john simpson. our— has been using. yes, indeed. john simpson, our world _ has been using.rld affairs - has been using. yes, indeed. john simpson, our world affairs editor, | simpson, our world affairs editor, thank you very much forjoining us from the lebanese capital beirut. so many factors playing into this war, including what has been, and continues to be, a chorus of voices from around the world calling for a ceasefire, a pause, humanitarian pause, to allow desperately needed aid to enter the gaza strip. the world health organisation hasjust published a list of medical supplies it says are urgently needed and ready to go into gaza, but the rafah crossing on the south of gaza from egypt has trucks piled up and only a small number have been allowed to enter. the who listing surgical equipment and health services that are needed for the hundreds of thousands of displaced people who are now trying to shelter in southern gaza, but are finding that no place is safe. someone who understands well what is at stake here is sir mark lowe clock, he was the un's undersecretary gene

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our world affairs editor john simpson is in beirut.t ground invasion into gaza and it would seem that it is then just a matter of time before there is more anger on the streets of many capitals including where you are? ., , of many capitals including where you are? . , ., are? that is true. there are differences, _ are? that is true. there are differences, though, - are? that is true. there are differences, though, here. | are? that is true. there are i differences, though, here. for instance, the 2006 incursion by israel into lebanon. people here do not feel that it is their own lives and their own country for which is on the line in the way that they did backin on the line in the way that they did back in 2006. this is about hamas, this is about gaza. and to be honest, you find plenty of people who don't want to sacrifice themselves over this country for gaza. i suppose it'sjust themselves over this country for gaza. i suppose it's just a themselves over this country for gaza. i suppose it'sjust a natural human response will stop i w

i'm john simpson. not much doubt about our main story this week, naturally, and in a moment, i'll be analysing the latest situation in israel and gaza. but also on this programme, immigration, probably the dominant topic in europe at present. is there any foolproof way of stopping the illegal movement of people? shouldn't we start thinking further upstream? are we dealing with development issues so that people are less desirous of leaving their home countries in the first place? the us government has serious political problems in paying its way, but do ordinary americans care if their politicians jam up the works deliberately? a lot of republican voters, a lot of republican rank and file members, think the country is heading in a terribly wrong direction. a government has gotten too big that if something isn't done very, very soon, that it'll be too late to save the country. and in india, the bbc has discovered a vast and cruel scam which has led to poverty, fear, and suicide. when we spoke to victims

yeah. >> simpson, john simpson's >> john simpson, john simpson's words misunderstood words perhaps weretood in that context. he was saying the never takes well, the bbc never takes sides. well, that's the problem with the bbc is appalling at actually explaining these things. >> often resents the fact >> and it often resents the fact it explain them. but it's it has to explain them. but it's understandable if people understandable that if people see horrors , why should they see the horrors, why should they understand this distinction and the need or the bbc's perceived need would actually to be regarded impartial . it's regarded as impartial. it's trust. and i say, you know, in arguments like this , there is arguments like this, there is a group of people just waiting to say, see the bbc is biased. you've somehow got to get the information across to them . information across to them. >> i guess the problem is that for a domestic british audience and with hamas being a proscribed terrorist organisation , can you see why organisation, can you see why our viewers are getting quite upset ab

yeah. >> simpson, john simpson's >> john simpson, john simpson's words misunderstood words perhaps weretood in that context. he was saying the never takes well, the bbc never takes sides. well, that's the problem with the bbc is appalling at actually explaining these things. >> often resents the fact >> and it often resents the fact it explain them. but it's it has to explain them. but it's understandable if people understandable that if people see horrors , why should they see the horrors, why should they understand this distinction and the need or the bbc's perceived need would actually to be regarded impartial . it's regarded as impartial. it's trust. and i say, you know, in arguments like this , there is arguments like this, there is a group of people just waiting to say, see the bbc is biased. you've somehow got to get the information across to them . information across to them. >> i guess the problem is that for a domestic british audience and with hamas being a proscribed terrorist organisation , can you see why organisation, can you see why our viewers are getting quite upset ab

almost of era , is it that as john simpson is talking alm(this of era , is it that as john simpson iss john simpson is talking alm(this is outdated,r , is it that as john simpson is talking alm(this is outdated, director that this is outdated, director from the bbc i fully expected on saturday morning for there to be a meeting in the bbc and say this changes everything. we change and we change our language and we now describe very describe i will be very interested to see how ofcom responds to these cases. >> what 1 or 2 of them i know actually very well who have written to ofcom to complain about this. i want ofcom to act as quickly as it can, but it needs to. it needs to be thoughtful as well. and i would like actually to be an like actually there to be an internal investigation within the that its editorial the bbc so that its editorial standards , its editorial standards, its editorial guidelines are properly reviewed because they have to be fit for purpose. >> what is the fear? what fear do the bbc have, carol, of calling them terrorists? who are they? friday and of? >> i don't u

