this is deja vu news live from berlin a big day for britain and its incoming prime minister after being elected leader of the conservative party by a large majority boris johnson will be invited by the queen to form a new government as prime minister today also coming out. in washington the former special counsel robert muller prepares to give 5 hours of testimony before a congressional committees but will he go beyond the already known public findings of his russia trumped report. and europe braces for its 2nd record

heat wave this summer especially france paris could see its hottest day on record for the mercury set to soar above 40 degrees celsius. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us. britain will have a new prime minister by the end of the day boris johnson will be moving into number 10 downing street at a crucial juncture for this nation as a prepares to leave the e.u. he set to head a probe rex's government but will have just a razor thin majority in parliament we'll get the very latest from london and from brussels after this report. boris johnson is elected as the leader of the conservative think of. as a boy boris johnson one said he wanted to be world king now he's being crowned

leader of britain's conservatives after a boisterous campaign his acceptance speech was full of his trademark upbeat just oh. everybody thank you i see you've been friendly you've been good natured you've been a full of that cylinder ideas all of which i propose to steal. with. and above all i want to thank going lida to resign marry her extraordinary service to this party and to this country the country johnson inherits is mired in deep political crisis his most important task by far will be delivering while his predecessor could no joins the country we're going to get brits it done on october 3rd it was going to take advantage of all the genie's said it will bring in a new spirit of can do and we are once again going to believe in ourselves and what we can achieve unlike some slumbering joint we're going to rise and ping off the

guy ropes are so tight and negativity the pose may have been lived but johnson will struggle to get brussels to agree to his bags of plans at home his party is divided and it's majority in parliament is wafer thin the new prime minister also divides public opinion i don't think he's a good leader and i don't think he's going to get is out of the e.u. by how we know i think that that is just a fantasy and i think he's going to be like a headless chicken running around race monster because he doesn't have the ability to actually negotiate with his own party let alone the here a much crisis like this because i think we need a visionary leader we don't need to detail star that's what the civil service is we need we need you know this thousands of them hiding around the corner. streets but what we need is a visionary we need someone who's going to say. he's going to choose to be. the 1st. finding a way out of the brags

a quagmire and staying in power that may be rather more difficult than johnson cares to admit i let's go straight to downing street now we're. standing by for us. house the news being received where you are this morning as people prepare for boris johnson to become the new occupant in those rooms right behind you. well friends and fans of boris johnson of course are ecstatic about the news that he will move into number 10 downing street today they were praising after. victory speech his optimism and his energy they are thinking about the standstill of the past months and that there is finally new energy in downing street to see things through to get things moving here in the u.k. we've also heard from critics of course they are saying boris johnson and way too colorful figure he is unfocused not detail oriented enough and he is generally

unfit to be prime minister. especially from the opposition parties not from within the party so far overall i think the public there have been new polls and his favor ability is lower than when i started office but of course it comes with his character he's a very divisive figure here in great britain what we can say for sure it is going to be a huge day for boris johnson himself he's been working towards getting into the sacred halls behind me his whole life and he is looking forward to finally receive the keys to number 10 ok before he does that he'll be meeting with the queen today can you walk us through what will be happening in the hours ahead. well it's a very exciting turn over a very quick turn over that we will see today to resume a of course bidding her for farewells here in downing street in parliament and

afterwards to the queen she will hold a quick farewell speech and then move over to buckingham palace to resign officially and meet the queen there the queen of course being the constitutional head of state she's seen many many prime ministers resigning and going into office over the past years and a decade that she's been holding that post as queen of course and then we will see a very quick turnover at buckingham palace boris johnson basically shaking hands with theresa may be going to the queen taking over his official post as prime minister and then we will see him moving into number 10 so in number 10 the turnover needs to be very quickly 50 percent of those employees civil servants they stay on it's a matter of stability of course and continuity and then boris johnson has appointed his own staff of course they will he will be greeted with applause and then he will have to get to work because there are many many issues on the agenda we're expecting later today

