by their allegations, despite a lawyerfor the now 20—year—old saying the claims are "rubbish". a bbc undercover investigation in ghana looks into claims of wrongful family separation by a global anti—slavery charity. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. just hours before a pivotal summit, nato secretary general jens stoltenberg anounced a critical deal that will allow sweden tojoin nato. after negotiations with turkey, who was one of the final holdouts to the country's bid, sweden will become the second nation to join the military coalition since russia invaded ukraine last february. nato�*s head said turkey and sweden addressed security concerns and as a result sweden amended its constitution, changed its laws, expanded its counter—terrorism operation against the the kurdistan workers�* party, which is banned

in turkey, and resumed arms exports to turkey. the swedish prime minister ulf kristersson called it "a good day for sweden." bbc�*s lewis vaughanjones is at the site of the summit with details of how the deal unfolded. it seems this nato summit here in vilnius will be getting under way after a very significant concrete achievement. jens stoltenberg, the head of nato, announcing that turkey had agreed sweden could start the process to membership. completing sweden's accession to nato is a historic step. it makes us all stronger and safer. ~ ., ., , safer. within nato, every country _ safer. within nato, every country has _ safer. within nato, every country has a _ safer. within nato, every country has a veto. - safer. within nato, everyl country has a veto. turkey safer. within nato, every- country has a veto. turkey had some reservations and the beginning of the day the two

sides seemed a long way apart. president erdogan, starting to talk about things like opening a doorfor turkey to eu membership before sweden then is allowed to open the door into a nato membership. eu and nato, of course, completely separate organisations. that was the start of the day but at end of the day, jens stoltenberg, making that announcement, and there has been some significant reaction from several politicians who are here. joe biden, welcoming it. the german foreign minister saying it's good news from vilnius. and, of course, the swedish government saying it's a good day for sweden. so that seems to be one issue of membership well and truly settled. there is a little detail, though. just because recep tayyip erdogan has agreed that sweden can now become a member, it is actually the parliament in turkey the needs to approve that, so a little side detail. now, the bigger issue of membership.

just because sweden seems like it will become a member, there is of course another key country, ukraine. it is not a member of nato. it wants to be, but the agreement here is that whilst there is a war going on in ukraine, it simply can'tjoin. president zelenskyy wants assurances from the leaders here that when the war ends, it will, very, very quickly become a member of nato. so, still challenges ahead at this summit. sweden's accession to nato has been a priority for president biden, who met with the swedish prime minister two weeks ago. the bbc�*s jessica parker has more. on the eve of the summit, this is going to be a huge relief to nato, these summits are a stress test of the alliance' unity, a stress test for president biden as well, he has released a state and welcoming these developments, he said:

of course there is the matter of ukraine's hopes ofjoining the nato alliance, some countries wanted to see fast track process, i think resident biden trying to temper that a little bit, he said that ukraine isn't ready to join nato, it is a country at war, nato, it is a country at war, nato has a actual defence clause that would pull nato into the war but what he has talked about instead of some kind of rational path forward for ukraine. earlier i spoke with kurt volker, the former us ambasador to nato and envoy for ukraine for his more on the summit. great to have you back on the programme. you want to start with the significant development of turkey clearing the way for sweden to join nato. what do you think nato members were able to provide turkish president recep tayyip

erdogan for him to change his mind? i erdogan for him to change his mind? ~ ~ , erdogan for him to change his mind? ~' ~ , ., mind? i think turkey made a very sound _ mind? i think turkey made a very sound point _ mind? i think turkey made a very sound point about - very sound point about terrorism and sweden addressed that point, which is to say that point, which is to say that sweden doesn't see itself as supporting terrorism, doesn't want it territory to be used by terrorist groups and trying to address turkish concerns that that in fact isn't the case. they did this originally when president erdogan issued the invitation to the other nato allies, they reinforced this with a security pact today. in addition to that the biden administration has been working in earnest to try to get its thames to turkey, theyis to get its thames to turkey, they is something turkey has been interested in and president adeline getting through his re—election has given him a little bit more room to do some of the things that need to be corrected such as on the economy, such as on allowing more resources to go to ukraine, saying ukraine should be an nato as well. if

