i thought amber rudd actually did very well, under a lot of aggression.senter should have stopped some of this shouting. i think perhaps the bbc should have thought about the format. seven speakers is too much. perhaps two presenters. ground rules at the beginning about not making personal attacks and not shouting over people. basically it was a complete turnoff. i know a number of people who turned off the tv. i think it put most people off politics. we asked the bbc to come and talk about the concerns. no one is available but we do have a statement... that is what the bbc have had to say. a final word to you. i do not think that is correct. i do not think... i think the militant side of the audience hijacked the programme. i think it is happening more and more and i think if there were more central right wing viewers perhaps they did not want to speak up and be subjected to a barrage of abuse just as emma barnett was last week in women's hour for asking a questionjeremy corbyn couldn't respond to. thank you very much. finally, the aftermath of last week

when amber rudd spoke, the audience responded in a less enthusiastic way.ave made it clear decision to make sure that we protect the poorest in our society. you have not. the pensioners will be protected. judge us on our record... laughter. the following morning, the daily mailfront page laughter. the following morning, the daily mail front page screamed of by yes and the foreign secretary called the audience the most left—wing he had ever seen. it was a yammering cacophony of views, many of them left wing. even by the bbc standards, he would agree the audience was notably to the left of many people in this country. what did newswatch view is think? one joins me. i was actually shocked by the audience reaction i thought the jeering and sharing of some people but the jeering of others was unacceptable. it seemed to be that the audience was, at least 80%, left of centre in its buyers and i thought that was completely unrepresentative of how the country votes. you raise the issue of whether the audience was unbalanced. the company said this earlier in the week

amber rudd took her opportunity.theresa may had come along, she'd have said what her stand—in said next. i was thinking how chaotic it would be if they all got together, formed a coalition, and tried to run a government. i'll tell you what, you're the coalition, you two, tory/ukip coalition. jeremy corbyn was put under pressure, he'd come to apply pressure of his own, on pensions. we've said very clearly... are you going to protect the triple—lock? jeremy, have you not read my manifesto, i'm happy to give you a copy afterwards. i'd love to have one, but i'd like the answer now. are you going to protect the triple—lock? we've said.. no, they're going to get rid of it, jeremy. they're going to get rid of it. terrorism was always going to be a hot topic, and it was. and i am shocked thatjeremy corbyn, just in 2011, boasted that he had opposed every piece of anti—terror legislation in his 30 years in office. my opposition to anti—terror legislation isn't opposition to protecting us from terrorism, it is simply saying the

left, right, woman, man, amber rudd, michael gove, david davis, asjohnson. man, amber rudd, michael goveve, david davis, asjohnson. every time it is raised in a conversation in media, quite rightly, it is itself cancelling, self—destruct mechanism. they do know what to do. the interesting thing and merging from all the plate —— papers today, real concern about the queens speech on the 28th of june concern about the queens speech on the 28th ofjune which is usually the 28th ofjune which is usually the manifesto for a government with a comfortable majority or a working majority. no, now it looks as if it is going to be the occasion of the first may be quite a number of these autumn of confidence votes. in the prime minister. the longer that goes on, the process, i think her position looks as if it will weaken. t 3 ..:..:::.. has, ~ ~ ~ t 3 ..:..:::.. has f; got to pull a t 3 ..:..:::.. has as got to pull a rabbit% she has really got to pull a rabbit out of a hat and suddenly say, "i am in charge, i can show you how to do it and this is the way forward." the sunday times is saying the conse

amber rudd, the foreign secretary boris johnson and the amber rudd, the foreign secretary borisjohnsonlor of the exchequer philip hammond all retain their places. justine greening hasjust retain their places. justine greening has just appeared. retain their places. justine greening hasjust appeared. are retain their places. justine greening has just appeared. are you happy with your job? greening has just appeared. are you happy with yourjob? she says she is very happy. giving herjob as education secretary. and minister for women and equality is. so, yes, some movement here today. there had been suggestions that had theresa may been able to increase her majority substantially, she might have shuffled out some of these people, but it would seem there is a sense that not much has changed. the only demotion we have seen today is for liz truss, the justice secretary. she was demoted to the secretary. she was demoted to the secretary of the treasury, still a ministerial role that attends cabinet but no longer in charge of her own department now. on the surface it looks like the normal days

