you're watching bbc news at 9 with me carrie gracie — the headlines... where you embarrassed to be empty chaired last night? borisjohnson receives a boost in the race to become the next conservative leader, as the health secretary, matt hancock, says he'll back him as the best candidate to unite the country. the endorsement comes despite mrjohnson‘s decision not to take part in last night's tv debate. where is boris? if his team won't allow him out to debate with five pretty friendly colleagues, how will he fare with 27 european countries? labour's deputy leader, tom watson, makes a fresh appeal for the party to support another eu referendum. released from prison and ready to join the protests, democracy activistjoshua wong calls on hong kong's chief executive to resign.

every new teacher in england will be trained to spot early warning signs of mental illness — as part of plans unveiled by theresa may. and sir andy murray says he's pain—free as he prepares to return to competition this week, for the first time since having major hip surgery. good morning — and welcome to the bbc news at 9. borisjohnson‘s position as the frontrunner to become the next prime minister has been bolstered, despite his decision not to join the five other candidates in a televised debate last night. he's received the backing

of the health secretary, matt hancock, who dropped out of the race on friday. mr hancock said he believed mrjohnson was the best candidate to unite the conservative party and the country. in last night's debate, the five mps argued over whether a new deal could be renegotiated with the eu, and the prospect of a no—deal brexit. and they criticised mr johnson, saying his refusal to appear meant he was ducking scrutiny. our political correspondent, ben wright, has more. six men are in the race to lead the conservative party... there were six podiums but only five candidates. the front runner to be the next prime minister, boris johnson, decided this first tv debate would be too much of a scrum and skipped the chance to be quizzed by the audience and the other contenders. an absence easy to mock. where is boris? if his team won't allow him out to debate with five pretty friendly colleagues, how will he debate with 27

european countries? he should be here to answer that very question. but these five are currently far behind mrjohnson in the battle to be one of the final two candidates who make it to a vote of the conservative party membership. unsurprisingly, brexit dominated the argument. just a second, michael. we must allow parliament to vote. to give ourselves the best shot of the best deal... we cannot leave unless parliament votes for it, dominic. you would buckle because you have shown you would take another extension, take no—deal off the table. you said you would defend legislation... i would defend our democracy! i will defend our democracy! you don't deliver on democracy by trashing democracy. we are not selecting a dictator of our country, we are selecting a prime minister. dominic raab was the only candidate who said he would be prepared to suspend parliament to get a no—deal brexit through. rory stewart was the only one who said that promises to renegotiate with the eu were a fantasy. we're not going to get a different dealfrom europe.

you and i, jeremy, sajid, have argued for that deal because it is a 550 page document worked out in detail. you will not get any changes out of europe. the takeaway was delivered to mrjohnson‘s house as the debate kicked off. but with a new endorsement from the health secretary matt hancock, not showing up has not slowed mrjohnson‘s momentum. so what happens next? tomorrow, conservative mps will vote for a second time — candidates need 33 votes to progress. that will be followed by a bbc leadership debate — which borisjohnson will take part in. a third, fourth and fifth ballot, if needed, will follow on wednesday and thursday. and once the final two candidates have been selected, the first hustings for conservative party members will get under way. the winner is expected to be announced in the week beginning 22nd july. our assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster. it is the morning after the night before, tell us all. ijust met one

of boris johnson's before, tell us all. ijust met one of borisjohnson‘s key before, tell us all. ijust met one of boris johnson's key supporters and he was looking pretty pleased, saying they are in a strong position, despite the fact boris johnson was a no—show last night. but it is a curious thing, although he was lambasted by wee folk in the media, indeed by many of his colleagues, for not taking part in the contest, it doesn't seem to be hurting him in terms of the support he still is attracting. this morning, gaining the backing of matt hancock. that, i would suggest, morning, gaining the backing of matt hancock. that, iwould suggest, it's quite a big result for boris johnson. mr hancock had been to see the other contenders and there was a thought he might pitch in with one of mrjohnson‘s rivals to create a sort of alternative ticket which could really challenge mrjohnson. that is not happening now. matt hancock, saying that he thinks boris johnson has this unique personality which can unite the tory party, deliver brexit, and he also suggests he would govern, where he to win, is

a one nation tory, in the same way as he did when he was mayor of london. as for team johnson, they are carrying on with route one, strategy one, not engaging with the media. so there is actually a hustings this morning for we lobby journalists, which all the other contenders are taking part in. once again, it seems borisjohnson will not be there. we heard from one of his rivals, michael gove, on the radio this morning, saying that borisjohnson has radio this morning, saying that boris johnson has got radio this morning, saying that borisjohnson has got to be tested in the public debate, and that he is the man to do it. at the moment, yes, of course it is the case that boris is the frontrunner. but we need to make sure that he is tested and that we have a two candidates go forward, if boris is one of them, who we know are capable of being prime minister from day one. and one thing that everyone in this race has acknowledged is that i've shown in three government departments a grip of detail, a command of policy, and ability to make changes happen, which means that if, for any reason, i were to become the candidate against boris and then to win,

