the sun newspaper publishes new claims about the bbc presenter at the centre of the crisis, saying he broke lockdown rules to meet a younger person. it comes as bbc news reveals the male presenter sent abusive and menacing messages to a second individual. i think one thing i would say, these are clearly damaging to these are clearly damaging to the bbc. it is not a good situation.— the bbc. it is not a good situation. �* . , ., ., situation. and a question over a preposed — situation. and a question over a proposed merger _ situation. and a question over a proposed merger deal- situation. and a question over a proposed merger deal with i situation. and a question over i a proposed merger deal with liv golf. a proposed merger deal with liv aolf. ., a proposed merger deal with liv iolf, ., ., a proposed merger deal with liv aolf. ., ., , ., golf. live from our studio in singapore. _ golf. live from our studio in singapore, this _ golf. live from our studio in singapore, this is _ golf. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc - golf. live from our studio in| singapore, this is bbc news golf. live from our studio in l singapore, this is bbc news - singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. thank you for being with us.

president zelensky is accused nature of weakness and uncertainty over the reluctance of some members to set a timetable for ukraine to join the military alliance. nato leaders meeting in lithuania have agreed they can try but only when certain conditions are met. nato secretary general the sun has said the alliance has never sent a stronger political and practical message about partnership but made clear they could notjoin while it was still at war with russia. our europe editor katya adler sent this report from the summit in vilnius. disappointed, volodymyr zelensky put on a brave face today for supporters in the lithuanian capital. translation: i came here today believing in partners, _ in a nato that does not waste time. ukraine will make nato stronger. nato will make ukraine safer. a very different tone from his tweet earlier

in the day, when he blasted the military alliance as absurd and weak for not agreeing a timetable for kyiv to join the club. as confirmed by nato's secretary—general... the invitation will be issued when conditions are met. this is not the picture of absolute unity nato was hoping for at its summit, which leaders here know vladimir putin is watching closely from moscow. this is ukraine today. ravaged by war, a year—and—a—half into russia's full scale invasion. fighting to keep its independence, and defend wider european security, it says. arriving in vilnius for the nato summit the prime minister said all allies should up defence spending. priorities for this summit are to strengthen that alliance, so that we face the threats of the future and protect ourselves adequately against them, but also to continue supporting ukraine. the government has announced

a big increase in production of nato standard artillery shells in the uk. ukraine needs the tools to push russia back. kyiv is grateful, but wants more. what ukraine wants is a seat at nato's table, membership of the club, and why? because of nato's mutual defence clause, which means an attack against one member is seen as an attack against all of them. after a ceasefire, says kyiv, that is the way to stop moscow ever thinking of invading again, but here, nato allies are divided. baltic states like lithuania, hosting today's summit, border russia and fear it. ukraine should join nato sooner rather than later, they all say. we also owe it to the ukrainians, because they are fighting there so that the british, estonians, americans don't have to fight with russia. but the us and germany are more hesitant. they fear direct conflict with russia, if ukraine

joins nato any time soon. this is not a competition, who is at what moment at what point. the most important thing is that we are all increasing our military support for ukraine. tonight, ukraine's president was given a seat at nato's table... ..for dinner at least. the spat over membership aside, this relationship is close. katya adler, bbc news, vilnius. several asian leaders are also present at the vilnius summit this week, including japan's prime minister fumio kishida. they are in lithuania to try and boost ties with the nato alliance. in the past our china has released a statement. i have been speaking to veerle nouwens and she told me more about the

partnership in the indo—pacific. partnership in the indo-pacific.- partnership in the indo-pacific. . ., indo-pacific. we have already seen some — indo-pacific. we have already seen some of— indo-pacific. we have already seen some of these _ indo-pacific. we have already l seen some of these partnership details being released. effectively what is happening is existing partnership agreement with the asia—pacific, the four partners of nato, south korea, japan, australia and new zealand are up australia and new zealand are up for renewal and now they are moving to a new type of structured partnership so now going from a two—year partnership to four year partnership, that is more detail, timelines are attached to it and specific objectives included in their that need to be met. that is up to each individual country to agree with nato. it includes areas like cybersecurity but also interact ability and information sharing. —— tractability. information sharing. -- tractability.— information sharing. -- tractabili . ., tractability. there were also talks of opening _ tractability. there were also talks of opening a _ tractability. there were also talks of opening a nato - tractability. there were also l talks of opening a nato office but france objected to it. can you tell us about different opinions about how nato should do with concerns over china