and john simpson, they put out john simpson, they put out john simpson himself on the bbc website explainingt use the word terrorist when it comes to hamas or jews. but they use it for they use it for isis. we use it for al—qaeda. yeah, the bbc has got a problem with jews . with jews. >> yeah, no, it really has. but do you think also we've got a problem in this country? i mean, how is it young progressives, young university students are out marching for a cause that's being fronted by people who, frankly have an ideology that we saw in the 1930. what's happened ? aid to this country. >> now, that's a very important point. the far left , the circle point. the far left, the circle between the far right and the far left unites when it comes to jews and what you're seeing now, i can't remember which uk newspaper talked about this, what happened to the jews when the gaza terrorists came across as being a holocaust. but in the same way as you have holocaust deniers who are generally people who are holocaust applauders in the camp, you have in the left wing camp, people who are applauding and then

and john simpson, they put out john simpson, they put out john simpson himself on the bbc website explaininguse the word terrorist when it comes to hamas or jews. but they use it for they use it for isis. we use it for al—qaeda. yeah, the bbc has got a problem with jews . with jews. >> yeah, no, it really has. but do you think also we've got a problem in this country? i mean, how is it young progressives, young university students are out marching for a cause that's being fronted by people who, frankly have an ideology that we saw in the 1930. what's happened ? aid to this country. >> now, that's a very important point. the far left , the circle point. the far left, the circle between the far right and the far left unites when it comes to jews and what you're seeing now, i can't remember which uk newspaper talked about this, what happened to the jews when the gaza terrorists came across as being a holocaust. but in the same way as you have holocaust deniers who are generally people who are holocaust applauders in the camp, you have in the left wing camp, people who are applauding and then go

it what they are it calls things what they are and what john simpson didn't deal with in his tweet was in so many other contexts, as we've discussed just now, has used the word terrorism. i mean, what's clear is that the bbc guidelines do not preclude include the use of the word terrorism . i'm roger of the word terrorism. i'm roger mosey, the former head of bbc television news made that very clear in an article in the guardian. but also that the bbc guidelines, they written by guidelines, they are written by the have practical, day the bbc to have practical, day to effect . to day effect. >> and if there is an exceptional circumstance , exceptional circumstance, they're guidelines. they're only guidelines. >> , absolutely. but would >> well, absolutely. but i would say isn't even an say this isn't even an exceptional circumstance . exceptional circumstance. >> obvious? exceptional circumstance. >> it's'ious? exceptional circumstance. >> it's absolutely obvious . >> it's absolutely obvious. >> it's absolutely obvious. >> come to wembley, >> and to come to wembley, wembley isn't going t

i'm john simpson. i'll be analysing the latest situation in israel and gaza. but also on this programme, immigration, probably the dominant topic in europe at present. is there any foolproof way of stopping the illegal movement of people? shouldn't we start thinking further upstream? are we dealing with development issues so that people are less desirous of leaving their home countries in the first place? the us government has serious political problems in paying its way, but do ordinary americans care if their politicians jam up the works deliberately? a lot of republican voters, a lot of republican rank and file members, think the country is heading in a terribly wrong direction. a government has gotten too big that if something isn't done very, very soon, that it'll be too late to save the country. and in india, the bbc has discovered a vast and cruel scam which has led to poverty, fear, and suicide.

john simpson, our world affairs editor, thank you very much for joining us here on bbc news.ur. let me show you the live image coming from the gaza skyline. it is a day where we've heard another dire warning from unrwa, the main un agency taking care or trying to take care of palestinian civilians in the gaza strip, saying now with shortages of fuel, dangerously low, that gaza was now on the brink. he also said that the un itself was losing large numbers of its own employees, more than 50 staff members of unrwa have been killed in three weeks of war and we also heard from other charities saying they are finding it difficult to operate. this is bbc news. hello. british summertime comes to an end, as the clocks go back. and we are seeing things very autumnal, unsettled and changeable over the next few days. some heavy downpours of rain for many of us, and blustery wind at times too. low pressure is anchored to the west of us at the moment, so low pressure systems and showers rotating around the low pressure and driving it in and this area of low pressure could be a troublemaker