which i believe that i can do, then i would be ready to be prime minister. what seems to be helping mrjohnson is the fact that none of his rivals really established themselves as the main contender to take on boris johnson, to really knock him about a bit, rough him up. they are all pretty much sparring with each other to try to see who is actually going to try to see who is actually going to get this crucial second place. i think team johnson will be pretty relaxed about last night, because no one yet has emerged from the pack. so long as borisjohnson keeps ducking beneath the media, then he avoids all those difficult questions about how exactly he is going to get us about how exactly he is going to get us out of the eu by october the sist, us out of the eu by october the 31st, which his team says what he intends to do, despite the fact that

many people are deeply sceptical about that, including the chancellor, philip hammond, again sounding a warning about leaving without any deal. as i have said already, i don't think that is a practical proposition, just in terms of simple timescale. if we are going to negotiate changes to the deal, it will take significantly longer than the slst of october to negotiate and then legislate for those changes. and i don't think even leaving without a deal would be practical by the slst of october. but for the avoidance of doubt, leaving without avoidance of doubt, leaving without a deal would be a very, very bad outcome for the uk, and we should try to avoid it at all costs. as we know, borisjohnson will emerge blinking into the sunlight of media scrutiny when he takes part in the bbc live television debate. but by then it may almost be over in terms of the first round of voting. because that will be after the second ballot, when some of mr

johnson's team are suggesting he could even get over 50% of tory mps behind him, which means he would be on cruise control to go through to the next round, the ballot of party members. norman, thanks so much. later we are going to be speaking to cerebralfrom the later we are going to be speaking to cerebral from the spectator. —— we'll be speaking to katy balls from the spectator and stephen bush from the new statesman shortly. a renewed push for labour to back a second eu referendum will be made by the party's deputy leader tom watson. in a speech today to the centre for european reform mr watson will say labour's members and its values have always been pro—european and that the only way to break the brexit deadlock at westminster is to put the issue back to the people. the hong kong student leaderjoshua wong, who was the face of democracy protests in 2014, has been released from prison.

speaking to reporters outside jail, he backed the mass protests against the controversial extradition bill and said hong kong's leader carrie lam should resign. joshua wong's release comes a day after a huge demonstration that organisers say brought nearly two million people onto the streets. this extradition amendment, and how it was permitted on hong kong citizens, it is just the tactics and the strategy used by president xi, the strategy used by president xi, the evil leader of hong kong, carrie lam, to suppress human rights. now is the time to voice our dissatisfaction. the police used tear gas, pepper spray, they try to physically assault activists from hong kong, that delivers a clear signal. the government, the regime, tried to turn a whole generation of

citizens from a normal resident living in hong kong to a whole generation of dissidents. when we realise how the police physically assault activists and protesters in hong kong, at the same time, we realise how carrie lam claims that the demonstration is right. we urge carrie lam to apologise, and at the same time withdraw her definition and her understanding on the demonstration that happened last week, it is kind of civil disobedience and direct action, instead of riots. what we are asking is to withdraw the extradition proposal, not the same time, carrie lam should step down. she is not capable enough to be leader of hong kong. let's speak to our reporter martin yip in hong kong.

next ordinary moment, to seejoshua wong out just next ordinary moment, to seejoshua wong outjust the day next ordinary moment, to seejoshua wong out just the day after this massive protest in hong kong. is it an accident of timing? well, i think it is fairto an accident of timing? well, i think it is fair to say it is coincidental, becausejoshua wong himself already knew that he would be released. in the past week, we saw these two major protests, with the organisers participating. yesterday and sunday we were talking about that. also, we had the clashes on wednesday. just behind me you can see this crowd, chanting slogans right outside the chief executive office in hong kong. they have been cheered up a bit byjoshua wong himself, hearing his speech before they came out. john, joshua wong, for viewers that are not very

familiar with him or do not remember him from 2014, a symbol to many of the demonstrators behind you of determination, courage, sacrifice, because in his early teens he started to be a demonstrator and protester for democratic rights in hong kong. then he was put away as a result of those 2014 umbrella protests. in a way, i suppose the leadership, the political leadership in hong kong hope to decapitate the protest movement by putting a lot of its leaders inside. but as we have seen over the past week, this movement happens even without obvious leadership? well, let's put it this way, while the government has been trailing quite a lot of protest leaders from 2014's umbrella movement, or occupy, what you want to call it, even then, it was a new style of protesting in hong kong where the protesters are more

disorganised, and organise among themselves. they don't need a leader. they just liaise themselves. they don't need a leader. theyjust liaise among themselves and decide what they want to do, like what is happening now. behind me right now is led by a legislator, but many of the gatherings in the past 24 hours are not exactly organised by what you would call a normal organiser. things like the protest on wednesday, once they want to mobilise, they mobilise quickly, even like military style. we are going to have to leave it, because the shouty behind you are so loud we can barely hear you. a fascinating moment. we will come back to hong kong as and when. the boss of ethiopian airlines has hit back at claims his pilots should bear some of the blame for the crash of a boeing 737 max

aircraft which killed 157 people earlier this year. senators in america have tried to push the blame on the pilots involved. boeing has said it will issue a software update to its 737 max aircraft. the senator seems to be seriously misinformed. he doesn't have the facts on his hands when he said that. why on earth have they grounded 380 airplanes over the world ? simple. the facts speak for itself. our international business correspondent theo leggett who is at the paris airshow where boeing is being discussed. obviously a very difficult moment, as they try to shuffle the blame around? absolutely. i mean, the sun is shining here. this is normally a great opportunity for the aerospace giants to put on a show, to announce

