great britain came second. hello, i'm kasia madera. the internationally renowed specialist children's hospital, great ormond street in london, says thatcarrying out a review of more than 700 patients cases after concerns were raised about one of its former surgeons yasarjabber, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon. with me is our correspondent, nicky schiller. what are the hospital saying? great ormond street hospital must worldwide for treating children. it says it is looking into a 721 patients, all children, who had come into contact with yasarjabber while he worked as a surgeon. he is reported to be an expert in limb reconstruction. so far, of the 39 cases that have been reviewed, more than half were found to have been harmed, under 13 patients with severely. lawyers representing some of the family should be treated by yasarjabber so children as young as four months old were subjected to unnecessary surgery and suffered life changing injuries, but one child having to undergo an amputation that could possibly have been avoided if different treatment had been followed. one of the solicitors representing seven of the children says the cl

the internationally renowed specialist children's hospital, great ormond street in london, says it'sew of more than 700 patients cases, after concerns were raised about one of its former surgeons, yasarjabber, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon. our correspondent nicky schiller has the story. and — fireworks light up the night sky — bringing the paralympics — and paris�* summer of sport — to a close. hello, i'm kasia madera. the internationally renowed specialist children's hospital, great ormond street in london, says it's carrying out a review of more than 700 patients cases, after concerns were raised about one of its former surgeons, yasarjabber, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon. our correspondent nicky schiller has the story. great ormond street is world famous for treating children, says it is looking at 721 patients, all children who had come into contact with yaserjabber while he worked there as a surgeon. now he is reported to be an expert in limb reconstruction. now, so far, of the 39 cases reviewed, more than half were found to have been harmed. 13 of those patients severely

the internationally renowed specialist children's hospital, great ormond street in london, says it'sg out a review of more than 700 patients cases, after concerns were raised about one of its former surgeons, yasarjabber, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon. our correspondent nicky schiller has the story. great ormond street, which, as you said, is world famous for treating children, says it is looking at 721 patients, all children who had come into contact with yaserjabber while he worked there as a surgeon. now he is reported to be an expert in limb reconstruction. now, so far, of the 39 cases reviewed, more than half were found to have been harmed. 13 of those patients severely. now, lawyers representing some of the families treated by yaserjabber say that children as young as four months old were subjected to unnecessary surgery and suffered life—changing injuries, with one child having to undergo an amputation that could possibly have been avoided if different treatment had been followed. now, the solicitors representing seven of the children says the claims are shocking. have a li

the hospital says its taking the matter "incredibly seriously". 0ur health editor hugh pym, is at great ormond streetls. as you say, more than 700 cases at this world—famous children's hospital are now being looked at. of those, 39 have been formally reviewed. more than half have seen harm to a child. they are all linked to this consultant orthopaedic surgeon, yaserjabbar, who no longer works here at great ormond street, and no longer has a licence to practice in the uk. we understand he is now practising in dubai and he is due to speak at an international conference there next week. we've tried to get in touch with him but he hasn't responded. in 2022 the trust called on the royal college of surgeons to review its paediatric orthopaedic service and in the college's report to the trust, according to the sunday times which has seen it, a case involving leg straightening and leg lengthening was said to be unsuitable. the lawyer for some of the families involved have said there are cases of muscle and nerve damage and in one case the amputation of a lower limb. the response from great ormond street is t

hospital for five years between 2017 and 2022. two years ago, after concerns were raised by staff and families of patients, great ormond street askediew into its orthopaedic practices. subsequently, the hospital wrote to all 721 of mrjabbar�*s patients and their families. it now said 22 children in 39 cases it had looked at so far had come to some degree of harm, with 13 classified as serious. for george's family, who only found out earlier this year, it's come a huge shock. george had been under their care since he was two, and we had had the best care. and you do go in with blind trust, because it is great ormond street. we are devastated, and we are mortified that our trust has been broken by the place that we trusted our son to. in a statement, great ormond street apologised, and said a group of independent experts are now reviewing all the patients of one surgeon, and that it was committed to being open and transparent. mrjabbar is now thought to be practising in dubai, and has not responded to the bbc for comment. i was quite shocked to see the number of individuals who were affected by this potentially, and as the investigat

