this is bbc news. the headlines: another two cabinet ministers, matt hancock and rory stewart, enter the race to become the new conservative leader and prime minister. lam about i am about practical action. i believe i can get brexit done, i can beatjeremy corbyn believe i can get brexit done, i can beat jeremy corbyn and believe i can get brexit done, i can beatjeremy corbyn and reunify the country. president trump arrives injapan for the start of a historic four—day state visit. don't ‘scaremonger‘ students — universities are warned ahead of a call for tuition fees to be reduced by nearly £2000 per year. a british climber dies on mount everest. robin haynes fisher

is the tenth person to die on the mountain this season. and talking movies reports from cannes, home to the world's most prestigious film festival. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon. the race is on to find the next prime minister after theresa may resigned yesterday. mrs may said she will stand down onjune 7th but continue as prime minister while the leadership contest takes place. five conservatives have already announced they will stand but others may also put their names forward. party bosses expect a new leader to be chosen by the end ofjuly. but will a new prime minister be able to end the deadlock over brexit? 0ur political correspondent tom barton takes a look. to serve the country i love. as she prepares to walk away from the top job,

the focus now is on who might be the next person to step through the door of number 10 as prime minister. he wants the job. so does he. and her. and him. him too. we need a leaderfor the future, not just for now. of course we've got to deliver brexit, and i will, but we need to win the argument for free enterprise and a free society and do all the other things we need to do to make this country a great place to live. anybody who pretends there's some magic solution to brexit is misleading the public. if there had been a magic solution, it would have been done already. the reason there isn't a magic solution is it's not about the detailed lines in this deal, it's about the way in which people communicate and negotiate. i've worked in iraq, i've worked in afghanistan, i was a professional diplomat, i negotiate. the field is expected to get bigger. good morning. are you running?

although environment secretary michael gove hasn't yet said whether he'll be running. one person who has definitely ruled herself out is amber rudd. a senior cabinet minister and former remain campaigner, she says she is not the right person for the job, right now. i've just decided that it's not for me, i think the party, the members and probably the country want somebody who is more enthusiastic about brexit than i am. theresa may isn't leaving number 10 just yet. she'll stand down as tory leader on june the 7th. three days later, the leadership contest will formally kick off. it's expected to take several weeks and she'll hand over the keys to downing street at the end ofjuly. the biggest question for the person who eventually moves in, how can they unite parliament and the country around a vision for brexit when the current occupant of number 10 has failed so dramatically?

tom barton, bbc news. an investigation is under way as a man and a woman are questioned on suspicion of murdering two boys aged 13 and 14 in an incident at a house in sheffield. police were called to the property on friday and six youngsters were taken to hospital. the four other children, aged between seven months and 11 years, are not seriously injured. president trump and the first lady melania have arrived injapan this morning for the start of a four—day state visit. mr trump will be the first foreign leader to meetjapan‘s new emperor and he's also presenting a trophy at a sumo wrestling tournament. 0ur correspondent in japan hywel griffith looks ahead to his visit. this is a trip really tailor—made for president trump. we'll see him tomorrow playing golf. we know that's one of his favourite pastimes. later on, a trip to sumo wrestling. we know he was quite a fan of wrestling back in the states. a different type, but he will be there with a front row seat at an important competition here in tokyo. and all those pictures of him

will be projecting a sort of close friendship with the prime minister of japan, shinzo abe. the two men have been close, meeting and speaking over the phone a0 times, we are told, since president trump came to power. and their relationship really is key for both men's future success, both have elections on the horizon so they need to show as two world leaders, they work together closely. also on the menu over the next few days will be nailing down the details of a bilateral trade deal betweenjapan and the us. the us wasn't keen to be part of a big multilateral deal, the trans—pacific partnership that donald trump rubbished. he wanted something one on one and so over the last few months and years, we have seen two men working closely. their teams in the background hammering out the details. there are concerns around the japanese economy as to what donald trump might want to do over the steel industry here. there are also concerns over the future of the automotive industry, companies like toyota have a big presence in the us.

