hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is outside source. the bbc apologises after a highly critical report into how it obtained this explosive interview with princess diana 25 years ago. well, there were three of us in this marriage. so it was a bit crowded. an independent inquiry finds journalist martin bashir was deceitful and faked documents to obtain the scoop. and now princess diana's brother is linking her death in paris to the interview. the irony is that i met martin bashir on 31 august, 1995, because exactly two years later, she died. and i do draw a line between the two events.

israel's prime minister is meeting his security cabinet over a possible ceasefire with hamas. both sides indicate a truce is near. world leaders demand an end to the bloodshed the fighting must stop immediately. i appeal to all parties to cease hostilities now. well, joe biden has called egypt's president to discuss de—escalating events on the ground. we'll be live with our correspondents in jerusalem and washington. and after a ten year legal battle, a french court rules over 2,500 women with faulty breast implants should be compensated. we'll hear from some of the victims. hello, welcome to the programme. we begin with the bbc today —

an inquiry into how it secured the famous 1995 interview with princess diana hasjust released its findings. it said the journalist acted deceitfully and inappropriately. and the bbc covered up what it knew about this. there was an inquiry at the time into how the interview had been secured. this was found to be woefully ineffective. the bbc has issued a full and unconditional apology. thejournalist, martin bashir, has also apologised. a warning that this report from our media editor amol rajan contains flashing images. it was the interview of the century. well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded. watched by almost 23 million people, martin bashir�*s panorama shocked the world. but only now do we know the real story behind the story. in a devastating critique of the bbc, lord dyson has laid bare a catalogue of moral and editorialfailures. he says bashir was devious

and dishonest, lying repeatedly to secure the interview and explain his conduct. lord dyson says the bbc investigation into how the interview was obtained was woefully ineffective, and he adds that without justification, the bbc fell short of the high standards of integrity and transparency which are its hallmark, including by covering up crucial information about what it knew. princess diana and prince charles were already separated at the time of the interview. early in september 1995, bashir met earl spencer. he showed him fake bank statements to suggest they must have been made to informants around diana. earl spencer introduced bashir to diana. this constituted a serious breach of the guidelines at the time. the interview aired, but soon journalists at the daily mail group and elsewhere started asking questions. an investigation led by tony hall, later director—general, cleared bashir, though earl spencer

was not approached, a big mistake, according to dyson. in august 1996, prince charles and princess diana were divorced. she died a year later. and in an interview for panorama which is airing tonight, earl spencer explicitly links the interview with her death. well, the irony is that i met martin bashir on 31 august, 1995, because exactly two years later, she died — and i do draw a line between the two events. this is a young girl in her mid—30s who has lived this extraordinarily turbulent, difficult time in the public eye. she didn't know who to trust — and in the end, when she died two years later, she was without any form of real protection. martin bashir won a bafta for the programme and spoke about it backstage afterwards. i can tell you, being 33 years old and facing up to the fact that actually, you probably will never do another interview

like that again in your life, you will never make a programme like that, that is daunting. he left the bbc last week, having been rehired in 2016, and has long argued that diana would have agreed to speak to him without the fake bank statements. in a statement, bashir said... lord hall of birkenhead, as the director of bbc news, led the investigation into bashir�*s conduct and wasn't to last august the bbc�*s director—general, apologised today and said he was wrong to give bashir the benefit of the doubt. —— and was, until last august. his successor was similarly contrite. there are multiple failures for the bbc to reflect on. 25 years ago, but they are still very serious and if you're an organisation that cares about truthful, honestjournalism and proper practice,

i think it's a very difficult read. do you think you will ever be queen? no, i don't. why do you think that? i would like to be a queen - of people's hearts, in people's hearts, but i don't see myself being queen of this country. tonight the bbc has said that it has no plans to run martin bashir�*s panorama in full again. amol rajan, bbc news. chris blackhurst is a former editor of the independent newspaper. he was the firstjournalist to question how the interview was secured and gave evidence in lord dyson's investigation. here he is on why he started investigating the scoop. well, there were two things, really. one was the general suspicion or question in my mind — but notjust my mind, but other people's mind — as to how martin bashir, who was virtually unknown, i mean, he was in his early 30s, he was only identified and one

programme previously which was about terry venables — how he had secured this world beating scoop. i mean, you know, you have people like david frost and barbara walters literally queuing to interview princess diana. yet she had given this interview to this guy no one had — you know, who was young, untried and untested. and then, i received a tip—off that there was more to this than met the eye. and i started putting calls in. 0ur media correspondent david sillitojoins us. hi, david. ijust want your thoughts first of all on reports they have just been confirmed in the last few minutes of a letter of apology written by the bbc. can you tell us anything about that? fix, written by the bbc. can you tell us anything about that?— anything about that? a letter to prince charles _ anything about that? a letter to prince charles apologising - anything about that? a letter to prince charles apologising for. prince charles apologising for "lurid and untrue claims" about the

