BBC suspends TV show over host's anti-Arab comments
The BBC said Friday it was suspending a popular daytime television show after its veteran presenter sparked outrage by branding Arabs as "suicide bombers, limb amputators, women repressors".
Britain's public broadcaster said it "strongly disassociates itself" with comments made by presenter Robert Kilroy-Silk, a former MP for the ruling Labour Party, in a newspaper last Sunday, and has launched an investigation.
"We stress that these comments do not reflect the views of the BBC," the broadcaster said in a statement.
"The BBC is taking the Kilroy programme off air immediately while we investigate this matter fully."
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