what it tells us brexit party —— leak". what it tells us for the first time is that the author of the mail on sundays story, isabel oakeshott, is in a relationship with richard tice, the chairman of the brexit party. and that's about it. the suggestion that richard tice is in any way involved is denied both by richard tice and by isabel oakeshott, hu wei spoke to today about the very same thing. and when you think about it would be pretty unlikely for isabel oakeshott to have, as a source, somebody she was dating. so we could probably rule that out. so the sunday times slightly of a place that one. yes, but they are also talking about the police closing in on this eurosceptic philby, an allusion to kim philby in whitehall. but it does seem kim philby in whitehall. but it does seem the security service and police have got a fairly good idea of where this leak has come from or who's the culprit. it will be interesting to see if we go as far as a prosecution. that'll be the interesting one. to get a criminal prosecution out of

party, because the chairman of the brexit party chairman is in a relationship with the journalist who broke this story. both of them have strenuously denied having anything to do with the league. but, you know, this investigation is ongoing, scotland ya rd investigation is ongoing, scotland yard and the intelligence services still seem to be working on the idea that it still seem to be working on the idea thatitis still seem to be working on the idea that it is a civil servant who had access to these foreign office files and they are saying here that the police are closing in on the mull. but, obviously, it puts the spotlight on... nigel and but, obviously, it puts the spotlight on... nigeland i both know isabel oakeshott, the very respected journalist. the headline isa respected journalist. the headline is a bit misleading. what the story is a bit misleading. what the story is about is the fact that something that had been sort of known in certain circles but not publicly known was that isabel and richard tice were in a relationship. so, to say that the trump league is engulfing the

brexit or bust, they write that the conservative party is now unashamedly the brexit party. the centers have been pushed to the sideline and for many and seems that mr. johnson has chosen a path of confrontation rather than compromise. guest: absolutely. i am glad you had me walk through his resume because before he joined the campaign, he was not sure about this decision about leaving the eu or remaining, but what he saw was the political opportunity to fulfill an ambition. infamously, as a columnist for the telegraph,, he had two positions on leave and the no leave at the time of the referendum. it tells you, he was not sure. he saw this as a leadership opportunity and as you rightly said, he became really a leading face of the lead -- leave campaign which catapulted him to where he is today. he is so flamboyant, so charismatic, and this is what the face of what leave needed to really build drama and focus. typically been't sort of a finger to the wind going with the popular flow of things or is he grounded in real political beliefs? guest: he is an incredibly strong intel

is a because of the brexit party? certainly part of the reason, that's great and plenty of tory mps think that as long as brexit is dangling around a not yet achieved, their votes will be squeezed and gobbled up votes will be squeezed and gobbled up by votes will be squeezed and gobbled up by the brexit party. but do not rule out an election in the spring or, if things get so stuck in parliament that he has no choice. without a parliamentary majority, a real parliamentary majority, it is ha rd to real parliamentary majority, it is hard to see how any prime minister, nevertheless one like borisjohnson with a clear agenda, will survive. it is hard and it is important to understand the numbers are so against him and the numbers are actually tighter for him than they were for theresa may because various people have defected to the pitiful we look at is the numbers, what you don't take into account is the alchemy of any political leader for good orfor ill, leadership matters and who was standing at the dispatch box as prim

the brexit party swept the board in the european elections, sending ann widdecombe to brussels. the tory vote collapsed. do you know people here who have been traditionally conservative voters who switched to the brexit party in the european elections? hmm... could be one or two. did you vote conservative in the european elections? i'm not going to say how i voted in the european elections. that is a very tory disaffection, but it finds its echo in a very different england. this is labour—voting stoke—on—trent. much of its proud industrial heritage has been reduced to dereliction. here, leave sentiment seems motivated by a sense that a cherished part of the city's identity has been lost. next wednesday, did you say? yeah. earlier this year, i met shirley ray. i don't feel proud to be british any more, and i think a lot of people feel the same way as well. i think we're a laughing stock of the world. no, ijust want us out. to be honest, i've got no confidence in any of the mps... at all. metropolitan manchester is also traditional labour territory, but the contrast with the

let's speak now to the brexit party mep, matthew patten. are you feeling pretty miserable today that boris johnson has are you feeling pretty miserable today that borisjohnson has come out and stolen your thunder and kind of made the brexit party a bit irrelevant? i am feeling, actually, really happy because boris johnson has come out and said very clearly that we need to leave the eu. he has made it a matter of life or death that it happens by the 31st of october and from the brexit party point of view are my personal point of view, that is a really fantastic thing but we need to make sure he absolutely does that and delivers it. do you trust him to deliver it? funnily enough, i used to work with borrowers in city hall, i ran the mayor's fund for london and working with him, i found mayor's fund for london and working with him, ifound him incredibly trustworthy so i believe he believes in it and is compiling a team that wants to deliver it. the only question i have is how hard and difficult challenges going to be for him. i'm talking to yo

