this is bbc news, i'm chris rogers. the headlines at three. the race to become the new conservative leader and prime minister is under way — matt hancock is the latest to enter the contest. delivering brexit is mission—critical and it must be done as soon as mission—critical and it must be done as soon as possible and it has to be donein as soon as possible and it has to be done in this parliament. 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. and click looks at the privacy of your data, a year

on from the launch of gdpr. 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 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.

joining me now is greig baker, canterbury constituency conservatives chairman and author for brexit central. did you feel sorry for theresa may all that down? i think it is a sad situation. —— or let down. constituency association chairs had made their views very clear. i think the imminent national convention played a very large part on the timing of the announcement. we take no pleasure in her resignation although i do think it was the right thing to do. why would anyone want herjob? doesn't thing to do. why would anyone want her job? doesn't that thought thing to do. why would anyone want herjob? doesn't that thought or question?? i certainly herjob? doesn't that thought or question? ? i certainly wouldn't, herjob? doesn't that thought or question?? i certainly wouldn't, it looks incredibly hard. at the same time, ithink looks incredibly hard. at the same time, i think going into politics

and almost any elected office from local councillors up to the very top of the tree is incredibly hard at the moment because politics is a very rough business to be involved with sometimes. at the moment, we are dealing with incredibly important issues which are tricky to get a handle on. do you think this impasse on brexit can be solved, do you think the conservative party can actually sort brexit out and look at actually sort brexit out and look at a few other things going on as well in the country? absolutely, i and incurably optimistic, i do think we can get on top of this. whilst the resignation was sad it was a necessary step and i am sure there will be fantastic candidates putting themselves in front of the membership once the mps whittle it down to a final two. what makes them different to theresa may? we had that kind of rhetoric about theresa

may. you have lost two litres of your party because of brexit, albeit for different reasons. the party has never been more divided. and the country also. what gives you confidence that a reader can sort this out? —— might you have lost two leaders. the vast majority of conservative voters and members and mps are all in favour of delivering brexit and that is in tune with the majority of the country. the division with in the party, a division with in the party, a division of fail... division of whoever division with in the party, a division of whoever comes in next needs to be a credible brexit supporter. the public need to see that they brexit can be delivered the public are happy with. no need

for a brexit party. it is also the right thing to do. no one is arguing the party is united in delivering brexit but we have seen they are divided on how to do —— might deliver brexit. do you think working with other parties and other leaders around the same table and running the country at the same time together is the way forward? we have together is the way forward? we have to be able to convince people from ulcers different backgrounds and political leanings the virtue of the case. i do think it a mistake to bring people like jeremy case. i do think it a mistake to bring people likejeremy corbyn into downing street. he is not suitable for that kind of role and i do not think he should be trusted with that kind of responsibility. i think the new leader when they comment needs to have the kind of managerial

skills that have previously been lacking in some of the front rank politicians. incredibly important to be able to bring all of the backbench conservative party with them and also to be able to work with some of the parties across the house, most notably the dup. give us a name, who would you like to see in downing street? as long as they are a credible brexiteer. everyone is saying that. one of the most interesting candidate so far is dominic rob. finally people putting their names to names. —— dominic raab. we will keep trying! i've been speaking to the former leader of the conservative party,

iain duncan—smith — i asked him who he would like to see lead 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 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? 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 borisjohnson should have stayed in the cabinet and help deliver brexit, something he campaigned for, rather 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 chequers deal and they were bounced into that. that deal turned out to be a disaster. 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 raab and various others they all decided they couldn't serve under theresa may with the deal she was negotiating being the end product. i want to clear up a spat.

i want to clear up a spat, you and rory stewart, international development secretary up for the leadership, he will not serve under a boris johnson readership. you have said he is stupid. why is he stupid? i said that it stupid. i said the same against dominic grieve, not 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 everyone in the party. if unsuccessful, you pledge 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 yourjob as candidate is to pitch the reasons why you will be the leader. if your pitch as it appears is 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 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 serve, do our level best to give our best support. 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. these are the details given by the police so far. 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. fun. 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.

