joe biden arrives in the uk for talks with prime minister rishi sunak ahead of the nato summit later this week. us treasury secretary janet yellen says relations with china are on a �*surer footing' after a four—day visit to the country. and k—pop super—group bts release a memoir to mark their tenth anniversary. we will speak to a super fan and expert. we will speak to a super fan and “pert-— and expert. live from our studio in _ and expert. live from our studio in singapore, - and expert. live from our studio in singapore, thisl and expert. live from our| studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. thank you for being with us. the bbc has suspended an unnamed presenter and contacted the police over allegations he gave tens

of thousands of pounds 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. 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 inquiries, we've also been in touch with external authorities, in line with our protocols. those new allegations. the devastating story in the sun newspaper yesterday that a male presenter had paid an individual £35,000 over three years in return for sexually explicit images beginning when that person was 17. a possible criminal offence. today's newspaper had new allegations about the bbc star described as known to millions that he stripped to his underpants in a video call with the young person. with a pressure to act intensifying, a government minister and a member of the shadow cabinet weighed in this morning. 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 criminal justice 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. the bbc do need to speed up their processes. it looks like that these issues were raised in may and we're now in july and the presenter stayed on air. that's not good enough. the culture secretary held talks with the director general tim davie soon after and came away apparently reassured that the bbc is investigating swiftly and sensitively and should, she said, be given space to establish the facts and take action because these are just allegations. they may not be true. this is reputationally damaging for the bbc, which still has questions to answer, not least in terms of what exactly it did in may after the family's complaint and whether it knew at that point that potential criminality might be involved. how many attempts were made to contact the family after they complained 7 was the presenter interviewed and should he have been taken off air? tonight the metropolitan police told bbc news that it has received initial contact from the bbc but that no formal referral or

allegation has been made. it will, it says, require additional information before determining what further action should follow. the bbc has said it expects to be able to provide a further update on this story in the coming days. but as a publicly funded corporation, it depends on trust. trust that is earned. the bbc has faced a series of crises in recent months. for some, its reputation is already tarnished. we can only fullyjudge how damaging this latest crisis will be when the full facts of the story are known. that report by our media editor. 0ur news correspondent charlotte gallagher has more. a few key developments today. firstly, the unnamed male presenter has now been suspended by the bbc. secondly, the police have been contacted by the bbc though the police say that no formal allegation has been made yet. also we have

seen at the front page of the sun newspaper, they originally reported the story. they are saying that this unnamed presenter made a panicked phone call to the young person involved saying "what have you done?" and try to get this young person to tell their mum to stop this investigation. the family of this young person have also told the sun newspaper they are upset with the bbc statement today saying that the bbc at no point after they made this complaint in may contacted them for a proper interview. now, the director general tim davie of the bbc said today that when the initial complaint was made in may bbc�*s investigation team began looking into it into it and it was only last thursday that they received new information that was revealed to them that was different to the original allegations, and tim davie also said that the bbc are now in contact with the family of this young person.

many will be wondering why the presenter has not been named. what are the legal issues here? that is a really good question, and as you said, so many people on a social media saying "why is this person not being named?" and there is specific legal reasons. firstly, defamation. that protect someone from lies that may be told about them and if someone sues for defamation they can win a lot of money and then also the right someone has two privacy, however, that does not stop journalists from investigating and exposing scandals and corruption. so, that for the moment is why this presenter is still unnamed. another legal point is at the age of sexual consent in the uk is 16, but indecent images, sexual images, the law in this country sees a person as a miner until they reach 18. so, thatis miner until they reach 18. so, that is why in this case the

fact that photos may have been sent when this young person was 17, it would be a police matter. 17, it would be a police matter-— 17, it would be a police matter. ., ., ., matter. charlotte gallagher reporting — matter. charlotte gallagher reporting there. _ in the last couple of hours, us presidentjoe biden has arrived in the uk. air force one touched down at stansted airport mr biden will meet prime minister rishi sunak on monday to discuss a range of issues, including the war in ukraine. he'll also meet king charles for the first time since his coronation, before heading to lithuania for a nato summit which starts on tuesday. let's speak to tom brada who's at the us ambassador�*s residence in london. it's an awkward moment for the prime minister — the us�*s decision to send cluster bombs to ukraine, which mr sunak didn't criticise, but said he discourages their use? that's right. this does come at a slightly uncomfortable time for the two leaders based on

that announcement on friday about the cluster munitions. so, ijust want about the cluster munitions. so, i just want to about the cluster munitions. so, ijust want to point about the cluster munitions. so, i just want to point out a couple of hundred metres behind me is that ambassador's residence where president biden is spending the night before tomorrow making his way to downing street where he will meet with rishi sunak and they are expected in a 30—110 minute meeting to discuss a range of issues but chief among them is the war in ukraine. and like you said, the backdrop to that is a little bit of tension over this decision. just to remind people these customers munitions are basically weapons which drop multiple bomblets on an area and there is a risk that some of these bomblets do not detonate and there is a risk that later down the line they could be more loss of civilian life if people were to come across these are detonated weapons and something terrible were to happen. we don't know that that is definitely what will be discussed at tomorrow's meeting. i am sure they will lash out a lot of issues including a strategy for how they will discuss the issue of sweden's accession to nato but

