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done, probably a carveout for the uk and ultimately i think they pop the champagne after this battle that this deal gets done. what is going to happen in the uk? are they going to come up with some kind of a compromise to meet the regulator s demand? yeah, we think they carveout, there is a piece on the subscription side they carveout, to ultimately give the uk regulators what they want and i think this is all a game of poker and i think microsoft recognises if they beat ftc and they thought they had and they thought they had a strong case, i think ultimately it is a black eye for lina khan and the ftc. and it is now on a glide path to finally get done. a significant deal for microsoft. a significant deal for tech, especially with the ftc s significant loss right there. you do not think the ftc will appeal? they can appeal but ultimately i think there is a better chance of me playing the premier league than them winning. i think this is just a winning. i think this isju ....
that s the statement from huw edwards s wife, coming very shortly after the metropolitan police issued the statement. so that is the statement they are from the metropolitan police. i m joined now by laura trant from the bbc news room. we also heard from the south wales police, didn t we? we have, we ve had a statement from south wales police who say they first received information about this in april this year regarding the welfare of an adult, saying that no criminality was identified. they said that following recent events, further inquiries had been carried out and officers have spoken to a number of parties to establish whether any criminal allegations are being made. south wales police said that at this time, there is no evidence that any criminal offences have been committed. they have said there are no ongoing inquiries being carried out, but that should any evidence of criminality or safeguarding issues be identified at any point in the future, they will be inv ....
davie. you ll take your life as that happens. it s full days and we re still not clear whether truth lies. it has developed into a complex case of the mixture of claims and counter claims. today the bbc s director general tim davie said he had not spoken to the presenter since the allegations emerged. in the last hour the corporation provided a timeline of how it managed the family s complaint. it said on the 18th of may a family member went into a bbc building and asked to make a complaint about the behaviour of the bbc presenter. the next day the family member contacted the bbc s audience ever since. the allegation was deemed important enough to be passed on to the bbc s corporate investigations team. at this point the bbc says an assessment was made that the complaint did not include an allegation of criminality. the bbc says the bbc e mailed the family for more information, but there was no response. then there was a gap of 18 days until the bbc tried to call the fa ....
hello and welcome to our viewers watching from around the world. i m anna coren live from hong kong ahead on cnn newsroom. no, i would not protect you. in fact, i would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. the white house condemning comments by donald trump after the former president invites russia to invade nato countries that fail to pay their dues. israel says it has found hamas tunnels under the u.n. relief works headquarters in its latest blow to the embattled agency. a helicopter crash in southern california leaves six people dead, including the ceo of a major nigerian bank. those details in a live report. we begin this hour in washington where the white house is going on the offensive on multiple fronts. the administration is working to get ahead of controversy over a recent special counsel report with aides, allies, and the first lady pushing back on suggestions that the president s memory lapses have revealed a lack of mental fitnes ....
currently we have got some rain pushing across the south east, clearing through this morning. behind it, a mixture of sunshine and showers, some of the showers heavy and thundery in northern and central scotland. another breezy day. details later. the parents of a young person at the heart of allegations against a bbc presenter are standing by their account, according the sun newspaper, after a lawyer representing the individual said their claims were rubbish. the newspaper first reported that the unnamed presenter had allegedly paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos last week. our correspondent charlotte gallagher has the latest. after days of damaging headlines, allegations and rumours, this story of a bbc presenter allegedly paying thousands for sexually explicit images is still dominating front pages. now a statement on behalf of the young person at the centre of this. they ve called the allegations, by their mother, rubbish. their lawyer says, nothing inappr ....