4 h. ago Kemi Badenoch threatens to withdraw support for BBC licence fee over Gaza documentary

Kemi Badenoch’s threat to withdraw support for the BBC licence fee comes as she demands a full investigation into a documentary that featured the son of a Hamas official

Events

5 h. ago BBC Gaza documentary row deepens as Kemi Badenoch calls for investigation

Conservative leader writes to BBC calling for a probe into commissioning of Gaza: How to Survive A Warzone

Events

7 h. ago Badenoch calls for investigation into BBC show featuring Hamas official’s son

The Conservative leader has written to the public broadcaster calling for a probe into the commissioning of Gaza: How to Survive A Warzone.

Politics

18 h. ago Was licence fee payers' cash given to Hamas? Kemi Badenoch writes to BBC boss demanding action over Gaza documentary scandal

In an excoriating letter seen by the Daily Mail to BBC chief Tim Davie, Mrs Badenoch called for an inquiry to investigate any 'potential collusion with Hamas' and 'the possibility of payment' to its officials.

Economics

2 d. ago BBC removes Gaza documentary from iPlayer after narrator revealed to be son of Hamas official

Further accusations were made about other children in the documentary, such as claims that they were pictured with the militant group Hamas.

Politics

3 d. ago BBC removes Gaza documentary from iPlayer to carry out ‘further due diligence’

Further accusations were made about other children in the documentary, such as claims that they were pictured with the militant group Hamas.

Sport

3 d. ago BBC pulls Gaza documentary from iPlayer after it was accused of spreading terrorist propaganda for featuring a Hamas chief's son

It comes after the broadcaster admitted a child featured was the son of a man who has worked as Hamas's deputy minister of agriculture.

Sport

3 d. ago BBC pulls Gaza documentary featuring child whose father was Hamas minister

Corporation removes show from iPlayer to carry out ‘further due diligence’ after admitting boy is son of Hamas ministerA BBC documentary about Gaza has been pulled from BBC iPlayer while the corporation conducts “further due diligence”, following the broadcaster admitting a child featured was the son of a man who has worked as Hamas’s deputy minister of agriculture.A statement from the BBC said: “Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone features important stories we think should be told, those of the experiences of children in Gaza. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago BBC pulls Gaza documentary from iPlayer after Hamas link revealed

The broadcaster says it is carrying out ‘further due diligence’

Sport

3 d. ago BBC pulls Gaza documentary from iPlayer as it's branded 'Hamas propaganda'

Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone has been taken off of BBC iPlayer after is was accused of being 'propaganda' for Hamas.

Sport

3 d. ago BBC to face Culture Secretary after bosses apologised for letting 'Hamas chief's son' narrate Gaza documentary

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy will take the BBC to task over concerns their latest Gaza documentary about ordinary Palestinians starred a boy related to 'Hamas royalty'.

Culture

4 d. ago BBC apologies for letting 'Hamas chief's son' narrate Gaza documentary after being accused of failing to 'carry out the most basic journalistic checks'

The Corporation was forced to apologise after a documentary about Palestinian children living in war-torn Gaza starred the son of a Hamas government minister.

Events

4 d. ago BBC urged to pull Gaza documentary over revelation about child featured

Gaza: How To Survive A War Zone aired on Monday on BBC Two.

Politics

4 d. ago BBC urged to pull Gaza documentary from iPlayer over claims about child featured

Gaza: How To Survive A War Zone aired on Monday on BBC Two.

Sport

7 d. ago ‘No safe place’: the BBC documentary showing Gaza through a child’s eyes

BBC Two’s Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone gathers intimate footage of three children surviving in the besieged strip“Have you ever wondered what you’d do if your world is destroyed?” asks 13-year-old Abdullah, speaking at the beginning of an intimate BBC Two documentary, Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, that airs on Monday night. “Most important, could you stay alive? After all this, you could say we’re experts.”Abdullah, now 14 and heading back to his prewar home in the north of the shattered territory, is the English-speaking narrator – one of three children whose stories of hope and endurance are at the heart of an hour-long film, a distinctive and deliberate choice intended to make the film resonate after 15 months of war. Continue reading...

Culture