thank you so much for coming on newswatch, sanjay. thank you so much for coming on newswatch,. report from family courts? well, judges say that now we no longer have the death penalty. in england and wales, the family courts retain the most drastic powers of any court because they can take action to separate a child forever from its birth family, from its parents, through adoption. and they can also make a serious impact on family lives by taking children away, putting them into care. and they also make these critical decisions in what are called private law cases where parents are separating. they can't agree on where the children should go and the court will decide where they go. so as you said, they involve hundreds of thousands of people every year. but until now, reporters haven't been allowed in. so there's been very little scrutiny. 0ccasionally, very exceptionally, we've been able to report cases. but this pilot in three court centres, leeds, cardiff and carlisle, should allow us to follow cases in an entirely different way. and of course, the other big thing about thes

do have a look at previous interviews on our website, bbc.co.uk/newswatch. that's all from us.ll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello there. storm 0tto dominated our weather during today across the north of the uk, north east england and scotland we saw some very strong and gusty winds. a gust of 83 miles per hour in aberdeenshire. pershore in worcestershire, though, further south saw a top temperature of 17 degrees celsius. a very mild day, certainly temperatures above where we would expect at this time of year. 0n the satellite picture, this curl of cloud, that was storm 0tto moving away eastwards. there is another weather system now working its way in, this one less potent, but it will continue to bring some outbreaks of rain, a band of rain pushing southwards and eastwards across england and wales. this area of wet weather in scotland turning to snow over high ground and giving rise to some ice as we head into saturday morning. quite a chilly night across northern scotland, but further south, very mild indeed. double digit te

at bbc.co.uk or you can find us on twitter at newswatch bbc. do have a look at previous interviews on our website, bbc.co.uk/newswatch. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. there's something very big and bright going on in north london. come on in and we'll show you. this is an exhibition called luyang netineti. chinese multimedia artist luyang takes us on a journey through their weird world, the company by avatars created using motion capture and 3d game engines. what i like is the artist has created all—new video games in the classic style but they've retrofitted them to existing arcade game hardware. how are you doing over there? oh, i'm glad this isn't an actual motorbike — i crashed into something i'm not meant to! is that a good thing or a bad thing? oh, this really takes me back to a time when i'd turn up to a place like this with a pocket full of coins, ready to do battle with space invaders, ghosts and centipedes. that was, of course, until home computers and then, ho

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.oming up, the bbc gets it from both sides as it reports on the third anniversary of the uk leaving the european union. and an expert review says bbc news needs to brush up its coverage of economics. i'll be talking to the author of a new report. a lot of numbers have been thrown around this week, including a welter of economic statistics, which is a subject we'll come back to later. this week also saw the 100th day of rishi sunak�*s premiership on thursday. and the day before that, it was the third anniversary of the uk leaving the eu. love it or loathe it, brexit is three years old. it's still in its infancy, but the economy does appear to have taken a hit, though maybe not in the way some had feared. brexit has, of course, been a highly divisive issue since before the eu referendum, and it's clear from the responses to that broadcast on monday's news at six that it remains the case. brian gordon considered it a wonderfully one—sided view by the anti—brexiteer reporter and editor, whi

coming up in around 10 minutes�* time, newswatch. but first on bbc news, click.lick, we've been lucky enough to visit some of the most beautiful parts of the world. yet what goes on beneath the surface in some of these places can serve as the starkest reminder of the effects of pollution and climate change on our world. and sometimes it's also places like here, the fjords off norway, where some of the most inspiring ideas come to life. like this island of floating solar panels. oh, thank you! i've made it! wow, we're walking on water! i remember you wobbling about on that solar array in the fjord. it was only like a few millimetres thick under your feet, wasn't it? yeah, it was all about the material. it had to be light enough that it could do the job whilst also being strong enough to be able to withstand any weather conditions. well, fortunately, today's one is much sturdier. and just to prove that you can build little islands of nature anywhere you want, we're currently at the camley street nature park here in the very heart of london. and now, paul carter's t

