rishi sunak in london. those with rishi sunak in london. those talks have now concluded. presidentjoe biden says the us—uk relationship is "rock solid". president biden is set to meet king charles in his —— in theirfirst meeting since the coronation. the bbc is to meet the metropolitan police to discuss allegations that one of its presenters paid a teenager thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos. police say a teenaged boy has been arrested after reports of a stabbing at a school in gloucestershire. hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction.

us presidentjoe biden is in london london ahead of nato's annual summit on tuesday. he's been meeting the prime minister, rishi sunak, in downing street and he said that the relationship between the two countries was "rock solid". mr biden will meet king charles later at windsor castle. rajini vaidyanathan is at downing street. what came out of the meeting between rishi sunak and president what came out of the meeting between rishi sunak and president biden? the meeting was quite short. it lasted around 45 minutes. the red carpet was on the steps unit downing street, it has been packed away. the massive presidential cars, the armoured beast vehicles, they have all gone. they were packing into the street here number ten. we do not know the redoubt yet, the statements come from both sides, the us and uk, to tell was discussed. as we get a few brief comments from both of the leaders. as you mentioned there, president biden healing that us— uk

relationship as a rock solid. he said that he could not be meeting with a closer friend and a greater ally. we also heard from prime minister rishi sunak who said that these talks between the us and the uk would strengthen our cooperation, joint economic security, to the benefit of our citizens. and of course both men will be heading to lithuania for the nato summit. ahead of that prime minister rishi sunak said that us and uk stand as two of the firmest allies in that alliance. we wait for official statements from both sides. let us speak to our political correspondent, rob watson. lots of issues that were being discussed. we do not know what the statements are at the moment. we do get the sense that ukraine is almost certainly going to dominate those talks. thatis talks. that is likely. for both united states and for the uk war in

ukraine, the geopolitical consequence of it, the fallout, economic and security followed, they are massive issues for both sides, for both countries. and both of the us and the uk, this is the build—up to that summit that both leaders are going to in vilnius in lithuania, the nato summit. whatever differences and nuances of approach there are, both nato allies will be wanting to send a united message on russia. this is part of that choreography. we talked about some of the reported differences. let us first look at the us decision to said cluster munitions to ukraine. that comes amid some criticism. when you think of the fact that the uk signed up to a treaty that actually bans the use of cluster bombs, that is a big difference? it is. but what strikes me about the criticism that there has been of the

decision on cluster munitions is just how restrained it has been. this may sound a bit harsh, but frankly the uk and other nato allies of the united states, whatever reservations are concerned they have a bit cluster munitions, they are dwarfed by the desire to make sure that ukraine does not suffer any defeats against russia. that is trumped every other concern. we do prefer that cluster munitions were not going? absolutely. is it a massive deal? no. the official reaction has been very strange. another possible divergence of views when it comes to the us and uk on ukraine, that is ukraine's nato membership. what differences do the two have? it is important to state the big meta picture, if you can put it that way. that is, it is hard to imagine nato being more united than it is now. i have covered the organisation on and off for the last a0 years,

and the russian invasion of ukraine has brought the alliance together in a way that few things have the last 20, 30 years. that said, there is a difference of approach on ukraine, it is on a spectrum, how quickly, how easily do you get ukraine as a member of nato? under that spectrum, dove —ish, united states and germany, on the other end of that, countries like the baltic states, theyjust think, get ukraine in as simply as quickly as we can stop britain are somewhere in the middle. there was some speculate as to what extent might which rishi sunak be prompting towards the more hawkish position. but none of that should obscure the fact that nato has been remarkably united, re—energised, by russia's invasion of ukraine.

another area of cooperation between the two countries, where rishi sunak went to the white house a few weeks ago, the pair were talking a lot with artificial intelligence, ai. it is with a buzzword the moment. how do these two nations want to cooperate when it comes to ai? it was notjust cooperate when it comes to ai? it was not just about al. they signed the atlantic declaration which was a commitment to cooperate across a range of areas, security, economic, technological, including ai. from the point of view of the uk, one of the things that rishi sunak and other brexiteers have wanted is this idea of britain no longer in the european union is the agenda setter when it comes to regulation of technologies like ai, and other things like biotechnology. the united states a sort of gone along with the idea of rishi sunak hosting a conference later this year on that. but in terms of the uk

