the justice for harrods survivors _ that? no comment. stice for harrods survivors group has - that? no comment. the justice for harrods survivors group has filed l that? no comment. the justice for harrods survivors group has filed a complaint to the general medical council about dr coxon. the growing number of women who accuse mohamed al fayed of horrific attacks now want those who enabled his abuse to be held responsible. helena wilkinson, bbc news. the supermodel naomi campbell has been banned from being a charity trustee for five years. the regulator, the charity commission, found there had been serious mismanagement of funds at the charity fashion for relief, which ms campbell set up and was overseeing. graham satchell has been looking into the story. what more can you tell us? naomi campbell is one of the most famous supermodels in the world. she set up a charity, fashion for relief and was regularly giving interviews in the media to promote it. the idea was to raise money for poverty relief and to help in global disasters. today th

the former harrods and fulham fc owner is accused of multiple sexual assaults after a bbc investigation published last week. a spokesman for justiceor harrods survivors group is a group of barristers representing the alleged victims. they say they have enormous response from they have enormous response from the investigation. one of al—fayed alleged victims has spoken exclusively to gb news. >> he had this look in his eyes and i'll never forget it. it was like a monstrous i'm going to get what i want from you. you know, i don't care how you feel and i do think because it was in and i do think because it was in a public place , so to speak, he a public place, so to speak, he he would have gone further had he would have gone further had he could. i think he was worried somebody might come in or i might have started screaming or something like that. so he made his exit pretty quickly, and i think he would have definitely raped me if he'd had half the chance. 100%. >> and you can watch the full interview on patrick christys tonight in just under an hour's time. now, more than 180 flood warnings are in place across england after heavy

justice for harrods survivors say their claim is becoming increasingly global in scope. mony last week from more than 20 former harrods employees who said the billionaire sexually assaulted or raped them. we will have more on that story throughout the day here on bbc news. there have been further attacks in ukraine overnight. authorities in the south—western odesa region it include a russia drone strike on the danube port of izmail. three people were killed and 11 people were wounded, including a child. it comes as president zelensky continues his diplomatic push in the united states after a meeting at the white house, president biden pledged more military aid. the ukrainian leader also met the us vice president — and democratic presidential nominee — kamala harris, who insisted it was vital to stand up to the russian leader. zelensky will meet donald trump today. sudan has been embroiled in a vicious civil war for nearly 18 months, during which women and girls have been at severe risk of sexual violence. factions of the ruling military fell out over a path back to democr

the former harrods and fulham fc owners accused of multiple sexual assaults after a bbc investigation published last week. a spokesman for justicethe alleged victims, say there's been an enormous response to the investigation. their statement also said there are more to come. sir keir starmer has called for israel and terror group hezbollah to agree to a ceasefire, saying escalation serves no one. speaking at the united nations general assembly, the prime minister implored the two sides to step back from the brink. it concludes the keir starmer's three day trip to new york after attending the annual meeting of world leaders. it comes after the israeli prime minister said his nation's troops would keep fighting at full force, and that news of a potential ceasefire deal was not true . however, benjamin true. however, benjamin netanyahu has since said negotiations on a ceasefire in barristers representing alleged victims of mohamed al fayed say there are now 60 survivors and they have credible evidence of abuse at fulham football club. the former harrods and fulham fc owners accused of multiple sexual assaults after a bbc investiga

al fayed, that more than 60 people have come forward as part of a claim, with more to come. justice for harrodstheir claim is becoming increasingly global in scope. this comes after the bbc heard testimony last week from more than 20 former harrods employees who said the billionaire sexually assaulted or raped them. we have been looking at the enablers, the people that perhaps made it happen for mohammad awwad fired and harrods. what did authorities who are made aware of this issue do about it? one of those issue do about it? one of those is the uk's general medical council, who effectively says if doctors are fit to practice. i spoke to a woman who went for a job interview at harrods in 2008 was asked to do a very intimate medical examination and it was fun she had an infection. she was told it would be kept confidential, but then she had a meeting with mohamed al fayed and he seemed to know all about it. he asked if she had picked up the thing, and she believed that was a reference to the prescription she was bent to have picked up. she was traumatised by this, but then went to the general me

