http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18190302#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the Media reports section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Wed, 15 May 2013 14:33:24 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18190302#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 Regional newspapers discuss the row that erupted after a Taiwanese fisherman was killed by the Philippine coast guard last week in disputed waters. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22540089#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22540089 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:28:26 GMT Turkish media liken the bombing of the border town of Reyhanli to attacks in Iraq and Syria, and predict it will dominate talks in Washington. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22512350#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22512350 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:41:33 GMT BBC Monitoring analyses Pakistani and regional media's expectations from the country's new leaders http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22506464#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22506464 Mon, 13 May 2013 07:22:00 GMT BBC Monitoring analyses Pakistani press reaction to the country's landmark elections. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22499032#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22499032 Sun, 12 May 2013 06:52:22 GMT Papers in Turkey are both wary and optimistic after Kurdish rebels started to withdraw from the south-east of the country. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22448998#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22448998 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:24:53 GMT Bulgarians go to the polls on 12 May in an early election after the centre-right government resigned in February. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22388732#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22388732 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:09:19 GMT Israeli attacks on military targets inside Syria have caused widespread concern among newspapers in the region. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22424778#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22424778 Mon, 06 May 2013 10:55:35 GMT A senator from Italy's anti-establishment Five Star Movement says the party is denying his constitutional right to free speech. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22396608#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22396608 Fri, 03 May 2013 14:41:21 GMT Media outlets and advocacy groups mark the 20th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22401258#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22401258 Fri, 03 May 2013 16:05:01 GMT Voters in Pakistan have taken part in general and provincial elections. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22344237#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22344237 Sat, 11 May 2013 23:09:48 GMT Media in India and Pakistan take contrasting approaches to reporting on Sarabjit Singh's death from assault injuries in a Lahore hospital. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-22381097#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-22381097 Thu, 02 May 2013 10:51:22 GMT BBC Monitoring previews Sunday's parliamentary elections in Iceland, which the governing centre-left is widely expected to lose. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22301738#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22301738 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:29:02 GMT Following the Boston bombings, some Russian papers have urged a review of US attitudes to Islamist armed groups in Syria and Russia. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22247700#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22247700 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:17:14 GMT Pakistani media feel former ruler Pervez Musharraf miscalculated the mood of the country and his judicial options before returning home. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22216226#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22216226 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:47:22 GMT A guide to Iraq's provincial elections on 20 April. Ten years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, voters face a deeply divided political landscape. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22184636#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22184636 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:02:26 GMT The two explosions near the finishing line of the Boston Marathon echoed around the world media. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22168272#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22168272 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:52:08 GMT World media reflect on the death of the UK's first female prime minister, Baroness Thatcher http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22068284#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22068284 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:06:05 GMT Egyptian media prominently cover the unrest around the Coptic Christian cathedral in Cairo. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22064015#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22064015 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:32:14 GMT Commentators are sure that North Korea's military posturing is not the prelude to an attack, but many fear that miscalculation could lead to conflict. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22065446#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22065446 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:19:46 GMT The debate about Islamic headscarves which gripped France in 2004 has been reignited by a controversial court ruling. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21997089#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21997089 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:38:30 GMT Pervez Musharraf sparked mixed emotions throughout his tenure and his "homecoming" is generating a similar response. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21923237#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21923237 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:33:03 GMT The Netherlands' first male monarch in more than a century http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22279240#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22279240 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:32:23 GMT How a Arab nationalist movement came to infiltrate every aspect of public life http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18582755#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18582755 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:30:53 GMT After the killing of the US envoy, Libya moves to disarm all remaining former rebels http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19744533#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19744533 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:57:17 GMT Veteran diplomat Brahimi brings peacekeeping experience to the role of UN envoy for Syria http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19463317#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19463317 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 12:11:56 GMT Egypt's coalition of fractious and divided opposition factions http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20667661#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20667661 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:28:53 GMT BBC Monitoring's Mike Linstead explains how North Korean television is reporting the country's increased tensions with the West. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22126721#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22126721 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:24:02 GMT Ahead of the new Chinese president's first visit to Africa on 24 March, BBC Monitoring's Mathias Muindi explores China's growing media presence in the continent. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21888552#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21888552 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:22:11 GMT BBC Monitoring's Stephen Ennis looks at whether Vladimir Putin has been using state-controlled TV and the internet to manipulate public perceptions of his political opponents. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20543145#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20543145 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:02:55 GMT The transmissions of programmes from international broadcasters are increasingly being jammed - but how does that happen, and what can be done about it? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20344823#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20344823 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:16:34 GMT BBC Monitoring's Mike Linstead explains how Syrian state TV is reporting the conflict - and how opposition activists are trying to put their side across. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20009357#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20009357 Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:09:59 GMT BBC Monitoring's Majid Nusrat explains how Afghanistan's media landscape has changed since the fall of the Taliban. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19674286#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19674286 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:54:32 GMT BBC Monitoring's Qiang Zhang explains how social media websites such as Weibo, Renren and YouKu are changing the way news is made and consumed in China. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-19399773#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-19399773 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:27:33 GMT Reporting the conflict in the Syrian city of Aleppo is proving very difficult for all broadcasters, but how are the main Arabic-language TV channels reporting on the fighting? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19156164#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19156164 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:57:23 GMT BBC Monitoring's Duncan Stanworth explains why certain countries are routinely filtering what its citizens see on the internet and what web-users can do to get around censorship. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17476788#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17476788 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:31:57 GMT BBC Monitoring's Georg Lentze explains how the battle for France's 2012 presidential election is being fought with social media. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17627340#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17627340 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:01:20 GMT BBC Monitoring's Stephen Ennis explains how the battle to be the next Russian President is being fought in the media. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17115699#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17115699 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:59:37 GMT The cautious reforms of Burma's President Thein Sein are freeing up the rigid controls on the media. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-18814045#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-18814045 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 01:14:41 GMT Why is fighting common among Ukraine's MPs? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20730241#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20730241 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:53:25 GMT The wives of leaders in the former USSR. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22093625#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22093625 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:05:33 GMT Russian pets fall victim to a vigilante war http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20392327#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20392327 Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:46:19 GMT What has happened to the Gaddafi clan, one year on? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19966059#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19966059 Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:15:43 GMT A German government plan sparks fierce debate http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20222752#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20222752 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:56:25 GMT Indian political slogans regularly provide humour and enthusiasm http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19802394#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19802394 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:30:35 GMT A new crop of films covers risqué topics such as gay marriage http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19591286#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19591286 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:12:26 GMT A new TV station is staffed only by women in the full face veil http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19099016#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19099016 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:45:21 GMT Iranian officials announce plans to deal with prostitution http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18966982#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18966982 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 06:35:47 GMT Is public execution in Iran really a deterrent? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18540444#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18540444 Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:48:47 GMT How 'teetotal' Iran is tackling growing alcohol abuse http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18504268#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18504268 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:39:19 GMT