boris johnson stepping down.ok at how the markets are reacting. >> more trade tension, a meeting with angela merkel with a trade one in for president trump. of we will hear from the ceo the largest chemical company about his plan to invest in a second complex in china and how trade impacts that. ok,

and he looks like the man most likely now to take on tourism a here's a look at the career of boris johnson. even his enemies and these days there are many would concede that boris as everyone knows him is unique for years he defied the laws of political gravity playing the clown didn't hurt him it helped him to win election then reelection his mare of london a conservative in a labor city many said a future prime minister was. but then this would be advocating a vote leave boris johnson surprise many colleagues by campaigning to leave the e.u. arguably did more than anyone to ensure a victory for. the battle for bricks it was ugly it left scars many cannot forgive boris johnson for using a full statistics and his enemies say for exploiting divisions in british society what do they know the impact of the immigration places hospital waiting lists. when david cameron resigned after the break boris hoped to become prime minister but his colleagues deserted him and he had to settle for foreign secretary he struggled against the perception that he was a diminished man representing a debate this

this is perhaps what they suspect boris johnson mps.isjohnson and others are up suspect borisjohnson and others are ? suspect borisjohnson and others are up to? quite. the very fact they are willing to engage with that question tells you everything you need to know about what is happening today and how that is a real prospect that might be enough letters have been sent to the chairman of the 1922 committee, he is the keeper of the letters. if the number of letters reaches a8, that triggers a vote of confidence and the prime minister. this afternoon downing street was willing to entertain a hypothetical number of letters being reached and an announcement is number of letters being reached and an announcement is made that there will be a vote of confidence which tells you everything, they are preparing for that exact eventuality. there are whispers that that magic number may have been arrived at. so defiance from the prime minister on two fronts. absolute determination as things stand this afternoon to stick with the chequers plan that wa

is it over for boris johnson no it certainly appears to be i mean boris johnson being elevated to the foreign office many people saw was just the rise and rise of his career but in many ways this stint in the foreign office has killed off his chances again boris has boris as everyone says he could buy him spock but it seems very unlikely that he would get the backing of enough of his own m.p.'s in a leadership race to make it into the final ballot to members if he did however there is still the possibility that the tory membership would back him and he could end up the prime minister you say at the moment he wouldn't get the backing i mean he's very popular still with the grassroots supporters of the conservative party what happens if there is a grassroots rebellion if if members of parliament are going back to their constituencies and getting criticism from from party members locally. as i said boris johnson very popular with the local body members still i mean what happens if there is a grassroots rebellion within the conservative party not just in the parliamentary one well certain

is it over for boris johnson no it certainly appears to be i mean boris johnson being elevated to the foreign office many people saw was just the rise and rise of his career but in many ways this stint in the foreign office has killed off his chances again boris has boris as everyone says he could buy him spock but it seems very unlikely that he would get the backing of enough of his own m.p.'s in a leadership race to make it into the final ballot to members if he did however there is still the possibility that the tory membership would back him and he could end up the prime minister here you say at the moment he wouldn't get the backing i mean he's very popular still with the grassroots supporters of the conservative party what happens if there is a grassroots rebellion if if members of parliament are going back to their constituencies and getting criticism from from party members locally. as i said boris johnson very popular with the local party members still i mean what happens if there is a grassroots rebellion within the conservative party not just in the parliamentary one well c

boris johnson stepping down.e look at how the markets are reacting. >> more trade tension, a meeting with angela merkel with a trade one in for president trump. of we will hear from the ceo the largest chemical company about his plan to invest in a second complex in china and how trade impacts that. let's take a look ahead how the markets are trading, particularly equities as we are about 30 minutes from the close of equity trading in europe. this is how it is looking. gaining for a fifth straight day, the best performance in terms of a run of gains since march 12. acrossf green looking the wheel at the industry groups. it seems in the absence of any concerning or a bad news in terms of trade, the markets are rallying, certainly when it comes to equities. outperforming come energy stocks, i.t. stocks, materials and financials. underperforming, really those defensive stocks, utilities and communications, that tells you something about the risk appetite in these markets and particularly in comparison to friday, whe

we heard over the weekend that boris johnson had friday.sjohnson had reservations about the plan but until this afternoon, he was staying in office and he said on friday that he acknowledged that his side of the argument were too few to prevail and congratulated you at least on reaching a cabinet decision on the way forward. he said, as i said then, the government now has a song to sing but the problem is that i have practised the words over the weekend and they stick in my throat. his parliamentary aide, former parliamentary aide, was on the radio a while ago saying not only that he thinks further government resignations are possible, but also saying that borisjohnson resignations are possible, but also saying that boris johnson felt resignations are possible, but also saying that borisjohnson felt he had been bounced into agreeing to the deal on friday, that the cabinet had been bounced. if that is a more widespread feeling, then the authority of theresa may is being seriously questioned. there was clearly some frustration am an brexiteer

