this is bbc news, i'm chris rogers. the headlines at two. another two cabinet ministers — matt hancock and rory stewart — enter the race to become the new conservative leader and prime minister. i am about practical action. i believe i can get brexit done, i can beatjeremy corbyn and reunify the country. president trump is 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 £2000 per year. a british climber dies on mount everest. robin haynes fisher is the tenth person to die on the mountain this season a special edition of the bbc‘s brexitcast —

from the day theresa may set a date for her departure. 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 seventh but continue 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.

we'll be speaking to former conservative leader iain duncan smith later in the programme. 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 maybe 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 of japanese 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. more on the website about the state visit. 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 gave us the latest from their headquarters. sir philip green's retail empire, arcadia, once dominated britain's high streets 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 happens with that, 25 additional stores are set for closure under separate insolvency proceedings. they're mostly evans shops along with some miss selfridge branches as well. now this doesn't mean those brand names will disappear from the high streets, 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. a 48 year old man charged with the murdering his elderly parents at their west london flat, has appeared in court.

sergey koudriavtsev handed himself in to police in surrey before the bodies of a 69—year—old man and a 68—year—old woman were found inside a flat in kensington on thursday. and prime minister... we can talk now to a former leader of the conservative party, iain duncan smith. i know you have been doing the rounds. unless you have been misquoted, you have often said any cabinet minister plotting against the may particularly for their own career again or speaking to newspapers should be sacked and unfit for the leadership. some of them are running. who would you like to see with the conservative party? i haven't made my decision because i thought it was unseemly for me to think about this until the prime minister decided whether she was going. now she has i will talk to

the various candidates. i have said that clearly. the thing i say to those standing for election is that their purpose in life is to bring their purpose in life is to bring the party together. if that is the case, telling everyone they won't serve under one person or the other is not exactly what they need to be doing, we need to come behind whoever wins the competition as a party, deliver on the brexit deal and then take the fight to what i consider to be a marxist labour party. that seems the basic principles. boris johnson, you would back him, be happy?” principles. boris johnson, you would back him, be happy? i stand by what ijust said, whoever gets elected by the party in the country i will support them and encourage everyone to support them in whatever context on the backbenches or in the cabinet or whatever. do you think boris johnson should have stayed in the cabinet and help deliver brexit, something he campaigned for, rather

than waiting in the wings for the leadership contest?” than waiting in the wings for the leadership contest? i think the problem was that the time when he left was when they had the checkers deal and they were bounced into that. that deal turned out to be a disaster —— by first night here. the european union rejected one key section of it. as they couldn't get any of the changes, he, esther mcveigh and i understand dominic rob and various others they all decided they couldn't serve under theresa may with a deal she was negotiating being the end product. may with a deal she was negotiating being the end productlj may with a deal she was negotiating being the end product. i want to clear up being the end product. i want to clearupa being the end product. i want to clear up a spat. i have some feedback. i can hear you clearly now. i want to clear up a spat, you

and rory stewart, international development secretary up for the leadership, he will not serve under a borisjohnson leadership, he will not serve under a boris johnson readership. leadership, he will not serve under a borisjohnson readership. you have said he is stupid. why is he stupid? isaid said he is stupid. why is he stupid? i said that it stupid. i said the same against dominic greene, not standing for leadership. if you were standing for leadership. if you were standing for leadership. if you were standing for the leadership of the party, you have to accept two important features, if you are successful, you will reach out to eve ryo ne successful, you will reach out to everyone in the party. if u nsuccessful, everyone in the party. if unsuccessful, he will find yourself to serve whoever gets elected and to serve them to get this brexit deal done. when a candidate says i do not like that one and i won't serve under somebody, my answer is your job as candidate is to pitch the reasons why you will be the leader. if your picture appears that you can unify the party, it is hardly a

recipe for unification if you say you will not serve under a particular individual. it would be a goodidea particular individual. it would be a good idea if the candidates do not do that and they simply say they will serve with whoever gets elected. as most of the party wants to see and the country for that matter, whoever becomes the prime minister, we also have, do our level best to give our best support. you have lost two leaders because of brexit, one four remain, one trying to get brexit. how can the conservative party get its credibility back to govern this country? surely you and your collea g u es country? surely you and your colleagues are concerned about the future of the party. of course. and the future of my country and our democracy. here is the problem, the british people voted after being asked to leave the european union, giving a strong vote for that. we have not delivered that. the 29th of march, it didn't happen. the way

forward for the conservative party and the country, we now must get on and the country, we now must get on and deliver brexit, leave the european union and forge our way. i am optimistic, i think the british people are the most flexible, tolerant, innovative people on the face of the planet and i know they will deal with whatever is thrown at them. but we need now to deliver on what they said, leave the european union. whoever is the candidate, they need to pledge we will leave, we will not delay, extend... theresa may's got the country's packing and did not deliver. the readers get the backing of the party and still do not deliver. i am just pointing out that theresa maygot the backing, but why can no one deliver brexit? we

will see tomorrow with the elections, both the parties will get a kicking. both seem to have failed to have delivered this in parliament. the answer to that is, if the british people have asked us to do something, we must do it. they said they wanted us to leave so the recipe for the conservative party, we need to leave at the latest 3ist of march. if a deal is done, but if no deal, we must be prepared to leave without a withdrawal agreement. just get on with it. sorry about the feedback in your area. that's live television for you. very professional. much more about the leadership challenge on the bbc website including an in—depth look at the contenders so