we look at what the nato secretary general said today, nato makes sweden safer and stronger, we know that finland has joined as well, what does this mean for nato to have new members?— this mean for nato to have new members? you have geographic coherence _ members? you have geographic coherence and _ members? you have geographic coherence and depth _ members? you have geographic coherence and depth so - members? you have geographic coherence and depth so that - members? you have geographic| coherence and depth so that you now have all of northern europe, not including the north atlantic alliance, that gives you coherent oversight and control of the aerospace and the sea space around northern europe and the ability of forces to work together much more seamlessly and operations, whether they asked the 14 the efforts such as we had for a long time in afghanistan, kosovo or any contingencies that may arise in the defence of northern europe. i that may arise in the defence of northern europe.— of northern europe. i want to ask ou of northern europe. i want to ask you about _ of northern europe. i want to ask you about what _ of northern europe. i want to ask you about what ukrainian president zelensky has been saying, he has been speaking today and he said that summit in vilnius has to confirm that ukraine is a de facto member of nato. what do you think of that? , ., . ., nato. what do you think of that? , ., , ., .,

that? de facto is not a term an one that? de facto is not a term anyone working _ that? de facto is not a term anyone working in - that? de facto is not a term anyone working in nato - that? de facto is not a term l anyone working in nato would use because you have this article five treaty commitment that obligates countries to come to each other�*s defence, and you don't want to have this be ambiguous or unclear in any so at the time that a country becomes a nato member, you that commitment to be ironclad and perfectly understood, so you can't quite say that in advance. what we should be saying at the vilnius summit and what a hope is set for president zelenskiy�*s benefit as well as nato's benefit is that the commitment that nato made 15 years ago to ukraine's eventual membership is now becoming operational and we are going to begin the process of bringing ukraine in the, several practical steps will be taken and we will review this at the next meeting in washington next year. president iden was asked _ washington next year. president iden was asked about _ washington next year. president iden was asked about this - washington next year. president iden was asked about this in - washington next year. president iden was asked about this in an l iden was asked about this in an interview with cnn, here is what he said. if interview with cnn, here is what he said.— what he said. if the war is auoin what he said. if the war is going on. _ what he said. if the war is going on. we _ what he said. if the war is going on, we are - what he said. if the war is going on, we are at - what he said. if the war is going on, we are at war, l

what he said. if the war is i going on, we are at war, so i think we have two lay out a path, a rational path, for ukraine to be able to qualify to get into nato. so ambassador, - to get into nato. so ambassador, what does this path actually look like? fix, ambassador, what does this path actually look like?— actually look like? a couple thins actually look like? a couple things about _ actually look like? a couple things about the _ actually look like? a couple| things about the president's statement. he was answering a question or a point about whether ukraine should be invited to join nato now. whether ukraine should be invited tojoin nato now. that is to say on the day of the vilnius summit which there, he is right, it would require nato to actually start fighting with russia to help defend ukraine and nobody wants to do that but we do need to give a clear pathway, but it is not because ukraine has more work to do. ukraine has more work to do. ukraine is it the alliance that is not ready because they don't want to take on this conflict with russia at this time. what ukraine needs to do is win the war. we need to have stable stable lines in europe and then we need to bring ukraine fully into nato and help deter any

