hello. weather and spells of sunshine. for northern ireland and scotland will this is bbc news with martine croxall. see some showers, we'll be taking a look at tomorrow northern ireland and scotland will see some showers, which could be heavy and buttery. confirmation of mornings papers in a moment — those temperatures up to 20 degrees. first the headlines. borisjohnson emerges closer to where we should be at this as the clear frontrunner to be the next conservative leader, time of year —— thundering. it looks after the first round of voting by tory mps. like high pressure will for a time three former ministers are knocked slide its way northwards. we will see some dry weather, spells of out, narrowing the field to seven. sunshine. and we will start to introduce some even warmer air from the south. tuesday could well be the warmest day of next week. we have the uk hasjoined the usa in blaming iran for two suspected had a lot of dry weather and spells attacks on oil tankers in the gulf of oman, one of the world's busiest of sunshine ——we have. those oil shipping lanes. the former labour and change uk mp chuka umunna joins the liberal democrats. he says he's been made to feel very temperatures, four summers, could get up to 23— 2a degrees. always a welcome. the bbc says it regrets any offence little cooler for the north and caused by a joke made west. not as cool as it has been the by comedianjo brand about throwing battery acid at politicians. last couple of days. as we head president trump reveals that his press secretary towards the end of next week, there sarah sanders is to leave herjob at the end of the month. is some uncertainty. we could see she has been a fierce heavy, thundery rain pushing up from the south. then it looks like high pressure will be fairly close by. defender of the president. that does mean more in the way of dry weather. low pressure areas a lwa ys dry weather. low pressure areas always threatening the north—west.

here the greatest chance of seeing some showers. generally, it is a trend of things trying out through the week ahead stop and those temperatures, a little bit higher than they have been. there's all 00:01:11,913 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 from me. goodbye for now. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are guardian columnist, dawn foster and defence correspondent at the times, lucy fisher. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro suggests that borisjohnson is on the verge of becoming prime minister after he beat his rivals in the first round of tory leadership votes today. the ft also leads on borisjohnson‘s victory claiming he has won support from across the tory brexit divide. the daily telegraph reports on comments from borisjohnson‘s supporters who have called on "vanity candidates" to drop out of the race to speed up the process of selecting the next prime minister. 0ne foot in number 10 is the headline from the daily mail that says boris johnson's rivals are now scrambling together to sabotage his coronation.

the times claims borisjohnson is under ‘intense pressure‘ to debate his rivals on television after all the other candidates agreed to take part. the paper also has the news that former labour and change uk mp chuku umunna has joined the lib dems. the guardian pictures the tanker ‘front altair‘ on fire in the gulf of oman today — the united states has blamed iran for the suspected assault on two oil tankers. and the mirror leads with the tv license backlash after a string of bbc stars demand that plans to scrap free tv licences for over—75s are ditched. so not a surprise that boris johnson is dominating the headlines tomorrow morning. a great deal of borisjohnson on the front pages. we will start with the i. three dropped out after first round of voting. two of them, the

only two women in the race. out of ten, we had two women. 0nly only two women in the race. out of ten, we had two women. only 20% of the candidates were women and both have been knocked out. that‘s partly because other mps simply went back but it may also be because some of the women realised that boris johnson, jeremy hunt, michael gove we re johnson, jeremy hunt, michael gove were the front—runners. they didn‘t stand a chance but it is still very disappointing. it‘s a very white, very mailfield disappointing. it‘s a very white, very mail field and now it‘s even been made more mail. —— mail. very mail field and now it‘s even been made more mail. -- mail. in the massive lead that borisjohnson has. it's massive lead that borisjohnson has. it‘s an emphatic win for him today. i wouldn‘t be surprised if he is measuring up the curtains at downing street. it's not all over. interesting see that both his supporters and rival camps believe the field should be narrowed. his