the reason the pop-up party, brexit party, has emerged and done well in the european election is the electorate by sending us a message, not just to the conservatives electorate by sending us a message, notjust to the conservatives but electorate by sending us a message, not just to the conservatives but to the labour party, to say we are not happy you have not delivered on your promise to effectively enact our instruction to you to deliver brexit. if we deliver brexit and many labour mps who don't believe in the london labour party's position of remain and essentially break the promise to the nation, well i think ultimately, sarah champion said she if she had to word vote for a wto brexit rather than staying in the eu mac orange have another referendum which essentially come if you think ofa which essentially come if you think of a second referendum people, it's compounding the uncertainty on british business because they were back at square one so i think boris‘ arguments are compelling and i believe his brand of optimism and bringing people in, you study spoke to rory, he will s

the brexit was yet to be sold and only 18% for the conservative party. to enter an election as is suggested here without having dealt with the brexit issue will be very, very dangerous for him to do although i should say that danny finkelstein in the times says that is what he ought to do. he should put everything on one number and see what comes out. leaving boris johnson for one one number and see what comes out. leaving borisjohnson for one moment and there will be plenty more in the hours and days ahead. this technology story from the bbc online. the power of technology giants to be probed in the us. donald trump and his administration express frustration with your‘s moves to put in check the power of these tech giants. that is exactly why it is so interesting. i did not expect this from the us, the story broke late last night. the trouble with these businesses is that they naturally lend themselves to a monopoly. the reason that facebook is as attractive as it is is because everybody is on it. google does well because it has all the answers. so th

when the journalist in question is in a relationship with the chairman of the brexit party. the story does say, quotes a friend of the couple saying no doubt this will few conspiracy theories but richard categorically was not involved in obtaining or handling the information nor has he seen it. it does indeed say that. and i think we have to be very careful. knowing some of the parties involved. 0k. let's go on to the mail. the threat and crisis in the gulf, another royal navy warship on the way to protect shipping there. robert, what do you make of that?” protect shipping there. robert, what do you make of that? i think it's very interesting, there is a big mood swing in the paper today. only the mail on sunday and the sunday telegraph really go into this and remember, come friday lunchtime we we re remember, come friday lunchtime we were about to go to war by —— with iraq by all accounts. what were they trying to do? there is again, a thread thatjoins this, i think trying to do? there is again, a thread that joins this, i think the brits and particularly jeremy threa

the brexit party swept the board in the european elections, sending ann widdecombe to brussels. the tory vote collapsed. do you know people here who have been traditionally conservative voters who switched to the brexit party in the european elections? hmm... could be one or two. did you vote conservative in the european elections? i'm not going to say how i voted in the european elections.

deliver brexit by october the 315t. to unite the party. then we are going to get ready in due time to beatjeremy corbyn and the labour party. we asked borisjohnson was he confident of the victory, he said he wasn‘t counting his chickens, but it sounded like he was counting the paltry, because he was making very clear what he wanted to do as prime minister. the supporters are signing a pledge for them to come out of the eu out of october 31. jeremy hunt is on second. some of his supporters we re on second. some of his supporters were coming herejust on second. some of his supporters were coming here just a little while ago. but he was arriving after boris johnson. that should not be taken as any measure of their status, jeremy hunt‘s supporters have said he will run boris johnson close. hunt‘s supporters have said he will run borisjohnson close. but many people here are talking about what the margin of victory might be for borisjohnson the margin of victory might be for boris johnson rather than a last—minute upset because this time

if you want to go firm for a fractured party in brexit, same thing applies. that won't happen any more because it has been delivered, so it is a wrong premise to thinking go against my brexit. let's say brexit is delivered, whatever delivered means, by the 31st of october. who knows what state the economy will be in, the pound them with investment, etc. come next year. your snorting and sniffing, you should be interested in this. 0k, it you should be interested in this. ok, it works or some people by december if everyone. the apologists, if you look at the macro economic basis, a no deal will hurt france, germany, just like it will hurt britain, pan across 27 other countries and they move who says there will be no pain, they are lying to you. financial times. ursula von der leyen has got the top eu post and she said interestingly enough, i will consider an extension but it has not been an easyjourney for her. she only won by a few votes. she is on the centre—right, she is an ally of angela merkel, outlined journey defence minister and she feels that unless

members of the brexit party turned their backs during the european 0de brexit party turned their backs during the european ode to brexit party turned their backs during the european 0de tojoy anthem n brussels the eu has announce who had will get the top jobs. gavin lee is there for us. who have they given them to? it has been three days of negotiating, trying to work out who they want to lead and shape the way for the eu. and it has been announced the commission president will be the first female president. she is the german defence minister. she is seen as key to bringing through aure peep vision. we have had the announcement of spanish foreign minister who, will be the head of foreign affairs and christine lagarde taking overfrom the european central bank. on brexit, we are told in the short—term, whoever is in charge, because they have to get voted in tomorrow, it won‘t change the game and the withdrawal agreement will not be re—opened it is about the posts and the unity, not the personality. thank you. a man from east yorkshire who shot dead his six—year—old great grand

