a petition at buckingham palace calling on the royal family to rewild its large estates of land. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we start with some developing news out of austria. chancellor sebastian kurz has just announced that he will step down, after he was placed under investigation on suspicion of corruption offences. mr kurz, who denies the accusations, said he would remain leader of his party. journalist emma midgley gave me more details from vienna. raids were carried out on wednesday into his offices, some of his close associates, and basically the allegation is that he used public money to pay for favourable coverage in several tabloid newspapers. so quite damning accusations there. he has had quite a rise at a young age and has risen very fast. how has this been received by the wider public? this been received by the wider ublic? ., , , ., , , public? there have been protests, about 1,000 public? there have been protests, ab
45 people, including three children, had been on the vessel, which set off from the tunisian city of sfax last thursday. four survivors originally from the ivory coast and guinea gave their accounts to coastguards after being brought ashore. the three men and a woman had initially been rescued by a cargo ship. these pictures show rescue workers helping migrants in trouble around the lampedusa coast at the weekend, one of several rescues in recent days. 0ur rome correspondent, sofia bettiza, has been following the story. this is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. only four people survived, the three men and a woman from guinea and the ivory coast. they said they were on board a ship with 45 people in total, including three children. they described it as a very small metal boat about seven metres long. they said that after a few hours at sea, the boat capsized and sank, apparently because of a big wave. it threw everybody into the water and they said that only 15 peo
now on bbc news, the media show. a warning this programme contains flashing images. hello and welcome to this week s edition of the media show. in a minute we would talk about spotify, the was most popular music streaming platform, spending almost $1 billion on podcasting as well. but also the different developments coming out of spotify at the moment and its ceo is saying perhaps they got carried away with new investments. we will try to unpack what is going on and what it means for making money off music streaming and podcast. first of all, would talk about the fallout from a new bbc documentary about the indian prime minister, narendra modi. it is on iplayer at the moment and it explores tensions between narendra modi and the indian was minority and specifically look for claims around his role in the 2002 riots in which over 1000 people died. the programme was not broadcast in india but it has caused a few were all there. first of all, let s watch a short clip from the doc
has died in hospital at the age of seventy nine. 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 $1 billion 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 podcasts, 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, in whi
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