new orders and say how well they are doing. at this show, all of the emphasis is on boeing and the 737 max, when will it fly again? the aircraft has been grounded since the ethiopian airlines crash in march. there is no sign of it flying again soon. the boeing chief executive said it might fly before the end of the year. that is about it. as for shifting blame around, well, the preliminary report into both the 737 max accidents has suggested strongly that it started with a flight control system, a piece of software that activated at the wrong time and forced the aircraft into a dive when they were supposed to be climbing. american politicians, perhaps you could call them friends of boeing, have been trying to cast the blame around a little bit. boeing itself says that the actions of the pilots, the software failure, it was all pa rt the software failure, it was all part of a chain of events. you can see there are questions of liability hanging over boeing, questions of

reputation hanging over bowing, hanging over the us regulator, the federal aviation administration, there is now a blame game going on. the headlines on bbc news... after withdrawing from the race to become prime minister — the health secretary matt hancock says he's backing borisjohnson as the best candidate to unite the country. every new teacher in england will be trained to spot early warning signs of mental illness — as part of plans unveiled by theresa may. after being released from prison, the democracy activistjoshua wong says he's ready tojoin the protests, and calls on hong kong's chief executive to resign. and in sport, golfing greatsjoined by gary wiggling to win the us open by gary wiggling to win the us open by three shots. after 1 by gary wiggling to win the us open by three shots. after1 billion people worldwide are thought to have watched as india beat pakistan at

the cricket world cup. rohit sharma hit his second century of the tournament, as his side won by 89 runs. on the usa's carli lloyd became the first player to score in six consecutive women's world cup matches. her two girls help the defending champions beat chile 3—0. i'll be back with more on those stories shortly. an investigation by the bbc has found evidence that young people on merseyside are being offered hundreds of pounds to stab each other by older gang leaders. the claims, which were recorded by youth workers in the city, were studied by the bbc‘s beyond today podcast and have been linked to at least one recent stabbing. merseyside police said it was aware organised crime groups used violence to settle disputes. last week, figures showed more than 22,000 knife or weapon offences were recorded in england and wales in the past year — the highest number since 2010. people affected by flooding in the lincolnshire town

of wainfleet have been told to avoid using washing machines, toilets and showers. hundreds have had to leave their homes and have been told they won't be able to go back until at least the middle of this week. let's get more on our top story. after withdrawing from the race to become prime minister, the health secretary matt hancock says he's backing borisjohnson as the best candidate to unite the country. the endorsement comes despite mrjohnson's decision not to take part in last night's tv debate. with me is katy balls, deputy political editor at the spectator. i'm also joined by stephen bush, political editor at the new statesman. so, the best candidate to unite the country, any surprises in matt hancock's decision? i think there is some surprise, particularly in the tory party. if you look at some of the comments matt hancock has previously made, even a couple of weeks ago, some of the words, he

seemed to rebuke borisjohnson for suggesting that business wasn't a crucial matter in terms of brexit productions. he used to mark their words to do that. i think there were some around matt hancock that didn't expect him to go to borisjohnson. they thought that matt hancock's pitch was pro—business, moderate conservative, let's try to get a deal, avoid no—deal because that would lead to a general election, something matt hancock said several times. i thought if he was going to go behind somebody it might be michael gove. he has gone with boris johnson. i think it gives you a sense that lots of tories believe it is inevitable borisjohnson will be prime minister. perhaps they want to be on the winning team. but i do think when it comes to some of matt hancock's supporters, i don't think it was taken very well. do you agree it was taken very well. do you agree it is expedient? these are two candidates that are almost the most ideologically opposed in the race. matt hancock has not changed his mind about things he was running on a day ago. what he has changed his

mind on as he has decided that boris johnson's train is leaving the station and i would rather be on it under it. so, hustings today, tv debate tomorrow night, borisjohnson is going to be there. the first argy—bargy, hunt to hand combat with the others. do we expect any of this to change, or is it a stampede now? it is borisjohnson's to lose. i think he would have to have a very large catastrophe, i can't imagine what it would be, do not make the final two. we would expect to know the final two by thursday. when you look at that debate, the channel for debate, which boris johnson look at that debate, the channel for debate, which borisjohnson refused to do, the candidate seemed to gang up to do, the candidate seemed to gang up on the no deal brexiteer in the room, dominic raab. i think we might see that towards boris johnson room, dominic raab. i think we might see that towards borisjohnson on tuesday, the bbc debate. i think in the eu referendum debate, the others we re the eu referendum debate, the others were all turning on him. i think the idea will be that he will not take

pa rt idea will be that he will not take part himself, make a personal stand of not taking part in any blue on blue attacks, and hope to get through it that way. do you think we are getting to a point where he is almost in a different role from the other candidates, they talk now about him being a unique figure, achieving some kind of magical property as far as conservative mps or, for that matter, conservative members are going to see it? as far as mp5 are concerned, his appeal is his electability, the argument that he is uniquely placed for an election, and second his inevitability, the idea he is going to be leader, so never mind the rest, you'd better say you had always been fond of him. that is one of the reasons why we have this sense of having two races, the boris johnson race, the only candidate that can really defeat him is himself, and a race of the chasing pack to finish second. and i think that will shape the tv debate. katie is right about the dynamic. it depends if dominic raab is still in

