Singapore. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Hello and welcome. Its 9am in singapore and iam in the morning here in london, where in the past few hours British Parliament has given its final approval to a landmark law allowing the government to formally start the process of leaving the European Union. Earlier, scotlands First Minister Nicola Sturgeon dropped a political bombshell, announcing plans for a second Independence Referendum prompted by opposition to brexit. Britains Prime Minister theresa may wasnt too impressed. Lets hear from Nicola Sturgeon first. I will now take the steps necessary to make sure that scotland will have a choice at the end of this process. A choice of whether to follow the uk to a hard brexit, or to become an independent country. Instead of Playing Politics with the future of our country, the Scottish Government should focus on delivering Good Government and Public Services for the people of scotland. Politics is not a game. A little earlier our Politica
Singapore. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Hello and welcome. Its 9am in singapore and iam in the morning here in london, where in the past few hours British Parliament has given its final approval to a landmark law allowing the government to formally start the process of leaving the European Union. Earlier, scotlands First Minister Nicola Sturgeon dropped a political bombshell, announcing plans for a second Independence Referendum prompted by opposition to brexit. Britains Prime Minister theresa may wasnt too impressed. Lets hear from Nicola Sturgeon first. I will now take the steps necessary to make sure that scotland will have a choice at the end of this process. A choice of whether to follow the uk to a hard brexit, or to become an independent country. Instead of Playing Politics with the future of our country, the Scottish Government should focus on delivering Good Government and Public Services for the people of scotland. Politics is not a game. A little earlier our Politica
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
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