Two more medals for great britain on the final day of the paralympics, with bronze wins in the Mens Badminton and mens wheelchair basketball. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The Chief Executive of one of Prince Charles charities the prince S Foundation, has temporarily stepped down following claims that he helped secure an honourfor a major donor. Two british newpapers, The Sunday Times and the mail on sunday, allege that Michael Fawcett used his influence to assist a Saudi Businessman. Mr fawcett was, until 2003, the prince s valet. Here s our royal correspondentjonny dymond. Michael fawcett was once one of Prince Charles closest aides, a man whom the prince relied upon to guide and organise his personal life. Three years ago, he became Chief Executive of the prince S Foundation an Umbrella Group for a number of Prince Charles charitable interests. Newspaper reports allege that Mr Fawcett offered to assist a wealthy saudi national and major donor to the prince S Foundation with citizen
Really going on in british politics. A national tragedy, shameful, a staggering failure. Britains biggest foreign Policy Disaster since suez. That is how my guest has described our withdrawal from afghanistan. He is Tom Tugendhat former soldier and former to the commander of the helmand province, former adviser to the chief of defence staff. He is now chair of a foreign Affairs Committee of the House Of Commons and this is the series in which i have conversations with, not interrogations of, those who shape our political thinking about what shapes theirs. Their background, their values, their lives beyond politics. It was precisely that which led mps to listen to Tom Tugendhat in total silence as he spoke in the commons of his struggle with anger, Grief And Rage as he watched events unfold In Kabul. Ive been to funerals from poole to dunblane, ive watched good men go into the earth, taking with them a Part Of Me and a part of all of us. And this week has torn open some of those wounds,
The perilous state of the Planets Wildlife is being laid bare at the worlds largest biodiversity summit. The International Union For Conservation Of Nature has released its revised red list of Endangered Species. Theres s some good news for tuna, but the fate of many other animals still hangs in the balance. Gail maclellan reports. Weighing in at around 150 kilograms, the Komodo Dragon is the worlds largest living lizard. They are notorious hunters with deadly venom and no predators, so it is hard to imagine that they are under threat. But it has just been added to the Endangered Species list. They are only half found on a handful of Indonesian Islands and their habitat is shrinking rapidly. Indonesian islands and their habitat is shrinking rapidly. Globalwarming and Climate Change, is shrinking rapidly. Globalwarming and Climate Change, rising is shrinking rapidly. Globalwarming and Climate Change, rising sea and Climate Change, rising sea levels, that species will lose 30 of its hab
Hello and welcome to Bbc News. The Chief Executive of one of Prince Charles charities, the Princes Foundation has temporarily stepped down following claims that he helped secure an honourfor a major donor. Two british newpapers, The Sunday Times and the mail on sunday, allege that Michael Fawcett used his influence to assist a Saudi Businessman. Mr fawcett was, until 2003, the princes valet. Heres our royal correspondent, jonny dymond. Michael fawcett was once one of Prince Charles closest aides, a man whom the prince relied upon to guide and organise his personal life. Three years ago, he became Chief Executive of the Princes Foundation an Umbrella Group for a number of Prince Charles charitable interests. Newspaper reports allege that Mr Fawcett offered to assist a wealthy saudi national and major donor to the prince s foundation with citizenship and with an honour. Mahfouz Marei Mubarak Bin Mahfouz received an honorary cbe in late 2016. 0ne Palace Source stressed the distance betwee
And two more medals for great britain on the final day of the paralympics, with bronze wins in the Mens Badminton and mens wheelchair basketball. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. The Chief Executive of one of Prince Charles charities the Princes Foundation has temporarily stepped down following claims that he helped secure an honourfor a major donor. Two british Newpapers The Sunday Times and the Mail On Sunday allege that Michael Fawcett used his influence to assist a Saudi Businessman. Mr fawcett was until 2003 the princes valet. Heres our royal correspondent, jonny dymond. Michael fawcett was once one of Prince Charles closest aides, a man whom the prince relied upon to guide and organise his personal life. Three years ago, he became Chief Executive of the prince s foundation an Umbrella Group for a number of Prince Charles charitable interests. Newspaper reports allege that Mr Fawcett offered to assist a wealthy saudi national and major donor to th