damage limitation is still in full swing and after president trump's bizarre comments at the summit with russian president vladimir putin. in an interview with cbs news, mr trump was asked if he held the russian leader personally responsible. the group of boys from thailand who spent two weeks trapped in a flooded cave have paid tribute to the team who found them, describing their rescue as "a miracle". and they honoured saman kunan — the former thai navy seal who died while taking part. the european commission has fined google a record $5 billion over the use of its android operating system. it says the company illegally used the technology to "cement its dominant position" in searches. google denies any wrongdoing. you up—to—date with the headlines. now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. hello, and welcome to the programme.

coming up: borisjohnson tells the commons it's not too late to save brexit. it is as though a fog of self doubt has descended. at prime minister's questions, theresa may faces interrogation from her own side. could the prime minister inform the house at what point it was decided that brexit means remain? and there's condemnation of recent violence in northern ireland. there is no excuse for the violence we have seen, there can be no excuse whatsoever. it is totally unacceptable behaviour. but first, it was nine days ago that boris johnson announced he was resigning as foreign secretary because he didn't support the prime minister's vision for the uk's future relationship with the eu. he made his move three days after the cabinet agreed the chequers deal, and a matter of hours after the brexit secretary david davis left the government. but why did he do it? and what's his game plan? five words from the speaker indicated we were about to get answers.

personal statement, mr borisjohnson. he began by listing what had been achieved during his time at the foreign office. none of this, mr speaker, would have been possible without the support of my right honourable friend, the prime minister. everyone who has worked with her will recognise her courage and her resilience. he then gave his assessment of how the negotiation had been carried out so far, characterising it as a "fog of self doubt". we dithered and we burned through our negotiating capital, we agreed to hand over a £40 billion exit fee with no discussion of our future economic relationship. we accepted the jurisdiction of the european court over key aspects of the withdrawal agreement and, worst of all, we allowed the question of the northern irish border, which had hitherto been assumed on all sides to be readily soluble, to become so politically charged

as to dominate the debate. mps then got told off for heckling, it's not the done thing during a personal statement. mrjohnson moved on to the chequers agreement. farfrom making laws in westminster, there are large sectors in which ministers will have no power to initiate, innovate or even deviate, after decades in which they have gone to brussels and expostulated against costly eu regulation, we are now claiming that we must accept every jot and tittle for our economic health with no say of our own and no way of protecting our businesses and entrepreneurs. we are volunteering for economic vassalage, notjust in goods

and agrifoods, but we will be forced to match eu arrangements on the environment and social affairs and much else besides, and we all want high standards, but it is hard to see how the conservative government of the 1980s could have done its vital supply side reforms with those freedoms taken away. and the result of accepting the eu's rule books and of our proposals for a fantastical heath robinson customs arrangement, is that we have much less scope to do free trade with. borisjohnson said he shared the vision theresa may had set out in january in her speech at lancaster house. a strong independent, self—governing britain, that is genuinely open to the world. not the miserable, permanent limbo of chequers. not the democratic disaster of ongoing harmonization with no way

out and no say for the uk. we need to take one decision now before all others, and that is to believe in this country and what it can do. he ended by saying it wasn't too late to "save" brexit. that is the prize that is still attainable. there is time. and if the prime minister can fix that vision once again before us, then i believe she can deliver a great brexit for britain. with a positive, self—confident approach that will unite this party, unite this house and unite this country as well. borisjohnson. the prime minister wasn't in the commons for borisjohnson‘s big moment, but almost exactly three hours before,

she was at the despatch box for the last prime minister's question time before the summer break. in the past few days, the government has twice narrowly avoided defeat on key elements of the two brexit bills that have passed before the house. before the labour leader had a chance to begin his questioning, mrs may was already facing some tough interrogation from her own side. can the prime minister inform the house at what point it was decided that brexit means remain? prime minister. can i say to my honourable friend at absolutely no point, because brexit continues to mean brexit. and i — if i can say to my honourable friend, i know that she wants us to talk about the positives of brexit and i agree with her, we should be talking about the positive future for this country. i understand she's also criticised me for looking

