this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 3pm. chancellor philip hammond tells the bbc he'll resign if boris johnson becomes prime minister, and will campaign to prevent a ‘no—deal‘ brexit. i understand that his conditions for serving in his government would include accepting a no—deal brexit on the 31st of october, and that is not something i can sign up to. ireland's foreign minister warns ‘we'll be in trouble' if the new pm tears up the brexit withdrawal agreement. if the house of commons chooses to facilitate a no—deal brexit and if a new british prime minister chooses to take britain in that direction, then it will happen. but this will be a british choice. not an irish choice, not an eu choice, this will be a british choice. please confirm that you are not intending to violate international law by unlawfully attempting to boa rd.

dramatic audio reveals how a british warship warned iranian forces not to seize a uk—registered oil tanker in the gulf. this is the scene live in hong kong, where tens of thousands of pro—democracy protesters have taken to the streets in the latest challenge to beijing. can irish golfer shane lowry follow his sensational round yesterday with victory in the open at royal portrush this afternoon? and coming up at ii.30pm. a look back at the best moments from the victoria derbyshire programme this week.

good afternoon. the chancellor of the exchequer, philip hammond, says he'll resign this week if borisjohnson becomes the new conservative leader and prime minister. mr hammond says he doesn't agree with mrjohnson over brexit, and thinks it's unlikely britain will get a deal agreed with the eu by the current leaving date of october 31st. here's our political correspondent, nick eardley. if there's one thing these two can agree on, it's that delivering brexit has not been an easy ride. you got the green light? hang on. i haven't got a green light. oh, the story of my life. borisjohnson is odds on to become our prime minister on wednesday. but the chancellor can't sign up to his brexit strategy. and so this morning, live on the television, he announced he plans to quit. assuming that borisjohnson becomes the next prime minister, i understand that his conditions for serving in his government would include accepting a no deal exit on the 31st of october, that is not something i could never sign up to.

it's very important that a prime minister is able to have a chancellor who is closely aligned with him in terms of policy, and i, therefore, intended to resign to theresa may before she goes to the palace to tender her own resignation on wednesday. we don't know for sure that borisjohnson will beatjeremy hunt, we'll find out on tuesday. but it is notjust the chancellor getting ready for prime ministerjohnson. others are ready to quit it too. just like theresa may, the next pm will have a divided party in parliament. they will also face a familiar issue here. the border between the republic and northern ireland. both men say they want to take out the controversial backstop, but the irish government isn't having it. if the approach of the new british prime minister is that they are going to tear up the withdrawal agreement, then i think we're in trouble. i think we're all in trouble, quite frankly, because that is a little bit like saying, "either give me what i want or i am

going to burn the house down for everybody. " so no deal remains a possibility. he says it will have a significant economic impact, and mean checks on the island of ireland. but he says it will be britain's fault. not so, says mrjohnson's team. they want to prepare for leaving without a deal, but still think a new one is possible. the deal, as it stands, right now, is dead and there's no point in trying to fiddle or twiddle it. the reality is there are huge elements in it which simply are inoperable in the uk. the eu is a master at hard—nosed negotiations and i think we got taken for a ride. because we were not. there will be a new boss here on wednesday with their own ideas about how to get a better brexit offer. but many of the challenges will be ones we've got very used to. and nick explained why mr hammond decided to announce his resignation plans now and what that means for the next prime minister.

