today at five... a man who claimed to have been abused as a child by 3 westminster paedophile ring is convicted of perverting the course ofjustice and fraud. carl beech — who was known as "nick" — accused politicians and high—ranking members of the military of abusing youg boys. we'll have the latest from newcastle crown court. the other main stories on bbc news at five... the polls in the conservative leadership race havejust closed — as sir alan duncan quits as a foreign office minister in protest over a possible boris johnson victory. meanwhilejo swinson is named as the first female leader of the liberal democrats,

beating sir ed davey. you have put your trust in me , not only to lead our party but to lead and grow a bigger, open, liberal movement which our so desperately needs. good afternoon. i'm going to take you straight over to the house of commons now where jeremy you straight over to the house of commons now wherejeremy hunt is making a statement about the seizure of the uk registered tanker by iran. if there was sufficient guarantees the oil would not go to any entity sanctioned by the eu. instead of responding constructively, iran chose to seize this so we need to ta ke chose to seize this so we need to take appropriate action to support the safe passage of vessels in the

country. as well as speaking to my iranian counterpart, i've spoken today to the forest ministers —— foreign ministers of oman, germany, finland, spain and denmark. cobra meetings have been held over the weekend. there was also a formal protest. i can update the house on further action we are taking. firstly, the department for transport has raised the security level for british flag shipping to level for british flag shipping to level three. advising against all passage in iranian waters. secondly, because freedom of navigation is a vital interest of every nation, we will now seek to put together a european led maritime protection mission to support safe passage of both crew and cargo in this five vital region. we have had

constructive discussions in the last 48 hours and we will discuss the best ways to implement proposals in this area. the new force will be focused on the free navigation, bearing in mind that one fifth of the world's oil, quarter its liquefied natural gas and trade with half $1 trillion passes through the strait every year. it will not be pa rt strait every year. it will not be part of the us maximum pressure policy on iran because we remain committed to remaining part of the iran nuclear agreement. while we seek to establish this mission as quickly as possible, hms duncan, a destroyer has been deployed to take over from destroyer has been deployed to take overfrom hms montrose destroyer has been deployed to take over from hms montrose and she will arrive in the region by the 29th of july, one week today. fourthly, we will ask all british flagships to give us notice of any intention to pass through the strait of hormuz in order to offer the best protection we can. we will then advise the

stra ig htest way we can. we will then advise the straightest way to transit which may involve travelling in convoy. your strengthening measures to protect ships flying the of other countries but which have british crew on board. 1300 ships appear on the uk ship register. the combined british rev enzyme sleet is the largest in the world and on an average day, two 01’ the world and on an average day, two or three ships belonging to this group pass through the strait of hormuz. hms montrose covers an operating area of some 19,000 nautical miles and so far has escorted 30 match vessel through the strait during 17 separate transits, travelling 4800 nautical miles in the process. it is of course not possible for the royal navy to provide escort for every single ship 01’ provide escort for every single ship or indeed eliminate all risks of parity but those risks can be

substantially reduced if commercial shipping companies cooperate fully with instructions from the department for transport which we strongly encourage them to do. these changes are both short and medium term are made possible because of the commitment this government has already made to increase our security presence in the gulf including the opening in april last year of the first permanent british naval facility on the gulf for over 40 yea rs. naval facility on the gulf for over 40 years. this establishment in bahrain now hosts hms montrose with other countermeasure vessels at one supply ship. finally, let me say it is with a heavy heart that we are announcing this increased international presence in the gulf because the focus of our diplomacy has been on the escalating tensions in the hope that such changes would not be necessary. we do not seek confrontation with iran, we have taken confrontation with iran, we have ta ke n every confrontation with iran, we have ta ken every available confrontation with iran, we have taken every available every available opportunity to reduce this

and at the same time standing by our rock—solid commitment of global peace and prosperity. we must also react to the world around us as it is and not how we would wish it to be, so if iran continues on this dangerous path, they must accept the price will be a larger western military presence in the waters along the coastline, not because we wish to increase tensions but simply because freedom of navigation as a principle which britain and its allies will always defend, and i commend this statement to the house. thank you. i thank the foreign secretary for advanced sight of his statement. let me start by passing oi'i statement. let me start by passing on the apologies of the shadow foreign secretary that she cannot be here to respond herself but as many will know, she is still at home recovering from the injuries she received after being knocked off her

bike on friday, and i'm sure we will always show well. may i also take the opportunity to pay tribute to the opportunity to pay tribute to the outgoing minister for europe and the outgoing minister for europe and the americas? the right honourable memberfor the americas? the right honourable member for rutland and melton. he has served the office with diligence and distinction in bad times and good, and he certainly can be forgiven for fearing that the bad times are about to return, but we thank him for the spirit in which he engaged in our parliamentary debates, and we look forward to contributing... continuing, sorry, to make those contributions from the back bend. i would also like to add that any unfortunate event that this foreign secretary's final appearance in his current role is today, we thank him, too, forthe in his current role is today, we thank him, too, for the welcoming change in tone and the very welcome change in tone and the very welcome change in tone and the very welcome change in work ethic that he has brought to that great office of state. not least on the issue of

