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. lam 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 of negotiating left. he woke up this morning as the

housing minister, and now has the job of his life, delivering brexit alongside the prime minister, has david davis the former brexit secretary sits down for an interview. we will bring you that in a moment. the rescue mission is back under way to save eight boys and their football coach people from a flooded cave in northern thailand. four of the young footballers were safely brought out yesterday. news a murder investigation begins into the death of dawn sturgess — who died after exposure to the nerve agent novichok. her partner is still seriously ill in hospital also in the news — an electric car charging station for every home. the government proposals for new build properties in england are part of a drive to cut pollution. prince louis, the youngest child of the duke and duchess of cambridge, will be baptised at the chapel royal at st james's palace in london today. good morning.

it's monday 9th july 2018. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the brexit secretary, david davis, who has been leading the government's negotiations to leave the eu, has resigned, saying he does not believe in the prime minister's strategy. the news was confirmed just before midnight when mr davis sent a letter to theresa may saying, that during his time as brexit secretary "there have been a significant number of occassions "in the last year on which i have disagreed with number 10 policy". he went on to say that the "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 appeared to secure the cabinet‘s backing for her brexit plan, during an away—day at chequers. theresa may responded to david davis' resignation in her own letter overnight. she told him that she is "sorry you have chosen to leave "the government" when we have already made so much progress towards delivering a smooth and successful brexit. she goes on to say "i do not agree with your characterisation "of the policy we agreed at cabinet on friday" and that "parliament "will decide whether or not to back the deal the government negotiates." in the last, hour it's been announced that the prominent leave campaigner, and current housing minister, dominic raab will take over as brexit secretary. our political correspondent chris mason is at westminster. it's just keeps coming, doesn't it? yes, that is the best summary of this morning, wow. there is a huge amount to say. develop and scanning pretty much minute by minute this

morning. just in the last 15 minutes, david davis, the now former brexit secretary, has sat down with oui’ brexit secretary, has sat down with our political editor, laura kuenssberg. what was striking was his that what he had to say is that recently did not believe that the prospectus on the table, the vision for brexit on the table from the prime minister, would actually amounts to brexit, which was the fundamentalfor amounts to brexit, which was the fundamental for him but felt he meant he could no longer serve in government. he could not be the midwife of a policy he did not believe in. let's say an extract from that interview with laura when mr davies fleshes out his differences with mrs mayon brexit. essentially, to policies and the tactics. we are now proposing to use the same rule book, or the same laws as the european union, not equivalent, not similar, but the same. that will provide all sorts of

problems when it comes to every to something different. so the return of control to parliament is important. secondly, the customs arrangements, we will be collecting taxes for the european union. they are bound to insist on the european court having a say in that, that'll bea court having a say in that, that'll be a problem in terms of bringing back control of our laws. and our borders. and thirdly, the tactic, i'm worried about what the european union will do is simply take what we've offered and ask for more weight more. i think we have got to get a bit tougher than with them.“ you say the prime minister's proposal means that control is an illusion, in your view if we carry oi'i illusion, in your view if we carry on with this plan with those terms, is that really leaving at all? that 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 define a detail, that is the thing, having been involved in this process for the last couple of yea rs, this process for the last couple of years, i worry about the finer detail and i worry it will not work out the way we would hope. the pretty devastating analysis from david davis on the cracks, the fundamental differences of opinion, as we knew existed around the cabinet table, but still quite striking during a very recently departed cabinet minister articulating them so candidly. he also went on to say that theresa may isa also went on to say that theresa may is a good prime minister, and he hopes that his resignation will not spark any series of events that would lead to her being toppled. so what of those who are left? dominic raab, david davis' replacement, we will talk about him any second. let's hear from the health secretary who was on the radio this morning, doing his best to do what cabinet ministers have to do when one of their colleagues has resigned. the prime minister'sjob is notjust to get the support of the cabinet,

which is what theresa may successfully did on friday, but also to get unity in the country on this very difficult issue. theresa may has to listen to the voices of businessed and people who are concerned about the implications of leaving the eu, and she is making a straightforward case that in order to deliver a successful brexit, there are going to be some compromises along the way. but what she is not prepared to do is compromise on her red lines, which michael gove is very clear that she hasn't done. the big question now is, what happens next? particularly to that policy set out on friday at chequers. the process that theresa may had gone through, which went on for a very long time, two years, of trying to find some sort of deal that her cabinet, her party, and the country can live with. with the inevitability of compromise, and the inevitability of compromise, and the inevitability of compromise, and the inevitability of some people being cheesed off with it. what is

striking this morning, and shows a certain defiance from downing street, is that they are going to brief face—to—face this afternoon opposition mps and peers, so downing street's chief of staff, a former housing minister like dominic raab, but more of that in a minute, he is going to brief mps and peers on this policy as set out at chequers, in the hope that when it comes to the crunch in the commons, the government could still have the numbers, even if there were significant opposition on the backbenches to deny her a majority in conventional means. if the element can convince enough opposition mps to back the strategy, they could get it through despite they could get it through despite the opposition of people like david davis. here is labour's shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, with his reflections on david davis' resignation. this is notjust about the departure of one man, david davis, it is about

two competing visions for the future of the country that have been locked against each in the cabinet throughout the negotiations, arguably the've been deep in the conservative party for decades, and that is what has broken out. so however the prime minister tries to play it, this isn't about one man not being able to live with the compromise on friday. it's actually about something that goes to the heart of the problem, which is this division. and i think that after the referendum, the prime minister made a fundamental mistake, because instead of trying to bring the country back together, she issued very hard red lines that made the negotiations extremely difficult, and she's never really recovered from that. so what kind of noises are we hearing from those conservative backbenchers, those who have long advocated brexit and were not convinced by some of the softening and compromising that they had emerging out of chequers on friday

night? well, they go to man to ask that question is jacob rees—mogg, who chairs a backbench group of conservative brexit supporting mps. will theresa may survive a no—confidence vote? i don't think a no—confidence vote 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. like david davis, jacob rees—mogg does not want to see this as the start of a process that leads to mrs may being toppled. but with these kind of things, they can sometimes gather momentum independent of one individual actor, and we are in another one of those moments. we had one immediately after the conservative conference, when a theresa may's stage fell down and she lost her voice. we had one after the election when she went backwards hoping to go forwards. when things are meant to be fluid, it is a bit

of eight—month's game to try to predict what is good to happen next. there are two issues, if mps are not happy with her, it becomes a numbers game in terms of whether there is to be able to no confidence. but there is also the broader issue of she campaigned for one thing in the referendum, then said brexit means brexit, and has now put her weight behind the steel put forward on friday. where does that leave credibility? —— this deal. where does that leave credibility with eve ryo ne does that leave credibility with everyone in the country, people in europe looking on on this as well? has undeniably been attacking from theresa may, from that position when she became prime minister, having been a remain campaigner, the lines which became cliches because they we re which became cliches because they were trotted out so often, brexit means brexit and a red, blue and white brexit, and this was a softer version of brexit than the one

originally set out. downing street has made the argument that it still check the boxes of legally customs union and the single market and coming out of things like the common agricultural policy and the direct oversight of the european court of justice, for instance. but in the view of a lot of brexiteers, there is far too much pinking of previous red lines, relationship with goods which looked offer a lot —— looked a lot like a single market. the european court of justice lot like a single market. the european court ofjustice still to have some oversight in particular areas. so there is an issue around that. the argument coming out of downing street on friday night and since, the briefings for opposition mps this afternoon, is that the government has divided policy that can command the support of parliament —— asked to find a policy. —— has to find. and this has been advocated by downing street in

the past, a softer brexit, so that is one element of the case they are making, andi is one element of the case they are making, and i would have to continue to make. they will also, i guess, look back at public opinion and sake of was support from within the european union in the referendum, but 52-48 european union in the referendum, but 52—48 means the government has acknowledged the will of the millions of people on the losing side of the referendum, and finding a brexit deal that can be little across the country. the mighty difficult task. thank you very much, chris. much more reaction from westminster throughout the morning and the rest of the day. let's now got a briefing in brussels. having an in—depth discussion about the future process, and of course will analyse these proposals, the proposals made once we see and read the white paper. an david davis' resignation, we do not have a

specific comment. we will continue to negotiate a goodwill bone fide with prime minister theresa may and the uk government negotiators in order to reach a deal. isn't there some sort of order to reach a deal. isn't there some sort of concern order to reach a deal. isn't there some sort of concern that the white paper clearly isn't a source of total unity in the british government, and in fact the british government, and in fact the british government is still arguing with itself over the white paper, as shown by david davis' resignation? isn't there a risk that this will increase the likelihood of a no deal? i do not have any additional comments to the statement ijust gave you. we are working for radio, and we are available 24—7 to contribute to one. —— working for a deal. continuing in the same vein,

is there any concern in the commission that the replacement if you like, the leadership of the brexit team, is going to delay the engagement with the commission task force ? engagement with the commission task force? is there anyway that you would be able to pay tribute to david davis, and diligent attendance at brussels meetings or similar, or his intellectual engagement with the process and commitment to it?|j prefer process and commitment to it?|j p refer to process and commitment to it?|j prefer to stay where i am. he speaks french translation: is a telephone call being prepared today or tomorrow?

