This morning, the Foreign Secretary, james cleverly, said the Entertainment Industry as a whole had questions to answer about how it deals with allegations made byjunior staff against big name presenters, because of what he termed the acute differentials in power. Vincent mcaviney has the latest. His behaviour made him no stranger to the tabloids, but this weekend, serious sexual allegations mean Russell Brand has made all the front pages. Perhaps over the course of the evening, some of my accoutrements could make their way onto your body. Once one of the most ubiquitous faces on bbc tv and radio, Building A Career In Hollywood for a time. It is the way these organisations oversaw brands conduct which is now coming under the spotlight, with the Foreign Secretary saying the Entertainment Industry as a whole has questions to answer. There are some real challenges where you have these very, very acute differentials in power, whether that be in the Entertainment Industry, whether that be i
By channel 4. In a statement, banijay uk which purchased endemol in 2020 said in light of the very serious allegations relating to the alleged serious misconduct of Russell Brand while presenting shows produced by endemol in 2004 and 2005, banijay uk has launched an urgent internal investigation and will co operate with any requests for information from broadcast partners and external agencies. Meanwhile, a charity supported by Russell Brands own Charitable Foundation has cut ties with him. Trevi women and Childrens Charity said it was deeply saddened and upset by the allegations. Brand was working for channel 4, the bbc, and Acting In Hollywood Films during the period of the claims all of which, he denies. Vincent mcaviney has the latest. His behaviour made him no stranger to the tabloids but, this weekend, serious sexual allegations mean Russell Brand has made all the front pages. Perhaps over the course of the evening, some of my accoutrements could make their way onto your body onc
again, that s 1807123800 manu raju on capitol hill. and this is cnn president biden telling israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu the deaths of seven aid workers is unacceptable. biden warning israel needs to announce an women specific concrete, measurable steps to protect civilians and aid workers. and that an immediate ceasefire in gaza is essential we re at the white can house and in jerusalem live with the latest plus cancer cases expected to skyrocket a concerning new report says illnesses worldwide could jump 77 percent in the next 25 years, we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in, right here to cnn news central the news this afternoon coming after a page or call at the white house between israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and president biden prisoner biden apparently telling netanyahu that an immediate ceasefire in gaza is essential. now, what appears to be an ultimatum is coming into view. the white house say
we have new polling on what that message might do with a key bloc of voters. plus, what a raging wildfire in california is warning us about this summer s fire season. and two days after the supreme court rules to make it easier to rapidly fire a gun, a man shoots nearly 30 rounds at families using a community splash pad for kids. nine injured, including children. some seriously. an 8-year-old boy who has a gunshot wound to the head. he s in critical condition. those stories in a moment. first, let s begin with politics. the new more aggressive strategy from team biden to go after donald trump as a convicted felon. the new $50 million ad campaign is going up in battleground states, framing the election as a choice between a convicted criminal, that s in a quote, and a president who is, quote, fighting for your family. it was juiced over the weekend as george clooney, julia roberts, jimmy kimmel and former president obama laid out the stakes for november. the next pre
of fact checkers busy here at bbc verify. let s start with a claim that s dominated the debate this week. angela rayner and the labour party, keir starmer confirmed this earlier this week, they are going to put up your taxes by £2,000. no we won t. that s a lie. by £2,000 per working household. penny, your government have raised taxes. crosstalk. we have, and we hated putting the taxes up. we ve looked at this a lot in the last few days and the figure is misleading because the £2,000 is over four years and the figures the conservatives have used to calculate it are dubious. both the conservatives and labour are promising not to increase income tax, national insurance or vat during the next parliament. obviously there s a lot of politics in this too, but when it comes to the facts, that s where we re at. there was also a big claim that cuts are coming when it comes to public spending, whoever gets the keys to number ten. there s £18 billion of cuts coming down the line agr