i was just say this, since amber rudd seem so just say this, since amber rudd seem so confident that a country at ease with itself, have you been toa at ease with itself, have you been to a food bank? have you seen people sleeping around our stations? applause . have you seen the levels of poverty... i would like to once your attack. because of your government's conscious decisions on benefits. attack. because of your government's conscious decisions on benefitslj conscious decisions on benefits.” have been to a food bank. for amber to say that this is a government which cares for the most vulnerable, i think that is downright insulting. tim farron was keen to make the liberal democrats case for staying on the single market after brexit.. fully costed manifesto, i tell you what, there is a long—term economic man underlying the whole of the liberal democrat manifesto, and that is, don't leave the european single market, and throw away £15 billion every single year in revenue. while others clashed over immigration, ukip suggesting britain would struggle to cope with rising numbers. we

i would just say this, since amber rudd seems so just say this, since amber rudd seems so confident thiss a country at ease with itself. have you been toa at ease with itself. have you been to a food bank? have you seen people sleeping around our stations? have you seen. . . cheering and applause. for amber to say this is a government that cares for the most vulnerable i think is downright insulting to the kind of people that i see insulting to the kind of people that isee in insulting to the kind of people that i see in my constituency surgery. tim farron was keen to make the liberal democrats case for staying in the single market after brexit. the liberal democrats have got a fully costed manifesto, i'll tell you what though there is a long—term economic plan underlying the whole of the liberal democrat manifesto, and that is don't leave the european single market and throw away £15 billion every single year in revenue. while others clashed over immigration, ukip suggesting britain would struggle to cope with rising numbers. we have to get the population under control, because if we ca

borisjohnson at was and amber rudd at the home. boris johnson at the was and amber rudd at the home. borisjohnson at the foreign office and david davis as brexit secretary at michael fallon at defence. those are staying the same but we have had two cabinet ministers, former cabinet ministers, coming in, we have yet to find out what will happen to them and we expect to see more following them. six junior ministers lost their seats at this election, and it is expected that those rules will need to be felled and, of course, there was one minister who had a cabinet position, ben gummer, he lost his seat, so there is still one vacancy around there is still one vacancy around the cabinet table, we have yet to find out who will fill it. good to get that brief update, we will be back with you once there is any further news. ellie price at downing street. and joining me now is the former conservative party leader, michael howard, lord howarth, thank you very much forjoining us on the bbc news channel. as someone who knows about the pressure

home secretary amber rudd describing this asa secretary amber rudd describing this as a terrorist incidentu can feel in the community here are the anger and shock from all of the residents and everyone. barry caffrey reporting. a nationwide one—minute silence will be held at ”am this morning to remember the victims of the grenfell tower fire. it comes as police said they will give a revised figure for the number of people presumed dead, which currently stands at 58, they released these pictures from inside the building hoping to illustrate why it's taking them so long to recover the bodies. a look at the travel. waterloo & city line has minor delays. no service between seven and crystal palace. on the london overground because crystal palace. on the london overg round because of crystal palace. on the london overground because of a signal failure. good service reported. moving onto the ropes, because of the incident after midnight in north london seven sisters road is closed tween hornsey road and blackstock road. to let you know finsbury park tube station itself is open. a look at the wea

i would just say this, since amber rudd seems so confident this is a country at ease with itself — havebank? have you seen people sleeping around our stations? have you seen... ? cheering and applause. for amber to say that this is a government that cares for those most vulnerable i think is downright insulting to the kind of people that i see in my constituency surgery. tim farron was keen to make the liberal democrat case for staying in the single market after brexit. the liberal democrats have got a fully costed manifesto. i'll tell you what, though, there's a long—term economic plan underlying the whole of the liberal democrat manifesto, and that is — don't leave the european single market and throw away £15 billion every single year in revenue. while others clashed over immigration, ukip suggesting britain would struggle to cope with rising numbers. we have to get the population under control, because if we carry on on the road we're on, we'll have a population of 80 million by the middle of the century. ukip keep using this issue, they want to whip up people's hatred, division and

she'd sent home secretary amber rudd in to bat her place — even afterjeremy corbyn‘s spectacular changeate. and it didn't take long for the prime minister's political rivals to criticise her for not taking part in the debate. the prime minister is not here tonight. she cannot be bothered so why should you. in fact bake—off is on bbc two next, why not make yourself a brew, you are not worth theresa may's time, don't give her yours. i think the first rule of leadership is to show up. she won't turn up to these debates because her campaign of sound bites is falling apart. the prime minister do not have the guts to come along this evening to tell us. blimey. well, social media quickly got in on the act, with the hashtag "where's theresa" trending on twitter, and missing may memes popping up all over the internet. lee james brown posted up this where's wally style picture, she's in the top—right hand corner, if you're having trouble spotting her. the liberal democrats tweaked their website, this is what you get when you search for a page that doesn't exist. and the twitter account for the am