further aggression against ukraine or anyone else in europe. ukraine or anyone else in europe-— ukraine or anyone else in euro e. g , ., , europe. just to “ump in there, the president — europe. just to jump in there, the president was _ europe. just to jump in there, the president was asked - the president was asked specifically if he thought that ukraine was ready and he said he didn't think that was the case, so you disagree with that? i case, so you disagree with that? ., ., that? i do disagree with that. i think if you _ that? i do disagree with that. i think if you look _ that? i do disagree with that. i think if you look at - that? i do disagree with that. i think if you look at several l i think if you look at several existing nato allies and say who would you rather fight alongside, would you like to have ukraine on your side or one of the smaller or less capable european allies, you would pick ukraine. they are fighting and defending right now and they are prepared to do so and already they have one of the strongest militaries in europe so they are fully ready. what else do you want to see come out of this summit? i think a renewed commitment to increasing defence spending is important. that is critical for sustaining us support for the alliance. if we feel we are doing everything and others are not as we have seen many presidents discuss, especially donald trump, then it we can do

with political support for nato's are getting defence spending on track racing to 2% and above, it's very important it's great that we're going to see sweden admitted as well stop you think we ought to be making a statement that ending these grey zones, eliminating these grey zones, eliminating these places in europe where putin feels free to attack is actually in nato's security interest because if we don't do it then we are dealing with the effects of war such as we are dealing with ukraine today. that would be a very powerful statement to make, meaning that bringing ukraine in is not only about ukraine, it is also about nato's own security. ambassador, great to speak with you. more information has emerged, concerning allegations that a bbc presenter paid a teenager, tens of thousands of pounds, for sexually explicit images. the young person, now 20 years old, has claimed via a lawyer that, nothing inappropriate or unlawful has taken place, and that the claims that first emerged in the sun newspaper are rubbish, and an invasion

of their privacy. the sun says it stands by its story. meanwhile, the metropolitan police say they are making further inquiries, but there is currently no investigation underway. the male presenter, who has been suspended, has not been named. here's our media editor katie razzall. for the first time, we at the bbc have had contact with the lawyer acting for the young person in this case. they told us one thing that effectively the story as reported by the sun is untrue and the sun's front page tonight recently published this is quite another. the parents say they stand by their account and in an interview they say, "we did this to help," and that the presenter has got into their loved one's head, as they put it. the stepdad says the claims tonight on behalf of that young person are not true and accuse the bbc of lying about what happened when they made their complaint. where does that leave us? not much clearer perhaps. here is my account of how the day has unfolded. the story has dominated the front pages for days,

driven by the sun newspaper, which first reported it in its saturday editions. now a lawyer for the young person at the centre of the allegations has told the bbc that on friday, via whatsapp, they told the sun the statement by their mother was totally wrong and there was no truth in it, adding, "nothing inappropriate or unlawful has taken place and the allegations are rubbish". the sun newspaper has pushed back tonight, telling the bbc its story was about two concerned parents who made a complaint about the behaviour of a presenter and the welfare of their child. their complaint was not acted upon by the bbc. "we have seen evidence that supports their concerns," they say, adding it is now for the bbc to properly investigate. time is of the essence because it is not fair on victims, it is not fair on people who could be implicated and it is not fair on the bbc, which does an importantjob. you know, iam not here to, as it were, bash the bbc, but i do think they need to get their house in order and they need to proceed promptly, otherwise you will have plenty of collateral victims. according to the sun,

for three years, the presenter paid ten of thousands of pounds in exchange for sexually explicit images to a person who was 17 when it began — a potential criminal offence. the family told the paper they were frustrated that the presenter remained on tv after they approached the bbc. so what do we know about the timeline of events? the family complained to the corporation on 19 may. nearly two months on, last thursday, the bbc says it received new allegations. the next day, the sun published claims that a bbc presenter paid a teenager for explicit images. on sunday, the bbc suspended the presenter. i think one of the questions that will come out of this in the inevitable inquiry is who did the complaint come into and did they escalate it fast enough and in future, should a red flag go up when an issue of this seriousness comes in, whether or not there is a huge amount of information or not, that it should go straight to senior management and that they should deal with the issue immediately. escalation yesterday involved a referral of the allegations to the police.