donald trump, however, wants to champion american car—makers. so in the back rooms may be the conversations at meal times, those maybe they will discuss as one of the vitally important engagement, donald trump will become the first international leader to meet the new emperor, emperor naruhito. this is a new imperial reign. therefore i think that will play to his status and sense of importance as a global leader who's been the first person invited to come here to meet the new emperor. one of mr trump's first engagements injapan was to speak at a meeting ofjapanese business leaders in tokyo. the relationship with japan and the united states, i can say for a fact has never been stronger, it's never been more powerful, never been closer. this is a very exciting time for commerce between the two countries, which we both love. the united states and japan are two of the largest economies in the world.

you're right there, you are doing fantastically well. i was looking very closely on the ride over at some of the numbers being produced injapan and you are doing great. today we are cooperating closely across many industries, including defence, technology, digital economy and energy. also, infrastructure, science and so much more. as you know, the united states and japan are hard at work negotiating a bilateral trade agreement, which will benefit both of our countries. i would say that japan has had a substantial edge for many, many years. but that's ok, maybe that's why you like us so much. but we'll get it a little bit more fair i think, i think we'll do that. the troubled retail giant arcadia is to close twice as many stores as it had said it would earlier this week. the group, which own brands such as topshop, burton and dorothy perkins, said it would close a further 23

sites as part of a rescue plan. our business correspondent katy austin is at their headquarters. sir philip greene's retail empire, arcadia, once dominated once dominated britain's high street but it has been struggling in the face of falling sales and rising costs. now this week arcadia announced that as part of a plan to secure the group's future, it would look to shut 23 stores, topshop, burton, dorothy perkins and cut rents at nearly 200 more. that would mean hundreds ofjobs would be lost. now today sources have confirmed that whatever happens with that deal, which is yet to be approved by landlords, pension trustees and creditors, whatever happened with that, 25 additional stores are set for closure and are separate insolvency proceedings. they are mostly evans shops along with some miss selfridge branches as well. now this doesn't mean those brand names will disappear from the high street, but the focus will certainly be more on increasing their online sales.

now this all does mean that the number of stores which now looks set to be closed under arcadia's survival plans grows close to 50 and it does mean many more jobs could be lost than had been announced earlier this week. universities in england should not "scaremonger" over their finances ahead of a possible reduction in tuition fees — that's according to the education secretary, damian hinds. the minister also said the government is looking closely at the quality of degrees and graduate earnings. there have been warnings that lowering tuition fees to £7500 per year could put some institutions at risk of going bust. sarah walton reports. universities say they're worried about money. a report due out next week is expected to call for a cut in tuition fees. but the education secretary, damian hinds, says claims universities across england are struggling financially is scaremongering. the augar review was commissioned by theresa may to find ways of making university education

better value for money. it's expected to suggest ideas like lowering maximum tuition fees from more than £9,000 to £7,500 a year, limiting student numbers, and offering incentives for shorter, cheaper, two—year degree courses. damian hinds has spoken in the past, revealing that while most sectors have had to tighten their belts since the financial crash, universities have seen their income from fees go up. he also pointed to an increase in the number of international students who pay more for tuition. but there have been reports of universities being on the brink of bankruptcy. and one institution has been revealed as having needed a bailout from the office of students. universities uk says any drop in fees should be replaced with funding from the government to avoid harm to students, the economy, and communities that benefit from universities. sarah walton, bbc news. i'm joined now via webcam by paul cottrell, acting general

secretary at the university and college union who's in harrogate for their annual conference. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. why would you object to a reduction in tuition fees if they makes university more affordable for most students? a reduction in university fees to £7,500 would immediately wipe £i.8 billion a year of university income. that could have a devastating effect on universities. it would lead to widespread closure of departments and even to the closure of whole institutions. the effect it would be to reduce access to higher education for future students, as well as reducing the quality of education they receive when they get there. it wouldn't resolve student debt, they wouldn't resolve student debt, they would still be leaving university with debts of £23,000. this is the

worst of all possible solutions. the a nswer worst of all possible solutions. the answer is to abolish tuition fees and look at other ways of funding university. for example, getting a business and industry to contribute more. corporation tax has been cut, those cuts could be reversed and that could fund universities and make them fit for dealing with what isa make them fit for dealing with what is a very uncertain future facing the country at the moment. what about the other idea that this review will look at in terms of assessing the quality of courses? because there has been a question over some, particularly where very low grades are required to get onto them? universities are now already subject to very strict quality control assessments of their courses. and where there are problems, those can be addressed. i don't think cutting income to universities is in any way going to help them with the quality of

