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this is bbc news at 5. i'm annita mcveigh at westminster, where theresa may is in the middle of reshuffling her cabinet. liz truss is demoted from head of the justice ministry to chief secretary of the treasury, replaced by david lidington. damian green is moved from work and pensions to the cabinet office. this is the scene live in downing street, where further appointments are expected to be announced. there's open speculation by senior conservatives over the prime minister's future, and warnings she needs to change her leadership style. theresa may is a dead woman walking. it's just how long she's going to remain on death row. what's your guess? i think we will know very shortly. i mean, we could get to next week and it all collapses for her. downing street is forced to clarify its position over a deal with the dup. its leader, arlene foster, says nothing is finalised on reaching a deal. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn says
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there could be another election soon, and he is preparing an alternative queen's speech. we are quite ready and able to put forward a serious programme, which obviously has massive support in this country. i'm shaun ley, with the rest of the day's news. the fake suicide belts designed to spread terror in the london bridge attack. one of the first police officers on the scene describes what they faced. it was almost pandemonium, people were running. at that point, there were still lots and lots of shots ringing out. i didn't know whether they were our chaps, or the bad guys. three british men are detained after a passenger plane made an unplanned landing in germany after the pilot was alerted to a suspicious conversation on board. and england's first world football trophy since 1966 — beating venezuela 1—0 in the under 20s world cup final. good afternoon, and welcome back
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to westminster where the last two hours have seen fast moving developments — including theresa may's cabinet reshuffle, with ministers in and out of downing street. this comes after she was warned by collea g u es this comes after she was warned by colleagues to change her leadership style in the wake of the election results. let's recap on the names we know in the reshuffle so far. damian green is made first secretary of state
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and cabinet office minister — a promotion to key role for old may ally liz truss is demoted. she moves from head of thejustice ministry to chief secretary to the treasury, a non—cabinet post. she will be replaced by david lidington. david gauke, who was chief secretary to the treasury, has been promoted to become the new work and pensions secretary. liam fox — one of the cabinet's leading "brexiteers" — retains his position as international trade secretary. greg clark remains as business minister. and justine greening has kept herjob as education secretary. no change either for sajid javid who has retained hisjob as communities and local government secretary. alun cairns has kept hisjob as and local government secretary. alun cairns has kept his job as secretary of state for wales. let's head to downing street for any more developments. our correspondent ellie price is in downing street. giving through that list it makes me
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think it is a reshuffle of sorts. a lot of people are staying where they we re lot of people are staying where they were before the election, those. absolutely, in the last few seconds another one staying in hisjob. jeremy hunt has been confirmed as the health secretary. of course, he has headed up the department at a time of big controversy. there has been thosejunior time of big controversy. there has been those junior doctors strikes, controversies been those junior doctors strikes, c0 ntrove i’s i es over been those junior doctors strikes, controversies over waiting times and playing a key part in the election battle and the election campaign. the nhs is always a battle ground but he keeps his position as health secretary. it would seem... it looks like there are now 11 cabinet ministers who have stayed put. going up ministers who have stayed put. going up in the world is damian green who becomes the first secretary of state. effectively he becomes the first amongst equals, it is
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effectively something of a key role that the prime minister has, if she doesn't have a deputy prime minister. this is something damian green will be effectively the top cabinet minister. he also takes on the role as minister for the cabinet office. also going up, david lidington who was leader of the house and is now thejustice secretary. and david gauke, who was the chief secretary to the treasury will now become work and pensions secretary. going down, being demoted if you like, what a liz truss. he had a big smile, probably pleased she will retain a cabinet position. she is going to be chief secretary of the treasury which is effectively means she will still attends cabinet but isn't in charge of her own department. some runners and riders today, some excitement at downing street in terms of the reshuffle.
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about 11 cabinet ministers keeping this injobs. to about 11 cabinet ministers keeping this in jobs. to what extent can this, going through the normal procedures that prime minister go through after an election, carrying out a reshuffle, to what extent can this give a sense of normality, from numberio, in what this give a sense of normality, from number 10, in what are farfrom normal times? i think we've just got andrea leadsom coming in, she's the environment secretary. do you think you'll keep yourjob? tight—lipped, as ever. she's following a bit of a pattern of cabinet ministers walking m, pattern of cabinet ministers walking in, not saying anything. probably wise to do so. there hasn't been a lot of moving around, she was a prominent leave campaign. there were suggestions she might be shuffled out of the cabinet following the
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general election and the results of the general election. i think what we are seeing is plenty of rumours some of these people would be shuffled out, the likes of liam fox as well. there's a sense actually of normality. i think also a sense of getting back to business, getting the show on the road and getting going. and the feeling theresa may hasn't been able to shuffle out people she might like to have done. there is a sense she needs to keep the cabinet as it was, and keep the party in check. we heard this morning then need the to be changes to mrs may's leadership style, suggestions she needed to be more collective and collegiate, that was from defence secretary michael fallon. i think what we are seeing is potentially keeping things the same, not rocking the boat. certainly, an admission from the pram minister, we saw her two aides
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yesterday —— prime minister. we saw her two aides resigning yesterday. what we are seeing today is a sense that the cabinet will play a more crucial role in the government now and we are beginning to get a feel for what it would look like. you we re for what it would look like. you were saying theresa may has less room for manoeuvring than she thought she might have when she called this election seven weeks ago. do you think the fact she has reappointed key brexiteers, kept them in theirjobs, like liam fox, borisjohnson them in theirjobs, like liam fox, boris johnson and them in theirjobs, like liam fox, borisjohnson and potentially them in theirjobs, like liam fox, boris johnson and potentially andrea leadsom, do we think she's doing that because of concerns that the election result might bring a softer brexit, so she wants to keep those hardline brexiteers close to her? yes, i think you're probably right.
