huw edwards is named as the bbc presenter facing allegations over payments for sexually explicit images. thailand's parliament is said to vote. two court cases could derail a political career. and it's emmy season — the nominations are in, and hbo drama, succession, is in full force with 27 nominations. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme.

leaders from the g7 group of wealthy nations have announced a new security pact with ukraine. the deal�*s been signed at a meeting of the military alliance in lithuania. those security commitments are a broad international framework to deliver modern advanced military equipment, such as fighter jets, training, and intelligence—sharing. it's been welcomed by president zelensky who has swallowed his disappointment at the lack a of a timetable for ukraine tojoin nato. welcome to you, president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky. our dear friend volodymyr zelensky, president of ukraine, welcome to you, volodymyr, it's good to have you here. applause ukraine may not yet be a member of nato, not by a long way. but today, it was embraced, almost, as one of their own,

taking part in a new council where kyiv can raise concerns on an equal footing. translation: we've discussed in detail the confrontation - with russia and what can be done to keep ukrainians safer. we're grateful to our partners for promising new packages of security and defence. this may look like a conveyor belt of schmoozing with world leaders, but you'll notice ukraine's president always wears combat fatigues. all this gladhanding has a concrete purpose. back home, president zelensky�*s country is burning 500 days into russia's full scale invasion, ukrainians care a lot about nato. translation: nato is our only protection from russia, - otherwise they will never leave us alone. even if they will not help us, i don't know, i think the situation in our country will be much worse than now. in the corridors of power here, there's been lots of debate about why now isn't the time to make ukraine a full

nato member. but... the big picture here is that ukraine and its defence against russia's aggression is the focus of all the leaders at this summit. they're pledging long—term humanitarian and military aid and this despite all of those countries facing a cost of living crisis at home. it's a big deal. such a big deal, the british defence secretary remarked today off camera he advised kyiv not to treat allies like an amazon for weapons supplies. the prime minister said he was confident ukraine's president understood. i know he and his people are incredibly grateful for the support the uk has shown, the welcome that we've provided to many ukrainian families, but also the leadership that we've shown throughout this conflict. a conflict nato leaders know could go on for a long time. don't we need to be honest with people at home here, with voters, this could take years, couldn't it? wars are by nature

unpredictable, so i think no—one can say with certainty how long this war will last. what we do say, or state very clearly, is that we will stand by ukraine for as long as it takes. nato is being careful not to pile pressure on kyiv over its counteroffensive against russia. it's tough and slow. the grim reality of war. huw edwards the lead anchor of bbc news that dan has been revealed as the presenter, he was identified in a statement on behalf of his wife who said he is now receiving inpatient hospital care having suffered a serious mental health episode after what had been five

extremely difficult days. he has not resigned from the bbc. the announcement came a few minutes after the metropolitan police released a statement saying there is no evidence of a criminal offence having been committed. the sun newspaper says it will not be printing any more newspapers. there are questions over the tablet over its first reporting of the first allegation. tonight at 10, we are in edinburgh where the king has been presented with the crownjewels of scotland. named, and likely a huge shock to many viewers. the ceremony was steeped in tradition. wednesday was the last time huw edwards appeared on bbc news, that night from edinburgh. the next day, the bbc quietly took him off air. now, the secret that has been speculated upon across

social media for days is public. you edwards, the main face of the bbc�*s flagship news at ten, for two decades, is the presenter at the centre of allegations of misconduct. this evening, his wife released a statement, naming her husband... she said her husband had been first told of the allegations last thursday.

moments earlier, the metropolitan police had confirmed it was not investigating, that there was no evidence to suggest a criminal offence had been committed in the case. the bbc had responded, saying, having paused its investigation yesterday at the request of the police, it would now restart it with a thorough assessment, while continuing to be mindful of its duty of care to all involved. for many, the processing of this news isjust beginning. he is the face of bbc in many ways, particularly in terms of news, absolutely. i don't think it is quite such a shock. i think this speculation has been so rampant for the last few days that it is more a relief in a sense than a shock. the sun broke the story in its saturday paper, alleging that a high profile, unnamed presenter at the bbc had paid £35,000 to a much younger person for sexually explicit images, beginning when