i thought amber rudd actually did very well, under a lot of aggression.two presenters. perhaps there should have been ground rules at the beginning about not making personal attacks and not shouting over people. basically it was a complete turnoff. i know a number of people who just turned off the tv, to watch the other side. and i think it would put most people off politics. well, the bbc, we did ask them for someone to come and talk about these concerns. no one was available but we do have a statement and here it is... so, judy, that is what the bbc have had to say. in the end, a final word to you. what's your feeling and what message would you like to give the bbc? well, actually, i do not think that is correct. i do not think... i think that the militant side of the audience hijacked the whole programme. and i think it is happening more and more, and i think if there were a more central right wing viewers there then perhaps they did not want to speak up and be subjected to a barrage of abuse, just as emma barnett was last week in woman's hour, for ask

amber rudd, their social media site.l on what the prime minister would mean by that, saying a watmore to be to ta ke mean by that, saying a watmore to be to take down material that seems to be rafa i think —— radicalising people but they want limits on the amount of end to end encryption that otherwise terrorist can actually use. the question is how do we follow through with this, whether there would be actual regulation and legal obligations on these companies or whether we would rely on them to self regulate. it's something we have been looking to get the business unit at the bbc butjust like organisations like open rights group have been quick to criticise theresa may, saying that actually by regulating the world wide web more, it would push terrorists into darker corners of the web that they are harder to track and harder to keep an eye on. david, back to you. sally, thank you. i should point out we are in election mode of course, an election is on thursday, campaigning is suspended by almost all of the parties on su

the home secretary amber rudd told mps mr anderson would review the government counterterrorism strategyy services have the tools to keep people safe. we are entering a new phase of global terrorism and many other challenges are unprecedented. we believe we are experiencing a new trend in the threat we face. we must do more to defeat ideologies of hatred by turning people's minds away from violence and towards pluralistic british values. we must make sure that these ideologies are not able to flourish in the first place. we must do more to force companies to take down terror related content from their platforms. we must also do more to identify, challenge and stamp out the extremism that lurks in our communities. doing more means asking difficult questions about what has gone wrong. in light of the terrorist attacks in london and manchester britain's counterterrorism strategy will be reviewed to make sure the police and security services have what they need to keep us safe. in addition to this there will be a review of the handling of recent terror attacks to look at whether lessons can

the conservatives were represented by amber rudd.a week to go, this was a chance for all the parties to pitch their offer to voters, and at the last minutejeremy corbyn decided it was worth turning up for. theresa may was ridiculed for staying away and it was left to her home secretary to fend off the attacks on cuts to public services, including disability benefits. i know there is no extra payment you don't want to add to, no tax you don't want to rise, but the fact is we have to concentrate our resources on the people who need it most, and we have to stop thinking, as you do, that there's a magic money tree. i would just say this, since amber rudd seem so confident that this is a country at ease with itself, have you been to a food bank? have you seen people sleeping around our stations? applause. have you seen the levels of poverty... i would like to answer your attack... ...because of your government's conscious decisions on benefits? i have been to a food bank. for amber to say that this is a government which cares for the most

a statement from amber rudd, the home secretary. i am extremely proud of and thankful for the police who responded so quickly and those who responded so quickly and those who work tirelessly into the investigation into these appalling acts. that was home secretary amber rudd. this is footage from a dashcam. you can see this is footage from a dashcam. you can see to the left a white van, the white van, that it is believed was involved in the attack on london bridge. it was swerving into pedestrians, driving at around 50 miles per hour, we are hearing from eyewitnesses, straight into pedestrians and passers—by to be three men in that band apparently got out as it crashed at the end of london bridge. —— three men in the van. those three later on, not long after, were shot dead by armed police. the initial call to the police. the initial call to the police came through at eight minutes past ten london time. and then within eight minutes, according to the police, they had shot and killed those three suspected assailants. we will get this

