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
good news but we need to put him in that contact. obviously, china is facing him in that contact. obviously, china is facing a him in that contact. obviously, china is facing a slow - him in that contact. obviously, china is facing a slow death - china is facing a slow death for that what you expect the government to do to try to boost the economy going forward? boost the economy going forward? ~ , ., , forward? well they made it very clear that 5.2% forward? well they made it very clear that 5.2% growth - forward? well they made it very clear that 5.2% growth was - clear that 5.2% growth was basically not working by stimulus as he said, china good immune system. it is very clear that she reach anything similar, which i think is what will be announced during the two sessions in march and we ve already seen additional local governments, expectations over a cut in the requirement ratio. some stimulus was cut butjust to barely make it to five it may be slightly below five
important to mention that he has generally softened his stance in the last few years and on the campaign trail since he served as vice president in taiwan he has really espoused more of a pro status quo, the idea that he will inherit the foreign policy and domestic policy of the outgoing president and that suggests there will not be any radical change and we do not expect him to formally declare independence anytime soon. that said the question here is that china will believe that? policymakers in beijing are so incredibly wary of his intentions and they are also going to be smarting from the fact that this is the third consecutive victory by the dpp and so looking forward i think we can expect a lot of anxiety at least over the next few months or even years. let s talk a little about trade and what the consecutive succession under the dpp could mean for trade with china. that is an interesting dynamic to look at because as strained as the relations are under the dpp, econom
spoken to an economist at the intelligence unit and asking how the results of the selection impacts of the island positive relationship with beijing. china is incredibly suspicious of its intentions in 11 this ties back to the past remarks. he is someone infamous in the fact that he has very vocally supportive of independence but it is also really important to mention that he has genuinely softened his stance in the past few years and on the campaign trail since he has served as vice president in taiwan he has really espouse more of a pro status quo position, the idea that he will inherit the foreign policy and domestic policy priorities of the outgoing president and really that suggest there is not going to be any radical change in these policy direction and we are not expecting them to follow anytime soon. that said, the big question here is a turn of a loop going to believe that. the policymakers in beijing are still incredibly wary of this intentions. they are also going
important to mention that he has generally softened his stance in the last few years and on the campaign trail since he served as vice president in taiwan he has really espoused more of a pro status quo, the idea that he will inherit the foreign policy and domestic policy of the outgoing president and that suggests there will not be any radical change and we do not expect him to formally declare independence anytime soon. that said, the question here is will china believe that? policymakers in beijing are so incredibly wary of his intentions and they are also going to be smarting from the fact that this is the third consecutive victory by the dpp, and so looking forward i think we can expect a lot of anxiety at least over the next few months or even years. let s talk a little about trade and what the consecutive succession under the dpp could mean for trade with china. that is an interesting dynamic to look at because as strained as the relations are under the dpp, economics