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we heard from lord heseltine this morning who suggested brexit was a cancer that needed to be cut out of the conservative party. there was a sense from a pro—remain mps that theresa may's plans for brexit may go awry, that her plan for a hard brexit, ruling out membership of the single market, may be up for question. the key brexiteers are in key positions now who remaining cabinet and they would have something to say about that. but there is a sense that if she needs to get other parties onside to get anything done, and don't forget parliament will have a vote on the deal at the end of the negotiations, that actually maybe something softer could be mooted. it certainly wasn't her plan, the election was called in the first place in her own words to help steady her mandate and give her the strong and stable leaderships she said she needed to negotiate brexit. there is a sense that could
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be up in the air, although the key members of the brexit team would say otherwise. still more news to come in terms of the reshuffle but thank you, any price. —— ellie price. well as we've been hearing — many westminster voices, including political opponents, are saying that theresa may herself is in an extremely vulnerable position. and labour leaderjeremy corbyn says he is ready to fight another election in the next few months or early next year. he says he's putting together an alternative queen's speech. our political correspondent, leila nathoo reports, on the continuing fall out of the election result. deal or no deal — confusion last night from downing street over whether the dup had already decided to back theresa may and give her the majority she lacks. this morning, clarification that talks were still ongoing. we had very good discussions yesterday with the conservative party in relation to how we could support them in forming a national government that
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would bring stability to the nation, and those discussions continue. we have made good progress but the discussions continue. no detail yet on what they will demand in return. will their socially conservative views clash with a tory party wanting to modernise? there will be no formal coalition, at most, only support for key votes. this is what is traditionally called a confidence and supply arrangement, where the dup will support us on big things like voting for the queen's speech, budget and finance. they support us on defence, on the big issues. it will be a fragile arrangement. doubts over how long the prime minister can last. theresa may is a dead woman walking, it'sjust how long she will remain on death row. i think we will know very shortly. in other words, we could easily get to the middle of next week and it all collapses.
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she is flawed, she's in a desperate situation. her position is untenable, and i think she knows that. if theresa may manages to hold on here, there will be huge questions of the polity she will be able to get through. even with dup support, the majority will be tiny and she will likely have to ditch contentious parts of her manifesto. and with brexit negotiations starting in just over a week, her challenge is to get her party and parliament behind her approach. the fact is that if the tory party doesn't lance the boil of brexit, you are opening the doors for corbyn‘s premiership. he wants thatjob now, and says he is ready to govern. he will amend the queen's speech, putting forward what he says is an alternative vision for the country. we have a minority government relying on the dup to get business through the house of commons when they have no
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agreement on key issues. it seems to be chaotic. we are quite ready and able to put forward a serious programme which obviously has massive support in this country. she thought she would win more support, now it is her looking to others to stand beside her. as we've been hearing, the prime minister has spoken on the phone with the irish taoiseach enda kenny. our correspondent chris buckler is in our belfast newsroom. good afternoon. we haven't seen as far as good afternoon. we haven't seen as faras i'm aware,james good afternoon. we haven't seen as far as i'm aware, james brokenshire who was northern ireland secretary, going into downing street. but we do note the irish foreign minister has tweeted he is meeting him tomorrow soi tweeted he is meeting him tomorrow so i think we can take it as read he is staying in the job. it's going to
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bea is staying in the job. it's going to be a difficult one, isn't it? yes, remember these talks were interrupted by the election to try to get stormont back up and running again by the end of the month. they will be more and more difficult, because if the dup is propping up a conservative government, it's difficult to see how the tories can be seen as an honest broker, is there to build the bridge. to really try and find a way through, of helping the two parties, dup and sinn fein as well as the others, to come to some sort of agreement that would allow power—sharing which collapsed in january. would allow power—sharing which collapsed injanuary. there's been a conversation between theresa may and the taoiseach enda kenny. what mr kenny is saying is that he is concerned about the way things are developing in westminster, but it could have an impact on stormont. he says he doesn't want to see anything
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that could jeopardise the good friday agreement and devolution. ultimately we have a tricky situation where there are negotiations going on about what the future of westminster will be but inevitably that could have an impact on stormont. whatever the nature of the deal between the dup and theresa may, it's going to have to be really carefully crafted to somehow satisfy that arrangement, and also allow for at least the beginning of those talks to try to restore the northern ireland assembly. we've heard very clearly from sinn fein, who have the large number of mlas, that they are really worried that the deal between theresa may and the dup could scupper any progress. absolutely. i think it makes it so much trickier. there's just one seat that separate sinn fein and the dup at stormont. they are parties that really need to
