At ten Oclockjane Hill will be here with a full round up of the days news. First the media show. Hello. To tell the story of the uk more fairly and more equitably there need to be more reporting voices outside london. That seems to be the journalistic mood of the Moment. The bbc in march announced plans to shift focus from the capital and i quote in a commitment to better reflect represent and serve all parts of the country. And when Gb News launched it promising voices from every part of the country and to again quote reach out to nonmetropolitan audiences beyond london and engagement in our national conversation. Well, the impact of covid and movements like Extinction Rebellion or black lives matter, those stories are better told if everyone has an equal stake in them irrespective of where they live. So what does it mean to have a non London Bias when you are reporting the news . The market for producing local news is as tough as its ever been. So how do you do it . Today we hear fro
john: we are awaiting the first white house briefing of 2024 as president biden begins the new year blaming congress for the chaos happening at our southern border. and while the white house takes to the podium, house republicans are in texas in what is expected to be the largest congressional delegation to visit the border. welcome back, hope you had a great holiday. sandra: good to be back with you. house speaker mike johnson and more than 50 republicans will be in eagle pass, where they have been sidelined by failed policies. instead of the president pivoting on those policies, his team is setting up a potential showdown in the courts. john: biden administration asking the supreme court to allow border agents to get rid of nearly 30 miles of razor wire that the state of texas used to prevent migrant crossings. it comes after more than 300,000 migrants crossed illegally in december. marking the highest single month ever recorded. bill melugin has been covering it sinc
the coast opposite taiwan, following president tsai ing wen s trip to the united states. beijing warned the island against what it called taiwanese separatists in collusion with external forces. and, buckingham palace has invited more than 850 community and charity representatives from across the uk to attend the coronation of king charles, which will take place on the sixth you re watching bbc news. now it s time for: 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
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
cases of suspected and confirmed monkeypox are being investigated in a number of european countries, as well as the us, canada and the uk. and the man behind film scores that mesmerised millions, composer vangelis has died at the age of 79. ukraine s president says russian forces have completely destroyed the eastern donbas region, accusing moscow of senseless bombardments as it intensifies its attacks. in another development, the international red cross says its registered hundreds of ukrainian prisoners of war who ve left the besieged azovstal steelworks in the ukrainian port city of mariupol. russia says all those who have left will be treated in line with international standards, but there are fears that some could face prosecution by president putin s courts. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. tired and wounded. moscow released these images of ukrainian fighters leaving the steelworks they d been defending in mariupol, giving themselves up to the r