hello it's monday, it's nine o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire, welcome to the programme. britains‘s brexit secretary, david davis, resigns, saying the prime minister's new brexit plan means the uk wouldn't truly regain powers after leaving the eu. it seems to me we are giving too much away too easily, and that is a dangerous strategy at this time. brexiteers say it is a significant blow for theresa may. we'll be talking to a whole host of mps about what this means for brexit and theresa may's future. and obviously we want to hear from you wherever you are in the country about overnight developments. the mother of three who came into contact with the nerve agent novichok in wiltshire has died. a murder investigation has been launched. rescuers have gone back into the thai cave where a group of children have been trapped for more than two weeks. the first four of the boys were brought out yesterday before the operation was paused. translation: today is the day we've been waiting for. we are seeing the boys in the flesh now.

we'll be live at the scene. and england are one step closer. we'll be talking to mark wright, who played last time england made it to the world cup semifinal 28 years ago. welcome to the programme. we're live until 11 this morning. if you're an england fan, what are your plans for wednesday? what are your excuses going to be for thursday? and why do you love gareth southgate? and is history going to repeat itself?

in 1990, england reached the semifinal of a world cup. in 1990, geoffrey howe resigned from conservative pm margaret thatcher's cabinet over europe leading to mrs thatcher's downfall. just leaving that there! do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about this morning. use #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today — the brexit secretary, david davis, has resigned, saying the prime minister's brexit plan would leave parliament with "at best a weak negotiating position". mrs may's proposal was approved by the cabinet on friday. a junior brexit minister, steve baker, has also stepped down. mr davis, who's been in thejob since 2018, says the policy could leave the uk in a "weak" and "inescapable" negotiating position. this is what he told the radio 4's today programme this morning. this policy has got a number

of weaknesses, and it is not as though it is somebody else's responsibility which i can share, i would be front and centre delivering this policy, explaining it to the house, persuading the house it was right, then delivering it with the european union, and frankly, just as it was known that what the policy was, it was also known that i had concerns about it, it would not have been a plausible thing to do, and i would not have done a good job. one of the things i said to the prime minister is i hope you are right and i am wrong, but if that is the case, the best person to do this is someone who believes in it, not me. let's talk to our political correspondent chris mason. what does this mean, chris?m what does this mean, chris? it means another morning where people like me wa ke another morning where people like me wake up and go...! politics has gone com pletely wake up and go...! politics has gone completely mad again. it is com pletely completely mad again. it is completely extraordinary, in the short term the prime minister has this gaping hole in her government,

a matter of months away from leaving the european union. right now, she is having to try to work out who that replacement for david davis should be. in the broader sense, it means that plan which was two years in the making, in terms of the government vision as to what brexit should look like, which was thrashed out and, we thought, agreed upon by the cabinet at chequers on friday, it now looks, a couple of days on, to be in grave danger, because whilst on friday she was able to say, from a position of authority, i am re—establishing collective cabinet responsibility, this is the government plan, and she could say that to her own backbenchers as well, now those brexiteers on the backbenchers who might have thought, you know, this is not what we really wanted, not quite our vision, but this is what the government was saying, this is what the leading brexiteers in the government are willing to back as well, well, now

they can say, look, david davis doesn't buy this, he doesn't think it is compatible with what true brexit should be, and we wouldn't be keen on it either. so then there are big questions about weather the proposal put forward, that compromise put forward by the prime minister a couple of days ago, can stand. who is next, if anyone? that is the big question, and so there are is the big question, and so there a re lots of is the big question, and so there are lots of questions being asked, of course, about borisjohnson, for instance, the foreign secretary who had that little sounding off in the newspapers yesterday, describing the prime minister's plant in not entirely flattering terms, but he has otherwise been very quiet over the weekend. he does have a news conference this afternoon, it will be all eyes on him for that. most of the other brexiteers at the top table in government were pretty supportive in one way or another over the weekend in newspaper articles or the other, so it would not appear that they are necessarily about to walk, and it is possible

that one of them could end up being the new david davis, could get the phone call to become the brexit secretary. but it is another one of those moments, a little like after the general election and after theresa may's disastrous party conference speech where the stage fell apart and all the rest of it, where things are sufficiently fluid where, frankly, anything could happen. in case there is a ring of familiarity, victoria, about government resignations at the moment, i have been looking at the list — since november, michael fallon, priti patel, damian green, justine greening and amber rudd, or leaving the cabinet. david davis late last night, the most significant of all of those. and if theresa may brings this plan, which was apparently signed off on friday to the commons for a vote, would she win that or lose it? the very fact you can ask that question and i can't be definitive and the answer tells you everything about the medium—term significance of this david davis resignation, because of

the potential for brexiteer inclined backbenchers or just those the potential for brexiteer inclined backbenchers orjust those who the potential for brexiteer inclined backbenchers or just those who feel the vision of brexit the prime minister has set out is not a true one, even if they want advocates of it in the first place, tells you that it it in the first place, tells you thatitis it in the first place, tells you that it is tricky, and that therefore the prime minister might have to re—look at this old plan. assuming labour continuo to oppose the government strategy, it may be that the prime minister could struggle to make the numbers. but she won't be thinking about that at this stage, so many things piling up for her this morning to get through, let alone what lines up in the next couple of days and weeks. crazy times, thank you very much, chris. if we get an announcement of the new brexit secretary, we will of course bring it to you on bbc news. joanna is in the newsroom. a murder investigation has been launched after a woman who came into contact with the nerve agent novichok in wiltshire has died. dawn sturgess and her partner fell ill last weekend in the town of amesbury close to where the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter were poisoned in march.

here's our correspondent tom burridge with more. killed after somehow coming into contact with a deadly nerve agent, dawn sturgess's death means the police are now investigating murder. the staff here at salisbury district hospital worked tirelessly to save dawn. our staff are talented, dedicated and professional, and i know that they will be hurting too. they did everything that they could. chemical weapons experts have been decontaminating the hostel where dawn sturgess lived. police say she was killed by the same type of nerve agent, known as a novichok, used against a former russian spy and his daughter back in march. the government blamed russia for the poisoning of the skripals, who survived. the home secretary in salisbury this weekend has called on moscow to provide answers. the kremlin says it wasn't involved, but with a british citizen now dead, the ramifications of a nerve agent attack in salisbury are now even more serious.

meanwhile, dawn stu rgess's partner, charlie rowley, is still in a critical condition in hospital. police are investigating whether they touched a container used in the original nerve agent attack. tom burridge, bbc news. a risky operation to rescue eight boys and their football coach from flooded caves in northern thailand has resumed. four boys were brought to safety yesterday, and are said to be in good health considering their ordeal. sophie long sent us this update from outside the cave entrance. there was great news yesterday, of course, that four boys were brought out safely and now under close medical observation in hospital, but their journey is still a long one. this is a war against water, is what the guy leading this operation said, and they had heavy downpours here throughout yesterday and overnight, so we have heard from authorities today that they have been pumping out more water, doing that continuously since they were found,

pumping millions of litres of water out of the complex, trying to bring levels down so it is a little bit safer and they don't have to dive quite so much. so that is going on, but we wait to see when the next boys come out, we are expecting them by ambulance to come down that track and join their team—mates in hospital in chaing rai. we have no way, i'm afraid, of telling you at this point when that might be. everyone here and around the world hopes it will be very soon. every new home in the uk may have to be built sophie long will be live with wee in a few minutes, and we will be talking with expert about how the kids will be coping underground. every new home in the uk may have to be built with an electric car charging point, as part of the government's strategy to reduce emissions from road traffic. a consultation will also propose that charging points are fitted to new lamp—posts and at new office blocks.

the government will also outline more details of its ban on sales of conventional petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040. the arrest of an iranian teenager for sharing videos of herself dancing online has been met with social media backlash. women shared messages and videos of themselves dancing in support of maedeh hojabri, who had gathered thousands of followers on instagram. iran has strict rules governing women's clothing and dancing. prince louis is being christened today. the youngest child of the duke and duchess of cambridge will be baptised at the chapel royal at stjames's palace in london. louis is expected to wear the royal christening robe and, according to tradition, the holy water used will be from the riverjordan. that's a summary of the latest bbc news, more at 9:30. thank you very much. i was asking whether history will repeat itself, and the former political editor of

the guardian has said, good question probably not, england reached the semifinal of the world cup, geoffrey howe resigned from margaret thatcher's cabinet over europe, leading to her downfall. michael says, he was a much more substantial figure, much humiliating and famously loyal, he had stayed too long and potentially gone a bit potty, the poll tax disaster. thank you for your messages about david davis's resignation, denise has said, the eu have stalled negotiations from the start, the proposal is equivalent to what david cameron came back with, a non—brexit. labour have nothing to gloat about, they have flip—flopped on brexit, wanting to stay in the single market and customs union. as we have a parliamentary system, may needs to be replaced with another elected tory mp, preferably either jacob rees—mogg or david davis. nelson tweeted this, we need a clean brexit addressing the concerns of people who voted to leave, an end to

freedom of movement in particular. theresa may's offer would be a sell—out. steve said this, may has let me down, i willed her to succeed, but she has stuck on the fence, leave means leave, the details did not need to be agreed at the start. karen says, we are seeing the start. karen says, we are seeing the death of democracy, killed by mrs may, why would i ever vote ain? mrs may, why would i ever vote again? what is the point? and what it does not leave their name, they need to get a new leader. sarah is at the bbc sport centre. england do not need a new leader, gosh, england fans are about to burst with excitement, aren't they? they really are victoria, and gareth southgate has said this could be bigger than 1966, bold claims, southgate has said this could be biggerthan1966, bold claims, but more really in relation to the hype, the coverage, you know, this heightened feelings that go along with living in the age of social media. he does know that the reaction would be very strong, i

think that is a safe way of putting it. and i think that is in keeping with how he has been as england manager, very calm, very thoughtful, able to deal with all that goes along with the national team at big tournaments, and he seems to manage the team well, keeping them relaxed. they are back at their training base, normal life resuming, going out for milk and bread, there they are. they will train today behind closed doors, two days to go until the semifinal against croatia, their first at a world cup in 28 years. and this is how they got there, in case you want to relive saturday again, relatively easy for england against sweden, they will know doubt be practising more of their set pieces in training today. jesse lingard and dele alli said they had practised this move on the park, 2-0, but practised this move on the park, 2—0, but croatia will prove a different challenge to the sweden side. a lot of talk will be about how tired they may be after their