with these asian allies? i think the conversation is increasingly around the interconnectedness between the indo—pacific region and their euro allies. notjust around china but concerns about china as well. we have seen by the language strong on china although not very different from last year's strategic compass. but i do think is new is the emphasis on the relationship between russia and china and an impact that is having more generally on global security given china's lack of transparency in its own military buildup. in terms of that, i think there is an understanding that some of theseissues understanding that some of these issues are notjust pertaining to their euro atlantic region but wanted to implement these shared training programmes and corporation

programmes and corporation programmes and corporation programmes and that there should be a liaison office somewhere close to these asia—pacific partners to facilitate that. france, emmanuel macron of course has stated some ambivalence towards this, given it thinks it might send the wrong message to china, but perhaps also the wrong message to the rest of the region. there are some concerns around an asian nato which is not what this is, but china's message of locked confrontation of military blocks, is one that in certain countries and it is part of the world do bring some levels of concern. ., , concern. veerle nouwens speaking _ concern. veerle nouwens speaking to _ concern. veerle nouwens speaking to me _ concern. veerle nouwens speaking to me a - concern. veerle nouwens speaking to me a little i speaking to me a little earlier. a second set of serious allegations involving a person in their 20s has emerged, relating to the behaviour of the bbc presenter who's accused of sending money for sexually explicit photographs.

bbc news spoke to the individual who revealed that they first came into contact with the male presenter on a dating app. while they are not alleging criminal behaviour, they are accusing him of being menacing and abusive. in a moment we will have the latest from our media editor katie razzall on the sun's latest article with the new allegations but first here's our special correspondent lucy manning with the second set of serious claims. just to be clear, this is a different young person we understood they may have different information. it is different information. it is different to the one the sun has been writing about. this individual in their early 20s was first contacted anonymously by the male presenter on a dating app, and after the two had connected on the app, the conversation moved to private messaging. at that stage of the presenter revealed his identity and told the young person not to tell

anyone. that individual has told bbc news they were surprised to find out who he was and they felt under some pressure to meet up with the presenter but actually they never did and later, that individual online alluded to having conduct with a bbc presenter and implied that they would name him publicly online at some point. the presenter reacted by sending a number of which the individual has described as threatening. we have seen those messages, they were abusive, expletive field messages. speaking to bbc news, the young person said they had been scared by the power at the presenter had and that the threats made had frightened them and remained scared. while them and remained scared. while the individual has spoken to us at bbc news, they have not made at bbc news, they have not made a complaint to the bbc corporate investigations unit which is looking into the

original allegations from the sun. these new claims of menacing, bullying type behaviour by the high—profile presenter suggest fresh questions about his conduct, which is why we feel it is right to report them. bbc news has contacted the presenter and his lawyer but have not had formal response. well, the director general of the bbc, tim davie, defended the corporation's handling of the initial complaint against the presenter. the bbc was first contacted almost eight weeks ago by the family, claiming their child had received money for sexually explicit photos, but the presenter was not spoken to by the corporation until last thursday. our media editor katie razzall reports. the bbc at the centre of a storm. not a good situation, the director—general said today. claim and counterclaim goes on about a bbc presenter, still unnamed, explicit photographs, and quite what the bbc did

when a family complained. in his first interview since the crisis erupted, tim davie said he had launched an internal review of bbc complaints procedure. i think there is a valid question that i am asking which is, how are complaints like this red flagged through the organisation? i want that immediately looked at and also review the overall process and protocols to make sure we are satisfied by them. today, as it published its annual report, the bbc offered up a new timeline. the key information is around how they handled that early complaint. on the 18th of may, a family member went into a bbc building to try to complain. the next day, their complaint reached the corporate investigations team who, we are told, felt it didn't involve criminality, but was serious. on the same day, they e—mailed the family member, who didn't respond. more than two weeks later, they called the mobile given, but the call didn't connect. the case was kept open.

