president biden is travelling to the uk — he will meet with rishi sunak ahead of 3 nate summit. could the ashes fightback be on? england win the third test — australia lead the series 2—1. hello, i'm rich preston. the bbc says an unnamed male presenter who is alleged to have paid thousands of pounds to a teenager in exchange for explicit sexual images has been suspended. bbc news impartially covers stories about the corporation and like other news organisations is seeking further clarification. these are the key details we have so far. the male presenter, who is accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit photographs, has been suspended.

the bbc says it became aware of a complaint in may. the statement adds that the bbc investigations team has been "looking into this since it was raised and has been actively following up". according to the bbc statement, new allegations "of a different nature" were put to the corporation on thursday. the bbc says it is in touch with "external authorities" and the metropolitan police has confirmed it has been contacted. the bbc�*s director general says the bbc is in touch with the family referenced in media reports. helena wilkinson has more. the bbc has this afternoon confirmed one of its presenters accused of paying a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos has been suspended. it is understood the bbc has also been in touch with the police. these developments follow further serious allegations today about an unnamed

high—profile bbc presenter. in new claims, the youngster�*s mother told the sun on sunday the presenter was pictured in his underwear, ready for her child to perform for him. in an email to staff this afternoon, the director—general, tim davie, said they became aware of a complaint in may and the bbc investigations team have been looking into it since it was raised and have been actively following it up. the bbc said they were alerted to new allegations of a different nature on thursday. there has been mounting pressure on the corporation to act. today, culture secretary lucy frazer held urgent talks with the bbc director—general, tim davie, and said she was assured the corporation was investigating swiftly and sensitively. the allegations first emerged in the sun yesterday. the paper isn't naming the presenter for legal reasons. it's claimed the bbc star paid

around £35,000 to a 17—year—old over a three—year period in return for explicit photos. the young person's mother told the paper her child, now 20, used the money to fund a crack cocaine habit. the family told the sun they complained to the bbc about the presenter in may, but became frustrated that the star remained on air. earlier a government minister urged the bbc to move quickly. these are very, very serious allegations and the bbc needs to act swiftly. it needs to follow its procedures that it says it has in place. but i'm a former minister for safeguarding and i worked for 20 years in the criminaljustice system and so in all of this and in our conversations about it, we have to remember that there is a person, a young person at the centre of this. there's been pressure too from politicians on all sides. the bbc do need to speed

up their processes. it looks like these issues were raised in may, and we're now injuly and the presenter stayed on air. that's not good enough. there is no doubt the bbc is in a serious crisis. the corporation has many questions to answer, including what investigations went on when the family contacted the bbc in may? was the presenter made aware the allegations had been made? and should the investigation have been more thorough? the bbc�*s director—general said he was taking the allegations incredibly seriously and that they were in touch with the family who have made the complaint. mr davie added that they would ensure the process is handled fairly and with care. helena wilkinson, bbc news. live now to news correspondent charlotte gallagher, who is in the newsroom.

what is the latest? we have learnt two thin . s what is the latest? we have learnt two things today. _ what is the latest? we have learnt two things today. firstly, - what is the latest? we have learnt two things today. firstly, police i two things today. firstly, police have been contacted. the bbc contacted the police about this case. the police say a formal allegation has yet to be made. we have also learned that this unnamed male bbc presenter has now been suspended. the director general of the bbc is obviously under a lot of pressure over this. he released a statement today saying that the bbc was contacted about this presenter in may and the bbc�*s investigation team are looking into these allegations. however, he added that different allegations were revealed to the bbc on thursday. tim davie also said that the bbc is in contact with this young person's family, the family that made this initial complaint. family that made this initial complaint-— family that made this initial comlaint. ., ., , ., ~ family that made this initial comlaint. ., ., , .,~ , complaint. charlotte, 'ust talk us throu~h complaint. charlotte, 'ust talk us through how * complaint. charlotte, 'ust talk us through how bad h complaint. charlotte, 'ust talk us through how bad this _ complaint. charlotte, just talk us through how bad this is - complaint. charlotte, just talk us through how bad this is for- complaint. charlotte, just talk us through how bad this is for the i complaint. charlotte, just talk us l through how bad this is for the bbc as an organisation? it is

