earlier, he met prime minister rishi sunak at downing street, with the war in ukraine high on the agenda. during the meeting the president described the us uk relationship as rock solid with rishi sunak adding that the two countries were the firmest allies . both leaders are travelling to that nato summit tomorrow. but that meeting with the king is still on going at windsor and my colleague maryam moshiri is there now. yes, the helicopter on marine one left windsor castle around about 30 minutes ago after what felt at least from what we were looking at a very relaxed and happy and warm meeting between the two men, as we saw earlier in pictures, they greeted each other quite warmly and that was followed by an inspection of the welsh guard and after that the two men entered into windsor castle and together they spent we believe a bit of time having afternoon tea or lunch and then discussing the subject of climate change and climate finance and there was a group of peop
how a genetic test could reduce the chances of people having a recurring stroke. west ham have done it they beat az alkmaar, to celebrate reaching their first major european final since 1976. and whilst it s a fine friday for many, in parts of england and wales they could be some thundery showers later. your full forecast coming up. good morning. it s friday, the 19th of may. our main story. it s friday, the 19th of may. the uk has announced a new raft of sanctions against russia, which will include a ban on importing diamonds, copper, aluminium and nickel. prime minister rishi sunak, who is injapan for the g7 summit of world leaders, said vladimir putin must be shown that his violence and coercion towards ukraine do not reap rewards. our political editor chris mason sent this report from the japanese city of hiroshima. a tranquil if rather damp setting for our interview with the prime minister, a traditional japanese tea house, carp in the pond outside. world leaders have
fresh claims in the sun newspaper, too. it says the presenter made a panicked phone call to the young person, saying, what have you done? and asking them to ring their mother to stop the investigation. the family also say they re upset with the bbc, claiming no one rang them for a proper interview after that initial complaint. the presenter is now suspended. but, if an allegation was made in may, why did it take so long for that decision to be made? the big question for the bbc, i think, is are your processes fit for purpose? when did this question come in? was it escalated fast enough? why was it, when new information came out on thursday, it took until sunday for the bbc to suspend the presenter? to be fair to the bbc, they would say, look, this is a complex nuanced environment, lots of questions, lots of issues. let s take a look at the time line so far. friday the 19th of may. this is when a young person s family
the presenter is now suspended. but, if an allegation was made in may, why did it take so long for that decision to be made? the big question for the bbc, i think, is are your processes fit for purpose? when did this question come in? was it escalated fast enough? why was it, when new information came out on thursday, it took until sunday for the bbc to suspend the presenter? to be fair to the bbc, they would say, look, this is a complex nuanced environment, lots of questions, lots of issues. let s take a look at the time line so far. friday the 19th of may. this is when the young person s family first complained to the bbc about a presenter s behaviour. according to the sun. then, seven weeks later, allegations of a different nature are put to the bbc, according to the director general, tim davie. on friday, the sun publishes claims that a bbc presenter paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos. then yesterday, the bbc confirms a presenter has been suspended and the corporation i
the big question for the bbc, i think, is are your processes fit for purpose? when did this question come in? was it escalated fast enough? why was it, when new information came out on thursday, it took until sunday for the bbc to suspend the presenter? to be fair to the bbc, they would say, look, this is a complex nuanced environment, lots of questions, lots of issues. let s take a look at the time line so far. friday the 19th of may. this is when the young person s family first complained to the bbc about a presenter s behaviour. according to the sun. then, seven weeks later, allegations of a different nature are put to the bbc, according to the director general, tim davie. on friday, the sun publishes claims that a bbc presenter paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos. then yesterday, the bbc confirms a presenter has been suspended and the corporation is in touch with police. today, bbc managers are due to meet with the police.