we know amber rudd, home secretary and boris johnson, we know amber rudd, home secretary and borisjohnson—— foreign secretary, philip hammond and david davis have all kept their jobs. beyond that, theresa may has do continue with business as usual and needs to appoint a cabinet. that is what we are waiting for here. but is what we are waiting for here. but is set to happen in the next few hours. she very much wants to give the appearance of business as usual. all the while, this turmoil is unfolding around her. take us through the level of support that he has, ellie. both in terms of cabinet members and conservative backbenchers? it interesting, a number came out as you imagine on the sunday programmes this morning. we heard from graham brady, chairman of the backbench 1922 committee, the of the backbench1922 committee, the mainstay of the conservative party backbenchers. he was relatively loyal to the prime minister, but he pointed out that a number of key ma nifesto pointed out that a number of key manifesto pledges would now have to be watered down. he, for example, was a cheerleader o

that is from amber rudd, the home secretary. we also have a casualty number to bring you.lty bureau number. if you are worried about relatives or friends or loved ones who may have been caught up in the attack here at london bridge and borough market last night it is 0800 0961 233. that is borough market last night it is 0800 0961233. that is a borough market last night it is 0800 0961 233. that is a casualty bureau number that the police have issued. let's get a report on all the details and development so far over the last few hours from our correspondent. just after 10pm on the busy streets of london, police are responding to reports of an ongoing serious incident. what the hell is happening? a white van has driven into pedestrians on london bridge. when it stopped its rear doors were flung open and several men ran out. they went into the busy pubs and restaurants around borough market stabbing people. they were running up going this is for allah, when we first saw them they say this is for allah and they stabbed this girl i don't know how many times, ten times, 15 time

amber rudd has given a stunning performance. she was very good. incredibly well. if you have a platform, where you say trust us, we have the best leader, then that lleyton easter show. also, in the debate between, on the bbc, between jeremy corbyn and theresa may, she refused to have a direct face—off. —— we have the best leader, then that leader needs to show. we will move on because we still have one week left. the daily telegraph talked about the new mike and crossing rural —— migrant crossing rule. but this is a spanish island thatis rule. but this is a spanish island that is in a different route that they had been taken. we don't have much time on it. the turkish deal is working and the borken route is prayad might close. but the important thing is that when you look at these western mediterranean routes, there are less middle eastern migrants, and more people from economic migration sources from sub—sa ha ran people from economic migration sources from sub—saharan africa. —— balkan route is pretty much. they you forjoining us this morning. t

and now, our correspondent has been speaking to amber rudd about this., does it mean good morning. good morning. iam in manchester, at does it mean good morning. good morning. i am in manchester, at the markets. they are finishing up this morning. dots of people have been buying produce. this is a wholesale market. —— lots. they have been buying stocks and supplies for restau ra nts a nd buying stocks and supplies for restaurants and shops. i have been speaking to businesses about what they want to hear from brexit negotiations and what they will involve. we have natalie, who helps people negotiate, including companies all over the world. what is the key? managing complexity. that is a huge issue. we had years of negotiations to come. many issues to be negotiated. we have to be flexible and manage this. two years will not be enough. we have to be flexible on the timeline. what are the key things you are saying to people when you advise them? being prepared, planning effectively, understanding all of the issues, and recognising it is not always the really

borisjohnson remains foreign secretary, amber rudd home secretary, and philip hammond stays as chancellor was a great turnout for labour, who won 40% of the popular vote, and jeremy corbyn insisted he could lead a minority government. we are ready to do everything we can to put our programme into operation. there isn't a parliamentary majority for anybody at the present time. the party that has lost in this election is the conservative party. and on the losing side were the liberal democrats, the snp who lost a third of their seats and ukip, whose leader paul nuttall resigned. the election was called to strengthen the prime minister's hand over brexit, so where does this leave the negotiations now? we'll bring you more on that and all the latest from downing street on this most unexpected of election results. it's seven o'clock. welcome to westminster, where theresa may is constructing a government, despite losing her commons majority after the snap election she called just seven weeks ago. the outcome — a hung parliament — is now slowly sinking in. the conservatives do remain the largest

there are other names like amber rudd and david davis particularly but i want to point out in tim shipman'story, he says although he has had these calls from these five cabinet ministers urging him to stand, he decided on friday challenging may would destabilise the government and catapulting corbyn into downing street and that's what the fear is, if you have a leadership contest you make the possibility of a second general election more likely.|j make the possibility of a second general election more likely. i was talking to a couple of tory contacts today and there is genuine fear among some of them that if there was another general election, which is possible, this one hasn't created a result, they could lose and that's the worst thing, losing tojeremy corbyn and having him in number 10. the daily mirror exclusive says we might not have to wait that long according tojeremy corbyn. might not have to wait that long according to jeremy corbyn. he thinks he could be prime minister within days, that is what he has told my sunday mirror colleagues. he is of the opinion that theresa may is of t