through how bad this is for the bbc as an organisation?— as an organisation? it is awful, that is probably _ as an organisation? it is awful, that is probably the _ as an organisation? it is awful, that is probably the word - as an organisation? it is awful, that is probably the word to . that is probably the word to describe it. the bbc stance not of looking evasive, slow to act, for example, why wasn't this presenter taken off air immediately? why has this gone on for months? if these allegations are proved to be true, the bbc is known for trust and transparency, people will be very, very angry with his accusations, and also an abuse of power, an older male presenter paying the younger person thousands and thousands of pounds for explicit sexual images which funded a crack cocaine addiction. which funded a crack cocaine addiction-— which funded a crack cocaine addiction. ~ . ., ., addiction. what reaction have we been saying _ addiction. what reaction have we been saying to — addiction. what reaction have we been saying to this _ addiction. what reaction have we been saying to this developing i been saying to this developing story? figs been saying to this developing sto ? �* , been saying to this developing sto ? a ., been saying to this developing sto ., ., story? as you would imagine, lots of reaction on — story? as you would imagine, lots of reaction on social— story? as you would imagine, lots of reaction on social media. _ story? as you would imagine, lots of reaction on social media. it - story? as you would imagine, lots of reaction on social media. it has - reaction on social media. it has become a guessing game, unfortunately, people trying to work out who this bbc presenter is because they have not been named

yet. you have a situation where other bbc presenters, entirely innocent, have had to come out and say it isn't me. you had gary lineker, nikki campbell, jeremy vine, all saying on social media this has nothing to do with me. you have also had politicians from across the political spectrum in the uk saying the bbc needs to sort this out swiftly and labour have said the bbc needs to get its house in order. our legal correspondent dominic casciani has answered some of the questions about this case. effectively, if you go on social media this weekend, there have been two burning questions. firstly, has there been a crime that's been committed? and secondly, why hasn't this individual been named? so let's go through these in turn — has any crime being committed? well, look, if these allegations turn out to be true, it's a fairly straightforward issue in terms of the criminaljustice system and what it says about the alleged incident.

the presenter is accused of paying for sexually explicit photographs. those photographs are said to have come from somebody who was 17 years old at the time that this began. now, that individual would have been a teenager, would have been over the age of consent — which is 16 — but in terms of actually making these images, it's a crime. sorry, i beg your pardon — a child. anyone under the age of 18 cannot consent to making those images and, therefore, it is a crime to make, take or possess what is known as an indecent image, and that can lead to up to ten years in prison. it's a very, very serious offence, this, and cases such as this are prosecuted around the country all the time in the crown courts. now, the second question perhaps is the harder one, i think, for the public to understand and i think this is where a lot of the speculation has been on social media, which is why is the media not naming the presenter?

look, journalists have a legal right to investigate and uncover scandals, but in a situation like this, there are currently more questions than there are answers and that's where the law begins to bite. and there are two laws in particular we need to talk about. the first one is defamation. now, defamation is the law which protects everyone's personal reputation. whoever you are in society, you have a reputation, you have a legal right to that being protected from highly damaging lies. now, if i said something untrue on air about you, for instance, rich, you could sue me for damages if i couldn't substantiate that later. those damages can be absolutely financially catastrophic to the person who's responsible for the lie or the untruth and, therefore, journalists have to be very, very careful about what they publish, what they broadcast, what they post on social media. they have to be very, very clear of their facts and that they have a defence to what they've said. it doesn't just stop with journalists as well. people on social media, they are basically under the same law as well.

people don't really understand this, but anybody who's tweeting and speculates about names tonight, they could also be sued. that's the first law there which effectively acts as a brake on newsrooms because if people don't know the facts or are unsure about the facts, it prevents them from broadcasting. the second is the emerging law of privacy. over the last 20 years or so, there have been more and more privacy cases before our courts. one of the most famous involved sir cliff richard, who successfully sued the bbc in i think 2018, when it reported that the police had searched his home. it turned out that the allegation the police were looking into was wholly false, it was an untrue allegation, he was an entirely innocent man, but the damage had already been done to his private life and, therefore, the courts awarded the case against the bbc. so privacy is in there as well as defamation. the two laws taken together, they don't necessarily effectively preventjournalists from undertaking investigations and exposing scandal, but they do act effectively as a means of preventing trial

by media at the earliest stage of cases. and that's basically where we seem to be at the moment with an investigation going on, a lot of lack of clarity about facts. and it's in that kind of context that very few newsrooms would be prepared to actually name an individual. in the last few minutes, we've heard a second child has died following an incident where a car crashed into a school in south—west london. she has been named as eight—year—old nuria sajjad. the metropolitan police have released this picture of nuria. on thursday, it was confirmed that eight—year—old selena lau had died as a result of her injuries. a woman aged in her 40s remains in hospital in a serious condition. a number of other people — including a seven—month—old girl —

