live from london, this is bbc news. relatives of missing british teenagerjay slater are waiting to find out if a body found on the spanish island of tenerife is his — a month after he disappeared. fight, fight, fight... two days after surviving an assassination attempt, donald trump appears at the republican national convention and reveals his running mate — ohio senatorjd vance. trump the uk government launches what it's calling a "root and branch" review of the armed forces — to assess if it's prepared for threats from international conflicts and cyber attacks. and the czech billionaire bidding to take over royal mail tells the bbc he will never walk away from the

commitment to deliver letters six days a week. hello, i'm maryam moshiri. a very warm welcome to bbc news this morning. the family of the missing british tourist jay slater are waiting to find out if a body found on tenerife is his. it's almost a month since the 19—year—old disappeared after attending a music festival. spanish police say all the evidence suggests the remains are those of the teenager from lancashire. the body that's been discovered was found not far away from a house he'd been visiting near the village of masca. it's thought he may have suffered an accident or fallen. joe inwood has more. it was in the deep ravines near the last known location of jay slater, that search and rescue teams found human remains, along with the missing 19—year—old's clothes and possessions. the body has not yet been formally identified, but local authorities are confident they have found jay slater. in his hometown of oswaldtwistle,

where blue ribbons have become a sign of support, the news was met with sadness. it's a shame and this is bad. you know, everyone wants him home. everyone wants an answer, don't they? i think it's hit the community hard around here because obviously he's a local lad and he's well known. i feel sorry for the family for going through this. i know every effort, people going over, especially our local fire service going over to find him, it must have hit, it's hit hard. jay slater was last seen leaving an airbnb in the north of tenerife, having spent the night partying with friends. he called one of them as he set out, to say he was about to begin the a0 kilometre walk home, but his mobile was about to die. that was the last time anyone heard from him. local authorities began a major search operation in very difficult terrain. but it wasn't just the rugged landscape that made theirjob difficult.

there was huge public interest, with conspiracy theories springing up online. the spanish police had said they were calling off the search, but it seems it continued away from the public eye. they are now telling us that this special mountain search and rescue section of the guardia civil continued to search, kept up that search, and they obviously were focusing very much on the zone around which jay which initially was known to have been before he went missing, because the body, if it is that of jay slater, was found very, very near to the village of masca, where we know he was on the morning of monday, june the 17th. jay slater�*s family have spoken of the living hell they have gone through. if confirmed, the discovery of his body may not ease their pain, but it will give them some closure. joe inwood, bbc news.

we will bring you more on that story as and when we get it and we will try to get to our correspondent in tenerife. let's bring you some breaking news coming into us, a third child has died following a house fire in east ham in east london on saturday morning. just to bring new context, the blaze broke out on the ground and first floor of a terraced house in east ham on saturday morning. one child was confirmed dead at the scene of the blaze, a second one died later that night and now a third child has sadly lost their life following that house fire in east ham. we will bring you more on that story as and when we get it. let me take you back to the jay slater news, which is that search and rescue teams looking forjay slater in tenerife have found a body near the last known location of the missing british teenager's mobile phone. the bbc�*s

nickjohnson is in oswaldtwistle in lancashire, you are aware that jay is from and it must be a really difficult time for his family right now? —— you are there where jay is from. now? -- you are there where jay is from. , , , ., , now? -- you are there where jay is from. , , i, ., from. yes, this is a very small community. — from. yes, this is a very small community, the _ from. yes, this is a very small community, the type - from. yes, this is a very small community, the type of - from. yes, this is a very small community, the type of place | from. yes, this is a very small - community, the type of place where everybody knows everybody else. you might see the blue ribbons tied to the railings behind me, a show of support foot and his family. they have been here for the last month or so since jay's disappearance. around town you will see that outsides of houses, there is a community centre across the way where the ribbons are as well as houses, pubs and shops. talking to people this evening at this morning, it is on everyone's lips here at the moment and has been for the past month, everyone talking about jay's family and how their

thoughts are with them at the moment. the vicar of the church we are outside at the moment has been a supporter of the family over the past month, he is opening the church this evening to allow people in the local community to come and pay their respects. it feels like the community needs some sort of focal point, some location where they can come and talk to one another, be there for one another and show their support forjay and his family. but still this community is waiting for answers, to find out more about what has been going on in tenerife and also to come together to offer support to the family. one of the landlords in the pub says he has known jay's mum for the past 17 years or so, sincejay known jay's mum for the past 17 years or so, since jay would have been about two years old. he says if

it is true, if the remains found in tenerife are jay's, he knows it will replace community apart. fiur replace community apart. our re orter replace community apart. our reporter nick _ replace community apart. our reporter nickjohnson in the town where jay is from. let's speak to guy hedgecoe, our reporter in spain. talk to me a little more about the investigation, what we are hearing and when we expect to hear from those in the search and rescue operation who say they have found those remains? the operation who say they have found those remains?— those remains? the body that was found yesterday _ those remains? the body that was found yesterday by _ those remains? the body that was found yesterday by the _ those remains? the body that was found yesterday by the police - those remains? the body that was found yesterday by the police is i those remains? the body that was l found yesterday by the police is now in the hands of the local forensic authorities here on the island, they are carrying out a postmortem investigation and we do not know when we will have the results of that but they hope to be able to identify the body when the process is completed. what we have been told it as it was the mountain rescue unit of the civil guard police force who found the body, they have

underlined how inaccessible the spot where they found the body was, they believe the person who suffered this accident, who they believe was jay slater, had fallen off the cliff, fallen off some rocks. although this was in an area near an area they had to search previously, the town of masca, the area is extremely difficult to search because of the topography. it is full of quotes, ravines and fig vegetation. previously the police have used sniffer dogs, helicopters and drones to search the area but they have underlined how difficult it was to search, which might explain why it has taken so long to find this product if indeed it is confirmed to be that of jay slater.— product if indeed it is confirmed to be that of jay slater. thank you for that update. _ be that of jay slater. thank you for that update, more _ be that of jay slater. thank you for that update, more on _ be that of jay slater. thank you for that update, more on that - be that of jay slater. thank you for that update, more on that story i be that of jay slater. thank you for that update, more on that story on the bbc website. donald trump has made his first

public appearance since surviving an assassination attempt on saturday. the former president received rapturous applause when he arrived at the republican national convention in milwaukee, though didn't actually speak. walking on stage with a white bandage on his right ear, mr trump greeted supporters with the fist pumps that he used moments after the failed assassination attempt. the audience chanted back the words he uttered on saturday. fights, fight, fight, fight, fight! fight, fight, fight is what they are chanting back at the former president. republican politicians and activists gave a rapturous welcome to the former president as he took his place next to his running mate, jd vance, whose candidacy was announced at the event. the trump campaign team called the pair the most unifying and competitive ticket in political history. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal has sent this report from milwaukee. please welcome the next president of the united states, donaldj trump.

with the visible sign of an assassination attempt, donald trump greeted the crowd defiantly, but he appeared subdued and emotional. earlier in the day his sons arrived at the convention, the events of saturday still on their minds... it was horrible. i'm sitting there watching with my children and my heart broke, my heart absolutely broke. it shouldn't have happened. the secret service agents on the ground did an unbelievable job. but it's heartbreaking. ..before nominating their own father, giving him enough delegates to be the presidential nominee. for the greatest president that's ever lived, and that's donaldj trump... cheering. ..hereby declaring him the republican nominee. and there you have it. after all the controversy, the indictment and the conviction, the republican party have officially nominated donald trump as their presidential candidate. as you can see, people are so elated.

joe mullins was sat behind the trump family. that was amazing. it was one of the best experiences. i had tears in my eyes, and i haven't cried like that since i lost my mother. as you can see, everybody here is happy right now, . everybody is rejuvenated right now. and we're happy with the vp pick for president trump. _ the vp, or vice president, is 39—year—old senatorjd vance. he found fame when his memoir about growing up in poverty became a netflix movie. but it's a dramatic u—turn for a man who was once never trump. i know you have been asked about this before, about past comments that you've made about donald trump. you've said, "i am a never—trump guy, never liked him, terrible candidate, idiot if you voted for him." after the assassination attempt on mr trump has called for unity. after donald trump lost his real action four years ago, many republicans said it was time to move

on from him. but nearly a decade after getting to the top of the grand old party, it is very much the party of donald trump. president biden has admitted in an interview with the american television network nbc that it was a mistake to use the term �*in the bullseye' when referring to donald trump. he's said to have made the comment in the days before the attempt on mr trump's life but said he'd been focusing on his rival�*s agenda. he also reiterated he's not changed his mind about remaining in the presidential race, and defended calling donald trump a threat to democracy. the truth of the matter was... what i guess i was talking about at the time was there was very little focus on trump's agenda. yeah, the term was bullseye. it was a mistake to use the word... idid... i didn't say cross hairs. i meant bullseye. focus on him. focus on what he's doing. focus on... on his policies. focus on the number of lies he told in the debate. focus... i mean, there's a whole range of things that...

look, i'm not the guy that said i want to be a dictator on day one. i'm not the guy that refused to accept the outcome of the election. i'm not the guy who said they wouldn't accept the outcome of this election automatically. you can't only love your country when you win. mr president, you've been in politics a very long time, so let's speak frankly. we're all adults here. has this shooting changed the trajectory of this race? i don't know, and you don't know either. i don't know. but is it something you've given thought to? no, i've thought less about the trajectory of the case than two things. one, what his health is — that that was secure, number one. and number two, what happens from here on in terms of the kind of coverage that the president and vice president and former president and new vice president get in terms of... look... i've never seen a circumstance where you ride through certain rural areas of the country and people have signs there, big trump signs with...

middle signs saying, eff biden and a little kid standing there putting up his middle finger. i mean, that's the kind of stuff that is just inflammatory, and a kind of viciousness. that was the president in that interview. let's analyse what we have been hearing so far. let's speak to scott lucas — he's professor of us politics at the clinton institute at the university college dublin. so good to talk to you, professor lucas. thank you forjoining us. what impression do you think president mike —— president biden maytin last night's interview? if you are asking whether we are past the moment, which would have been only a week ago, whenjoe biden might have been stepping aside in favour of another democratic candidate, that will not happen now. i think the shooting change the dynamics at a time when you are

calling for unity, calling for the country to step back from political violence, you don't replace your leader. and i think biden, whilst appearing frail at times, has been quite detailed and quite thoughtful in a series of speeches he made, including at the nato summit last week and including last night's interview, so we are on course for biden versus trump in november. i5 biden versus trump in november. is it enough tojust biden versus trump in november. is it enough to just give biden versus trump in november. is it enough tojust give a good it enough to just give a good showing since those mistakes, those errors? don't people tend to remember those? they are the ones that the republicans will play over and over again over the next few months? ., ., ., ., , months? the international media is led by spectacle _ months? the international media is led by spectacle and _ months? the international media is led by spectacle and diversions, - led by spectacle and diversions, thatis led by spectacle and diversions, that is where the trump camp succeeded yesterday. everybody is talking about donald trump's here

and the shots in the crowd rather than the serious issues which beset america —— everyone is talking about donald trump's ear. if everyone decided to focus on the issues like gun control, something raised by last week's's events, immigration, health care, education, the economy, climate change, foreign policy, the important election in america since 1865, if they talk about donald trump's threat to democracy then i think the course of the election can be quite different. we think the course of the election can be quite different.— be quite different. we are seeing him arrive at _ be quite different. we are seeing him arrive at the _ be quite different. we are seeing him arrive at the republican - him arrive at the republican national convention, he has chosen his vp, what do you make of the choice and what do you make of him? he seems a little subdued last night? he seems a little subdued last niuht? . he seems a little subdued last ni. ht? ., , he seems a little subdued last niuht? ., , ,., he seems a little subdued last niuht? ., , ., , night? donald trump is a reality tv star and what _ night? donald trump is a reality tv star and what he _ night? donald trump is a reality tv star and what he is _ night? donald trump is a reality tv star and what he is doing, - night? donald trump is a reality tv star and what he is doing, he - night? donald trump is a reality tv star and what he is doing, he knew| star and what he is doing, he knew he was doing, is striking a pose for the cameras, look, i'm a changed man, reflecting on what has

happened. only hours earlier he issued a vicious post which attacked the us justice issued a vicious post which attacked the usjustice department, judges, prosecutors, district attorneys, which even light about the woman whom he sexually assaulted and then defamed, so trump has not changed. in terms of the wider issue, with the choice ofjd vance as vice president, this is trump doubling down on confrontation and even at times that politics of violence. jd vance is very hostile towards muslims, very hostile towards other minorities, he is against abortion evenin minorities, he is against abortion even in cases of rape and incest, he is hostile to lgbt rights and he has converted, in 2016 he was a much more thoughtful politician who talked about the need to help the poor and a man who said trump was america's hitler, but then he saw

which way the trump microwave is going and he hasjoined it. scott going and he has “oined it. scott lucas, professor — going and he has joined it. scott lucas, professor of _ going and he has joined it. scott lucas, professor of us - going and he hasjoined it. scott lucas, professor of us international politics at clinton universe —— clinton institute at university couege clinton institute at university college dublin, thank you very much. sir keir starmer has launched what the government is calling a "root and branch review" of the armed forces in response to the urgency of the threats facing the uk. the prime minister says the strategic defence review will aim to "forge a clear—eyed approach to a more dangerous and volatile world." it will be led by the former nato secretary general, lord robertson, who has warned of the "deadly quartet" of china, russia, iran and north korea. let's get more on this with our security correspondent frank gardner. that is quite a warning, and i guess the question many are asking is what candice government to that the previous government did not? i think what they are — previous government did not? i think what they are trying _ previous government did not? i think what they are trying to _ previous government did not? i think what they are trying to do _ previous government did not? i think what they are trying to do is - previous government did not? i think what they are trying to do is to -

what they are trying to do is to spend the money better. there is quite a lot of pressure on sir keir starmer to commit to raising defence spending, to update when it will be raised to 2.5% of gdp, it is currently around 2.3, they can get a bit hung up on the numbers but it is about how you allocate the money. there has been enormous wastage in defence procurement, defence spending. millions get spent on projects which are delayed, costs rise, by the time it is finished the kit you have ordered is sometimes obsolete. that does not happen every time but there are definitely places where holes could be plugged. the threats you talked about which have become known with the acronym of the crinks, china, russia, iran, north korea, they are collaborating on things like missile technology and you have seen russia get enormous

quantities of ammunition from north korea, a country meant to be under un sanctions because of its nuclear programme. there are big pressures, the question is whether britain's armed forces have the kit to do the job. they are now so small there are concerns in the united states for example that britain is no longer what is known as a tier1 military force because it has too few numbers, the army is down to close to 70,000, the smallest level since the time of the napoleonic wars, so if there was a war in europe, is for example russia decided to invade a nato country like estonia and britain had to rush forces to try to plug the gap, they are very small forces compared to the sort of numbers russia and field once it has finished its war in ukraine. to do this with you they are calling on lots of outside people too, people in academia, historians —— to do

this review. they are going to try to do it very quickly, get submissions over the next two months and announce the results in the first half of next year.— first half of next year. frank gardner. — first half of next year. frank gardner, thank _ first half of next year. frank gardner, thank you - very much indeed. final preparations are being made for the state opening of parliament, which takes places tomorrow, when king charles will deliver a speech outlining the legislation that ministers intend to pass in the coming year. it is expected around 35 bills will be included in the programme. let's speak to our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman. henry, this will be the clearest sign yet of the new government's priorities? exactly right. we have had weeks and really years when he became labour leader to get a sense of what sir keir starmer is about, but in the king's speech he has to ruthlessly prioritise and decide what pieces of legislation the new prime minister wants the house of commons to spend its time on in the first year or so he hasn't government. i think we have a decent sense of what some of

these 35 also bills, pieces of legislation, will be. i think we expect a crime bill which will do various things including making drink spiking a specific offence, we expect a railway spell which will enable labour to fulfil their manifesto pledge of bringing services back into public ownership —— a railways bill. i am sure we will get focus on growth and fiscal responsibility, we will hear more on that from the new chancellor rachel reeves and the budget later this year. interestingly there are some things where this new government will pick up on the agenda of the old government even as it rejects its legacy more generally. you will see perhaps the football regulator that the previous government for ages said it was going to do but never got round to doing back in the legislative programme, also martyn�*s law, named after one of the victims of the manchester arena bombing in 2017, to strengthen the security of

public events and venues. but when it comes together we will get a sense of this government's opening legislative agenda. you only get one chance of a new government to hit the ground running and this is keir starmer�*s. the ground running and this is keir starmer's. �* , ., ~ the ground running and this is keir starmer's. �*, ., ,, ., ., starmer's. let's talk about what we exect starmer's. let's talk about what we expect from — starmer's. let's talk about what we expect from angela _ starmer's. let's talk about what we expect from angela rayner, - starmer's. let's talk about what we expect from angela rayner, she . starmer's. let's talk about what we | expect from angela rayner, she has pledged a devolution revolution, and we always like a catchphrase but what does that actually mean? another catchphrase, there will also be a bill called the take back control pill which is actually the slogan of the vote leave campaign in the eu referendum, but under the auspices of the deputy prime minister angela rayner the new government is adopting it as a slogan for devolution, saying they want to give more powers to parts of the uk which do not necessarily have a directly elected mayor, do not have control over local policing and things like that. angela rayner spoke to our bbc breakfast colleagues about this a while ago.

first of all, this is an opportunity for those councils that haven't had a devolution package to really get on board, and i hope that they will take up that offer and we can devolve things like skills, housing, planning and employment support to really kick—start what is happening in theirlocalarea. as the prime minister set out, those with skin in the game are at the forefront of really making the change, and for us to get that growth across the whole of the country, we know that we have to work in partnership with local authorities, with mayors and to really kick—start our economy everywhere. it is another area perhaps where there is a surprising commonality between this government and the previous one, which was also very interested in devolving more and more powers. in general expect up to's ceremonies this new government, keir starmer, to spend time talk about how disastrous what they have inherited is, they say it is even worse than they expected. the political challenges for keir starmer to find a way of making that

argument without destroying what he said during the general election campaign he could deliver, change, without destroying a sense of hope. let's see how he pulls that off after the pomp and ceremony with the king tomorrow. after the pomp and ceremony with the king tomorrow— king tomorrow. thank you, henry zeffman, king tomorrow. thank you, henry zeffman. our _ king tomorrow. thank you, henry zeffman, our chief _ king tomorrow. thank you, henry zeffman, our chief political - zeffman, our chief political correspondent. the czech billionaire who is hoping to take over royal mail has said he's committed to delivering letters to every part of the uk six days a week, but warned that not all demands by unions can be met. daniel kretinsky has made a £3.6 billion bid for the firm, which is awaiting approval by shareholders. he's spoken exclusively to our business editor simonjack. things have changed a bit in the 500 years since royal mail was founded by henry viii. this is the man who wants to be the new owner, czech billionaire daniel kretinsky. so why should he be trusted with such an historic and important asset? of course, in a way you can be paralysed by the great responsibility that comes from such a tradition, from such a name, from the importance of, uh, of the company.

but the answer for me was simple, because i truly believe that we can help now, and that we can contribute and we can play our little role, which can, however, be very important in the history of royal mail. royal mail is losing money, letter volumes are declining, and its market share in the profitable parcels business has plummeted. mr kretinsky has committed in writing to keep the one—price—goes—anywhere universal service for at least five years, but also made this personal promise. as long as i'm alive, i completely exclude this, and i'm sure that anybody who would be my successor would absolutely understand this. so why not put that in writing? because there are two different things. one thing is what is clearly your commitment, and i say this as an absolutely clear, unconditional commitment — royal mail is going to be the provider of universal service obligation in the uk, unconditionally, and i would say forever. unions have grave misgivings

about the proposed deal. i can't think of any other country in the world that would just hand over its entire postal service to an overseas equity investor. we believe that there needs to be a different answer that gives workers and customers a greater say over the future direction of the company. mr kretinsky has guaranteed no compulsory redundancies, but only until next year. but he insists his plan can help secure jobs and a brighter future. unions do understand as well that we are on the same ship, and that we need this ship to be successful. and if we are there, we don't have any real problems to deal with, because the sky is blue and it's blue for everybody. the unions can't stop this deal, but the government can, and will have the last word later this year. simon jack, bbc news. now time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello. ourjuly soaking continues, now with large areas of southern and eastern england who have already

had well over the july average rainfall, along with parts of north east aberdeenshire. it has been particularly wet in london, double thejuly rainfall here, and nearly two—and—a—half times as much rain as we would normally see in a typicaljuly in parts of north yorkshire. there is more rain to add today as well. an area of low pressure has been bringing pretty extensive rain this morning, the low will gradually move away this afternoon to allow brighter, sunnier weather through. however, there are going to be some showers around and the showers that form along this convergence line, where the winds kind of bash together, across parts of scotland and northern england, those showers will be particularly heavy and slow—moving in nature, bringing 30 millimetres of rain in places, in the space ofjust a couple of hours. that is enough to cause some localised flash flooding. you might even see one or two funnel clouds from those storms. temperatures 18—21, a bit below average for the time of year, but still feeling pleasant in the afternoon sunny spells. now this evening those showers for east scotland and north east england take a long time to fade away, but eventually it becomes drier with some

clear spells around, temperatures 10—12 degrees overnight. here is something we are not seeing much of so far this month, it is an area of high pressure, and it is on the way for wednesday. pencil in a largely dry day with pleasantjuly sunshine. the sunshine with us from the word go really, for most parts of the uk, with little change through the course of the afternoon. there could be an odd passing shower in the hebrides, but otherwise essentially staying dry. in the sunshine we are looking at temperatures up to 20 degrees in belfast, 21 in glasgow, feeling pleasant here, 22 for hull and for cardiff, but up to 2a in london, which is average for the time of year. the high pressure tries to hang around across england and wales through thursday, but it loses its grip further north—west, with rain returning to scotland and northern ireland. here we will have some cooler air moving back in from the atlantic, so temperatures back down into the teens. england and wales, though, plenty of warm sunshine and if anything getting much warmer. a blast of summer heat, 26 degrees in london on thursday, and potentially even hotter on friday, with

temperatures reaching 27. however, low pressure then moves back in, bringing a return of rather unsettled weather conditions, with rain or showers developing and hanging around into next week. this is bbc news, the headlines. relatives of missing british teenagerjay slater are waiting to find out if a body found on the spanish island of tenerife is his. u nsettled unsettled weather conditions unsettled weather conditions with unsettled weather conditions with rain or showers developing and hanging round into next week. jd vance. evans. injd vance. injd vance. beth shriever.. beth shriever.. beth shriever. trump receivings a here rees welcome. and the czech billionaire bidding to take over royal mail tells

the bbc he'll never walk away from the commitment to deliver letters six days a week. a former british police officer, who claims to save children from human traffickers, has faked stories to raise money for his charity, the bbc can reveal. adam whittington is the founder of project rescue children. he's raised thousands of pounds from donors around the world. but file on four has found evidence of false and misleading social media posts and that funds raised haven't reached children in need. this report from hayley mortimer. people just want to see rescues, you know, and it's all glory. adam whittington is a former london police officer. he now runs a charity, project rescue children, and posts updates of his work rescuing children from around the world. i'll also confirm now everything i state is factual, as in all my posts and videos. but the bbc has analysed his social media accounts, uncovering false and misleading posts — including the rescue of a newborn baby in the gambia.

it's here that adam whittington says that he carried out the most unbelievable rescue mission. he says that his team received a tip—off that a newborn baby was going to be handed over to traffickers at a busy market place in the gambia. he said he adopted the baby and asked one of his volunteers, a uk social media influencer, to be the girl's mother. alex betts visited the baby and the story went viral. the money came pouring in. god, hayley, is that her? ijust can't believe she's here. but the bbc has found this child and discovered that adam's rescue story was completely made up. she wasn't rescued from traffickers at a busy market place. she was born right here, and she's been living here with her mother ever since. the mother tells us she's never received any money from prc, but was given some groceries.

