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live from washington. this is bbc news. tim davie resigns as director general of the bbc, saying some mistakes have been made. the ceo of news, deborah turness, is also resigning. the announcements follow criticism of a panorama programme about the us president, donald trump. the us president joined in the criticism of the bbc tonight, with a post on social media. we’ll get the latest political reaction from the us and the uk with our correspondents in washington and london.

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hello, i’m nomia iqbal. good evening. tim davie has tonight resigned as director general of the bbc, along with the ceo of bbc news deborah turness, after a week of criticism of bbc news coverage and allegations of editorial mistakes. in a statement to staff, tim davie said ‘there have been some mistakes made, and as director general i have to take ultimate responsibility’. last week, the telegraph published details of a leaked memo suggesting an edition of panorama had selectively edited a speech by president trump. in her statement to staff, deborah turness also acknowledged mistakes - but added that recent allegations that bbc news is institutionally biased are wrong. here’s our media correspondent david sillito. the bbc, and after a week of headlines and many behind-the-scenes conversations, a series of sunday night statements announcing that both the director general and the chief executive of news are resigning. the reason, or at least a major part of the reason, is this

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panorama broadcast last year. the programme about donald trump featured this clip of his speech on january 6th 2021. we’re going to walk down to the capital and i’ll be there with you. and we fight. we fight like hell. and if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country any more. that sentence was actually from two different sections of donald trump’s speech, 54 minutes apart. the first part of the sentence actually ended with this. and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women. and an external editorial advisor, michael prescott, feels the edit was seriously misleading. in a statement, the director general tim davie said... and his chief executive of news, deborah turness, said...

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the question is, how did a story in the telegraph about a 12-second clip from a panorama lead to all of this? for many, it’s about how the bbc responded. they’ve known about this for six months and they were keeping shtoom about it, hoping that it would go away. instead of going away, it ends up with some incredible reporting by the daily telegraph, which has forced this change. the problem is here, not that they’re institutionally biased, but as an organisation, they appear to be somewhat stupid because they make really stupid, basic mistakes and then

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they are hopeless at pr. for tim davie, it’s far from the first headline-making crisis, though. there was the scandal over huw edwards, the long-running drama over gary lineker, and more recently, an apology about a documentary on gaza in which it was revealed the young narrator was the son of a hamas official. that’s far from a complete list. the director general of the bbc is the most enormous job. and you’re dealing with masterchef and you’re dealing with huw edwards and you’re dealing with all these other issues that happen. and i think it’s almost too much for one person. and for the bbc, this has happened at a crucial moment. these resignations and their accompanying statements make it clear - mistakes, serious mistakes, have been made and also that the reputation and trust in the bbc, especially in bbc news, was being damaged.

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and all of this comes at a crucial moment, just as the bbc is about to begin to argue its case for its next charter. i think it leaves the bbc in a very difficult position coming up to charter renewal, and the people who don’t believe in the bbc fundamentally will be pleased to see these two people go. and tonight, a statement from donald trump, castigating the bbc, saying... tim davie’s resignation, the end of a turbulent time in charge. his watchwords throughout, trust and impartiality. david sillito, bbc news. in a moment we’ll get all the political reaction from the uk, but first... i’m joined by our north america correspondent, peter bowes. what has president trump been saying on social media? it was atypically strongly

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worded statement from the president president on his platform saying saying the top people at the bbc bbc including tim davie, the boss, boss, or quitting stroke fired because because they were caught doctoring doctoring my very good perfect speech speech of january the 6th. doctoring doctoring the same language interestingly interestingly the same as the telegraph telegraph article. saying they are are dishonest people trying to step step on the skills of a presidential presidential election. referring referring to what happened on january january the 6th and the now famous famous speech he made the programme programme as we heard edited, used used two separate sections, and implied implied that he was encouraging his his supporters to essentially go go to the capital to fight. putting putting it in much stronger terms terms than seemed to have been implied implied in his original speech. this this is the first time the president president has spoken out on this this controversy. in the past he’s he’s occasionally talked about the the bbc once referring to the bbc

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bbc news as another beauty in a news news conference, but mostly on this this issue is press secretary karoline karoline leavitt has been speaking speaking for him. on saturday just just referring to the bbc has 100% 100% fake news over this, a propaganda propaganda machine and she said. said. it’s interesting at the end end of the statement of the president president you said come on top of of everything else, they are from, from, referring to the bbc, from from a foreign country many would would consider our number one ally. ally. a fair statement tom tripp tripp and sir keir starmer have been been pretty close recently involved involved in recent negotiations on on tariffs and trade in of course course donald trump at a very successful successful state visit very recently recently to the uk. thank you, peter. let’s get the latest political reaction from the uk now with our political correspondent, helen catt. what can you tell us in terms of what the reaction has been tonight

