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the committee also interrogated lord birt, who was director—general in the 1990s. serial liar on an industrial scale, you simply can't understand the story. but bashir was rehired by the bbc in 2016, when he'd already been forced to leave jobs in the us, made offensive remarks about women and aroused widespread suspicion about how he secured other interviews. now, then, the former director—general of the bbc lord hall... it's this rehiring that has given fuel to the story. it's incredible. literally, it is unbelievable. and i would say what's so staggering about the bbc in this whole matter is how they keep ploughing on in, i think, a very self—destructive way. a separate bbc investigation published yesterday found several shortcomings in that rehiring process, but no malice. it is bizarre, however, that a man about whom there were so many public controversies should be rehired and then promoted two years later. amol rajan, bbc news. the brazilian ministry of health has reported another 11 people directly involved in the copa america football touranment have tested

lord birt said there was no cover—up. hardened seniorjournalists had been taken in.hat anybody set out to deceive, other than martin bashir himself — as you say, quite a guy. and unless you understand this was a serial liar on an industrial scale, you simply can't understand the story. and moreover, in fairness to some of the people involved, in 100 years of bbcjournalism, can we think of anybody else who behaved in that kind of way? martin bashir came back to the bbc in 2016 as religious affairs correspondent. a bbc report this week concluded his re—employment was not part of any cover—up. lord hall was by then director general but wasn't aware bashir was returning. mps were sceptical. lord hall, have you any idea how utterly implausible it is that you were not closely involved in the monitoring of the rehiring of martin bashir, someone that knew you knew to be a serial liar? because this was not any old rehiring — this was the talk of the newsroom at the bbc. people were wandering around saying to one another, "can you believe it? martin bashir�*s back — and as rel

another former director—general, john birt, addressing the same committee, described mr bashir as "ae details. at core here, i trusted a journalist, i gave him a second chance — we, the team, give him a second chance, and that trust was abused and was misplaced. tony hall was a popular and respected director—general at the bbc, but, cutting an anguished figure, he pleaded today that his 35 years of public service should not be coloured by his trusting a liar in the 1990s. lord hall was director of bbc news when martin bashir, having forged bank documents, secured an interview with princess diana, for which he would be much garlanded. a recent independent review by lord dyson, a seniorjudge, accepted that princess diana probably would have given the interview in any case, but was scathing about hall'sjudgment in believing bashir, prompting a detailed condemnation of the bbc by prince william. she was failed not just by a rogue reporter, but by leaders at the bbc who looked the other way rather than asking the tough questions. let me start off by saying, if i might, to acknowledge how

lord birt — who was overall boss the bbc — described mr bashir as "a serial liar on an industrial scalem, give him a second chance, and that trust was abused and was misplaced. tony hall was a popular and respected director—general at the bbc — but, cutting an anguished figure, he pleaded today that his 35 years of public service should not be coloured by his trusting a liar in the 1990s. lord hall was director of bbc news when martin bashir, having forged bank documents, secured an interview with princess diana, for which he would be much garlanded. a recent independent review by lord dyson, a seniorjudge, accepted that princess diana probably would have given the interview in any case, but was scathing about hall's judgment in believing bashir, prompting a detailed condemnation of the bbc by prince william. she was failed not just by a rogue reporter, but by leaders at the bbc who looked the other way rather than asking the tough questions. let me start off by saying, if i might, to acknowledge how hard this has been, the lord dyson investigation, for the royalfamily, for the two prin

appearing in front of a parliamentary select committee along with two previous director generals — lord birtin charge at the time of the princess diana interview, and lord hall, who ran the news division at the time and concluded in a 1996 investigation that martin bashir was a "decent and honourable man". lord hall told the committee that he regretted coming to that verdict, and explained why he didn't involve himself in bashir�*s re—employment. it is not for me to second—guess directors or people who are running large departments. again, i go back to you trust them to make the judgments today will be sounding out that needs to be done. i trusted a journalist and gave him a second chance. we, the team, gave him a second chance and that trust was abused and was misplaced. in 100 years of bbcjournalism, can we think of anybody else who behave in that kind of way? so, yes, they all believed him, hardened and experience the they were, and we know they were wrong to believe him. well, i'm joined now by another former bbc executive, roger mosey, who was editor of the today programme at the time o