a major cabinet announcements from his science at the question they are of course being well he appoints very much pro breaks to tears and has. said through and we're also expecting phone calls from world leaders for example from donald trump who yesterday already praised boris johnson as britain's trump saying he'll be great in office i'm not sure johnson is very appreciative of comments like that but it's definitely interesting how this partnership between the u.s. president and the u.k. prime minister is going to develop over the next weeks ok you mentioned he has a lot on his plate of course as he takes office later today what are some of his top. well there is the iran crisis on the one hand of course a major priority he needs to deal with that immediately he needs to get that u.k. ship that is in iranian hands freed that's one thing but on the other hand. the

agenda that is why he got voted into number 10 because he promised that he will deliver on until october 31st of next deadline to leave the european union boris johnson said do or die come what may we will leave the big question here is how will he do that he hasn't presented a plan he says he wants to renegotiate with the european union or just leave with no deal at the end of october and it's going to be very interesting if he has enough members of parliament behind him and his own party to see that through. number 10. throughout the day. and we'll be going to brussels in a moment to find out what the european union thinks about boris johnson but 1st here's some other international reaction. very smart. this is a britain truck they call up and speak with saying that's a good thing that they like me over there that's what they want or. what they need

he'll get it done for us is good he's going to do a good job there are many different difficult issues to tackle together we have challenging times ahead of us i think it is very important to build up a strong and a good working relation because we have the duty to deliver something which is good for people in europe and in the united kingdom so i'm looking forward to working with him to deal with them i'm looking forward to working with him as soon as possible not only on the european issues and the continuation of the negotiations obviously linked to brics it but also on the international issues that make up our daily lives and on which we are closely coordinated particularly with the british and the germans whether that's the situation in iran or international security issues on this united ok let's get the view from brussels now with did our views about regard good morning about the newly appointed european commission president

urges along on the line we just heard from her she's somewhat ominously warned that there are challenging times ahead when it comes to bracks that is there any room in brussels for a compromise with the new british prime minister. but i think there's nothing mysterious in the words of that was enough on the line of course these are challenging times only $100.00 days left until next a good kicking it if nothing happens and michelle one year that you she's negotiating already said that there is strong agreement cannot be read you go she added as opposed to incent obviously did non's the only thing the european union can do is to alter the political declaration that comes with this agreement and this declaration is about the future relationship of the e.u. in great britain this is not set in stone and it is something can be done but the bistro agreement is actually only an agreement to give britain more time a 2 year transition period to hand out

a new relationship and now everybody's waiting here in brussels to see what spurs don't actually has on its plate what is his plan ok well we already know that boris johnson throughout his career as a journalist as a former foreign minister has been highly critical of the european union as brussels prepared for a tougher town robust approach on bracks from london. can a clown get tough this is the question here he's perceived as as a law as somebody very critical of the u.s. and somebody who's who's doing a show where he's not serious in the in the eyes of many petitions here in the in brussels so. one wants to see if he can get serious and do the u.s. actually and about the toughness there is no real leverage for him what can he say he has to leave the e.u. as it stands now the only thing you can. threaten with is a no deal breck's it but this none orderly breaks it would harm britain more than

it would harm europe so what is his leverage ok battery good for us in brussels thanks so much for that. it's to the united states now where the former special counsel robert mueller is due to appear before 2 separate congressional committees today spending 5 hours answering questions about his investigation which looked into whether president trump's campaign colluded with russia during the $26.00 election. famously a man of few words and it's unclear whether too many members will discover anything new. in this summer's biggest blockbuster might not be coming to a theater near you but the committee rooms on capitol hill robert muller is to testify before the house judiciary and intelligence committees republicans want to shut the door on the investigation democrats who control the hearings hope new details of donald trump's conduct could lead to impeachment or hurt his reelection efforts. congress to respond to the crime why.

