the prime minister tells the bbc she became tearful when she learned on election night that she'd lost her majority. in a frank and personal interview, theresa may described her shock as she learned of the result. enough to shed a tear? um, to... yes, a little tear. yes, at that moment? at that moment, yes. but mrs may said she didn't regret calling the election, as it was "the right thing to do at the time". also this lunchtime: the government publishes the repeal bill, a key part of its brexit strategy. the parents of terminally—ill baby charlie gard walk out of a high court hearing that's been asked to review his treatment. donald trump arrives in france for talks with president macron, and to attend bastille day celebrations. and konta's big test — she faces venus williams this afternoon in her attempt to be the first british woman in a wimbledon final in a0 years. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: aside from johanna konta,

plenty of british interest today at wimbledon — including gordon reid, who starts the defence of his wheelchair singles title. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in a candid interview with the bbc, theresa may has said she "shed a little tear" on hearing of the exit poll on election night, predicting that she'd lost the conservative majority she'd inherited from david cameron. she said she'd known the campaign hadn't been going in her words "perfectly", and said she felt devastated on hearing the result. the prime minister declined to say how long she will stay in power, and reissued her call for opposition parties to work with the government to deliver brexit. she's been speaking to bbc radio 5 live‘s emma barnett. it started so well. all of that talk

was about how much you are going to win by, how big the extra majority would be. when did you first have an inkling it might not be going according to plan? i think the campaign was going on i realised everything wasn't going perfectly but, throughout the campaign, the expectation still was that the result would be a different one, a better one for us than it was. we didn't see the results that came coming. when was the moment of realisation? it was when i heard the exits poll. to be honest, i didn't watch the exeter poll myself. i'm supers —— i'm superstitious about things like that. my husband came and told me. and i was shocked at the result in the exits pole. it took a few minutes for it to sink

m, took a few minutes for it to sink in, what that was telling me. my husband gave me a hug. and then i got on the phone to the headquarters, the conservative party. when you had a hug, did you have a cry? how did you feel?” suppose i felt devastated. enough to shed a tear? yes, a little tear. at that moment? yes. you had no idea this was going to go like this. you've explained how the campaign worked. why should people feel confident you are any good at reading the mood music, especially when you go to brussels on the deal on the basis that you have an idea that your campaign wasn't going well? i've said that i knew the campaign wasn't going perfectly, so i'm not sitting here... it's rather more dramatic than that. i'm not sitting here saying it was going

swimmingly. i knew it wasn't a perfect campaign. but what i also knew was that i was doing the job that i thought was important at the time. that was talking to people about the challenges the country faces. you have to get brexit through the commons. can you guarantee you'll get the numbers that you personally are able, political mouse, to do the necessary deals to get brexit through the commons? —— with political mouse. the first thing is to get a good dealfrom the the first thing is to get a good deal from the european the first thing is to get a good dealfrom the european union. but you can't do it without the commons, so can you guarantee you can't do it without the commons, so can you guarantee you'll get it through? i want to get a good deal from the european union, and i'd hope that people from across the house of commons, regardless of party, will see the importance of that dealfor party, will see the importance of that deal for the future of britain. i have said before that i'm a feminist. and i believe it's important that women genuinely have equal opportunities. so why do you

think that it's important that —— i do think that so many women voted for a 68—year—old man, in the form of generally common? —— in the form of generally common? —— in the form ofjeremy corbyn? of generally common? —— in the form of jeremy corbyn? why of generally common? —— in the form ofjeremy corbyn? why do they not see you as their leader? one thing that i have been involved in my career is trying to get more women into parliament, but on the basis that i don't want people to think, i'm going to vote for a woman or a man. if you don't see somebody doing well, —— doing the role, you don't believe it's possible. it can be inspirational. it can be. when i became prime minister, i heard a lovely story of a friend whose six—year—old daughter said, money, lovely story of a friend whose six—year—old daughtersaid, money, i didn't realise a girl could do that job. -- mummy. if she'd got 18, the stats show she would have voted for jeremy corbyn. for some young

people, there were issues. there we re people, there were issues. there were issues the students around their fees and university education. just say to me now, sitting in this office, you have been on a long journey to get to this point. what would you say to your younger self? 0h, would you say to your younger self? oh, gosh, this is one of those, what would i write to a 16—year—old theresa may? i think what i would write to my younger self is, believe in yourself. always do the right thing. and, you know, work hard to tackle injustice when you see it. we'll be talking about that interview any moment with our assistant political editor. the government has published a key part of its brexit strategy. the repeal bill will convert eu legislation into british law after brexit, giving uk parliaments the power to change them. the brexit secretary, david davis, says the legislation will ensure we have a "fully functioning legal

