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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 ....
the ambitious us politician, who seemingly lied his way into congress. a very warm welcome to bbc news, and we start this hour with a special report from ukraine. from the southern port of kherson, which is under increased bombardment from russian forces, and where, today, the maternity ward of a hospital was among the places being shelled. kherson is often called the gateway to crimea and, because of its strategic importance, it was one of the first places taken by russian forces at the start of the war. it was liberated last month, in a significant gain for ukrainian troops, but civilians are now living with a daily onslaught of russian shelling. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye has spent the last four days in kherson, with colleagues imogen anderson, sanjay ganguly and mariana matveichuk, and they sent this special report. i should warn you, it contains some distressing images. kherson is being pounded. this is where one of more than a0 mortars fell in a single day. ....
one metre above sea level, and we are talking about storm surges of at least three to 3.5 metres, that has the potential for some catastrophic damage and it will also produce 500 to 600 millimetres of rain, which ails our rain into significance, really. but we ve seen sharp showers across the north and east. this rain down to the south west will slide away over the next few hours. we keep the show is going perhaps to the coast throughout the night. inland, clearerskies, the coast throughout the night. inland, clearer skies, a touch on the chilly side first thing tomorrow morning. but hopefully fewer showers around and the wind is not quite as strong as we go into tomorrow. this area could bring a rash of sharp showers by the end of the afternoon. we start with a few showers across aberdeenshire and with that northerly wind, although a little bit lighter, a few showers running down through wales and south west england. through edinburgh, down towards newcastle, some of t ....
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as but to go. we have seen at westminster, the herd as we have seen at westminster, the herd instinct is powerful. when the herd instinct is powerful. when the herd moves, it moves. and, my friends, in politics, no one is remotely indispensable. mew friends, in politics, no one is remotely indispensable. new cabinet ministers have remotely indispensable. new cabinet ministers have been remotely indispensable. new cabinet ministers have been appointed - remotely indispensable. new cabinet ministers have been appointed to - ministers have been appointed to those who had resigned in the last couple of days. mrjohnson says any major decisions will be left for the next government. but the opposition and a growing number within his own party think he should leave number 10 now. thank you forjoining me here in downing street on bbc news. i will be here for the next three hours. if you have questions about what is playing out in uk politics, i think we all do, send them my way. ....