two knockout games that went all the way to penalties, even at it sending them through against the hosts, russia, with him and luka modric in midfield, trying to control the ball. —— ivan rakitic. it will be interesting to see how england try to break that down. can you imagine the so—called golden generation nipping out to the supermarket, carrying orange plastic bags, david beckham and steven gerrard wandering to the supermarket? ijust beckham and steven gerrard wandering to the supermarket? i just can't. beckham and steven gerrard wandering to the supermarket? ijust can'tm is so different. what they don't have that they need to nip to the supermarket for, i am intrigued! have that they need to nip to the supermarket for, iam intrigued! as if that was not enough, manic monday at wimbledon. it is, not the bangles song, if anybody remembers that, but all the action and attention in london at wimbledon, west london, the last 16 in the singles ties, one of the most exciting days in the tennis calendar, i think, and of the most exciting days in the tennis calendar, ithink, and i wonder if there are any more shocks in store. first up, defending men's champion roger federer, looking for

his ninth title. he always says it is wonderful to work out to such an iconic arena, hasn't had much of a struggle so far, the plays adrian mannarino, although federer is expecting him to be a tricky opponent as a left—hander. and what about serena williams, the favourite for the women's title now after the draw has opened up? she had a brutal first week in which nine of the top ten seeds were knocked out ahead of her match against evgeniya rodina. she said she had nothing to prove and everything was a bonus. i did love her answer and social media, to the question what makes her so great, she was in euphoric form about people bringing their a—game, that encourages her to be better, she admits it. thank you very much, sarah, thank you. dive teams are continuing their attempt to rescue

the remaining boys stuck in a flooded cave in northern thailand. four of the young footballers were safely brought out yesterday, but the operation had to paused because oxygen was running out. so how are the rescue teams getting the boys out? in total darkness, two divers have been swimming with each child, the boy tethered to the diver in front. they follow a previously laid guide rope to help over difficult terrain. it's reported the narrowest part is onlyjust under a0 centimetres wide. that's the length of a loaf and a half of bread. the boys are helped through by the diver in front before continuing. let's go live to our correspondent sophie long, who is in thailand with the latest. today's attempt to rescue more has begun. yes, it has victoria, only a little while ago did we have it confirmed, a briefing going on at the moment a little way away from

here, they confirmed that today's effo rts here, they confirmed that today's efforts to evacuate more boys from the cave got under way at 11 o'clock this morning. it is difficult to tell how long it will take before we might see more boys coming out, coming out by ambulance at this track behind me, joining their team—mates in hospital in chaing rai. yesterday we were told that this operation would take at least 11 hours to get the boys out, but in the event we saw the first boy emerged just eight hours, but very difficult tojudge, because emerged just eight hours, but very difficult to judge, because the conditions inside the cave are a lwa ys conditions inside the cave are always changing. we know they spent some time today pumping out more water. now, water is the enemy, heavy rain overnight, and they spent some time this morning pumping out water to bring water levels down before the attempt to bring more boys out of the cave. now, interestingly, from the briefing we have heard that the four boys were brought out yesterday, wonderful news, of course, we are hearing that they have not yet seen their

pa rents. they have not yet seen their parents. now, they are in quarantine, apparently, ithink parents. now, they are in quarantine, apparently, i think they may be worried about some infection. just imagine what these parents have been through, they spent nine days not even knowing if their sons were alive, then there was a whole week while they try to establish just how they were going to get them out of they were going to get them out of the cave, told that this operation was hugely risky but that this window of opportunity was there and they decided to go with it, and they supported the thai authorities' decision to do that, but we are hearing at the moment that the four boys who have been out for some hours now have not yet been reunited with their parents. we are told that they are well, they are in good spirits, and they are hungry, unsurprisingly, they have been asking for their favourite dishes. they have been asking for beef with basil leaves, apparently. thank you very much, sophie, so that rescue mission continues. from cumbria, we can speak to geoff crossley, who is a former cave diver and rescuer. dr alex rowe is in plymouth this morning. he is an expedition medic

and the medical director of world extreme medicine. and in the studio is dr andrea danese, who is a child psychiatrist from kings college london. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you very much for talking to us. you have rescued, in your case, adults from a cave in yorkshire where the water was rising, and you have to die them out, just give an insight to the audience how challenging that is. yeah, it is similar ina challenging that is. yeah, it is similar in a way to the thai situation, in that you find the casualty on the other side of flooded passages, and in this case it was 250 metres of flooded passage. you quickly realise that you have got to get them out somehow, and again, similarto you have got to get them out somehow, and again, similar to the thai situation, we knew the water was rising, there was nothing we could do to stop it, and we knew that the whole of the cave flooded to the roof. so our hand was forced, and we had a few hours to get them out. as you say, there were two

adults, both non—divers, so it is quite difficult, a challenging task to get non—divers to actually even attempt a cave dive, but if they have no other alternative, that is what you have got to do. did you think you would get both men out alive? at the time, we were quite... we were worried, we thought we would get one out if we were lucky, and if we we re get one out if we were lucky, and if we were really lucky, we would get two. it was very much a question of whether they would panic or not. nothing like that had been done before on such a scale, so it was a worry at the time, but we have to remain positive, and we had to insure that we didn't tell the casualties that, of course, you know, we will positive we would get them both out alive without any problem at all, that is the way we approached it. alex, as an expedition medic, what will be the

immediate health concerns for the boys? you probably heard our correspondent saying that the boys that have been rescued have not yet seen that have been rescued have not yet seen their parents, perhaps they are in some quarantine scenario in case of infection, does that sound reasonable, feasible? yeah, good morning. there are a few health aspects as they come out. one of the big ones that i noticed, they have been given normal food, and one of theissues been given normal food, and one of the issues with being undernourished for a period of time is re—feeding syndrome, so i hope they are having blood tests to check levels of salt in their blood and vitamins, because you can get some quite serious complications with rapid re—feeding, it should be a gradual process. and caves to host a number of nasty infections, including histoplasmosis, which is from bats, and it can cause quite a severe lung infection where you get quite severe inflammation of the lungs, causing difficulty breathing. usually, that

is self—limiting, but it can cause complications. the other one, leptospirosis, comes from rat urine, which can cause jaundice and liver problems, obviously the hope is that they will come out without incident and can be assessed by a medical team, they have one per school child coming out, and are then taken to the hospital in chaing rai. let's talk about, that was the physical side, let's talk about the psychological side, can you give us an insight into what sort of challenges those who rescued will face in terms of mental health?” would expect that they would be quite agitated after the rescue operation. lots of them will be elated by the fact that they have been rescued, but still many will be quite irritable, quite agitated, anxious, perhaps they will have trouble sleeping. quite normal symptoms for everyone who would

undergo such an ordeal. after a few weeks, most of them will probably get rid of these symptoms, but they would expect a small minority of them, perhaps 10%, will develop more long—term mental health problems. so they really need to be assessed and monitored quite carefully in case they develop longer term problems and needs psychiatric input and treatment. i wonder, in and needs psychiatric input and treatment. iwonder, in terms and needs psychiatric input and treatment. i wonder, in terms of what is going through the minds of those who have rescued the four so far, that is obviously a psychological boost for them — but they have to remain so focused, concentrated and calm, don't they? because they want to get them all out. yeah, most definitely, they will be working slowly, methodically, and as you say, concentrating very hard on what they are doing, and their minds will be

nothing else, because it is a huge responsibility that they have got, and they know that there is a lot resting on them. andrei, in terms of those still trapped underground, and of course their adult coach, what about what they might be facing, knowing that four of the boys are out? and they are hopefully next. exactly, so i would expect there to be some hope, because they would have had some news about some of their friends being outside, and hopefully they are also going to be outside very soon. but surely they have been down there for quite a long time now, so they will be very tired, and! long time now, so they will be very tired, and i think any longer wait will add to the anxiety and potentially also to the risk of the rescue operation itself. of course, as we can imagine, that will raise anxiety. 0k, thank you all very much

indeed, thank you for coming on the programme, thank you for your time. and obviously we will keep you updated as the rescue mission continues. let's talk more about the resignation of the brexit secretary, david davis, leaving theresa may's brexit strategy and her government in disarray. in his resigination letter to mrs may, david davis said, "the current trend of policy and tactics" was making it "look less and less likely" that the uk would leave the customs union and single market. the resignation comes just days after the prime minister had apparently secured the backing of the full cabinet for her brexit plan during an away day at chequers. theresa may says she is sorry to see him go but "disagrees with his characterisation of policy." a junior brexit minister, steve baker, has also left his post. speaking to the today programme on radio 4, david davis explained his reaction for his resignation. i had to leave because, i lost the argument... you did lose the argument. of course i lost the argument in cabinet but the important thing here is that, in my view,

this policy has a number of weaknesses and it is not as though it is somebody else's responsibility with whom i can share cabinet responsibility, i would be front and centre in delivering this policy, explaining it to the house, persuading the house it was right and going out and delivering it with the european union. and frankly, just as it was known what the policy was, it was also known that i had concerns about it. it would not have been a plausible thing to do, and i would not have done a good job of it. and as i said to the prime minister in my letter, i hope you're right, and i hope i'm wrong. but if that is the case, then the best person to do this is somebody who really believes in it, not me. and there are others in the cabinet who agree with you, we know that. borisjohnson is one of them. they have deep reservations, they have made it perfectly clear. would you now, now that you yourself as the brexit secretary have stood down, would you now expect them, would you now want them to follow suit? no, no. look...

no?! this is crucial. firstly, i'm not going to describe the views of other cabinet members. you don't need to, with respect, because we know what they are. that you may think, but it is not for me to make other people's decisions. these decisions are very, very hard to make. they have consequences, career ending consequences, all of that. and the simple truth is people can only make these decisions of conscience, decisions of principle, by themselves, in their own mind. you can't make the decision for somebody else and you can't off—load it on somebody else, it is your own decision. i like theresa may, i think she is a good prime minister. we have a difference over this strategy. have you spoken to her about it? yes, last night. you had a conversation, notjust a letter? absolutely. i would have liked to have seen her face—to—face, but i was in london and we couldn't do that. we had a telephone conversation. but i like her, i think she is a good prime minister. but you have weakened her, haven't you? no, no, look...

