ben wright, bbc news.ind out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are robert fox, the defence editor of the london evening standard and rachel cunliffe, comment and features editor at city am. there's been an explosion at an election rally in zimbabwe where president emmerson mnangagwa was speaking. the blast went off as he left the stage in the white city stadium in bulawayo, zimba bwe's second city. at least two senior government officials were injured in what mr mnangagwa suggested was an attempt on his life. it exploded a few metres away from me but it was just not my time. those who attempted it are likely to go before me. our correspondent is following developments from the capital and she says the president fears members from his own party are fears members from his own party are trying to kill him. he himself has said he is awaiting further information but from his interview there, he seem

our political correspondent, ben wright, reports.tion on a big scale by people who had come to the capital from across the country, many of them hoping brexit can be stopped. two years on from the referendum to leave the eu, the march organisers said more than 100,000 people turned up to demand another vote on the final brexit deal. sam is a gardenerfrom somerset. ian runs a business in surrey. i can tell you right now, running two businesses, that this is the last thing i want to be doing on a saturday. but i am having to do it because i see it's the only democratic opportunity i have to make my voice heard. the criticism would be from leave supporters, "look, we've done this. you're trying to rerun the whole argument again." well, i can take that point, but it is an entirely different context this time. it's not whether we leave or stay, it's what the deal is. first—time protesters joined veteran marchers fired up by recent warnings from businesses like airbus and now siemens about the potential economic costs of brexit. nobody vot

this ben wright reports. was a mobilisation on epic scale. this was a mobilisation on epic scale. who had come to the capital from across the country. many of hoping brexit can be stopped. brexit, what is it good for. absolutely nothing. two years on from the referenda to leave the eu, the organisers said more than 100,000 people turned up to demand another vote on the final brexit deal. sam is a gardenerfrom somerset. ian runs a business in series. money two businesses the last thing i want to be doing on a saturday right now. but i am out to do it because i see it is democratic to have my voice or with people are saying that you're trying to rerun the whole argument again.|j saying that you're trying to rerun the whole argument again. i get that point, but it is an entirely different content system. it's whether we leave or stay, it is not that, it is whether we leave or stay. it's what the deal is. first—time purchases join veteran marchers fired up by reports from businesses like airbus on brexit. nobody voted, the damage the country in the way. people who want her children wa

ben wright, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news.s prime minister, jacinda ardern, introduces her new bundle ofjoy to the waiting media outside the hospital where she gave birth. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade center armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a rightful claim on certain parts of this country as ourland. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner". chapman, prison—pale and slightly chubby, said not a single word in open court. it was left to his lawyer to explain his decision to plead guilty to murdering john lennon. he believes that on 8june, god told him to plead guilty, and that was the end of it. the medical research council have now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. it was closing time for checkpoint charlie, which for 29 years has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: women in saudi a

our political correspondent ben wright, reports.was a mobilisation on a big scale by people who had come to the capital from across the country. many of hoping brexit can be stopped. # brexit, what is it good for. # absolutely nothing!# two years on from the referenda to leave the eu, the march organisers said more than 100,000 people turned up to demand another vote on the final brexit deal. sam is a gardenerfrom somerset. ian runs a business in surrey. i can tell you right now, running two businesses that this is the last thing i want to be doing on a saturday. but i am having to do it because i see it's the only democratic opportunity i have to make my voice heard. the criticism would be from leave supporters, "look, we've done this. you're trying to rerun the whole argument again." well, i can take that point, but it is an entirely different context this time. it's not whether we leave or stay, it's what the deal is. first—time protesters joined veteran marchers fired up by recent warnings from businesses like airbus and now sie

our political correspondent, ben wright, has more. the ayes to the right, a15.oment really because this question of how to expand our airport capacity in the uk has dogged successive governments now for decades and certainly over the last decades, different governments have grappled with whether or not the solution lies in expanding heathrow, the uk's main airport, just outside london, or whether there should be a new airport entirely, perhaps somewhere towards the south coast, or maybe an expansion of gatwick would be a solution. this has been talked about for years, it has proved a very divisive solution. in the end, mps have voted to approve a third runway at heathrow. they have also tried to ensure mps who were concerned about the environmental impact, but that could be diminished by the use of new technology coming into aircraft but also changing the way the flight patterns workm and that could diminish the impact this will have on residents in that part of london, but this is controversial, even though mps have approved it, because there are fewer major ca

