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more opportunities for people, people to tailor what they get to their own needs and for personalisation. but fundamentally, we want people to get the biggest stories and the best bbc content and analysis to their phones without them having to go and looking for it. i suppose what some of the viewers feel, which is coming across, is they don't like the idea ofjust getting adverts for bbc news content, because that's not what they signed up for, it's not an alert. yeah, and i think what alerts are has evolved a lot over the last few years, not just for the bbc but for every news organisation — from the days when it was just straightforward breaking news text messages, to much more of a richer content mix. but we find that because live and people are having the chance to follow live — if it's a laura kuenssberg interview with rishi sunak, for example, people want to know that they can follow that live. that's a news event of itself. and that's more than just advertising, that's part of the news conversation that's happening online.
there were crimes that occurred around the north of kyiv earlier in this conflict, the russian government said it was a provocation by the british intelligence services. whilst, of course commits a news organisation, you are obliged to report russian statements and we have to consider them and listen to them. the polite way to put this is russia's government has a record of issuing outlandish and quite fantastical statements to displace responsibility for actions in this conflict. so while we don't know precisely what's happened, i'm fairly confident and putting low stock in the credibility of russian statement. it is notable, i would say, that the editor in chief formally russia today, the russian state propaganda mouthpiece has been gloating, comparing this to attacks on ukrainian attacks on delta ride in russia and comparing it to a deliberate attack. i think it's interesting that the russia state media is trying to portray this as a
council. now we have no reason behind why this has been called, but it is following unconfirmed reports that stray russian missiles have fallen on a polish farm near the ukrainian border. again, they are unconfirmed reports that people were killed. i want to take you to the website of a polish news organisation which is also stating that two people were killed. two people killed according to unconfirmed reports... on the east of poland, very near to the border. this website quotes the radio
russian government sector as a provocation by the british intelligent —— by the british intelligent —— by the british intelligent service. it's a news organisation and you are obliged to report russian statements and we have to consider them and listen to them, the polite way to put this is that russia's government has a record of issuing outlandish and quite fantastical statements to displace responsibility for actions in this conflict. while we don't know precisely what's happened, i'm fairly confident and putting fairly low stock in the credibility of russian statements. it's not about that the editor of —— editor in chief of the russian state propaganda mouthpiece has been gloating, comparing this to attacks on ukrainian attacks on... and comparing it to a deliberate attack. i think it is interesting that the russian state media is trying to portray this as a deliberate attack whether it is or isn't commensurate to the effect they are trying to
water volumes along the yangtze river are currently at their lowest ever levels. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. for six months now, ukraine has been a nation at war, the government and people united in a conviction that they are fighting for freedom. but in the face of the existential threat posed by putin's invasion, has ukraine stayed true to the democratic values it loudly proclaims? well, my guest is olga rudenko, the editor of the kyiv independent, a news organisation committed to reporting from ukraine without fear or favour. but is there room for
independent, a news organisation committed to reporting from ukraine without fear or favour. but is there room for independentjournalism on the ukrainian battlefield? olga rudenko in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. well, stephen, thank you for having me. it's a great pleasure to have you on the show. just a short time ago, you reflected with time magazine on the impact of what is now a six—month—long war that you have lived through, you've experienced.
some specific programmes —— if he will abide president duterte is leaving behind a legacy of a deadly war — is leaving behind a legacy of a deadly war on _ is leaving behind a legacy of a deadly war on drugsjust yesterday, deadly war on drugs just yesterday, the news organisation has been warning that it's going to need to close down. is this something we can expect from the new president?— president? we do expect a continuation _ president? we do expect a continuation or _ president? we do expect a continuation or support - president? we do expect a continuation or support of| president? we do expect a i continuation or support of this particular policy because we see a number of officials and allies of president duterte continuing on in the cabinet of incoming president bongbong marcos. many of them are also known for being not friendly with our professional leader group —— being friendly. many of the incoming officials are also against many of the
in relocations, photos we can show to be taken in relocations, spreadsheets of personal information about police officers working inside some of these camps in xinjiang, with attached to real ceuphone xinjiang, with attached to real cellphone numbers that we can phone and verify, with some of them rather ill advisedly confirming who they were, their names and their positions, so this could be verified, this could be authenticated, people can look at it and judge for themselves. can look at it and 'udge for themselves._ can look at it and 'udge for themselves. ., , , themselves. nonetheless, the chinese have _ themselves. nonetheless, the chinese have dismissed - themselves. nonetheless, the chinese have dismissed your l chinese have dismissed your report as a folswood and a smear and the data was said to be had from police computers and let online, so how reliable can we really think it is? well, again, you know, the question of course is the evidence itself. like any broadcaster, any news organisation dealing with this kind of information, when it's
we really think it is? again, the question, of course, is the evidence itself. like any broadcaster or any news organisation dealing with this kind of information when it has been hacked, when it's been leaked, when it comes from an unauthorised source, there are questions about whether it's in the public interest. the bbc felt clearly in this case, as in other cases where this kind of information has been handled and reported, that there was a very strong public interestjustification. this is, after all, an allegation of the mass incarceration of more than a million people on the basis of their ethnicity and faith. and this was compelling evidence about it, which needed to be weighed and considered carefully, which is precisely what our investigation does. and the online report goes through step by step, the way we were able to authenticate this information. john, in your report, we also see you on a tour
the news channel audience. it the news channel audience. it is interesting to think about it. he regularly complain us. we had one that we read out there, that the mozgov that they get a weekends, they don't think it works.— think it works. we're really roud think it works. we're really proud of — think it works. we're really proud of the _ think it works. we're really proud of the fact _ think it works. we're really proud of the fact that - think it works. we're really proud of the fact that we . think it works. we're really i proud of the fact that we can bring global coverage on a scale no other news organisation has into the uk. that is a strength of the bbc is the fact that we have got here is a lovely well, colleagues working in all sorts of different environments going back to the domestic audience. we do need to work harder to make those stories for different audiences that are separate. we have some lessons on how to do that. but overall the principle of being proud of ourforeign coverage the principle of being proud of our foreign coverage coming into the uk and proud of our uk coverage to overseas audiences is what we want to build on. we have talked _ is what we want to build on. we have talked about digital first as part of these changes, prioritising online output, but many older viewers and listeners aren't digital and they are the ones who tend to watch tv bulletins and the ones who tend to be that licence fees. , .,