courses they provide, quite the reverse. the government thinking isn't very well joined up reverse. the government thinking isn't very welljoined up here, if this is what they are proposing to do. wouldn't it be best to focus less on university for many and on different types of higher education. some parts of the higher education sector think universities have had it too good for too long? universities have been busy and they are widening the range of courses they provide to meet the skills of stu d e nts they provide to meet the skills of students coming into universities and the skills that are required to demonstrate when they enter employment. we are already the vanguard of improving provision in order to cater to the needs of a wider range of students. i repeat, if you cut the funding, the opposite will happen, you reduce the ability of universities to cater for such a wide range of students. let's not forget, students are notjust taught

in universities, there are further education colleges and they are the most underfunded part of the entire system. we have lost hundreds of thousands of places in further education over recent years and we need to look at how further education in the round and start at investing seriously in both of them. how problematic is it that the number of foreign student seems to be falling, given they often pay much higherfees be falling, given they often pay much higher fees to come to universities here? that is very worrying indeed. we should be open to international students, notjust because they bring in income, but because they bring in income, but because of the benefit to the country as a whole of educating stu d e nts country as a whole of educating students from abroad, who go home and then they are friends with this country and in the future, in the work they do, will support the country. i think it is very short—sighted to stand by as the government seem short—sighted to stand by as the government seem to be doing, and allowing the reduction of international students to continue without ensuring that universities are able to increase the number of

international students and have the places available for them. the other rumour that is around, is a reduction in limits of university places, both for international stu d e nts places, both for international students and students from this country. that would be disastrous. institutions at the moment are doing well at widening access to bring in stu d e nts well at widening access to bring in students who previously hadn't had an opportunity for further and higher education and we must develop and expand this as much as we can in the future so we can be competitive international. thank you for your time. thank you. officials say a british man died on saturday on mount everest, bringing to 10 the total death toll this season on the world's largest peak. robin haynes fisher reportedly fell ill while descending from the summit. an irish man also died on everest yesterday. there have been reports of overcrowding and climbers have been queuing near the summit. jenny kumah has the story.

takenjust taken just two days ago, this photo shows the queues of people are sending everest, in what's been one of its most deadly weeks. ten people have died in recent days, climbing the well‘s tallest peak. among them, 44—year—old british man, robin haynes fisher and 56—year—old kevin heinz from ireland. record numbers are making the ascent, trying to ta ke are making the ascent, trying to take advantage of a window in the weather conditions. 381 permits have been issued, costing around £9,000 each. but there had been calls for the number of permits to be limited and criticism of the track operators. the ice wall is a very treacherous part of the mountain, low down it is the first thing you get to come in from base camp. what are they doing there, who has taken them and who has said to them, this is ok? this week's death toll is higher than the whole of last year

and calls for improved safety are rising. the headlines on bbc news... another two cabinet ministers, matt hancock and rory stewart, enter the race to become the new conservative leader and prime minister. president trump arrives injapan for the start of a historic four—day state visit. universities in england are told not to "scaremonger" over finances as a review is expected to call for them to reduce their tuition fees by nearly £2,000 a year. now let's get the sport with holly. england's women are in action against denmark — their penultimate warm—up match before the world cup in france which starts on the 7th ofjune. their game's taking plae in walsall.

it is still goalless. england are facing a denmark side who have not yet qualified for the tournament. so they should be feeling confident as one of the favourites in france this year. the line—up he has put out, he has said this could be very similar to what he put out against scotland for their opening game in just to what he put out against scotland for their opening game injust a couple of weeks. that game is available on bbc one right now. england are without captain eoin morgan in today's world cup warm up match against australia after he fractured his index figure in training yesterday — he is expceted to be fit for their opening game against south africa. the match in southampton is under way — england's stand in captainjoss butler won the toss and chose to bowl first. both steve smith and david warner have received a hostile receptions from the home crowd — in their first game against england since they were banned for their parts in the ball tampering scandal last year.