oh, come on! look at the coverage of your resignation. it is one day. she has got to have a brexit secretary who will deliver on her strategy. that is not weakening, that is actually enhancing the effectiveness of the strategy. let's talk to conservative mp geoffrey clifton—brown, who is a brexiteer, he's also a member of the european research group, that's a group of euroscpetic tory mps led by jacob—rees mogg. he's also treasurer of the powerful backbench conservative 1992 committee. theresa may is due to address that committee tonight to try to get more of her party on board when it comes to this latest plan. also marcus fysh, a brexit supporter, he welcomes david davis' resignation. right, let me ask you, geoffrey clifton—brown, for your reaction to the resignation. well, i'm not surprised, but i do think it is

u nfortu nate. surprised, but i do think it is unfortunate. the reason i'm not surprised is that i don't think that he has been brought into the negotiations in a full and frank way, and therefore, if you are in that negotiating position and you are not in complete control of it, it is very difficult, and i think after friday's cabinet meeting, it became even more difficult. why did he not tell her face—to—face on friday that he could not do it?” think often in these situations you have to go away and reflect and in the cold light of day make a decision and he was right not to flounce out there and then. why do you welcome the resignation? because the government policy is an absolute stinker on this. it is not go to fly with the eu and it will lead us inexorably towards a vassal state is where we have to harmonise our rule book and be under punishment warnings if we deviate from it. that

is not consistent with the vote to leave the eu, zero with our manifesto promises which will be broken. that —— nor with our manifesto, says. that is contrary to what theresa may says that we are leaving the single market and the sims unicom that british parliament and courts will have sovereignty, we will end freedom of movement. there will end freedom of movement. there will be an infrastructure on the border between northern ireland and ireland. what else do you want? back in march donald tusk, the president of the eu, offered a conference of free trade agreement with us. we can put a lot of bilateral agreements there that will minimise the frictions on the border but we have to get on with that and make it our strategy for the negotiations now otherwise there will not be enough time. we need to get the government to change its policy. or change its

leader, and which is more likely? we need to make sure the existing needed changes her policy and i agree with marcus. we would have been much better negotiating for a free trade agreement rather than being part of a customs union with no end date, it seemed to me, and becoming a rule take rather than a rule giver. we are accepting their rules whatever they are and being bound by them and what i am concerned about is chairman of the all—party trade and investment group which looks at exports, is that we have to be able to make our own trade agreements when we have left the eu and if this agreement that is being promulgated in any way fetters that, i think it is something we have to be grossly concerned about. it sounds from you two that this brexit plan is dead in the water.” would not say that. you said it has to be changed. indeed it does. so this plan is dead? we will have to see, there are negotiations to be

had but it needs to be changed. i think the british people voted to leave the european union. if we still are part of it, rule breakers and paying to remain in it, it does not seem that we have fulfilled either our election manifesto or the will of the british people in the referendum. it this plan dead in the world to? as i said before, i think it should be changed. so yes it is. i think she should stop listening to the people in her cabinet who are out and out remainers and want to reverse the result of the referendum. michael gove was a brexiteer, each signed up to this on friday. clearly not any more. you'd think he has betrayed you?” friday. clearly not any more. you'd think he has betrayed you? i think what he is arguing for is not brexit so what he is arguing for is not brexit so he is no longer a brexiteer. do you agree with that?” so he is no longer a brexiteer. do you agree with that? i think michael is trying to take a pragmatic view and work through this. clearly we will not get everything we want, we have to come to an agreement but

what i would say loud and clear is that i don't think so but we have used the leveraged we have got in these negotiations, we have taken everything that michel barnier and the eu has the tours, including the timetable, and think we could have been tougher and we will need to get tougher. is boris johnson not a brexiteer any more? i think every memberof the brexiteer any more? i think every member of the cabinet needs to think carefully whether it is consistent with our manifesto pledges that we we re with our manifesto pledges that we were all elected on to follow this policy. that is a very diplomatic answer. i think they should all think very carefully about whether they should pursue this. you know that boris johnson they should pursue this. you know that borisjohnson is supposed to have called this plan a turd, if you excuse might language. i am asking about boris johnson. i'm excuse might language. i am asking about borisjohnson. i'm asking you why you, what do you think boris

johnson is waiting for? why has he not resigned ? johnson is waiting for? why has he not resigned? i have no idea, you have to ask him. but why haven't phillip hammond and gregg clark resigned? they phillip hammond and gregg clark resigned ? they clearly phillip hammond and gregg clark resigned? they clearly don't believe in actually delivering on the will of the people. i think sometimes resignations, you have to have a principled reason for doing it. i think borisjohnson principled reason for doing it. i think boris johnson is principled reason for doing it. i think borisjohnson is better in there fighting for the sort of deal. he described it as a turd on friday. he described it as a turd on friday. he should walk. for the reasons both markers and i have said, it needs to be changed and i think borisjohnson is better remain in their rather than causing further instability grew the moment but this is only pa rt grew the moment but this is only part of the step and the next step is to negotiate with our european partners and we are to work out what they will negotiate with us. we need to modify the stance of mrs may and then get on and negotiate it and hopefully produce an agreement we can all live with. how many letters have been written to your chairman,

do you know? i have no idea. graham brady, my chairman, is a magnitude integrity and he is sworn not to reveal this but i would say to my colleagues, we need a bit of calm and reflection and sincere discussion. some letters from collea g u es discussion. some letters from colleagues calling for a leadership contest have been received.” colleagues calling for a leadership contest have been received. i have no idea but you have heard some collea g u es no idea but you have heard some colleagues in the media saying they we re colleagues in the media saying they were thinking of doing this. 48 have to be received. it is more than that, a leadership contest would be triggered but 159 have to vote for a no—confidence motion, more than half the party, and i guess at the moment that would be unlikely. had he written to the 1922 committee? no, i have not written —— have you written. but i am determined this policy needs to be changed and now is the time to do it, to show it has been changed so it is a realistic thing that we can negotiate with the eu. what we cannot do this for this

uncertainty to be prolonged. i want the government to get behind the processes of moving business onto the new systems and new ways of working with the eu that will allow us working with the eu that will allow us to preserve the just—in—time supply chains and make sure everything is ready. what we waste by this constant argument about whether or not to leave the eu essentially is the chance to get all that done properly. i have some sympathy with business because they just want to know what we are going to do and how they need to adapt. you have not written to the chairman of the 1922 committee calling for a leadership contest. do you have confidence in theresa may?” leadership contest. do you have confidence in theresa may? i think she needs to change this policy. do you have confidence in her?m she needs to change this policy. do you have confidence in her? it is completely the wrong policy. do you have confidence in theresa may? the whole cabinet needs to think if this is the right policy. i'm asking you

asa is the right policy. i'm asking you as a conservative mp, do you have confidence in your prime minister, the leader of your party?” confidence in your prime minister, the leader of your party? i said this policy of hers is a stinker. you don't have confidence in theresa may? her policy on this is a stinker and it needs to be changed. should she go? marcus fraser? sorry, i said the policy needs to be changed. i heard that, i'm asking you if she should go. that is up to her. that is not a vote of confidence! if she wants to break manifesto pledges, that is up to her and things have consequences. does her survival depend on the meeting tonight with backbench conservative mps at the 1922 committee? tonight with backbench conservative mps at the 1922 committee7m tonight with backbench conservative mps at the 1922 committee? it is up to heras to mps at the 1922 committee? it is up to her as to what she wants to do with this. i think she needs to get rid of the coterie of people around her who want to stop britain leaving

the european union. untilthat happens, nothing will change and we will have this constant uncertainty and indecision which is paralysing our country. that was no support from one conservative backbench mp. how widely felt is that view?” think it depends on the prime minister herself. she needs to change the policy, as markers made clear, and she has to be in listening mode. iwill clear, and she has to be in listening mode. i will be going back toa listening mode. i will be going back to a briefing now and we will be able to put our points. she has to listen and consider very carefully how she can modify the policy to actually fulfil our referendum and general election manifesto promises andindeed general election manifesto promises and indeed her own repeated promises in the house. i will ask you the same question, right now do you have confidence in your prime minister? yes because i think a change of leader at this time would be

com pletely leader at this time would be completely destabilising for the government. so not that is only about the qualities and skills but the practical impact of changing leader. i think she is still the best person to lead us but she does need to listen very carefully and modify the policy. thank you for coming on both of you. geoffrey clifton—brown is also in that european research group which is the group of eurosceptic to be mps. and marcus fish, thank you very much, a conservative mp in will be listening to what theresa may says tonight. interesting to hear your views wherever you are and the country and what of it you voted for in the referendum which seems an awfully long time ago. still to come... one year after the iraqi city of mosul was officially recaptured from so—called islamic state, charities on the ground say the city and its residents are still suffering the effects of a brutal war. we'll hear from a journalist who followed the iraqi forces into mosul. as the world cup enters its final

week and england are still in it, on the last monday of the tournament, we are looking at the record numbers of people living with disabilities and limited mobility who have travelled to russia to support their teams. let's talk more about england. oh my goodness, oh my goodness, oh my goodness. no one expected england to still be in the world cup on the final monday of the tournament and heading for a semi final. # if you see me walking down the street # staring at the sky, dragging my two feet # you just pass me by # it still makes me cry # you can make me whole again #.

it is headed firmly in! harry mcguire got his head to it! this is the stuff of dreams from the three lions! pickford! you beauty! # you can make me whole again #. # we are going to party all night long! # all night long. go on, al!