the contest. he's done a good job of holding a quite diverse coalition together. if he is the most extreme pa rt of together. if he is the most extreme part of the brexit debate in the next debate, i think he will be quite confident in that role. if he is the second most extreme... you mean dominic raab? sorry, boris johnson, if he has to try to triangulate around dominic raab, and triangulate around dominic raab, and triangulate with the rest of the chasing pack, ithink triangulate with the rest of the chasing pack, i think he triangulate with the rest of the chasing pack, ithink he might triangulate with the rest of the chasing pack, i think he might find out more uncomfortable. to be honest, i think it is unlikely dominic raab will make it. katie, this idea that he is uniting the party, is his team showing an ability to embrace and hold close to the people that were not part of his side? i think those that are dealt with borisjohnson, side? i think those that are dealt with boris johnson, or at side? i think those that are dealt with borisjohnson, or at least his allies, have missed dilip ago mixed reports about a big hug, get behind us, we reports about a big hug, get behind us, we are reports about a big hug, get behind us, we are going to number 10 and you will be left behind. what has

surprised mps is that there does appear to be surprised mps is that there does appearto bea surprised mps is that there does appear to be a broad coalition in terms of the fact you have members that are eurosceptic, steve baker, but you also have james brokenshire, may ally. one of the reasons it is slightly risky, borisjohnson should be doing it but it is tricky, he will be pressed on exactly what his brexit plans are, how he plans to deliver it. i think when you get into the detail, you do wonder how you keep all of those people on site. lets leave the tories for a minute. let's look at labour. we are going to get an intervention, another, from tom watson. really quite unarticulated push. is it going to take the party anyway? —— really quite an articulated push. we knew that he was one of the people asking for a second referendum. one of the problem is that tom watson

has in his internal debate, he is a polarising figure because of his i’ows polarising figure because of his rows with jeremy corbyn, he is a difficult rally in figure four labour's remainers, which is the majority tendency in the party. a more important thing that is happening at the moment is the emotion of going round the constituency labour party and saying it is time to move to a second referendum. it's difficult as it stands to see how, if labour gets to its conference with its current brexit policy, how jeremy its conference with its current brexit policy, howjeremy corbyn will not have a change in forced on him by the rule—making process. will not have a change in forced on him by the rule-making process. katy do you agree, or is it part of his plan to play for time to hold the party together on his particular fence? i still think, although the polls suggest that labour might not benefit from an early election, they are so benefit from an early election, they are so much in flux right now, why not decide what your position on brexit is until you have more time to work it out? if you get to the labour conference and you don't have it, i think a second referendum

looks likely as labour policy. it, i think a second referendum looks likely as labour policym always, fascinating. well, do you have any questions for the next prime minister? tomorrow, bbc one will be hosting a live election hustings, with all the candidates left standing for conservative leader, one of whom of course, will be moving to number 10. that debate will be shaped by your questions, and we're asking you to submit them in advance. email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk, with your question, and do include your name and contact number, if you're interested in asking it live, from your local bbc studio. the british restaurant chain wahaca has made a u—turn after making a waiter pay when customers he'd been serving in north london walked out without settling the bill. the incident was witnessed by another diner who condemned it as shameful. keith doyle has the story. the wahaca mexican restaurant chain says it provides an environment as enjoyable for its staff as for its customers,

but when diners left without paying at a north london branch, it was the waiter who had to pay part of the bill, according to a customer who tweeted her outrage. the customer, sarah hayward, a former labour leader of camden council, said making this server foot the bill was shameful employment practice. wahaca said it only made servers cover part of the bill in rare cases of real negligence but it has now clarified its policy and said staff would no longer have to contribute if customers leave without paying. it said the waiter in question did not have any pay deducted. the chain, which has 25 restaurants across the uk, was founded by masterchef winner thomasina miers. the row has highlighted the working conditions for waiting staff. the union unite said it has received similar reports from other chains where staff, already on low wages, are expected to pay for the dishonesty of some customers. keith doyle, bbc news.

breaking news from iran. a very tense few days, given the attacks, as yet unclaimed, on oil tankers in the gulf of oman. a lot of insults flying around between iran and the united states. now we have a statement on nuclear energy in iran, which i think will prove important. a spokesman for the iranian atomic energy association has said his country is quadrupling uranium enrichment. just a moment of background, in case anyone has forgotten, last year, about a year ago, the united states, under donald trump, pulled out of the nuclear deal that was signed in 2015 precisely in order to keep the lid on iran's nuclear programme. having pulled out, the iranians said they would go ahead with their nuclear programme without the other

signatories actually honouring it, that it would go back to enrichment. here comes this announcement, quadrupling uranium enrichment. he said first of all, with respect to the fact we have increased the production of uranium four times, increasing production in recent days as well. he was speaking at a heavy water facility. this was aired in english, by the english language rolling news channel. clearly an attempt to get that message across to the outside world. we will bring you announcements on that as soon as we get it on set. every new teacher in england will be trained to spot the early warning signs of mental illness. the plans will be unveiled by theresa may later today. other measures include extra support for social workers, local authorities and health care services. paul farmer is chief executive of mind, the mental health charity. thanks for coming in. do you welcome