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but the use of the espionage act against journalists and the, the us government's saying birts note in central essentially there is no longer any whistle blowing. defense was no longer any public interest defense. there's most one they want to change that up. and of course, although the judge ruled against the expedition bank, now 5 months ago, judy is still in jail. remarkably, the expedition was stopped, but he's still in jail. and the high court hasn't even decided yet whether to have the united states appeal against his continued imprisonment. so we have an innocent man in the highest maximum security prison in the u. k. but i see no reason to believe that the, the manifest injustices in this case a going to stop any time soon so, so ultimately you think that they will continue to make an example of julian, a saw in effect scaring journalists and, and those who want to be outspoken about issues like i guess for generations to come. do you think a scientist just being made an example of and basically there's no real light at the end of the tunnel for him. now i think that has to be

two former bbc director generals, lord tony hall and lord john birt, and the current director generalwales. they will also face questions on the broadcaster's handling of investigations into how bashir obtained the world exclusive. a recent report by lord dyson criticised the methods the journalist used to secure his bombshell interview in 1995, including using fake bank statements. borisjohnson and his australian counterpart, scott morrison, have agreed the broad terms of a trade deal between the two countries. a formal announcement is expected today about what would be the first trade deal to be negotiated from scratch since the uk left the european union. i think we were supposed to have a clip for you. we can bring age to you. clip for you. we can bring age to ou. . clip for you. we can bring age to ou. , , ., ~ you. the first thing is that minette batters who _ you. the first thing is that minette batters who runs _ you. the first thing is that minette batters who runs the _ you. the first thing is that minette batters who runs the national- batters who runs the national farmers'

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chance for mps to grill the current director—general, tim davie, as well as former bbc bosses lord birtsaying, if i might, to acknowledge how hard this has been, the lord dyson investigation, for the royal family, for the two princes, and i am sorry for the hurt caused. but at core, here, i trusted a journalist, i gave him a second chance. we, the team, gave him a second chance, and the trust was abused and misplaced. let me say i don't think the words, "honest and honourable," 25 years on, look appropriate at all. yesterday, the bbc published its enquiry into the decision to rehire martin bashir as religious affairs correspondent in 2016. it found no evidence to suggest he was reemployed in order to cover up the circumstances surrounding his diana interview, but it did raise concerns around the fairness and transparency of his reappointment and revealed some bbc executives were told in 2016 that bashir had faked documents in 1995 but considered the allegations spent. it is not for me to second—guess directors or people running large departments. again, i go back, you trust them to make

committee will be questioning tim davie, the director—general, and the former director—generalsjohn birt it is going to be even hotter than that this afternoon. but the heat is a bit more limited towards the south east of the uk. further north, a fresher feel to the weather. most areas dry with sunshine, but there will be a few passing showers into the highlands and islands in scotland. so, you can see the heat in the south—east, temperatures reaching 29c or so. further north, temperatures more in the range of around 16 to 18c. 0vernight tonight, we will keep some patches of cloud across central areas of the country. it is going to be a dry night. those temperatures slow to fall away in the south east, but a more comfortable night for sleeping further northwards. tomorrow, fine start to the day with some sunshine, but the weather will tend to cloud over in northern ireland, as a weather front approaches here, and eventually that front will bring some rain into western scotland. england and wales, a fresher feel to the weather, but in the sunshine, still very warm, with temperatures reach

appearing in front of a parliamentary select committee along with two previous director generals — lord birt though they were, and we know they were wrong to believe him. well, i'm joined now by another former bbc executive, roger mosey, who was editor of the today programme at the time of the diana interview and went on to be head of television news and editorial director, and left the corporation in 2013. thank you for coming on newswatch. this is a troubling story about people involved in bringing us the news we are supposed to trust, which is why we are discussing it on newswatch. the bbc investigated bashir itself back in 1996 so why didn't all that we know would now come back then? i think you have to go back to look at the context then. do you have had this amazing scoop in 1995 in the bashir interview with princess diana and then in 1996 awkward questions are asked about it and the bbc starts to investigate but i think you have to remember what the consequences would have been if the bbc had fired bashir and covered every single thing which should happened, which is that it would hav