borisjohnson, 92,153. that borisjohnson is elected as the leader of the conservative and unionist party. applause and we know the mantra of the campaign that hasjust gone by, in case you have forgotten it, you probably have. it is deliver brexit, unite the country and defeat jeremy corbyn. and that is what we are going to do. applause i think the assumption amongst those in the uk who wanted to stay in the eu or wanted a much softer brexit is that the eu would hate the idea of borisjohnson as prime minister and that was not the case. suspicious, yes, but there was a sense about him that with his charisma that this would be a leader that could get a deal sold back home and right from the beginning, this is what the eu wanted. it's never wanted brexit, so forget that, but if brexit was going to happen, the eu, all my contacts said we need a leader strong enough in the uk to do a deal with us in brussels and sell it back home and in borisjohnson, brexit was fatigued at this point, they saw someone who had a l

i met borisjohnson once.ers, the doomsters, the gloomsters, they are going to get it wrong again. remainers and leavers, that's going to end well. a process which i can only describe as a dog's brexit. this is katya adler in westminster. it's adam fleming in westminster. and laura in westminster as well. all together. the three wise people. and we're empty chairing, not ice sculpture melting, ourfriend chris. he is on holiday already. in new zealand. so he has gone as far away as you can possibly get from brexit. for anyone who is just tuning in and has not seen us, brexitcast is a podcast that is in your podcast feeds multiple times per week. the tv show on thursday night and we just talk about brexit. we also talked a lot about a big giant election in the uk. and a bit of porn. i mean, we are talking 2019 and looking back over the year. and that was a big moment for us, the danish mp advertising on a porn aggregating website. right, ok let's rewind swiftly. the start of the year was a different cast of char

has shadowed borisjohnson for two yea rs has shadowed borisjohnson for two years when he was foreign secretary and during those two years i was told to tour with him and frankly he did not like it. that way i used to ta ke did not like it. that way i used to take him on what i am a girly swot, iamon take him on what i am a girly swot, i am on top of the detail, i would quote things, he would look confused. i would say, i am sorry, thatis confused. i would say, i am sorry, that is what you said. you don't remember. we need to hold him to account, he is a liar, he is callous, he doesn't care, he plays at politics, he plays at people's lights, he needs to be held to account and frankly i think he has a woman problem, he certainly has a problem with me, and during the two yea rs i problem with me, and during the two years i shadowed him, eventually the papers came out and agreed with me that he was the single worst foreign secretary this country has ever seen andi secretary this country has ever seen and i was part of exposing that.” and i was part of exposing thati think and i was part

that never happened, borisjohnson came in, allthe that never happened, borisjohnson came in, all theng to the meetings to symbolise the fact that brexit was happening. speaking of those meetings, we've been emphasising that in an hour's time, quitea been emphasising that in an hour's time, quite a lot of things were changed. but that is one thing that will change, the uk won't be going to any of these meetings, but will still be guided during this transition period. i understand that... when the transition was first being discussed and negotiated two years ago first being discussed and negotiated two years ago now, first being discussed and negotiated two years ago now, it was known in these parts as full monty minas, a very british phrase, full monty means everything, meaning everything applied in the uk, minas meant the uk had no representation here in the institutions where there was rules that were enforced. so no members of the european parliament, no commission at the european commission, and no ministers go to the european council. peter, i'd like to ask you about david camero

this is a speech borisjohnson is to make a point.is planning to make a point. this is a speech borisjohnson is planning to give next week and ultimately the point they are trying to make is we have all heard the premise stress say that you need to have the ability to diverge and not have to say online to eu standards. if you do diverge, then the eu will say you cannot have this smooth synchronised no checks between the countries of the border. the watchable conclusion to that is that there would be border checks. i think what borisjohnson that there would be border checks. i think what boris johnson and his team a try to point out by saying it is this, they are so serious about diverging, they —— if they have to ta ke diverging, they —— if they have to take extra processes, doesn't it they are willing to do sub into an economic hit potentially. as soon as you have verified this, you can act costs, where it could have ramifications. but i think the point is that they are serious about diverging because i do not think there is a sense