today, after a virtual meeting with the met�*s specialist crime command, the police said they are working to establish whether there is evidence of a criminal offence. there is, they added, no investigation at this time. until it is clearer, until we have a greater knowledge from possibly the police, the bbc itself, the alleged victim or the victim's mother, in this case, it is very hard to know exactly what we are criticising the bbc for. the acting bbc chairman is only in her role after the resignation of the politically appointed former chairman richard sharp. now the corporation is at the centre of another crisis. tomorrow, she and the director—general, tim davie, will have to face the media as they launch the annual report, with the corporation in the eye of a storm. our legal correspondent dominic casciani has been looking into the letter from the young person's lawyer as well as the sun's latest article. i think it is a really,

really important development in this story as is the sun's latest story tonight. i'm going to take each of these in turn because the law of privacy is there to effectively protect reputations and careers and futures from undue harm and because there are many things in our private life which are simply nobody else's business, they are private to us, and if you analyse this letter, what this law firm was saying and if you analyse this letter, what this law firm is saying on behalf of their client — and this is not a modest high street firm, they are a decent sized firm in central london — is they're saying there is a repeated breach of privacy here in this reporting, even though the individual has not been named and nor has the presenter. the young person denies involvement in unlawful or inappropriate activity and they are effectively saying, if you carry on doing this and if you were to name the client — doing this and if you were to name our client — this is effectively the subtext — you might end up in court. effectively that is what

the warning comes down to, although there is no warning as such in the letter — and if you take that as a starting point, i think it is really interesting then to have a look at what the sun has said tonight. there is one line which sticks out to me. in the story, it quotes the stepfather as saying, "i told the bbc had gone to the police in desperation "i told the bbc i had gone to the police in desperation "but they could not do anything as they said "it was not illegal.". now, we're not quite sure exactly what that relates to, but from the perspective of this young person, and thinking about this just in purely legal terms, if nothing has been done which is wrong, what is the case then for this person to be named or the presenter to be named? and i think that is why there is so much at stake here. going to the scotland yard statement, really telling that they are assessing the information, but it has not yet crossed a criminal threshold for them, and i think the takeaway from that is, we are not the only ones who at the moment are really unsure about exactly what has been going on. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bringing you different

stories from across the uk. the first group to qualify as doctors by completing the six—year medicine with foundation year course, at the university of leicester. it was designed for students from less traditional backgrounds, such as areas with low participation in higher education. reece is the first in his family to go to university. without this course, i don't think i would be able to do this career and pursue what is ultimately i want to do in life. what i want to do in life. so it takes an extra year of study to make up for the lower grades but the course leader say it is worth it. sometimes people will look at attainment as the sole reason to chose the right person to do medicine — it is very competitive — and so some people say, "well, if you've got a student "with three a stars, why would you take a student "with three bs?" but my argument to that would be that actually there is more to being a good doctor than just intellectual attainment. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website.

you're live with bbc news. we've seen record—breaking heat around the globe, according to preliminary data from the world meterology organization released on monday. injapan, at least two people have died after a landslide triggered by torrential rains. tens of thousands of residents were told to evacuate as officials warned of the regions heaviest rain ever. as officials warned of the region's heaviest rain ever. meanwhile at least 29 people have died in india as heavy rain causes widespread landslides and flooding. in delhi and its suburbs, all schools will remain closed, and there are fears the yamuna river could break its banks. here in the us, about 13 million americans were under flood watches on monday as torrential downpours pounded the northeast region. at least one person died in the floodwaters. extreme weather events can be linked to climate change. our correspondent imogen foulkes has more on the report's findings. what we are looking at today with these latest data from the wmo, is a list of borrowing records, the hottestjune ever