john simpson emphasising the going concern about the widening war, but growing concern also about themany days has been on fuel running out. that is affecting hospitals. with hospitals in gaza either shut or unable to provide medical help, pregnant women are being forced to give birth in dangerous conditions. one of them — a journalist called jumana — has made a video diary of her experiences. she's been speaking to bbc arabic�*s dalia haider. they speak arabic. a precious moment captured between a pregnant mother and daughter. translation: i'm about to deliver any time soon. - i hope my second baby arrives safely and peacefully, but apparently she will come within a destruction. as israel carried out air strikes we asked jumana, a journalist from gaza city, to record a video diary in the lead up to giving birth. what scares me the most, what i think about every night as i fall asleep, is that we may not wake up. two days after the conflict started jumana evacuated with her four—year—old daughter and moved in with relatives further south, where they thought it was safer. i moved to an

john simpson, our world affairs — for some months.d be doinu? ~ , . international community should be doint ? . , ., ., , international community should be doinu? , ., ., ,., ., doing? well, my heart goes out to eve bod doing? well, my heart goes out to everybody affected _ doing? well, my heart goes out to everybody affected by _ doing? well, my heart goes out to everybody affected by these i doing? well, my heart goes out to| everybody affected by these awful, horrendous attacks over the last few days. israel has every right to defend itself, to bring the hostages home, and to protect its citizens. and the terrorist attacks by hamas have set back the cause of peace that so many of us want to see taken forward in the middle east, but this is a sad day for those who want to see peace and two state solution for israel and palestine. taste see peace and two state solution for israel and palestine.— israel and palestine. we are talking about the impact _ israel and palestine. we are talking about the impact on _ israel and palestine. we

, one of the most >> john simpson, one of the most experienced journalists in the country, of course for the bbc, has stood by what the bbc have done in not using that emotive language, he said. it's terribly important for the credibility of the bbc's journalism not to be seen to take sides . stephanie what about take sides. stephanie what about the fa then? and also the premier league staying out of politics now? that's fine except in in the past that they've got very involved in politics. >> mark, in this situation you're if you do and you're if you're if you do and you're if you don't. while i think we should call a spade a spade and what happened if hamas's attack against israel is terrorism, what's been frustrating going over the past week is people forcing people to pick a side. it's more complex. more people who haven't been aware of what's been happening in the middle east, especially between israel and palestine. palestine and people are making themselves more knowledgeable on it. and it's hard to pick a side because people are making it out. if you support means support pal

and you've just shown that what john simpson said was completely ridiculous.ctually shows how stupid the metropolitan liberal elite who run the bbc are. they say they want to be evenhanded , and yet want to be evenhanded, and yet they're trying to equate the defensive actions of israel , defensive actions of israel, which most people would understand. defensive actions of israel with the homicidal lunatics who've been raping and slaughtering , and they even slaughtering, and they even beheaded a grandmother. and then they posted the video of her beheading on her own facebook page. so her followers could see it. i mean, that is just unbelievable . but the fact is unbelievable. but the fact is that in the islamic calendar 2023, which is now is actually 1444, they are living in the mediaeval age and that is the sort of atrocity that they are committing. i mean, they need to be called out for what they are and it is appalling that the bbc won't matthew i'll bring and it is appalling that the bbc wonin matthew i'll bring and it is appalling that the bbc wonin on ma

again going back to john simpson's letter , he says that simpson's letter, he says that the bbc are looking objectively. i think it's the opposite. i think objectivity would be to call them out as being a terror group. they're proscribed as being a terror group. so that's the objectivity . all you're doing is literally reading out the truth. so then you have to look at it subjectively. why are they so reluctant to take you back to my earlier view, i think that management are more pro—palestine than they are pro—israel and they sort of get they they they they don't want things like this to happen, but they sort of understand why hamas exist. and think that's hamas exist. and i think that's seeping through with their broadcasting. think actually broadcasting. i think actually what has come out so far anyway from what is this just unbelievable desperate situation that's taking place and quite possibly only going to get worse actually, it's been quite good at sorting out who's who in everything. at sorting out who's who in eve it's ing. at sorting out who's who in eve it's been quite a good way