they have made certain recommend nations which great ormond street hospital is no going to fit into placelogised and contacted patients and families who have been affected so they know who they are but apologising and concerned about any distress caused. overnight they were missile exchanges between israel and the lebanese militant group with a number of projectiles being fired from both directions across the border. let's speak to our correspondent injerusalem. news coming through in the past 30 minutes or so israel closing its all land border crossings with jordan. its all land border crossings withjordan. how much this this mark an escalation in a situation that had eight intentions as of last night? it intentions as of last night? it certainly does mark like an escalation because it is the first attack coming from jordan since the start of the gas at work. that is significant and it follows a very big operation in the west bank, israeli operation that has left at least 39 people dead and of course meanwhile we have got the ongoing problems of the peace negotiations with no agreement y

great ormond street hospital is overseeing an urgent review of the cases of more than 700 patients after concerns were raised about a former surgeon. the patients were treated by yaserjabbar, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon who worked at the hospital until a year ago. jordan's launched an investigation into the fatal shooting of three israeli security personnel by a jordanian truck driver at a border crossing which links it to the occupied west bank. jordan and israel have closed the king hussein—allenby bridge in both directions. israel's prime minister has condemned the shooting. venezuela's opposition leader — edmundo gonzalez — has arrived in spain, where he's been granted political asylum. he left venezuela, where he had taken refuge in the spanish embassy in caracas. he'd challenged the venezuelan president injuly�*s elections which the opposition claims it won. i will be back at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, americast. so, the us presidential election is getting ever nearer — it's getting more and more exciting. and the polls are really very tight. so, what does that tell

great ormond street hospital says it is carrying out an investigation after concerns were raised about cases carried out by one of their former surgeons. 3�*2�*1 carried out by one of their former surgeons. 721 patients are being _ former surgeons. 721 patients are being contacted _ former surgeons. 721 patients are being contacted about - former surgeons. 721 patients l are being contacted about their contact with the surgeon who know no longer lives a great ormond street. they have so far been 39 cases looked into where levels of harm identified and 13 patients have come to some severe harm, we don't have any details on that and nine have suffered low or moderate harm and 15 patients have come to no harm and awaiting peer review. we are still waiting outcomes and quite shocking numbers and the hospital says it is doing what it is told and referred to itself to the royal college of surgeons who have looked into the case and made certain recommendations which the hospital says it will now put into place and take very seriously. it has apologised to any of those affected and said it has

here, great ormond street children's hospital in london says is urgently reviewing the cases of moremer doctor. yaserjabbar worked as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the specialist centre from 2017 to 2022. the hospital says it's taking the matter "incredibly seriously". here's our health editor, hugh pym. more than 700 cases at this world—famous children's hospital are now being looked at. of those, 39 have been formally reviewed. more than half have seen harm to a child. 13 severely so. they are all linked to this consultant orthopaedic surgeon, yaserjabbar. he no longer works here at great ormond street and no longer has a licence to practice in the uk. we understand he is now practising in dubai and in fact is due to speak at an international conference there next week. we've tried to get in touch with him but he hasn't responded. back in 2022, the trust called in the royal college of surgeons to review its paediatric orthopaedic service and in the college's report to the trust — according to the sunday times, which has seen it — a case involving leg straightening and lengthe

great ormond street children's hospital in london, says is urgently reviewing the cases of more thang the possible negligence of a former doctor. yaserjabaar worked as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the specialist centre, from 2017 to 2022. the hospital says its taking the matter incredibly seriously. in 2022 the trust called on the royal college of surgeons to review its paediatric orthopaedic service and in the college's report to the trust, according to the sunday times which has seen it, a case involving leg straightening and leg lengthening was said to be unsuitable. the lawyer for some of the families involved have said there are cases of muscle and nerve damage and in one case the amputation of a lower limb. the response from great ormond street is that they take very seriously the need to listen to patients and hear what has happened. they say they've been in contact with the patients and their families. the review will carry on for 18 months but the trust says they are extending their sincere apologies. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. sir keir star

the last half an hour, yaser jabbar, consultant orthopaedic surgeon who worked at great ormond street children's hospital is now reviewing 700 cases the doctor had worked on. doctorjabbar was due to appear at the international orthopaedic conference in dubai this week but has now been removed as a speaker from that conference. in a statement, organisers of the orthopaedic congress said we are deeply shocked by the recent revelations regarding doctor yaserjabbar�*s alleged involvement in unethical medical practices. george lucas, creator of the star wars group has led tributes to the darth vader voice actorjames earljones who has died at the age of 93. lucas described him as a beautiful human being. mark hamill who played the film's protagonist and darth vader's son luke skywalker tweeted, rip, dad. as well as the star wars villain, jones was known for a wide array of rolls of his six decade career, his other voice work included move faster in disney's lion king and the news channel cnn ident. lizo mzimba looks back on his life. from this film, the first film role he clearly had something special. the fir