for a solution that is workable. i have to say i disagree with her on that, i think what we need is a solution that is going to work forthe united kingdom, ensure we leave the european union and embrace that bright future that we both agree on. the centrepiece of the white paper was something called the facilitated customs arrangement. having spent a week trying to convince their own mps that this cobbled together mishmash was worth defending, they abandoned it. so what is their plan now for customs? prime minister. the right honourable gentleman is wrong. we have not abandoned the agreement, we are discussing it with european union. is she seriously expecting that 27 members states of the eu are going to establish their own bureaucratic tariff collection infrastructure just to satisfy the war within the conservative party in britain? on monday evening, the new brexit secretary was starting the next

round of brexit negotiations. no wonder he didn't turn up, he doesn't know what he's supposed to be negotiating. two years on from the referendum, 16 months on from triggering article 50, isn't the case that the government has no serious negotiation strategy whatsoever? prime minister. can i say to the right honourbale gentleman, he isjust plain wrong in what he's interpretating. i suggest that he gets one after this, but perhaps to read it and understand what the government is doing on the basis. but i say to the leader of the opposition, there are indeed differences between us on this issue. i will end free movement, he wants to keep it. i want us out of the customs union, he wants us in. i want us out of the single market, he wants us in. i want us to sign our own trade deals, he wants to hand them over to brussels.

i've ruled out a second referendum, he won't. there's no doubt which one of us is respecting the will of the british people and delivering on the vote, and it isn't him. the snp leader said there was likely to be a no deal brexit. the reality is that this is a prime minister that has lost control of her own party, a prime minister who is in office but not in power, a parliament that is so divided that it simply cannot function. mr speaker, we cannot crash out of the eu without a deal. we need to think of the next generation, who will pay a price for this folly. they will see lost opportunities and jobs, did the prime minister come into parliament to have this as a legacy?

will she now face up to the reality and extend article 50? throughout the seatings, borisjohnson was sitting a few rows back from theresa may. and eventually, he got a mention. my right honourable friend should be commended in dealing with a giant ego, someone who believes that truth is fake news. and lea ks continually, and i am not referring to the right honourable member for uxbridge, i am referring to president trump. he has acted in a bizarre way over intelligence. i know my right honourable friend has to work with him, but is she not alarmed at the way in which he refused to challenge president putin over the russian activity which resulted recently in the death of a young woman here in salisbury? prime minister. can i say to my honourable friend i understand that there some clarifications of some of the statements

president trump has made. she said that she raised the salisbury poisoning with mr trump, and reminded mps that after the attack the us stood alongside the uk and took action against russia. you're watching wednesday in parliament with me, mandy baker. the prime minister has called the breakdown in pairing arrangements during voting on the trade bill "an error", and promised it won't be repeated. pairing is an agreement between two mps of opposing parties not to vote on one particular occasion. it ensures that an absence does not affect the result. the liberal democratjo swinson, currently on maternity leave, was paired with a conservative, brandon lewis. but mr lewis did vote on amendments to the trade bill. the episode has renewed efforts to create a system of proxy voting. last night's shambles over the vote should put it beyond doubt that pairing is not the answer for mps, we are elected as mps to vote on this house and mps having babies

should not lose that right. will she give the house the opportunity to vote on the procedure committee draft motion on proxy voting for baby leave, with more parliamentary babies in the pipeline and more crucial votes coming up, it's time to sort this out. this one is overdue. first of all, can i say to the right honourable lady that the breaking of the pair was done in error, it was not good enough. it will not be repeated. my right honourable friend and the chief whip have apologised directly to the member for east dunbartonshire because we take pairing very seriously and we recognise its value to parliament and continue to guarantee a pair for mps that are currently pregnant