far. 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 £2000. 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. speaking earlier from their annual conference in harrogate, paul cottrell, acting general secretary at the university and college union, said that reducing tuition fees for university students would have a serious impact on university finances. 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 would still be leaving university with debts of £23—30000. this is the 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 is a very uncertain future facing the country at the moment. officials say a british man died on saturday on mount everest — bringing to ten 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. taken just two days ago, this photo shows the queues of people ascending everest, in what's been one of its most deadly weeks. ten people have died in recent days, climbing the world's tallest peak. among them, 44—year—old british man, robin haynes fisher and 56—year—old kevin hynes, from ireland. record numbers 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 trek operators. the ice wall is a very treacherous part of the mountain, low down it is the first thing you get to coming from base camp. you know, what are they even doing there, who has taken them, who's said to them, it's ok? this week's death toll is higher than the whole for the whole of last

year and calls for improved safety are rising. jenny kumah, bbc news. we can speak to the the mountaineer and mountain guide, alan hinkes — the only briton to have climbed all 14 of the world's mountains over 8000 metres. congratulations! the picture of people queueing to climb mount everest is absolutely staggering. you imagine it is a handful of people managed to do it every now and then. is mountaineering getting easier because of advances in equipment or getting more popular? amazing picture. i have seen pictures like that before, a couple of years ago lots of people doing it. mountain guides and local sherpas are fixing the route so it makes everest, i hesitate to say easier. we have had ten people die, you are still risking your life. if you are still risking your life. if

you are still risking your life. if you are stuck in that queue, it is not good for you, hanging around for several hours and she could get frostbite... on the face of it, it looks like it is becoming a free for all. do we need a reminder of the dangers and hazards and perhaps a review of how many and how people climb mount everest? to a certain extent but that is down to nepal on the south side and china on the northside, the permit from nepal finishes on the 31st of may so eve ryo ne finishes on the 31st of may so everyone is trying to get it done before the 31st of may. i'd like to think if i was there i would say, i will walk later, not while there is 200 people in the queue. it is illegal to do it on the ist ofjune. perhaps they could extend the permit isa perhaps they could extend the permit is a bit, that might help. sadly, you know, the more people that do it, the more that are going to die.

ido it, the more that are going to die. i do not wish to sound flippant. it was just that one good day, i i do not wish to sound flippant. it wasjust that one good day, i do not think there will be 200 in a queue. there could be a queue of several thousand on snowdon this weekend. good grief. do you think the number of deaths we have had this season is significant, is it normal? for that many people to lose their lives? when i did it 20 years ago, luckily it was a little bit quieter. i think people do need to realise it is dangerous, is everest. if you go with one of these companies you pay money to make sure they are reputable. there are great ones, on brea kfast telly reputable. there are great ones, on breakfast telly we had a sheffield —based company, they will charge more but you will have more duty of care. don't go on a cheap trip. have

you ever come close to death on your travels? i've had a few close shaves, near death experiences, perhaps you should read about it in my book. here we go! i do not think it is appropriate for me to talk about. it is the death zone on everest a nd about. it is the death zone on everest and people can only survive for a matter of hours, a helicopter cannot get there, they can only go to 6500 metres. no rescue teams. you have to go and be prepared to look after yourself. it is worth getting after yourself. it is worth getting a lot of experience before attempting evidence and sadly lot stone. guides and local sherpas, they hope they will look after them. you have to be resilient and experienced in yourself, really. absolutely and even the most experienced can come a cropper, as we often see. fascinating talking to you. last year, one of the world's most experienced climbers from

switzerland was killed. have a good weekend. 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 semidetached 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. it's day two 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 i newsbeat reporter nesta mcgregor is in stewart park for us. yes, welcome to stewart park in middlesbrough and day two of radio 1's big weekend. sunshine is glorious, on stage today anne—marie, jess glynne and stormzy. 30,000 excited music fans expected through the gates. i am with a few of them who were lucky enough to get tickets. ladies, they are the golden tickets. what was it like getting one? i couldn't believe i got one. it isjust so exciting to be here. so many people didn't get one. who are you looking forward to seeing today? mumford and sons, definitely, i love them. and miley cyrus, she is my favourite.

what does it mean having an event like this in your hometown? i know, it isjust crazy having it so close to home. we are here. it is just amazing, can't wait. they really are the hottest tickets in town. and today headlining will be us singer miley cyrus. i was lucky enough to be in this park when she sound checked yesterday. you are in for an absolute treat. now it's time for a look at the weather. here is nick. could be rain into tonight. cloud increasing this afternoon. should brighten up again through the rest of the weekend. turning cooler and brazier across the uk as the atla ntic brazier across the uk as the atlantic weather system moves in. some rain for scotland. some rain at times into northern ireland pushing on towards north—west england and north wales, light patchy rain. into tonight, moore cold, some rain

pushing across north—east england. much of central and east england staying dry overnight, heavy rain coming into scotland, some rain into northern ireland, a mild night. 0utbreaks northern ireland, a mild night. outbreaks of rain, turning showery pushing across england and wales tomorrow. further rain tomorrow in northern scotland, brightening up elsewhere, sunny spells, brazier, cooler and fresher behind the shower. into the bank holiday and a day beyond continues to be cooler with some showers around.

hello this is bbc news, with chris rogers. the headlines: 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 per year. a british climber dies on mount everest. robin haynes fisher is the tenth person to die on the mountain this season. rules allowing homeowners to build some extensions in england without planning permission have been made permanent. now on bbc news, it's time for a special edition of the bbc‘s brexitcast — on the day theresa may set a date for her departure — with adam fleming and katya adler