An inquiry says Panorama Reporter Martin bashir acted in a deceitful way to obtain it Prince William says the bbc let down his mother, his family and the public. It brings indescribable sadness to know that the bbc� s failures contributed significantly to herfear, Paranoia And Isolation that i remember from those final years with her. Martin bashir won numerous awards for his scoop but the bbc is accused of covering up what it knew about his methods. If youre an organisation that cares about truthful, hOnestjournalism and proper practice, i think its a very difficult read. In the last few Minutes Prince Harry has also spoken out well have the details. Also tonight. In a major development, israel and hamas have agreed to a truce after 11 days of conflict. It comes into force in just two hours� time. The message says, victory. A french court says thousands of women caught in a Breast Implant Scandal should get compensation. A year on from george Floyds Murder can americas Police Forces ever win back the trust of black people . And the anti olympic Feeling Injapan where most say they dont want This summers tokyo games to take place. And coming up in sport on the Bbc News channel, its tight at golf� s second major of the year, the us pga. Brooks koepka ties for the lead, but a day to forget for rory mcilroy. Brooks koepka is among the contenders. Good evening. Prince william has launched a scathing attack on the bbc, after a highly critical report into the way it obtained an interview with diana, princess of wales, in 1995. The duke of cambridge said the findings of the report by Lord Dyson had brought him indescribable sadness. The independent inquiry was launched by the bbc after Princess Dianas brother, Earl Spencer, raised questions about the way the interview was obtained. In the ioo plus pages of his report Lord Dyson says Mr Bashir was deceitful in the way he obtained the interview. That the bbc� s own investigation at the time was woefully ineffective. And that the bbc covered up what it actually knew about how the interview was obtained. Today, the bbc� s Director General accepted that the bbc� s behaviour fell far short of what its audiences expect. Heres our Media Editor Amol rajan. A warning his report contains some flashing images. It was the interview of the century. Well, there were three of us in This marriage, so it was a bit crowded. Watched by almost 23 Million people, Martin Bashir� s panorama shocked the world. But only now do we know the real story behind the story. In a devastating critique of the bbc, Lord Dyson has laid bare a catalogue of of moral and editorial failures. He says bashir was devious and dishOnest, lying repeatedly to secure the interview and explain his conduct. Lord dyson says the Bbc Investigation into how the interview was obtained was woefully ineffective, and he adds, without justification, the bbc fell short of the high standards of Integrity And Transparency which are its hallmark, including by covering up press logs, crucial information that it knew but didnt give to the media. Princess diana and Prince Charles were already separated at the time of the interview. Early in september 1995, bashir met Earl Spencer. He showed him fake Bank Statements to suggest payments had been made to informants around diana. Earl spencer introduced bashir to diana. This constituted a serious breach of the guidelines at the time. The interview aired, but soon journalists at the Daily Mail at the daily Mail Group and elsewhere started asking questions. A Bbc Investigation led by tony hall, later Director General, cleared bashir, but Earl Spencer was not approached, a big mistake, according to dyson. In august 1996, Prince Charles and Princess Diana were divorced. She died a year later. In panorama tonight, Earl Spencer explained the effect that bashir� s deception had. The first statements that i was shown, the first fake Bank Statements were to get my trust. The second set was to get to diana, and then to get the interview, so its a very clear chain from anyOne logical� S Point of view. The irony is that i met Martin Bashir on the 31st of august, 1995, because exactly two years later she died. And i do draw a line between the two events. This is a young girl in her mid 30s who has lived This extraordinarily turbulent and difficult time in the public eye. She didnt know who to trust and, In The End, when she died two years later, she was without any form of real protection. Martin bashir won a bafta for the programme and spoke about it backstage afterwards. I can tell you, being 33 years old and facing up to the fact that actually you probably will never do another interview like that again in your life, you will never make a programme like that, and thats daunting. He left the bbc last week, having been rehired in 2016, and has long argued that diana would have agreed to speak to him without the fake Bank Statements. In a statement, bashir said, i apologised then and i do so again now over the fact that i asked for Bank Statements