the justice for harrods survivors group has confirmed to the bbc it put a complaint entered the generalave not been shared yet. the bbc has approached dr coxon for comment and we have not heard back from her, but the general medical council's procedures, basically, they will investigate whether there is... whether the complaint is worth investigating, if you like. if it is, it will go to the medical practitioners tribunal service and then there is quite a lengthy process to decide whether or not there is a case to answer and if there is what happens with that. it is not a fast process at all, it does take quite a long time to work its way through.— its way through. one more question. _ its way through. one more question, but _ its way through. one more question, but before - its way through. one more question, but before i - its way through. one more question, but before i do, | its way through. one more | question, but before i do, a development coming in on the ongoing story around the allegations. the current managing director of harrods, michael ward, in a statement, they said, it i

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i the justice for harrods survivors group has filed a complaint to the general medical council aboutuse al fayed of horrific attacks now want those who enabled his abuse to be held responsible. helena wilkinson, bbc news. those accusations against the former owner of harrods. if you have been affected by anything raised, support is available/ action line. still to come on the world today — the mayor of new york city finds himself at the centre of a media storm after he's charged with receiving illegal campaign contributions while running for office three years ago. we'll have the latest from new york. and the item that's the third—most used appliance in britain's kitchens, now used more than conventional ovens — how the air fryer seems to be more than a passing fad. around the world and across the uk, this is the world today on bbc news. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has rejected international calls for a ceasefire with his brother, saying his country's military will keep hitting the lebanese armed group with full force. the us, france and other western allies have co

the justice for harrods survivors group, which is planning legal action against the luxury departmentmore survivors to come forward. a whole host of sickening allegations against the billionaire former harrods owner, who died last year, have emerged in the last few days. now the met police confirmed on thursday that it investigated 19 allegations against al fayed between 1979 and 2013. none of those ever resulted in charges. well, a little earlier today, i spoke to one brave woman who has waived her right to anonymity to speak exclusively to us here @gbnews. now, i do want to make one thing very clear, actually, about this, that sarah was not paid for this interview. she does not stand to gain any money at all from a lawsuit. she just wanted to come forward to share her horrendous story about mohamed al fayed in the hope that other women might be inspired by this and come forward as well. here we are very pleased to say that i'm joined in the studio now by sarah, who is an incredibly brave victim who has decided to come forward with your story. so thank you very much for joining us to

the former harrods and fulham fc owner is accused of multiple sexual assaults after a bbc investigation was published last week. a spokesman for justice harrods survivors, a group of barristers representing the alleged victims, says there has been an enormous response to the investigation. one of al—fayed's alleged victims has spoken exclusively to gb news. >> he had this look in his eyes and i'll never forget it. it was like a monstrous i'm going to get what i want from you. you know, i don't care how you feel. and i do think because it was in a public place. so to speak, he he would have gone further had he would have gone further had he could. i think he was worried somebody might come in or i might have started screaming or something like that. so he made his exit pretty quickly, and i think he would have definitely raped me if he'd had half the chance. 100%. >> and you can watch the full interview of that on patrick christys tonight from 9 pm. now. more than 180 flood warnings are in place across england after days of heavy rain. images posted on social media also show tracks at a station in shropshire completely submerged. the m

for justice grows stronger. ellie price, bbc news. the justice for harrodsfor the general medical council to investigate a doctor who allegedly carried out intrusive medical tests the women had while working at harrods. let's get more now from our health editor hugh pym. hugh, what has the regulator said so far? well, yes, the general medical council put out a statement and this is what they have said. a spokesperson said the alleged sexual abuse conducted by mr al fayed against multiple women was horrifying and the allegations relating to medical staff were deeply concerning and if any fitness to practise concerns about individual doctors were identified, relevant information would be examined and action taken as appropriate. the gmc as a matter of course it doesn't tend to confirm or deny whether any complaints have been made and doesn't make any form of announcement unless they decide to take the doctor in question to a tribunal to seek to have them struck off the medical register. so it may be that we don't get any further clarification from the gmc and

