trr go back, mohammed al fayed in 1995 sued vanity fair magazine.cist and alleged sexual misconduct. he denied those allegations and the case was settled out of court. i have been speaking to a former security guard, a man we are called henry, he told me this that mohammed al fayed before he would do his morning rounds, daily rounds in harrods, black members of staff would be asked to leave the shop floor by a secret passage way and then when mohammed al fayed had left the shop floor, they would be invited back in. his words are spoken by an actor. ~ .., ., his words are spoken by an actor. ~ ., , .,, actor. when he came on the shop floor, actor. when he came on the shop floor. you — actor. when he came on the shop floor, you would _ 1995 sued vanity fair magazine. they alleged that he was racist and alleged sexual misconduct. he denied those allegations and the case was settled out of court. i have been speaking to a former security guard, a man we are called henry, he told me this that mohammed al fayed before he would do his morning rounds, daily

. one owned and run by mohamed al fayed.there is a range that can offer you advice and support. you can find them listed on the bbc�*s actionline website at bbc.co.uk/actionline. if you have information about this story that you would like to share please get in touch. please include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a bbc journalist. alarm bells are going off in financial markets as concerns mount about the uk's economic outlook. the pound has fallen to its lowest level for 1a months as uk government borrowing costs continue to rise, surging to their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis. economists are warning that the chancellor rachel reeves could be forced to cut spending or hike taxes as the government tries to meet its self—imposed borrowing target. mel stride questioned the government spending. millions of hard-working _ government spending. millions of hard-working people - government spending. millions of hard-working people up - government spending. millions of hard-working people up and| of

and then, when mohammed al fayed had left the shop floor, they would be invited back in.e on the shop floor, you would see a lot of movement. for example, i don't know how to say this and be nice, you would see the women, the women who the society and world sees as attractive would stay on the floor and those who the world did not consider to be attractive, all of a sudden you will see a beeline of them leaving, for example, beauty apothecary, the white hall, the black hall, and all around the store you'll see these people making a beeline to exit at door number three. who would stay? what you say the world finds attractive. what kind of women would be allowed to stay behind? we're talking young, thin, blonde, this type. and it was like nobody had to tell them to leave. it was like, robotic. and the way they would know something was happening was that the security guards would be moving around like ants. the command staff of the security and uniform would be manoeuvring through very quickly, and people knew then that something was going to happen. where did they go? the s

emily and al fayed alp, it takes quite something called a leader.ership is something called courage, conviction and competence. keir starmer and emmanuel macron work with the french. i used to be in the military, the military. france and britain work very close together. we could stop these boats, turn the boats back, but work with the french. the australians did it. the belgians have done it. the it would stop within weeks. >> it's going to take them back. >> it's going to take them back. >> no, no but no, but hold on, hold on. but you don't let french pay for it. because these asylum seekers, which are turned back because they will they will not pay 5 to £7000. so these the, the gangs who are smuggling overin the, the gangs who are smuggling over in fact hopefully they lynch them, but you send them back and then you dispose of them the gangmasters. but you, you dispose of the of the asylum seekers, legal immigrants throughout europe. and so france doesn't suffer. it requires international cooperation. france and britain stop the boats. once you tu

now to discuss this, i'm joined by orit al fayed mish, co—founder of the 7th of october human chain,rganisation that has campaigned ever since. those hideous and horrific attacks for the return of the hostages. ari, thank you for joining us tonight. can forjoining us tonight. can i just get your initial reaction to the events of today? as somebody who's campaigned for the return of the hostages, initial reaction is happiness mixed with anxiety and horror. >> to be honest, i am a mother of a 24 year old and a 22 year old. so they are the age of some of those hostages. this has been keeping me up at night for so long, and i can't even imagine what those parents must be feeling. so it's a mixture of happiness and satisfaction that we are finally there, but also great anxiety as to the state of those hostages, whether they are alive, whether they are dead, god forbid. and yeah, it's a turmoil of emotions, really. >> and just tell us a bit, if you can, about how you think this is now going to play out in israel. i mean, for viewers who won't be familiar with the pubuc won't be familiar wi

tell us more about these latest allegations about mohamed al fayed. allegations about mohamed al fa edegations about mohamed al fa ed. allegations about mohamed al fayed. back in 1995, vanity fair magazine _ fayed. back in 1995, vanity fair magazine wrote - fayed. back in 1995, vanity fair magazine wrote an - fayed. back in 1995, vanity. fair magazine wrote an article about mohamed al fayed accusing him of racism and sexual misconduct and he violently deny that. he sued the magazine and they settled out of court. but i now have been speaking to a former security guard at harrods, who essentially alleges racism. he says when he was working on the floor, just before mohammed al fied will come to work every day and walk the shop floor, black members. rate—mac staff would be asked to leave and they would go to an underground passageway opposite the store. and when the daily tours happened they wouldn't be there. they would then file back again once he left the floor. we are calling this man henry and his words are spoken by an actor. when it came in the shop floor you will— when it came in

the met is currently reviewing a total of 21 allegations that were made before mr al fayed died in 2023police conduct in november. yesterday, the iopc announced that the met�*s directorate of professional standards will continue to investigate the complaints, but under the direction of the watchdog. more than half of the county councils in england with elections scheduled for this year could seek to have them postponed. at least 12 out of 21 county councils due to hold elections in may are poised to ask ministers to delay the ballots to explore options set out in a major redesign of local government which was announced in december. a former police officer who was at the heart of a grooming investigation in oxford is warning that a similar type of sexual abuse is still going on — both locally and nationally. it follows yesterday's vote by mps who rejected calls by the conservative pparty for a new national inquiry into grooming gangs. here 5 our sima kotecha. in recent days, attention has been back on the dozens of men, predominantly of pakistani heritage, sexually abusing white girls on

during his time he declined to instigate a prosecution for rape and sexual abuse against mohamed al fayed desk. right. that completes prime minister's questions. prime minister's questions concluding now over in the house of commons. it began with a clash between keir starmer and be rid of the opposition kemi badenoch, over grooming gangs, a very highly charged debate between the two leaders. the conservatives are now calling for a public inquiry asking keir starmer if he knew the full extent of the scandal. he had also defended his record as prosecutor, he was director of public is during the period where many of the cases came to light. lots of points of contention between keir starmer and kemi badenoch on this issue. he accused the conservatives of not taking any action while in government but nowjumping on the bandwagon and slinging mud from the opposition benches instead. let's talk to opposition benches instead. let's tal