iran that we are discussing today. iran's actions in recent weeks in the strait of hormuz have been utterly unacceptable. and should be condemned from all sides. our thoughts first and foremost are with the 23 crew members on board the sten the 23 crew members on board the stan and pero and their families who are facing this time of uncertainty. we all know why these events have been taking place. because just like the tanker wore in the 1980s, there isa simple the tanker wore in the 1980s, there is a simple and ruthless logic being applied by the iranian hardliners who are now in the ascendancy in tehran. just as they were 30 years ago. it simply says, if you try and stop our oil supplies, we will stop yours. an escalation of tit for tat rhetoric and action that had been sadly so predictable and to some extent inevitable since the united

states walked away from the iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions not limited to the us but in theory to any company or country that continues to deal with iran. i say in theory, because as we all know, those countries like china, powerful enough to ignore the trump administration's demands, have continued to import oil and gas from iran while washington turns a blind eye. that brings us to the specific issue of the seizure of the race one oil tanker and the unacceptable brutality that might retaliatory action. we know that the us told the madrid government 48 hours in advance that the great one was headed for the peninsula which could also explain why a 36 hours in advance, the gibraltar government introduced new legislation to shore up introduced new legislation to shore up the legal basis for the seizure taking place in its waters. may i ask the foreign secretary to confirm

whether the us was also the source of our information regarding the tanker's course? whether it is correct that they asked us to seize it, and whether their primary basis for that request was the tanker's destination to syria or its origin being iran. if it is correct, that we knew full two days in advance that this action is going to be taken, why on earth a full 17 days later was a british flagged tanker left so hopelessly unprotected in the strait of hormuz when anyone with any understanding of this issue could see that this was exactly how the iranians would respond to the seizure of their own, and to any measures the foreign secretary has announced today, which are very welcome, could have been put in place a full 20 days before now, why was the government's eyes so patiently of the per crystal ball. i was like the foreign secretary to go into more practical detail about how the government plans to resolve the

grace one m we must also address the wider question which is how to de—escalate the tension with iran, stopping this tit for tat cycle of actions, getting the nuclear deal back on track, and use that as the foundation which had previously promised to be, to address all the other concerns we have about iran, not least the continued detention of british your nationalists. —— british your nationalists. —— british dual nationalists. setting aside the things that we agree on, could you tell us what the government is doing to persuade the trump administration to drop its sanctions against iran? sanctions which reach the international agreement which we, the us and other countries worked so hard to achieve and sanctions which have given the ha rdliners and sanctions which have given the hardliners in tehran the excuse they have always craved to return to the strategy of isolation and

aggression, and themselves breach the terms of the nuclear agreement, an agreement which was one of the great diplomatic achievements of this current century and an agreement which we must all strive to get back on track before this escalation of tension reaches the point of no return. thank you. first of all, can i say from the side of the house we wholeheartedly endorse what the shadow foreign minister said about the shadow foreign secretary who we wish every success in having a rapid recovery after her very u nfortu nate in having a rapid recovery after her very unfortunate bicycle accident, andi very unfortunate bicycle accident, and i think that will be something we all feel on the side of the house. i also want to thank him for his generous comments to me about my time as foreign secretary, of course without anything in detail but i particularly wa nt without anything in detail but i particularly want to thank and when he was comparing me to my predecessor for making those comments carefully after 5pm when the leadership contest for the conservative party closed because it

might not have helped me in that contest if people thought... or if he thought i was a better foreign secretary. can i add my thanks to the brilliant service to british diplomacy made by the right honourable member for rutland and melton who was an outstanding foreign office minister. you will be greatly missed in the side king charles street but not for long if tomorrow's result is the upset that iam hoping tomorrow's result is the upset that i am hoping for. laughter let me return to the substance of what the honourable gentleman said. first of all, only the tension of grace one by the gibraltar authorities, i want to be absolutely clear that the united kingdom did not endorse that the gibraltarians authorities because of a request by the us. we did it because it was a

transiting oil through the waters of a british overseas territory in contravention of eu sanctions against syria, and we have been absolutely clear that our issue was the destination of that oil which was president assad's regime because a fundamental element of british policy has been to redraw the international red lines against the use of chemical weapons which assad has so tragically broken, so that is the reason and that is also why we have sought to de—escalate the situation by making it clear to iran that whatever our disagreements with that whatever our disagreements with that regime, we would support the release of that tanker if we could receive guarantees that the oil was not going to syria and we make that offer in public as well as in private so that they would know we we re private so that they would know we were absolutely serious about it. in terms of what we have done since the 4th ofjuly when that detention happened, there has been a huge amount of work but let me tell him,

on the security side, the ministry of defence have been extremely active, they have had officials posted at the department for transport, the dispatch of hms duncan, the raising of the threat level to level three, the enhanced activity from hms montrose which has done 17 transits in recent days for 13 vessels including 16 which had the red end sin, 26 hours of helicopters, and on the fco side, huge amount to try and de—escalate the calls to my iranian counterpart including in that, mike sampaio, the chief minister of gibraltar as well who i met in attendance at the foreign affairs council on the 15th ofjuly where i met the french foreign minister among many others. there is... has been a lot of things happening but with regards to his substantive point, i think it is important if we are going to de—escalate the situation that we do