president no one not even the president is above the law. a former f.b.i. director was in charge of the most extensive and most watched special investigation involving a u.s. president since watergate brought down richard nixon 40 years ago the 2 volume nearly $500.00 page report was completed in march or adapted version was made public in april it showed substantial evidence of russian meddling in the u.s. election 34 people were indicted and several convicted including some close to trump and his campaign administration and private life there the facts end and the spin begins the investigation did not establish a conclusive link between the trump campaign and foreign interference i'm having to take you to. no collusion no obstruction well not quite in a may press conference muller made his only public comments about the investigation they threw a lot of gray into trump's preferred black and white take. if we had had confidence

that the president clearly did not commit a crime we would have said so. we did not however make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime the constitution empowers congress to do it justice department policy blocks charge try and remove a president from office democrats remain split over impeachment muller has said his verbal testimony today will go no further than the written report so like any big blockbuster the hearings could be this summer's smash hit or a total flop. check out some of the other stories making news at this hour russia and china african ducted their 1st joint air patrols over disputed islands between japan and south korea in response japan scrambled as fighter jets and south korea did the same both countries accuse the chinese and russian planes of violating their airspace beijing and moscow insists they flew over neutral waters.

mark asked for has been sworn in as the new u.s. secretary of defense the ceremony taking place just hours after the senate confirmed the army veteran on a strong bipartisan vote of $98.00. the pentagon had been without a permanent top official for a record 7 months. and the operator of a british flag tanker says it is still waiting for permission to visit the ship's crew that after rand seized the vessel last week in the strait of hormuz none of the stanton pierrot's 23 crew members are british citizens they're mostly indian and filipino but also russian and latvia nationals. well here in europe a heat wave sweeping the continent is predicted to bring record temperatures this week thermometers across the continent already pushing higher with the highest temperatures predicted on thursday at the epicenter of this heat wave is france you can see the temperatures rising across the continent of the capital paris could see

the mercury rising above 40 degrees celsius that would be a new record for the french capital all residents are trying their best to keep cool with water water and then some more water and as you're a big sunder yet another heat wave climate change is back in the spotlight in paris . people in paris trying to keep their cool with the full cost as think that the french capital could see an all time temperature high this week. the exceptionally hot weather may be welcomed by some tourists with time to take a dip but swedish climate activist gratitude bug didn't come to paris for a holiday the teenager was invited to speak at the french national assembly by m.p.'s from across the party group concerned about climate change. has highlighted the problem of global warming by instigating school strikes and the movement has taken off worldwide speaking to the assembly to said the world had to come together

to take urgent action. but you cannot so the crisis without treating it as a crisis without seeing the full picture you cannot leave the responsibility to individuals politicians the market or other parts of the world to take this has to include everything and everyone carbon dioxide also turned up the heat on far right members of the french parliament who chose to boycott her speech and how do we do it without sounding some people have chosen not to come here today some people have chosen not to listen to us. and that is fine we are after all just children. you don't have to listen to us. but you do have to listen to the united science the scientists and that is all we are ask just

unite behind the science away from paris in the southern city of bordeaux the temperature has already reached a record breaking 41.2 degrees celsius the united nations says the conditions across france were already critical before the heatwave developed much of hands is warning that the heatwave will. the drought. hasn't rained in many parts of france since the end of the last heatwave at the end of june start of july. a number of places in france have set new records for the lowest amount of rainfall since records started scientists are cautious when drawing connections between weather patterns and climate science but they're increasingly confident that manmade climate change is driving up the length and intensity of heat waves meaning gratitude and bugs words of the haps more poignant

than ever. still to come on this program with just one years ago until the tokyo olympic summer games organizers say ticket sales for unprecedented but there are still plenty of challenges ahead and complaints because left to do. but 1st a germany's new defense minister is set to take her oath of office during a special session of parliament today before an autograph hour has been laying out her priorities among them she wants to get the defense budget in germany closer to the 2 percent of g.d.p. berlin has committed to as a member of the nato alliance. a solemn swearing in ceremony for the newest recruits to to germany's armed forces when they started a few weeks ago was enough on the line with still their chief now their commander is conservative c.d.u. leader on it but come on bella. shinseki think it's very good i think

it's good that women too can show what they can do it can be science she seems to me to be a very stable minister stuff to do in the seventy's and isn't the you i think she does a really good job and i have complete confidence in her. but not everyone was so positive when the new defense minister took a stance on a topic that is widely unpopular in germany increasing the country's defense spending germany is not on track to meet the nato wide goal to spend 2 percent of g.d.p. on defense in a newspaper interview come khandala said she now plans on changing that. we have made a clear commitment to nato is 2 percent target it is clear that the 2 percent will not be achieved overnight but it is equally clear that we have to strive towards that that's why she plans to demand more money for the bundeswehr and budget talks at the end of the year that has annoyed her party's center left at coalition

