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 investiga
connection we have with that person. whilst i m making no allegations whatsoever against any of the individuals and this must be investigated with rigour and fairness, the absence of any criminal charges is very, very significant. so the bbc must investigate, and must investigate whether huw broke any of the editorial guidelines or any of the principles of the bbc s employment contracts under which he works. i hope the bbc will do that thoroughly and rigorously and i hope they will also do it quickly. what it does now begin to suggest that what we ve got here is a much more nuanced situation that originally appeared to be this case what might others have done wrong in order trying to extract things for him? , ., order trying to extract things for him? , ., ., ., ., him? let s re oin laura trant in the newsroom. the sun made a statement in the past hour. as the sun made a statement in the past hour. , ,, ., the sun made a statement in the past hour. ,,4~ ,, 4 the sun
avoid a speeding fine. warring factions in sudan sign a seven day ceasefire agreement, allowing humanitarian access and the withdrawal of forces from essential facilities. hello, i m krupa padhy. good to have you with us. a defiant ukrainian president, volodymr zelensky has told the g7 summit in hiroshima that russia does not occupy the embattled city of bakhmut. it comes after conflicting reports of who is now in control of the eastern city. russian president putin has congratulated the wagner mercenary group of capturing the city. but that s been rejected by ukraine. and this follows confirmation from president biden that the united states and partners will help train ukrainian pilots to fly fourth generation fighters such as the f 16. president zelensky has long called for such jets to better fight russia s full invasion of ukraine. our asia pacific correspondent, laura bicker, sent this report from hiroshima. this president knows the cost of war. as he paid tribute to
saudi arabia is set to make history as the country sends its first ever female astronaut to the international space station. hello and welcome to bbc news. good to have you with us. a defiant ukrainian president, volodymr zelensky, has told the g7 summit in hiroshima that russia does not occupy the embattled city of bakhmut. it comes after conflicting reports of who is now in control of the eastern city. russian president putin has congratulated the wagner mercenary group of capturing the city. but that s been rejected by ukraine. and this follows confirmation from president biden that the united states and partners will help train ukrainian pilots to fly fourth generation fighters such as the f 16. president zelensky has long called for such jets to better fight russia s full invasion of ukraine. our asia pacific correspondent laura bicker sent this report from hiroshima. this president knows the cost of war. as he paid tribute to the victims of the hiroshima bombing, he nee