jermainejenas had been presenting on talksport as the news was breaking earlier this week.nted sincejermainejenas's interview with the sun, but the newspaper said it believes that his lawyers are still looking at the way that the corporation handled his sacking. his future as a rising star on some of the bbc�*s flagship programmes now appears to be over. thousands of people have gathered in tel aviv to take part in anti—government protests. the protestors have been demanding a ceasefire from the war in gaza and the return of hostages held by hamas. israel's government estimates there are more than 100 hostages remaining in gaza. these rallies have become almost weekly events. protesters have also been been calling for new elections. meanwhile, intense fighting has continued in gaza, clouds of smoke could be seen rising over the central city of deir al—balah, after an israeli air strike in the area.|t�*s unclear it's unclear if there were any casualties. more than 40,000 palestinians have been killed so far, according to gaza's health ministry since israel launched a militar

jermainejenas, a regular co—host.of massive stars on the show, and tonight is no different. he's been helping present the programme since 2020, a familiar, friendly face to millions of viewers. after a great weekend of football. the former england midfielder, who also played for tottenham hotspur and newcastle united, turned to broadcasting after his retirement from football. if you look at, you know, iraola's start to the season with bournemouth... as well as the one show there was match of the day, where he was a regular pundit, earning close to £200,000 a year. this afternoon in a statement the bbc said jermaine jenas was no longer part of the corporation's presenting line—up. bbc news understands his contract was terminated because of alleged issues relating to workplace behaviour and that these issues involving digital communications such as texts were raised with a corporation a few weeks ago. this evening they spoke about the allegations to talksport news. i can't really talk about it. i, as you can probably se

jermainejenas had been presenting on talksport as the news was breaking earlier this week. commented sincejermainejenas�*s interview with the sun, but the newspaper said it believes that his lawyers are still looking at the way that the corporation handled his sacking. his future as a rising star on some of the bbc�*s flagship programmes now appears to be over. the paralympic flame has been lit at the hospital in stoke mandeville in buckinghamshire here in the uk where the idea for the games was born. the torch will then begin its journey to paris ahead of the opening ceremony on wednesday. more than 4,000 athletes will take part in the games. the stoke mandeville games were first held in 1948 for a small group of wheelchair athletes who had sustained spinal injuries during world war ii. those later grew into the first paralympic games, which took place in rome in 1960. it was then in 2012 ahead of the london paralympics where the heritage flame ceremony took place for the first time in stoke mandeville and now this year is the second such ceremony. our sports reporter matt

jermainejenas was a midfielder who played for newcastle, spurs and england.ike match of the day, earning close to £200,000 a year. he now says he feels like he's lost everything. the family situation is the thing that's at first — is at the forefront of my mind, that i'm trying to just piece back together. but i've also got to be able to kind of look myself in the mirror and understand where i've gone wrong, and understand that this is on me — it's not on anybody else, there's nobody else to blame here. jenas says he's still considering suing the bbc for the way it handled his sacking, but he's been dropped by his agent, and talksport — where he also worked — have said there are no plans for him to present in the immediate future. it is a dramatic fall from grace for a star who many considered had a bright future. graham satchell, bbc news. if we have any more updates on that story, please do go on the bbc news website and we will update you on the news channel. let's get some of the day's other news now. houthi rebels have released video that allegedly shows

jermainejenas has actually done an interview with talksport and was asked about those allegations. speaking to my lawyers about it, is all i can say right now. so another scandal for the bbc involving another highly paid male presenter. the bbc in the past has been accused of dragging its heels, not acting quickly enough when complaints have been made about presenters. in this case, they have acted decisively and sacked jermaine jenas within weeks of those allegations being made. edinburgh will become the first city in scotland to charge visitors a mandatory "tourist tax". it's expected to raise £50 million a year to pay for improvements to the city. joanne macaulay has more. we stand up... thank you. it's festival time in edinburgh and this sees the city packed with visitors. but it takes its toll on infrastructure and services when budgets are tight. so the city council is proposing a tourist tax of 5% on accommodation as a way of paying for improvements. things that we just over time have been used and used and we need the resources to invest back in them. so the tourist levy wi

jermainejenas, seen here on the right, this afternoon on talk sport, making no mention of his sackingdfielder, who also played for tottenham hotspur and newcastle united, turned to broadcasting after his retirement from football, and was a popular figure with audiences. you know, i think if you look at... appearing on shows including match of the day, where he was a regular pundit, and the bbc�*s one show, which he often co—presented. fhis afternoon, in a statement, the bbc said thatjermainejenas was no longer part of the corporation's presenting line—up. bbc news understands that his contract was terminated because of alleged issues relating to workplace behaviour, and that these issues, involving digital communications such as texts, were raised with the corporation a few weeks ago. that's all we have got time for tonight. his last appearance on bbc tv was injuly. right now, he's continuing to present for other broadcasters, and has yet to respond to requests for comment over his bbc sacking. lizo mzimba, bbc news. kamala harris will make her big speech to the democratic convention

it is understood jermainejenas the immediate future.y successor to gary lineker on match of the day. that of course is very, very unlikely to happen. he has also lost his very lucrative job on the the one show. this is another scandal for the bbc, one doesn't want or need, another highly paid male tv star embroiled in this. what the bbc would say is that this is very different, they have acted quickly. they have been criticised in the past for dragging its feet on issues such as hugh edwards. but with jermainejenas, within weeks of the complaint being made, he was sacked by the bbc. jermainejenas saying by the bbc. jermaine jenas saying there are two by the bbc. jermainejenas saying there are two sides to by the bbc. jermaine jenas saying there are two sides to every story and he is consulting with his lawyers. thank you. the funeral of seven—year—old elsie dot stancombe — who was killed in the southport knife attack — is being held this morning. her family have asked for the service to be called elsie's special day, and encouraged mour

jermainejenas had been positioning himself to take over from gary lineker. jermainejenas in the immediate future, and he actually did an interview with talk sport and was asked about this. i’m interview with talk sport and was asked about this.— asked about this. i'm not happy about the situation. _ asked about this. i'm not happy about the situation. i'm - asked about this. i'm not happy about the situation. i'm going l asked about this. i'm not happy| about the situation. i'm going to asked about this. i'm not happy i about the situation. i'm going to be speaking to my lawyers about it, is all i can say right now.— all i can say right now. another scandal for— all i can say right now. another scandal for the _ all i can say right now. another scandal for the bbc _ all i can say right now. another scandal for the bbc involving . scandal for the bbc involving another highly paid male presenter. the bbc has been accused of dragging its heels and not acting quickly enough when complaints have been made about presenters. in this case, they sacked jenas within w

jermainejenas, a regular co—host.been helping present the programme since 2020, a familiar, friendly face to millions of viewers. it is a great weekend of football. the former england midfielder, who also played for tottenham hotspur and newcastle united, turned to broadcasting after his retirement from football. if you look at, you know, iraola's start to the season with bournemouth... as well as the one show there was match of the day, where he was a regular pundit, earning close to £200,000 a year. this afternoon in a statement the bbc said jermaine jenas was no longer part of the corporation's presenting line—up. bbc news understands his contract was terminated because of alleged issues relating to workplace behaviour and that these issues involving digital communications such as texts were raised with a corporation a few weeks ago. this evening he spoke about the allegations to talksport news. i can't really talk about it. i, as you can probably see, i am not happy about it. but currently, as it stands, i'm going

jermainejenas had been presenting on talksport as the news was breaking earlier this week.corporation handled his sacking. his future as a rising star on some of the bbc�*s flagship programmes now appears to be over. in the us, robert f kennedyjunior has appeared on stage alongside donald trump, just hours after suspending his independent campaign for white house to back the republican candidate. # there goes my hero... after introducing him at a rally in arizona, mr trump promised to open an office to investigate the assassination of his uncle, the democrat presidentjohn f kennedy. introducing robert f kennedyjunior, donald trump said this. for the past 16 months, bobby has run an extraordinary campaign for president of the united states. i know... ..because he also went after me a couple of times, i didn't like it. laughter. and i mean this sincerely — had he been allowed to enter the democrat primary, he would have easily beatenjoe biden, but they wouldn't let him in. cheering. the body set up to provide compensation to victims of the infected blood scandal in the uk has

