this is bbc news. the headlines at 6pm. 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 absolutely mission—critical and it must be done as soon as possible, and it has to be done in this parliament. british climber dies on mount everest. robin haynes fisher is the tenth person to die on the mountain this season 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 two thousand pounds per year. and in sport, victory over hearts lands celtic the treble for the third season in a row. 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 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? our 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 ten 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 ten 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 ten has failed so dramatically? 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. well i haven't generally made my decision, because i thought it was unseemly for me to even think about this until the prime minister decided whether she was going or not. now she has, i will talk to all the various candidates, i have said that quite clearly. but the one thing i do say it to those who are standing for election, is that their purpose in life is whatever to bring the party together. and so if that's the case, then telling everybody that 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

this competition, as a party, deliver on the brexit deal, and then take the fight to, what i consider to become a marxist labour party, but that seems the very basic principles, really. if borisjohnson got the job, you would back him then? you would be happy about that? well i stand by what ijust said, however, boris, orwhoever, whoever gets elected by the party in the country, i will certainly support them, and i would encourage everybody to support them, in whatever context on the back benches or in the cabinet or whatever. do you not think that borisjohnson should have stayed in the cabinet, and helped deliver brexit, something he campaigned for, rather than walk away from the cabinet, and wait in the wings for this contest, this leadership contest? well i think the problem was that the time when he left was when they had the checkers deal, and they were bounced into that. in that deal turned out to be a bit of a disaster, and in fact, the european union rejected one key section of it, so he said that he hadn't been properly

consulted, and he didn't think this would work, and as they couldn't get any of the changes, he obviously, not only did he estimate that they and also i understand it, dominic rob, and various others, boris johnson, they all decided they couldn't serve under theresa may with that deal that she was negotiating, was going to be the end product. i just want to try and clear up a spat between you and rory stewart, who is up for the leadership from the international developer and secretary, he said that he would not serve under a boris johnson leadership, you have responded saying, he's stupid, why is he stupid? i said that is stupid, and i also said the same against dominic greve, who is not standing for leadership, my point is very simple, and i stand by this. if you were standing for the leadership of the party, then you have to accept two important features, the first is, that if you are successful, you will reach out to everybody in the party. if you are unsuccessful, that you will pledge yourself to serve whoever gets elected, and to serve them to get this brexit deal done, and i think when a candidate says,

i'll tell you what, i don't like that one, i don't like that, and ijust won't serve under somebody. my answer is look, yourjob as candidate, is to pitch the reasons why you will be the leader, and if your pitch, as it appears, is that you can unify the party, it's hardly a recipe for unification if the first thing, and the answer to the first question is, i won't serve under that particular individual. my answer to that is i think, it would be a really good idea, if the candidates don't do that, and they simply say they will serve with whoever gets selected, as i have said. and as most of the party wants to see, and the country for that matter, that whoever becomes the prime minister, we all serve, do our level best to give them our best support that we can. 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. 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. 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 a bit, that might help. sadly, you know, the more people that do it, the more that are going to die. i do not wish to sound flippant. 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? tragic. 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. you've got to be prepared to look after yourself. i do not think it is appropriate for me to talk 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 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. around three hundred people are taking part in a peace walk from belfast to londonderry in memory of the murdered journalist lyra mckee, was shot dead by dissident republicans during rioting in derry last month. the walkers began theirjourney outside st anne's cathedral, where ms mckee‘s funeral was held. the march is due to finish on monday. 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 will see him tomorrow playing golf, we know that's one of his favourite pastimes, later on a trip to sumo wrestling. we know that he was quite a fan of wrestling back in the states, a different type, but he'll be there with a front row seat in an important competition in tokyo.

and all those pictures of him will be projecting a sort of close friendship with the prime minister shinzo abe. the two men have been close in meeting and speaking over the phone a0 times you are told since president trump came to power the phone a0 times we are told since president trump came to power and their relationship is key for both men possible future success, both have elections on the horizon and so they need to show us 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 the multilateral deal, the transpacific partnership that donald trump rubbished, he wanted something one—on—one and so over the last few months and years, we have seen them working closely with teams in the background, hammering out the details. there are concerns around the japanese economy as to whaat donald trump might want to do over the steel industry here. there are also concerned of 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 and meal times, may be able to discuss is one other vital employee engagement, donald trump will become the first international leader to meet the new emperor. emperor naruhito. this is a new imperial reign, the time of reiwa, therefore, i think that will play to his status and sense of importance as a global leader with being 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. police are continuing to question a man and a woman on suspicion of murdering two boys aged 13 and 14 in an incident at a house in sheffield. our correspondent phil

