A woman in Ethiopia has given birth to five babies at once after waiting 12 years to become a mother, in a rare medical event that has drawn widespread attention. According to reports cited by the BBC, the 35-year-old woman from Ethiopia’s Harari region welcomed quintuplets after more than a decade of hoping to have […]
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BBC review slams BAFTA incident over offensive slur
BAFTA Film Awards came under new attention after a review looked into a live TV moment that caused upset during the show. The report says that the BBC did not properly handle the situation and failed in its duty of care. The incident involved a racial slur being heard during the live broadcast, which led […]
Adolescence dominates RTS Awards with multiple wins
The British drama Adolescence emerged as one of the biggest winners at the 2026 Royal Television Society (RTS) Programme Awards, securing four major prizes, including standout honours for its young star Owen Cooper. Read More: ‘Adolescence‘ dominates awards season one year after release The 16-year-old actor won both the breakthrough and supporting actor awards for […]
Mark Tully, BBC’s ‘voice of India’, dies at 90
NEW DELHI: Mark Tully, the legendary BBC journalist known as the “voice of India,” passed away at the age of 90 on Sunday in a private hospital in New Delhi. He had been battling esophageal cancer in recent years. Read More: BBC chief and news head resign amid bias controversy Born on October 24, 1935, in […]
Trump files defamation lawsuit against BBC
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday filed a defamation lawsuit against the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of misleading editing that made it appear he encouraged violence during the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack. The lawsuit opens a new front in Trump’s long-running disputes with major media organisations. Read More: BBC begins search for new […]
UK to replicate Suthra Punjab programme: BBC
After Cop30, Forbes, and Bloomberg, BBC has also recognized Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s ‘Suthra’ (Clean) Punjab programme, as it has reported that Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s ‘Clean Punjab’ model has become a role model in the UK. It added that the cleanliness model of Clean Punjab has reached Birmingham, a British city, […]
Trump threatens $5bn lawsuit against BBC over edited speech
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he plans to sue the BBC for up to $5 billion after the British broadcaster admitted to wrongly editing a video of a speech he gave on January 6, 2021. The edit spliced together multiple excerpts, making it appear Trump incited the Capitol riot, which his lawyers called […]
Apology made, lawsuit denied: BBC responds to Trump controversy
The BBC has issued a personal apology to US President Donald Trump over a controversial documentary edit. The apology was sent by BBC Chair Samir Shah to the White House. However, the broadcaster rejected Trump’s defamation claim, saying there is no legal basis for a lawsuit. The documentary, aired on the BBC’s “Panorama” programme before […]
BBC chief and news head resign amid bias controversy
LONDON – The director-general of the BBC, Tim Davie, and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness resigned on Sunday following accusations of bias, including the controversial editing of a speech by former US President Donald Trump. The resignations came after an internal report, leaked to the Daily Telegraph, cited shortcomings in the broadcaster’s coverage of the […]
Global study finds AI assistants distort nearly half of news content
LONDON: A major international study by 22 leading public service media organizations has revealed that popular AI assistants fail to deliver accurate news nearly 45% of the time, regardless of language or region. The research assessed platforms including ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, and Perplexity AI, examining their performance across key journalism standards such as […]