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doa they are parties that really need to do a deal if stormont is to get back up do a deal if stormont is to get back up and running. the democratic unionist party are keen to do a deal. i think you're getting the impression, despite the contradictory statements released last night, that they are up for some kind of an agreement. what they will want out of this is, frankly, money. a lot has been talked about the social issues, their stance on abortion and same—sex marriage. it's worth saying they did double down on their insistence they would allow their insistence they would allow the introduction of same—sex marriage in northern ireland during this election campaign. nonetheless, in this particular negotiation, i think this will be about money not morality. they will want to find cash for northern ireland to help the economy, they will also want some sort of say in brexit and assurances that the union between the uk will be strengthened. if they get money, that's not a bad thing for sinn fein. what i will say is, influence and having the ear of the
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prime minister, or being there in a position where they can ultimately have a lot more say than they've ever had before, that is going to make the negotiations very tricky, particularly with the british government facilitating them in the first place. thank you. let's talk about the many developments some more. i'm joined by about the many developments some more. i'mjoined by chief about the many developments some more. i'm joined by chief political commentator at the independent and the spectator‘s political correspondent. welcome. john, let's start with the reshuffle. it's theresa may shoring her position up, oi’ theresa may shoring her position up, or is she still going to be in as we could position at the end of today as she was at the start of the day? i think if you read it carefully, i think it suggests that she thinks she can turn this around. she thinks she can turn this around. she thinks she can turn this around. she thinks she can stay on as prime minister and fend off any leadership challenge. it's interesting she's
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made damian green how close ally. first secretary of state, which is not deputy prime minister but it is the second ranking cabinet post, which she didn't have before. there wasn't a first secretary of state so she didn't have a well—defined deputy. now she's got one but she's holding reserve the state of the deputy prime minister, in case she needsit deputy prime minister, in case she needs it later. she's obviously anticipating there may be a further crisis to come. do you agree with that? i think she has appointed an ally in damian green. but ultimately what this non—reshuffle shows is that she doesn't have that much power at the moment. we've heard a lot about the revenge reshuffle her team are planning, if she slept in with a big majority. a lot of the ministers who have kept theirjobs will be quite surprised to have kept their jobs. will be quite surprised to have kept theirjobs. people like sajid javid, lots of people but he would be moved. do you think she is at risk
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of looking more like a figurehead who is subject to the demands of those around her rather than a leader? the big question is, how long is she going to stay as prime minister? i think she feels that she can actually fight on and stay, whereas i think on the morning after the election, she thought she would have to go. i think a lot of tory mps thought she would have to go. but they can't unite around an obvious successor. so many of them have reservations about boris johnson. so it's borisjohnson david davis, but neither of them has enough of a head of steam and she thinks she can fend them off by doing a defensive reshuffle, moving liz truss who hadn't had a good time as justice secretary and getting david lidington in. that's a reshuffle of competence. but otherwise, as katie says, it's a very minor arrangement of the
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deckchairs. is there a consideration going on right now in the conservative party as to the respective merits of keeping theresa may as leader, to ensure a degree of stability, versus getting rid of her and going into a leadership contest? all at the time that the party is about to go into the queen's speech. the brexit negotiations are due to start. i think there's a lot of anger in the party at theresa may, they don't like the way she ran the campaign. we saw her two most senior advisers leave yesterday. ultimately tories are pragmatic. what they fear the most is another election. they think the momentum is behind labour fiow. think the momentum is behind labour now. if that means putting up with theresa may, a leader they've lost faith in but still think they can get to govern a way that is suitable to them, that's what they would risk with a leadership contest. it's not
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just about what's happening within the conservative party but also what is happening with labour. speaking of labour sorry, we are just hearing that chris grayling is staying at transport. another non—reshuffle in the reshuffle! john, i wasjust making the point aboutjeremy corbyn and what he might do next. do you think, despite various commentators saying the team he's had have helped him to achieve the result that labourdid him to achieve the result that labour did achieve, but do you think he's going to try to bring back into the fold some of those labour mps, the fold some of those labour mps, the likes of chuka umunna, yvette cooper, who stood down when he originally became leader? yes, i think he wants to do that and i think he wants to do that and i think he's in a strong enough position to be able to do that, without undermining his own authority. i expect to see several of them come back to the cabinet. as
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quite a turnaround. yes, but a lot of people underestimatejeremy corbyn‘s popular appeal. they have to a cce pt corbyn‘s popular appeal. they have to accept that he wasn't the vote loser bay and i thought he was. he is any good position to try and build alliances with the mainstream of the party, which he needs to do in order to have any hope of increasing labour's vote time. nobody is in a rush to have another general election soon. except jeremy corbyn, who says his party is ready for another election in the summer oi’ for another election in the summer or possibly early next year. we may perhaps see some of those moves to bring some people back into his front bench fairly soon. yes, and we saw ina front bench fairly soon. yes, and we saw in a yougov poll today and they we re saw in a yougov poll today and they were the pollster who predicted a hung parliament, that suggested that jeremy corbyn is now tied with theresa may on who would make the best prime minister. it will
