Summary
How popular is the monarchy under King Charles?
Adam is joined by BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell and Radio 5 Live’s Nicky Campbell to talk through new polling into the public mood ahead of the King's coronation.
And political editor Chris Mason and former head of the Foreign Office, Sir Simon Fraser, discuss the government’s options, with thousands of British citizens trapped in Sudan.
Today’s Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Tim Walklate with George Dabby and Cordelia Hemming. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The senior news editor was Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, let's have a quick social media catch-up because so much has been happening on that |
| 0:09.2 | their internet. |
| 0:10.2 | So, Marianna, spring is here. Hello. |
| 0:11.7 | Hello. |
| 0:12.7 | I've seen a lot of people over the weekend tweeting about how they don't have blue ticks |
| 0:15.2 | anymore. |
| 0:16.2 | They don't, and I don't. I think the thing that's so confusing for people is the blue ticks |
| 0:21.2 | have long been the language that we use to understand what's going on on Twitter. |
| 0:25.0 | Are people who they say they are? What can we trust? |
| 0:27.3 | It's like a match and they got rid of full stops. |
| 0:29.3 | Exactly, and then all of a sudden you're all going, wait, well, hold up. |
| 0:32.7 | How do I figure out who is who, what I can trust, what I can't trust, and it's not just |
| 0:36.9 | blue ticks. |
| 0:37.9 | There are also these gold ticks, grey ticks people might have seen. |
| 0:40.9 | What's grey one? |
| 0:41.9 | So, the grey one was for people who did have blue ticks that then sort of faded, but still |
| 0:46.3 | seem to be there. |
| 0:47.3 | Right. |
| 0:48.3 | The gold ones are ticks that are for trusted media organisations. |
| 0:52.3 | BBC News has one, for example. |
| 0:54.1 | But there was a lot of controversy even today because someone managed to set up an account |
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