prints, members of his staff and other members of the royal family —— prints. they said martin bashir had made the claims intending to play on princess diana's fears in order to arouse her interest in him and without concern for the impact on those he maligned. an apology to prince charles for martin bashir�*s lies about prince charles, lies that led to the interview taking place. now one of the questions is, would this interview with diana have ever taken place? lord dyson says he believes that yes, she did write a note saying that she had no regrets about the interview and had not seen any mock—up statements from martin bashir. so he concludes that she would've done an interview. but with martin bashir, without the deceit, probably not. so it is very much as

tim davie, the bbc director general said, a dark day for the bbc and its journalism. because he gets right to the heart of the bbc�*s brand. integrity and transparency. there is one statement from the former director general who was in charge in the mid—19 90s, who said, "we now know the bbc harboured a rogue reporter on panorama who fabricated and elaborate detail but wholly false account in his dealings with princess diana." the bbc�*s investigation into that was deemed to be woefully ineffective. they knew martin bashir had lied but still declared him an honourable man. ., w' , still declared him an honourable man. ,, . ~ , , still declared him an honourable man. ., , , , still declared him an honourable man.” ,, ., man. quickly, this is 25 years ago. is the assumption _ man. quickly, this is 25 years ago. is the assumption that _ man. quickly, this is 25 years ago. is the assumption that things - man. quickly, this is 25 years ago. is the assumption that things are l is the assumption that things are very different now? fine is the assumption that things are very different now?— very different now? one of the interesting _ very different now? one of the interesting things _ very different now? one of the interesting things is _ very different now? one of the interesting things is saying - very different now? one of the | interesting things is saying that there had been tightening up of bbc

procedures, producer guidelines, editorial controls have changed since then. but even in the mid—19 90s, this was completely unacceptable to stop this broke all the bbc�*s guidelines at the time. this was the deceit and it was completely contrary to all bbc practices. but the fact that it has remained essentially a secret for 25 years and has only come to light now for the full truth to come out as something that the bbc is reflecting on today, and making these letters of apology to the palace.— of apology to the palace. thanks, david. to the conflict between israel and hamas in gaza now. all eyes are on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who's right now meeting his security cabinet. they're talking about the possibility of a ceasefire with palestinian militants in gaza. we've also heard from a senior hamas official who expects a truce in the next two days.

while that may look promising — on the ground, the air strikes and the rockets have continued — we're now in day 11. this is the message from the united nations. the fighting must stop immediately. i appeal to all parties to cease hostilities now. and i reiterate my call on all sides for an immediate cease—fire. reports are growing that a ceasefire could be agreed. sources familiar with truce talks have told the bbc that israel has informed egyptian mediators it will agree to end military action. earlier, a senior hamas official said he expected a ceasefire deal with israel in "a day or two". and there are indications that the israeli army has reached its objectives. israel's biggest news website y—net reports that "the idf has almost depleted its target bank within the gaza strip." laura trevelyan is injerusalem. where are we right now? well, the

israeli security _ where are we right now? well, the israeli security cabinet _ where are we right now? well, the israeli security cabinet met - israeli security cabinet met tonight, as you are reporting there, and that significant because they can't be an israeli cease—fire without the approval of that key body. we are also hearing from our colleagues and bbc arabic that the cease—fire begins as early as 12pm noon tomorrow. the egyptians are absolutely essential to this because they are the one foreign power that's trusted by both sides and is able to speak both to the israelis and hamas, with the you in playing a subsidiary role there also and we know that presidentjoe biden, chief ally of israel, spoke by phone today to president lcc. they spoke about de—escalating the conflict, the same message president biden was trying to hammer home the benjamin netanyahu. it feels the air is thick with talks of a cease—fire, but whether it will be a partial one declared for a few hours while both

sides work out the details of a full cease—fire — it seems that the devil may be in the details. and tonight, israel carried out more air strikes on gaza. 0ften israel carried out more air strikes on gaza. often you see an escalation violence before a cease—fire. but there's the possibility this could all fall apart. there's the possibility this could all fall apart-— there's the possibility this could all fall apart. you underscore the oint with all fall apart. you underscore the point with that _ all fall apart. you underscore the point with that because - all fall apart. you underscore the point with that because although | all fall apart. you underscore the i point with that because although we are reporting 2a hours ago and now that things look like they're heading towards a cease—fire, that doesn't make a great deal of difference right now on the ground for people in the region. it’s for people in the region. it's interesting _ for people in the region. it�*s interesting that both sides have come out with figures tonight which show reallyjust how intense this conflict has been. and i have been talking to sources in the united nations who pointed out that in gaza, the intensity of the 11 days of these israeli air strikes seem to have caused more damage than the seven week campaign did in 2014. so

the israelis have said tonight that they carried out 2000 air strikes against hamas. hamas is saying that's because $300 million worth of damage in gaza, which is an impoverished place even to begin with. then it seems as though hamas have fired 4300 rockets towards israel — again, more than they've ever fired israel — again, more than they've everfired before. so the intensity of this is creating headlines around the world and a lot of pressure for a cease—fire, and the diplomacy taking place everywhere from here in jerusalem to qatar, where hamas leaders are, to the united nations in new york — there's this big push to bring this to an end, but it's unclear what a cease—fire would actually look like and whether it would address the key problems like the status of the palestinians here injerusalem, which is what sparked this most recent conflict. in jerusalem, which is what sparked this most recent conflict.— this most recent conflict. thanks, laura.