and place to get tough on terrorists from borisjohnson.se for dangerous offenders. the guardian forecasts "perilous times ahead" for the bbc as ward hall said he would stand down as director general. it carries a front—page picture of a giant dust storm menacing the australian town in new south wales. the i newspaper leading the row over hs2 with certain mps in the north against the high—speed rail project. the mayor says jeremy against the high—speed rail project. the mayor sasteremy bamber was jefferson and his whole family, new evidence shows that he is not guilty. and dragging its feet over trade talks with united kingdom. let's kick off david. the metro, the end ofan let's kick off david. the metro, the end of an era, a rather bad pun i have to say facet the metro usually have to say facet the metro usually have good headlines but that is not one of the best i would say. it is, andl one of the best i would say. it is, and i want to be sympathetic like a lot of people who would —— with harry and meghan. i suspect they're both very good

borisjohnson going there.atever he says, it would get him into trouble so he sidestepped that but he could not sidestep the issue of iran and the killing of general soleimani by the americans. the fact that the uk was not told in advance, boris johnson said the fact that the uk was not told in advance, borisjohnson said that did not matter. but it was surprising because there are british troops in iran -- in because there are british troops in iran —— in iraq so it might have been usual for the americans to speak to their closest ally and then there's the iran nuclear deal, something the american supplement out of. and borisjohnson saying that... somehow or other we have to stop the iranians acquiring a nuclear—weapons. that is what the agreement does but if we're going to get rid of the agreement, then we need a replacement. the with the agreement, this is the crucial thing, is that from the american perspective, it is a flawed agreement and it expires plus it was negotiated by president 0bama and from their

the borisjohnson is never going to wa nt the borisjohnson is never going to want to look like he is trumpss apparently on tuesday. probably one of the most ill—conceived source quotes i have ever seen. whoever ill—conceived source quotes i have ever seen. whoever said this should be ashamed. huawei's next weeks chinese virus. that should not... somebody would have said that because no—one would make it up. it is obviously comes from someone who thinks they are being clever. it you made the point that it is notjust a row with trump but there is tension within the cabinet. absolutely. and other issues as well. a huawei decision on tuesday, government sets nationalised northern rail, final meetings on the fate of h s two, all in the build up to 11 o'clock on friday and laser shows. will this spoil brexit if he has these other things that are not coming together? it gives him the opportunity to be assertive. if he says yes or no to hsz assertive. if he says yes or no to h52 and if he says yes to huawei it will amplify the idea that he is adding things done. i also think we need to recognise th

borisjohnson affecting the special relationship.s to affecting the special relationship. borisjohnson wants to hit various us firms like facebook, and google with a so—called tech tax and as well as this he doesn't want to be in the iranian nuclear deal and on top of that, he wants huawei involved in 56 provision in a limited point around the uk. the us does not agree on any of these and is threatened all sorts of reaction. the least controversial ironically is iran because borisjohnson has managed to almost sued the white house by suggesting the deal would be rebranded the trump deal. in the white house is tweeted saying, excellent. with davos, threats by contrast that they won't co—operate on intelligence sharing if they let huawei in, fears of chinese intervention and international security infrastructure. meanwhile, the us treasury secretary. steve mnuchin, says they might come back with tariffs on the us car ——uk car industry. in this post brexit era, the uk doesn't really want to be cheesy of the united states. at a time when

.i borisjohnson because it was the nhs...are serious about it because immediately the wheel came into motion and it was an investment talked about with nikki moore and the government for a couple of weeks. i think what is interesting is the suggestion that tony hall stepping down almost to give and make sure the current board as it is makes a decision about the next director general and not a possible new chairman appointed by the prime minister. but you are suggesting may be he said that during the election campaign that it was a distraction or diversion?” think the way it was was certainly done. it was probably a policy they we re done. it was probably a policy they were working on and the announcement wasn‘t planned that day. were working on and the announcement wasn't planned that day. something else that is pending! let's have a quick look at austria, also on the guardian‘s front page. an amazing picture on the guardian. —— look at austria. parts of new south wales, austria. parts of new south wales, austria says residen