# all night long! # all night long #. let's speak to two england fans. hannah al—0thman, a buzzfeed reporter who was at pride, at least until she sneaked away to watch the game. can you believe england are in a world cup semifinal? no! the all it's coming home thing started as a bit of a joke but it might actually be which no one expected. what is it about this team and this manager you think has made so many people are feeling genuine affection for them? i think they are a very likeable team. they are a young team. gareth southgate is very popular as a

manager, the most popular manager in my lifetime. all of these stories coming out about the nice things he has done and just a likeable character and combined with their performance... you can see on twitter, so many people are engaging, people who are not particularly into football, they have seen this buzz around england and are starting to watch the matches. totally different to when england were in the semifinal in 1990, note social media, there were some hooligans in italy, but this is made for social media. what have you picked out? some of the things from the players themselves are good. i know has been some discussion about whether they have people doing their social media but even if they are, they are doing it well. they are getting the players' personalities across, turning themselves into means the sharing pictures of themselves —— memes for the kyle

walker shared this want of harry maguire talking to fans. and a slightly different caption as well about taking the bins out! they are just doing really well. they have picked up that people are making these memes and havejoined in and done it cleverly. and it's coming home is everywhere, people have cleverly photo shopped it onto gareth southgate's waistcoat. this was from the met office. they have vanished to just get england in as well! that was really good. just some heart—warming stories. some latin american fans can either get into trouble for flying rainbow flags in moscow so they wore the individual kits of the country's cleverly a nd

individual kits of the country's cleverly and walked around moscow like that. and more from the players, jesse lingard on the phone to his mum saying he's not coming home, it's coming home! as you say, very funny and witty, heart—warming but a genuine belief, that without brazil, argentina, germany, spain, there is no better chance for england to reach a world cup final. this world cup feels like anything could happen also you literally have not been able to predict it.” could happen also you literally have not been able to predict it. i feel like i cannot breathe! i am either going to explode with excitement or suffocate because i don't want to breed... particularly in the colombia game —— i don't want to breathe out. there have been some very tense moments. i think we have got some messages, ijust have to

find them. aaron says, when england bring our world cup home... when! the players should be honoured and southgate given the freedom of the city and a knighthood. they are a shoein city and a knighthood. they are a shoe in for a team of the year and coach be at sports personality whatever happens. harry says, when the fa appointed gareth southgate as england manager i said he had no managerial experience and was the wrong choice. when he announced his squad for the world cup i said they would not get past the group stage because they were too young and inexperienced. this is one occasion when i am happy to be proven wrong. thank you for those and keep them coming in, and tell me what your plans are for wednesday night, and what your excuses for thursday morning and you love gareth southgate. thank you for coming in. later we're going to talk mark wright who played for england the last time they were in a world cup semifinal, which as you know ended

in a penalty defeat against west germany. now, during this world cup, thousands of fans with disabilities and limited mobility have come to russia to support their national teams. we can reveal that more than 22,000 special access tickets have been sold to disabled fans so far which is a record for a world cup, according to fifa. but just how accessibile is russia for diabled fans? 0ur reporter ashleyjohn—baptiste went to meet an england fan with limited mobility to find out. man, that looks dangerous! no, i wouldn't try that. that is meant for people with wheelchairs? my name's paul and i've got a chronic nerve condition down my leg. itjust hurts if i move too much so i'm using a mobility scooter here to get around. paul has come to moscow with his son james and his wifejoanne to support england during the world cup. a little worried about how we're going to be able to get around, how we're going to get to the stadium for people with limited mobility.

you've been around the centre, around red square, how is it getting around? we have had a good day, or a good morning so far, but i have got to say that our tour guide, tatiana, has been invaluable. when we came across the subway earlier, trying to cross the road and we could not do that, it could have taken us any amount of time to actually find the way overland and she was able to direct us quickly. you can't go everywhere with a tour guide your whole life or when you are on holiday! how do you think it would be without a tour guide? everything is going to take longer. it looks like you can get in terms of seeing the sights, it looks like you can get to most of them although we were in a shopping centre earlier which apparently had a viewing platform on the roof. we didn't go up there of course because there were a load of stairs to get up there up there. there are always things that you can't do but then again,

i had that at st paul's cathedral! i couldn't go up to see the view from there. is there anywhere you really want to go to that you know you can't? i thought i couldn't go to the subway and i really wanted to see it because i am told that they are beautifully decorated. but now we're going to try and do that anyway on an escalator on a mobility scooter. we will see how that goes! paul is one of thousands of disabled fans with limited mobility who have come to russia. 22,222 special access tickets sold. this is a record for a fifa world cup. fifa does acknowledge that it is tougher for disabled fans with mobility issues to get around in russia. we have to unfortunately live with some of the infrastructure that is existing in the host country of a world cup. we cannot expect the world cup to change a system which has been in place for over 100 years.

i am impressed there are ramps like the one i came up there to get around the steps here to this memorial and also into shopping centres. paul is at a metro station in moscow where he is being assisted by staff. we asked the metro authorities for an interview also they said they were unavailable. this is quite astonishing. we have metro workers, four of them, who have come out to assist paul go down an escalator in the metro. a little nervous but i guess these boys have done it before so i guess i'm not going to fall down. it does feel a bit unnatural when you're kind of tipped back like that. but you have got to think, these are strong guys and they must have done it before. i'm really impressed, if they did this for everyone in a wheelchair, there are three guys with us, that is quite a service. it is obviously a labour intensive so i cannot imagine doing that in london. the assistance paul is receiving

from the metro staff is free for disabled people. on leaving the metro, we bumped into a local russian who also has limited mobility. translation: i think it isjust a show for foreigners. in real life, accessibility in russia is much worse than the authorities are trying to show it to be. hours later, paul leaves a stadium in moscow having just watched a world cup match. it was all good, really modern, everything inside felt really modern. ramps everywhere, people do help us, taking us in the lifts and then straight out to the seating area, it was all good. russian authorities are trying hard to ensure good access for all fans during the world cup but the question remains, will it continue after the final whistle? and of course we'll have lots more on the world cup

later in the programme, including mark wright who played for england the last time they were in a world cup semi—final, 28 years ago! we will have the latest news and sport at ten o'clock and a full weather forecast. its been exactly a year since the iraqi city of mosul was officially recaptured from the so—called islamic state. the final assault on the west of the city began in february 2017 and culminated in street to street fighting through the narrow passages of the old city. but, after months of bloodshed, the city was liberated. a year on and charities on the ground are concerned that both the city and its residents are still suffering the horrible after effects of a brutal war. the norweigan refugee council says more than 380,000 people are still displaced and there s still an estimated eight million tonnes of debris to clear up. the charity save the children is also warning that the city s young people and their carers are struggling with severe mental health problems. some of what you are about to hear you may find distressing. translation: at night the planes

started to bomb us, around 2:45am buzz i was sitting at home, between sitting and sleeping as i have a little girl who was ten days old. and the bombing occurred, they hit the factory and the silo and near the factory and the silo and near the mosque and the house at the top of the street. the last hit on the silo, all the blocks fell on a some hitting the door and the roof, a big piece hit the roof and fell onto the roof tiles where my wife and i were sleeping. i told roof tiles where my wife and i were sleeping. itold her, don't be afraid, nothing has happened, but she stayed that way, staring at me. she would not respond. she kept staring at me and she never got up

again. at that moment i did not know what to do, i lost it. and they said, you can bury her here. isis said, you can bury her here. isis said you can bury her here, honouring them, and i said i would not bury her there, i wanted to bury her in my cemetery. every time my daughter remembers her mum, she makes me upset. she cries, wanting her. in the mornings we would go to school and she would say, dad, when i get married, give me a mum so she can comb my hair and take me to school. i would say, later my daughter. she does this often. the effect from that child is that every time i want to forget, i cannot forget. every time she cries

and she says, dad, i'm unable to read or write and i have no mother. i would say, it's ok, my daughter, learn and the teacher will teach you. all i want is for god to relieve the suffering and going through with them. and to give me strength to bring them up. that is the fate that has been written for me. later we will be talking to a representative from save the children from western muscle. thank you for your many messages about the resignation of the brexit secretary, david davis —— from the west of mosul. kevin said, i am amazed, the promise has successfully walked a tightrope to merge with it cabinet agreed negotiating position and she deserves warm applause for that and

let's hope she keeps up a good record of negotiating with the eu council. carroll says, well done to david davis at last somebody as at the guts to call out remainer may who should remember you full or the people some of the time, but not all the people all the time. she will be remembered as the prime minister who destroyed the conservative party in the country. michael says, may i propose that the word brexit be included in the oed with the definition something that moves so slowly as to be almost static with no discernible end in sight? for me iam sick no discernible end in sight? for me i am sick to the back teeth of hearing about this ponderous state of affairs. ian says, david davis was amiable but incompetent. he waffled and blustered especially about impact assessments also he spent four hours negotiating with michel barnier who is the chief negotiator for the eu. at least michel barnier who is the chief negotiatorfor the eu. at least he has principles unlike the cowardly

buffoon borisjohnson. has principles unlike the cowardly buffoon boris johnson. pj has principles unlike the cowardly buffoon borisjohnson. pj says, jacob rees—mogg should be put in charge of brexit as he believes in it and he had intelligence to handle negotiations and stand firm with the eu. we are awaiting an announcement about who the new brexit secretary will be, who will replace david davis. there are a number of options, other people in the cabinet, but when we get the news we will bring it to you. let's get the latest weather update with simon king. for the most part it will remain dry and settled this week with some sunshine again but we will see a small change in the temperatures, temporarily cooling off a touch. todayit temporarily cooling off a touch. today it will be in northern parts but as i said, mostly dry because this high pressure is still in charge with a weaker front moving southward bringing a bit more cloud into scotland and northern ireland and one or two spots of rain with it. that moves further south down

the north—east of england where it will remain quite cloudy this afternoon. in scotland there will be brighter skies developing the best these aren't in north—west england, wales, the midlands and southern parts. at wimbledon it should be dry again, temperatures again getting into the high 20s and perhaps up to 30 degrees. elsewhere across southern areas with the sunshine we will have temperatures reaching the high 20s. further north we have something a bit cooler and fresher, 16 in newcastle, 17 in aberdeen, 23 across the central belt of scotland. this evening and overnight it will remain quite cloudy in the east, particularly the north—east of scotla nd particularly the north—east of scotland where the cloud will thicken for a time into tuesday morning. 0vernight temperatures not as high as last night if you found that quite uncomfortable for sleeping, temperatures around 10-15d. on sleeping, temperatures around