or have a newborn baby, but the issue she raises refers also to this question the procedure committee has brought out, we are looking very carefully at that issue. we want to ensure that we can facilitate the pare ntial leave in this place, but we also have to ensure proper consultation. a little later, the commons leader came to the chamber to apologise, again, for what had happened in the trade bill vote, and explain that mps would get a chance to debate proxy voting. i know this is a matter of great interest to many members of all sides of the house, i'm planning to ensure the house can have the debate in the september sitting, and i will update the house in the usual way. i would ask her does she agree with me that proxy voting for those on baby leave can be introduced today without the need for a debate through public agreement, by all the parties, to nod through those on baby leave for every division? the only thing i would like to say, that isn't directed to anyone

at all, is that i detect in the house and from representations made privately to me, a very strong sense not merely that we should debate the issue again soon, but that we should decide the issue, and if a change is agreed upon, give effect to it. obviously, if a change is not agreed upon, that doesn't arise. but i think that there is a concern about potentially an endless debate, which i know the leader would not want, i feel absolutely sure that she would not want. and i certainly don't want. we have to change the voting arrangements for this house, and we see that every day in the absurd waste of time headcount, and can't be voted on. but to be disenfranchised for having a baby in 2018 just demonstrates just how out of touch this archaic place is, and should shame this house. pete wishart. the government has faced renewed cross—party demands for the rail operator, govia thameslink, to be stripped of its franchise. travellers have suffered weeks of delays, disruption

and cancellations after the introduction of a new timetable in may. govia, or gtr, brought in its third timetable in two months at the start of the week and the minister told mps that services were improving. some of the benefits passengers and i include more trains, around 150—200 extra services each day, on the day cancellations which are extremely frustrating for passengers, have significantly reduced. passengers no longer need to check journey planners before they travelled. he said ministers would closely monitor the situation and hold govia to account. but his opposite number disagreed that services had improved. yet the disruption delays and disaster are worse than ever. we learned this morning from itv news that gtr underestimated the scale of the disruption caused by the timetable changed by a factor of ten. this failure is totally unacceptable, and labour says enough is enough, the government must stop

bleep footing around and strip govia of their contract without delay. the new timetable is beginning to provide a far more reliable and sustainable service, quite opposite to the fact preferred by the honourable gentleman, which is quite welcome. the real operations makes brexit seem like an organised process. what needs to be done work... and the government can't wait to step in and take it off the private operator's hands. but instead we stand back and do nothing. mr speaker, it is a top priority of the department to ensure that passenger services get back to the standard they need to be out across gtr. govia not only run gdr, but it is also the southeastern, delayed because there

is a broken down train. it is not infrastructure, that is the real operating company. why has the government got a blind eye about govia? they are not fit and proper, and should have their franchises ta ken away. the government has instigated a review of the gtr franchise. what exactly will it take from the review that thousands of our constituents are not telling us every single day about this shambles to get the franchise removed once and for all as soon as possible, and a proper compensation scheme that properly reflects the agony and shambles that our constituents are going to on a daily basis? mr speaker, my right honourable friend makes a very powerful case on behalf of his constituents who have suffered unacceptably as a result of the disruption that they have experienced. and it is right that the industry has apologised and the government

has apologised for everything that they have experienced. we are working hard to ensure that the disruption comes to an end as soon as possible, and also we are ensuring that this compensation and there is a proper explanations so that lessons can be learned for the future. jojohnson. the northern ireland secretary has condemned recent violence there, in which shots were fired and pipebombs thrown. there were six consecutive nights of violence, and an attack on the home of the former sinn fein leader, gerry adams. the outburst coincided with thejuly loyalist marching season. karen bradley said she'd spoken to the chief constable of the police service of northern ireland, the psni. there have so far been 15 arrests in connection with the violence, and ten people have been charged. i know that psni will continue to do all they can to bring those responsible before the courts. in many cases it would appear that young people are being exploited and goaded into criminal activity by adults who have nothing to offer their communities.