were also taken to hospital, with injuries later assessed as non—life—threatening. the driver of the car, a 46—year—old woman from wimbledon, was arrested at the scene, on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. the us president, joe biden, is on his way to the uk, travelling from the dover air force base in delaware, en route to london, ahead of a meeting with the prime minister, rishi sunak, in downing street on monday morning. he'll then meet with king charles. the us and uk have disagreed in public over the decision to send american cluster bombs to ukraine. the issue has dominated the build—up to the visit. live now to drjennifer cassidy, a former diplomat and now a politics lecturer at the university of oxford. thank you for being with us. there has been pushed back to this plan by prime minister rishi sunak, how do you thinkjoe biden will handle

that? ., , you thinkjoe biden will handle that? . , ., ., that? certainly, we thought it would be a smooth — that? certainly, we thought it would be a smooth enough _ that? certainly, we thought it would be a smooth enough regular- that? certainly, we thought it would be a smooth enough regular visit. be a smooth enough regular visit before the cheerleaders headed onto the 74th nato summit, but certainly president biden's decision to send cluster bombs, cluster munitions to ukraine really has put a spanner in the works of this diplomatic meeting. rishi sunak came out yesterday, rightly so, condemning this because, as we know, the uk is a signatory to the 2008 un convention which bans the use and the creation of these cluster munitions, along with 123 other countries. the us, russia and ukraine are not signatories to this. on the front line there will be some

0n the front line there will be some disagreement, whether we see back channel diplomacy behind closed doors, any contested history may seem. . ., ,, , doors, any contested history may seem. . ., ,, ., seem. there are also issues around northern ireland _ seem. there are also issues around northern ireland who _ seem. there are also issues around northern ireland who spreads - seem. there are also issues around northern ireland who spreads it, i seem. there are also issues around | northern ireland who spreads it, are we seeing these two countries no longer being the tight allies they once were?— longer being the tight allies they once were? ., ., �* ~ ,., ., once were? no, i don't think so at all. i once were? no, i don't think so at all- i very — once were? no, i don't think so at all- i very much — once were? no, i don't think so at all. i very much think— once were? no, i don't think so at all. i very much think biden's - once were? no, i don't think so at all. i very much think biden's irishi all. i very much think biden's irish heritage regarding northern ireland and ireland itself has been blown out of proportion within this brexit tobacco. you could make a humorous statement saying what us president doesn't have some kind of irish heritage? so many us presidents have irish heritage. whatjoe biden did in his recent visit to northern

ireland was simply stand by the good friday agreement, in which the uk is a signatory. he is still standing with the uk and ireland and wishing to keep this international peace treaty. i do believe that narrative has very much been taken by a number of people for their own strategic narrative gains and certainly this is not a risk that we are going to see particularly as joe is not a risk that we are going to see particularly asjoe biden is coming over to announce for the first time the atlantic declaration, this is a diplomatic term forjoe biden and rishi sunak to simply renew and rejuvenate the old partnership. they have a number of things to discuss with that. they are very much presenting this front and giving a diplomatic signal to the world that these two countries are very much united and

reinvigorating their relationship. there will be one key issue at this nato summit, that of sweden's attempts to join nato. nato summit, that of sweden's attempts tojoin nato. turkey nato summit, that of sweden's attempts to join nato. turkey is digging in its heels about this. president ed joanne and president biden have spoken. how much of an issueis biden have spoken. how much of an issue is to hold us, turkey, sweden dynamic going to be? i issue is to hold us, turkey, sweden dynamic going to be?— dynamic going to be? i don't think it is auoin dynamic going to be? i don't think it is going to _ dynamic going to be? i don't think it is going to take _ dynamic going to be? i don't think it is going to take up _ dynamic going to be? i don't think it is going to take up too - dynamic going to be? i don't think it is going to take up too much - dynamic going to be? i don't think it is going to take up too much of| it is going to take up too much of the agenda. i very much think the sending of weapons and the type of weapons, the cluster munitions, i think that is going to take up a lot of the agenda. there certainly will be discussion, we saw on inland join recently nato command regarding turkey's continuing refusal to