team's argument is, let'sjust get oi'i team's argument is, let'sjust get on with the coronation. it's such a huge, sweeping win today. let's get to that stage without having to go through the rigmarole. we've seen some of the rivals saying there are so some of the rivals saying there are so many people here, perhaps there should be more of a concerted effort, everyone should get around one candidate. it will be interesting to see in coming days if any candidates drop out, particularly matt hancock and sajid javid. it's whether they would want to hasten towards a context between ——a to hasten towards a context between —— a contest between a key brexit supporter and the remainder.m looks as though the final two will be borisjohnson looks as though the final two will be boris johnson and jeremy looks as though the final two will be borisjohnson and jeremy hunt. a lot of borisjohnson‘s people would welcome that. more of the

continuity, theresa may type deal. pushing boris into the debate on sunday as a lot of candidates want to do would actually change the johnson camp strategy which has been to keep boris away from the media, stop him from going on radio and tv, limit the amount of questions he can be asked by the media because at the moment, the only thing standing between boris‘s coronation in the present moment is whether or not he can avoid scandal. if he can be kept away from the press, put his foot in his mouth or say something controversial that could possibly open upa controversial that could possibly open up a load of newspaper front pages and maybe swing some of the wavering conservative voters because it‘s going to be conservative voters not us were voting for him. it's a peculiar thing that the man we are hearing leased from is this

extraordinary lead in the first round but he‘s got to deal with the curse of the favourite. it‘s never been anybody‘s favour in the past. that‘s absolutely right. the past five, six, seven conservative leadership contests. it's not been a favourite who has one. but we are living in strange times and if there is any era in which orthodoxies don't hold, it is now. johnson is accused of hiding from tv debates. this letter that the six remaining candidates alongside him have written, appealing for him to come. if he doesn‘t, it‘s very easy for all the other candidates to get a lot of our time over the fact is hiding. if boris is pulled onstage and forced to answer questions,

people can look at his record as foreign secretary, he‘s tried to focus on his record. it also gives a lot of the other candidates a lot more time to talk about whether or not they should be the other person on the ballot. rory stewart is expected to be knocked out. now he is seen as a possible contender. the only person from the outside who could stop wasjohnson. matt hancock was seen could stop wasjohnson. matt hancock was seen as a strong could stop wasjohnson. matt hancock was seen as a strong contender. now he and sajid javid are dropping out. the debate could open the field up a bit more. rory stewart was asked, who would you not work with? you said, i could not work with was johnson. i don‘t agree with leaving with no deal. and there is talk tonight that maybe he could work with him if he was having to rescue the situation. if we end up with no

deal. strange how allegiances and views can change in a matter of days. absolutely, and given there is a secret ballad, there are usually some excellent shenanigans. then in the secret ballad. another box. it's interesting. everybody's being incredibly vicious. rory stewart criticising boris. sajid javid calling him yesterday's man. the argument about boris johnson calling him yesterday's man. the argument about borisjohnson hiding from the tv debate because it could damage him, ithink, that is from the tv debate because it could damage him, i think, that is where he excels. some of the other candidates have suffered from the accusation they have been a bit wooden and formulaic. boris tends to have a very colourful turn of phrase and i'm sure that bombast could actually work in his favour if he is bounced into this debate. in the

160,000 conservative party members who get to vote like the way he represents the party picks —— the party, that he can leave them successfully to a general election. that is where it will be decided. this is the peculiar part of the whole sherrard. we have several debates. 330 mps. the rest of us sit around and are basically forced to watch it all unfold. let's stay with the times, more politics here. not so the times, more politics here. not so long ago, chuka umunna was a labourmp andjoint so long ago, chuka umunna was a labour mp and joint change uk that had to change their name again because change.org didn‘t like it.