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probably tip in jeremy corbyn's favour with this current situation. if he can bring in a strong shadow cabinet you can see why they might be quite fro another election. the tories will do everything they can to stop that from happening —— pro another election. chris grayling is staying as transport secretary. another quick final thought, is this more potentially a loyalty test than anything else? the interesting question is, who's going to be leader of the house? that's quite importantjob leader of the house? that's quite important job in leader of the house? that's quite importantjob ina leader of the house? that's quite importantjob in a hung parliament, because the difficulty with a hung parliament is how do you get the government's business through the house? you have to do deals with the minor parties. david lidington was very good at that kind of thing but he's had to go to justice. he will get thatjob is the one question which i think is really important. we are watching closely. thank you
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both. let's go to the studio. some of the other stories today. a service is taking place this morning at southwark cathedral to remember those who died in the london bridge terror attack. police released pictures of the fake suicide belts the attackers were wearing when they struck last saturday night. southwark‘s medieval cathedral, caught up last saturday in a 21st—century atrocity. this morning, for the first time since the london bridge attack, it opened its ancient doors to worshippers again. just over a week ago, this cathedral and this community witnessed terrible things which should not have happened. a young nurse gave her life by the entrance to montague chambers, trying to save a fellow human being under attack. others suffered terribly, and many more would have been killed
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and injured had it not been for the rapid and effective response from the police. overnight, scotland yard released these pictures of the fake suicide belts the men had constructed in the top floor bedsit in east ham from plastic bottles and duct tape. the plan, apparently, to instil more terror during the rampage with knives through borough market. during the horror, police officers created a safe shelter and casualty station in the katzenjammers bar. the inspector in charge of that unit explaining what it was like to be caught up in what he called pandemonium. there were still shots ringing out, then a stream of people came out the market, running and screaming. so we literallyjust pushed them into the basement of the pub. it was quite a big venue, and it seemed like the safest place to put a large volume of people at that time so it was out of harm's way.
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the police search of the crime scene at borough market is now over. it should reopen in the next few days, though detectives investigating last saturday's carnage are still working through mountains of cctv footage. there were no new arrests overnight. our correspondent richard list has been outside southwark cathedral today as things began to return to normal. we are slowly seeing this area come back to life. it's been sealed off for the last week. the police cordoned was only lifted yesterday. this is the first opportunity for people to come back to this area. boro market still isn't hoping yet. we can see some of the scars still visible, you might be able to see that boarded—up
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doorway in the entrance of southwark cathedral. that's where police forced their way into search for possible suspects after the attack. tha nkfully possible suspects after the attack. thankfully there were no more suspects. it's been a difficult week for southwark cathedral and for the traders at borough market, and a difficult time for the residents. a lot of tourists coming through, going to the cathedral. there are five services planned today and they have been quite moving occasions. downing street says there has been no change to plans to invite donald trump to visit the uk. it was responding to a report in the guardian which said president trump had told the prime minister he didn't want to come until the british public supported him. number 10 said it wouldn't comment on private phone conversations. in the united states mr trump has accused the former fbi head james comey of cowardice by leaking accounts of their meetings. james comey was
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sacked as director of the fbi by mr trump and has accused him of putting pressure on him to drop an investigation into alleged links between the election campaign and russia. those are the stories making the news today. now the weather. we'll we' ll start we'll start with a quick look at the latest satellite sequence. it was a lovely day across east anglia and the south—east. towards the north—west we've got heavy rain for a time. it will stay quite wet in western scotland. there will be further showers in northern ireland and scattered showers for the western side of england and wales. largely dry further east. temperatures in major towns and cities no lower than 11—13. not cold anywhere. in the morning a breezy day particularly through the central lowla nds day particularly through the central lowlands of scotland. breezy further south as well. showers fading away from england and wales with spells of sunshine. but weather to be had
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in western scotland. eastern scotla nd in western scotland. eastern scotland quite well, 18 degrees in aberdeen. on tuesday there will be a breeze in the north and west of the uk with thick cloud and maybe a bit of rain. not so further south. it will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: senior government ministers have warned theresa may to change her leadership style as she reshuffles her cabinet. damian green becomes first secretary of state. most other cabinet ministers have remained end their jobs. this is the scene live in downing street, where an announcement is expected soon on further appointments.
