chief says turkey s president erdogan has now agreed to support sweden s bid tojoin nato. that was a priority for us presidentjoe biden, who touched down in vilnius on the eve of the summit. it s clears the last major hurdle for sweden s accession. let s take a listen to what the nato secretary general jens stoltenberg, had to say. i think what we did today builds and we did in madrid because they agreed to invite finland and sweden to become members and the ratification process has been finalised or finland, finland is already a full member and now president erdogan has indicated they are ready to ratify sweden. our correspondent lewis vaughanjones has been following developments in vilnius. it seems this nato summit here in vilnius will be getting under way after a very significant concrete achievement. ian s stoltenberg, the head of nato, announcing that turkey had agreed sweden could start the process to membership. ,jens. why is that so significant? within nato, each a
rubbish. a short time ago the sun issued a statement it said. we have reported a story about two very concerned parents who made a complaint to the bbc about the behaviour of a presenter and the welfare of their child. meanwhile the police say that they are making further inquiries to establish whether a criminal offence has been committed. there is currently no investigation underway. the male presenter who has been suspended has not yet been named. let s get the very latest. our correspondent helen wilkinson is in the newsroom. just outlined for us the newsroom. just outlined for us the most recent available developments in detail. i the most recent available developments in detail. the most recent available develoments in detail. ~ developments in detail. i think when the various first developments in detail. i think when the various first emerged developments in detail. i think when the various first emerged in - developments in detail. i think when the various first
of thousands of pounds to a teenager in return for sexually explicit photographs. the corporation, which was told by the young person s family about the allegations back in may, says new information came to light on thursday, and it s now investigating all the claims. the bbc is now in touch with the family. the sun newspaper has printed claims the presenter contacted the family in recent days. our media editor katie razzall reports. for the best part of 48 hours, the bbc has been splashed across many of the front pages. today was an attempt to prove it hadn t been slow to act in the face of a serious complaint, an effort to take control of the narrative. this afternoon, the bbc announced it has suspended the still unnamed presenter at the heart of the allegations and also contacted the police. the bbc first became aware of a complaint in may, it said in a statement. new allegations were put to us on thursday of a different nature. and in addition to our own inquiries, we ve
do need to reflect, president erdogan can t make a decision on his own. he now refers it on to parliament, who has to then pass it. but he has agreed to work with parliament to make sure that does happen. it s interesting when you look at some of these issues that erdogan previously raised things like pkk, a group that he and many of you as a terrorist organisation, saying sweden wasn t doing enough many view. there s issues around things like fighterjets to resume herfinished resume purchase from the us. with the issue ofjoining the us. with the issue ofjoining the eu, it took a separate organisation, was thrown into the mix as well. all those issues feeding into the potential delay in accession, but we don t know the details of how exactly, but it seems sweden will go the way of finland. during those, both countries spoke at the same time. life spoke to the finnish foreign minister, and she told me she always viewed this very much as a joint process. it was sweden a
ping up goodbye to one area another one will ping up out of nowhere to move back across the uk. it is that repeating pattern we will see over the next few days and it s exactly why the weather is this damage was all so preventable. this programme continues on bbc one. for sexually explicit pictures. tonight, lawyers for the individual say the claims in the newspaper are rubbish . the bbc has been on the back foot for days, the sun is standing by its story, the high profile star remains unamed officially, and we don t know how the young person at the heart of this story is. where does all this leave the corporation and its bosses a question we have asked before in recent months and years, surely they have learned from previous scandals? tonight we ll talk to alison hastings, former chair of the bbc s editorial standards committee who s dealt with a number of bbc scandals, and top agentjonathan shallit. also tonight, as temperature records are broken around the world, we ll