borisjohnson is treading a difficult past there. one of the leaders of the brexit campaign. he has got what he wanted. but also he does not want to seem to be gloating. they are saying this is a moan for the country together. they cannot be to kind of boastful about what is happening. i think it is rather strange, this message, you can see what boris johnson rather strange, this message, you can see what borisjohnson is going to look as he addresses the nation tomorrow because he axley recorded it this afternoon. like a lot of people, clearly did not want to spend his fighting evening at work! —— friday evening. spend his fighting evening at work! -- friday evening. you can't spite him for that, can you? john, stay with you at the times. trade committee kind of deal eventually —— trade, the kind of deal after leaving the eu. after we leave tomorrow, the clock is ticking on this deadline the prime minister has set for getting a trade deal with the eu by the end of this year. and on monday, he will hold a speech where he will set out

the tensions between donald trump and borisjohnson have come at a bad sign for borisjohnson when he isicans. the prime minister says he is having talks of equal value with the us and the eu, offending neither. at some point he would have to make choices that may well compromise his ability to do deals with the other lot. at davos when sajid javid said he believes he is going to talk to them both at the same time, the us counterpart stephen nugent said, i thought we would be first! he did not seem to be joking. bite them not putting america first, you have to have a delicate balancing act —— by them. because the uk still wants to stand close with angela merkel and emmanuel macron on iran, for example, and the tech tax is popular with voters, going after the likes of google. sajid javid said this is a temporary tax and that the whole point is they should be resolving this on a global scale. when you have someone like ugo who wants to protect what he sees as us innovators —— when you have someone like president trump who wants. so he will rattle a sabre and have reciprocal taxes on nice c

the daily express leads on borisjohnson's plea for a public fundraising campaign to allow big ben toe eu. and the times says borisjohnson plans to restore the conservatives reputation as the party of law and order by setting up a cross—whitehall taskforce. and his bbc interview on breakfast. let us get straight to it. check us off, talking about that rescue that we've had announced this evening. quite controversial because yes, it is good news for passengers and staff but environmentalists are saying that this is not the movie should going. i think it is the largest operator of uk domestic routes and very different connect tivoli because it goes to places where the trends are not going to and it seems to be incredibly efficient and had to be bailed out and just a short—term measure we've already seen thomas cook staving off the inevitable but it is part at the forefront will be due about regional connectivity in this country. huge debate raging on, should we have it 01’ debate raging on, should we have it or should we. boris johnson, debate raging on, should we have it orshould we. b

and that will be difficult for borisjohnson. it will be massively complex., it's not just complicated because of all the different national and supranational, if we can use that word, interest. if you take that as an example, economically, it's actually — and no offence to anyone in that industry listening — economically to the uk, it is tiny, but politically it's enormous. and all these different issues, there are so many. it's like a patchwork of different little things that might explode on their own. but the signs from the uk side are that they don't want to do a "nothing is agreed until everything is agreed" approach. they want to do this piece by piece. maybe that's the only way they can really get it done, because can you ever get it all agreed? michel barnier, staying on as a chief negotiator, had a speech in stockholm today where he said a lot of similar stuff to ursula von der leyen but went into more detail and i got the impression from him that he was saying that the deal on all the other stuff will be conditional on two other deals being done fi

only will borisjohnson be at pand that not only will borisjohnson be at p and q's tomorrow, but he'seting the european commission president tomorrow? that is the beginning of the discussions about the next phase of our relationship. so we have pretty much a bank the idea that we are now leaving on 31 january, we have to see that bill go through the house of lords before that can happen. but pretty much it is dead set, we are now leaving the eu on 31 january, and now all of the focus is on what that future trading relationship will look like. in the discussion on that begins with the visit of michel barnier, who and i'iow. . . visit of michel barnier, who and now... and that is the precursor to the story, this letter which was apparently written to the prime minister just apparently written to the prime ministerjust before christmas, basically raising fears about whether or not we will water down the rights of the eu citizens living in this country after we left the european union. it is really interesting because as much as there has been raging arguments about how we leave the eu, l

the body of the iranian general assasinated by the us on iraqi soil is returned as borisjohnson sayswe will not lament" his death. anti—american slogans are heard in parliament in tehran — the united states says it is preparing for any iranian response. the australian prime minister warns that the bushfire emergency could last for months and announces the creation of a recovery agency to help those who've lost homes. the argument about leave or remain is over, says keir starmer, as hejoins the race to be the next labour leader. and the first big event of the awards season — the golden globes takes place tonight in hollywood. directory di rectory returns directory returns to gangster movies inafilm directory returns to gangster movies in a film starring hugh grant. see what james kings makes of that and the rest of the week's releases in the rest of the week's releases in the film review. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the parliamentary journalist tony grew and journalist and broadcaster caroline frost. the metro go