not co nflate de—escalate the situation that we do not conflate what happened both in gibraltar and to the ship with the different approach we have taken to the former administration on the iran nuclear deal. on most perk that my foreign policy issues, we are absolutely at one with the united states, considering them our closest ally and the alliance with united states to be the foundation of global peace and prosperity since the second world war. we do have a difference of opinion on this issue but we are also absolutely clear that when it comes to freedom of navigation, can be no compromise and thatis navigation, can be no compromise and that is why the solution that we are proposing to the house this afternoon is one that brings in a much broader alliance of countries, including other countries like ours that have a different approach to the iran nuclear deal but the iranians must understand that there will be no compromise on freedom of navigation in the strait of hormuz, this is essential for the global

economy and global freedom this is essential for the global economy and globalfreedom of navigation and this country will not blink in that respect. that was a statement by the foreign secretary jeremy hunt about the iranian seizure of a british registered tanker. he said it was time now to ta ke tanker. he said it was time now to take appropriate action to ensure the safe passage of vessels through the safe passage of vessels through the gulf and very specifically through the strait of hormuz where this tanker was seized. the main point he made was that they would now be the formation of a european led maritime safety mission. mr hunt said he had been speaking to various european countries and this would be a european led force, not one with american involvement. he also said that another royal navy ship is going to those waters and that should be there sometime next week. just before we leave this story, i wa nted just before we leave this story, i wanted to bring you some pictures that have been released today by iranian state media and these are

pictures of the crew members of the tanker that was seized, some of the first pictures we are seeing of the people they are released by iranian state media. —— released there. a former nurse, carl beech, has been found guilty of inventing a westminster vip ring, which he claimed carried out a string of murders and sexual assaults. known in media reports as ‘nick‘, he accused senior politicians, military bosses, and security chiefs of sadistic sexual abuse and said he'd witnessed three boys being murdered in the 19705 and 1980s. a jury at newcastle crown court convicted him of 12 counts of perverting the course ofjustice, and one of fraud. he will be sentenced on friday. our correspondent fiona trott has this report. trott is at newcastle crown court. during this trial, the prosecutor

said that carl beech could not get his story straight, false identities, he said, creating fictional people, pretending to be someone fictional people, pretending to be someone else. that sort of conduct in the life of carl beech was as habitual and easier starting the day with a cup of tea. by returning these guilty verdicts, the jury is agreeing with him, carl beech told them that he was abused as a child, he was tortured even, electrocuted, used as a human dartboard he said and bitten by a snake. there was a long list of vips that he accused, the former tory mp harvey proctor, the former tory mp harvey proctor, the illegal leon britton, the late prime minister edward heath, and during the interview with police, he appeared tearful when he said what had happened decades ago. —— the light leon britton. —— the late leon britton. in hours of police interviews, he played the part of a victim. i had poppies pinned to my chest whilst they did whatever they wanted to do.

carl beech claimed he suffered years of sexual abuse and physical torture at the hands of a vip paedophile ring. he even said he'd witnessed three boys being murdered by the group, one hit by a car. but the stories were false, the tears, fake. he alleged that in london and beyond in the 19705 and 805, a paedophile network was operating, made up of establishment figures. among those carl beech accused was lord bramall, a former chief of the defence staff. at the age of 91, he found himself in a police station answering questions. torture, are you suggesting that a very, very senior army officer with an impeccable record would engage in torture of children?

al5o falsely incriminated was his long—time friend and fellow normandy veteran, general sir hugh beach, no relation to their accuser. sir hugh, now 96, gave evidence to the jury which has convicted carl beech. he is a man who's done enormous damage to totally innocent people who had done him no harm at all. evil man. beech claimed the ex tory mp harvey proctor had actually murdered two boys. other politicians he accused with the former home secretary lord britain, who died during the police investigation, the late conservative prime minister sir edward heath and lord janner. and then there were the intelligence chief5, sir michael hanley, once head of m15 and sir maurice oldfield, and ex—bo55 of m16. allegations that senior figures in public life sexually abused children more than 30 years ago. in 2014, bbc news made the police

investigation and lead story. at this point, beech wa5 anonymous and known only by the pseudonym, nick. he claimed jimmy savile had also abused him. and in the wake of savile scandal, a senior detective spoke for himself and his colleagues. they and i believe what nick is saying to be credible and to be true. the police investigation, codenamed operation midland, went on for 18 months and cost more than £2 million. the enquiry ended without any arre5t5 or charges. the investigation was later slated in an official report and the metropolitan police had to apologise to those who had suffered as a result of carl beech's fake allegations. it was another force, northumbria, which was then given the job of investigating beech. officers discovered that the school governor and hospital inspector was himself a paedophile. at the same time he was claiming