amber rudd... he is still chancellor? he is probably laughing now.blem. amber rudd has enhanced reputation, and she has a wafer thin majority in hastings and there is a question of whether you can be prime minister when the majority in your own constituency is so small. ruth davidson has, with her reputation enhanced but she's not even an mp —— has come out. john mcdonnell has said labourare in has come out. john mcdonnell has said labour are in stand—by to form a minority government but no deals with the snp and the lib dems. that is not how a minority government works. there would be backroom deals, of course, it means no formal coalition as we saw between the conservatives and the liberal democrats. you could not do it otherwise. it would be very difficult to organise and the arithmetic is against you. the finishing line is 322 because the seven sinn fein mps have abstained. it will be 318, 319, they will do the deal with the dup who will extra ct a the deal with the dup who will extract a huge price for this coalition of chaos, which will be crea

amber rudd with seagulls behind her.be a disaster, it looks more difficult for heard this morning. at couple of weeks ago, amber rudd would've been near the top of the list to follow theresa may. she was tipped to be the next chancellor if theresa may stays on. she is considered as potential leadership materialfor she is considered as potential leadership material for the future. but thejudgment leadership material for the future. but the judgment on this campaign and her role in it makes that were distant. at least she appeared when the prime minister would not. she understudied for the prime minister ona number of understudied for the prime minister on a number of occasions. she is widely respected in the party. we can see what nigel farage has been up can see what nigel farage has been up to. nigel farage has stormed back into the political conversation. with paul nuttall having a bad result, nigel farage has been vocal. he said that article 50 had been triggered and we were on our way, but theresa may put this in jeo

amber rudd, the home secretary.er, jeremy corbyn, says there could be another election soon and he is preparing an alternative queen's speech. he was looking very relaxed on television. yes, he is giving the impression that he did not lose the election, but simply did notjust quite do enough to win it. he is giving the impression that he is very much weeping in the wings and expecting another general election. —— waiting. i think there could be another election next year and that would be a good thing because we cannot have this instability. we are ready to fight another campaign. we got great support for it an agenda which is transformative and people are asking, why are my children worse off than i am? this election was not just about worse off than i am? this election was notjust about brexit, it was about challenging and economic consensus which has impoverished so many people. do you think the tape of brexit that theresa may was calling for has changed? at face value, listening to senior conservatives, that is

the home secretary amber rudd has acknowledged police resources are very tight, but said she wouldn'tng extra money. virgin media has told its 800,000 customers to change their passwords to prevent their accounts being hacked. an investigation by which? found that hackers could breach security on the virgin's super hub 2 router. the hackers were then able to control other smart appliances, including a child's toy and home cctv cameras. facebook has revealed new plans to tackle extremism by educating charities and other organisations on how to counter hate speech. the social media giant has launched the online civil courage initiative, which it said would allow charities and other non—profit organisations to share their experiences of extremism and develop ways to tackle the issue both on and offline. the planned new nuclear power plant at hinkley point is both risky and expensive, according to the national audit office. the public spending watchdog says the government has not sufficiently considered the impact on consumers. here's our business reporter rob young. it will be britain's

the charity ‘help refugees‘ claims the consultation process by which home secretary amber rudd calculateden at the royal courts ofjustice. today‘s judicial review concerns the so—called doves amendment to the 2016 immigration act, an amendment allowing child refugees unaccompanied child refugees, in other words those without family ties in the uk to come to the uk, originally it was envisaged 3000 children would come under the dubs amendment but the home secretary amber rudd effectively limited that to 480 and the judicial review today is scrutinising whether the consultation with local authorities that got that number, arrived at that got that number, arrived at that number, was lawful or not because campaigners say local authorities were willing and able to ta ke authorities were willing and able to take far more than 480. joining me is lord alfred dubs who gives his name to the amendment and the actress juliet stevenson who name to the amendment and the actressjuliet stevenson who is patron of the charity help refugees thatis patron of the charity help refugees that is bringing thisjud

the conservatives were represented by home secretary amber rudd. the event was marked by fractious exchanges on immigration, security, and the future of public services. world leaders have condemned the massive bomb attack in kabul. the afghan president, ashraf ghani, described it as a crime against humanity. at least 90 people, most of them civilians, died in the blast during the morning rush hour. over 400 others were injured. now it's time for hardtalk. welcome to a special edition of hardtalk, with me, stephen sackur. today, the bbc is running a series of programmes about democracy, the idea and the reality. it's a theme our guest today has reason to consider in great depth. wu'erkaixi was one of the leaders of the tiananmen square student protest in beijing in 1989. he became one of the chinese government's most wanted men. he escaped, and he now lives in exile in taiwan. and today, hejoins me, and a hardtalk audience here in london. applause. wu'er kaixi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. we could use more platforms like this to voice