system" on leaving the eu. but opposition parties are warning they will vote against it, unless major changes are made. our political correspondent, ben wright, reports from westminster. power is shifting. brexit will end the supremacy of eu law in the uk. but in tangling a0 years of rules and regulations will be context and contentious. the bill published today will eventually repeal this, the 1972 european communities act. it will also copy and paste existing eu law into uk legislation. we believe that, to deliver a smooth and orderly exit, we need to ensure people know they face the same laws and rules and regulations on the day after we leave as the day before, so there is no step change and people can be confident the law will continue to operate, but parliament

will have control. so the new bill is crucial and, without it, there would be legal chaos on the day that britain left the eu. but the task is huge. thousands of existing rules and regulations will be copied across into domestic uk law. parliament needs to pass this bill by the time the uk leave the eu in march 2019 and, because time is short, ministers plan to change some laws without a vote by mps, which is controversial. is the government sticking to what it said it would do, using the powers to make technical changes, or is it changing the law importantly? that will be one flash point. presentation of bill, mr secretary davis... the government'sjob will be bill, mr secretary davis... the government's job will be made bill, mr secretary davis... the government'sjob will be made harder because it doesn't have a majority in the house of commons, and opposition parties are clear they plan to battle the government we wa nt to plan to battle the government we want to bring eu law into british law and we would do it properly. at

the moment, this bill doesn't do that. so we find that the government intends to make changes behind closed doors, they may put sunset clauses or deadlines in, they are not being reasonable with this is —— with the devolved administrations, we don't know how they intend to deal with disputes. they need to a nswer deal with disputes. they need to answer those questions. this morning, jeremy corbyn and his team headed for brussels for talks with the eu's negotiators, clear the party would derail the government's new bill unless changes are made. and the liberal democrats have warned ministers the government faces hell trying to get the repeal bill through. in the months to come, some tory mps may be tempted to vote with opposition parties to significantly shape the way that brexit happens, through this bill and others. its parliament where theresa may's weakened position will be tested. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. first, about the repeal bill. then

write suggested the government could be facing hell over this. is that fair? we have learned is that theresa may is facing a titanic battle to get wrecks it through parliament, because this bill is the legislative linchpin of exit, because it transfers from eu law all those bits of legislation into british law. without it, frankly we are in legislative limbo land. it is are in legislative limbo land. it is a meltdown moment. and yet, all morning, opposition mps have been lining up to say that they are now prepared to vote against this bill and, significantly, the labour party, which until now has backed the government on key brexit votes, saying that it is ready to vote against this bill. if labour and other opposition parties, plus tory rebels, vote against it, it could be defeated, which could potentially derail brexit itself. norman, going

back to the interview theresa may gave to the bbc, we don't normally see this site to her. she is a private politician, she doesn't go infor private politician, she doesn't go in for the personal stuff. this morning, we got a glimpse of the more personal mrs may, with some of her reflections on the election campaign, particularly the moment that the exit poll came out on election night and her husband had to break the bad news and, in her words, she shed a tear. some conservatives will think, if mrs may had shown more of that personal side during the campaign, the result might have been different. and i suppose others may hope that maybe mrs may can present a new face, she can be more open, a less private sort of politician. the difficulty, i suspect, is probably many people have already made up their mind about mrs may. the parents of the terminally ill baby charlie gard have walked out of the high court on the second day of a hearing centred

on the treatment of their son. their lawyers have been presenting what they claim is new evidence showing that an experimental treatment could help him. doctors at great 0rmond street hospital, where the little boy is in intensive care, say the therapy won't work. 0ur correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. arriving at court this morning, parents connie yates and chris gard determined to continue their fight to keep their son alive. charlie gard has been in intensive care at great 0rmond street hospital since october last year. he has an extremely rare genetic condition. it's left him severely brain—damaged and unable to breathe without the help of a ventilator. ever since his birth 11 months ago there have been numerous legal battles, escalated to the highest level in the uk and europe. all the courts have agreed that the baby is so ill he must be allowed to die. but his parents have persuaded the originaljudge they should be permitted to present what they say