there will be people scratching their heads because he said politics was broken and now he has left change uk and joined a party that already existed. it seems a very massive way — — already existed. it seems a very massive way —— messy way into the lib dems. probably kicking himself thinking he made a straight switch from labour which has moved pretty far away from where his politics life. given that change uk has not worked out as its founders expected, there is possibly more strategic merit in banding together with the lib dems than sitting as independents. the leader of the liberal democrats, vince cable has said chuka umunna and i have worked effectively for months and he has been a great asset to our party, fighting for the liberal and democratic social values that we

share and it shows just how hard it is to get a new political party off the ground in the centre, that is. nigel farage would say he has not found it tricky. there was lots of talk of a new centrist party forming, people breaking away from labour and possibly the conservatives, apparently the public we re conservatives, apparently the public were crying out for this. when it came to european elections, they polled just under 3%. lots of internal struggles and even before change uk formed, why notjoin the lib dems? a lot of people will see this as chuka umunna putting himself before anything else. leading a brand—new party that would polled incredibly well. firstly, not managing to poll very well. and then not managing to complete the power

struggle and become the leader of change uk. he said he was done with the westminster bubble. he has gone straight to the lib dems. whether he will keep his seat and whether it comes to the next general election. cops probing jo brand‘s acid joke. something she said on a radio for programme called heresy. there is a clue in the name. an edgy comedy programme. she was talking about milkshakes and suddenly, battery acid. i feel quite tall about this. we knowjo brand, very sardonic humour, it was a joke, possibly in poor taste but i don‘t think anyone would think that was a genuine incitement to violence. in a sense,

i sort of think perhaps this seems a slight overreaction and again, anonymous people on twitter making death threats, rape threats toward mb -- mps. death threats, rape threats toward mb —— mp5. you can't have double standards and that his letters to the situation. it isa it is a balance, isn‘t it, between what is free speech, what is insightful, what is comedy and context insightful, what is comedy and co ntext a nd insightful, what is comedy and context and to what extent you can excuse something, pending on how and where it is said to. absolutely. they don‘t imagine the police will find anything to chargejo brand with. 0bviously find anything to chargejo brand with. obviously it was in the context, presumably, ofa with. obviously it was in the context, presumably, of a very satirical, heretical comedy show. it seems unlikely that nigel farage is genuinely in fear of his life from jo brand. i think, over and over

again, this issue comes up, what should the police be investigating, what is a threat, and what isn‘t? and where the lines in comedy are. the bbc has apologised for any offence that was cause. and jo brand did go on to say i‘m not suggesting that i will go on to do this. for some people, at the very least, it will be a taste and decency issue. let us go back to the times. the times is doing very well out of this review. alarm over decline in outstanding schools. the number of schools that were previously classified as outstanding has fallen. so apparently four in five that were those that had been reinspected the last year were downgraded. they're still good schools but no longer outstanding. obviously there have been lots of controversies over decades over how schools are inspected. parents are very nervous and very concerned about how their child's school is

classified. so it is still quite unclear whether or not previous schools were assessed to generously or whether or not school standards have fallen quite badly. and at the same time, a lot of the inspection changes that were brought in under michael gove have been relaxed and have been changed. it's still very unclear whether or not school standards have dropped particularly or whether or not the way we have assessed them is changing to the extent that some of these changes have to it. i think at the end of the day, most parents, if their kids are happy, the slight change in classification will probably not result in too much of a difference to their child's education. result in too much of a difference to their child's educationlj result in too much of a difference to their child's education. i think it was the case that if you were classed as outstanding you wouldn‘t be inspected quite so readily again. so you would actually go several yea rs so you would actually go several years without having to meet all of

those strictures. that's absolutely right. a change to the system that michael gove introduced when he was education secretary. and i think thatis education secretary. and i think that is what will be concerning people tonight. they will be thinking that the children are going toa thinking that the children are going to a school rated outstanding and the factors that a slim proportion have been rechecked an 84% have been found not to live up to that hard fought for accolade. so it throws into doubt the reliability of the syste m into doubt the reliability of the system and whether it was a good idea to allow schools to be exempt from annual inspections if they got that grade. you mentioned that you don‘t think parents would be that bothered by some of the changes to the grading. i think some parents would be bothered about some of the things that 0fsted look at, about how documentation is held, because schools are expected to track every last thing, aren‘t they? schools are expected to track every last thing, aren't they? is a huge burden. s. when i speak to my