0n the ground, the intensity of bombardments has decreased. but the conflict continues. in the early hours of thursday, there were more than 100 israeli air strikes on gaza. in israel, rocket sirens were heard in southern towns near the gaza border. the palestinian militant group hamas fired rockets through the night, but most were intercepted. so far, 245 people have been killed — with 95% of the deaths palestinian. dozens of children have died. here's more from our correspondent rushdi abualouf in gaza. walking the street, driving around, the scale of destruction is huge. it'll require a very long time to recover. it will require weeks of work just to clear the rubble from the streets. we are talking about the lifeline for the two million people — it's blocked from different parts as part of the fighting going on.

so there is a lot of work to do. if hamas and israel manage to end this fighting, it'll be a long time to recover from this. throughout this conflict, we've heard from people in the region to get a better understanding of what they're living through. i want to play you clips from two women. we'll hearfrom adele, who's israeli, in a moment. but we start with asmaa. she is palestinian and lives in the gaza strip. we've never known what is a normal life is. i'm not sure if you can hear in the background, that's the sound of artillery shelling which we have grown grown accustomed to, waking up to the sounds every single day, instead of the sounds of the birds that used to surround my house prior to this aggression. and we have to navigate throughout the day how we are going to deal with the drones that hover over our houses. then when the night comes, we have to understand how we can control our fear from the warplane that is throwing missiles

all over the place. i am exhausted, as well, from running back and forth from not sleeping well — because even though i'm in the safe room sleeping in a closed room with no air, with artillery and rocket alerts — you don't sleep very well. i would never say that i get used to it. i learn how to conduct myself in the situation, i do not get used to it. this is not something anybody could or should get used to. talks to reach a ceasefire involve a lot of different groups. here's just a flavour. we know the united nations and egypt are talking to the leaders of hamas, the german chancellor angela merkel has spoken to the palestinian president. and us president biden has spoken to egypt's president and put

pressure directly on israel. the conflict is also taking centre stage at the un in new york — where both sides have blamed each other for the violence. here's the palestinian foreign affairs minister. translation: it is high time | for the international community to shoulder its responsibilities, to end the israeli occupation of our land, of our holy sites, of our present and our future. it is high time to take practical measures to provide international protection to the palestinian people until they can actually practice their right to self—determination, their right to freedom and independence on their occupied land since 1967 with eastjerusalem as a capital. we urge you to honour your commitments under international law. and here's israel's ambassador to the un.

let me remind you of what many of you unfortunately ignored. hamas is an internationally designated jihadi terrorist organisation that has fired more than 4,000 rockets at israeli cities over the last 11 days. right now, as i speak to you, israeli civilians are running to find shelter from hamas' indiscriminate attacks. barbara plett usher is in washington. hi, barbara. we heard a flavour of what was said at the un. are we any further as a result? lilo. what was said at the un. are we any further as a result?— further as a result? no, we are not, thou:h further as a result? no, we are not, though i'm — further as a result? no, we are not, though i'm not _ further as a result? no, we are not, though i'm not sure _ further as a result? no, we are not, though i'm not sure this _ further as a result? no, we are not, though i'm not sure this meeting i further as a result? no, we are not, though i'm not sure this meeting at| though i'm not sure this meeting at the un was expected to move us forward. it's a general assembly meeting for an emergency session about 100 people will speak, around

about 100 people will speak, around a dozen at the ministerial level, mostly from arab and islamic countries. so it's basically a rhetorical effort to put pressure on an end to the violence. we heard from the un secretary—general who implicitly suggested that both sides might be committing war crimes or violating international rules of war, i should say. for example, violating international rules of war, ishould say. for example, he said to hamas, "you must stop indiscriminate fire against civilians." he said to israel, "you must make sure your attacks are proportionate and exercise restraint. " proportionate and exercise restraint." but it won't come from this meeting. if it comes from the un which is doubtful, it would be from the security council which is not meeting today. and their news is that the french are speculating a resolution that would call for an end to the violence. the us has blocked efforts to efforts for a statement on a cease—fire, but the