what negotiations are expected next week? are they going to keep going with next week's initiations, will there be a delay? —— next week's negotiations. he speaks french you have said the commission is available for talks throughout the summit, so can you give us an idea of what schedule you will be put into the new secretary of state? and doodles docs require political intervention, or can they just doodles docs require political intervention, or can theyjust be done with civil service? —— do those talks require political intervention? when i said we are

available 24—7, that includes the summer. was there a question? can you give us an idea of what the schedule will be of the talks over the summer, and to the talks require the summer, and to the talks require the new secretary of state to be there, can theyjust be done on the civil service level? well, experience shows that the commitment at political level facilitates the process , at political level facilitates the process, but then again, i am not here to indicate a preference. we are here to work, to engage, to commit bona fides at all levels, that will be necessary. sorry to repeat the same, on the same vein, but on the scale of

crises that we have seen over the course of the brexit negotiations, where would you rank this one? you are typically calm about it, are you saying that actually david davis' resignation as much of a big deal and things will continue as normal, or can you give us and things will continue as normal, or can you give us a little bit of insight into how the commission reacted when you have this last night of this morning's mayjones of this already, but the phone call with theresa may and the president, that was prior to any resignation. there was no hint of a resignation coming in that phone call to jean—claude juncker?” coming in that phone call to jean-claude juncker? i appreciate your efforts to push me to go beyond where i want to be. let me tell you that i do not want to go beyond where i am. in this house, i think it is very clear that our position has always been very cool. we

avoided positioning the commission in terms of psychological elements, concern, enthusiasm, disappointment, and so forth. we are here to do a job, the time schedule is given, it is tied, everybody knows this, we are available 24—7, google take it from there. —— it is tight. —— we will take it from there. this is a problem, though, isn't it, a resignation at this level? not trust, we are here to work. let's leave that for now. as you can tell, he is pretty good at ducking the question is when he does not want to go beyond the official line from there, which is basically that they are available 24—7 to reach agreement after david davis resigned. it was asked if he wanted to pay tribute to david davis for his diligent approach to the

process , his diligent approach to the process, and he said, i prefer to stay where i am. so he was not so much beyond business continues as usual, david davis has gone, there isa usual, david davis has gone, there is a new brexit secretary, it is dominic raab, but as far as the european commission is concerned, we are available 24—7 to reach an agreement. in the last few minutes, agreement. in the last few minutes, a fifth person has been rescued from the flooded caves in northern thailand. four of the boys were brought out yesterday, and are said to be in good health considering their ordeal. the fifth person that has come out this morning, we do not know if it is a fifth of the boys or the courts. let's get the latest from dan johnson at the courts. let's get the latest from danjohnson at the mouth of the cave. we have just from danjohnson at the mouth of the cave. we havejust seen from danjohnson at the mouth of the cave. we have just seen an ambulance leaving the cave up that road and turning off in the direction of the hospital, although i havejust been told that a helicopter has taken off, there are helicopters waiting at the bottom of the road where

there is some flat land in case others brought out of the cave needs to get to hospital more quickly, and a helicopter has just left the scene. it is about an hour's drive, so the helicopter speeds up the journey considerably. it is reported that a fifth boy has been released from the cave, but we do not have that confirmed by the thai navy. yesterday there was some misreporting of numbers, up to six according to some numbers, and we know you four boys, yesterday. someone has been brought out in an ambulance, possibly another boy, possibly the coach, but let's leave open the possibility that someone else may have been injured in the course of this rescue operation and someone else may have needed to go to hospital with some urgency. but it sounds as though certainly something has happened, and hopefully it is more good news, more proof that this rescue operation is delivering some success. talk us through how they are bringing the kids out. how perilous is it? it is

incredible. just to think about what they have got to take on would scare most people. mrs scuba—diving off the highest level for boys who have never even been in the water before, some of them, who could not swim. they have had a few days that down there with cave diving experts to get comfortable with the equipment ts, get comfortable with the equipment ‘s, the face mask we have had to breathe through, and the technique of scu ba—diving underwater navigating narrow passages. so there are two mag experienced cave divers with each by guiding them out. there isa with each by guiding them out. there is a guideline of where it is too narrow for the experts to go with them. there will be others on the other side waiting to receive them. there are passages where they have to emerge from the water because it is dry, they have to take the equipment off and walk for a bit before they might have to dive again. and then it is still a block of more than a kilometre to reach the cave entrance. this is all being

done very carefully because it is such a difficult journey. done very carefully because it is such a difficultjourney. —— a walk of more than a kilometre. it took eight or nine hours yesterday for the first boy to reach the surface yesterday. if that is another successful rescue, it has been a lot quicker today, because the rescue attempt on the started just over six hours ago today. so it looks as though this rescue operation is carrying on any successful fashion and is able to deliver success more quickly than it was yesterday. positive news for everyone here that turns out to the case. but obviously still work to do there and attention are needed for these boys who are recovering in hospital. dan, thank you very much. martin patience is at the hospital in chiang rai where the rescued boys were taken. what are you hearing if anything about how they are doing? we have heard that the four boys are doing well in the hospital behind me, they

are arresting and recuperating, according to thai officials, they are in good health. they have not met their parents yet and their names have not been made public. there are some suggestions that the boys will be allowed to see their families later in the day. but it appears that the thai authorities are holding out for a grand reunion, they are waiting for all the boys to get out of that cave along with their coach, before it all goes public. so we have very little information other than the boys' else does appear to be good. in terms of what is happening at the moment, the police on the road, and they do appear to be preparing for some sort of arrival, as we were hearing from dan there, a helicopter has taken off. that helicopter will land close to where i am standing, and we expect an ambulance any minutes to come down this road and go into the hospital. again, we have not got it confirmed whether or not it isa not got it confirmed whether or not it is a boy or perhaps the coach,

perhaps even a diver who has been injured in that treacherous process. but there is an expectation here. people are expecting some news very shortly. and obviously we are watching it around the world, it is an extraordinary story to watch unfolding. of course, all the uncertainty at first and now this great hope and relief as the kids are brought out one by one. how much attention, what level of coverage is it having there? a huge amount of coverage. thais are captivated. when i landed this morning, i was discussing it with people in the airport. there is a real sense that these 12 boys are they are boys, the country boys, along with the coach, and that has been wrapped up around the world, dozens of correspondence from around the world. —— their boys. everybody wants to get some good news. there is a lot of

negative news in the world, this is ca ptu red negative news in the world, this is captured many people's imagination, and it has been a real roller—coaster of emotions. yes, a couple of weeks ago the boys went into that cave, they went missing a week ago. we have an extraordinary moment when the british divers and start all the boys and the cultured been found alive. —— the boys and their coach. then we had the devastating news last week that one of the thai divers had died in the cave complex, which underscores how difficult this rescue operation is. and we are now having reports in the last few months that perhaps a fifth boy is being brought out alive, though that is not confirmed. but everybody is hanging, they are waiting for news, and everybody here in thailand and around the world is hoping for good news. thank you very much, martin. a murder investigation has been launched after a woman who came into contact with the nerve agent novichok in wiltshire died.

dawn sturgess and her partner fell ill last weekend in the town of amesbury, close to where the former russian agent sergei skripal and his daughter were poisoned with the same substance in march. joining me from salisbury hospital is our correspondent katy austin. do you know how the man is doing? the latest we have heard is that he is still in a critical condition, but yesterday, yes, we were told that despite what we have heard were absolutely tireless efforts to save her life, 44—year—old dawn sturgess died here at salisbury district hospital, more than a week after we are told that she and her partner we re are told that she and her partner were both exposed to the novichok nerve agent. flowers have started to be laid today near the hostel where dawn was living, though that is one of the errors that has cordoned off at the moment, as the investigation into what happened, exactly how this couple came into contact with such a dangerous nerve agent, continues.

