i m anita mcvey. our top stories. to all intents and purposes, then, the uk only news channel seems to have almost disappeared, although there s been no announcement to that effect. viewer chris sharman was already telling us a few weeks ago. and on monday, julian bray was surprised to observe, later in the week after watching some of the output, rick from manchester wondered, will the news channel be aimed for the uk or american viewers? we asked again for someone from the bbc to talk to about the new channel, but our request was declined. instead, they gave us this statement. well, instead, we re delighted to talk about this issue to richard eyre, who s a former controller of editorial policy, former deputy chief executive of bbc news. he s also been a member of the bbc trust and of the 0fcom content board. welcome to newswatch, richard. now there used to be two bbc news channels. now there s essentially one with the uk opt outs, is that right? that s right. let me give yo
Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im ben brown. Were looking at two of the weeks big stories whats happening in russia as men flee the country after president putins call up of reservists to fight in ukraine and his threat to use Nuclear Weapons, and also the british governments announcement of sweeping tax cuts the most far reaching for half a century. Well, im joined to discuss all this with polly toynbee, columnist from the guardian, Stephanie Baker of bloomberg news, and Latika Bourke of the sydney morning herald. So, cuts to income tax, corporation tax, National Insurance and stamp duty and removing the cap on bankers bonuses. It will cost tens of billions of pounds. The government says it will boost growth, the labour party say it will reward the rich. Stephanie, lets start off with you. This is being called a gamble for growth. Is it a gamble thats going to pay off, do you think . Well, its certainly a gamble. I have real doubts about whethe
hello and welcome to our digest of the global week seen through the eyes of leading journalists from the uk and the foreign correspondents based here who podcast, broadcast, blog and, yes, even these days write for audiences back home from the dateline, london. confidence it s the magic ingredient which makes us all believe that notes or coins in themselves worth next to nothing do have value and will be accepted as payment. governments need the confidence of the money markets who do the lending if they want to borrow money at affordable rates. over the last week, liz truss and herfinance minister have struggled to create confidence in their economic strategy and to sustain it in the british currency. to discuss the uk s dash for growth and the border war between russia and ukraine isabel hilton, a distinguished foreign correspondent who founded china dialogue, an independent body which explores the environmental challenges for that country and how that affects the re
the action is getting stronger and the public are behind us, so we are really committed to it. we want a resolution, and if the government can change their attitude, we can get a resolution very quickly. making landfall in the us for a second time hurricane ian strikes south carolina with heavy rain and powerful winds after leaving a trail of devastation in florida and cuba. and demand for world cup stickers reaches fever pitch in argentina as a shortage of cards prompts fans to come up with some inventive alternative ways of filling their album. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president volodymyr zelensky has said that ukraine remains determined to liberate all of its territory, despite vladimir putin s declaration that four occupied regions are now part of russia. in his nightly address, mr zelensky said the path for his nation was difficult but clear, and he was confident of victory. in a signing ceremony at the kremlin on friday, mr p
updates and news reports on the demise of a brazilian footballer seem to me to be just a little bit excessive, perhaps. others put it more strongly, such asjenny fenwick. now to a loss of another kind. after the ending over the past few months of dateline london and the film review both reported on this programme a third news channel staple had its final edition on monday, signed off by david eades, who himself left the bbc this week. just to say that tonight has been the final edition of the papers, here on bbc news channel. all i can say now is thanks for watching. the papers theme plays. but many people had plenty to say about the dropping of the papers a nightly review of the next day s newspapers featuring two guests, normallyjournalists. one of its original presenters, clive myrie, described it as the end of an era, tweeting. and we ve heard from a number of fans, including helen murphy. muriel crane added. well, the move comes ahead of the planned bringing toge