now it's time to joint samira ahmed for newswatch. and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed. after criticism why has the bbc left the diversity student stonewall? and here the focus in london at the cenotaph is “p focus in london at the cenotaph is up and showed the two minute silence on armistice day be matched by silence from the presenter during the last host that precedes a? first the last host that precedes a? first the eyes of many were in glasgow again this week is delicate of the clopp 26 climate conference continue to try and hammer out a deal. attention was particularly focused on monday when former us president barack 0bama came to town. back on monday when former us president barack 0bama came to town.- barack 0bama came to town. back in 2050 we knew _ barack 0bama came to town. back in 2050 we knew that _ barack 0bama came to town. back in 2050 we knew that even _ barack 0bama came to town. back in 2050 we knew that even if _ barack 0bama came to town. back in 2050 we knew that even if the - 2050 we knew that even if

now on bbc news, it's time for newswatch. hello, and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.hould the bbc have broadcast in full the racist language this cricketer experienced? and after sunday's attack in liverpool, should the bbc have shown repeatedly the moment the bomber died in the blast? select committee sessions in parliament can be dry affairs, but the evidence given on tuesday by the former cricketer azeem rafiq to a group of mps was anything but. over the course of two hours of often emotional testimony, he related his experience of racism at yorkshire cricket club, including the offensive names he'd been called. the latter were broadcast in full as the hearing was shown live on bbc television, prompting occasional interventions like this from the presenter in the studio. it's... it's pretty clear. it's there. some people are still pretty scared, and they are... apologies for the language there that you heard. we did warn that there would be some offensive language, most likely to be heard in this live hearing. obviously some swearing there. azeem rafiq recounting s

hello and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed.er criticism that its impartiality was compromised why has the bbc left the diversity student stonewall? and here, the focus in london at the cenotaph... and should the two minute silence on armistice day be matched by silence from the presenter during last post that precedes it? first, the eyes of many were in glasgow again this week as the delegates of the cop26 climate conference continue to try and hammer out a deal. attention was particularly focused on monday when former us president barack obama came to town. back in 2015 we knew that even if the commitments made by the paris agreement were fully met, we would still fall short of our goal of keeping global temperature increases below 1.5 celsius. there's president obama, former president obama of the united states talking about climate change in glasgow at cop26, saying more needs to be done both collectively and individually. the new chairman of yorkshire county cricket club is holding a press conference at headingley this afte

and this is a story that exercises newswatch i that exercises newswatch viewers a lot, it really feelsou covering cop26, on this issue more than any other, what is the bbc doing sending people like you edwards and all these reporters and presenters after glasgow when they are just reading links or doing interviews that be done remotely. it’s doing interviews that be done remotel . �* , ., doing interviews that be done remotel . �*, ., ., doing interviews that be done remotel. �*, ., ., ., doing interviews that be done remotely-— remotely. it's not fair to say they are _ remotely. it's not fair to say they are just _ remotely. it's not fair to say they are just reading - remotely. it's not fair to say they are just reading links. | they are just reading links. what you think that could done remotely? what you think that could done remotel ? , ., what you think that could done remotely?— remotely? first of need to re ort, remotely? first of need to report. and _ remotely? first of need to report, and that _ remotely? first of need to report, and that means i remotely? first of need to i

richard, thank you very much for coming on newswatch. i should say, this was a terrible human, tragedy as you were reflecting there. and i think it's important that our coverage reflects that in a sensitive and in a respectful way. in terms of the use of migrant, i think it's about being as clear and as accurate as we can be for the audience. it's a term that the audience understands, we know that from research. and, ultimately, it actually explains why those people were on the channel — they were migrating, they were migrants, they were trying to move to another country. so i think it's about being clear and accurate. they were migrants, they were trying to move to another country. so i think it's about being clear and accurate.

richard, thank you very much for coming on newswatch. a lot of viewers are saying why don't you just call them people. first of all i should say, this was a terrible human tragedy as you were reflecting there. and i think it's important that our coverage reflects that in a sensitive and respectful way. in terms of the use migrant, i think it's about being as clear and as accurate as we can be for the audience. it's a term that the audience understands, we know that from research. and ultimately, it actually explains why those people were on the channel, they were migrating, they were migrants that were trying to move to another country. so i think it's about being clear and accurate. at the same time, absolutely going on to try and tell the stories of those people as individuals. some people and including the home secretary it seems, are apparently saying that bbc�*s language is dehumanising. i don't think so. i think we need to be a little careful here. the term migrant is about a person on the move. a person on the move often for very

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coming up on newswatch, migrants or just people?e use of language when reporting on those trying to cross the english channel. join us tonight at 8:45pm. good evening. officials in belgium say they've discovered the first case in europe of a new variant of coronavirus deemed to be of huge international concern. the world health organization has given the variant the greek name omicron. there are fears that omicron, which has been circulating in south africa for at least two weeks, might be more transmissible — and that vaccines may be less effective against it. from midday today, the uk suspended direct flights from six countries in southern africa — and from 4am on sunday, anyone arriving here from those countries will have to quarantine at their own expense for ten days in an approved hotel. the us hasjoined the european union, japan and several other countries announcing flight bans to countries in southern africa. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. after months of opening up, a new coronavirus variant means travel restrict

opinions about what you see hear or read on bbc news on tv, radio, online, orsocial media, email newswatchter — @newswatchbbc. you can call us. and do have a look at her website for previous interviews. that's all from us. we will be back to hear your thoughts about news coverage again next week. goodbye. storm arwen has been buffeting the uk over recent hours. so far, the strongest wind gusts i've seen have been across coastal regions of aberdeenshire. inverbervie picking up a top gust of 78mph. not too far behind, northumberland — 74mph gust of wind here. those wind gusts strong enough to bring down some trees, no doubt some transport disruption out and about as we head into saturday. the peak red weather warning lapses, though, during the early hours of saturday and, as our low pressure moves southward, we'll be left with two regions of strong winds — one affecting eastern areas of scotland and north—east england, and another for wales and south—west england. both of these areas will see gusts of wind around about 60—70mph, so still strong enough to bring down some trees. we could see s

