this is bbc news, i'm clive myrie. the headlines: boris johnson this is bbc news, i'm clive myrie. the headlines: borisjohnson becomes the uk's new prime minister and promises his government will work flat—out to give the country the leadership it deserves. we will fulfil the repeated promises of parliament to the people and come out of the eu on october the 31st, no ifs or buts. i have every confidence that in 99 days' time, we will have cracked it. all change in the cabinet — more than half the ministers have either been sacked or quit. foreign secretary and leadership rival, jeremy hunt, is the biggest casualty. penny mordaunt, who backed borisjohnson, and anotherjeremy hunt supporter,

liam fox, are among others heading to the backbenches. former home secretary, sajid javid, is the chancellor, priti patel becomes home secretary, and dominic raab becomes... then, our look at the papers. stay with us for that. good evening. boris johnson, good evening. borisjohnson, one of the most controversial politicians of modern times, has taken over as prime ministerfrom of modern times, has taken over as prime minister from theresa may. of modern times, has taken over as prime ministerfrom theresa may. he has wasted no time in putting his

stamp on government in what has been described as the most brutal ministerial reshuffle in decades. i7 ministers have left the cabinet, making way for a much more pro brexit team, as mrjohnson repeated his pledge to take the uk out of the eu by the 31st of october. the dark before dawn. politics needs light and shade. decisions are complicated. judgments subtle. but now, we will all wake up every day to a leader who paints the boldest of brushstrokes, a man who divides and inspires, entertains and enrages. even for those who adore him, a year ago boris johnson's journey to the palace would have been the kind of wild story he might have written.

rarely without mishap, he was blocked by protesters on his way. now, the politician who is a boy said he wanted to be world king, invited to become prime minister by the queen. the moment where everything officially changed. bowing to the monarch. there are some rules he will follow. everyone knows the many characters he has played, campaigner, clown, or statesman. now, he has at last found his biggest role. which one with the crowd see today? i have just been to see her majesty the queen, who has invited me to form a government, and i have accepted. there are pessimists at home and abroad who think after three years of indecision that this country has become a prisoner to the old arguments of 2016. so i am standing you to tell you the british people that those critics are wrong, the doubters, the doomsters will get it wrong again and we will fulfil

the repeated promises of parliament to the people and come out of the eu on october to 31st, no matter do. no ifs or buts. with his partner watching on, a part of the team, promises myjob is to serve you, the people. if there is one point we politicians need to remember, it is that the people are our bosses. i will take personal responsibility for the change i want to see. never mind the backstop, the buck stops here, and i tell you something else about myjob. it is to be prime minister of the whole united kingdom. big vows to prefer, to provide care for the elderly, more police, to protect the environment, but the big judgment, being willing if need be to take us out of the eu without a deal. it is vital at the same time that we prepare for the remote possibility that brussels refuses any further negotiations, and we are forced to come

out without a deal, not because we want that outcome, of course not, but because it is only common sense to prepare, at this extraordinary moment in our history, and after three years of unfounded self—doubt, it is time to change the record. against the pluck and the nerve and ambition of this country. they will not succeed today. we in this government will work flat out to give this country the leadership it deserves. and that work begins now. thank you very much. this is the start of a new era and the start of a very different era. borisjohnson and the brexiteers in charge, perhaps not so much taking back control as coming

into a fragile situation. believe in boris, believe in brexit! for any new administration there is glory on day one but there were howls of protest from whitehall throughout the speech. this is a time of strife. mrjohnson is in charge because of the failures of his party and his predecessor. for her, time today for one last bout in the commons. farewells and tributes aplenty for theresa may, but it is politics. i hope that she has a marginally more relaxing time on the back benches and perhaps, like the chancellor, even helping me to oppose the reckless plans of her successor. she couldn't resist it either. as a party leader who has accepted when her time was up, perhaps the time is now for him to do the same. cheering.

that duty to serve my constituents will remain my greatest motivation. applause applause, then, after years of defeat and disappointment. a former prime minister, now, slipping from the front bench, a small crowd gathered, just to say goodbye, rather than to know what is next. one more last moment at the podium where, in calling a needless general election, she maybe sealed herfate. i repeat my warm congratulations to boris on winning the conservative leadership election. i wish him and the government he will lead every good fortune the real affection was for her truest ally.

