hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. no shortage of drama in this week's use coverage, but has there been more speculation than fact? actor andrew neil deletes the controversial tweet about a female journalist, has the controversial tweet about a femalejournalist, has the bbc the controversial tweet about a female journalist, has the bbc got a problem with its presenters on social media? problem with its presenters on social media 7 first, problem with its presenters on social media? first, i wake up i drama in westminster began with the challenge for journalists. drama in westminster began with the challenge forjournalists. it drama in westminster began with the challenge for journalists. it was clear that something important was about to happen, but no one quite knew what that was. this was high political correspondence chris mason responded on monday morning's brea kfast. responded on monday morning's breakfast. 50, where are we in this brexit process? people like me are paid to have insight and foresight and hindsigh

hello and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed.it agreement says or was it too busy discussing the career prospects of theresa may and her rivals? and - i'm a democrat. don't patronise me, i'm as much a democrat as you are. was that anyway for andrew marr to speak to a labour peer? first, the distinctive figure ofjacob rees—mogg has become increasingly familiar to viewers of bbc news. at a news conference he held on tuesday, with fellow members of the european research group, he was asked this question by newsnight‘s political editor. you admonished me last week for saying you are staging a coup against theresa may. it's certainly not succeeded. doesn't it have more of a sort of dad's army feel about it? i've always admired captain mainwaring. amid much mocking of the erg online, that analogy with the classic bbc series was picked up by several of the next day's newspapers. the bbc‘s political assistant editor norman smith used it again on thurday‘s news at one. it's not going to win over the hard brexiteers, the dad's army brigade

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.er investigation by the national crime agency, so should he have been a guest on last week's andrew marr show? and did a united states obsessed bbc get carried away by this week's midterm elections? first, president trump's relationship with the media has always been fractious, but occasionally it breaks out into outright confrontation. a news conference in washington on wednesday was one such occasion. i think you should let me run the country, you run cnn and if you did it well your ratings would be much better. let me ask, if i may... that's enough. if i may ask one other question are you worried... that's enough. pardon me, ma'am... excuse me, that's enough. mr president, one other question if i may ask on the russian investigation, are you concerned that you may have... i'm not concerned about anything with the russian investigation, because it's a hoax. that's enough. put down the mic. mr president, are you worried indictments coming down in this investigation? mr president... i

this week samira ahmed puts the bbc‘s economics coverage under the spotlight.me to news watch. is bbc news objective in its coverage of economics or does it often put a negative spin on the data? we speak to the corporations outgoing economics editor and ask him about his new role. up with of hazards broadcasting live from outside the studio is the danger of members of public distracting the audience by appearing in the background. interviews on college green by the houses of parliament have fallen prey to this risk. as vicki young found on monday. watch the demonstrator change his position according to the camera. iain duncan smith suggested restoring the working allowances and you get even if you're in work. that is another way of ensuring that money does go to the right people at the right time. i expect we will hear something from the chancellor about universal credit. do you think he should go further or pause the roll out? or do you think that in principle it is the right thing to do? anti—brexit campaigners have been active around camera crews for the pa

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. news coverage, but has there been more speculation than fact? after andrew neil deletes a controversial tweet about a female journalist, has the bbc got a problem with its presenters on social media? first, a week of high drama in westminster began with a challenge forjournalists. it was clear that something important was about to happen, but no one quite knew what that was. this was how political correspondent chris mason responded on monday morning's breakfast. so, where are we in this brexit process? people like me are paid to have insight and foresight and hindsight about these things and be able to project where we are going to go. to be quite honest, looking at things right now, i don't have the foggiest idea what will happen in the coming weeks. will the prime minister get a deal with the eu? i don't know. will she get it through the commons? i don't know about that either. you might as well get mr blobby back on to offer his analysis because i think his will probably be as goo

now it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed.aigner aaron banks under investigation by the national crime agency, so should he have been a guest on last week's andrew marr show? and did a united states obsessed bbc get carried away by this week's midterm elections? first, president trump's relationship with the media has always been fractious, but occasionally it breaks out into outright confrontation. a news conference in washington on wednesday was one such occasion. i think you should let me run the country, you run cnn and if you did it well your ratings would be much better. let me ask, if i may... that's enough. if i may ask one other question are you worried... that's enough. pardon me, ma'am... excuse me, that's enough. mr president, one other question if i may ask on the russian investigation, are you concerned that you may have... i'm not concerned about anything with the russian investigation, because it's a hoax. that's enough. put down the mic. mr president, are you worried indictments coming down in this investigati