ben wright, bbc news.bwe's president has narrowly escaped an apparent assassination attempt during an election campaign rally. a bomb exploded moments after emmerson mun—an—gagwa had left the stage. zimbabwe is preparing for its first elections since robert mugabe was removed from power. 0ur africa correspondent, will ross, reports. the rally in the bulawayo's white city stadium had just ended and it looked as though as a successful day of campaigning was coming to an end when suddenly president emmerson mnangagwa had a close escape. several people were knocked to the ground by the blast and senior government officials, including a vice president, were seriously injured. as emergency workers rushed people to hospital, the politicians were ushered to safety. hours later, president mnangagwa was out in the city's hospitals comforting those caught up in the blast. he appeared unflustered by events and brushed off what he considered to have been an attempt on his life. these are my normal enemies. and the atte

our political correspondent ben wright reports. are you bungling brexit, primers to?r stander pressure. at the end of the month, theresa may will go to brussels looking for a breakthrough. time is short, cabinet divisions obvious, and we are still waiting for the government to publish its plan, as jeremy corbyn for the government to publish its plan, asjeremy corbyn pointed out in the commons this lunchtime. we we re in the commons this lunchtime. we were told, mr speaker, three weeks ago to a great deal of fanfare that this document, this white paper, would set out the government's ambition for the uk's future relationship with the eu, and their vision for a future role in the world. it's nowhere to be seen, no answer is there as to when it will be published. the cabinet is also trying to agree which of the two customs options to negotiate with the eu, but the prime minister insisted the white paper plan would come soon. my right honourable friend the brexit secretary and i agree that we want to publish a white paper that goes beyond the speeches... that goes beyond

ben wright, bbc news.ave been celebrating after the kingdom lifted the world's only ban on female drivers. president trump calls america's immigration laws a laughing stock and staunchly defends his tough approach. let's get more on that now. heather cronk, co—director of showing up for racialjustice joined me earlierfrom washington. i asked her if she'd been to the border and seen what was happening there first hand. i was down at the border with folks known as the refugee caravan. we we re known as the refugee caravan. we were travelling through central america and to the us border. 50 were travelling through central america and to the us border. so you help settle people with families? america and to the us border. so you help settle people with familie57m is to organise a white folks around racial justice work. is to organise a white folks around racialjustice work. one of the things we have engaged on in this particular crisis moment is to offer homes to folks who are going through detention, been det

our political correspondent ben wright is at westminster.he has been pressing the flesh trying to stop any potential rebellion on some of those lords amendments and in fact the government has been proactive in putting forward some of its own amendments that it hopes will forestall a ny amendments that it hopes will forestall any backbench rumblings. it has. i have come from the commons. just outside the room where the prime minister is addressing the 1922 committee of backbench mps, lots of applause coming from inside andi lots of applause coming from inside and i imagine she is getting at the reasons why the government feels that the 15 amendments handed down to the commons need to be defeated in the view of the government and you are right. they have tabled one amendment on the so—called meaningful vote, that is the vote that mps will get at the end of the negotiating process. there had been an amendment passed in the lords which would have effectively given mps the right not only to reject the deal brought back by the government but to in

ben wright there.py with the decision from his fellow tory. frankly this is a law that government supports. the solicitor general robert buckland helped to draft it, margot james the minister tried to support it, because it addresses a gap in the law. we know that technology evolves, things evolve and this problem wasn‘t a problem a hundred years ago. it wasn‘t even a problem 50 years ago. but it is a problem now. and that‘s why it‘s important we address it urgently because this is happening at gatherings, on trains, in various places where people gather and it is completely unacceptable. it is a form of violation of some of our fellow citizens and it is absolutely outrageous that it should happen. it is really objectionable that christopher should have done this without even knowing what the bill was. have you spoken to him about it? no i haven‘t. what would you say if you had the opportunity to do so? i think you can be pretty clear as to what i‘d say. i think it‘s disgraceful to block a law that is

