unnamed mall paid a allege an unnamed mall paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds and the bbc is facing questions over its handling of allegations. us presidentjoe biden will arrive in the uk this evening to meet with the prime minister, rishi sunak, amid a disagreement over the us decision to stand controversial cluster bombs to the ukraine. and, goodbye yellow brick road. sir eltonjohn plays his last ever show in stockholm. this is bbc news. there are new allegations concerning a bbc presenter accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit photographs beginning when he was aged 17. the claims in the sun newspaper allege the

unnamed mall presenter paid the teenager tens of thousands of pounds. it is understood the corporation is investigating allegations and the star is currently not scheduled to be on air over the coming days. lucy manning has the latest. this is starting to feel like a crisis for the bbc. new allegations in the sun newspaper claiming that the unnamed presenter, there was a photo of that our name presenter in his underpants that was seen by the family of the teenager. those original allegations are that the teenager was sending explicit photos from the age of 17, until the age of 20, to the unnamed presenter. that unnamed presenter was paying that person money, thought to be around £35,000, a claim the sun newspaper. the key issue, the teenager's family says they complained to the bbc about what was going on in may and

they complained because they say that the teenager was using the money to pay for drugs. the allegation is that the bbc did not properly investigate that complaint. the bbc have said in a statement that: it does not mean that the enquiries will stop. but there are some very serious questions for the bbc. he was in charge of that investigation? what happened to the investigation? did they speak to the family? did they speak to the family? did they speak to the present hour? who knew about accusations about the presenter? what it has left is a social media feeding frenzy where, on social media, people have been trying to guess and

make false accusations and allegations about other bbc presenters. some of those that had to say, look, no it's not me. we have these people, gary lineker, jeremy vine, saying it was not them for. nikki campbell and jeremy vine threatening legal action against people on social media and it must be very, very disconcerting for them to be connected, falsely, to these allegations, that they have nothing to do with. the presenter who is facing these allegations will not appear on air, we understand, in the near future but we do not know whether he has been suspended or not suspended. the bbc will not tell us. we're not sure what sort of investigation bbc is conducting and now the chair of the culture select committee are now weighing in and saying the bbc has serious questions

to answer and the pressures on the human resources department to get to the bottom of this but what we have at the moment is a that could seriously dent the reputation of the bbc. us presidentjoe biden will arrive in the uk later today ahead of the meeting with the prime minister rishi sunak. the two allies have disagreed in public over the decision to send cluster bombs to the ukraine. the issue has dominated the buildup to the visit. jonathan blake reports. mr president, thank you. a, mr president, thank you. a presidential visit will always focus minds and offer an opportunity to do business. that afternoon. jae opportunity to do business. that afternoon.— that afternoon. joe biden arrives in _ that afternoon. joe biden arrives in the _ that afternoon. joe biden arrives in the uk - that afternoon. joe biden arrives in the uk a - that afternoon. joe biden arrives in the uk a month\ that afternoon. joe biden - arrives in the uk a month after he and the prime ministers find a new agreement to strengthen the long—standing relationship between the uk and the us. the resident between the uk and the us. the president of _ between the uk and the us. tue: president of the between the uk and the us. tte: president of the united between the uk and the us. "tte: president of the united states, joe biden. ,, , , joe biden. downing street sees the president's _

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crucial issue of support to ukraine, in response to the russian invasion. but there will be ceremony as well a substance to this visit after talks with the prime minister in downing street, the president will meet the king at windsor castle. jonathan blake, bbc news. we now go live to a former chief of staff, and a former chief of staff, and a former us marine stationed in europe. what was your initial reaction when you heard this news that the us was sending the cluster bombs to ukraine? good to be with you. initial reaction is that i was not surprised. both the ukrainians and the russians have been using these weapons on the battlefield, really, since the start of the invasion. and this delivery that the president has announced is as a result of a ukrainian request. so, that

poses a moral dilemma to some of the countries that are signatories and the united states is not a signatory to the 2008 convention. precisely because they themselves have asked to use it on their own territory, knowing full well the implications of its use, in terms of really a terrible weapon. there's no way around it. minds are all. like when is a terrible, could you describe to us, you must seen this firsthand for yourself. just how terrible _ firsthand for yourself. just how terrible are _ firsthand for yourself. just how terrible are cluster bombs? well, they are... they are amongst the worse weaponry that man has found some reason to employ against each other. minds have been around, traditional minds are been around for well over a century —— mines. manually placed and labour—intensive. they are

