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How the BBC (and others) fell for yet another Hamas narrative

Western media rushed to run with unsubstantiated claims of Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians – relying on ‘Gaza authorities’ and ignoring countervailing evidence

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June 4, 2025 16:27

Broadcasting House, the BBC headquarters in London (Image: Getty)

White House attacks BBC over Gaza coverage after story ‘taken down’

President Trump’s press secretary accused the corporation of ‘taking the word of Hamas with total truth’

By Jacob Jaffa

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June 4, 2025 11:24

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt attacked the BBC for its coverage of alleged violence around aid distribution centres in Gaza (Image: Getty)

BBC bans journalist who called Jews ‘devils’

BBC Arabic reporter Ahmed Alagha has been barred from the channel after antisemitic comments were discovered on his social media

By Eliana Jordan

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June 3, 2025 11:45

Ahmed Alagha appeared on BBC Arabic earlier in May. (Photo: BBC Arabic)

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Trump could be about to cut a bad nuclear deal just as a weak Iran closes in on the bomb

Such an agreement would risk trading fleeting calm for long-term peril

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June 1, 2025 12:17

Iranian protesters hold placards outside the Omani embassy hosting a fifth round of nuclear talks between Iran and the United States, in Rome on May 23, 2025. (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Towering figure in British broadcasting’ Alan Yentob dies aged 78

Yentob was responsible for bringing Absolutely Fabulous and Have I Got News For You to our screens

By JC Reporter

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May 25, 2025 13:34

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 18: Alan Yentob Broadcaster and Television Executive after being made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire at an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on December 18, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

UN forced to correct claim 14,000 Gazan children could die in 48 hours after it was debunked

The figure came from an independent report into instances of starvation in the Strip, but was projected over a whole year rather than two days

By Jane Prinsley

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May 21, 2025 11:01

A UN official's claim that 14,000 Palestinian children are at risk of starvation in the next two days has been debunked, with the figure actually projected across the next year (Image: Getty)

Gary Lineker leaves BBC and will not present next year’s World Cup coverage after antisemitism row

The BBC’s highest paid presenter was preparing to leave Match of the Day at the end of the Premier League season

By JC Reporter

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May 18, 2025 22:13

Gary Lineker has come under fire for sharing an anti-Zionist lecture on Instagram

By Malcolm Green

I made Lineker Walkers Crisps icon – but his ideas are the real junk food

As a young advertising creative, I helped reinvent the footballer – but now I watch him with growing dismay

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May 15, 2025 16:20

Gary Lineker launches 'Walkers Spell & Go' at Marble Arch on April 15, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images)

Gary Lineker ‘apologises unreservedly’ for sharing post about Zionism that included picture of a rat

‘I would never share anything antisemitic,’ claimed Match of the Day presenter

By Jane Prinsley

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May 14, 2025 15:53

BBC apologises for article claiming Jews spit on Christians in ‘holiday ritual’

The missing front: How Netanyahu is bungling the war for legitimacy

David Walliams performs Nazi salute twice during BBC Christmas special recording

Board demands answers from BBC over ‘problematic and offensive’ Jeremy Bowen report

The BBC can’t stop acting as a Hamas propaganda machine

Gary Lineker ‘not welcome’ at famous football writer’s memorial after ‘giving ammunition to antisemites’

Dr Who star Ncuti Gatwa spoke at pro-Palestine demo days before leaving BBC show

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