reiwa. 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. 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. robin haynes fisher is the tenth to die on everest this season. under way at hampden park as celtic go for a treble treble. 0—0 after around 15 minutes. the head of the

woman's woke up, 2—0 against denmark ina woman's woke up, 2—0 against denmark in a friendly for england. —— my head of the women's world cup. england chasing australia's target in southampton. lewis hamilton said he had to dig deeper than ever before to when pole position for tomorrow's monaco grand prix. more sport in one hour. 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. from the office for 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. 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. 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 irishman 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. the mountaineer and mountain guide, alan hinkes — the only briton to have climbed all 14 of the world's mountains over 8000 metres — has been giving me his reaction. 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 stuck in that queue, it is not good for you,

hanging around for several hours and you could get frostbite... 0n the face of it, it looks like it is becoming a free for all. no suggestion any people in that queue do not know what they are doing. 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 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 is a bit, that might help. sadly, you know, the more people that do it, the more that are going to die. that do it, the more i do not wish to sound flippant. that do it, the more

it was just that one good day with 200, 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? my my heart goes out to the brits and the irish killed. in particular. 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. 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 a lot

of experience before attempting everest and sadly lot do not. guides and local sherpas, they hope they will look after them. you have to be resilient and experienced in yourself, really. rules that allow homeowners in england to build larger 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. it's day two of radio 1's big weekend in middlesbrough. around 64,000 fans are expected at stewart park over the weekend. 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 — imight go! radio i newsbeat reporter nesta is in stewart park for us. you are missing out. plenty of time to make it to middlesbrough. day two, plenty of music so far, we have had mumford and sons stormzy and ann—marie. we will have miley cyrus to come and lewis capaldi. this morning, despite his success he was ina greggs morning, despite his success he was in a greggs bakery serving customers. the dust is settling. you

have five minutes away. what is it like having these big weekend here? it is amazing. i live so close. we came last night, we are coming tomorrow, the full weekend. who are you looking forward to seeing? miley cyrus. she came on last night as well. i thought, cyrus. she came on last night as well. ithought, i have seen cyrus. she came on last night as well. i thought, i have seen her once but want to see her again. and also lewis ca paldi once but want to see her again. and also lewis capaldi will be great. twice in two days for miley cyrus! it is amazing. i can't believe how much they have transformed the park. we come here all the time. just to relax but to see it like this with people from all over the country is fantastic. take some clearing up before you can play football or walk

the dog! do you have jealous friends who didn't get tickets? people at work, i need tickets! please sell me tickets! it is mental but we are really glad we got them. we were ready to get them at five o'clock when they got released. thank you, guys. even though you have seen miley cyrus once, she is headlining today and well worth seeing again. i was lucky enough to be at the sound check last night, she has brought her a game. plenty more music, little mix. it is my hometown, i could even pop in and see the family. good line—up. some have

started with warm sunshine, some have clout, rain around as well. atla ntic have clout, rain around as well. atlantic weather system heading our way. further outbreaks of rain in scotla nd way. further outbreaks of rain in scotland on sunday morning, back into northern ireland and western most parts of england and wales by the end of the night. crespo is toward central and eastern england. in miles night out there. we look at the picture for tomorrow, some rain in scotland, where to start, clearing from northern ireland, showery rain for the south through england and wales later in the day. not much rain the further south you are, some outbreaks of rain in northern scotland. dry and bright, sunny spells, cooler and fresher behind the area of cloud and showers. westerly breeze. bringing the temperatures down a few degrees. still some rain towards the south east, temperatures creeping into the loa n east, temperatures creeping into the loan 20s.

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. a british climber dies on mount everest. robin haynes fisher is the tenth person to die on the mountain this season. president trump arrives injapan for the start of a historic four—day state visit. universities in england are told not to ‘scaremonger‘ over finances,