you're watching beyond one hundred days. britain is increasing its military presence in the gulf. the oil tanker which was seized by iran on friday is now moored in an iranian port and is flying an iranian flag. the mainly indian crew has been shown on iranian state tv. the british foreign secretary has announced that in the days ahead a european—led force will protect shipping through the strait of hormuz. if iran continues on this dangerous path they must accept the price will be a larger, western military presence in the waters along their coastline. voting is over the tory leadership contest, eitherjeremy hunt or borisjohnson will be announed as the uk's new prime minister tomorrow morning.

also on the programme... president trump doubles down on his attack against four democratic congresswomen — calling them a racist group of troublemakers. plus, putting a little christmas in july. the world santa claus congress is underway — and they‘ re gathering in an amusement park, of all places. hello and welcome — i'm christian fraser in london, laura trevelyan is in washington. the uk is in a strategic bind. there are eight british—flagged ships in the gulf at present, and the depleted royal navy doesn't have the means to guarantee their safe passage through the straits of hormuz. the british government could call on american strength in the region, president trump has proposed a us led military convoy — but what signal would that send when the uk has such big differences with washington on the future of the iranian nuclear deal?

today the british prime minister called a cobra meeting to discuss how best to respond to the iranian capture of the british tanker stena impero. and out of that meeting the british foreign minister jeremy hunt announced plans to assemble a european—led maritime protection mission to protect freedom of navigation in the region. we will now seek to put together a european led maritime protection mission to support safe passage of both crew and cargo in this vital region. we've had constructive discussions with a number of countries in the last 48 hours and we will discuss later this week the best way to complement this with recent us proposals in this area. the stena impero is now in the iranian port of bandar abbas and is flying an iranian flag. uk authorities have told all british—flagged ships to avoid the strait until further notice. but as you can see from this live map from the last hour, the strait is still a busy waterway — transporting around

one—fifth of the world's oil. all the red boats are oil tankers — and the green are cargo vessels. the us has its fifth fleet based in bahrain to oversea the navy's presence in the gulf. the uk's royal navy has the hms mentrose and has now also deployed the hms duncan. we don't yet know what other support other european nations will offer but the foreign secretary did speak to his french and german counterparts this weekend. nato told us today that none of their standing maritime groups have any military presence in the region, and they have not received any request for assistance from the uk. let's get the thoughts of conservative mp bob seely who sits on the foreign affairs committee. thank you very much forjoining us. i know you were quite critical of the government over the weekend, you think they dropped the ball here. are you reassured by the announcement we've had from the foreign secretary this afternoon?” think we have a historic problem that we underfunded the royal navy and armed forces for 10—20 years, we took a peace dividend from the cold warand did not took a peace dividend from the cold war and did not reinvest when time

started to get bad again around 15 yea rs started to get bad again around 15 years ago so started to get bad again around 15 years ago so i think we had a problem there. i think using hindsight, it was perhaps not difficult to guess that the iranians would try to see a uk ship. let's see what happens. i think the foreign secretary did quite well today but there is a limited amount we can do for the even if you were to put a fast moving escort into place, you would still have to have a fairly robust rules of engagement. are we at that point, i'll be ready to engage? you do not have to have that robust rules for engagement, you can have some of the which would cover most things. do you think the uk should ask nato for back—up in the strait of hormuz now?” uk should ask nato for back—up in the strait of hormuz now? i do, i think we need to... we should not be uncomfortable working with the americans because we work so closely with them but i think it is worthwhile trying to get as many allies as possible to engage. i

think we had more force there ourselves so we could take more of a leadership role but we do not, we have three or four minesweepers attached to a fifth sleet, which is attached to a fifth sleet, which is a more strategic asset and we have hms montrose which will be joined by another type 45 destroyer, and there will be a period of overlap for the two of them there. if we can work with our european colleagues and effectively escort groups of ships through the gulf and the strait of hormuz, that is going to be the best bet because we do not want to be in a position where we have to get ships back from the iranians, it is better to be in a position where it is difficult for the iranians to ta ke is difficult for the iranians to take our shipping is difficult for the iranians to take ourshipping in is difficult for the iranians to take our shipping in the first place. if they wish to escalate, and it does seem at the moment that they wish to escalate this crisis, because the sanctions are really hurting them, and the thinking seems to be in tehran that if they are going to hurt, there were other people to it as well. what would you like to see the us do now? they pulled out of the iranian nuclear deal, they are applying this

campaign of maximum pressure. is there a chance of renegotiating that deal under the circumstances? the us put out in may last year, secretary prevailed as the 12 demands and some of those demands were a bit unrealistic and frankly just too broad. what i would like to see very much a european is doing and that includes in this instance the british as well, to see what it would take for the americans to get back into the iranian deal process and then talk to tehran about what it would take them to do... take for them to stop talking to the us or go—betweens. them to stop talking to the us or go-betweens. i was just them to stop talking to the us or go-betweens. i wasjust going to say, we've been looking at pictures of the ship now and it is seemingly flying an iranian flag, the iranians would seemingly be open to a straight swap so that ship for the grace one which was detained off the coast of gibraltar. would you be open to that and how would you facilitate it? you have a slight

