resignations, as ministers opt to step down instead of serving under mrjohnson. the guardian has this picture of a smiling jo swinson as she is elected as the new leader of the lib dems, the first female leader of that party and she's only 39! now onto the financial times. it leads onjeremy hunt's calls for european allies to lead a new maritime alliance to protect commercial ships sailing through the strait of hormuz. the foreign secretary's comments come after iran seized a british—flagged tanker in the gulf, amid growing tensions between the west and tehran. (ani) the bbc online reports on a key meeting held in paris between eu nations. the eight eu countries have agreed to share the resettlement of migrants rescued in the mediterranean — but — italy is not one of them.

italy, who has been at the forefront of the migrant influx in the eu, snubbed the talks. and finally, the washington post reports on marvel‘s push for more diversity in its immensely popular film franchise. as well as more females and non—white actors taking lead roles — it's extending it's diversity to behind the camera as it launches its next round of films. of the five films the superhero studio announced at comic—con on saturday, only one is set to be directed by a white man. with me is iain anderson, founder of the international communications agency cicero group. i have loads of papers in bits and bobs. let's start with the front page of the i. most people agree borisjohnson is page of the i. most people agree boris johnson is going page of the i. most people agree borisjohnson is going to be in downing street. he says he is 2a hours away from that. just a reminder, he probably becomes leader of the conservative party and he doesn't go to see the queen, to us

to become prime minister. all i'm looking out for is the size of the victory. anything less than 60% will be viewed as being a little bit of a failure forjohnson, given how far he seemed to be ahead in terms of the conservative members. 160,000 conservative members who are voting for britain's next prime minister but i was talking to a boris supporting mp at the back end of last week and they are predicting about 65 — 35. last week and they are predicting about 65 - 35. he is calling for party unity. that is what theresa may was calling for. will he gets it? the huge challenge that boris faces is actually, in terms of the maths and the place behind us, making it even more difficult than the challenge theresa may faced. we know philip hammond is not going to

serve, we know david gauk is not going to serve and probably rory stewart as well. 0thers going to serve and probably rory stewart as well. others have stepped away from government and the conservative majority at the moment is three. there is a by—election due to ta ke is three. there is a by—election due to take place next week, which will reduce the conservative majority down to two. you can take three or four of those away, their choice rather than boris's choice, and may be as effective majority is down to absolutely zero. this is a very tough task ahead. that takes us onto cityam and other headlines, and we haveit cityam and other headlines, and we have it on line where laura kuenssberg spoke to duncan, and he talked about some of his reasons. no personal animosity to boris johnson but he is worried by the haphazard style a nd but he is worried by the haphazard style and also his ability to command the support of the majority of mps. he went even before the

announcement was made. some people arejumping announcement was made. some people are jumping before they are pushed. given where alan duncan had been before, it was very likely he was going to be asked to serve in a borisjohnson government going to be asked to serve in a boris johnson government but going to be asked to serve in a borisjohnson government but inside the borisjohnson borisjohnson government but inside the boris johnson team, borisjohnson government but inside the borisjohnson team, taking place over the weekend, those remain ministers, which of those you want to keep the tent? carrying a red box, sitting in a ministerial car and therefore bound by collective responsibility and unable to vote againstan no responsibility and unable to vote against an no deal policy. that will bea against an no deal policy. that will be a question that the new conservative chief with will be grappling with an boris is going to be grappling with as he puts his new government together from tomorrow afternoon. that is one of the issues that was a huge talking point during

this race to become leader of the conservative party. borisjohnson's character. has he got the character and integrity to leaders prime minister, because of his comments, his antics. some of the buffoonery we've seen over the years. that is what alan duncan was referring to and some others have. is he the right man to negotiate? this is the fascinating thing. borisjohnson is a politician. when he was the mayor of london, he was described as the heineken candidate. the candidate who could reach the parts of britain for a conservative that others could not reach. to a large extent, because he has got involved in brexit, he has become a bit of a marmite candidate, to use another brand. you either really like boris 01’ brand. you either really like boris or you don't. he is going to face that challenge in the country and is

also clearly, absolutely, facing that challenge in the house of commons. the new leader of the liberal democrat party, jo swinson, as the youngest leader they have ever had, 39, she says she is a prime minister in waiting, a rallying cry for all those who want to stay in europe. our first party leader in britain to be born in the 19805. leader in britain to be born in the 1980s. we are moving to yet another generation and listening to her yesterday, a very strong message, a very tub thumping speech. absolutely playing up the liberal democrat ‘s credentials as wanting to prevent, not just no credentials as wanting to prevent, notjust no deal exit to blood to prevent exit. the taking votes from the labour party on the left of the conservative party. at their highest

