International Newscast
Around the world in half and hour with a stellar cast of BBC correspondents.
May 4, 2023
33 min
829 of 2,000
May 4, 2023
International Newscast
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Summary
<p>It’s local election day in England and while people are voting broadcasters aren’t allowed to report details of campaigning or election issues… so we’re going global. </p><p>By that we mean Turkey, Sudan, Moscow and the West Bank. </p><p>The BBC’s Orla Guerin has interviewed Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu ahead of presidential elections there, Lyse Doucet has been reporting on Sudan, and Jeremy Bowen has just got back from Jerusalem.</p><p>But why are there restrictions on UK broadcasters on local election day? Adam also speaks to the BBC chief politics advisor for the lowdown.</p><p>Today’s Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Cecelia Armstrong and Jack Taylor. The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The assistant editor is Alison Gee. The editor is Sam Bonham.</p>
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