ben wright is in westminster. the answer would appear to be yes?ical question, that the power —— about the power of the mps will have at the end of the brexit process. what happens if mps vote down the deal that ministers bring back from brussels? what happens if there's no deal at all? that's what this argument is all about. yesterday the government saw offa about. yesterday the government saw off a potential rebellion by offering a compromise to the tory party, saying we will come back, look at this, take on board your concerns and bring back an amendment to the house of lords that beefs up the power of parliament. but in a way that does not constrain the government's negotiating hand. that's the balance that ministers are trying to find. i bumped into one of annas udry‘s colleagues who is in the meeting with the prime minister yesterday, and he says a compromise amendment will come very soon, maybe tonight, and he seemed pretty happy. as far as he knows the content will address the concerns raised with a promise or yesterday. if it doesn't, you

ben wright, bbc news, westminster.ondent eleanor garnier is in westminster. this backstop document makes interesting reading? yes, it does, we've been talking about divisions in the conservative party for months when it comes to brexit not only in divisions but how deep they are. on one side there are the hard—core remainers, they want to stay as close as possible to the eu, and the hard—core mac brexiteers. so far we have seen the prime minister pushing decisions down the road which has kept the sides together but with this document, perhaps we are seeing the opening of a can of worms? and perhaps that unity that theresa may has so far been able to reign over could be coming to an end because this document contains some crucial thing is that, for brexiteers, could be red lines. there is, for example, no specific time limit when it comes to this backstop option. what brexiteers worry about is that it will not go on for months but years, so will not go on for months but years, so in effect we will not be leaving the eu

ben wright, bbc news, westminster.avis has been speaking this afternoon about his hopes for the future security partnership between the uk and the eu. he said a good deal was beneficial for both. getting a deal that reflects the deep economic ties that both the united kingdom and the european union benefit from is important for both our economies. and strong economies, of course, are vital to security and to the people whose livelihoods depend on it. so those who say or think that the uk must be seen to be damaged by brexit should think again. the truth is that if you harm britain, you are more of europe. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier is in westminster. 0n the david davis speech, what sort of concrete proposals are coming out on that issue? this was pitched as a speech on security, but in the end it was more wide ranging than that. what stood out for me was that david davis was giving a stark warning to the eu. first of all on the brexit project. as we heard in that clip from david davis, he was saying if

our political correspondent ben wright has more. the ayes to the right, a15.to the left, 119. this is a momentous moment really because this question of how to expand airport capacity in the uk has dogged successive governments now for decades and it really, for the last 20 years certainly, different governments have grappled with whether or not the solution lies in expanding heathrow, the uk's main airport, just outside london, or whether there should be a new airport entirely, perhaps somewhere towards the south coast, or maybe the expansion of gatwick would be a solution. this has been talked about for years, it has proved a very divisive solution. but finally, mps have voted, in the end, overwhelmingly, to give the approval for a third runway at heathrow. they've also tried to ensure mps who were concerned about the environmental impact, that that could be diminished by the use of new technology coming into aircraft but also changing the way that flight patterns work, and that could diminish the impact this will have on residents in that part of london, bu

our political correspondent, ben wright is at westminster.a parliamentary vote, what about the ha rd parliamentary vote, what about the hard politics we saw on display? well, we saw the two main parties fairly fractured on this question. a number of tory mps with long held opposition to expanded heathrow made their views quite clear during the course of this evening's debate. people like justin course of this evening's debate. people likejustin green link in putney, spoke out strongly against this plan. they were among the eight conservative mps who voted against their own party whip on this this evening. labour party was totally split as well, even more so. they had been given a free vote, even though had been given a free vote, even thoutheremy had been given a free vote, even though jeremy corp and had been given a free vote, even thoutheremy corp and and the shadow chancellor oppose a third runway. as the boat broke down, 119 at labour mps supported the government. they are the ones that gave theresa may this thumping victory in this boat