partners perhaps by design to skate da. so this is about you saying as the c.d.u. leader now i call the shots in the coalition and the other point is that the bundeswehr needs funding and it is not really comment by the budget that's completely independent of whether the 2 percent is a change don't know if i put centcom and order a new there are things that were promised to nato stunned by units done by at craft and ships and that will cost more money than he's already planned in advantage i gave cost momentum holds out on your plot just but money alone does not buy happiness something her predecessor wasn't a fund and i also understood many of the blunders various problems involved procurement difficulties unsuitable materials and slow moving systems perseverance is needed some doubt whether comm commandant will have the staying power. he told her it is because they're going to be sensitive troops if being a bit skeptical because they're afraid that this is just

a springboard for the future chancellor to get kunstler in but the defense ministry is too complex and too important and the expectations especially of germany's allies towards the country are too high for this to be seen as just an intermediate step but she'll have to provide a lot more define the scene. on a cloud come may have wanted to buy a good start with a troubled one to spare but whether she'll manage to secure a bigger defense budget remains in the air. israel has drawn a rare rebuke from germany and other e.u. countries after its military forces destroyed palestinian homes in east jerusalem in a joint statement cosigned by france britain and spain germany says it is deeply concerned about those demolitions israeli authorities say the buildings were high security risk. in east jerusalem today is the day after and all that is left are piles of rubble eateries here is stunned. this is politics it's not about security

i just want to say out of here quotes. on monday israeli soldiers demolished 4 palestinian houses and more are said to follow this follows a ruling by israeli's highest court which took years to decide the court ruled the building stood too close to israel's security fence. minister gilad aired on tweeted that the house is endangered israel security terrorists could use them as a base from which to attack. palestinians are protesting the ruling they say international law allows them to build here and the palestinian authority illegally approved the construction. the e.u. has also condemned the demolitions calling them largely illegal. we expect the easterly authorities to minutely halt the execution of the militias but israel plans to continue the destruction justifying its actions by its own court ruling.

so those forces now in one year from today tokyo will welcome the world to the summer olympics organizers are heading into the final phase of preparations right now with ticket sales already said to be unprecedented but there have been problems as usual with these kind of events with accusations of corruption in the bidding process to concerns about safety at construction sites. as interest builds in tokyo 2020 be a now is to keep preparations on schedule and organize this seems to be hitting targets one year to go all the excitement is growing here you've seen the uncreated into the level of interest in tickets with $3200000.00 souls having been tickets sold in the 1st phase the venue's also appear to be coming along only 3 remaining complete including the olympic stadium which is just missing its track and field. about 90

percent of the construction work has been completed and as you can see almost all the building work is done. we're now just working on the facilities inside the stadium. that will lift but preparations for these olympics haven't always been smooth sailing a report released in may found that the construction workers for the venue's were working long hours and in dangerous conditions suspicions of corruption have also hung over the tokyo 2020 bit earlier this year the head of japan's a limpid committee stepped down amid allegations of vote buying. and costs are another headache the original budget for the olympics will sit around $7000000000.00 euros that is now expected to skyrocket to more than 4 times that amount and taxpayers will have to foot most of the bill.

whole budget now is about $30000000000.00 and huge amounts of public funds flow into huge corporations while the poor are a victim excluded and marginalized to. the heat is also a major concern countermeasures however will be put in place organizers are encouraging the use of umbrellas but also offer air conditioning lounges access to water and sprays. but all these concerns have not dump and excitement ahead of tokyo 2020. 3 years from now just like a previous olympics concerns will fade once national fever grips the country. let's give you a reminder now of our top stories at this hour. will become british prime minister today following his election as leader of the governing conservatives johnson was elected by a large majority of his party members. former special counsel robert muller is due

to answer questions from 2 congressional committees today about his investigation into collusion president trump's election campaign. this is the news live from berlin business up with gerard l. 1st straight ahead i'm brian thomas thanks for being.

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