this is the briefing, i'm sally bundock. our top stories: borisjohnson becomes the second senior minister to resign from government in 2a hours. all change for the theresa may government. she replaces the brexiteer with a remain supporter. five to go. the daring rescue of the remaining members of a youth football team in thailand is getting underway. and it's the day of the first semi—final in the football world cup. belgium and france make final preparations. we're live in westminster, thailand and at the world cup in moscow with the latest from our correspondents on these stories. also in business briefing, global investors weigh the political risk in the uk as theresa may's brexit team gets a dramatic revamp. a warm welcome, this

is a packed programme today we'll also take you washington to get detail on trump's pick for the supreme court. and we'd like you too to be a part of the conversation, with four european countries in the semi—finals of the world cup we're asking who are you backing? france, belgium, england or croatia and why. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. we begin with the uk prime minister. theresa may has reshuffled her cabinet after a day of political chaos that saw the resignations of two of her most senior ministers. borisjohnson and david davis quit within hours of each other over

the british prime minister's plans for leaving the european union. the two ministers have been replaced byjeremy hunt as foreign secretary who voted to remain, and leave supporter dominic raab who will be the new brexit secretary. the two resignations, an event without parallel in recent decades has rekindled speculation the prime minister could face a leadership challenge soon. phillippa thomas is at westminister for us this morning. phillipa, a very important day ahead? good morning from westminster, sally. a feverish day yesterday. the prime minister will be hoping temperatures and tempers have calmed down somewhat. but you can see the passions involved just when you look at the resignation letter from the foreign secretary,

borisjohnson, in which he talks scathingly about the semi— brexit that she has now put on offer to our partners in europe and he said we are approaching the status of a colony, that's the word he used. now, in answer, in her quite terse letter, theresa may said to him, well, no, we will be taking back control of our borders, our laws and oui’ control of our borders, our laws and our money and he told —— she told the house of commons yesterday that this is the right brexit, the compromise she has hammered out. as you were saying, she has somewhat reshuffled now, replacing her foreign secretary and brexit secratary. sally, she will be calling together her new look cabinet this morning, calling them to downing street, and that includes jeremy hunt, the new man at the foreign office, who did vote remain but now says he sees the case for brexit, and it will be hisjob to help leaders lead us out of the european union. this report from

andrew plant —— lead us. taking his first steps in a newjob, jeremy hunt, health secretary yesterday, foreign secretary today. his first task, a tribute to the man he's replaced. i'd like to start by thanking my predecessor, borisjohnson, and my principaljob at a time of massive importance for our country is to stand four square by the prime minister. borisjohnson was the second high—profile politician to leave the uk government in a single day. in a letter, he said the brexit dream was: but one of the longest days in uk politics had begun at midnight on monday. david davis, the man negotiating britain's exit from the eu resigning, unhappy, he said, with plans that didn't go far enough. the point is i was the person that had to present it to parliament, to the european union, to everybody else. and if i don't believe in it then i won't do as good a job as someone who does believe in it. it's being called the chequers compromise, a plan for britain's

exit from the eu, thrashed out at the prime minister's countryside retreat last friday. hailed on saturday as a united approach, now it's clear a very divisive document indeed. mr speaker, on friday at chequers, the cabinet agreed a comprehensive and ambitious proposal that provides a responsible and credible basis for progressing negotiations with the eu towards a new relationship after we leave on the 29th of march next year. while theresa may faced questions on the plans in parliament, speculation mounted — would there now be a challenge to her leadership? we've got, what, three months‘ worth of negotiation with the eu, absolutely critical time. it takes us three months to do a leadership election. you couldn't possibly have both of those happening at the same time. so i'm encouraging my colleagues to step back and think about this all. the political drama in london being watched closely of course by leaders in europe too. politicians come and go,

but the problems they have created for their people remain. and the mess caused by brexit is the biggest problem in the history of eu—uk relations. as the smoke cleared, theresa may was still standing, with a new foreign secretary and dominic raab as the man in charge of brexit negotiations. britains‘s plans to leave the eu causing earthquakes at home long before they've even been taken to brussels. andrew plant, bbc news. sally, we're going to be hearing a lot about the chequers compromise, theresa may's third way that was presented to the cabinet on friday. several brexiteers here at westminster wa nt several brexiteers here at westminster want her to drop checkers as the new phrase has it. in about ten minutes i'll be talking