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tonight to those resignations? there there has been a reaction from across across the political spectrum here here in the uk. the government and and culture secretary thinking tim tim davie the director general for for his service to public broadcasting broadcasting over many years and and it would support the bbc board board as it manages the transition transition and edged shores the review review of the charter is the catalyst catalyst that helps the bbc to adapt adapt to the new era and for decades decades to come. else are we heard heard from the political party is is talking about this needing to to be a moment of change. the conservatives, conservatives, the conservative leader leader kemi badenoch suggest the the new leadership needed to deliver deliver genera and were form of the the bbc from top to bottom and if if not it should not expect the public public to keep funding it through through a compulsory licence fee fee which of course is the way the the bbc is funded in the uk that that everyone who owns a tv set has has to buy a licence fee, an annual

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annual charge that they pay. that that is from the conservatives. we we then had reform uk, the leader leader nigel farage. he has been been cleared talking to colleagues colleagues this evening that he does does not want to be busy to be abolished abolished even though he has been been highly critical of it in the the past. he said this is the bbc’s bbc’s last chance, it must be the the start of wholesale change and and again he says that if it does does not it will find there will will be millions of people refusing refusing to pay the licence fee. fee. we also have lib dems here in in the uk the strongest boy standing standing up for the bbc this evening evening and they have criticised criticised because bbc as well for for its coverage thinking if we give give too much coverage to nigel farage farage and reform uk but sir ed davey davey has said the bbc is not perfect perfect but remains were of the few few institutions standing between between british values in a populist populist trumps file takeover of of our politics and he has been engaged engaged directly with that speech speech or that post that president

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president trump put on truth social social saying it was easy to see see why donald trump wants to destroy destroy the number one world news news source, we cannot let him. sir sir ed davey has been highly and and vocally critical of president president trump since he was, pretty pretty much since he has been in in office so no real surprise there, there, but interesting he is gone gone down that route. our political political correspondent giving us us the reaction in the uk. our culture editor katie razzall had this analysis. we have had director general resigned before, often over for editorial reasons. but to have two - the two top people resign together does feel seismic. and that added pressure, with the president of

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the united states weighing in, talking about the bbc and its journalism being corrupt. i mean, this does feel a very intense time for the bbc, which is under incredible scrutiny. i do think that, you know, there’s various ways to read this story. so, if we took it at face value first, i mean, i have covered the bbc now as one of parts of my day job as culture and media editor for a few years now, and it does feel like i do have to, and particularly this year, have done a lot of bbc controversies, whether that’s the issues around two gaza documentaries, whether that is what happened at glastonbury with the bob vylan performance. continually, tim davie is having to come out and apologise for the bbc for a particular mistake, but defend the corporation more widely. and i just got the sense over the last few months that he felt less... i think of him as quite tigerish, you know, he’s like that sort of winnie the pooh character, tigger, bouncy and buoyant, and he has felt less buoyant, and i just think he didn’t have the energy or the oil left in the tank to come out and do another fight.

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but... so that is one way to read it. but i think what they want to make very clear is that this is not about an acceptance. they are not resigning because they accept that the bbc is editorially biased or suffers from groupthink. they may well say that these are issues we have been addressing already. for example, when it comes to bbc arabic, they would say we’ve been addressing these. so they very specifically would fight back on the idea that this is about that. here in washington, senators are huddled behind closed doors, discussing a new spending package - in hopes of finding consensus on reopening the government. senate majority leader john thune told reporters the lawmakers qoute “plan to vote” later this evening - after a rare weekend session.