but it's a reminder that borisjohnson likes to forward.ut it's a reminder that boris johnson likes to talk about his friends partners in the european union and the 24 hours we've had the new commission president sort of lavishing praise and respect on the uk, but of course this is before the gloves are taken off at of the start of trade talks after brexit. we should be clear, the big momentous thing that happened this evening with a passing what is called third reading. at its final stage in the house of commons and goes to the house of commons and goes to the house of commons and goes to the house of lords. we don't expect their lordships to kick up much of a fuss and then a few days after that wa nt to fuss and then a few days after that want to get through the house of lords it will get royal assent which is when the green rubber stamps it symbolically and it will be law. how wilt theresa may have been feeling today? i think quite relieved. people say oh, she will secretly be better and furious but i think actually quite relieved. it's

borisjohnson case power points based system would work.se power points based system would work. borisjohnson is actually promising to lower net migration so, even without having targets as previous governments had, he is still promising to reduce it. his point is about having some control andi point is about having some control and i agree that, of course, when you're looking at the average net migration over the past 25 years, per year, 190,000 so a very large number of people coming in net and so number of people coming in net and so there is still that and desire for some people to bring that down. there is a slight trick in what was of the existing proposal which was to have the ability for lower skilled people to come in but not for 12 months because migration figures forjust for 12 months because migration figures for just under 12 for 12 months because migration figures forjust under 12 months would not count as a migrant... almost like a seasonal... yes, a slight catch before you do not count asa migrant slight catch before you do

i the uk government about huawei and from borisjohnson.nson. i will see you in a few minutes to discuss that. extreme heat and extreme flooding coming up in this world weather round—up. starting with australia, where you can see clearly show a cloud across the northern territory and queensland at the moment, heavy rain here. this is a weatherfront that will move down towards the south island of new zealand. and behind it, high pressure builds. now, that will allow a change of wind direction and we will see heat coming in off the interior and that means temperatures across the south east once again are going to soar. so the darker russet tones developing through the middle part of the week so temperatures on wednesday in adelaide at a0 degrees. now, that heat gradually pushes east towards melbourne. that is optically great news, as we still have the australian open taking place and have an impact on friday. at least the temperatures ease down can i rain potential again on sunday. from extreme heat to extreme rainfall, and flooding across ma

—— borisjohnson saying this week. scotla nd borisjohnson saying this week.its own future. he also said once in a generation referendum. we had a5% of the vote in scotland, the uk government only got a3%, so if borisjohnson has a mandate for his brexit, we certainly have a mandate for our independence referendum. this is what people are concerned about, they are concerned about scotla nd about, they are concerned about scotland being able to choose our own future in the face of a uk government is refusing to commit to not allowing the nhs to be opened up to the trump trade deal, not proving working standards. we do not have control over workers' rights in scotland, we would like that control to be there so that we can increase the minimum wage to an actual live in ways that people can actually live on. we cannot make this choices just now, and if this is a union of consent, we are being held in disunion against our will. your party during the election, you said it would allow another independence referendum in scotland. what we must not allow as our country t

borisjohnson boris johnson says borisjohnson says he can have a deal by the end of 2020 and also a transformative020 and also a transformative deal negotiation with the americans. it all sounds like have your cake and eat it all over again. i think britain has accepted, andindeedin again. i think britain has accepted, and indeed in the official forecast which of the treasury accepts, we will see come the much budget what the latest figures are, but a lower long—term growth rate and lots of decisions in politics, notjust in this country but elsewhere, i made when you trade off economic efficiency for things like sovereignty or particularly strong feelings about your culture and whatever. .. feelings about your culture and whatever... but my question for you... britain made a decision essentially to be a bit poorer in order to be outside the eu and have at least nominal control over issues that the eu would have otherwise decided. is the prime minister levelling about the degree to which choices need to be made. one for example is, if he is serious in his message that there will not be close alignm