smith is at the crease and has reached his 50, warner was out for a3. australia are 193—4 celtic have the chance to claim an unprecedented domestic treble—treble in the scottish cup final at hampden this afternoon. they've already won the league cup and the premiership title and have won every scottish honour available for the past three seasons. but standing in the way title are hearts, who have not won a game since their semi final victory over a month ago. hearts are another obstacle, a difficult obstacle we have to overcome. there is no point in me sitting here and tell you how we feel winning the cup, wary of everybody talking about bus parades, we have got to play the game. that is really important, that will be the message we are hammering home to the message we are hammering home to the players. we have come for the single, single.

it isjust as important we have come for the single, single. it is just as important to we have come for the single, single. it isjust as important to us. we have a recent history of beating celtic. and i feel the preparation for the game, particularly the last few weeks, has gone extremely well. ferrari's charles leclerc was fastest in the final practice ahead of the monaco grand prix qualifiers. but he'll face a stewards' investigation for a speeding infringement while the virtual safety car was deployed. meanwhile, the race is on to get teammate sebastian vettel‘s ferrari back on track for qualifying at 2pm, after he crashed out earlier at turn 0ne. mercedes' valtteri bottas finished second fastest teammate lewis hamilton followed. we have a big weekend of rugby union in store, with two premiership semi—final play—offs and the pro14 final. more than 40,000 fans are expected at celtic park

for glasgow warriors against leinster. meanwhile, the defending champions' leinster head coach leo cullen apologised for saying "glasgow rugby players all support rangers". it was a throwaway remark made in jest. and i didn't mean to offend anyone. for any individuals i did offend, i apologise to them. leinster feel very privileged to be here. we are all very, very excited and looking forward to what will be hopefully a very good encounter between two very, very competitive bunches of players. england's bronte law kept her place at the top of the pure silk championship leaderboard in virginia. her second round of 68 included three bogeys as well as six birdies. law shares the lead with americans jacqui concolino and jennifer song. all three sit on nine under par. that's all the sport for now.

it's day of radio 1's big weekend in middlesbrough. around 64,000 fans are expected at stewart park over the weekend. this is the scene live there now. last night miley cyrus unexpectedly joined mark ronson on stage to perform their hit "nothing breaks like a heart". james arthur and jess glynn are singing tonight — little mix are on tomorrow night. radio 1 newsbeat reporter nesta mvgregor is in stewart park for us. it seems like we have been blessed and we have all the ingredients needed for the perfect music festival. we have sunshine, 30,000 excited music fans and some of the biggest stars on the planet. now, just a few minutes, the likes ofjess glynne, anne marie and stormzy are going to be on and today the headline act is us singer miley cyrus. now yesterday, we were lucky enough to be here when miley was sound checking and boy

are you in for a treat. she has brought her a game. a few fans were lucky enough to get a sneak peek of miley yesterday. she popped up to perform beside dj mark ronson. it was for a special dance music event which kick—started day one of the festival. now radio 1 purposely chose middlesbrough as the venue for big weekend 2019 because there is a belief that when the biggest music stars in the world come to the uk, they go to places like london, manchester, birmingham but middlesbrough sometimes might get missed out. not this weekend. if all stays at it is, we are in for an absolute treat. now an extraordinary story about generosity and hard work. the generosity came from a middle eastern businessman. the hard work was shown by a school boy in peru who was struggling to find somewhere to do his studies. the bbc‘s tim allman has the story. night—time in the city of trujillo and a young boy doing his homework under a lamp post. 12—year—old victor had little choice, there is no electricity back home.