why has boris johnson gone?need to get there, but there‘s no time to do anything else in the meantime. theresa may has lost her brexit secretary and her foreign secretary in the last 24 hours. last year, ithought it foreign secretary in the last 24 hours. last year, i thought it would bea hours. last year, i thought it would be a good idea to have a leadership election at that time, but now i do not think there is time to do a digital election and i think she would have to do what any prime minister does —— leadership election. she will just minister does —— leadership election. she willjust have to replace them. people are perfectly replaceable and that will have to happen on this occasion. do we have time? the leadership battle would be three months and that would not be helpful for the country and for these negotiations, and unless you understand why the agreement at chequers, they felt it was difficult to support personally, david davis and boris johnson, to support personally, david davis and borisjohnson,

boris johnson says the brics it dream is dying as he quits as u.k. foreign secretary plunging to reason may's government into crisis. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you know with al-jazeera also coming up another four boys are rescued from a flooded cave in thailand and taken to hospital eight are now. israel shuts the main cargo crossing into gaza and till further notice a century kites flown across the border. and activists is saying that the trouble ministration is unlikely to reunite migrant children under the age of five with their parents by tuesday's court deadline. u.k. prime minister trees in may last two key cabinet ministers as disagreements over britain's strategy for leaving the european union threaten to tell a ruling conservative policy apart david davis resigned as breck's it minister he was swiftly followed by foreign secretary boris johnson who says the bracks it dream is dying paul brennan has more. on friday the british prime minister theresa may announced agreement for a breakfast strategy in which the u.k. would align itself

let's go back to our breaking news story now the british foreign minister boris johnson has announcedhis resignation he's the third minister to quit in just twenty four hours with all three refusing to back to reason may's plans for a softer brags that johnson's departure follows the resignation of brecht's it secretary david davis and undersecretary steve baker let's go live to london now and artie's henny's sethi any she can you bring us up to speed on all the developments it's been a very busy day for you i know and it's not over yet but just tell as well you know so far. so let's just get you up to speed on the most recent developments in parliament today say labor has the effect keep has been speaking saying that no one fully understands to reason may's facilitated custom some arrangement and this was may's proposal where she combined the customs arrangement with the customs union rather with the facilitated arrangement both of which were rejected by brussels and this is the reason bright city is that angry really because the current plan is quite soft bright it closely aligned w

has a problem i do we go along with boris johnson and. secret plan which of course have already been willing to. you know give some direction over which is that we are almost handing them our rights to protection from a death penalty sentence or we can strike them out there or currently we'll make them stateless not bring them home so why not bring our trash i'm we're not dealing with them we're not putting them in prison we're not looking to be radicalized and we decide the easy way just kill them or hand them to americans to deal with because it is it is more efficient not on their own intro last minute we're done opening to. go ahead philip we have long standing solutions that we want to hear like with so many political statements here without it without any i.q. or substance or let's deal with the the. things. we were told we will have to. really try to look at america the government having been found guilty of any crime. after they've been found we can't live until the state makes some time to make sure that the law being goes in to

correspondents bigot mass in london and bob in brussels bigot let me start with you is it known why boris johnson johnson announced his sudden resignation just hours after the break that minister david davis also stepped down. as far as i know but it could be that i'm just not aware of it because it just happened a minute ago as far as i know we don't have the reasons for boris johnson's resignation however we do know that he was very critical of what has been agreed or maybe actually not agreed at the cabinet away day in checkers last friday and he has been quiet the whole we can so he hasn't really come forward and hasn't been seen today he was supposed to chair a western vulcan some of the german europe minister tweeted where is the host then of course you know it's a major week for british diplomacy with donald trump coming later and in the week and in the situation he has chosen to resign and britain's top diplomat is no more to reason why has to has to find somebody else so yes a lot of i would say waiting for his reasons and also whether he will announce that he is standing as a potential

wanted boris johnson wanted out seven point four million people want to do it so i think in the final analysis the people will hopefully prevail and to resume a will conquer bikes hopefully get a taxi and go now three resignations and one day this is no small thing and all this is coming as the country is dealing with its second nerve agent incident in just a matter of months do you think it might be difficult for the government to know what it's supposed to focus on at this point then. what i mean you know good governments or big organizations and i would imagine that the government should be focused on many things at this point not least the second nerve agent. incident that you've mentioned but then again this this to resume a government seems to have a bit of a obsession a bird trying to blame such incidents such as the previous one for example on russia well i think that's the case of a distraction and i think at this point in time theresa may would rather talk about anything point anything other than her an airplane or ship so we can be surprised that this nova. incident does ge