to be mocked up. But i absolutely stand by the evidence i gave a quarter of a century ago and again more recently. Lord Hall Of Birkenhead who, as the director of Bbc News, led the investigation into bashir� s conduct and was, until last august, the bbc� s Director General apologised today and said that he was wrong to give bashir the benefit of the doubt. His successor was similarly contrite. There are multiple failures for the bbc to reflect on. 25 years ago, but still they are very serious and, if you are an organisation that cares about truthful, hOnestjournalism and proper practice, i think This is very difficult reading. Do you think you will ever be queen . No, idon� t, no. Why do you think that . Id like to be a queen of peoples hearts, in peoples hearts, but i dont see myself being queen of This country. Tonight, the bbc has said that it has no plans to show the Panorama Interview in full again. Amol rajan, Bbc News. Well, Prince William Made A statement from Kensington Palace This evening. Its highly unusualfor a member of the Royal Family to speak out publicly like This. This is what he had to say. Id like to thank Lord Dyson and his team for the report. It is welcome that the bbc accepts Lord Dysons findings in full, which are extremely concerning that bbc employees lied and used fake documents to obtain the interview with my mother, made lurid and false claims about the Royal Family, which played on herfears and fuelled paranoia, displayed woeful incompetence when investigating complaints and concerns about the programme, and were evasive in their reporting to the media and covered up what they knew from their internal investigation. It is my view that the deceitful way the interview was obtained substantially influenced what my mother said. The interview was a major contribution to making my parents� relationship worse and has since hurt countless others. It brings indescribable sadness to know that the bbc� s failures contributed significantly to herfear, Paranoia And Isolation that i remember from those final years with her. But what saddens me most is that, if the bbc had properly investigated the complaints and concerns first raised in 1995, my mother would have known that shed been deceived. She was failed notjust by a Rogue Reporter but by leaders of the bbc, who looked the other way rather than asking the tough questions. It is my firm view that This Panorama Programme holds no legitimacy and should never be aired again. It effectively established a false narrative which, for over a quarter of a century, has been commercialised by the bbc and others. This settled narrative now needs to be addressed by the One'>Bbc And AnyOne else who has written or intends to write about these events. In an era of fake news, public Service Broadcasting and a free press have never been more important. These failings, identified by investigative journalists, not only let my mother down and my family down, they let the public down, too. Prince william speaking at Kensington Palace a short time ago. Our royal Correspondentjonny Dymond is at Kensington Palace for us now. Prince harry has also spoken out a short ago. A real sense of the strength of feeling from both brothers. Its hard to overstate the strength of feeling especially expressed by william This evening, notjust about Martin Bashir, but with the whole bbc, whom he thinks entirely failed to investigate the matter and covered up elements that were not to its liking stock note, there was no talk of drawing a line under This. There was no talk of This being a long time ago. Instead, he effectively accuses the bbc of driving his parents towards divorce and of playing some part in the events that led towards his mothers death. Harry too issued a statement, not as angry, not so pointed, instead referring, as he has before, to a culture of exploitation and unethical practices. In the past, of course, its been harry who has been so angry with the media. William appeared to have made his peace with it, but tonight, the second in line to the thrOne has launched a visceral attack on the bbc, a sign of his Deep Hurt and deep dismay. Jonny dymond at Kensington Palace, thank you. Our Media Editor Amol is with us now. Why does This leave the bbc . Severely injured, probably scarred. Its true This concerns events from about 25 years ago but the fact is Martin Bashir was rehired by the bbc in 2016 and in todays environment the fact these are historic environment might be overlooked. Lord dysons report is blistering on the attack the integrity of Martin Bashir, its extremely hard on Lord Hall of the bbc saying not only his investigation was woeful but that the justifications given for its woeful dust were completely inadequate. That is an indictment not of his integrity but of his judgment. And fundamentally the bbc is an organisation that is found to have withheld information from the public which funds it and which it was Set Up to serve and thats an appalling betrayal of the principles on which it was founded. The