it's the performance of the brexit party, the winners of the european parliament elections last month, that haunts so many conservatives. brexit! out on the campaign trail, both leadership contenders, borisjohnson the campaign trail, both leadership contenders, boris johnson and jeremy hunt, want to emphasise the desire to deliver brexit — with or without a deal. mr hunt acknowledges a no—deal brexit could put some out of business. and he will say in a speech that in the event of a no deal his government would help farmers, the fishing industry, and small businesses in just the way banks were held in the financial crisis stop like mr hunt, boris johnson hopes he can get a better dealfrom johnson hopes he can get a better deal from brussels. even johnson hopes he can get a better dealfrom brussels. even though johnson hopes he can get a better deal from brussels. even though the eu is saying no. and it's notjust the conservatives. two of the most seniorfigures in the the conservatives. two of the most senior figures in the labour movement are in disagreement. john o'donnell saying

turning their backs on europe — the new brexit party meps stage a protest in brussels as eu's leaders reach a deal on who should hold the most prominent positions for the next 5 years. police try to identify the body of a man, thought to be a stowaway, who fell from this plane into a london garden. and mixed news for andy murray fans — while he misses playing the singles at this year's wimbledon, he teams up with seven—time champion, serena williams, in the doubles. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers — brexit editor at the telegraph, asa bennett, and head of news at the huffington post, jess brammar. a very good evening to you. more world cup semi—final heartbreak for england. just a year after the england men's team were knocked out by croatia, 0ne game short of the final, the lionesses have been eliminated at the same stage — their dreams of world cup glory dashed by the usa, who beat them 2—1 in lyon. and they suffered the agony of their captain steph houghton missing a late penalty that would have brought the scores level a

i think the brexit party will say the reaction has proved them right. they were rebuked for saying you do not turn your back on a country's national anthem, saying hang on, the eu is not a country. and the european parliament does seem to be a place for general showboating anyway, for insurgents to get noticed. in the same way today we had the liberal democrats wearing shirts with the slogan with something about brexit, there was a b—word, and alliterative. they could be accused of being just as childish. welcome to the european parliament. and it has made people understand and be more aware of what is going on. that is the sort of politics a lot of people don't follow. but good news for women in the top jobs. yet to be approved, but do you want to just summarise it for us? good news for two women. eu leaders last night after a very tortuous process that went on for hours and hours finally decided to nominate people for brussels's two biggestjobs, and they are both women, a german as head of the european commission and christine lagard, who is current

for the brexit party, there is a vetera n for the brexit party, there is a veteran on hand to give some advice atan veteran on hand to give some advice at an early morning meeting. my suggestion is we will work with anybody if they are friendly. except there is somebody missing. the new mep from the brexit party we are meant to be following, belinda de lucy. what time do you call this?” know, we couldn't get our taxi end. on the other side of the building... stop brexit! the other side of the argument, the pro europe lib dems. luisa porritt, also a counsellor in london, is anti— brexit and pro— swearing. i don't know if you can show this on morning television. yes. might have to blow that word out. so your first act as an mep is to wear a t—shirt with a rude word on the back? in the chamber? yes, well, this was our slogan during the european election campaign, and that didn't seem to harm our electoral results, so we are going to own it. in the chamber, luisa ‘s and the others' t—shirts really stuck out, until the brexit party heard the eu anthem, and then this happened. mus

the former brexiteer taken over by his own party. really interesting, talking about nigel, nigel is going to cause as much problem for boris as possible. he was in the us, had talked to donald trump, and trump had told him he thought he could form an alliance with boris, and unstoppable alliance, to try and get britain out of the eu word —— the eu mueck. thank you guys. there is a xylophone player enjoying the weather. this... cambridge sponsoring. this is what the met office has been tweeting, the met office has been tweeting, the second hottest day recorded in the second hottest day recorded in the uk. the intense heat was enough to send people to beaches across the uk but the sunshine brought with it major problems on the road network, concerns the rail tracks could buckle. the extreme conditions also caused issues with wires. overhead wire issues with wires. overhead wire issues also cause disruption. in the birmingham area. a lot of problems caused by all the extreme weather we have had over the last 24 hours or so, and with

mps from the brexit party turned their backs as the eu anthem was played during the opening session of the european parliament. ina the european parliament. in a moment, it is going to be time for sportsday but first let's have a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. with england's lionesses on the verge of making history by reaching the world cup final, we are going to be in south london as fans gathered to watch the game and we will also hear from former england international is at that game progresses. after 8pm, as brexit party meps turned their backs during the eu anthem, we will get reaction from brussels as to just what they made of that. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking ourfirst look at tomorrow's front pages. i hope you can join look at tomorrow's front pages. i hope you canjoin us look at tomorrow's front pages. i hope you can join us for that. that is all coming up on bbc news. but first, sportsday. welcome to sportsday. we are live in lyon where england take on the defending champions, the usa, in the world cup semifinal. the lionesses are due to arrive