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.ontroversial tweet about a femalejournalist, has the bbc the controversial tweet about a female journalist, has the bbc got a problem with its presenters on social media? problem with its presenters on social media ? first, problem with its presenters on social media? first, i wake up i drama in westminster began with the challenge for journalists. drama in westminster began with the challenge forjournalists. it drama in westminster began with the challenge for journalists. it was clear that something important was about to happen, but no one quite knew what that was. this was high political correspondence chris mason responded on monday

now on bbc news, newswatch with samira ahmed.ilding a scaffold to might have shot what the bbc do about the anti—brexit placards held up on outside broadcast rights to mark we asked simon mccoy if he finds it is distracting as many news watch news viewers. there has been lots of discussion this week about who should appear on the proposed televised debate about brexit next weekend. but there are other ways of getting your view about this contentious issue across and television. we featured recently the method adopted by steve bray which is to hold his anti—brexit placards up is to hold his anti—brexit placards up so they appear in shot during live interviews conducted on college green opposite parliament from where the bbc has been broadcasting live from much of the past two weeks. as demonstrated here he is even got the hang of shifting his position according to which camera the directors cut into. this week that game of cat and mouse became more elaborate as a platform was built at the college green, presumably to outfox mr bra

now it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed.urnalist, has the bbc got a problem with its presenters on social media? first, a week of high drama in westminster began with a challenge forjournalists. it was clear that something important was about to happen, but no one quite knew what that was. this was how political correspondent chris mason responded on monday morning's breakfast. so, where are we in this brexit process? people like me are paid to have insight and foresight and hindsight about these things and be able to project where we are going to go. to be quite honest, looking at things right now, i don't have the foggiest idea what will happen in the coming weeks. will the prime minister get a deal with the eu? i don't know. will she get it through the commons? i don't know about that either. you might as well get mr blobby back on to offer his analysis because i think his will probably be as good as mine. don't do yourself down, chris mason! was that an embarrassing admission of defeat or a welcome outbreak of honesty? i

now it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed.did a united states—obsessed bbc get carried away by this week's midterm elections? first, president trump's relationship with the media has always been fractious, but occasionally, it breaks out into outright confrontation. a news conference in washington on wednesday was one such occasion. i think you should let me run the country, you run cnn and if you did it well, your ratings would be much better. let me ask, if i may... that's enough. if i may ask one other question — are you worried... that's enough. pardon me, ma'am... excuse me, that's enough. mr president, one other question, if i may ask, on the russian investigation — are you concerned that you may have... i'm not concerned about anything with the russian investigation because it's a hoax. that's enough. put down the mic. mr president, are you worried about indictments coming down in this investigation? mr president... i tell you what, cnn should be ashamed of itself, having you working for them. you are a rude, terrible p

hello and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed. rivals? i'm a democrat. as you are.ncreasingly familiar to viewers of bbc news. by newsnight‘s political editor. against theresa may. it's certainly not succeeded. doesn't it have more of a sort of dad's army feel about it? i've always admired captain mainwaring. was picked up by several of the next day's newspapers. day's newspapers. political assistant at correspondent used it. used it. the hard brexiteers, the dad's army brigade. brigade. brexiteers on board to back the government. government. chris alden shaw had this reaction. as headline news by the bbc from last weekend on. last weekend on. prime minister struggling to maintain cabinet unity. maintain cabinet unity. says, that could delay or frustrate the talks. the talks. face a vote of no confidence this week. week. the prime minister pushes on with her brexit deal.

this week samira ahmed puts the bbc‘s economics coverage under the spotlight.

hello and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed.democrat. don't patronise me, i'm as much a democrat as you are. was that anyway for andrew marr to speak to a labour peer? first, the distinctive figure ofjacob rees—mogg has become increasingly familiar to viewers of bbc news. at a news conference he held on tuesday, with fellow members of the european research group, he was asked this question by newsnight‘s political editor. you admonished me last week for saying you are staging a coup against theresa may. it's certainly not succeeded. doesn't it have more of a sort of dad's army feel about it? i've always admired captain mainwaring. amid much mocking of the erg online, that analogy with the classic bbc series was picked up by several of the next day's newspapers. the bbc‘s political assistant editor norman smith used it again on thurday‘s news at one. it's not going to win over the hard brexiteers, the dad's army brigade. there may be enough in this t get some of those middle ground brexiteers on board to back the government. chri