current director the current Director General has written individually to the dukes of and Prince Charles and Earl Spencer apologising unreservedly but youve got cabinet ministers, youve got pretty much every front page, youve got Talk Radio stations, youve got the slaughterhouse of social media, the future king Of Britain and his brother lined up against the bbc on Foreign Itemisation that exists on the whim of public Affection And Respect that is a dreadful place for the bbc to be and for an organisation that exists on the whim of public Affection And Respect. The other main Story Tonight Israel and the palestinian militant group hamas have tonight agreed to a truce. It is due to come into effect in less than two hours� time, bringing an end to 11 days of intense bombardment. 0ur middle East Editor, jeremy bowen, is injerusalem tonight. What chance does it have of holding . I think when it comes in i think a reasonable chance for at least a while. There are just under two hours to go. The horrible tradition in these things is that sometimes both sides like to show they can fire the last shot and there is an intense period, a last hour or so. I hope that doesnt happen, it might. Both sides have also been crafting whats referred to here sometimes as victory narratives. Hamas have said they have forced israel to take its hand, as they put it, off the Al Aqsa Mosque here injerusalem, also the district which became a big flashpoint in the Run Up to all of This. The israelis say that they have scored some unprecedented military victories. Now, This is the fourth big war between israel and hamas since the first One, back In The End of 2008, and after each of those encounters and all the smaller Ones in between, similar things have been said by both sides in claiming victory and then essentially the seeds of the next conflict are sewn and i can tell you One thing for certain. That if the Status Quo does not change favourably there will be another round of This. film not change favourably there will be another round of This. Another round of This. Our middle East Editor another round of This. Our middle East Editorjeremy another round of This. Our middle East Editorjeremy bowen another round of This. Our middle East Editorjeremy bowen in East Editorjeremy bowen in jerusalem, thank you. The surge in the indian variant in One of the worst affected parts of england is partly down to failures in the national Test And Trace system thats according to a document seen by Bbc News. Its understood that a technical problem left several councils unable to identify cases for three weeks. The number of people testing positive for the variant has risen to just under 3,500 This week. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg, has more. To track the disease, you need to test. To manage the spread, you need to monitor the map. As the virus has started to surge again, just yesterday, ministers sounded sure of that. This Surveillance System spotted the cases in bolton and in blackburn early, and through Surge Testing and increased vaccinations, were throwing everything at it there. How good has that surveillance really been . With cases spiking in some parts of the country, like Blackburn With Darwen in lancashire, there is evidence of a lapse in the system thats meant to defend us from the disease. But a document seen by the bbc, prepared by officials in One of the affected areas, says the risk of the disease spreading in the community was exacerbated by People Self isolating rather than quarantining in a hotel. The document then reveals risks were worse because of a sporadic failure in the national Test And Trace system that provided no details to some local councils from 21st April until 11th may. Thats three weeks without an effective Test And Trace system. In total, 294 positive cases in blackburn alOne were not passed on to the local contact tracers, nearly 800 across england. Its a Failure Right at the top, and ifind it astonishing when billions have been spent on This Test And Trace system, that the basics still arent working and local areas are battling an increase in the virus. The Department Of Health has admitted that in a small number of contacts, there was a temporary delay in the message being passed on, a technical glitch, if you like, but they say the problem was resolved quickly and everyOne was contacted In The End. But the crux of the problem here is the link between the national database and local teams trying to grapple with coronavirus on the ground, and some of them were In The Dark at a vital moment without the information they needed. The lesson here is, its really important to have Contact Tracing Capability at a local level. One of the things we need to think about Forfuture Pandemics is whether all local authorities should have the ability to stand up their own Contact Tracing Capability really quickly so that youre not totally dependent on a national organisation that may be many hundreds of miles away. Its understood the problem This time was down to a software upgrade, now fixed, that shouldnt happen again. But any glitch is a gap in the defences against the disease that we can ill afford. Laura kuenssberg, Bbc News, westminster. The latest Government Coronavirus figures show there were 2,874 new infections and seven deaths recorded in the latest 24 hour period. The total number of deaths across the uk is 127,701. More than 37. 