party m ps european anthem, adverse the brexit party mp5 refused to stand up then they stood up and turned their backs to the chamber and faced the wall, which some people thought was disrespectful, but i doubt it will attract any kind of disciplinary action. also here we saw a group of liberal democrats who are very pro—eu and very anti brexit. they wore bright yellow t—shirts with the word stop brexit on the front and much less light brexit on the back. egon is here with the business use, but first the headlines. boris johnson and jeremy hunt make their pitches to be the next by minister to conserve the party members in northern ireland. investigation is launched into how a man suspected of being a stowaway fell from this plane into a garden in south london. three women make it into the top ten of the bbc's taipei presenters, but the first seven are all men. —— top ten presenters. these are your business headlights. scotch whisky could be hit by new import tariffs in the united states. that is because america has threatened paris on around £3 million worth of goods from t

to see off, in their case, the brexit party. the headlines on bbc news: mps are calling for an inquiry into leaked emails from the british ambassador to washington describing president trump's administration as "inept", "insecure" and "incompetent". the foreign office has told iran it must "immediately stop" all activities that breach the nuclear deal agreed with world leaders in 2015. protesters in hong kong have held another big demonstration demonstration against china's increasing control against china's increasing control over the territory. a man in his 20s has become the second to be shot dead in london this weekend. emergency workers were called to lea bridge road in leyton, just before 3am this morning, following reports of gunshots. he died at the scene. it follows the death of a man in his 30s after a shooting in wembley on friday. up to 20,000 jobs could go at deutsche bank in a radical reorganisation of germany's biggest bank. (00v)the investment bank is expected to be particularly hard hit, with many of the cuts se

and my own prediction is that mrjohnson will approach, strike a deal with nigel farage's brexit party for electoral support and nigel farage in return for full—blooded electoral support and nigel farage in return forfull—blooded brexit electoral support and nigel farage in return for full—blooded brexit as a character, and nigel farage being the politician will have no qualms whatsoever in pushing his own populist agenda. injoining whatsoever in pushing his own populist agenda. in joining forces. is that a possibility in your world? i don't recognise the characterisation of the people we're talking sajid javid, a bus drivers son, not asian enough for some people, has a long track record in finance. i don't know what you find threatening a british about that. and like most of his cabinet ministers i said. i would think that isa ministers i said. i would think that is a good thing. as far as the signatory of brexit, i think i view things more positively thanjeffrey and nabila have set out. i look to the fact that angler merkel says the backstop can be overwritten. plainly the head

the brexit party meps don't want to be here, and they didn't want to hear this. music: ode to joy. it's unlikely they'll get into trouble, and it sounds like there's more to come. our anger is not really against these people. i mean, monsieur barnier has done a brilliantjob. our anger is really about westminster not delivering on the referendum. defiance from the lib dems, too. their t shirts said "stop brexit" on the front. something much ruder on the back. the real message was on the front and that's what everybody saw on their tv cameras when they were looking at the opening of parliament, "stop brexit. " the time for stunts is over and now it's time for meps to get to work — their firstjob is electing a president for the parliament. in brussels, exhausted national leaders ended three days of talks about the top jobs and the other bits of the eu. they suggested the german defence minister ursula von der leyen to run the european commission, which monitors whether countries are sticking to eu rules. the belgian prime minister, charles michel, will chair future summits as presid

it's an internal conservative, brexit party... it is also an english problem, rather than a british problem. borisjohnson, to go back to what you're asking, imean, president micron six months ago had sort of coalesced four orfive eu members to say, ok, no more extension, we have had enough. but six months later, almost a year later, at the end of october, i think there will be many more eu members around him saying, look, let them exit, discover whether they like it or not, and then they can rejoin. let us leave all of your brexit paperwork on the table for a moment and return to something, you cannot wait until the october 31 to appoint your next ambassador to washington. how are you going to satisfy a bruised diplomatic service and a bruised ego of the us president? i think he does not have to worry about donald trump's ego, which is infinitely bruisable, ever again. i want to read a quotation from mr johnson when he was london's mayor. he said that trump's "stupefying ignorance prove that he was out of his mind and frankly unfi

labour are in the mid—20s, the lib dems and the brexit party in the mid to high teens. while it is a boost, they are still quite close together, much closer than we're used to seeing, and of course is very early days, so don't draw any conclusions just yet. senior diplomats from britain, france, germany, russia and china will meet representatives from iran later today to discuss how to save the 2015 nuclear deal. tensions in the gulf have soared since last year when president donald trump withdrew the united states from the landmark accord, which curbed tehran‘s nuclear programme in return for an easing of economic sanctions. bethany bell reports from vienna. the iran nuclear deal is under pressure. since washington pulled out of the accord, it has reimposed punishing sanctions on iran. in response, iran has breached limits on its sensitive nuclear work. it is now enriching uranium to a higher purity, and has exceeded the amount of enriched uranium it is allowed to hold under the deal. tehran has threatened to take further measures if the remaining parties to the acco