is new scientific evidence today, suggesting an experimental treatment could help their son. my understanding is they've got letters from up to seven doctors and scientists, and it demonstrates that there's up to a 10% chance of this ground—breaking treatment working, and they would know within a period of two to eight weeks whether or not baby charlie is improving. and the treatment is noninvasive — it's not an operation. it's actually a food additive into his food. charlie's parents have received offers of help from the vatican and the united states, but thejudge, mrjustice francis, has made it clear any new evidence must be presented swiftly, due to concerns about prolonging the little boy's suffering. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. our medical correspondent, fergus walsh, is at the high court in central london. tell us more about what happened in

court. i think two key exchanges, rita, one about the size of charlie's skull. if, as the hospital maintains, charlie had irreversible brain damage, then it would show that his brain isn't growing, and they claim that his skull size, is head circumference hasn't altered in the last three months. lawyers for the last three months. lawyers for the parents this morning said that connie yates, his mother, admitted charlie's head this morning and the reading was two centimetres greater than that of the hospital. but the judge said to their lawyer, if you are telling me that the records of a world—famous are telling me that the records of a world —famous hospital are inaccurate, i need more than you just telling me. he said it was absurd that this critical case, the science behind it was being infected by the inability to measure a

child's skull. he said he wanted this matter resolved by tomorrow morning, so thatjust shows that both sides really are not agreeing on anything. and what caused the pa rents to on anything. and what caused the parents to walk out of court was when thejudge said, parents to walk out of court was when the judge said, you accept that charlie's quality of life at the moment isn't worth sustaining, and connie yates said, he isn't suffering, he isn't in pain, and then they walked out. the system for deciding how quickly ambulances in england should reach patients is being overhauled. currently a quarter of blue—light vehicles are stood down after setting off, because several are sent to the same 999 call. under the new rules, 90% of the most serious calls will need to be reached within 15 minutes. nhs england says it will lead to quicker responses and fewer longer waits. our health correspondent, jane dreaper, has the details. a vital emergency service working under a broken system. some patients with less serious problems are having to wait many hours for an ambulance. and too many crews are being sent to the same 999 call, only to get turned back. so the rules are changing. the new way of working will mean

that we can identify and get to the sickest patients faster. all patients will get the best response, rather than just the nearest. and importantly those unacceptable long delays will be reduced. now the most serious calls, when people aren't breathing, for example, will need to be reached within 15 minutes. but it's expected these patients will actually be reached in an average time of seven minutes. patients with less serious problems, like chest pain, will wait longer — an average of 18 minutes, and possibly up to a0. this is the biggest shake—up of england's ambulance service in decades, and it's being introduced before what is bound to be another busy winter. it's happening because the old targets weren't being met, and patients were having to wait too long. the new system has been tested, and there were no safety problems found across 1a million ambulance calls. leading charities agree that the current targets have

been bad for patients. some stroke patients were sent a motorbike, which is clearly inappropriate. and then another vehicle needed to come out to take them to hospital. and actually some were classified as non—urgent, in which case there was no target for the response time. and we know with stroke, it is a medical emergency. every second counts. wales has led the way by classing fewer 999 calls in the life—threatening category. scotland updated its system last year. ambulance services remain stretched, but these changes are designed to help their most important task — saving lives. jane dreaper, bbc news. our top story this lunchtime: the prime minister tells the bbc she became tearful when she learned on election night that she'd lost her majority. and still to come: all change at the natural history museum, as a new exhibit of the skeleton of a giant blue whale takes centre stage.

coming up on sport: rory mcilroy says he needs to find form at the scottish open to give him any chance at the open at birkdale next week. he hasn't had a top ten finish since april. donald trump is on a two—day trip to paris, where he'll hold talks with president macron and attend bastille day celebrations. they're expected to discuss joint action in syria and iraq against the so—called islamic state group. despite differences between the two leaders, mr macron has indicated he will work to reaffirm longstanding ties between the two countries, as wyre davies reports. congratulations, greatjob. they're the two most talked about leaders on the world stage. the only thing missing in the first awkward meeting was an arm wrestle, as donald trump and emmanuel macron gripped each other‘s hands so firmly their knuckles almost turned white. a very complicated relationship,

