with two tests left to play. good morning. we have got some heavy rain in the south west of england. it is pushing north east through the day. it could miss the south east of england. northern scotland, a drier day. a few showers. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, 10thjuly. the bbc is meeting with the met police today, to discuss allegations that one of its presenters paid a teenager £35,000 for sexually explicit photos. the male presenter who hasn t been named has been suspended, and the corporation has contacted the police about the accusations, which were first reported in the sun newspaper. we re joined now by our news correspondent lizo mzimba. tell us about the latest allegations? well, today s front page of the sun newspaper claims the unnamed presenter made two panicked phone calls to the young individual in question, saying, what have you done? and asking them to ring their mother, to get them to stop the investigation. the bbc has not b
and it is now considering an executive order to curb us investment in sensitive areas. but ms yellen told her chinese counterparts that any such measures will be highly targeted. i emphasise that it would be highly targeted and clearly directed narrowly at a few sectors where we have specific national security concerns. i want to allay their fears that we would do something that would have broad based impacts on the chinese economy. that s not the case. that s not the intention. and i think this is an example of what i said about how to address national security concerns. senior market analyst kelvin wong told me that ms yellen did manage to smooth relations on the economic front. if you look at the us treasury secretary yellen, i believe that she is more pragmatic. so, all in all, i would like to state that ms yellen actually had a positive outcome in terms of economic communication between the us and china, but, however, on the general political front, i still reckon that i
relationship rock solid . police say further inquiries are taking place into whether a bbc presenter alleged to have paid a teenager for explicit photos committed a criminal offence. the kremlin says the wagner boss, yevgeny prigozhin, met vladimir putin five days after he led a failed mutiny. the un s weather agency says it is extremely worried about record high temperatures recorded around the world. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s gavin. hello from the bbc sport centre. let s bring you up to speed with wimbledon, as the tournament enters the second week. novak djokovic and daniil medvedev are through to the quarter finals, medvedev progressing by virtue of his opponent retiring. he was two sets up at the time. the women s champion elena rybkahina also through without needed to complete her match. chetan pathak is there for us. djokovic dropped one set, but looking in good shape to retain his title here. and potentially level that famou
lost their son sam and their grief is still intense. he used to talk to you and bring in stories. he was a joy to have in your life and he just made made our lives better, really, and he has left a really big hole. this is where sam died. the 25 year old humanitarian worker was aboard a boeing 737 max that crashed shortly after take off from the ethiopian capitalm killing everyone on board. today s inquest focuses on three british campaigners, sam pegram, campaigner joanna toole and un worker 0liver vick. the plane was the second 737 max to crash in the space of a few months. the first, run by lion air, crashed into the sea off indonesia in 2018, killing 189 people. the aircraft, a new design, had a fatal flaw, but after the first accident it was allowed to keep flying. that fact makes sam s brother tom furious.
the first, run by lion air, had crashed into the sea off indonesia in 2018, killing 189 people. the aircraft, a new design, had a fatal flaw. but after the first accident, it was allowed to keep flying. that fact makes sam s brother tom furious. it s corporate greed that has got us to this point. and, you know, itjust killed so many people. it s hard to even, like, wrap my head around the fact that even initially when it did happen, that people weren t up in arms. i recently spoke to one of boeing s top executives, and i asked him if he had a message for the bereaved families. we have such deep sympathy and condolence for the 346 families that suffered loss, both in the lion air and the ethiopian flights. for us as a company, the commitment is, how do we ensure that this terrible loss results in greater still improvements to aviation safety?