it isa it is a fresh start for some of this morning. a day of sunshine and showers. the heaviest across scotland, northern england. wherever you are it will be blustery. details coming up later in the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, 12thjuly. further allegations have been made against the unnamed bbc presenter who s been accused of paying a teenager for explicit photographs. another young person has told bbc news they were sent abusive messages by the male star, while the sun newspaper claims the presenter broke covid restrictions to meet another individual he met on a dating site. charlotte gallagher has the latest. another day of damaging headlines for the bbc and a male presenter who is still unnamed. this morning s front page of the sun bbc star broke lockdown to meet another young stranger . this individual has told the newspaper the presenter travelled to another county to meet them in february 2021. this was during the third national lockdown. the sun says
helped him come close to winning the democratic nomination for president in 2016. so his decision to investigate the working conditions at one of america s biggest employers is sure to capture headlines and set up a robust argument about worker protections. now, for its part, amazon has been criticised for the conditions its warehouse workers face in facilities all over the world. it s already being examined for its safety record by multiple us government agencies. amazon is also notorious for resisting all efforts to unionise its workforce. now, in response to mr sanders letter, amazon strongly disagrees. it says it has been able to reduce injuries across their us operation, and has invested more than $1 billion into safety initiatives over the last four years. meanwhile, indian prime minister narendra modi has arrived in the united states for a state visit. he earlier chatted with tesla s boss elon musk in new york, who said the ev maker will try to be in india very soon.
from california through the middle of the country, all the way to the northeast. heavy snow and ice, dangerous travel, high winds. and in the northeast, the rare tornado warning, ginger zee takes through it all. the team on the ground in east palestine, ohio, the epa ordering the company norfolk southern to cover the cost of the cleanup or face heavy fines. and to reassure the public, the popular republican head of ohio and head of the epa going from home to home, drinking from the tap. dramatic day in court in the alex murdaugh trial, the surviving son on the stand, his father charged with murdering his mother and brother, now watching his son testify. news coming in of a deadly avalanche in the u.s. several hikers killed. new images of the deadly plant explosion outside cleveland, the blast seen from miles away. also a baby formula recall, 145,000 cans recalled over a possible bacterial risk. and news tonight on our robin roberts, her triumph ten years ago today,
intentionally or recklessly. and london s metropolitan police under scrutiny, a damning report find evidence of institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia . we start with an accusation from both china and russia that the united states is undermining global stability. it came on the final day of president s xi jinping state visit to moscow. there was plenty of pomp and ceremony. the chinese leader was treated to an orchestral rendition of the chinese and russian anthems, before moving in to the grand hall of the order of st catherine for talks. but consider the circumstances: with russia under heavy international sanctions and increasingly reliant on china. high on the agenda was the war in ukraine and beijing s12 point peace proposal to resolve the conflict, which vladimir putin said could be used as a basis to end the war. but the russian leader said the west had dissmissed the proposals as the basis for talks. we believe that many of the provisions and the peace plan pu