philip hammond, a man who has been in government since the coalition years, for nine years at the heart of government. always seen as a safe bit of hands, fairly mild—mannered and loyal. has just dropped this bombshell on a sunday morning. live on television. for the simple reason that he is really despairing about the way that it looks like the conservative parliament is going to go under borisjohnson. he thinks that no—deal brexit would be a calamity that he isn't prepared to sit back and watch it happen. there is an element ofjumping before he was pushed for the simple reason that he wasn't going to see in borisjohnson's reason that he wasn't going to see in boris johnson's cabinet reason that he wasn't going to see in borisjohnson's cabinet anyway, borisjohnson would not have wanted him there. the same is true for some other cabinet ministers but they are true clearly trying to get out with a maximum impact to show boris johnson that they think he is

getting it wrong. there are rumours we could see more people stepping down, what will it do to boris's working majority? we will certainly see more ministers refusing to serve under boris johnson, we see more ministers refusing to serve under borisjohnson, we know the justice secretary is one of them, there could be one or two cabinet ministers who want serve under boris johnson, morejunior ministers who want serve under boris johnson, more junior ministers ministers who want serve under boris johnson, morejunior ministers on top of that. the big challenge to borisjohnson is top of that. the big challenge to boris johnson is if top of that. the big challenge to borisjohnson is if as you say, people decide to actually leave the conservative party and eat away at his working majority, because that doesn't just his working majority, because that doesn'tjust impact his working majority, because that doesn't just impact brexit, his working majority, because that doesn'tjust impact brexit, it impacted whole ability to run a government. you could be in a situation in the next few weeks where a wafer thin working majority is ebbing away, there is the by—election in wales, next week as well which again the conservatives could lose. a seat in that wafer thin working majority could be even slimmer. what does it all point to? it points to borisjohnson finding the first few months of government extreme hard. all working towards that 31st of october date, when

somehow, he has to try and persuade parliament to get on—board with whatever he decides to we were hearing from simonjust whatever he decides to we were hearing from simon just to add to that increasing and very busy in tray, remainjust that increasing and very busy in tray, remain just what he was saying. you have the same challenges theresa may face, a rebellious party, parliament divided over brexit. but the eu is holding firm. so far there is no sign that eu is willing to revisit the backstop, the thing that both mrjohnson and jeremy hunt have said needs to go. there is no sign that europe wants to do that. well it? will it budge at some point in the face of no deal? possibly, but at the moment it is nothing of that. so boris johnson, if you went, will enter downing street on wednesday, struggling to see how he gets something through parliament, but also snowing that europe says, speak to us, yes we want to be your friend, yes we want to sort of thing

out, but we're not going back on the withdrawal agreement so there is a lot to do. the owners of the british—flagged tanker seized by iran on friday says they've put in a formal request to visit the crew members who were captured. the stena impero has been impounded with all 23 crew aboard in the port of bandar abbas. meanwhile, a recording has emerged of radio exchanges between a royal navy warship and iran's revolutionary guard — moments before the tanker — the ‘stena impero' — was seized in the strait of hormuz on friday. iran's ambassador to the uk, says any further escalation of tensions between britain and iran would be ‘unwise and dangerous'. daniala relph reports. the radio messages came ahead of the iranian revolutionary guard taking over the stena impero, descending from a helicopter to the deck of the tanker. a british warship, hms montrose, had been alerted, but failed to reach the ship on time. it did, though, embark on a radio exchange with an iranian patrol boat.

the swedish—based owners of the tanker insist the vessel did not breach any regulations. it says its priority is protecting its multinational crew. translation: we followed the ship every second and every minute and the tanker never left international waters. we understand that the crew are in relatively good condition, but it's a stress situation for everyone. the british government says it is now looking to its international allies to help ease the tension. our first and most important

responsibility is to make sure that we get a solution to the issue to do with the current ship. make sure other british flagged ships are safe to operate in those waters and then look at this wider picture of actually having a working, proper, professional relationship with iran. but this is a hostile act, let's not dodge away from that. in this deepening political and diplomatic row, there are still 23 crew members on a british flagged ship who remain prisoners of iran's revolutionary guard. daniella relph, bbc news. henryjones is a journalist who specialises in defence and international security, he told us how he see's the situation being resolved. the first thing to say is the uk is not necessarily keen tojoin a coalitionjust with the united states to solve this. it was reported earlier today that that had been on the table last week.