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now to the fallout from the record-breaking shutdown - as food assistance for 42 million americans hangs in the balance. on sunday, the us department of agriculture directed states to roll back distribution of food benefits - while a legal appeal plays out. the states will be fined if they don’t obey a recent supreme court freeze on some food stamp benefits. the shutdown is also causing widespread disruptions at airports in the us. according to the flight tracker flightaware, more than 10,000 flights within, into, or out of the united states today have been delayed or cancelled. the federal aviation administration mandated a 4% cut to all flights. transportation secretary sean duffy says that number of flights cancelled could go up to 15 to 20% - he warned sunday the situation is likely to get worse. as i look to weak out as we get closer to thanksgiving travel, listen, listen, i think what will happen happen is you will have aired travel travel slowed to a trickle, as everyone everyone wants to travel to see families families i think we will see very very few air traffic controllers

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controllers come to work which means means you will have a few flights flights taking off and landing at at airports across the country by by the thousands of flights to move move people around the country for for this great american holiday is is not going to happen. you are going going to have massive disruption, disruption, a lot of angry americans americans and i think we must be be honest on where this is going. going. it does not get better, it it gets worse until these air traffic traffic controllers would be paid. for more now i’m joined live by eleanor mueller, congress reporter for semafor who joins us from capitol hill. good to have you with us. all of this disruption across the country country of course is putting pressure pressure on lawmakers from both sides. sides. what is the latest you are are hearing on the hill? will this this end anytime soon? i’ve been been here since 11am this morning morning and it does feel like there there is momentum building for a a bipartisan deal. what that deal deal looks like is pretty simple simple it’s what we have been talking talking about for weeks. bipartisan bipartisan appropriation bills that that would go a full year, another another short-term spending bill bill that would extend – extend

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extend all of their funding levels levels from now to the end of january january in some sort of commitment commitment from republicans on a a vote on extending enhanced health health care tax credits. we are getting getting the first reaction from democrats democrats going into this meeting meeting that started around an hour hour ago on how exactly they feel feel about that, but it does seem seem as if there is a growing sense sense that there is enough support support to advance this and potentially potentially reopen things. republicans, republicans, to remind viewers, need need in the number of democrats and and they have been meeting for days days as you’ve laid out on your article article for this bipartisan path path forward, what are the likelihoods likelihoods that democrats would would peel off into an republicans republicans in this? it seemed very very likely they will be able to to get the democrats they need to to advance, the question is whether whether or not any of these democrats democrats who don’t think it a good good idea will object to expediting expediting its consideration. they they could do this within a day or or so here or they could do it within

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within several days in any single single lawmaker in the senate has has the ability to select a basically basically that latter option. as as any of the progressives that see see this as a cave to donald trump trump which many do could effectively effectively slow things down even even if it seems inevitable that that this is where things are going. going. thanksgiving is not far away. away. that is going to put huge pressure pressure on lawmakers because that that is what americans will really really start giving effective certainly certainly when talk about flight flight disruption. absolutely those those shut down has gone on for 40 40 days and i think that there has has been a growing acceptance that that entire time thanksgiving is is the hardest stop. you vertessen vertessen disruptions air travel travel that does a curdled last few few days as the administration has has said it is shutting down pockets pockets of flights and to have that that still going on when most americans americans are travelling across the the country to be with their friends friends and families over thanksgiving thanksgiving is something that i i think everyone here on the hill hill knows is not a viable option.

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option. we know that this is the the longest to shut down, shut downs downs of happen before, this definitely definitely is different and feels feels different, give me a sense sense of how what you think about about it in terms of how different different it is this time. it is is the longest, to your point, and and by far the longest complete government government shutdown, the second log log is shut down was only some agencies agencies were shuttered and as we’ve we’ve heard from members over the the last several weeks now come with with a session on them is that i i think for many of them people don’t don’t necessarily care about the the shut down. obviously there are are real consequences that these these members are very concerned concerned about from the flight delays, delays, air-traffic controllers to to lay-offs of federal workers and and the trump administration. but but there has not been a real pressure pressure to get this done and the the thing a big part of the reason reason why we are seeing it now is is that trump came back from his his international trips and provided provided some of that. he said do do not go home until you find some some way to reopen the government

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government and so a real lack of of urgency on their part that has has been unlike any other shut down down and i think we are seeing things things move now because of external external forces have forced them them to put the pedal to the metal metal here. i hope you get to bed bed sometime soon, you have been been up really early. thank you so so much for joining us. now to a developing story from belgium - more drones have been detected in belgian airspace, the latest in a series of sightings over the past days. three drones were spotted above belgium’s doel nuclear power plant on sunday evening, according to an energy company spokesperson. they added that there was no impact to the plant’s operation. belgium’s leige airport also temporarily halted operations on sunday night due to another drone sighting. this comes as the head of the uk armed forces says military personnel and equipment have been sent