americans have defended themselves saying this is not the way to get action if we have public criticism of israel, this will backfire. let's just do this behind—the—scenes — which has been their approach, then we had the intervention from president biden yesterday in which he finally publicly called for israel to wind down the operation and move towards a cease—fire. up until then, and move towards a cease—fire. up untilthen, he'd been and move towards a cease—fire. up until then, he'd been calling only on hamas to do so. so that is what has put real energy into these cease—fire efforts that laura was talking about. cease-fire efforts that laura was talking about.— cease-fire efforts that laura was talking about. barbara, i want to ick u- talking about. barbara, i want to pick up on _ talking about. barbara, i want to pick on on one — talking about. barbara, i want to pick up on one theme _ talking about. barbara, i want to pick up on one theme in - talking about. barbara, i want to pick up on one theme in the - talking about. barbara, i want to pick up on one theme in the last| pick up on one theme in the last couple of days, the us was criticised in some quarters for not doing enough, not saying enough. do you think there's been a significant change now? i you think there's been a significant change now?— you think there's been a significant chance now? ., ., ., ._ change now? i mean... i have to say that ou change now? i mean... i have to say that you could _ change now? i mean... i have to say that you could say _ change now? i mean... i have to say that you could say the _ that you could say the administration has been following the traditional playbook of what the americans do when there's an air war between palestinian militants and israel. initially they usually do

not publicly criticise israel, they defend its right to defend itself from the rockets, then call in the palestinian militants to stop firing. then if the war drags on for longer, they begin to assign more criticism publicly or at least begin to tell israel to wind down the operation. so that's what we saw yesterday with president biden, and that fits in with the pattern of previous administrations. having said that, he is under pressure internationally, as i said, but also from within his own party. a minority, but quite vocal minority of democrats have been very critical of democrats have been very critical of israel's actions, saying israel not only has the right to defend itself, but you have to defend palestinian human rights from civilian deaths and the wider israeli occupation. it's notjust the left wing of the party, there have also been centrists who have said the bite menstruation needs to call on both sides to stop this, to speak more publicly. —— biden

administration. this may have prompted president biden in terms of the way he framed his call yesterday — it was actually fairly blunt language. - it was actually fairly blunt language-— - it was actually fairly blunt lan..uae, , ., ., y,, language. interesting analysis. thanks for _ language. interesting analysis. thanks for that, _ language. interesting analysis. thanks for that, barbara. - to bangladesh — where the arrest of an investigative reporter has triggered protests byjournalists and activists. she had published stories critical of the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. rozina islam, who you can seen here, works for the country's largest circulated newspaper. she was detained late on monday under the official secrets act. she's accused of stealing health ministry documents. here's journalist shahidul alam in the capital. he explains those charges. we will come to that sound bite in just a second.

she was accused under section 379 and 411 of the penal code, which is for petty crimes of stealing and being in possession of stolen goods. now that requires the stolen goods to be listed in there, which is not been listed. the other charges are on the basis of another antiquated law, section 3—5 of the official secrets act — which is a 1923 colonial law against insurgents. but it's largely about spies, about handing over information to the enemy. now here's a journalist — it's herjob to be doing investigations, particularly when there's a history of corruption. so this is a signal to the journalist community. these pictures are from the protests by media workers and activists demanding the release of rozina islam. and there's international criticism as well. amnesty international has called the arrest a "brazen attack on the right to freedom

of expression and the ability of bangladeshi society to seek and receive information". here's shahidul alam again. well, let me give you the context. bangladesh is amongst the most corrupt countries in the world. the public sector departments are the most corrupt within that. according to media reports, there have been over 50 incidents of corruption in the ministry of health over the last 18 months, and pretty much all the major ones involving millions of taka have been unearthed by rozina. she's a star reporter. and she's taking risks even during covid in the public interest. and now she's currently in jail. that's just about it from me for this half hour. i'll be back with 20 more on the israel palestinian conflict. just a quick note on that, our correspondent with this update for us saying the british government says it is offering an initial £3.2 million in emergency relief for the

civilians of gaza. plenty more on that coming up. for now, i'm lewisville and jones, this is bbc news. hello there. it's been a pretty wet may, hasn't it? now we can add unseasonably windy to the list, as well. rough seas today were pictured by our weather watchers across both the cornish and welsh coastline. and we've seen widespread gusts of wind in excess of 60 mph in some exposed places. now, it will stay windy through the night, but it will also stay wet. the heaviest of the rain this last few hours has been through north wales and across northern england. and, as the low pressure continues to track its way eastwards, the strongest of the winds will actuallyjust push that little further south. so, first thing tomorrow morning, we've still got rain around, but the strongest of the winds, yes, still along the west facing coasts of wales, but also through the bristol channel and through those stretching up of the english channel where we could see widespread gusts

in between 50—60 mph. that's going to drive in further spells of wet weather. now, it won't be continuous solid rain, but there will be bands of sharper showers merging together at times, drifting their way east. northern ireland, western scotland should brighten up, not a bad day in prospect here. still windy for all, though, right across the board. and, in terms of the feel of things, well, pretty disappointing, i'm afraid, for the middle of may — 7—14 celsius at the very best. now, the low will start to track off into scandinavia. the isobars open up and the winds ease for the start of the weekend. but if we trace the direction of those isobars all the way back to the northwest, that's a cooler air source. once again, it's going to feel even colder still in some places. there will be a little bit more sunshine perhaps to compensate and some lighter winds around, the risk of some sharp showers drifting their way southeast through the afternoon again. 8—14 celsius, the high. as we move out of sunday — saturday into sunday — we are going to see this next weather front pushing in,

bringing yet more wet weather and a strengthening wind. the wind not quite as strong, and many eastern areas will start off dry and sunny. clouding over from the west, the rain arrives through the middle part of the day, then that spells its way steadily eastwards. some have your bursts expected in wales and southern england in particular. so, top temperatures likely of 8—14 celsius once again. more showers to come on monday, but it does look as though things will quiet down into next week, getting drier and just a tad warmer.