to british government expert tony travers and we'll be talking, among other things, about whether this deal, this compromise will be the right compromise to satisfy british brexiteers, or whether they may feel, with borisjohnson, that their dream is dying. thank you so much for now, phillipa. will as phillipa mentioned, we will be back with her at westminster in about ten minutes. but, in the meantime, let's fill you in on some other stories today. donald trump has confirmed he is nominating brett kavanaugh as his pick for the us supreme court. he's a 53—year—old conservative justice who serves on the us court of appeals in washington. judge kavanaugh worked as a white house aide under president george w bush. he is used to this high office. joining me now is david willis. he is our correspondent in

washington. good to see you, david. tell us more about the choice. sally, judge brett kavanaugh was unveiled to the media and indeed to the world in the east room of the building just behind me a few hours ago. if his nomination is confirmed, then it's likely he will take the highest court in the land here in a markedly different directions. president trump called him one of the sharpest legal minds of our time. he is a federal appeals court judge. he worked as an aide to former president george w bush, he helped investigate another former president, bill clinton. and he has an ivy league education. but he's considered conservative in sharp contrast to the man he once worked for and maybe could be destined to replace, justice anthony kennedy. anthony kennedy was very much the

swing vote on the 9—member supreme court, and it now appears slanted in favour of conservatives to the tune of 5— for if brett kavanaugh is approved. —— 5— for. lots of democrats are saying they will fight his nomination to stand mail. all right, david, thank you very much. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. film producer harvey weinstein has pleaded not guilty at a court in new york to charges of sexually assaulting a woman in 2006. it's the third criminal sexual assault case brought against him. more than 70 women have accused him of sexual misconduct, including rape. his lawyer says he's innocent and that all sexual encounters were consensual. the leaders of ethiopia and eritrea have declared an official end to a state of war that has existed between them for nearly two decades. eritrea, formerly a province of ethiopia, broke away in 1993. a subsequent war between them led to the deaths of around 800,000 people. the car maker, nissan, has admitted that it falsified data

on car exhaust emissions at several of its factories injapan. the company has not revealed how many cars were involved, but has pledged to carry out a full investigation to ensure it won't happen again. let's turn now to the attempted rescue of the boys in thailand trapped in a cave for more than two weeks. eight boys have now been brought to the surface, four more and their football coach remain underground. sophie long is in tham luang. you are close to the cave system. what is the latest? yes, i'm about 500 metres from the entrance to the cave and we've seen all source of activity this morning. ca rs

all source of activity this morning. cars going in, at least five ambulances going in, vehicles carrying divers and we've been given all the signs this part of the rescue operation, the evacuation of the final four boys is either ongoing now or at least imminent. yesterday the operation was going on and we can get —— couldn't get official confirmation until much later. it's safe to say it's been raining heavily here for some hours now, there were heavy downpours last night. this has always been a race against time but they won't want to raise any more today. a source close to the operation said this is time critical now, and given the rainfall we are having, they've done everything they can to stop it from happening, building dams to divert the water, but it's possible the cave complex behind me, where the boys and their coach are still, good re—flood. i don't think they will wa nt to re—flood. i don't think they will want to waste any time at all. it is safe to say the divers have entered the cave and they will try to get them out as quickly as possible.

and in terms of the boys that have been rescued, the eight boys, what we hearing about how they are doing? —— what are we. we gotan —— what are we. we got an update of the boys in hospital, two groups of four have been taken to hospital by ambulance from the cave entrance here and we're told they're all doing well. a couple showed lung abnormalities, they were worried about lung infections or inflammations, but they are improving. one of the second group of boys, he seemed to have a very low temperature and slow heart rate, but that's also improved. they seem worried about the possibility of infection and they're waiting for lab results to come back from bangkok to the extent that they haven't let any boys see their pa rents. haven't let any boys see their parents. bird group of the first four, they were allowed to see their pa rents four, they were allowed to see their parents but only through a glass screen yesterday, they've only way that their parents after being in the cave for two weeks —— the group. when they get back they will be able

to see their parents but only with protective clothing and they will have to keep a distance of two metres. terribly hard for their families, who haven't seen them for so long, and they just want to give who haven't seen them for so long, and theyjust want to give their kids a hug. the good news is, they are eating normal foods. they were malnourished, they didn't have food for nine days before they were found. they have normalfood but they are only getting soft, easily digestible food and there's lots of calls for chocolate, which they haven't been given yet. i would imagine calls for chocolate and all sorts but very dramatic experience for everyone involved. sophie, thank you very much for keeping us up to do it. —— up to date. stay with us on the briefing, still to come: in russia, the excitement is building ahead of the first world cup semi—final. i'll bring you the latest from moscow. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible.