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to belgium - to help defend against suspected russian drone incursions. sir richard knighton told ‘sunday with laura kuenssberg’ that his belgian counterpart had asked for assistance earlier this week. joe inwood reports. barely visible in the night sky, this is said to be one of the drones which briefly shut brussels airport, disrupting thousands of journeys on thursday. they were also spotted over a military base. then there was a similar incident at liege airport the following day. it’s not yet known for certain who was behind either incident, but german intelligence has suggested that russia is responsible. the belgians say it’s a major problem and have requested military help. translation: i’ve consulted with the secretary general of nato, and we’ve been in contact with defence and military chiefs in neighbouring countries. the uk has confirmed that it has sent a small number of specialists from its counter uncrewed aerial systems wing. now they already operate in the uk, helping the civil

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authorities detecting, tracking and, if necessary, destroying drones. and they’ll now do the same job in belgium. we have seen examples of sabotage which we know have been traced back to the russian state. so it is plausible and we need to be ready for those things. and that’s why we’ll come to the aid of our allies if we need to. this all comes in the context of a war in europe, which has increasingly spread beyond the borders of ukraine. in september, around 20 russian drones flew over poland. some were shot down. with three fighter jets entering estonian airspace a few days later. russia has repeatedly denied hostile activities against europe, but the continent is bolstering its defences and many here believe they are engaged in a hybrid war. joe inwood, bbc news. britain celebrated remembrance sunday to commemorate the contributions of military and civilian servicemen and women in the two world wars and later conflicts. king charles led the annual service in whitehall in central london. he was joined by other members of the royal family,

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as well as prime minister sir keir starmer and other senior leaders and dignitaries. services also took place in edinburgh, cardiff and belfast. graham satchell reports. singing. in glorious autumnal sunlight, the cenotaph in whitehall - the annual focus of a moment of national remembrance. in roman numerals on the side, 1945. it is the 80th anniversary of the end of world war ii and centre stage this year 20 world war ii veterans. the youngest is now 98. the real heroes are out there lying under crosses. that’s how i feel about it. we are lucky to be here. i’m so proud of the men, the ladies, the uniforms, everything.

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it’s... it’s not difficult to feel a bit emotional. at 10:58am, the king led out the royal party, with him prince william, the prince of wales and prince edward, the duke of edinburgh. princess anne, the princess royal is at a remembrance service in australia. the king’s brother andrew is no longer a serving member of the royal family. a salute in readiness for the national two-minute silence, when those who lost their lives in the world wars and other conflicts are remembered. big ben tolls.

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after the sounding of the last post, the king laid his wreath on behalf of the nation against the cenotaph’s northern face. the prime minister, sir keir starmer, and other political leaders laid their wreaths, followed by high commissioners and military chiefs. and then it was the turn of the veterans, some 10,000 men and women, to march past the cenotaph. in pride of place, the world war ii veterans. among them former airman jack ruck, who turns 100 today. they march to remember lost friends who made the ultimate sacrifice. graham satchell, bbc news. the us justice department has indicted two major league baseball players on gambling and money

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laundering charges. emmanuel clase and luis ortiz, both pitchers for the cleveland guardians, are accused of taking payments to rig pitches in games. ortiz has been arrested in boston. clase is not currently in custody. the indictment alleges the players ‘agreed in advance with their co-conspirators to throw specific types and speeds of pitches, and their co-conspirators used that inside information to place wagers on those pitches.’ the scheme allegedly started as far back as 2023. ortiz denies the charges. in a statement, mlb say it ‘contacted federal law enforcement at the outset of its investigation and has fully cooperated throughout the process.’ the indictment comes after us federal prosecutors arrested an nba player and coach as part of an investigation into illegal sports betting and allegedly

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rigged, mafia-linked poker games. a supertyphoon is battering the philippines with destructive winds and torrential rain. this is a suspension bridge, in the town of camaligan - its shows the strength of the winds recorded - exceeding approximetely 149 miles per hour or 240 kilometres per hour. take a look at the weather map of the typhoon - giving you an idea of its scale and size currently making landfall. more than 900,000 people have been forced to evacuate. two people have already died in flash flooding - with fears that number will rise. this is the second massive storm to hit the country, in the space of a week - the previous typhoon killed at least 200 people and left a trail of destruction. i will be back in half an hour with more of the stories of the day. day. stay with us here on bbc news.

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welcome to global eye from the bbc world service. each week, we bring you the best of the world service’s investigative journalism, as well as unmissable reporting from bbc teams around the world. i’m stephanie hegarty, the bbc’s global population correspondent, and i’m here in the peruvian amazon to report on one of the largest groups of people still living

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