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is 0utside source. the bbc apologises after a highly critical report into how it obtained this explosive interview with princess diana 25 years ago. there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded. an independent inquiry finds journalist martin bashir was deceitful and faked documents to obtain the scoop — and now princess diana's brother is linking her death to the interview. the irony is that i met martin bashir on the 315t of august, 1995, because exactly two years later, she died. and i do draw a line between the two events. israel's prime minister

is meeting his security cabinet over a possible ceasefire with hamas. both sides indicate a truce is near. world leaders demand an end to the bloodshed. the fighting must stop immediately. i call on all parties to cease hostilities now. and we look at the fate of the olympics — polls injapan show over 80% want the games called off as covid—19 cases there surge. welcome to the programme. efforts to broker a ceasefire between israel and hamas are intensifying, as the gaza conflict continues for an eleventh day. hamas officials say they expect a stop to fighting within a day or two but the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu said he was determined to carry on until calm and stability has been restored to his citizens.

0ur middle east editor jeremy bowen is injerusalem. ther are a couple of questions here, first of all, finding a way of stopping what's happening, stopping the killing, stopping the bombing effectively, but there is another side to that, which is what happens after that, because in previous wars, there has sometimes been, if you like, rules of the game that they agree on in terms of how they will behave to stop escalating the situation unexpectedly. now, reports coming out of israeli media sources mostly, the radio, news and so on, are suggesting that that is not what they are discussing. they are just talking how to finish it now.

let's go to japan now and the growing opposition to hosting the olympic games there. people are concerned about the rise in coronavirus cases, and the country's vaccination programme is moving slowly. this is a protest in tokyo calling for the games to be cancelled. and they're not alone — the latest polls shows more than 80% of japanese people oppose hosting the olympics this year. the official start date is the 23rd ofjuly — that's less than ten weeks away. this old picture from the second world war has appeared in several newspapers injapan. it shows children training to fight american soldiers with bamboo spears, except now the enemy is covid. as you can see from this graph, the virus is now well into its fourth wave but the country has barely started vaccinations. so far just 3% of the japanese population have received a single dose of a covid vaccine. but the head of the international olympic committee — thomas bach has insisted the games can go ahead safely. here he is speaking

in tokyo on wednesday. i can only reemphasize this full commitment of the ioc to organise together safe olympic and paralympic games for everybody. to accomplish this, we are now fully focused on the delivery of the olympic games. doctors and medical workers unions injapan have spoken out against the games. some are concerned they've been asked to volunteer at the olympic village when they're desperately needed to manage the covid pandemic in their local hospitals. here's our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes speaking to one nurse who didn't want to be identified. translation: we already don't have enough staff and hospital beds - for covert patients. ——for covid patients. people are already dying at home because they can't get into hospital. they want 500 nurses to volunteer for the olympics. that means more covid patients

won't get the care they need. let's look at how athletes are preparing mentally for the games. the bbc spoke to ay—lee mcintyre, a 26—year—old sailor who's been chosen to compete for team gb. i think i always knew there were going to be no spectators and no family members there. so, pretty quickly i came to terms with that. from our perspective, the covid measures that are in place are phenomenal, and it is really tight and really strict, and so for us, it's figuring out how to not let that affect us mentally and still be in a position to be able to perform in that environment. jamie edwards, is a 21—year—old wheelchair racer and paralympic hopeful. here he is describing how the delay of the games last year and the uncertainity has affected him. when the news hit that it was delayed, i really quite struggled. i actually quit the sport for about six months, just sort of, find a sense of what i wanted, but it's really quite tough. i've decided to completely avoid

looking at the qualifying dates, i am just pushing as hard as i am in training, andjust trying to ignore, like, everything else that's going on around me. ioc officials argue they've gone to great lengths to put in safety measures. for more on that here's a public health adviser to the tokyo 0lympics. we have done a huge amount to reduce the risk, because they are actually reducing the number of people who will be there, you know, there will be no international spectators, there will be no guests travelling with the athletes. and we are bringing smaller teams from every country, and we are making sure that those people are separate from the population, so they will go from there accommodation to the village to the venue and back. they will have their own designated transports, they will not be walking around tokyo, they will not be interfacing with this japanese population. about 99% or more of the japanese population will not come into contact with these international visitors. on wednesday, the president of the international 0lympics committee also said this.