ben wright, our political correspondent, joins us now.t theresa may would want to but it is notjust pass any more. no, airports was joined by siemens a couple of days ago andi joined by siemens a couple of days ago and i think more companies are expected to break cover quite soon, adding to this chorus of business voices who are now out in the open saying they're concerned about the prospects of a no deal but also about the general direction and lack of clarity from the government about what they want from the brexited negotiations. it was an interesting tone from jeremy hunt because on friday, the government's response to the airbus statement was trying to calm it down and saying that the government was listening to the concerns of business, was going to be speaking to airbus, that it had full faith in its ability to handle these negotiations. this was a far more robust condemnation of what airbus in particular had done. jeremy hunt called their intervention completely inappropriate and saying that the duty of business now was to get beh

threat to walk away from brexit negotiations was a risk to britishjobs. 0ur political correspondent, ben wrightcharge of your cabinet, prime minister? theresa may's ministers seem to be going rogue, speaking out about their colleagues and policy in a way that suggests a splintering cabinet and a breakdown in discipline. for instance, here is the number two at the treasury, liz truss, mocking the environment is secretary, michael gove, last night. too often we are told we are thinking too much. maybe that's just me. eating too many doughnuts or enjoying the warm glow of our wood—burning goves. i mean stoves. at that point there is a lot of hot air that emerges. then there is borisjohnson, who arrived back at heathrow yesterday after ducking a vote on the airport's expansion. he has not denied using very blunt language to criticise concerns from businesses about brexit. colleagues have not been impressed. this is usually important to us and i don't think anybody should be dismissive but this was, as i understand it, a throwaway remark at a drinks reception and probably not wise but i wouldn't rea

our political correspondent, ben wright is at westminster. it's a curious argument because misterjohnson seems to say he can have more impact on the decision but it will have already been made tonight. yes, and that is one reason i think tonight. yes, and that is one reason ithinka tonight. yes, and that is one reason i think a number of tory mps have been pretty incredulous over the last 2a hours or so, knowing boris johnson was swerving any political difficulty around this vote. his allies would probably say he always made it clear to the prime minister that if this issue ever came to a vote in the commons that he could never backed it and he took the job as foreign secretary with that condition fairly understood on all sides. and yet you see somewhere like the man who resigned as trade minister last week in order to fulfil his promise that he made at the election to his constituents that he would always back a project that he would always back a project that he would always back a project that he thinks is fundamentally flawed and in the s

with further clarity on the time duration of that proposal. 0ur political correspondent ben wright reportsto lose your brexit secretary? the prime minister was certainly trying to keep him on board this morning, heading early to the house of commons to meet david davis. their dispute, over how to ensure there is no physical infrastructure between northern ireland and the republic in the future. it is the so—called backstop option and the eu has said it must bea option and the eu has said it must be a legally binding part of the final brexit deal. the backstop is there to prevent hard border if the uk and eu failed to strike a trade deal that avoids new checks will stop it would apply after the transition period ends, and would cover customs and regulations. crucially keeping each side closely aligned. are you going to resign, mr davies? at the brexit secretary has had a bust up with number ten about this, arguing the backstop needs an expiry date. at the moment everyone has a concern that these arrangements will continue indefinitely and i don't think that will be acceptable either to cons

a reminder, if ever one was needed, that views on differ greatly. 0ur political correspondent ben wright central london where that march is getting underway. what do they think this will achieve? it feels like the biggest anti—brexit demonstration we have seen since the referendum with tens of thousands of people marching down whitehall to parliament and argument is that the government and also parliament is making a hash of brexit and it is time for the people do have another say also that are not asking for a rerun of the 2016 referendum but a fresh referendum on the terms of the final deal theresa may brings back from brussels. it could be that one question on the ballot paper would be the option of staying in the eu. that is the argument they are making. 0rganisers here are clear this is about regular people and not politicians and in a way that is the problem for them. there are no labour frontbenchers here, lily no members of the government, the parties are opposed to the idea of another vote so it is difficult to see how this suggestion of another boat might work out in practice.