sweeten joining, turkey's continuing refusal to sweetenjoining, it will turkey's continuing refusal to sweeten joining, it will be there, but certainly at the moment, regarding the 502nd day of the ukrainian war and president zelensky is having a tough time with the counteroffensive, this is a key issue which joins nato counteroffensive, this is a key issue whichjoins nato in counteroffensive, this is a key issue which joins nato in these nordic regions, there are more pressing matters to discuss. doctor jennifer pressing matters to discuss. doctor jennifer cassidy, — pressing matters to discuss. doctor jennifer cassidy, from _ pressing matters to discuss. doctor jennifer cassidy, from the - jennifer cassidy, from the university of oxford, thank you for joining us. ukraine has welcomed home five army commanders captured by russia who were being held in turkey after a prisoner swap. the men had been detained for over a year, following the fierce and prolonged battle for control of the azovstal steel plant in mariupol. moscow has condemned their release, saying the move breaks the terms, of the prisoner swap deal. gordon corera, has more from kyiv. ukraine's president welcoming home five commanders at a ceremony in the city of lviv.

translation: they were fighting for ukraine. - they survived russian captivity. they spent over 300 days in turkey. it is time for them to be home. the returning men were greeted by their families. translation: from today onwards, we will continue | the fight together with you. we will definitely have our say in the battle. with each day passing, we are advancing, destroying the enemy. the five had spent three months defending the vast azovstal steel plant in the city of mariupol, holed up in bunkers and tunnels, keeping the russians at bay. finally, the men had been ordered to surrender. under a prisoner swap deal, they were later freed but were supposed to remain in turkey. the men's return has been widely celebrated here in ukraine, but an angry russia has said

it was not informed and that ukraine and turkey had gone against the terms of the deal. the release came after president zelensky met with president erdogan in turkey ahead of an upcoming nato summit. turkey's leader saying ukraine deserved to be invited into the alliance. president zelensky returned home not just with that endorsement, but also five military heroes by his side. let's get some of the day's other news now. the ukrainian and polish presidents have gathered to commemorate let's get some of the day's other news now. the ukrainian and polish presidents have gathered to commemorate the volhynia massacres which took place between 1943 and 191t5. they honoured victims in a church ceremony in an ukrainian city of lutsk. the massacres, in which 100,000 thousand civilians died, are regarded by some poles as genocide, but ukrainians feel they were a persecuted minority and the subject has been a source of tension between the two countries. pope francis has announced the names

of 21 churchmen who will be elevated to the ranks of cardinals. the new cardinals will come from various countries including the united states, south africa, switzerland, south sudan and poland. they will be officially installed in a ceremony to be held in september. they will be able to enter the conclave that will choose the next pope. now it's time for a look at today's sport with 0lly foster. hello from the bbc sport centre. we've had some terrific matches at wimbledon today, some of them with quarterfinal places at stake. the women's world number one, iga swiatek, is in a titanic struggle on centre court against the olympic champion. chetan, swiatek really having to dig deep to stay in the championships. it looks like it is just turned away again. it looks like it is 'ust turned away aaain. , ., , ., ., �*, again. these two brilliant women's last 16 matches _ again. these two brilliant women's last 16 matches both _ again. these two brilliant women's last 16 matches both playing - again. these two brilliant women's last 16 matches both playing out i

again. these two brilliant women's last 16 matches both playing out at the same time. iga swiatek, the women's top seed, was on the brink of going out of these championships. two match points to level things up at one set all. now the matches on her racket because she is serving to win. she is 5—3 up in the final set against the olympic champion, belinda bencic. 0ver against the olympic champion, belinda bencic. over on court one, a cracker between victoria azarenka and elina svitolina. that is at 1—1 in the sets, elina svitolina 6—5 up in the sets, elina svitolina 6—5 up in that final sets. both these matches fascinatingly poised and thatis matches fascinatingly poised and that is exactly what these championships needed, on a saturday night, prime—time, two brilliant women's matches. fourth—round day as it has been here, but do note is

into her first quarterfinal. it has been here, but do note is into herfirst quarterfinal. in it has been here, but do note is into her first quarterfinal. in the main's draw, yannick is through. he was the man who knocked out carlos alcaraz last year, only to lose to novak djokovic. he is hoping this is his breakthrough moment at the grand slam. cena has never been past the last day before. it will be another late night for novak djokovic on centre court, he will play when that match is over.— match is over. you said it was a saturday. _ match is over. you said it was a saturday. it's — match is over. you said it was a saturday, it's a _ match is over. you said it was a saturday, it's a sunday, - match is over. you said it was a saturday, it's a sunday, but - match is over. you said it was a saturday, it's a sunday, but it l match is over. you said it was a | saturday, it's a sunday, but it is always a saturday night in your world! england have kept the ashes

