hello, welcome to bbc news. let s start with that story causing major shock waves today, the boss of one of the largest business groups, the cbi, has been fired after an investigation into complaints about his conduct at work. to ny danker will leave the group with immediate effect. tony danker will leave the group with immediate effect. he apologised in the wake of the allegations over his behaviour towards a female employee. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. this story has absolutely rocked the cbi. tony stepped aside last month as an investigation got under way, but the report into what happened hasn t actually been published. it was done by an independent legal firm. so we don t know the full details. at the cbi said today that it related to specific complaints about workplace misconduct. it determined that tony s conduct fell short of that expected of the director general. so, he s been sacked with immediate effect. but he s clearly not happy about it bec
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of a 44 billion dollar deal to buy twitter. as italy battles its worst drought in 70 years, we report from communities which are seeing a third of their agricultural produce threatened. ina in a normal year, even in high summer, i could not do what i m doing right now, which is a walk across this stretch of river po without even getting my feet wet. this riverbed has become a sandbank. and.go for it all naomi campbell gives her advice on modelling and motherhood after being awarded an honorary doctorate for her impact on global fashion. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. our top story in sri lanka protesters have stormed the president s official residence in colombo as the country s economic crisis deepens. the whereabouts of the president are unknown. we can bring you some new pictures which have just come in showing the potesters inside the residence. police fired tear gas in an effort to disperse huge crowds gathered to demand the resig
Welljust a few months out from the olympics in paris. Earlier, i spoke to olympic bronze medalist beth tweddle. And began by asking how positive the silver was in the lead up to this summers olympics . It isa it is a Huge Positive result. The team will be really pleased with that. We had a mixture of experience and a mixture of youth, and they all handled the pressure. Yes, we cannot ask any more of that team today. Obviously it was a team result, but looking at individual performances, we have got to single out a number of people, becky downie and also Alice Kinsella as well. Alice kinsella as well. Becky downie, Alice Kinsella as well. Becky downie. An Alice Kinsella as well. Becky downie, an obviously Alice Kinsella as well. Becky downie, an obviously disappointed after yesterdays competition, she went for a more difficult routine and did not quite pay off. Came back out today to prove that absolutely she can do that routine. And went out and produced a huge score for the team, and
let us speak to a markets consultant. we are not going to go to that just yet. we consultant. we are not going to go to thatjust yet. we are going to take you live to dublin lynn is the scene at dublin central court. we are hearing a statement after the sentencing ofjozef puska, for life imprison for the murder of school teacher aisling murphy. fix, imprison for the murder of school teacher aisling murphy. teacher aisling murphy. a come assion teacher aisling murphy. a come passion nat teacher aisling murphy. a come passion nat community, - teacher aisling murphy. a come passion nat community, they i teacher aisling murphy. a come i passion nat community, they were teacher aisling murphy. a come - passion nat community, they were of assistance throughout the investigation, providing us in particular with access to cctv which was instrumental in building the case againstjozef puska and achieving a successful prosecution. the community also had and continues to support aisl