this? i think it is a good sign. it is part of an attempt to really ensure there is sustained momentum across the government, across the change of prime minister. it's also important to recognise the focus on the growing needs of our children's mental health. so, supporting teachers to be able to spot the signs of mental health are very important, but also it needs to be pa rt important, but also it needs to be part of a broader set of support for children so that they get the help of the right time. exactly, the support must be crucial. what i thought when i heard the story this morning was it is all very well to spot signs of a problem, but if you can't do anything about the problem, what then? iimagine quite i imagine quite a lot of people will be surprised teachers don't already get that training in their initial training and now we know the average classroom contains at least three or possibly four young people with a mental health problem it's really important but it needs to be a part ofa chain

important but it needs to be a part of a chain of support. i don't think anyone wants teachers to become a psychiatrist, teachers need to be able to signpost the support through to the initiative is now taking place and beginning to materialise but it's not really happening quickly enough. and all the songs, i mean, a lot of viewers will be thinking, what are the signs?” thinking, what are the signs?” think particularly for a young person, we are at the height of the exa m person, we are at the height of the exam season, we know many young people face stresses at this time. he signs me less social than they might otherwise be. being quite withdrawn. becoming very particularly more anxious about things that are around them and also, beginning to start to talk about their mental health in a negative way. let's not forget, this group of people actually have far less people —— stigma surrounding their mental health. if they are talking openly, they really mean it. you talk as well about putting services in to help them, this school initiative is only part of the announcement that the government

is making around this. what else in the announcement do you see as important and helpful?” the announcement do you see as important and helpful? i think there is two important areas, the first is recognition that their mental health act is going to be reformed and there's been a lot of debate inside there's been a lot of debate inside the mental health world about this, the mental health world about this, the current act was last reformed in 1983, it needs updating, it's not fairon 1983, it needs updating, it's not fair on people with mental health problems and we are going to see that commitment later today. and secondly, almost a completely different subject but reflects a wide variety of issues around mental health, recognition of finances and mental health, the connection between bad finances, worrying about money and mental health. it's a big package, all about keeping that momentum going so the change that is needed lasts more than one prime minister. paul, thanks so much for coming in and explaining it to us. let's look at the weather. here's simon. hello. signs might improve.

disdainfully unsettled. this area of low pressure still close by. this weather front across northern england and wales this morning bringing outbreaks of rain. gradually moving southwards. breaking up into showers. lengthy spells of sunshine. frequent showers for scotland, northern ireland, heavy and thundery, gusty winds associated with showers. maximum temperature 16—18d. reaching 20—22 in the south—east. throughout this evening showers continuing across scotla nd evening showers continuing across scotland and northern ireland, the band of rain across central areas gradually fizzling out and throughout tuesday, plenty of dry weather, sunshine initially, heavy showers pushing into the south—east later. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news with carrie gracie. the headlines...

after withdrawing from the race to become prime minister — the health secretary matt hancock says he's backing borisjohnson as the best candidate to unite the country. the endorsement comes despite mrjohnson's decision not to take part in last night's tv debate. after being released from prison, the democracy activist joshua wong says he's ready to join the protests, and calls on hong kong's chief executive to resign. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. let's start with our main story, which is that contenders seeking to replace theresa may as conservative leader have clashed over delivering brexit during the first live tv debate. the five mps argued over whether a new deal could be renegotiated with the eu, and the prospect of a no—deal brexit. meanwhile, the health secretary, matt hancock, who pulled out

of the race last week, has backed the frontrunner, borisjohnson, for the top job. fellow leadership hopeful michael gove has been speaking to the today programme about what makes him the best candidate for the role. let me explain my analysis of the contest. at the moment, of course it is the case that boris is the frontrunner but we need to make sure he is tested and that we had two candidates who go forward, if boris is one of them, who we know are capable of being prime ministerfrom day one. and one thing that everyone in this race has acknowledged is that i'm shown in three government departments, a group of detail, a command of policy and an ability to make changes happen which mean, if for any reason i work to become the candidate against boris and then to win, which i believe that i can do,

then i will be ready to be prime minister, i will be ready to take control of the ship of state and steer it safely through the difficult waters ahead. you suffered a bit, yourcampaign difficult waters ahead. you suffered a bit, your campaign come up so—called cocaine habit was exposed, should borisjohnson suffer a bit because of his moral probity or as many people believe, lack of moral probity? i would dismiss that altogether. moral probity doesn't matter? moral probity does matter but i think all the candidates standing to be leader, in my view, are capable of being prime minister. that was on the question, slightly different question, or be entitled to believe the leader of our country, the prime minister, is a man or woman of moral probity?“ personally think, boris and all the other candidates are people who on every ground have what it takes to bea every ground have what it takes to be a potentially good prime minister. the key thing is i am not going to criticise other candidates

because, in essence, we are all on the same team. my play for manchester city, you might play for manchester city, you might play for manchester united, we might have friendly rivalry but when we are playing for our country together, we have got to make sure that we unite in order to do better. following that argument, you've already criticised boris. two things. the key thing is, i believe i can bring together all of the disparate talents in the conservative party and bea talents in the conservative party and be a unifying figure. there are one or two aspects of another candidacies that are polarising. that put certain people into certain corners but one thing again, that eve ryo ne corners but one thing again, that everyone acknowledges in this race, is not just everyone acknowledges in this race, is notjust that i'm the person with the most effective ministerial record, though again, so it's difficult to be so, what's the word, you know, direct about your own strengths, but i suppose in a ratio have to be, but the other thing eve ryo ne have to be, but the other thing everyone acknowledges is that i'm a candidate, who if they were captain of the team everyone else would and happily served. michael gove.