as kevin said one of borisjohnson's big trade talks.id one of boris johnson's big things trade talks. as kevin said one of borisjohnson's big things is he is determined to get this trade deal, and some in the us have been explicitly linking britain plasma cooperation or not over huawei to what they might be willing to give us. what they might be willing to give us. staying with the matters in china, of course there has been ongoing concern about what has been going on in wuhan, and a number of countries looks like they are looking at bringing their own nationals outcome of the uk not quite yet. not quite yet. the telegraph have the story of two week quarantine for wuhan rivals.|j telegraph have the story of two week quarantine for wuhan rivals. i think we are heading in that direction. matt hancock the health secretary today saying they would basically be put in quarantine for two weeks to make sure they are clear of the virus. so far no one, touch wood, has been found to be carrying the virus in this country. i think all the health ind

to describe the size of borisjohnson's majority, should we talk about bongs? brexit. big ben brexit bongs. even borisjohnson fluff that alliteration. big ben brexit bongs. this is painful! so it's basically not happening. bongs cost £500,000. we are working up plans so people can bone up on because there are some people who want to succumb... i haven't quite worked out. because big ben is being refurbished, they seem big ben is being refurbished, they seem to have taken the trapper away so we seem to have taken the trapper away so we need to restore the clapper in order to bongs big ben on brexit night. it turns out it's 45 grand a bawling if it's half a million quid and then there's 11 bongs which is the time it will be on the 51st when the time it will be on the 51st when the uk leaves the eu. the appeal has gone. its reach stitch... very good! this is the people chipping in to make big ben bongs. but the government hasn't said, i got a little cool from where borisjohnson was and crucially, the house of commons authorities have said not only would it be one

borisjohnson has yet to respond, as we know he is jetting borisjohnson has yet to respond, as we knowlanded yet and lots of papers make the point that he is cutting his holiday short and rushing back to the uk, but does not seem like he is in any great rush with me to be quite frank. it is definitely his biggest foreign policy tests and his premiership began. it'll be interesting to see how that pans out. and then, more broadly i think it'll be interesting to see the analysis unfold. 0ver it'll be interesting to see the analysis unfold. over the justification for this attack, lots of experts have been saying that the case is quite thin provide trump decided to do this. it is daphne quite an unusual step to take for any quite an unusual step to take for a ny western quite an unusual step to take for any western superpower to order a political assassination in this danger. so, lots and lots of questions that will help get some a nswe i’s questions that will help get some a nswers to. questions that will help get some answers to. dave, what do you make of the sunday times this morning?m

has had a bit ofa domestically, borisjohnson has had a bit of a honeymoon.g thing was to say i negotiated the exit deal with the eu. where theresa may didn't. sceptics will say that it's because you changed the eu red lines. but now comes the real difficult part. what are his priorities? if he wants to do that deal with the us, how does he guarantee that you don't have things like coordinated chicken is the big eye one? but that you don't diverge from eu standards? his ministers have kept them saying that the uk has led the way i'm standards when it comes to things like environmental protection and food but there is no suggestion that we will hold out when it comes to us negotiations and actually this will overs ha d ow negotiations and actually this will overshadow everything else. the situation in iran, whether we keep with our european partners, it will be sort of indicating initially, then borisjohnson be sort of indicating initially, then boris johnson indicated be sort of indicating initially, then borisjohnson indicated that we would prefer that trunk

borisjohnson has been speaking about this., he said britain was doing everything it could to "dial down" the tension in the region and that iran should pursue urgent de—escalation. our assistant political editor norman smith was watching. we finally heard from borisjohnson on the subject then? yes, first time we have had borisjohnson say anything about this crisis since it blew up five days ago when he was on holiday in the caribbean so that was striking. the other thing striking was a very different sort of pmqs, one that finished on time. it was almost like a blast from the past because you remember during thejohn bercow years it could go on for nigh on an hour but it finished almost on the dot. a flurry of questions about scottish independence, let's mall over all that. lucy, let's start with jeremy corbyn over all that. lucy, let's start withjeremy corbyn on general soleimani. he clearly views his assassination as illegal and is suspicious that borisjohnson is a siding on president trump because he wa nts a siding on presi

what do you think borisjohnson's strategy?choice, he can until the end of 2020 seek to formalise a close economic relationship, trading relationship, with the european union, or he can have a more distant, disengaged relationship and work very hard to strike new trade agreements with the united states and other major trading partners far beyond europe. what is your sense of what his strategy is? i don't know if i have discovered all the elements and dimensions of the prime minister's strategy. we will have 11 months now to conclude new relations and we will see in the course of these negotiations where he is willing to move to. do you think he knows? i think that from time to time, he knows that at certain junctures he has to give in. he has to give in? you think whatever noises he makes about not accepting eu regulations, not accepting eu regulations, not accepting close alignment and this so—called level playing field, you think he's going to back down?” think he's going to back down?|j think in the deals we have concluded w

