hello, and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed. on this programme...ctional american voters? and is it the responsibility of her and the bbc as a whole to confront and expose the purveyors of false conspiracy theories? first, the football world cup has certainly made its presence felt on our broadcasting landscape, sparking rows over the tone and extent of its coverage across both sports and news outputs. those two worlds came together when bbc one's coverage leading up to the men's tournament's first game on sunday featured appearances from bbc news international editor jeremy bowen and its analysis editor ros atkins. hundreds of thousands of foreign workers — mostly from south asia — were hired. and there have long been concerns about their treatment. that focus on qatar's human rights record and questions about how fifa came to award it the right to host this year's world cup have featured extensively on news outlets over the past week, and that's raised questions in the minds of some viewers, such as hugh balter. england's first match on monday kic

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.d out the full horror of the attack in the ukrainian city of mariupol. and, did the midterm elections in the united states warrant the amount of coverage they received here in the uk? first, in a year of climate—related disasters and broken temperature records, the relevance of the cop27 summit in sharm el—sheikh were self—evident. and, as it started on sunday, bbc one's early evening news made clear how high the stakes are. dire warnings for the future of the planet as the cop27 climate conference begins in egypt. delegates hear the last eight years have been the hottest on record, accelerating the effects of climate change. we must answer the planet's distress signal with action — ambitious, credible climate action. the united nations' secretary general antonio guterres, who we saw there, warned the following day that the planet was on a highway to climate hell. but language like that, and the way that it was reported worried liz middleton: there were other concerns, too, around the

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. mason's questioning of the prime minister this week persistent or pointless? and how the bbc has been soliciting your views about its output for 100 years. first, as in all budgetary events, the chancellor unveiled a blizzard of statistics in his autumn statement on thursday. later in the studio, the bbc�*s economics editor, faisal islam, ran through some of them. now here are today's borrowing numbers in yellow. the key thing is that they're large and they stay high. now, back in march, the official forecasts for government borrowing were much lower, in blue. the obr is forecasting that those tax rises and more significantly, the uk inflation rate, now at its highest rate in 41 years, will also drive those historic falls in real household disposable income. robin petherbridge was watching that and had this response. well, bbc news said they would give us a response to those questions and we'll bring you that next week. the statement was, of course, long—awaited, and there had been pl

hello, and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed. on this programme...he bbc�*s disinformation correspondent created online profiles for five fictional american voters? and is it the responsibility of her and the bbc as a whole to confront and expose the purveyors of false conspiracy theories? first, the football world cup has certainly made its presence felt on our broadcasting landscape, sparking rows over the tone and extent of its coverage across both sports and news outputs. those two worlds came together when bbc one's coverage leading up to the men's tournament's first game on sunday featured appearances from bbc news international editor jeremy bowen and its analysis editor ros atkins. hundreds of thousands of foreign workers — mostly from south asia — were hired. and there have long been concerns about their treatment. that focus on qatar's human rights record and questions about how fifa came to award it the right to host this year's world cup have featured extensively on news outlets over the past week, and that's raised questions in the minds

hello, and welcome to use a watch with me, samira ahmed. question time? mini—budget in september, there were calls for then prime minister liz truss to respond to the resulting criticism. after six days, she did so by placing interviews, not with the national media, but with eight local bbc radio stations. while liz truss's performance may have hastened her departure from office three weeks later, the interviewer was widely commended. where have you been? we had to take urgent action to get our economy growing, get britain moving and also deal with inflation. on radio stoke, an awkward moment. we are going to spend more _ on mortgage fees under what you have

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.as in all budgetary events, the chancellor unveiled a blizzard of statistics in his autumn statement on thursday. later in the studio, the bbc�*s economics editor, faisal islam, ran through some of them. now here are today's borrowing numbers in yellow. the key thing is that they're large and they stay high. now, back in march, the official forecasts for government borrowing were much lower, in blue. the obr is forecasting that those tax rises and more significantly, the uk inflation rate, now at its highest rate in 41 years, will also drive those historic falls in real household disposable income. robin petherbridge was watching that and had this response. "you first showed a graph of uk borrowing measured in percent, well, bbc news said they would give us a response to those questions and we'll bring you that next week. the statement was, of course, long—awaited, and there had been plenty of previewing and speculation about what it might contain in the media over the past few weeks.