alex no longer works with prc. she told us she's always acted with honest and pure intentions. prc insists that it did rescue a baby in collaboration with the gambian authorities. in kenya, prc used a photograph of this man's son to raise money through its child sponsorship programme. prc's website said he'd been orphaned, trafficked or sexually exploited — none of which is true. translation: it pains my heart that someone is using _ the photos of my child to source for money that i personally do not even eat or taste. not long after his photograph was taken, eugene died, but his picture remained online and according to prc's website, people continued to send money every month. project rescue children has been a registered charity in australia since 2017, but recently had its charity status revoked.

adam whittington did not respond to our request for an interview. he's currently travelling back and forth to the philippines, where he's raising money for another rescue centre, and he says he has plans to expand. if we had enough manpower and enough funding, we would be in every single corner of the globe. well, hayleyjoins me now to talk through this report. esa es a heroes welcome. tell us about process it took to find this man. 50 tell us about process it took to find this man.— find this man. so i have been lookin: find this man. so i have been looking into _ find this man. so i have been looking into adam _ find this man. so i have been l looking into adam whittington find this man. so i have been - looking into adam whittington and his charity project rescue children for well over a year, ever since he told that unbelievable story about rescuing a newborn baby from traffickers in the gambia. it was one of a number of stories he told about rescuing children from horrific situations and he used those stories to raise money online, verifying the stories was really difficult because the areas in which this charity claims to operate in, are in really remote areas of places

like kenya, the gambia, uganda the philippines but we knew from social media posts some of the children were meant to live in rescue centres that pr c says it runs. we were able to locate two of the centre, one in the bamba and one in kenya but —— gambia by piecing together evidence from photographs and we visited those locations and we found that they were just family homes, they weren't rescue centres, and there weren't rescue centres, and there were no rescued children, yet people from all over the world had been sponsoring the children who were supposed to live there. what sponsoring the children who were supposed to live there. what more do we know about _ supposed to live there. what more do we know about the _ supposed to live there. what more do we know about the children _ supposed to live there. what more do we know about the children being - we know about the children being sponsored? 50 we know about the children being sponsored?— we know about the children being sonsored? ., ., ., , we know about the children being sonsored? ., ., . , ., sponsored? so what we found was that the children live _ sponsored? so what we found was that the children live close _ sponsored? so what we found was that the children live close by _ sponsored? so what we found was that the children live close by to _ sponsored? so what we found was that the children live close by to these - the children live close by to these so—called rescue centre, project rescue children had taken photographs of them and they appeared on the website. they were listed as children who had been orphaned, homeless, trafficked or sexually exploited. their parents

said none of this is true, they had no idea the photographs were used online and they hadn't received any money. project rescue children rejected the findings, it maintains the homes we visited are rescue centres and says our allegation they do not support children are without merit, misleading and defamatory. good to talk to you, thank you. you can listen or watch file on 4's "the child rescue con" on bbc sounds and iplayer now. now to thank you forjoining u let me ask you first of all what are the challenges facing the uk right now,

that make this so important? ilirui’eiiii challenges facing the uk right now, that make this so important? itrui’eiiiii that make this so important? well i i the that make this so important? well i i the central — that make this so important? well i i the central challenge, _ that make this so important? well i i the central challenge, which - that make this so important? well i i the central challenge, which is - i the central challenge, which is new since the last such exercise is the increased threat from russia, the increased threat from russia, the full scale invasion of ukraine, and the war that has been raging there for more than two years has called into question quite a number of the assumptions made beforehand, for a long period after the end of the cold war, our armed forces were primarily focussed on threats a long way from europe, dealing with insurgency in places like afghanistan and iraq, and we designed ourforces to afghanistan and iraq, and we designed our forces to some extent accordingly, now the primary threat for which the armed forces have to prepare is war with russia. not because such a war is likely, but because such a war is likely, but because in order to deter, prevent such a war, we need to demonstrate

to the leadership in the kremlin that any military action against nato would be unsuccessful, and we saw the failure of deterrence in ukraine when that country was invaded and the terrible consequences of that, we not only want to support ukraine directly, in its conflict with russia, but we also need to prepare for the possibility that russia might move on from ukraine and indeed, attack a nato member state. i5 on from ukraine and indeed, attack a nato member state.— nato member state. is one year feasible to — nato member state. is one year feasible to complete _ nato member state. is one year feasible to complete this - nato member state. is one year. feasible to complete this review? nato member state. is one year i feasible to complete this review? i think one year is quite long enough, if anything it is on the long side, because as long as you are reviewing your capabilities, there is a sense of which you can't move on, of course, you can still make some decisions, while the review is going on but some of the key questions are waiting for the review. most of all, the ministry of defence will need, as soon as possible, a clear

indication of what funding is available, over the next decade, and thenit available, over the next decade, and then it can decide ministers can decide, george robertson the head of the review can decide what are priorities, and what are the areas which are lower priorities and you have to make the choices, you can't do everything, you will still have to prioritise what is most important, given the nature of the threat that we face.— important, given the nature of the threat that we face. good to talk to ou, threat that we face. good to talk to you. thanks — threat that we face. good to talk to you. thanks one — threat that we face. good to talk to you, thanks one more. _ threat that we face. good to talk to you, thanks one more. perfect i with a bandage strapped over one ear, donald trump has made a return to the public eye at the republican national convention, receiving a rapturous welcome from thousands of supporters two days after an attempt on his life. but there are many questions surrounding the secret service, whose main duty is to protect presidents past and present. how could agents have failed so woefully in their task with donald trump? congress has launched an investigation, into what happened. here's ros atkins from bbc verify. there is more evidence there were warnings in the minutes before this happened.

gunshots. those shots were fired at 6.11pm on saturday by a man on the roof. he was 130 metres away from the stage where donald trump was speaking. the us homeland security secretary has said a direct line of sight like that to the former president should not occur. but not only was there a direct line of sight, there were warnings about a possible threat. this video's emerged. it's from from one minute 45 seconds before the attack. look, there he is. in this clip, people have noticed a man on a roof. they are shouting to an officer. he's on the roof. right here. right on the roof. it is confirmation some police knew about the threat close to two minutes before the attack. then this video, filmed by a spectator inside the rally, shows the seconds before the attack. we see a person running, apparently aware there is an issue. that adds to this video, filmed at 6.10pm, which shows a man and what appears to be a police

officer looking at the buildings. and there is this account. he had a rifle. we could clearly see him with a rifle, and the police were like, "huh, what?" they didn't know what was going on. given these warnings in those two minutes, why wasn't donald trump taken off stage? why wasn't the man on the roof challenged? we have heard from county sheriff michael sloup. his local police were present. he says the attacker was seen outside the rally venue before trump started speaking, and was identified as a suspicious person. he also says that officers didn't know he was armed, and that they momentarily lost track of him. sheriff sloup also says later, with the speech under way an officer checked the roof of this building. the officer had both hands up on the roof to get up on to the roof, never made it because the shooter had turned towards the officer,

and rightfully and smartfully the officer let go. shots were fired at trump shortly afterwards, the sheriff says. it is not clear how much the secret service knew about all of this at the time, but evidence now shows that close to two minutes of clear warnings didn't lead to the attack being stopped. three years ago, bmx racer bethany shriever made history by becoming the first british athlete to win a gold medal in the sport. now with just ten days to go until the paris games, she's hoping to replicate that success and has been telling bbc sport reporter sarah dawkins about her ambitions to leave a legacy, both on and off the track. when you're at the top, no—one's talking to each other, and it is like, right, it is time race now. do a few deep breaths and yeah, off i go. hi, i'm beth shriever, i'm 25 and a professional bmx racer. all the way, all the way, all the way! yes! bethany shriever, at i the first time of asking. the olympic champion.

how has life changed for you since that day? i think life changed massively since winning gold. i think because it was such a shock to everyone, like even myself. first olympic games and this is unreal. no—one prepares you for what comes after it, so there was all these red carpet events, rubbing shoulders with celebrities, it's been a crazy one, so i am excited for the next coming months. since winning gold in tokyo, you have won two world titles, european golds, i mean, you have kind of done it all, so what motivates you now? there's still a few things i want to do, tick off my list. i think the most titles a woman's ever won in bmx is three, so i want to try and get up there, win three to four titles. i want to be known as one of the greatest bmx racers of all time. you sort of start that title defence and that progress in paris. yeah. yeah, definitely i think obviously

mariana pajon has got i think obviously mariana pajon has got two golds and a silver, so there is a lot to live up to. yeah, she's the queen of bmx, literally. to match that and get another gold would be incredible. i guess i'm coming for her crown! how important is it to you, about inspiring the next generation? it's massive. it has been cool to do that, and it's nice to show these younger girls that you can make it in the sport, it can be yourjob and you can do a career out of it. athletes are increasingly being put on this pedestal as role models, not least in sport, but with other issues. climate change is a big talking point in paris, do you think that sport should be doing a bit more? yes, i think definitely, i feel like everyone can do a bit more when it comes to climate change, especially the platform and the olympics, and as a cyclist, what better way to promote, you know, put your car keys down for a day and get out and ride to work? so, i think it needs to come from us, and i think

when all of us come together, then, yeah, more change can happen. sarah dawkins reporting there. and with just ten days to go until the opening ceremony in paris, sarah and a bbc sport team will be cycling from manchester to paris and they're setting off this morning. are you prepped sarah? sarah? just about, are you prepped sarah? sarah? just about. yes. — are you prepped sarah? sarah? just about, yes, today is launch day of pedalfor about, yes, today is launch day of pedal for power, we will be cycling more than 500 miles across eight days to reach the french capital. we have our bank of bikes all set and prepped, we will be setting off in just over an hour's time, some final checks being made to the brakes to make sure they are in good working order and we have plenty of nutrition to keep us going over the next eight days for you might be wondering why on earth we are doing this? first of all, we are going to be spending time with british athletes as they make their final preparation for the olympics and

paralympics but we will be talking about the key sustainability and climate issues round these games and the bbc has partnered with sport england and i am delighted to say the former olympic cyclist chris boardman isjoining us on this ride. chris, can you tell us about why you are taking part in pedalfor paris. i think sport like everything is affected — i think sport like everything is affected by climate change, we know we are _ affected by climate change, we know we are losing 120,000 grass root football_ we are losing 120,000 grass root football games a year, due to flooding. _ football games a year, due to flooding, we know that you can't go ride a _ flooding, we know that you can't go ride a bike — flooding, we know that you can't go ride a bike all day when it is 40 degrees — ride a bike all day when it is 40 degrees heat and these have become normat _ degrees heat and these have become normat we _ degrees heat and these have become normal. we know that three—quarter of kids— normal. we know that three—quarter of kids are _ normal. we know that three—quarter of kids are saying this is impacting miable _ of kids are saying this is impacting miable to — of kids are saying this is impacting miable to get active so it is touches_ miable to get active so it is touches on everything, so we have paris _ touches on everything, so we have paris where — touches on everything, so we have paris where the olympics is but where — paris where the olympics is but where the — paris where the olympics is but where the climate accord was signed nearly— where the climate accord was signed nearly ten_ where the climate accord was signed nearly ten years ago and it seemed like a _ nearly ten years ago and it seemed like a perfect cemetery for to us .et like a perfect cemetery for to us get there — like a perfect cemetery for to us get there in the most ecologically friendly— get there in the most ecologically friendly way possible from the home of cycling _ friendly way possible from the home of cycling so that is what we will do and — of cycling so that is what we will do and visit good stuff en route. a

new do and visit good stuff en route. new survey released today suggests that grass roots sports participants thinks the industry isn't doing enough. they want to to see athletes doing more? would you agree? j iiike doing more? would you agree? i like the fact that — doing more? would you agree? i like the fact that kids _ doing more? would you agree? i like the fact that kids have _ doing more? would you agree? i like the fact that kids have told us we want _ the fact that kids have told us we want to— the fact that kids have told us we want to see sports stars standing up for this, _ want to see sports stars standing up for this, this — want to see sports stars standing up for this, this transcends politics, this is— for this, this transcends politics, this is about a species is threatening crisis, it is hard to overstate _ threatening crisis, it is hard to overstate and i would love for a really _ overstate and i would love for a really big — overstate and i would love for a really big name in sport, we have been _ really big name in sport, we have been hearing from beth, she wants to do it as _ been hearing from beth, she wants to do it as well, — been hearing from beth, she wants to do it as well, she wants to stand in front— do it as well, she wants to stand in front but— do it as well, she wants to stand in front but imagine if they started saying _ front but imagine if they started saying i— front but imagine if they started saying i am not going to stop flying but in _ saying i am not going to stop flying but in europe i will get the train, who is— but in europe i will get the train, who is with — but in europe i will get the train, who is with me? the impact that could _ who is with me? the impact that could have — who is with me? the impact that could have is enormous. the _ could have is enormous. the survey also looked at the impact of heat and extreme climate events like heavy rain, we have had a bit of that this morning, fortunately it has just about cleared up. how worried are you about extreme weather events and the impact on sport itself? the weather events and the impact on sport itself?— sport itself? the danger for all of us is it becomes _ sport itself? the danger for all of us is it becomes normal - sport itself? the danger for all of us is it becomes normal and i sport itself? the danger for all of us is it becomes normal and we | sport itself? the danger for all of i us is it becomes normal and we start to get— us is it becomes normal and we start to get used _ us is it becomes normal and we start to get used to it and when we say

people _ to get used to it and when we say people aren't getting as active now we can't _ people aren't getting as active now we can't relate toe what that mean you go. _ we can't relate toe what that mean you go. you — we can't relate toe what that mean you go, you couldn't go to football on thursday night or the week before that and _ on thursday night or the week before that and you go, yeah, 0k, and it is becoming— that and you go, yeah, 0k, and it is becoming normalised and that is the biggest _ becoming normalised and that is the biggest danger, so we have to get the spotlight on it and say we need to do— the spotlight on it and say we need to do something now, so that our kids and — to do something now, so that our kids and grand kids have the same opportunities that people like me had when i was young, to get out and .et had when i was young, to get out and get round, _ had when i was young, to get out and get round, particularly by bike. what _ get round, particularly by bike. what opportunity does an olympics, and paralympics in paris do for the discussion around climate change? there is a couple of thing, the olympics. _ there is a couple of thing, the olympics, it is the biggest, one of the biggest events in the world where — the biggest events in the world where everybody gathered and you have a _ where everybody gathered and you have a spot light. paris has gone for it— have a spot light. paris has gone for it in— have a spot light. paris has gone for it in terms of decash any say, they— for it in terms of decash any say, they are — for it in terms of decash any say, they are making an effort so the story— they are making an effort so the story is— they are making an effort so the story is there and the city has already. — story is there and the city has already. i_ story is there and the city has already, i visited a couple of years a-o already, i visited a couple of years ago when — already, i visited a couple of years ago when i — already, i visited a couple of years ago when i used to work here as transport — ago when i used to work here as transport commissioner, to go and have _ transport commissioner, to go and have a _ transport commissioner, to go and have a look— transport commissioner, to go and have a look a the work they are doihg. — have a look a the work they are doihg. so— have a look a the work they are doihg. so it _ have a look a the work they are doing, so it all comes together, and it helps— doing, so it all comes together, and it helps to _ doing, so it all comes together, and it helps to put a positive peer pressure _ it helps to put a positive peer pressure on other cities to go what

are we _ pressure on other cities to go what are we doing for our communities, to tackle _ are we doing for our communities, to tackle this _ are we doing for our communities, to tackle this crisis? 30, are we doing for our communities, to tackle this crisis?— tackle this crisis? so, plenty to discuss, over _ tackle this crisis? so, plenty to discuss, over the _ tackle this crisis? so, plenty to discuss, over the next - tackle this crisis? so, plenty to discuss, over the next few i tackle this crisis? so, plenty to | discuss, over the next few day, plenty of miles to cycle too. there will be coverage every day on the news channel and we are hoping it stays nice and dry. j news channel and we are hoping it stays nice and dry.— stays nice and dry. i hope so too. good luck — stays nice and dry. i hope so too. good luck to _ stays nice and dry. i hope so too. good luck to all _ stays nice and dry. i hope so too. good luck to all of _ stays nice and dry. i hope so too. good luck to all of you. _ almost one million children in the uk don't have a proper bed of their own. that's according to the latest research from the charity barnardo's. in hartlepool, teachers are on a mission to provide 10,000 beds for children who are struggling to concentrate because of poor sleep. louise hobson has been to meet them. these mattresses are going to children across the tees valley who are suffering bed property. high tunstall head teacher mark tilling has teamed up with leeds—based charity zarach to buy 10,000 beds for youngsters turning up to school exhausted and sleep deprived.

the idea is if, for any reason, a child's not got a bed, we want to provide it. it could be the beds broken, it needs replacing, theyjust haven't got the finances at the time. it could be that they've fled from domestic violence, it could be they've moved into the area, they haven't got furniture, we just want to help our young people to make sure they sleep because good sleep leads to good learning. they're not second—hand, they are brand—new. they come with a duvet, duvet cover, all the bedding, pyjama sets and a hygiene kit. a number of other schools in the town have got involved in the campaign and know the impact of sleep deprivation on pupils. david turner is the head teacher at rift house primary school. we know of families who are living in bed property. we know children are coming to school tired. we have families where their circumstances can change overnight. we want our children to be in the best place possible for their learning. children do come into school very tired. if we see that we will support it. if a child needs a bit of sleep now and again, it's quite rare, but if they do, of course, we would

allow that to happen. mark is hoping to reach the 10,000 bed target in the next three years. he told me the impact that bed poverty is having on young people and their futures. it's a multitude of factors. ultimately what it does, it affects their outcomes at the end of their schooling. if we affect that, we're not giving them the hand up in society, making sure they can make great progress and making sure they can make great outcomes, and therefore move on with their educational careers. some breaking news and this is coming in to us from cardiff, from one of our reporters there, the welsh cabinet minister, the council general has said he will resign from the welsh cabinet if the first minister vaughan getting doesn't quit first, he said he was in his words unable to deliver confident

and stable government and the senedd was rudderless. the move of course follows quite a few weeks of political turmoil for vaughan gething, who took political turmoilfor vaughan gething, who took over from mark drakeford back in march, there gething lost a vote of no confidence in the senedd and has also been dogged by questions over a £200,000 campaign donation from david neal, that businessman convicted of environmental offence so the pressure has been ramping up on vaughan getzing in recent months of, and the minister said the first minister should put the country first and stand down. that is pressure from within his own cabinet for the first minister of wales, vaughan gething, we are trying to get some analysis from one of our correspondents and reporters in wales, we will bring you that as and when we get it. that breaking news in the last minute that breaking news in the last minute or so. first identified by scientists 20

years ago, the largest area of rainforest in southern africa is to become a conservation zone. mabu forest in northern mozambique is known as a "sky island", perched on top of a mountain and surrounded on all sides by lowland. our environment correspondent, jonah fisher, has been given exclusive access to film there. welcome to eden. welcome to the centre of mabu forest. this is about as good as it gets. there are still places on earth that humans have hardly touched. the forest is in excellent condition. the water is crystal clear. mabu forest is one of them. protected by mozambique's many wars and its remote location, this place was, for a long time, only known to locals. then, 20 years ago, a mysterious dark green patch was spotted on satellite images by explorer and ecologist professorjulian baylis. oh, my god! i mean, what have we discovered here?

when he went to check it out on the ground, he couldn't believe his eyes. we found the largest rainforest in southern africa. what came next was a race against time to reveal mabu's secrets, in the hope that it would lead to the forest being protected. we joined professor bayliss and a team of scientists on their latest expedition — looking for new species in the very heart of mabu. one of the reasons why mabu is so special is because it's effectively a land island — a high altitude forest surrounded by the lowlands of mozambique. and what that means for the creatures who live here is that they've evolved separately from other populations, making many of them unique. there it is. ok, wait. so far, more than 25 new species have been found and formally described... come here. don't go away. ..including at least ten of professor bayliss's favourite — butterflies.

bayliss ipoppiana. poppy's the name of my daughter, so this one is named after my daughter. it was like four metres up in a small vine. there have also been new species of snakes, bats, crabs and chameleons. nadzikambia baylissi. it's a chameleon, which is only found on mount mabu. in a stream just by our tents, erica thinks she's found a new freshwater catfish. i hope that we have a new species for this area. it's very exciting. amazing. you guys, are you sure you don't want to...? this is unique. meet the dung beetle specialist. hold on, hold on. i want to put on my gloves. he thinks he's found more than 15 new species on mabu and puts it down to the quality of his bait. basically, i'm using my faeces to... ..as a bait, to attract dung beetles here in the forest. so all over this part of the forest, there are probably dung beetles

smelling your poo, thinking... that's correct! ..it�*s lunchtime. that's correct. no, i think this time around, maybe, is brunch. when we speak to the mozambique authorities, there's more good news. they confirm for the first time that all the new discoveries have convinced them to turn mabu into a conservation area. for professor bayliss, it will mark the end of a two decade—long journey. we've now arrived at the end goal of protecting this forest. this is a conservation success story. kept hidden for so long, thanks to science, mabu's secrets should live on. jonah fisher, bbc news in northern mozambique. iam going i am going to move quickly on and talk about the weather.

hello. ourjuly soaking continues, now with large areas of southern and eastern england who have already had well over the july average rainfall, along with parts of north east aberdeenshire. it has been particularly wet in london, double thejuly rainfall here, and nearly two—and—a—half times as much rain as we would normally see in a typicaljuly in parts of north yorkshire. there is more rain to add today as well. an area of low pressure has been bringing pretty extensive rain this morning, the low will gradually move away this afternoon to allow brighter, sunnier weather through. however, there are going to be some showers around and the showers that form along this convergence line, where the winds kind of bash together, across parts of scotland and northern england, those showers will be particularly heavy and slow—moving in nature, bringing 30 millimetres of rain in places, in the space ofjust a couple of hours. that is enough to cause some localised flash flooding. you might even see one or two funnel clouds from those storms. temperatures 18—21, a bit below average for the time of year, but still feeling pleasant in the afternoon sunny spells. now this evening those showers for east scotland and north east england take a long

time to fade away, but eventually it becomes drier with some clear spells around, temperatures 10—12 degrees overnight. here is something we are not seeing much of so far this month, it is an area of high pressure, and it is on the way for wednesday. pencil in a largely dry day with pleasantjuly sunshine. the sunshine with us from the word go really, for most parts of the uk, with little change through the course of the afternoon. there could be an odd passing shower in the hebrides, but otherwise essentially staying dry. in the sunshine we are looking at temperatures up to 20 degrees in belfast, 21 in glasgow, feeling pleasant here, 22 for hull and for cardiff, but up to 24 in london, which is average for the time of year. the high pressure tries to hang around across england and wales through thursday, but it loses its grip further north—west, with rain returning to scotland and northern ireland. here we will have some cooler air moving back in from the atlantic, so temperatures back down into the teens. england and wales, though, plenty of warm sunshine and if anything getting much warmer. a blast of summer heat,

26 degrees in london on thursday, and potentially even hotter on friday, with temperatures reaching 27. however, low pressure then moves back in, bringing a return of rather unsettled weather conditions, with rain or showers developing and hanging around into next week.

live from london, this is bbc news. relatives of missing british teenagerjay slater are waiting to find out if a body found on the spanish island of tenerife is his. fight, fight, fight... two days after surviving an assassination attempt, a bandaged donald trump makes an emotional appearance at the republican national convention. trump wasjoined at the convention by his newly—announced running mate — 39—year—old ohio senator and venture capitalist, jd vance. the government launches what it's calling a "root and branch" review of the armed forces. and the czech billionaire bidding to take over royal mail tells the bbc he'll never walk away from the commitment to deliver letters six days a week.