the liberal democrats on the one hand and the brexit party on the one hand and the brexit party on the other has polarised as and paralysed us and the problem with that paralysis is the legal default position is if there is no alternative deal on the table then we crash out on on the 31st and we have got to break the deadlock and break the logjam and put the country first. and i think on the politics of this we need to take the air out of this we need to take the air out of the brexit balloon, if we can do that i think we can get politics back to where it should be, the bread—and—butter issues of jobs, security, public services. the things people on the doorstep in my constituency really want to talk about. another issue people are talking about with the labour party is anti—semitism of cause and we have three labour peer is resigning the whip. i think it is shameful that our party has got itself embroiled in this and i'm devastated by it. i have campaigned for much of my adult life for palestinian rights but never allowed that to dip into any anti—semitic words or sentiments.

the labour leaderjeremy corbyn says his party would do everything it could to block a no—deal brexit. fresh protests in hong kong — as the territory continues to be engulfed by huge anti—government demonstrations. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. egan bernal is set to become the new tour de france champion and the youngest winner of the event in 110 years. the 22—year—old will also become the first colombian to win, after crossing the line alongside fellow team ineos rider and current champion geraint thomas on stage 20. today's final stage to paris, is a processional stage later, where the leader isn't challenged. bernal and thomas will lead ineos to first and second this year, once again proving the team's dominance of the sport. team ineos, formerly team sky, is undoubtedly the strongest, the wealthiest and the best team in the peloton and, once again, teamwork and organisation and a little bit of money, actually a lot of money, has provided the victory for team ineos. geraint thomas and egan bernal first and second on the podium. but

it is an internal conservative, brexit party... it is also an anguished problem, rather than a british problem. also, —— and english problem, rather than a british problem. boris johnson, english problem, rather than a british problem. borisjohnson, to go back to what you're i mean, president micron six months ago had coalesced for five eu president micron six months ago had coalesced forfive eu members president micron six months ago had coalesced for five eu members to say, ok, no more extension, we have had enough. but six month later, almost a year later, at the end of october, i think there will be many more eu members around him saying, look, let them exit, discover whether they like it or not, and then they can rejoin. let us leave all of your brexit paperwork on the table for a moment and 20—something —— return to something, you cannot wait until the october 3! to appoint your next ambassador to washington. how are you going to satisfy a bruised diplomatic service and a bruised diplomatic service and a bruised ego

it's an internal conservative, brexit party competition. it is also an english problem, rather than a british problem. and also, you know we have a political generation that are precipitating events not in the hope of controlling them, but in the hope of exploding them, and that's exactly where borisjohnson is. and to go back to what you're asking, i mean, president macron six months ago had sort of coalesced four orfive eu members to say, ok, no more extension, we've had enough. but six months later, almost a year later, at the end of october, i think there will be many more eu members around him saying, look, let them exit, discover whether they like it or not, and then they can rejoin. let us leave all of your brexit paperwork on the table for a moment and turn to something, you cannot wait until the october 31 to appoint your next ambassador to washington. laughs how are you going to satisfy a bruised diplomatic service and a bruised ego of the us president? i think he doesn't have to worry about donald trump's ego, which is infinitely

the brexit party meps don't want to be here, and they didn't want to hear this. music: ode to joy. it's unlikely they'll get into trouble, and it sounds like there's more to come. our anger is not really against these people. i mean, monsieur barnier has done a brilliantjob. our anger is really about westminster not delivering on the referendum. defiance from the lib dems, too. their t shirts said "stop brexit" on the front. something much ruder on the back. the real message was on the front and that's what everybody saw on their tv cameras when they were looking at the opening of parliament, "stop brexit. " the time for stunts is over and now it's time for meps to get to work — their firstjob is electing a president for the parliament. in brussels, exhausted national leaders ended three days of talks about the top jobs and the other bits of the eu. they suggested the german defence minister ursula von der leyen to run the european commission, which monitors whether countries are sticking to eu rules. the belgian prime minister, charles michel, will chair future summits as presid

party. but hold on. australian style points system? haven't we heard that before? everybody coming to work in britain will need the right number of points to prove that they've got something to give. back in 2007, labour's immigration minister announced an australian style system for non—eu migrants coming to the uk, and migrant workers still need to satisfy a points system to get a visa. once out of the european union, the conservatives' immigration proposals would extend those rules to all foreign nationals. the big challenge with points—based systems is that because they are more centrally planned, the government has to know things like how many migrants the economy needs and what kind ofjobs most need migrant workers, and in practice that's actually really difficult for economists to work out. mrjohnson says no—one believes more strongly in the benefits of immigration than he does. he wants to scrap the government's commitment to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands and ha