to be an abuse victim, he was downloading hundreds of sexual images of young boys. he also secretly filmed a boy indecently. this photo he took of himself undermined his claim that he had been physically tortured. there were no scars on his body. and so the big question, why did he fabricate his abuse story? firstly money, he received £22,000 in compensation. but secondly, he thrived on the limelight and the attention he was receiving. he had access to politicians, to journalists and really, the nation was gripped by the account he was giving. one of those falsely accused, harvey proctor, is critical of the bbc‘s journalism on the story. he's also now levelling his own accusations against a senior labour politician the police. tom watson, the current deputy leader of the labour party gave oxygen to these incredible claims. he interfered and put

pressure on their then home secretary theresa may, and the police commissioner sir bernard, now lord hogan—howe, to act on mr beech's fantasies. but tom watson, who met beech, rejects this and harvey proctor‘s call for an apology. i can understand why harvey proctor is very angry and upset, but i'm afraid i haven't got anything to apologise to him for. there is absolutely no way did i apply pressure on theresa may and bernard hogan—howe improperly and there's certainly no way they would have responded if i'd attempted to do that. beech has emerged as a cruel and dangerous manipulator. he deliberately set out to ruin other people's lives and reputations. but it is carl beech himself who now stands convicted of being a paedophile and a liar. june kelly, bbc news.

as you heard in the report there, the metropolitan police was heavily criticised for its handling of operation midland and the independent office for police conduct investigated the force, too, and we've heard from the i opc in the last hour, and they said there was no case to answer. now 51—year—old carl beech, the hospital inspector and school governor, is due to be sentenced on friday. thank you. our correspondent there. in the last 30 minutes, the deadline has passed for conservative party members to submit their ballots in the leadership contest between jeremy hunt and borisjohnson. the winner, who will also become prime minister, will be revealed tomorrow. today, the foreign office minister sir alan duncan resigned from the government, quitting ahead of an expected boris johnson victory. the chancellor philip hammond and justice secretary david gauke

have already said they will resign if mrjohnson wins, and it's thought other ministers could follow suit. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. edging towards the finish, still the front runner. borisjohnson takes a few more steps towards the job he's always wanted and the chance to cross the threshold of a rather more famous black door than this one. his opponent, who called himself the underdog from the start, is hoping the race isn't over just yet. but jeremy hunt's chances of overtaking mrjohnson seem slim. a final flourish from boris johnson, likening a new brexit deal to landing on the moon. writing in the daily telegraph, he said "if they could use hand knitted computer code to make a frictionless reentry to the earth's atmosphere in 1969, we can solve the problem of frictionless trade at the northern irish borders." his supporters say it can be done. borisjohnson will bring three things that will change the dynamic. first, absolute resolve as prime minister, as the leader

of this country, that we'll leave by the end of october. that has been missing. he will restore cabinet collective responsibility, so we have a united team. and above all, inject a bit of optimism into this enterprise we are embarked on. others are deeply uneasy about boris johnson going into number ten. foreign office minister alan duncan has resigned before the result is even announced. the timing of my resignation was to try and prompt an emergency debate in before borisjohnson was prime minister because it is the first time we have had a minority government change prime minister in midterm and the fundamental principle of our democracy is that the prime minister is the person who can command a majority in the house of commons, and that is untested and it is in doubt. from a former prime minister to the new one, whoever it is, a reminder that arguments over

whether the public should have another say won't be settled anytime soon. three years and more on from that vote, we have a wealth more information at our fingertips, and is it really undemocratic to go back to people and say, in the light of all this mess, and with a decision this magnitude, we are asking you, do you want to tell us again orthink again? the stage is being set here at westminster for a change of prime minister, but whoever it is will know the difficulties theresa may faced getting brexit over the line here in parliament, awkward mp5 on the backbenches, no real majority in the commons, and no change in the eu's position, well, those things won't disappear overnight. theresa may returned to downing street today knowing that the police escort, the trappings of office and the responsibilities of being prime minister will soon rest with someone else. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. we can speak now to the conservative mp for north east hampshire and boris johnson supporter raniljayawardena.

he is in the house of commons now. thank you forjoining us. well, the day before the result is announced, we have a ministerial resignation from someone who has never been a fan of boris johnson from someone who has never been a fan of borisjohnson but it still does speak to the fact that mr johnson is a divisive figure. how is he going to go about uniting the party if of course he winds? well, in your question, you almost a nswered in your question, you almost answered your point in saying that clearly personalities don't often... sometimes don't get on but really what we have to remember here is that boris is setting out a vision tonight and not just that boris is setting out a vision tonight and notjust a party but the country as a whole and the way to do thatis country as a whole and the way to do that is to deliver brexit on the 315t that is to deliver brexit on the 31st of october, that is as number one objective and by doing that, we asa one objective and by doing that, we as a party are then ready to fight jeremy corbyn and the party as a whole, left to right, levers and remain as, have all come together by borisjohnson for remain as, have all come together by boris johnson for those reasons. they don't appear to be coming