hello, i'm maryam moshiri. welcome to bbc news. before we begin the programme, let me bring you some breaking news coming from wales. in the last few minutes we have heard four welsh government ministers have resigned from the welsh government, saying the first minister vaughan gething must leave office. these ministers are nick antonova, the cabinet minister, the counsel general, then we havejuliejames, ministerfor housing, we have lesley griffiths who is the cabinet secretary for culture and social justice and jeremy miles, the cabinet secretary in wales for the economy, energy and welsh language. to give you some background, we had

literally five or six minutes ago that the counsel general nick antonova said he is resigning unless first minister vaughan gething quits first, he is basically trying to pressure the first minister to leave —— the counsel general nick antonova. he said the first minister was unable to deliver confident and stable government and the senedd was rudderless. mr gething took over from mark drakeford in march. there has been pressure on him to resign because he lost a vote of no confidence and he has been dogged by questions about a donor. we have heard mick antoniw say vaughan gething should put the country first and resign. he has been under

pressure since that vote of no confidence. it has not been an easy time for him since taking over from mark drakeford in march. hywel griffith will tokas through the implications of this story on welsh politics in a few minutes, but let's leave that to temporarily and take you to the top story of the day. the family of the missing british tourist jay slater are waiting to find out if a body found on tenerife is his. it's almost a month since the 19—year—old disappeared after attending a music festival. spanish police say all the evidence suggests the remains are those of the teenager from lancashire. the body that's been discovered was found not far away from a house he'd been visiting near the village of masca. it's thought he may have suffered an accident or fallen. joe inwood has the latest. it was in the deep ravines near the last known location

of jay slater, that search and rescue teams found human remains, along with the missing 19—year—old's clothes and possessions. the body has not yet been formally identified, but local authorities are confident they have found jay slater. in his hometown of oswaldtwistle, where blue ribbons have become a sign of support, the news was met with sadness. it's a shame and this is bad. you know, everyone wants him home. everyone wants an answer, don't they? i think it's hit the community hard around here because obviously he's a local lad and he's well known. i feel sorry for the family for going through this. i know every effort, people going over, especially our local fire service going over to find him, it must have hit, it's hit hard. jay slater was last seen leaving an airbnb in the north of tenerife, having spent the night partying with friends. he called one of them as he set out, to say he was about to begin the 40 kilometre walk home, but his mobile was about to die.

that was the last time anyone heard from him. local authorities began a major search operation in very difficult terrain. but it wasn't just the rugged landscape that made theirjob difficult. there was huge public interest, with conspiracy theories springing up online. the spanish police had said they were calling off the search, but it seems it continued away from the public eye. they are now telling us that this special mountain search and rescue section of the guardia civil continued to search, kept up that search, and they obviously were focusing very much on the zone around which jay which initially was known to have been before he went missing, because the body, if it is that of jay slater, was found very, very near to the village of masca, where we know he was on the morning of monday, june the 17th. jay slater�*s family have spoken of the living hell they have gone through. if confirmed, the discovery of his body may not ease their pain, but it will give them some closure.

joe inwood, bbc news. my colleague nickjohnson has given us this update from jay slater�*s hometown of oswaldtwistle in lancashire. yes, this is a very small community, the type of place where everybody knows everybody else. you might see the blue ribbons tied to the railings behind me, a show of support forjay and his family. they have been here for the last month or so since jay's disappearance. around town you will see that outsides of houses, there is a community centre across the way where the ribbons are as well as houses, pubs and shops. talking to people yesterday evening and this morning, it is on everyone's lips here at the moment and has been for the past month, everyone talking about jay's family and how

their thoughts are with them at the moment. the vicar of the church we are outside at the moment has been a supporter of the family over the past month, he is opening the church this evening to allow people in the local community to come and pay their respects. —— he has been a support to the family over the past month. it feels like the community needs some sort of focal point, some location where they can come and talk to one another, be there for one another and show their support forjay and his family. but still this community is waiting for answers, to find out more about what has been going on in tenerife and also to come together to offer support to the family. one of the landlords in the pub says he has known jay's mum for the past 17 years or so, since jay would have been about two years old. he says if it is true, if the remains found in tenerife are jay's, he knows it

will replace community apart. that is the view from lancashire. and our correspondent guy hedgecoe gave me the latest on the search and rescue operation from tenerife. the body that was found yesterday by the police is now in the hands of the local forensic authorities here on the island, they are carrying out a postmortem investigation and we do not know when we will have the results of that but they hope to be able to identify the body when the process is completed. what we have been told is it was the mountain rescue unit of the civil guard police force who found the body, they have underlined how inaccessible the spot where they found the body was, they believe the person who suffered this accident, who they believe was jay slater, had fallen off the cliff, fallen off some rocks.

although this was in an area near an area they had to search previously, the town of masca, the area is extremely difficult to search because of the topography. it is full of cliffs, ravines and thick vegetation. previously the police have used sniffer dogs, helicopters and drones to search the area but they have underlined how difficult it was to search, which might explain why it has taken so long to find this body if indeed it is confirmed to be that of jay slater. (tx sor) back to that breaking news coming to us from the world of welsh politics. the counsel general mick antoniw as well as three other government ministers in wales have resigned. they are all saying they are resigning because they no longer have any faith in the governance of

vaughan gething. let's bring you the background to the case. the four ministers are mick antoniw, julie gripped ——juliejames, lesley gripped —— juliejames, lesley griffiths and gripped ——juliejames, lesley griffiths and jeremy miles, who have all resigned saying that the first minister, vaughan gething, most leave office. jeremy miles, quitting as welsh economy secretary, said this in a letter to vaughan gething, "we cannot continue like this." he called on the first minister to resign and said the results of the last few months including your loss of the confidence vote in the senedd have been incredibly painful. he told vaughan gething we need to repair the damage immediately and i have very regrettably reach the conclusion that this cannot happen under your leadership. conclusion that this cannot happen underyour leadership. i conclusion that this cannot happen under your leadership. i can't see any way forward for us which allows us to get on with the job we are elected to do without you standing down. so to bring you some background, he mentioned vaughan

gething losing the vote of no confidence in the senedd, he has been dogged by questions over a £200,000 campaign donation from david neil, a businessman convicted of environmental offences. his counsel general mick antoniw, who we just talked about as one of the four cabinet ministers who have resigned, says that in his word mr gething is unable to deliver confident and stable government and that the senedd is rudderless. he wrote in a tweet, with great signers i am resigning as consul general of the welsh government —— with great sadness. i must advise you i do not believe you can continue as first minister, wales needs confident and stable government and i do not believe you are capable of delivering that. he also said mr gething cannot command a majority and would be unable to enter into agreements with opposition members to pass a budget, going on to say that for all intents and purposes the sun is rudderless. we are trying

to get more background to the sun is also what it means for welsh politics and we will bring you that as soon as we can on bbc news. the new government will no longer defend a decision made by... the previous government, to allow a controversial coal mine to go ahead in cumbria. the secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, angela rayner, has accepted there was an "error of law" in the decision to grant planning permission for the mine in december 2022. let's speak to our climate and science reporter georgina rannard who's at the high court. tell us more. the mine at the centre of the story would be the first coalmine to open in many years if it went ahead. the case being heard at the high court is about planning permission given to it in 2022. what really gets to the heart of this is the question of can we still be opening new fossilfuel

the question of can we still be opening new fossil fuel projects when we know how they contribute to climate change. the mine says they will open a green line, a net zero mine, which will mitigate the emissions produced from building and running the mine —— says they will open a queen mine. the legal campaign disagree, i spoke to one campaignerfrom of the campaign disagree, i spoke to one campaigner from of the earth. a net zero coal mine, it's a contradiction in terms. there is lot of problems with the off setting. the main problem is they ignore the emissions from the use of the coal, so the off setting only applies to 1% of their emissions. the offsetting company they want to use have described their scheme as green washing nonsense, so nobody buys this net zero claim. and so what we have... and so this is the first day of three days of hearing at the high court, we expect to hear from the legal challenges today and we expect them to talk about this question

decision from the last government to approve theirs had taken into consideration the emissions from actually burning the coal rather than just running the actually burning the coal rather thanjust running the mine? that actually burning the coal rather than just running the mine? that was featured in the supreme court hearing last month on a similar fossilfuel projects can hearing last month on a similar fossil fuel projects can they said when permission was given it should have considered those emissions. we will be hearing some of those arguments today, tomorrow we expect to hear from the arguments today, tomorrow we expect to hearfrom the mine and hear what they have to say about that, but as you said earlier the new government has said there was an error in law from the previous decision granted in 2022 and they had essentially walked away from this case. the mine will still be defending the case, they believe they can deliver this net zero mine but i think there will be serious questions over candid uk new fossilfuel be serious questions over candid uk new fossil fuel projects while sticking to international climate change commitments? studio: thank you very much indeed, jorginho. ——

georgina. donald trump has made his first public appearance since surviving an assassination attempt on saturday. the former president received rapturous applause when he arrived at the republican national convention in milwaukee, though didn't actually speak. walking on stage with a white bandage on his right ear, mr trump greeted supporters with the fist pumps that he used moments after the failed assassination attempt. the audience chanted back the words he uttered on saturday... fight, fight, fight, fight... if you were struggling to understand what they were saying. republican politicians and activists gave a warm welcome to the former president as he took his place next to his running mate, jd vance, whose candidacy was announced at the event. the trump campaign team called the pair the most unifying and competitive ticket in political history. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal has sent this report from milwaukee. please welcome the next president of the united states, donaldj trump. with the visible sign of an assassination attempt, donald trump greeted the crowd

defiantly, but he appeared subdued and emotional. earlier in the day his sons arrived at the convention, the events of saturday still on their minds... it was horrible. i'm sitting there watching with my children and my heart broke, my heart absolutely broke. it shouldn't have happened. the secret service agents on the ground did an unbelievable job. but it's heartbreaking. ..before nominating their own father, giving him enough delegates to be the presidential nominee. for the greatest president that's ever lived, and that's donaldj trump... cheering. ..hereby declaring him the republican nominee. and there you have it. after all the controversy, the indictments and the conviction, the republican party have officially nominated donald trump as their presidential candidate. as you can see, people are so elated. joe mullins was sat behind the trump family. that was amazing. it was one of the best experiences.

i had tears in my eyes, and i haven't cried like that since i lost my mother. as you can see, everybody here is happy right now, i everybody is rejuvenated right now. and we're happy with the vp pick for president trump. _ the vp, or vice president, is 39—year—old senatorjd vance. he found fame when his memoir about growing up in poverty became a netflix movie. but it's a dramatic u—turn for a man who was once never trump. i know you've been asked about this before, about past comments that you've made about donald trump. you've said, "i'm a never—trump guy, never liked him, terrible candidate, idiot if you voted for him." but in a new interview with fox news he defended his comments. after donald trump lost his re—election four years ago, many republicans said it was time to move on from him. but nearly a decade after first getting to the top of the grand old party, it is now very much the party of donald trump. nomia iqbal, bbc news, wisconsin.

president biden has admitted in an interview with the american television network nbc that it was a mistake to use the term "in the bullseye" when referring to donald trump. he's said to have made the comment in the days before the attempt on mr trump's life but said he'd been focusing on his rival�*s agenda. he also reiterated he's not changed his mind about remaining in the presidential race, and defended calling donald trump a threat to democracy. the truth of the matter was... it was a mistake to use the word... idid... i didn't say cross hairs. i meant bullseye. focus on him. focus on what he's doing. focus on... on his policies. focus on the number of lies he told in the debate. focus... i mean, there's a whole range of things that... look, i'm not the guy that said i want to be a dictator on day one. i'm not the guy that refused to accept the outcome of the election. i'm not the guy who said they wouldn't accept the outcome of this election automatically. you can't only love your

country when you win. president biden speaking to nbc. let's speak to natasha lindstaedt — professor of government at essex university. thank you forjoining us. before we talk about president biden and what he said, let's talk about president trump. he made his appearance at the rnc with his new vp, jd vance. what do you make of that choice? jt is rnc with his new vp, jd vance. what do you make of that choice?- do you make of that choice? it is an interesting — do you make of that choice? it is an interesting choice _ do you make of that choice? it is an interesting choice because - do you make of that choice? it is an interesting choice because there i do you make of that choice? it is an | interesting choice because there was some talk that trump would choose someone that maybe was more loyal to him through and through, or maybe someone who could balance the ticket in terms of coming from a state that was a swing state. jd vance is a senator from was a swing state. jd vance is a senatorfrom ohio which is no longer a swing state. jd vance balances the ticket in other ways. he is only 39

years old, really young, it shows trump wants to find someone who can lead the party for the future, the head of the make america great again movement and vance and trump are in lockstep on key policies. they are both anti—immigration, more isolationist, wanting tariffs on goods coming in and also wanting a foreign policy that is more isolationist too. vance has been one of the most vocal supporters of trump, immediately after the assassination attempt he was on twitter criticising biden and the bullseye comment, he has also become very good friends with trump's son donjunior, so there were lots of factors at play but i think a lot of it is about bringing in a candidate that will energise the base even more, but that is really doubling down on trumpets. haifa

more, but that is really doubling down on trumpets.— more, but that is really doubling down on trumpets. now we have had a coule of down on trumpets. now we have had a couple of days — down on trumpets. now we have had a couple of days after _ down on trumpets. now we have had a couple of days after the _ couple of days after the assassination attempt, where are we on terms of what this has done to change the course of the election, what it means the president trump is my campaign and president biden who before saturday evening was under immense pressure, was he not? there have been a — immense pressure, was he not? there have been a lot — immense pressure, was he not? there have been a lot of _ immense pressure, was he not? there have been a lot of ripple _ immense pressure, was he not? there have been a lot of ripple effect - immense pressure, was he not? ii—urr have been a lot of ripple effect and it has definitely united the republicans by trump more than ever. they have already been united. his approval rating has been a 46% and not wavered, and it will lead to lots more campaign funds that will be flushing in for his campaign and he will be promoted as some sort of superman figure. there is already that imagery comparing him tojesus. four by two this puts the democrats in a very tricky situation about how to criticise trump, biden had pulled some of the campaign adverts in the

aftermath of the assassination attempt. and it is also about whether or not the democrats want to push biden more vigorously to step down. one of the big contrasts we have seen at the convention, the republicans are really united and completely energise between a candidate and the democrats are quite fractured, they do not know whether to stay with biden, to go with vice president kamala harris or to go with somebody else so they have a lot of hard choices to make at the upcoming weeks.— at the upcoming weeks. professor natasha lindstaedt, _ at the upcoming weeks. professor natasha lindstaedt, thank - at the upcoming weeks. professor natasha lindstaedt, thank you i at the upcoming weeks. professor natasha lindstaedt, thank you forj natasha lindstaedt, thank you for talking to us on bbc news. three years ago, bmx racer bethany shriever made history by becoming the first british athlete to win a gold medal in the sport. now with just ten days to go until the paris games, she's hoping to replicate that success. when you're at the top, no—one's talking to each other, and it is like, right, it is time race now. do a few deep breaths

and yeah, off i go. hi, i'm beth shriever, i'm 25 and a professional bmx racer. all the way, all the way, all the way! yes! bethany shriever, at i the first time of asking. the olympic champion. how has life changed for you since that day? i think life changed massively since winning gold. i think because it was such a shock to everyone, like, even myself. first olympic games, and this is unreal. no—one prepares you for what comes after it, so there was all these red carpet events, rubbing shoulders with celebrities, it's been a crazy one, so i am excited for the next coming months. since winning gold in tokyo, you have won two world titles, european golds, i mean, you have kind of done it all, so what motivates you now? there's still a few things i want to do, tick off my list. i think the most titles a woman's ever won in bmx is three, so i want to try and get up there,

win three to four titles. i want to be known as one of the greatest bmx racers of all time. you sort of start that title defence and that progress in paris. yeah. yeah, definitely. i think obviously mariana pajon has got two golds and a silver, so there is a lot to live up to. yeah, she's the queen of bmx, literally. to match that and get another gold would be incredible. i guess i'm coming for her crown! how important is it to you, about inspiring the next generation? it's massive. it has been cool to do that, and it's nice to show these younger girls that you can make it in the sport, it can be yourjob and you can do a career out of it. athletes are increasingly being put on this pedestal as role models, not least in sport, but with other issues. climate change is a big talking point in paris, do you think that sport should be doing a bit more? yes, i think definitely, i feel like everyone can do a bit

more when it comes to climate change, especially the platform and the olympics, and as a cyclist, what better way to promote, you know, put your car keys down for a day and get out and ride to work? so, i think it needs to come from us, and i think when all of us come together, then, yeah, more change can happen. sarah dawkins reporting there. and sarahjoins us live from the national cycling centre in manchester. sarah, good morning. and you and some colleagues are taking part in a cycle to the opening ceremony in paris. from manchester! it sounds like a lot of hard work. how well are you? yes, it will be a lot of hard work. preparations have been ok, i am hoping for a little bit of luck too. we have 500 miles to cover over the next eight days to make it in time for the olympic games and we have moved inside the national cycling

centre, we are at the bmx racing track and there are local schoolchildren taking part in a bmx intro session, navigating the bumps and jumps off the track, it certainly looks much more fun than morning lessons for sure. we are using the cycle to talk about the big issues around the games with regards to sustainability, climate change but also catching up with some of the athletes who will be competing in paris. i am joined some of the athletes who will be competing in paris. iam joined by tokyo olympic silver medallist and bmx racer kai white. how are the preparations going? hat bmx racer kai white. how are the preparations going?— bmx racer kai white. how are the preparations going? not too great, i have had injury _ preparations going? not too great, i have had injury for _ preparations going? not too great, i have had injury for the _ preparations going? not too great, i have had injury for the past - preparations going? not too great, i have had injury for the past four i have had injury for the past four weeks _ have had injury for the past four weeks now— have had injury for the past four weeks now which i am hoping will go away soon. — weeks now which i am hoping will go away soon, but apart from that it has been — away soon, but apart from that it has been great, given what i need to do and _ has been great, given what i need to do and hopefully working something out. ., ., ., , ., , out. you won a brilliant silver in to 0, out. you won a brilliant silver in tokyo. what _ out. you won a brilliant silver in tokyo, what did _ out. you won a brilliant silver in tokyo, what did that _ out. you won a brilliant silver in tokyo, what did that do - out. you won a brilliant silver in tokyo, what did that do for- out. you won a brilliant silver in tokyo, what did that do for the | tokyo, what did that do for the sport of bmx? some brilliant

celebrations, but it really elevated the sport too? that was the main goal, to go to the olympics hopefully do well for myself and do well enough to get the sport out on a bigger— well enough to get the sport out on a bigger level and reach out to more kids and _ a bigger level and reach out to more kids and hopefully adults to get involved — kids and hopefully adults to get involved in the sport.— kids and hopefully adults to get involved in the sport. there has been some _ involved in the sport. there has been some more _ involved in the sport. there has been some more sport - involved in the sport. there has been some more sport england| been some more sport england research today suggesting kids want to see athletes like yourself doing more and speaking out more on issues like sustainability and climate change. as an athlete do you see yourself as a role model? j change. as an athlete do you see yourself as a role model? i would like to say — yourself as a role model? i would like to say so _ yourself as a role model? i would like to say so and _ yourself as a role model? i would like to say so and i _ yourself as a role model? i would like to say so and i hope - yourself as a role model? i would like to say so and i hope so, i like to say so and i hope so, obviously— like to say so and i hope so, obviously if more people can get on bikes _ obviously if more people can get on bikes instead of driving it would be brilliant _ bikes instead of driving it would be brilliant and kids can get involved in any— brilliant and kids can get involved in any sport, especially bmx, it would _ in any sport, especially bmx, it would be — in any sport, especially bmx, it would be great for the sport and for the future _ would be great for the sport and for the future of the kids so if people can get— the future of the kids so if people can get on— the future of the kids so if people can get on the bikes it would be great _ can get on the bikes it would be treat. ., , ., . can get on the bikes it would be treat, ., , ., . ., can get on the bikes it would be treat. ., , ., . ., ., ,, great. lots of children are taking art in great. lots of children are taking part in bmx _ great. lots of children are taking part in bmx today _ great. lots of children are taking part in bmx today and _ great. lots of children are taking part in bmx today and i - great. lots of children are taking part in bmx today and i am i great. lots of children are taking part in bmx today and i am also | part in bmx today and i am also joined by some of those children,

they look like pros, michaela, freddie and nora. how was the session this morning?- freddie and nora. how was the session this morning? have you en'o ed session this morning? have you enjoyed it? _ session this morning? have you enjoyed it? yes, _ session this morning? have you enjoyed it? yes, i'm _ session this morning? have you enjoyed it? yes, i'm really- session this morning? have you | enjoyed it? yes, i'm really happy session this morning? have you i enjoyed it? yes, i'm really happy to participate — enjoyed it? yes, i'm really happy to participate because you can't do this every— participate because you can't do this every day and it is really nice to try— this every day and it is really nice to try to— this every day and it is really nice to try to learn how to ride bmx. freddie. — to try to learn how to ride bmx. freddie, what do you like most about bmx? what gave you the biggest thrill today? the bmx? what gave you the biggest thrill today?— bmx? what gave you the biggest thrill toda ? .. ., , , thrill today? the racing, the ramps, the adrenaline _ thrill today? the racing, the ramps, the adrenaline of _ thrill today? the racing, the ramps, the adrenaline of driving _ the adrenaline of driving a bike. how— the adrenaline of driving a bike. how cool— the adrenaline of driving a bike. how cool is _ the adrenaline of driving a bike. how cool is it _ the adrenaline of driving a bike. how cool is it to _ the adrenaline of driving a bike. how cool is it to be _ the adrenaline of driving a bike. how cool is it to be here - the adrenaline of driving a bike. how cool is it to be here at i the adrenaline of driving a bike. how cool is it to be here at a i the adrenaline of driving a bike. i how cool is it to be here at a place where athletes like that kye train? it inspires you to be more like them and really— it inspires you to be more like them and really gets _ it inspires you to be more like them and really gets you _ it inspires you to be more like them and really gets you going. - it inspires you to be more like them and really gets you going.— it inspires you to be more like them and really gets you going. nora, the ol mic and really gets you going. nora, the olympic games _ and really gets you going. nora, the olympic games are _ and really gets you going. nora, the olympic games are starting - and really gets you going. nora, the olympic games are starting in i and really gets you going. nora, the olympic games are starting in paris| olympic games are starting in paris next week, will you be tuning in? i'm very excited for the cycling and swimming — i'm very excited for the cycling and swimminu. ~ ., i'm very excited for the cycling and swimminu. ~ . ., ,., i'm very excited for the cycling and swimminu. ~ . ., �* ~ i'm very excited for the cycling and swimming-— swimming. what about bmx, after t in: it swimming. what about bmx, after trying it today _ swimming. what about bmx, after trying it today will _ swimming. what about bmx, after trying it today will you _ swimming. what about bmx, after trying it today will you be - swimming. what about bmx, after trying it today will you be giving i trying it today will you be giving it a picture,

trying it today will you be giving ita picture, and trying it today will you be giving it a picture, and especially kye and beth, who we have heard from earlier? , , beth, who we have heard from earlier?_ michaela, l beth, who we have heard from i earlier?_ michaela, will earlier? definitely. michaela, will ou be earlier? definitely. michaela, will you be cheering _ earlier? definitely. michaela, will you be cheering for— earlier? definitely. michaela, will you be cheering for any _ earlier? definitely. michaela, will you be cheering for any sport i earlier? definitely. michaela, will you be cheering for any sport in l you be cheering for any sport in particular? j you be cheering for any sport in particular?— you be cheering for any sport in articular? , . particular? i will be participating in swimming _ particular? i will be participating in swimming too _ particular? i will be participating in swimming too under - particular? i will be participating in swimming too under cycling, l particular? i will be participating j in swimming too under cycling, i think— in swimming too under cycling, i think it— in swimming too under cycling, i think it will — in swimming too under cycling, i think it will be — in swimming too under cycling, i think it will be really _ in swimming too under cycling, i think it will be really fun - in swimming too under cycling, i think it will be really fun to i think it will be really fun to watch _ think it will be really fun to watch. think it will be really fun to watch, ., , ., think it will be really fun to watch. ., , ., . watch. so lots of excitement buildin: watch. so lots of excitement building here _ watch. so lots of excitement building here at _ watch. so lots of excitement building here at the - watch. so lots of excitement building here at the national cycling centre for those games, we will be providing coverage over the next eight days where we will hopefully make it in time for paris. we will be following you, thank you. not literally following, following her on tv! breaking news from the worlds of welsh politics. four welsh ministers have quit the government in protest at first minister vaughan gething's leadership, telling him they cannot get on with the job "without you standing down." mick antoniw, juliejames, lesley griffiths and jeremy miles resigned on tuesday morning, posting separate letters on social media in which they called

for mr gething to go. the first minister has come under sustained criticism in recent months for his decision to sack former minister hannah blythyn, and over a series of rows concerning donations he took while running to be welsh labour leader. let's speak to journalist martin shipman, associate editorfor nation cymru. thank you very much forjoining us, and let me ask you first of all, is this pressure going to be enough, do you think, to force gethinjones to go? to force vaughan getting to go. i think so, he will take persuading, what we have to remember is for many years, in fact for his entire adult life he has moved towards wantings to be the first minister, he has been very ambitious, and he managed to achieve that in march, and therefore, it is not going to be easy to get him to recognise the

fact that he has lost the confidence of his colleagues, as well as the confidence of the senedd, the welsh parliament which recently passed a motion of no confidence in him but that didn't mean that he resigns, so, it will be difficult but i am sure that is going to be unsustainable for him to carry on, not least because of the fact that labour does not have a majority in the senedd, it will not be possible to get a budget through, for next year, because they need to rely on the votes of opposition parties in order to do that, and they have also said they will not pass a budget with him in place as first minister. so sooner or later he will have to wake up tow the fact that he has got to go, but my understanding is that yesterday, these ministers and others were trying to persuade him to go but clearly he has resisted all attempts to remove him, and

therefore, they have resigned this morning and i expect further announcements as the day goes on from other people in the labour party who want him to go. but, so far, he hasn't said that he is going to go, which will prolong the agony in a sense. ~ ., ., to go, which will prolong the agony in a sense-— in a sense. what do you think it is that is stopping — in a sense. what do you think it is that is stopping him _ in a sense. what do you think it is that is stopping him from - in a sense. what do you think it is| that is stopping him from leaving? in a sense. what do you think it is l that is stopping him from leaving? i think it is the failure to come to terms with the fact that something that he has wanted to achieve for so many years, has turned out to be a disaster. of his own making it has to be said, because no—one forced him to accept a £200,000 donation to his leadership campaign from a convicted criminal, which is what happened and no—one forced him to write a message to ministerial colleagues at the height of the covid crisis, that he was deleting

messages because they were subjected to disclosure under the freedom of information act, and you know, that came to light, and it was the case that he misled the covid inquiry, so you are talking about very serious matters here, which have caused an enormous amount of heartache within the labour party in wales but also, within the wider body politics, and if you look at the approval ratings for mr gething, and you are talking about a country which is predominantly a labour voting country and has been for more than 100 year, the latest poll shows that his approval rating is lower than that of rishi sunak. ok. his approval rating is lower than that of rishi sunak.— that of rishi sunak. ok, martyn shi ton, that of rishi sunak. ok, martyn shipton. thank _ that of rishi sunak. ok, martyn shipton, thank you _ that of rishi sunak. ok, martyn shipton, thank you for - that of rishi sunak. ok, martyn shipton, thank you for taking i that of rishi sunak. ok, martyn l shipton, thank you for taking the time to speak to us, more on that story on the bbc live website.