finally and most of all i want to thank my husband, philip, who has been my greatest supporter and closest companion. even now, stop brexit opponents trying to distract. i think the answer to that is, i think not. it is over now but theresa may and the next occupant arrives to pay so many of her same problems. they applaud them all, on the way in. dominic cummins is a senior adviser. within half—an—hour of moving in, he was out the back gate, off to the commons to hire and fire. forget the light of the long knives, this was the afternoon of the big macs. sacked privately in the swelter of the commons, more than half of the cabinet cleared out. one senior tory

called it a walk takeover. protesters at whitehall might agree, but watch the new government being made. big change at breakneck speed. the most important thing is to get us the most important thing is to get us out of the eu by the end of october. exactly the same message from the new chancellor. the prime minister has already set out some of his key priorities, including making sure we leave the eu on october the sist. sure we leave the eu on october the 31st. some familiar faces stay, work and pensions, and health. the new transport secretary couldn't hear his good news at first because downing street was locked down. just encase boris johnson downing street was locked down. just encase borisjohnson was any illusion, his government surrounded bya

illusion, his government surrounded by a demonstration before it's gone to bed. you can hear protests outside the gates, you can listen to rivals around the table, but in the end, every leader is ultimately on their own. one of the first tasks is to appoint a cabinet, but the radical nature of mrjohnson‘s reshuffle has surprised even those on his side. the number of departures is far higher than many expected, with inclusion such as liam fox and penny mordaunt. sajid javid becomes chancellor of the exchequer. dominic raab is the new foreign secretary, replacing jeremy hunt. ricky patel returns as home secretary. michael gove becomes cabinet office administer. another candidate, matt hancock, remains health secretary. and liz truss, the first person to back mrjohnson for

prime minister has been rewarded with the international trade secretary portfolio. andrea leadsom makes a return as business secretary, and nicky morgan returns after three years as culture secretary. and we have heard that jacob rees—mogg is the new leader of the house of commons. our political correspondent is there. jacob rees—mogg, leader of the house, that puts him in a very strong position as leading brexiteer and leader of the e06 group, to define the agenda and layout the agenda upon which mps will be voting it comes to brexit. absolutely, jacob rees—mogg will be in charge of driving government business through the house of commons. of course, that is no easy task at the moment, given the government's wafer thin majority. i'm not sure you could even describe it as wafer thin, it is so skinny.

and jacob rees—mogg of course a very knowledgeable parliamentarian, i think he will enjoy the job of leader of the house of commons, and it is something of a reward as well for the leading brexiteer. of course, he was instrumental in chipping away at theresa may during her premiership, and he has been a strong backer of borisjohnson i think as well it is a way of boris johnson saying to the e06, european research group, that group of brexiteers in the house of commons, that they have one of their people right at the heart of government, in a very important role. are very important role behind the scenes will be dominic cummins, the chief of the vote leave campaign. and another set of members of that campaign seem to have been brought back into government by mrjohnson. there seems to be a reunion of that

campaign. i think a couple of interesting things to note — the appointment of dominic cummings is not without controversy. something he is too controversial and disruptive. i spoke to some people today who said that a disruptor perhaps is what the government needs to try to break out of the brexit impasse. but dominic cummings has been credited with running a successful vote leave ca m pa ig n been credited with running a successful vote leave campaign in winning the referendum in 2016, could borisjohnson winning the referendum in 2016, could boris johnson be winning the referendum in 2016, could borisjohnson be thinking about another campaign in the offing in the coming months or maybe next year? perhaps a general election. i think there is an indication that perhaps this government knows it is ina perhaps this government knows it is in a delicate position, but a general election could be around the corner. also, the senior brexiteers coming up to take top jobs corner. also, the senior brexiteers coming up to take topjobs in corner. also, the senior brexiteers coming up to take top jobs in the government, the likes of ricky

patel, —— priti patel, and... government, the likes of ricky patel, -- priti patel, and... wooden election be pretty much inevitable if borisjohnson election be pretty much inevitable if boris johnson fails election be pretty much inevitable if borisjohnson fails to meet the very strict test that he set himself, and that is to have the uk leave the eu by october the 31st. if that has not happened, is his credibility shot to the point that he will have to go to the country? he was grilled at the hustings, if you don't deliver brexit on october 31, will you resign? and he wouldn't go there. if parliament tries to lock a no deal brexit, and that is

where we end up in october, it is feasible that borisjohnson could turn around and say, fine, we will have to go to the country because you have put me in that position, rather than going off to the eu, as he would see it slinking off to the eu, and getting that attention time and time again that he doesn't want. it is possible that a general election could be forced on boris johnson. the labour party could try to force a vote of no—confidence, and talking that wafer thin daugherty that the government has, and a few arms and ours about whether they are prepared to go that far to oust a party leader, you could see it going that way. we are going to have one of the most almighty showdowns in parliament that we have ever seen. borisjohnson made a number of