it's an internal conservative, brexit party competition. it is also an english problem, rather than a british problem. and also, you know we have a political generation that are precipitating events not in the hope of controlling them, but in the hope of exploding them, and that's exactly where borisjohnson is. and to go back to what you're asking, i mean, president macron six months ago had sort of coalesced four or five eu members to say, ok, no more extension, we've had enough. but six months later, almost a year later, at the end of october, i think there will be many more eu members around him saying, look, let them exit, discover whether they like it or not, and then they can rejoin. let us leave all of your brexit paperwork on the table for a moment and return to something, you cannot wait until the october 31 to appoint your next ambassador to washington. laughs. how are you going to satisfy a bruised diplomatic service and a bruised ego of the us president? i think he doesn't have to worry about donald trump's ego, which is infinit

so basically it has put them fourth place behind the conservatives, the lib dems and the brexit party. almost all the polls have been first and second, but again, it remains to be seen how for instance the brexit party will translate to westminster seats. even if it never... it almost never worked for ukip, did it? seats. even if it never... it almost neverworked for ukip, did it? nigel farage tried many times. and we have first past the post representation. a bit of light relief from politics, although i say light and it is not light at all. the front of the guardian, the massive burden of alcohol. i sort of think we knew that alcohol abuse was one of the kind of problems that was loading the health service with extra difficulties. what is interesting about this is the actual figures, they are citing that one in ten people in hospital beds in the uk are alcohol dependent and one in five are doing themselves harm by drinking. the interesting thing is to delve deeper in that and to work out what exactly that means. because we we re out what exactly that means. because we were curious t

party. but hold on. australian style points system? haven't we heard that before? everybody coming to work in britain will need the right number of points to prove that they've got something to give. back in 2007, labour's immigration minister announced an australian style system for non—eu migrants coming to the uk, and migrant workers still need to satisfy a points system to get a visa. once out of the european union, the conservatives' immigration proposals would extend those rules to all foreign nationals. the big challenge with points—based systems is that because they are more centrally planned, the government has to know things like how many migrants the economy needs and what kind ofjobs most need migrant workers, and in practice that's actually really difficult for economists to work out. mrjohnson says no one believes more strongly in the benefits of immigration than he does. he wants to scrap the government's commitment to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands and has

, explain it to the brexit hardliners in my own party and explain to the country why this needs to happen. he's got a choice of whether to take this pragmatic route or to carry on with the table thumping, rhetorical style that he's struck during the leadership race. because sooner rather than later, he's going to come face—to—face with the reality of the brexit problem, the reality of the brexit problem, the details of the deal that has already been negotiated, the details of the problems in northern ireland, how you deal with issues at dover and calais all these type of things, it's not enough to just be optimistic and speak with upbeat enthusiasm, he needs a clear and pragmatic plan. so you think there isa pragmatic plan. so you think there is a possibility that the true believers in brexit in your party might be more prepared to accept compromise from boris johnson, might be more prepared to accept compromise from borisjohnson, a lever leaver, than they were theresa may? do you sense any hint of compromise amongst erg, for example? iam compromise amongst erg, for example? i am clut

party. which has fallen, asjosie has said, rightfully, the tories are surging but who was paying the price, it's the brexit party. it really makes sense, they have to do this to see them off. it's an existential crisis for the conservatives may have to, if anyone was in doubt that they were not a leaf party, they have showed it today in the party of —— the leave party. the party. most today in the party of —— the leave party. most people think there will be an election today, —— this year, that would be extraordinary, working with very little time to get britain out of the eu and work on an election campaign. but on the back of these polls in the papers, an election would be the best thing for boris. in terms of fortifying that support, and being able... before or after the exit? he has been quite vocal about the fact that there will be no election before. as was theresa may. but who knows? and over the summer, as we get closer to the deadline and the refusal to, by many, to coun

they're looking for reassu ra nces brexit party and they're looking for reassurances that brexit will happen andi reassurances that brexit will happen and i think over the course of the past few weeks, boris johnson and jeremy hunt have come closer together and there preparedness and their readiness to talk about potential legal and free no—deal brexit at the end of october and polls suggest that it is something the tory party members are former co mforta ble the tory party members are former comfortable with than the voters at large. ballot papers are being sent out, remind us of this process unfolds from here. ballot papers have been received by some members today and they have until the 22nd ofjuly to cast their vote, it is a postal ballot, and they will get the result on the 23rd it has stuck into tory sources today that said neither of the candidates or the party chairman or the top brass will know untiljust a chairman or the top brass will know until just a few chairman or the top brass will know untiljust a few minutes beforehand, before the result is announced who becomes pr

