so with the conservatives, it s all about labour. it s all about not what a conservative term in office would mean, but what a labour term in office, especially with a supermajority that phrase that has become part of the political lexicon in the last few weeks would mean. that s what rishi sunak s been talking about today. that s what rishi sunak is going to be talking about until midnight wednesday slash thursday labour. it s also about what labour would mean, but they have a much more direct way of talking about it. they use one word change, but the slight shift between the start of the campaign when they were using that one word, change, and now is that they say if you want it, you ve got to vote for it. and they keep repeating that and expect to hear that again and again and again until wednesday night, thursday morning. and the reason they do that is because there s just this slight twinge of concern in the labour campaign that the polling landscape means that s
Welcome to newswatch. Later on the programme this man was on our screens again this week. Is the bbc Giving Nigel Garage too much air time . Was coverage of the new us administrations Travel Ban Balanced and impartial, or did it panderto a growing anti tromp hysteria . And impartial, or did it panderto a growing anti tromp hysteria . Nigel farage. The prime ministers visit the us at the end of last week to meet President Trump was the subject of considerable media analysis. Not least the moment when the two appeared briefly holding hands. But some people were more exercised by a question put at a news by the bbcs correspondent. You said before that torture works, youve praised russia, you said you wa nted youve praised russia, you said you wanted to ban some muslims from coming to america, youve suggested there should be punishment for abortion. For many people in britain those sound like alarming beliefs. What do you say to our viewers at home who are worried about some of your views
No surprise that as the week went on coverage of Donald Trumps presidency continued to exercise newswatch viewers. In particular, the bbcs reporting of the petition urging the government to call off the president s proposed state visit to britain, which those complaining described to us as excessive and hysterical. And of the ban on travellers from seven countries to the United States. Some felt certain aspects of that ban had been largely ignored by bbc news. The list of countries facing the travel ban were originally drawn up by the obama administration, and not invented by trump. Second, many muslim countries themselves impose a travel ban on the citizens of many, many countries, including uk citizens, simply because they have visited israel. There has been little evidence of fair unbiased reporting showing both sides of the story. Its blatantly obvious the Current Issue is not anti muslim but anti terrorist, or anti isis. But the reporters keep trying to push this question into the
Shortly in london. A man has been arrested over the death of an ex Royal Navy Officer who was hit as his car was stolen from outside his home in manchester. This couldve happened to absolutely anybody. You hear a noise downstairs, you go to see what it is. Its incredibly tragic. Any bit of information, we really need to hear it. Four tram drivers admit to falling asleep on a line in croydon, where seven people died after derailment last year. And the cities vying to take over from hull as uks next city of culture. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im Karin Giannone Live In Paris where the centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron and the far right National Front Leader Marine Le Pen have made it through to the second round of the french president ial election. Macron who has never held Political Office told his supporters they had changed the face of French Politics, and it was his job to reconcile the country. Marine le pen described her victory as historic and said a vote for her was ke
International credit rating agency, Fitch Ratings, has projected that the Nigerian currency, the naira, will end the year at 1,450 to the United States of American dollar.