BBC Director General and News CEO resign

10/11/2025 49 min
BBC Director General and News CEO resign

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Episode Synopsis

The director general of the BBC Tim Davie and the head of news Deborah Turness have resigned following criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing two parts of President Trump's speech together so he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol Hill riots of January 2021.

Also in the programme: Activists in Afghanistan say the Taliban authorities order women to wear burkas to be allowed into hospitals and government offices in the western city of Herat; and Sudan's rich artistic history.

(Image: BBC Broadcasting House in central London. Credit: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire)