the bbc says it became aware of a complaint in may. the statement adds that the bbc investigations team has been looking into this since it was raised and has been actively following up . according to the bbc statement, new allegations of a different nature were put to the corporation on thursday. the bbc says it is in touch with external authorities and the metropolitan police has confirmed it has been contacted. the bbc s director general says the bbc is in touch with the family referenced in media reports. helena wilkinson has more. the bbc has this afternoon confirmed one of its presenters accused of paying a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos has been suspended. it is understood the bbc has also been in touch with the police. these developments follow further serious allegations today about an unnamed high profile bbc presenter. in new claims, the youngster s mother told the sun on sunday the presenter was pictured in his underwear, re
sunak has confirmed that britain like several other nato countries is signed up to a convention that bans their use. on friday, president biden made what he called the difficult decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine. he arrives in the uk on sunday. rishi sunak is playing down any differences. well, the uk is a signatory to a convention which prohibits the production or use of cluster munitions, and discourages their use. we will continue to do our part to support ukraine against russia s illegal and unprovoked invasion. we have done that by providing heavy battle tanks and, most recently, long range weapons. and hopefully, all countries can continue to support ukraine, russia s act of barbarism is causing untold suffering to millions of people, it s right that we collectively stand up to it. and i will be heading off to the nato summit next week in vilnius, where we will be discussing with our allies how we can strengthen our support for ukraine. so what is the c
treaty to protect the high seas, the area of the ocean not controlled by any one country, after years of talks. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday. is this the way the league is won? arsenal come from 2 0 down to beat bournemouth in an incredible game at the emirates. a win for manchester city, too two cracking goals but they re still five points behind arsenal. and a hattrick of european indoor 1,500m titles now for the incomprable laura muir. i m experience, i can deal with different things. ultimately to come away with the wind, and i ve done that. yes, i m so happy. also coming up in the programme: formula one is back, and it s business as usual for red bull, as world champion max verstappen claims pole for the bahrain grand prix. and heaven is a halfpipe for gb s zoe atkins at the freestyle ski and snowboarding world championships. hello, and welcome to sportsday. reiss nelson was the hero for arsenal as they produc
newspaper show. police in australia say they ve made one of their biggest ever drug busts, seizing cocaine worth one billion us dollars. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday. hello, good evening. arsenal come from 2 0 down to beat bournemouth in an incredible game at the emirates. a win for manchester city, too two cracking goals but they re still five points behind arsenal. and a hattrick of european indoor 1,500m titles now for the incomprable laura muir. iam i am experience, i can deal worth things. to come with a win, and i ve done. i am so happy. also coming up in the programme: formula one is back, and it s business as usual for red bull, as world champion max verstappen claims pole for the bahrain grand prix. and heaven is a halfpipe for gb s zoe atkins at the freestyle ski and snowboarding world championships. hello, and welcome to sportsday. reiss nelson was the hero for arsenal as they produced a stunning comeback to restore their five point lea
noon, and a few minutes after that, the party national secretary confirmed that there was only one nominee who had reached the threshold of 100 backers across 20 local branches of the party, and that was john swinney. 0f local branches of the party, and that wasjohn swinney. of course, that wasjohn swinney. of course, that followed the decision last week of our potential rival, kate forbes, to declare that she was not going to contest this leadership challenge with mr swinney. now it isjohn swinney who will be taking over. he has led the party before, from 2000-2004. he has led the party before, from 2000 2004. he resigned after poor election results, but since then, he is a different man, a lot more experienced, 16 years in the cabinet. he says he will govern from the moderate centre left. we expect him to set out more details here at glasgow university in a speech this afternoon of how he might do that. of course, he does need to be elected as first minister. he is not auto