BBC apologises for Paris interview gaffe

Tim Wilcox

The BBC has apologised after reporter Tim Willcox told the daughter of a holocaust survivor that “Palestinians suffer hugely at Jewish hands” during an interview at the French unity rallies at the weekend.

Reporter sorry for ‘poorly phrased question’

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