there are so many unanswered questions at the moment, they are yet to find what we expect is a contaminated items they could have touched with their hands. but today, the leader of wiltshire council said we should not be speculating about the potential causes. was this 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's happening, and then we will make sure that it's safe, as we did with defra over the first attack, we are still doing all the decontamination, and we will keep people up to date and communicated with about those things. there is of course a lot of nervousness in this area in salisbury and in amesbury that two mag people could have become so we

in this way, though the advice to the public remains that there is a very low risk, though people should not pick—up objects they do not recognise. what is now a murder investigation is being led by counterterrorism police, about 100 and tethered detectives are working to establish the chain of events after the couple becoming ill. —— counterterrorism detectives. the head of the counterterrorism network described the attack as barbarous and says that he is now even more determined to bring those responsible to justice. we determined to bring those responsible tojustice. we have heard quite recently there will be a government of the government's emergency committee cobra this afternoon. thank you very much. sunshine across many parts today in england and wales. two temeratures could be 30 degrees but it will turn

cooler tomorrow. a bit more cloud across northern ireland and scotland and the east of england. there is a chance we could see some rain. much cooler and pressure conditions for scotla nd cooler and pressure conditions for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures of 2a degrees. but for much of england and wales those temperatures in the high 20s and perhaps 30 degrees. 0vernight there is still quite a lot of cloud around. that will drift its weight further south and westward. fresh tomorrow. temperatures down to ten degrees. more comfortable for sleeping. it starts off cloudy. there will be sunshine into the afternoon but it will feel much cooler across southern areas. 30 degrees today at 2324 degrees tomorrow. goodbye. the latest headlines. david davis

has resigned. he tells the prime minister it leaves britain in a weak position. in the last hour they have appointed a new brexit secretary. with only weeks of negotiating left. dawn stu rgess with only weeks of negotiating left. dawn sturgess has died of norwich rock. her partner is in a critical condition. a rescue mission is under way to free eight boys. four of the young footballers were brought out yesterday safely. an electric car charging station for every room. a

proposalfor all charging station for every room. a proposal for all new—build properties in england in a bid to cut pollution. prince louis will be christened today. time for the sport with more on the world cup. hello welcome to the bbc sports centre. england are just one game away from a first world cup final since 1966. they face croatia in moscow on wednesday, with the team back at their base at repino and back to training today. our sports correspondent david 0rnstein is there for us. with this team we have been talking

so much about how they have been fun and relaxed and down to earth but surely now, so close to making it to the final, they will be feeling the pressure. no, not from what i have seen and if you look around the camp in repino yesterday we saw the players going out doing shopping, smiles on theirfaces, signing autographs. it honestly seems to be autographs. it honestly seems to be a group of young lads who are having fun. they seem to be taking the pressure as being a good thing. 52 yea rs of pressure as being a good thing. 52 years of hurt, they are taking it as a challenge to win the file delete mac world cup and not being weighed down by the burden. gareth southgate's planning of this squad

is creating a new culture around this england squad and it has ma nifested this england squad and it has manifested itself on the pitch with performances free of fear. now they stand on the verge of greatness. the first world cup semifinal since 1990. i wonder if there are any indications as to what team gareth southgate will have gone with. this ratio team are a different sort of opposition to what england have faced so far. they are indeed. it will be the toughest assignment yet for england. even though they ranked 20th in the world, they have been one of the staff packages in this tournament, especially in central midfield. it will be interesting to see if gareth southgate wants to bring eric di into that midfield to supportjordan henderson. we will be hearing from him later. england are

training behind closed doors today so we're not sure about the team. no lea ks so we're not sure about the team. no leaks coming from the camp. it will not surprise me if gareth southgate has stuck with the team from the first match and also featured in the last match against sweden. it is getting exciting now. they train once more before applying to moscow. great stuff. well england are in action on wednesday — but on tuesday, france will take on belgium in the first semi—final. this clash does feel a bit more blockbuster — with the likes of kylian mbappe and eden hazard ready to star for their respective teams. 0ur reporterjohn bennett is in st. petersburg. for neutral fans, this feels like the heavyweight semi—final... we could be in for something special. here is st petersburg stadium behind me. in 24 hours' time

both sides are on their way to the city. they have had training sessions this morning. the attacking talent on display from both sides. where do you start. france killian malarkey has been the young star of the tournament so far. 19 years old and already with three goals. a match—winning performance against argentina. we get to see the best so far. as for belgium, a plethora of attacking styles. we know about them in england. eddie and hazzard who did so well against rozelle —— leading hazzard. romilly lecarre q... leading hazzard. romilly lecarre o... this conference will take later. expect plenty of questions

about erly andre. they have called that situation bizarre. plenty of questions about erly henri later. so many stories about the world cup. that is all for now. let's go back to today was my main news. david davis has quit as brexit secretary. so what does it all mean for the negotiations? this is what mr davies had to say this morning. essentially to policies and tactics. the policy is now we are proposing to use the same rule book and the same laws as the european union. not equivalent, not dissimilar, but the same. that will provide all sorts of problems when it comes to... the return of

control to parliament. secondly the customs arrangements there will be taxes, tariffs for the european union. that will be a problem in terms of control of our laws. thirdly, the tactic i am worried that the european union will take and ask for more weight for more and i think we have to be tougher with them. if you see the prime minister's proposal is an allusion, is that really leaving at all? that is that really leaving at all? that is the question we argued about last week. i don't think so. as i said in my letter, i hope she is right and i am wrong. it will be down to the fine details i think but having

watched this process and having been involved in this process in the last couple of years, i worry about the fine detail and that it will not work out the way that we hope. the health secretaryjeremy hunt said he felt a sense of great loss following his decision to quit. this is a big loss for the government. when we deliver eight successful brexit, history willjudge that david davis was one of the great architects of that brexit, who set up the government to deliver brexit and successfully piloted it to the house of commons was not he is a very learned that person and has great integrity. people will be surprised that in the end he has design delete mac decided to resign on a matter of principle. he has said that theresa may's plan is a disaster. there are

many more people sharply deciding. the helpline is falling apart, isn't it? the prime minister has two unite hercabinet, it? the prime minister has two unite her cabinet, which she successfully did. the majority of the cabinet is behind her position. she has two unite the country. making the trade—offs that business can live with, trade—offs that will protect jobs and the country and most importantly preserved what the british people actually voted for, which was a brexit that gives us back control of our laws. michael gove, the leader of the brexit campaign, confirmed that he does believe that this will give us control of our laws. now is the moment that we have to recognise that if our political opponents have that if our political opponents have that way we will have exit

paralysis. they won't succeed in stopping brexit but we will have the paralysis which will be enormously damaging for the country. it is a now or never moment for brexit and we have to get behind the prime minister to make sure we leave the eu because that is what the british people voted for. surely it is falling apart, as has been demonstrated by what has happened in the last 24 hours. long before the chequers meeting the pie minister anticipated that there might be some ministers who might be unhappy with the compromises she was going to propose, but she needed to propose those compromises because, in order to get an agreement, we had to block theissue to get an agreement, we had to block the issue of the higher order in northern ireland, maintaining our red lines and, crucially for brexiteers they have been clear from the start that they will be unhappy if we gave money without knowing

what the future economic partnership is like and this will enable us to discuss the future of that partnership. labours shadow brexit secretary said that the divisions are as deep as ever. this is not about the departure of one man, david davis. it is about two competing visions for the future of the country that have been locked against each other in the cabinet throughout the negotiations. arguably for decades. that is what is broken out. however the prime minister tries to play it, this isn't about one man had not been able to live with the compromise on friday. it is actually about something that goes to the heart of the problem which is this division. i think that after the referendum the prime minister made a fundamental mistake because, instead of trying to bring the country

together, she issued very hard red lines which made negotiations extremely difficult and she has never really recovered from that. let's get more on the use about the new brexit secretary. david davis resigned last night saying he is no longer the best person. good morning. there is only one talking point at westminster and that is a resignation of david davis and the implications and the potential for further resignations and the new appointment and a further appointment and a further appointment to come because steve baker also resigned last night. i haven't yet who is replacing him. let's get some reaction. your reaction to the news of dominic

rather. he is a superb member of parliament. i don't think he actually believes in what the government is proposing is that will bea government is proposing is that will be a trickyjob from his perspective. david davis has made it clear he didn't agree with the government and that the chequers deal amounted to exit. 0ne government and that the chequers deal amounted to exit. one would assume that dominic wood by the chequers deal? we can assume that. he might have said, by mistake you need to change your policy. i will come here but you have to change policy. i hoping that's what it is. all the effort is to get the prime minister to go back to what the policy was before chequers. producing a policy that isn't brexit is unacceptable. it is unacceptable to mps, my workers and also to my

