The director of news to say that she cannot make this the belief that some politicians is that Huffington Post uk have Left Wing or antigovernment sympathies in the affair prompted leader of the house to say. Others felt the Bbc Independence and impartiality were being damaged from the opposite direction. Robbie gibb has not commented directly on the financial times story, but newspaper said that a source close to him said they denied the words attributed. If concerns about impartiality were prompted by the previous jobs held, there was another row over impartiality this week with Social Media at its heart. It emerged recently as reported on News Watch that a journalist had posted offensive tweets about Israel And Hitler three years previous to her employment there. On wednesday, she put out a statement saying that she had been dismissed from herjob and objecting to the decision and offering a heartfelt apology for posting without thinking. News watch contacted her when she had this. I
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Hello and welcome to Bbc News. Rescue crews have been racing to find survivors of floods that wreaked havoc in germany and its western neighbours. 120 people are so far known to have died, hundreds remain unaccounted for and thousands are now homeless. German officials say the Countrys Flood Warning system functioned as it was supposed to, but the amount of rain and how rapidly it fell was unforeseen. Courtney bembridge reports. As the floodwaters receded in western germany, residents can counting the cost. A home once stood here. It has been reduced to rubble, along with the owners recently renovated fish farm, which was meant to fund his retirement. Translation i his retirement. Translation i had just put another 35,000 euros into the house in the last two weeks. Everything, new Water Pipes laid. I still have to pay the bills. His neighbour built this house to pay the bills. His neighbour built this house by to pay the bills. His neighbour built this house by hand. To pay the bills.