complexity in international law, it was seized because it was involved in illegal operations, being involved in supplying oil illegally to syria so there is a problem with which it was going to do and what it was engaged in but regardless of the short term fix, there was a longer—term problem. the crisis will only get worse as long as there is no resolution in sight to the comprehensive agreement. there is only going to be an easing of relations between not only iran and the us but also iran and its neighbours of saudi arabia, bahrain, the uae. once there is a new fix to the uae. once there is a new fix to the iranian nuclear deal and if there is not, there will be growing crisis and there will be a series of escalations, even if at times things quieten down for a period so things will get worse unless there is a fix to thejc will get worse unless there is a fix to the jc poa. when us secretary of

state mike pompeo was asked today what role the us is playing in getting back britain's oil tanker, this is what he had to say. the responsibility in the first instance falls to the united kingdom to take care of their ships. so does that sound like evidence of the so—called special relationship between the uk and the us? joining us now is former defense secretary william cohen. thanks for being with us. what do you make of mike pompeo's town towards britain. it is your tanker. well, he is right, he is correct on theissue well, he is right, he is correct on the issue that it is the uk's responsibility initially, but if we are to maintain the special relationship, we have to signal to oui’ relationship, we have to signal to our british friends that we are all in this together. yes, we are going to protect american ships flying the american flag going through but i think we should work with all of our allies in the region and not say come over to you. i think it is

important for global economic security of the united states continue to play a key role. what do you make of the iranians saying they have arrested what they call cia spies and even threatening to put some of them to death? the us are saying this is all lies which have experience of the iranians, what is your assessment. i have no way of knowing whether they are telling the truth or lying, i think it is another example where they trying to do things to engage the international community in order to persuade us that we should relieve them from some of the sanctions or else they are going to continue to do more and more things which will touch the conscience of many people. i see this more as an irritant, it is trying to play their hand and say, we can be really bad people but we know that. that is just their way of trying to cope with the sanctions right now. by all accounts, it was the national security adviser, who we know is very hawkish over iran, that requested the uk government sees this grace one ship of the

coast of gibraltar. was that a cynical attempt knowing what the reaction with be? it would be a quiver way to do it but it seems to have worked out quite well. well, if we start playing those kinds of chess games in which we are going to try and bring other countries closer to us on the issue, i think it could be successful but it could backfire. you have to be very carefully. i do not think we have a clear strategy. ido not think we have a clear strategy. i do not know what the administration wants to achieve. the president has said and the iranians have said, we don't want war. ok, do we wa nt have said, we don't want war. ok, do we want diplomatic dialogue? well, the iranians have signalled they do, i think we have signalled that we do so what is the hold—up on this particular point? i think here at the british can play a very positive role in trying to negotiate on their bilateral deal with iran to do that ona bilateral deal with iran to do that on a more comprehensive basis in

terms of the overall relationship that iran now has with the us and other countries. i think the brits can take the lead on this and i think frankly they can play a broker as far as trying to find out why the us and iranians can't sit down and start some sort of negotiation so we don't have no war, no diplomacy, nothing happens. except an increase in the tensions. you are a former defence secretary, you heard bob seeley they are talking about the state of the royal navy being less than half the size it was at the end of the cold war, 13 frigates and six destroyers. as a grimace of successive british governments to get to a state like that when we have such important strategic assets in the gulf? i could point to the british, i could point to many of the nato members. i think president

clinton... sorry, freudian slip, president trump has been correct in saying to the nato allies, you have to do more. the united states cannot carry this kind of a load for any length of time into the future, so it's up to the nato countries to say, yes, let's meet our 2%, to do more, let's not right on the coat—tails of the united states as we have been doing in terms of putting more money into soft power rather than hard power. there was something for the europeans to take to heart. thank you so much for being with us. pleasure. i am confused because it seems to me that washington blows hot and cold and what it wants to do with iran. with the qataris in town last week, we spoke about them being the interlocutors and peace talks starting, then you listen to mike pompeo today and he talked up the rhetoric again. what is going on in washington? yet like you might well ask, christian. i do not know i can tell you, but i can tell you that only last week the president and

secretary of state appeared together in public and sounded really upbeat about the fact they could have talks with iran, progress was being made and the iranians immediately file back to say absolutely not, we are not talking about our ballistic missiles. of course it is a cliche, trope, but you do have the hawks in the administration that you are talking about. the national security adviser and the president himself being superflexible. adviser and the president himself being super flexible. he adviser and the president himself being superflexible. he is open to talks, he loves to have that photo °p talks, he loves to have that photo op with the bad guy, so frankly, who knows what is happening? everybody is watching it and trying to figure it out. is at the out of the deal? we shall see. we shall indeed. -- is it the art of the deal? well, voting has now closed in the conservative leadership contest. the new party leader will be announced at a special event tomorrow morning. theresa may will then have one final evening in no