in the last couple of hours, it's emerged that the bbc has sacked the one show presenter jermainejenaser complaints about his alleged behaviour in the workplace. the former footballer has been taken off air with immediate effect, including from his role on match of the day. it's understood his contract was terminated earlier this week. here's lizo mzimba. the topic is erik ten hag. jermaine jenas, seen here on the right, this afternoon on talk sport, making no mention of his sacking from the bbc. the former england midfielder, who also played for tottenham hotspur and newcastle united, turn to broadcasting after his retirement from football and was a popular figure with audiences. you from football and was a popular figure with audiences. you know, if ou look figure with audiences. you know, if you look at--- _ figure with audiences. you know, if you look at... are _ figure with audiences. you know, if you look at... are appearing - figure with audiences. you know, if you look at... are appearing on - you look at... are appearing on shows including _ you look at... are appearing on sho

with jermainejenas the which did drag on and on.ur reporter, jack surfleet, has the details. a warning, this report contains flashing images. an evening of celebration that ended in despair. shortly before 10:00, as crowds gathered at a street festival in downtown solingen, police say an unknown perpetrator attacked several people with a knife, before fleeing the scene. solingen is a city in western germany, around 18 miles west of dusseldorf. thousands were on the streets celebrating its history when this tragic event unfolded. people were like running away from the scene. many were very calm, but so we hadn't we didn't had a panic, but, um, it was shocking. and everybody who had to see that, i can't imagine what that is like. the incident prompted a huge initial response from emergency services, with armed officers attending the scene, medical workers treating victims in the streets, and the reported deployment of 40 tactical vehicles to help with the search for the attacker. a cordon remained in place overnight as officers tried

the presenter and football pundit, jermainejenas, says he feels deeply ashamed — after he was sackedor sending inappropriate messages to female colleagues. in an interview with the sun newspaper, the former footballer apologises to the women for making them feel uncomfortable — and to his wife. the former footballer was considered by some to be a rising star on the one show and match of the day. frances read reports. you could see that he had a plan... a presenterfor some of you could see that he had a plan... a presenter for some of the you could see that he had a plan... a presenterfor some of the bbc�*s biggest shows like much of the day and at the one show. jermainejenas now sat in front of a different camera, that of the sun newspaper to apologise after being sacked. firstly, to say sorry. to my wife, to my family, to the women involved as well. and what i have put them through. but also, there is kind of like... there are rumours and i think it is really important that i put my point across that there is nothing illegal that has happened, here. this is consenting adults that me

line—up —— jermaine jenas has presenting line—up ——jermainejenas has been sacked from his role.the bbc more on that very soon. you're watching bbc news. hello there. the weather looks very unsettled for the next couple of days throughout the afternoon. today it's going to stay blustery for all areas, particularly towards the north and the west where we'll have most of the showers. but there will be quite a bit of sunshine around though, staying rather grey and cloudy across the southeast of england, courtesy of this weather front. however, we look to the atlantic to this next system, which has now been named by the met office as storm lilian. it's likely to cause some impacts as it races in during the overnight period, so the rain starts to pep up across much of southern scotland into northern ireland, large parts of england and wales. and the winds really pick up around this developing storm for wales, the midlands, northern england could see damaging gusts in excess of 70 miles an hour in exposure near the coast. those damaging winds then continue to cross parts of the midland

sacked bbc presenter jermainejenas has apologised tonight for his conduct, but insists he's done nothing00% in the wrong and i accept full responsibility for that. trial of a promising new lung cancer vaccine that uses mrna technology to tell the body how to fight and kill the disease begins in uk. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. we start with some breaking news from germany, where police say a number of people have been killed and others injured in a suspected knife attack in the western city of solingen. these are pictures which have just come into us from the scene. celebrations were under way in soligen at the time to mark the 650th of the city's foundation. ambulances and fire crews as well. armed officers are at the scene. it's believed the attacker is still at large. with more on this, we can cross to the newsroom and our reporterjack surfleet. jack, bring us up to date. what more details do we have? this jack, bring us up to date. what more details do we have?— details do we have? as you can imauine, details do we have? as you can imagine. we're _ details do we have? as you can ima