we saw burned—out buses across east belfast, we saw one bill bus hijacked at gunpoint. we saw the return to political violence in derry. the use of live rounds, which may have been intent to take life, the life of a pearson officer, means we are about very serious levels of civil disorder. gerry adams has called for a meeting with the people who attacked his home. i've never complimented a sinn fein politician before, but will the secretary of state agree with me that the comments of gerry adams were helpful rather than unhelpful, and correct in that it is dialogue, not violence, the northern ireland needs? i think the fact that the people of northern ireland have heard their political leaders say the same thing but the same... is incredibly important, and is a message that needs to be made to the small number, a very small number of people now

who do not believe that the way to resolve the issues in northern ireland is through dialogue, but through violence? a former shadow northern ireland secretary referred to the fact the assembly hasn't been sitting for more than a year. the vacuum in our politics in northern ireland is at least partly responsible, and i urge her to do more to fill that vacuum with political dialogue and restore the institutions. i agree we need political dialogue, but i must say there is no excuse for the violence we have seen, there can be no excuse whatsoever, it is totally acceptable behaviour. base rates is of my constituency over the recent years reflect the fact that we have made considerable progress. there was worse violence at a time when the executive was in place, just to make that point that things aren't necessarily linked. there are particular circumstances in a londonderry and east belfast that need for extra police resources, that is what the chief constable is asking for, and that is what the secretary of state has heard today.

the chief constable put it to me that it has been a slow and dire process. i have received the request from the chief constable and i am considering it. karen bradley. now, even if theresa may had wanted to listen to borisjohnson‘s speech, she wouldn't have been able to. that's because there was another sort of prime minister questions happening at exactly the same time. theresa may was making her regular appearance before the liaison committee. this is a gathering of all the committee chairs who can then grill the pm on their area of expertise. the snp chair of the international trade committee felt leaving the eu would damage the uk. can i ask her... the best possible second—hand car for the united kingdom? this will not make up for the damage you have chosen with their government over a hard brexit. and economic damage you're doing, is it? first of all, what we're doing is delivering on a boat

that was taken by british people. parliament voted 6—1 to give the british people... i'm sorry, because the alternative to what you're suggesting is actually staying in the eu. see you accept the economic damage? i'm not accepting that. you are talking about the position we are in in terms of the negotiations for leaving the eu. the reason we are doing that is because we asked people what they wanted to do, and they have said they want us to leave the eu, and that is what the government will deliver. in delivering on it, we are delivering on what people voted for, like an end to free movement, but we are also ensuring that we do in way that protectsjobs. the labour chair of the transport committee questioned the prime minister on air travel. so does that mean people, when they come back from cation, will be thinking about booking next year's holiday, and they really don't know whether those flights will operate

or not, whether there will be any arrangement in place to give them the certainty about booking their holiday? the department for transport is working with the aviation sector, with governments within and outside the eu, and also as we have put forward, this is for the negotiations with the eu 27 collectively, we think that is the right way forward with the deal, but we are making the preparations necessary to ensure that whatever the circumstances, whatever happens in terms of the outcome of the negotiations, we still have those arrangements for planes to fly. so book your flight at your own risk. theresa may said that over the coming weeks the government would publish documents explaining the preparations business will need if the brexit negotiations don't lead to a deal. a conservative wanted to know what the public would be told. it looks as if we are getting closer to the possibility of no deal. everyone appreciates that you would like to achieve a good deal, we all realise that.