members and my voters. there is not much difference across the rest of the country. you look at the language in that document that was released on friday night, the chequers statement, and the actions this morning and the briefings this afternoon by downing street officials, and they are coming back to this point that, even if it is approximately you do not like the flavour of, the parliamentary numbers might imply an instinct over there for a softer brexit than the one you would like. the prime minister wants to get brexit through with the support of labour, liberal democrat and snp. that will be a disaster for the conservative party. i really can't imagine the back is what she is proposing to do. why would it be a disaster? because our supporters who voted for brexit will

say, and on a minute, there was a debate and a decision made and the tories have not honoured that result. that would be really serious for us. would you rather see the prime minister resign? my focus is to get her to change the policy back to get her to change the policy back to what it was before friday. go back to that. that was the policy that united owes, not one that is so divisive. what should boris johnson do now? he was then making the argument passionately for brexit. he is still around that table. he must still broadly, even though he had a colourful word to describe it yesterday, the most broadly agree with the plan. i want to see more brexiteers in the cabinet, not less, therefore i don't want him to leave. 0n the other hand, if he can't

support the policy any has to do what baby davis did and resign. it isa what baby davis did and resign. it is a tough decision. i don't think borisjohnson supports is a tough decision. i don't think boris johnson supports the policy but do you want someone in the kent arguing that case, or inside? thank you. what's more reaction to come here on bbc news throughout the afternoon. we are hoping to speak to jacob rees—mogg of the european research group in about 45 minutes. great stuff. thank you very much. this is extraordinary to watch it all unfold. the brexit minister steve baker has also resigned. here he is on daily politics expending his reasons.

iam afraid i am afraid we couldn't even lip read so we don't know what he was saying but we will try to resolve the technical issue later. in a moment we will have the is this news but first our headlines. the brexit secretary has resigned saying the government has pursued a dangerous strategy in negotiations with the eu. officials in thailand say a fifth bite has been rescued from flooded caves and is said to be in good health. a murder investigation has begun into the death of don sturgis who died after being exposed to the nerve agent norwich rock. —— don sturgis. the financial markets are shaking off worries about brexit. that is how they are currently looking. experts say

investors will concentrate on jobs figures from the united states which could be the start of a trade tariff war between the us and china. nissan has not said yet how many cars are involved in the scandal. all of that follows a recall of more than 1 million vehicles last year due to incorrect inspection procedures. the uk government is wrapping up its plans for a electric cars. the move comes as the government faces mounting criticism for failing to reduce emissions. we will come onto that story in a minute. starbucks tell us that they plan to eliminate the use of a single use plastic.

following the blue planet there has beena following the blue planet there has been a big row. they have said they will eliminate it in their 28,000 stars. they will do that either year 2020. all of that with the aim of getting rid ofi billion plus plastic straws. 28,000 stars that starbucks owns or operates will get a single use rustic straws. it is a significant move by a big company to deal with plastic waste. return to ourtop deal with plastic waste. return to our top story. despite starting the morning low, the sterling has risen by half a percent. the ftse 100 is also up. are they worried much about brexit does it mean that a soft

brexit does it mean that a soft brexit is now more likely? let's speak to richard hunter. nice to see you. it is interesting because normally the markets are so susceptible to any little move and now they are saying it is ok. that is right. nothing much has actually changed apart from personnel. we are still in the situation where we don't know which plan. businesses are still in the situation where they don't know because of a lack of detail whether it is the time for investment or to scale back investment. in terms of global markets, there are rather bigger fish to fry there. a word on where this leads owes. you call it a change in personnel. that has been the problem all along, hasn't it? we still don't have any answers.

absolutely. as you alluded to, it may well be that this clears the wait for a softer brexit and that in turn implies a prohibitionist brexit. that could be the reason that the markets are fairly sanguine about this because in terms of actual detail and implications on the uk economy, we are not as we had wished in a better position to comment after the chequers we can. but come on global issues. markets have been obsessing about the global trade war but all they saw about the greatjob figures in us. trade war but all they saw about the great job figures in us. the us economy is in a very sweet spot at the moment. the only prominent... that is because of more participation. previously people we re participation. previously people were looking forjobs and they have decided to do so. jobs numbers were

much better than expected. i question that the us economy... as we get further on tim next week we will start to hear from the us themselves. what is happening on the ground in the states is part of a strong economic recovery. thank you. a personnel change apparently. but have a look at the other business stories. mothercare is closing 60 stars. it put 900 jobs at risk. most of them will be in it children's world division which will go into administration. mothercare confirmed it will raise another 32 million pounds from existing shareholders.

it is the world's fourth largest smartphone maker. chinese shares have been falling pretty sharply re ce ntly have been falling pretty sharply recently because of rising us and china trade tensions. that is what the numbers are currently doing. investors are looking at other issues around the world rather than the comings and goings in westminster. still no clarity on what this means for business as far as brexit is concerned. what sort of trade we will have with the eu. the markets are focusing on the bigger issues. investors have been reassured by the us economy. they are quite happy that the trade war might be short lived. you up—to—date

with the business. the government has a strategy to reduce emissions of road traffic. the consultation will propose that charging points are fitted to lamp post and office blocks. the government will outline its ban on sales of conventional petrol for diesel cars and vans. prince louis is being christened today. he will wear the royal robe and the holy water used will be from the riverjordan. headlines coming up the riverjordan. headlines coming up on the bbc news channel. we will leave you with the weather. more sunshine across england and wales. yesterday we got to 32 degrees. we

could reach 30 today. look at that scene in dorset today. what a cracking day at the beach. fresher and cooler today. a cold front is moving southward introducing more cloud. this is the scene at the moment in south lanarkshire with those grey skies. a bit of rain coming up to that thicker cloud in north eastern part of england. in through this afternoon there will be some cloud breaks and northern ireland but for wales, and southern england more hot weather. temperatures rising up. much cooler conditions across scotland and northern ireland. 16 to 24 degrees. 16 degrees in newcastle. high 20s across the south. this evening and

tonight there will be a lot of cloud, drifting westward. pressure conditions coming into all of us. perhaps not as uncomfortable to sleep. temperatures of ten to 16 degrees to start off on tuesday morning. tuesday, quite cloudy but the cloud will thin and break up. sunny spells developing here and there. certainly not be blue skies and sunshine we have had in recent days. the red is not quite as intense. oranges further north. a fresher, cooler day for all of us. temperatures in london down to 23 degrees. still 25 degrees in cardiff. notably fresher for most of us. wednesday, high—pressure is still dominating things but we have a bit ofa still dominating things but we have a bit of a north—easterly wind coming in off the north sea. we will continue with the pressure conditions for wednesday. some rain

at times in north—western part of scotland. for most of us it will be a dry day on wednesday. there will be sunny spells. temperatures creeping up to 19 to 25 degrees. into the end of the week, we will keepa into the end of the week, we will keep a bit of cloud. some sunny spells but temperatures will start to rise. up into the high 20s by the end of the week again. this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. these are the top stories developing at 12.00. 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. i'm worried that what the european union will do is simply take what we've offered and ask for more, or wait for more. and i think there has got to be a time when we have got to

be tougher with them, this should be the time. 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. this is the now or never moment for brexit, and we need to get behind the prime minister and picture that at the end of march next year we leave the eu, because that is what the british people voted for. dominic raab is appointed the new brexit secretary, charged with finalising britain's exit from the eu with only weeks of negotiating left. reports say a fifth boy has been rescued from flooded caves in thailand, and has been taken to a local hospital. a murder investigation begins into the death of dawn sturgess, who died after exposure to the nerve agent novichok. her partner is still seriously ill in hospital. also in the news — an electric car charging station for every home.

the government proposals for new build properties in england are part of a drive to cut pollution. and prince louis — the youngest child of the duke and duchess of cambridge — will be christened at the chapel royal in st james's palace today. good morning. it's monday 9thjuly. i'm joanna gosling. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the brexit secretary, david davis, who has been leading the government's negotiations to leave the eu, has resigned, saying he does not believe in the prime minister's strategy, which had left britain in a "weak" bargaining position. he's been replaced by dominic raab, a leading brexiteer, withjust weeks to go before a deal needs to be negotiated with the eu. the news was confirmed just before midnight

when mr davis sent a letter to theresa may saying, that during his time as brexit secretary, "there have been a significant number of occassions "in the last year on which i have disagreed with number 10 policy". he went on to say that the "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 appeared to secure the cabinet‘s backing for her brexit plan during an away—day at chequers on friday. theresa may responded to david davis' resignation in her own letter overnight. she told him that she is "sorry you have chosen to leave "the government" when we have already made so much progress towards delivering a smooth and successful brexit. she goes on to say, "i do not agree with your characterisation "of the policy we agreed at cabinet on friday," and that, "parliament will decide whether or not to back "the deal the government negotiates".