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downing street and the democratic unionist party both insist that no parliamentary pact has yet been agreed between them. the former chancellor, george osborne, has described theresa may as a dead woman walking. labour leaderjeremy corbyn says there could be another election soon and he is preparing an alternative queen's speech. welcome back to westminster. we will ta ke welcome back to westminster. we will take a look at the latest news from theresa may's reshuffle, although it is fairto theresa may's reshuffle, although it is fair to say in many respects it is fair to say in many respects it is not a reshuffle because an awful lot of her cabinet are staying exactly where they were before this election was called. ellie, i know
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you have got latest news on chris grayling, take us through.|j you have got latest news on chris grayling, take us through. i am beginning to doubt what i have told you and what i have not. gavin williamson has been confirmed as secretary of the treasury. , chris grayling will stay as transport secretary and priti patel has been named as international development secretary. there were rumours she would be shuffled out. that seems to be the pattern emerging today. the numbers stack up to 13 cabinet positions and they had stayed the same this afternoon during the reshuffle, arguably not much of a reshuffle. probably worth saying that there are essentially three people who have gone up, damian green, close ally of theresa may. he
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has been promoted to first secretary of state, but effectively means he is the most senior member of cabinet. he is something of the deputy prime minister, although technically not the same, but very similarto technically not the same, but very similar to that super theresa may, she has put a close ally in a very senior position within the cabinet. the chief secretary of state treasury is promoted. and the leader of the house, he now becomes... i have forgotten! he becomesjustice secretary. you start to lose track of who has gone were! he was secretary. liz truss still have a
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cabinet position, but no longer is in charge of her own department, said probably some disappointment there. let's look at those numbers. 13 people not moving jobs. what does that tell you about the position theresa may finds herself in? we would like to be a fly on the wall and those conversations. one wonders what those conversations between theresa may and is cabinet collea g u es theresa may and is cabinet colleagues have been like, whether there was talk of loyalty, whether this shows the authority has been seriously diminished, given the outcome of the general election. there were rumours she would've a reshuffle her cabinet more in her own image or a cabinet which would reflect those people she wanted, but the fact she has not changed maps
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suggests she does not have the the power to do so. there are suggestions from her backbench and is that her power has been seriously diminished now, talking about brexit and how she might shape those negotiations. it is interesting but she has kept a number of her cabinet ministers the same. one wonders whether that is trying to keep the party together because there were calls about her leadership and about what might happen. we have heard clips from the former chancellor, george osborne, today who said she was a deadwood woman walking and it was a deadwood woman walking and it was only a matter of time before she relinquished her leadership on the party. it is shoring up a position, making sure she has a government in place. she would like to portray an image of business as usual. we are still waiting to hear on another ten
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positions. there have been some people who have gone in. they have not come out yet so we do not know whether they have kept hold of their jobs. andrea leadsom, interesting, a leading brexiteer, someone who for a time was standing against theresa may in the conservative leadership contest. that's right and there were rumours about whether she would stay as environment secretary and whether that would continue. what we are also seeing is key brexiteers remaining the same, so borisjohnson stayed as foreign secretary, liam fox stayed as international trade secretary, david davis has stayed as brexit secretary. don't forget that theresa may still has to bind her party together for all of those who are pro—remain or those who want to softer brexit and those who are pitching for the hard brexit she
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suggested she would like to have. there have been calls and suggestions she might need to go for that softer brexit to get the arithmetic sorted in parliament because parliament will have a vote when a final deal was reached so the suggestion that something soft and may go down better within parliament, but plenty of opposition from some of those key brexiteers who will have something to say about that. we're just hearing that boris johnson has said again that he fully backs the prime minister. he said that as well this morning in response to does newspaper reports that he was planning a leadership bid although george osborne claimed that boris johnson bid although george osborne claimed that borisjohnson was in a state of permanent preparation for a leadership bid. but it theresa may was to go, although a lot of conservatives are saying the best
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option is for her to stay for the sake of stability, if she was to go and if there was to be a leadership contest, one would expect him to throw his hat into the ring.|j contest, one would expect him to throw his hat into the ring. i think that's right and he was keen to admit that this morning and to dampen down any rumours he was standing for leadership, but of course boris johnson being standing for leadership, but of course borisjohnson being boris johnson never ruled himself out in the future. there is no appetite within the party to have a leadership contest right now but there is a sense that theresa may's days here at number 10 and in charge of the conservative party may well be numbered. the latest developments on what has been a very busy day here at westminster. theresa may clearly trying to shore up her position with a business as usual approach, the normal activities that happened after a general election where a prime minister goes through
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a reshuffle although, in this case, at least 13 people staying in the jobs they were in before theresa may called this election, but still big question marks over whether she can continue any significant period of time as prime minister, what impact that will have going into the queen's speech and the brexit negotiations, both of which coming up negotiations, both of which coming up in overa negotiations, both of which coming up in over a week. a month after electing emmanuel macron as their youngest ever president, the people of france are now voting in the first round of parliamentary elections. the new president is hoping his centrist party, formed a little over a year ago, will win an outright majority. half of the party's candidates are new to politics. our correspondent in paris, hugh schofield, told me about the significance of the elections. they are very important though because, in the french system, they are often caricatured as a system where only the president counts.