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our headlines: the operation to rescue the remaining boys and their football coach from flooded caves in northern thailand is getting under way. and our top story: despite the resignations of two leading supporters of brexit, it looks like prime minister theresa may will escape a challenge for the party leadership for the time being. lets return to our top story — the political turmoil over brexit. phillippa thomas is in westminster this morning for us. in 24 in 2a hours, two very senior ministers have resigned, something we have not seen for decades at. not seen we have not seen for decades at. not seen for a long time. it took me back to the i990s when i was a

political correspondence for the bbc, standing here and talking about the then conservative prime minister john majorfacing his own leadership challenge and that largely came down to europe as well and the question of taking back control for westminster and our constitution and what written stands for and all of those questions that are swirling around the resignation of boris johnson to stop it with me is a man who has seen a lot of politics and debate about this, the director of public affairs for the lsc, do you think theresa may has got past her crisis? for the time being she has a. yesterday was a remarkable day in british politics, resignations, new members of the cabinet appointed and i suspect what she now knows is that she has got to a point where there isa she has got to a point where there is a bit of calm and she can gather her troops and move forward, but those who resigned yesterday will be thinking what do they do next to try

to keep what they see as their visit —— vision of brexit moving forward as opposed to hers, which boris johnson and david davies both left yesterday. wouldn't you like to be inside borisjohnson's brain at yesterday. wouldn't you like to be inside boris johnson's brain at the moment? he is remarkable, ambitious, nothing wrong with that. but clearly people will be asking what did the resignation yesterday mean? we see what is in the letter he wrote to her but what we don't know is what his next move will be and the sun newspaper reporting how jacob his next move will be and the sun newspaper reporting howjacob rees mogg, a big supporter of brexit in parliament, sees boris johnson mogg, a big supporter of brexit in parliament, sees borisjohnson as mogg, a big supporter of brexit in parliament, sees boris johnson as a brilliant prime minister and he will still be thinking is this the time, the opportunity? somehow i can manoeuvre my way through potentially, to being prime

minister. the question is for the ha rd minister. the question is for the hard brexit ears, is this the time to strike or do they let things settle, wet theresa may take the compromise to the eu and sit what happens? it is interesting to see the dynamics of this change. now, people who are strongly pro— brexit wonder if this is the right moment to strike. not long ago the strongly pro— remain conservatives were wondering if this was the right time to strike. now she has changed the dynamics by being quite hardline. what will happen next is that theresa may will go out to european capitals to talk to the beginning, in herterms of capitals to talk to the beginning, in her terms of what looks like a compromise, with the eu. see how far she will get with angela merkel and emmanuel macron and so on. we'll wait and see how that happens if strong brexiteers are now and if they did confidence in reason they

as the leader, she might well win a pity she won that she would be strengthened and couldn't be strengthened and couldn't be strengthened —— challenged for india. all of the dynamics have changed. will be talking more about the nature of theresa may's copper mines and whether she has sold it to her party and her united cabinet. for now, back to you. thank you very much a. football — and after the briefest of pauses — the world cup in russia resumes. we're very much at the business end of the tournament now, with the first semi—final taking place later on tuesday. france playing belgium. the bbc‘s rajini vaidyanathan is live in moscow. the first semi—final to take place later today. yes, indeed. france play belgium over in saint petersburg, one of those two teams after that match will get a place in the world cup final. france are the

favourites, have been the favourites throughout the tournament. they won the world cup before but they are playing belgium, a team that cannot be underestimated. they have won every single one of their matches in this world cup and the belgian side have scored the most goal in the tournament as well. now, many people are saying whichever team wins this texture will be the team that ends up texture will be the team that ends up taking the trophy, that is what the predictions are because it is going to be a very strong match as tim oldman looks ahead to a. —— tim allman looks forward to it. this is what happiness looks like. the kind of happiness you feel when your team, your country, reaches the semifinals of a world cup. imagine how much more happy you might be if you reach the final. for france and belgium, the only thing stopping them is each other. their semi—final taking place in st petersburg. the belgian squad looked relaxed enough as they trained in moscow,

but they know the scale of the task ahead of them. when you face a team like france, you know that you need to concentrate for 90 minutes. there are some special individuals who can decide a scoreline in one action. i don't think this is the sort of game where you can walk onto the pitch and think that you're going to perform in a way you did against brazil before is going to help you. not at all. as for the french, they are the favourite. although that is an opinion not necessarily shared by everyone. translation: i think belgium has been the more complete team during this tournament. they are able to defend, to attack, their aerial game, they're strong everywhere. they have all it takes to be a great team and hence they are a great team. a fantastic generation. and if we want to beat them, we must play a great match. a great match. well, that's something that would make everybody happy. tim allman, bbc news. so, four countries still left in