together. we have had sir alan duncan resigning today, philip hammond and david gauke indicating they could, too. this is hardly unity. you we can through other names at you, too. david green, one of theresa may's closest friends, it remains a border, someone on the left of the party, and others like jacob rees—mogg, a brexit here on the right seemingly, that demonstrates a real unity behind the common method of delivering brexit on the 31st of october but importantly it also demonstrates the party wa nt importantly it also demonstrates the party want to get on and talk about the things that matter to people out there, and only personality politics going on at the moment here in westminster is what people out there are sick and tired all. what they wa nt to are sick and tired all. what they want to talk about is more going into education which borisjohnson has set out his plans for as more money going into the infrastructure we need to rebuild so many parts of our country, and make sure that all parts of the country can thrive, and that's what boris has set out. and more police on the street. new 20,000 more police on that boris

johnson want to see. that is the vision people want to see out there in the country and that's why so many across the parliamentary party have got in and united are buying borisjohnson. you say borisjohnson was to deliver brexit. we know he is prepared to ta ke brexit. we know he is prepared to take the country out without a deal of necessary but he has said he wa nts to of necessary but he has said he wants to get a deal if possible. he has talked today about the issue of the irish border, the main sticking point for a lot of people, and he has talked about technology to solve that border problem. that is wishful thinking, isn't it? it's been pointed out time and again that the technology sibley does not exist at the moment. not at all. this is one of the biggest red herrings out there. why? we can use existing technologies, andi we can use existing technologies, and i am on the trade committee in the house of commons and we have been investigating what other

countries do where they have custom borders. norway and sweden, the us and canada. between the us and canada, the number of trusted trader scheme is in place a mean people can flow very freely and the only cheques that take place are spot checks, which of course, as you know, already take place on the island of ireland today. so of course these challenges can be ove rco m e course these challenges can be overcome and yes the technologies exist already and other countries are using them. what we need is to prepare for no deal so we have more credibility in the negotiations so we can get the good deal that boris johnson wants to see. 0k, we will have to leave it there. many thanks for joining have to leave it there. many thanks forjoining us here on bbc news. time for a look at the weather now, and here is susan powell. it is hot outside?

we will be looking at the graphics because they haven't been working. but it has been 30 degrees today in east anglia. the story for the week ahead, building up the heat and it will be pretty uncomfortable for some people. by day and also by night. it looks like temperatures will build widely into the mid 305 by wednesday. thursday, we could get up by wednesday. thursday, we could get up to 37 celsius in the south—east of england which could beat the record we currently have fourjuly which is 36.7 at heathrow. tomorrow night, potentially the record breaking night, temperatures will drop no lower than the mid 205 for some and that will feel unpleasant because there is a lot of heat and humidity. even though i don't have any pictures, tuesday night, we could see some lively thunderstorms, heat and humidity, perfect formula and look out for those spreading their way across the uk to take us

into wednesday, but thursday is your hotspot. this is bbc news. the headlines: the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, says the uk will form a european led maritime mission to counter iran's "piracy", after their seizure of a british registered tanker. carl beech, a man who claimed to have been abused as a child by a westminster paedophile ring, is convicted of perverting the course ofjustice and fraud. jo swinson is named as the first female leader of the liberal democrats, beating sir ed davey. polls in the conservative leadership race closed in the last half hour as ian duncan quits in the wake of a possible boris johnson ian duncan quits in the wake of a

possible borisjohnson victory. and this is going to be the hottest week of the summer so far with the temperature rising into the mid 305 in some parts of the country. adam peaty has won world championship gold in the 100 and has breastro ke championship gold in the 100 and has breastroke for the third time. he broke the 57 second mark and his own world record yesterday and the margin of victory was again impressive in the final in south korea this morning. it was a gb one, two as james wilby came second for his first world championship medal. adam peaty says he hopes to improve his times even further. my biggest achievement was going faster than yesterday. i had to be a better version of myself. i made a tiny mistake in the first land trying to force the speed too much. but i am still learning. not like i have gone

56 andi still learning. not like i have gone 56 and i am always learning and trying to improve and that is the most important thing we can have going into the olympics next year. it is just over going into the olympics next year. it isjust over a going into the olympics next year. it is just over a week since the cricket world cup final and england are back at lords and preparing for are back at lords and preparing for a four—day test match against ireland. the ashes warm up game begins on wednesday. rory burns is proud of his team—mates who made history. i was delighted to see the boys get over the line last sunday. it was amazing and to get amongst that feeling. there is a fair amount of excitement, maybe a couple of sore heads as well, but it has been a good mood and a good place to get amongst. the test match first and then the ashes later on in the summer, it is a mindset change and thatis summer, it is a mindset change and that is the key thing. you go from the white bowl, then you have to flip your mindset to the red bull. so that is it. the chinese super

league has emerged as a possible destination for gareth bale. he has three years remaining on his contract with real madrid, but has left out of their pre—season match against bayer munich with their coach claiming it would be best for eve ryo ne coach claiming it would be best for everyone if gareth bale were to leave. in response, the player's agent has fired back saying the madrid coach is a disgrace for the way he has treated gareth bale. we understand two chinese clubs are interested and he could earn £1 million a week. danny cipriani's chances of being chances for the rugby world cup appear slim after he was left out of income's training squad. he had been named in eddiejones' official training squad for the tournament at the start of the month but his omission from the party travelling to italy, which is for reasons other than injury will be seen as significant. eddie hearn says there is a good chance anthony joshua's rematch