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he or she does count for everything if they have got a majority in parliament. if not, they have to co—habit, as it is called here, which means all sorts of compromises in dealing with different governments and parties. he needs to get this majority and, in stark contrast to what seems to be happening in britain, there is apparently a real momentum behind him. all the polls have shown we are in for a sweeping change in parliamentary politics. everything is suggesting his party en marche will get a majority. it is a two—round vote so we won't get results today but we will get a sign next week when the second round takes place. the polls suggest he is in for a big majority with two main established parties, the republicans on the right and the socialists on the left, infora drubbing. the socialists can been wiped
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out almost completely. contrast this to british politics where confusion seems be reigning. macron seems to be sitting pretty on this wave of confidence around him goes on. three men have been arrested after an easyjet flight to stansted was diverted because of suspicious behaviour. passengers were evacuated down emergency slides after the plane, which was flying from slovenia, made an unplanned landing in germany. the pilot was alerted to a suspicious conversation on board, including what police called terrorist content. a backpack belonging to one of the men was blown up by police. one passenger said that, despite being in quarantine for several hours, he agrees with the action taken by police. in the current climate, you have to ta ke in the current climate, you have to take everything seriously. it is ha rd to take everything seriously. it is hard to say. i would like to think that, if you are up to no good on a
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plane, he would not be openly discussing your plans. my suspicion is, hopefully, it was nothing sinister, but you have to take everything seriously. the right thing was done, i think. the ethiopian government and humanitarian agencies say emergency food aid for nearly 8 million people affected by drought will run out at the end of the month. the drought has been blamed on successive failed rains. the government and aid groups are calling for help but fear donor fatigue with other crises across the world. a sixth yacht has got into trouble during a transatlantic race which is hit by a severe storm. the latest rescue involved the canadian coastguard. these pictures taken earlier show the luxury ocean liner the queen mary 2 rescuing another yachtsman, mervyn wheatley, after he issued a mayday. a storm with 15—metre high waves and winds of 60 knots left a number of boats in trouble. the tv presenter richard hammond has been treated for a fractured knee after crashing a car while filming
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for his new motoring show, the grand tour. he was driving an electric supercar in switzerland when it left the road on a bend. the 10—year—old, who suffered brain injuries in a crash while filming top gear 11 years ago, got out of the vehicle before it burst into flames. his co—host, jeremy clarkson, tweeted that it was the biggest and most frightening crash he'd seen. a previously unheard interview with chuck berry has been found and is being broadcast after a0 years gathering dust. the singer and guitarist, who died in march at the age of 90, rarely spoke to journalists. take a listen to some of this rare audio recording. i started out with the band. i had difficulty with drinking. i do it
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myself. if the supporting band is not there at nine o'clock, i tell the promoter because it is his problem. in the states, i play seattle one night, washington the next night, 3000 miles. it cannot jump next night, 3000 miles. it cannot jumpa band next night, 3000 miles. it cannot jump a band that way because sometimes i would do without sleep. another reason is, to me, a country is the country. if the band is not there, iam is the country. if the band is not there, i am live. many promoters through with this. some are my collea g u es through with this. some are my colleagues have been sued. it is because chuck berry to not make the show. the prime minister has been
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reshuffling her cabinet. liz truss is demoted from justice secretary. thejob goes to is demoted from justice secretary. the job goes to the former leader of the house of commons. hisjob has yet to be filled and many other cabinet posts remain unchanged. the reshuffle comes as downing street and the dup both insist no parliamentary practice been agreed between them. jeremy corbyn says there could be another general election soon. he is preparing an alternative queen's speech. it's been an historic afternoon in paris where rafael nadal has become the first man to win the same grand slam tennis title ten times. his record—breaking victory in the french open final was as one—sided as all his other
