headline stories because preaching in the last little while, the news that uk treasury has announced the uk banks will be subject to stricter rules over closing customers accounts under changes designed to protect freedom of expression that comes out of the story making headlines yesterday with nigel frosh who had obtained documents which showed from minutes of the meeting that his account is being closed for commercial reputation risk reasons associated with the political views. those were cited as reasons behind terminating his account and he had originally made that claim and had obtained these documents a few weeks afterwards and that getting the response of the uk prime minister rishi sunak who said that was wrong and that somebody s account could be closed because of their political
she posted on social media saying i am a clean athlete and said she had faith it would be resolved in her favour. and that s all the sport for now. let s return to one of those headline stories because the broadcaster and journalist dan wootton has admitted making errors ofjudgment in the past but has denied any criminality as he responded to claims made against him. reports have included allegations that he offered media colleagues thousands of pounds for explicit material of themselves. speaking on his tv news show he said he was the victim of a witchhunt. let s get more on this from our correspondentjohn donnison. telus more about who dan wootton is and what exactly he s been accused of. dan wootton is a controversial but influential figure within the
more turning point. we will hear more from our medical editor fergus walsh. let s turn to one of those headline stories. on thursday, voters go to the polls in three constituencies across england in a series of by elections which will provide a major test of rishi sunak s authority. the conservatives currently hold all three seats, but the prime minister faces the possibility of losing them all after their previous mps resigned from parliament. and over the next few days, we ll be in all three seats. today, it s the turn of selby and ainsty in north yorkshire. the seat was held by the former minister and conservative mp nigel adams, who quit in the wake of his ally borisjohnson s resignation as an mp last month. labour believe they can prize the seat away from the conservative party despite a 20,000 majority for the tories at the last election.
welcome to world business report. i met samantha simmons. get more both of those headline stories in a moment. let s take a look now at relations between saudi arabia and china. following a visit by president xi to riyadh last december, the middle east oil producer is sending a big delegation to china for what s known as the summer davos. davos, of course, is in switzerland. the summer event it in the chinese city of tianjin. let s get more now from out middle east business correspondent sameer hashmi in dubai. good to see you. what will saudi arabia s main objective is to be in tianjin, do you think? i arabia s main objective is to be in tianjin, do you think? tian in, do you think? i think it is a tianjin, do you think? i think it is a very significant tianjin, do you think? i think it is a very significant one, tianjin, do you think? i think it is a very significant one, for - a very significant one, for the delegation, they are sending quite a large saudi arabian location, sen
they face charges of people trafficking. on monday, they will be questioned by the prosecutor leading the investigation into what happened. but for now, there are still many unanswered questions about how this tragedy unfolded. the details are clearly still emerging on that story. more on that and the rest of our headline stories here in a moment. hello. there are some changes afoot as we head towards the weekend. and the first signs of those changes have been showing themselves across the western side of the country. that was the isles of scilly earlier on today with quite a lot of cloud overhead. you can see that cloud approaching from the west on our earlier satellite image. there is an area of low pressure spinning just out here in the atlantic, and as that low edges closer, we will increasingly see areas