all the events so far. on friday, 19th may, according to the sun newspaper, the young person s family complained to the bbc about one of its presenters. on thursday, 6thjuly, allegations of a different nature were put to the bbc, according to director general tim davie. the next day, the sun publishes claims that a bbc presenter paid a teenager £35,000 for sexually explicit photos. on saturday, 8thjuly, the sun on sunday publishes more details of the presenter s alleged actions. and today, the bbc confirms a presenter has been suspended and the corporation is in touch with police, with the met confirming an initial contact has been received. our legal correspondent dominic casciani has answered some of the questions about this case. effectively, if you go on social media this weekend, there have been two burning questions. firstly, has there been a crime that s been committed? and secondly, why hasn t this individual been named? so let s go through these in turn has an
Am sally bundock. We start in china, where the Chinese Vice Premier he lifeng and the European Commissioner for trade Valdis Dombrovskis are meeting in beijing today. The eu and chinas economic and trade ties will be the focus of discussions. The meeting comes at a time of growing tensions between the two superpowers. Earlier this month, the European Commission announced there would be an anti subsidy investigation over chinas car prices. China is accused of keeping car prices artificially low by huge State Subsidies a move that china says is evidence of protectionism by the eu. Trade between the eu and china is significant, especially for countries like germany, where china is their biggest Trading Partner. Im joined by anna ashton, china director at eurasia group. Lets unpack this. Good morning to you, anna. How are these trade talks likely to go, do you think . You think . Its hard to say exactly how you think . Its hard to say exactly how they you think . Its hard to say exactly ho
Hollywood studio bosses and the Union Representing writers have reached a tentative deal. Writers have been on strike since early may. The more than 15,000 members will still have to vote to ratify the deal. In a statement, the Writers Guild of america said actors are still out on industrial action, though. They have been on strike sincejuly. Both strikes have hit the Entertainment Industry hard. Live now to sandro monetti, editor in chief of Hollywood International filmmaker magazine. He joins us now from Beverly Hills in california. You are popping the champagne, sandro, so i believe you think this is a done deal . Hallelujah it looks like it. And here in california the cost of the economy of the Work Stoppages has been over 3 billion. Because it is more thanjust the right billion. Because it is more than just the right is billion. Because it is more thanjust the right is being on strike and the actors, too, it is all the support industry. 0ne is all the support industry. One in five
ceasefire. instead, the pauses are intended to allow humanitarian aid in. and to help civilians move south to avoid the air strikes and fighting in the north. two humanitarian corridors will open. there are growing concerns about the conflict spreading, bringing in countries like yemen. jeremy bowen reports from israel. more palestinians left their homes moving along salah al din street, the road to southern gaza, after israel said they would not be attacked if they left the battle zone to the north. pauses in israeli combat operations were welcomed by the americans. all this raises the ghosts of 19118 for palestinians, when more than 700,000 of them fled or were expelled byjewish troops as israel won its independence. israel never allowed them home. two of the gaza hostages were in new videos. hanna katsir blamed benjamin netanyahu, israel s prime minister, for their plight. so did yagil yaakov, who s 13. hostage videos are usually made under duress, so the bbc is not broa
a full separation of our economies would be economically disastrous for both of our countries and for the world. we seek a healthy economic relationship with china that benefits both countries over time. her comments come ahead of a potential meeting between presidentjoe biden and xijinping next week. since the leaders of the world s two most powerful nations last met in bali, a lot has changed despite us restrictions on high tech products over the last few months, us china relations have actually improved. both sides are keen to find more ways to cooperate on economic issues. translation: thank you, madam secretary, for your remarks. - it would give me great pleasure to meet with you again in the beautiful city of san francisco. it is less than four months since we last met in beijing and we had in depth discussions on topics of mutual interest. the efforts of these two superpowers to stabilise their relationship comes against an increasingly complicated backdrop a sputt