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matches at this year's tournament. he only dropped six games while beating stan wawrinka in straight sets. tim hague reports. it must be difficult to comprehend winning nine french open titles but, for rafael nadal, this was all about number10. for rafael nadal, this was all about number 10. while nicole kidman came to see the spaniard made more history, stan wawrinka would attempt to stop him, easier said than done. rafael nadal looked every bit the supreme leader here. his shots simply too good with a first set score of 6—2 which proved it. this champion then produced a moment befitting of it. that something to rememberfor a long befitting of it. that something to remember for a long time. befitting of it. that something to rememberfor a long time. you had to feel sorry for the swiss. his best was not good enough, smashed aside in the second set before it was more of the same in the third. the man
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who has done it all in tennis of course added another chapter to his incredible career. no longer nine, he held ten. history is rafael nadal‘s. england have won their biggest international football title since 1966 after a 1—0 victory over veneuzela in the under—20 world cup in south korea. dominic calvert—lewin scored the only goal of the game and goalkeeper freddie woodman saved a penalty as england held on to become world champions. andy swiss reports. it's only taken 51 years, but pinch yourself — yet it's england once again in a world cup final. the so—called young lions, the under—20s hoping to end decades of footballing disappointment. they began as favourites, not that venezuela seemed to care. ronaldo lucena, inches from a quite breathtaking lead. but england recovered
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their poise and before the break they were ahead. second time lucky for dominic calvert—lewin. was that long wait for global glory about to end? with less than 20 minutes left, venezuela were handed a lifeline. penalty — butjust when england needed a hero, they found one. keeper freddie woodman to the rescue to his team—mates' relief. and from there, they held on for a famous triumph. commentator: and england have won the under 20 world cup! england's first world cup at any age group since 1966. after years of looking to the past, the future has rarely seemed brighter. one of the first to congratulate them was the england senior manager, gareth southgate. he was the under—21 manager until recently, and hopes these players can turn this success with the national team into more club first team appearances.
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we are starting to see some real progress in how we work as national junior teams. ultimately the aim is those players come through to the seniors and a big part of that is to get opportunities with the clubs because they have shown, if we are world champions, there are enough players there to fulfil careers in the game without clubs looking elsewhere. wales are looking for their second win in this world cup qualifying campaign tonight when they take on serbia in belgrade. after four straight draws, they're four points behind group leaders serbia and the republic of ireland, who play austria later. gareth bale is among a host of missing players, but the squad is a healthy mix of freshness and experience, according to striker sam vokes, who's set to win his 50th cap. it has been a fantasticjourney.
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some darker days and fantastic days. it has been great, but the is a core group of players who have been there the whole way through who have got a lot of caps along the way, and that is important. with games like this on sunday, it will be tough, but there are a lot of experienced lads who have been in those situations before. india's cricketers have secured their place in the semifinals of the champions trophy. they comfortably beat south africa at the oval to set up a likely meeting with bangladesh in the last four. south africa had the chance to go through themselves but they had a calamitous innings with three ill—judged runouts among the wickets. they posted a score ofjust 191. and india made short work of that — yuvraj singh finishing things off in style with this six with 12 overs still remaining. it means south africa are out. the last semifinal place will be decided when sri lanka play pakistan tomorrow. brownlee has won the leeds round of the world triathlon series. in front of their home crowd,
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the two produced a devastating display on the bike to gap the rest of the field. on the run, alastair pulled ahead with 4 kilometres to go, winning the race for the second year in a row despite focusing on longer distance events this year. england's hockey players lost on a penalty shoot out to the netherlands in an international friendly at the olympic park. the dutch are the number one ranked side in the world and lost to team gb in the olympic final last august. they raced into a 2—0 lead in the first quarter. but england came back into the game and scored two goals in nine minutes to level the scores, this strike from sophie bray got the equaliser. so another shootout just like in rio, but this time it was the netherlands who held out for the win on sudden death — 11—3 it finished. team sky's chris froome has missed out on a fourth criterium du dauphine title.