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.f climate—related disasters and broken temperature records, the relevance of the cop27 summit in sharm el—sheikh were self—evident. and, as it started on sunday, bbci's early evening news made clear how high the stakes are. dire warnings for the future of the planet as the cop27 climate conference begins in egypt. delegates hear the last 8 years have been the hottest on record, accelerating the effects of climate change. we must sense that the planet's distress signal with action. ambitious, credible, climate action. the united nations secretary general antonio guterres, who we saw there, warned the following day that the planet was on a highway to climate hell. but, language like that, and the way that it was reported, worried liz middleton. "i'm concerned that bbc news is becoming extremely there were other concerns, too, around the summit. john lambert was one of those left wondering about the environmental impact of the bbc�*s coverage. the bbc�*s climate editor, justin rowlatt, ha

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.t the planet was on "a highway to climate hell". but language like that, and the way that it was reported, worried liz middleton: there were other concerns, too, around the summit. john lambert was one of those left wondering about the environmental impact of the bbc�*s coverage. the bbc�*s climate editor justin rowlatt has, in the past, defended on this programme the need he sees to travel and take flights in the course of reporting on the environment. but he was also the subject of another complaint this week, regarding his appearance on air. this is the main conference hall where the leaders speak and as you walk around this truly vast convention centre, you get an idea of the range of issues under discussion. anthony webb wrote to us, saying: it's not the first time justin rowlatt has caused some controversy by wearing jeans on television. he did so in the news at ten studio injuly and tweeted afterwards: well, it's clearfrom what we've heard this week that some viewers do consider

now, it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed. hello and welcome to newswatch.u have done, based on the predictions, than we would have saved with energy. i don't think anybody is arguing that we should not have acted on energy. on radio kent... time is short. we've seen the bank of england having to intercede because of the measures that your government brought in on friday. this does not normally happen. we are working very, very closely with the bank of england, the bank of england... they are putting putting out your fire, to be fair. the bank of england running independent monetary policy. a rare moment in the national spotlight for bbc local radio and a reminderfor many of its value. this week, though, the corporation announced that there would be cuts to those services with dedicated programming for each of england's 39 local stations ending at 2pm every day. content after that being shared across regions. this will mean 139 fewer roles in audio teams — though the bbc says there will be additional posts created in investigation and digitaljournalism. the

hello, and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed.t 15 minutes on the world cup — a decision which got this response from anne street: in the coming weeks, we hope to speak to someone from bbc news about the reporting of the men's world cup, but let's now revisit a complaint we aired last week about these two graphics which featured in coverage of the chancellor's autumn statement. some viewers pointed out that the graphs showed uk borrowing and household income as percentages, but without any explanation of what they were percentages of. bbc news gave us a response to that point, which we promised to bring you, so here it is. on that same programme, though — the news at six on thursday of last week — another graphic showed the cost of the decisions made in the autumn statement. some of you noticed that those numbers actually refer to billions of pounds, not millions, as faisal islam made clear in his script — and that was corrected on the news at ten. but there were also objections to the irregular intervals shown in the left—hand ax

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.ng very artful in trying to get me to confirm elements of the package that i announce on thursday, as i would expect from you. but i'm not going to do that, i'm afraid. a viewer called jens, originally from germany but now living in northamptonshire, contacted us about that interview and recorded his response for us. as per usual, laura kuenssberg interviewed the chancellor on her sunday morning programme before the big budget announcement on thursday. this seems to be the same pattern as andrew marr did before in his programme on a sunday, that it always had the chancellor of the exchequer on their programme before any such announcement, which then gives the chancellor each time the cop—out to say, "oh, i can't give you any more details about the budget — "you have to wait until the announcement on thursday." so my — my issue, therefore, is why are you not inviting the chancellor the sunday after such an announcement, where he then could give further detail, further explanation to the