playing the absence decisive role on al and other technologies, i would ai and other technologies, i would have thought that the european union and washington have a lot to say about this. if there is one thing that the eu and the us are, it is super powers when it comes to regulation. thank you very much. lord peter ricketts is the former head of the foreign office. he joins me from westminster. thank you forjoining us. what do you think will be the biggest priority for prime minister rishi sunakfrom today's priority for prime minister rishi sunak from today's talks? i think exactly what we have just heard, a clear sense of solidarity on ukraine. a sense that the us and uk are leading allies in nato. it is

ideal preparation for prime minister sue nack ideal preparation for prime minister sue mack to see the presidentjust before the nato summit. —— prime minister rishi sunak. and the biggest question at the moment, support for ukraine, ensuring ukraine can make a success of its counteroffensive, that is number one priority. it is a positive message. you have worked for a number of private ministers. with your insight, how much do you think a short meeting like this can actually change the relationship between these two leaders? it won't change the relationship, it won't solve any of the problem is that we have been hearing about. it is a a0 minute discussion. they will have covered a number of subjects. pretty brief discussion of each. but it is important for setting the tone. it has probably been an opportunity to iron out some of those differences and you of ever hearing about, for example on the question of what precise language

will the communique of nato talk about in terms of ukraine making further progress towards membership. good to develop the relationship in a warm, personal way, good to develop the relationship in a warm, personalway, but good to develop the relationship in a warm, personal way, but it will not solve any of the big substantive problems. we discussed this with rob just now, but the slightly nuanced differences between the us and the uk when it comes to the how ukraine becomes a nato member. what is your sense about some of the other discussions of how they might play into that tomorrow? that is a classic nato communique problem. some allies want ukraine on a fast track, others like us and germany will be very cautious. nato has never had as a member a country that has forces on its territory engaged in a war. i don't see any

prospect that nato can take in ukraine while a war is going on. this will problem talk about ukraine's rightful place being in nato, but there will be no automatic ticket to nato membership. that is more complicated on cluster munitions. thank you very much forjoining us, and for sharing your insights.

there only pagea ntry, there only pageantry, ceremony. president biden will be travelling in the beasts. reinforce vehicles to protect the president from attack. even has supplies of their blood type in case the some sort of emergency. he is on his way moment. he will be going to meet with king charles. he will he will receive a royal salute and listen to the us national anthem that will be performed by the welsh guards, before he host talks with the king. then a busy afternoon. meeting from bet meeting with financial and climate leaders who have been meeting at a conference, a meeting that are supposed to increase support for developing countries.

the bbc is meeting london's metropolitan police today to discuss allegations that one of its presenters paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos. the male presenter — who hasn't been named — has been suspended. but the young person's family is said — by the sun newspaper — to be upset by the corporation's latest response. let's have a closer look at the chain of events. the family first complained to the bbc about the presenter�*s behaviour on may 19th, according to the sun. the paper says the family told it "no one from the corporation rang "them for a proper interview" after that initial complaint. last thursday — sixthjuly — the bbc�*s director general tim davie said allegations "of a different nature" had been put to the corporation. on friday, the sun published claims that the presenter had paid the teenager £35,000 — or about $a5,000 —

for sexually explicit photos. and on sunday, the bbc confirmed that a presenter had been suspended and that the corporation was in touch with police. and just to remind viewers about our coverage of this story. bbc news has a remit to report impartially on the wider corporation. let's cross live now to our culture correspondent — lizo mzimba. where are we at? the latest allegations overnight in the sun newspaper about this and named presenter. the sun claims that the presenter. the sun claims that the presenter called the young individual in question, to panicked calls following the sun's revelations, and that the person said to the young individual, what have you done, and also asked individual in question to call their mother, who had complained to the bbc earlier, asking her to call off

the investigation. the bbc has been unable to independently verify those allegations, but the sun also said that the family say they are upset by the fact that one of the bbc statements, the family saying that nobody from the corporation rang them for a proper interview after them for a proper interview after the initial complaint. the bbc has said previously it did actively attempt to speak to those who have contacted them, to seek further detail, and understanding of the situation. a key question presumably is who knew what and when? absolutely. this is what the bbc will be under scrutiny particularly about. when the initial complaint was made. what happened then? how much information was the bbc given? to the bbc asked for other evidence. the bbc interview the presenter. did the bbc considered suspending the presenter? did the bbc continue

