the bbc says it became aware of a complaint in may. the statement adds that the bbc investigations team has been looking into this since it was raised and has been actively following up . according to the bbc statement, new allegations of a different nature were put to the corporation on thursday. the bbc says it is in touch with external authorities and the metropolitan police has confirmed it has been contacted. the bbc s director general says the bbc is in touch with the family referenced in media reports. helena wilkinson has more. the bbc has this afternoon confirmed one of its presenters accused of paying a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos has been suspended. it is understood the bbc has also been in touch with the police. these developments follow further serious allegations today about an unnamed high profile bbc presenter. in new claims, the youngster s mother told the sun on sunday the presenter was pictured in his underwear, re
president biden has finished his address saying that the united kingdom should work more closely with the double government to support northern ireland. he said that political violence should never be allowed to take hold again. mr biden is on a tour of the republic of ireland having visited northern ireland on wednesday to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. when he entered the chamber he was met with a round of applause and open his speech by saying, when he is in ireland he feel he is at home. he said, his country was shaped by ireland highlighting the shared values between the two nations before praising ireland s role in internationalforeign praising ireland s role in international foreign policy. praising ireland s role in internationalforeign policy. you international foreign policy. you are internationalforeign policy. you are still looking at those images, let s speak now to senator who was in the parliamentjoining us live now from dublin. thank y
Sweeten joining, turkey s continuing refusal to sweetenjoining, it will turkey s continuing refusal to sweeten joining, it will be there, but certainly at the moment, regarding the 502nd day of the ukrainian war and president zelensky is having a tough time with the counteroffensive, this is a key issue which joins nato counteroffensive, this is a key issue whichjoins nato in counteroffensive, this is a key issue which joins nato in these nordic regions, there are more pressing matters to discuss. doctor jennifer pressing matters to discuss. doctor jennifer cassidy, pressing matters to discuss. doctor jennifer cassidy, from pressing matters to discuss. doctor jennifer cassidy, from the - jennifer cassidy, from the university of oxford, thank you for joining us. ukraine has welcomed home five army commanders captured by russia who were being held in turkey after a prisoner swap. the men had been detained for over a year, following the fierce and prolonged battle for control of the a
Official visit to the republic of ireland. we are just waiting for his official state banquet to begin at dublin castle and we were speaking to doctorjennifer cassidy who is giving us an overview of the historical significance of dublin castle. before i come back to you, doctor, i want to bring our audiences up to date on another developing story which of course, is those leaked pentagon documents will stop earlier in the suspect had been named by the new york times. saying that it was 21 year old, jack teixeira, and cbs news was also reporting that we just heard from the us attorney general, merrick garland who said that the united states has arrested jack teixeira in connection with transmission of classified defence information as we were reporting earlier. it is were believed that he reveal those documents on an online gaming chat
Theo leggett, bbc news. back to ireland and bring you up to date on presidentjoe biden s trip to the country, early he addressed the irish parliament becoming the fourth american leader to do so. we are just waiting for it president biden s official state banquet to begin. we understand it is at the dublin castle and earlier, i was listening to some of our commentators say that dublin castle really is the heart of historic dublin. it is one of the most important buildings in irish history. so i willjust bring in doctor cassidy. we have about a minute of talking but i will keep you there. just tell us about the significance of dublin castle. it’s significance of dublin castle. it s a hiuhl significance of dublin castle. it s a highly significant building. i