10—15d. on tuesday, it will stay fairly cloudy, particularly in the north—east with a few spots of rain but elsewhere it will thin and break—up to give us some bright and sunny spells. still quite warm in southern areas but the reds are not as deep and further north there are some you lose so a fresher and cooler feeling, temperatures where they should be for the son of year in the south, 23 or 24 degrees —— at the time of year. into the middle pa rt the time of year. into the middle part of the week, high pressure is still there but the airflow is coming from a north—easterly direction and that will bring in more cloud generally for wednesday and thursday. still some bright spells and sunshine from time to time, especially in the south with temperatures creeping up again to 25 or 26 degrees and even in the north they will move up and get hotter again by the end of the week and into the weekend. hello, it's monday, it's ten o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. britains's brexit secretary,

david davis, resigns, saying the prime minister's new brexit plan means the uk wouldn't truly regain powers after leaving the eu. two conservative mps have told this programme the plan is doomed to fail and needs to change. until all that happens, nothing will change, we will have this constant uncertainty and indecision, which is paralysing our country. she needs to listen, i think, paralysing our country. she needs to listen, ithink, and paralysing our country. she needs to listen, i think, and then consider very carefully how she can modify the policy to actually fulfil our referendum and general election manifesto promises. brexiteers say it's a significant blow for theresa may. we'll be talking to a number of mps about what this means for brexit and the prime minister's future. the mother—of—three who came into contact with the nerve agent novichok in wiltshire has died. a murder investigation has been launched. i was shocked, and i was very

saddened that dorner lost that fight that she's had for ten days. —— dawn. england progresses through to the semifinals of the world cup for the first time since 1966. we'll be talking to mark wright, who played last time england made it to the world cup semifinal nearly three decades ago. good morning, it's ten o'clock. here's joanna gosling in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the day's news. the brexit secretary, david davis, has resigned saying the prime minister's brexit plan would leave parliament with "at best a weak negotiating position". mrs may's proposal was approved by the cabinet on friday. ajunior brexit minister steve baker has also stepped down.

mr davis, says the policy could leave the uk in a "weak" and "inescapable" negotiating position. this is what he told the radio 4's today programme this morning. of course i lost the argument in cabinet but the important thing here is that, in my view, this policy has a number of weaknesses and it is not as though it is somebody else's responsibility with whom i can share cabinet responsibility, i would be front and centre in delivering this policy, explaining it to the house, persuading the house it was right and going out and delivering it with the european union. and frankly, just as it was known what the policy was, it was also known that i had concerns about it. it would not have been a plausible thing to do, and i would not have done a good job of it. and as i said to the prime minister in my letter, i hope you're right, and i hope i'm wrong. but if that is the case, then the best person to do this is somebody who really believes in it, not me. a murder investigation has been launched after the death of a woman who came into contact with the nerve agent novichok

in wiltshire. dawn sturgess fell ill last weekend in the town of amesbury close to where the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter were poisoned in march. her partner is still seriously ill. we heard this morning from the leader of wiltshere county council. was it an agent that is new? did it come from the first attack? when was it picked up? lots and lots of speculation. ijust don't think speculation helps. i think we have to let the professionals get on with theirjob and to tell us as soon as they can exactly what is happening and then we will make sure that it is safe as we did with defra over the first attack, and we are still doing, doing all the decontamination and we will keep people up to date and communicated with about those things. and we'll bring you a statement by the metropolitan police as it happens. that's expected within the next hour. dive teams are continuing their attempt to rescue the remaining boys stuck in a flooded cave in northern thailand.

four of the young footballers were safely brought out yesterday, but the operation had to paused because oxygen was running out. ambulances have been arriving at the scene this morning in the hope that the day will see more of the children rescued. heavy rains overnight mean there is growing concern for their safety. the boys and their coach were trapped by floods two weeks ago, and the journey out of the caves is still very dangerous. japanese media say at least 88 people have died in floods and landslides in western japan. boats and helicopters have been used to rescue victims after days of torrential rain. dozens of patients have been saved from a hospital in one of the worst affected towns. 0ffences targeting women are still "highly prevalent" according to a new report. it comes two years after nottinghamshire police started a pilot program treating misogyny as a hate crime. researchers say they were "shocked" by the volume and nature of incidents they recorded but that the police program is already "shifting attitudes". every new home in the uk may have to be built

with an electric car charging point, as part of the government's strategy to reduce emissions from road traffic. a consultation will also propose that charging points are fitted to new lamp—posts and at new office blocks. the government will also outline more details of its ban on sales of conventional petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040. prince louis is being christened today. the youngest child of the duke and duchess of cambridge will be baptised at the chapel royal at stjames's palace in london. louis is expected to wear the royal christening robe and, according to tradition, the holy water used will be from the riverjordan. that's a summary of the latest bbc news, more at 10:30. thank you for all your messages, this is on the eu and brexit, kathy says the moment big business came out in support of the customs union, the writing was on the wall for hard

brexit, no sane person would risk thousands of jobs. steve brexit, no sane person would risk thousands ofjobs. steve says, is it just me? david davis has been the chief negotiator and presumably his input helped the cabinet come up with a way forward, but he thinks it is not viable. politicians playing games with ordinary people's lives. thank you for those, keep them coming in. sarah is back with the latest sport. good morning. standing on a moment of history — that's how gareth southgate put his england team reaching a world cup semifinal for the first time in 28 years. and the manager says they are now ready to turn the fantasy of a final into reality. they play croatia on wednesday in moscow after knocking out sweden. england will be back on the training pitch this morning and then face the media later, fair to say the anticipation both over in russia and back here is reaching fever pitch. we have very rarely been in this position, so why shouldn't we enjoy it? why shouldn't we have fun, why shouldn't we be excited? yes, we can do it. croatia will have our respect,

but don't fear them. there is an incredible opportunity for these boys, and for gareth, to go all the way. and they're not ready to go home yet, which for all of us is an incredible opportunity, and we are all enjoying it as well. it was a rest day for the players in repino yesterday, so what did they get up to? a little retail therapy, of course, but no high—end boutiques for this lot. a trip to the local supermarket for supplies. there's been lots of praise for this squad's down—to—earth approach, here they are proving it again. and for those of you who might be superstitious, england have confirmed their kit on wednesday night will be all white. their kit man tweeted this sneak preview of their strip after it was printed. now, it's known as manic monday at wimbledon, when all the players still in the singles will be out on court today.

it's the last 16, and first up on centre court is defending men's champion roger federer, looking for a record—extending ninth title. he hasn't had too much of a struggle so far. he plays frenchman adrian mannarino. federer thinks this will be much more of a strategic match, with mannarino a left—hander. but what about the women's draw after nine of the top ten women's seeds were dumped out in week one? it's opened up nicely for serena williams, hasn't it? the seven—time winner is the favourite now on her return after the birth of her daughter. she says she has "absolutely nothing to prove, everything is a bonus". she will take on russian qualifier evgeniya rodina. lewis hamilton said second place at the british grand prix felt as good as a win in some ways. he started from pole position and was furious after being sent spinning by kimi raikkonen on the first lap, but he drove superbly to finish

behind sebastian vettel, who's now eight points ahead in the drivers' standings. the attention now turns for england's cricketers to the one—day series against india, which starts on thursday, after they lost the t20 series decider. a brilliant century from rohit sharma helped india to a seven—wicket win in bristol on sunday. hardick pandya confirmed the 2—1victory with a six. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much, sarah. let's talk more about the resignation of the brexit secretary, david davies. in the last hour, two conservative mps, marcus fysh and geoffrey clifton—brown, both of them strongly in favour of britain coming out of the eu, have told this programme that theresa may's plan is doomed to fail. 0ne declined to say he had confidence in mrs may, given several oppportunities. the fate of that plan, and perhaps the fate of her leadership, may be sealed this evening when she is due to meet the so—called1922 committee of backbenchers to try to persuade them that the paper the cabinet agreed at chequers

last friday is workable. let's talk to our political correspondent chris mason, who is at westminster. what is everybody saying, chris? well, it is all happening, since we last spoke, the plates have been shifting further, so jacob rees—mogg, the chairman of the backbench group of conservative mps who advocate and support and clamour for brexit, has been on the radio. now, he was very critical of the chequers plan, describing it simply as not brexit, but crucially, and it tells you something about how fluid things are that we have been asking this question, on the whole question of theresa may's future, had this to say. will theresa may survive a no confidence vote? i do not think that is immediately in the offing. i think what the prime minister needs to do is to give up on the chequers

proposals, which david davis in his resignation letter has pointed out don't actually deliver brexit. what is immediately in the offing is who the prime minister at points as the new brexit secretary, given that there is a vacancy at the top of government. 0ne there is a vacancy at the top of government. one person who might well be in the frame, or certainly well be in the frame, or certainly we wa nted well be in the frame, or certainly we wanted to ask the question, michael gove, loyal to that chequers plan, on the andrew marr show yesterday. good morning, are you the new brexit secretary? good morning, nice to see. very nice to see. are you taking the role? do you think theresa may can last in her post?” hope you have a lovely day, thank you very much. are you the new brexit secretary? reflections on the weather, rather than all things politics from the famously courteous mrgove, politics from the famously courteous mr gove, albeit not with a great deal to say. we wait to see who will

ta ke deal to say. we wait to see who will take thatjob, vacated by david davis, we expect that announcement relatively soon. 0k. davis, we expect that announcement relatively soon. ok. if theresa may presents this brexit plan, the one she apparently had the cabinet are signed up to on friday, how would she get it through?” signed up to on friday, how would she get it through? i think she would only get it through by relying on opposition mps supporting her. jacob rees—mogg, in that interview we have just heard an extract from, said she didn't think there would be a significant number of conservative mps willing to back it, because if you are brexit inclined, a conservative mp, you might have been willing to sit on your hands if you sort people at the top table doing so, you sort people at the top table doing so, you are sort people at the top table doing so, you are not likely to given that david davis said this was a sufficient crossing of his principles that he was willing to leave government to make that point. what is really interesting, and we have just learnt in the last hour, is that gavin barwell, the prime minister's chief of staff, former mp who lost his seat at the last election, is offering a briefing in

