some of the girls were hospitalised. china begins three days of military excercises off the coast opposite taiwan, following president tsai ing wen s trip to the united states. at 10:00 we will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, the media show: china and the information war. hello. welcome to this latest edition of the media show. and we re going to spend the programme talking about china s media strategy, because i m sure you ve seen tiktok s been in the news. its ceo was up in front of us lawmakers a couple of weeks back, taking lots of questions about whether tiktok, which is owned by a chinese company, potentially poses a security threat to the us. now, tiktok absolutely denies that. chinese state spokespeople have been saying they deny that, too, but it s raised broader questions about what china hopes to achieve with its media strategy around the world. how is it trying to create narratives that suit its goals, how is it on occasions trying to put th
turmoil at the scottish national party as the chief executive and husband of party leader nicola sturgeon peter murrell resigns in a row over party membership. a dedicated father who took a photo of his son every day for the first 21 years of his life, says it s been a joy to capture his child growing up. ian mcleod, from harrogate, wanted to make sure he didn t forget a moment of cory s childhood, so picked up his camera and started snapping. now cory, who s aged 30, has taken over photo duties and is continuing the project. what if i took his photo every day? it would be pretty cool to see birth until death, sol it would be pretty cool to see birth until death, so i think i m going to keep until death, so i think i m going to keep going until death, so i think i m going to keep going until the end. | until death, so i think i m going to keep going until the end. i had until death, so i think i m going to keep going until the end.- keep going until the end. i had to make
days. scottish national party s chief exec as it has resigned with immediate effect, after the snp was forced to reveal a massive drop in its party member ship this week. you are watching bbc news. time for the media show. my guest today has covered some of the most defining stories of our time. gary younge briefly became part of nelson mandela s entourage, joined revellers as president obama was elected, and has covered much else too gay marriage, brexit, the windrush scandal, and the black lives matter movement. gary left as a full time journalism at the guardian in 2020 to become professor of sociology at the university of manchester. although he continues to write articles for various publications and books. his new one is a collection of his journalism called dispatches from the diaspora. gary younge, welcome to the media show. let s go back to some of where it all began. you studied french and russian at heriot watt university in edinburgh, and then in yourfinal year
voice-over: this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. on today s media show, one of the pioneers of reality tv. hello, hello, hello! fenton bailey s behind rupaul s drag race, described by time magazine as one of the most influential reality tv shows of all time . the company he founded, world of wonder, has made documentaries about andy warhol, britney spears, monica lewinsky over the years, about police brutality in la, and about the lgbt supporting tv evangelist tammy faye. they also brought the cult comedy duo adam and joe to channel 4. fenton, hello, and i wonder whether for you there is a thread that connects all those incredible and different interviewees and programmes? the first thing that connects it all is just things randy and ifound ourselves interested in. that s your partner? yeah, randy, at world of wonder we founded the company together but then, i think the ot
a rise in the number of dog attacks in england and wales. this postal worker lost a finger after being bitten. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. we ll have all the goals from tonights champions league ties including at tottenham hotspur stadium as spurs take on ac milan with a quarter final place at stake good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the bbc presenter gary lineker has said he will continue to try and speak up for those who have no voice after being criticised by downing street and some conservative mps for making negative comments about the government s new illegal migration bill. yesterday he said the government s language regarding its asylum plans was not disimilar to that used by germany in the 1930s. the bbc has impartiality guidelines that requires bbc staff and presenters to keep personal views private. this includes making public comments, including on social media, that could compromise perceptions of bbc impartiality. today the