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
apparently minutes before a crash in which two teenagers died, leading to riots. police investigating the disappearance of madeleine mccann begin searching a reservoir in portugal. in sydney tens of thousands fill a stadium to see india s prime minister, narendra modi, addressing a rally. a bbc investigation finds some vapes confiscated in schools contain lead and other metals. the rmt union have announced that london underground workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of extending their mandate to continue to take strike action, this is in the long running dispute overjobs and pensions and conditions, so that is london underground workers voting to extend their strike action so there could be more pain ahead for commuters. another story we are following in the algarve, the search is continuing this is the long running investigation into the disappearance of madeleine mccann. this is a dam which is 50 kilometres away from where the british title i missing 16 years ago.
Being rescued on the front line as fighting rages around them. Calls for Energy Companies to stop making their customers use Prepayment Meters because theyre struggling to pay their bills. Bumper christmas sales for some of britains biggest retailers, despite the cost of living crisis. And tributes for the legendary rock guitaristjeff beck, who has died at the age of 78. And coming up on the Bbc News Channel. Great Britains Jack Draper will hope to be the Headline Maker in the first round of the Australian Open on monday. Hes been drawn against the defending champion, rafael nadal. Good afternoon and welcome to the news at one. Theres more evidence of the crisis in the nhs in england. Ambulance response times reached their worst level on record in december. Category 2 emergency calls, which include strokes, took more than an hour and a half on average. The target is 18 minutes. The highest priority calls, with an immediate threat to life, took almost 11 minutes on average. The target i
To the kremlin s coffers . Well be getting the view from our man in moscow. There he is, steve rosenberg. And ill also be discussing all of this with a sanctions specialist. There she is, Agathe Demarais from the Economist Intelligence unit. Also on the show, its all about your people from taking on coca cola to flying on board your own spaceship. Im going to be getting the lowdown from self proclaimed Trouble Maker and Global Business magnate sir richard branson. Wherever yourejoining me from around the world. Once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. This was a year when the World Economy went to war as russias military invaded ukraine, bringing death and destruction and misery in its wake, the western allies responded not just with military assistance, but by turning the power of their economies to isolate russia as much as possible. Heres the us President Joe Biden back in april of this year. Theres nothing less happening than major war crimes. Responsible nations hav
An audit exit if this is put in charge of this years climate complement. And a look at whats happening in the front line town of soledar as russia and ukraine fight for control. Welcome to the programme. We start with the controversy in washington. The white house has confirmed that a second set of classified documents has been found in the garage of President Biden s home in delaware. Its thought the documents are linked to Barack Obamas time in the white house Whenjoe Biden was Vice President. And in the last half hour, us Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of Special Counsel to investigate joe biden s handling of the documents. This Appointment Underscores for the public the departments commitment to independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters and to Making Decisions guided only by the facts and the law. Heres what the us president told reporters a little earlier. As i said earlier this week, and by the way my corvette in a locked garage