Israel began its bombing campaign in Gaza, cut off electricity and most water, and stopped imports of food, fuel and other goods in retaliation for a cross-border attack by Hamas on 7 October, in which at least 1,400 people were killed and 224 taken ho…
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailThe UK’s immigration minister has told the head of the BBC he has ‘never been so disappointed in the corporation in his life’ …
Tim Davie, the BBC director-general, has been confronted by a Cabinet minister [1]who said he had “never been so disappointed” in the corporation as he had over its coverage of Israel[2].Robert Jenrick, the immigration minister, made the remark du…
I could not be prouder of the BBC’s journalists and our journalism.
Over the past few days we have produced truly powerful coverage from inside Gaza, from Israel and from the wider region.
Delivering our trusted journalism is vital, and never more so t…
Are you angry with the BBC? I’m angry with the BBC. It seems we’re all angry with the BBC at the moment. This is unusual for me, however. Generally speaking, I tend to roll my eyes whenever rows crop up over our national broadcaster, which is most week…
The $300 million superyacht Amadea, which US authorities seized and say is owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, seen here docked in Honolulu, Hawaii.Reuters
The US has filed a civil forfeiture case against a $300 million superyacht it alleges …
When they heard gunfire, however, they realised it was more serious, and hid most of that day. In the evening, says Golf, the Hamas attackers returned, throwing grenades and setting the rooms where they were hiding alight. He and 11 others made a run f…
THE world remains transfixed by the continuing tragedy in Gaza, and it is becoming starkly apparent that there is a clear hierarchy of sympathy in the Western media, a hierarchy which can only be described as racist.
This hierarchy has been evident for…
Professor George Banting, who led a fact-finding investigation into the case, told the hearing on Monday that he was “more inclined” towards Prof Miller’s view that Zionism was a “racist” ideology based on “settler colonialism” but did not let that inf…
The Prime Minister said that the Government had been assessing the cause of the al Ahli atrocity since last week, but told MPs on Monday that it was “likely caused by a missile, or part of one, that was launched from within Gaza towards Israel”.
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