and the london concern is that it, siding with the us and allowing them to help us through the situation almost validates the us position on the nuclear deal. how you get through it is a difficult question for london to answer. a number of options have been drawn up, philip hammond has said sanctions are on the table. the understanding is the ministry of defence presented a whole raft of options to downing street and they need the green light, they need the go—ahead from their masters to do that and so it is now up to, if it is being resolved, it is up to the politicians to decide how to do that. and if that involves military in the region, that will be their call to make and they will no doubt enact that.

admiral lord west has said that more needs to be done, there has been a call for more investment in the navy. how realistic do you think it could be for military escorts to accompany tankers through the strait of hormuz? it is not inconceivable. he is entitled to his comments the uk has a very significant permanent presence in the region. it has 4 mine hunters, it has hms montrose, hms duncan en route, there are other auxiliary ships again. it has a substantial presence in the region. it needs, i'm not entirely sure i buy the idea that we lack the capability to protect our shipping. what more needs to be done? i think it is hard to say. but saying that we lack the capability is not helpful. there is this prospect that we could have convoys moving through the strait.

we could have set times where the 30 british flagged ships pass through the strait every day, can pass through at a set time but that is difficult to achieve. iran earlier described what is taking place as reciprocal actions, hinting that this is just in response. surely it is not as simple as this. how far do you think iran is willing to go? i agree it is not a simple as that. the royal marines on the 4th ofjuly seized the iranian tanker and hasn't yet been released. they can argue it is retaliation for that, they can spin it however they like, and of course they are going to spin it how it benefits them. they have an agenda here. i think an interesting point to make is what iran wants to get out of this.

and how their actions, the precedent their actions set. if they can get away with this, if they can seize a british flagged tanker in the strait of hormuz, that was exercising innocent passage, going about its usual busiest, if they can get away with that, it sets an incredibly dangerous precedent not unlike that which has been set in the south china sea by china flouting international law, upheld by the united nations. another mass protest is taking place in hong kong — protesters have marched to china's central government office in hong kong in another mass demonstration against the authorities. some pelted the building with eggs; others sprayed graffiti on nearby walls. stephen mcdonell is in hong kong for us. stephen, update us on what is going on please. at the moment, was protesters who were surrounding beijing's headquarters here income

hong kong have been forcibly by right place. they are holding makeshift shields, cardboard and plastic and the like to try and repel the tear gas that the police have been firing at them. we might move on to see if we can get a better idea, they are definitely kitted up to take on the right to police knowing that another charge from the authorities is coming. and if we swing around to the other end of the direction we can see this bright light, that is the right police just there, waiting to come again. and they have been pretty forceful tonight i have to say, every time they come they push eve ryo ne every time they come they push everyone out of the way including reporters and other bystanders, i think that the imagery of going to beijing's headquarters, spray—painting it, even writing graffiti along the lines that the president is a dog, it was never going to take long for police to come out after that had happened and clear them away. that exactly what has happened. quite a tense

situation at the moment, bits of barricades still on the ground here, they have been throne and various other projectors, glass, bricks and the like have been thrown at the police and the police have responded with bat on charges. tear gas, and it will keep going like this until they managed to clear these people out of the street altogether. this has gone past the fight against the extradition bill? you described earlier chance of defending freedom is in hong kong's also give us an idea of the freedom we are talking about because many people around the world would understand the relationship that hong kong has. exactly. this movement started off against this very unpopular exhibition bill allowing for extradition to mainland chinese courts, controlled by the communist party. but people here say that

other freedoms have been slowly deteriorating. they think the independence of the court has been deteriorating, free press has been deteriorating, free press has been deteriorating, journalists being thrown out of hong kong, forcing things the government doesn't like something which would never have happened many years ago stop so they think this could be the end of the way of life. i can hear projectiles being thrown from the site, so... you can see them preparing, they definitely know that the next charge from the police is coming very soon and that is partly because protesters are throwing projectiles at them potentially to provoke such at them potentially to provoke such a clash. stephen we will get you out of the way to safety, we did see some of throwing something just behind you, so we will speak to you later. thank you. the headlines on bbc news. philip hammond says he'll resign as chancellor on wednesday, if borisjohnson becomes prime minister.