interviewing the family making the complaints? what is the process that happens between them back in may, and now, where we are with what the bbc has said in its statement that new different allegations were put to them on thursday, and this appears to have led to the presenter being suspended. but there will be, when this has all passed through a very long hard look and probably, iwould imagine, a lot of those findings were made public, of those findings were made public, of what the bbc did and how well it did it. and of the point of view of view of the bbc has an extra remit as well is just doing the right thing behind the scenes. if we assume the bbc has done everything correctly behind the scene, that is an assumption, let us do it, let us assume they're done everything right, the bbc also, the public expect an organisation like the bbc which they pay for to be as transparent as possible telling them what is going on in a subject like

this, an event like this, that causes so much public anxiety to the viewers and listeners and readers, the people who actually pay for the bbc. that'll be equally important, notjust bbc. that'll be equally important, not just what the bbc do behind—the—scenes, they may have got something is wrong, they may have got everything after the right, but also, how well did they communicate with all this was going on, because a public expect to be kept up to date, as the people who in a sense of the biggest shareholding in the british broadcasting corporation.

lots of pa rents lots of parents have been asked to come here. waiting for updates from police. as far as you can tell an aduu police. as far as you can tell an adult was taken to hospital with suspected stab wounds following an incident in tewkesbury school. a report that a pupil had stabbed a teacher. a teenage boy has been arrested in connection with this incident. as a result of that, approximately 2000 or so children are in school, currently in lockdown, told to remain in their classrooms. i've been told that might be easing in police are collating them out of the school. thank you for the update from tewkesbury. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some of the other stories making headlines in the uk. a second eight—year—old girl has died from her injuries after a car crashed into a school

in south—west london. the incident happened on thursday. the metropolitan police named the second fatality as nuria sajjad. her family described her as the "light of our lives". a review into failings in maternity care in hospitals in nottingham is set to become the largest in the uk. donna 0ckenden, chair of the inquiry, is expected to announce that 1,700 families will have their cases examined. dozens of babies are known to have died or suffered life—long injuries as a result of poor maternity care in the city dating back more than a decade. ? easyjet has cancelled 1,700 flights to and from gatwick airport during july, august and september. the company blamed constrained airspace over europe and ongoing air traffic control difficulties. it said 95% of affected passengers had been re—booked on otherflights.

you're live with bbc news. let's return now to the visit by us presidentjoe biden to london. he met prime minister rishi sunak earlier and he's now on his way to meet king charles at windsor castle. let's cross live to windsor. maryam moshiri is there. what will happen this afternoon? welcome to windsor. it has hosted many american presidents and heads of state over the years. today, maybe in 30 minutes or so, we are expecting the president then�*s helicopter to fly over our heads, we are expecting them to enter the beast, his big limousine, he will then enter the entrance to windsor castle, you can see the crowd gathering they are. the quadrangle, you can see on the screen, that is with the president will then be led to, be after two, where he will get

a ceremonial welcome from the welsh guards. you can see them there rehearsing. windsor castle has hosted many us presidents in the past. the king's late mother famously met 13 us presidents there in her time as queen. she hosted the 0bamas here in 2016, in 1982, if your memory stretches back, who can forget that famous photocall of her with president ronald ray gun both on horseback. we will not see any horseback riding from president biden and king charles, that there will be a ceremonial welcome by the welsh guards. there will be lunch. then they will get down to business. a30 minute meeting between the two men where they will discuss climate change and climate finance, a close to the hearts. this is not a state

visit. they normally include military parades and state banquets. this is a little bit different. to explain more about this i am joined by royal corresponded daniela relph. what is different about this compared to a proper state visit? there is much shorter, more informal. even though we are seeing something that looks incredibly formal they are full of pomp and pageantry, the band of the welsh guards playing, eyes front, lined up in the parade square ready for the president. this is limited in pomp and pageantry. a short ceremonial welcome. the president will take their royal salute. there will be their royal salute. there will be the american national anthem played. an inspection of troops by both king and president, before they go inside for a short private meeting. being a royal castle they will take tea