it is worth remembering that amber rudd said this morning that amber rudd said this morning that it wasain perpetrators had been stopped, the people who carried out the attack we re people who carried out the attack were those who were shot. beyond that there is a massive forensic investigation going on. traditionally with counterterrorism investigations it is important to recover every last fragment from the scene, so everything that could be in any way related to last night bus micro attack will have to be photographed and collected. blood spots, fragments of nettle, anything else that could be relevant. that vehicle will be photographed, investigated further. they don't like to leave anything behind in a counterterrorism investigation. it isa counterterrorism investigation. it is a huge operation and i am guessing that could cause a lot of disruption tomorrow for people coming into the transport system around london bridge will stop will have to see how that progresses. the police are wrestling with the fact that again some of their officers have been hurt. thankfully, none of the of

amber rudd, the home secretary, we think is pretty safe. in his place? ministers we did not see out and about during the campaign — andrea leadsom, priti patel, even liam fox, the trade minister. those are big names, big people, so who will she put in their places? it was an election she did not need to call, and there is anger in the party, so it will be difficult for the prime minister to rebuild that circle around her. she did not have the big mandate she was hoping for. we thought during the campaign that if she increased her majority, she would be able to make sweeping changes to her cabinet if she wanted. clearly, i don't think she is in that position now. she doesn't have the big mandate and increased majority, so it will be more tricky for her to do lots of switches and bring in other people. there are a few na m es bring in other people. there are a few names i have been thinking who may come into the cabinet — dominic raab, a prominent lead campaigner will stop what about iain duncan smith, the former work and pensions secretary?

david davis, amber rudd, philip hammond. it is going to be a beast. that is what i am hearing.e is a challenge. >> you have forgotten doris, of course. my apologies. you are on the list. >> not want to forget. when you think about support in the party, it is a rejection of hard brexit. not a perfect candidate, but he is someone with a lot of support in the conservative party. he is very popular indeed. you cannot rule him out. he has said he is not interested in the top job, but why were you be in politics if you were not? amber rudd did a good job standing up to theresa may, but she held onto her seat by her fingernails. could this be the next leader? it is all on the table. crucial will watch that conversation around leadership there, and we will he or from the prime minister later on. story, on the scottish is another independence referendum completely off of the cards, not within the timetable that sturgeon wanted? >> i would be highly surprised if it is in the timetable she wanted. i would not say this completely off the cards. we will have to see how things pan out. still

the conservatives were represented by home secretary amber rudd. the event was marked by fractious exchanges on immigration, security, and the future of public services. world leaders have condemned the massive bomb attack in kabul. more than 90 people were killed and over 400 others were injured. the afghan president, ashraf ghani, has described attack as a crime against humanity. the taliban has denied any involvement. china and the european union are preparing a joint statement in support of the paris climate change agreement, in an apparent attempt to take over global leadership on the issue. president trump, a well—known climate change sceptic, is set to announce whether the america will withdraw from the accord. now it's time for hardtalk. welcome to a special edition of hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. today, the bbc is running a series of programmes about democracy, the idea and the reality. it's a theme our guest today has reason to consider in great depth. wu'erkaixi was one of the leaders of the tiananmen square student protest in beiji

borisjohnson, david davis, amber rudd, a lot of people looking to be the next prime minister.om an unexpectedly busy westminster. we'll pause now to catch up with the weather prospects whenever you are in the country. let's get all the details. the low pressure is driving the weather system across the uk. there is some rain to be had below that. lovely sunny and warm afternoon in the south—eastern corner. a scattering of showers creeps into scotland and northern ireland later on. temperatures doing well. the rain does start to drift further east this evening and overnight but the rain becomes light and patchy. a scattering of showers in scotland and northern ireland. temperatures no lower than about 14. we could be no lower than 16 or 17 in some parts of the south—east, so quite a close night here. a fair bit of cloud in east anglia and the south—east. light rain and drizzle on and off. the showers in scotland and northern ireland will be frequent tomorrow. 16 and 17 for belfast, 20 and 21 in the south—eastern corner.