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the streets of glasgow to demand action on climate change at cop26 now on bbc news it's time for newswatchsamira ahmed. hello and well continues watch. has bbc news gone over the top and wasn't really necessary to send so many and presented the glasgow burning fossil fuels in the process? you could scarcely have failed to notice that we are in the middle of cop 26 the climate conference in glasgow billed as a crucial moment in the battle to halt the rising global warming. in the battle to halt the rising globalwarming. from in the battle to halt the rising global warming. from the start of the week it was clear at the bbc was putting out all the stops to cover the summit. seeping into glasgow, leaders from around the world ready for make or break talks on the future of our planet. there to greet them, per mr borisjohnson and un secretary general you guterres as one by one they arrived. fresh from the g20 talks in rome, it's a roll call of more than 100 world leaders. but even before proceedings got under way in glasgow, and he e—mailed us to ask is it possible to have one knees but it didn

so much for coming on newswatch.le world leaders in history but as soon as that was over on wednesday we switched away from cop26 and let many of our bulletins with the covid—19 situation. many of our bulletins with the covid-19 situation.— many of our bulletins with the covid-19 situation. this is cop26, is it really more _ covid-19 situation. this is cop26, is it really more important - covid-19 situation. this is cop26, is it really more important than i covid-19 situation. this is com, | is it really more important than any of the summits before?— of the summits before? that's a really good _ of the summits before? that's a really good question. _ of the summits before? that's a really good question. the - of the summits before? that's a really good question. the thing | of the summits before? that's a i really good question. the thing to bear! really good question. the thing to bear i think, the way i would answer thatis bear i think, the way i would answer that is given the scale of this problem, and the magnit

coming up on tonights newswatch... has bbc news gone over the top the over cop?ight at 845 here on bbc news. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the chairman of yorkshire county cricket club has resigned over its response to the racism experienced by the former player azeem rafiq. roger hutton issued a stinging attack on executive board members who he said had shown a "constant unwillingness" to accept there was a problem, after an investigation found rafiq was the victim of "racial harassment and bullying". tonight the bbc has announced that former england captain michael vaughan — who has strongly denied making a racist comment to a group of asian players — won't be presenting his cricket programme on radio 5 live next week. here's our sports editor dan roan. the racism that michael vaughan has plunged the country into an unprecedented crisis. chairman stepped down just hours after announcing his departure roger hutton told me the club had let theirformer hutton told me the club had let their former player down. i’m hutton told me the club had let

time now tojoin samira ahmed on newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.ou who questioned the cost to the environment of the trips made to glasgow for that conference by london—based bbcjournalists. but if those journeys caused damage to the planet they paled into insignificance compared to that of the bbc�*s climate editor justin rolat, who popped up last friday not in glasgow but alaska. alaska isn'tjust struggling to cope with its new climate reality on the coast. a century ago the glacier came all the way down here, the entire valley was frozen. as it recently as the '805 they built his visitor centre because you could still see the glacier in the valley. since then it has completely retreated around the corner and you can't see it at all. neil mckay contacted us to say... well, whenjustin appeared on this programme a couple of years ago i asked him what the justification was for a correspondent covering climate and the environment to be flying to far—flung places for hisjob, and this is what he had to say. i'll be travelling by plane not for leisure,

time now for this week's newswatch. hello, and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.nal interventions like this from the presenter in the studio. it's... it's pretty clear. it's there. some people are still pretty scared, and they are... apologies for the language there that you heard. we did warn that there would be some offensive language most likely to be heard in this live hearing. obviously some swearing there. azeem rafiq recounting something he says was said, so apologies for that if that caused offence to you. chris mitchell thought it was... but ed round objected to the broadcast of one particular racial epithet. subsequent news reports bleeped out some of the racist words used by azeem rafiq, though what he could be heard to say was still harrowing. how are you feeling, azeem? his allegations have already plunged yorkshire cricket into crisis. today, azeem rafiq brought them to westminster, laying bare the ordeal he says he and other asian players were subjected to at his former club, including a racist term aimed at his pakistani heritage. it was comments s

now it's time for newswatch, with samira ahmed.this morning, preparing to make the perilous journey across the channel. where are you going now? the uk. uk. a number of small boats are understood to have pushed up —— off around dawn, but it now appears at least one vessel capsized with reports of around 30 deaths. the use of the word �*migrant�* there and widely across the bbc concerned some viewers such as veronique singer. and dave tucker agreed. that view was supported in the house of commons on thursday by the home secretary, priti patel, who said that she would be asking the bbc and other media to reflect on what she called "inappropriate language". and to discuss the use of language on this story, i am joined now by richard burgess, the executive editor for uk news content at bbc news. well, richard, thank you very much for coming on newswatch. a lot of viewers are saying, "why don't you just call them people?" well, i think, first of all, i should say, this was a terrible human tragedy, as you were reflecting there, and i th