BBC Admits Reporter’s Speculation Over Gaza Hospital Rocket Misfire ‘Was Wrong’

The BBC has launched an emergency radio service for Gaza.

Fox News again topped all the cable news networks in October, but only CNN and MSNBC gained viewers versus last year, as Israel-Gaza coverage and the House Speaker upheaval dominated the news cycle.

Keir Starmer has ignored Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar’s call for a ceasefire in the deadly war in Gaza.

K.J. Yossman Israel’s TV writers are fighting back against disinformation with comedy.

Ellise Shafer BBC director general Tim Davie was grilled over the corporation’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas war during a meeting on Wednesday night with the 1922 Committee of Conservative Members of Parliament, particularly over the broadcaster’s policy not to call Hamas “terrorists.” Since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, the BBC has received backlash from the public and government alike for its refusal to use the term, despite Hamas having been deemed a terrorist organization by the U.K.

Tim Davie urged MPs to put themselves in the shoes of a Palestinian child last night in a rare address to the Conservative Party’s influential 1922 Committee.

The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has met with the party's Muslim MPs as unrest grows over his position on Israel and Gaza. There is reported to be growing anger among the grassroots and some in the parliamentary party over comments made by Sir Keir on the escalating conflict.

Brent Lang Executive Editor FilmNation Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to Sean Baker’s new romantic dramedy film “Anora.” Following the acquisition, FilmNation sold rights internationally to Le Pacte in France, Lev in Israel, Kismet in Australia and New Zealand and Focus Features and Universal Pictures International in the rest of the world, excluding North America. The film was written and directed by Baker, who is best known for directing “Tangerine” and “The Florida Project.” It shot on location at the beginning of the year in Brooklyn and stars Mikey Madison, who appeared as Manson Family follower Susan “Sadie” Atkins in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” Plot details are being kept under wraps.

After weeks of outrage from members about its silence over the terror attack against Israel, the Writers Guild is finally speaking out.

The New York Times acknowledged that it “relied too heavily” on Hamas’ claims about the source of a blast at al-Ahli Hospital last week in Gaza, as the Times and other mainstream outlets came under intense criticism for initial reports on the explosion.

The BBC has offered extra support to staff who are facing abuse and attacks, and finding their mental health suffering over the corporation’s coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict.

Thousands of protesters flooded the square outside the BBC's MediaCityUK headquarters to protest against the corporation's coverage of events in Gaza. Demonstrators chanted and held aloft Palestinian flags on Saturday (October 21).

A protester scaled a Salford Quays bridge during a huge demonstration attended by thousands. Scores of people descended on MediaCityUK to protest the BBC's coverage of events in Gaza.

BBC chief Tim Davie will make another visit to Parliament this week, where he will discuss the corporation’s coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

EXCLUSIVE: Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss has adapted a short story from the detective’s creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, as his annual Christmas ghost story for the BBC. Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) and Freddie Fox (Slow Horses) are attached to star.

Paramount Global has cancelled the 2023 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) in Paris, citing the “volatility of world events” as the cause.

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has said it was “wrong to speculate” on who was responsible for the devastating blast at a Gaza City hospital amid internal unrest over its coverage of the tragedy.

Before Air Force One has even touched down on American soil from Joe Biden‘s trip to a grieving Israel, the White House has just announced the President will be speaking to the country and the world on Thursday.

U.S. President Joe Biden told a press conference in Tel Aviv on Wednesday that Israel did not appear to be responsible for a deadly blast at the al-Ahli hospital in Gaza on Tuesday evening, which has enflamed tensions across the Middle East.

A woman has described the horror of seeing people's bodies piled up like "meat" during the suspected Israeli air strike at a Gaza hospital this evening.