and boris johnson it would appear we haven't heard from boris johnson just yet but let's talk to our correspondent who's outside the house is of parliament lawrence lee lawrence what a thunderbolt then we were earlier talking about chaos what does this do to the main government. well coming clearly it's a whole new level not least because boris johnson would be seen to be the most likely opponent to to reason and the man around whom all the arch breakfasters the very hard right wing would coalesce the timings absolutely extraordinary i must say boris johnson was supposed to be in the hosts summit meeting just up the road from here this afternoon that called the western balkan summit which of all things was supposed to be a way of explaining to countries like montenegro in albania how to how to join the european union and though he didn't turn up at that meeting went off he's officially residence instead held some talks advisors and now has announced twenty minutes before to resume a supposed to address the houses of parliament on her plan for what she's going to do with this new gove

boris johnson is someone who met with trump and trump said he likes. trump on the outset of the trip said he may want to meet johnson in london while in town. that is something that would be seen as a boost to theresa may's biggest rival and could really cause turmoil in british politics. we are watching to see what happens. >> on monday, the president meets with vladimir putin. there will be translators, but pretty much nobody else. >> no official record. >> really. what do we expect from that? how do you think this nato summit we have seen and the president's performance is viewed by the russians right now? >> reporter: well, on russian state tv yesterday as trump blasted germany for being too close to russia and controlled by russia because of its energy interests, russian state tv took aim at donald trump complaining he was being too harsh on russia. that is an interesting turnabout. generally they have been quite positive of the u.s. president. as we go into the meeting with vladimir putin, a lot of nato allies are concerned about what kinds of con

the fact that boris johnson is policy about which boris johnson. .. the world after brexit, then when the west balkans is looking for leadership there is an empty chair. this is what baffles me, if he is about boris then surely he would give himself the most positive image and the greatest possible opportunity to present this case and for this followers to rally behind him. for a case and for this followers to rally behind him. fora long case and for this followers to rally behind him. for a long time, case and for this followers to rally behind him. fora long time, a case and for this followers to rally behind him. for a long time, a lot of brexit backbenchers have been looking at him, saying can you please stand up against what they felt was a derailment of brexit under theresa may. i suppose for them, the front page of the telegraph is really... your paper is how they perceive boris, the man of principle, the statesman, the man who not only has the intellectual heft, the historical knowledge and all the rest of it, but has the ability to connect wi

he is friends with boris johnson. cabinet... he is friends with boris johnson. staring everything up. boris johnson was praising donald trump and it would be a different sort of brexit if a donald trump figure was negotiating. concern that what trump says will move them out of the compromise. the checkers compromise —— chequers would make it difficult for a deal with the us. britain would be committed if the compromise moves ahead in the european standards. what donald trump might say is, forget those european standards and come with us. one thing that is a plus for the uk, it does spend its 296... plus for the uk, it does spend its 296. .. the plus for the uk, it does spend its 296... the uk is one of the few countries in nature that sticks to the 2% and donald trump has praised that. he even said perhaps written and spend more on defence. in the guardian, the obituary for lord carrington. you met him? i knew peter carrington quite well in the 19905 when he was the european union negotiator tried to bring peace to yugoslavia, the wars between serbia and croatia

hard line brexiteers are looking to boris johnson intact.orisjohnson to fight for the brexit they want. the struggle is just beginning. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg is with me. first the state of this brexit process ? first the state of this brexit process? sometimes brexit feels like a complicated novel that is boring and you forget the plot. it alls seems to be so obscure. well today has been like being in the middle of a fast—paced political thriller with two seniorfigure a fast—paced political thriller with two senior figure stalking out, because they believe that the government's main policy, their plan for brexit, theresa may's agonisingly crafted compromise, is not really brexit. for the more than 17 million people who voted leave, they're being told by those two figureheads they're not getting what they bargained for and the prime minister is backsliding on the promises she made. what we don't know is what those two men, particularly borisjohnson, know is what those two men, particularly boris johnson, plan know is what thos

boris johnson., pa rt resignations and the disagreements, part of the checkers agreement were turned into the customs bill, on uk— eu cross—border trade. amendments we re eu cross—border trade. amendments were put down to the bill, which the government later accepted. but that upset the remainers who thought the amendments undermined the checkers deal. it led to some feisty and highly personal exchanges later. deal. it led to some feisty and highly personal exchanges latenm was margaret thatcher that championed free trade, as a proud conservative. and i am a tory. i believe in business. i believe in capitalism, i believe in enterprise. i knew margaret thatcher, i worked with margaret thatcher, my honourable friend ain't no margaret thatcher. can i say to my right honourable friend that i don't pretend to be. quite right! able to walk—in margaret thatcher's boots. if we don't deliver frictionless trade either by a customs union or indeed by some magical bird way that the prime minister think she can