now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello. ourjuly soaking continues, now with large areas of southern and eastern england who have already had well over the july average rainfall, along with parts of north east aberdeenshire. it has been particularly wet in london, double thejuly rainfall here, and nearly two—and—a—half times as much rain as we would normally see in a typicaljuly in parts of north yorkshire. there is more rain to add today as well. an area of low pressure has been bringing pretty extensive rain this morning, the low will gradually move away this afternoon to allow brighter, sunnier weather through. however, there are going to be some showers around and the showers that form along this convergence line, where the winds kind of bash together, across parts of scotland and northern england, those showers will be particularly heavy and slow—moving in nature, bringing 30 millimetres of rain in places, in the space ofjust a couple of hours. that is enough to cause some localised flash flooding.

you might even see one or two funnel clouds from those storms. temperatures 18—21, a bit below average for the time of year, but still feeling pleasant in the afternoon sunny spells. now this evening those showers for east scotland and north east england take a long time to fade away, but eventually it becomes drier with some clear spells around, temperatures 10—12 degrees overnight. here is something we are not seeing much of so far this month, it is an area of high pressure, and it is on the way for wednesday. pencil in a largely dry day with pleasantjuly sunshine. the sunshine with us from the word go really, for most parts of the uk, with little change through the course of the afternoon. there could be an odd passing shower in the hebrides, but otherwise essentially staying dry. in the sunshine we are looking at temperatures up to 20 degrees in belfast, 21 in glasgow, feeling pleasant here, 22 for hull and for cardiff, but up to 24 in london, which is average for the time of year. the high pressure tries to hang around across england and wales through thursday, but it loses its grip further north—west, with rain returning to scotland and northern ireland. here we will have some cooler air moving back in from the atlantic, so temperatures back down into the teens. england and wales, though, plenty of warm sunshine and if anything getting much warmer. a blast of summer heat,

26 degrees in london on thursday, and potentially even hotter on friday, with temperatures reaching 27. however, low pressure then moves back in, bringing a return of rather unsettled weather conditions, with rain or showers developing and hanging around into next week. the czech billionaire who is hoping to take over royal mail has said he's committed to delivering letters to every part of the uk six days a week, but warned that not all demands by unions can be met. daniel kretinsky has made a £3.6 billion bid for the firm, which is awaiting approval by shareholders. he's spoken exclusively to our business editor simonjack. things have changed a bit in the 500 years since royal mail was founded by henry viii. this is the man who wants to be the new owner, czech billionaire daniel kretinsky. so why should he be trusted

with such an historic and important asset? of course, in a way you can be paralysed by the great responsibility that comes from such a tradition, from such a name, from the importance of, uh, of the company. but the answer for me was simple, because i truly believe that we can help now, and that we can contribute and we can play our little role, which can, however, be very important in the history of royal mail. royal mail is losing money, letter volumes are declining, and its market share in the profitable parcels business has plummeted. mr kretinsky has committed in writing to keep the one—price—goes—anywhere universal service for at least five years, but also made this personal promise. as long as i'm alive, i completely exclude this, and i'm sure that anybody who would be my successor would absolutely understand this. so why not put that in writing? because there are two

different things. one thing is what is clearly your commitment, and i say this as an absolutely clear, unconditional commitment — royal mail is going to be the provider of universal service obligation in the uk, unconditionally, and i would say forever. unions have grave misgivings about the proposed deal. i can't think of any other country in the world that would just hand over its entire postal service to an overseas equity investor. we believe that there needs to be a different answer that gives workers and customers a greater say over the future direction of the company. mr kretinsky has guaranteed no compulsory redundancies, but only until next year. but he insists his plan can help secure jobs and a brighter future. unions do understand as well that we are on the same ship, and that we need this ship to be successful. and if we are there, we don't have any real problems to deal with, because the sky is blue and it's blue for everybody.

the unions can't stop this deal, but the government can, and will have the last word later this year. simon jack, bbc news. and our business editor simonjackjoins me now. daniel kretinsky keen to reassure the union, do youty he has done enough to do that? j the union, do youty he has done enough to do that?— the union, do youty he has done enough to do that? i think they are still some way _ enough to do that? i think they are still some way apart, _ enough to do that? i think they are still some way apart, they - enough to do that? i think they are still some way apart, they asked i enough to do that? i think they are | still some way apart, they asked for a share in any future profits, and he is open to that, but they also want a seat on some of the boards that dictate the way the company is run and they want an ownership stake, he is not open to either of those, so there is some distance between them and i expect them to be something of a collision course. the this is a matterfor the shareholders i think they will approve this deal. he owns 27.5%. he only needs to persuade half the rest and the board have recommended it. then it comes to the government who i expect will call this in and do a formal review under the national security invest. act as to whether

he is a you know, worthy steward for something that has been round for so long, the government has said that it will subject it to robust scrutiny but is not against it in principle. so i think the chance of this deal going through are reasonably high, i think it might well go through if the government allow it but i predict trouble ahead, when he combs into, comes up against some of the unions�* demands some of which he is not minded to grant. some of which he is not minded to rant. ~ ., ., some of which he is not minded to i rant, . ., ., 4' ., some of which he is not minded to rant. ~ ., ., ~ ., ., grant. what do we know about daniel kretins , grant. what do we know about daniel kretinsky. who _ grant. what do we know about daniel kretinsky, who is _ grant. what do we know about daniel kretinsky, who is he? _ grant. what do we know about daniel kretinsky, who is he? he _ grant. what do we know about daniel kretinsky, who is he? he is _ grant. what do we know about daniel kretinsky, who is he? he is a - grant. what do we know about daniel kretinsky, who is he? he is a czech l kretinsky, who is he? he is a czech billionaire. — kretinsky, who is he? he is a czech billionaire, he _ kretinsky, who is he? he is a czech billionaire, he made _ kretinsky, who is he? he is a czech billionaire, he made a _ kretinsky, who is he? he is a czech billionaire, he made a fortune i kretinsky, who is he? he is a czech billionaire, he made a fortune in i billionaire, he made a fortune in energy, gas, coal, for example, in around eastern europe, he owns 10% of sainsbury, he 27.5% of west ham football club pluses other assets round europe. he says he wants to diversify his portfolio, particularly into logistic, royal amail�*s parent companies has a company called glc, which does par

tell businesses in canada and germany and elsewhere, he has committed not to sell that off and split up the company, but he seems to be wanting to make a kind of europe—wide company to rival the likes of amazon, and inpost which have done well out of the online shopping wave we have seen over recent year, so, you know, he says he is in for the long—haul and wants to own it forever but what he said in that interview is different from what he put down on paper, he says will honour the universal service obligation, but although that is under review, but he won't put that in writing because he says i can't make unconditional guarantee's, but make unconditional guara ntee's, but i make unconditional guarantee's, but i say, no compulsory redundancy guarantee is only until 2025, can unions have grave misgives and i expect, i think they will find a way to clyde at some point. —— collide at some point.

a former british police officer, who claims to save children from human traffickers, has faked stories to raise money for his charity, the bbc can reveal. adam whittington is the founder of project rescue children, he's raised thousands of pounds from donors around the world. but file on four has found evidence of false and misleading social media posts and that funds raised haven't reached children in need. this report from hayley mortimer. people just want to see rescues, you know, and it's all glory. adam whittington is a former london police officer. he now runs a charity, project rescue children, and posts updates of his work rescuing children from around the world. i'll also confirm now everything i state is factual, as in all my posts and videos. but the bbc has analysed his social media accounts, uncovering false and misleading posts — including the rescue of a newborn baby in the gambia. it's here that adam whittington says that he carried out the most unbelievable rescue mission.

he says that his team received a tip—off that a newborn baby was going to be handed over to traffickers at a busy market place in the gambia. he said he adopted the baby and asked one of his volunteers, a uk social media influencer, to be the girl's mother. alex betts visited the baby and the story went viral. the money came pouring in. god, hayley, is that her? ijust can't believe she's here. but the bbc has found this child and discovered that adam's rescue story was completely made up. she wasn't rescued from traffickers at a busy market place. she was born right here, and she's been living here with her mother ever since. the mother tells us she's never received any money from prc, but was given some groceries. alex no longer works with prc. she told us she's always acted with honest and pure intentions. prc insists that it did rescue a baby in collaboration

with the gambian authorities. in kenya, prc used a photograph of this man's son to raise money through its child sponsorship programme. prc's website said he'd been orphaned, trafficked or sexually exploited — none of which is true. translation: it pains my heart that someone is using the photos - of my child to source for money that i personally do not even eat or taste. not long after his photograph was taken, eugene died, but his picture remained online and according to prc's website, people continued to send money every month. project rescue children has been a registered charity in australia since 2017, but recently had its charity status revoked. adam whittington did not respond to our request for an interview. he's currently travelling back and forth to the philippines, where he's raising money for another rescue centre, and he says he has plans to expand. if we had enough manpower and enough

funding, we would be in every single corner of the globe. you can listen or watch file on 4's "the child rescue con" on bbc sounds and iplayer now. with a bandage strapped over one ear, donald trump has made a return to the public eye at the republican national convention, receiving a rapturous welcome from thousands of supporters two days after an attempt on his life. but there are many questions surrounding the secret service, whose main duty is to protect presidents past and present. congress has launched an investigation into what happened. here's ros atkins from bbc verify. there is more evidence there were warnings in the minutes before this happened. gunshots.

those shots were fired at 6.11pm on saturday by a man on the roof. he was 130 metres away from the stage where donald trump was speaking. the us homeland security secretary has said a direct line of sight like that to the former president should not occur. but not only was there a direct line of sight, there were warnings about a possible threat. this video's emerged. it's from from one minute 45 seconds before the attack. look, there he is. in this clip, people have noticed a man on a roof. they are shouting to an officer. he's on the roof. right here. right on the roof. it is confirmation some police knew about the threat close to two minutes before the attack. then this video, filmed by a spectator inside the rally, shows the seconds before the attack. we see a person running, apparently aware there is an issue. that adds to this video, filmed at 6.10pm, which shows a man and what appears to be a police officer looking at the buildings.

and there is this account. he had a rifle. we could clearly see him with a rifle, and the police were like, "huh, what?" they didn't know what was going on. given these warnings in those two minutes, why wasn't donald trump taken off stage? why wasn't the man on the roof challenged? we have heard from county sheriff michael sloup. his local police were present. he says the attacker was seen outside the rally venue before trump started speaking, and was identified as a suspicious person. he also says that officers didn't know he was armed, and that they momentarily lost track of him. sheriff sloup also says later, with the speech under way an officer checked the roof of this building. the officer had both hands up on the roof to get up on to the roof, never made it because the shooter had turned towards the officer, and rightfully and smartfully the officer let go. shots were fired at trump shortly afterwards, the sheriff says. it is not clear how much the secret service knew about all of this at the time,

but evidence now shows that close to two minutes of clear warnings didn't lead to the attack being stopped. first identified by scientists 20 years ago, the largest area of rainforest in southern africa is to become a conservation zone. mabu forest in northern mozambique is known as a "sky island", perched on top of a mountain and surrounded on all sides by lowland. our environment correspondent, jonah fisher, has been given exclusive access to film there. welcome to eden. welcome to the centre of mabu forest. this is about as good as it gets. there are still places on earth that humans have hardly touched. the forest is in excellent condition. the water is crystal clear. mabu forest is one of them. protected by mozambique's many wars and its remote location, this place was, for a long time, only known to locals. then, 20 years ago, a mysterious dark green patch was spotted on satellite images by explorer and ecologist professorjulian baylis.

oh, my god! i mean, what have we discovered here? when he went to check it out on the ground, he couldn't believe his eyes. we found the largest rainforest in southern africa. what came next was a race against time to reveal mabu's secrets, in the hope that it would lead to the forest being protected. we joined professor bayliss and a team of scientists on their latest expedition — looking for new species in the very heart of mabu. one of the reasons why mabu is so special is because it's effectively a land island — a high altitude forest surrounded by the lowlands of mozambique. and what that means for the creatures who live here is that they've evolved separately from other populations, making many of them unique. there it is. ok, wait.

so far, more than 25 new species have been found and formally described... come here. don't go away. ..including at least ten of professor bayliss's favourite — butterflies. bayliss ipoppiana. poppy's the name of my daughter, so this one is named after my daughter. it was like four metres up in a small vine. there have also been new species of snakes, bats, crabs and chameleons. nadzikambia baylissi. it's a chameleon, which is only found on mount mabu. in a stream just by our tents, erica thinks she's found a new freshwater catfish. i hope that we have a new species for this area. it's very exciting. amazing. you guys, are you sure you don't want to...? this is unique. meet the dung beetle specialist. hold on, hold on. i want to put on my gloves. he thinks he's found more than 15 new species on mabu and puts

it down to the quality of his bait. basically, i'm using my faeces to... ..as a bait, to attract dung beetles here in the forest. so all over this part of the forest, there are probably dung beetles smelling your poo, thinking... that's correct! ..it�*s lunchtime. that's correct. no, i think this time around, maybe, is brunch! when we speak to the mozambique authorities, there's more good news. they confirm for the first time that all the new discoveries have convinced them to turn mabu into a conservation area. for professor bayliss, it will mark the end of a two decade—long journey. we've now arrived at the end goal of protecting this forest. this is a conservation success story. kept hidden for so long, thanks to science, mabu's secrets should live on. jonah fisher, bbc news in northern mozambique.

some live pictures from nigh low by in yin. these are showing anti—government protests in kenya which are continuing, they have been going on for a while. they are led by young activists who took to the streets to protest about the tax hike, being brought in by the government, he is still under pressure despite the fact he has succumbed to some demands but demonstrators are not happy, they don't think it is enough. they are demanding the president's resignation with new rallies being called using the hashtag on social media, ruto must go. to show you the pictures in nairobi, things are getting hectic at this protest, a short while ago when you couldn't see the pictures we saw tear gas

being fired by some of the riot police at demonstrators but you can see there there is a huge police presence. young people have taken to the streets, the tax hikes some of which have been repealed, are the subject of the reason why people are angry, but that anger really has widened now and it is a bit more about the president himself, the fact these protestors want him to go. the end of term means lots of pupils saying goodbye to school. some vow never to go near the place again, others might drop in occasionally to say hello. but best friends, sophie and alex, have gone one better than that. they've both gone back to their old school, just six years after they left, as teachers. steve beech went to meet them. do you remember on a friday when we used to have revision sessions at lunchtime and we used to get chips in? walking to classes together, just as they did as teenagers. sophie and alex left noel—baker in alveston as pupils in 2018, but now the pair are back

and this time they're in front of the class. what was the term that they used for that, like, alliance between germany and austria? sophie, or miss oxtoby, as she's now known, teaches history. today, these year 10 pupils are learning about the first world war. if they've not got enough money for clothes and food or anything like that, it suggests they are, what? just poor. poor and it's poverty. the class will sit their gcse exams next summer, just seven years after their teacher. we have such a strong sense of community round here, so it was like a no—brainer that i wanted to come back and obviously further help my community. like, everyone who lives in alvaston knows somebody that's gone to derby. so it's just that sense of community and wanting to give back almost. what scale am i going to use to measure the strength of an earthquake? and just down the corridor, sophie's former classmate and friend alex, alias mr baines, is also teaching year 10. but this time it's geography. there were four compared to the five — it's ten times less. it was really strange to start off

with because this is, like, where i grew up and where i've got all my memories from, but it's become a place that i've really cherished, just as me growing as a person even furtherand becoming that, like, professional, where i'm working with the children and developing them as well as myself further. to see, and that means a very different relationship with former teachers, who are now colleagues. it was really difficult at first, but obviously now they've become colleagues, who support both me and alex all the time anyway. so it's almost become that working relationship now because of the support that we've got. it was really strange and it was, i wouldn't say uncomfortable, but it wasjust different — it was a different experience. but now it's come to, like, it's really personal — when we know them on a professional and a personal level. it makes us so proud. we've got so many staff here who work so hard, and to be able to see the fruits of the labour. to have them at the school, working alongside us and inspiring a next generation of potential noel—baker teachers is amazing for us. off you go.

lessons for the day over and pupils head home. maybe they too might return as teachers in years to come. steve beech, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris faulkes. hello. ourjuly soaking continues, now with large areas of southern and eastern england who have already had well over the july average rainfall, along with parts of north east aberdeenshire. it has been particularly wet in london, double thejuly rainfall here, and nearly two—and—a—half times as much rain as we would normally see in a typicaljuly in parts of north yorkshire. there is more rain to add today as well. an area of low pressure has been bringing pretty extensive rain this morning, the low will gradually move away this afternoon to allow brighter, sunnier weather through. however, there are going to be some showers around and the showers that form along this convergence line, where the winds kind of bash together, across parts of scotland and northern england, those showers will be particularly heavy and slow—moving in nature, bringing 30 millimetres of rain in places, in the space

ofjust a couple of hours. that is enough to cause some localised flash flooding. you might even see one or two funnel clouds from those storms. temperatures 18—21, a bit below average for the time of year, but still feeling pleasant in the afternoon sunny spells. now this evening those showers for east scotland and north east england take a long time to fade away, but eventually it becomes drier with some clear spells around, temperatures 10—12 degrees overnight. here is something we are not seeing much of so far this month, it is an area of high pressure, and it is on the way for wednesday. pencil in a largely dry day with pleasantjuly sunshine. the sunshine with us from the word go really, for most parts of the uk, with little change through the course of the afternoon. there could be an odd passing shower in the hebrides, but otherwise essentially staying dry. in the sunshine we are looking at temperatures up to 20 degrees in belfast, 21 in glasgow, feeling pleasant here, 22 for hull and for cardiff, but up to 24 in london, which is average for the time of year. the high pressure tries to hang around across england and wales through thursday, but it loses its grip further north—west, with rain returning to scotland and northern ireland. here we will have some cooler air moving back in from the atlantic, so temperatures back down into the teens.

england and wales, though, plenty of warm sunshine and if anything getting much warmer. a blast of summer heat, 26 degrees in london on thursday, and potentially even hotter on friday, with temperatures reaching 27. however, low pressure then moves back in, bringing a return of rather unsettled weather conditions, with rain or showers developing and hanging around into next week.

live from london. this is bbc news four ministers in the welsh government quit — and call for leader vaughan gething to step down. relatives of missing british teenagerjay slater are waiting to find out if a body found on the spanish island of tenerife is his. two days after surviving an assassination attempt, a bandaged donald trump makes an emotional appearance at the republican national convention. mr trump wasjoined at the convention by his newly—announced running mate — 39—year—old ohio senator jd vance. the government launches what it's calling a "root and branch" review of the armed forces. and the czech billionaire bidding

to take over royal mail tells the bbc he'll never walk away from the commitment to deliver letters six days a week. welcome to bbc news. we start with breakin: welcome to bbc news. we start with breaking news _ welcome to bbc news. we start with breaking news from _ welcome to bbc news. we start with breaking news from the _ welcome to bbc news. we start with breaking news from the last - welcome to bbc news. we start with breaking news from the last hour. i four welsh ministers have resigned from the welsh government, calling for the first minister, vaughan gething, to stand down. mick antoniw, juliejames, lesley griffiths and jeremy miles all posted separate letters on social media in which they called for mr gething to go. the first minister has come under sustained criticism in recent months over a series of rows concerning donations he took while running to be welsh labour leader. in a letter quitting as welsh economy secretary, jeremy miles told

first minister vaughan gething, "we cannot continue like this." and the counsel general, mick antoniw, wrote: "it is clear that you no longer command a majority and for all intents and purposes the senedd is rudderless." martin shipman is the associate editor for nation cymru in cardiff. he says the resignations by the ministers will apply further pressure on gething to stand down. he is going to take some persuading. we have to remember that for many years, in fact for his entire adult life, he has moved towards wanting to be the first minister and has been an extremely ambitious politician. he managed to achieve that in march, and therefore its not going to be easy to get him to recognise the fact he has lost the confidence of his colleagues as well as the confidence of the senedd, the welsh parliament which recently passed a motion of no confidence in him, but that didn't mean he

resigned. so it will be difficult but i'm sure that it's going to be completely unsustainable for him to carry on, not least because of the fact that because labour does not have a majority in the senedd, it will not be possible to get the budget through for next year, because they need to rely on the votes of opposition parties to do that. they have all said they will not pass a budget with him in place as first minister. so sooner or later, he is going to have to wake up later, he is going to have to wake up to the fact that he has got to go. but my understanding is that yesterday these ministers and others were trying to persuade him to go, but clearly he has resisted all attempts to remove him and therefore they have resigned this morning. we can expect further announcements as the day goes on from other people in the day goes on from other people in the labour party who want him to go. but so far he hasn't said that he is

