Upheaval at the BBC: Is it a crisis or a coup?

“Decisions are being made out of fear” BBC and the Gaza double standard

At Glastonbury, Britain’s biggest music festival, two artists called out Israel’s genocide in Gaza and accused the British government of complicity. On-stage remarks by one of them - Bob Vylan - plunged the country's public broadcaster, the BBC, which livestreamed the performance, into yet another Gaza-shaped row.

The BBC vs Gary Lineker: An own goal?

 A debacle with sports host Gary Lineker sparks a furious debate about free speech and impartiality at the BBC. Plus, what could AI mean for the media?

The suspension by the BBC of Gary Lineker, a well-known footballer-turned-broadcaster, over a tweet comparing the United Kingdom’s new immigration bill with 1930s’ Nazi Germany, is exposing the double standards in British journalism and politics.

What are the implications of the Gary Lineker-BBC dispute?

 How are broadcasters handling staff sharing opinions online?

The BBC has reversed its suspension of presenter Gary Lineker following a weekend of chaos at the broadcaster.

Lineker was initially suspended after he described the government’s migration plan as “immeasurably cruel” and said the government’s language was “not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s”.

Coyote strays into California school toilets

 

Animal Control had to be called after a coyote strayed into school toilets in Jurupa Valley, California.

The animal was safely removed and released back into the wild, after being given the nickname "Wile. E" after the the Warner Brothers character.

How anti-social behaviour can devastate lives (video)

 

Anti-social behaviour can devastate lives.

Sean Ivey's home was badly damaged by fire just days after he posted a video on social media of youths careering around on motorbikes. Amanda Dunn took her own life following a decline in her mental health during an ongoing dispute with a neighbour.

BBC Panorama reports on what can happen when anti-social behaviour escalates, and investigates how police and local councils deal with it.

Boris Johnson takes a swipe at the BBC

 

Amidst a serious challenge to his seat, the British prime minister lashes out against the BBC. Plus, a radio station broadcasting into North Korea.

PartyGate in the United Kingdom: Boris Johnson, the BBC and the art of distraction.

Hillary Clinton speaks with Afghan girl hiding from Taliban

'Lama' is in a safe house after fleeing Kabul.

She shares with the former US secretary of state what her life used to look like before the Taliban takeover.

UK introduces new travel rules to combat Omicron Covid variant

 

Travellers heading to the UK will now have to take a Covid test before their departure in an effort to limit spread of the virus, the government has said.

Cold War stories rediscovered – anonymous letters from East Germany

 In 1949, at the outset of the Cold War, the BBC invited people in East Germany to send in letters. Anonymously, of course. For the next quarter of a century, on a program called Letters Without Signature, the BBC broadcast these letters, read aloud.

How likely are foreign holidays this summer? - BBC Newsnight

 With Covid-19 cases falling and vaccinations rising, what will it take to start travelling again this summer?

100,000 UK Covid deaths: the highest in Europe - BBC News

 The United Kingdom is the first European country to record more than 100,000 deaths linked to the pandemic.

According to the University of Oxford the UK has one of the highest Covid death rates anywhere in the world.

Coronavirus self-isolation cut to 10 days in UK - BBC News

 

The period of self-isolation for people who've had contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus is to be cut from 14 to 10 days.

Battle for the BBC

With BBC in the crosshairs of Boris Johnson’s government, we look at network’s century of struggle with British state.

Within weeks of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s sweeping election victory last December, his aides were warning of a plan to “whack” the UK’s public broadcaster. The government would, they said, abolish the BBC’s main source of income, the TV licence. Coming off the back of a decade of budget cuts, supporters of the BBC fear that, if Johnson gets his way, it could soon be disfigured beyond recognition.

 

George Floyd: Minneapolis protests intensify

Clashes have broken out in the American city of Minneapolis as thousands of people took to the streets for a second night to protest over the killing of an unarmed black man by a white police officer.

George Floyd, 46, died on Monday. Video showed him gasping for breath as a police officer knelt on his neck.

Tear gas was fired by police, while protesters threw rocks and sprayed graffiti. Buildings were set on fire and shops looted.

Minneapolis protests continue: 'Nobody's listening'

Protests rock the Twin Cities area after the shocking death of an unarmed black man during an arrest. One demonstrator says putting an end to police brutality is long overdue, adding: "Time's up."

Coronavirus: Police clamp down on crowds in Bondi Beach

Police closed Sydney's Bondi Beach after huge crowds gathered there, despite a government ban on large gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Temporary measures have been put in place after photos of mostly young beachgoers packed on the famous sands were widely shared online.

The photos drew widespread criticism from officials and social media users.

Coronavirus: Life inside China's lockdown (BBC Video)

Two local filmmakers have been recording life inside Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, for over 50 days since the city went under lockdown in January.

Coronavirus: Living in quarantine on a cruise ship

David Abel is one of 3,700 people in quarantine aboard a cruise ship docked near Yokohama, Japan.

Ten people who tested have positive for coronavirus have been taken off the ship and to hospital, but everyone else must remain on board the Diamond Princess.

The North Korean women who had to escape twice

Despite the thaw in relations between north and south Korea, people are still risking their lives to flee the regime. Most escape via China but they face huge risks where they can be sent back if caught. Women are also trafficked from North Korea to China where they think they will get a job and earn some money but find themselves trapped for years on end.

BBC Our World 2019 Inside Chinas Camps

The Xinjiang re-education camps, officially called Vocational Education and Training Centers by the government of the People's Republic of China,^[6][7][8] are concentration camps^[4][9][10] that have been operated by the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional government for the purpose of interning Uyghur Muslims since 2014.^[1][11] The camps were established under General Secretary Xi Jinping’s administration.^[11][12] They have significantly expanded since a hardline party secretary, Chen Quanguo, took charge of the region in August 2016. These camps are reportedly operated outside of the legal system; many Uyghurs have reportedly been interned without trial and no charges have been levied against them.^[2][13][14] Local authorities are reportedly holding hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and Muslims from other ethnic minorities in these camps, for the stated purpose of countering extremism and terrorism.^{[15][16][17][18][19]}