small bomblets, running anywhere from a couple of dozen 23, four, five dozen of these small devices that are basically spread from the air by artillery pieces or delivered by aircraft. and they are small. and they are particularly appealing to children. and we found around the world that children tend to pick them up. 0ften the world that children tend to pick them up. often with absolutely devastating results. so, they are a horrible weapon, there is military use, both offensively and defensively but there is no—one in the world you can reallyjustify the goodness of it or anything along those lines unless you are likely ukrainians, we fighting off an aggressor and they have come to a moral conclusion that they need them. is this enough of a dispute to cause a split with the allies, who are supposedly supporting

ukraine? t who are supposedly supporting ukraine? ~ , who are supposedly supporting ukraine? ~' , ., ukraine? i think there is going to be varying _ ukraine? i think there is going to be varying degrees - ukraine? i think there is going to be varying degrees of - ukraine? i think there is going to be varying degrees of a - to be varying degrees of a split so to speak, and i think the allies that have signed the convention and even some who have not signed the convention, will be displeased. they will not be happy with the use, nor should anybody be happy with the use. but at the same time, that moral dilemma i mentioned at the beginning of the conversation, is really an important factor. the ukrainians are asking to use these weapons on their soil. they are not talking about using them on russians or anywhere else. so, it is the right of self defence and the picking a weapon system that i personally do not like, ifind it apparent, but at the same time, it is their decision and ifind it very time, it is their decision and i find it very hard, time, it is their decision and ifind it very hard, even time, it is their decision and i find it very hard, even some of the allies —— abhorrent. i think some of the allies of find it very hard to go out and outright condemn the use of

these types of weapons. do you think that the _ these types of weapons. do you think that the case _ these types of weapons. do you think that the case that - these types of weapons. do you think that the case that they - think that the case that they are a short stop gap until ukraine is able to get other weaponry into the country, is that a strong enough case? trio. that a strong enough case? no. i don't think— that a strong enough case? no. | don't think it _ that a strong enough case? no. i don't think it is _ that a strong enough case? no. i don't think it is a _ that a strong enough case? tic. i don't think it is a strong enough case. i think the ukrainians are making do with the weapons systems that they have. they are in an offensive posture right now as we know, and still anxiously awaiting the arrival of the f—16 and other tanks from the uk and united states and other weapons systems and ammunition supplies. they will use whatever they have on hand and if they can get a commitment to get additional supplies of weapons systems, they will use them. they are not in a position where they can afford to sit back and not use systems that can help defeat this

russian invasion and that is what ukrainians intend to do. thank you very much for your time. janet yellen is leaving china after a visit to strengthen economic ties saying she believes the two countries can have a healthy relationship and wealth in china she held ten hours of talk is a senior chinese officials and said the talk support relations between the two countries in a surer footing after a long period of tensions over trade and other issues. this is ms yellen speaking at a press conference earlier. the us and china have significant disagreements. those disagreements need to be communicated clearly and directly. but president biden and i do not see the relationship between the us and china through the frame of great power conflict. we believe

that the world is big enough for both of our countries to thrive. both nations have an obligation to responsibly manage this relationship, to find a way to live together and sharing global prosperity. joining is now is our reporter in bangkok. would this be a successful trip for both china and the us? t successful trip for both china and the us?— and the us? i think this is about as _ and the us? i think this is about as good _ and the us? i think this is about as good as - and the us? i think this is about as good as we - and the us? i think this is| about as good as we could and the us? i think this is - about as good as we could have expected from this trip. ms yellen speaking very positively about meeting face to face with her chinese counterparts for the first time, meeting the new team in charge of china because it was a big high — a change in the chinese leadership last yearin the chinese leadership last year in the us senior cabinet officials had not met any of them face—to—face and if you like they have reestablished face—to—face dialogue was a call clear, direct communication. that is positive