ten before she resigns on wednesday afternoon, after prime minister's questions. it's coming thick and fast. her successor, and the overwhelming favourite is of course borisjohnson, will be sworn in shortly afterwards. he is expected make a short speech on the steps of downing street, wednesday afternoon after visiting the queen. joining us now from millbank is katy balls, deputy political editor at the spectator. nice to see you. let's talk about what is going to happen over the next few days because, of course, they are all heading off on recess at the end of the week, so how quickly will boris johnson at the end of the week, so how quickly will borisjohnson have to work? quickly in general. this is a premiership where you often say that a prime minister was my first 100 days are very important. with boris johnson, there is a sense even among supporters, he only really has 100 days to prove himself. if it goes wrong, you might not get much longer and that's because of the brexit end date, the point we are supposed to leave the eu, is the end of october. it is 100 days from when, if he winds, he takes office to that point. using man in a hurry. when it comes to what he needs to do in

parliament, we expect parliament to be formed —— a cabinet to be formed really quickly, main appointments on wednesday and the rest by thursday. this will be a fast—moving show. when it comes to the shape of that cabinet, do you... only the people i suppose you are very, very close to him know what is going to come but do you suspect that it will be a fully brexit cabinet or will he try and balance the cabinets between brexiteers and remain as as theresa may did? —— between brexiteers and remainers. we are not sure what will happen. there is a huge difference in style between borisjohnson and theresa may and one close supporter of borisjohnson said to me, you will not really know what is going to happen until you know the last person he spoke to before the reshuffle is as it might be that advice which has the big biggest effect. there pro probably be a spread that is not an equal spread like theresa may try to do if there

is one, there are loads around him who thinks he needs to show that he is reaching out, this government has a very small working majority, it looks like it could be gone com pletely looks like it could be gone completely quite soon and therefore this is not the time to make enemies any however, one factor that i think might take shape from tomorrow is, what is the margin he winds by? if it isa what is the margin he winds by? if it is a big margin? that i think makes it easier. that will push jeremy hunt to a different breed. outside foreign secretary in one of the most coveted offices of state was that if it is a smaller margin, they might have to think twice about that. does the election of boris johnson, if that is what happens, stop the internal water in the conservative party? i think you saw today, we had resignation in the form of alan duncan, that is ahead of borisjohnson form of alan duncan, that is ahead of boris johnson even form of alan duncan, that is ahead of borisjohnson even getting to number ten, this is going to be a divisive premiership. i think it is

ha rd to divisive premiership. i think it is hard to see borisjohnson being someone who has a mass support any parliamentary party. there are mps who are critical of borisjohnson, who are critical of borisjohnson, who want to give him a chance to let him begin and see what he wants to do. but i think if you look at his brexit strategy, it was a strategy that make it as a strategy that means it will have a lot of opponents in the tory party because he is pushing first for a renegotiated deal but if that fails, it is no deal and i think what eve ryo ne it is no deal and i think what everyone is going to be looking for is, what exactly is he seeking to change only brexit deal? is it a new deal entirely? lots of yard brexiteers and the research group are hoping. if it is a small change, that increases the chance of a no deal which would be particularly divisive to a lot of the current cabinet ministers. thank you for being with us. we are expecting several resignations from the cabinet tomorrow, after the new leader is announced. we've already had one this afternoon, the foreign office

minister sir alan duncan. and in his letter to theresa may he says, "it is tragic thatjust when we could have been the dominant intellectual and political force throughout europe, we have had to spend every day working beneath the dark cloud of brexit." of course, sir alan was boris johnson's deputy at the foreign & commonwealth office, no secret that there is no love lost between them. in fact, alan duncan called himself the pooper scooper because he used to go behind borisjohnson clearing up to go behind borisjohnson clearing up the mess. however, as katie says, this is quite extraordinary that you got a senior foreign office minister resigning on the eve of the announcement, even before boris johnson has been to see the queen. —— as katy said. there are deep divisions currently in the conservative party. have a listen. the timing of my resignation was to try and prompt a emergency debate in the commons ahead of boris becoming prime minister, it's probably going to be him,

because it's the first time in living memory that we have had a minority government change prime minister in mid—term, 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. that is untested and it is in doubt, and i thought that in order to avoid a constitutional crisis, we should test that on the tuesday, tomorrow, before he goes to the palace on wednesday and the speaker has denied me and the house that opportunity. he went on to say he would expect a vote of confidence in the prime minister the other side of the recess so why notjust do it now and get it over with? i think there will be some share that view but others who say, well, why is he trying to settle a public school like this before boris johnson settle a public school like this before borisjohnson was not even got through the door and why is he resigning and leaving the foreign office short of a minister at such a critical time with what is going on with iran? —— settle a score. you can expect we will not be the last, there will be a flurry of