now, the prominent leave campaigner, and current housing minister, dominic raab, will sit in that chair. he's the new brexit secretary who will be responsible for shepherding this deal through now. simon mccoy is down at westminster for us now. simon. joanna, thank you. theresa may has faced many difficulties here at westminster before, but that's not quite like this. a feeble atmosphere in westminster as theresa may now has to shore up her numbers, her staff having meetings with labour and liberal democrat mps later today, underlining the numbers issue. she needs labour and lib dem support for that decision taken at chequers on friday about what she feels brexit truly means. this has been facilitated by the resignation of david davis who has been speaking scores of later political editor, laura kuenssberg. —— speaking

exclusively to our political editor. essentially, two policies and the tactics. 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 we want to diverge and do something different. so the return of control to parliament is more illusory than it is real. secondly, the customs arrangements, we will be collecting taxes, tariffs for the european union. they are bound to insist on a european court having a say in that, and that'll be a problem in terms of bringing back control of our laws, again, and our borders. and thirdly, the tactic, i'm worried that what the european union will do is simply take what we've offered and ask for more or wait for more. i think there has got to be a time when we get a bit tougher with them, and this should have been the time. if you say the prime minister's proposal basically means that control is an illusion, in your view, if we carry

on with this plan with those terms, in your view, 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 a detail, that is the thing. but having been involved in this process for the last couple of years, i worry about the fine detail, and i worry it will not work out the way we would hope. other cabinet ministers, notably michael gove yesterday, backing theresa may's stance on our proposals for what brexit truly means. other cabinet ministers have stuck by the prime minister's side, but the question at westminster, is there anybody who may be following david davis in the next day or so? the name of borisjohnson high up the list of people who others think maybe the to jump. other cabinet ministers are calling for

compromise, among them, health secretaryjeremy compromise, among them, health secretary jeremy hunt. a 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. that means making the trade—offs, for example businesses can live with, trade—offs that will protect jobs in the country, but also most importantly preserve what the british people actually voted for, which was a brexit that gets us back control of our laws. michael gove, the leader of the brexit campaign, confirmed yesterday that he does believe that this way forward gives us control of our laws. sol believe that this way forward gives us control of our laws. so i think now is the moment when we have to recognise that if our political opponents have their way, we will have brexit paralysis, they won't succeed in stopping brexit, but we will have paralysis which will be enormously damaging for the country. this is the now or never moment for brexit, and we need to get

behind the prime minister and ensure that at the end of march next year we leave the eu, because that is what the british people voted for. that is the question at the heart of this, what did people vote for and what do the people expect? the government is trying to get the support of labour and liberal democrat mps, with meetings scheduled at westminster this afternoon. theresa may will address the house of commons this afternoon meeting with the 1922 committee, the crucial tory backbenchers. as far as the opposition is concerned, this is a government mess of the conservative party's a government mess of the conservative pa rty‘s making. a government mess of the conservative party's making. this is what the shadow brexit secretary sur keir starmer had to say. this is notjust about the departure of one man, david davis, it is about two competing visions for the future of the country that have been locked against each in the cabinet throughout the negotiations, arguably the've been deep in the conservative party for decades, and that is what has broken out. so however the prime minister tries to play it,

this isn't about one man not being able to live with the compromise on friday. it's actually about something that goes to the heart of the problem, which is this division. and i think that after the referendum, the prime minister made a fundamental mistake, because instead of trying to bring the country back together, she issued very hard red lines that made the negotiations extremely difficult, and she's never really recovered from that. with me now is liberal democrat leader sir vince cable. theresa may now leads the numbers and is even willing lib dem and labour mps now. i doubt she will be ringing me, it would be the waste of a cost of a couege would be the waste of a cost of a college she did so. the problem is it isa college she did so. the problem is it is a mess, and i admire the way she is trying to craft something thatis she is trying to craft something that is acceptable to the largest number. but david davis when he

resigned this morning made it clear that it resigned this morning made it clear thatitis resigned this morning made it clear that it is not workable, and when you look at the mechanics of it, this is something that will in courage smuggling, large—scale bureaucracy, and it is difficult to see how the european union could accept it anyway. so i'm afraid she is calling me, the answer is no. where are we today but brexit, given the momentous events of the last 24 hours? well, it is a mess. for two yea rs, hours? well, it is a mess. for two yea rs , we hours? well, it is a mess. for two yea rs, we have hours? well, it is a mess. for two years, we have had an internal british conversation between the different factions of the conservative party, and i think labour is also united and confused. isn't it fair to say that everyone is divided on this? there is no consensus, that is the problem. there is no consensus, and there is not likely to be. and the closer we get to having something concrete, the greater the chance of people walking away, as david davis has done this morning. that is why we ta ke done this morning. that is why we take the view that is becoming increasingly accepted that theresa may has got to be the best she can,

bridges whatever deal she can, and then put it to the public and say, are you happy with what we've done or do you want to stay in the european union? on a national interest level, do you have some something that theresa may?|j interest level, do you have some something that theresa may? i do have some something, she is doing the best she can, she sees it as her duty to minimise the damage that brexit will cause. i do have sympathy. because she's a remainer? iadmire that sympathy. because she's a remainer? i admire that she is lying on a bed of nails and doing what she thinks it's a national duty. this will a nswer it's a national duty. this will answer is, if there is such damage, stop the damage, not try to minimise it. and yet there are those commented on jacob rees—mogg it. and yet there are those commented onjacob rees—mogg from whom we will be hearing shortly, what was agreed ostensibly at chequers is simply not brexit. well, it clearly is. it is a long way from where we are at present. one of the things that concerns me, particularly from an economic

standpoint, is that our service industries like the creative industries like the creative industries in the city of london, universities, we have had a big surplus in that trade, there will not be a single market for services, which is enormously to the benefit of the uk. so it is a brexit and it isa damaging of the uk. so it is a brexit and it is a damaging one, even if it is touted as theresa may has tried to achieve. —— if it is diverted. —— piloted. will she survive this? probably, because there is no one else who can clearly do this. at some point we hope will have a general election. when are you planning for that? we are ready for one now, but i'm not sure it will help the country, because both the labour party and the tory party are bitterly divided and have no solution to this problem. sir vince

cable, thank you forjoining us. some are more reaction, a short walk to the balcony around the corner, where chris mason is. fascinating listening to that conversation, and the extracts from the interviews we have heard all morning. it runs homebodies ignore the morning it has been and how fast moving things are. firstly, the prime minister will be in the commons and facing questions, and the oddity of the occasion is that i suspect much of her attention will be over shoulder, rather than across the chamber to the labour mps on the other side. that said, what is also intriguing, as he touched on there with sir vince cable, is the plan that has been announced this morning that has been announced this morning that the chief of staff, gavin ba rwell, to that the chief of staff, gavin barwell, to the prime minister, himself a former minister who lost his seat at the election last year, is going to brief opposition mps and peers on this chequers plan that was published on friday night. of course, in so doing, that is an

acknowledgement of weakness around numbers, the fact that the conservatives don't have a majority to call their own, there is a good number of brexiteer conservative backbenchers who say they will not support this chequers plan. but it also shows a certain defiance, that the government is willing at this stage to stick with this chequers plan, presented it to other mps, and see if they can assemble by hook or by crook a parliamentary majority of a rather rainbow complexion to try to ensure they can get this through. it has always been the argument from downing street in presenting this compromise, this chequers document the other night, that they had to come up with something that firstly brussels is willing to entertain, but also that parliament will be willing to support. and that would have to be a softer version of brexit than brexiteers would like the. —— would like to see. thank you, chris. gavin lee is in brussels for us. are they rubbing their hands in glee or frustration at what they

have seen in the last 12 hours? there is silence among senior eu leaders and officials. i spoke with aeu leaders and officials. i spoke with a eu source inside the commission a short while ago, who said that there is an attempt to have a unified, dignified silence right now, but they are watching the show will play out at westminster. that is a polite version of what he said, but they are watching the show play out, and if they start to say things, that will just if they start to say things, that willjust add to the problems for theresa may. ultimately, it could end up in a bad dealfor them as well, so they are trying to tread carefully. i spoke to donald tusk, head of the european council, recently. he swiftly moved on and said, nothing to add at the moment. he and jean—claude juncker are giving a press issue later today on a separate issue, so they might comment on that. and a spokesperson for the european commission said

today, for the eu now, it is no problem, but for the uk, the new negotiator dominic raab in place, he said that is potentially a problem, because of the new negotiators will have to be the counter to michel barnier, who is a strong negotiator for brexit from the eu. he is currently in the us meeting some us officials ahead of brexit talks restarting again the week after. he is very active on social media, but his accounts were empty this morning. thank you, gavin. we are now going to talk to john thank you, gavin. we are now going to talk tojohn longworth, chair of leave menas leave. what does that mean, because the now appears to be utter confusion about what brexit is. brexit is brexit, as she said so often. are you convinced after friday that she means that?|j often. are you convinced after friday that she means that? i am not convinced at all, but that is why