bodmer has the latest. in the last hour, south yorkshire police said four children were taken to hospital yesterday morning following that serious incident in the north of the city and have now been released from hospital. emergency services were called to a green area of the city, yesterday morning at half past seven. neighbours reported more than a dozen police cars, ambulances and various emergency services therein, including the landing of an air ambulance at a nearby school. six children, including a seven—month—old baby were taken to hospital as a result of that call to the emergency services, two teenage boys 13 and 1a died. people have been laying flowers close to the address where this tragic incident took place. it 37—year—old man and a ao—year—old woman remained in custody this afternoon, being held on suspicion of murder. they continued to be questioned by detectives. police are by looking for more involved, and they want to

reassure the local community. we are awaiting the information of postmortem on the deceased and will they are due on the weekend. 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. 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. a boat carrying 8 migrants on board has been intercepted off the dover coast by border force agents, bringing the total number of people who have arrived to the uk in small boats this month to 1110. this is the highest number of people brough ashore by the authorities since december last year

when sajid javid declared a ‘major incident‘. 0ur correspondent simonjones gave us the latest this morning, the border force were alerted at about 620 that there was another boat carrying migrants headed towards the coast of kent. they sent out one of their cutters, one of their specialist vessels and that picked up the small boat, eight people on board. we were told seven of those said they were from iran, one from afghanistan. they were brought back to shore along with their small boat and handed over to immigration officials for questioning after being given the 0k health—wise. yesterday, there was another boat with 18 people on board, certainly the weather is playing a factor in this and what is notable is that it brings a number of people who have been picked up and brought to kent so far this month to 1110. there is always an argument, isn't there. 0ver who is responsible, is it the french side or is it the uk site? what are authority saying?

are they coping with it, are they capturing everyone trying to get across? if you recall the events of last december when this was being seen by people as a crisis. sajid javid, the home secretary cut short a holiday, came back here and say i am taking personal charge of the situation and declared it a major incident, he brought back a couple of cutters from the mediterranean. some said the cutters in the channel, that could encourage people to make the perilous crossing because they think they'll simply be found and picked up and brought to the uk. in terms of who's responsible for this, really depends on international waters. halfway from france, if the french find them, they should be taken back to france, if they're in uk waters, they are brought back here. some people are saying, such as the mp in dover, that anyone found in the channel should be sent back to france, they should be safely escorted back to france because more of a deterrent. the reality is a lot of people on these boats are getting into uk waters, they know they're not far from the coast and are

actually dialling 999 themselves because they want to be found, because they know if they're picked up in uk waters, they are brought back into the uk and then they can potentially claim asylum in this country. a 48 year old man, charged with the murdering his elderly parents at their west london flat, has appeared in court. sergey koudriav—tsev 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 monday. 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 seven—and—a—half thousand pounds 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. two campaign groups, the american civil liberties union, and the planned parenthood federation of america, have filed a lawsuit against the state of alabama over its new law which imposes an almost total ban on abortion. the law was approved by alabama's state legislature earlier this month, and is due to come into effect in november. gail maclellan reports. the lawsuit follows a week of protests across the country, vocal opposition to a slew of state abortion bands. of state abortion bans. if the alabama state legislature has its way,

doctors performing abortions would face a jail sentence with a maximum term of 99 years. the ban, which offers no exception for rape or incest, was signed last week, but has not yet taken effect. the wave of anti—abortion legislation in mississippi, georgia, kentucky, ohio, missouri, is being seen as an effort to prompt the us supreme court to overturn roe v wade, the landmark 1973 case that guarantees a woman's constitutional right to abortion. the american civil liberties union says banning abortion is blatantly unconstitutional, violating supreme court precedent. the sponsor of the bill, the author of the bill, and even the governor of alabama herself have all stated that they know that it is unconstitutional. they know that it is going to be blocked by the courts, and yet they still feel emboldened, emboldened by president trump's anti—abortion agenda, emboldened by the restrictions they've been pushing over the years, to pass this extreme be on anyway.