resignations tomorrow with philip hammond and david goc expected to go. we will watch that. —— david gauke. despite the criticism president trump is continuing to attack the four democratic congresswomen of color. yesterday he questioned whether they were capable of loving the united states, today he tweeted... in response — the congresswomen say they have no plans to go anywhere — and they'll keep up the fight against the president's policies. and this is a very busy week here in washington, with special counsel robert mueller due to testify on wednesday about his report on russian interference in the us election. joining us now is the bbc‘s anthony zurcher. why is the president returning to attacking these congresswomen after

the backlash over the centre back chant last week at his rally? we have seen this before from the president where he backs away from something and then leans back into it again. you saw it with the condemnations of the militant protests in charlottesville and you sort when donald trump himself said the lock him up chance at one of his rallies, he was also endorsing them by the end of the campaign. that is his mo. by the end of the campaign. that is his m0. if by the end of the campaign. that is his mo. if he feels he is getting pressure coming backs away. you can tell what is going to happen when he feels he can gain political advantage by attacking these four members of congress and holding them up members of congress and holding them up as the face of the democratic party in the long run even though he is using it right now to his vocal benefit. meanwhile, on wednesday, robert mueller will testify in front of congress, he said his report will speakfor of congress, he said his report will speak for itself, so do you think we

will really learn anything new? something to remember is that robert moeller has testified before congress about 80 times by the washington post count so he has been here before, he is a cool customer and knows what we will and won't say, so it will be difficult to get him to go beyond what he said before which is, my report speaks for itself. you will see democrats try to draw him out when he said there was insufficient evidence of a criminal conspiracy with russia, exactly how close he came to thinking about bringing charges of some sort of collusion, they might be interested in the obstruction case and why robert muller decided not to have some sort of a binding on obstruction. meanwhile, republicans, you will see then what you're looking to be the beginnings of the probe, they said they think there was bias in the investigation, bias and the intelligence agencies trying to target donald trump so i think will be more, like a lot of these hearings, grandstanding, questions that reallyjust

state m e nts questions that reallyjust statements and it will be interesting to see if he gets round out anymore but i think looking at a track record, that is properly not very likely. it is the one you're waiting for. why does it always commonly got big announcements like we will have here in on wednesday? it is on the same day and they are bringing in all the big anchors into washington, all these teams over there. it is just the kind washington, all these teams over there. it isjust the kind of television event at borisjohnson... donald trump really likes. in the last few minutes, this is what he had to say about it. no, i will not be watching. maybe i'll see a little bit of it. i will not be watching mueller because you cannot take all those bite out of the apple.” mueller because you cannot take all those bite out of the apple. i will bet he is going to be watching it. wherever he is, you will want a full feel of what is going on. absolutely. i think that is a very safe bet for the weather watching it live or not, we will definitely be watching the television coverage, probably on fox news, his favourite channel, because he is very interested in seeing how this plays out in the public sphere. he has

been tweeting about it today, talking about it for the past week andi talking about it for the past week and i think his people are going to try to spin this as best as he can, but we will find out any days afterwards what donald trump thinks about it. well, we will be watching, trying to balance the two stories on either side of the atlantic. thank you very much indeed. i'm probably failing to balance and give equal attention to both but we will try nonetheless. when i was a kid i always wondered what santa claus did in his downtime. you know when he is not making toys and skimming over rooftops. and it turns out that he and his helpers go every year to denmark. which is not a long trip on a sleigh. it's barely a canter from the arctic circle. and the reason he goes there is that every year there is a world santa claus congress — which gets under way today. it's a professional forum for real santas from all around the world. it's been going on for the last 62 years — taking place at the world's oldest amusement parkjust outside of copenhagen. pure festive joy at one

of the hottest times of the year. has there ever been a gathering of more white bearded men? what i love about this is that every other go for a footbath in a nearby spa. which i think is essential when you are trying to balance on rooftops. there they are enjoying their spa. see, laurie, if you're watching, my boy, that is where they are in the summer when they are not making toys. i wish i was there. keep the faith. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news... jo swinson is elected leader of the uk's liberal democrats — decisively beating sir ed davey in a members' poll and becoming the first woman to take charge of the party.

and one week after a technical snag halted a scheduled blast—off, india has launched its second lunar mission. if successful, it will be the fourth country to make a soft landing on the moon's surface. we'll talk about it. good evening. this week, it's all about the heat, building heat day on day until it peaks on thursday. temperatures could reach record—breaking levels. we could even have some record—breaking nights, though, this week, with overnight lows for the no lower than your mid—20s in some spots. 30 degrees across the south—east on monday, notice the hotspot across the london area forming on tuesday, shifting into east anglia on wednesday, widespread on thursday. this indicates temperatures mid 30s, 30 degrees across most of the south of england. thursday, we could even chop thejuly record of 37 celsius recorded at heathrow in 2015. certainly a very muggy night ahead,