as many as 75% of the residents of the olympic village are already vaccinated or have secured vaccination in time before the event begins. but our efforts do not stop there. we have good reasons to believe that this figure will be well above 80% for the olympic and paralympic games. for more on whether that level of vaccination for athletes will be sufficient — here's brian mccloskey again. when we started off the planning last year after the postponement of the games, we took a review that we wouldn't require vaccination for the gains. ——vaccination for the games. that was quite deliberate because we knew vaccination would not be even around the world, and we didn't want to exclude disadvantaged people,

and the very definite decision that we did not want athletes to be pressurised into mingling with health workers and other people, so, vaccination was never actually a part of the plan to make the games safe and successful. so the fact that 80% are now vaccinated is actually a bonus, an extra layer that we hadn't planned for. here in the uk,failures in the national test and trace system are partly responsible for the surge in the indian variant in one of the worst affected parts of the country — that's according to a document seen by bbc news. it's understood a technical problem left several councils unable to identify cases of the variant for three weeks. the number of people who have tested postive for the variant has risen to just under three and half thousand this week. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg has more. to track the disease, you need to test. to manage the spread, you need to monitor the map. as the virus has started to surge again, just yesterday... ..ministers sounded sure of that.

this surveillance system spotted the cases in bolton and in blackburn early, and through surge testing and increased vaccinations, we are throwing everything at how we are throwing everything at it there. how good has that surveillance really been? with cases spiking in some parts of the country, like blackburn with darwen and lancashire, there is evidence of a lapse in the system that is meant to defend us from the disease. but a document seen by the bbc prepared by officials in one of the affected areas says... the document then reveals risks were gross because of a sporadic failure in the national test and trace system, that provided no details to some local councils from the 21st of april until the 11th of may. that is three weeks without an effective test and trace system. in total, 294 positive cases in blackburn alone were not passed

on to the local contact tracers. nearly 800 across england. it's a failure right at the top, and ifind it astonishing when billions have been spent on the test and trace system that the basics still are not working and local areas are battling an increase in the virus. the department of health has admitted that in a small number of contacts there was a temporary delay in the message being passed on, a technical glitch if you like, but they say the problem was resolved quickly and everyone was contacted in the end. but the crux of the problem here is the link between the national database and local teams trying to grapple with coronavirus on the ground, and some of them were in the dark at a vital moment without the information they needed. the lesson here is it's really important to have contact tracing capability at a local level. one of the things we need to think about forfuture pandemics

is whether all local authorities should have the ability to stand up their own contact tracing capability really quickly so that you are not totally dependent on a national organisation that may be many hundreds of miles away. it's understood the problem this time was down to a software upgrade, now fixed, that shouldn't happen again, but any glitch is a gap in the defences against the disease that we can ill afford. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. let's return to the israel conflict. have called for a pause in gaza to allow access for aid. its regional director says... we're also hearing stories about the people who have unfortunately died in this conflict. one of them is this man — dr ayman abu al—0uf. he was head of internal medicine at the palestinian territory's main hospital, was killed along with 12 members of his extended family.

lina shaikhouni has been reporting this story — and you just tell us about what we know about how he was killed? 50. know about how he was killed? so, what we know about how he was killed? if, what we know know about how he was killed? 553, what we know is on sunday, a strike hit his building. it was a 4—story building that collapsed on him and several others in that attack, about 33 people will —— were killed, including the 12 members of his extended family. it included his mother, his father, his wife, his sun who is 17 years old and his daughter who is 12 years old. so, from what i heard from people close to him, he was trapped under rubble for about 12 hours until they were

able to extract his body. his father's body was stuck for about 48 hours before they were able to pull him out. also, about that, they could not reach, the paramedics could not reach, the paramedics could not reach the area, rescue teams couldn't reach the area because the streets leading to his home and leading to the hospital were also hit and damaged by air strikes prior to the collapse of this building. it strikes prior to the collapse of this building.— strikes prior to the collapse of this building. it is an incredibly im ortant this building. it is an incredibly important figure _ this building. it is an incredibly important figure in _ this building. it is an incredibly important figure in the - this building. it is an incredibly important figure in the health | this building. it is an incredibly - important figure in the health care system there. yes. gaza has few specialists, and this doctor was one of the few specialists there. i mean, ishould say that that attack on sunday also killed the top neurologist in gaza, doctor marine. it's also killed a

psychologist, which, i mean from a mental health issues are big for people in gaza, who have lived through many atrocities, many violent environments, many wars, so there is a lot of need for psychologists and mental health specialists, and the psychologist was very, very renowned as well and was very, very renowned as well and was killed in that strike. so it was devastating for many in gaza on several fronts, especially that they are all highly qualified specialists. his closest friends said if you wanted someone as qualified as him, you needed 10—15 years of training, and that is training, not even available for anyone in gaza. very few people can get that training. {lilia thank you for that. to stay with us here an 0utside source. still to come... and we'll hear from some of the women caught in the pip breast implant scandal — after a french court rules some of the victims