i am sure it will come up and the two leaders will have to overcome those tensions as both of them would like to project the sense that the special relationship between the uk and the us is in as healthy a place as ever. , ., ., ., , as ever. there is a nato summit later this week. _ as ever. there is a nato summit later this week. what _ as ever. there is a nato summit later this week. what can - as ever. there is a nato summit later this week. what can we . later this week. what can we expect from that? fin later this week. what can we expect from that? on tuesday and wednesday _ expect from that? on tuesday and wednesday president - expect from that? on tuesday i and wednesday president biden will be at that summit and there are three main things on there are three main things on the agenda. number one quite obviously isn't the war in ukraine and how to get western allies to continue their support to help ukraine repel the russian occupation. secondly and more specifically will be the idea that ukraine could potentially become a member of nato so they may want to thrash out a specific roadmap as to how that would happen but i should say that president biden gave an interview on sunday in which he explicitly said that there needs to be cautioned about that eventual membership and that eventual membership and that it should not happen until

the war with russia is over in order to avoid nato allies being dragged directly into that combat and eventually creating a much more terrible global war. creating a much more terrible globalwar. iii creating a much more terrible global war. iii thing that's going to be on the agenda is going to be on the agenda is going to be sweden. they in fact applied to be a member of the nato alliance at the same time as finland. they have encountered roadblocks. most specifically in the form of turkiye. turkiye considered sweden to be harbouring kurdish extremists. they consider them to terrorists. an sweden, president biden would hope, will soon become a member of nato but that relies on him presumably talking to richard skye bowden one on the sidelines of that and convincing him to overcome the objections and overcome the accession to the alliance but there are a lot of things to thrash out and i am sure that we will see a lot of headlines to come.

we will see a lot of headlines to come-— we will see a lot of headlines to come. ., ~ ., ~ ,., to come. tom wright, thank you for that update. _ ms yellen has finished a trip to china and has held talks with officials saying that the meetings but relations between the two countries on a surer footing after a long period of tensions over trade and other issues. here is ms yelena speaking at a press conference just before leaving the country. 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 share

in global prosperity. for more on her visit let's bring in a political commentator whojoins me now commentator who joins me now from commentator whojoins me now from beijing. thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. we have been speaking to many guests about this visit and the consensus seems to be that china needs at the us more than the us needs china. do you agree with that statement and it did beijing get what it wanted from the visit in your view? ~ , , ., view? well, it depends on if ou are view? well, it depends on if you are looking _ view? well, it depends on if you are looking in _ view? well, it depends on if you are looking in the - you are looking in the short—term, that would be corrected over the long—term, probably not. remember while pushing for these high—level diplomatic talks the us is imposing sanctions on chinese companies to restrict sales of advanced semiconductors. equipment to china pushed alliances aimed at china, military ones, while sailing warships up and down the taiwan strait, upgrading relationships with taiwan and selling them

advanced tactical weapons. so, it is hard to see how this was a victory. they were very low expectations of yellen�*s visit. i think they were met. her choice was at the end too, as they say in america, put lipstick on the pig and declare victory, but from china's point of view they will be looking to see actions. there was nothing promised, nothing given during these meetings, and right now china believes that generalising national security is not conductive to normal economic trade relations. at economic trade relations. at the same time, we have been getting quite a lot of economic data suggesting that the chinese economy is recovering a lot slower than expected. also, those tariffs remain in place and despite the tensions trade has been growing until very recently between the months of february and may. chinese exports to the us are down at some 25%. other tariffs not really starting to affect the

chinese economy?- really starting to affect the chinese economy? no, it is not tariffs that _ chinese economy? no, it is not tariffs that are _ chinese economy? no, it is not tariffs that are affecting - chinese economy? no, it is not tariffs that are affecting the - tariffs that are affecting the chinese economy, as janet yellen has pointed out stop they affect us consumers more. the issue is a global slowdown. the issue is a global slowdown. the fed has been upping rates and that has been depressing the economy — not only in the us but around the world so at this time of the world is looking at a global slowdown. china is going to grow around 5%. the us is going to grow around 1%. you can make your own calculations as to which economy you would want to be investing in. economy you would want to be investing in— investing in. ahead of the us presidential _ investing in. ahead of the us presidential election - investing in. ahead of the us presidential election i - investing in. ahead of the us presidential election i think l presidential election i think it is fair to say it is unlikely for washington to soften its stance. at the same time beijing has been putting in export controls and so on. do you think a tit—for—tat is going to continue despite this visit? ., . , going to continue despite this visit? ., ., , ., , ., visit? unfortunately, gas, and i do not think— visit? unfortunately, gas, and i do not think that _ visit? unfortunately, gas, and | do not thinkthat it— visit? unfortunately, gas, and i do not think that it is - i do not think that it is productive. right now, the us is controlling the narrative by every time they do something