the former harrods and fulham fc owner is accused of multiple sexual assaults after a bbc investigation published last week. a spokesman for justiceor harrods survivors group is a group of barristers representing the alleged victims. they say they have enormous response from they have enormous response from the investigation. one of al—fayed alleged victims has spoken exclusively to gb news. >> he had this look in his eyes and i'll never forget it. it was like a monstrous i'm going to get what i want from you. you know, i don't care how you feel and i do think because it was in and i do think because it was in a public place , so to speak, he a public place, so to speak, he he would have gone further had he would have gone further had he could. i think he was worried somebody might come in or i might have started screaming or something like that. so he made his exit pretty quickly, and i think he would have definitely raped me if he'd had half the chance. 100%. >> and you can watch the full interview on patrick christys tonight in just under an hour's time. now, more than 180 flood warnings are in place across england after heavy

the former harrods and fulham fc owner is accused of multiple sexual assaults after a bbc investigation was published last week. a spokesman for justiceor harrods survivors, a group of barristers representing the alleged victims, says there has been an enormous response to the investigation. one of al—fayed's alleged victims has spoken exclusively to gb news. >> he had this look in his eyes and i'll never forget it. it was like a monstrous i'm going to get what i want from you, you know. i don't care how you feel. and i do think because it was in a public place. so to speak, he he would have gone further had he would have gone further had he could. i think he was worried somebody might come in or i might have started screaming or something like that. so he made his exit pretty quickly, and i think he would have definitely raped me if he'd had half the chance, 100%. >> and you can watch the full interview on patrick christys tonight from 9 pm. now on. more than 180 flood warnings are in place across england after a day of heavy rain. images posted on social media also show tracks at a station in shropshire being completely submerged in

the justice for harrods us and any existing information we hold." representing 60 people in its legal claims potentially against harrods. tom, thank you. you can watch the documentary that prompted so many women to come it's called al fayed: predator at harrods, and it's available on bbc iplayer. the time is 1:16. our top story this afternoon... britain's youngest knife murderers — two 13—year—old boys are sentenced to a minimum of eight and a half years in custody for murdering shawn seesahai. and thejust stop oil protestors facing jail for throwing soup the first man to admit riot during summer disorder has been jailed for four years. and coming up on sports day on bbc news, england and australia have spent the morning weather—watching with the home side hoping to level the one—day series at lord's. england were two down before victory in durham on tuesday. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is expected to address the united nations general assembly in new york this afternoon, as he faces international pressure to agree to a ceasefire

the former harrods and fulham fc owner is accused of multiple sexual assaults after a bbc investigation was published last week. a spokesman for justice for harrods survivors, a group of barristers representing the alleged victims, says there has been an enormous response to the investigation. one of the alleged victims has spoken exclusively to gb news. >> he had this look in his eyes and i'll never forget it. it was like a monstrous i'm going to get what i want from you. you know, i don't care how you feel. and i do think because it was in a public place. so to speak, he he would have gone further had he would have gone further had he could. i think he was worried somebody might come in, or i might have started screaming or something like that. so he made his exit pretty quickly, and i think he would have definitely raped me if he'd had half the chance. 100%. >> more than 180 flood warnings are in place across england after days of heavy rain. images posted on social media show tracks at a train station in shropshire completely submerged in rainwater. the met office says northern and central parts of england and wales have been hit.

. >> yes a pretty lengthy statement from the for justice harrods survivors group.00 inquiries and messages coming from all over the world, and they can now confirm that they represent 60 alleged survivors of al fayed abuse. and they suggest that there are more survivors to come out of this . and they also out of this. and they also reiterated that this investigation is in a global is at a global scope. this isn't just the united kingdom. this is literally anywhere that al fayed went at the press conference, as i was at last friday. they said the lawyers that they expected that anywhere mohamed al fayed went, abuse would follow. and in their statements in the last few minutes, they said very sadly, this has proven to be true. we are now in the possession of credible evidence of abuse at other al fayed properties and businesses, including, as you said in your introduction, there , said in your introduction, there, fulham football club. and they did stress the need again for the need for an independent and transparent process. as you said, we have gone to fulham footb