ireland's foreign minister warns the uk's next prime minister that if they tear up the brexit withdrawal agreement ‘we're all in trouble' nato joins international criticism of iran for seizing a british—flagged oil tanker in the gulf. british airways flights between london and cairo remain suspended until at least friday, because of what the airline has described as ‘a safety precaution'. no further details have been given. the german carrier, lufthansa, also abruptly cancelled flights to cairo yesterday, but resumed its services today. andy moore reports. the last—minute cancellation of the flight to cairo caused confusion and anger at heathrow airport. one passenger, due to fly to her sister's wedding on tuesday with her husband and two children, says she now faces a huge bill to rebook.

i don't know what to do. i can't even tell my sister that the flight is cancelled. my kids, they are feeling disappointed. they are very, very disappointed. i had to tell them the truth, that we don't know whether we're going to travel or not. it may be very inconvenient for some travellers, but this plane crash is the spectre that looms behind the ba cancellations. in 2015, a russianjet plunged into the sinai desert, killing all 224 passengers on board. britain was one of the first countries to warn it was most likely a terrorist attack. other nations followed the uk in stopping flights out of sharm el—sheikh. it's now thought the plane was blown up by a bomb smuggled on board at the airport. so far, the cancellations only effect ba flights to and from cairo. other british airlines flying to other destinations in egypt are not affected. but the foreign office has updated its travel advice, saying there is a heightened risk of terrorism against aviation. it's says extra security measures are in place for british planes leaving egypt.

earlier i spoke to amanda flannigan— who lives and works in cairo but is originally from staffordshire. she was due to fly back to the uk with ba on wednesday. ( sot ireton e—mailfrom ireton e—mail from ba late afternoon saying they had cancelled the flights and that was it basically. i have not managed to get on the flight have not managed to get on the flight but i want refund with ba so ican flight but i want refund with ba so i can book immediately with another airline. are using that ba are refusing to refund you? airline. are using that ba are refusing to refund you ?|j airline. are using that ba are refusing to refund you? i have been chasing them since last night, i got through to them and they said i need to talk to the agent i booked through but they said they needed to speak to the ba and that was about four hours ago, and promised to, within the error and i

you're hoping to fly back to visit family. father alternatives open to you? ba have not mentioned alternatives but there are many alternatives but there are many alternatives i can fly with so don't understand why ba have cancelled. we have had no further information. when other airlines are flying. in an out of cairo as normal. what do you make of the expedition —— ex from ba saying this is just a routine check. have you come across something with before? no i haven't. icame something with before? no i haven't. i came back to cairo airport from other trip i have been on not from the uk. no issues whatsoever. identify with ba i flew with another airline. but no, i have never come across this before in cairo.

let's go straight back to hong kong. these are live pictures where a mass protest has been held yet again. we are seeing a little more action from the right police who seem to have moved towards those protesters. they are having a stand—off earlier but right police now i think second weekend they have been on the streets of hong kong because a lot of the protesters have been moving into areas where they are not allowed to enter. there has in a lot of graffiti, we were speaking to our correspondence stephen earlier who said they had been graffiti that had been daubed on the building through today. lots of shouts from demonstrators about trying to protect their freedoms. of hong kong. and what you can see is some of the right police moving what

looks like a protester, a woman, in some distress, being offered water. that could be tear gas. that she is suffering from. so you can see the smoke in the air and some of the protesters, not much in the way of protection. we saw them earlier with plastic shields and we still see those umbrellas that have become pretty familiar with this protest. but that looks like an underpass and the smoke you can see is tear gas that has been fired according to the afp. activists defying orders and thatis afp. activists defying orders and that is why the right police have tended to move them. they have been a number of protesters on the site watching what is taking place as well. authorities deploying a security blanket around the government building but thousands of

