the sunshine is back today across scotland the sunshine is back today across scotland and northern ireland but england scotland and northern ireland but england and wales, more cloud. and for some, england and wales, more cloud. and for some. it england and wales, more cloud. fific for some, it will england and wales, more cloud. fific for some, it will be england and wales, more cloud. e ic for some, it will be on england and wales, more cloud. el ic for some, it will be on the wet side. it s friday, the 21st of april. our main story. the prime minister is under increasing pressure this morning to make a decision over the future of his deputy, dominic raab. rishi sunak has been accused of dithering by opposition parties, as he considers a report into bullying allegations against mr raab, which he denies. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. have you always behaved professionally, mr raab?i dominic raab s fate is in the prime minister s hands, as rishi
health leaders in england, wales and northern ireland are warning that there will be a struggle to clear backlogs and improve emergency care unless industrial action by thousands of staff is brought to an end. the government has urged unions to consider the impact of industrial action on treatment backlogs. you re watching bbc news. now, it s time for the media show. a warning, this programme contains flashing images. hello, and welcome to this week s edition of the media show. now in a minute, we re going to talk about spotify. it s the world s most popular music streaming platform. it spent close to a billion dollars on podcasting, too, but there are all sorts of different developments coming out of spotify at the moment. and its ceo has said that perhaps they got carried away with new investments. we ll try and unpack what s going on and work out what that means for making money off music streaming and off podcast, too. first of all, though, we re going to talk about the
silicon valley bank and signature bank. president biden trying to convince americans that the system really is safe but the big question is, how much of this is about how much people even know about something, understand or maybe they feel about what is happening. how does psychology play into a bank run and how can we all be sure that our money is really safe? plus, do you know who is using facial recognition on you may be right now? no we re not doing it right now everyone. rest assured, but it could be happened more than you even realize. way to tell you who s using it and why. and this probably sounds like a joke what i m gonna tell you. but really it is deadly serious. nick a government report said that some crash test dummies may not represent and i m quoting here diverse groups of people. how could that have a real impact on your safety? well, it s not what you might think. we re gonna talk more about that. here with me her economic expert run up the ruaha. karen finne
at ten o clock, reeta chakrabarti will be here with a full roundup of the days news. first, the media show and a warning this programme contains flashing images. hello and welcome to this week s edition of the media show. now in a minute, we re going to talk about spotify. it s the world s most popular music streaming platform. it spent close to a billion dollars on podcasting, too, but there are all sorts of different developments coming out of spotify at the moment. and its ceo has said that perhaps they got carried away with new investments. we ll try and unpack what s going on and work out what that means for making money off music streaming and off podcast, too. first of all, though, we re going to talk about the fallout from a new bbc documentary about india s prime minister narendra modi. it s on iplayer at the moment, and it explores tensions between mr modi and india s muslim minority. it also specifically looks at claims around his role in the 2002 gujarat riots,
the truth matters. lies have consequences over two years ago, a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories. causing grievance harm to dominion and the country today s settlement of $787 million represents vindication and accountability lies have consequences fox news avoids what could have been weeks more of an embarassing coverage by settling at the last minute with dominion we ll break down the terms of this historic deal and explain the other legal issues looming for the network. the obvious right here is, it was the worst of all worlds for fox news and a lot of people wanted to see all the dirty laundry put out. a lot of it was out. it was already out. there s going to be more, because there are more of these lawsuits the new york times this morning, oalternative reality bu now account for itself outside of the right-wing bubble how it would possibly do it was a matter of great expense