the former harrods and fulham fc owner, accused of multiple sexual assaults after a bbc investigation published last week. a spokesman for for justicepresenting the alleged victims, says there's been an enormous response to the investigation. one of al—fayed's alleged victims has spoken exclusively to gb news this look in his eyes and i'll never forget it. >> it was like a monstrous i'm going to get what i want from you. >> you know, i don't care how you feel. >> and i do think because it was in a public place. so to speak, he he would have gone further had he could. i think he was worried somebody might come in, or i might have started screaming or something like that. so he made his exit pretty quickly, and i think he would have definitely raped me if he'd had half the chance. 100%. >> and you can watch the full interview at 10:00 pm this evening on gb news more than 180 flood warnings are placed across england and wales after days of heavy rain. images posted on social media also showed tracks at the station in shropshire completely submerged. the met office says northern and central parts of england and wales have been hit the h

for harrods to now say that they are sorrv _ harrods to now say that they are sorry. it is not enough to acknowledge that harrods failed these _ acknowledge that harrods failed these women. justicehat — what they have suffered. we are glad that the new owners of harrods _ glad that the new owners of harrods have acknowledged that harrods — harrods have acknowledged that harrods failed those who were victimised there and that they are, _ victimised there and that they are, quote, determined to do the right— are, quote, determined to do the right thing as an organisation, end quote. we believe — organisation, end quote. we believe in _ organisation, end quote. we believe in deeds not words. it is never— believe in deeds not words. it is never too late to do the right— is never too late to do the right thing. this is an opportunity for harrods to prove _ opportunity for harrods to prove their assertion that, quote, _ prove their assertion that, quote, the harrods of today is a very— quote, the harrods of today is a very different organisation, end quote. and that their words match— end quote. and that their words match their conduct. the twin forjustice _ match their conduct. the t

for harrods. i feel quite strongly that the people that facilitated it happening also need to be brought to justicer in other companies, and i have no doubt they have to have been fully aware of what was happening. harrods has been under new ownership since 2010, and insists it is seeking to right the wrongs of the past chairman. in a statement tonight, the company said... mohamed al—fayed died last year aged 94, but for many of his victims, their quest for justice is not over. ellie price, bbc news. just a reminder if you are the uk, you can see the documentary.- uk, you can see the documentary. on the bbc iplayer- — documentary. on the bbc iplayer. anthony - documentary. on the bbc iplayer. anthony joshua's| documentary. on the bbc- iplayer. anthony joshua's hopes of iplayer. anthonyjoshua's hopes of becoming world heavyweight boxing champion injured and zipped up style in saturday night. —— ended in spectacular style. it is now up to saudi arabia to put the money up for the fight whether or not ajay will get a rematch. therein is a bit of your discussion. not everyone who was expected to cover t

for harrods. i feel quite strongly that the people that facilitated it happening also need to be brought to justiceither within the company or in other companies, and i have no doubt they have to have been fully aware of what was happening. harrods has been under new ownership since 2010, and insists it is seeking to right the wrongs of the past chairman. in a statement tonight, the company said: "we are utterly appalled by the allegations of abuse perpetrated by mohamed al—fayed. we condemn them in the strongest terms. mohamed al—fayed died last year aged 94, but for many of his victims, their quest for justice is not over. ellie price, bbc news. former uk defence secretary — ben wallace — has been answering questions at a public inquiry in london over his role in trying to shield british special forces from prosecution for war crimes allegedly carried out in afghanistan. in 2019, the former conservative government proposed that prosecutions of britain's elite sas troops could only proceed if the alleged abuses had happened within the past ten years. mr wallace is then said to have halved the time

justice. i said this morning at the press conference, it is never too late to do the right thing. and we think it is time, really overdue, for harrodss of harrods, in 2010, that they need to step up. they have said that harrods failed their employees, and we are glad they acknowledged that. but now we want deeds, notjust words. i but now we want deeds, not 'ust words. . ., but now we want deeds, not 'ust words. _, . ~ ., words. i will come back to harrods — words. i will come back to harrods in _ words. i will come back to harrods in a _ words. i will come back to harrods in a moment, - words. i will come back to harrods in a moment, but words. i will come back to i harrods in a moment, but let words. i will come back to - harrods in a moment, but let me take it in stages. mohamed al fayed was clearly a predator, described as a monster in that conference, but there were clear patterns of behaviour, weren't they?— clear patterns of behaviour, weren't they? exactly. in other words, weren't they? exactly. in other words. his _ weren't they? exactly. in other words, his preying _ weren't they? exactly. in other words, his preying on - w

