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Filmmakers slam BBC after Gaza documentary wins award despite being droppedhttps://www.middleeasteye.net/news/filmmakers-slam-bbc-after-gaza-documentary-wins-award-despite-being-dropped from #MiddleEastEye #MEE 10 May 2026 Filmmakers behind Gaza: #Doctors Under Attack used their BAFTA TV Award win on Sunday to publicly rebuke the #BBC, accusing it of silencing a #documentary that lays bare Israel’s assault on Gaza’s #medical sector throughout the #genocide.The #film, originally commissioned by the BBC before being dropped last June, went on to win best current affairs programme after Channel 4 stepped in to broadcast it.Accepting the award, presenter Ramita Navai said the public broadcaster had “paid for” the documentary but “refused to show it.”The documentary’s content makes clear why it proved controversial. It opens with footage recovered from the phone of a #Palestinian medic killed under intense #Israeli gunfire, immediately placing #Israel’s targeting of #Gaza’s healthcare system at the centre of the narrative.#news #politics #Palestine #UKpol

The oil, gas and arms companies profiting from the war on IranAs bills rise across the world, campaigners call out the fossil fuel and #weapons firms raking in mega profitshttps://www.middleeasteye.net/news/oil-gas-arms-companies-profiting-war-on-iran from #MiddleEastEye #MEE27 April 2026 | Last update: 7:10 ET 27 April April 28, 2026 While hitting the pockets of millions in Europe, Asia and worldwide, the war has created big winners. BP's first-quarter profit more than doubled year-on-year to $3.2 billion, the highest for the British oil ‌giant since 2023, Reuters reported on Tuesday.Recent analysis conducted by climate charity Global Witness for the Guardian found that major #oil and #gas companies made over $30m an hour in the first month of the war on #Iran. #NoWarWithIran #news #politics #US #Israel