people voted for, control borders, laws and money. and she has now broken her own promises and broken the tory manifesto. so she has committed a fraud on the electorate, effectively. what should happen now? conservative mps should come to their senses and realise that the electorate will punish them very badly for breaking their electoral promises. they should now see the good opinion in what they should have said at the beginning, which is that we will move to wto global trade terms in march next year, and if the eu wants a trade arrangement, our door is open to discuss it, and that trade arrangements should be something like the canada style deal. the fact of the matter is, if we do that, it will give absolute certainty that businesses about what is happening next, we will have a £39 billion war chest to deal with any disruption, if in fact the eu does not sign the trade deal, and we will have fulfilled our brexit

promise to the british electorate and have freedom to trade with the world to cat tweet cut tariffs and cost of living for ordinary people, to produce sensible regulations and that parliament there, the british parliament, rather than in brussels. so crash out? you can call it crashing out, but we are prepared for it. there will be a short period of disruption, and we can make it very comfortable for businesses that mac attractive for businesses, we will end up in a better canonic situation. you know about businesses. what politicians know about how jaguar land rover works that jaguar land rover don't know? they need some sort of certainty, they are saying if we don't get that, jobs and other parts of their business are going to read this country. 896 of eu businesses export to the eu, just 8%. country. 896 of eu businesses export to the eu, just 896. -- leave this country. the 8796 that is not his

trackback by the eu itself. —— dragged back. but that is whilst we are in the eu, it is still a success. but it would be a bigger success. but it would be a bigger success outside the eu, which would compensate for any drawback of the 13%. the ceo ofjaguar compensate for any drawback of the 13%. the ceo of jaguar land compensate for any drawback of the 13%. the ceo ofjaguar land rover, bmw, have bus, all the people doing projects here are all german. and the prime minister went to see the german chancellor on thursday before she enjoyed her own cabinet the white paper she was producing. they would say that because it is in the national interests. will she survive this? who knows? parliament should put this down if it is not substantially changed. the eu will probably rejected, or this task for even more changes, which would be a disaster for the even more changes, which would be a disasterfor the uk, even more changes, which would be a disaster for the uk, the even more changes, which would be a disasterfor the uk, the british electorate, and british democracy. it would sure that are as judgment

is not much better than the russians. john longworth, thank you for joining russians. john longworth, thank you forjoining us. we will be back later on, but now back to you, joanna. former england defender martin keown says that gareth southgate's spirit gives them every chance to win the world cup. they take on croatia on wednesday for a place in the final. it is the togetherness and a shared journey, that he they have had to come through, it has not been an easy thing for harry maguire to make it to the or forjordan pickford recusa nt appear to make it to the or forjordan pickford recusant appear to make it. they have been told earlier in their careers they are not good enough, and even harry kane who was on loan to many clubs, not necessarily with a view to playing in the first team, with a view to, be going to move him on? and now he is a world superstar.

they never get complacent. john watson at wimbledon is, personified, even though the collet manic monday. we lost some seeds but still some huge names left in the draw. you can look forward to watching today? we have got to cyprus roger federer. todayis have got to cyprus roger federer. today is manic indeed, because for the bundled and chefs worse, something of a nightmare with the conclusion of all those fourth—round matches to come by the end of the day. it is opening up for roger federer, he is first up on centre court this monday. some topsy—turvy gone on both the men's and women's's side of the draw. —— some top—seeded players. the biggest test for roger federer left on his side of the draw is milos raonic. serena williams is

also in action here little bit later ona also in action here little bit later on a second on court. this is the first time that she will beat her opponent today. with the seeds going out in the women's, it is opened up for serena williams once again. the summary her fourth tournament back since the birth of her child. again you fancy her to come through the draw, and karolina pliskova will be one of the biggest tests remaining for her. and rafael nadal, he good one to come out on centre court later againstjiri vesely. could roger federer and rafael nadal meet in the final after the epic we saw back here in 2008? it could happen. that would be wonderful, thank you john, we will hear more from him throughout the day. that is the sport for now, back in the next hour. a fifth person has been rescued from flooded caves in northern thailand. the operation, to bring out eight footballers and their coach, resumed at first light. four boys were brought out yesterday

and they're said to be in good health considering their ordeal. that means there are now eight members of the group still trapped deep underground. we believe that one of them has come out this morning. now let's get the latest on the rescue mission from richard galpin. ambulances move into place once again ready to take any children who emerge straight to hospital. already, one boy has been brought out. and the mood amongst the officials running this massive rescue operation is upbeat. translation: we have sent the same tea m translation: we have sent the same team to the cave again. hopefully we will hear good news. the weather conditions and other factors today are as good as yesterday. the root out as long and difficult, but water levels in the cave complex have

dropped sufficiently to make it possible to wade through some passages. “— possible to wade through some passages. —— route out is long. there are some places were diving underwater is the only option, though. an international team of 18 experts got back we will leave that report uncle live to a police news conference on the novichok situation. ... after conference on the novichok situation. after learning the devastating news that dawn sturgess died in hospital last night. it is both shocking and utterly appalling that a british citizen has died having been exposed to a novichok nerve agent. but make no mistake, we are determined to find out how dawn and her partner charlie came into contact with such a deadly substance, and we will do everything we possibly can to bring those responsible to justice. we possibly can to bring those responsible tojustice. our immediate thoughts and prayers are with don's family, as they come to terms with the loss of a love one in

such unimaginable. distances. —— dawn's family. dawn was only 44 yea rs dawn's family. dawn was only 44 years old, she was from wiltshire and was behind two sons and an 11—year—old daughter, as well as her pa rents. 11—year—old daughter, as well as her parents. our thoughts also remain with dawn's parker, 45 rules charlie, who was also exposed to the nerve agent and remains critically ill in hospital. both dawn and charlie's families have asked for the media to respect the privacy of this difficult time. i would also thank all of the extremely brave hospital and medical staff who once again have worked tirelessly in trying to save dawn's life, and who continue to care for charlie. this latest horrendous turn of events has on the served to strengthen the resolve of our investigative team as we work to identify those responsible for this outrageous and reckless act. the investigation is

being led by detectives from the uk's counterterrorism policy network, who are able to say at this moment whether or not the nerve agent found in this incident is linked to the attack on sergi skripal and yulia skripal. however, this means our main line of enquiry. the investigation must be led by the evidence available and the facts alone. ourfocus on priority at evidence available and the facts alone. our focus on priority at this time is to identify and locate any container we believe may be the source of the contamination. in the four months since sergei skripal, yulia skripal and nick bailey were poisoned, no other people decide dawn and charlie have presented any symptoms, but the reactions were severe and resulted in dawn's death and charlie bean critically. this means they must have had a high dose, and our hypothesis is we must —— they must have handled a container that we are now searching for. over the weekend, container that we are now searching for. overthe weekend, detailed searches have continued at a number of locations in aylesbury and salisbury. this has centred on

dawn's address and charlie's address, as well as queen elizabeth gardens and salisbury. police cordoned side in place in a number of locations in the area, and are likely to remain in place for a considerable period of time. this is for the public‘s safety as well as to allow officers access to these areas in order to gather crucial evidence for the investigation. detectives have pieced together a detailed timeline which shows the movements of both dawn and charlie in the movement before they fell ill on saturday the 30th ofjune, which is critical to our understanding. so far, with that on friday the 29th of june, ataround far, with that on friday the 29th of june, at around 12.20 pm, they work together in aylesbury. they then left to visit salisbury, going to the queen elizabeth gardens. they then returned home at 4.20, before

catching a bus that night. we believe that the books that the night at charlie's address. the next morning, the south—western ambulance service was called to charlie's address for dawn had been taken ill. charlie was present with her at that time, and dawn was subsequently taken to hospital. around midday on saturday, charlie visited boots the chemist, and returned to his house at around half an hour later. at 1:45pm, he went to the amesbury baptist centre, and again returned home at around 3.00 pml later, at 6.20 pm, charlie was also taken ill. the amazons service returns to his address and he was taken to hospital. as i have said before,