pledges today did it to look at those in a little more detail we asked some of our editors to examine what has been proposed. we begin with education. today, from the new prime minister a promise to level up funding in schools across england. that may not be enough to take the political sting out of this issue. because of rising costs, economists say it would take 3.8 pounds just to reverse the cuts since 2010. —— 3.8 billion pounds. the other priority, further education colleges. desperate for funding, and further education colleges. desperate forfunding, and essential for improving technical skills and a challenge ahead. how will we pay for the support we need with day—to—day life? life as we live longer and with more disabilities? arguably the most pressing issue awaiting the new prime minister

is the crisis in adult social care. in homes up and down the country, families are confronted by an overstretched, underfunded, unfair system. councils are lining up to tell the pm about a £3.6 billion funding gap by 2025, and health bosses warned that if social care is not fixed, the nhs will buckle under the strain. for business, job number one for the new pm is to restore confidence, which has taken a knock in the last two years. should i buy new plant machinery, hire a new apprentice or employee confident there are no nasty surprises around the corner? which is why for most businesses, no deal is a horrible outcome for most businesses. beyond brexit it is infrastructure such as road and rail, digital connections, immigration policy, where will the workers of the future come from? those are the issues if the pm is to restore the magic quality — confidence.

for centuries, britain like to see itself as the centre of the world, the meridian line here is the centre of all world mapping to the british reputation is in more doubt than ever before. so one of the biggest foreign policy challenges is restoring that lost reputation, partly caused by recent political paralysis. his instinct may be to get us close as possible to the donald trump presidency, hopefully in —— in hopes ofa donald trump presidency, hopefully in —— in hopes of a favourable transatlantic deal. there is a golf crisis in the policy of written towards iran is different to that of washington. whatever else borisjohnson wants to achieve as prime minister, brexit is top of his list and that means resolving the issue of how to keep the border open between northern ireland and the republic. it will be

them main land border between britain and the eu. mrjohnson says he is confident a solution can be found. we are being invited on board for a journey pamela knows well. her family's haulage firm make thousands of deliveries across the irish border every year. it is seamless. i don't stop. ijust keep going on. dual carriageway and i had to my destination. but this one ireland is to different countries and after brexit it means we could have two different sets of rules. —— two different sets of rules. —— two different countries. this is us crossing the irish border right now and it really is just a crossing the irish border right now and it really isjust a bump in the tarmac. but it is the biggest problem for borisjohnson when it comes to agreeing with the eu on how to avoid checks on goods here. haulage and freight is the lifeblood

of the irish industry and this just—in—time delivery servers we have come to expect, it may not be any more. boris johnson puzzlement leaving behind the border theresa may agreed to. convinced he can persuade the eu to re— negotiate. but in dublin tonight, the irish prime minister said that the eu would not give into borisjohnson‘s demands. listening to what he said today i got the impression he was not just talking about the backstop, he was talking about a whole new deal, a better dealfor britain and that will not happen. so any suggestion of a new deal to be negotiated ahead is not in the real world. the conflict in northern ireland suffered during the troubles means it is an emotive issue as well agreeing to keep an open border helped and the bloodshed. and the trading links between north and south, as part of usher ed

membership, —— a shared membership of the eu became an important part of the eu became an important part of the eu became an important part of the peace process. the border looks very different now. boris johnson believes we can avoid checks by doing a deal with the eu, ripping up by doing a deal with the eu, ripping up the so—called backstop which would have kept northern ireland shackled to eu rules. the question is, is there the political will to doa is, is there the political will to do a deal with the united kingdom that does not require the united kingdom to stay within the customs union and the single market? and i think that will be the fight that boris will have on his hands and i think he is up for it. boris johnson isa think he is up for it. boris johnson is a new driving force. but old dilemmas remain. what will boris johnson's appointment as prime minister and his new look cabinet mean for the brexit process? my colleague has

been discussing today's event with media people. it was more of a purge than expect the. so it is surprised he got rid of arden brexiteers but that could be because penny stayed with three —— government regardless of any deal. he also sacked jeremy huntand it of any deal. he also sacked jeremy hunt and it is obvious it is a hunt supporter purge. bringing back dominic is a mastermind —— is seen as the mastermind of the leave. bringing him back shows that the boris gone —— borisjohnson government is serious about no deal. it is an interesting one because there has been a rapprochement between the two men because it is

going to be eyes and ears for the prime minister. he will be the man enforcing nodal preparations across whitehall one of the key lieutenants and it was interesting. the pogo partnership. we thought they would go for it and vote leave that one, they fell out. but here there. and now they have a vote leave government and with michael gove in there with him, what could be better than that? but many people may be concerned, think that he is not that competent? but theresa may is government, michael gove has been a voice against no deal. so putting him in the position of organising no deal with dominic cummings, that is an interesting move. what do you

