the chairman of the b, b, c, richard sharp has resigned. min allegations of nepotism and murky financial ties to britain's former prime minister boris johnson. ball i did breach the governance code for public appointments. he states very clearly that a breach does not necessarily invalidate an appointment. indeed, i've always maintained the breach. was inadvertent and not material which the facts he lays out substantiate. nevertheless, i have decided that it is right to prioritize the interest of the b b. c. i feel that this matter may well be a distraction from the corporations. good work where i to remain imposed until the end of my term. richard sharp announced his resignation shortly after a report was published in the incident. it concluded he failed to disclose potential conflicts of interest while he was applying for the chairmanship that included a secret 6 figure alone provided to then prime minister boris johnson. however, finding stopped short of saying whether along with the direct factor in his appointment to the position i british government official accused mister sharp of

b. c. richard sharp has announced his resignation. britton's public broadcast, having to report that its chairman has to quit over his dealings with the former prime minister today. i feel that this matter may well be a distraction from the corporations. good work were i to remain in post until the end of my turn. in 2020 richard sharp, helped to arrange a $1000000.00 personal loan application for boris johnson, who was prime minister at the time to visit us how we were. hello, johnson, who doesn't want to talk about it now. later recommended that sharp should be appointed into the non executive role in which he was to oversee the quality and impartiality e. b. c. output. this does call into question the impartiality of britain's public broadcaster at a high level. not only that, it's the timeline that's worrying so many people. 2 years before anything was found out. and the staff here didn't know anything until he read about it. in a newspaper labor, britton's main opposition party says sharp shou

b. c. richard sharp has announced his resignation on britain's public broadcaster having to report that its chairman has to quit over his dealings with the former prime minister today. i feel that this matter may well be a distraction from the corporations. good work were i to remain imposed until the end of my turn. in 2020 richard sharp helped to arrange a $1000000.00 personal loan application for boris johnson who was prime minister at the time. the visitor helped me with yellow johnson who doesn't want to talk about it now later recommended that sharp should be appointed into the non executive role in which he was to oversee the quality and impartiality illness bbc output. this does call into question the impartiality of britain's public broadcaster at a high level. not only that, it's the timeline that's worrying so many people, 2 years before anything was found out. and the staff here didn't know anything until he read about it. in a newspaper labor, britton's main opposition party says sharp

b. c has resigned. after report said he breached rules. richard sharp had faced an inquiry for his role in securing alone to the former prime minister, bore his johnson. and this was just before he was selected by the government to share the cough corporation early 2021. i feel that this matter may well be a distraction from the corporations. good work were i to remain in post until the end of my term. i have therefore, this morning resigned as a b, b c, chair to the sector state and to the board. it was proposed to me that i stay on his chair until the end of june, while the process to a point my successor is undertaken. and i will of course, do that in the interests of the corporations stability and continuity are corresponding under simmons is outside the b, b. c in london. and he says that the outgoing chairman appeared reluctant to leave . goes right back to october 2020 when forest johnson, the former prime minister was in personal financial trouble and was looking for a loan. and at the same time, richard shaw was looking for the job of cha

b. c. his resigned after report said that he breached rules. richard sharp has had faced an inquiry for his role in securing a loan to the former prime minister boris johnson. this was just before he was selected by the government to share the corporation in early 2021. i feel that this matter may well be a distraction from the corporations. good work where i to remain in post until the end of my term. i have therefore this morning resigned as a b, b c, chair, to the sector state and to the board. it was proposed to me that i stay on his chair until the end of june, while the process to a point my successor is undertaken. and i will of course, do that in the interests of the corporations stability and continuity. south korea president a unit. so y'all is wrapping up his 1st state visit to the united states. he was the 1st south korean leader to speak at a joint session of the u. s. congress in 10 years. despite that, and a number of diplomatic and business agreements that he returns home to low popularity ratings. as robin bryan explains from so, accor

