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�* prime minister's row over the former prime minister's resignation honours list. rishi sunak said mrjohnson asked him to overrule the panel tasked with getting his nominees for the house of lords. we can get more on this wall of words from our political correspondent helen catt. strong words from boris johnson, correspondent helen catt. strong words from borisjohnson, he says the prime minister is talking rubbish. �* ., ., ., ., rubbish. another escalation in what is an extraordinary _ rubbish. another escalation in what is an extraordinary argument - rubbish. another escalation in what is an extraordinary argument that l rubbish. another escalation in what| is an extraordinary argument that is developing between the current prime minister at the former prime minister at the former prime minister borisjohnson. about boris johnson's honours list and people he wanted to send to the house of lords but who were not on the final list when it came out. suggestions from the borisjohnson camp over the weekend that rishi sunak and number ten had meddled with the list in some way. suggestions they had removed names which number ten has denied. some are borisjohnson�*s nominations did not get through. 15 names that he put forward for seats
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in the house of lords and only eight were supported by the house of lords appointments commission. theirjob appointments commission. their job is appointments commission. theirjob is to provide advice to the current prime minister about peerages and the suitability of people. this morning rishi sunak made the unusual step of wading in and addressing this directly at a tech conference in london. he said borisjohnson had asked him to do something that he was not prepared to do because he did not think it was right. that was to either overall the commission or to either overall the commission or to make promises to people and he said he was not prepared to do that and if people did not like it, tough, so borisjohnson is now hitting back this afternoon saying thatis hitting back this afternoon saying that is rubbish, that all he needed to do is suggesting that rishi sunak had in effect blocked him because he said all he needed to do was to ask the commission to renew the vetting of these people which was a formality. the suggestion is that it
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is linked to those people who are current mps who wanted to become members of the house of lords and who borisjohnson wanted to become members of the house of lords and thatis members of the house of lords and that is because they would have to step down within six months to be able to do that and if they did not want to do that, that is because the vetting would run out within six months�* time. borisjohnson is suggesting that rishi sunak could have just promised to get the vetting done again and he thinks that would therefore have allowed those people to go on and become peers. what has happened instead, two of those, nadine dorries and nigel adams, they have both said they are standing down with immediate effect as mp5. mit? they are standing down with immediate effect as mps. why is it that rishi sunak _ immediate effect as mps. why is it that rishi sunak has _ immediate effect as mps. why is it that rishi sunak has chosen - immediate effect as mps. why is it that rishi sunak has chosen now. immediate effect as mps. why is it| that rishi sunak has chosen now to come up with comments like that in terms of what he says borisjohnson said to him? it terms of what he says boris johnson said to him?— said to him? it is quite striking because we — said to him? it is quite striking because we have _ said to him? it is quite striking because we have seen - said to him? it is quite striking because we have seen rishi i said to him? it is quite striking - because we have seen rishi sunak during the leadership contest, when
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he was up against liz truss, he is willing to go for the barbs when he wants to, but he has been very, since he has been prime minister, he has been pretty conscious of not doing that. we would usually expect him not to come back and challenge these points this directly from what we have seen in recent months, so maybe this is rishi sunak saying, we need to draw a line, that he wants to reassert his authority, because of course what this has done, this episode, is a rake up the turmoil we have seen within the conservative party over the last few years and that rishi sunak has been trying to move on and say that under his leadership things have changed. maybe that is something he is trying to play into. maybe that is something he is trying to -la into. ., maybe that is something he is trying to -la into. . ., ., to play into. helen catt, thanks for “oininu to play into. helen catt, thanks for joining us- — to play into. helen catt, thanks for joining us. more _ to play into. helen catt, thanks for joining us. more on _ to play into. helen catt, thanks for joining us. more on that _ to play into. helen catt, thanks for joining us. more on that breaking l joining us. more on that breaking story on our website. now it is time for the sport. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc
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sport centre, here�*s gavin. big afternoon of celebrations for the manchester city supporters. the team will be parading their trophies through the city, after securing their historic treble, with victory over inter milan in the champions league final. city won a tight encounter in istanbul 1—0, bringing them a first ever champions league crown. pep guardiola leading his team off their plane here — emblazoned in manchester city colours for their journey home from istanbul. city fans have become no stranger to this kind of parade but the champions league is the trophy they have been craving above all others. it should be a special day for their fans. they are the first english team to win the big trouble since their rivals manchester united in 1999. -- their rivals manchester united in 1999. —— treble. david moyes will stay as manager of west ham, following the club�*s