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that he misled the covid—19 inquiry. so you are talking about very serious matters that have caused an enormous amount of heartache within the labour party in wales but also within the wider body politic. if you look at the approval ratings for mr gething, and you are talking about a country which is predominantly labour voting and has been for more than 100 years, the latest poll showed that his approval rating is lower than that of rishi sunak. �* , , rating is lower than that of rishi sunak. �*, , i. ,., rating is lower than that of rishi sunak. �*, , , sunak. let's bring you some breaking news coming — sunak. let's bring you some breaking news coming in. _ sunak. let's bring you some breaking news coming in, and _ sunak. let's bring you some breaking news coming in, and that _ sunak. let's bring you some breaking news coming in, and that is _ sunak. let's bring you some breaking news coming in, and that is that i sunak. let's bring you some breaking news coming in, and that is that the l news coming in, and that is that the england men's football manager gareth southgate has announced his resignation. he is resigning as england manager. that news hasjust come out in the last few minutes. this of course coming off the back of that defeat in the euros 2024 final against spain on sunday night.

gareth southgate leaving the role of england manager after leading england manager after leading england to that final against spain. at the time after the match when he was asked about whether he would stay in the role, he said now was not the time to announce if he would stay on as manager after that defeat, but clearly in the last couple of days, he has given it a lot of thought and he has decided to leave his job as lot of thought and he has decided to leave hisjob as england manager. so gareth southgate has been in charge of england since 2016. he has had a hugely successful reign as manager of the england side. he has taken us into two world cups, two european championships. there was a lot of talk of the fa wanting him to stay. his contract ends in december but he has in the last few minutes resigned from his role as england manager. he

has been a very successful england manager reaching the semifinal of the 2018 world cup, reaching two euros finals, but despite that he came under an immense amount of criticism during the euros 2024 championships, particularly in the earlier group games because of what many perceived to be quite unappealing england performance where there weren't that many goals and it felt like england wasn't an attacking side as much as it could have been. let's read you the full statement from gareth southgate which has just hit the news wires." as a proud englishman, it's been the honour of my life to play for england and manage england. it's meant everything to me and i have given it my all but it is time for change and a new chapter. sunday's final in berlin was my final game as england manager. ijoined the fa in

2011 determined to improve english football in that time, including eight years as england men's manager. i have been supported by some brilliant people who have my heartfelt thanks. i could not have had anyone better beside me than steve holland, one of the most talented coaches of his generation and has been immense. i have had the privilege of leading a large group of players in 102 games, every one of players in 102 games, every one of them has been proud to wear the three lions on their shirts. " "and they have been a credit to their country in so many ways. the squad we took to germany is full of exciting young talent, and they can win the trophy we all dream of. i'm so proud of them and i hope we get behind the players and the team at st george's park and the fa who strive every day to improve english football and understand the power football and understand the power football has to drive positive

change. my special thanks go to the staff who provided the players and me with unstinting support over last eight years. their hard work and commitment inspire me every day and i'm so grateful to them, the brilliant team behind the team. i look forward to watching and celebrating as the players go on to create more special memories and to connect and inspire the nation as we know they can. thank you, england, for everything." that is a statement from gareth southgate. he has called himself a proud englishman and said it is the honour of his life to play for england and to manage england, he said it meant everything to him. he said he has given it his all. he also mentioned that now is the time

for change and that he is moving on from the england job. as i mentioned to you earlier, he has been managing the england football team since 2016. he has taken the england team to quite a few championships. i mean, he has taken us to the world cup in 2018. we also reached two euros finals as well but he has been under a lot of pressure during these euro 2024 championships. he came under a lot of criticism because of the way in which he led the team in those group matches in particular. we have had some reaction now from the football association, the fa, and this is a statement now from mark bolling, the fa chief executive. "on behalf of english

football, i would like to pay tribute to gareth southgate and steve holland for everything they have achieved. over the last eight years, they have transformed the england men's team, delivering unforgettable memories for everyone who loves the three lions. we look back at his tenure with huge pride, his contribution to the english game, including a significant role in player development and culture transformation has been unique. however its his record of winning tournament games which is most however its his record of winning tournament games whiu tournaments extraordinary. in the 25 tournaments post—1966 before gareth took charge, we had won seven knockout games. in his four tournaments, we have won nine. so in his last eight years, he has won more games that really matter than in the previous 50 years.

and of course, we have had strong tournament performances throughout their tenure. we came so close to winning the euros in london and securing the first trophy for our men's team for over 50 years — and came so close again in berlin on sunday. before gareth, our longest time ranked in the top five in the world was seven months. in his tenure we have been ranked there for six years. gareth has made the impossiblejob possible and laid strong foundations for future success. he is held in the highest regard by the players, the backroom team, by everyone at the fa and across the world of football. we are very proud of everything gareth and steve achieved for england, and will be forever grateful to them. the process for appointing gareth's successor is now under way and we aim to have our new manager confirmed as soon as possible. our uefa nations league campaign starts in september, and we have an interim solution in place if it is needed. we know there will be inevitable speculation, but we won't be commenting further on our process until we appoint."

that the statement from the fa chief executive, so to reiterate the news that the england manager gareth southgate has announced his resignation. we can cross live now to speak on the phone to our sports editor, dan roan, and you can feel the respect in that statement from the respect in that statement from the fa that they have for gareth southgate. the fa that they have for gareth southgate-— the fa that they have for gareth southaate. ~ , , , �*, ., southgate. absolutely, yes, it's no surrise southgate. absolutely, yes, it's no surprise they _ southgate. absolutely, yes, it's no surprise they have _ southgate. absolutely, yes, it's no surprise they have warm _ southgate. absolutely, yes, it's no surprise they have warm words i southgate. absolutely, yes, it's no surprise they have warm words for| surprise they have warm words for him after all the years revitalising the england team. before he took over, nationalteam the england team. before he took over, national team was a symbol of sporting underachievement, a bit of a national laughing stock. they went through a poor couple of decades with failure to qualify, then when did, tending to got knocked out early on. when england were knocked out and humiliated by iceland at the

euros, for gareth to come in and make the players want to turn up for england duty and then reach the semifinals for the first time in decades at the world cup in 2018 in russia, he then followed that up in 2021 with england's first final since 19 66. lost in the penalty shoot out then, then quarterfinals in the world cup. in the last few days we are in the final again heartbreaking loss to spain, but gareth has revitalised the team. he has revived it but he couldn't quite get them over the final hurdle to get them over the final hurdle to get that silverware that teams have been searching for for the men's side of things for the last 58 years. it's no surprise at all that he decided to walk away a couple of days after that disappointing defeat. i think it would have been a

big surprise if he had decided to stay on. the tournaments in charge taken its toll, the criticism has won him down and the fa were desperate for him to stay but it was always a long shot. he said that he was likely to go, and i think that if england had won it would have walked as well, frankly. now the fa have to work out who they install for that campaign because it's only two years until the world cup. fahd two years until the world cup. and do ou two years until the world cup. and do you have _ two years until the world cup. and do you have any names in the fray already? do you have any names in the fray alread ? ., do you have any names in the fray alread ? . ., , already? there are names in the frame. already? there are names in the frame- in _ already? there are names in the frame. in terms _ already? there are names in the frame. in terms of _ already? there are names in the frame. in terms of home-grown| frame. in terms of home—grown managers, the likes of eddie howe, the newcastle united manager, graham potter who had a successful tenure at brighton, less successful at chelsea and was sacked from that

role. it may well be the fa look to appoint from within. further afield, appoint from within. further afield, a lot of fans i think of england would like to see the fa go for the most prestigious names and they would include the likes ofjurgen klopp, former england manager of course, who was on something of a sabbatical. and then pep guardiola of course who has brought such success to manchester city. he has one less —— season left on his contract. we spoke to the fa chief executive on the eve of the euros in germany and mark bolling said they had a succession plan in place because they were aware of the likelihood that gareth southgate would walk away. and in the statement that you just read out, those not a lot of time until the

matches in the autumn so they are the kind of names i think we'll be in the frame. the kind of names i think we'll be in the frame-— in the frame. and it cannot be underlined — in the frame. and it cannot be underlined enough _ in the frame. and it cannot be underlined enough how- in the frame. and it cannot be l underlined enough how popular in the frame. and it cannot be i underlined enough how popular he in the frame. and it cannot be - underlined enough how popular he was among the players as well, they have among the players as well, they have a lot of love and respect for him, and the way in which he conducted himself and hisjob.— himself and his 'ob. absolutely, es, a himself and his 'ob. absolutely, yes. a lot _ himself and his 'ob. absolutely, yes. a lot of— himself and his job. absolutely, yes, a lot of warmth _ himself and his job. absolutely, yes, a lot of warmth from i himself and his job. absolutely, yes, a lot of warmth from the l himself and his job. absolutely, i yes, a lot of warmth from the squad towards gareth southgate. notjust because of the result he managed to bring about but also his leadership and the change in culture. there was and the change in culture. there was a time when england you got the got the sense the shirt weighed heavily on them and there was divisions in the squad. when gareth southgate came in, he set about changing that. he had been involved with the fa since 2011 as head of league development so he has been dedicated to trying to restore the credibility of the national team for quite some time. i think on the other hand however there will be some fans who feel that given the generation of

players he had in the last two or three years, england have a host of world—class players, that they should have won something. he came as close as it was possible to be and even in the final against spain, beaten by the better side. england could have equalised. there will be some fans who think thatjust could have equalised. there will be some fans who think that just for england to get over the final hurdle and deliver the trophy they cherish, that they can apply the tactics that would do that, but others will think that overall southgate should just be thanked for having brought about much progress given the past that we have. certainly when we look ahead to the world cup, there's no doubt given how young a lot of the players are we should be contenders but it won't be with southgate, we know that. ., ,, , ., won't be with southgate, we know that. ., ,, i. ., that. dan roan, thank you for talkin: that. dan roan, thank you for talking to _ that. dan roan, thank you for talking to us _ that. dan roan, thank you for talking to us down _ that. dan roan, thank you for talking to us down the - that. dan roan, thank you for talking to us down the line. . that. dan roan, thank you for. talking to us down the line. let that. dan roan, thank you for i talking to us down the line. let me read you one more time if i make the

full statement from gareth southgate. we have it on the screen for you but i will read it to you... "as a proud englishman, it's been the honour of my life to play for england and manage england. it's meant everything to me and i have given it my all but it is time for change and a new chapter. sunday's final in berlin was my final game as england manager. ijoined the fa in 2011 determined to improve english football in that time, including eight years as england men's manager. i have been supported by some brilliant people, who have my heartfelt thanks. i could not have had anyone better beside me than steve holland, one of the most talented coaches of his generation and has been immense. i have had the privilege of leading a large group of players in 102 games — every one of them has

been proud to wear the three lions on their shirts and they have been a credit to their country in so many ways. the squad we took to germany is full of exciting young talent, and they can win the trophy we all dream of. i'm so proud of them and i hope we get behind the players and the team at st george's park and the fa, who strive every day to improve english football and understand the power football has to drive positive change." that is our breaking story and we will bring you more on that in a moment but we have another breaking story, news of another resignation, this time from the world of welsh politics and vaughan gething, the welsh first minister, has said he will begin the process of stepping down as leader of the welsh labour party. this of course is off the back of the news we gave you earlier of four welsh cabinet ministers saying they are resigning because of vaughan gething. they are not happy with him and wanted him to step down. we can cross live now to our wales correspondent, tomos morgan. tell us what has happened today to

lead to this event. has tell us what has happened today to lead to this event.— lead to this event. as you mentioned, _ lead to this event. as you mentioned, four - lead to this event. as you mentioned, four of i lead to this event. as you mentioned, four of his . lead to this event. as you - mentioned, four of his senior ministers have stepped down today and there has been pressure on vaughan gething ever since he won the leadership battle back in march and when he subsequently became the first minister. there was pressure around £200,000 donation given to his campaign from a company run by a man twice convicted of environmental offences, so a number within welsh labour were not happy about that. there were then concerns about some text messages sent during the covid inquiry but more recently as well there has been concerns with the manner in which vaughan gething sacked a former minister for allegedly leaking information through a media outlet in wales. he has denied that, vaughan gething said he has done nothing wrong. there was evidence to suggest the individual had leaked that information and was well within his right to do so. last week we heard from that media company that actually it wasn't that minister that vaughan gething alleged leaked

the information and i think there has been a split within welsh labour for some time. there was also concerns regarding whether the welsh government could pass a budget. they have 30 members in the senedd but they require at least one member of they require at least one member of the opposition parties or a member of a different party to pass a budget and this pressure has been mounting on him. at the start of the general election campaign, he faced a no—confidence vote that he lost as well but stayed in place. in some respects, this is very similar to the process of events that led to borisjohnson stepping down if you remember. it took a number of ministers before he stepped down as well and it looks like that has been the catalyst for him stepping down today. the catalyst for him stepping down toda . . ~ the catalyst for him stepping down toda . ., ~ ,, the catalyst for him stepping down toda . . ~' ,, , the catalyst for him stepping down toda. ., , . today. thank you very much indeed. tomos morgan. _ today. thank you very much indeed. tomos morgan, our— today. thank you very much indeed. tomos morgan, our wales - tomos morgan, our wales correspondent. we will bring you more on that breaking story from the world of welsh politics but now let's move back and talk about the

other big resignation of the day, and that's the resignation of the england manager, gareth southgate. he has stepped down and confirmed his departure. we had a statement earlierfrom the fa his departure. we had a statement earlier from the fa ceo mark bolling and a statement from gareth himself which you can see on the screen in which you can see on the screen in which he taught in great detail about the honour of playing and managing england, about the team, the young talent in the team, the fans, the best fans in the world he called them, and said their support has meant the world to me. he went on to say, i look forward to watching and celebrating as the players go on to create more special memories and to connect and inspire the nation, as we know they can. he said, thank you, england, for everything. very close to the words of dear england, the famous west end play that charted the success of gareth southgate as a manager. as i

mentioned earlier, the fa ceo mark bolling put out a statement, and at the end of the statement he said... "the process for appointing gareth�*s successor is now under way and we aim to have our new manager confirmed as soon as possible. our uefa nations league campaign starts in september, and we have an interim solution in place if it is needed. we know there will be inevitable speculation, but we won't be commenting further on our process until we appoint." let's cross live now and talk to our sports presenter who is in the bbc sport centre. gavin, as dan said earlier, it's not a great surprise but this will mean big changes for england as we come up to the beginning of our quest for the world cup in two years. it is beginning of our quest for the world cup in two yew-— cup in two years. it is a good oint. cup in two years. it is a good point- in _ cup in two years. it is a good point- in two _ cup in two years. it is a good point. in two years' - cup in two years. it is a good point. in two years' time - cup in two years. it is a good - point. in two years' time another world cup campaign gets under way. gareth southgate had 102 games in charge and he references it in his

letter of resignation. it's a long time, eight years he has been the manager of england, and it has been with relative success you would say. not winning anything particular but markedly a change in culture, in attitude and the way people perceive the england team. it is down to gareth southgate and what he has put in place, what he has instilled in the team and the work ethic, in the culture and the brotherhood if you like within the players. you saw how it effectively changed within a couple of years of southgate taking charge. the first major tournament was the 2018 world cup, the semifinals of that. 2021, england got to the final, losing on noughties. losing in 2022 to france, then most recently losing in the final of euro is losing to the better team, final of euro is losing to the betterteam, spain. no discredit final of euro is losing to the better team, spain. no discredit to them at all, they did fantastically well to get that far. the nation had

bought back into the team again, people loved watching england play, seeing the players get out and perform with joy. seeing the players get out and perform withjoy. it seeing the players get out and perform with joy. it had been a relatively joyless affair before. perform with joy. it had been a relativelyjoyless affair before. in previous tournaments before gareth�*s rain, that was not the case. england got close this time around, and with southgate in previous tournaments as well they did well but again didn't quite get over the line. this time you could say he has changed the culture of the good within the england squad and the next appointment will be very interesting indeed. who that person would be would need to take them to that next level because southgate has done an incredible job of getting england back playing amongst the elite of world nations again. just back playing amongst the elite of world nations again.— world nations again. just talking about those _ world nations again. just talking about those achievements, - world nations again. just talking i about those achievements, gareth southgate managed england 102 times, a win percentage of nearly 60%. that is pretty incredible given the starting point he came from.

absolutely so, and you look at his club time in management, we would have to say perhaps it was a bit underwhelming when england appointed gareth southgate all those years ago. but you look at before he took up ago. but you look at before he took up the main national team men's role as the senior manager, he was in the under 21s. as the senior manager, he was in the under2is. he as the senior manager, he was in the under 21s. he has seen the bunch come through to fruition now from backin come through to fruition now from back in the day. on the start of their journeys, back in the day. on the start of theirjourneys, saka, palmer, raheem sterling, marcus rashford, all of those players who have come through the gareth southgate regime, he has been there from the start. he knows how the players have evolved over the years. he knew what it would take to get the best out of them. the same with players that have been on the radar for a while. southgate had his eye on them because he was part of the setup. you look at the

manager of spain, and maybe that is the way to success now. maybe it's another one who has developed through the youth system, so there's been a lot that is being done through southgate. he has done an incredible job of nurturing, developing and bringing through the culture of this team. he goes with a lot of credit. i’m culture of this team. he goes with a lot of credit-— lot of credit. i'm 'ust reading throuuh lot of credit. i'm 'ust reading through his h lot of credit. i'm just reading through his most _ lot of credit. i'm just reading through his most used - lot of credit. i'm just reading | through his most used players lot of credit. i'm just reading - through his most used players as england manager. of the 99 different players, ten of them went on to win 50 caps are more under his stewardship so the most played player by gareth was her again,

pickford 68, john stones 68, harry maguire 63 and declan rice got 58 caps under gareth. marcus rashford 57, raheem sterling 55, kieran trippier 54 and jordan henderson got 52 caps under gareth southgate. such an array of talent that he has bought into the squad. find an array of talent that he has bought into the squad. and those names you _ bought into the squad. and those names you mentioned, _ bought into the squad. and those names you mentioned, they - bought into the squad. and those names you mentioned, they are l names you mentioned, they are household names for the england team but they would arguably in the next two to four years be on the way out, effectively. kyle walker in particular, harry kane as well perhaps not as fit as he would have liked to have been in the euros campaign. you look at the next generation coming through and it's down to the next person who would take charge of the england team, and thatis take charge of the england team, and that is the next life blood coming through rarely. gareth southgate has done an incredible job through rarely. gareth southgate has done an incrediblejob of bringing through players that will be household names in the next six

years. saka and palmers. these are young players and they will only get better under the new person in charge, but southgate has developed them and brought them into the team. adam morton, another law not brought on by thought of as the future of the england side. it's the next lot that will come through and win the next 50 plus caps that you are looking to and that's partly started by southgate, he has begun the process. there is a way now of how england players develop and it is very much a pride factor to be part of the national team. and southgate has brought that back. there was a lot of flak for the english side at the start. but gareth southgate knows how to do in the football. whilst england weren't set in the world alight with their performance and goes in the early stages, they did get to the final.

we cannot argue with that fact. and southgate is the man who has instilled those achievements within this english team. they are expected to do well in these tournaments. he did say that if they didn't win the tournament, they would likely be going. he went to a gym before the euros and said that. essentially he is sticking to his word. if they had won it, would he have stayed? that is another question. he has done an incrediblejob. i think if he is another question. he has done an incredible job. i think if he was to have stayed. people may be would have stayed. people may be would have had a lot to say about that but he has stuck to his word and said he would likely leave and he has done. so there we are. gareth southgate has resigned as england manager. the talk turns to who will replace him. are there for a second was ijust read out again for viewers who may have missed it, the statement from gareth southgate which has been released very recently in the last few minutes. as a proud englishman,

it has been the honour of my life to play for england and to manage england. it has meant everything to me, and i have given it my all. but it's time for change, and for a new chapter. sunday's final in berlin against spain was my final game as england manager. ijoined the fa in 2011, determined to improve english football. in that time, including eight years as england men's manager, i have been supported by some brilliant people who have my heartfelt thanks. i could not have had anyone better alongside me than steve holland. he is one of the most talented coaches of his generation, and has been immense. i have had the privilege of leading a large group of players in 102 games. every one of them has been proud to wear the three [ions on their shirts, and they have been a credit to their country in so many ways. the squad we took to germany is full of exciting young talent. i am so proud of them, and i hope we get behind the players. he talked about the background staff

—— backroom staff. their hard work and commitment inspired me every day, and i am so grateful to them — the brilliant "'team behind the team'. we have the best fans in the world, and their support has meant the world to me. i'm an england fan and i always will be. i look forward to watching and celebrating as the players go on to create more special memories and to connect and inspire the nation as we know they can. thank you, england — for everything." we talked about the 1966 winning england player. i had something interesting, this is the first time since 1966 that i think the england players have played as a team. and thatis players have played as a team. and that is all about gareth southgate�*s way as a manager, isn't it? absolutely right. it is all about how you play as a team. you look at the teams are passed to have gone on and one thing is, on major tournaments, and they have all played together really, really well as a team. and this is what this england team has been doing since gareth southgate took over. they are very much a united front. it doesn't necessarily matter about your rivalries, the allegiance and unity as with england. we have seen how

rival camps come together and our friends team over the course of the last four weeks, manchester city and manchester united players mingling, all mingling with the players they are rivals with back in domestic campaign. that all matters because previously, you could argue that players haven't mixed with rival camps or rival players when they have been at major tournaments. and that might have caused, you know, a bit of friction within the camp and players not getting along and not gelling. in the space of four weeks, that's all you've got. it's going to cost you in the bigger stage. so, whilst england have been underwhelming in the past, they have massively improved over the last eight years under southgate and that is down to the culture. you have to put it down to the culture and the way that he speaks to the players and to the media. the way he undresses things —— addresses

things, he is inclusive. he is very much a likeable guy and you can see with what he has and and still within this english team, he's made them likeable again. as you have heard, it's been a long time since england have won anything major, 60 plus years. nearly 60 years, i should say. there's a of hurt, as the song suggests. it didn't come home. i it the song suggests. it didn't come home. , , �* , the song suggests. it didn't come home. i, home. i it myself. let's cross alive. thank _ home. i it myself. let's cross alive. thank you, _ home. i it myself. let's cross alive. thank you, gavin. - home. i it myself. let's cross alive. thank you, gavin. i- home. i it myself. let's cross| alive. thank you, gavin. iwill come back to you in a moment. let's cross live and speak to a journalist for the swedish paper and also an english fan england fan. you predicted this, as many people i suppose did. you were not surprised by this news. h0. suppose did. you were not surprised by this news-— by this news. no, i can't say that i am surprised _ by this news. no, i can't say that i am surprised at _ by this news. no, i can't say that i am surprised at all. _ by this news. no, i can't say that i am surprised at all. the _ by this news. no, i can't say that i am surprised at all. the way - by this news. no, i can't say that i am surprised at all. the way that. am surprised at all. the way that southgate spoke about england after the game. he had certainly made his

mind up already. i think he was surprised and hurt from the fierce reaction from the public during this tournament, fans booing and throwing things at him after the game against slovenia. it looks like he had lost its spark a bit, i must say. and even receive the question, do you think football is fun at the moment? at that time i don't think you did. so he was the perfect appointment at the time in 2016, he brought the nation together again but i think it's probably the right time for him to go. it's probably the right time for him to ho. ., it's probably the right time for him to ho, ., ., ~' it's probably the right time for him to o. ., ., ~ ., it's probably the right time for him to no. ., . ~' . . to go. you talk about the fact that he didn't seem _ to go. you talk about the fact that he didn't seem very _ to go. you talk about the fact that he didn't seem very happy. - to go. you talk about the fact that he didn't seem very happy. our i he didn't seem very happy. our sports editor said, look, he didn't seem very happy. our sports editorsaid, look, he probably would have left anyway even if england had won. do you think he had done this time and actually the road of england manager needs to take on a new direction? yes. road of england manager needs to take on a new direction?— take on a new direction? yes, i think so- _ take on a new direction? yes, i think so. and _ take on a new direction? yes, i think so. and i _ take on a new direction? yes, i think so. and i think _ take on a new direction? yes, i think so. and i think he - take on a new direction? yes, i think so. and i think he could l take on a new direction? yes, i. think so. and i think he could have made a choice after the world cup in 2022. maybe he felt like there could be one more chance to get that title. i think be one more chance to get that title. ithink it be one more chance to get that title. i think it was probably the plan all along. i know that the fa