they are now looking to offset the brexit party because there are a lot of people and i recognise that and accept it and appreciate that a lot of people want to leave the european union. however. iwillalways of people want to leave the european union. however. i will always stand by our argument that leaving the european union is not the best thing for this country. remaining within the european union is. iam the european union is. i am terribly sorry. we have just lost the sound, lost the connection our guest. that was the liberal democrat mp for edinburgh west. a group of young people in coventry have set up a youth club, in the hope it might stop children in the city getting involved in knife crime. according to the latest figures from the home office, there were more than 150 thousand violent crimes across the west midlands in the 12 months to march. knife crime rose to almost 5,000 offences — double what it was in 2013. joanne writtle reports. # are you going to ride for me? # are you going to slide for me? 18—year—old ebony rehearses for the opening night of a youth club fo

turning their backs on the eu — meps from the brexit party stage a protest at the european parliament. and ready to roar — england's lionesses prepare to take on the usa for a place in the women's world cup final. and coming up on bbc news, it's a busy day for the british players with eight in action hoping tojoin kyle edmund and heather watson in the second round. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the chinese government has condemned the protests in hong kong as an "undisguised challenge" to its rule by "violent offenders". yesterday, pro—democracy demonstrators stormed the parliament, occupying its chamber and scrawling graffiti on the walls. china's state media have denounced the protests as mob violence, and warned western powers including britain against interference in chinese internal affairs. but here, the foreign secretary jeremy hunt has told the authorities in hong kong not to respond with repression. nick beake is in hong kong for us this afternoon. it feels like hong kong has been catching its breath today. there has been no repeat of the extraordinar

the brexit party representatives turned their backs in protest. their leader, nigel farage, called it "cheerful defiance" — the pa rliament‘s speaker called it disrespectful. and finally, after three years in the job, it's likely that the chancellor philip hammond has answered his last treasury question. he's said himself that it's highly unlikely the next prime minister will keep him on. his labour opposite number had got him a gift — and this wasn't the first time john mcdonnell had produced a present for a chancellor. remember this? to assist comrade 0sborne in his dealings with his new—found comrades, i brought him along mao's little red book. laughter. let me quote... the conservatives jeered. i thought it'd come in handy fo him in his new relationship. laughter. oh look, it's his personal signed copy! laughter. this time in a much quieter chamber, john mcdonnell paid tribute to philip hammond. i just want to thank him for the civility in which he's always maintained our relationship — admit also there were times where i've enjoyed

brexit party running at 22% which is not dissimilar to the conservative party. what all conservative mps are hoping that with johnson arriving, he cancels out nigel farage and that will get them their seats back whenever the election is held. paul: it promises to be in exciting second half of the year in british politics. thank you very much. there is more ahead on daybreak australia. stay with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: welcome back. alibaba says u.s. merchants are able to sell on its wholesale e platform. alibaba cells to 10 million companies around the world, a third of them in america. up until now, u.s. companies can only buy from the site. alibaba's head of north america b2b john caplan explains what it means. john: today is a great day for u.s. small businesses. manufacturers and wholesalers conjoint alibaba.com today to sell to the world. the platform is open to enable those businesses reach 190 countries, four corners of the globe where we have 4 million business buyers. >> how big is the business expected to be? john: $23.9 trillion. it is six t

terrified of the brexit party. as thee boris johnson figure who can neutralize that threat. rupert, explain to us the ceremony today of the queen of england. this is her 14th prime minister, from church hill to johnson. with great respect, maybe it will be her final prime minister. welained the ceremony that will see today and what it means for prime minister johnson? -- johnson. rupert: i think he will enjoy the ceremony and theater of this. it is all about imbuing that person with the authority of prime minister. he is not prime minister until the queen asks him to form a government. that theater will be theresa may giving her last appearance at midday today. that will be a farewell piece of theater. after that, she will drive to buckingham palace, or i'm sure have the helicopters following her every move. she will resign. the queen will accept her resignation, then boris johnson will take her place. he will be asked to form a government. he will give the first substantial intervention, that speech on the steps o

we've got to be an anti—brexit party. otherwise you're going to lose all of our remaining voters and most of our vote is for men, we're going to lose them to the liberal democratic party, which is absolutely pro—eu. but you have other saying to mr corbyn, the pro—brexit or respecting the result of the referendum saying, hello jeremy corbyn, the result of the referendum saying, hellojeremy corbyn, we're going to lose a third of our voters up and down the country who voted to leave during the 2016 referendum and that is why, it would thinks of mr corbyn, whatever one thinks about the conservative party, both of these parties that have dominated british politics for the last hundred years are just horribly split and face also it's of unpleasant decisions when it comes to where the positions themselves on brexit. live a camp that was once the biggest reception centre for asylum—seekers in europe has closed. it was called mineo, was in sicily, and at its peak housed more than 4000 migrants. and no surprise, here's matteo

