this is bbc world news today. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories. the race is on to find a new british prime minister. it comes after theresa may announced she would step down as leader of the conservative party over her failure to deliver brexit. i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. praise for theresa may's work from european leaders, but the eu says her brexit deal cannot be re—negotiated. eight people have been injured in an explosion in the french city of lyon. the united states is to send an extra 1,500 troops to the middle east.

and from australia to europe school children skip classes to call for action on climate change. hello and welcome to world news today. the race is on to find a new british prime minister after theresa may announced she would step down as leader of the conservative party in two weeks‘ time. in an emotional statement, mrs may said she'd been unable to complete britain's withdrawal from the european union, despite her best efforts — warning her successor, that he or she would need to compromise to see brexit through. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports now on the demise of the premiership of theresa may. it was time. time to go to work, although the job had slipped away. morning.

lovely weather. her confidants to choreograph the exit, rather than plan the future. time to confront the truth — a broken government, a broken leader. time to forget distractions. the men in suits walk out. then silence drops. as with every leader, it's lonely at the end. the cameras click just for them. ever since i first stepped through the door behind me as prime minister, i have striven to make the united kingdom a country that works notjust for a privileged few but for everyone, and to honour the result of the eu referendum. i negotiated the terms of our exit and a new relationship with our closest neighbours, which protects jobs, our security and our union.

i have done everything i can to convince mps to back that deal. sadly, i have not been able to do so. i tried three times. i believe it was right to persevere, even when the odds against success seemed high, but it is now clear to me that it is in the best interests of the country for a new prime minister to lead that effort, so i am today announcing that i will resign as leader of the conservative and unionist party on friday the 7th ofjune. painful for her inner circle, after the agony of trying to get parliament on side. for someone else to try now. it will be for my successor to seek a way forward that honours the result of the referendum. to succeed, he or she will have to find consensus in parliament where i have not. such a consensus can only be reached if those on all sides of the debate

are willing to compromise. but her efforts to deal first with her own party and then labour came crashing down. with the country watching on, this inscrutable leader, human after all. this country is a union, notjust a family of four nations but a union of people, all of us. whatever our background, the colour of our skin or who we love, we stand together, and together we have a great future. our politics may be under strain, but there is so much that is good about this country, so much to be proud of, so much to be optimistic about. i will shortly leave the job that it has been the honour of my life to hold. the second female prime minister, but certainly not the last. i do so with no ill will

but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. for so long, theresa may fought and fought to hold onto her party and her premiership, but that struggle is now exhausted. her time in office is nearly done. there's no immediate exit. she'll stay until a new leader is chosen by the tory party at the end ofjuly, but who? coy for now. i found it moving. the prime minister put her heart and soul into trying to do the best for this country at a difficult time facing a challenging climate in parliament, and i know the prime minister has always striven to do what she believes is best for the country. the first cabinet minister in a race of rivals confirmed in a meeting in his constituency he'd run a few hours later. her passion was to deliver

the brexit referendum result. that will now be someone else's responsibility, and whoever succeeds in doing that will know that she laid the foundations. no prizes for guessing who will also be one of the cast of maybe more than a dozen, speaking at a conference in switzerland today. i do not wish to elaborate now on what we're going to do and how we're going to do it, but believe me, you will be hearing possibly more about that than you necessarily want to hear. but they all know tory prime ministers often depart you cannot see power, you cannot touch power, but in this street you feel it profoundly, when it has fallen away. jessica parker is at westminster for us.

a momentous day there in westminster but things move pretty quickly. the talk in the speculation now about who is going to take over. we have already heard from a handful of would—be successors to theresa may saying they will be going for it but that handful is likely to grow. we think that it is very likely there is going to be quite a crowded field when it comes to this conservative leadership race and that will make it pretty interesting and potentially unpredictable as well and how it works in the conservative party in terms of how they choose their leader is that conservative mps do rounds of voting, whittle it down to two candidates and those two candidates go out to vote at the wider party membership of around 100,000 people. those people as things stand are going to be selecting the next prime minister on behalf of the entire united kingdom. yeah, and when that does happen, that new leader will have the role

of negotiating brexit. will their role be any easier than what theresa may has had to face? i think they face a hugely difficult challenge because the truth is here in parliament, things remained totally deadlocked. and it always strikes me that when you speak to mps all of whom hold strong views about what happen next, a lot of them hold onto their particular view about being right the only way forward because whether they think there should be another referendum to break the deadlock or whether they think the uk should go for a no—deal in order to have what they would describe as a clean rake with brexit or if the uk should offer up more something akin to what norway has with the eu. everyone convinced their way forward is the right way forward and that is what the new leader of the conservative party and new prime minister will have to deal with, a total deadlock here in parliament. some people have suggested, summa