let's get more on this from our political correspondent, ben wright.f the whole debate about how the british government tries to go forward, isn't it? that's right. this question is critical right now because if theresa may doesn't produce a plan that the eu thinks is plausible, by the end of the month, when there is a crunch summit with eu leaders, it is unlikely the eu will start to talk about the future trading relationship. this is a hurdle the government have got to clear. we are talking about the insurance policy the government has to put in place. if there is into long—term trade solutions sorted out with the eu to prevent a hardboard and developing between the republican northern ireland. this is what the backstop is all about, but it's bringing simmering cabinet tensions write to the boil. it's clear that theresa may and some of her ministers are at odds with david davis. especially how explicit the uk should be about the time limited nature of this backstop agreement. if there is a declared time limit, this default temporary arrangement could

lets get the latest from westminster from ben wright.vate members bill and would have become a new law in england and wales, what happened? it's a way that backbench mps can flag up an issue they care about and prompt a change in the law. the vast majority of private members bills go nowhere because they don't have government support. this one is different, however, because the government was behind it, was talking at up and it seemed pretty inevitable that this private members bill would just go through the normal commons procedures and eventually make upskirting a criminal offence in england and wales. it is not expected to hit this hump today. the problem is that it is very easy to throw out or block the passage of a private members bill either by filibustering it, or as sir christopher chope did todayjust shouting object. that's the way a government often kills of private members bills they don't like. no one expected sir christopher chope to do it today. that he and many other tory mps have a long track record of being a handful of

our political correspondent ben wright explains how these private members bills work.way that backbench mps can flag up and issues they care a lot about. and try and prompt a change in the law. the vast majority go nowhere at all because they don‘t have government support behind them. this one, though, was different because the government was behind it. talking it up. and it seemed pretty inevitable that this private members bill would just go through the normal commons procedures and eventually make upskirting a criminal offence in england and wales. and it wasn‘t expected to hit this hump today. the problem is, it is very easy to chuck out or at least block the passage of a private member‘s bill either by filibustering it, talking it out, or as christopher chope did today, just shout "object". now that is the way the government whips often go about killing off private members‘ bills that they don‘t like. nobody expected christopher chope to do it today. but i must say he and a number of other tory mps do have a long track record of being the handful of mps who turn u

would give parliament more of a say if no deal is agreed with brussels. 0ur political correspondent ben wrightike we have been here before, what's going on? is this likely to be tense? we certainly have been talking about crunch votes around this issue now four months. as this question of parliament's role four months. as this question of pa rliament‘s role in four months. as this question of parliament's role in brexit has bounced between the house of lords and the commons, but today we think could be decisive. basically what mps are having to decide is what role they should have at the end of the brexit negotiations. if they reject the final deal that theresa may has negotiated with brussels, or if the uk fails to come to an agreement at all. they are discussing what their powers should be. the government says that at that point they will come back to mps, read out a statement about what they plan to do next, but any more, the government says, would tie their hands during the negotiations. but labour and crucially about a dozen tory mps think that is not good enough, that mps need a proper s

let's speak to our political correspondent ben wright, who is in westminster.g about medicinal cannabis, and another on cannabis in general. the law around the medicinal use of cannabis has been called completely out of date, and that has been shown in the case of billy caldwell. he thinks they need overhauling, and on that i think he has a lot of sympathy of in the tory party, on labour benches, and across parliament. the only people who are not budging very much are the government, the home office, and theresa may, who while they have said there should be a review of individual cases don't seem to be keen on reopening the whole issue. what is interesting on this is that william hague goes much further and says the question of recreational cannabis use now need to be addressed. he says the so—called war on drugs, waron addressed. he says the so—called war on drugs, war on cannabis, has com pletely on drugs, war on cannabis, has completely failed and there is no chance at all of taking cannabis off the streets of britain. he says asking the police to do somethi

