantime, although its regional editions remain, the uk—wide sunday politics has been scrapped — a decision which bemused viewer greg. and christine parsons agreed: there were positive responses to the new politics live on social media but also some criticism, with freddie scovell also levelling that charge of dumbing down. and a twitter user named sam commented: john wigmore took exception to the use on screen of audience reaction to what the guests were saying, asking: but dave smith declared himself very impressed, writing: the biggest controversy over politics live, one which even hit the pages of the

finally, we are not all about complaints newswatch.its come in, as they differ reports this week on the news at ten from the bbc‘s chief international correspondent. she spoke to one yazidi woman who'd returned home after being enslaved for years. translation: i was scared to come back, i was scared my family would kill me and i was so surprised that the welcome i got. you can begin to imagine what women like her have been through at the hands of so—called islamic state. daily beatings, brutalisation and there are said to be 3000 more yazidi women and children still missing, still captured by islamic state. william hussey was one of those applauding that report. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs or even appear on the programme, you can call us or emailing new swatch. you can find us on twitter and do have a look at our website. we will hear more about your thoughts of bbc news coverage again next week. good morning. the weekend is upon us. many of us will see a

in ten minutes, newswatch, but now on bbc news click. we are almost six months away from the uk starting its transition period to leave the eu. the details of which, in case you haven't heard, are still a bit sketchy. as the eu themselves have said, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed... but while the politicians battle out the finer points and we consider the what ifs, ports across the country are bracing themselves for change. dover here exclusively handles eu imports, so when brexit does come, it's one of the ports that's going to need to adjust the most, but no matter how final arrangements do play out, making sure that our ports and borders run smoothly is clearly going to be a key priority. almost 500 million tons of freight go through the uk borders every year. offloading and processing everything coming in and out is a complex task. technology is already fundamental in that process and some politicians hope will be the saviour with the day comes for the uk to stand alone. this week we're looking at some technology that h

now it's time for newswatch.s week samira ahmed looks at changes to the bbc‘s political programmes. the well,. what is behind the change to politics live? and with monday's all women panel, was that assistant? parliamentarians came back to work this week after their summer recess to be greeted with a new daily programme on bbc two. it is monday. it is 1215 and we live in westminster. —— we are live. politics live takes over the slot previously occupied by daily politics. it only lasts for 45 minutes except on wednesdays when one and three quarters hour programme includes live coverage of prime minister's questions. in the meantime, others regional additions remain sunday politics has been scrapped. a decision which he mused a view accord greg. we are better time than we urgently need more political insight and discourse, not less. the bbc chooses this time to drop politics. am i the only one finding this unfathomable? and another viewer agreed. there were positive responses to the new politics live on social medi

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.appeal against the courtjudgment that it seriously infringed the privacy of sir cliff richard. and worse monday's all within panel just a stunt? parliamentarians came back to work this week after their summer recess to be back to work this week after their summer recess to be greeted by a new daily programme on bbc two presented byjoe cockburn. daily programme on bbc two presented by joe cockburn. it's monday, its 1215 and we live in westminster. politics live takes over the slot. it only lasts for 45 minutes except on wednesdays when 1.75 hour programme includes live coverage of prime minister's questions. the uk wide sunday politics has been scrapped, a decision which bemused viewer grade. it was also some criticism, levelling the charge of dumbing down. john took exception to the use on screen of audience reaction to what the guests were saying, asking: dave smith declared himself very impressed. the biggest controversy over politics live, one which even hit the pages of the sun new

but first, newswatch. hello, and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed.discuss weather bbc news should be in the business of drama. first, bbc news has been devoting airtime all week anticipating the threat posed by hurricane florence as it approached the east coast of the united states. here is peter bowes reporting on monday night. a monster storm which could bring catastrophic levels of rain and flooding. hurtling towards the us's east coast with growing windspeed, the authorities fear hurricane florence could have a deadly impact on several states with virginia and the carolinas the hardest hit. a major and serious event no doubt, but some viewers were struck by the contrast between the coverage given for most of the week to hurricane florence and the super typhoon mangkhut which at the same time was being forecast to make landfall in the philippines on saturday. trevor e—mailed on thursday from hong kong. and mark barwick agreed. neverfarfrom a news bulletin is the former foreign secretary boris johnson. on sunday for isntance bbc news reported on al

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now on breakfast, it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed. witnessed, traumatic events? first: it's been a week of big speeches. the measures his administration had taken against iran. have been lifted under the iran deal. and more will follow. in this unfortunate tweet. the response from mike hartnett... online, being shared thousands of times without that clarification. until the following day, when it was deleted. to circulate widely injuly. these women and children are being led to their deaths. some claimed this atrocity took place in mali. where government soldiers have been fighting boko haram since 2014. africa eye. from nairobi to explain what happened next. thanks for coming on newswatch, tomi. of the cameroonian government? were cameroonian soldiers, that it was... and they continued to deny and deny and call this fake news. video was recorded. was the case. the uniforms was one. you pieced together the story while you were speaking. what else did you look at? well, first of all, was the location. of being members of boko haram. so