theresa may's critics, said that she was not the most persuasive premiere and did not open the lines of communication enough to bring people with her. perhaps a new leader will do that but some people will take an awful what of convincing. we would just wait and see. jessica parker in westminster, thank you. as you can imagine, there's been reaction from europe to ms may's resignation. the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier tweeted... he has also said, whatever happens next in brexit is for the uk to decide. german chancellor angela merkel and the european commission have also made a statements about ms may's departure. let's take a listen. translation: of course i respect this decision. i always worked well with the british prime minister, theresa may. britain's departure from the eu is a major transition and regardless of what happens now in britain,

the german government would do everything to achieve a good partnership and orderly exit and good cooperation and i hope that will remain the case in the future. presidentjuncker president juncker followed prime minister may's announcement this morning with out personaljoy. the president very much liked and appreciated working with prime minister may and as he has said before, theresa may is a woman of courage for whom he has great respect. he will equally respect and establish working relations with any new prime minister who ever they may be without stopping his conversations with theresa may. let's ta ke let's take a look at another bit of news 110w. an explosive device has gone off in a shopping street in the french city of lyon, injuring eight people. the blast happened outside a bakery near the city centre. eyewitnesses said it contained nails, nuts and bolts. reports say that video footage captured the moment a man on a bicycle left a bag behind,

shortly before the explosion. he's thought to be in his 30s and is now being searched for by police. anti—terrorism officers have now taken charge of the investigation. this is the scene in life right now in lyon. the explosion took place in the city centre. we will bring you any updates as we get them. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: why millions of salmon are dying along norway's northern coastline. this morning an indian air force plane carrying mr gandhi upon

somebody landed. they witnessed his final return from the political battle ground. iron has voted overwhelmingly to approve gay marriage. —— ireland. overwhelmingly to approve gay marriage. -- ireland. it was a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given toa the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it's been a peaceful funeral demonstrations so far but some of the police are shooting tear grass into the grout, she was said to be in good spirits but a little apprehensive. in the la st but a little apprehensive. in the last hour, each team has become the world's newest nation. it's been a buddy better for a poor country and the challenges ahead are daunting. for now at least, it is time to celebrate. this is bbc world news today.

i'm lewis vaughan—jones. the latest headlines. the race is on to find a new british prime minister after theresa may announced she would step down over her failure to deliver brexit. there's been praise for theresa may's work from european leaders, but the eu says her brexit deal cannot be re—negotiated. the united states will send an extra 1,500 troops to the middle east. president donald trump said they would be for a protective measure. he played down the potential of conflict in the region saying that he believed iran did not want a confrontation with the united states. the pentagon said that 900 of these were new deployments while another 600 will have their current deployment extended. the american military deployed a carrier strike group to the region earlier this month. we want to have protection — the middle east, we are going to be sending a relatively small number of troops, mostly protective. and some very talented people are going to the middle east right now.

and we'll see how... and we'll see what happens. donald trump describing these extra troops as a protective measure there. here's our correspondent in washington gary 0'donoghue on the new deployment. well, there's been a debate here for a while now about whether to reinforce the initial deployment as you described earlier, that abraham lincoln strike group, patriot missile battery, and those b—52 bombers that were sent to qatar. and there has been a lot of discussion this week and the numbers have been floating around. in terms of troops, they have been much higher than the 1,500 we are hearing about today. people have been talking about 5,000 or 10,000. and i think what that indicates is that there isn't yet, if you like, a settled view about the extent to which the risk of a threat has increased from iran in the region. there is a discussion clearly going on between the national security adviser, john bolton, the pentagon and the white house about that

and the president has seemed... i have to say — despite some rhetoric to the contrary — when he has been asked about it, he has been pretty lukewarm and you could hear there that he was pretty lukewarm about sabre rattling even more in the middle east. gary 0'donoghue there. an estimated 8 million salmon have been killed over the past week by a surge of algae that continues to spread along the coast of northern norway. it's believed the normally occuring aquatic plants grow out of control when the weather is warm and still. while the wild fish can swim away from the algae belt, the farmed fish is trapped. the norwegian directorate of fisheries says the loss has so far cost the industry around $80 million. lars johan naustvoll is a scientist at the institute of marine research in norway.