should be compensated. rail passengers have been promised a more efficient service under the biggest shake—up in decades. a new state—owned body, great british railways will set timetables and prices, sell tickets in england and manage rail infrastructure. colleta smith reports. after time tabling collapses, the centralised system should mean everyone knows where the book stops when things go wrong. they're going to create a new public body called great british railways to set timetables, prices and sell all tickets in england, bring in a new flexi—season ticket that will be cheaper than buying a full—time one, as millions of people face a hybrid return to the office. and they're scrapping franchising. the government will pay companies, rather than letting private companies charge passengers directly. melita is relieved if it means

things will get simpler. there are so many providers and it's such a stress coming to the station on a friday night and choosing what provider to go to to get to birmingham because they have differently priced tickets. so just tapping your card to get on a train and enjoy your evening instead of having to preplan a 15—minute train journey would be amazing. the transport minister says he is trying to help passengers navigate the system. which ticket should you buy and from which of the competing ticket machines, for any given route? great british railways will mean that is completely simplified, including for walk—up tickets. one thing i want people to do is not to have to get a ticket, but just use contactless. the system will take a different shape in scotland and wales, but in england, franchises will be scrapped. today's proposals are going to change massively the way operators will go about providing railway services. so instead of being rewarded for selling lots of tickets, they will actually be incentivised and rewarded for running services on time, for instance.

and for melita, knowing that your train will be on time is what matters. colletta smith, bbc news, in wolverhampton. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is... the bbc apologises after a highly critical report finds that journalist martin bashir was deceitful and faked documents to obtain an explosive interview with princess diana 25 years ago. to venezuela, where thousands have fled the country in the past month. running away from intense arm clashes that involved the army and columbia's rebel groups. refugees say they were pushed out of their homes by the military and describe human rights abuses, disappearances and home break—ins. 0ur —— a

prominent guerrilla fighter was killed on tuesday in venezuelan territory as part of the ongoing conflict. bbc�*s danielle travelled to a small town on the colombian side that is hosting the refugees who escaped the fighting. gunshots on the border between colombia and venezuela. they have become frequent here in the past few weeks. the results? this. thousands of venezuelans crossing this river into columbia. fleeing from the crossfire. this man is one of them.

they are fleeing fighting between the armoury of venezuela and group sea calls terrorists and imperialists. heryears, sea calls terrorists and imperialists. her years, there has been the allegation that the venezuelan government tolerates colombian guerrillas in the country, but recently, something changed. now, they are fighting each other. this month, almost 6000 venezuelans have fled their country. most of them are gathering here and have no idea what's next for them. these refugee camps were quickly set up a few weeks ago. the humanitarian response here has been huge, but most of the refugees are in shelters hosted by colombians, by locals, like this one. this woman fled with

her young children. for different families are staying in the small house, cramped on top of each other. lets turn to paris — a significant victory for victims of the pip breast implant scandal. a court ruled 2,700 women should receive compensation after they were given implants made from cheap silicone not cleared for human use. and the court also upheld an earlier judgment which found a german company negligent after it awarded safety certificates for the faulty implants. sophie hutchinson reports. ladies! i've just received a message, and the message says "victory". finally, after a decade—long legal battle for compensation, what looks like a breakthrough for these women affected by faulty pip breast implants.

that's fantastic. fresh out of court, a call from their lawyer, who's been fighting the case in paris. you are going to have to drink champagne early in the morning. so we did it! just elated and exhausted because it's been a very long, exhausting journey. you know, ten years. and in and out of courts. and that's been really difficult for women. jan is one of 2,700 women in the case who have been suing the german company tuv rheinland, which issued safety certificates for the pip breast implants. today, the court of appeal in paris ruled that the company was negligent and liable for compensation. i'm very happy for all the women i represent. they have been waiting some time for this decision, and have suffered for a long period

since the beginning of the case. tuv rheinland says it disputes the liability and is stressing that some women have been struck out of the claim. this abandoned factory in france was where the substandard the case — known as tuv1 — was brought against tuv rheinland — which issued european safety certificates for the pip implants. the substandard implants were manufactured by the french company poly implant pro—tez or pip between 2001 and 2010 they were made at this — now abandoned — factory in france. it went out of business and the founder was sentenced to jail after it emerged the implants were filled with cheap, industrial—grade silicone. some of the victims say they've suffered long—term health effects. one of them is nicola mason. it's great news, to be fair. we've been waiting a long time for this, and whilst it will never

compensate us for the potential long—term health issues that we have, at least it might go some way to repay aspect of the money we have had to pay out to repair the damage they've left us with. for me personally, i obviously have them removed once i had a very large rupture and had to wait a year after the rapture to have them repaired, it was that bad, and i have been left with a large lump of silicone under my arm, which flares up if i am unwell or feeling low, so, i don't know what the long—term implications of having industrial grade silicone under my arm will be but, obviously, it is there anyway and it is painful from time to time still. it's thought 400,000 women around the world received illegal implants. here's our health correspondent, anna collinson on what some of them are saying. a good friend of mine called me and she said, have you heard about this? and it was, i think it was 2011, just before christmas,