our political correspondent, ben wright reports. are you about to lose your brexit secretary?cks. it would apply after the transition period ends, and would cover customs and regulations. crucially, keeping each side closely aligned. are you going to resign, mr davis? but the brexit secretary has had a bust up with number ten about this, arguing that the backstop needs an expiry date. and cannot be open—ended. at the moment everyone has a concern that these arrangements will continue indefinitely and i don‘t think that will be acceptable either to conservative mps or frankly to the wider country as a whole which voted to leave the european union and not to remain in some halfway house, potentially for ever. with theresa may due to meet eu leaders again at the end of the month, brexiteers had this advice for the prime minister. if your chief negotiator wants to have some kind of defined end to this process, if he‘s your chief negotiator then you probably have to give it to him. the prime minister held talks with david davis for more than an hour here this morning. and while the

evening standard he says his resignation on the issue would ‘have achieved absolutely nothing.‘ ben wrighthe vote on this, as you said, it's taken us 20 years to get to this point. at 15 or 20 minutes, there's been some process to parliament, by anti—heathrow protesters. labour mps have been shouting to wear is porous and the debate. when conservative mp who was a minister until last week, greg, he quit because he is a local mpfor greg, he quit because he is a local mp for the area and promised his constituents that he would never support a third runway, so he resigned to vote against what he believes a fatally flawed project. but conservative mps are being ordered by the government to vote on this tonight. we perhaps many will ignore that, but as you said, never talk of the westminster as boris johnson's absence, he's managed to exempt himself from this way that shows that he can't be sacked in one have to resign. out of the process here, will we get to point where boots are on the ground, the bulldozers come in for borisjohnson to lie in front of. when does that actually happened ?|j to

let's talk to ben wright at the house of commons. a word pass the house of commons.what do you make of it? a very telling apology. she does not usually go on for personal politics at all, and yet she has chosen to speak outjust before the g re nfell tower chosen to speak outjust before the grenfell tower fire and a bursary to say her personally human response at the time was wrong and number ten did not get how significant and serious this was, both emotionally for the people involved and politically as well. the amount of anger it and least. at the time theresa may did go in the immediate aftermath of the fire on that first visit, but did not meet people who have been directly affected because number ten said there were security concerns. butjeremy corbyn had gone along and done it and sadiq khan and the queen and there was a lot of criticism then that theresa may had not got this right and it was a flat—footed response from number ten. so she has decided this week to admit as much and say the decision not to meet the survivors was wrong and it will haunt her in man

here‘s ben wright explaining one of the government‘s new amendments on this legislation. had been an amendment passed in the lords that would have effectively given mps the right not only to reject the deal brought back by the government but also to instruct ministers to go back and carry on negotiating, perhaps, putting the ball firmly in parliament‘s court. now, the government have already put an amendment down on that. saying that, while mps can have the right to turn the bill down, the deal down, if they want, ministers promised to come back after 28 days and update parliament on what they would do instead. so, that‘s an amendment they hope will defuse the tory rebellion on that front. we live at the bbc newsroom. our lead story, kim jong—un we live at the bbc newsroom. our lead story, kimjong—un has been out taking a tour of some of the sides ahead of tuesday‘s summit with donald trump who has been tweeting about excitement being in the air. let‘s turn to some of the main stories from bbc world service. officials in afghanistan say a suicide bomber killed at least 12

later today with further clarity on the time duration of the proposal. 0ur political correspondent, ben wrightbout to lose your brexit secretary? the prime minister was certainly trying to keep him on board this morning, heading off early to the house of commons to meet david davis. their dispute? 0ver how to ensure there is no physical infrastructure between northern ireland and the republic in the future. it's the so—called backstop option and the eu has said it must be a legally binding part of the final brexit deal. the backstop is there to prevent a hard border if the uk and eu fail to strike a trade deal that avoids new checks. it would apply after the transition period ends, and would cover customs and regulations. crucially, keeping each side closely aligned. are you going to resign, mr davis? but the brexit secretary has had a bust up with number ten about this, arguing that the backstop needs an expiry date. and cannot be open—ended. at the moment everyone has a concern that these arrangements will continue indefinitely and i don't think that will be acceptable either to conservative