now it is time for an spun world with john simpson - independent.is taking place in gaza. hello and thanks forjoining me for unspun world, the expected invasion of gaza has been held up by the hope that more israeli hostages will be released. living conditions inside gaza itself are unthinkable the dreadful. and hezbollah on israel's northern border may yet decide to attack israel.— attack israel. there are half a million troops _ attack israel. there are half a million troops now. _ attack israel. there are half a million troops now. the - attack israel. there are half a l million troops now. the border between lebanon and israel is extremely important as well, so there is a very, very big military deployment there.— there is a very, very big military deployment there. ukraine's efforts to resist the — deployment there. ukraine's efforts to resist the russian _ deployment there. ukraine's efforts to resist the russian invasion - deployment there. ukraine's efforts to resist the russian invasion havel to resist the russian invasion have suddenly tur

and amazing, you know, john simpson , regarded as know, john simpson, regarded as one of the great bbcns, you know , even he puts out you know, even he puts out messages saying it's not for the to bbc take sides, which of course , is why they won't say course, is why they won't say that hamas are a terrorist organisation , even though organisation, even though they're proscribed by the british government. and i think this has done the bbc simple , this has done the bbc simple, the most enormous damage , though the most enormous damage, though fair to say sky news are equally in the same boat. our national broadcaster and actually those three letters bbc around the world have represented something quite great about our country over the last century, but they are now in very, very serious decline and looking deeply partisan . partisan. >> and i've got a statement from the bbc. i'll read that in a second. but before i do that, nigel, you know, some of the latest opinion polling i found quite startling, actually, which is that there are certainly when you down there you break it down by ag

correspondent in gaza, who is trapped there with his family as well as working, and we will hear from john simpsontle to tell us more. morning. good morning. i am in the community — morning. good morning. i am in the community post _ morning. good morning. i am in the community post office. _ morning. good morning. i am in the community post office. rather- community post office. rather handily, they have some candles here that can help me illustrate the figure for you. 6.7% was the inflation figure for september. that means that if you spend £100 on a range of goods and services in september last year, typically those same things would now cost you £106 and 70 p. it is on average, so some things would have gone up in price more sharply than that. food being one example. the rate of food inflation almost double that of things generally in the economy. the september inflation figure is really important, because the government usesit important, because the government uses it to calculate how much certain benefits will go up in april next year. under the law, some benefits, like disability benefits a

now, john simpson , your former colleague, simpson, your former colleague, the affairs wrote the worldrote an he, on the an article, didn't he, on the bbc , saying, we've never bbc website, saying, we've never called groups terrorists , called any groups terrorists, even were not called even the ira were not called terrorists the terrorists by the bbc. >> right. i mean, we were >> that's right. i mean, we were stuck i reported on stuck with i reported on northern ireland over a period of seven years during the of about seven years during the in and the troubles and in the 70s. and the troubles and we knew the rules. we knew perfectly we weren't going perfectly well we weren't going to down on side or the to come down on one side or the other. that we had to report other. and that we had to report all things. so for me, all these things. so for me, i suppose it's so part of my natural instinct. after 30 years as a correspondent for bbc. as a correspondent for the bbc. yeah imagine that in a yeah not to imagine that in a situation like this. oh, well, who's right and who's wrong? no, you

and john simpson, the veteran reporter , came out the veteran reporter, came out and said calling someonend they said, oh, take sides. and they said, oh, take sides. and they said, oh, take sides against hamas . oh, we sides against hamas. oh, we can't have that. john. >> yeah, pretty ridiculous. steve you used to work bbc. steve you used to work at bbc. what think the their what do you think the their argument as to why they don't seems no longer applicable. >> it's a traditional way that they to never have the voice they try to never have the voice of saying something. but of the bbc saying something. but you a group been you know, when a group has been called terrorist group by the called a terrorist group by the government king gets government by the king gets involved, you could do it. i don't see why how it would ruin their broadcasting did. their broadcasting if they did. >> attacks seem >> yeah. so this attacks seem very me. and very harsh to me. and they talked manufacturing talked about manufacturing consent, chomsky consent, which is a chomsky book. where book. so you can see w

the bbc for the last two weeks, not only demonstrating prejudice and misjudgement as stars like john simpson double down, but stubbornness and arrogance as well . well, that's what as well. well, that's what happens with public bodies who receive their money come what may. now, why does this row over whether hamas are terrorists actually matter ? well, because a actually matter? well, because a failure to do so sends a message to the world that these atrocities are somehow part of a strategic conflict with hamas being just militants, principled gunmen and freedom fighters, if you like . language matters , as you like. language matters, as does reporting following the devastating explosion at the al alawi hospital in gaza, killing at least 300 people. the bbc quickly speculated it was likely to be israel, a grave error for which they've now apologised days after. it's now widely accepted that the stray rockets were launched by islamic jihad , were launched by islamic jihad, hamas's sister organisation in the ugly sister with the bbc jumping to conclusions and wrongly pointing the finger at is