friends that have school—age children the number one thing they talk about is that the kids have too much homework and they are too stressed about it. and the times point out that even though there is concern of the fact that schools that have been reclassified have had their classification changed, there is still, you know, under all of these changes a stipulation that if there are any concerns raised about child safeguarding or anybody raises concerns about standards they can be called back in. so it may be the case that whether schools were they reinspected because there were ongoing concerns anyway. it does raise questions about whether or not we should just keep regular inspections going regardless. let us look at the daily mirror. two years after g re nfell. look at the daily mirror. two years after grenfell. 60,000 people still living in fear. because of the cladding. that's absolutely right. interesting to see as the two—year anniversary is coming up tonight, other buildings that still have no

sprinklers or are still clad with this dangerous material are being eliminated with warning messages stating the problems that are ongoing —— eliminated. 60,000 people affected still. 72 people died in the tragedy. moves to make sure that every high—rise apartment block in the uk as they haven't been expedited by the government. and it will be a while until those who survived and those relatives of those who died get the answers they are hoping for. yes. there is a criminal investigation ongoing. but the police have said that they will not publish anything until the enquiry finishes in 2021. so you have relatives who are still waiting for answers, survivors, a lot of whom are still not in permanent accommodation, and some of the children that are sitting exams at the moment. at the same time for you

people worried about the fact that there is this cladding everywhere. even last year there was a fire in barking that could have been a lot worse if it had not been for some people rushing in and helping people out. a lot of people who live in high—rise blocks are very worried about anything that could go wrong and put them in theirfamily in jeopardy. in the government is still dragging their heels because they are focused on brexit while, you know, millions of people are very concerned about fire safety. and anyone who saw those pictures and the footage of the fire brigade, the fire engines arriving at the scene, you would never ever forget those pictures. absolutely appalling. you saw people at their windows. terrible. more needs to be done to make sure it doesn't happen again, clearly. that‘s it for the papers tonight. lovely to have you here. don‘t forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.

it‘s all there for you, seven days a week, at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, dawn and lucy. goodbye. coming up next it is the sport. good evening. i‘m chetan pathak with your latest sports news. first to the women‘s world cup where australia came from behind to beat brazil in montpellier, in one of the games of the tournament so far. brazil, who won their first match, took the lead from the spot and then went two up after this header from christiane — her fourth goal of the world cup. australia got one backjust before the break and then levelled the match with this shot from chloe logarzo. and then thanks, once again to var, this own goal from hickmann alves was awarded, despite the australian forward being offside, to give the matildas the lead. they go level with brazil and italy at the top of group c.

meanwhile, china have theirfirst win of the tournament, after a narrow win over south africa in group b. the only goal of the game in paris came five minutes before half—time, when li managed to turn in that cross from zhang rui‘s. china will now face spain on the final matchday, while its two straight defeats for south africa. this result means germany, who are top of the group, are the first team to make it into the last 16. chris froome‘s six—hour operation following a high—speed crash on wednesday has been described as a "success" both by his surgeon and his team, ineos. froome‘s definitely out of this year‘s tour de france — a race he‘s won four times. he suffered a fractured right femur, a broken hip, a fractured elbow and fractured ribs, as well as losing consciousness following the crash. he‘s now awake and doctors say they‘re "very happy with his progress".