a month later, the sun contacted the bbc corporate press office with what the bbc said contained new allegations. after that, with the top executives informed, the complainant interviewed, and the presenter spoken to for the first time, action was swift. it was a difficult situation in which we were not getting a response to attempts to get more information. when the information came to me on the 6th ofjuly, i think we acted very speedily. that action included suspending the presenter. the director—general told me today he has not personally spoken to the still unnamed presenter throughout this, but mr davie is still under pressure, particularly over how much effort was made to investigate that serious complaint made in may. that timeline today they have released, i have to tell you, is very damning. the idea that after you get a complaint of any kind from concerned parents saying

a major presenter is giving vast amounts of money and turning my child into a drug addict, whether or not it is true, because you can't know at that stage, you have to ring alarm bells like mad. the bbc has now spoken publicly. the sun has not. though it has pushed back on the claims by the lawyer for the young person at the heart of this that its story is rubbish and that nothing inappropriate or unlawful went on between the client and the presenter. today, the sun had the family standing by their story, asking how their loved one could even afford a lawyer. the paper told us it felt the family is being attacked for not understanding the bbc complaints system. with the police now involved, the met has asked the bbc to pause its own investigation, but the corporation does feel damaged by this story. i think the bbc is often in the midst of quite painful and difficult affairs and storms. i think one thing i would say is these are damaging, these are clearly

damaging to the bbc. it's not a good situation. there have now been days of headlines and media attention. but no real sign of the story reaching an end. and katie has more on the allegations made in the sun newspaper tonight, which says the unnamed bbc presenter broke covid lockdown rules to meet a young person he had met on a dating site. the newspaper says it has seen messages that as well as visiting the 23—year—old's home, he also sent money and ask for a picture, home, he also sent money and ask fora picture, he home, he also sent money and ask for a picture, he was sent ask for a picture, he was sent a seminaked photograph. the son says the individual told the paper that the presenter travel to another county to meet them at their flat in february 2021, and it was during the third national lockdown. there is other pressure now and the presenter from a there is other pressure now and the presenterfrom a bbc colleague because tonight jeremy vine has tweeted that he thinks the man involved in the scandal should now come forward

publicly. vine rememberfelt publicly. vine remember felt the publicly. vine rememberfelt the need to come out at the weekend along with others including nicky campbell to say they aren't, they were not the unnamed presenter. vine says these new allegations today will result in more vitriol being thrown at innocent colleagues, the bbc, he says, which i'm sure he, the unnamed centre loves, is on his knees with the. on his knees is in the phrase that tim davie today although he did accept it was difficult. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bringing you different stories from across the uk stopping hundreds of teenagers in the west midlands faced this dilemma every year, whether or not to carry a knife. in this virtual reality experience developed in birmingham, the oppressor, social media and petty arguments get out of hand stopping these 11—14 —year—olds from greenwood academy have to decide what to do if knife crime came to their community. after ten minutes they

discussed the consequences of their decision. i discussed the consequences of their decision.— their decision. i think as possible _ their decision. i think as possible when _ their decision. i think as possible when you - their decision. i think as possible when you carry| their decision. i think as. possible when you carry a knife, you just gotta be careful. knife, you 'ust gotta be careful._ knife, you 'ust gotta be careful. �* ., ., careful. after the virtual, now a dose of _ careful. after the virtual, now a dose of reality. _ careful. after the virtual, now a dose of reality. and - careful. after the virtual, now| a dose of reality. and explains how his close family member nearly died after being stabbed in the chest eight years ago. not in a gang attack but after crosswords between so—called friends. b, crosswords between so-called friends. �* ., ., , friends. a lot of young people that commit _ friends. a lot of young people that commit certain _ friends. a lot of young people that commit certain offences, j that commit certain offences, they are not criminals, they are just responding to a situation where they are scared. ., , , ., situation where they are scared. , ., _ scared. the hope is that by entering — scared. the hope is that by entering a _ scared. the hope is that by entering a virtual— scared. the hope is that by entering a virtual world - scared. the hope is that by entering a virtual world ofl entering a virtual world of knife crime young people can be prevented from making decisions like this. for more news head to the bbc news website. dozens of people have died as monsoon rains sweep across northern india, causing majorflooding. delhi is on high alert for a possible evacuation while the indian army and disaster response teams scramble to rescue those trapped in flooded homes. arunoday mukharji reports.

