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The 58-year-old was speaking as the BBC unveiled its annual report.

Annual report says pace of change amid battle with streaming rivals is ‘a moment of real jeopardy for the sector’

The corporation issued the warning after two years when the licence fee was frozen.

The war in Gaza has been a notoriously controversial and difficult story to cover as a journalist. The Israeli government banned international journalists from the territory. At least 171 journalists and media workers in Gaza, Lebanon and the West Bank have been killed since the war began.

The Culture Secretary said it was ‘unacceptable’ that mainly vulnerable women were being prosecuted for not paying the licence fee.

Samir Shah, 73, also said the BBC should pay more attention to the concerns of the communities receiving migrants

He also discussed how junior staff have felt ‘vulnerable’ and ‘preyed on’ by people with power.

Samir Shah offered a long thought about Northern Ireland while Tim Davie repeated terms so broad as to be meaningless

The corporation chairman addressed numerous reviews the BBC has had to conduct in the last few years while appearing before the CMS committee.