2 million have now had their first covid jab. In england, 3a and 35 year olds have been asked to come forward from today. And more than 21. 2 million people have had both doses. Today, the governments announced what its calling the biggest shake up Of Britains railways since they were privatised in the mid 1990s. So what are the reforms . Its not a full re nationalisation. Instead, a new public Sector Body will be Set Up, called great british railways, replacing network rail. It will set most fares and timetables and sell tickets in england. From next month, flexible Season Tickets will be available for some people who commute two or three times a week. And under the reforms, the Franchise System will be scrapped and the government will pay companies if services run on time, the reforms will be different in scotland and wales, where transport is devolved. Northern ireland is not affected. A court in france has told thousands of women who had defective Breast Implants made by a french company that they should receive compensation. Hundreds of women from the uk are among more than 2,500 around the world who had the pip implants. They say they are elated and exhausted after ten years of fighting for justice. 0ur health correspondent, sophie hutchinson, reports. Ladies ive just received a message, and the message says victory. Finally, after a decade long legal battle for compensation, what looks like a breakthrough for these women affected by faulty Pip Breast implants. Thats fantastic. Fresh out of court, a call from their lawyer, whos been fighting the case in paris. Youre going to have to drink champagne early in the morning. So we did it cheering. Just elated and exhausted because its been a very long, exhausting journey. Jan is One of 2,700 women in the case who have been suing the german company tuv rheinland, which issued safety certificates for the Pip Breast implants. Today, the Court Of Appeal in paris ruled that the company was negligent and liable for compensation. Im very happy for all the women i represent. They have been waiting some time for This decision, and have suffered for so long a period since the beginning of the case. Tuv rheinland says it disputes the liability and is stressing that some women have been struck out of the claim. This abandOned factory in france was where the Substandard Implants were made. The french Manufacturer Pip was liquidated in 2010 and its founder sent to prison when it emerged the implants had been filled with cheap One-gel'>SilicOne Gel which was not cleared for human use. Many ruptured inside women, causing chronic pain, fatigue, headaches and anxiety. Pip implants from 20 years ago are still impacting on my life and my health and my wellbeing even today. Its estimated that up to 400,000 women worldwide received pip implants. Colombia is the worst affected, followed by the uk, but the exact numbers may never be known. Lawyers for the victims believe todays ruling has implications for all women whove suffered as a result of the faulty Breast Implants. Sophie hutchinson, Bbc News. Its a year since george Floyds Death shocked the world and turned the spotlight on policing in the united states and beyond. The 46 year old African American died after a white police officer, derek chauvin, knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes. In the last of our series of special reports on the impact of his murder, Clive Myrie reports from St Louis county in missouri, which has the highest level of civilian deaths at the hands of the police. You might find some images disturbing. What happens when communities are under siege . For me to feel that even with my collar on that i have to be armed, its pretty depressing. Under siege from violence, the bitter harvest of decades of neglect and poverty. But under siege, too, from those meant to defeat the violence bad cops, poisoning public opinion. You see comments on facebook and things of that nature of, you know, This is all police want to do, is kill us. But can things be turned around and public trust regained in the St Louis region the worst area in america for civilian deaths at the hands of the police . Before George Floyd, there was Michael Brown, in the St Louis suburb of ferguson. In 2014, the 18 year old was shot six times after an altercation with a police officer. He was unarmed. Hurt and angry, a community raged. You must disperse immediately. This is no longer a peaceful protest. Supercharging a depressingly familiar debate about us policing. Meet Patrol Officer Brittany richardson. A 12 Year Veteran who helped battle the rioters. So This is the neighbourhood where Michael Brown died . Yeah, he has a memorial right there. Pensive in the memory of danger. 