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jermainejenas who presented prime time shows on the bbc has been sacked by the corporation followingplaints about workplace conduct. the former footballer has been taken off the one show and match of the day. bbc news understands his contract was terminated earlier this week, because of alleged issues relating to workplace behaviour. his profile has also been removed from his agent's website. our culture reporter noor nanji is with me. what noor nanji is with me. more do we know? we what noor nan'i is with me. more do we know? ~ that what more do we know? we understand that he was sacked _ what more do we know? we understand that he was sacked by _ what more do we know? we understand that he was sacked by the _ what more do we know? we understand that he was sacked by the bbc _ that he was sacked by the bbc earlier this week because of these alleged issues relating to workplace behaviour. it followed allegations involving digital communication such as text with the corporation a few weeks ago. it's bbc spokesperson confirmed that he had been taken out of their presenting line—up. he'

the sacked bbc presenter jermainejenas, whose contract was terminated earlier this week after an investigationgations about his behaviour in the workplace, has tonight spoken of his shame about inappropriate texts he sent to two women. in an interview with the sun newspaper released in the last hour, jenas said he's apologised to his wife, and to the two women involved — though insists he's done nothing illegal. the 41—year—old former footballer was considered by some to be a rising star on the one show and match of the day. our culture correspondent charlotte gallagher is with me. as we say, this has only emerged in the last hour, what has he been saying? he the last hour, what has he been sa inc? the last hour, what has he been sa in ? ., , ., the last hour, what has he been sa in? ., saying? he has admitted, as you said, saying? he has admitted, as you said. sending — saying? he has admitted, as you said, sending inappropriate - saying? he has admitted, as you - said, sending inappropriate messages to two female colleagues on the one show. he says he feels ashamed and like he's let everybod

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jermainejenas, who presented prime time shows on the bbc, has been sacked by the corporation followings about workplace conduct. the former footballer has been taken off the one show and match of the day. bbc news understands his contract was terminated earlier this week because of alleged issues relating to workplace behaviour. his profile has also been removed from his agent's website. our culture reporter noor nanji is with me. what more can you tell us? we understand _ what more can you tell us? - understand he was sacked by the bbc earlier this week because of those alleged issues relating to workplace behaviour. it follows allegations about digital communication like text. that was raised in a few weeks ago and a bbc spokesman confirmed to us that he is no longer part of their presenting line—up. he has been taken off air at match of the day and also the one day —— the one show. two prime—time shows there. he has appeared on several shows, as i say, he was a pundit on much of the day and also a host on the one show. he was widely seen as gary linekar�*s natural successor on much

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jermainejenas, who presented prime time shows on the bbc has been sacked by the corporation followingplace conduct. the former footballer has been taken off the one show and match of the day. bbc news understands his contract was terminated earlier this week, because of alleged issues relating to workplace behaviour. the newly appointed boss of starbucks has come under fire after it emerged he can use a corporatejet for his marathon commute. brian nicol lives in southern california, nearly a thousand miles from the chain's headquarters in seattle. critics say the journey appears at odds with the firm's stance on the environment. he hasn't commented. we start in the us state of illinois, where the four—day democratic national convention will reach its climax in a few hours' time. that's when vice president kamala harris will give the most important speech of her political life, as she formally accepts the democratic presidential nomination in chicago. it comes after an historic turnaround in the 2024 white house race, a little over a month after presidentjoe biden dropped out. she's ra

those scandals and others, not acting clear enough, the corporation very quick to sac jermainejenas thisl. this will not be the end of the story, _ latest scandal. this will not be the end of the story, will _ latest scandal. this will not be the end of the story, will it? _ latest scandal. this will not be the end of the story, will it? well, - end of the story, will it? well, good to speak to you. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. you are with the context on bbc news. let's return to us politics. the harris campaign has sought to paint a picture of the stark contrasts between kamala harris and donald trump — the prosecutor, versus the man convicted on 3a felony counts, order versus chaos. on issues like the economy, reproductive rights, the border and international conflicts, kamala harris took aim at the former president's approach — and she had this warning. this election is not only the most important of our lives, it is one of the most important in the life of our nation. cheering in many ways, donald trump is an unserious man. laughter bbut the consequences of