the young individual was 17. more allegations were front page every day since, although on monday, the lawyer for the young person said the story was rubbish and nothing criminal had taken place. some will now be asking whether the sun has questions to answer for its decisions. tonight the paper said... why are we not saying to the sun newspaper, you published these allegations, you asked the bbc to give the detail you wouldn't give, what is the sun's response? has it got photographs? details of bank transfers and so on? it has not put them forward and a lot of former tabloid editors are asking the same questions. we must not forget that huw edwards is suspended from the bbc. he may not be facing a criminal

investigation but he is accused of potential misconduct and if true, there is a family and a young person who are also in trauma. in recent years, huw edwards has publicly shared his struggles with mental health in a welsh documentary. i have talked to him about his depression several times in the past and i think it is good that people feel able and willing to talk about his mental health but i know exactly the thinking behind that in some newspapers deny, as vicki flint makes annabel appeal for privacy, as vicki flint makes annabel appealfor privacy, if as vicki flint makes annabel appeal for privacy, if a as vicki flint makes annabel appealfor privacy, if a guy talks about his mental health and ends up in hospital, that is facing to cover. the future of the united kingdom is uncertain. now the man who has held viewers' hands through some of the most significant moments of the nation's history is asking to be left in private. that is bbc news at 10... whether he can find a way back to health and broadcasting

is a question for the future. katie razzall reporting. let's now hear from a researcher covering media and entertainment about the legal side of the argument and whether or not this story should have been covered in the first place. in should have been covered in the first place-— first place. in the uk, we have a very important _ first place. in the uk, we have a very important protection, . a very important protection, which is for all private individuals, which is when a topic or a matter is under police investigation, then it should not be commented upon in the media. of course, many people in the media shows not to respect that. i think the important thing is well to reflect upon is that, in the uk, of course, presenters are

often celebrities and huw edwards in particular was a very well—known figure. bbc news at ten and so on, however he did not use or abuse his position as a presenter in the workplace, which would of course have been a more serious matter. and ifeel that it course have been a more serious matter. and i feel that it is very important that huw edwards, who is 61 years of age, who has had mental health issues, who has a wife and five children, and who is in care and the bbc had a duty to safeguard its employee, in a way that, of course, the sun did not have because he'd does not work for them. the united nations security _ work for them. the united nations security council i work for them. the united i nations security council will meet publicly on thursday to

discuss the latest missile launched by north korea. an intercontinental ballistic missile was tested on wednesday. north korean state media said the leader guided the lodge. japanese tv personality has been found dead by their manager at the office in tokyo. the cause of death has not been confirmed but they are investigating suicide. they became an influential lgbt queue figure injapan and was well known for their genderless style of dressing but they were frequently subject of online attacks and harassment. protesters gathered in bangkok on wednesday after the commission of thailand is to decide if prime minister

hopeful was dealt a setback. either case could result in him being banned from politics. all this comes as the thai parliament prepares to vote later today on whether he becomes prime minister. to discuss these latest developments i am nowjoined from bangkok by a guest, a professor of political science. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. firstly, with this latest announcement is pita limjaroenrat still the front runner and what i responses are becoming the country's next pm. his chances are daunting — country's next pm. his chances are daunting because - country's next pm. his chances are daunting because with - country's next pm. his chancesl are daunting because with these charges outstanding, it is a way of preventing him from taking office. it is also an indication for this and it is not to go for him. this is a way of demonstrating that his

candidacy is problematic and therefore you probably would not get enough senate votes. what we're seeing here is a power play, it is a deja vu and have seen this in the past. the powers that be in thailand will not let pita limjaroenrat take office even though his party led by him one of the elections. fit, led by him one of the elections.— led by him one of the elections. �* ., ., , elections. a lot of people voted for _ elections. a lot of people voted for him, _ elections. a lot of people voted for him, what - elections. a lot of people . voted for him, what happens elections. a lot of people - voted for him, what happens if he does not become a prime minister? he is the only candidate for his party and the body has a coalition of 312 mps under 500 but we have an appointed senator from the military regime that is stymieing, preventing the democratic outcome, so if you does not make it, perhaps another partner that also came in second in the election might get its chance and this is what i think the powers that be uploading or designing for them