the government has wasted hundreds of millions of pounds painting pointless white lines on busy roads and calling them cycle lanes, according to britain's cycling and walking commissioners. in a letter to the transport secretary, chris grayling, the commissioners — including the olympic champions chris boardman and dame sarah storey — say painted cycle lanes are simply a "gesture". they spoke to bbc breakfast about why they're joining forces to urge the government to make roads safer. we wa nt we want to draw attention to the underfunding of cycling and walking infrastructure in the uk and get them to look at the true economic cost of building roads just for cars. can you make a difference, chris, do you think? i think we've got to. this is a solution and the cheapest, quickest, to some of the biggest problems facing society. just enabling people to travel short journeys by working or by bike but they will do that unless they can look at the car window and say, i quite fancied that and right now the provision we have doesn't do it, it

doesn't do it because of the recent syrup mentioned. we don't value this form of transport at the moment, it isn't built into our appraisal process. i think we've been looking for pictures on social media, there are psychopaths, but some of them, the infrastructure is just, are psychopaths, but some of them, the infrastructure isjust, some of the infrastructure isjust, some of the examples we've seen have been quite external, coming to a sudden dead end, what things have you seen? you endow several years ago went around here and we came to the end ofa around here and we came to the end of a cycle, itjust stopped. there is no minimum standard for cycling infrastructure, you can do anything, which means we are spending hundreds of millions, has spent and will continue to spend it on stuff that doesn't change travel habits because there is no minimum standards. our standard here this is ridiculous, this one. yes, really, everyone in the chain should be ashamed of themselves, the person who designed it, even the person who paints the lines should go, this is crazy. but people just go out and do

it. it'sjust wasting money, in fa ct, it. it'sjust wasting money, in fact, studies have shown this makes you less safe because drivers will pass closer, 40 centimetres, i think it is closer, because we conform to the line rather than the person. you ta ke the line rather than the person. you take it away, people give you more room. you feel confined by that line. from a personal point of view, i suppose this is a leading question, do you feel safe on the roads, how do you feel? i'm in the fortu nate roads, how do you feel? i'm in the fortunate position i go out at a time of day and choose the roots according to training. if you are a commuter you have a right you will ta ke to commuter you have a right you will take to work and that won't change because that's where you work and live in most people cannot find a way of doing that safely. and if you imagine ina way of doing that safely. and if you imagine in a road that's suddenly ended or went a different way or it you completely inconvenienced, you will be up in arms as a driver of a vehicle. so shouldn't cycling and walking people have a more direct route, one that is not wasting time and one that won't stop and start everyjunction?

now let's take a look at what you've been watching. the most red, the story i think is well worth talking about. what have i done? about liverpool teenagers paying each other to stab younger teenagers. this is for the bbc ‘s beyond today podcast, the message is basically gang leaders in liverpool are paying up gang leaders in liverpool are paying up to £1000 in some cases to have their enemies stabbed. merseyside police saying they are aware that organised crime groups to use violence to settle disputes. the statement that the force gave beyond today didn't directly address the teenagers claims but it did say gangs were known to exploit young and vulnerable people to sell drugs and vulnerable people to sell drugs and to use violence. it's worth saying is well last year, we were talking earlier about the national

figures for recorded knife offences, but last year, on merseyside, it had one of the biggest increases in recorded knife offences of 35% rise. the first recorded 1231 offences involving a knife. that's the top story in terms of what you are looking at online. the other one, i really thought this number three story, the italian club the fraudsters arrested in thailand is a weird one. two italians, they were accused of posing as us actor george clooney in order to promote the fashion business. a58—year—old and a 45—year—old, both named, underestimated gorgeous george himself, he sold them and in a 2010 trial in italy he testified against them saying they fraudulently used his name and then they went on the run and an interpol red notice tracked them down in thailand. they

we re tracked them down in thailand. they were arrested. after a year is obviously of being on the run. they have been dubbed the italian bonnie and clyde after the legendary us gangster couple. we'll have to see whether a film is made about them. that's probably enough for this morning. lots to be getting on with here on the channel. one thing i need to remind you of, the story we broke some minutes ago. the enrichment of uranium in iran. there was a nuclear deal in 2015. signed by the big powers to try and control the iranian nuclear programme but last year the americans pulled out, donald trump tore up his commitment to it that deal, the iranians always threatened they would go back to the nuclear programme if the other signatories did not honour it and now they are announcing basically exactly that. a spokesman for the atomic energy organisation saying his country will quadruple uranium enrichment and he also said that iran will surpass the uranium

stockpile limit set under the nuclear deal from stockpile limit set under the nuclear dealfrom june stockpile limit set under the nuclear deal from june the 27th and that brings forward the date of that threat which had been injuly. so it brings it forward to a few days from now. obviously before the end of the month. no doubt we expect reaction from the united states, the uk and other signatories to the nuclear deal. watch this space. sport now and time for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good morning... the american gary woodland has won golf‘s third major title of the year — he finished three shots clear of the defending champion brooks koepka at pebble beach, while england's justin rose faded in his final round. he had beenjust one shot behind woodland going into the last day in california, but the former world number one carded five bogeys. he hasn't won a major now for six years. when you look at it you need