and we had positive noises from the chinese side as well but i do not think anyone should think this means that the us—china relations are now back on a really positive course because, as she sat at the top there, real disagreements remain between us and china and i don't think there's much prospect that those disagreements will disappear anytime soon. what she said essentially is we are not thinking that perhaps the previous administration of donald trump was seeking, what was called decoupling of the us and china economies and the biden administration is committed to having engagement with china and continue trading with china and continue trading with china, even if it is under different, more constrained circumstances.— different, more constrained circumstances. ., circumstances. more of the case of economic— circumstances. more of the case of economic diplomacy - circumstances. more of the case of economic diplomacy rather i of economic diplomacy rather than an attempt to circumvent the politics?— the politics? well, you know, janet yellen _ the politics? well, you know, janet yellen is _ the politics? well, you know, janet yellen is an _ the politics? well, you know, janet yellen is an economist l janet yellen is an economist and i think that's one of the reasons that she is welcome quite warmly in china. she is a

person who is respected in china as a very, very experienced professor of economics are knowledgeable about financial markets and trade issues. but there is no doubt there is a lot of politics involved in this as well and that politics underlies all of this. because of the deep suspicions between the us and china, with china thing the us in terms of containment, of trying to hold back china's developments and the us increasingly think china as a strategic rival any potential military rival over issues like taiwan. there is a distinct lack of trust on a political level and that is why dialogue is important, very important to try, not to resolve the issues, but to manage the issue so the two hugely important economies and military powers as well, do not go down the road to a trade war or even some sort of military conflict in the future. there must�*ve been some significance when you look at

the geopolitical influence of china's neighbours especially those aligned more with the us? you have japan, korea, taiwan, the philippines are all us allies, taiwan is not a direct us ally but they are becoming closer in the last few years, there are very significant allies around the edge of china. many of them are increasingly concerned about china's military activities but also its dominance in certain aspects of the world economy, at the same time everybody in this region you come to south east asia, there is also a real desire to see the us and china talking. there was deep concern during the chumpy �*s and the early part of the biden administration, that communication between china and the us had simply disappeared in this relationship did not have any control lines on it, they will be reassured talks, this kind of dialogue is happening and will happen more regularly. ilit"

happening and will happen more reaularl. . regularly. our correspondence 'oinin: regularly. our correspondence joining us _ regularly. our correspondence joining us from _ regularly. our correspondence joining us from bangkok, - regularly. our correspondence joining us from bangkok, in i regularly. our correspondence l joining us from bangkok, in the us city of, dial via the us fourth ofjuly holiday weekend was marred by a mass shooting involving ghost guns. the suspect used to weapons to fatally shoot five people. the state have put a suit. i have spent speaking to the chief legal solicitor. so, ghost guns, like many other... ghost guns in philadelphia have just been inundating the streets of philadelphia, just like many other cities around the country. in 2018 there were only 12 recovered, and as you noted in the segment leading up to this, 575 in 2022 were recovered. that is a 4600% increase, as ofjuly 5th, 2023, when we had the press conference announcing this lawsuit, there were 292 recoveries of fully assembled ghost guns, as of today.

that number has increased and is putting philadelphia on pace for a record breaking number of ghost gun recoveries over the full calendar year. as you noted, onjuly 3rd there was a mass shooting that also involved two ghost guns. so it is definitely infiltrating our streets and killing a great amount of people in philadelphia. do you know what is behind this recent increase in the number of ghost guns that you are seeing in philadelphia? i would say it is the easy access to these ghost guns. the only thing somebody needs in order to access a ghost gun kit from polymer80 and jsd supply, the two defendants in our lawsuit, is essentially an address and credit card. that is all that is necessary for them to buy and purchase and have these ghost gun kits delivered to them. currently our pennsylvania state laws require certain guardrails for people to get

firearms, and right now these two defendants are violating those laws. you are the city's chief legal officer. why did philadelphia decide to bring this lawsuit? well, these statistics that i mentioned earlier are unimaginable, and as i think your segment prior to me speaking noted, it is actually an underestimate, because these ghost guns are unserialised. there is no real way to fully capture the exact impact that these ghost guns are having, but it is catastrophic, and so we need to do something, we need to hold these ghost gun manufacturers accountable, and therefore, it is the time to act. 0ur lawsuit is a 70—plus—page complaint going detail by detail as to everything that these ghost gun manufacturers have done wrong, including violating state laws which require them to have firearms that have serial