a few weeks later and he is welcoming bahraini businessman, jakob mubarak. he saw the images of victor on social media and was so impressed by his academic dedication, he decided to give him a new home and his classmates a refurbished school. children chanting: victor, victor, victor! i would like to have a new class, new computer, with a new generation class in school in the name of victor and then we will go to make many plans to make this a school very, very ideal and protected for all the kids. mr mubarak says he suffered a tough childhood and he does not want others, like victor, to experience the same thing. "i am happy they are helping me to build my little house," said victor, "it is humble and always will be. thanks also for helping to build our school." the businessman also handed over

a wallet full of cash and says he'll be back for the inauguration of the new school and victor's new home. now the young boy will never have to study on the streets again. tim allman, bbc news. rules that allow homeowners in england to build extensions without planning permission are being made permanent. the decision means people can make additions to terraced and semi—detached homes of up to six metres and up to eight metres on detached properties. ministers say families will now avoid time—consuming red tape but the local government association has warned that councils won't be able consider the impact of such extensions on neighbouring residents. crew had to evacuate a cargo ship after it began tilting in the river mersey. the container vessel began listing at gladstone dock in liverpool in the early hours of yesterday morning. the maritime and coastguard agency said the ship was back on an even keel, and all crew were safe. let's introduce you now to a puppy named ‘shuck‘ who has become

the newest recruit at a thatcher‘s firm in norfolk. hejoins his owner richard, on roofing jobs across east anglia, without showing any fear of heights. they've only been together for a few weeks, but have become inseparable. and, before we go, time to dig out your unionjack dresses, tracksuits and leopard print because last night the spice girls returned to kick off their first arena tour in nearly a decade. baby, scary, ginger and sporty took to the stage minus posh for their first performance since 2012's closing ceremony of the london olympics. here's ben ando. scary, baby, ginger, and sporty, back onstage together after seven years. no posh, but that seemed no problem to the 80,000 fans who'd come to dublin's croke park for this first show of the spice girls new world tour. # so tell me what you want,

what you really, really want. # i wanna, i wanna, i wanna, i wanna, i wanna...#. the spice girls burst onto the scene in 1996. their message of girl power struck a chord and, apparently, it still does. # if you want to get with me, better make it fast... this night was unbelievable. it exceeded all my expectations. it was amazing. honestly, it wasjoyous. it was fantastic. out of ten i would give it 20. spice girls! the spice girls are, of course, all now women in their mid—40s. many of their fans have teenage daughters of their own. but the songs and the style are still selling. ben ando, bbc news. now a bank holiday weekend what does the weather have in store for us? nick miller has more.

there is a weather system coming in and it is already reining in some parts of the uk. we see the cloud, some of the rain spreading further south and east but some of us are starting the weekend with some sunshine. most of that has been in east sussex but the cloud is coming in with this atlantic weather system. we have seen some in northern ireland. it will turn drier and brighter later this afternoon and brighter later this afternoon and into the evening for a time. 0utbreaks and into the evening for a time. outbreaks of rain pushing through scotla nd outbreaks of rain pushing through scotland as well, always heaviest towards the north—west. thick cloud and patchy rain into north—west england and north whereas will hold on to some increasingly hazy sunshine in east anglia and the south—east, where we have seen the highest temperature. south wales and southern england could pick up an isolated shower. into tonight and further times in scotland, heavier bus heading in here. in northern ireland it comes back feeding towards wales and west of england at the end of the night. clear skies

towards east anglia and the south—east. it is going to be a mild night where ever you are. tomorrow, we will see some showery rain pushing through england and wales. very little the further south you are. certainly more cloud compared with today. sunny spells developing elsewhere and there was still in northern scotland seeing outbreaks of rain. in the low 20s for some in south—east england, a cooler, fresher feel developing elsewhere across the uk. where ever you are, temperatures will come down a few degrees. there will be some sunshine around although in northern scotland, likely to stay cloudy and wet. there will be showers initially across western areas. it will be a breezy day, pushing further eastwards as we go through the day. sunshine, the chance of catching a shower and feeling cooler and fresher for the shower and feeling cooler and fresherfor the bank shower and feeling cooler and fresher for the bank holiday. shower and feeling cooler and fresherfor the bank holiday. that is how it looks on monday. let's sum up is how it looks on monday. let's sum up what we've got. we've indicated this atlantic weather system coming and bringing eventually cooler air,

breezy conditions and the chance of seeing rain the further south you are in the uk. you may not see enough for your gardens, some will see hardly any. next week, a spell of cooler, unsettled weather for a time. it looks like by next weekend, high—pressure building back in and it's starting to warm up from the south once again. we will keep an eye on those prospects. that is your latest weather so let's look at how the rest of this bank holiday weekend is shaping up.