there is no evidence that either dawn for charlie visited any of the sites that were decontaminated following the attentive motorist of sergi skripal and yulia skripal. —— attempted murders. we continue to build on our understanding of those movements which is cute as establishing when and where dawn and charlie were contaminated. —— key to's establishing. we are also tried to's establishing. we are also tried to track a red transit van that charlie travelled in on saturday prior to follow mail, and yesterday the military assistant does with that. scientistss will carry out tests on the vehicle. this is being done as both a precautionary measure and to assist investigators in investigating the facts behind this dreadful incident. three other men we re dreadful incident. three other men were in the van that day, who have been identified and contacted by police. none are showing any signs of having been exposed to the nerve agent orfeeling of having been exposed to the nerve agent or feeling unwell, of having been exposed to the nerve agent orfeeling unwell, and

of having been exposed to the nerve agent or feeling unwell, and they are being screened as a precaution. i'm sure you will appreciate the investigation is painstaking, meticulous, and complex, but can i also assure you we are doing everything possible to gather thing tovey all available evidence? officers have already identified and spoken to a number of people who we know well with dawn and charlie before they became ill. however, if anyone saw them are met with them and we haven't already spoken to, i would urge them to contact police on 0800789321. their evidence is vital for both public safety and the investigation. really everyone dawn and charlie were in contact with prior to them falling ill is a focus for the inquirer, the more we know about their exact movements, the better, so please contact us. we continue to work closely with public health and scientific experts to continually monitor and assess the ongoing levels of risk to the public as this investigation progresses. i

simply cannot offer any guarantees, but last night, public health emphasised that the risk to the general public at this time remains low. i do recognise there will still be people in the local area with concerns, but there is detailed advice available on the public health england website. any children they have all been screened and have all been given the all clear. i would like to thank the public for their continued support and patience while this important work continues in salisbury and aylesbu ry. work continues in salisbury and aylesbury. the people of shropshire have shown tremendous stoicism in the face of this tragic. the police have offered further advice. i am

afraid i will have too attend. do you have any suspects?” afraid i will have too attend. do you have any suspects? i am not in a position to comment on that. i am satisfied with the investigation but our main line of inquiry is got to determine how dawn and charlie came into co nta ct determine how dawn and charlie came into contact with the agent. clearly this is a very rare agent indeed. it does remain our main line of inquiry. as police officers we need to work around it and we need a

forensic. i think all and charlie, what has happened is absolutely terrible, and it points to the fact that this was a deadly agent and least —— unleashed on british soil. that is not a matter for me. unleashed on british soil. that is not a matterfor me. the unleashed on british soil. that is not a matter for me. the will be a matter for the government. thank you. thank you all. that is the assista nt you. thank you all. that is the assistant commissioner and head of counterterrorism police updating journalists after dawn sturgess died

after a high dose of novichok. he said dawn sturgess and charlie would have handled a container that the police are now seeking. a murder investigation has been launched after she died as a result of her exposure and he said the reason for thatis exposure and he said the reason for that is that it was reckless for someone to have released such a deadly agent on british soil. that is why it is now a murder investigation. he said there is no evidence they have visited any of the sites that sergei skripal went to but they still can't say if the particular substance is linked directly to sergei skripal but that isa main directly to sergei skripal but that is a main line of inquiry. there was quite a long time between dawn falling ill and charlie falling ill

eight hours later in the early evening. let's get the very latest on brexit after the resignation of david davis the brexit secretary. let's get more reactions. good afternoon from westminster where a huge amount has been going on following the resignation of david davis as the brexit secretary at midnight last night. steven baker also tended his resignation in the last couple of hours at the government has appointed a successor, dominic raab, the former housing minister. what a time for him to get thatjob. a huge order of reaction as mps return to westminster given the gravity of this news. let's talk to jacob rees mogg. lots to talk about. firstly,

your reaction to the resignation. did he have to go? it is very important and in the great tradition of resignations, he found checkers we nt of resignations, he found checkers went against previous policies and that brexit was being watered down. it isa that brexit was being watered down. it is a very important moment and his resignation clarifies what happened at chequers. what do you make of the appointment of dominic raab? he is very able but who will be doing his negotiations? will it continue to be number ten downing st or dominik? if dominic did then they will be much better but if the prime minister is continuing to give into brussels and avoid brexit and his appointment will make any difference. is the essence of this whether or not the government is willing to mould what is presented on friday night. we didn't get all of the detail, it was just that

3—page document. but given the resignation, does the government now need to shift its policy and toughen up need to shift its policy and toughen up where it is. the government got together a group of people who all stuck to what they said before the referendum. they carried on backing remain and all those who backed leave carried on backing leave. that is what you saw happen. it fails to ta ke is what you saw happen. it fails to take into account the views of the wider party and the nation who voted for leave and are expected to have leave delivered. the prime minister has a choice. change it and mould it ought she tries to get through on labour votes. that is her choice and i noticed that her chief of staff is going to see labour mps, indicating

they are flirting. this is dangerous territory for a conservative leader to think she can get her major policy through on the back of labour opposition votes. there is no threat. it is unwise because you cannot rely on the opposition to support you. what does the opposition want? it wants to replace you. the remains want a good policy and back you. leaders of the opposition, like the gingerbread man, it is like crossing the river on the back of a fox. are you suggesting that the government... if that was to happen and the government is reliant on opposition mps to get the chequers plan through, that would lead to it situation where the prime minister was brought down? no. i am not saying that. but it is a divisive

approach and very bad for holding the party together and extremely unwise. it would be failing to realise that actually governments must operate on the basis of the support from their own side. that is where the majority comes from to do it on opposition votes simply divide the party. you used the word confidence. there would be a lack of confidence. there would be a lack of confidence which would mean the high minister would have to go there would be a general election. the issue of confidence is twofold. confidence in the prime minister as prime minister, and i see no prospect of the prime minister losing the confidence vote in the house of commons. there is also confidence as leader of the conservative party. most people are concentrating on the change of policy rather than on the personnel. the prime minister, if she goes back

to lancaster house, which everybody agreed to the manifesto she has a great deal of support. she either pursues the idea that they are flirting with witches talk to opposition mps and win them around, but you are not happy with that, or change the policy to wonder you are more comfortable with parliament might not like. the parliament has voted to leave the european union so the choices do you accept the deal that the government comes back with order you choose not real? if they come back with a canada style free trade deal, who will vote against that in favour of no deal. i would have thought very few people. thank you for talking to us. lots to look

out for this afternoon. not least the prime minister in the commons in a couple of hours' time. we will be back with much more later. let's bring you some news from the cave in thailand where that young football tea m thailand where that young football team have been trapped inside. after water levels rose and left them trapped for days and days. we are now hearing that another two have been brought out. a sixth and seventh person have come out of that cave. i am sane seventh person have come out of that cave. i am sane person because already today three more have been brought out on top of the four that came out yesterday. there were four children yesterday but we don't know whether the coach, who is 32 years old, is one of those people who've been brought out today. we are hearing that another three have came out from this cave this morning. let's go to dance who is at the

mouth of the cave. can you confirm that news question mark we have only seen one ambulance leave today with the lights flashing. four of those yesterday. it looks like someone else has certainly been brought out and is on their way to hospital. one of the helicopters which is stationed at the end of the road. we haven't had and official confirmation. there has been no update today so according to that source is the number still stands at four but widespread reports say that a fifth boy has come out and maybe even more are about to follow. it seems the operation is progressing and there may be more success to celebrate but there is certainly more to do because this is a very slow moving operation which is being carried out very carefully to

minimise the risks. what happens when they come out? are they immediately reunited with their family? no, they are not. their families have kept a vigil near close to the cave entrance for the last two weeks but when this attempt really got under way yesterday they we re really got under way yesterday they were told to go and wait in the hospital about one hours drive from here. the families are waiting and even the four boys who were freed yesterday at being cared for in the hospital and we are told they are well. they are in quarantine. the families haven't been able to talk to them yet. they haven't been properly be united. that is obviously very difficult. they been apart for so long and the parents we re apart for so long and the parents were so worried and anxious and keen to see young boys again. but the operation is being run very tightly and carefully and officials wanting to do everything properly to make

sure that these boys are safe. they have been through an ordeal and it will take them a long time to get over it even once they are free. a lot more work to do here and more effort to bring this to a successful conclusion for everyone involved. some news to bring you of a teenager who has died after getting into difficulties whilst swimming in loch lomond north of glasgow. police were cold to the lock at 720 pm yesterday. he was taken to hospital and later died. there were no suspicious circumstances. it was the second best at loch lomond in two weeks. it five—year—old man drowned on wednesday and holiday—makers are urged to be cautious, stay safe and be prepared. japan is struggling to deal with deadly flooding and

landslides which have killed at least 100 people. rescuers are digging through mud and rubble to find dozens of people, most of them in hiroshima. smelly and have been ordered to evacuate. since thursday some parts of western japan of receipt the third three times more rain than normal. there is more on the way. the worst of the rain has stopped to be replaced by bright sunshine and temperatures of up to 30 celsius. rescue workers can now reach some areas peevishly cut off and start the grim task of recovering casualties. the death toll stands at more than 100. scores of people are missing. many of japan's houses are wooden and are no match for the tonnes of wood and rubble that came crashing down on top of them. the worst rainfall in decades. record amount at more than one hundred observation points.