make of, we have had two speeches from borisjohnson so far and i'm still not clear what the strategy on brexit is. tomorrow there is a statement to the house and i think he is going to propose an awful lot of questions. do you think tomorrow we will get some detail? mps will certainly try and boris will refer them to previous speeches and he needs to talk to the eu first and give them the confidence that he could want to break deal if it is good enough. does not want to leave them in the dark. he has shown that he has solid brexiteers in place and he has solid brexiteers in place and he is not afraid to do no deal and he is not afraid to do no deal and he has reformers who are willing to shape the service in his image and in that the will of boris. but there is no ambiguity about what has happened today through the eyes of the eu. they will be clear that they are heading for no deal and there is no change. it could be a bluff if you think the borisjohnson believes

there is a last resort. but the europeans may be willing to compromise a bit more. but that is a big bet when you have so many people passionate about exit on the european side you may sadism bluff but they are wedded to this. but borisjohnson is wedded as soon as he said do or die october 31. so this will come back and bite him if he does not leave on october 31 and it will be political fatal for him if he seeks an extension. one strategist a few hours ago said it is all looking as if they will be a general election and all we hear here about cabinet appointments, this is all trying to soften up for a moment when he says i tried to do this, parliament stop me, europe's top me, maybe that is his best chance? —— europe has stopped me.

with 100 chance? —— europe has stopped me. with100 days to go, boris can say he has tried his hardest to get this done. it may be a do or die deadline and if parliament delayed and forced his hand and legislated them to death than he has to turn to the people and say give me a new parliament that will help me get this done. at that point he will be the champion. he composes like this. and that means it will be people versus parliament and who knows, he will stand for the people and hope to wina will stand for the people and hope to win a handsome majority. that was christian fraser talking to a couple of guest there. now to our other main story tonight. tomorrow could be the hottest day ever recorded in the uk with forecasters saying temperatures could reach 39 degrees in london. that comes after thunderstorms swept across much of the uk last night with nearly 50,000 reported lightning strikes. already, rail operators say there will be speed restrictions and reduced train

services to try and stop rail lines buckling. research published today suggests the current warming rate is higher than any previously observed. another day of blazing temperatures across some parts of the uk. in birmingham, a chance to cool off from the scorching sun. in leicester, it's not exactly weather for ducks. but these children are having fun in the fountain. and in oxford's parks, the shade provided some respite from the heat. the sun has been welcomed by some, but these conditions can be harmful. so how do you stay cool and keep safe in the hot weather? dr raj patel is a gp and deputy medical director of nhs england. normally when it's hot inside you think about opening up the windows and doors, but we shouldn't do that, should we? that's right. we should learn from our european neighbours, who understand that in the midday sun they actually close the curtains and close the windows when it's hot outside. you retain the coolness

in the house. avoiding being dehydrated is also really important, isn't it? so drinking plenty of water is a really important tip. is itjust water we can drink, or could you have a cup of tea, for example? yes, you can. so tea will contribute to your fluids, but it will not cool you down, as many people think it will. and the thing to avoid most is alcohol because it makes you lose water and it makes you more dehydrated. one of the really difficult things during the heatwave is actually getting to sleep because it's so hot at night. and i've heard you can do things like put your sheets and pyjamas in a freezer, or fill a hot water bottle up with icy cold water. would that make any difference? i can see why putting ice—cold water into a hot—water bottle will help you stay cooler longer. i'm not sure that the sheets will stay cool for very long, but if it's enough to get you to sleep, why not? in europe, belgium has had its hottest day in recorded history — the national record was broken twice, with temperatures reaching

39.9 degrees celsius. it's the second major heatwave to hit europe, and research published today gave another stark warning on global warming. in the last 2,000 years, there has not been a period where temperature changes were as fast and extensive as what we're seeing now. and scientists say this will make heatwaves more frequent and intense. heatwaves now are five times more likely because of man—made climate change than they were in the past, so we have to get used to them and we have to adapt the way we live and the infrastructure around us — our houses, our roads — to those heats. back in the uk, tomorrow it's going to get even hotter. all eyes will be watching to see if another major temperature record is broken. rebecca morelle, bbc news. we will take an in—depth look at the

papers with our reviewers, coming up after the headlines at 1130. let's get the weather for the week ahead. hello there. temperature records have tumbled across parts of europe again. on wednesday it was the turn of the netherlands to set a new national temperature record. for us, oui’ national temperature record. for us, our chances on thursday. the current record is 38.5dc set into thousand three. with low pressure to the west of the uk we are pulling up there airfrom spain and across france and the hottest air working into parts of south—east england. that is where we could see the temperature surge all the way up to 39 celsius. thursday potentially is a record—breaking day here in the uk. apart from the temperatures, there will be a lot of fun trying to come across scotland, england and wales northern ireland more on the way of cloud with a risk of showers and some funded storms breaking up through the afternoon and evening

time elsewhere in the