with disagreement over trade and climate change, seemed to have gained grudging respect by the time they met again at the recent g20 summit. hillary clinton said during the campaign in 2016 that trump was a big bully, and he needed to be treated as such. it sounds to me like somebody at the elysee listened to that, to that sentence of hers, and advised macron to act as a bigger bully than trump. so while britain dithered over whether or not to invite donald trump this year or next, president macron jumped in and has made the american leader and the first lady guests of honour at this week's bastille day celebrations. but as the president arrived in paris, more potentially damaging video emerged at home, showing then—businessman trump in 2013 meeting some of the same russians accused of colluding

with his election campaign last year. anxious to set the agenda, donald trump and his french host are expected to focus on international terror and defeating so—called islamic state, a year after the devastating nice attack in which 86 people were killed and hundreds were injured. je m'appelle melania. but this is, above all, a feel—good visit, with melania trump already playing a high—profile role. and with american soldiers marching down the champs—elysees as part of a bastille day parade, the hope in paris is that donald trump will be charmed by the occasion, the pomp and the honour — returning home with a warm and fuzzy feeling about france. wyre davies, bbc news. let's go live now to paris and hugh schofield. there does seem to be a change in

the atmosphere between these two leaders? it's a very odd relationship, isn't it? on the face of it, though that lewdly nothing that would bind the two men. 0ne of it, though that lewdly nothing that would bind the two men. one man is almost twice the age of the other, they have no interests in common, their politics are a world apartand common, their politics are a world apart and yet somehow they do seem to have built up some kind of if not chemistry, at least a relationship. pa rt chemistry, at least a relationship. part of but i think is the macron ineffable charm. he could charm his pluto out of hades, they say here. it also goes back to that handshake, where he asserted himself, he thought or said i'm here to show that france is back, and in some way that france is back, and in some way that did, as wyre davies was saying, inside —— it led to the grudging respect on the part of donald trump. so though there are huge divergences between the two countries it does seem there is a relationship and a desire to turn this visit into a

success , desire to turn this visit into a success, by concentrating on the areas where they do agree and above all there for one security. thank you, hugh schofield. the parent company of southern rail has been fined £13.a million, after widespread delays and cancellations to services. the department for transport says the amount would have been much higher, but most of the problems were down to strike action and high levels of staff sickness. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott is at victoria station in central london. how do you assess the level of this fine? well, i think a lot of people will say actually in the scheme of things that's not an awful lot of money. £30 million doesn't buy you a huge number of improvements, if you bearin huge number of improvements, if you bear in mind the government has just given network rail £300 million to improve the same lines, that's how much money it basically takes —— £13 million doesn't buy you a huge number of improvements. aslef, who represent the drivers, they've balloted all the drivers on whether

they would be prepared to take strike action over pay and we've just heard that 60% of them say they would. so that doesn't necessarily mean there will be more strikes. it doesn't necessarily mean they will name dates, but it gives the union mandate for yet more strikes on this troubled line. richard, thank you. now if you've taken a trip to the natural history museum recently, you'll have been greeted by dippy the diplodocus, standing proud in the entrance hall. now, another creature is taking the central display — the skeleton of a giant blue whale, suspended from the ceiling. but fans of dippy need not fear — the dinosaur will soon be heading on a tour of the uk, as our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. it's the biggest creature that's known to have existed. now if you've taken a trip to the natural history museum it's the biggest creature that's known to have existed. 0nce driven to the point of extinction, but now saved by human collaboration. the blue whale is the natural history museum's new iconic display. and it's been named hope. hope represents the ability of man to use rational evidence and good science in making decisions that

will affect the future of our planet. we think that's a message that's really important at this time. hence the reason to call her hope — hope for the future, hope we'll make the right decisions based on good science, rational debate and clear evidence. the whale was beached off the coast of wexford in south—east ireland in 1891. it's been on display in one of the museum's galleries for more than 100 years and it's been a huge engineering challenge to move it. the 25 metre skeleton of this young female fills the entire length of the entrance hall of the museum. its skull alone weighs more than a tonne and its lowerjawbone is the single longest bone of any animal on the planet. as visitors arrive they're greeted by it swooping down towards them, as if they're the tiny krill that whales feed upon. the whale replaces the much loved dippy the dinosaur, which has thrilled visitors for decades.