turning misty and murky across southern england, parts of wales and northern england, too, with the rain finally clearing in the far north—west of scotland. these are our overnight lows. many place not living this far, talking about the high teens and a very uncomfortable feel. tuesday, the mist and murky burns back pretty quickly, a much drier day for the north—west of scotland, we lose the gusty winds across the northern half of the uk, too, with impetus for scotland and northern ireland, 23—24dc, up to 3a celsius in one day and perhaps 35 celsius in one day and perhaps 35 celsius in one day and perhaps 35 celsius in the south—east. —— 3a celsius in the south—east. —— 3a celsius in the south—east. —— 3a celsius in london. a bit of instability into our heat and humidity with thunderstorms for the south—west of england, mushrooming that plume across the midlands, northern england, ending the night, and into scotland, clearing pretty quickly and doing little to ease the humidity and indeed the heat. pressure for scotland and northern

ireland, eastern england, tippett is widely in the mid—30s and then we get to thursday. this area of low pressure is going to try and come into play for the latter part of the week, bringing cool air into the atlantic. for thursday, stole to the west, all it does is increase the southerly flow, we are talking about record breaking heat for the netherlands, luxembourg, belgium. all of that heat spreading into east of the uk. kitty 37 celsius somewhere in the south—east. the cold front goes through friday, a fresher feel behind that for the weekend.

this is beyond 100 days. with me laura trevelyan in washington, christian fraser is in london. our top stories. iran releases images of crew members on a british tanker that was seized in the gulf. the uk says its planning a european—led protection force in response. voting closes in the tory leadership contest — we'll know the name of the uk's new prime minister by tuesday morning. coming up in the next half hour... in puerto rico, mass protests continue, as thousands demand the resignation of the us territory's governor — his concession is that he won't not run for re—election next year. just like a modern day indiana jones, we talk to an archaeologist who uses satellite imagery to find lost ancient sites.

massive protests have been taking place today in puerto rico — demanding that the governor step down immediately. on sunday, ricardo rossello said he would not seek re—election next year after a controversy over offensive chat messages and continued anger over his mananagement following hurricane maria, during which 3000 people died. but that isn't enough for the thousands who took to the streets and the island's largest newspaper called on him to resign. the bbc‘s aleem maqbool covered the aftermath of hurricane maria and joins us now. how much do you think these protests are about the slower pace of recovery after the hurricane all the offensive tweets, or is it mingled together? it plays its part the fact there has been slow recovery but the

financial mismanagement by the administration there. former ministers who have been arrested on money laundering issues and embezzlement. but, this precipitated after these protests did, where hundreds of thousands are on the streets. they have shut down the biggest highway, the las americas highway outside of sanjuan, and there have been protests every day. because of the fact a group chat was exposed where the governor, ricardo rossello and some of his members of staff was made public and in it he uses very vulgar staff was made public and in it he uses very vulgar language. he uses sexist insults towards other female politicians, homophobic abuse particularly to ricky martin, who has been part of the protest. and

also, in the group chat, him and his financial chief for example, joking about the bodies that piled up after hurricane maria. that upset a lot of people. even though he says he will not stand for election next year, that isn't enough. people say as long as he stays in office, they will stay on the streets. it is estimated up to 1 will stay on the streets. it is estimated up to1 million will stay on the streets. it is estimated up to 1 million could will stay on the streets. it is estimated up to1 million could come out onto the streets, how could he would stand that protest, the governor? this compromise of not standing for election, but i am not resigning? these are extraordinary numbers we see on the streets every day, ina numbers we see on the streets every day, in a territory that is not known for mass protest. after hurricane maria and it took so long for the power to be reconnected, when it took so long for money to get to people for rebuilding to happen and a lot of it still hasn't taken place. happen and a lot of it still hasn't ta ken place. people happen and a lot of it still hasn't taken place. people didn't take to the streets. so this is unusual and he is coming under huge pressure but for the moment he is trying to

withstand it. can the puerto rican legislator, can they impeach him and get rid of him that way? the leader of the senate has called for him to stand down. at the moment, they are saying their hands are tied until he steps down himself. but they are talking about other measures that could potentially be taken if he doesn't choose to stand down. for the time being, they are hoping he will look at his conscience and do that. some of the things he said in the chat himself, makes his position untenable, given who he has to communicate with. he has to do business with the mayor of sanjuan, who he insulted in that group chat. he has to do business with the new york councilmember, who he insulted there as well. so the feeling is, he simply cannot do his job properly if he stays in it. it isn'tjust about the emotion of the people, although

the emotion of the people, although the emotion of the people is the thing that is putting a great deal of pressure on him. thank you. we are now at the final stage of the conservative leadership election, voting has closed, and the uk's new prime minister will be announced on tuesday — setting up a week where everything changes in british politics. the 160,000 members of the party cast the final ballot between thr cast the final ballot between the front—runner boris johnson and jeremy hunt. throughout the race we have checked in with backers of different candidates. today we go back to kanwal toor, a conservative member who has been supporting boris johnson. shejoins us from she joins us from beaconsfield. thank you for being with us, i am guessing you don't have many doubts on where you are that it is going to be boris johnson? yes, in the most likelihood, but we never know, as a lot of people have said. highly unlikely that he will not make it. he will be the next prime minister