i can't blame borisjohnson. did you find him easier to deal with than cameron and may?n that you strike a deal with him that was essentially opening the gateway to a hard brexit, but it sounds like you found him easier to negotiate with than cameron or may? with cameron, we made a good deal, allowing britain to stay. with theresa may, we try to find the terms of a deal allowing britain to leave and allowing the europeans to keep safe their main interests. with borisjohnson, we were approaching the end of a process, so we had to not make concessions but to take on board as many british ideas as possible, as we did with his two predecessors. but he was a fair negotiator. i didn't like him during the referendum campaign, but i liked him as a minister. you accused him of telling lies, as did many europeans. you know that it is true. that must have made it difficult when you walked into a room to you negotiate with a man you accused of being a liar? i said he was using some lies, i didn't say that he is a 100% liar. that is not his case. but having in mind all of the critici

since borisjohnson's election, is that there is temporary relief.pening so there is no use crying over spilt milk. it is happening, it is inevitable, no second referendum, it is gone. it is finished. so there might be some celebrations at the end of next week, but then reality strikes. and will be fascinating, because perhaps it will be good, but at least facts. britain is going to head... 11 months, we will see. 0n the us, uk is getting mixed messages about what it wants to do the us trade deal or... 0n the us trade deal, there are a couple of points here. never one, there have been a few issues in the last week that are going to be problematic for the uk us relationship. britain has mentioned it may introduce a digital services tax, which may impact on american companies. hence the moment at davos and the threat. yes. numbertwo, huawei, the chinese telecommunications company. there is a decision this week about what involvement huawei will have any role of ag. i was just reading today that the secretary of state of america are arriving for talks.

borisjohnson to defy warnings and allow huawei into the 5g network.worried about the security implications of allowing china this level of access but politically for the government, for a leader, boris johnson politically for the government, for a leader, borisjohnson has spoken so much about sovereignty and distancing himself from european allies with similar worldviews, to allow this level of closeness with a country that is an autocracy effectively. he is in a difficult position whichever way he comes down with this decision. if he allows huawei access to some core part of the sg huawei access to some core part of the 5g network he will anger the allies, the us, who say it could put security and sovereignty are at risk and he is also annoying large parts of the conservative party would think it is a bad idea, particularly on the brexiteer side. on the other hand, if you went ahead with a ban, it is very difficult, because the argument of some around him is that it would harm consumers. that there isn't really any alternative to huawei, and they hav

do you think borisjohnson...end of the year?|j not extending the transition period beyond the end of the year? i think it is difficult to see a way back now because if he was going to do that, he would need to send a team of negotiators to brussels to create another financial package and you can imagine how difficult that is. as we get towards the end of the year, there will be a discussion. if you think of a full fat transition, a full roof over your head took rewi re a full roof over your head took rewire the relationship, the question is whether you can construct question is whether you can co nstru ct a question is whether you can construct a makeshift roof which isn't perfect but keeps the elements out while we built a new relationship on data, etc. a lot of that will depend on the political temperature at the time. peter foster there. thank you. britain's biggest trade union, unison, is to back sir keir starmer to be the next labour leader. sir keir has become the first leadership hopeful to secure enough n

it's interesting because obviously borisjohnson is going to fight back and have important decisions totary will be going come in the coming days, to paris, to berlin and then to washington to come interesting you hadn't noticed before that it says it's a long planned visit. we are heading in the last few moments that he will meet the foreign secretary, he will meet us secretary of state mike pompeo on thursday. and then going to canada. to pick up on the point in the sunday times the telegraph talks about the vulnerability as see, but there's also vulnerability for british troops that are stationed there on land. we have 400 troops who are training iraqi forces at the invitation of the iraqi government, obviously but they are going to be vulnerable to any counterattack that iranian backed forces might launch. so you can understand why some british ministers are privately angry with the us for not consulting us angry with the us for not consulting us before going ahead with this strike. in the observer, while the front pages we have looked at so far deal with the fallout, the observer l

