You guys are crazy and brandys trying out ice canoeing in quebec city. Woohoo hello and welcome to The Travel Show, coming to you this week from japan, where its just after six oclock here in tokyo and were about to hit the road. Were heading off before sunrise. Lets do it. To make the four hour journey to fukushima. Most people associate fukushima with the impact of the major earthquake and tsunami that Hit Japan On March 11th Six years ago. The tsunami wave disabled the generators at the fukushima power plant, triggering a nuclear meltdown. But before 2011, the region had been famous for its ski resorts, and was popular with tourists. In the months following the Nuclear Disaster fears about Radiation Levels hit the Tourism Industry hard. And the number of foreign visitors staying here fell by 90 . Now in many parts of the region Background Radiation has fallen to levels similar to those that are found in major cities around the world, and tourists are returning. We made it. Look at a
Joining us. Thank you very much. This is bbc news the headlines there are reports that not enough republican members of the house support the new bill that would replace obamacare. The westminster Attacker Police make two more arrests as they try to find out if Khalid Masood was working alone. A £50 billion bill for the uk to leave the eu the head of the European Commission puts a price tag on brexit. Now its time for newswatch, with samira ahmed. Under the spotlight this week, coverage of the attack in westminster. Hello and welcome. Two big issues on the programme this week. Bbc news Programmes Decamp To Westminster near the site of wednesdays attack, was this the scale and response that the attacker might have hoped for . Did coverage of martin mcguinnesss death focus too much on his role as a peacemaker and not enough on his ira past . From early wednesday afternoon millions have watched what unfolded in westminster with a sense of shock and revulsion, and for some there was also
Right response to terrorism. Why on earth do the angers me to run the programme from energy street, Reframe Makeshift prompt . What is the latest from there . This is one of five hospitals. Why would they repeating visits to reporters outside hospitals with nothing to report . All of this service to our julie dramatise the situation, adding nothing to the quality of the coverage, but giving maximum exposure to the terrorists. Duly. Apart from reporting facts and show respect for victims, the day after an attack like this should be handled like any other day. The programme had been run from the studio, with sometime allocated to other news, the bbc would have shown that normality had not been disrupted by the incident. Instead, you chose to show the terrorists what a big impact they can have. To discuss how bbc news has covered the attacks and the aftermath, i am joined by gavin allen, the bbcs controller daily news programmes. Several different points there. Lets look at them one at a
With the virus in spain, as the country also sees a resurgence of new infections. Bahrain has agreed to normalise its relations with israel, further eroding the arab worlds boycott of the jewish state. President trump tweeted the news after phone conversations with the leaders of the two countries. He said another historic breakthrough today our two great friends israel and the kingdom of bahrain agree to a peace deal the second arab country to make peace with israel in 30 days he also posted this joint statement that says bahrain and israel have agreed to establish full diplomatic relations. For decades most arab states have boycotted israel, insisting theyd only establish ties after the palestinian dispute was settled. But these pictures are from last month when the United Arab Emirates broke with that tradition, and agreed to normalise its relationship with the israelis. A palestinian official has described the bahraini deal as a betrayal. The bbcs tom bateman is injerusalem. Get to
This is bbc news, the headlines more than half a Million People in the us state of oregon are fleeing Deadly Wildfires that are raging across the pacific northwest. At least ten people have died and dozens more have been reported as missing. Bahrain says it is normalising its relations with israel, less than a month after the United Arab Emirates said it was establishing ties. The israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, called it a new era of peace. But the palestinian leadership slammed it as a betrayal ofjerusalem and the palestinian cause. There have been protests by migrants stranded on the greek island of lesbos after europes biggest refugee camp was gutted by fire on tuesday. Theyre protesting against the construction of a replacement camp, and want to be allowed to travel on to mainland europe. In ten minutes on bbc news, its newswatch, but first, its time to click. Hey, welcome to click. Hope youre doing 0k. If youve got kids, then i hope the whole back to school thing is g