parliament for all opposition mps and peers this afternoon. so a certainty finds from downing street that there might be scepticism from their own backbenchers, including from david davis, the former brexit secretary, about that plan from friday, but they are hoping that they can get it through parliament, through the commons, by relying on labour and the lib dems and other mps. now, speaking to one labour mp, they said it was a bit late in the day trying to charm us towards a plan which has failed, the government clearly keen to do that. they said on friday, they are saying it by their actions again now, that it by their actions again now, that it all depends on the arithmetic in parliament, and if they can persuade a sufficient number of opposition mps tojoin a sufficient number of opposition mps to join loyal conservative mps, loyal to the government, then they might still be together plan through. but we are looking one steps ahead, and there are still several steps for the prime minister to negotiate a day. just a million and one steps! this is what the conservative mp

marcus fysh said to me earlier when i pressed him on whether the prime minister still had his support. look, i think she needs to change this policy. do you have confidence in theresa may? it is the wrong policy. do you have confidence in theresa may? i think the whole cabinet needs to think whether this is the right policy... i'm asking you, as a conservative backbench mp, do you have confidence in your prime minister, in the leader of your party? this policy of hers is a stinker. you don't have confidence in theresa may? per policy on this isa in theresa may? per policy on this is a stinker, and it needs to be changed. should she go? marcus fysh? sorry, i said the policy needs to be changed. i heard that, i am asking you, should theresa may go? that is up you, should theresa may go? that is up to her. that is not a vote

confidence, is it?! if she wants to break confidence, is it?! if she wants to brea k ma nifesto confidence, is it?! if she wants to break manifesto pledges that is up to her, things have consequences. let's talk to brexiteer and conservative mp andrew bridgen, and joeyjones. is mrs may fighting for her political life? i think she is in a difficult position, i fully support david davis's decision to resign and steve ba ker‘s decision david davis's decision to resign and steve baker's decision to go with them. those ministers have looked at their conscience, luck —— look at what we have pledged the british public in the last two years and that the general election only last year, and the chequers proposals do not deliver that brexit. i think there is going to be a huge backlash for the party, we are already seeing a movement in the polls. the credibility of the prime minister, equally importantly, it undermines

people's belief in our democracy, and a large number of colleagues on government benches are not willing to let that happen. but most of your party supports a soft brexit, does it not? and if she gets the support of opposition politicians, she will get her brexit plan through. well, we'll see. i looked that the proposals from chequers. for me, it is not the brexit we promised the british people. it is not what we are mandated to deliver. and it is such a poor proposal, which is highly likely, looking at the past record, to be further diluted by the eu, they said we would back this, a step in the right direction but we wa nt step in the right direction but we want more concessions, but even in its current form, i couldn't support it. i wouldn't be signing up to this deal if the eu were paying us, let alone us paying a so—called £40 billion divorce bill. joey jones, you have worked closely with theresa may, what is she like when her back is up against the wall? it is so up

and down, so febrile at the moment that it and down, so febrile at the moment thatitis and down, so febrile at the moment that it is very hard tojudge at the moment. just reading the papers yesterday, tim shipman got to sit down with, the sunday times political editor said that compared with when they had spoken after the election, she looked very lacking in confidence, she was quite steely, quite resolved, looked commanding, and yet here we are, as you say. the whole thing is so unstable that it could unravel over the coming minutes, and hours. so yes, she and her colleagues will be continuing to have lots and lots of conversations, but above all i think they will be watching cabinet colleagues very closely, trying to get a sense of what is going on in the foreign office, because all eyes are surely on borisjohnson at office, because all eyes are surely on boris johnson at the moment to see whether he decides that his own position is untenable. because there isa position is untenable. because there is a possibility that theresa may could circle the wagons, if she can get the support of people like michael gove,... get the support of people like michael gove, . .. she get the support of people like michael gove,... she has got that support, according to what he said.

all indications are that he will stay onside, and he looks pretty sanguine. but feel betrayed by michael gove? i was disappointed by the lack of picking up the cudgels and fighting for the brexit we promised, by all members of the brexit supporting cabinet, including gavin williamson, sajid javid. it is a huge mistake. he says that is being pragmatic, realistic, that is what they can get through. you are living in a fantasy land, effectively. what we have seen from david davis is a tacit admission of what we suspected for quite a long time, that he has been sidelined by the cabinet office and a civil servant, ollie robins. i told the cabinet office and a civil servant, ollie robins. itold number ten months ago that when we get to this final stage of negotiation, the crux of our future relationship, it is important that we only have one person carrying out the negotiations, otherwise it undermines our position, and i think david davis has found his position

to be untenable, forced into a deal he does not support. would you agree that your wing of the party, who supported leave, are all over the place at the moment? you have people like michael gove, who rallied around the prime minister, liz truss wrote in the daily express, the article approved of by number ten, they all seem to be happy campers, yet people like andrew and your colleague calling on theresa may to go. it is pretty clear that the cabinet were bulldozed through without having the advantage of independent legal advice on the deal, which we have had since. i don't believe that all colleagues in the house of commons... do you think theresa may can bulldozed boris johnson and david davis? they signed up johnson and david davis? they signed up to johnson and david davis? they signed uptoa johnson and david davis? they signed up to a two days ago. you heard the threats, anyone who wants to walk will be getting a taxi. big deal! i

don't believe that all members of the house of commons fully appreciated the implications of what happened on friday yet. i don't think the public have. we have already seen a movement in the polls, as people become aware of the full implications of the proposals put forward by the prime minister at chequers, the country will be an uproar. according to mrs may, the uk is leaving the single market, the customs union, we will be controlling our own immigration, british courts will be in charge, and all of that without breaking up the union. job done! have you read the union. job done! have you read the independent legal advice on the opinion on the deal?” the independent legal advice on the opinion on the deal? i have read mrs may's three page briefing, we are all waiting for the white paper.” have read the independent legal opinion from an expert in eu law, and we will not be leaving the single market, we would be captured asa single market, we would be captured as a captive market for ever, for overpriced eu goods, under their

regulations, which we would have no control over. that inflammatory briefing on friday does risk looking a bit tone deaf, inviting the labour party and the snp in full briefings will put tory backs up. it sounds pretty desperate to me, and it will not have settled colleagues on the backbenchers, who are very concerned about this policy, if the prime minister feels she has to rely on the opposition to support the policy. the point i was going to make his step back from this, on friday morning, sorry, saturday, there were elements of the deal that ididn't there were elements of the deal that i didn't particularly like, but that is the whole thing about a compromise. nobody is going to like everything. overall, iwas compromise. nobody is going to like everything. overall, i was really relieved that two years after the vote, you got the cabinet agreeing ona vote, you got the cabinet agreeing on a position that we could take to eu negotiators unsay let's get stuck in, but where are we now? it is falling apart again. i think there isa falling apart again. i think there is a level of fatigue in the

government with the negotiations, andindeed government with the negotiations, and indeed with the public. ultimately, these are decisions that will set our relationship with the eu in perpetuity, they are tremendously important, as it is tremendously important, as it is tremendously important, as it is tremendously important for our party, the government and democracy that we deliver on the will of the british people, which means leaving the european union, and that does not deliver the chequers proposals. new leader or new policy?” not deliver the chequers proposals. new leader or new policy? i want a new policy. with theresa may? if she will deliver that, i think most collea g u es will deliver that, i think most colleagues are anticipating the 1922 committee tonight, where the prime minister agreed to address the party, i think that will be a robust exchange of views, and i think collea g u es exchange of views, and i think colleagues will then make decisions as to whether they wish to support the prime minister based on that. so make or break tonight for theresa may? a week is a long time in politics, everything was hunky—dory on friday, but not now. thank you

both, thank you very much, thank you. injusta in just a couple of days, england will play in the world cup semifinals. it's been nearly three decades since that last happened. but can england bring home the cup? can they get past the incredible midfield of croatia? we will talk to various people about that, and your views are welcome as well. a murder inquiry has been launched after dawn stu rg ess, the woman who was exposed to novichok, died in hospital last night. the 44—year—old fell ill nine days ago, along with her partner, charlie rowley. the couple had been exposed to the nerve agent in amesbury, close to salisbury where ex—russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were poisoned in march. gordon corera is here, and we're alsojoined by gordon corera is here, and we're also joined by alastair hay, professor of environmental toxicology at the university leeds. gordon corera, first of all, how

does this change the way counterterrorism officers approach this inquiry? well, it adds to the seriousness of the situation, now that somebody has died and it is a murder inquiry. but on another level, in terms of what they are doing, it doesn't necessarily change what police are doing at the scene, which is going through a number of locations and trying to identify what contaminated these two individuals. it has been a challenge, because they have been wearing these big hazmat suits trying to find if there was a specific item which poisons them and which contains the novichok, which appears to have then been transferred to their hands when they handled it. we are just hearing that the new brexit secretary is dominic raab. he has just the new brexit secretary is dominic raab. he hasjust been appointed by the prime minister to take over from david davis, who, as you know, renowned last night. dominic raab, a brexiteer, is the new brexit secretary. more reaction to come in just a moment. let me bring in

alastair, if i may, how does this change things? well, as gordon said, a moment ago, the police are very focused on trying to find the source of the contamination. there had always been that focus, and if anything, their focus will be even more forensic, but they will always going to have to find the source of this contamination, and that really hasn't changed. officers, as you said, do not know how these two were exposed to the nerve agent — will lay find out, or is there a possibility they will not? you would hope they would be able to find whatever item it was. it is possible it could have been placed somewhere other than the locations being searched, and that would cause them problems, and they have warned that this could take weeks, even potentially months to find whatever

it was, because they simply don't know what it was. it could have been a tiny vial, something that looks like a perfume bottle, who knows? they have to go through everything in these locations and test them to see if it might be one of those items. russia as saying they have nothing to do with, absolutely nothing to do with, absolutely nothing to do with, absolutely nothing to do with the skripals. the key thing is, the british government has accused russia of being behind the skripals' poisoning with novichok, russia denied that. they have not directly accused russia of being behind this poisoning, because they have not yet been able to absolutely link that two. now, obviously, it looks like they are linked. to have two cases of a russian nerve agent within a couple of months of each other, that is clearly what everyone thinks it looks like, but because they have not necessarily found the exact item, they don't know where it was, they have not been able to test the

