to a teenager, in return for sexually explicit photographs. the corporation, which was told by the young person s family about the allegations back in may, says new information came to light on thursday, and it s now investigating all the claims. the bbc is now in touch with the family. and in the last few minutes, the sun newspaper has printed claims, the presenter, contacted the family, in recent days. our media editor, katie razzall reports. for the best part of 48 hours. the bbc has been splashed across many of the front pages. today was an attempt to prove it hadn t been slow to act in the face of a serious complaint, an effort to take control of the narrative. this afternoon, the bbc announced it has suspended the still unnamed presenter at the heart of the allegations and also contacted the police. the bbc first became aware of a complaint in may, it said in a statement. new allegations were put to us on thursday of a different nature. and in addition to our own inq
palestinian refugee camp. matt bradley caught in the firefight last night. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we begin our second hour of andrea mitchell reports with the gun violence epidemic in our country. according to the gun violence archive, there were 17 mass shootings in 15 states over the long july 4th weekend. leaving 18 people dead and more than 100 others injured. it brings the annual tally to 351 this year on track to surpass previous records. right now in el paso, texas, sentencing is underway in one of the deadliest mass shootings in u.s. history, the 2019 walmart shooting, where the shooter pleaded guilty to federal murder and hate crime charges for targeting hispanic migrants. family members of his 23 victims are making impact statements in court later today. the gunman is likely to be sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences. in philadelphia, a 40-year-old man has been charged with five counts of murder after allegedly opening fire
hearing from tata steel, which owns the steelworks in october, it is bad news for the thousands of people who work at that steel facility. we have just been told that tata steel plans to close both remaining blast furnaces at the steelworks and that could come at the cost of 3000 jobs. clearly something which will devastate the local community. stay with us on bbc news for more updates on that story. tata steel says they will close the remaining port talbot blast furnaces at the steelworks with potential loss of up to 3000 jobs. news coming to us from bbc sources, ratherthan jobs. news coming to us from bbc sources, rather than confirmed by tata steel themselves. the unfolding issues around attacks on cargo ships by houthi rebels from yemen, warning from the world trade organization that it could affect developing countries the hardest. today the us has launched a fourth round of air strikes against the rebels, the us military said it targeted missiles that could be intended
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how the iconic sea king helicopter has found new purpose fighting the russian invasion. and standing by for lift off from south america for an eight yearjourney to send a spacecraft to jupiter. and coming up on the bbc news channel, manchester united take on sevilla in the first leg of their europa league quarterfinal tie. but they will be without marcus rashford as they face the six times champions. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. a man has appeared in court charged with murdering a policewoman in west yorkshire 18 years ago. pc sharon beshenivsky, who was 38, had been a police officerfor only nine months when she died while on duty in bradford. piran ditta khan was brought back to the uk on tuesday from pakistan. he is also charged with robbery and firearms offences. here s our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. two police officers shot while responding to an armed robbery, a rare and shocking crime, but then it was confirmed they were relatively inexperienc