together, the king and the president. then they will meet some of those financiers and philanthropic leaders to talk about climate change and climate action. it does not have all the trappings of a state visit. it is more informal, but it is a sign of friendship, the fact thatjoe biden is decided and chosen to come here, to visit the king, here in this very short visit to the uk, again significant. an important partnership. they are two men who have known each other a very long time. joe biden six years older than the king. there are of similar vintage, with similar interests what they have spent their lives in the public eye, competing on various issues. they will feel similarities and warmth between the two of them, whatever the differences may be. this afternoon we are on the same peter schmeichel they are on the same page, they have long—term interest in climate change on tackling climate problems. and we know that the two men met at kop, but king charles rics charles

den. how will the conversation be different given that he is now king with the difficulties that brings with the difficulties that brings with it? there is a formality to their friendship, now charles has the big job as king. that will shift things slightly, but in private they will both feel free to say that they think. they are experienced enough in the div attic stage. king charles is an expert in that thing that royals do, soft diplomacy. i am not sure it will change terribly how they interact with one another. they know which other well, they know what their interests are. they know how to handle each other, for want a better phrase. that will continue even now that charles is king to sort let us talk about the soft power that the king holes, because this is not only a visit to the king from president biden, but also in terms of a button�*s soft power, how important is the monarch and playing a role in that?

the king's mother was vital to that because of the length of time she spent on the throne, when you have held that role as queen for 70 years, that soft power you wield is impressive at times. she undoubtedly, during her long reign, had the power to sort of let that through, the soft diplomacy. king charles had to build that. is it a long time as prince of wales to forge relationships, he is a good understanding of global politics, has met many global leaders and us prisons during his time. butjoe biden is his first president as king. these strips are important as he establishes himself as king on a global stage. thank you very much for that. we will leave you with these beautiful pictures of the quad at windsor castle. clouds are gathering outside that gate. in 30 minutes or so we will be hearing the wearing of those blades is marine one, the present�*s helicopter lands in the field just behind with a castle is, he will be driven to the gates of windsor castle and will spend a bit of time

looking around and listening to the welsh guard band playing, then it will be down to business, a meeting with king charles iii, the first time the two men meet since the coronation back in may. we be covering this throughout the day here bbc�*s news. for now, back to the studio. we are seeing their welsh guards who have been rehearsing. they will be giving a royal salute to king charles and they will play the us national anthem. we will have full coverage for you here on bbc news. hello again. many of us started off with some sunshine this morning, but a lot of us will see some rain before the end of the day. what's happening is low pressure is in charge of our weather this week,

so it's going to be cooler than last week. there will be showers or longer spells of rain, some heavy and thundery, and it's also going to be windy at times. we've got low pressure in the atlantic at the moment with this clutch of fronts. they're already bringing rain in across the south—west, pushing steadily north—eastwards through the course of the day. some of that rain is going to be heavy. it's moving out of the south—west of england, across wales into the midlands, northern england, clipping northern ireland and south—west scotland. in western parts of northern ireland, you can expect some showers. to the north of scotland, some showers. the driest conditions in the south—east, but then we've this got some more rain coming in to the south—west. these white circles represent average wind speeds, so it's a breezy day, but we're looking at gusty winds developing across south—west england and west wales through the day, with highs 16 in the north to 2a in the south. as we head on through the evening and overnight, this first batch of rain moves northwards again, fragmenting in doing so, but we've got the trailing front behind it bringing some heavy rain in across parts of

england and also wales. it's going to feel quite muggy in the south with overnight lows here falling away to about 17 degrees, but widely we're looking at 11 to 1a degrees. as we move through tuesday, you can see the low pressure continuing to drift north—eastward. this is the trailing front i was telling you about. it will take its time to clear. there's a clock there to give you a rough idea of timings. it may well affect wimbledon tomorrow in some shape or form because behind it we're looking at a mixture of bright spells, sunshine and showers. some of those showers will be heavy and potentially thundery, but we won't all catch one. temperatures 15 to about 22 degrees, so just down a notch or two. as we move from tuesday into wednesday, and thursday, for that matter, you can see the low pressure pushing up towards scandinavia. the wind around it will be coming more from a north or north—westerly direction. that's a cooler direction for us and it will bring in a lot of showers, particularly so to the north and the west.

the other thing you will notice is the temperature will slip a little bit more and it is going to feel that bit cooler, especially in the showers.

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