let's see if we can find out how long it is. i think it's great that we're going to take dippy round on tour. we want to engage people all around the uk. we're hoping for at least 5 million new people to become engaged when they see dippy and they learn more about the history of that specimen. the museum staff believe that hope the whale takes the same place in our hearts that dippy once did. pallab ghosh, bbc news, at the natural history museum in london. and you can see more on the new exhibit at the natural history museum on horizon, tonight on bbc two, at 9pm. johanna konta is aiming to become the first british woman in a0 years to reach a wimbledon final, when she takes on five—time champion venus williams on centre court this afternoon. ahead of the match, konta, who's the sixth seed and who's rated let's go live now to wimbledon and our sports correspondent david 0rnstein. two weeks ago today, johanna konta

suffered a nasty fall on court at eastbourne and was doubtful to even play wimbledon. well, not only did she play, but she's played extraordinarily well, and now stands on the verge of greatness. defeat for andy murray at wimbledon tends to mark the end of british interest. hampered by injury, title defence over — disappointment for murray and the nation. but this year hope lives on in the form ofjohanna konta. if the weight of expectation is meant to be heavy, konta makes it look light. the whole country's going to be watching this match, and the whole country's going to be behind her. and, you know, as a player playing in your home grand slam tournament, that reallyjust gives you so much extra strength, so much extra motivation. because you just want to do so well. it was sad and disappointing to see andy go out with that hip injury, it was really bothering him. he'll take some rest, he'll get better, and he'll be back and be fine. but nowjo is still here in the draw, and that's exciting for british tennis. it's something they can look forward to, and hope that she can possibly go all the way.

and jo believes that she can. yesterday, centre court was the scene of such home deflation. but 2a hours on, that deflation could turn into celebration with an opportunity which, untilfairly recently, would have seemed almost unthinkable. 0nly last june, konta was ranked 1a6th in the world. she lost in the second round of wimbledon, and it was the first time she'd even got that far in five appearances here. her rise has impressed the man who spotted her as a junior. i'm not surprised based on her character, and her determination as a person. that single—mindedness. but i am surprised if you were to look at the previous years' results, and her transition to the top. next comes the biggest challenge so far — venus williams. at 37, the oldest grand slam semifinalist since 199a. yet in the form of her life, and hunting a sixth wimbledon title. i think venus, this year, is playing incredibly. and she's able to start

strong, which is something that she doesn't do all the time. so i think she's the best player of the four left in the draw, especially on grass this year. and second, because i thinkjohanna has a lot of tough fight. she's left a lot of energy, and mental energy, also. and at some point, it's going to come back to her and she's not going to play the match expected at some point. konta was born in australia, but the uk is home. and victory over williams would cement her place among the best in british sport. a quick score check on the other semifinal in action. garbine muguruza is two breaks to the good upon magdalena rybarikova in the first set. from the current british number one to a former british and one, annabel croftjoins number one to a former british and one, annabel croft joins me. number one to a former british and one, annabel croftjoins me. how big day is this for british tennis?”

think it's monumental, actually. —— backin think it's monumental, actually. —— back in 1997 —— in 1978, there was virginia wade. there's a buzz about the championships this year. tennis she's played has been mesmerising. she's got the weight of the nation on her shoulders but it doesn't seem to bother her. shejust on her shoulders but it doesn't seem to bother her. she just needs to keep on applying her formula and doing what she does best. venus williams started at wimbledon in 1997. she is now seeking an eighth grand slam title. what challenge does she posted johanna konta today? beers is very at home on centre court. it's where she's had her greatest successes —— venus williams is very at home on centre court. its the 20th wimbledon. even though she's the oldest player in the draw at 37 years of age, she is playing some of our best tennis. she brings enormous strength and aggression to the court, and huge serve, but both of them will be looking to attack

each other‘s second serve. it will be won or lost, i feel, each other‘s second serve. it will be won or lost, ifeel, in each other‘s second serve. it will be won or lost, i feel, in that department. annabel croft, thank you. konta and williams will be on court at around 3pm or apm. we look forward to it, thank you. what does the weather holds for centre court? here's nick miller to tell us. marvellous weather. there's a fair bit of cloud around but when the sun makes an appearance it will feel quite warm. the temperatures just creeping into the low 20s. that's very much in the comfort zone for the players at wimbledon today. it is looking fine all the way through the weekend as well, getting warmer. this is the picture across the rest of the uk. 0ver this is the picture across the rest of the uk. over the past few hours, climate wise, many have seen some sunshine in northern ireland and he is evidence of that from one of our weather watchers. the cloud has been increasing and looking more threatening, we are going to see some heavier