harrods, threats not to speak. the police have urged any victims of sexual assault to contact them. for al fayed's accusers, there's regret that he's no longer alive to face justicee disturbing accounts that they have heard. al fayed bought fulham football club and during his 16 years as owner the club rose up to the premier league and european football. today at the press conference you've been hearing about, the lawyers representing the women who have alleged sexual abuse by al fayed say they aren't currently representing any women who worked here at fulham. they say the investigations are continuing and that wherever al fayed went they would be more victims. they are trying to establish weather anyone here was affected by him. they are encouraging people to come forward not only to the club but to the police as well. tonight there is discussion among many fulham fans that the chants sung in honour of al fayed be stopped. there were four previous police investigations into rain and sexual assault. the most recent one and only ended when al fayed died last year. detectives struggled to corroborate the testimony of a 15—year—old girl, but we now know because they

but how do they really get justice for someone who is dead? >> harrodsharrods was the employer, and in many of these cases, they were employees of harrods. they should have been better protected against him. but also the doctors who were involved because there's this horrible, disgusting inclusion of doctors in this who were keeping him, who were feeding him with information about the girl. yeah, i know they deny it. they deny it. but that's what i mean. that's why even though he's dead, there is still there are still questions to be answered and suggestions that, you know , and suggestions that, you know, because this went on for such a long time and because there were so many victims involved, there must have been other people who knew people who worked for him now, and they will still be alive. >> what did they know? were they to party covering up criminal activity, in which case they could be in trouble as well? so i think, you know, you're right. they won't see justice in so far as justice against him personally, because he's now dead. however, if i

justice for haar records survivor group, and it says, since anning nows our proposed claim we have been responding to inquiries from more survivors of abuse, whether from more survivors of abuse, whetherfrom harrodsr in other corners of mohamed al fayed empire, we have heard from others who were witnesses to that abuse, finally we are hearing from current employees who were relaying both their current and historic experiences. the statement goes on to say we thank the bbc for including our team on to say we thank the bbc for including ourteam in on to say we thank the bbc for including our team in their originaljournalism and we original journalism and we thank originaljournalism and we thank ourfriend and originaljournalism and we thank our friend and colleague and other media for sharing the stories of the dozens of survives we represent with such great care. we salute the courage of survives who are speaking for the first time about their experiences, their courage and visibility is helping our team ex planned pandemic our understanding of harrod's vast abuse. they say their response has been enormous, to date we have feel fielded well over 200 inquiry, messages coming from all over the world.

harrods, threats not to speak. the police have urged any victims of sexual assault to contact them. for al fayed's accusers, there's regret that he's no longer alive to face justicews. laura scott is at fulham fc, which mohamed al fayed owned from 1997 to 2013. you've been talking to a former manager of the women's team. tell us more about what he said. yes, tonight i've been speaking to a former manager of fulham football club's women's team who told me that extra precautions were put in place to protect female players from mohamed al fayed. he managed the team from 2001 to 2003 said that members of staff became aware that the late billionaire liked young, blonde girls, and as a result the players were not allowed to be left alone with the late billionaire owner, who owns the club for 16 years, from 1997, to 2013. earlier, we had a statement from fulham, saying they were deeply concerned by the disturbing reports that have come to light about all al fayed and they were trying to establish whether anyone at this club had been affected, encouraging anyone with information to come forward, not just to the club but to the police as well and whilst lawyers representi