this tournament, but of course we started out with 32. throughout the last few weeks we have seen fans from around the world embraced the suppression of all. for the last few weeks i have been trying to meet as many fans as possible. —— foot all. the world cup is a global event, people have travelled here from all corners of the world. but how many countries have fans here? i set myself a challenge to find out. we are from belgium. dad, you support germany, you support germany, you actually support poland. which country are you going for? geria! --

nigeria. what has been so surprising is i have been going out and meeting fans, just how many i have found that are from a country that is not even from —— in the world cup. country you from ? even from —— in the world cup. country you from? pakistan. you don't have a country in the world cup? we are here because of good friends. we are from bangladesh. who are you supporting? germany. where are you supporting? germany. where are you supporting? germany. where are you from? uzbekistan. they are not even in the world cup! south africa! i like german. german, they

are not in the world cup. no china, though german. who are you supporting? enjoying it. you are just enjoying it? yeah. so, by my count i have met people from 55 countries who have come here to the world cup and all of them sake they have had a very warm welcome from the russian. people who govern them, there may be political tensions, but when it comes to football and football fans, none of that seems to matter. so, france and belgium play each other today, tomorrow england and croatia and we have been asking viewers to predict who they think will win this tournament. people so far saying they believed the winner

of two—day's fixture will go through to win the tournament but let's not ta ke to win the tournament but let's not take anything for granted in this lock—up. —— world cup. take anything for granted in this lock-up. -- world cup. we have been asking viewers to your take on who you think will win the. thomas thinks france is likely to win the. this woman says she wants croatia to win, one of her favourite people this woman says she wants croatia to win, one of herfavourite people in the world —— favourite countries in the world —— favourite countries in the world. charles says england, so much bad luck lately, referring to politics. steve says england, it is coming home. we have valentina in italy who is watching us and says anyone can win, except france. everyone but france, valentina. we have got to get everybody a chance you. someone else has belgium, chocolate may be a factor in this decision. see you soon for the

business briefing. hello there. it's been a remarkable run of hot weather really. temperatures over the last five days somewhere in the uk have pushed over the 30 degrees celsius mark, and yesterday it was the turn of kew in west london to push above the 30—degree mark. 31 degrees celsius the top temperature yesterday. many areas did see some decent spells of sunshine. this was the scene in norfolk during monday, but further north—eastwards, in whitby, in that area, we had some thicker cloud and gary spotted a few spots of rain falling from the cloud. this, a cold front pushing through, and later in the day, the same weather watcher, gary, spotted some brighter weather following the cold front through. now, the satellite picture shows extensive cloud over northern

and eastern parts of the country. that cold front continues to work its way southwards and significantly, it's going to be bringing fresher air. so the humidity will be dropping and as that happens, the temperatures will drop further as well. so it's going to be fresher, more comfortable night's sleep ahead. temperatures between around about 10 and 15 celsius for the early risers tuesday morning. a lot of dry weather out and about as well. this is the pressure chart for tuesday, high pressure still with us but we do have that weak cold front moving into the heart of southern england. further north in scotland, a weak warm front will bring some thickening cloud and the prospect of seeing a few spots of rain. nothing to help the gardens mind you. for most areas, it's just going to be a dry day. a lot of cloud to start off with but that cloud will thin and break up with time, some spells of sunshine breaking through as we go through the afternoon. now, temperature—wise, ok, it's not going to be not as hot, we probably won't see temperatures into the low 30s, but it's still going to be pleasant out and about when the sun comes through.

2a celsius in london. close to normal for the time of year. 21 in edinburgh. if we see some decent sunshine across the south—west, we could see temperatures in the mid—to—high 20s in the warmest spots here. now, there could be some changes afoot on wednesday. a weather front threatens the north—west of the uk, bringing the prospect of some rain. uncertain how much and where that rain will be falling but something the gardeners will be looking out for. away from the north—west corner, though, it's the same old story, a lot of dry weather with some bright or sunny spells, and again, temperatures widely in the low—to—mid—20s, so pleasant weather really weather for many of us. towards the end of the week, we're going to keep the dry theme going with further sunshine and what you'll notice is the temperatures tending to build. we should see highs in london pushing back into the upper 20s as we head through saturday and sunday. that's your latest weather, bye for now. this is the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. global investors weigh the political risk in the uk, as theresa may's brexit team gets a dramatic revamp. and when the fix can be worse than the problem. we travel to one of the most polluted areas on the planet to see how clean—up measures backfire. and on the markets: the pound sterling is steady having fallen quite a bit yesterday. you

can see that get today the share markets are headed upwards.