apparently, amber rudd's majority was too slim, only 300 or so, so she is out of the running.uld not only 300 or so, so she is out of the running. i would not say that boris is on the way to coronation, it is not a done deal because there are people in the party who do not trust them. the conservative party is thinking, we need a leaderfor the future who can take onjeremy corbyn, who did surprisingly well. it isa corbyn, who did surprisingly well. it is a matter of when they get rid of her, really, ratherthan it is a matter of when they get rid of her, really, rather than whether they will. but also, who replaces her. yes, but also the question of how this plays out in the country. no one wants another election. if you get a new leader in, and they don't have an election, again, they might feel they don't have a mandate. let's look at the sunday mirror. they are talking about jeremy corbyn — 13 million voted for us, we'll push all the way. he still believes he could be prime minister, theoretically at least. believes he could be prime minister, theoretically at leastlj believe

the conservatives were represented by home secretary amber rudd. the event was marked by fractious exchanges on immigration, security, and the future of public services. world leaders have condemned the massive bomb attack in kabul. the afghan president, ashraf ghani, described it as a crime against humanity. at least 90 people, most of them civilians, died in the blast during the morning rush hour. over 400 others were injured. the taliban has denied any involvement. china and the european union are preparing a joint statement in support of the paris climate change agreement. president trump, a well—known climate change sceptic, is set to announce whether america will withdraw from the accord later on thursday. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week... wall—climbing graffiti bots. all aboard the holodeck! just watch out for the rodents. oh, there a mouse! data is all around us. we generate around 2.5 billion gigabytes of it every day. think of it as, well, there's no word for it really... enormous. and we're finding lots of new ways of ga

as theresa may has been watching the football with emmanuel macron and the home secretary, amber rudd'm told talks have broken up for the evening, they will begin again in the morning. i have to say, although they have been unable to conclude a deal in the last 48 hours oi’ conclude a deal in the last 48 hours orso, conclude a deal in the last 48 hours or so, there is no question that the dup and the tories are natural allies and there isn't really anybody in westminster who would say that the prospect of doing that deal are in doubt. it is very likely they will be able to sign on the dotted line at some point tomorrow, once the prime minister is back in the country. the reasons for that — well, it is notjust because they have been informally working behind the scenes with each other for the last couple of years but above all else, the dup sees an opportunity here to maximise their influence and theresa may absolutely needs this show of public affirmation, to show to the country, to to her party and to the country, to to her party and to parliament, that she has the numbers across the

terrorist fighters and therefore, onceit terrorist fighters and therefore, once it leaves, and is amber ruddforms, eu and uk citizens will find themselves less safe. but with the uk not be able to share that information and pull funding, even if it was outside the eu? so far, there is no precedent for this. one problem is to be part of europe all, the uk would have the recognise the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice, not something they are keen on. the other issue is that the only country that has so far wide agreement and access to the database, despite agreement and access to the data base, despite having agreement and access to the database, despite having opted out onjustice database, despite having opted out on justice and home database, despite having opted out onjustice and home of the issues, is denmark, and the axis they have is denmark, and the axis they have is minimal, so how will the uk have com plete is minimal, so how will the uk have complete access to the database? it will be very challenging. the uk is one of the most valuable and trusted partners when it comes t

what did amber rudd say to you? speed is of the essence, we need to stop talking about it and get on with it. did you feel she was sympathetic to your call for the cuts to be reversed?” was pleased she had the phone call with me this morning and i am sure the home secretary and the prime minister are thinking very hard as to where they will put resources to give the public reassurance around policing. chair of the police federation of england and wales, thank you very much for your time today. president donald trump has denounced north korea as "a brutal regime" in reaction to the death of a us student who was released by the reclusive country last week. otto warmbier spent nearly 18 months in detention in north korea. the 22—year—old was medically evacuated to the united states, suffering from severe brain damage. he died six days later. peter bowes reports. otto warmbier was travelling in north korea as a tourist when he was arrested injanuary of last year. he had attempted to steal a propaganda sign from a hotel

the home secretary, amber rudd, told mps mr anderson would be reviewing the government's counterterrorismecurity services had the tools to keep people safe. we must do more to defeat ideologies of hatred, by turning people's minds away from violence and towards pluralistic british values. we must make sure that these ideologies are not able to flourish in the first place. in light of the terrorist attacks in london and manchester, britain's counterterrorism strategy will be reviewed, to make sure that the police and the security services have what they need to keep us safe. in addition to this, there will be a review of the handling of recent terror attacks, to look at whether lessons can be learned about our approach. i'm pleased to announce that david anderson, former independent reviewer of counterterrorism legislation, will be overseeing it. i noted the actions the government has taken in the home secretary's statement, and largely on this side of the house, we support them. but we would warn against an emphasis on more legislation, rather than looking at the issue of resources. we wi