up up or down, in or out of government, there is no—one quite like boris johnson.s going well he said, hanging in the air. like his future now. borisjohnson like his future now. boris johnson helped like his future now. borisjohnson helped front like his future now. boris johnson helped front the like his future now. borisjohnson helped front the leave campaign. this is a once in a lifetime xans. after he told friends he owned brexit. becoming foreign secretary was a surprise especially to him. butting into brexit negotiations wasn't. sometimes speaking to brussels. the sums i have seen they propose to demand from this country, seem to me to be extortionate and to go whistle is an appropriate expression. and lecturing theresa may. calling the prime minister's ideas crazy in her favourite paper was pushing it. many loyalists thought so. favourite paper was pushing it. many loyalists thought solj favourite paper was pushing it. many loyalists thought so. i don't want him managing the brexit process. this is back seat driving. you could call it that. i hope my colleag

has a new secretary following the resignation of boris johnson who's now been replaced by jeremy hunt has been a string of departures by keep over the government's adoption of a softer approach to leaving the e.u. now the new foreign secretary jeremy hunt has been serving as the country's health secretary for the past six years he supported the remaining pain during the twenty sixth referendum he claims to have since become. as boris johnson was leaving his official residence in central london after his resignation he was bombarded with questions from reporters. the woman who was this is a girl for. most the jokes and you think the private is the devil bret's do. you think you could do a better job than the prime minister. u.k. politics is falling apart within twenty four hours we've seen the resignation of three cabinet ministers including the u.k. foreign secretary. bricks it should be about opportunity and hope we appear to be heading for a semi bricks it we are truly headed for the status of colony brought to recognize the work of the former secretary of state for accepting the eu

theresa may telling boris johnson, the former westminster.secretary, he she was a little surprised to receive his resignation. we will be back with more sharply. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willets. it has been another sweltering day. 29 is the highest i have seen. we have had more cloud in the sky is floating around, as you see here in worcestershire. there has been a drop in temperature in the dark of england. this is why, because of the cloud. a noticeable dip in temperature across scotland. we have another one fan approaching from the atlantic, but this one is giving a spot of drizzle as we go through the evening. it will introduce a fresh breeze into northern areas. it will be more bearable for sleeping here. more cloud across scotland. quite uncomfortable further side. behind those were front, there lord humidity air. there will be more cloud through the day, which will move into northern ireland on tuesday. the temperatures will be on a par with those today. further south, that fresh air migrates further west, so

is it over boris johnson no it certainly appears to be i mean boris johnson being elevated to the foreign office many people saw was just the rise and rise of his career but in many ways this stint in the foreign office has killed off his chances again boris has boris as everyone says he could buy him spock but it seems very unlikely that he would get the backing of enough of his own m.p.'s in a leadership race to make it into the final ballot to members if he did however there is still the possibility that the tory membership would back him and he could end up the prime minister you say at the moment he wouldn't get the backing i mean he's very popular still with the grassroots supporters of the conservative party what happens if there is a grassroots rebellion if if members of parliament are going back to their constituencies and getting criticism from from party members locally. as i said boris johnson very popular with the local party members still i mean what happens if there is a grassroots rebellion within the conservative party not just in the parliamentary one well certainly that

getting around won't be as easy as boris johnson things boris johnson has all this is about is basically a campaign to leave him he was absolutely shocked when that results came in and most of us thought he's only campaigning to leave because he wants to get the support of the hard line breaks out here tory m.p.'s when the next leadership challenge comes and should to reason may choose to step down or should a vote of no confidence not be beyond the realms of possibility right now what's the possibility if you think there's someone new would really be able to bring the two warring sides of the party together. it just isn't possible there is no one person on either side who can unite the tory party around this issue i am the most divisive issue and it takes me back to the one nine hundred ninety s. when an then tory prime minister john major who is trying to preside over a tory party to be divided in parliament over whether or not we should join the common currency and at the end of his term you had a labor landslide and i think most property trees and money may limp home till the next ge

let's talk about boris johnson and his resignation.of course has big objections to the policy that was presented to him on friday. the the focus now from brexiteers -- is the focus moved to trying to change that plan? and will they be successful? boris johnson certainly was not happy. >> yes, there is some more of this process to go. time is running out to make changes on that. she is replacing the people who are not able to get behind it and now it is going back to brussels. we are going to wait and see. i think the next thing to look for is what brussels comes back with. if they come back saying that this is the basis on which we can start negotiations, i think it is highly unlikely we will see any changes to that proposal. if it is rejected outright, this is going to reopen this debate again. much inthe ball is very europe's court right now. johnson to make trouble is borissa may -- johnson going to make trouble -- is -- going to make trouble for theresa may? you look at the younger ministers who have been mr. johnson remains very p