but this is about setting out very clearly what the consequences of no deal would be. what would be the planning necessary for that, and the costs? you base your question on an assumption that we were getting closer to a no till scenario. i don't believe that's the case, we have put forward a proposal for what the future relationship should be. we believe the future relationship should be with the eu, and we are in negotiations on the basis of that, the timetable that i have set out in answer to other questions stillare mains, in relation to having said that sufficient detail of this and agreed by october. -- remains. away from brexit, a labour mp raised the subject of the restoration and renewal plan for the palace of westminster. i think everybody except that it is one of the most iconic buildings in the world. we have had angels falling off on the cars, we have had sewage on people's desks, all sorts of problem in the building that need

to be rectified. when will we see the legislation? it has ordered and seven months. we will start bringing forward legislation, and what we're looking at is intent to publish a draft bill this year. but as members will know, we have a very busy legislative programme. i recognise the importance of the bill, i recognise the importance of dealing with the state of the building. indeed, it was when i was home secretary, my outer office was flooded and it was not just water. and finally, on a subject not a million miles from that, a liberal democrat mp reminisced about happy days with a small baby. i remember, and ifeel i may suffer at home for recounting this. i once had to change my younger son's nappy in the member's cloakroom, but he shouldn't have because he was not a member. but we did it on a copy the daily record. whether it was novel for that sort

of content to be found in the pages of the daily record... alistair carmichael, and a stain on the reputation of the daily record. and that's all we've got time for, so from me, mandy baker, goodbye. hello there. i think there's a little bit of something for everyone in this forecast, some rain and also

some warm sunshine. but on wednesday it was a case of high pressure, and most places seeing some sunshine. also quite a bit of cloud around, too, but that did lead to some dramatic sunset photos sent in by our weather watchers. high pressure was the dominant force on wednesday, but we look to the north—west for a tangle of weather fronts which will bring some rain on friday. but first thing on thursday, it's going to be a dry one. variable cloud, some clear spells. quite a warm one to start the day for england and wales, but a few chilly spots across some rural parts of central northern scotland. but thursday promises to be another dry one, i think, for most. probably more sunshine around, across the board, than what we saw on wednesday. just a slim chance of a shower across north—east england and south—east scotland. and then late in the day, breeze and cloud pick up across this north—west corner, with those weather fronts. a little bit of rain here, as well. 15 to 23 degrees in the north, but as high as 28 or 29 celsius across the south—east, so it's going to be warm here. now, this is the tangle of weather fronts which will bring some rain to northern and western parts of the uk.

it will continue to move its way south—eastwards as friday wears on. so a lot more cloud across the northern half of the uk. some substantial rain in places, fairly heavy bursts at times. but as it moves southwards, it will tend to ease and become a little lighter and patchier. so it's going to be a little bit cooler across northern areas, 18 to 20 degrees. further south, though, another warm day, with temperatures reaching 28 or 29 degrees. and then, into friday evening, there is just a slim chance of seeing a thundery downpour move up from the near continent, across the south—east of england in towards east anglia. they will be very few and far between, but if you catch one, you'll certainly know about it. that cold front then continues to sink southwards during the course of saturday, so it may linger on across southern areas for a while. so we could see a fair amount of cloud central, southern england and wales on saturday, the odd spot of light rain on it. to the north, a little bit drier, variable cloud, some spells of sunshine. temperature—wise, again the high teens celsius, mostly, across northern ireland and scotland. a bit cooler and fresher as well

across england and wales, 21 to 25 degrees. on sunday it's a warmer day, central and southern areas with more sunshine. further north, a bit breezier and more cloud, with outbreaks of rain. that pressure across western scotland. for the south—east, though, again mid to high 20s celsius. so it's quite a mixed weekend, with variable amounts of cloud, a little bit of rain, but also some spells of warm sunshine. a very warm welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: making his mind up. president trump now says vladimir putin is to blame for russia meddling in the us election. well, iwould, because he's in charge of the country, just like i consider myself to be responsible for things that happen in this country. so certainly, as the leader of the country, you would have to hold him responsible, yes. the thai cave boys finally go home, after telling the world's media how it felt to be rescued. google is fined a record sum by the european union — almost $5 billion — over its android operating system.