beijing responds. ijust don't see that as conducive. i mean, i think it would be far better for china to pursue its winning hand which has been improving the life of its people. it has problems — unemployment, slowing international trade. they are trying to adjust, work of the internal economy and that has issues, but if the us putting external pressure on china long—term, china isjust going to go its own way, and the us will be denied access to china's markets. that is not going to help anybody. try all the us. i going to help anybody. try all the us. , , , ., going to help anybody. try all the us. ,, , ., ., the us. i guess they are now startin: the us. i guess they are now starting to — the us. i guess they are now starting to talk— the us. i guess they are now starting to talk to _ the us. i guess they are now starting to talk to each - the us. i guess they are now starting to talk to each otherj starting to talk to each other and john kerry is coming up next, focusing on climate change and i guess that is one of a few topics where the two countries can together. china is about five years ahead based on the paris claimant accord of where they are supposed to be in terms of meeting their goals. the us is

lagging and in some cases go backwards. —— climate. john kerry is interested as is china. china leads the world in terms of renewable energy equipment, be it solar or wind power, evs and batteries are large part of what they are doing. the us is interested in the services trade. they want to finance a lot of green bonds and things like that. but even those are going towards europe. luxembourg, which is now 70— 80% of the global green bond market, interested to do more. thank you so much forjoining us this morning. thank you. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

207 shipping containers with fake goods and drugs recovered from more than half. the sheer size, 580 tons is described as monumental quantities. lee said the seizure is the largest in uk history. 0ver the seizure is the largest in uk history. over two weeks, 100 officers were involved, backed up officers were involved, backed up by officers were involved, backed up by brand experts and counterfeit specialists. i think it will put a nail in the coffin of the counterfeit goods trade as when you it at the time. , ., , , ., trade as when you it at the time. , ., ,, ., ., , time. the shops are virtually one. time. the shops are virtually gene this — time. the shops are virtually gone. this area _ time. the shops are virtually gone. this area of— time. the shops are virtually i gone. this area of manchester has been known as the uk capital of counterfeit trade. 0peration vulcan is the largest response. 33 criminal gangs are said to have targeted this area. a single premises can have floors converted to house up have floors converted to house up to 18 shops. the containers themselves can also act as a trading point for online businesses. you are alive with bbc news. a car has crashed into a school

in south—west london. the job has been named. tonight, the family of nuria sajjad paid tribute to the eight—year—old. they said she was the "light of their lives" and "embodied joy, kindness and generosity". the young girl was among several people taken to hospital after a land rover crashed into the grounds of the study prep school in wimbledon. she died from her injuries. an end of term tea party had been taking place at the school when the car crashed through the fence and into a building. another eight—year—old girl, selena lau, also died after the incident on thursday. her family said she was an intelligent and cheeky girl. outside the school, flowers and tributes were left in the days that followed the crash. the driver of the vehicle,

a 46—year—old woman, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, and was later bailed. a woman in her 40s remains in hospital in a serious condition. helena wilkinson, bbc news. meanwhile, 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 the control of the steel plant in mariupol. moscow has condemned the releasee that it breaks the terms of the prisoner swap deal. gordon corera has more. ukrainian president walking home five commanders in a ceremony in the city of lviv. translation:—

ceremony in the city of lviv. translation: , translation: they were fighting for ukraine- _ translation: they were fighting for ukraine. they _ translation: they were fighting for ukraine. they survived - for ukraine. they survived russian captivity. they spent over 300 days in turkey. it is time for them to be home. the returning _ time for them to be home. the returning men _ time for them to be home. the returning men were greeted by theirfamilies. translation: their families. translation: from today theirfamilies. translation: from today onward we will continue the fight together with you. will definitely have a say in the battle. when each day passing we are advancing, destroying the enemy. the five sent destroying the enemy. the five spent three _ destroying the enemy. the five spent three months _ destroying the enemy. the five spent three months defending | spent three months defending the vast azovstal steel plant in the city of mariupol, holed up 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 prisoner swap deal, they were laterfreed but prisoner swap deal, they were later freed but were supposed to remain in turkey. the man'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 said ukraine deserved to be invited into the alliance. president zelensky returned home notjust with that endorsement, but also five military heroes by his side. that report by gordon carreiro. the k—pop super—group bts have released a memoir in south korea to mark their tenth anniversary. it contains a detailed account of their musical career so far and their individual struggles with the pressures of fame. the group became the first south korean act to top the main us charts. last year the seven—member group announced that they would take a temporary break to focus on solo projects — while some members go on their mandatory military duty. bts fan colette balmain,