eddie hearn says there is a good chance anthonyjoshua's rematch with andy ruiz chance anthonyjoshua's rematch with andy ruinunior will take place in cardiff. joshua lost all of his three heavyweight titles injune and eddie hearn says the venue for the rematch will be decided this week. eddie hearn says the venue for the rematch will be decided this weeklj think cardiff is the front runner right now. he doesn't care where it is but he has got to make the decision, i am is but he has got to make the decision, iam not is but he has got to make the decision, i am not making is but he has got to make the decision, iam not making it is but he has got to make the decision, i am not making it for him. the training team, common sense would tell you home is better than i weigh in any sport. there is the opportunity to go to madison square garden and that is of interest as well. we will be letting the other tea m well. we will be letting the other team this week about where the fight will be an cardiff is the front runner. the highly rated racehorse, sea of class has died after a bout of colic diagnosed earlier this month. the leading filly who won the irish oaks and yorkshire oaks was narrowly beaten runner up in flat racing's arc de triomphe.

we will have more support at 6:30pm. jane dougal, thank you very much. more now on our top story — because just over half an hour ago, at 5pm, the ballot to select the new leader of the conservative party closed. conservative party members have been voting for either jeremy hunt and borisjohnson, with the winner being announced tomorrow morning. on wednesday theresa may will take part in herfinal prime minister's questions in the commons. shortly after that, mrs may will head to buckingham palace to offer her resignation to the queen. she'll then be swiftly followed by her successor, who will ask her majesty for permission to form a government. after that, the new prime minster will take to the downing street lectern to deliver his first speech as pm, before announcing who will make up his new government. then on thursday, parliament breaks up for its summer recess.

it will resume on september the 3rd. jill rutter is programme director at the institute for government and is an experienced former senior civil servant, having worked in the treasury, number 10 and department for environment, food and rural affairs. jill is here with me now, to explain how the transition of power will work. you have witnessed this first hand and what i have read out is the public choreography, but there are all sorts of changes behind—the—scenes, what will be going on in number ten? in number ten, the staff, who will have become quite close to the prime minister during her tenure, because it is a very small place, they will be going through the emotions of saying goodbye and then the prime minister, as you said will go off to the palace. then they have very little time to greet the new prime minister. one of the interesting thing is, there have been talks going on already between the cabinet secretary and both leadership candidates to say, how will you run

the show, who will you bring with you and things like that. there are some preparations done but there are immediate first eight issues handing over, making sure the prime minister is up to speed the details of his responsibilities, the nuclear codes and that sort of thing. and then the immediate task at hand, the remarks on the steps of downing street. he goes inside and meets the principal private secretary, the cabinet secretary and the star. then he will get down to the business of cabinet making and announcing those key appointments. we don't know how quickly he will be about that, which will go first and if he wants to keep it for sort of... when i was there you wanted to make your big announcement for the six o'clock news but now everything is announced on twitter and real—time commentary. how will people be feeling about their own positions at the moment? does the arrival of a new prime minister cause anxiety? in downing

street, people are affected very differently. civil servants will assume they will continue, at least for some time after a new prime minister. it might not be that long, some of them might want to go but generally they are there and one of the principles of our civil service is continuity. one administration goes, a new one comes in and the civil service stays on. that is the general rule. people working in number ten other to serve theresa may, special advisers and they go insta ntly. may, special advisers and they go instantly. some might be invited back by the new prime minister so it is possible the new prime minister will say, that person might have had big differences with theresa may and that person knows what they are doing andi that person knows what they are doing and i will reappoint them. technically, those people go. within departments, there will only be two or three special advisers. in departments, it is basically the civil service he will be there to

welcome the new prime minister. the big continuity is provided by the people that their new ministers meet, the private secretary and the principal private secretary. they will be watching when does the new minister, they will get calls from downing street to say we are about to appoint this person and they will be waiting to see when they turn up. one of the big nightmares is the new minister turns up at the department and the department isn't ready and the security guards don't let them in and things like that. that usually happens to more obscure ministers, rather than the big hitters. is this transmission period strained because people obviously build up loyalties to the person they have been working for? yes, but they have been working for? yes, but they have been working for? yes, but they have had a lot of notice and they have had a lot of notice and the treasury knows they will get a new chancellor and thejustice department knows the davis cup will not hang on. it will be different if

jeremy hunt wins. but some people will be assuming a change. others might think and have been trying to read the runes a bit, i was speaking to one civil servant last week he said, ten days ago we thought he was definitely going. but he seems to be a bit more interested in the plans about what will happen in a couple of weeks. so maybe now we are thinking he is going to stay, but we may get new functions in the department, people will be looking out for this. one of the things that is most difficult is if people think there is a big change of direction. go back to the treasury, where i used to work, the treasury to boris johnson has been a temple of remain. he may very well appoint a chancellor who takes a different view about the impact on the economy, the prospects for a no—deal brexit and things like that and a lot of treasury officials will be wondering what the new chancellor is going to make of them, as much as what they make of the new

chancellor. it is always a tense time, trying to gauge both the policy agenda, getting onto the wavelength and trying to understand the big differences and also the difference in style. and i was in the treasury when we had a difficult transition from ken clarke to gordon brown. not that they were massively different policy but their personal style was oceans apart and it took a long time to that out. very good to talk to you, thank you for coming in. a reminder, you can follow all the developments on the bbc news channel. simon mccoy will present the leadership special which will be aired from 11am on bbc news and also on bbc one. the new leader of the liberal democrats isjo swinson. she beat her rival sir ed davey with a margin of around 20,000 votes. that announcement has just come in the last hour.