have been very open about wanting to keepin have been very open about wanting to keep in wanting him to stay. but i think, in his mind, ats is a long time. he did mention that very often —— eight years is a long time. that he has been the national coach for eight years. i think he was wanting something different in life, so maybe this is the right time for him to go. talk to me about the criticism that he came under during those 2024 championships, the group stages. mas those 2024 championships, the group stahes. ~ ., , those 2024 championships, the group stahes. ~ . ., stages. was it further criticism came under? _ stages. was it further criticism came under? how— stages. was it further criticism came under? how difficult - stages. was it further criticism l came under? how difficult would stages. was it further criticism - came under? how difficult would it be to cope with that, do you think? i suppose it was fair if you look at the way that england played. i know that in previous group stages under southgate there haven't really been that good either and they haven't really been that entertaining. at the same time they have had more control. i think people were

expecting so much from the team with all these quality players that when it actually started to be quite boring football and it looked like they didn't have control of the games, people quite quickly became a bit... the criticism started to be quite loud. and that was the first time that that had happened to gareth southgate and it was also clearly affecting the team. i know that southgate spoke about that ahead of the semifinals against the netherlands that then, he could take a step back and see what type of reaction his team had made because of all this criticism. so i definitely think he was quite thrown off by the fact that may people were quite vocal about the way the team played. quite vocal about the way the team -la ed. ., quite vocal about the way the team -la ed. . , .,

played. tell me a little bit more if ou can played. tell me a little bit more if you can about _ played. tell me a little bit more if you can about the _ played. tell me a little bit more if you can about the names - played. tell me a little bit more if you can about the names in - played. tell me a little bit more if you can about the names in the i played. tell me a little bit more if- you can about the names in the frame for the england job. is there anyone in particular we should be at, thinking about, obviously eddie howe potentially ordered thomas to to....i to... . ithink graham potter is in a way would _ to... . ithink graham potter is in a way would be — to... . ithink graham potter is in a way would be the _ to... . ithink graham potter is in a way would be the perfect - a way would be the perfect replacement. he is a lot like gareth southgate in times of being arrogant rather than being very gentle and a very good with tactics. so i think graham potter could definitely be an option. teii graham potter could definitely be an 0 htion. ., , graham potter could definitely be an 0 htion. . , ., option. tell me a little bit more about the _ option. tell me a little bit more about the legacy _ option. tell me a little bit more about the legacy that _ option. tell me a little bit more about the legacy that gareth . about the legacy that gareth southgate is going to leave on england he came into thejob in 2016 he said he wanted a change in

football in the way football was played. i think we can say he is definitely succeeded in doing now. i think definitely. we have to remember back in 2018 ahead of the world cup, people weren't really expecting anything from england and that loss against iceland in the euros in 2016 really hurt the whole nation. so what southgate did can't be underestimated or overlooked. we did some amazing stuff with this team and the fact that he has taken them to two finals, one additional semifinals, quarterfinals, these are good results. so we should definitely value his time as a national coach, for sure. it’s definitely value his time as a national coach, for sure. it's good to talk to you- _ national coach, for sure. it's good to talk to you. thank _ national coach, for sure. it's good to talk to you. thank you - national coach, for sure. it's good to talk to you. thank you very - national coach, for sure. it's good l to talk to you. thank you very much indeed for talking to a say on bbc news. as we look at these pictures of gareth southgate during his time

as england manager let's bring you some reaction we have had from social media. a number of people tweeting and putting post on instagram. we have heard from the lionesses instagram. we have heard from the lionesse . . . ., , . lionesses account, they have said, thank ou lionesses account, they have said, thank you for— lionesses account, they have said, thank you for everything, - lionesses account, they have said, thank you for everything, gareth. i lionesses account, they have said, i thank you for everything, gareth. we have heard _ thank you for everything, gareth. we have heard from the premier league's twitter— have heard from the premier league's twitter account, thank you gareth for countless memories and the inspiring — for countless memories and the inspiring role that you have played inspiring role that you have played in english — inspiring role that you have played in english football. we inspiring role that you have played in english football.— in english football. we have also read out the _ in english football. we have also read out the statement - in english football. we have also read out the statement from - in english football. we have also i read out the statement from gareth that we talked about earlier. ijust want to bring you the highlights from that statement. he starts it by saying... as a proud englishman, it has been the honour of my life to play for england and to manage england. it has meant everything to me, and i have given it my all. but it's time for change, and for a new chapter. sunday's final in berlin against spain was my final game as england manager. ijoined the fa in 2011, determined to improve english football.

in that time, including eight years as england men's manager, i have been supported by some brilliant people who have my heartfelt thanks. let's cross live now and speak to jack wood who is a football journalist and joins me now. your reaction first of all. i journalist and joins me now. your reaction first of all.— reaction first of all. i am not too shocked. _ reaction first of all. i am not too shocked. i _ reaction first of all. i am not too shocked, i don't _ reaction first of all. i am not too shocked, i don't think _ reaction first of all. i am not too shocked, i don't think any - reaction first of all. i am not too shocked, i don't think any of - reaction first of all. i am not too shocked, i don't think any of us | reaction first of all. i am not too i shocked, i don't think any of us are too shocked. it has kind of been, over the last couple of months, something that all the noise coming out of the england camp and all the differentjournalist out of the england camp and all the different journalist saying that out of the england camp and all the differentjournalist saying that it looked like it was going to be his last tournament with us. and, yes, i am not surprised. i think gareth summed up well in a statement saying that it summed up well in a statement saying thatitis summed up well in a statement saying that it is time for a new chapter. i think that is exactly it. he leaves behind an incredible legacy as the england manager and i think he set the foundations for the current squad that we have now for somebody else to take it on and progress

these players even more and hopefully bring success going forward. ., ~ hopefully bring success going forward. . ~ ., . , forward. talk to me about his lea , forward. talk to me about his legacy. that's _ forward. talk to me about his legacy, that's what _ forward. talk to me about his legacy, that's what i - forward. talk to me about his legacy, that's what i want - forward. talk to me about his legacy, that's what i want to l forward. talk to me about his i legacy, that's what i want to talk about now. he is left as england manager, as i mentioned a few moments ago, 2016 was a very different england team. if you can take us back to 2016, what was the england squad looked like when you took it over and what has he done to change it? took it over and what has he done to chance it? ,., took it over and what has he done to chance it? . ~ ., took it over and what has he done to chaneit? ., ii'~ took it over and what has he done to chance it? . ~ ., ::m ,, change it? going back to 2016, you know, it change it? going back to 2016, you know. it was _ change it? going back to 2016, you know, it was very _ change it? going back to 2016, you know, it was very much... - change it? going back to 2016, you know, it was very much... it - change it? going back to 2016, you| know, it was very much... it almost felt a little bit clicky, they were planes being picked not on merit, you could save. you have jack wilshire that is a name that springs to mind, the season before 2016 he might playjust a handful of games for arsenal and he got into the squad. what he has done as he has managed to, it seems like a shut out all the pressure. it's a very hard

job every single ion the country is on the england manager and the mistakes that he makes, the decisions he makes, you know, he has managed... it seems like is build a wall in front of the england squad. that england camp is almost become a sacred ground where players can relax and be themselves. i think that has really shown in the last few years, you know, just the way that he has been able to get performances out of the players. the sustained... i say sustained success, we haven't won anything. you don't need to win to be successful, do you? ultimately. it's where you are getting to what you have achieved overall over the wider picture. go on, finish a point. i was going to say, exactly that. he hasn't won anything, no, but in my lifetime, i have never known anything like getting to two finals

and a semifinal across four tournaments. and, you know, you can really look back at the job he has done with his head held high. i know, i was talking to my daughter and i said, you have seen as many england semifinals as i have and you are iii want to read something from the guardian newspaper and this is from their correspondence. he said, i'm just asking about this and i'm not saying that this is my opinion, he said, assuming gareth southgate will now leave, which he now has, the football association should go all out to hirejurgen klopp. that’s all out to hire jurgen klopp. that's huite all out to hire jurgen klopp. that's quite audacious, _ all out to hire jurgen klopp. that's quite audacious, really, _ all out to hire jurgen klopp. that's quite audacious, really, jurgen - quite audacious, really, jurgen klopp. i would love him as england manager, do i think it's realistic? probably not. i can't seem, with the way he left liverpool at the end of the season. i think the guy is ready for a lie down, if i am completely honest. the bookies have eddie howe

is one of the favourites. i can't see jurgen is one of the favourites. i can't seejurgen klopp, as much as i would love to see his style of playing with the players that we have got in the squad. i’m with the players that we have got in the sh uad. �* , with the players that we have got in the shuad. �* , . the squad. i'm 'ust looking at the social the squad. i'm 'ust looking at the sociai media — the squad. i'm just looking at the social media website _ the squad. i'm just looking at the social media website! _ the squad. i'm just looking at the social media website! , _ the squad. i'm just looking at the social media website! , remind i social media website! , remind players who ears, graham potter, i'm seeing his name trending. the hosition seeing his name trending. the position and — seeing his name trending. the: position and tactics that seeing his name trending. iie: position and tactics that he used seeing his name trending. ire: position and tactics that he used a brighton caught the eyes of many to the point he went to chelsea. i doubt that you can judge him the point he went to chelsea. i doubt that you canjudge him on his time at chelsea because we all know that that didn't go too well and the results were there for him but the ownership change, there was a lot of things going on at chelsea, money being thrown at the squad and he was basically trying to get, basically, a whole new starting 11 to play the way that he was playing with players who had never played together before which is an incredibly difficult

job. but i think that dynamic style of play that graham potter would bring would really suit the likes of bellingham, foden, even cane. we have really been calling out for england to play an attacking style which would be the opposite of southgate's style. you which would be the opposite of southgate's style.— which would be the opposite of southgate's style. you say we have been d ini southgate's style. you say we have been dying for— southgate's style. you say we have been dying for england _ southgate's style. you say we have been dying for england to - southgate's style. you say we have been dying for england to play - southgate's style. you say we have| been dying for england to play this, that in the other but we got to two finals. i don't understand, if we do things so differently would we get to the finals in the same way? i think it's ok to say that gareth southgate has made an incredible achievement and got to do finals whilst also saying that the way we have been playing is relatively dire, it's been tournament football, it's not about the performance is about the result.— about the result. which is what tournament — about the result. which is what tournament football _ about the result. which is what tournament football is - about the result. which is what tournament football is all - about the result. which is what. tournament football is all about. exactly. it's ok to have both of those opinions because you are not

necessarily wrong on both of those but, you know, with the talent we have got going forward, there is bound to be desired the for us to really start playing this fluid attacking football and taking the game too, you know, staying in the final. it was obvious, the way we were playing, that they were going to dominate that match. it would be really good to go head—to—head with a team like spain who are playing possession and attacking football, fighting fire with fire rather than england being a bit more pragmatic and is saying, if we play in this way we can stop them doing that and relying on moments of brilliance. which is obvious he got us very far but we need to be a bit more proactive. but we need to be a bit more proactive-— but we need to be a bit more hroactive. �* ., ., ,, , , ., proactive. ok, i'm going to keep you there if! proactive. ok, i'm going to keep you there if i may — proactive. ok, i'm going to keep you there if i may for _ proactive. ok, i'm going to keep you there if i may forjust _ proactive. ok, i'm going to keep you there if i may forjust a _ proactive. ok, i'm going to keep you there if i may forjust a second - there if i may forjust a second mars ijust read out a tweet which in the last three minutes has been put out by the prince and princess of wales at their official royal kensington handle. here it goes,

gareth, i want to thank you not as the president of the fa but as an england fan. thank you for creating a team that stand shoulder to shoulder with the worlds finest in 2024. shoulder with the worlds finest in 202a. thank you for showing humility, compassion and true leadership under the most intense pressure and scrutiny. and thank you for being an all—round class act. you should be incredibly proud of what you have achieved. that has been signed off, w which means that william wrote that we can sell. let me bring you backjack, that is a lot of praise and very warm words from prince william. you can feel the respect he has for gareth southgate oozing out of that tweet. absolutely. we have all seen the pictures are prince william in the stand celebrating the goal is like all of us were up and down the stands in germany and england over the last few weeks. i couldn't agree any more, he really can leave this

had higher be really proud of the years he has had in the england job. let me ask you this, the players, they like him a lot. they really respect him, don't they? you can feel that in the way that they comport themselves in the way that they talk to him. there is a report there, how difficult would it be to get that kind of rapport going with someone new with someone who is going to be parachuted in when the quest for the world cup begins. absolutely. it's always more difficult for a national team manager as opposed to a club manager because you are seeing these players for a week or two once every other month, may be. you are not going to have, say a preseason when you build up have, say a preseason when you build up the premier league when you have six to eight weeks of nonstop chatting, nonstop talks, constantly building up that relationship so it is going to be a lot more difficult. but with the names that are currently linked to the job i

but with the names that are currently linked to thejob i don't see that being an issue. we are not seeing anybody, evenly dash leave. all graham potter, who i want to have the job. all graham potter, who i want to have thejob. he has been around the block a few times. so i don't think they won't be able to do that. find they won't be able to do that. and we know that _ they won't be able to do that. and we know that england are playing on the 7th of september and a nations league match against ireland. we would expect potentially the fa to make some sort of decision by then, if not, they did say in a statement that there would be an interim arrangement put in place. if i can just keep you there, jack, just for a second and bring more reaction for viewers who are tuning in. the england goalkeeper, eight pickford has said this on social media has played 68 caps he said, completely gutted. this will hurt for a while. i appreciate everyone who supported

us and i would like to thank all of my team—mates throughout. i also want to say a special thank you for always believing in me through this time. i would like to thank —— wish him all the best in his next steps. that is from jordan pickford. he is one of the first players to react. we also have a reaction from others, the former liverpool player said... it's been a great ride for all involved. very tough act to follow. we have also heard this from gary neville. "thank you, gareth, you did a great job. sojack, let mejust "thank you, gareth, you did a great job. so jack, let mejust bring you back very briefly. we have job. so jack, let me just bring you back very briefly. we have covered so much, your thoughts now from the —— in the england squad. we have so

many great players that gareth paid tribute to in his statement. it’s tribute to in his statement. it's been a bit _ tribute to in his statement. it's been a bit of — tribute to in his statement. it's been a bit of a _ tribute to in his statement. it�*s been a bit of a cycle, and now we have superstars like foden, bellingham, saka, all 21, 22, and gareth has set such a good foundation, the squad is in such a great place now to go forward and continue competing for the next six years at least, i think. we have had that where it is a young squad, if we don't quite get there... you know, with bellingham, he has had a year it real madrid, and by the time of the next world cup he will be even better. even mark gay, it was a

huge shock how well he played and he is still young. —— marc guehi. ifihhead is still young. -- marc guehi. ahead of sunday's — is still young. -- marc guehi. ahead of sunday's final, _ is still young. -- marc guehi. ahead of sunday's final, those _ is still young. -- marc guehi. ahead of sunday's final, those closest - is still young. -- marc guehi. ahead of sunday's final, those closest to i of sunday's final, those closest to gareth southgate talked about the england manager. let's take a look. i know this guy inside out. there is a real intellectual intelligent man there. with a beautiful humanity. congratulations on your appointment. yes, congratulations on your appointment. yes. i_ congratulations on your appointment. yes. i am _ congratulations on your appointment. yes, i am extremely proud in myself and family. — yes, i am extremely proud in myself and family, everybody— yes, i am extremely proud in myself and family, everybody who - yes, i am extremely proud in myself and family, everybody who has - yes, i am extremely proud in myself. and family, everybody who has helped me on— and family, everybody who has helped me on my— and family, everybody who has helped me on myiourney_ and family, everybody who has helped me on myjourney within _ and family, everybody who has helped me on myjourney within football- and family, everybody who has helped me on myjourney within football as l me on myjourney within football as a player— me on myjourney within football as a player and — me on myjourney within football as a playerand as_ me on myjourney within football as a playerand as a _ me on myjourney within football as a player and as a coach. _ me on myjourney within football as a player and as a coach. getting - me on myjourney within football as a player and as a coach. getting the 'ob a player and as a coach. getting the

job is— a player and as a coach. getting the job is one _ a player and as a coach. getting the job is one thing. _ a player and as a coach. getting the job is one thing. i_ a player and as a coach. getting the job is one thing, i want _ a player and as a coach. getting the job is one thing, i want to— a player and as a coach. getting the job is one thing, i want to do- a player and as a coach. getting the job is one thing, i want to do the i job is one thing, i want to do the 'ob job is one thing, i want to do the job successfully. _ job is one thing, i want to do the job successfully. england - job is one thing, i want to do the job successfully. england were i job successfully. england were terribly — job successfully. england were terribly perceived _ job successfully. england were terribly perceived before - job successfully. england were i terribly perceived before gareth southgate — terribly perceived before gareth southgate came _ terribly perceived before gareth southgate came in. _ terribly perceived before gareth southgate came in. no - terribly perceived before gareth southgate came in.— terribly perceived before gareth southgate came in. no fight. no identi , southgate came in. no fight. no identity. no _ southgate came in. no fight. no identity, no belly. _ southgate came in. no fight. no identity, no belly. commentatorj southgate came in. no fight. no - identity, no belly. commentator mack this is— identity, no belly. commentator mack this is surely a scissors ever been —— as bad as it has ever been. gareth southgate has change the narrative — gareth southgate has change the narrative around the squad. he made all the _ narrative around the squad. he made all the players open for the 2018 world _ all the players open for the 2018 world cup. he basically humanise the england _ world cup. he basically humanise the england squad again. he world cup. he basically humanise the england squad again.— england squad again. he tells you where ou england squad again. he tells you where you stand. _ england squad again. he tells you where you stand. that's _ england squad again. he tells you where you stand. that's all - england squad again. he tells you where you stand. that's all you i england squad again. he tells you. where you stand. that's all you can ask and _ where you stand. that's all you can ask and a _ where you stand. that's all you can ask and a manager, _ where you stand. that's all you can ask and a manager, someone - where you stand. that's all you can ask and a manager, someone whol where you stand. that's all you can. ask and a manager, someone who is honest _ ask and a manager, someone who is honest. . , . . ., honest. gareth southgate is a man of hue honest. gareth southgate is a man of huge principles- _ honest. gareth southgate is a man of huge principles. if— honest. gareth southgate is a man of huge principles. if you _ honest. gareth southgate is a man of huge principles. if you have _ honest. gareth southgate is a man of huge principles. if you have got - honest. gareth southgate is a man of huge principles. if you have got a - huge principles. if you have got a man at the _ huge principles. if you have got a man at the top — huge principles. if you have got a man at the top of— huge principles. if you have got a man at the top of the _ huge principles. if you have got a man at the top of the herring - huge principles. if you have got a| man at the top of the herring with his culture, — man at the top of the herring with his culture, his respect, his values _ his culture, his respect, his values. they are going to love him.

it's values. they are going to love him. it's almost — values. they are going to love him. it's almost like father, son, older brother, _ it's almost like father, son, older brother, younger brother. you can see the _ brother, younger brother. you can see the players love him. they want to play— see the players love him. they want to play for— see the players love him. they want to play for that man. | see the players love him. they want to play for that man.— to play for that man. i oger gathered — to play for that man. i oger gathered so _ to play for that man. i oger gathered so much. - to play for that man. i oger gathered so much. it - to play for that man. i oger gathered so much. it has i to play for that man. i oger. gathered so much. it has been immense for me personally. gareth has been absolutely _ immense for me personally. gareth has been absolutely fantastic - immense for me personally. gareth has been absolutely fantastic to - has been absolutely fantastic to each _ has been absolutely fantastic to each and — has been absolutely fantastic to each and every one of us. i feel a bil each and every one of us. i feel a big part _ each and every one of us. i feel a big part of— each and every one of us. i feel a big part of it— each and every one of us. i feel a big part of it is that he has been in our— big part of it is that he has been in our shoes. let big part of it is that he has been in our shoes.— big part of it is that he has been in our shoes. let me tell you, that was tough — in our shoes. let me tell you, that was tough at _ in our shoes. let me tell you, that was tough at the _ in our shoes. let me tell you, that was tough at the time. _ in our shoes. let me tell you, that was tough at the time. he - in our shoes. let me tell you, that was tough at the time. he has - in our shoes. let me tell you, that| was tough at the time. he has lived what we have _ was tough at the time. he has lived what we have lived. _ was tough at the time. he has lived what we have lived. gareth - what we have lived. gareth southgate's _ what we have lived. gareth southgate's personal- what we have lived. gareth - southgate's personal experience has been absolutely crucial for his success as a manager. i been absolutely crucial for his success as a manager.- been absolutely crucial for his success as a manager. i can more than trust _ success as a manager. i can more than trust them. _ success as a manager. i can more than trust them. i _ success as a manager. i can more than trust them. i am _ success as a manager. i can more than trust them. i am always - than trust them. i am always grateful— than trust them. i am always grateful for that.— than trust them. i am always grateful for that. you have got a iu here grateful for that. you have got a guy here who — grateful for that. you have got a guy here who will— grateful for that. you have got a guy here who will take - grateful for that. you have got a guy here who will take the - grateful for that. you have got a guy here who will take the fear. grateful for that. you have got a i guy here who will take the fear out of you _ guy here who will take the fear out of you playing _ guy here who will take the fear out of you playing football. _ guy here who will take the fear out of you playing football. we - guy here who will take the fear out of you playing football.— guy here who will take the fear out of you playing football. we have had some incredible _

of you playing football. we have had some incredible nights _ of you playing football. we have had some incredible nights in _ of you playing football. we have had some incredible nights in the - of you playing football. we have had some incredible nights in the last. some incredible nights in the last seven or eight years. the only reason i did thejob when i took it on was to try and bring success to england as a nation and try and improve english football. that whole conce ht of improve english football. that whole concept of service _ improve english football. that whole concept of service to _ improve english football. that whole concept of service to the _ improve english football. that whole concept of service to the nation - improve english football. that whole concept of service to the nation is i concept of service to the nation is embedded — concept of service to the nation is embedded in gareth southgate. you're talkini to embedded in gareth southgate. you're talking to probably _ embedded in gareth southgate. you're talking to probably the _ embedded in gareth southgate. you're talking to probably the most _ talking to probably the most patriotically_ talking to probably the most patriotically i— talking to probably the most patriotically i that _ talking to probably the most patriotically i that i - talking to probably the most patriotically i that i know. i talking to probably the most patriotically i that i know. when i took this patriotically i that i know. when i tookthisiob _ patriotically i that i know. when i took this job i — patriotically i that i know. when i took this job i had _ patriotically i that i know. when i took this job i had three - patriotically i that i know. when i took this job i had three years i patriotically i that i know. when i took this job i had three years as| patriotically i that i know. when i l took this job i had three years as a premier league manager, i have now had 100 internationals, some of the biggest games in world football. you learn all the time from that. he is a ve , learn all the time from that. he is a very. very _ learn all the time from that. he is a very. very strong _ learn all the time from that. he is a very, very strong individual. i learn all the time from that. he is a very, very strong individual. we| a very, very strong individual. we all want to _ a very, very strong individual. all want to be a very, very strong individual. - all want to be loved, right? when you are doing something for your country and you are a proud englishman and you don't feel that back and when all you read as criticism, it's hard. he

back and when all you read as criticism, it's hard.— criticism, it's hard. he has invested — criticism, it's hard. he has invested into _ criticism, it's hard. he has invested into these - criticism, it's hard. he has invested into these boys l criticism, it's hard. he has. invested into these boys not criticism, it's hard. he has- invested into these boys notjust as footballers but as human beings. we have footballers but as human beings. have been footballers but as human beings. we have been on this journey together, we have _ have been on this journey together, we have helped _ have been on this journey together, we have helped change _ have been on this journey together, we have helped change the - we have helped change the perception of england. _ we have helped change the perception of england. the — we have helped change the perception of england, the culture _ we have helped change the perception of england, the culture of— we have helped change the perception of england, the culture of england. i of england, the culture of england. as a team — of england, the culture of england. as a team that _ of england, the culture of england. as a team that wants _ of england, the culture of england. as a team that wants to _ of england, the culture of england. as a team that wants to do - as a team that wants to do everything possible. sunday will define me for— everything possible. sunday will define me for others. _ everything possible. sunday will define me for others. but i everything possible. sunday will define me for others. but it i everything possible. sunday will. define me for others. but it won't for myself. define me for others. but it won't for myself-— for myself. well, that is gareth southgate _ for myself. well, that is gareth southgate who _ for myself. well, that is gareth southgate who has _ for myself. well, that is gareth southgate who has resigned i for myself. well, that is gareth southgate who has resigned as| southgate who has resigned as england's football manager. more on that story at the top of the hour but let me just take you through another big resignation, this time from the world of welsh politics, thatis from the world of welsh politics, that is that vaughan gething will begin the process of stepping down from the leader of the welsh labour

party and first minister. he recognised that building a renewal was not possible under his leadership and he said that i have this morning taken the difficult decision to begin the process of stepping down as leader of the welsh labour party and as a result, first minister. he has quitjust hours after three of his government ministers and his top legal advisers dramatically released statements calling for him to go. he said that he has been embroiled in controversy since taking over from he has been embroiled in controversy since taking overfrom mark drakeford in march. questioned by a £200,000 campaign donation by a businessman convicted of environmental fraud. businessman convicted of environmentalfraud. that is made, according to some parts of his welsh labour party, his position absolutely untenable. he has now stood down. it is a big resignation for the welsh labour party as well

as the labour party itself. just to reiterate that vaughan gething has stepped down as first minister of wales. we will have more in the story throughout the day on bbc news. live from london. this is bbc news. england men's football manager gareth southgate resigns following sunday's euro final loss against spain. wales first minister and leader of the welsh labour party vaughan gething is stepping down following pressure from within his own party. relatives of missing british teenagerjay slater are waiting to find out if a body found on the spanish island of tenerife is his. two days after surviving an assassination attempt, a bandaged donald trump makes an emotional appearance at the republican national convention. trump was joined at the convention by his newly—announced running mate

