contacted anonymously by the bbc presenter via a dating app and claims the presenter then sent menacing messages. our special correspondent lucy manning has the story and she s with me now. to be clear, this is a different young person to the one the sun has reported about. this individual was first contacted by the mail presenter on a dating app and after the two had connected on the app, the two had connected on the app, the conversation moved to private messaging and the young person has told bbc news they were surprised to find out who the presenter was when he revealed his identity and a presenter told the young person not to tell anyone. but the young person has told us that they felt they were put under repeated requests and pressure to meet up. they did in fact never meet up. later, the young person alluded online to the fact that they were having contact with the bbc presenter and they implied that online, they might name him at some point. the presenter reacted by
we start with breaking news this hour. at the centre of the allegations over paying another young person for explicit pictures. bbc news has spoken to a young person in their early 20s who says they felt threatened by the same bbc presenter who is currently this young person was first contacted anonymously by the bbc presenter via a dating app and claims the presenter then sent menacing messages. helen know wilkinson is in the studio with me right now watching the development of the story, just take us through this second set of claims. fix, take us through this second set of claims. , ., take us through this second set of claims. ,, , ,., take us through this second set of claims. ,, , .,, ., take us through this second set of claims. , ., “ claims. a young person has told bbc news that they claims. a young person has told bbc news that they felt claims. a young person has told bbc news that they felt threatened - claims. a young person has told bbc news that
to a teenager for explicit photos. the bbc has released new details of its investigation into the claims. it says just two attempts were made over several weeks to contact the family concerned. the bbc s director general tim davie confirmed that the unnamed presenter was not spoken to about the issue until seven weeks after the initial complaint when new information had emerged. he also conceded, that the allegations had been clearly damaging . the bbc has been asked to pause its investigation by police while they make further inquiries. on may 18th, the complainant went to a bbc building to make the initial allegation. the following day, the complaint was assessed by the bbc s corporate investigations team. that team decided that the complaint did not include an allegation of criminality, but nonetheless merited further investigation. also on may 19th, the bbc says it emailed the complainant but received no response. untiljune 6th when the bbc says it made a phone call to t
who was sheltering underground, when the air raid alert in the capital went off at around 02:20 am local time. the bbc team heard at least one loud explosion and the city s air defence has been activated. earlier today, ukraine says at least 21 were killed in an attack on kherson. missile strikes hit a market, a railway station, a petrol station and residential builings. it comes as ukraine s president zelensky denied that his country carried out an alleged drone attack on the kremlin. russia says it was an attempt on vladimir putin s life. this video, which appears to show the drone attack, remains unverified. our analysis editor ros atkins has been taking a closer look. russia claims ukraine try to kill vladimir putin in the early hours of wednesday. this is the first video we have. it s in moscow. we see an object fly in from the left and explode. now let s pause here. we know this is moscow because this is red square. this is a recent picture of the same place with the kr