protesters have descended on that office in hong kong and this is china's representative office in hong kong as anger grows, initially over that extradition bill but it has become more of a protest about erosions of freedoms by what had been described as their political masters in beijing. right police moving, tear gas has been fired, more on this as and when it develops. that was the latest from hong kong. you're watching bbc news. the time is 3:24pm. six puppies that were stolen by burglars who had machetes have been reunited with their mother after they were found by police. they were taken by two men who managed to get access to a flat in the north of manchester. when their mother — zena — tried to defend them she was slashed in the face. a ao—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary and remains

in custody for questioning. the weather is threatening to play a part in today's final round of the open at royal portrush. irishman shane lowry is still in the lead. after a shaky start dropping a shot on the first hole, he's now extended his advantage. adam wild is at royal portrush for us this afternoon. it is looking very wet and wendy at the moment here at royal portrush. the spectators hardly notice, they are having an extraordinary time. quite extraordinary here out on the fa i rwa ys quite extraordinary here out on the fairways and greens shane lowry started with a four—point lead and has stretched that advantage, he bogeyed the first and found a bunker

going down the first but he has in the last few moments birdied the seventh which leave him 18 park going down —— under par. he is really going to have to make a move pretty soon if he is going to make inroads into that. tommy fleetwood looking to be the first english since 1992 to when the open championship, nick faldo the last enrichment to left that famous claret jug. enrichment to left that famous claretjug. at the moment, it is shane lowry who is leading the way, he has not looked nervous at all. he had been in the situation before, he had been in the situation before, he had a four shot lead going into the us open back in 26 in. he'd loot them, some would say that talked him enough a lot, he looks a different player, he has not shown a shred of nerves. playing very nicely and the

crowd, my word, they have been extraordinary. we have just crowd, my word, they have been extraordinary. we havejust seen another northern irishman from portrush, he was born and brought happier, in fact his brother is a green keeper here, an extraordinary reception for him it is all set up foran reception for him it is all set up for an extraordinary end to this open championship. a three—year—old boy has been rescued after falling into an abandoned well in china, that was four meters deep and just 30 centimeters wide. firefighters tried to pull the boy out by tying a rope around his wrists but were unable to bring him to the surface as he was stuck below the waist. he was given oxygen while they excavated a tunnel at one side of the well. they finally managed to free him and he was treated by medics at the scene and reunited with his family.

now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. a reasonable day for most of us. northern ireland over recent hours we have seen the rain really come down quite heavily, and that wet weather has been spreading into western scotland as well. overnight tonight, the rain will continue for a good chunk of the night for northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland and we could see as much as 25 to 50 millimetres of rain building and by the time the rain cleared on monday, perhaps even as much as 100 over the hills of dumfries and galloway. the risk of localised surface water flooding, otherwise a warm night, 15 to 17 degrees from any of us. tomorrow, the south—westerly winds will push that way northwards into the highlands of scotland. elsewhere, after a cloudy start, we will see plenty of sunshine coming out through the afternoon, it will be a warm or very warm day for many

areas, northern ireland, wales, eastern scotland, and hot across england with eyes up to 29. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: chancellor philip hammond tells the bbc he'll resign if boris johnson becomes prime minister and campaign to prevent a no—deal brexit i understand that his conditions for serving in his government would include accepting a no—deal exit on 31st october, that is not something that i could ever sign up to. ireland's foreign minister warns the uk's next prime minister that if they tear up the brexit withdrawal agreement ‘we're all in trouble' dramatic audio reveals how a british warship warned iranian forces not to seize a uk—registered oil tanker in the gulf. six puppies stolen by burglars armed with machetes have been reunited with their mother after they were found by police.

and now on bbc news, victoria derbyshire takes a look back at some of the highlights from her programme this week. we will show you some of our highlights from the last week. we start with the inspirational story of rose. when she was 12, she was hit by a drink—driver and she lost her ability to speak. but now, aged 21, and with the help of the young acting graduate, she has found her voice again. my voice was taken because of a hit—and—run.