to split from the move forward party and form an alternative, more conservative coalition government. meanwhile the caretaker prime minister, a former army chief who took power almost ten years ago in a military coup announces retirement from politics two days ago. there is still a jointer appointed senators is there a chance that thailand could again be ruled the military?— could again be ruled the milita ? , . , could again be ruled the milita 7, , military? directly we don't see that nova _ military? directly we don't see that now. today _ military? directly we don't see that now. today it _ military? directly we don't see that now. today it looks - that now. today it looks ominous, the mood errors full of anxiety and i will be processed for sure. the fundamental problem we have in thailand is the parties that by move forward what an election but can't take office sold aldi some protests for short and you can see thailand still has indirect military backed custodial supervision of a

democratic system so it's not fully democratic, it's be supervised from the back by the military regime and this is considered set because the military appointed senators. how long could this whole process take? when all thailand have their new prime minister? it could take days and weeks, it depends on the protests and what happens in parliament today. we have pita has to be voted against charges which are questionable, a way of persecuting him, preventing him from taking office. it could take days and weeks and we could end up with another candidate, we could also end up with big fight in the street, we don't know what kind of demonstrations, we saw move forward when nationwide so we will not know what will come but certainly storm clouds are gathering in thai politics.

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protesters redressing the ousting of the then president gotabaya rajapaksa who was forced to flee the country. thousands had been camping here for months protesting the economic mismanagement of the government that led the country into the economic crisis and demanding a regime change. the feeling that was very optimistic. but one year on, many activists say the country didn't get the change get demanded. melanie was one of the protesters camping at coalface last year.- the protesters camping at coalface last year. what the outh coalface last year. what the youth wanted, _ coalface last year. what the youth wanted, i _ coalface last year. what the youth wanted, i think, - coalface last year. what the youth wanted, i think, wasl youth wanted, i think, was accountability and transparency in decision—making and that hasn't happened, so even the decisions that have been taken with the imf are the conditions they were not done with the transparency. they were not done with the transparency-— they were not done with the transparency. melani says she has been arrested _ transparency. melani says she has been arrested twice - transparency. melani says she has been arrested twice for. has been arrested twice for participating in demonstrations. the government

has also proposed a new counterterrorism law which critics, restricts freedom of assembly and speech. the government says it is needed to meet instability. i government says it is needed to meet instability.— meet instability. i don't think sri lanka _ meet instability. i don't think sri lanka is _ meet instability. i don't think sri lanka is a _ meet instability. i don't think sri lanka is a democratic - sri lanka is a democratic country anymore. the reason there are no protesters because of heavy government repression of heavy government repression of the protests and every time people get out when they have to face repression time and time again, people naturally get scared. fit, time again, people naturally get scared-— time again, people naturally get scared. a few weeks after fleein: , get scared. a few weeks after fleeing, former _ get scared. a few weeks after fleeing, former president - fleeing, former president rajapaksa returned to the country and now lives in a government bungalow and many members of his cabinet are back in parliament. but for many sri lankans economic distress lanka ns economic distress continues, lankans economic distress continues, burdened by soaring prices and new tax hikes. there are questions raised over whether president wickremesinghe has enough public support to carry on with the difficult decisions to turn around the economy. critics say his decision not to hold early elections and not enough

communication and transparency over hard—hitting reforms is fuelling mistrust. one year on, the government is still striving to gain the public trust. archana shukla trust. archa na shukla reporting. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas visited the west bank city ofjenin on wednesday. his visit comes just days after three of his senior officials were forced to flee a funeral by crowds who were furious at their response to the two—day long israeli assault last week. our correspondent, tom bateman, reports from jenin. the palestinian president came inside the camp and you see the entrance there. this was about the symbolism of coming to a place he has not been for two decades and the reason for that is the official palestinian leadership had long—lost the faith of many palestinians, the process has been increasing and particularly here injenin particularly here in jenin refugee particularly here injenin refugee camp where it has just been a loss of belief in

official polyphony leadership but they've been outright rejected are notjust them, but their official security forces. he came in and we had utterly chaotic scenes as his entourage brought him through and his presidential guard and security forces were clearing the way, a huge crowd was being pushed aside. he then stood and spoke that if there was ever a symbol of the worthlessness or emasculation of the current polyphony leadership, the fact that his microphone didn't work to start with and indeed stopped working and was cutting in and out through a lot of the speech. it was hard to make up what was said but he paid tribute to the dead from the israeli military assault of last week and also said the camp would rebuild, be rebuilt. but this was about stamping his authority, his footsteps just inside this camp, a symbol of control but a control that