in the past few minutes, the prime minister borisjohnson has released a statement.jonah fisher, joins us from kyiv. that is the response from the uk government, but what has been the reaction where you are? similar words this morning from the ukrainian president, president zelensky, talking in similar ways to borisjohnson, talking zelensky, talking in similar ways to boris johnson, talking about zelensky, talking in similar ways to borisjohnson, talking about a legal requirement that justice borisjohnson, talking about a legal requirement thatjustice be done for the 176 people who were on board, and the compensation should be paid, and the compensation should be paid, and that those responsible should be brought tojustice. and that those responsible should be brought to justice. more interesting, this morning i spent time with a top security official in the ukraine and he basically laid out the evidence with which the team of ukrainian investigators had been gathering in tehran, pretty comprehensive staff, pictures of the cockpit with the bottom half having been blo

it is just borisjohnson.isjohnson. i know you made a direct appeal to him at the beginning of our programme and you wa nt to beginning of our programme and you want to do that again. if boris johnson is watching this morning, what would you say? again, boris johnson, you are the one that has got the power in your hands. you are the one who can put an end to all of this. you are the one that can bring her back to the uk. just do the humane thing and make your country proud of you. make the uk proud of you. show us that you are willing to stand up for us citizens' rights and bring her back. the reason that is crucial this week is because you have a meeting with the foreign secretary this afternoon and us secretary this afternoon and us secretary of state mike pompeo is coming here on wednesday. there is an opportunity and you want boris johnson to say to mike pompeo, you have to send her back. absolutely. they have already said they won't. there is no harm in trying again and boris is the one who has that power

the times says borisjohnson resisted opposition from his defence secretary in making his decision.ion has condemned boris johnson's decision, but stopped short of threatening any direct retaliation. the daily telegraph reports that borisjohnson has moved to heal the rift with the us over huawei by telling donald trump he would never again allow britain to become reliant on chinese technology. the guardian focuses on donald trump unveiling his vision for middle east peace, in a white house launch, that they say gifted israel a wishlist of its long—held demands while promising palestinians a potential "state" but with severe restrictions. the daily mail quotes the chairman of the police federation, saying ‘smart‘ motorways are death traps and their £6 billion rollout should be brought to a halt. and according to the daily express, a furious prince andrew is bewildered at claims that he is refusing to co—operate with the fbi over thejeffrey epstein case. that is a quick trot through the front pages. let's look at them and more detail. starting with the guardian. talk us through the le

15 minutes and borisjohnson will be on bbc brea kfast. borisjohnson will be on bbc breakfast.will get the weather. i forgot about carol! this is like the cardinal sin. about carol! this is like the cardinalsin. i about carol! this is like the cardinal sin. i have about carol! this is like the cardinalsin. i have the about carol! this is like the cardinal sin. i have the prime minister on my rain. here is carol with the weather, the prime minister to come later. for many of us it is a quiet start to the day, especially after the stormy weather. some of us saw that yesterday. a beautiful weather watch a picture from norfolk. if you are travelling, we have had a lot of clear skies overnight especially across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. the risk of ice and untreated surfaces. storm brendan is no longer affecting our weather apart from windy conditions across the north and west of scotla nd across the north and west of scotland stopped but through the day, after that quiet start, we are going to pull in the next system from the atlantic, introducing some heavy

about 85 leading economists surveyed have said that any election boost from borisjohnson's have said that any election boost from boris johnson's landslide have said that any election boost from borisjohnson's landslide is going to be very short lived, and in fa ct, going to be very short lived, and in fact, someone has said, "ratherthan a bounce, the economy will experience something more akin to jump by experience something more akin to jump by someone wearing lead boots." that is diane coyle who is a very respected economist at cambridge university. boris johnson, though, saying this will be a decade of prosperity. but it's not going to start straightaway according to this survey. no. it is in stark contrast to the message borisjohnson put out but he would get brexit done, and then they could focus on making britain brilliant and find all these free—trade deals. economists have said actually there is still a huge amount of uncertainty about what this means. obviously, britain will have to find all these trade deals, put them all together, but there is absolutely no detail at the m