let's take a look at her campaign policies... jo swinson has pledged to "reshape the economy and tackle climate change". during the campaign she ruled out a deal with a brexiteer and she includesjeremy corbyn in that — describing him as a ‘danger to our country'(ani and she'd only go into coalition if electoral reform were on the table. our political correspondent jessica parkerjoins us now from central london. she takes over at a time when the lib dems have a lot of spring in their step? the whole has emptied out now because they are off to a rally tonight and i'm surejo swinson will address the crowds as their new leader and of course their first female leader. i was speaking to supporters of the lib dems and while i did find some ed davey supporters, the man whojo swinson

beat, he had a good record on climate change and lots of experience in government, i think the excitement around jo swinson is people feel she can cut through, a young, female leader and she was the first woman to bring her baby into the house of commons. maybe she can reach people that the lib dems and other parties are struggling to reach. she gave a rousing speech earlier on, let's have a listen to what she had to say. in the face of nationalism, populism, the catastrophe of brexit, the two old parties have failed. our party has been clear on brexit from day one. we believe the uk's best future is as members of the european union and thatis as members of the european union and that is why, as your leader, i will do whatever it takes to stop brexit. jo swinson saying she will do

whatever she can to stop brexit and i think whatever she can to stop brexit and ithinka whatever she can to stop brexit and i think a lot of people in the liberal democrats think that has been the recipe for their success, the clear message on that matter of brexit. jo swinson and her leadership rival, sir ed davey, very clear that what they want to see is another referendum and they want to campaign to remain in the referendum. the broader question now jo swinson is in charge, how will she bring that about? she made it clear she is willing to work with other mp5 but ruling out any kind of coalition with either a jeremy corbyn led government or a boris johnson led government, but she was trying to open the door to other mp5 in the hope that enough people from the lib dem peers macro perspective will rally around the cause of getting another referendum. as you we re getting another referendum. as you were saying, a spring in the step of the lib dem peer to hear. an interesting question for the party, if borisjohnson interesting question for the party, if boris johnson does interesting question for the party, if borisjohnson does become prime minister and he delivers brexit on

october the 31st, how will the liberal democrat party then define themselves in a post brexit thomas brittain? i suspect at this rally tonight, that is not a question they will be asking themselves, they will be celebrating their new leader, who many see as a fresh face who can cut through to the electorate. jessica parker, many thanks. the headlines on bbc news... the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, says the uk will form a european led maritime mission to counter iran's ‘piracy‘, after their seizure of a british registered tanker. carl beech, a man who claimed to have been abused as a child by a westminster paedophile ring, is convicted of perverting the course ofjustice and fraud. jo swinson is named as the first female leader of the liberal democrats, beating sir ed davey.

police in hong kong have criticised for failing police in hong kong have criticised forfailing to police in hong kong have criticised for failing to protect pro—democracy activists. the group beat up protesters as they return from a rally. hong kong has had weeks of protests against the proposed extradition bill which could see people sent to mainland china for a trial. hong kong's leader condemned the violence. there are some images you may find disturbing. this is the violence that has shocked the people of once peaceful hong kong. groups of men in white attacking anyone in black. those who were assumed to be on their way home from a pro—democracy demonstration. some of the men were wearing masks, while others didn't bother, appearing not to care if they are shown assaulting unarmed travellers. dramatic scenes were livestreamed on the internet, often showing several men ganging up on individuals. when the police appeared — it was too late. many of the attackers had fled, leaving pools of blood on the train station floors, and that has left many

in the chinese territory asking why it reportedly took the police an hour to respond to calls for help. instead, the hong kong government appeared to focus much of its attention on this angry protest that had congregated outside the china liaison office hours before the train station attack. pro—democracy demonstrators turned off of a police—approved protest route on sunday and defaced this chinese government building. "they openly challenged the nation's sovereignty," the chief executive carrie lam said, "tested the limits of one "country, two systems, and hurt the nation's feelings. "they outraged the entire city." beijing appears to be outraged too, not by the train station attack, but it clearly denounced the earlier demonstration outside its office that turned violent. eventually, they were turned away by tear gas and rubber bullets. beijing has used some of its strongest language yet

to denounce the attack on its main liaison office in hong kong, calling that attack "intolerable". chinese leaders here surely will be unhappy that protesters decided to target their anger towards one of the main symbols of chinese power in the territory. on the internet inside mainland china, comments praising the white shirt attackers are not being censored. some are calling them national heroes. and who were those attackers? hong kong's social media platforms are full of theories. many suspect the white shirt gang has connections to organised crime syndicates in hong kong — groups that profit from maintaining cosy connections with mainland china. celia hatton, bbc news, beijing. the company whirlpool has apologised to the owners of its tumble dryers, as it launches a recall of half—a—million machines

