Ijoined harrods because i wanted to be a buyer and i ended up working for an absolute monster. I think he damaged me in some way. He s just left a scar. Reporter: the billionaire businessman mohamed al fayed who went from selling soft drinks in egypt to owning harrods and the paris ritz, has died at the age of 94. Reporter: egyptian businessman mohamed al fayed was best known for his links to the british royal family. His son dodi was killed alongside princess diana in paris in 1997. Reporter: he was the selfmade billionaire determined to get into british society and became known to a new generation through the most recent series of the crown. Diana. Mohamed, but you must call me mou mou. To be honest, this made me really hot and bothered. I think he comes across, erm, pleasant. We all know he s not. Itjust makes him look sort of funny and gregarious, and he could turn that on, but it s all. . . He wasn t. He was. . . . . Vile. And that makes me angry. People shouldn t remember him lik
Had no choIce settle but to leave harrods. No choIce at all. The threat of InvolvIng the polIce would also be made by the SecurIty Team and on occasIon from our InvestIgatIons we know that thIs would be followed through. One woman that we represent was Sexually Assaulted and she had the Bravery And Courage to raIse thIs In a formal WrItten ComplaInt to harrods. On the same day of makIng thIs WrItten ComplaInt, the head of securIty, john mcnamara, contacted her and saId, you are a gIrl alone contacted her and saId, you are a gIrlalone In contacted her and saId, you are a gIrl alone In london, someone could jump out of the bushes at you, or you could have a sudden accIdent. You need to deny what you have saId In the fIrst letter wIth a second letter whIch you must drop off before noon the followIng day. She, of course, dId what she was told because she was absolutely petrIfIed. Another woman who we represent wIshed to resIgn because of the sexual assaults and degradIng behavIour, she trI
Hello, im annita mcveigh, welcome to Bbc News now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. Within the past few hours, lawyers representing women who say they were raped or sexually assaulted by the former owner of harrods have described Mohamed Al fayed as a monster. Theyve also urged anyone else with similar claims to come forward. At least 37 women have accused the late billionaire of assaulting them. The case follows a Bbc Investigation in which woman who worked for him came forward accusing the egyptian billionaire, who died last year, of multiple counts of rape and attempted rape, during his 25 Year Reign at harrods. One of the barristers taking part in the News Conference Barriser Maria Mulla explained that when selected for their role, women would be sent for a private medical examination undertaken by three or four doctors whuich included a full cervical smear. Ms mulla gave further detail, revealing that one woman who made a complaint to harrods was told b
Past 48 hours were very difficult for lebanon. Bbc research difficult for lebanon. Bbc research has difficult for lebanon. Bbc research has found difficult for lebanon. Bbc research has found the i difficult for lebanon. Bbc research has found the number of identified russian fighters killed on the Front Line in ukraine has reached 70,000. Hello, im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, we will begin this hour with developments in the last couple of minutes and beirut, that lebanese capital, where smoke has been seen rising from the skyline in the southern suburbs of the city. This is the live shot, but i think if we can show you some pictures from just a few moments ago, you can more clearly see in the background of that picture the smoke rising. 0ur middle East Correspondent is saying this is a southern suburb which is, he says, Hezbollah Stronghold. In the last couple of moments the Israeli Military has confirmed that it has carried out what it is
Welcome to the World Today an hour of international news from the bbc. In another Body Blow for hezbollah, one of the groups top commanders in lebanon has been killed in an israeli airstrike. Ibrahim aqil was hezbollah s second in command, and the United States had labelled him a Global Terrorist putting a multi million Dollar Bounty on his head because of his links to the bombing of Us Marines in lebanon in 1983. He died in an Attack Today in beirut s Southern Suburbs that israel has called a targeted strike. In total, its left 12 people dead and 66 injured, according to the lebanese authorities. It is another humiliation for hezbollah, coming at The End of a week in which thousands of the groups fighters were killed or injured by Exploding Pagers and Walkie Talkies. It also follows Israels Assassination of hezbollah s military leader, fuad shukr, injuly in the same area of south beirut. Todays strike is the latest and most of the dating this right. We dont yet have confirmation from