0ne Habit brings comfort. You pray every day . Yeah, i pray over my Kids Room before i leave, make sure that they are safe and they know that theyre loved. You worry that you just wont get home to them . I might not. All right, greater fairfax. Elsewhere in St Louis county, the Reverend Darryl gray organises volunteers to distribute masks in poor and sometimes dangerous neighbourhoods. Ill take the bad part on This side. Be careful. The Man Of God has a plan. I tell people, i wear a collar. I wear a collar but im not stupid. The belief that god will do everything for us and we have to do nothing for ourselves thats not faith. Thats superstition. And that can get you killed. And thats why you carry the gun. And thats why i carry the gun, yeah. Its the violence of parts of This area, born out of years of neglect and deprivation, that for the police requires a tough response. Police have told us very openly that when they go into the black community, theyre going to over police because theres a fear. But do you understand that . Of course i do. That makes sense. It makes a lot of sense. But the police have got to take some responsibility for the lack of trust. Trust a precious commodity between the police and the policed, slowly being rebuilt in the years after Michael Browns death. Chief Jason Armstrong has led the Ferguson Police Department for the last two years. I cannot guarantee or promise you that theres not going to be a police shooting. What i can promise and what i can guarantee is that were going to handle that problem and that mistake the right way. It is, however, a long journey to redemption, easily derailed, and the death of George Floyd has damaged attempts by Police Forces everywhere to repair links with the people they serve. I think its Set Law Enforcement back across This country. Sometimes things look bad on video. This One. This One was bad. And for all the progress that we had made since ferguson, it wiped it out like that. Norvelle was the first person i worked with that was shot and killed. He came back to his neighbourhood to make a difference and was murdered. There is a frustration that public confidence in the police can be smashed in an instant, despite some officers making the ultimate sacrifice. And the most recent death . 0fficer tamarris bohannon. But studies show far more civilians are killed by the police than the other way round. As america marks the One Year Anniversary of george Floyds Death, can there be reconciliation . For Reverend Darryl gray, that would mean acknowledging were all human beings, whether or not we wear a badge. When i saw the verdict and i watched it, and i saw the look on chauvin� s face, i saw a human being. If we despise hatred, let us not become it. If we despise bigotry, let us not become bigots. We cannot become what we despise. Clive myrie, Bbc News, in St Louis. The archbishop of canterbury has issued a full personal apology to the survivors of abuse by former Barristerjohn Smyth in the 1970s and � 80s. Justin welby worked in the Evangelical Christian camps for Schoolboys Run by smyth and denies any knowledge of the abuse at the time. Smyth, who died in 2018, is accused of violently beating at least 22 teenage boys. An independent review into the handling of allegations is due to deliver a report in the summer. Around 4,000 people having been dying every day in recent weeks in indias second wave of coronavirus, according to officialfigures. But the real toll is likely to be much greater. The highly contagious indian variant is causing alarm around the world. 0rla Guerin tells the story of One young woman in delhi, whose family say other countries should learn lessons from indias devastating experience. Please dont take corona so lightly. Very bad, very bad symptoms. Gravely ill, fighting for every breath. I am not able to speak, but i really want to convey my message to all. It was to be a final message from dimple arora, who was thinking of others and of her unborn child. And especially, during my pregnancy, i really dont want. Dimple lost her unborn baby at seven months. The next day, she could fight no more. She left behind a three year old son. She was the most, most energetic person. She was so strong. She was the last person that we thought that could go to covid. But covid Made A widower of ravish chawla. Her pregnancy made her vulnerable. He says dimple, who was 34 and a dentist, celebrated life and treasured every moment with their son. Here, precious memories. We went to the regents park. Its beautiful. Of a Family Holiday in london in 2019. Ravish says the death of his wife and so many more here should be a warning to the uk and the world. If the covid is going down in your place, do not take it lightly. It was going down here in india, but it came like wildfire. People were unguarded. And it affected healthy people. It affected pregnant women. So do not take your guard down at all