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

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

glasgow to demand action on climate change at cop26 now on bbc news it's time for newswatch with samira ahmedo 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't work climate ch

hello, and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.uld 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 some

it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. to cover the summit fully. sweeping into glasgow. _ to cover the summit fully. sweeping into glasgow, leaders _ to cover the summit fully. sweeping into glasgow, leaders from - to cover the summit fully. sweeping into glasgow, leaders from around i into glasgow, leaders from around the world ready for make or break talks on the future of our planet. there to greet them, prime minister borisjohnson and un secretary general and karaka terrors, as one by one they arrived, fresh from the 620 by one they arrived, fresh from the g20 talks in rome. it is a rollcall of more than 100 world leaders. but even before proceedings had got under way in glasgow, nick fossett had e—mailed us to ask: and if you are called pilgrim asked: meanwhile are called pilgrim asked: meanwhile a website named guido, none of them were in the most read list and simon garrett thought that was: others took it as a sign that the bbc had overestimated the audience's interest in the environment and there was another sour

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,

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

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