who's also a senior lecturer in media and communication from kingston university, pre—ordered the book. i asked her what she made of what she's read so far. i actually downloaded the kindle versions i read it online. yes, i mean it is really interesting, because it isn't an ordinary biography, it has links at the end of chapters that take you to the early work so you can look back on the history as you are reading about it. it is really interesting, it is like an audiovisual experience, reading the book, and it is an example of storytelling. bts the book, and it is an example of storytelling.— of storytelling. bts was losing in korea. why _ of storytelling. bts was losing in korea. why do _ of storytelling. bts was losing in korea. why do you - of storytelling. bts was losing in korea. why do you think - of storytelling. bts was losing l in korea. why do you think that they have become so popular globally with huge fan bases in europe, north america, and asia? i europe, north america, and asia? ~ , . europe, north america, and asia? ~' ,. ., , �* asia? i think the music doesn't have the same _ asia? i think the music doesn't have the same sort _ asia? i think the music doesn't have the same sort of- asia? i think the music doesn't have the same sort of barriers| have the same sort of barriers

in terms of geography or linguistics that film and media does, that needs to have some form of translation. i think also k—pop, which is where bts come from, it is very audiovisual, so you have music videos and you have associated videos and you have associated videos that go with it. so it isn'tjust videos that go with it. so it isn't just the videos that go with it. so it isn'tjust the music, it is more than the music. but i also think that you can feel energised by music, that you can feel sad, and that research has shown that the language doesn't matter that much, it is the emotion that is — that you connect with. and i think bts are a very good example of a group who connect with the audience on an emotional level. i understand you have helped organise bts conferences. can you tell me what they are and who attend the conferences? yes, so the first bts conference was in 2020 at

kingston university. the second one was in la during the pandemic. and the third was in seoul last year and there will be another one this year. the conferences are open to academics as well as fans. for the first conference we had people from — as young as 12, music students who came with their piano teacher, and people like me, older women, their piano teacher, and people like me, olderwomen, mature women. so it's really diverse. and it is diverse — we aren't all young girls as people tend to think of phantoms as. and we have diverse genders and sexualities within our army. the subjects are really broad. there is a lot of discussion of fandom, but also bts as a brand, as a business, origins,

the hype, and how bts and height by changing the music industry, notjust in korea, but in the us. you have the musicology, the performance, and my work is on emerging masculinity, so i am interested in the gender aspects. that's all for now. i will be back with business news shortly. thank you for watching the programme. hello. the weekend was a mixed bag. we saw some pretty heavy,

thundery downpours across more western parts of the country. further east, it was a bit drier, with some spells of sunshine, but temperatures were coming down through the weekend, and that's the theme as we move through this upcoming week. low pressure in charge. it will feel cool for the time of year. showers or longer spells of rain and winds will be a feature, particularly towards the end of the week, all done to low pressure. monday, not a bad start for many areas, but we've got a new set of weather fronts slowly pushing into south—west england, wales, with stronger winds here for the morning. that will continue to journey its way northwards into the midlands, northern england, as well. some of this rain could be heavy and thundery. some of —— elsewhere, after a fine start, it is going to be one of sunshine and showers, though i think the far southeast of england and is a letter should tend to be drier, with lengthy sunny spells. winds will be a feature, then, across the south—west. those are mean wind speeds. lighterfurther north. speeds. lighter further north. temperatures speeds. lighterfurther north. temperatures ranging from high

teens, low 20s in the north, maybe 23 or 2a degrees in the southeast. the rain continued to move north across the country during monday night. we see another batch of rain pushing into south—west england, wales, the midlands and this will continue to drift towards the east in the early hours of tuesday. again, some of this could be heavy and boundary. to the south, quite a warm and muggy night. to the north, a bit fresher with clear spells and showers. for tuesday, our area of low pressure starts to drift northwards to the northeast of the uk and that will bring plenty of showers to the country, pretty much from the word go across the north. this area of rain will take its time to clear the south and east of england through the — through tuesday morning. eventually it will do and then all areas join in the sunshine and showers. most of these will be affecting scotland, northern ireland, northern and western parts of england and wales. again, the high teens in the north, a little bit fresher across the southeast. then beyond tuesday through wednesday, thursday, that area of low pressure moves to the north, it allows west, north—westerly winds to move down across the country again with plenty of showers. further low pressure systems will be moving into western areas by

the end of the week and into next week. so a very unsettled rest of the week to come with showers or longer spells of rain, some sunnier moments as well, but it will feel quite cool well, but it will feel quite cool, particularly when the winds pick up times, too.

of a few topics where the two countries can together. the us treasury secretary

reaches no major breakthroughs in china but