in all likelihood, i think. why do you think we are so confident? is it because his team have been more visible up and down the country, have they been more organised? he has been more organised, he has been more visible, connected with the grassroots more. and above all of this, the friends, the family, the neighbourhood that i live in, that is the sample i am talking about this time, a lot of us have voted for boris and the way it looks like, the wide base, it looks like he is going to make it. it is laura in washington, can boris johnson going to make it. it is laura in washington, can borisjohnson unify the very divided conservative party? hello there. yes, he will be the man who will unify us. and that is one of the reasons why i voted for

boris. we have seen the numbers, there are more members of parliament in the conservative party who voted for him. it seems like a large majority of the 160,000 members of the party are going to vote for him as well. it looks like an evidence—based result is going to be that because of the majority he has had in parliament and in the association, he is the one who will bring everyone together and that is what we need at this point in time. how important is it to you that borisjohnson how important is it to you that boris johnson takes britain how important is it to you that borisjohnson takes britain out of the eu by october the 31st? what i have been saying is, boris is malleable, he is a modern conservative. just to remind you, i voted to remain in the eu. in terms

of voting for boris, a decision was made and we have got to respect that. for that matter, made and we have got to respect that. forthat matter, boris made and we have got to respect that. for that matter, boris is going to be able to deliver brexit in an orderly and timely fashion. he is the one we need to back. thank you so much forjoining us. the shake—up in british politics doesn't end there — jo swinson has be named as the next leader of the liberal democrats in its leadership contest. it follows the decision of sir vince cable's earlier this year to stand down. the party campaigned for a second referendum and for staying in the eu and picked up seats in the recent european elections, and the local elections. our deputy political editor john pienaar has more. new face, same promise — stop brexit or try. jo swinson was favourite to win and she did, easily. jo swinson, 47,000... standing against brexit has been the lib dems' best game plan, and she's sticking to it.

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 that's why, as your leader, i will do whatever it takes to stop brexit. she's come a long way. this tax on learning is not acceptable. as a student, jo swinson campaigned against tuition fees. westminster‘s youngest mp in 2005, she was a minister in the coalition which introduced the tuition fees that helped wreck the lib dems' popularity. she lost her seat in 2015, like all but a handful of lib dems. back two years later, she was elected deputy leader and also made history by taking her baby into the commons. now she must nurse a recovery that's

brought in one defecting labour mp so far and many remain supporting voters. if there were an election tomorrow, even with the current figures, 40 or 50 liberal democrat mps would certainly seem like a perfectly realistic aspiration. whether or not they can go further than that, whether or not, for example, they can eat further into the labour vote by winning over the support of disenchanted remain voters, that, i think, is the challenge. and it's still a big challenge. her party has staged something of a comeback, grown stronger as 2—party politics has grown weaker. but if the future depends on brexit, it's a future no one can predict, whoever the new leader. john pienaar, bbc news. so, christian, is this a big opportunity for the liberal democrats? there they are, the young, dynamic female leader and they have this opportunity of being

pro—europeans, can they break through? it is a period of rebirth, they have their first woman leader injo swinson. they have their first woman leader in jo swinson. looking they have their first woman leader injo swinson. looking back to where they were in 2010, 57 seats and were wiped out in the 2015 election with just eight mps. now they are back up to 12, which is not an awful lot, 12 mps. but they took 20% of the vote share in the european elections. when you look at that result, as we we re when you look at that result, as we were just hearing when you look at that result, as we werejust hearing in when you look at that result, as we were just hearing in the when you look at that result, as we werejust hearing in the report, there will be a number of disaffected remain voters, where the conservatives did well in 2015. jo swinson thinking, they are the party for me. if and when we come to a general election, look at the difficulties the conservatives have in scotland. some polling out today that may be borisjohnson would struggle to get a majority, notjust because of scotland but also the liberal democrats eating into their vote in the south. when i was a

political correspondent 100 years ago, it was always the fact the lib dems were second to the conservative party and the lib dems tory marginals. that is what we watched, backin marginals. that is what we watched, back in the days of the dinosaur. we will see what they do if and when it gets to that point. ukraine's new president volodymyr zelensky is on course to become the country's first leader since the fall of communism to have an overall majority in parliament. servant of the people — the party named after the tv sitcom that made him famous — says it's set to win more than half the seats contested in sunday's election. observers said polling was fair and well organised, but criticised the media — saying private tv channels run by oligarchs and parties had flouted the law on unbiased reporting. spain is still working