alive, with victory over australia in the third test. it was a nervy chase for the home side. they lost seven wickets along the way, but they reached their target of 251 and now trail australia 2—1 in the series, with two to play. 0ur sports correspondentjoe wilson was at the headingley test today. this was a tape is myjourney towards victory that must have felt like a lifetime for england fans, who believe, hoped and doubted that their team were going to win over and over again. their team were going to win over and overagain. england in their team were going to win over and over again. england in pursuit of 251 to win the second match were pegged back time and again by australia, in particular by mitchell starc. just when it seemed like they were going to do it, when harry brooke made 75, taking england to 21 runs from their target, he was out. mark wood came to the crease and nervously walloped the six to make england believe again. chris woakes was the man playing a supporting role, all the way until it was his turn to when the henning runs and headingley erupted. when england's

men really need a victory they tend to come here. for this series as a whole, to keep the ashes alive, it is very important. it now stands at 2-1. both is very important. it now stands at 2—1. both teams now have over a week to rest and think before the fourth test begins. the formula one world champion max verstappen won sunday's british grand prix, his sixth victory in a row. he started on pole, and though the british driver lando norris passed him on the first corner, the dutchmen soon re—established the lead, and he has stretched his lead in the standings to 99 points. norris finished second, after holding off the challenge of mercedes�* lewis hamilton, who also made it on the podium. and that's all the sport for now. the bbc has confirmed that one of its male presenters has been suspended while an investigation is carried out into allegations that he paid a teenager

for sexually explicit images. the corporation said it was working as quickly as possible to establish the facts and the appropriate next steps. the claims that the unnamed star paid some £35,000 to the youth over three years were first reported by a tabloid newspaper. in an email to staff, the director—general, tim davie, said the bbc was taking the allegations "incredibly seriously". in the past few minutes, the metroplitan police has issued metroplitan police has issued a statement: the met has received initial contact from the bbc in relation to this matter but no formal referral or allegation has been made. hello. showers and thunderstorms this evening — not as extensive or as widespread as we saw through saturday evening. but through the week ahead, we're never going to properly escape the rain. a fairly changeable week in store — showers, longer spells of rain.

it means rainfall amounts going to vary quite widely from one place to the next. it will feel cooler and, at times, a little bit windier as well. not particularly cold for the next few days. this evening, low pressure still to the south—west, so the general wind flow is from a southerly direction. the band of cloud and rain that was affecting 0rkney pushes across shetland during the first part of the night, before clearing. the showers we've got elsewhere fade away. by and large, most will end up dry through the end of the night. and as we start monday morning, temperatures in rural parts could be down to single figures, most places double figures, but it does represent a bit of a drop to what we've seen on recent mornings. a fine commute, though, for most of you — dry, sunny spells quite widely, but quickly the cloud thickening up in the south—west and wales. the breeze picking up too. outbreaks of rain becoming extensive during the second half of the morning into lunchtime. thunderstorms breaking out in northern ireland and scotland, particularly to the north—east of scotland and then the north and west midlands through the afternoon, and northern england turning increasingly wet. some of that rain will be heavy, persistent and thundery. to the south and east,

though, some will stay dry. bit breezier than we saw on sunday, but that breeze still coming in from a southerly direction. 23 to 21t degrees here. temperatures in the high teens, low 20s to the north. now, as we go through monday evening, showers and thunderstorms become a bit more fragmented across the north of the country. but parts of wales, central and southern england, a band of heavier, more persistent rain will sweep its way from west to east, which on tuesday may take a while to clear east anglia and the south—east. away from that, it's sunshine and showers once again. showers heaviest, most frequent and thundery in parts of northern england, scotland and northern ireland. bit breezier through england and wales, too, on tuesday, and temperatures dropping a little bit more once again, but still high teens, low 20s — around where we should be for this stage injuly. it's as we go through wednesday and beyond, we start to see temperatures drop a bit more. low pressure becomes centred, then, to the west of norway and we bring the winds in from an increasingly north—westerly direction for a while. still going to see plenty of showers around. those most frequent close to that low pressure system in the north

where temperatures will only be around 13 to 16 degrees at times. further south, temperatures still in low 20s, fewer showers, greater chance of staying drier for longer.

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