now, bbc world affairs editor john simpson has defended the broadcaster refusal to describe hamas as attacks in israel. so mr simpson argued that labelling hamas as terrorists would mean taking sides and a disregard of due impartiality. however for the british government has actually proscribed hamas as a terrorist organisation . in 2021. acheloma organisation. in 2021. acheloma joins me now is the former head of religious and ethical programming at bbc and channel 4.thank programming at bbc and channel 4. thank you very much. great to have you on the show . akua do have you on the show. akua do you think the bbc is right to not call a proscribed terrorist organisation a terrorist organisation a terrorist organisation ? well, obviously organisation? well, obviously thanks for having me on the show. >> i'm speaking on a purely on a personal basis . they're not the personal basis. they're not the only ones. there are other broadcast others as well. so i think know you're focusing on think i know you're focusing on the obviously other the bbc, but obviously other broadcasters not using

i'm john simpson. dominant topic in europe at present. is there any foolproof way of stopping the illegal movement of people? shouldn't we start thinking further upstream? are we dealing with development issues so that people are less desirous of leaving their home countries in the first place? the us government has serious political problems in paying its way, but do ordinary americans care if their politicians jam up the works deliberately? a lot of republican voters, a lot of republican rank and file members, think the country is heading in a terribly wrong direction. a government has gotten too big that if something isn't done very, very soon, that it'll be too late to save the country. and in india, the bbc has discovered a vast and cruel scam which has led to poverty, fear, and suicide. when we spoke to victims here, the first thing that they said that the mental torture that they went through was beyond anything. they said the money actually became secondary for them. shouting. nobody saw this c

you have seen people like john simpson, our most senior journalist, jeremy bowen come out this week andhe iplayer. fiona bruce rang the audience member, roberta, the following day to apologise. there was criticism of social media. here isjeremy hicks. shropshire green man defended the comments. the bbc issued a statement in response. that's all from us for now. thank you forjoining us. to think about getting in touch and perhaps even coming on the programme. we will be back to hear more of your thoughts on how bbc covers the news next week. goodbye. morning. welcome to breakfast. the morning. welcome to breakfast. tue: headlines. civilians morning. welcome to breakfast. tu9: headlines. civilians flee morning. welcome to breakfast. tu9 headlines. civilians flee northern gaza by car on the back of trucks and on foot as israel 24—hour deadline to leap ahead of an expected ground offensive passes. fits expected ground offensive passes. as many families wait for news of relatives who have been taken hostage by hamas. the un once both sides to respect human life. essen sides to respect human l

john rutherford from florida, simpson from idaho, womack from arkansas, and the bottom line here, you know, it took 15 rounds that mccarthy wore folks down, made concessions, and he just squeaked through getting six to vote present. if there are five on this list, if you can spot five who aren't going to vote for jim jordan, then the math is never going to be there for him. after two days of this and looking at these motivations, it's easy to see a lot more than five who might fall into that category. >> that brings us to david drucker, what our great and good friend here, brendan, says may be their only alternative right now, which is to consider the mchenry possibility. said no to scalise. they said no to jordan in a big way. they said no to mccarthy. is there an advantage to democrats to helping this along? can they then say, look, we were the grown-ups in the room while the republicans were wallowing in their hurt feelings, while they were fighting internally, we decided to do something that was going to move things forward. could you see this happening? >> well, look, my sources

john rutherford from florida, who voted for scalise, mike simpson from idaho, who voted for scalise, victoria spartz from indiana, reluctant back to january in all of these votes to side with her party's nominee on the floor. she ended up not voting for jim jordan in this one. steve womack, he had been sending indications that he wouldn't vote as well. so you've got a couple different blocks here. you got some republicans who are from safely republican districts. they may have an issue with jordan. they may have an issue with how this process played out, some loyalty, residual loyalty to steve scalise or kevin mccarthy. you've got some republicans who represent districts that either voted for biden or were close to voting for biden who may be feeling some political pressure here. and, again, you add that all together here and jordan wasn't really close on this vote. and we mentioned the one absence here, the one member who didn't vote is gus bilirakis from florida, for jordan, expected to be available for votes later today. every other member of the house voted in this election. so,