3 h. ago Lisa Nandy says she asked BBC why nobody was fired for airing Gaza documentary

A review looking into Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone is due to be published later this week.

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6 h. ago ‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula

Doctors say Israel is blocking deliveries of formula urgently needed as mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed their babiesDoctors in Gaza have warned that hundreds of babies are at risk of death amid a critical shortage of baby milk, as Israel continues to restrict the humanitarian aid that can enter the beleaguered strip.Dr Ahmad al-Farra, the head of paediatrics at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, said his ward had only about a week’s worth of infant formula remaining. The doctor has already run out of specialised formula meant for premature babies and is forced to use regular formula, rationing it between the infants under his care. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Jurassic World Rebirth to Gaza: Doctors Under Attack – the week in rave reviews

Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey breathe new life into the near-extinct franchise, while Channel 4 steps up to showcase the horror inflicted on Palestinian medics. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Gary Lineker says BBC should ‘hold its head in shame’ for dropping Gaza film

Ex-BBC presenter criticises failure to show documentary, accusing people at ‘the very top’ of failing over the conflictGary Lineker has said the BBC should “hold its head in shame” over its failure to show a documentary about the plight of medics in Gaza.The former Match of the Day presenter said people at “the very top of the BBC” had been failing over the conflict, following the corporation’s controversial decision to drop Gaza: Doctors Under Attack. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago ‘No other explanation’: children of slain Gaza doctor say he was deliberately targeted

Family of Dr Marwan al-Sultan says the Israeli airstrike ‘precisely’ hit the apartment block the cardiologist and his relatives occupiedThe children of Dr Marwan al-Sultan, director of Gaza’s Indonesian hospital and one of the territory’s most senior doctors, said they believed their father was deliberately targeted in the Israeli airstrike that killed him on Wednesday.Sultan died when an Israeli missile was fired into the apartment block in Gaza City where he and his extended family were staying after their displacement from northern Gaza. His wife, daughter, sister and son-in-law were also killed in the attack. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Gary Lineker slams BBC and says it 'should hang its head in shame' over axing of Gaza documentary

Gary Linker has launched an attack on his former employer

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26 h. ago Gary Lineker fights back tears as he says BBC should 'hold its head in shame'

Gary Lineker has slammed the BBC for not airing a documentary on the doctors in Gaza less than six weeks after his 26-year run presenting Match of the Day came to an end in acrimonious circumstances

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27 h. ago Gary Lineker holds back tears as he says BBC should ‘hang its head in shame’

‘To see the way it’s declined in the last year or two has been devastating really,’ said the former BBC presenter

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48 h. ago BBC admits it rated Bob Vylan's Glastonbury appearance as 'high risk' but STILL let it air live anyway after 'Death to the IDF' chants infuriated viewers

The performance at the West Holts Stage was livestreamed by the BBC but the organisation later expressed regret for not stopping its broadcast of the set.

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51 h. ago Suffer from frequent nightmares? Study suggests they can triple your risk of death

Bad dreams every week carry about the same risk of premature death as heavy smoking

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62 h. ago Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it

The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave youThe biggest, and possibly only, failure of Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is that the circumstances of its broadcast threaten to overshadow its content.A brief recap: this film was first commissioned by the BBC, only to be dropped when another documentary – Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone – sparked a furore over impartiality. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago How a BBC documentary on doctors in Gaza spiralled into a bitter impartiality row

The documentary, being broadcast on Wednesday night, came close to not being seen at all on British TV after months of delayed dates, acrimonious negotiations and concerns over partiality, writes Rachel Clun

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69 h. ago ‘Shock and grief’ as senior doctor killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza

Marwan al-Sultan, a renowned cardiologist and director of the Indonesian hospital, is the 70th healthcare worker to be killed by Israeli attacks in the past 50 days, says Palestinian medical organisationAn Israeli airstrike has killed one of Gaza’s most senior doctors in a “catastrophic” loss to the already decimated healthcare system. A number of family members were reported to have been killed alongside him.Dr Marwan al-Sultan, a renowned and highly experienced cardiologist and director of the Indonesian hospital in the Gaza Strip, is the 70th healthcare worker to be killed by Israeli attacks in the last 50 days, according to Healthcare Workers Watch (HWW), a Palestinian medical organisation. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Caution has turned to cowardice – the BBC is failing viewers with its Gaza coverage | Karishma Patel

The craven failure to broadcast Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is just the latest example of skewed journalistic values over Israel’s warTonight, audiences can finally watch Gaza: Doctors Under Attack on Channel 4 and Zeteo. This timely film was originally produced for the BBC by award-winning production company Basement Films. The BBC has been delaying it since February, arguing it couldn’t go out before a review into an entirely different film, Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, had culminated. That was a poor editorial decision with no precedent. But poorer still: after months of leaving the film in limbo, last week the BBC announced it wouldn’t air it – leaving it for Channel 4 to pick up.Why? The BBC said it might create “the perception of partiality”. You’d be forgiven for thinking this was lifted from a dystopian novel. Perception, after all, has nothing to do with impartiality – at least in an ideal world. The BBC seems to have said the quiet part out loud. Impartiality, as far as ...

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3 d. ago Gaza: Doctors Under Attack: documentary dropped by BBC to finally be broadcast on Channel 4

Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is set to be broadcast on Channel 4 📺

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6 d. ago Starvation crisis caused by Israeli war and aid blockade kills at least 66 children in Gaza

Doctors say newborns wasting away for lack of formula and medical nutrition while families scavenge for any type of milk

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6 d. ago BBC staff are in 'open revolt' after Channel 4 said it would screen axed Gaza doctors documentary, insiders say

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC paused production of Gaza: Doctors Under Attack in April following the launch of an investigation into another show, which starred the son of a leader of Hamas .

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8 d. ago Smoking, drinking too much and being overweight ‘puts one in 50 adults in England at risk of early death’

Exclusive: Research finds about 1 million people are living with ‘triple threat’ that increases risk of diseases such as cancer or diabetesOne in 50 people aged 16 or older in England is at risk of an early death because they smoke, drink too much and are overweight, research has found.This “triple threat” increases the risk of diseases such as cancer and diabetes and in some cases dying as much as 20 years earlier than they should, a senior doctor has said.12.7% of people in England (5.9 million) are overweight and drink more than 14 units but do not smoke.5.5% (2.5 million) are overweight and smoke but drink less than 14 units.1.4% (600,000) smoke and drink more than 14 units but have a normal weight. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Triple threat of smoking, drinking and weight ‘puts a million in England at risk of early death’

Exclusive: Three risky behaviours can mean people dying 20 years earlier than they should, says senior doctorOne in 50 people aged 16 or older in England are at risk of an early death because they smoke, drink too much and are overweight, research has found.This “triple threat” increases the risk of diseases such as cancer and diabetes and in some cases means people dying 20 years earlier than they should, a senior doctor has said.12.7% of people in England (5.9 million) are overweight and drink more than 14 units but do not smoke.5.5% (2.5 million) are overweight and smoke but drink less than 14 units.1.4% (600,000) smoke and drink more than 14 units but have a normal weight. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Doctors and moms say these babies in Gaza may die without more formula. They blame Israel's blockade

The Gaza Health Ministry says hundreds of premature babies are at risk of death from starvation across the war-battered Gaza Strip

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