one of your brexit party meps said that that was childish sixth form nonsense. why is what you did, turning your back on this anthem, not exactly the same? why is that not childish sixth form nonsense? you have just why is that not childish sixth form nonsense? you havejust been why is that not childish sixth form nonsense? you have just been very selective in your quote. the front of their t—shirts that say stop brexit but the backs of their t—shirt said something very different, involving an extremely vulgar word which i am not going to repeat. and that is what we find so offensive and childish. it wasn't the fact they wanted to stop brexit, we know that, nothing new, it was going into the european parliament with shirts with an obscenity on it. that is what you are objecting to, the obscenity, not the actual message of stop brexit. what would you say to those people who think that what you did, turning your backs on the european anthem, was also childish sixth form nonsense?” have already told you exactly why we did it. i can also tell you we have had v

party came up top so in may the brexit party came up top so for them and des parkinson, a retired police chief superintendent toa standing, retired police chief superintendent to a standing, this philip standing for you cup and the monster raving loony party, no doubt the main talking point at the moment for tomorrow will be the timing just a week after boris johnson tomorrow will be the timing just a week after borisjohnson went into number ten. of course if the tories lose the seat it will reduce their majority in westminster down to one seat at a time at which boris johnson needs all the support he can get. thank you. and you can find the list of all candidates standing in the by—election on the bbc news website. rural communities across the uk face increasing challenges as local services close. shops, pubs, and libraries are all affected. now, a charity backed by prince charles has published a "village survival guide", containing advice about how to keep local amenities open and thriving. tim muffett reports. rod's lived in coddenham in suffolk for 19 years. he loves the people and

in these towns, if the brexit party have candidates, they are campaigning on one thing... that is what a lot of people in these towns do want. the labour voters what —— know what labour is doing on brexit? no voter knows what labour are doing. it has been very destructive, that is the trouble. this is alljust more electioneering, and it is advertising, and most people like you say, care about brexit, and they wa nt you say, care about brexit, and they want brexit to happen or not happen, and it is alljust padding around the side. as a northerner i don't like this idea that there are a big bovine herd of northerners who will fa lter bovine herd of northerners who will falter any old shtick, but... crosstalk. let's just turn to the front page of the guardian, and 1.5% of rape cases actually lead to summons. four years ago from 2016, it was one in seven, that has gone down to less than 1000, only 1.5%, one in 65 reports and they say that pa rt of one in 65 reports and they say that part of this fall it has emerged, coming after all the scandals of police disclosure, forms

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they came ahead of the conservatives and the labour party, the only party beating them, the brexit party. jo swinson thinks that there is a lot of ground to build on for her party. it is a fertile time for her party. it is a fertile time for lib dems politics. again it is worth reminding ourselves that it has been said before, but general elections are complicated beasts! they certainly are, as are uk politics at the moment. we appreciate that. our colleagues in westminster will have a busy few days over the next couple of days. stay with us on outside source. still to come: blast—off for india's most ambitious space mission so far — aiming to become the fourth nation to land on the moon. whirlpool has apologised to customers who own its tumble dryer machines, blamed for causing 750 fires. the company is recalling 500,000 machines, and says affected customers should stop using their appliances immediately. sian lloyd reports. this flat in north wales was engulfed in flames. 19—year—old bernard hender and 39—year—old doug mctavish couldn't escape in time and lost their lives.

some of the parties are almost equal, if you include the lib dems and the brexit party, if you plug it into our first past the post voting system that is how it comes out. people denied care bill help in the past two years. we are supposed to be getting some reform of how social care is funded. we keep expecting the government to seize this problem and the huge resentment people feel in which those who lose their homes because they need care and maybe those were not that wealthy but still don't seem not that wealthy but still don't seem to be entitled to care. and this is another issue facing the government that whoever starts making policy needs to have a policy on social care, if only because, let's remember how this issue played out in the 2017 general election. it was the reason why the tories lost their majority. so they might try and ignore this issue about social care, about what it means for our ageing population, but even if they are hardhearted ageing population, but even if they are ha rdhearted it ageing population, but even if they are hardhearted it is electorally toxic i

finally the new mep for the brexit party and widdecombe made her maiden speech on thursday in the european parliament. it proved to be a controversial one. there is a pattern consistent throughout history. of oppressed people turning on the oppressors. slaves against their owners. the peasantry against their owners. the peasantry against the feudal barons. colonies against their empires. and that is why britain is leaving. although the speech came in a week when bbc news has also reported on the new appointment made to some eu posts, one viewer was prompted to e—mail saying. thank you for all your comments and do get in touch if you would like to share your views about what you see on bbc tv news, online or on bbc social media. you can e—mail or you can find us on twitter. you can call us can find us on twitter. you can call us and do have outlook at our website where you can watch previous interviews. that's all from us, we will be back again next week. goodbye. the weekend should bring most of us some fine spells of sunshine on saturday or on sunday. we had someone saturday or on sun