the files of hundreds of patients treated at great ormond street childrens hospital are being reviewedight up the night sky — bringing the paralympics — and paris' summer of sport — to a close. hello i'm kasia madera. mps will vote later this week, on the government's controversial plans to cut winter fuel payments to millions of pensioners, in england and wales. sir keir starmer, in his first major interview since becoming prime minister, has told the bbc he's prepared for the government to be unpopular, if that's the price to be paid, for an improved economy, as our political correspondent hannah miller reports.

great ormond street. this is a really shocking story . shocking story. >> yeah, absolutely. so, this is an investigation into a rogue surgeon at great ormond street hospitaloperated on as many as 720 children. this is a surgeon there who was working specifically on leg lengthening or leg restructuring procedures. children born with, i don't know, congenital defects or who weren't growing in sort of evenly. they talks about one instance where they were deliberately break children's legs as part of this and then extend their legs using sort of a brace and rack system. and this was mismanaged , this was mismanaged, particularly by this individual doctor. and one child, at least one child. the sunday times says, eventually had their leg amputated. one victim was just four months old, and again, within this within this story, this is an international doctor. within this story, the stories of an nhs staff knew that there was something going on. nhs staff said, look, i wouldn't want him treated on my family or working on anybody that i knew they were telling other, you know, non members of staff don't use this doctor and of course, inevitably this, this, this, t

the hospital says that of the 39 cases reviewed so far, 13 patients had come to severe harm. great ormond streeted all the patients and families affected and will ensure all the findings of the review are addressed at pace. an internationally famous children's hospital in london says it's carrying out an urgent case review of more than seven— hundred young patients seen drjabbar, who specialises in limb reconstruction, is now based in dubai. he's been contacted for comment, but has not yet responded to the allegations. here is our correspondent ellie price with more. go through the numbers. 721 patients are being reviewed as part of the concern over their contact with a sergeant that no longer works at great allman is to, and of those 722, they have so far been 39 cases looked into where the following levels of harm were identified. 13 patients have come to severe harm, we don't know exactly what the harm is, nine have suffered low or moderate harm, 15 have come to no harm and another to have been referred for a further peer review, the outcomes we are still waiting to hear. so quite shocking nu

great ormond street hospital orders a review into the work of a surgeon and admits some children have been harmed. leaders of two major unions call on the government to scrap plans to cut winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. the curtain comes down on the paralympics in paris, as the british team celebrate hitting their medal target in style after a memorable summer of sport. and are you ready for a shock to the system? some spots which saw 28 degrees on friday, will only be about 1k degrees. are you ready for the first field of autumn? details on breakfast. good morning. it's monday, the 9th of september. the next phase of the uk covid inquiry begins today, with public hearings looking at the impact on patients, healthcare workers and the wider nhs. the personal stories of more than 30,000 people will form part of the evidence heard over the coming weeks. 0ur reporterjoe inwood has more. there was no area of life untouched by the covid—19 pandemic. but what impact did it have on those who risked their lives to save others? that's the question being asked by the next stage

the internationally renowed specialist children's hospital, great ormond street in london, says it's

mean, i have a child who has a condition which actually means he spends a lot of time in hospital at great ormond streetmmy where he's missing time off. and i'm really lucky. i have loads of family around me and good childcare, so i'm able to work and everything is fine, but well, at times. but i know a lot of people that don't have that, and that means that a lot of women are going part time. they're giving up their careers because they just. it's not just the sickness, it's the whole thing . the school runs, the thing. the school runs, the pickups. >> i think some of these figures about people who could be working and aren't working, they're not necessarily on benefits, but some of them will benefits, but some of them will be people who, during the pandemic, particularly parents, decided to get a different work life balance . they quite liked life balance. they quite liked being at home and they realise the children are benefiting from it. do you think those people are in these statistics? >> annette kellow of people staying at home with not working, who decided to not go back to work, of working age?