really is an illusion that doesn't exist because as he leaves now the reality is this camp returns to the devastation, the impoverishment, all the problems it had before and a camp that is in the grip of any generation palestinian militants. that is why this made do something to galvanise support here among his party and the people who'd already believed in his leadership. but in terms of the wider picture this crisis and crisis of security and occupied west bank goes on. tom bateman reporting for us. this year's emmy nominations have been announced and there's one drama that's scooped the pool. succession is up for 27 awards, followed by post—apocalyptic drama the last of us. but trade publication variety is reporting that the television academy is debating whether to push back the ceremony as the industry waits to see if the actors' union goes on strike this week. our correspondent, peter bowes, is following this story for us from los angeles.

it will mean many of those shows, the sitcom or drama, are very likely to be delayed in terms of future episodes, the opening of the next season and a lot of shows of course are already used the expression in the can, they were ready been made, so there might not be an immediate effect with some of those shows, but certainly especially as far as the streaming services are concerned and broadcast television as well, there is likely to be depending on how long a strike goes on, if it is called, there could be long delays and could affect movies as well, movie set to release next year may be delayed for a full year for 12 next year may be delayed for a full yearfor 12 months if the studios don't believe they can be properly made. the other impact and big area of discussion today and you mentioned the only nominations is to whether the enemy is a ceremony can go ahead as normal, scheduled for september the 18th and is discussions going on now in los angeles as to whether to delay the emmys,

the heading out of the awards until november or possibly january to try to avoid any potential strike. january to try to avoid any potentialstrike. peter january to try to avoid any potential strike. peter bowes reporting. good luck to all those nominated. that's all for now. a lot more on our website and all the stories we've covered newsday, so check that out. i'll be back with business news shortly but for now, thank you so much for watching newsday. hello. if you thought summer had already taken a bit of a back—seat, just wait till friday and into the weekend. this is the area of low pressure that's developing. it will be responsible for some big changes. before that arrives, and as one area of low pressure pulls away into scandinavia, into a slightly quieter spell on thursday. still a few showers around to start the day in the north and the west. temperatures like they were

on wednesday morning. but low pressure still close enough by for the shower clouds to bubble up once more. thing is, with thursday, there'll be fewer showers around. the heaviest of the showers, some will be across scotland, slow moving here. large rainfall totals for some, but equally, some will stay dry. northern ireland, england and wales, fewer showers by and large. many will spend the day, well, at least the bulk of it, dry. though, we'll start to see cloud gather towards the south—west. feel a touch warmer with winds that little bit lighter. now, into the evening, rain at times, northern ireland, north wales, spreading its way into central southern scotland. elsewhere, some clear skies into friday morning. temperatures 9—13 celsius again. but already the change is towards the south—west. this is the area of low pressure. it's going to make it feel like autumn at times through friday and into the weekend. strongest of the winds, though, for friday, mainly towards the south—west of the uk. we could see gales around hills and coasts and some pretty rough seas developing too. it's here where we start with the rain on friday, some of it should become heavy and thundery. dry start elsewhere, a bit of patchy rain

in scotland working its way north, but far north of scotland stays dry throughout. outbreaks of rain, though, spread to much of england, wales, northern ireland, maybe not too much east anglia south—east until late in the day. and while temperatures high teens low 20s, the strengthening wind will start to make it feel a little bit cooler. and that cooler story continues into the weekend. an unseasonably windy spell through the weekend too. not what you want to see this stage injuly. low pressure by saturday, will be to the north of ireland, wrapped around it, rain, but it's wrapped around it where we've got some of the strongest of the winds, far north of scotland and towards the south west approaches, widespread gales, strong winds more widely on saturday than they will have been on friday. lightest winds through parts of scotland, but that rain will be persistent in the far north. heavy thundery downpours quite widely across much of the uk. they could give some large rainfall totals. strong winds, making it feel rather cool as well, despite seeing temperatures again, high teens and low 20s. winds strengthen for scotland on sunday. elsewhere, sunshine and blustery showers yet again.

inflation in the us falls to its lowest level in more than two years. is the world's largest economy at a turning point? plus, we take you to sri lanka, one year after major economic crisis, a mass protest

caused its former president to flee the country.