floodwaters are receding but dirty marks show how high the water beach. the pie minister has cancelled a planned trip to europe. after a second meeting he said many people we re second meeting he said many people were still missing and the size of the rescue forces have been increased to 73,000 people. there may be floodwaters everywhere, but water to drink is in short supply. many areas have their supplies cut off and bottled water is running out. thousands of people are without power. more than 1 out. thousands of people are without power. more than1 million people are still being told to stay away from houses. some people, like this man, are beginning to return to the remains of their shattered homes. some people will have no home to return to. let's get more on the murder investigation launched after a woman who came into contact with the nerve agent novichok died. in

the nerve agent novichok died. in the past half hour we had an update from the counterterrorism chief at scotla nd from the counterterrorism chief at scotland yard. height, gordon. eight murder investigation has been launched. in terms of understanding how it is that these two came into contact with it, we are still no further forward. we had a confirmation that it is thought they handled a contaminated item thought to bea handled a contaminated item thought to be a container. it seems to be clear, based on swabs at the hospital and swabs found the highest concentration on their hands. they handled something, thought to be a container. the assumption is that it is linked to sergei skripal. they cannot prove that. that is an obvious assumption but until they find the container they cannot carry

out the test to prove it is the same batch of novichok and notjust the same type of novichok. that would move things on if they could find that item. that is clearly a priority. it is a slow difficult search because they don't know what they are looking for. it could be a syringe, a tiny little container. who knows? it could look innocuous and look like a everyday item. finding that is vital for the investigation and allay concerns over public health. this item could still be out there. clearly that is a concern to people even though no one else has become ill over this period of four months, the fact that this is undiscovered is clearly going to worry people. obviously, the diplomatic ramifications...“ has been interesting. the government

has been interesting. the government has been interesting. the government has been careful in terms of accusing russia. in the sergei skripal case they said russia was likely to be behind it. clearly in this case the assumption is that it is collateral damage from that first attack, but until they can definitively in prove it they have to make a judgment about whether they want to say that this is the fault of russia. they may want more evidence about the container and be able to see they can match the strains of novichok. they may want to carry out a careful intelligence assessment. so far we have not seen assessment. so far we have not seen a direct accusation but we have heard from the kremlin saying that any attempt to link them to the poisoning is absurd and they said the same about the original poisonings back in march. some

comments from the us ambassador. the potential bilateral trade deal is totally u p potential bilateral trade deal is totally up in the air following friday's customs deal that was agreed at the mac checkers. woody johnson said there would be all hands on deck. we will get it done. he made some comments. we spoke about some's meeting with putin. he said there is almost no downside at all to that meeting. donald trump is gearing up for all to that meeting. donald trump is gearing upfora all to that meeting. donald trump is gearing up for a busy week with a uk visit and putin. the incoming justice will pay to play a key role especially on the vital issue of abortion. pro—life campaigners have

been pushing the court to overturn roe versus wade. abortion was legalised in america 45 yea rs abortion was legalised in america 45 years ago but today it is still one of the most divisive issues in the country. president donald trump is now the chance to put a dent in a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy. it will define his legacy and affect the social direction of this country for a generation. abortion might are central. do you wa nt abortion might are central. do you want to overturn roe versus wade?“ we put another... that will happen. that will happen automatically in my opinion because i am putting pro life justice... could opinion because i am putting pro lifejustice... could those more conservative judges now do what was

recently unthinkable and overturn the legislation that overturned... the 1973 case roe versus wade legalised abortion based on a woman's right to privacy as laid out in the us constitution. the ruling only apply to the first trimester of a woman's pregnancy. after that individual states could make their own rulings. more of them are now doing so, effectively restricting access to abortions. it is corrugated but nearly 20 states already have bans on abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy. others, like mississippi and iowa, are trying to make it even earlier. we have also seen more restrictions on waiting periods and private insurers. if an abortion case were to become before a conservative

court there is a chance raw versus wade could be overturned. that would bea wade could be overturned. that would be a huge victory for donald trump. nearly half of conservative republicans say that abortion was a very important factor in their boat in 2016. for white evangelicals that number was even higher. but here is the twist. polls also show that americans want to keep abortion legal. the survey released after the news thatjustice kennedy was stepping down shows that two thirds of americans think the supreme court should simply leave the law alone. abortion is the most contentious issue in this nomination but there area issue in this nomination but there are a host of ways that a right—leaning court can affect daily life in america. but go back to our main news. it has been a dramatic day at westminster following the late—night resignation of david davis as brexit secretary. he said

the prime minister's checkers plan is given away too much too easily. more reactions at westminster. but stop tojohn redwood. work you surprised when you heard that he had gone? no. it was a bit surprising that nobody had resigned given the nature of the check a statement. the statement had all those excellent principles that i agree with but thenit principles that i agree with but then it had detail which contradicted the statements. it was very muddled and i was surprised they had signed it. what happens now? i hope the prime minister revisits the check a statement and realises it is not what the overwhelming majority of the party wa nt overwhelming majority of the party want and what voters want and adjust it. why not do more homework and have an offer that make sense? my suggestion is we offer a comprehensive free trade agreement.

table that now and say to the eu, if you like this we will talk about it, if not we willjust leave. we are going to be under wto rules anyway. the issue is do we have a site trade agreement or not. they said they wanted, as the uk once, to work for even less friction and world trade organisation bills. i have spoken to you so many times about this subject and now do seem more than happy if we just crashed out. i don't want to crash out. i want us to leave with accordance of the british people. i always said we may need to leave with no agreement if the eu are in a

sulk about things. they have been a bit moody but if they assess but they will want a free trade agreement so let's offer them it.“ theresa may able to carry this through? i hope so and i am still supporting her and saying, look, this is the logic. there are two options. no deal which means we don't pay them any money and we can spend all that money on ourselves and get our economy a boost or a contented free—trade agreement where we can negotiate other things. let's get on with it. i am thinking you are not caring about what effect this will have on businesses on that day in march when we leave was up i ca re day in march when we leave was up i care deeply about businesses. i'd have disagreed with business about the european exchange rate mechanism. i said yes, they said no. i was right. we clashed about the eu

row. they said if we didn'tjoin row. they said if we didn't join the you wrote we would leave the uk. we ask all still here. i would urge business to say, look, this is not damaging to business. we are supercompetitive. we are going to carry on selling things. we have a great workforce. thank you very much. another scorching hot weekend. su btle much. another scorching hot weekend. subtle changes in the next couple of days. fresh air has been brought across the northern half of the country. introducing a bit more cloud around more of a breeze. eight more comfortable mode for sleeping. ten to 14 degrees. as we head into

tuesdayit ten to 14 degrees. as we head into tuesday it will be noticeably cooler. variable amounts of cloud but also sunny spells. a just a little bit of light and patchy rain in northern scotland. a great start for many of us tomorrow. a breeze in eastern areas. sunshine will develop across parts of england and wales into northern ireland but that cloud looks quite thick across northern scotland. temperatures reaching mid 20s as opposed to high 20s and low 30s that we have seen in the last days. more comfortable for most of us. for wimbledon it will be more co mforta ble us. for wimbledon it will be more comfortable for players and spectators. more of a breeze from the north and north east. 23 degrees through the latter part of the afternoon. wednesday, high—pressure but they subtle change taking place. a week weather front bringing rain. very much needed rain but don't

expect anything too significant. northern ireland in western scotland are seeing most of it. another dry one in the south east. wind is a little bit lighter. temperatures around the mid 20s. a fresher feel for scotland and northern ireland, thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain. on thursday and friday there are signs of it warming up again in southern areas. high 20s and a little bit warmer across the north. next weekend, high—pressure still with us. very warm and even hot in many areas. mostly dry. the government in crisis as theresa may's brexit secretary resigns. david davis has quit, saying

the prime minister's new brexit strategy is dangerous. i was the person who had to present it to parliament, to the european union, to everybody else. and, you know, if i don't believe in it, then i won't do as good a job as someone who does believe in it. the new brexit secretary is dominic raab — the former housing minister and leave campaigner we'll have reaction from brussels and the latest from westminster. also this lunchtime... another boy is reported to have been rescued from the cave in thailand where 12 children and their football coach have been trapped for a fortnight. a murder investigation is launched in wiltshire after the death of a woman exposed to novichok nerve agent.