northern india in the grip of nature's fury. the himalayan state of himachal pradesh the worst hit. cities which are ordinarily bustling with tourists look unrecognisable, an overflowing beas river threatening to swallow parts of the scenic towns of kullu and mandi. south of himachal pradesh, india's capital city of delhi hasn't seen this kind of rain for decades. thousands have been shifted from the river banks to safer areas and many others told to be ready for evacuation as delhi continues to be on alert. in the north—western indian state of rajasthan, it was a similar sight in the state capitaljaipur, with some key services struggling to stay afloat. translation: despite being such a big hospital, so much water has entered within just the last three to four hours of rain. so you can imagine the conditions in other hospitals. patients are facing problems

and they've not been moved yet. no facilities have been provided. the heavy spell of rain bringing with it waves of uncertainty for millions across india's northern regions, as weather officials warn of more rain until friday. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. president biden has declared a state of emergency as a historic floods had the north—eastern united states stopping more than 3 million people are currently under flood alert. in new york police have been rescuing drivers stranded in orange county which is just to the north of new york city. the state of vermont received more than two months of rain injust two received more than two months of rain in just two days stopping nearly a decade after taking power in a military coup thailand's prime minister says he is retiring from politics. prayuth chanocha will remain as prime minister until a new government

is formed. two months ago his military—backed party won less than a tenth of the seats in thailand's parliament. his decision to retire comes two days before a key vote in thailand's parliament that could see the next prime minister elected. there have been more protests in israel against new legislation aimed at restricting the power of judges. the demonstration came just hours after a new bill narrowly passed its first reading in the israeli parliament stopping the contentious bell from the right—wing government has already sparked 27 weeks of action by protesters who are concerned that the move erodes democratic norms. the european court of human rights has ruled in favour of the double 800m olympic champion caster semenya, in a case involving testosterone levels in female athletes. the 32—year—old south african was born with differences of sexual development and is not allowed to compete in events between aoom and a mile without taking testosterone—reducing drugs.

the researchers say humans have pushed the planet into the surveys and it is rapidly transforming the world. sediment from a canadian lake has been selected as the best example of humans' impact on the geological record. the last time a new epoque was declared was 11,000 years ago. politicians in washington have been questioning representatives from the pga tour over their proposed deal with liv golf. and in the course of their inquries, us senators have discovered a �*non—disparagement clause' in the agreement that was signed that prevents golf chiefs from criticising saudi arabia. the clause, is not uncommon

but it would appear it was inserted into the contract on the eve of it being agreed, a move that deeply concerns the democratic senator richard blumenthal. we are going to uncover the fact about how this deal came together and what it means to the future of this iconic, cherished, american institution and how the saudis are taking over, notjust the team but the entire sport in the united states for the clear purpose of cleansing their public image. let's bring in ben freeman who is a research fellow for responsible statecraft, thank you so much forjoining us on tuesday today. the live representatives couldn't make

it do that hearing but what did you make of it? could it really be true that players could be punished for criticising soundie's human rights record? based on what senator blumenthal said, that could very much be the case. what we heard at the hearing was this non—disparagement clause was put into the agreement and it forbid pga executives and possibly even pga players from saying things that are critical about the saudi regime. as you mentioned, these clauses are quite common in business agreements but it's not common when we are talking about an authoritarian regime like saudi arabia that has a horrible human rights record, so it is very shocking to learn that the saudis would so out right engage in this sort of thing shipped. engage in this sort of thing shi ed. ., engage in this sort of thing shied. ., ~' , engage in this sort of thing shined. ., ~ , , ., shipped. how likely is that the us will call _ shipped. how likely is that the us will call back _ shipped. how likely is that the us will call back those - shipped. how likely is that the us will call back those liv - us will call back those liv representatives for another hearing because they had conflict? i hearing because they had conflict? ., hearing because they had conflict?— conflict? i think it is very likely and _ conflict? i think it is very likely and i _ conflict? i think it is very likely and i think - conflict? i think it is very likely and i think in - conflict? i think it is very likely and i think in the l likely and i think in the coming months, we will see

