Evening briefing Monday 8th June

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0:35This is the Times Radio evening briefing for Monday the 8th of June. David Sullivan, the billionaire owner of West Ham United, has been accused of sexually exploitative and predatory behaviour by seven women. A joint investigation by the Times and the BBC has detailed the allegations which date back to the 1980s when he owned the Daily Sport newspaper. The Times investigations correspondent Charlotte Ways has been looking into the story for two years. Several who shared their accounts accused Sullivan of abusing his power to try and get models to have sex with him. One claimed he offered her preferential treatment if she would be one of his special friends.

1:11She says that when she refused his advances and tried to leave the bedroom, she says she found the door of the room they were in was locked. David Sullivan categorically denies all of the allegations. He stepped down as West Ham's chairman at the weekend, saying he'll focus all his energy on fighting them. He said he will not be making further public comment at this stage and reserves all legal rights in relation to any false or defamatory allegations. The Prime Minister has given technology firms a three-month deadline to block children from making, sending or receiving sexually explicit images or face government intervention.

1:43Sukhya Stammer's ultimatum to companies including Apple and Google comes ahead of a decision on whether to restrict social media access for those aged under 16. Baroness Kidron, Biban Kidron, has long campaigned on online harm to children. She told Times Radio legislation should come immediately. All the money that goes out of the UK to Silicon Valley is not growing our economy, it's growing their bank accounts. And in the meantime, I think we, the electorate and the government, have to decide whether we want to live in a society that is ruled by the terms of service of Silicon Valley, or whether we want to make up our own rules.

2:21And I say the latter. Iran and Israel say they've agreed to stop firing at each other after Donald Trump urged them to stop shooting. Tehran's military says strikes could resume if there are further attacks on Lebanon, while Israel's prime minister has vowed to respond forcefully to any new strikes. Alexander Gandler from Israel's embassy in London told Times Radio, Hezbollah in Lebanon remains a threat to his country. Israel is a sovereign state. At the end of the day, if we have threats that are threatening us, be it from Lebanon or from Iran, we will deal with them, and if need be, we'll deal with them by ourselves.

2:56We will not be intimidated into not defending our citizens. It is what's expected of any diplomatic government, democratic, of course. At least 32 people have died after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Philippines early on Monday. Officials say dozens more are missing, as video shows buildings collapsing and landslides. And driverless cars could be available to hail in London as soon as this summer. UK startup Wave says it's ready to go, though the vehicles will have a human safety driver on board until new rules allow fully autonomous cars. You can follow the Times Radio News Briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio Online.

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