recorded, the smallest volume of antarctic sea ice ever measured and the highest temperatures in the north atlantic ocean ever measured. so what does that all mean? climate scientists are concerned by how fast these records have been achieved. it goes way beyond even their most pessimistic modelling. it seems what is worrying them most is the temperatures in the north atlantic ocean because a higher sea temperatures mean legs oxygen in the water. —— less. bad for the fish population and marine environment but higher sea temperatures also trigger extreme weather events, higher temperatures on land, too, coincidentally we have seen today here in switzerland the government saying that 2022 was the hottest year ever in switzerland and swiss glaciers melted at three times the expected rate so that concern

really is, is climate change going much, much faster than evenif going much, much faster than even if the scientists had warned us about? have we reached a tipping point where we can actually not stop it anymore even if we tried as hard as we could and we all know we're not trying as hard as we could yet. the answer, the scientists say, will come with my analysis. they do not know if it is a tipping point but they are worried. a bbc africa eye investigation has raised serious concerns about one of the worlds leading anti—slavery organisations and their west african operations. based in the us, internationaljustice mission is a multimillion—dollar christian charity set up to tackle modern slavery. kyenkyenhene boateng has more on the investigation a year ayearago, a year ago, the team received a tipoff, not everything was but it seemed when it came the activities of ijm any gun, specifically some of the child

rescue missions. our team spent months corroborating initial reports coming from sources close to these operations before taking the step of sending a reporter under cover. our undercover investigation unearthed two stories. one of which is a story of fatima. this is mogyigna, a village in northern ghana. last year ijm and the local police liberated for children identified as children trafficked. but these women say they were taken out by force. translation: i women say they were taken out by force. tuna/mom- by force. translation: i was worried they _ by force. translation: i was worried they were _ by force. translation: i was worried they were going - by force. translation: i was worried they were going to - by force. translation: i was| worried they were going to kill the kids. what were they going to do with them?— to do with them? after the raid, the — to do with them? after the raid, the children - to do with them? after the raid, the children were - to do with them? after the i raid, the children were placed in a shelter and their families

were given no information about their whereabouts. ii—year—old fatima is of the elders. translation: fatima is of the elders. tuna/mom- fatima is of the elders. translation: , , .., translation: they 'ust came in and grabbed h translation: they 'ust came in and grabbed me. — translation: theyjust came in and grabbed me. one _ translation: theyjust came in and grabbed me. one of- translation: theyjust came in and grabbed me. one of the - translation: they just came in | and grabbed me. one of the men held a gun to my grandmother's freight as if to shooter so i was terrified and i started crying. was terrified and i started c inc. , ., was terrified and i started c inc. , . was terrified and i started c inc. ,. was terrified and i started c inc. , . ., crying. this raid was part of ijm's efforts _ crying. this raid was part of ijm's efforts to _ crying. this raid was part of ijm's efforts to combat - crying. this raid was part of| ijm's efforts to combat child trafficking but the rescue missions have been accused of doing more harm than good to the local communities. bbc africa i went undercover to investigate the allegations, posing as an intern for ijm an gunner, dennis was given access and we found dozens of what's up and we found dozens of what's up messages including the raid during which fatima was taken. in this text, leading officers from ijm clarifies the

understanding. the messages show that despite the lack of trafficking evidence, ijm continued to support the village rescue and four children were taken, but why? inaudible. according to a staff member, ijm is target driven with teams expected to support a set number of risk is an arrest by the authorities. here, our undercoverjournalist speaks to one of the investigators working in the field. ~ ., investigators working in the field. ~ . ., ., ,, field. what would happen if you aet there field. what would happen if you get there and — field. what would happen if you get there and then _ field. what would happen if you get there and then you - field. what would happen if you get there and then you do - field. what would happen if you get there and then you do not l get there and then you do not get there and then you do not get there and then you do not get the children because you have to get them. irate