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed., following last week's earthquakes, been too intrusive? and how many london—based journalists were needed in edinburgh to report on nicola sturgeon�*s resignation? as the rescue operation after last week's earthquakes has continued this week, there have been many tales of destruction, loss and survival on bbc news. with a warning that we will be showing some upsetting images, here are some examples from the past ten days of the bbc�*s output, which has at times been uplifting, harrowing, and distressing. translation: it was then that i saw my wife and - seven—year—old daughter alive. i kept on running in the streets until i saw them. she told me my children were gone. cries they were gone. under a flattened building in adiyaman, a child, cries. "fatima", a man shouts into a hole in the debris. we don't know what happened to her. here there are no emergency services. nobody can help. how do you feel about what's happened to your country? i armageddon. behind this blanket, an arm reveal

hello and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed.ll be able to report on what happens in family courts? and do we need to be told what the phrase "cabinet reshuffle" actually means? first, the number of people killed in monday's earthquakes in turkey and syria has been rising all week, with compelling and distressing images of the destruction caused shown on television. one of the first on the scene was the bbc�*s middle east correspondent anna foster, who reported on monday's news at ten using just her mobile phone, from the town of 0smaniye, 80 miles from the epicentre. wherever you look in this city, you can see where shop fronts have collapsed, there is broken glass and, of course, there is darkness, complete darkness everywhere apart from the light of the mobile phone that you can see me by. and this is the scene that has been replicated across southern turkey. lighting there came courtesy of a taxi driver named berkan, via his mobile phone, and anna foster later tweeted these pictures of the two of them at work. broadcasting in

and do you have a look at previous interviews on our website, bbc.co.uk/newswatch.e'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello. it's been quite a cloudy day for most of us today. but this weekend overall, it's actually not looking bad at all. saturday still a little overcast for most of us, but come sunday, i think the sun will be out, and it should feel quite pleasant. so here's the forecast, then — at the moment, this evening, mild air is still spreading across the uk, and will be in place across the country during the course of saturday. but after that, saturday night into sunday, a change in the wind direction, and we will see colder air establishing itself across the uk. now here's the cloud at the moment, or in the last few hours or so — you can see quite a uniform, thick sheet of cloud across the country, broken up here and there. and that's how it'll stay through the course of the evening and overnight. so just a few clear spells here and there, and actually the cloud will be thick enough across some western area

this gave rise to a familiar complaint to regular newswatch viewers, expressed here by geoff hardy.we did discuss this back in the past with a bbc manager, who said on newswatch that they would be rethinking some of these kinds of deployments. do let us know what you think. the storm surrounding the bbc chairman richard sharp, which we discussed on the programme a couple of weeks ago, grew this week after a committee of mps found he had made significant errors ofjudgment in failing to divulge his role in facilitating a loan for borisjohnson while he was applying for the bbcjob. mr sharp insisted he had acted in good faith to ensure that the rules were followed, and that he got the job on merit. but some people are concerned about the knock—on effect of this row on bbcjournalism. here's davy g. drjeff ba rtley agreed. finally on tuesday, a number of bbc outlets reported that the soft drink lilt is going to be rebranded next week as fanta pineapple and grapefruit. not for the first time, there were accusations thatjournalists had fallen for a pr stunt, confusing a marketing ploy with

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. the bbc play a part in a media feeding frenzy around the search for nicola bulley? and did the attention it gave the story intrude on a family's private grief? it was monday evening when news came which many had feared for more than three weeks since nicola bulley first went missing in the lancashire village of st michaels on wyre. police have just confirmed that the body found in the river in lancashire is that of 45—year—old nicola bulley. detectives read a statement from herfamily. you have been found. we can let you rest now. this sad case attracted a huge amount of attention on both traditional and social media, much of it far from welcome to ms. bulley�*s family. they described the behaviour of some journalists over the past month as absolutely appalling, picking out itv and sky news for particular criticism. but rich warburton felt there were questions to be asked of the bbc too. one particular area of controversy during the investigation was this revelation by lancashire polic