to reshuffle her cabinet first achieve a break david davis quits then tonight foreign minister boris johnson can survive as the deadline for britain to leave the e.u. tips ever closer to london in brussels also coming up president. is sworn in for a second term this time with enhanced powers under a changed constitution but the nation remains deeply divided we'll have a special report from istanbul and in thailand ambulances take more boys rescued from the flooded cave to the hospital meanwhile teams of divers have been working to bring out those who are still trapped inside. it's good to have you with thoughts to come that resignations in twenty four hours have rocked the british government both overbroad sit and with just months to go before the u.k. leaves the european union the events have triggered a major cabinet reshuffle in a bombshell move the foreign minister boris johnson resigned he was one of the most vocal campaigners for brights it he will be replaced by former secretary jeremy hunt he favors keeping close economic ties with the e.u. just like the prime minister to resign may

just for good measure he added that he would like to meet with boris johnson and added that he would make a good prime minister. well, those comments caused outrage as did the fact that the president was coming to the u.k. at off. -- all. with tens of thousands of protestors going to the streets to object to the president's policies on migration and his attitude toward women. his visit had much of the formality and tradition o a state visit it was described as a working trip. there was dinner with the prime minister and a group of business leaders before a trip to winsor for a meeting with the queen and tea inside winsor castle. but not everyone thought the visit was a great success. >> trump looked more comfortable traveling next to putin than the prime minister. how can she justify sabotaging our secure economic relationship with our friends in the e.u. and crave favors of a man who prides himself in shredding the rules based order? >> minister -- >> the honorable lady, that is not a question that can be answered for precise reason that the basis of the question is entirely wrong.

the battle for bricks it was ugly it left scars many cannot forgive boris johnson for using a full statistics and his enemies say for exploiting divisions in british society what do they know the impact of the integration. when david cameron resigned after the break boris hoped to become prime minister but his colleagues deserted him and he had to settle for a foreign secretary he struggled against the perception that he was a diminished man representing a diminished country at one time. but not when he's foreign secretary not when he has a serious job to do and that's where i think been the clown playing the joke always . it just doesn't work because politics is a serious business where you've got one of the big posts in a cabinet for it just doesn't like you can hack it anymore and i think he knows that he can see that he's losing control he's been written off many many times before not least due to his personal scandals remember he was sacked by michael howard for lying over an affair and everyone forgets that the amazing thing about boris is the sort of teflon is that he has these terribl

i like boris johnson. a friend of borisjohnson? like boris johnson. a friend of boris johnson?like boris johnson. a friend of borisjohnson? hardly wait to make nice with theresa may. she had the a nswer nice with theresa may. she had the answer with her relationship with their president, her party and the eu. i am looking forward to positive discussions with president trump. we will talk about the trade issues and we are looking for the time when we leave the european union, we will be able in the implementation period to negotiate and sign trade deals with the rest of the world which can then come into effect by december 20 20. angela merkel said that it is good that the chequers proposals are on the table and the irish leader also said today it might be time to budge. as we have always said, if the uk was able to relax from some of its red line, then the eu should be flexible as well and i think perhaps we are now entering into that space. but the struggles for theresa may are not over. two more mps quit their party posts this afternoon. maria caulfield and ben bradley word v

some called it a sellout among them now former foreign secretary boris johnson who resigned on monday and david davis who went on sunday night the man tasked with negotiating brigs it with the e.u. johnson figurehead in the twenty sixteen campaign and widely thought to cover the top job wrote this in his resignation letter briggs it should be about opportunity and hope it should be a chance to do things differently he said that dream is dying suffocated by needless self-doubt. former health secretary jeremy hunt steps into johnson's shoes top level cabinet resignations usually spell trouble for a government and boris johnson's resignation might well have led to a leadership challenge but the reason may appears to have emerged unscathed from a meeting of the party for now she may yet be around to continue negotiations with the european union even if the e.u. has had yet another demonstration of just how vulnerable she is. in parliament earlier mrs may faced laughter and derision from the opposition and stony faces from her own side in the two years since the referendum we have had a sp