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success in winning the europa conference league. his future was the source of speculation during the season, with west ham towards the bottom end of the table. but ultimately — they secured their top flight status with two games to spare. the hammers ended their 15—year wait for a trophy by beating fiorentina in prague last week, giving them european football for the third successive season for the first time in their history. ac milan have paid tribute to their former owner silvio berlusconi who has died at the age of 86. they said they were deeply saddened at the passing of the unforgettable silvio berlusconi and said they shed their sympathies with his family and friends. berlusconi bought the club in 1986 and they won five european cups and eight italian league titles. after winning a record 23rd men�*s grand slam title at the french open — novak djokovic is still motivated to win more — according to his coach goran ivanisevic. djokovic beat casper ruud in straight sets in the final at roland garros and has now won more majors than any other male player in history — one more than rafael nadal —
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and has also become the first men�*s player to win each of the grand slams three or more times. djokovic now moves back into the world number one spot. of course, the journey is still not over. i feel if i am winning slams, why think about ending the career that already has been going on for 20 years? i still feel motivated, i still feel inspired to play the best tennis on these tournaments the most, the grand slams, those are the ones that count the most in our history. i look forward already to wimbledon. katie boulter has become the new british number one, replacing emma raducanu. emma raducanu has been hampered by injuries ever since winning the us open. katie boulter
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is in action this week at the nottingham open. following her three victories at surbiton she is 19 points above emma raducanu in the latest standings. kate cross has been named in the england squad for the ashes. she needed antibiotics to treat a parasite infection but has it been included in the 15 player squad for the test match at trent bridge beginning on the 22nd of june. the test matches followed by three t20 matches and three one—day internationals. for more on these and other sports stories, you can go to our website. that�*s bbc.com/sport. also build up to the muggy parade. studio: thanks forjoining us. —— the manchester city parade.
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their plane crashed in the amazon jungle. she reportedly made camp for the other children and provided any food she could find. the youngest of the children turned one whilst missing in thejungle. translation: is a miracle of god, is a belief of the indigenous people we believe it is a test of god to see how much faith we have in him and i have demonstrated it with my own words. as indigenous people we are able to search for them. we showed the world that we found the plane and we showed the world that we found the children. the first thing i did was talk to the 13—year—old girl, and it is not easy to ask them because they did not eat well over 1a days. i have not been able to get any information from them. we hope the children will recover well. more than 600 migrants _ children will recover well. more than 600 migrants crossed - children will recover well. more than 600 migrants crossed the english channel on sunday, the highest number in a single day so
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far this year. the previous daily high for this year was a97 on the 22nd of april. the number crossings for 2023 so far it now stands at a provisional 8380, down from around 10,000 at this point last year. the tour operator of a dive boat in egypt says three british tourists missing after a fire on board in the red sea are now presumed dead. the boat burst into flames on sunday. scuba travel says the tourists families have been contacted by the foreign office. 26 other people including 12 britons were rescued from the vessel. 12 divers were taking part in a briefing on board at the time of the incident and those missing have decided —— had decided to not dive that morning. investigators will look into the cause of the fire. these are
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pictures outside milan of the villa of the former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi. this is the residence where the former prime minister lived and where his body has been moved from the hospital in milan. the 86—year—old passed away after a battle with lung problems and leukaemia. he was the prime ministerfour times in italy and was the longest serving prime minister of italy since the second world war. he passed away today at the age of 86. as always, stay with us on the bbc. hello, there. for many parts of the uk it�*s going to be a dry day with a good deal of sunshine around. the sunniest weather likely to be here in the north—east of england. over the past couple of days we have seen
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temperatures reaching 32 degrees, 90 fahrenheit. may not be as hot as that today, a little cooler in the south—east, and the highest temperature likely to be in cumbria. but with that heat and humidity, we have the potential for torrential thundery downpours. hail and lightning, some flooding expected as well, there could be about inch of rain falling in the space of an hour. a few showers towards the east perhaps but the main focus of the downpours pushing through the midlands, wales, may be parts of western northern ireland and up towards western scotland. those heavy showers that do develop will tend to decay overnight so it does tend to become dry in most areas, a few showers towards the south—west for a while but skies will clear. these are the minimum temperatures at the end of the night and it�*s a warm night, an uncomfortable night for sleeping once again with that heat and humidity.
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tomorrow, on the whole, it�*s a dry and sunny start. the risk of a thundery shower across england and wales much reduced. the main focus of the downpours on the western side of northern ireland. it could bring travel disruption. temperature wise, very similar to what we see today, looking at highs of 27 or 28 degrees. through the rest of the week, it looks like things will be much quieter. we are losing those thunderstorms, a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine, and it should be more comfortable at night for sleeping. a little cooler at night — not as humid. the high pressure we have had is pushing all the heavy showers away but instead of that humid south easterly breeze, it�*s a slightly cooler, fresher easterly breeze coming our way. lots of sunshine around. some early mist and fog along the east coast of scotland. may be foggy through parts of the english channel but otherwise
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