— 39—year—old ohio senator, jd vance. the government launches what it's calling a "root and branch" review of the armed forces. and the czech billionaire bidding to take over royal mail tells the bbc he'll never walk away from the commitment to deliver letters six days a week. hello, you are watching bbc news. the breaking news from the last hour is this. gareth southgate is resigning as manager of the england national football team. his resignation comes two days after england lost to spain in the euros final. southgate said it was time for change. the boss of england's football association said that southgate had transformed the england team over the last eight years and delivered unforgettable memories. southgate led england to back—to—back finals of the euros but fell in the final hurdle in both 2021 and 2024. in the last few minutes,

the prince and princess of wales have tweeted, saying, "thank you for creating a team that stands shoulder to shoulder with the world's finest in 202a. thank you for showing humility, compassion, and true leadership under the most intense pressure and scrutiny. and thank you for being an all—round class act. you should be incredibly proud of what you've achieved." let's speak to gavin ramjaun. praise there from the prince of wales who personally wrote that message on twitter to gareth southgate, also a warm statement from the fa ceo as well. it feels like gareth southgate will be very much missed.— like gareth southgate will be very much missed. yes, you can see the sentiment — much missed. yes, you can see the sentiment he _ much missed. yes, you can see the sentiment he has _ much missed. yes, you can see the sentiment he has enlisted - much missed. yes, you can see the sentiment he has enlisted from i sentiment he has enlisted from various people who have paid tribute today and he changed the culture within the england team. he has been very much part of the new generation

of england love if you like over the last eight years in charge. along time to be in charge and it's fair to say it's probably taken its toll on him. he was close to leaving in 2022 at the last world cup when england were announced in the quarterfinals, but he was persuaded to give it another go. the european championship final against spain, a better team effectively, and they did extremely well by all accounts really on that front. the generation he has cultivated, you can see what it means to the players to play for the national side once again. you can see what it means for the fans to support the team again and that's down to southgate and what he has brought in to the team from a cultural perspective as well as a communication perspective. players communicate better now. he is a brilliant communicated towards all fronts, the media and management. it's a more open and inclusive environment now under southgate and that's effectively his legacy. the

next person will have to pick up the baton. yes, england have not quite got over the line but they have got closer each time. you can see that there is improvement within the ranks. the next person will have to develop on what southgate has built. i spoke to a spanish sports journalist yesterday and he said what i think is a spanish football journalist and how spain have developed over the last 20 years is that england are actually on their way to huge success. they are already successful, they are building on that and that's how spain started. they build and build and build on success, so in his mind, at least in the spanish media's mind, we are on that road. i think you look at the spain team, world champions and have won the world cup before as well so they have recent success within their dna. it's been a longtime since

england won a major trophy in along time. we have had big name managers over the last 20 or 30 years and none of them have got as close as gareth southgate to getting us over the line. spanish manager was a former youth bank manager within the system and that is southgate was. southgate has cultivated a great young mentality within this england squad. i think they are within the top four within the championship just gone so it is dynamic developing all the time. with players like cole palmer coming through, there is a talented bunch that gareth southgate has been part of putting into this team and you have experienced heads like declan rice, john stones and harry kane

within that team, kyle walker perhaps now on their way out if you look at the age span those layers, and the next generation now has to come on and to see england through. southgate has built that. eight years is a good time to clear out the old guard and bring through the new lot. within the eight year period, southgate has very much done that so the next person in charge will have a lot to live up to. you can understand southgate had a lot of flak in the group games and england's pundits were criticising, fans weren't happy at all, people saying southgate is the wrong person for the job, saying southgate is the wrong person forthejob, but saying southgate is the wrong person for thejob, but again, saying southgate is the wrong person forthejob, but again, he has delivered and got them to a final. its case proved, he knows how to get through the edgy games. it's about getting the job through the edgy games. it's about getting thejob done, and through the edgy games. it's about getting the job done, and you through the edgy games. it's about getting thejob done, and you look at the other teams within the euros this summer and france did well,

portugal did well too. these teams don't necessarily set the world alight with their play. spain have and have done the job winning all seven games this time around, and it's difficult to compare yourself to a team like spain. england have given everything they have got and lost of the better team effectively. that is not really southgate's fault. they may have been changes he could have done in the game to sway it perhaps early on but on the whole most people would agree the best team won on the day. england gave a good account of themselves against a top level team. southgate has done a lot to improve the play, the culture and communication within the group and communication within the group and he leaves it in a great place. gavin, thank you very much indeed for that. just to read out a bit more reaction to those of you watching this at home. declan rice who played every game at euro 2020,

2022 and 2024 under southgate said it has been a privilege to play under your guidance. it has been a privilege to play underyour guidance. he it has been a privilege to play under your guidance. he went on to say, memories that will stay with me forever, all the best in your next adventure. let's cross live to ollie kay, a seniorfootball adventure. let's cross live to ollie kay, a senior football writer at the athletic. we heard from gavin talking about the change in play and culture and the changing way in doing things that gareth southgate brought to the england team. should that be continued by the new manager or is it time for change in culture? it's an interesting point. if you look back through history at the england team, they very often bounce and flip—flop from one type manager to another. they think when a manager leaves everything is wrong, they need to start again and go with

they need to start again and go with the opposite approach. i think this time they need continuity to build on what gareth southgate has done. you look at his tenure, eight years, he leaves with a strong, positive legacy. you will get criticism for not winning tournaments but we have talked previously about managers who have not had any kind of positive legacy, not even competed at tournaments, not won any big knockout games. southgate has repeatedly done that, he's done a good job, repeatedly done that, he's done a goodjob, he repeatedly done that, he's done a good job, he has been thanked and applauded on his way out of the building and they need someone who can do the same or better. who building and they need someone who can do the same or better.— can do the same or better. who is that person? _ can do the same or better. who is that person? a — can do the same or better. who is that person? a lot _ can do the same or better. who is that person? a lot of _ can do the same or better. who is that person? a lot of people i can do the same or better. who is that person? a lot of people on i that person? a lot of people on social media _ that person? a lot of people on social media are _ that person? a lot of people on social media are saying - that person? a lot of people on social media are saying we i that person? a lot of people on| social media are saying we need that person? a lot of people on i social media are saying we need a

winner. these are guys who have come through their national associations system. when england have gone for the biggest name available in the past, fabiola capello, sven goran eriksson, it hasn't worked particularly well. certainly not as well as the southgate appointment did. i can understand the idea of looking at someone like mauricio pochettino. personally i would always prefer the idea is a principle of international football you appoint one of your own. i think that's a reasonable principle. but it is difficult. eddie howe is probably the best english manager on the market, but he is in a really good job at newcastle. would he be tempted? i'm not so sure. graham potter who had a fantastic reputation at brighton did a really good job there. i think he would

probably be strong and questionable candidate if it wasn't for the fact he had a difficult time at chelsea. i wouldn't hold that against him because a lot of managers have had a difficult time at chelsea. he may be more suited to a job at england than he was to a job at chelsea. whether it is he or someone else, they will have a hard act to follow in gareth southgate. have a hard act to follow in gareth southiate. �* have a hard act to follow in gareth southiate. . . . ,., . have a hard act to follow in gareth southiate. . . . . . southgate. and reading also that a bbc 5 live commentator _ southgate. and reading also that a bbc 5 live commentatorjohn i southgate. and reading also that a bbc 5 live commentatorjohn mari | southgate. and reading also that a i bbc 5 live commentatorjohn mari is saying it's interesting the fa ceo mark billingham has said we have an interim solution in place if needed and his guess would be the england under 21 manager lee ghastly which would tally keeping things within the fa camp. —— lee carsley.

camp. -- lee carsley. that was my thouiht camp. -- lee carsley. that was my thought as — camp. -- lee carsley. that was my thought as well _ camp. -- lee carsley. that was my thought as well because _ camp. -- lee carsley. that was my thought as well because there i camp. -- lee carsley. that was my thought as well because there is i camp. -- lee carsley. that was my| thought as well because there is no one else who would be in contention so that's really interesting. i'm sure he would meet the same kind of resistance that gareth southgate has heard from a lot of fans. they look at him and think, what have you won? but the players never looked at gareth southgate like that. the play is based with real madrid, chelsea, manchester united, big clubs, big images, they have all really enjoyed playing for gareth southgate. so what we as the media think and what the public think, i don't think it has matter too much to the fa in the past. if they feel like lee carsley is the guy not only to continue to get things done but to take it up a notch, that would be very sensible. but i do expect a look at external

options whether it is eddie howe, mauricio pochettino, anyone like that, but they probably ideally would keep it with someone english. although lee carsley did play for the republic of despite the republic of ireland despite being english born. i the republic of ireland despite being english born.— the republic of ireland despite being english born. i 'ust want to uhdate being english born. i 'ust want to update viewers i being english born. i 'ust want to update viewers on i being english born. i 'ust want to update viewers on a i being english born. ijust want to update viewers on a couple i being english born. ijust want to update viewers on a couple of i being english born. i just want to i update viewers on a couple of things and i will come back to you very shortly. as i mentioned earlier, we have had a reaction from various parts of the football world. jamie carragher said it's been a great ride for all involved over the last eight years. two vinyls, semifinal and quarterfinal in gareth southgate's tournament is a tough act to follow. we have also had gary neville who has tweeted, "thank you, gareth, you did a greatjob."jordan pickford, the england goalkeeper has paid tribute to gareth southgate as well as prince william, who called

him an all—round class act. prince william of course is president of the football association. to reiterate the breaking news, gareth southgate has resigned as england manager. we say goodbye to our viewers on bbc two now and this continues on bbc news. oliver, so kind of you to stay and me ask if i may, what is the legacy gareth leaves behind him?— may, what is the legacy gareth leaves behind him? there are two thinis, leaves behind him? there are two things. one _ leaves behind him? there are two things. one is _ leaves behind him? there are two things, one is the _ leaves behind him? there are two things, one is the result _ leaves behind him? there are two things, one is the result and i leaves behind him? there are two things, one is the result and the l things, one is the result and the memories of the fans and for us in the media, just looking at tournaments that have been a joy to watch as an england fan. i would make an exception and say, caveat this by saying i didn't enjoy this tournament a great deal. i enjoyed the dramatic win against the netherlands the other night, and the penalty shoot—out against switzerland but i didn't think this tournament was a very aggressive one. but the previous three

tournaments did look like they belonged on the international stage. that hadn't been the case for years, so there's that side of things. i think beyond that there is a wider thing that happened where southgate has rebuilt this culture around the england team not on his own but there have been other people at the fa who have done impressive work and reenergised the whole england team and england brand almost. not from and england brand almost. not from an outside point of view but making it something that really appeals to players. they look forward to playing for their countries rather than the dread which i think was the case for years. it's incredibly important, all of that. there'sjust the one thing that everybody really wanted was to win a trophy and i

think that would have trumped eddie but it's possible sometimes to come into a job, but it's possible sometimes to come into ajob, win but it's possible sometimes to come into a job, win a trophy, move on again and leave no legacy beyond that. southgate without winning the trophy, without quite winning the trophy, without quite winning the trophy, he has come so close but i think there are all sorts of ways in which he hasjust sort think there are all sorts of ways in which he has just sort of reenergised and re—established england, made it mean something more to fans and players alike. i think that really shouldn't be underestimated even though it is harder to quantify. 5m? underestimated even though it is harder to quantify.— underestimated even though it is harder to quantify. stay there for a second because _ harder to quantify. stay there for a second because i _ harder to quantify. stay there for a second because i want _ harder to quantify. stay there for a second because i want to - harder to quantify. stay there for a second because i want to play i harder to quantify. stay there for a second because i want to play a i harder to quantify. stay there for a | second because i want to play a clip to you and to viewers at home. immediately after the match on sunday, some of the bbc commentary team including gary lineker and rio ferdinand discussed whether now is the time gareth southgate to stand

aside. ii the time gareth southgate to stand aside. ., , the time gareth southgate to stand aside. . , ., . , aside. if we are being totally honest, and _ aside. if we are being totally honest, and we _ aside. if we are being totally honest, and we get - aside. if we are being totally honest, and we get the i aside. if we are being totally| honest, and we get the stats, aside. if we are being totally i honest, and we get the stats, use our eyes, england coming into this game, it was more hope. sometimes moments can only get you so far, sometimes you need structure that allows a moment to get you over the line and unfortunately we relied too much on the moment.— line and unfortunately we relied too much on the moment. these moments are for spain — much on the moment. these moments are for spain and _ much on the moment. these moments are for spain and they _ much on the moment. these moments are for spain and they are _ much on the moment. these moments are for spain and they are enjoying - are for spain and they are enjoying themselves as though they should. as for gareth_ themselves as though they should. as for gareth southgate, i suspect this might— for gareth southgate, i suspect this might be _ for gareth southgate, i suspect this might be his last game in management. what he has brought to this england team is a likeability about_ this england team is a likeability about as — this england team is a likeability about as i — this england team is a likeability about as i think re—engaged the affection — about as i think re—engaged the affection of the english public towards — affection of the english public towards football. gf affection of the english public towards football.— affection of the english public towards football. of course. in terms of the _ towards football. of course. in terms of the job _ towards football. of course. in terms of the job he _ towards football. of course. in terms of the job he has - towards football. of course. in terms of the job he has done, | towards football. of course. in . terms of the job he has done, like towards football. of course. in - terms of the job he has done, like i terms of thejob he has done, like i just said, getting to two vinyls, the semifinals of the world cup. in

the semifinals of the world cup. in the early part of his tenure, he probably overachieved but now the expected level has gone up. with these players, it was always going to be difficult. he got us to a final, today he got us to the final, and we have had a great day. with the fans. but ijust and we have had a great day. with the fans. but i just think we needed a little bit more urgency, we needed more spark. looking over at the bench, we are thinking, we have cole palmer, watkins, could he have started with them? i asked you before the game how harry kane would react in a game like this. it’s before the game how harry kane would react in a game like this.— react in a game like this. it's also difficult for _ react in a game like this. it's also difficult for harry _ react in a game like this. it's also difficult for harry kane _ react in a game like this. it's also difficult for harry kane is - react in a game like this. it's alsoj difficult for harry kane is because he doesn't — difficult for harry kane is because he doesn't spin behind people so it's difficult for him.— it's difficult for him. let's stop listenin: it's difficult for him. let's stop listening about _ it's difficult for him. let's stop listening about harry - it's difficult for him. let's stop listening about harry kane - it's difficult for him. let's stop - listening about harry kane because we were listening to what they were saying about what gareth southgate has done. it's interesting how they were talking about moments and how

their success is based on moment and not culture, but you do feel that culture is different. sir geoff hurst said yesterday he feels it's the first time the england team has played as a team since 1966. there have been individual— played as a team since 1966. mar have been individual tournaments along the way in 1996, where things have clicked for england, but if we are talking about an england team that shows some consistency on vision, about log and mentality, that has been a new thing from southgate moving from one tournament to the next. i think his first tournament as england manager was really impressive, and from a manager point of view, this fourth and final tournament ended up looking i would say by far the least impressive because although they reached the final, they were reliant on moments. i didn't think they did

look the same sort of team where there was a great system, great coherence that there had been at previous tournaments. i look at this tournament slightly different to the previous three. it is hard to lump them in together but under southgate we have seen teams which have been the sum of their parts which has historically not been the case. fik. historically not been the case. 0k. one time that _ historically not been the case. 0k. one time that perhaps wasn't historically not been the case. ok. one time that perhaps wasn't the case but they still did reach the final which suggests it something more impressive than that. oliver, aood to more impressive than that. oliver, good to talk _ more impressive than that. oliver, good to talk to _ more impressive than that. oliver, good to talk to you. _ more impressive than that. oliver, good to talk to you. thanks - more impressive than that. oliver, good to talk to you. thanks for- good to talk to you. thanks for taking the time to speak to us today. let's bring you some more reaction for those of you joining us. gary lineker has tweeted in the last minute or so his reaction. he says, "wishing gareth southgate all the very best in the future. he brought pride, respect and togetherness to england that we haven't seen for a long time. he was

very close to footballing immortality and he always did the job with humility, decency and dignity. thank you, gareth." so that is the reaction from gary lineker. let's speak now to the sports journalist for the telegraph. thanks for joining journalist for the telegraph. thanks forjoining us, so first of all your reaction? most of the sports journalist i have been speaking to today have said this is no surprise. no, it is no surprise. what i will give gareth credit for is making his decision so quickly. he could have let it go on for a couple of weeks and let the rumour mill keep going but he decided pretty quickly the time was up to him. he probably knew even before the tournament this would be his last so i'm glad it's out the way and now we can move forward. ., ~ out the way and now we can move forward. . ~ ., ., ., ., forward. talk to me more about what ou think forward. talk to me more about what you think he — forward. talk to me more about what you think he brought _ forward. talk to me more about what you think he brought to _ forward. talk to me more about what you think he brought to the _ forward. talk to me more about what you think he brought to the england i you think he brought to the england team. it’s

you think he brought to the england team. �* , ~ ., you think he brought to the england team. 3 ~ ., ., , , team. it's like what so many people have said in — team. it's like what so many people have said in the _ team. it's like what so many people have said in the last _ team. it's like what so many people have said in the last hour. - team. it's like what so many people have said in the last hour. he - have said in the last hour. he brought respect, humility and grace to thejob. the brought respect, humility and grace to the job. the animosity between the team and the media seemed to disappear with him. the team and the media seemed to disappearwith him. he the team and the media seemed to disappear with him. he brought along a group of young players who seem to enjoy playing for their country again, and the fans didn't take to them. they were underwhelming at the start but by the end, they wanted him to wear his waistcoat, you know? and really seemed to admire him. i think it will go down as one of the best england managers we have had. can we do one better? i best england managers we have had. can we do one better?— can we do one better? i think whoever replaces _ can we do one better? i think whoever replaces him - can we do one better? i think whoever replaces him will - can we do one better? i think whoever replaces him will be | can we do one better? i think - whoever replaces him will be aiming for a minimum whoever replaces him will be aiming fora minimum of whoever replaces him will be aiming for a minimum of semifinals in the world cup, i imagine, because that is the level southgate has set. those coming through right now, bellingham, foden, harry kane, there

is still an incredible amount of talent available to whoever replaces gareth. ., , talent available to whoever replaces gareth. . , . . , ., gareth. there was criticism though in which the _ gareth. there was criticism though in which the way _ gareth. there was criticism though in which the way gareth _ gareth. there was criticism though in which the way gareth southgate| in which the way gareth southgate played the team and criticism at the beginning of the tournament about the fact that team wasn't the attacking team many people wanted it to be. if you look at the flip side of that, if it had been the attacking team, would we have got that far? ., . , that far? the balance between pragmatism — that far? the balance between pragmatism and _ that far? the balance between pragmatism and attacking - that far? the balance between pragmatism and attacking is l that far? the balance between - pragmatism and attacking is really hard. it's easy to sit here and say they should have been more attacking. had they done that, maybe they would have been more exposed and been out in two stages, let say. but you have got to manage yourself through the competition, gareth southgate did that and it gave them a chance to get to the finals. unfortunately they didn't get over the line but i think whoever replaces him will need to provide a bit more of an attacking edge and threat, and scare the bigger teams.