hello and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed.journalists will be able to report on what happens in family courts? and do we need to be told what the phrase "cabinet reshuffle" actually means? first, the number of people killed in monday's earthquakes in turkey and syria has been rising all week, with compelling and distressing images of the destruction caused shown on television. one of the first on the scene was the bbc�*s middle east correspondent anna foster, who reported on monday's news at ten using just her mobile phone, from the town of 0smaniye, 80 miles from the epicentre. wherever you look in this city, you can see where shop fronts have collapsed, there is broken glass and, of course, there is darkness, complete darkness everywhere apart from the light of the mobile phone that you can see me by. and this is a scene that has been replicated across southern turkey. lighting there came courtesy of a taxi driver named berkan, via his mobile phone, and anna foster later tweeted these pictures of the two of them at work. bro

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.up, the bbc gets it from both sides as it reports on the third anniversary of the uk leaving the european union. and an expert review says bbc news needs to brush up its coverage of economics. i'll be talking to the author of a new report. a lot of numbers have been thrown around this week, including a welter of economic statistics, which is a subject we'll come back to later. this week also saw the 100th day of rishi sunak�*s premiership on thursday. and the day before that, it was the third anniversary of the uk leaving the eu. love it or loathe it, brexit is three years old. it's still in its infancy, but the economy does appear to have taken a hit, though maybe not in the way some had feared. brexit has, of course, been a highly divisive issue since before the eu referendum, and it's clear from the responses to that broadcast on monday's news at six that it remains the case. brian gordon considered it a wonderfully one—sided view by the anti—brexiteer reporter and editor, while dr

thank you for coming again onto newswatch., can we start with an issue that a viewer, rick, raised? thousands of people go missing every year. why did the bbc give so much attention to this case? i think it was a case that captured the public�*s imagination. we can certainly see that from the audience numbers that we get. and i think that was because people had huge sympathy for the family. they could also relate to nicola and to nicola's story. and there was a kind of element of uncertainty around the circumstances of her death. and i think for that reason it was a story that gathered a lot of attention. there was a bit of a dilemma i think, the family wanted privacy, but also before she was found, they wanted the media's help in getting publicity to solve the case. and i wonder if that makes it impossible to square in terms of coverage? i think we were very careful to keep in touch with friends of the family to make sure that we were doing the right thing. in regards to the tone and the amount of coverage that we gave, it's

thank you so much for coming on newswatch.forjournalists to report from family courts? judges say that we no longer have the death penalty in england and wales, the family courts retain the most drastic powers of any courts because they can take action to separate a child forever from its birth family, from its parents through adoption, they can also make a serious impact on family lives by taking children away, putting them into care. and they also make these critical decisions in what are called private law cases, where parents are separating, they cannot agree on where the children should go, and the court will decide where they go. as you said, they involve hundreds of thousands of people every year, but until now, reporters haven't been allowed in. so there has been very little scrutiny. occasionally very exceptionally we've been able to report cases, but this pilot in three quart centuries, leeds, cardiff and carlisle should allow us to follow cases in an entirely different way. of course, the other big thing about these

——newswatch. but now on bbc news, it's click. we've seen how difficult the internet and the web has been to police. it's bigger than any one country, and you can base your business in any one of them, depending on whose laws you want to adhere to. and it's opened up more ways for us to cause each other harm. disinformation, bullying, fraud. you name it, and you can do it online. so when it comes to the next generation of the internet, often referred to as the metaverse, we're going to have the same problems. and even though the metaverse doesn't even exist yet, there are those who are already thinking about these problems and trying to pre—empt the troubles we may face. and marc cieslak�*s been finding out how the international police agency interpol has been training to fight real crimes in virtual worlds. terrorism... ..organised crime... ..and, increasingly, cybercrime. interpol�*s role is to connect police forces across international borders to fight these threats. from its headquarters in the french city lyon, interpol foste