but they know that it's unconstitutional. so help me god, congratulations. the addition to the supreme court of justice‘s nominated by donald trump, brett kavanaugh has tilted the court towards the right, and given anti—abortion campaigners confidence. they are hoping to supreme court will rule against abortion, and against the precedent set overfour decades ago. austria's chancellor sebastian kurz is facing a no confidence vote on monday following a corruption scandal. the conservative leader formed a coalition with the populist far right freedom party 17 months ago. but a secret recording emerged last week showing the freedom party leader offering government contracts in return for political favours to a woman he thought was a russian oligarch's niece. damian grammaticas reports from vienna.

they call themselves the grannies against the far right. determined anti—fascists. austria's left—wing forces have been galvanised by ibiza— gate, since it erupted last week, the scandal has forced the far right out of government. but here, they want bigger changes. i came as a refugee to austria, 50 years ago. and it was a good country, and i think it should be a good country again, and i don't want no nonsense, no fascists, no right—wing politicians. i want new elections, one new government that is more liberal, that gives freedom back to the people, and frees people equally common amount of the gender, no matter if they are migrants are not, to have a fair government, a fair austria, to have a liberal austria. secret video recordings made in a visa have shattered the public

image of the man in the grey t—shirt, the now resigned leader of the far right freedom party, hines christian strache, his electoral success was built on his claim to be cleaned, protecting austria and austrians from complacent elite, and migrants, diluting austrian culture. but here he was exposed, discussing corrupt deals with a woman he believed to be related to a russian oligarch. if she bought austria's most popular newspaper, and made its coverage positive, he would pay her back with government money, funneled through construction contracts. it was austria's centre—right chancellor who controversially agreed a coalition with the far right, now that's crumbled, and he's facing a no—confidence vote on monday. could i ask you chancellor, do you now regret your decision to bring the far right into government? and will you now say that you would not do so again?

what many people in other countries do not know, is that it was necessary to build a coalition after the last election, because my party was not able to have an absolute majority in the parliament, and the second point is, there was no other party which was ready to form a coalition with us. austria's young chancellor thought he was setting an example for conservative leaders across europe, now he is in trouble. the chancellors idea controversial with many austrians was that by bringing the far right into government, he could blunt their electoral threat, the far right now are out on the streets fighting back against the ibiza—gate. many here believe the far right was the victim of a conspiracy, to force it out of power, and its policies, nationalist, anti—immigrants, are still popular. they are really very good people, and they are trying to do

the best for austrians. so you still believe in the party, even with ibiza—gate? yes, yes, i do, i do. so austrians say, don't write off the far right, or the appeal of it's ideas, which may endure, even be taken on by others who see them as vote winners. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. weather changes are under way this bank holiday weekend. some of us have started it with warm sunshine, for others though, you may well have seen more cloud out there. some of us have had a bit of rain as well, a sign of things to come. an atlantic weather system is moving in, this is where, of course, we see most of the sunshine earlier today. now this is where the cloud has been spilling in from the atlantic, with a bit of rain around. still some of that rain as we go into the evening and overnight period, as well. particularly in scotland,

some heavier bursts developing here, wettest towards the west and northwest. northern ireland seeing some outbreaks of rain coming back overnight, planning to push in towards western parts of england and wales later in the night. remains mainly dry through central and eastern england, with clear spells, may be one or two mist and fog patches, temperatures are staying up. it is a mild night going into sunday morning. wet start in scotland, although the heavy rain will ease for many, still some outbreaks of rain in northern scotland. showery rains spreading further south across england and wales, not much rain at although reaching southern england. this is weakening as it moves south. elsewhere, it will turn drier, brighter, some sunny spells. it will feel cooler, and fresher. still some spots though towards the southeast into the low 20s. butjust single figures in the rain in northern scotland. as it will be, another cool wet day on bank holiday monday, here. elsewhere, some sunshine around. some clouds going to build, shower start to break out, the chance of catching some heavy ones, particularly across the western side of the uk. notice the arrows indicating the breeze though, some of these showers will spread a bit further

east during the day, but not many at all towards the east and southeast. but where we started the weekend here in the low 20s, just into the high teens in the very warmest spots. as we take a look at the picture into tuesday, it is going to feel much cooler and fresher, because notice the winds now switching round to a northerly. a lot of dry weather around, but building cloud will bring the chance of catching one or two showers out there, and for many of us, temperatures will actually be a bit below average for the time of year. so we are entering a spell of cooler, more unsettled weather to come, for the rest of the weekend. temperatures gradually coming down, the breeze starts to pick up, some rain around, maybe not as much as you'd like though in the gardens across southern most parts of the uk. this is how it looks all the way into next weekend, and by next weekend, it looks like high pressure is building in from the south, as it starts to turn warmer once again.