how do you do that? what do you change up front? i how do you do that? what do you change up front?— change up front? i think the formation — change up front? i think the formation england - change up front? i think the formation england played i change up front? i think the - formation england played against the netherlands seemed to suit the player better. i'm surprised he went back to four at the back against spain. having three at the back with foden behind the lead striker, getting the central players who are best in that position seemed to work. if some players retire and come back into the squad, then it will have to be adjusted again but thatis will have to be adjusted again but that is up to the manager i guess. let's talk about names and potential england managers. what is your guess? england managers. what is your cuess? �* , england managers. what is your cuess? h ., ~' england managers. what is your .uess? �*, ., 4' , , guess? it's tough. i think the best three candidates _ guess? it's tough. i think the best three candidates are _ guess? it's tough. i think the best three candidates are out - guess? it's tough. i think the best three candidates are out of - guess? it's tough. i think the best three candidates are out of work l guess? it's tough. i think the best l three candidates are out of work but they are all foreign. i'm talking jurgen klopp, morrissey o pochettino and thomas tuchel. whether they want to go down a foreign route remains to go down a foreign route remains to be seen. amongst english

managers, eddie howe is probably the best bet but to get him out of newcastle would be tough. i don't think it's the right time for steven gerrard or frank lampard to come into thisjob so gerrard or frank lampard to come into this job so it's difficult. if i had a choice, i would go out and do whatever you can to try and get juergen klopp. do whatever you can to try and get juergen kiowa-— do whatever you can to try and get juergen klopp.- yes, - do whatever you can to try and get juergen klopp.- yes, i - do whatever you can to try and get| juergen klopp.- yes, i know juergen klopp. really? yes, i know he wants the _ juergen klopp. really? yes, i know he wants the break _ juergen klopp. really? yes, i know he wants the break but _ juergen klopp. really? yes, i know he wants the break but if _ juergen klopp. really? yes, i know he wants the break but if you - juergen klopp. really? yes, i know he wants the break but if you throw enough money at him, he might say, you know what? i have this relationship with english football, maybe i can come back. let'sjust see how it goes on a rolling contract or something, but i think getting him involved would change everything for england. we getting him involved would change everything for england.— getting him involved would change everything for england. we have had fabio capello. _ everything for england. we have had fabio capello, sven goran _ everything for england. we have had fabio capello, sven goran eriksson,| fabio capello, sven goran eriksson, foreign managers before, they haven't worked.— foreign managers before, they haven't worked. they haven't, but juruen haven't worked. they haven't, but jurgen klopp _ haven't worked. they haven't, but jurgen klopp is — haven't worked. they haven't, but jurgen klopp is different. - haven't worked. they haven't, but jurgen klopp is different. we - haven't worked. they haven't, but jurgen klopp is different. we saw| jurgen klopp is different. we saw what he did at liverpool and for

dortmund in germany. his energy, his style of play. we talked about wanting more attacking football, he will give you that. he is the man i believe, if england want to take the next level, he is that person. fabiola capello was a great manager, he took milan to four titles. you would put your money on him to have worked out for england and yet didn't really. i worked out for england and yet didn't really-— worked out for england and yet didn't really. i agree but it was a different time. _ didn't really. i agree but it was a different time. his _ didn't really. i agree but it was a different time. his english - didn't really. i agree but it was a | different time. his english wasn't the greatest, his relationship with the greatest, his relationship with the england team and the media wasn't great. i think there is a substantial relationship between jurgen klopp between the players and the media and the country that will go a long way to help him. ok. the media and the country that will go a long way to help him. ok, well i'm auoin go a long way to help him. ok, well i'm going to — go a long way to help him. ok, well i'm going to let _ go a long way to help him. ok, well i'm going to let you _ go a long way to help him. ok, well i'm going to let you go. _ go a long way to help him. ok, well i'm going to let you go. thanks - go a long way to help him. ok, well i'm going to let you go. thanks so l i'm going to let you go. thanks so much for taking the time to speak to us. hopefully we will talk to you

again at some point when a manager is installed in thejob but thanks once again from the telegraph. we have been getting reaction from current and former players. i have read you some already but let's go through it again. declan rice has said, "thank you, gaffer. it's been a privilege to play for england under your guidance, memories that will stay with me forever. all the best in your future. " jordan pickford thanked southgate for always believing in him and wished him all the best for whatever comes next. jamie carragher said it's been a great ride for all involved over the last eight years. and just to read out a couple of messages we have been getting from you here at the bbc from you at home. a lot of people have an

opinion, unsurprisingly. this from harvey, "it's empirical we get a proper tactician at the helm. if we can get someone who can keep the feel—good factor playing for england as well as get them playing attacking, progressive football than attacking, progressive football than a trophy is given with this crop of players." match in london says we need a proven winner that plays attacking football, the likes of eddie howe have promised but not big—game experience. klopp eddie howe have promised but not big-game experience. klopp or eddie howe have promised but not big—game experience. klopp or tuchel for me, and yes i know they are both german, he says. there has been another huge breaking story, another big resignation but this time in the world of welsh politics. vaughan gething has said he will begin the process of stepping down as leader of the welsh labour party and as a result of first minister. he said he recognised rebuilding and renewal was not possible under his

leadership. the move follows four welsh ministers resigning this morning, all calling for the first minister to stand down, but vaughan gething has come under sustained criticism over a series of rows concerning donations that he took while running to be the welsh labour leader. let's listen to his resignation statement. i have this morning taken the difficult decision to begin the process of stepping down as the leader of welsh labour and as a result, first minister. having been elected as leader of my party in march this year, i had hoped that over the summer, a period of reflection, rebuilding and renewal could take place under my leadership. i recognise now that this is not possible. it has been an extraordinary honour to do this job forjust a few extraordinary honour to do this job for just a few short extraordinary honour to do this job forjust a few short months. to see

the dedication of the public service of our civil servants and the dedication to civility from the welsh public. to see the election of a new labour government in westminster, and the fresh hope that that brings for wales. i have always pursued my political career to serve wales and being able to show underrepresented communities that there is a place for m, —— for them, for us, is an honour and pleasure that will never diminish. it is what drew me into public service before becoming an ms i was in the trade union, representing people who would be mistreated at work. i wanted to give power to those without a voice, to help make our country a better place for all of us. that has always been my

motivation. i campaign to help create a senedd, 30 years of work to support the devolution journey. this has been an incredible difficult time for me and for my family. a growing assertion that some kind of wrongdoing has taken place has been pernicious, politically motivated and patiently untrue. in 11 years as and patiently untrue. in 11 years as a minister, i have never, ever made a minister, i have never, ever made a decision of personal gain. i have never, ever misused or abused my ministerial responsibilities. my integrity remains, i have not compromised it. i regret that the burden of proof is no longer an important commodity in the language

of our politics. i do hope that can change for all of us. i will now discuss with the welsh executives a timetable for the election of the new leader of welsh labour. finally, i do want to say thank you to all those who have reached out to support me, my team and my family in recent weeks. it really does mean a great deal. to those people in wales who like me, many i know feel personally bruised and worried, i know that our country can be better. i know that cannot happen without us. there will be and there must be in the future a government that looks like the country it serves. a government for all of us, to make wales a better place with and for

all of us. thank you very much. while that was vaughan gething they're reading out that statement. let's get a little bit more now and how we got to. here is our wales correspondent. there has been pressure on vaughan gething ever since he won that leadership battle backin since he won that leadership battle back in march and when he subsequently became the first minister. there was pressure around a £200,000 donation given to him by a £200,000 donation given to him by a company of a man who was twice convicted of environmental offences. members of welsh labour weren't happy about that. there were then concerns about the text messages sent that came out during the covid inquiry. but then recently there has been concerned at the manner of which vaughan gething sacked the former minister for allegedly leaking information to the media in wales. the foreign minister has

denied that, vaughan gething said he did nothing wrong and there was evidence to suggest that individual had to delete that information. and that he was well within his right to do that. subsequently, we heard from the media company that it wasn't that minister who leaked the information. i think there has been a statement in welsh labour for some time. there was also concerns regarding whether or not the welsh government could pass with 30 members in the senedd but they do require at least one member of the opposition party or an opposition member not part of labour to pass the budget i think all this pressure has been mounting upon him. and of course, at the start of the election campaign, he faced a no—confidence vote that he lost as well but he stayed in place. in certain respects, this is very similar to the course of events that led to borisjohnson the course of events that led to boris johnson stat that it the course of events that led to borisjohnson stat that it might stepping down. of course it took a number of steps before he stepped down as well and it looks like there has been the catalyst for him

stepping down today. so that has been the resignation of vaughan gething, the first minister of wales. more is always on the bbc news website. there has been another resignation that is leading the news website and our outlook here on bbc news and that is the resignation of the english manager gareth southgate. he has resigned after almost eight years, 102 games. he is stepping down as england manager. follows the 2—1 defeat to spain in the euro 2024 final. gareth southgate said it has been the honour of his life. prince william described him as a class act on a post on social media. the fa are yet to announce who his successor will be. to talk a little bit more about this and analyse where we are i am joined by england legend, england's most capped player

with 125 caps. it's so good to talk to you. what is your reaction to des? �* ., to you. what is your reaction to des? ., , , , ., to you. what is your reaction to des? �* . , , , .,, . des? i'm not surprised, to be fair. i think gareth — des? i'm not surprised, to be fair. i think gareth southgate - des? i'm not surprised, to be fair. i think gareth southgate has - des? i'm not surprised, to be fair. i think gareth southgate has had i des? i'm not surprised, to be fair. | i think gareth southgate has had a really good stint, as you say, eight years. there was a lot of pressure on him and people forget that the direct families have to live through this as well. and he has given his all. he has done very well. he has got us to, you know, the finals of competitions and, you know, i think he realises that, you know, it's probably has time to go. and give somebody else a chance. it's typical of gareth, very classy direct way, he not messing around. he probably made his mind up as soon as the final whistle went, even before that if they didn't win it. well done, gareth and now the search starts. well, yes the search to start. many people say that he came on in 2016

and change the culture of the england squad. do you think that the next manager needs to change that culture or bring their own stamp on things? t culture or bring their own stamp on thins? ~ , culture or bring their own stamp on thins? ~' , ., ., culture or bring their own stamp on thins? ~' , . ., ., , culture or bring their own stamp on thins? ~' , . ., .,, ., things? i think every manager has to brina their things? i think every manager has to bring their own _ things? i think every manager has to bring their own stamp _ things? i think every manager has to bring their own stamp otherwise - things? i think every manager has to bring their own stamp otherwise it i bring their own stamp otherwise it all the same all the time. and, you know, obviously whether it's a foreign manager or an english manager, a british manager, ishould say, it's difficult to say. there's not a great choice with english managers in terms of proven winning trophies type thing, which is the normal thing you want for an international manager. so, you know, jurgen klopp, thomas tuchel, mauricio pochettino these are the names that are being thrown around that we will have to wait and see. the fa, i would obviously like them to go for an english manager but, like i said, there is not a great deal of choice, really. tell

like i said, there is not a great deal of choice, really.- like i said, there is not a great deal of choice, really. tell me a little bit about _ deal of choice, really. tell me a little bit about the _ deal of choice, really. tell me a little bit about the legacy - deal of choice, really. tell me a little bit about the legacy you i little bit about the legacy you think there has been left by gareth southgate, especially with these young players. southgate, especially with these young players-— southgate, especially with these ouna -la ers. . ~ young players. yeah, i think he has left, i young players. yeah, i think he has left. i would _ young players. yeah, i think he has left, i would use _ young players. yeah, i think he has left, i would use the _ young players. yeah, i think he has left, i would use the word - young players. yeah, i think he has left, i would use the word classy, l left, i would use the word classy, he has been a gentleman. he has always been respected no matter what. the way he handles himself, the way he has handled the england team. it's not easyjob being the england manager. there's a lot of things away from matches, we see when games came up in international matches, there is a lot of other things away from that that he has to be involved in. you know, it is a full—timejob. and, you know, he has done everything the right way. i don't know if there is anybody that has got a bad word to say about gareth. and that's not to say that he is not a ruthless manager. he has got that streak in them, or had that streak and i should say. leaving jack grealish out of the squad. he's

made some big decisions and most times he has been proven right. i think he has left a legacy that probably is going to be difficult to fill, ithink. maybe probably is going to be difficult to fill, i think. maybe people will appreciate him a bit more when he is gone. it's normally the case, isn't it. ., f . gone. it's normally the case, isn't it. ., , . , ., gone. it's normally the case, isn't it. ., '. , .,. it. how difficult is it for an england — it. how difficult is it for an england player— it. how difficult is it for an england player to - it. how difficult is it for an england player to get - it. how difficult is it for an england player to get use | it. how difficult is it for an l england player to get use to it. how difficult is it for an _ england player to get use to someone new, to get that relationship back again with a new person?- again with a new person? yeah, i have been _ again with a new person? yeah, i have been under— again with a new person? yeah, i have been under some _ again with a new person? yeah, i have been under some great - again with a new person? yeah, i - have been under some great managers throughout, ramsey was the first one, i mean, he was something different. obviously sir bobby robertson, i had a great time with him. in between was don who was a bit of a disaster, a great club manager but not a good england manager. so it's not always easy. to

go from club management to international management. but, you know, i was lucky and didn't have too many. but the ones i had were pretty decent. too many. but the ones i had were pretty decent-— pretty decent. and, you know, lookin: pretty decent. and, you know, looking to _ pretty decent. and, you know, looking to the _ pretty decent. and, you know, looking to the future, - pretty decent. and, you know, looking to the future, peter. i pretty decent. and, you know, i looking to the future, peter. we have so many good, young england players. how crucial are they going to be moving forward, continuing that culture we have seen under gareth southgate? it’s that culture we have seen under gareth southgate?— that culture we have seen under gareth southgate? it's been great to see ounu gareth southgate? it's been great to see young players — gareth southgate? it's been great to see young players coming _ gareth southgate? it's been great to see young players coming through i gareth southgate? it's been great to i see young players coming through and evenin see young players coming through and even in this tournament, we have seen new players coming through and, you know, that's the way it is. you've got to look to the future but at the same time you still need those experienced internationals around said the youngsters can learn from them. i think maybe harry kane,

as it his time finished? he looked very tired and subdued in the tournament. although he has been a great captain and a great leader for the team. a great ambassador, you know, so, there's one or two that i think probably their chances finished but it's onwards and upwards. it's a question of the new manager, what he wants in the style he wants to play and on the type of players that he wants. but certainly the young players are our future now. ,, ., ., now. ok, peter shilton, former encland now. ok, peter shilton, former england football _ now. ok, peter shilton, former england football player - now. ok, peter shilton, former england football player and - now. ok, peter shilton, former- england football player and legend. thank you for talking to us. let's bring you up—to—date with what we know so far. about an hour ago, gareth southgate the england manager announced he is resigning as manager of england. he put out a statement. it was a statement that he put out to his fans and also to those people

in the fa as well. he talked about, is an english man being immensely proud, it being the honoured of his life being england manager. he said it is time now for a new change, a new chapter. he talked about playing for england, managing england meaning everything to him and giving it his all. he then said that sunday's final in berlin against spain was my final game as england manager. there's been a lot of reaction to gareth southgate stepping down. we've heard from england player declan rice, he said... england goalkeeper thanked southgate for always believing in him and wished him all the best for whatever comes next. former england

player, turned commentator said... and gary lineker, former player turned bbc commentator wish southgate all the best in the future. ahead of sunday's final, those closest to gareth southgate talk about the man behind the england manager. let's take a watch.

i know this guy inside out. there's a real intellectual, intelligent man there with a beautiful humanity. gareth, congratulations on your appointment. must be a great honour for you to be the named the new england manager. yeah, i'm extremely proud myself, my family, everybody _ that has helped me on myjourney within football as a player- or a coach. getting the job is one thing. i want to do the job successfully. england were terribly perceived before gareth southgate came in. no fight. no identity. no belief. commentator: this is surely as bad as it's ever _ been for england. there was no connection from the fans. we was almost like a laughing stock. gareth southgate has changed the narrative around the squad. he made all the players open up

on the eve of the 2018 world cup. he basically humanised the england squad again. he tells you as it is, he tells you where you stand. that's the most you can ask for a new manager. someone that's honest. gareth southgate is a man of huge principles. if you've got a man at the top of the helm with his culture, his respect, his values, these guys are going to follow suit and they're going to love him. there was this bond. younger brother. you can see the players love him. they all want to play for that man. i owe gareth so much. he' 5, um he's been immense for me personally. gareth is... he's been absolutely fantastic to each and every one of us. i feel a big part of it is he's been in our shoes. let me tell you, that was tough at the time.

he's lived what we're living. gareth southgate's experience as a player have been absolutely fundamental to his success as a manager. it gives me a lot of confidence and i can more than trust him. i'm always grateful for that. you've got a guy here that will take the fear out of you playing football. gareth: we've had some incredible nights. - incredible nights the last seven, eight years. the only reason i did the job when i took it on was to tryi and bring success to england as a nation, and to try- and improve english football. that whole concept of service to the nation is embedded in gareth southgate. you're talking to probably the most patriotic guy that i know. gareth: when i took this 'ob,

i'd had three years i as a premier league manager. i've now had 100 internationals, some of the biggest games - in world football. you learn all the time from that. he's a very, very strong individual. far tougher than advertised. gareth: we all want to be loved, right? i when you're doing something - for your country and you're a proud englishman and you don't feel that back, and when all you read - is criticism, it's hard. it's hard. he's invested into these these boys, not just as footballers, but as human beings. we've been on this journey together. we've helped change the perception of england, the culture of england. that's a team that wants to do everything possible for the man who's leading them. sunday will define me for others.

but it won't for myself. that is gareth southgate in his own words there. so let's analyse this move by gareth southgate and look into the future as well. a senior football writer at the athletic says the next manager for the england team needs to bring continuity to southgate's legacy. if you look through the legacy of the england teal, they flip—flop from one type of manager to another. when a manager leaves everything is wrong and they need to sort it out and start again, go with the opposite approach. i think this time, they need continuity. they need to build on what gareth southgate has done because if we look at his ten ——

southgate has done because if we loo have is ten —— southgate has done because if we loo have seen —— have not had we have seen managers have not had any positive legacy, not completed its ornaments, not won any big knockout games. gareth southgate has repeatedly done that, he's done a really good job. he's been thanked and applauded on his way out of the building. they want someone who can do the same butjust better. itrail“) building. they want someone who can do the same butjust better.— do the same but 'ust better. who is that? here do the same but 'ust better. who is than here is— do the same butjust better. who is that? here is that _ do the same butjust better. who is that? here is that person _ do the same butjust better. who is that? here is that person who - do the same butjust better. who is that? here is that person who can i do the same butjust better. who is. that? here is that person who can do the same but better? i that? here is that person who can do the same but better?— the same but better? i don't know. it will be very _ the same but better? i don't know. it will be very interesting, - the same but better? i don't know. it will be very interesting, a - the same but better? i don't know. it will be very interesting, a lot - it will be very interesting, a lot of people on social media saying what we need now is a winner. look at louise to lafuente it was just one euros, with got the manager who is just one euros, with got the manager who isjust one one euros, with got the manager who is just one corporate america —— corporate america ——. first up. and

it das there has been managers who have a much as well as gareth southgate. i can understand looking at people like mauricio pochettino. i think people say you employ one of your own i think that's a reasonable principle rather than a xenophobic one. it's difficult. eddie howe is probably the best english manager on the market. he has done a really good job at newcastle. would you be tempted? not so sure. graham potter had a fantastic reputation of brighton and did a really good job there. i think he would probably be a really strong unquestioned candidate. if it wasn't for the fact that he has had a difficult time at chelsea. i wouldn't hold it against him because a lot of managers had a difficult time at chelsea. he might find himself a lot more suited to a job like england that he was to the

job like england that he was to the job at chelsea. whether it is him or someone else, they will have a hard act to follow in graham southgate. that was a football journalist talking to me about gareth southgate's resignation. now we will speak to a former england player jeff thomas whojoins speak to a former england player jeff thomas who joins us now from worcestershire. it so good to get you on the programme. you won nine caps for the english team and captained for the fa cup final in 1999 is a plenty of experience. you can tell me, if you can, this obviously is unsurprising for gareth southgate. how important has a being, in your estimation, for the england squad over the last eight years? england squad over the last eight ears? , ., ., ., , setting involved in the fa and the setting up involved in the fa and the setting up at saint georges park and getting the infrastructure right first. you can see the kids going through the system so it wasn't as big a shock when england were promoted into the

under 21 is on the first team. he has got so much to be proud of what he has obtained as the england manager. like i say, before the he was heavily involved with the fa. do ou was heavily involved with the fa. do you think is a tough time, to tougher the time, too much pressure? i think every single england manager gets the same stick. we've seen horrendous when graham taylor was manager, years gone after graham taylor stood down, he was again seen as this fantastic football coach in football brain. history will say that gareth has been one of the best england managers they've ever had. and even, yes, gazza won a trophy but if you look back at their progress through that tournament, it wasn't easy and they weren't playing

flamboyant football. it's hard managing football and unfortunately we didn't get the equaliser. in all honesty, we lost to a better team in the final. �* honesty, we lost to a better team in the final. . ., �*, honesty, we lost to a better team in the final. . . �*, �*, honesty, we lost to a better team in the final. . . �* , �* , ., the final. and that's it. it's not that we left — the final. and that's it. it's not that we left hanging _ the final. and that's it. it's not that we left hanging our- the final. and that's it. it's not | that we left hanging our heads, the final. and that's it. it's not - that we left hanging our heads, we left with our heads held high. but despite that there was a lot of criticism about the england team playing. despite that in tournament football it's more about the results on the way you play. it football it's more about the results on the way you play-— on the way you play. it is. but it didn't go--- _ on the way you play. it is. but it didn't go... gareth _ on the way you play. it is. but it didn't go... gareth had - on the way you play. it is. but it l didn't go... gareth had everything and place and he would play this all magical football, everyone wants to see pass, pass, pass goal. and that is the reality that is not there. these players that play for england are playing against... against and for world—class players. when you've got the foden and the stones,

various other players alongside slightly better than what we've got in the england side. spain have got a great squad at the moment, so of belgium when they failed. certain teams that i would have expected an awful lot more from this tournament. you know, england haven't won anything since 1966 and we all expect for us to be winning something. but sadly, we got very close again but gareth got us to a final again. close again but gareth got us to a finalagain. so close again but gareth got us to a final again. so like i say, you should be immensely proud of what is done. ., ., , ., done. you are right, the expectation is there and — done. you are right, the expectation is there and always _ done. you are right, the expectation is there and always has _ done. you are right, the expectation is there and always has been - done. you are right, the expectation is there and always has been within| is there and always has been within english football. and yet, with this team that we had, really, given the performances we have seen since the world cup 2018 and the euros in 2020, this is a team that many people believe could have done it. do you believe in two years' time with the right manager that we could do it? i

with the right manager that we could do it? , , ., ,, do it? i truly believe that. i think gareth has _ do it? i truly believe that. i think gareth has left _ do it? i truly believe that. i think gareth has left a _ do it? i truly believe that. i think gareth has left a legacy - do it? i truly believe that. i think gareth has left a legacy now, - do it? i truly believe that. i think| gareth has left a legacy now, he's left the team that is probably better than what he took over. not many periods in english football has that happened. i think the next manager coming along will be very happy with what he has got. we've got younger players coming through as well. you know, certain positions that we need to find to make england what are the better teams in the world. i think we are not far off. these guys have had two experiences in major tournaments and they are only 21 and 20. the future is really looking very promising for england. and, geoff before you go, i ask this of peter shilton and i will ask you as well. how difficult is it as a player to bring in a new manager to create that relationship and start over again with someone new. mr;

over again with someone new. my earl over again with someone new. iii early experiences over again with someone new. ij�*i early experiences with over again with someone new. i511: early experiences with a over again with someone new. i511 early experiences with a club manager. i was under graham taylor's ten ten... as soon as it goes wrong it becomes difficult. for a new manager to come on now, the players will take in their stride. they will be looking as much as anybody and hoping that they bring in somebody fresh with fresh ideas that they can relate to and, you know, move forward. and, you know, achieve something that this team is desperate for.— something that this team is deserate for. ., ., desperate for. ok, former england -la er desperate for. ok, former england player geoff _ desperate for. ok, former england player geoff thomas, _ desperate for. ok, former england player geoff thomas, it _ desperate for. ok, former england player geoff thomas, it so - desperate for. ok, former england player geoff thomas, it so good i desperate for. ok, former england player geoff thomas, it so good to i player geoff thomas, it so good to talk to you. thank you so much. let's bring you up—to—date with this breaking news story. that is the england manager gareth southgate has stepped down after nearly eight years in the role. this comes after the lions

lost 2—1 against spain in that final against spain sunday night. gareth southgate said it was the honour of his life to play and be england manager. we talked about the time for change and a new chapter as well. there has been a lot of reaction. prince william has said on twitter, thank you for being an all—round class act. the fa ceo has said that we will be forever grateful. in the last minutes we have had some more reaction from another player. harry maguire has thanked gareth southgate on instagram saying, you helped us all believe again. memories that will last forever. thank you, boss. before i go, let me read you a couple of more messages that we have got here from the bbc from viewers at home, viewers of the bbc. someone called matt said as a boro fan, he was already one of my heroes. nearly

ended 58 years of mediocrity for england. as england fans, we should be careful what we wish for. thank you for four amazing summers, gareth. he also said, i think henry winter is spot on, gareth change the culture and transformed us into genuine contenders but he lacked the killer edge to make proactive decisions on the live game situation to get us over the finish line. we are back again. i think, now is a good time to leave you. the view now for many is looking forward to who is going to be the next england manager. there are plenty of names being handed around but the fa has said that it will put in place interim measures. of course, september the 7th is england's next match against ireland, the republic of ireland so it be good for someone

to be put in place at an interim level before then. just to reiterate that breaking news — might gareth southgate has resigned as england manager. plenty more on the bbc website.

today at one... "time for a new chapter." the words of gareth southgate as he resigns as england manager. after 102 games in charge, sunday's euro 2024 final against spain was his last. gareth southgate says it has been the owner of his life to manage england. now comes the speculation about who is next. also on the programme... wales's first minister vaughan gething quits afterfour of his ministers step down. a court confirms that documents found on a body in tenerife belonged to missing jay slater and that he most likely died due to a fall. and southern africa's largest rainforest will become a conservation area, to protect the dozens of new species found there.

and coming up on bbc news: defending champions england are in sweden