to create a government after the april election saw pedro sanchez his spanish socialist workers‘ take most of the votes but not enough to rule outright. mr sanchez‘s now likely to install a leftwing government this week after pablo iglesias, leader of the anti—austerity podemos, agreed to step aside to enable a coalition with his party. the president of the philippines has strongly defended his "war on drugs" in which thousands of people have been killed. rodrigo duterte's policy has led to thousands of deaths and human rights groups say many of the victims are innocent. but in his annual state of the nation speech, president duterte said illegal drugs were still causing devastation — and the programme must continue. the authorities in hong kong have defended the police, after groups of pro—democracy protesters were attacked by gangs of masked men at a train station. 45 people were injured in the incident — which happened after a rally in the city center. opposition politicians have accused police of being suspiciously slow

to arrive at the scene. you may find some of the pictures in stephen mcdonell‘s report upsetting. gangs dressed in white were waiting for pro—democracy activists to arrive. then they attacked. when it seemed that hong kong's political crisis could not lurch into more violent territory, this targeted assault by unidentified men proved the theory wrong. individual protesters were pursued and set upon by groups bearing home—made weapons. this man was at the yuen long mtr station along with the mostly young demonstrators on their way home.

police were finally on the scene but only after dozens were injured, some seriously. today, a spokeswoman for the local station faced an angry crowd who are accusing officers with colluding with gang members. passions are running high here today. the police are trying to explain to this community that they still have their best interests at heart and yet many who have come along are not happy with the explanation, that the reason the officers were not at the mtr last night was because of security concerns. witnesses here say hong kong's underworld is now being mobilised to crush the pro—democracy movement. we do have quite a number of gangsters in the area and they were not unfamiliar figures. hong kong's leader under pressure, carrie lam, said she was shocked by these events, calling on police to apprehend those involved. and there have been arrests.

but with talk of a protest march to the scene of the clashes in the coming days, violence here could only increase. this is beyond 100 days. still to come... 50 years after the apollo 11 mission, india aims to be first to land on the moon's south pole. whirlpool has apologised to customers who own its tumble dryer machines blamed for causing 750 fires. four years after safety concerns emerged, it's recalling half—a—million machines. the company says affected customers should stop using their appliances immediately. sian lloyd reports. the devastating consequences of a fire caused by a faulty tumble dryer. this flat in north wales was engulfed in flames. 19—year—old bernard hender and 39—year—old doug mctavish couldn't escape in time

and lost their lives. a coroner found that an electrical fault in a hotpoint machine was to blame. today, whirlpool, which owns hotpoint, indesit, creda, swan and proline brands, apologised to customers affected dangerous tumble dryers sold in the uk over a timescale of 11 years. since problems were first identified in 2015, millions of dryers have been replaced or repaired by whirlpool, but they haven't issued a full recall until now. this safety saga has been going on for years, but now whirlpool will have to go much further in the choice they offer people effected, to include a free replacement tumble drier and no extra costs for collection or disposal of the old machine. customers are also being offered the option for discounted upgrade or a partial refund. but tracking down all of the remaining owners may be a challenge.

there are still hundreds of thousands of machines out there in people's homes that whirlpool cannot track down. they really 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. the government said at least 750 fires had been caused by faulty whirlpool machines. customers who believe they may have been affected are being advised to check the company website. sian lloyd, bbc news. the apollo moon landing was 50 years ago and here the us has been celebrating that amazing moment. america's achievement continues to inspire and in india, the country has just launched its second lunar mission. this time it's hoping to be the first mission to land on the moon's south pole. if successful, india would join a short list of countries to land on the moon, including the former soviet union, the us and china. from delhi, rajini

vaidya nathan reports. into the skies and off to the moon. from a small island by the bay of bengal, india's space dreams soared to new heights. the unmanned lunar mission, chandrayaan two, was launched successfully. there was relief at the control centre. and across the country. i'm really happy that india is launching chandrayaan two and i'm proud to be an indian. it is a huge opportunity for india to take place amongst the great countries that are leading in astronomy like the us, russia, china. this mission is aiming to be the first to land on the unexplored lunar south pole, where it will search for water and collect more data about the moon.

the indian prime minister narendra modi says he hoped that this launch will encourage more young people to take an interest in scientific research and innovation. there is huge excitement here but some question whether india should invest in the space race while millions live in poverty. others point out that the budget for the current moon mission is far less than that of many hollywood blockbusters. india is hoping to send someone into space by the year 2022. but, for now, it's celebrating its latest blockbuster moment. while we are busy exploring the moon there is also a lot still to learn about earth. and to get thatjob done, it is the technology up in space that is helping out. egyptologist sarah pa rcak is using satellite images to help locate ancient tombs before they‘ re lost forever. sarah joins me now.