i think at least we need six months, 0k, to go, to come back. but it‘s difficult for us to be sure, because maybe we will need to do another thing, maybe the medication will not be as we want. and before we need to have good bone healing and when we have good bone healing and when we have good bone healing and when we have good bone healing it will be the first victory. there‘s been some more positive news for froome today. he could be named the 2011 vuelta a espana champion. froome was runner—up to original winnerjuanjose cobo who‘s been found guilty of an anti—doping violation. if the disqualification is upheld then it would be froome‘s seventh grand tour title. no british man had won

a tour title before 2011. the weather has got the better of the cricket world cup again, as the game between india and new zealand in nottingham had to be abandoned without a ball being bowled four games have now been abandoned because of rain so far — the most at any world cup. england will be hoping for better luck tomorrow, they‘re due to take on west indies in southampton in a 10—30 start. meanwhile, mark wood is an injury doubt for tomorrow‘s match. he‘s got a sore ankle and will have a fitness test before play. joss buttler‘s available again after recovering from bruising. england are currently fourth in the table with four points. england‘s women managed to dodge the rain for long enough to seal a 3—0 series win over the west indies in chelmsford england made 258 for four in a match reduced to 39 overs a side. sarah taylor and amyjones each made half centuries. tammi beaumont chipped in with 46. west indies chased an adjusted target of 267 to win but they fell way short finishing on 131 for nine.

hull fc are keeping up the pressure at the top of rugby league‘s super league with a 31—18 victory over castleford tigers. hull were ten points behind at half time, but stormed back in the second half thanks largely to a hat trick from albert kelly. they‘re now up to third in the table. don‘t forget that he third golf major of the year, the us open, is well under way at pebble beach in california. you can keep up to date with all the latest on the opening round on the bbc sport website. that‘s bbc.co.uk/sport. that‘s all your sport for now. hello. as the flooding and disruption continues, particularly

across parts of england, some spots have now amassed three months of june wait rainfall in a week. 0ver 150 millimetres in the wet spots. sylva i n 150 millimetres in the wet spots. sylvain in the forecast as low pressure m oves sylvain in the forecast as low pressure moves towards the north—west of the uk. it is not as wet as it has been. but if showers is around. another area of rainfall affecting parts of england and wales as friday begins, also reining in north—west scotland. as we go on through the day, if you are starting the day with rain things will slowly improve as the rain clears it brightens up to an afternoon of sunny spells, perhaps a shower. there is a closer look at things at eighta.m.. rain there is a closer look at things at eight a.m.. rain in the western isles. fairly chilly where you have the clearest growth here and into northern ireland as the day begins. further outbreaks of rain affecting parts of northern england on the midlands, into wales, maybe for some and south—west england. east of that, though, the further east you are across east anglia and the far south—east, you may start the day with some sunshine. here is a side of things to come. the two areas of rain we can see are going to be

easing. if you are within the first thing it gradually brightens up to an afternoon of sunny spells. charles michel, could be heavy, thundery, very few into east anglia and south—east england. perhaps a size 20 celsius. for many of us it will be warmer compared to recent days, especially where you have been stuck in the rain. it will turn met on friday evening in northern ireland as another moves into itself was scotland, wales, and western england, as saturday begins, someplace bills, papps the odd shower to the east of that. just refresh our minds at the big picture at the start of the weekend, low pressure to the north—west, feeding into bands of showers in from the west. this is the first one we are contending with on saturday morning. slowly pushing further east is the day goes on. atavism sunshine, perhaps a shower, behind at some sunshine and showers out, especially to northern ireland. northern ireland, again, there could be heavy, possibly thundery, temperatures in the mid to high teens. part of the weekend, on sunday, looks breezy. sunshine and

showers, initially towards the north and west, some putting further east as we go through the day. showers but not the hours and hours of rain that some of us have had over the past week. welcome to newsday.

i‘m rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: iran says it had nothing to do with the attacks on two oil tankers. but the united states thinks otherwise. it is the assessment of the united states government that the islamic republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of 0magh today. after a controversial and difficult two years in the white house — press secretary sarah sanders confirms she‘s quitting at the end of the month. i‘m samantha simmonds in london.