thanks for being here with us. what is his algae and house at killing these fish quiz about the algae we have seen... we see these more every year. in most cases we only observe it in very low numbers. this year it turns out to bloom and two fjord systems at the same time and spreading out in a watcher area. now it has become harmful algae. how is it has become harmful algae. how is it killing the fish? yeah, the algae produce toxins. they will act on the cell membranes in the gills of the fish. the result of that is that fish. the result of that is that fish are not able to take up oxygen. so, this is something that you mention happens and normally and the

conditions now are particularly susceptible, is that right? the species present there is their most every year. and only, we have a large blue make this three times and of course the condition now favoured this kind of species. there's been a long period of stable, clear water. hardly any wind. and that favours this kind of species. we have seen an awful want of salmon here killed. what can be done to try and avoid this? there's not much to do. when the bloom first started, it will go through the system, and there is no way that we can stop the bloom from transporting into new areas. the bloom has died itself or get mixed by other water masses. the fish are doing whatever they can, moving

fish, trying to get them out of this algae area. is it your expectation 110w algae area. is it your expectation now that we are going to have to get used to this and get used to this in the future? we will experience this in the future as well. this is not... we have seen it before and we will see you in the future as well. think you very much for your time and explaining that for us. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. in india, a fire at a college has killed at least 17 students. some were seen jumping and falling from the building in the western city of sura. flames spread quickly through the classrooms because of the material used in the roof. most of the victims were teenagers. a curfew has been imposed in parts of indian—administered kashmir. it's to prevent a repeat of yesterday's protests over the killing of a militant leader — zakir musa — who had pledged allegiance to al-qaeda.

the authorities have closed schools and placed restrictions on the internet, although hundreds of musa's supporters have defied the curfew to attend his funeral. the american entrepreneur, elon musk, has begun the roll—out of his multi—billion dollar internet—by—satellite project. his spacex company has launched sixty satellites into orbit capable of delivering broadband connections to people across the globe. almost 12,000 more satellites are planned over the next few years. lizie greenwood—hughes has the sports news. thank you. hello and thanks forjoining us. hello, it's less than a week before the start of the cricket world cup but the captain of tournament hosts and favourites england has sustained a broken finger today. eoin morgan fractured his left index finger during catching drills. he'll miss england's warm—up game against australia on saturday but is expected to be fit in time for their opening world cup match against south africa at the 0val next thursday.

morgan has been described as england's best ever one day captain and all—rounder liam dawson says he's hugely important to the team. when i have been around before, he has been very relaxed and good fun andi has been very relaxed and good fun and i think most of the lads have gone out with each other over the yea rs gone out with each other over the years as well. it's a relaxed dressing room, everyone enjoys each other upon psych success and i think the performances of shown that over the performances of shown that over the last two years and hopefully we continue that over the next six weeks as well. well england's first game is on thursday against south africa who... comfortably beat sri lanka today, winning in cardiff by 87 runs. skipper faf du plessis top—scored with 88 on their way to 338—7. in reply they showed little to trouble the proteas bowlers all out inside 43 overs. phehlu kwayo taking four wickets for 36. meanwhile, afghanistan beat pakistan in theirwarm—up game in bristol by three wickets, chasing a modest total of 262 at the county ground. shahidi top scored for the afghans with an unbeaten 7a as they won

with two balls to spare. afghanistan face england at the 0val in theirfinal warm—up game on monday before their world cup opener against holders australia on saturday, 1 june. the former arsenal manager arsene wenger has told the bbc that he's not sure if he'll ever return to football management. the frenchman has been out of work since leaving the club a year ago, and he's been speaking at an event to promote a player tracking system that he's involved in. i thought that i would come back into manager during quickly but i enjoy taking a little distance to maybe analyse what i want to do, where i can be useful in our society. i will come back soon and football. but i cannot tell you exactly in what capacity. i want to

share the little knowledge that i have. the maverick australian nick kyrgios has withrawn from the french open, saying he's been "wiped out" by a bug he picked up earlier this week. he was due to play britain's cameron norrie in the first round. he'll now face french qualifier elliot benchetrit. that's all the sport for now. thanks. school students are holding strikes in countries around the world today to demand action on climate change. 0rganisers have said over a million people are expected join in at least 110 countries. the strikes were sparked by the swedish student greta thunberg, whose solo protest outside sweden's parliament last year has led to movements across the world known as "fridays for future". 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. for marchers in the streets of spain... to demonstrations in india.