to reflect and ask how you can get better. there is no use letting it hurt too much. it hurts if you make a mistake at the death. the way it happened to me today... i am proud of the fact that i even gave myself a chance. i perturbed my whole life, i've been surrounded by amazing people. and always just wanted to be successful. ididn't always just wanted to be successful. i didn't know what i wanted to do. fell in love with golf. and it's transcended into today. it all kind of came out of me, i never let myself get ahead all day, i kept telling myself it's never over, it's never over and when that last went on, it kind of all came out. india are still unbeaten at the cricket world cup after comfortably beating their rivals pakistan in one of the most watched global sporting events of the year. up to a billion people are thought to have tuned into the match at old trafford yesterday. rohit sharma hit his second century of the tournament as virat kohli's

side beat pakistan by 89 runs in a reduced overs game after rain saw play delayed twice. the victory moves india above england into third after four games. meanwhile, pakistan drop to ninth — above only afghanistan in the table. we always know how important it is to start well. so the focus was a lwa ys to start well. so the focus was always on that, to start well and then see where the team is heading andi then see where the team is heading and i think as a team, we are heading in the right direction. for us, it is important tojust heading in the right direction. for us, it is important to just keep ticking all the boxes and i think as a team, we have done that, most of the time. well today's world cup match is an important one for both the west indies and bangladesh. both sides' records means neither can really afford to lose this match at taunton, if they have hopes of reaching the semi finals. defending champions the usa are through to the last 16 of the women's world cup, after beating chile 3—0 in paris. veteran striker ca rli lloyd

scored twice to become the first player to score in six consecutive women's world cups. she wasted the chance for a hattrick though — missing a late penalty which was awarded by var. they may have conceded 18 goals in their first two matches but thailand scored their first ever world cup goal yesterday, in a 5—1 defeat to sweden. you can see just how much it meant to their manager. the result sent sweden into the knockout stages. let's have a look at some of this morning's back pages. most of the papers are talking about record signing paul pogba wanting to leave manchester united — the daily mail saying that he told reporters in tokyo that it's time for a new challenge. the sun says he will cost 150—million though. they also mention maurizio sarri, who is leaving chelsea forjuventus. it was confirmed yesterday that the italian was joining the serie a champions on a three year deal. the express are saying that tyson fury‘s next bout could be against jarrell miller — the americam who had to pull out

of fighting anthony joshua after failing three drugs tests. well as we've just been hearing in the papers it was a dominant saturday night for tyson fury in las vegas. he beat tom schwarz inside two rounds — you can get all the reaction to an impressive outing for the briton on the 5 live boxing podcast. this was a tweet he put out after his big las vegas fight — fury went full american for the event and said he wanted to put on a big show for the us fans. you wouldn't necessarily know it because of the weather we've been having but it is tennis‘ grass court season at the moment. and that continues at queens‘ later. andy murray will play in the doubles on wednesday — his first competitive match since having an operation injanuary. james ward and cameron norrie are in singles action today — there's live coverage on bbc2 from 1 o clock this afternoon and don't forget sportsday is on at half past six with will perry.

they'll have more on the last group a and b games at the women's world cup — four matches in total, as well as reflecting on the us open and looking at today's cricket world cup match. that's all the sport for now. more from the bbc sport centre at 11:15. thank you. the headlines on bbc news... after withdrawing from the race to become prime minister — the health secretary matt hancock says he's backing borisjohnson as the best candidate to unite the country. after being released from prison, the democracy activist joshua wong says he's ready to join the protests, and calls on hong kong's chief executive to resign. every new teacher in england will be trained to spot early warning signs of mental illness — as part of plans unveiled by theresa may. officials in iran say global quadruple production of uranium.

france will declare a state of natural disaster after heavy rain and hail storms ravaged crops in the southeast of the country. storms raged across the drom region, not far from the city of lyon, and damaged large swathes of farm land. farmers are left counting the costs of ruined greenhouses, harvests and vineyards, as gail maclellan reports. the deafening drumbeat of hail. these motorists understandably panicked as huge hailstones smash their windscreen. the centre of the storm, houses, shops and restaurants as well as churches are severely damaged. hailstones the size of golf balls rained down, anything made of glass became vulnerable. translation: to make it seemed like the end of

the world, i was in my truck, there we re the world, i was in my truck, there were pieces of glass falling. we took tables to protect ourselves. skylights in the roof of a gymnasium hosting a judo competition smashed. lasse and hale rained down on participants and the audience. nearby, a german tourist died after a tree fell onto her camper van. the violence of the storm has taken eve ryo ne violence of the storm has taken everyone by surprise. including the emergency services. they've been swamped with calls for help. translation: since yesterday, we've had 570 request for help, at the moment we have processed 260. 200 are in process , we have processed 260. 200 are in process, we have about 100 pending. these are mainly protective operations. fir trees, vines, cereals and vegetables have taken a pounding here in the area known as the orchard of france. as a cleaner begins, the government has assured