level in the polls since nick clegg went into coalition with david cameron. let's see if she can sustain it. you know jo cameron. let's see if she can sustain it. you knowjo swinson, you worked with her. she was the youngest woman to enter westminster and the first to be at abode within parliament with a baby on her front. she has had many firsts, hasn't she? she has had many firsts, hasn't she? she is absolutely one to watch. not ofa she is absolutely one to watch. not of a lot of headlines given to her but vince cable, her predecessor, has bequeathed to her level of support which is about 20%. in some polls, way above 20%. if we are heading into an early general election, the liberal democrats once again could be kingmakers. let's look at the financial times. hunt urges allies to band together. this

will be in the new prime minister's in tray, as soon as he gets behind the desk. this is an absolutely fascinating calculation and it plays right into likely borisjohnson as prime minister. jeremy hunt, his opponents had to be the next conservative leader, stands up in the house of commons and suggests there should be a european task force to protect british and western shipping in the gulf. now, we know boris has a much warmer relationship with president trump. the reason jeremy hunt had to suggest this is because europe, including the uk, is ina because europe, including the uk, is in a different position on the iranian nuclear deal compared to trump, which way does boris turn on this issue? this is a live real situation and the first situation

that a new prime minister is going to have to deal with. does he continue to take the same line? we've heard from so many viewers. roger mallard says whoever will win this today, theresa may, whatever you think of her, the way she was treated was disgraceful in her party. past great leaders of the uk must be turning in their graves. quick thought. theresa may, i think she tried her best. the sadness for her is that she wasn't really able to achieve the main thing that she was put in number 10 to do. the question remains. will her success to be able to do anymore? thank you so to be able to do anymore? thank you so much ian for being with us for the briefing. thank you for your contributions. stay with the bbc as we keep you costs the latest. the heatwave is upon us,

at least across a large chunk of the country, particularly central and eastern parts of england. and tuesday really could become quite oppressive as temperatures hit the mid—30s in some areas. now, if we look at the satellite image you can see this huge clear area across europe. this is where the heat will be building over the next two or three days. and, as you might expect, the heat‘s coming in from the south, from algeria, from morocco, spreading across spain, into france, and temperature records could tumble. now, the july record, july for the uk, is 36.7, set in 2015. we may be approaching those values come thursday. in the short term, the weather's fairly quiet out there. some rain in the north—west of scotland. some clouds in western and southern areas. but very warm in the morning. 17 degrees there in cardiff, 16 the lowlands of scotland. and once some of that low cloud in the west and the south clears away it's pretty much unbroken sunshine all through the day. strong sunshine beating down on us and raising those temperatures, too. we think around about 3k degrees in london, 30 across northern

parts of england. but much fresher there in belfast, no heatwave, 22 celsius. and then on tuesday night we've thunderstorms on the way. probably quite widespread. some big downpours with frequent thunder and lightning. and this is what it looks like from late tuesday into the early hours of wednesday, spreading widely across the uk. behind it leaving a legacy of cloud. so that means that wednesday may start off a little cloudy in some areas. and some of that cloud may linger through the day. so in one or two areas temperatures may be a degree or so lower. you won't probably notice much much of a difference. but 33, 3a, maybe 35 in one or two spots is possible. 0ut towards the west, more likely mid or the high 20s. and then on thursday that heat does spread across europe. it'll be peaking in france and the uk, benelux, and starting to reach scandinavia as well.

and this jet stream propels that northwards as well. so in london we could hit 36 degrees in central london on thursday. high 20s to 30 degrees across northern parts of england. and it's just possible somewhere in the south—east, not necessarily in london, we might hit 37 celsius. but it all depends whether there will be any showers around or the cloud amounts. i'm sure most of us agree that's a little too hot. that's it. bye— bye.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: in just a matter of hours, the uk will have a new prime minister. either borisjohnson orjeremy hunt will be announced winner of the conservative leadership election. a warning that babies' lives are being put at risk because there aren't enough screening checks for rare conditions. firefighters are still battling a massive wildfire in central portugal that has injured many and forced hundreds of homes to be evacuated. getting out of the office. employers want school leavers to have more leadership