numbers, they require firearms to only be sold to adults, and they also require firearms to only be sold to adults who have passed a background check. right now none of those things are happening. these manufacturers are not ensuring that is being done. they are putting profits over people, it needs to stop. there are some pro—gun groups and pro—gun legislators out there in the united states that say that legislating or limiting these self—made guns actually goes against the constitution. what is your response to them? well, i would say that right now, these ghost gun manufacturers are violating, already, our state laws. so i would say that this really is not an issue of second amendment rights. it is an issue of these ghost gun manufacturers violating our current state laws that have been passed by our state legislature, which encompasses several of those gun rights supporters,

so i would say that this is not an issue, or should not be viewed as an issue of second amendment rights, it should be viewed as an issue of who is being responsible in distributing and selling these firearms, and who is being responsible in obtaining them. that was the chief legal officer for philadelphia. that was the chief legal officerfor philadelphia. the american football player has announced she is retiring at the end of the current season ending with the women's world cup in australia and new zealand. it is a tournament she has won twice before, the striker became the best—known female footballer in the world for her talent on the field, and as a trailblazer for lgb t representations. she announced her decision at a press conference in california. tt her decision at a press conference in california. it is with a really _ conference in california. it is with a really deep _ conference in california. tt 3 with a really deep sense of peace and gratitude and

excitement, that i want to share with you guys this is going to be my last season. my worst —— my last world cup in my last playing season, i could never have imagined where this beautiful game would have taken me. ifeel so honoured to be to have represented this country and this federation for so many years. it is truly been the greatest thing that i have ever done. ~ ., greatest thing that i have ever done. ~ . ., done. meghan rapinoe there. that's unknown _ done. meghan rapinoe there. that's unknown to _ done. meghan rapinoe there. that's unknown to be - done. meghan rapinoe there. that's unknown to be super i that's unknown to be super incubators for thousands of viruses including ebola, dnieper and marburger viruses, since the covid—19 pandemic growing interest in these applying mammals in the role they can play in so—called do not expel over events, whereby diseases jump to humans, not expel over events, whereby diseasesjump to humans, our global health correspondence has been given special access to a scientific research

project in ghana which aims to monitor bats. dusk is the witching hour at this soe. the best time for this group of scientists to test the bats for different viruses and bugs. brute different viruses and bugs. we are t in: different viruses and bugs. - are trying to test for resistance antimicrobial in the to of the bats. that is what we are trying to do.— are trying to do. the question is as the bacteria _ are trying to do. the question is as the bacteria in _ are trying to do. the question is as the bacteria in the i are trying to do. the question is as the bacteria in the to i is as the bacteria in the to resistant to antibiotics? exactly, that is the question. bats are a mystery because they can carry all these different pathogens, including corona viruses but not get sick themselves.— viruses but not get sick themselves. , , ., ., themselves. this is an adult female, themselves. this is an adult female. i— themselves. this is an adult female, i think _ themselves. this is an adult female, i think it _ themselves. this is an adult female, i think it is - themselves. this is an adult female, i think it is even i female, i think it is even pregnant. female, i think it is even pregnant-— pregnant. this man is a conservationist - pregnant. this man is a conservationist at i pregnant. this man is a conservationist at the l conservationist at the university of ghana. he is worried human activity is forcing bats to change their normal behaviour. tt forcing bats to change their normal behaviour.- normal behaviour. it is increasingly _

normal behaviour. it is increasingly becoming | normal behaviour. tt 3 increasingly becoming difficult for bats to live in their natural habitat because we have encroached on it so much, we have modified it so much, plus, there is constant contact with these bats, may be bats are not to be blamed for all the troubles we are having. we are on our way... troubles we are having. we are on our way- - -— on our way... next stop on our 'ourne on our way... next stop on our journey and — on our way... next stop on our journey and kofi _ on our way... next stop on our journey and kofi is _ on our way... next stop on our journey and kofi is leading i on our way... next stop on our journey and kofi is leading me| journey and kofi is leading me down a disused railway to a bush meat market and acra. you can see some — bush meat market and acra. tm. can see some species on display. can see some species on display-— can see some species on disla , ., ., ., " display. following the covid-19 andemic display. following the covid-19 pandemic there _ display. following the covid-19 pandemic there has _ display. following the covid-19 pandemic there has been i display. following the covid-19 i pandemic there has been renewed interest in the idea of bush meat, clearly bush meat markets are a pinch point where wild animals like bats come into real contact with people. this creates a risk scientists want to pre—empt. creates a risk scientists want to ore-empt— creates a risk scientists want to pre-empt. creates a risk scientists want to --re-emt. �* , ., ., to pre-empt. bush meat and the trade and bush _ to pre-empt. bush meat and the trade and bush meat _ to pre-empt. bush meat and the trade and bush meat is _ trade and bush meat is something that has been going on for thousands of years, it is entrenched in people's cultures and history. it is important to understand these complexities, rather than calling for a blanket ban, as you can see from where we other