and as soon as she said it, ijust knew it was like, that's what this is, that explains everything, and then i had to wait another month before we actually had confirmation from the clinic that that is what it was. but, still, we wear, you know, we were trying to get help from the doctors, and they still didn't recognise it, so it has been a long battle. it was only when i was speaking to other women and knowing that they had been through exactly the same thing that itjust confirmed all of my suspicions, so... ., . , confirmed all of my suspicions, so... ., ., , ., ::' so... you have been removed in 2012, what difference _ so... you have been removed in 2012, what difference did _ so... you have been removed in 2012, what difference did that _ so... you have been removed in 2012, what difference did that make - so... you have been removed in 2012, what difference did that make to - what difference did that make to physically and mentally? mentally, it was hard- _ physically and mentally? mentally, it was hard. it _ physically and mentally? mentally, it was hard. it was _ physically and mentally? mentally, it was hard. it was very _ physically and mentally? mentally, it was hard. it was very hard. - it was hard. it was very hard. physically, priorto it was hard. it was very hard. physically, prior to that, it was hard. it was very hard. physically, priorto that, i had been suffering from horrendous nosebleeds and headaches and things, these nosebleeds would last half an hour each day, every day, completely wipe me out, and the day i have the implants outcome of the nosebleeds stopped. it was insane. within a

week, the headaches had gone, and gradually, ijust week, the headaches had gone, and gradually, i just started week, the headaches had gone, and gradually, ijust started to week, the headaches had gone, and gradually, i just started to feel more and more like my old self. lawyers for the german company say they will challenge the french court's position. the evidence in this case clearly shows that rhineland acted diligently in compliance with applicable regulations. they also say that at no time had they been aware that breast implants were not compliant. here's our health correspondent anna collinson. this isjust the stuff —— tip of the iceberg — this isjust the stuff —— tip of the iceberg. that it will reach the hundreds— iceberg. that it will reach the hundreds of thousands of women who are still— hundreds of thousands of women who are still walking around with these potentially dangerous implants and their bodies. so the hope is that that will— their bodies. so the hope is that that will encourage women to get the implants _ that will encourage women to get the implants removed so there is that, but also _ implants removed so there is that, but also that it will send a really strong _ but also that it will send a really strong message to the medical devices — strong message to the medical devices industry in general. writes, that is it for — devices industry in general. writes, that is it for me, _ devices industry in general. writes, that is it for me, i _ devices industry in general. writes, that is it for me, i am _ devices industry in general. writes,

that is it for me, i am louis - devices industry in general. writes, that is it for me, i am louis von - that is it for me, i am louis von jones, this is 0utside source. bye—bye. hello there. it's been a pretty wet may, hasn't it? now we can add unseasonably windy to the list, as well. rough seas today were pictured by our weather watchers across both the cornish and welsh coastline. and we've seen widespread gusts of wind in excess of 60 mph in some exposed places. now, it will stay windy through the night, but it will also stay wet. the heaviest of the rain this last few hours has been through north wales and across northern england. and, as the low pressure continues to track its way eastwards, the strongest of the winds will actuallyjust push that little further south. so, first thing tomorrow morning, we've still got rain around, but the strongest of the winds, yes, still along the west facing coasts of wales,

but also through the bristol channel and through those stretching up of the english channel where we could see widespread gusts in between 50—60 mph. that's going to drive in further spells of wet weather. now, it won't be continuous solid rain, but there will be bands of sharper showers merging together at times, drifting their way east. northern ireland, western scotland should brighten up, not a bad day in prospect here. still windy for all, though, right across the board. and, in terms of the feel of things, well, pretty disappointing, i'm afraid, for the middle of may — 7—14 celsius at the very best. now, the low will start to track off into scandinavia. the isobars open up and the winds ease for the start of the weekend. but if we trace the direction of those isobars all the way back to the northwest, that's a cooler air source. once again, it's going to feel even colder still in some places. there will be a little bit more sunshine perhaps to compensate and some lighter winds around, the risk of some sharp showers drifting their way southeast through the afternoon again. 8—14 celsius, the high. as we move out of sunday —

saturday into sunday — we are going to see this next weather front pushing in, bringing yet more wet weather and a strengthening wind. the wind not quite as strong, and many eastern areas will start off dry and sunny. clouding over from the west, the rain arrives through the middle part of the day, then that spells its way steadily eastwards. some have your bursts expected in wales and southern england in particular. so, top temperatures likely of 8—14 celsius once again. more showers to come on monday, but it does look as though things will quiet down into next week, getting drier and just a tad warmer.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 8 the famous diana panorama interview — a report is highly critical about how the bbc obtained the scoop there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded. it was explosive — but an inquiry says the bbc reporter was deceitful — and now earl spencer links his sister's death to that interview the irony is that i met him on the sist the irony is that i met him on the 31st of— the irony is that i met him on the 315t of august, 1995. exactly two years _ 315t of august, 1995. exactly two years later, she died. i do draw a line between the two _ she died. i do draw a line between the two of— she died. i do draw a line between the two of them. martin bashir became famous after the interview — but the bbc is accused of covering up what it knew about his methods