novichok on the item to determine whether it is the same batch, they cannot prove that, so they have held back from making that direct accusation yet, but clearly that will be what the thinking is inside government. alastair, as a result of what has happened to dawn sturgess, does it tell anything about the prognosis for charlie rowley? no, i don't think so. it's just illustrates how dangerous these agents are, that they are very toxic. clearly, if somebody has a compromise health condition anyway, thatis compromise health condition anyway, that is going to make it more difficult for clinicians. i don't know what dawn's circumstances were, really what the doctors will be doing is, obviously, trying to keep him alive. they have more experience, i think, him alive. they have more experience, ithink, in him alive. they have more experience, i think, in anyone him alive. they have more experience, ithink, in anyone in being able to do this, but of course they have to deal with the patients before them, you know, and whatever

history those individuals bring to the hospital. so difficult times, i think, really. thank you. alastair hay, gordon corera, thank you. right, let's talk to chris mason at westminster about the new brexit secretary, who is dominic raab, fill us in on his background, his cv, why he has got this job. morning, again, another development, 44—year—old former solicitor, former housing minister, a passionate advocate of brexit, appointed as the new brexit secretary in just the last couple of minutes, it gives you a sense of the fluidity this morning that we were still receiving the exchange of letters from downing street between steve baker, the junior letters from downing street between steve baker, thejunior minister left with david davis, and theresa may, the two of them resigning last night, as news broke that dominic raab would be the new brexit secretary. what a time for him to

ta ke secretary. what a time for him to take thejob secretary. what a time for him to take the job as the countdown towards our exit from the european union reaches these final stages. all of those personal relationships so all of those personal relationships so central to the negotiation process , we so central to the negotiation process, we knew that david davis and michel barnier, the chief negotiator for the eu, and michel barnier, the chief negotiatorfor the eu, they have and michel barnier, the chief negotiator for the eu, they have a heritage, a pedigree, a friendship that goes back 20 years from when they were both ministers in the 1990s in the british and french governments. dominic raab has to ta ke governments. dominic raab has to take up that sit in the brexit department, entirely new to that department, entirely new to that department, albeit not new to government, just as we entered these final stages of the negotiation. thank you, chris, on the new brexit secretary who is dominic raab. gavin is our reporter in brussels, what is the reaction to this fast changing sequence the reaction to this fast changing sequence of events in westminster? the reaction is the hay bales going in the background and possibly

deliberately because i think senior eu leaders are watching the show play out. i have a couple of private conversations with senior eu sources who have said that it is no coincidence that there is no senior figure talking right now. they don't feel it is their area, it is domestic politics, but more personally it looks like it is a mess and a nightmare and goes back to the principles they had at the start, according to one senior source, who said they looked at brexit, and the possibility of france, denmark doing it as well, and this is a message saying it is ugly and messy and unity is better. we have at some reaction from guy verhofstadt, the brexit coordinator for the european parliament, who said that he got on with david davis. he was somebody whom he had a working relationship with and hopes for the sake of both the eu and the uk that somebody comes in quick and we know that is now dominic raab. another comment from a dutch mep who

was also on the eu parliament brexit coordination committee us said this morning that the resignation looks like a mess for the uk and it could become problematic for damage limitation in future to have a good deal. a hint of pessimism and i think this unified silence which speaks volumes. thank you for the moment, gavin. thank you for your many comments. caroline says, david davis did not manage to come up with a manageable brexit plan and did not have the spine to back the one misses may get up with. it is clear that brexit is unworkable and to remain in the u and reform from within is the only sensible way —— at in the eu. diane says david davis never stood a chance, apart from the tigers and backstabbing in the tory party the eu would never give us a good deal —— at the traitors. other

countries want to leave. 17 million people have been betrayed and now the biggest threat to this government is a labour government who will bankrupt us. we are doomed. chris dean asks who does theresa may think she is? this is bullying and not a good example. that is not brexit, not what the majority of this country voted for. what she proposes is worse than not leaving at all. she is putting this country at all. she is putting this country at the mercy of the eu. michael says, history will look back on the tory party so everybody can see what a mess they have made of the whole situation. it is quite frankly laughable. thank you for those and keep them coming in. we're nowjust two days away from only the third ever england men's world cup semifinal. it's been 28 years since the last semi for england and, of course, 1966 is the only time they've ever got to a final. england fans are starting to believe that the seemingly impossible

may just be possible. # if you see me walking down the street # staring at the sky, dragging my two feet # you just pass me by # it still makes me cry # you can make me whole again #. it is headed firmly in! harry mcguire got his head to it! this is the stuff of dreams from the three lions! pickford!

you beauty! # you can make me whole again #. # we are going to party all night long! # all night long.

go on, al! # all night long! # all night long #. will it be the third or fourth placed play—off on scepovic or the final on sunday? mark wright played 45 times for england including in that 1990 world cup semifinal which went to penalties against west germany and england lost. he did not ta ke germany and england lost. he did not take a penalty despite offering two. to reverend gordon parry, who taught gareth southgate his geography o—level. and to alison bender, sports broadcaster out in russia for the world cup, who will pitch—side for the semifinal. welcome everybody and thank you for talking to us. mark, you are one of the few englishmen who has played in

a world cup semifinal. what do you think the emotions of the england players will be right now?” think the emotions of the england players will be right now? i think they will be full of confidence. the way they have been playing and the draw they have got, if you said before the world cup they would have been playing sweden in the quarterfinal for either russia or croatia, you would have taken it all day long so it's a fantastic route for us. the boys have been playing well, they are a young and enthusiastic and energetic side and they have no fear. they look so confident under gareth southgate and they have every chance. i cannot see them losing to croatia to be honest. really? and playing who in the final? who do you think? does it matter?! it does a bit. is not when you are playing and you're on the crest of a wave. i would imagine that the french might have a bit too much for belgium but that is a good game. but there is nothing to fear.

a lot of the players play in the premier league, our boys will be used to them. this year we have every chance. and the atmosphere... when we played in the world cup we did not know what it was like back home, but now we are in a semifinal, you go around the pubs and in the streets, everything is out and it is fever pitch that is brilliant to be pa rt fever pitch that is brilliant to be part of. it really is. as a player when you are approaching a semifinal, how difficult is it not to think of the final? they all know, we all know that it is all about that game. when we were in 1990 before playing germany, we were just excited and we wanted the game to come. we knew we were playing well and we were pretty confident, not about beating them but confident of our own ability and that is what this team are about. it is a young side, it is notjust this world cup

of the future because they will get stronger and all of them, from what i'm reading and hearing, they are so excited. they are not scared of anyone and that is a very good trait to have. it is credit to gareth southgate for putting that into them. i think they have every chance of getting to the final and then it isa of getting to the final and then it is a flick of the calling of who wins that game. and most of them have at least two more world cups in them as you said. gordon parry, you taught gareth southgate his geography holeable, what did he get? he passed it very well. -- o-level. it was a long time ago but one of the top grade i could not be drawn on that! it was part of a good range of o—levels he got. it indicates there is a brain in there and he is putting it to the most remarkably good use. and from what you saw of him asa

good use. and from what you saw of him as a student, tell us what you see in him now as the england manager. obviously it is very easy to overlay what you know now on what we knew of him then and what i rememberof him then. we knew of him then and what i remember of him then. he was always very thoughtful and he would think about things before committing himself to a view about them. i think that has carried through into what he does now. he commanded the respect of his friends and he had a very good circle of friends at school. i think they respected him not only because he was able but also a very good sportsman and you could see his athletic ability is coming out, in athletics as well as football. you have worked with gareth southgate. what did you make of him in that time? absolutely, i think what the reverend has just said echoes for me as well because he was very thoughtful also i was

working with a long time ago, a much younger and nervous broadcaster and he took me to the side after the show, and he said, you just need to have a bit more confidence in yourself and he told me about his penalty miss and used it as a story. clearly that has always had an impact on him and it is amazing how we can see that the good guys to win because he is a good guy and you can see under the sentimental person there is a man of steel as well and he isa there is a man of steel as well and he is a very good manager. and the way that he deals with his team, his backroom staff, the media, it is very different and much more open and normal. absolutely. one of the big things we have seen in the training base in repino is that he has opened it up to people, before we went to the tournament every single one of the squad were put up for media which we never see. you normally get one or two for media

opportunities and he has brought the likeability factor into the dressing room. footballers are always tarred with the same brush, that they are prima donnas, egos, too much money and to flash and suddenly we start to see some of these stories coming out. harry maguire personifies it, posting a picture of him with his mate at the euros a couple of years ago and superimposed it with him playing for england and scoring for england and he just seems like one of you and i think gareth southgate is encouraging the players to be open and just like you and me. thanks to all of you and fingers crossed. thank you for coming on the programme, we appreciate it and thank you for your messages, i will try to read them out before 11 o'clock. let's return now to the situation in mosul, the city in iraq which was officially recaptured from the so—called islamic state one year ago. liberated a year ago. although the fighting might be over,

there are still many of the consequences of war lingering in the city. we've been talking to gareth browne, a journalist who followed the iraqi forces in to mosul during the liberation. kevin watkins, ceo of save the children, and diana dark, a middle east cultural expert. first, let's hear from kevin watkins who is in mosul. he described what the city looks like one year on. you can get a sense of the scale of the devastation from the buildings behind me. the whole neighbourhood i am standing in looks like this, essentially it has been reduced to rubble. the important thing to bear in mind is that there were children living in these buildings when the devastation happened. the same children who were living for three yea rs children who were living for three years when isis were here, children who have witnessed appalling things, many of them have been traumatised and they are now dealing with the consequences of their experience and what they saw in that awful period.