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denmark's ya kob fulsang produced a real shock to win the overall race. froome, who was going for a third straight victory, began the final stage one minute three seconds behind overnight leader richie porte but failed to bridge the gap and eventually finished back in fourth behind ireland's dan martin who was third. it was fulsang who overhauled porte. he gained a time bonus for winning the stage and that was enough to give him overall victory. lions fullback stuart hogg is waiting to find out whether a cheek injury will end his new zealand tour. he collided with connor murray's elbow during yesterday's win over the crusaders and needs to see a specialist. sam warburton, who wasn't playing in the last match, will return to captain the side for their next tour match, against the highlanders in dunedin on tuesday. he's shaken off an ankle problem. all the guys who are not involved, who were down at the ground, we
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can't wait for them to congratulate the boys when they come back into the boys when they come back into the changing room. it feels like a 41, the changing room. it feels like a a1, not a 23. that is what is special about lions tours. the guys finished themselves to get that performance and we owe it to those quys performance and we owe it to those guys on tuesday. the players are well aware that you may only get one or two chances and you have got to make the most of it, and to take those chances, as sam said, you might mess it up that we saw four years ago how quickly that changes from the three tests in terms of personnel and making sure you are ready if you do miss out, you get another chance, you play well, and you have the opportunity to make up. andrea dovizioso won the catalunya grand prix in barcelona to claim back to back motogp wins for ducati for the first time since 2010. the italian won last week's
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italy grand prix and came out on top again, beating honda's spanish pair marc marquez and dani pedrosa. dovizioso's victory cut maverick vinales' championship lead to seven points. britain's riders struggled with cal crutchlow eleventh and scott redding thirteenth. bradley smith missed the race due to an injured finger. an emotional usain bolt recovered from an average start to win his final race on home soil, clocking 10.03 seconds in the 100 metres at the racers grand prix in kingston on saturday. ade adedoyin reports from a noisy national stadium. usain bolt‘s 100 metres was a celebration. a night of huge outpouring of emotion and national pride, it was billed as a means to salute a legend. usain bolt saluted them as he crossed the line. the
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time may have been modest and it was much more than that. there are no words. the support i have been getting from jamaica, i never thought i would reach here. my only aim was to be an olympic champion. i have done what i have done and to be a legend is something i would never have done without the support of my pa rents, have done without the support of my parents, close friends, my best friend. i have that huge support from everybody in the fans of jamaica came out to support me. i wa nt to jamaica came out to support me. i want to thank you guys. thank you for coming out and showing me the support. thank you very much. a closing the the circled the usain bolt. victory on the same track when he first arrived in the sport. he won the world junior title here 15 yea rs won the world junior title here 15 years ago as the 15—year—old. the jamaican prime minister and lord coe
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to the dignitaries to pay tribute to him. we can have arguments in foot ball him. we can have arguments in football and tennis, but there is no argument here, he isjust the best. it is irrefutable. the atmosphere he generates, jamaica is a massive country for track and field. he has changed the face of track and field in the last decade. we will miss him and we have got to figure out how to keep them involved in the sport now. the party continued in the stadium long into the night. usain bolt bringing down the curtain on the jamaican leg of his career in fine style a nd jamaican leg of his career in fine style and he hopes to bring down the curtain on his entire career at the london world championships in similar fashion. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. lots that happened today including the canadian grand prix with lewis
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hamilton on pole which starts at 7pm. much more at 6:30pm. many of us had a decent sunday afternoon. this was taken not so long ago by one of our weather watchers in jersey. long ago by one of our weather watchers injersey. but along the coast, grey and mist in hastings. a blustery evenings. a few isobars in the chart. that is where we have the wettest weather, northern ireland and western scotland. having persistent rain for a time. that will turn showery in northern ireland but it will stay wet in scotland. scattered showers for the western side of england and wales. fine and dry, breezy, but not a cold night anywhere. by dawn, 12 or 13 degrees, rural spots lower than that. into the morning and it will be blustery across central and southern scotland. we see gusts
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getting up to a0 mph. they're night in mind if you have travel plans on the roads in particular. notjust windy but frequent showers. as we get down into northern england, of the bit of cloud in the morning, one or two showers dotted around. the wales and southern england, cloud throughout the morning, one or two showers, but most places will start ona dry showers, but most places will start on a dry note. the amounts of cloud, sunshine and a breeze. a breezy day for all parts of the uk. any showers become few and far between. into the afternoon, good spells of sunshine. sunshine in northern ireland but in western scotland, further outbreaks of rain. 18 degrees in aberdeen, 20 in the south—eastern corner. monday evening, breezy, showers, but more persistent rain gathering to the west of ireland. that will be a key feature of things as we get through into tuesday. this weather system
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will be affected by the north and west of the uk but, further south, with high pressure in charge, a pretty decent day. for wales, central and southern parts of england, light winds, variable amounts of cloud, it should feel pleasant, but further north, outbreaks of rain and a breeze. tuesday afternoon in belfast, 18 degrees, but temperatures getting up to 23 degrees in the south—eastern corner. this is bbc news at six. i'm annita mcveigh, at westminster, where theresa may has begun reshuffling her cabinet. senior ministers file in and out of downing street this afternoon — but her cabinet remains largely
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unchanged. notable moves include the demotion of liz truss who's replaced as justice secretary by david lidington. damian green is appointed the first secretary of state. this is the scene live in downing street, from where we'll have all the latest. there's open speculation by senior conservatives over the prime minister's future, and warnings she needs to change her leadership style. theresa may is a dead woman walking. it's just how long she's going to remain on death row. what's your guess? i think we will know very shortly.
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