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.key and syria, following last week's earthquakes, been too intrusive? and how many london—based journalists were needed in edinburgh to report on nicola sturgeon's resignation? as the rescue operation after last week's earthquakes has continued this week, there have been many tales of destruction, loss and survival on bbc news. with a warning that we will be showing some upsetting images, here are some examples from the past ten days of the bbc�*s output, which has at times been uplifting, harrowing, distressing. translation: it was then that i saw my wife and - seven—year—old daughter alive. i kept on running in the streets until i saw them. she told me my children were gone. they were gone. under a flattened building, a child, cries. a man shouts into a hole in the debris. we don't know what happened to her. here there are no emergency services. nobody can help. how do you feel about what's happened to your country? armageddon. behind this blanket, an arm reveals a body. slowly, care

.— now on breakfast, it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.ve been plaudits for the bbc teams on the ground, but some viewers had reservations about the coverage. two of them recorded their thoughts for us on camera. first, john carberry reacting to that last clip we saw, and then clive shelley. during the filming of the results of the turkish earthquake on the early evening news of 8 february, a man discovered the remains of his of his whole family crushed into the rubble. —— the remains of his whole family crushed into the rubble. the camera closed in on him and continued to film. this was a prolonged and disgraceful intrusion on private misery, and whoever sanctioned it should be ashamed of themselves. we don't need to be so close to what's happening on the ground to know how bad it is. so please, please, bbc, can you act with some dignity? notjoin the race, as some news companies are trying to be, which is to be as closest to the diggers, as closest to the bodies, as closest to the rubble as possible, but give some space, give some dignity

now, it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.m, and it's clear from the responses to that broadcast on monday's news at six that it remains the case. brian gordon considered it a: ..while dr smith thought he detected the opposite: that same day, a man strongly associated with brexit and equally divisive was in the news again talking about an encounter that he had had with president putin of russia. he sort of — he threatened me at one point and said, you know, "boris, i don't want to hurt you, but with a missile, "it would only take a minute" or something like that, you know. you know. . .jolly. a spokesman for the kremlin denied mrjohnson's account, saying there had been no threats to use missiles. translation: what mrjohnson said is not true. _ more specifically, it's a lie. the clip had emerged in a bbc documentary series about president putin, and despite that denial from the kremlin, joseph mackenzie felt the bbc hadn't treated boris johnson's allegation with sufficient scepticism. on tuesday, news bulletins revisited a long

thank you for coming again onto newswatch.here was a bit of a dilemma, i think. the family wanted privacy but also, before she was found, they wanted the media's help in getting publicity to solve the case and i wonder if that makes it impossible to square in terms of coverage? i think we were very careful to keep in touch with friends of the family to make sure that we were doing the right thing. in regards to the tone and the amount of coverage that we gave, it's certainly true that friends and family wanted some publicity, wanted to find nicola, and gave interviews to the media to that effect but there's a balance, isn't there? you've got to try and strike the right balance between reflecting that but also respecting their right to privacy. another issue — the police got a lot of criticism for releasing very private information about ms bulley and then the bbc kept repeating that information. why? well, i think the information itself was relevant. it was released by the police but also by the family, so that statement also

now on breakfast, it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed.hat has been replicated across southern turkey. lighting there came courtesy of a taxi driver named berkan, via his mobile phone, and anna foster later tweeted these pictures of the two of them at work. broadcasting in those conditions is a considerable challenge and viewers expressed their admiration, including jules 0, who posted this: but in the days following, there were criticisms of some of the bbc�*s coverage, particularly a report on wednesday's evening news bulletins which — despite a warning of harrowing images to come from the presenter beforehand — upset janet georghiou: janet cra btree agreed: we discussed last week a review into the bbc�*s economics coverage. one of whose findings was that many viewers find the output "incomprehensible", and some of the terminology used "mystifying". simpler language and more explanation appear to be the answer, and notjust in the area of economics — but some members of the audience think that can be taken too far. take these lines seen o