borisjohnson, michael fallon, philip hammond and david davis and amber rudd have agreed to stay in postot of unhappiness about the way her chiefs of staff have behaved notjust during the campaign, but for the past ten months. a very aggressive style, acting as gatekeepers, which you would expect any incumbent at number ten to have. but their particular brand of street fighting has not gone down well, so she was forced to get rid of them, which will have come as a big blow to her because she relied on them both for personal reassurance as well as advice. they have been with her since before she was prime minister. throughout her time in the home office, she relied on them. it will be difficult to see how she goes forward now without those firm relationships. so what was it more recently that some conservative mps felt was inappropriate about the way they behaved? felt was inappropriate about the way they behaved ? they felt was inappropriate about the way they behaved? they had some involvement in putting the manifesto together. of course. nick timothy was said to be the author of the so

or did she think her stand in amber rudd did a good job?ple of things directly relevant to that, if we bring the camera around, this beautiful beach in falmouth. you have picked the nicest place!m beautiful beach in falmouth. you have picked the nicest place! it was full of tourists and locals enjoying the sunshine. we spent half an hour, me and a couple of producers, trying to find anyone on this beach who watched that debate. we have failed to. which told me that perhaps, a lot of ordinary people don't engage in big, media events in the same way that the media does. the second interesting conversation i had... god forbid! one man sitting behind a windbreak said, i am fed up with theresa may for not showing up. i am a conservative. i feel she theresa may for not showing up. i am a conservative. ifeel she should have done it. i have not been impressed by her performance in this campaign, but! impressed by her performance in this campaign, but i am still going to vote for her despite those reservations. that's the challenge, by most commenta

we have also heard on friday that the big beasts are staying put, amber rudd at the home office, boris and david davis as brexit secretary. not a huge amount of movement, certainly in the upper echelons, but today we have seen a subtle around. we

that is quite a tall order — the only person i can see who might fit that bill would be amber rudd, butu would rule out presumably boris johnson, david davis, people who seem to align along the brexit, hard brexit line? what we do know is that you've got to be able to go to the electorate with more than one message. the idea that you can have a single issue election, whenever it comes, is for the birds. so in electing a tory leader, we've got to have someone that can speak to the whole conservative agenda, and that agenda needs a massive reboot. we need to look to the success of ruth davidson in scotland and embrace her positive, outward looking optimistic style of politics. i'm just hearing from nick watt that the dup may align itself with the conservative party in a confidence and supply arrangement. would that suit you? i think that would be ideal. so you would not mind, and there will be many people, conservative voters and wider voters, who say the dup represents everything that theresa may meant when she talked about a nasty party. they are certainly not our allies of choice. pers

the home secretary amber rudd has acknowledged police resources are very tight but said she would notirmingham newsroom and joins us now. thank you the time this morning. a couple of things jump at home what you said and we have violated them already. your concerns dealing with large scale outbreaks of disorder. have you modelled that of scenario and found your resources lacking? good morning. we have done work around this in policing. what we are trying to say today is after a period of what has been an unprecedented challenge to the police service, we need to sit down with government to look how we manage future threats. one of those voters about how the service mobilises to deal with large—scale challenges. we have seen the last few weeks policing has done that very well, from the modelling and the work we do, we know there are some red lights flashing. this is not anyone waving a white flag and saying we cannot cope at the moment but looking forward, we've got to make sure policing in the place and we are keen to do that with government. you said neighbourhood street patrols would

the home secretary amber rudd has described her shock at what happened.en up to another terrible incident in london where a man has taken hold of a van and driven it into a group of innocent people in finsbury park. there was one fatal fatality that we know about and a number of casualties, and the police are treating it as a terrorist incident. we know that the police were on hand immediately, we know that they have treated it immediately as a suspected terrorist event, and that is the normal procedure and we will see whether they confirm that later this morning. it was treated immediately as a suspected terrorist attack. we must allow the police to deal with the facts and they will make sure that they make those facts available as soon as they can. our priority must be to support the people who have been victims of this and to make sure the investigation is done with all due speed and professionalism. we are concerned about everybody, londoners have been hit with a series of attacks and have actually been nothing short of heroic. we will always make sur