i have spoken to one little girl this morning, who dropped out of school for three years. she witnessed the aftermath of an attack ona building, witnessed the aftermath of an attack on a building, seeing many dead bodies. she fled the city in terrible circumstances and became very withdrawn. that little girl is desperately trying to rebuild her life like tens of thousands of children in this city. the great tragedy we highlight in our report is that the international community is that the international community is failing to get behind these children and put the resources in that they need to rebuild their lives through support, counselling. there is more to reconstruction than just restoring buildings. what we need is a strategy for western mosul which is about rebuilding the lives of children. they are incredibly resilient but they need our help. gareth, you were embedded with iraqi forces as they retook the city and

it took months to get to that point. i wonder what you recall about one year ago? the battle itself was very drawn—out process. to begin with there was, in the opening weeks of there was, in the opening weeks of the battle in the east of the city, there were rapid movements but as it got into western mosul and the old city, it kind of descended into more ofa city, it kind of descended into more of a siege. one thing i city, it kind of descended into more ofa siege. one thing i remember from the people stuck in the old city were not allowed to leave, largely by isis, and they could only escape when the isis fighters watching them were killed, if they got lucky. and seeing these people come out of the rubble, they were barely recognisable as humans. you could count their ribs and the only thing i could compare that to if the images we saw of the liberation of

concentration camps in the second world war. what was your assessment of what needs to happen now for mosul and its people? is your guests said, it is notjust about rebuilding buildings. the problem is that this area as to be stabilised before any kind of meaningful reconstruction can begin all the people are keen on flagship projects. back in april the uae emirates minister of culture signed an agreement with unesco to rebuild the mosque and the minaret because that was a symbol and that is what isis destroyed because it understands the value of these symbols. that is the fularczyk thing and that is all well and good —— with the flagship thing. but hundreds of thousands of people remain without water or electricity and no prospect of going back and even claiming the rubble, the labour doing it are four months late in

being paid their wages —— with the labourers. people can return to the area and there was not the money coming in but the trouble with that is that keeping the money out of the hands of corruption, that is the real challenge. we have seen it elsewhere in the region. good morning. it is quarter to 11. let's talk more now about the resignation of the brexit secretary, david davis. the new brexit secretary is dominic raab. three conservative mps as they have no confidence in theresa may's brexit plan and her meeting with the 1922 committee tonight will be crucial. mps on all sides of the house have been invited to a briefing later today. meanwhile the health secretary, jeremy hunt, has paid tribute to david davis and his contribution to the brexit process, but stressed that the cabinet was firmly behind the prime minister's vision for the uk's future relationship with the eu.

what the prime minister has to do is not just unite what the prime minister has to do is notjust unite her what the prime minister has to do is not just unite her cabinet, what the prime minister has to do is notjust unite her cabinet, which is what she successfully did come with the majority, not honestly all of them, behind her position on friday but also to unite the country. that means making the trade—offs that, for example, business and live with, that will protect jobs for example, business and live with, that will protectjobs in the country, but most importantly also preserve what the british people actually voted for which was a brexit that gives us back control of our laws. michael gove, the lead of the brexit campaign, confirmed yesterday that he does believe that this way forward gives us control of our laws. i think now is the moment we have to recognise that, if our political opponents have their way, we will have brexit paralysis and they will not succeed in stopping brexit but we will have parameters which will be enormously damaging

for the country. this is the now or never moment for brexit and we have to get behind the prime minister and make sure that at the end of next march we leave the eu because that is what the british people voted for. we can discuss this with john penrose, a member of the european research group of brexit mps. he sent a letter to the pro minister inventory blaine gabbert their demands. and also chuka umunna of labour who is at westminster. he might support a soft brexit. thank you. i will start with chuka umunna. will labour support mrs may's checkers brexit plan?” will labour support mrs may's checkers brexit plan? i hope not and i certainly will not be. it has been described as a soft brexit when it is nothing of the sort. it does very little if anything for the uk's

services sector which, roughly speaking, makes up around 80% of our economy. and we now according to the government's own economic research that the least worst option short of staying in the european union is for us to continue to be part of the single market and customs union. the cabinet and the prime minister have taken those things off the table and frankly this is one of the reasons why i personally think we should have a peoples ford on the brexit deal because the chaos and shambles we have seen at the heart of government, notjust today but over the last couple of years on this issue, shows we will not get one view coming from cabinet, never mind parliament. only the people can resolve in my view. as a conservative backbench mps, what does theresa may need to do to please you? i think she needs to sell this idea and explain how it delivers on the three freedoms which is what she has been promising to

write the way through. we got elected on that basis and it was in the lancaster house speech, getting back control of our laws, our money and our borders. if it does that, big ticks in all boxes and many people across the country, not just in the conservative party, will be behind it, but there are real concerns at the moment that it does not necessarily do that and we do more detail and answers to important questions prepared to important questions prepared to important questions bitterly about the idea for a common rule book and it is set out in the statement —— are particularly about the idea. that could beat them dictating our rules and for many people that will not feel like brexit at all and people will want to have some serious questions answered about it.“ will want to have some serious questions answered about it. if i understand you correctly, it sounds as though you might be persuadable if you get more detail?” as though you might be persuadable if you get more detail? i don't want to prejudge any answers we get. the questions are very serious. quite a lot of the deal looks fine but there

is this phrase about the common rule book and if that means that rules get made in brussels and britain has delivered by them, for most people that will feel like we have not left. theresa may might be able to tell you this later, but my understanding is that parliament will be able to reject and scrutinised future eu regulations. and the question is whether we get a say in whether or not those rules are acceptable or is it take it or leave it. if it is the latter on rules that have been pre—begged in brussels, that is basically what we're about and that will feel like it is different —— pre—. if they make further changes down the line after we have left, we have to take that on as well. people will be looking for answers. putting aside the fact that you want voters to be able to vote in a referendum on this brexit deal, actually what mrs may has come up with is not that dissimilar to the labour party's

official position on brexit. there is one important difference which is that the labour party is at least accepting that if you want to be pa rt accepting that if you want to be part of the eu's customs union, and most importantly if you want to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland, you're going to need a customs union with the eu if brexit happened and i emphasise the if part. the government is certainly not entertaining that. one of the things i find interesting about the european research group of which john is a part is they seem to com pletely john is a part is they seem to completely ignore the general election result last year. the primers to put her vision of their ha rd primers to put her vision of their hard brexit to the british people in that lancaster helps speech and the conservative manifesto and they prom ptly lost conservative manifesto and they promptly lost their majority —— with the prime minister put their vision. there is not a majority for their kind of extreme brexit and i am somewhat amused to listen about this idea of rules and what the situation

is -- idea of rules and what the situation is —— bemused. with us being in the eu at the moment, we have a vote on the council and we generally get our own way but when we have left we still want to sell into the eu market and if we want to do that, we're going to have to comply with those rules but when we have left, if we leave, we will not have a say on those rules and how they work. if we are to leave the eu, and stay in the single market and the european economic area, we would have some kind of say on how those rules operate and we would be involved in drafting them and be on the committees like norway and iceland are. but if we pursue this kind of ha rd are. but if we pursue this kind of hard brexit we will have absolutely no say at all. before you respond i will bring our view is a bit of an interview that our political editor laura kuenssberg has done with the former brexit secretary david davis.

essentially two policies and the tactics. the policies are that we are now proposing to use the same rule book, or the same laws really as the european union, not equivalent, not similar, but the same. and that will provide all sorts of problems when it comes to if you want to do something different for the return of controlled the parliament is more illusionary than real. secondly, the customs arrangements, we will be collecting tariffs for the eu and they are bound to insist on the european court having a say in that and that will be a problem in terms of bringing back control of our laws. and our borders. and thirdly, the tactic. i am worried that what the tactic. i am worried that what the eu will do is simply take what we have offered and ask for more all wait for more and i think there has to bea wait for more and i think there has to be a time to get tougher with them and this should be the time.“ you say the proposal of the prime

minister would mean that control is an illusion, in your view if we carry on with this plan and leave on those terms, is that really leaving at all? that is the question we argued about last week at cabinet. i don't think so. but as i said in my letter, i hope she is right and i am wrong. it will be down to the fine detail in but having watched this process and being involved in this process and being involved in this process for the last couple of yea rs, process for the last couple of years, i worry about the fine detail and it will not work out the way we would hope. david davis talking to our political editor, laura kuenssberg. you have a brief amount of time to respond to what chuka umunna said about you and the general election. i think david davis has answered the question which he is right to say that when we leave the eu we will not have a say in what their internal rules are in future and yet it sound as though david davis is worried we might be forced to comply and take them no matter what. six months down the

road, 12 months, a lot of people will look at the next you eu rule change which applies to us and ask if we have really left at all. thank you to both of you alsojohn says, i am dismayed that two years have elapsed and there is so little progress to show on brexit. resignations will add little to this standstill. brian says theresa may has got it wrong again, how can this woman remain with the other men of principle resign? glenn said jacob rees—mogg would be a perfect match for the eu chief negotiator, michel barnier. you can see what happens next on bbc news. we are back tomorrow. have a good day. good morning. there will be some

su btle good morning. there will be some subtle changes in the weather this week. temporarily it will cool down over the next few days but by the end of the week temperatures will come back up again. for the most pa rt come back up again. for the most part it will be dry and fairly bright and sunny quite sunny at the moment in much of england and wales. more cloud in the north and east and into scotland and northern ireland. some of it will break up in central and southern scotland this afternoon and southern scotland this afternoon and they will keep the sunshine in the south where it will be another hot date with temperatures up to 26-30dc but hot date with temperatures up to 26—30dc but cooler and pressure in north—east england, scotland, northern ireland, with highs of 17-24. still northern ireland, with highs of 17—24. still some cloud overnight, drifting further south and west would, more comfortable for sleeping compared to last night with temperatures not quite as high, down to 10-16dc. and temperatures not quite as high, down to 10—16dc. and on tuesday, a bit more cloud around but it will be

cooler for all of more cloud around but it will be coolerfor all of us, more cloud around but it will be cooler for all of us, especially in the south kebede today. mostly dry with a bit of sunshine. —— compared to today. this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. these are the top stories developing at 11.00. the brexit secretary, david davis, resigns, saying he no longer believes in the government's eu strategy. he tells the prime minister her brexit plan has left britain in a "weak" position. iam i am worried that what the european union will do as they take what we've offered, and ask for more wait for more. i think this time we got a bit tougher with them. mr davis' resignation threatens to throw the government into crisis, as theresa may tries to unite her party, and her ministers, behind her vision for brexit.

the prime minister'sjob is notjust to get the support for the cabinet, which is what theresa may successfully did on friday, but also to get unity in the country. dominic raab is the new brexit secretary, charged with finalising britain's exit from the eu with only weeks