over fire risk concerns. certain models of the brands hotpoint, creda, indesit, swan and proline dryers have been blamed for causing hundreds of fires. the firm is now offering free replacements or partial refunds. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz has more. the charred belongings of a family in ayrshire — just one of 750 fires in the past few years involving tumble driers. it's completely crisped. along with everything else. this fire in a seventh floor flat in shepherds bush in london was also blamed on one of the faulty tumble driers. the family's flat was devastated. the impact it had on the family being put into a hotel for two weeks. another victim whose drier had already been modified by whirlpool told mp5 earlier this month how she'd had a fire while her children were inside. my baby was in the cot at the time, sleeping, because i'd got a toddler toddling around. he followed me in the kitchen, as i opened the door

and saw the flames. i had to grab him and get out, and i had to get my son to help me grab my daughter out. now whirlpool will have to go further than making modifications for the faulty driers branded hotpoint, creda, indiset, swan and proline between 2004 and 2015. it will also have to offer a free replacement or an upgrade at a discount, costing no more than £99, or a refund of up to £150, depending on the age of the drier. the fact is we have inconvenienced people, there's probably been some confusion in terms of the messaging. the fact is in any of those cases we do apologise to our customers, to those who may have been confused, and it is an opportunity to say we're sorry, but it's also an opportunity to say we want to do more, we are not stopping where we have been over the last four year. but contacting the large numbers of owners who still have the driers

will be a challenge. there are still hundreds of thousands of machines out there, in people's homes, that whirlpool cannot track down. they need to up their game here, to make this recall effective, and if they are unable to do so, we need to see the government step in, and make sure these come out of people's homes. whirlpool is spending £1 million on advertising to alert the public and prevent more damage like this. the advice, if you think you might have one of the affected driers, don't use it, and tell the company. simon gompertz, bbc news. volvo is recalling almost 70,000 cars in the uk over concerns that they could catch fire. the cars being recalled were made between 2014 and this year and have a two litre, four cylinder diesel engine. it is part of a global recall of more than half a million diesel vehicles that suffer from the fault.the company has apologised to customers and say they're "taking full responsibility

to ensure the highest quality and safety standards of our cars." british airways pilots has voted in favour of strike plans over pay and conditions. a new set a photograph to mark prince charles patch macro birther have been released by kensington palace. the photos were taken by his mother kate, the duchess of cambridge. he was shown beaming in an england shirt and then another photo showed him in a green polo share. and then one playing in the garden in his england football home shirt. time for a look at the weather. it is all about the heat in the

coming days. we will peak on thursday and some spots could get close to 37 celsius. we hit 30 in east anglia this afternoon but notice how the orange and red spread across the map in the coming days. darker red indicating temperatures low to mid 305 and on thursday, you may even notice a darker shade towards the thames estuary. one or two spots could top thejuly record which is 36.7 celsius. hot spell of weather to come, a lot of humidity weather to come, a lot of humidity we will see more cloud lingering over the course of the day, some murk are returning overnight, for the south—west, wales and further east towards the london area as well and where we have seen some thick cloud across northern england. a warm night, humid, sticky and unpleasant for nodding off with temperatures only dropping to the mid—teens by the end of the night. but rain finally clears away from the north west of scotland after a

wet spell here. tuesday, the mist, murk and cloud burns off as the day progresses and we are left with strong sunshine and a southerly flow ofair bringing strong sunshine and a southerly flow of air bringing warm air up from the continent. tuesday afternoon, 35 possible somewhere in the south—east, 34 birmingham and cardiff, mid 205 across northern ireland and scotland. he weighed conditions for the near continent in the next few days. things will go bang for us on tuesday night, but not break the heat because we don't usherin not break the heat because we don't usher in cooler continental air. we pull up showers which develop from the south across devon and cornwall, mushrooming across wales, the midlands northern ireland and scotla nd midlands northern ireland and scotland through the early hours of wednesday but whisking away to the north through the day. we are back in the warm flow of air. hence the temperatures held back a bit behind the rain for scotland and northern ireland but widely in the high 205 to the mid 305 across england and wales. then on thursday, we get the strongest of the southerly flow of

the week. talk about record—breaking heatin the week. talk about record—breaking heat in the netherlands, belgium and luxembourg is well on wednesday. for us, 36 at the moment on the temperature map but we could see 37 in the odd spot which will break the record. london looking like it is going to have a very hot day of friday. a cold weather front comes through, much cooler and fresher as the humidity folds away for the end of the week and the weekend.

carl beech is convicted of falsely claiming he'd been abused for decades by senior public figures. he is a man who's done enormous damage to totally innocent people who've done him no harm at all. an evil man. tonight the police have defended their £2 million investigation that resulted in not a single arrest. also on the programme... voting has now closed in the tory leadership contest, the new prime minister will be announced tomorrow morning. meanwhile the lib dems have elected there new leader — jo swinson — who had this message... as your leader, i will do whatever it takes to stop brexit.