another hearing and those witnesses, will at the very least be called to appear and i think whether they show up or not, that is going to tell us a lot about how serious saudi arabia is about this deal because based on what we have seen so far, this seems much more like the saudis attempting to spend a lot of money to sports wash, to launder their reputations in the us and silence critic here.- reputations in the us and silence critic here. and is it possible — silence critic here. and is it possible for _ silence critic here. and is it possible for the _ silence critic here. and is it possible for the us - silence critic here. and is it possible for the us to - silence critic here. and is it possible for the us to try i silence critic here. and is it l possible for the us to try and block this merger and if so, on what grounds?— block this merger and if so, on what grounds? there is a couple wa s that what grounds? there is a couple ways that our — what grounds? there is a couple ways that our government - what grounds? there is a couple ways that our government can . ways that our government can intervene here, and one of them we saw today. having hearings, bringing folks to testify and clear up some of the confusion going on with this and really to signal like senator bloom unfolded, that clauses like this are not acceptable. in america we have a first right to free speech, our golfers

should have the right to be critical of the saudi governmentjust as critical of the saudi government just as they critical of the saudi governmentjust as they have the right to be critical of their own government and addition to that another path we have is through anti—trust laws stopping there are very serious concerns that this, what is effectively a saudi takeover at the game of golf would create a monopoly. when you combine the pga tour with the liv torah and the dp world tour, there is not a lot of golf left i think there is very real concerns that the department ofjustice and department of justice and others department ofjustice and others could come down and deem there's an entire trust issue. there have been a lot of allegations of sport washing by the saudi but there is an impact on players as well and it has been quite difficult for those players who stayed loyal to the pga until that merger was announced so what happened this deal doesn't go ahead? yeah stopping to use those players' own words, they feel betrayed. they feel like they did what the pga tour told them to do and not to sell out to the saudis and they did that

over and over, many of them, tiger woods passed up more than half $1 billion not to go over to liv and then to turn around and have the torah itself agreed to take money from liv, we learned at the hearing today that the pga tour could receive up that the pga tour could receive up north of $1 billion from the saudis as part of this arrangement, so all of this has to seem very hypocritical to the players and they have to feel like... the players and they have to feel like. . .— the players and they have to feel like... i'm afraid we have run out of— feel like... i'm afraid we have run out of time _ feel like... i'm afraid we have run out of time but _ feel like... i'm afraid we have run out of time but thank - feel like... i'm afraid we have run out of time but thank you | run out of time but thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. thanks to you for watching the programme. hello. well, southern parts of europe in the grip of a heat wave at the moment. ee continue to be in the grip of some big shower clouds, more of them around through the rest of this week, even some longer spells of rain and stronger winds by the time we hit friday. why? well, low pressure is dominant, we've just got various areas

revolving around the same part of north west europe, which continues to bring showers to the north and west into the start of wednesday morning. a slightly fresher start for many of you compared with tuesday morning, but a sunnier one for the south and eastern england as well as the midlands. won't take long, though, for the clouds are build up, showers are in the west, will start to work their way eastwards. a stronger wind across the uk on wednesday, and that means those showers will rattle through quite quickly for some of you. for one or two it be one after another, after another, with a bit of sunshine in between. it does mean that some of you avoid them altogether. nice enough in the sunshine, but overall, temperatures a little bit down on where you want this stage in the year. so there could be the odd passing shower in that breeze at wimbledon. the breeze will probably be pretty noticeable and a bit troublesome, i think, on the outside courts. but a lot of the time, it will be dry. showers continue into the evening, most will fade away then through wednesday night into thursday morning. and with the winds falling a little bit lighter, it's going to be a little bit cooler still. away from the towns and city centres, there will be temperatures widely into single figures.

but the chart for thursday shows we're almost in between this area of low pressure clearing away, this one pushing in, brief ridge of high pressure, that does mean whilst we will still have some showers around, perhaps not as many as we started the week, and the ones we do see will be a little bit lighter. still prone to them, though, scotland and parts of north northeast england, but elsewhere, some longer spells of sunshine. and with winds lighter than wednesday, it mayjust start to feel a touch warmer. first signs of something, thougn, a bit more potent coming in to ireland as we see the day out. and through thursday night into friday, an area of low pressure looks set to wind its way up. details may change a little bit, but as well as heavy rain pushing its way northwards and eastwards, we're going to see strong—to—gale force winds, particularly to the south in the west. bear that in mind if you're travelling around on friday or if you've got plans to spend a few nights under canvas. some in the southeast may stay reasonably dry, driest of all, brightest in the far north of scotland, but it'll feel cool in the strong winds that are around. it stays windy into saturday, sunshine and showers, some of those heavy and thundery, maybe fewer showers across

the south on sunday.

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