get the children because you have to get them.— get the children because you have to get them. we have to net have to get them. we have to get them- _ have to get them. we have to get them- um _ have to get them. we have to get them. ijm told _ have to get them. we have to get them. ijm told us - have to get them. we have to get them. ijm told us it - get them. ijm told us it taruets get them. ijm told us it targets are _ get them. ijm told us it targets are there - get them. ijm told us it targets are there so - get them. ijm told us it targets are there so its| get them. ijm told us it - targets are there so its about can be most effective. social workers may independently decide to move children who show clear signs of abuse or neglect even if they are not victims of trafficking. social services told us that they acted upon information they received from the charities and return of the children after their own investigation found they had not been trafficked. after about four months, fatima and the other children were allowed to return home and all criminal charges against their relatives were dropped. back in her village, relatives were dropped. back in hervillage, fatima relatives were dropped. back in her village, fatima discovered her village, fatima discovered her grandfather had died. translation: i her grandfather had died. translation:— her grandfather had died. translation: ., , . , ., translation: i was crying and wondering. _ translation: i was crying and wondering, since _ translation: i was crying and wondering, since my— translation: i was crying and. wondering, since my grandfather has left us, when will we see him again. has left us, when will we see him again-— has left us, when will we see him again. ijm has told us its approach _ him again. ijm has told us its approach always _ him again. ijm has told us its approach always has - him again. ijm has told us its approach always has the - him again. ijm has told us its. approach always has the welfare of children at its goal. social services said that in the

future, ijm may need to get additional permission ahead of any rescue operations. as you could hear, fatima was able to return home and if the charges against her relatives were dropped but in another case, we discovered during the investigation that a mother was wrongly convicted of child trafficking and is still waiting to be reunited with her children, four years on. well, you can find out more about her story on the bbc africa youtube channel we can watch the full documentary. thank you for watching bbc news, stay with us. hello there. there's no real change in our weather patterns coming our way any time soon. and that means it stays unsettled. loads more showers in the forecast as we'll see in a moment. for monday, we have some heavy downpours come through, starting off across parts of

northern ireland before spreading to scotland. and as they work through, threave brought 15 millimetres of rain in a space ofjust an hour, really torrential rain. that's a bit more than half an inch of rain injustan hour. now, those heavy bursts of rain are working north eastwards at the moment. the rain will ease as we head towards dawn, but at the same time we'll see some heavy rain pop up across the midlands running into lincolnshire and east anglia as well. still quite warm and humid across eastern areas of england as we start the day tuesday. but in the west a relatively fresh field to the day, with temperatures around 13—14 degrees. now, tuesday morning, we'll see that band of rain start off with across east anglia, south east england, taking a while to clear out of the way. but once it's gone, it's essentially a day of sunshine and showers. i think some of the showers could merge together to give some longer spells of rain for west scotland, and perhaps through the central lowlands, and also some fairly lengthy downpours coming across wales and running into the midlands too. temperatures a little bit below average for the time of year, but in the sun it won't feel too bad. now, wimbledon, i can't rule out an odd passing shower, but there'll be large stretches of the day that are dry with some sunshine

coming through. taking a look at the jet stream pattern across a good chunk of the northern hemisphere. we've got this pattern at the moment. this is an omega block. now, the uk finds itself underneath a trough. that's where low pressure form. and the thing with these blocks is theyjust don't move very far. it's going to be like this really throughout the rest of this week, into the weekend and even into next week. and what that does for us is, even as we lose one area of low pressure, later in the week another one pops up as if by magic and works back across the country. we've got that kind of repeating pattern. weather kind of like a broken record at the moment. wednesday, yes, it's a day of sunshine and showers. probably a cooler feel to the weather across scotland and northern ireland, where we'll start to get more of a northwesterly breeze. so temperatures just coming down here, a few degrees in the south and east, 21, maybe fewer showers here for wednesday. but really looking at the rest of the week into the weekend and even into the early stage of next week, the showers will continue to pack in. there will be quite a lot of dry weather, even

on these showery days. the showers perhaps lasting an hour or two, but still some heavy downpours to come.

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