hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. bbc news tries to a nswer me, samira ahmed.stions about brexit but is it mission impossible? and with panorama invited inside number ten, was it doing too much pr for the pm? over number ten, was it doing too much pr for the pm ? over the number ten, was it doing too much pr for the pm? over the past few days bbc news has set about a challenging task of answering in a clear and objective way some of the many questions people have about the process of leaving the european union. on tv, radio and online. how will trade work after brexit? what will trade work after brexit? what will brexit mean? will it happen? why haven't we left? all week journalists trod the delicate path through the economic, bureaucratic, constitutional and political implications of brexit but members of the audience thought the approach was fundamentally flawed. here is michaeljordan. and this caller to our telephone line. yesterday morning was the same thing we have had for 2.5 years now, people expressing their opinions on brussels, brexit and what's going

hello and welcome to news watch, with me, samira ahmed. show? no, it is fiction. as more than a dozen bbc news presenters and reporters appear in the bodyguard series, we 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 our report on monday night. a monster storm that 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 caroline is 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 which at the same time was being forecast to make la ndfall same time was being forecast to make landfall in the philippines on saturday. trevor e—mailed on thursday from hong kong. nev

now it's time for newswatch, with samira ahmed. this week, the blending of fact and fiction. welcome to newswatch. did you see this interview on the andrew marr show? no, because it is fictional. as more than a dozen bbc news presenters and reporters appear in bbc one's bodyguard, we discuss whether bbc news should be in the business of drama. first, bbc news has been devoting our time 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 that could bring catastrophic levels of rain and flooding. hurtling towards the us east coast with growing wind speeds, the authorities fear hurricane florence could have a deadly impact on several states, with the carolinas 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 to the super typhoon, which at the same time, was being forecast to make [and for in the philippines on saturday. neverfarfrom a news bulletin

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

this week samira ahmed looks at changes to the bbc‘s political programmes. the well,.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 media but also some criticism. some feared that it would result in another politics version

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

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

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. the bbc has decided not to appeal against the courtjudgment 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 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 has been a development. the bbc says it won't appeal against a court ruling that it brea

this week samira ahmed looks at the bbc‘s brexit coverage. 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

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.er the past few days, bbc news has set about a challenging of answering in a clear and objective way some of the many questions people have about the process of leaving the european union. on tv, radio and online. how will trade work after brexit? what will brexit mean for the union? will it happen? why haven't we left yet? all week journalists trod a delicate path through the economic, bureaucratic, constitutional and political implications of brexit, but some members of the audience thought that approach was fundamentally flawed. here's michaeljordan. and this caller to our telephone line. it is anthony hooper from milton keynes here. yesterday morning was the same thing we have had for 2.5 years now, people expressing their opinions on brussels, brexit and what's going to happen and what might happen, doom and gloom, it went on and on. it's people's fears and hopes, but mainly fears, the most depressing thing of all. please, try to get away and tell us actual facts on what the agree

this week samira ahmed looks at the bbc‘s brexit coverage. hello and welcome to 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

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

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

samira hussain, bbc news, new york. so, could it happen again? a question, ahmedrnor of the bank of england mark carney. if we are complacent, of course it can. history teaches us that there are financial crises from time to time around the world. we can come up with 60 or 70 examples over the last century. can i push you a little bit more on what the new risks might look like, the areas where the concern might be about what could go wrong in the future? british households have worked hard and paid offa households have worked hard and paid off a lot of get over the last decade, that's been tough, they have put themselves and the system as a whole in a better position but the level of debt is still relatively high even after that. and there are pockets where there is quite significant debt. and so what we get concerned about is those areas taking ona concerned about is those areas taking on a lot more debt. there are risks around brexit for the financial sector and here is something that has changed from ten yea rs something that has changed from ten years ago, we

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