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the European Union have to be Brexit book. -- after the Brexit foot. At

10pm there will be a full round-up of all the news, but first it is

time for Newswatch. Hello and welcome to Newswatch

with me, Samira Ahmed. It is more than three months

since Britain voted to leave the EU, but has the BBC's reporting caught

up with the new political reality? Kim Kardashian was robbed

at gunpoint, it may or may not be what you want to hear about,

but is it the sort of story BBC News First, Hurricane Matthew,

the most powerful Caribbean storm in a decade, has caused devastation

and hundreds of deaths in Haiti. Although that has certainly been

reported on BBC News, some Newswatch viewers have told

us they feel the focus Peter White put it like this

in an e-mail on Friday morning: if you didn't know exactly

who Kim Kardashian was and what she had done to become famous,

United been been used by some news the BBC brought us

on Monday morning. In the early hours of this

morning, Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint

at this luxury residence. It is understood a night watchman

was handcuffed and five men dressed as police, wearing masks,

stormed her apartment and held her before ransacking

it and leaving. She was left tied up

in the bathroom. A bad experience for the TV reality

star, certainly, but some viewers wondered

whether the incident justified We put those

points to BBC News and they told us: Another celebrity featured

on the News Channel and BBC One early on Friday morning in the form

of a headline crawling on the news This one read, "Ollie Murs:

My heart goes out to Zane". Chris recorded this video

for us to explain why. I wondered what the story

was about so I waited until the headline came round again,

to see if there was any more information, but no,

just "Ollie Murs: My heart goes I am not a great fan

of either of these guys, Ollie Murs or Zane Malik,

but I was curious as to why it was on the breaking

news headlines. I have since looked on the BBC News

website and I can see there is a story there talking

about Ollie offering support to Zane, who apparently has experienced

some anxiety about performing on stage and has cancelled some

performances, but none of this was presented by the news

broadcasters at the time. We were just left with this

curious, slightly bizarre, Political journalists had a bit

of respite over the summer after the events of June and July,

but they have been busy again for the past few weeks

with the traditional party

conference season. This week it was the

Conservatives gathering in Birmingham and on Tuesday the BBC

political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, had an appointment

with the Prime Minister. Nothing about leaving the EU

is likely to be neat and tidy, but how much mess does

the Prime Minister think the economy Exit is an opportunity,

but with the pound plunging a big The pound today has sunk to a 31

year low, the very well-respected International Monetary Fund

is warning that there is going to be a slowdown, how worried

are you about the impact on people's livelihoods as we untangle ourselves

from the European Union? The interview that followed prompted

a number of people There were further

associated complaints about what was seen

about predominance of voices on air from those who were

on the On Monday, Evan Davis

hosted a discussion with four guests, all

of If you think about

Brexit, nothing has yet The European Union, the 27 of them

that will remain in the European Union, have not

yet had their meeting where they unanimously have to agree

what their negotiation position is and we have not revealed

what our position is. But some people feel it is the BBC

that has not accepted the result of the referendum and a number

of viewers complained about the make up of that panel,

with a Ukip MEP posting this: We hoped to discuss how BBC

reporting is adapting to the current political environment,

but no one was available to do so. Instead the BBC gave us this

statement: That is going on in one party has

dominated the news coverage after Thursday's altercation in the

European Parliament which left Steven Woolfe from Ukip in hospital.

That night, the leader of Ukip in Wales was picked up on an interview

he had given earlier in the day. You said earlier on the BBC do you think

Steven Woolfe picked a fight. He said that he picked a fight and came

off worse. APPLAUSE

Mr Banks took to Twitter to see: please give us your thoughts about

the issues we are covering today. There are details on how to contact

us at the end of the programme. On Tuesday night BBC News at ten

devoted ten minutes to the plight of Aleppo in Syria, under bombardment

after the breakdown of the recent ceasefire. Viewers applauded a

powerful report but some had already been distracted by one aspect of the

studio introduction. The official figures showed that more than 100

children have been killed in the rebel held areas in just over a

week. Our special correspondent reports on the growing tragedy of

Aleppo's children. His report does contain distressing images from the

beginning. But those who did not spot the error, it was spelt out by

a viewer. Lindsay was equally unimpressed:

Much of the blame for it the dire state of affairs in Syria has

believed at the door of Russia, who says it is attacking jihadists in

Aleppo and it was very sorry for civilian casualties, but some

viewers feel BBC coverage has failed to produce an objective view of the

conflict. One viewer recorded his thoughts on camera. I wonder if the

BBC has taken another trouble to put the Russian side of the Syrian war

into perspective. We may not agree with what the Russians are doing,

but they surely have a strategy which is relevant to them and to the

Assad resume. It would greatly help viewers understanding of the whole

dreadful complex affair if somebody could give the prospective of the

Russian strategy and I think the BBC could do something to improve that.

Tales and images of the destruction and suffering in Syria have been

appealing more frequently on our screens in recent weeks and there

are emotional impact is being felt by viewers and journalists. Last

Friday on BBC One were images of the aftermath of one air strike on a

city close to Aleppo. A rescue worker is overwhelmed after pulling

a baby alive from the rubble. Syria's military intervention has

caused untold suffering and it is not clear if it has brought the end

of the war ended close. When the programme cut back to the studio, it

was clear that the prayers centre -- it was clear that the presenter had

been affected by what she had seen. One viewer said:

Kate responded later to messages like that : thank you for all your

comments this week. We are here to reflect your views so

if you would like your comments to get aired more widely you can call

us or e-mail us. You might end up appearing on the programme. You can

send us a message on Twitter and do look at the website. That is all

from us. We will be back to hear your thoughts about BBC News

coverage again next week.