farmers they won't be left to face huge losses. the storms were brief but brutal. farmers hope they will remain rare. they're known as the green lungs of our towns and cities but parks across the country have suffered the brunt of council cuts in recent years. john maguire has been to a park in nottingham to find out how additional funding is breathing new life into our open spaces. come on in, the water's lovely. in fact, it's a balmy 16 degrees. three times a week, this former gravel pit at colwick country park in nottingham is used and enjoyed by open water swimmers. tonight, there's even a group of the first timers. never really done open water, i don't really go swimming much. just haven't really entered any events, so yeah, just want to get into it and jump in at the deep end, literally! you'll have a great time, thank you. nottingham is one of eight towns and cities across the uk successful

in bidding for extra money for parks and green spaces. £11 million is being given by the national lottery and the national trust to help find these open areas. this money is really important because for the first time it will allow us to get the breathing space to think and research and develop new ideas for how we're going to manage our spaces in the future. so for instance, we'll be looking at new business opportunities. how we can create better facilities for our communities so we can have a cafe where the park runners can sit in afterwards, where families can go and enjoy themselves. it is a golden opportunity for us to plan notjust for tomorrow but for the next 20—30 years. such long—term strategies often fall foul of tightening council purse strings. but with an ever—increasing understanding of the physical and mental health benefits of open spaces, fresh air and these green lungs, are more important than ever. john maguire, bbc news, nottingham.

the river seine is the lifeblood of paris. older, much olderthan the river seine is the lifeblood of paris. older, much older than the eiffel tower or notre dame. it is a river full of history, intrigue and more than a bit of scrap metal. these gentlemen are dry to do all about that, using powerful magnets to fish out bikes, scooters and even old rifles. translation: it's a bit of an adventurer but above all, you are improving the environment around you. martin the other side of the planet but your own. it's becoming a thriving industry. the owner of this shop has sold more than 2000 magnets this year. whereas in previous years he sold barely 100. and they are

becoming more and more powerful. translation: i think it's the only way of clearing pollution and having fun at the same time. fishermen say i caught a big the same time. fishermen say i caughta big pike, i caught the same time. fishermen say i caught a big pike, i caught a the same time. fishermen say i caughta big pike, i caughta big carp but for magnet fishermen, it's i brought back a fridge or a scooter. it's not a major moneymaker. bryant has sold around four tonnes of metal and only made a few hundred euros but it helps clean the environment. one piece of scrap ata the environment. one piece of scrap at a time. to infinity and beyond! the much anticipated fourth and final toy story film had its premier last night. tom hanks, who has been the voice of cowboy woody since 1995, was one of the stars on the red carpet in london's leicester square. the film is released in cinemas across the uk on friday. in a moment time for the weather but here's victoria derbyshire with what she's got coming up in her

in her programme at ten come morning. it to meet a family who have no electricity or gas bills. living entirely off grid in pembrokeshire. generating the energy they need to power their homes themselves. you are creating gas from for advice. exactly. what bieber essentially got as an artificial cow ‘s stomach, full of the normal bugs that would be in the stomach, those bugs turning what we feed it into methane. with a government plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050 is this the kind of lifestyle we should all be aiming for? also we talk in the studio to love ireland, a former co ntesta nt the studio to love ireland, a former contestant who tells us why he was booted off the show last week. john

shortly. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. quite a bit of rainfall in the forecast for some of us. low pressure is still in charge of the weather. bringing us with reference and particularly, this cold front giving us some rain across wales, northern england, throughout this morning, tending to ease but further south, we have sunny spells. we continue with sunshine well into the afternoon. patchy rain continuing for a time across wales, parts of north—west england, showers restricting their way further south into the middle and spread further north across scotland, a rash of showers moving on. looking in closer detail, we could see heavy downpours. some hail, thunder, also some gusty winds associated with showers in central and southern scotland. some sunshine in the far

north of england. maximum temperature is about 18, 19 degrees. for many reaching 21 possibly 23 degrees in the south—east. low pressure is still there. going into tuesday. let me draw your attention to this area of low pressure in the south, moving up from the bay of biscay. intense downpours later on tuesday and into wednesday. you will see what i mean in the second but during two years many across scotla nd during two years many across scotland and northern ireland, for the showers, was contrite for start on tuesday, shower starting to drift across the south, some uncertainty on the exact location of those. more often drifting in as the day goes on. quite warm, quite humid during tuesday. touch is around 18—23d. thenifsin tuesday. touch is around 18—23d. then it's in the south—east corner we could see temperatures 15 — 50 millilitres of intense showers and thunderstorms. as they push their way in as we go through tuesday. there could well be a lot of rain in a short space of time, could lead to

extra flooding issues across the south—east of england. some drifting into lincolnshire. parts of the west country. central and southern parts of england as well. that could lead to problems, they shift away during wednesday to lead a mostly dry and tight with sunshine and showers. goodbye.

hello it's monday, it's ten o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. we neet the family of four with no electricity or gas bills. living entirely off grid — generating all the energy they need to power their home themselves. this is the shower. and it's cold water. we've got hot running water. this is hot water in this outdoor shower? yeah, yeah, yeah. of course. so, a biodigester essentially means that you are creating gas from your food waste. exactly. what we've essentially got is an artificial cow's stomach. the government says it wants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to almost zero in the next 30 years. so is this a model for the way we could all live? health secretary matt hancock — who wanted to be prime minister himself — is now backing borisjohnson's bid for the top job.