he liked boris johnson very much.d not think very much of sadiq khan's handling of london as mayor. some of the pages, how they picked up on this story. comments on domestic u.k. policy. both leaders due to meet at the countrynister's he is nowpermit crucially managing partner at the advisory business flynn global. he joins us on set. how unprecedented is this for a sitting president to criticize the policies of the u.k. prime minister? let me start by saying andica is a great country -- it is an intervention in domestic politics. the patronizing criticism is something which will alienate a lot of people. >> is his intervention actually about u.k. u.s. trade, or is it more he is concerned about the direction brexit is going in having an impact on the sort of populist views of some of his electorate? >> i think it is a bit of both. as we know, he originally said he was in favor of brexit and supported a harder form of brexit. his position to take a view on that. on the trade point, it is true if the u.k. remains closel

borisjohnson boris johnson. i did some work on this. boris johnson is boris johnson.ork on this. borisjohnson is still living ina this. borisjohnson is still living in a flat in a place where the foreign secretary can live. the mirror is cross he is still living there having resigned over a week ago. there is a precedent here according to the government, william hague and a labour foreign minister stayed there for several weeks after they lost theirjob. he did resign rather than was sacked, butjeremy hunt is apparently happy with his family in his home and not keen to move into a flat or his family are not there. it is something and nothing. it does not look good and it raises questions as the rollers are about boris on what he is up to. he is not breaking any terrible rules, there are precedents for this. there are all sorts of these flats dotted about and they are pretty much at the grace and favour of the prime minister and if she gets fed up with it, then the time will come when he has to move out anyway. several weeks is the will come when he has to move out anyw

berlin tonight britain's forest city bombed the shock resignation of british foreign secretary boris johnson he's the latest high profile member of prime minister teresa mayes capping the two abandoned her in the midst of growing bricks in turmoil throwing the british government into disarray we'll get the latest by going live to london in brussels also coming up president of turkey is sworn in for a second term this time with enhanced powers under a new constitution but the nation remains deeply divided we'll have a special report tonight from. and in thailand ambulances take more boys rescued from that flooded cave to the hospital meanwhile rescue teams have been working to bring back those who are still trapped inside. it's good to have you with us tonight the british government is in turmoil two cabinet resignations in twenty four hours both overbright sit and with just months to go before the u.k. leaves the european union in a bombshell move foreign minister boris johnson resigned today dealing a blow to prime minister theresa may his departure came just hours after that of david davis

personal statement, mr boris johnson.hich uk ministers have gone to brussels and expostulated against costly eu regulation, we are now claiming that we must accept everyjot and tittle. we continue to make the fatal mistake of underestimating the intelligence of the public. ouch. he says the government's telling you one thing and doing another. a convinced small band of brexiteers surrounded him today but some former remainers stayed away. it is not too late to save brexit. we have time in these negotiations. we have changed tack once, and we can change against. the problem is not that we failed to make the case for a free—trade agreement. we haven't even tried. not even two weeks ago, he signed up to the plan hatched here at chequers, where they are doing already? mrjohnson making the case that the government would have to change course and returned to the prime minister's proposals she set out ina prime minister's proposals she set out in a speech more than a year ago. let us again aim explicitly for that glorious vision

breaking news this hour brags that means i did it for boris johnson the u.k.'s foreign secretary quits treif amazing embattled government he's the third minister to resign in twenty four hours the latest plans for a soft. police say they are still unable to link the nerve agent used in the amesbury incident to the one used to poison a former russian double agents back in march. plus a journalist who helped whistleblower edward snowden exposed as i said and i say secrets is branded a problem puppet all because he has attended a cyber security conference in russia. and there's the world cup under its last week our correspondent goes to test the quality of women's football in russia so what i call. it should go right out of moscow for trend growth first is already i'm going to go on r t this is r t international coming to you live from the russian capital with me jacques muga welcome to the program breaking news this hour british foreign secretary boris johnson has resigned he's the third minister to quit in just twenty four hours with all three refusing to back t

-- departure of boris johnson.trol. he will now appoint the country's central bank governor and has named his son-in-law the economy czar. oficap under a little bit pressure this morning. good morning. welcome. you are watching "bloomberg markets: european open." bloomberg'snson at european headquarters in london. hugo boss is an upgrade. sky trading a little bit higher. let me take you to the downside, what i think -- where i think feature.s the dominant 39.2% to the downside is where we currently stand with tp icap. bbva an little bit lower this morning as well. european markets at a headline level sort of jerking sideways, if we are being sideways -- honest. chancellor angela merkel has praised china for opening up to foreign investment, john a contrast between the countries -- a drawing a contrast between the countries trade relations. u.s. president donald trump has nominated judge brett kavanaugh for a seat on the supreme court, a choice that could create the most conservative bench in generations. if confirm