and protests in new zealand. around the world, the school strike a movement continues to grow, calling for urgent action on climate change stop we want a more ambitious zero carbon rate... we the cabinet to... boom at its fundamental everyone ta kes boom at its fundamental everyone takes part in the stress on the 24th of may and de—stress every single week. we are putting pressure on the governments and wanting to act fast and now. weeding the protests in sweden, 16—year—old just doing bird. her decision to boycott classes has helped young people to follow suit. translation: some adults think it is wrong for us to go on strike instead of going to school and that we should instead study so that we can make a difference in the future. but the fa ct difference in the future. but the fact that it will be too late when

we are finished with our studies is something they ignore. and the organisers essay today's global strike is their biggest yet. it comes as global temperatures are rising. the last four years had been the warmest on record and the un says major changes are now needed. that will mean cutting greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2,050 and ending our dependence on fossil fuels. the students say it is their future that is at stake and they are 110w future that is at stake and they are now calling for older generations to join their protests later this year. but while they are highlighting this global issue it is not yet clear if it will prompt the action from government that they demand. rebecca morelle, bbc news. before i go, one of rock music's most famous rows has finally been resolved.

you will recognise the song. for the last 22 years the verve hasn't made a penny from the song "bitter sweet symphony", after forfeiting the royalties to the rolling stones. those famous strings were sampled from a version of the stones‘ song "the last time", and as a result richard ashcroft had to sign over his rights to mickjagger and keith richards — until now. speaking as he received a lifetime achievement award at the ivor novello awards, ashcroft revealed that last month jagger and richards had given the song—writing credits back to him. he called it a "truly kind and magnanimous" gesture. a reminder of our top story. the race is on to find a new british prime minister after theresa may announced she would step down as leader of the conservative party in two weeks' time. in an emotional statement, mrs may said she'd been unable to complete britain's withdrawal from the european union, despite her best efforts. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some

of my team on twitter, i'm @lvaughanjones. hello, good evening. the weather is looking more unsettled as we head into the bank holiday weekend. we had some warm sunshine today, best of it for the eastern side of the uk, the more cloud has been coming in from the atlantic, producing a few showers. some of those still around actually at the moment, across southern parts of england and wales will fade away overnight. we will see the rain across northern scotland or so moving through, so a lot of dry weather overnight. some clear spells across northern areas in particular and here we're going to find temperatures around six or 7 degrees, pretty mild elsewhere. we've got cloud though coming in from the atlantic into northern ireland, that's going to bring with it a little rain and drizzle fairly quickly in the morning, through the day that is going to set and across scotland as the cloud thickens, few spots of rain in the northwest of england,

cloud tending to increase across england and wales but we will hang onto the sunshine and the warmth in the south—east, there could be one or two showers mind you, 22 degrees, much cooler beneath that cloud of rain in the north and getting cooler on sunday and monday. huw edwards will be here with a full round up of the news. but now, a special and investigation into bob higgins who abuse boys for more than two decades following his conviction this week, survivors can now speak about the effect it has had on their wives and question what others did 01’ wives and question what others did or didn't do to stop it happening. you may find some of the material in this programme upsetting. the hours is there anything you like to say? covered up and bottled up for decades. my biggest regret is not coming for decades. my biggest regret is not coming forward years ago. i knew exactly why he didn't come forward before because no one i knew exactly why i didn't come

forward before because no one would listen. former footballers finally lift the lid on the beautiful games of lease secret. now southampton football clubs former youth coach has been revealed for what he really is, a manipulative sex abuser who preyed on boys for at least two decades. as an 11—year—old, i was mesmerized, because we hadn't seen coaching like it. he was basically god to all of the players. he was southampton football club to us at that age. so how did this saint who turned out to be a sinner, get away with it for so long? the club that we all loved and trusted, we trusted it, we're taking it, we were taking care of, the parents trusted it, every time you went to train, we were looked after. i think he wasjust hushed up because it almost feels like the most covered up. failure of the criminaljustice system gave him a licence. it gave him a free pass, in essence, to go on to the other clubs, it gave him confidence to continue to do it.

these schoolboys training with barton rovers in reading are the same age as those scouted by bob higgins. i just want to play at the club, like professionally, for a big team and stuff. the same age, with the same dreams. i dream to make it to the world cup but, i'm going to work hard to get there. it's really a big part of my life, because i play pretty much every day. back in the 1970s and 80s, bob higgins had the power to turn any talented youngsters dreams into reality. he is credited with bringing danny wallice and ed shearin and many others, bob higgins ran selection centres across london, the saints legendary manager lori mcmenamy.

among those he spotted was 11—year—old goalkeeper les clevely we used to meet at the train station, so if we were not getting the lift, we can get on trains and get about quite easily, it was camberley, it was a physical session, and chasing your dream, but you do as much as you need to do to get there. another school boy signed by higgins was midfielder, jamie webb. i remember meeting bob higgins and going down the steps and i was really, like, i was really in awe. i can't believe that you could see the goal coming into view, it was very special memory but very mixed memory. but very mixed memory now. much of the abuse happened at the home higgins shared with his wife and son, he demanded affection from his trainees.