harrods, threats not to speak. the police have urged any victims of sexual assault to contact them. for al fayed's accusers, there is regret he is no longer alive to face justice lack of diligence ahead of the july attempted assassination of republican presidential candidate donald trump at a rally in pennsylvania. in a news conference within the last hour, the acting director of the secret service said some employees will be held accountable. so in today's hyperdynamic threat environment, the mission of the secret service is clear — we cannot afford to fail. after reviewing the planning, event details and coordination with partner agencies regarding the attempted assassination of former president donald trump onjuly 13th, our mission assurance review is nearing its completion. as i've said, this was a failure on the part of the united states secret service. it's important that we hold ourselves accountable for the failures ofjuly 13th, and that we use the lessons learned to make sure that we do not have anotherfailure like this again. the findings of the mission assurance review have prompted the secret service to move into the accountability phase of this pr

harrods, threats not to speak. the police have urged any victims of sexual assault to contact them. for al fayed's accusers, there's regret that he's no longer alive to face justicemen's team at fulham fc — which mohamed al fayed owned from 1997 to 2013. she has more from craven cottage. i've been speaking to a former manager of fulham football club's women's team, who told me that extra precautions were put in place to protect female players from mohamed al fayed. gota haugenes, who managed the team from 2001 to 2003, said that members of staff became aware that the late billionaire liked young blonde girls and as a result, the players weren't allowed to be left alone with the late billionaire owner, who owned the club for 16 years from 1997 to 2013. earlier, we had a statement from fulham saying that they were deeply concerned by the disturbing reports that have come to light about al fayed, and they said that they were trying to establish whether anyone at this club had been affected, encouraging anyone with information to come forward notjust to the club but to the police as well. and whilst lawyers representing women who have accused alford women who have ac

that they were raped by former harrods owner mohamed al fayed will speak to their lawyer, gloria allred. she'll join us in the studio. she also fought tirelessly for justice harvey weinstein. that's coming next. i'm martin daubney on gb news britain news channel. >> this monday, the king of breakfast tv is back. that's right. britain's favourite tv host eamonn holmes returns to britain's hottest breakfast programme, breakfast every day from 6 am. only on gb news, britain's news >> welcome back. it's 524. i'm martin daubney on gb news. wow, what a show we've had so far. nigel farage has just given a speech at the reform uk party conference. let's remind ourselves a little bit about what happened . what happened. >> because new or nascent political parties are vulnerable to being by extremist groups and bad actors. and all the while, i had control of it. that could never happen. that could never happen. never happen. that could never happen . because we don't want happen. because we don't want extremists. we don't want bigots. we don't want people who think that way because we represent the silent, decent majority of this great country that we live in. >> w

justice. but in terms of harrods, the impact this has on on them, if they are found to have covered up, what could be the consequences forto the store, but that's why i think harrods have moved so quickly this morning to sort of say, look, we are we are the new owners. we are we are the new owners. we are a different harrods. we would never have covered anything up like this, they accept the i think they accepted that there was a cover up and it shouldn't have happened and have offered apologies to all the victims involved. so they are trying to, you know , do some trying to, you know, do some risk management there. and cut it out. but it's not it's not going to do their image that much good. to be perfectly honest, i find had to finally have a man who was at the helm of harrods for a very, very long time to be the, if you like, the latest celebrity in this country to be accused of heinous sexual crimes , and it is important to crimes, and it is important to reflect as well, isn't it, charles? >> it struck us when this news broke a few minutes ago is we're talking about recent history here. i mean, this isn't historic se

justice can still be brought. ellie price, bbc news. at 8.30am, we'll be joined by five of the women, who worked for the former harrods owner — along withdocumentary, al fayed: predator at harrods on bbc iplayer now. let's take a look at today's papers. and many of the front pages are reacting to the prime minister's speech at the labour party conference. the mirror says sir keir starmer plans to lead britain toward a brighter future by making tough choices. that was very much the theme of his speech, wasn't it? but the times leads with the prime minister's vow to "turn up our collar and face the storm", as he warns of more tax rises. we'll be airing an interview with sir keir starmer at 7.30am. elsewhere, the daily mail's top story is on the 700 troops being sent to cyprus for the possible "dunkirk style" evacuation of british nationals from lebanon. and the daily express leads on the princess of wales returning to work, helping to plan a christmas concert. the princess had taken some time away from public engagements while undergoing cancer treatment. that is good news. doesn't she generally has that every year? good to know she is at