this is you know we news live from berlin shock resignation british foreign secretary boris johnson calls it quits he's the latest high profile member of prime minister to resubmit his cabinet to abandon her in the midst of growing briggs it turmoil throwing the british government into disarray we're in london and brussels also coming up more boys are rescued from the flooded caves in thailand they've been rushed to the hospital for a check up meanwhile teams of divers have been working to bring out those still stuck inside and president heir to one of turkey is sworn in for a second term this time with the fans powers under a new can constitution but the nation remains deeply divided we'll have a special report from istanbul. plus china's prime minister meets germany's chancellor for trade talks and they pledge to stand up for free trade in the face of president trump's tariffs. the moment. i am playing. it's great to have you along i'm a little rock. we begin this broadcast in the u.k. where prime minister theresa may suffered a huge blow would just months ago before britain cuts ties w

is it over for boris johnson no it certainly appears to be i mean boris johnson being elevated to the foreign office many people saw was just the rise and rise of his career but in many ways this stint in the foreign office has killed off his chances again boris has boris as everyone says he could buy him spock but it seems very unlikely that he would get the backing of enough of his own m.p.'s in a leadership race to make it into the final ballot to members if he did however there is still the possibility that the tory membership would back him and he could end up the prime minister you say at the moment he wouldn't get the backing i mean he's very popular still with the grassroots supporters of the conservative party what happens if there is a grassroots rebellion if if members of parliament are going back to their constituencies and getting criticism from from party members locally. as i said boris johnson very popular with the local party members still i mean what happens if there is a grassroots rebellion within the conservative party not just in the parliamentary one well certai

boris johnson becomes the second senior british minister to quit as brakes its presence has tear apartto resume a's government. hello i'm barbara sarah this is al jazeera live from london also coming up on the program another four boys are rescued from a flooded cave in thailand and taken to hospital eight are now out and the desperate search for survivors goes on in japan where floods and landslides have killed at least one hundred fourteen people and israel shuts the main cargo crossing into gaza until further notice over incendiary kites flown across the border. u.k. prime minister to resign may has lost the two key cabinet ministers as disagreements of a britain strategy for leaving the e.u. threaten to tear her ruling conservative party apart first they've a davis resigned as breaks minister he was swiftly followed by foreign secretary boris johnson a leading figure in the referendums leave campaign paul brennan has more. on friday the british prime minister theresa may announced agreement for a breakfast strategy in which the u.k. would align itself closely with many e.u. rules t

david davis resigned, boris johnson the following day to sign up for the prime minister's compromise.> personal statement. >> theresa may's plan amounted to brexit in name only. >> we have time in these negotiations, changed tack once again. an independent self-governing, not the miserable permanent limbo, not the democratic disaster of ongoing harmonization with no way out and no safe for the uk. marymac despite the resignations and disagreement, would turn into the customs bill, uk eu cross-border trade after brexit. they didn't like that and put down amendments to the bill which the government later accepted. the remainders of those amendments undermine the field. >> it was margaret thatcher the championed free-trade as a proud conservative. i believe in business, capitalism. >> i knew margaret thatcher, i worked for margaret thatcher. my honorable friend is no margaret thatcher. >> can i drive you. >> i don't pretend to be able to walk in margaret thatcher absolute. if we do not deliver frictionless trade either by a customs union or some magical way the prime minister can deliver

. >> boris johnson thought despite the resignation and disagreements, part of the agreement would turnnto the customs bill on uk eu cross border trade. but brexit mps didn't like that and put down amendments to the bill which the government later accepted. but that upset the remainders who thought there were personal exchanges later. >> it was margaret thatcher that championed free trade as a proud conservati conservative. and i believe in business. i believe in capitalism. i believe in exercise. >> if i knew margaret thatcher, i worked for margaret thatcher, this is not no margaret thatcher. [ arguing ] >> i don't pretend to be able to walk in margaret thatcher's shoes. if we do not deliver frictionless trade either by a customs union or indeed by some magical third way that the prime minister can deliver them, if we do not do that, thousands of folks will go. >> they made the first speech since his resignation. >> the risk and cost of having a customs border are less that is being claimed and what we're giving up to join the customs unit is much more than we imagined. the european un

xfinity xfi, simple, easy, awesome. >>> president trump has doubled down on his support for boris johnsonplosive interview he said the former british foreign secretary could make a great prime minister and comments he made following johnson's resignation earlier this week. head of political risk economics and country risk of the market joins us on the set. it's not every day that "the sun" is the number one paper in this country for us to read. not necessarily lately the bottcomments, though, do ex an interesting riff. the special relationship before trump arrives and an interesting comment from trump and may and the comments from the president have been hugely damaging from may's policy measures and her personally >> i think it depends on how it plays. i don't know how popular trump is with the british public with members of the conservative party, this is not going to help >> what if it was theresa may visiting the united states and also suggested that somebody else in the republican party make a better president? >> i don't think it would play out very well. you have to look at how you