earlier our political correspondent ben wright described the reaction to the meeting.922 committee of backbench mps, lots of applause coming from inside and i imagine she's sketching out the reasons why the government feels the 15 amendments handed down to the commons from the lords this week need to be defeated in the government's view, and, you're right, they've already tabled one amendment on the so—called meaningful vote. that's the vote that mps will get right at the end of the negotiating process. there had been an amendment passed in the lords that would have effectively given mps the right not only to reject the deal brought back by the government but also to instruct ministers to go back and carry on negotiating, perhaps, putting the ball firmly in pa rliament‘s court. now, the government have already put an amendment down on that. saying that, while mps can have the right to turn the bill down, the deal down, if they want, ministers promised to come back after 28 days and update parliament on what they would do instead. it's been a testing time for the prime

threat to walk away from brexit negotiations was a risk to britishjobs. 0ur political correspondent, ben wright to be going rogue, speaking out about their colleagues and policy in a way that suggests a splintering cabinet and a breakdown in discipline. for instance, here is the number two at the treasury, liz truss, mocking the environment is secretary, michael gove, last night. too often we are told we are thinking too much. maybe that‘s just me. eating too many doughnuts or enjoying the warm glow of our wood—burning goves. i mean stoves. at that point there is a lot of hot air that emerges. then there is borisjohnson, who arrived back at heathrow yesterday after ducking a vote on the airport‘s expansion. he has not denied using very blunt language to criticise concerns from businesses about brexit. colleagues have not been impressed. business is important to us and i don‘t think anybody should be dismissive but this was, as i understand it, a throwaway remark at a drinks reception and probably not wise but i wouldn‘t read any more into it than that. and of course brexit divides the cabinet.

ben wright is in westminster this morning: what more do you tell us on how significant?nt and gives a sense of a growing concern within the party about howard ‘s leadership is dealing with the issue of islamic phobia. mohammed amin has been a party member for 35 years and says he doesn't want to rock the boat but feels he has to speak out because he doesn't think concerns that he has put forward have been listened to is should fish in the. the conservative muslim forum, to represent it was them is within the conservative party. mr amin said there had been more than a few isolated incidents in people don't ta ke isolated incidents in people don't take them seriously enough and many think it is a problem that needs to be addressed and it comes on the back of demands for an independent enquiry from them muslim council of britain, the former tory party chairman baroness darcy saying the tory party had to get a grip of this. it's an issue the tory party will have to respond to more decisively. they say they have set up decisively. they say they have set upa new decisively. th

our political correspondent, ben wright, reports.at‘s just me. eating too many doughnuts or enjoying the warm glow of our wood—burning goves. i mean stoves. at that point there is a lot of hot air that emerges. then there is borisjohnson, who arrived back at heathrow yesterday after ducking a vote on the airport‘s expansion. he has not denied using very blunt language to criticise concerns from businesses about brexit. colleagues have not been impressed. this is usually important to us and i don‘t think anybody should be dismissive but this was, as i understand it, a throwaway remark at a drinks reception and probably not wise but i wouldn‘t read any more into it than that. and of course brexit divides the cabinet. theresa may will try to hammer out its differences at a meeting next week. differences jeremy corbyn tried to export at prime minister‘s questions. isn't the truth that the real risk to jobs in our country is a prime minister who is having to negotiate around the clock with her own cabinet to stop it falling apart, rather

our political correspondent ben wright is at westminster.? it is to address an issue that a year ago was causing her huge political damage, which was her huge political damage, which was her response in the aftermath of the g re nfell her response in the aftermath of the grenfell fire. she seemed to be very flat—footed to not realise the desperate human dimension to this story but the political dimension to the fire as well. i don't think number ten saw how much political anger was being unleashed as a result of what happened. it was evident in the fact that theresa may, on herfirst visit, didn't meet people directly affected by the fire. other politicians did, the mayor of london, jeremy corbyn and the queen met survivors of the fire before theresa may. she faced a lot of criticism at the time about her reaction. she has felt it is something to revisit as we get close to the first year anniversary on thursday. i think personally, she remains very affected by this and clearly causes her some anguish when she reflects back on what her initial