dominated by women, and for a lot of these women, this is the only trade they know because it has been handed down from the grandparents and mothers and now they are in the traders well. ,., ., , , , ,., well. the bat droppings we saw earlier tested _ well. the bat droppings we saw earlier tested here _ well. the bat droppings we saw earlier tested here at _ well. the bat droppings we saw earlier tested here at this i earlier tested here at this high security laboratory. it is all helping to expand knowledge about so—called do not diseases. about so-called do not diseases.— about so-called do not diseases. . . ., " diseases. since covid-19, we have now _ diseases. since covid-19, we have now we _ diseases. since covid-19, we have now we have _ diseases. since covid-19, we have now we have a - diseases. since covid-19, we have now we have a broad i have now we have a broad understanding about viruses, in terms of how they cause infections, how they manifest on humans and that. recently started having other outbreaks, i mentioned marburg outbreak in ghana, we had last, before that we had yellow fever. some of these, systems that were set and how —— 's in place helped us to go out there, do the helped and how —— 's in place helped us to investigations and stop the spread. investigations and stop the s - read. , investigations and stop the sread. , , ,., investigations and stop the sread. , , . spread. there is still so much we do not _ spread. there is still so much we do not know— spread. there is still so much we do not know about - spread. there is still so much we do not know about bats i spread. there is still so much l we do not know about bats and their immune systems copy but

research into them as being turbocharged around the world and here in ghana, they are doing their bit. so eltonjohn has played the final show of his farewell yellow brick road tour, the swedish capital, stockholm. it marks the end of his touring career after 50 years on the road. closed the show by telling his fans you are in my head and my heart, and my soul, and i thank you so much. that is it for the moment. plenty more on our website, go to bbc news .com. stay with us, much more coming up stay with us, much more coming up stop. hello there. it was a very thundery start to the weekend, and particularly so across parts of the west midlands, into north—west england. and later, those storms

spread their way northwards, into scotland, during the overnight period. part two of the weekend looks a little bit better. there will be sunny spells around, but further showers too and low pressure always close by, and these weather fronts, which will continue to generate these showers and thunderstorms. now, we start sunday off on a bright note, plenty of sunshine. that's the overnight rain — thundery in places, clearing northwards, so it could be quite wet in 0rkney all day. an area of rain, some of it thundery, could affect east anglia and the south—east for a time through the morning. then that clears into the afternoon, and then it's sunny spells, scattered showers. most of these, northern ireland, wales and western england. now, it's going to be a cooler, fresher day across the board. top temperature, around 23 degrees in the south—east. so we could have some disruption at wimbledon for that early rain. but then, into the afternoon, it does look like conditions will improve, with increasing amounts of sunshine. so as you move into sunday evening, most of the showers fade away — not completely, but most of them will. we'll see lengthy, clearer skies, but across the south—west, here, we'll see some cloud thickening, with increasing breeze too.

temperatures lower, fresher than what we've had over the last few nights. range from 10 to 12 degrees. cooler than that out of towns and cities. this area of low pressure will throw out further weather fronts into the south—west. this area of cloud will thicken up further. we'll see outbreaks of rain, strengthening winds — south—west england, into wales, pushing into the midlands. some of this could be quite heavy. elsewhere, it's sunny spells, scattered showers. so we could be up to around 2a degrees in the south—east, given plenty of sunshine. a little bit lower than that further north. but as you move out of monday into tuesday, this area of low pressure sits right on top of the uk, so a really unsettled day, i think, on tuesday. it'll be quite breezy. there will be some sunny spells in—between, but showers or longer spells of rain, and some of these showers could turn out to be heavy and thundery in places. pretty much anywhere could catch a shower. and temperatures will be lower, 16 to 21 or 22 degrees. that's below par for the time of year. and temperatures fall further as we move deeper into the week. this area of low pressure pushes towards the north of the uk,

bringing some cooler air down on that north—westerly wind. so it stays unsettled for much of this upcoming week, with temperatures below par for the time of year. there will still be some sunshine in between the showers.