what have you been able to see from space in terms of something from the ancient world? in egypt alone we have been able to find thousands of previously unknown ancient settle m e nts previously unknown ancient settlements and we have worked in the north atlantic, worked in south america and there are millions of archaeological sites to find around the world. it is incredible, how does the technology work? space cat scan does the technology work? space cat sca n syste m does the technology work? space cat scan system and from the sky we can maybe see shapes or patterns and may things are buried under the ground so we use infrared to see subtle changes on the earth's surface we cannot see with the naked eye. what has been the greatest thrill for you in this process? i have been able to find amazing things, but my favourite thing was mapping the ancient settlement, that was in

egypt about 10,000 years ago. you are an archaeological sleuth. you are an archaeological sleuth. you are looking at these images, are you looking for changes in topography, in the way vegetation looks, what is it that gives you the clue? in archaeology we go from the known to the unknown. when i am looking at satellite images i am looking for su btle satellite images i am looking for subtle hints that may be things like squares or other shapes you know, recta ngles squares or other shapes you know, rectangles that don't appear naturally. i am also looking for potentially vegetation that has a different health on the vegetation around it that is covering up something like a buried tomb or a buried settlement and i compare what i see buried settlement and i compare what isee in buried settlement and i compare what i see in the satellite imagery with what is known from that area. if i have a match it is probably something from a long time ago. how close and can you get, how sharp is the imagery? it is extraordinary, from 400 miles in space we can get

down to a resolution of 11 inches. no way. say it again, 0.3 metres? so you could pick up something essentially like a plater on the sand? you could easily. you could see an ipad or something from many miles in space, it is that good. that is extraordinary. sarah, how important do you think this work is at this moment? i think it is incredibly important. when you look at the large—scale archaeological destruction going on, especially the looting we are seeing across the middle east and the rest of the world, we can use this technology to pinpoint the exact areas where looting is happening and we are partnering with governments and sharing information so they can hopefully help to stop it.” sharing information so they can hopefully help to stop it. i know you are an egyptologist and i used to be based in cairo and i know how difficult it is to get those passes andi difficult it is to get those passes and i know how difficult it is to film in the valley of the films.

they used to be a man that controlled everything, where you tired of dealing with someone like him, and thought there must be an easier way of doing this? he is a friend of mine, he has been unbelievably supportive of the work iam doing. unbelievably supportive of the work i am doing. he has certainly helped us in the field and my project is a joint mission with the ministry of antiquities, so i collaborate very closely with the egyptian government. he is like an indiana jones figure, he wears the hat. but when you find something, there you are sitting in your computer room, when you find something, do you direct him go and dig it up yourself? i wish i could dig up everything i have found from space, although i probably would never be home. typically, i collaborate with other archaeological projects, whether it is in egypt or other

parts of the world and by collaboration we are able to work in many other places, ijust work collaboration we are able to work in many other places, i just work at one site in egypt. sarah, what means the most to you about this work, do you think? what i want to do is, i wa nt to you think? what i want to do is, i want to give the world a little bit more hope, in these troubled times it is hard to get some perspective. studying the past and understanding there are these extraordinary cultures that made these amazing things, shows as we are resilient and creative and by understanding the diversity from these extraordinary people from whom we came, it can give us a little bit of hope to where we are going.” came, it can give us a little bit of hope to where we are going. i salute you. what a fascinating story. tomorrow, we will be out on the green, we will have a new prime minister in the you're united kingdom. busy day tomorrow. thank you to laura for sitting in today and we will see you tomorrow.

goodbye. thank you for having me, goodbye to all of you. thanks. good evening. this week it is all about the heat, building heat day on day until it peaks on thursday where temperatures could reach record—breaking levels. we could even have some record—breaking nights this week, because overnight lows full no lower than the mid 20s in some spots. 30 degrees across the south—east on monday. notice the hotspot forming in london on monday, shifting into east anglia on wednesday and widespread on thursday. 30 degrees widely across england and wales, high 20s for scotla nd england and wales, high 20s for scotland and northern ireland. thursday, we could top thejuly record of 37 degrees recorded at heathrow in 2015. a very muggy night

ahead turning misty and murky across southern england, parts of wales and northern england. the rain finally clears in the far north—west of scotland. these are the overnight lows and in many places they won't dip this far. we are talking about high teens and are pretty and co mforta ble high teens and are pretty and comfortable feel. tuesday, the mist and murk burns back quickly, a much drier day for the north—west of scotland. we lose the gusty winds across the northern half of the uk. temperatures for scotland and northern ireland, 23, 24 and up to 34 in london and perhaps 35 towards the far south—east. tuesday night it looks like it will be lively as we inject a bit of instability into our heat and humidity. thunderstorms for the south—west of england through the south—west of england through the rush hour. mushrooming the plume across wales, midlands, northern england and ending the night across northern ireland and scotland. clearing quickly on wednesday morning but it does little to ease the humidity or the heat. a little fresher for scotland and northern

ireland. although eastern england, temperatures widely in the mid—30s. then we to thursday. this area of low pressure is going to try to come into play for the latter part of the week, finally bringing cooler air from the atlantic. on thursday, stored to the west, it increases the southerly flow. thursday, record—breaking heat for belgium is, the netherlands and luxembourg. we could see 37 somewhere in the south—east. the cold front goes through but friday, a fresh feel behind that for the weekend.

this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at eight: 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. votes ends after ballots closed in the conservative leadership race. it comes as sir alan duncan quits as a foreign office minister in protest over a possible boris johnson victory. jo 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 country so desperately needs.