if boris johnson is right that voted leave —— ban the. leaves us as only you colony, that's a different vibe among the conservatives? —— lambie. a different vibe among the conservatives? -- lambie. it's all about tapping into public opinion and explaining why the chequers deal is bad and doesn't delay deliver on the brexit promised in the referendum —— than the. if they can change the public view, and number 10 are seeing that the public aren't happy with this approach, then they will change their position. be ongoing to revisit the chequers arrangement. despite the fact theresa may got through this day of turmoil, in some ways what it has done is entrenched those divisions in the party —— be ongoing. that won't be easy to resolve. —— the ongoing. a couple of points on the leadership challenge. one is pragmatic, brexit backing tories realise the clock is ticking and to have a three—month long leadership contest might throw the whole thing into jeopardy. if theresa contest might throw the whole thing intojeopardy. if theresa may contest mi

robert. >> -- boris johnson, his comments about boris johnson -- >> mr. president. >> i will respond. they said unrelated. not related. we have the tape. you can ask sarah, get it from sarah. we taped the interview. they asked about boris johnson. how would he be as a prime minister? i said he'd be a great prime minister. he's been very nice to me. he's been saying very nice things about me as president. i think he thinks i'm doing a great job. i am doing a great job, that i can tell you, just in case you haven't noticed. boris johnson i think would be a great prime minister. i also said this incredible woman right here is doing a fantastic job. a great job. and i mean that. i must say that i have gotten to know theresa may much better over the last two days than i've known her own the past year and a half. yesterday, i had breakfast, lunch and dinner with he. then i said, what are we doing tomorrow? oh, breakfast and lunch with theresa may and i'm going to see you later on again. but i'm actually gotten to know her better than ever and i think she's a te

we were told by number ten this morning that it was sajid javid in concert with boris johnson, morning that it was sajid javid in concert with borisjohnson, so morning that it was sajid javid in concert with boris johnson, so a joint effort, though it was sajid javid who sent the letter. downing street would not go so far as to say the prime minister agreed initially, when asked if she agreed with it they would not say that. but she changed her chin so by the end of the afternoon she agreed, so they got themselves into a bit of a frankel, because it is a central tenet of a political and legal syste m tenet of a political and legal system here that we don't support the death penalty. and this is essentially britain if you want to say turning a blind eye almost what happens to these guys right up until execution, as long as they go to the united states, it gets them off our hands. what is also interesting is that sajid javid clearly for me has an eye on becoming the next tory leader, there will be a leadership contest probably sooner rather than later, and this is the type of foreign pol

but boris johnson i think would be a great prime minister. i also said that this incredible woman right here is doing a fantastic job. >> reporter: so there the president is saying that him saying that boris johnson would make a great prime minister is unrelated to the current prime minister theresa may. of course that does seem related to it. boris johnson actually does seem the rival to theresa may who could take her job as prime minister in the coming weeks. she is in a very politically weak state right now here in the uk. so it is hard to understate that. but you can hear from the president himself. he was also asked about his relationship with another world leader the german chancellor angela merkel. listen to what he had to say about that. >> i have a great relationship with angela merkel. great relationship with germany. but i think that is very much her germany. >> reporter: so the president there insisting throughout that press conference that he has a great relationship with these two world leader, both who he has heavily criticized

they were boris johnson it was about. boris johnson i felt like there was a business mentality image an image an image but no substance is marginally better for a staffer only he stopped. the food and. nothing nothing changed the atmosphere changes as time goes on what would you say something to do with for signs of. the issues that the con is that even with it could have been a mismanagement on boris johnson but on the get the mayor's fall for this think it's society that has to it is the one thing that's going to have to be done it's going to be many things i think it's a bit wider picture they need to understand is the source. issues behind it decrying. the us is expanding its overseas military presence according to marine corps general joseph dunford there are now three hundred thousand personnel and one hundred seventy seven countries that's up from two hundred thousand last year this map shows the countries where the u.s. military bases are located however figures cited by general dunford painted a much wider pictur

the president also said that boris johnson would make a good prime minister. it should make a very interesting dinner tonight and meetings tomorrow at the british prime minister's home out in the country called checkers. both the president and theresa may came to the u.k. after the nato summit in brussels which had its rank or at moments as well. the president walking into a meeting this morning and basically saying you need to up your contributions to nato or the united states, it will make some changes of its own. they eventually got what they wanted and a new commitment financially and militarily to the northern alliance. it took some tough love to get there though. listen to what the president said earlier. >> they thought it was a great thing that i was doing it and they gave us their best wishes. though with that said we will see what happens. just a loose meeting, it's not going to be a big schedule, i don't think it will take a very long period of time. but we will see where it leads. it could lead to something very productive, and maybe it's not. >> t