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
editors from print and broadcasting organisations, including the bbc s chris mason, who had the first question at a press conference given by rishi sunak. we ve got time to take some questions from the media. could i start with the bbc, please? thank you, prime minister chris. bbc news. will you ask the independent adviser on ministers interest to look into the country s conduct? to help her deal with being caught speeding. and do you have full confidence in suella braverman? did you have any questions about the summit? others will, i think. some irritation shown there by the prime minister, and it was shared by viewer carol wright. and martin turner begged. it s not the first time we ve heard complaints regarding the questions put to the prime minister during trips abroad. in response, bbc news told us. another question had been raised a couple of days before that, when rishi sunak s plane landed in hiroshima for the summit, accompanied by his wife, akshat murthy, the bbc ne
caroline modarressy tehrani and seb payne, director of the centre right think tank, onward. welcome to the programme. the us secretary of state antony blinken, has urged israel and the palestinians to take steps to calm tensions during a spike in violence that has put the region on edge. in the latest incident, just hours before mr blinken was due to arrive in israel palestinian health officials say israeli forces shot dead a palestinian man at a military checkpoint in hebron. the violence was sparked on thursday, when ten palestinians were shot dead in the occupied west bank by israeli forces. then on friday, seven israelis were killed when a palestinian gunmen opened fire outside a synagogue in east jerusalem. secretary blinken has already met prime minister benjamin netanyahu and will also meet the president of the palestinian authority mahmoud abas. from the moment mr blinken s plane touched the tarmac he made it clear that addressing the violence of the last week
since the summer, the us calls for a un security council meeting to discuss north korea s continued use of ballistic missiles. the world s disappearing glaciers a new report says a third could have melted to nothing in less than 30 years. and wakanda forever the long awaited sequel to the oscar winning film black panther has had its european premiere in london. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with dramatic developments in pakistan, where the former prime minister imran khan is recovering in hospital after being shot in the leg. mr khan, who was ousted from power in april, was attacked while leading a week long protest convoy from the east of the country to the capital, islamabad. police have arrested a suspect and released a video in which he appears to confess to the crime. the us, britain, canada and saudi arabia are among several countries which have condemned the assassination attempt. o
hi jintao, is mysteriously led out of the hall by officials. giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy s latest coalition government. she s the nation s first female prime minister, and its first far right leader since the second world war. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson has arrived back from holiday as the battle to replace liz truss as conservative leader and prime minister intensifies. mrjohnson s plane touched down at gatwick airport in the last hour. neither he nor rishi sunak have declared their candidacy only penny mourdant has officially put her name forward. but it s widely being seen as a battle between the former prime minister and the man who worked with him as chancellor. currently the bbc estimates 168 out of 357 tory mps have gone public with their support rishi sunak has passed the key threshold of 100 backers, borisjohnson has 46 and penny mordaunt 21. it s worth pointing out that these are