and at the same time, richard sharp was looking for the job of chairman. here at the b, b. c. a he let me know devoris johnson. and just so happens that he put johnson in touch indirectly with a friend who had guarantee position. he would make a guarantor position on a loan for a $100000.00 pounds. that's nearly a $1000000.00. now go forward of it to january 2021. it just happened then the bar is johnson named him as the preferred candidate within a month he was chairman of the bdc. but the remarkable thing about this situation is it was 2 years before anything was found out about what happened. and the bdc staff here for instance, didn't find out about it until they read it, read about it in the newspaper. this was a breach of b, b, c, code of conduct for public appointments. and there were 2 charges against the chairman. however, he did survive and he has it, it seems full on his own sword, not and not willing circumstances. it was certainly pressure to do it. he would have been quite happy to stay on. in actual fact, he was somewhat defiant in his statement, bosnians parlia

b. c, has resigned. after report said that he breached rules, richard sharp, had faced an inquiry for his role in securing a loan for the former prime minister boris johnson. this is just before he was selected by the government to chair the corporation in early 2021. i feel that this matter may well be a distraction from the corporations good work where i to remain imposed until the end of my term. i have therefore this morning resigned as a b, b c, chair to the sector state and to the board. it was proposed to me that i stay on his chair until the end of june, while the process to appoint my successor is undertaken. and i will of course, do that in the interests of the corporations stability and continuity. iran says that it seized an oil tanker after collided with one of his vessels in the gulf of oman. the u. s. navy identified the vessel as the advantage suite, which is on its way from kuwait to houston, texas. iran says 2 of its crew are missing after the collision. this is the latest and a series of seizures or tanks on commercial vehicles in the region since 2019. 33 soldiers have been killed and

b. c, has resigned. after a report said that he breached rules, richard shaw had faced the inquiry for his role in securing a load to the full, the prime minister boris johnson. this was just before he was then selected by the government to chad the corporation. in early 2021. i feel that this matter may well be a distraction from the corporations. good work, where i to remain in post until the end of my term. i have therefore, this morning resigned as a b, b, c, chair to the sector state. and to the board, it was proposed to me that i stay on his chair until the end of june, while the process to a point my successor is undertaken. and i will of course, do that in the interests of the corporations stability and continuity countries. 7 has more from b, b, c, h, q, goes right back to october 2020. when forest johnson, the former prime minister was in personal financial trouble and was looking for a loan. and at the same time, which had shop was looking for the job of chairman here at the b b. c. a. he let that be known to boris johnson. and just so happens that he put johnson in touch indirectly with a frien

b. c has resigned. dr. report said that he breached rules. richard sharp, had faced an inquiry for his role in securing alone to the former prime minister boris johnson. this is just before he was selected by the government to chair the corporation in early 2021. i feel that this matter may well be a distraction from the corporations. good work, where i to remain in post until the end of my term. i have therefore, this morning resigned as a b, b c, chair to the sector state and to the board. it was proposed to me that i stay on his chair until the end of june, while the process to a point my successor is undertaken. and i will, of course, do that in the interests of the corporations stability and continuity. well as speech andrew simmons are correspondent, he's falling to elements for a say in london, just gives a back ground into exactly why we got to this point. andrew day expect to october 2020. when will the recruitment process for this top job and chairman of the b, b. c, was starting at the same time. there was talks about a loan for the prime

b. c. i feel that this matter may well be a distraction from the corporations. good work were i to remain in post until the end of my term richard sharp analysis resignation. shortly after report reveal the corruption allegations that included claims about a secret 6 figure loan provided. then prime minister, who are johnson report concluded that mister sharp failed to this was potential conflicts of interest while he was applying for the chairmanship. but the assessment stopped short of saying whether the loan was a direct factor in his appointment to the position a british government official hughes, mr. sharp of nepotism, saying he got the top job in the state blue cross basically because of quote pals are pointing pounds this the job is said to have a range that guarantee for a loan of up to 800000 pounds for bores johnson just weeks before the them prime minister recommended him for the b b c chairmanship. the controversy surrounding the b. c dot there need. he has also issued scathing criticism of the british rule. course. it said a documentary by indian prime minister, no rendered mowdy, lacks objectivity to such an exten