borisjohnson there, we we re stormont. borisjohnson there, we were listening.me to the mac primachohnson. i just like to say that he welcome to the mac primachohnson. ijust like to say that he is here today as part of the ongoing consolidating of the peace agreement reached last week, just a few days ago. all of those participating in these discussions, we will continue building momentum and take society forward. 0ver building momentum and take society forward. over to yourself. it is great to be here, and it is a very good day for northern ireland and for the people of northern ireland. i've had good discussions already today both with first minister arlene and deputy first minister michelle about their plans also with the executive, about how they see things for the immediate future, and any long—term future. i just things for the immediate future, and any long—term future. ijust want to say how grateful i am to all the parties, everybody here in northern ireland for the way they have compromised, the way they have worked together to get stormont up and runni

borisjohnson is that going to be a bit too negative?s that we going to be a bit too negative? borisjohnson is that we can now move forward as one country, delivering this great opportunity and unleashing the potential of every corner of the uk. they said that the withdrawal bill part was the easy bit and it will be tougher later on. it has taken three and a half years for the withdrawal bill to come to pass. what is certain is that if a free trade agreement happens in11 that if a free trade agreement happens in 11 months, it will be a world record. it has never happened before. it has never happened anywhere in the world. so the certainty is this. that the greater the alignment between the eu and the uk, the quickerand the alignment between the eu and the uk, the quicker and easier it will be to find agreement. but if there is divergence, then it will take longer and therefore, 11 months may bea longer and therefore, 11 months may be a little too optimistic. and that is the key issue over the next two months. the government says the rea

british prime minister borisjohnson calls the admission ‘an important first step‘.ukraine, questions over why the plane was allowed to take off from tehran, anger over iran's initial denials. translation: the iran representative instructed our crew in clear words to take off and the crew followed the orders. in the current climate it would be stupid to try to hide something. back to business for the northern ireland assembly. these are the scenes live in stormont, as talks resume for the first time since the power—sharing agreement collapsed three years ago. keir starmer — the shadow brexit secretary — officially launches his bid to become the next labour leader, saying the country needs radical policies to fight inequality. the moralfight the moral fight against injustice and poverty and homelessness isjust as big a moralfight as it was in the general election. coming up, the best exclusive stories from vicotoria derbyshire — a review of the week, that's at a50. —— victoria derbyshire. borisjohnson has said that iran's admission that it shot down by mistake a ukrai

they have borisjohnson sailing off in a tea cu p have borisjohnson sailing off in a teacup and wavingla merkel and emmanuel macron. and this is politico. they have a piece of bread divided in two with boris johnson on one side and all the eu leaders on the other. it is a big story here and all over the european union. the nature of this bloc is very important to these individual member states. the departure of one of the big beasts of the eu is of huge significance, however much seemingly european union itself is trying not to make it into a big deal. ros, thank you. ijust hope it isa deal. ros, thank you. ijust hope it is a very big teacup. yes, let's hope so. interesting to see people outside the commission. we saw the sa lta i re outside the commission. we saw the saltaire flying there. we can speak to ian blackford, leader of the scottish national party in the house of commons. good evening to you. good evening. we have seen the celebrations in the last few minutes in parliament square but i imagine it was a very different picture up in edinburgh. indeed. there has been vigils all

even borisjohnson fluffed it. shall we do it together? bung a bob...? this is painful! there is the prime minister. why don't theyjust play this on midnight? so it's basically not happening? let's hear the prime minister. it would cost £500,000, because... but we're working up a plan so that people can bung a bob for a bong, because there are some people who want to... bung a...? i haven't quite worked out. i love the fact that you're developing policy live on television. because as everybody knows, big ben is being refurbished, they seem to have taken the clapper away. so, we need to restore the clapper in order to bong big ben on brexit night. now, it turns out by my maths that it is £16 grand per bong, if it's half a million quid, and there's ii bongs, which is the time it will be on 31st in the evening when the uk leave the european union. but... but the appeal for a big ben brexit bong has gone pete tong. yes, well, it has reached... that's very good! it's terrible! it is over £100 grand now, the people chipping in to make the big ben bong. to mak

borisjohnson boris johnson chose borisjohnson chose to bring his cabinet to sunderland as a symbolicd was the first county to declare for leave in the 2016 referendum so it was saying to voters, we have delivered on brexit. but i think it was also to send a message to those communities like sunderland who perhaps feel they have been neglected, forgotten by governments who focused attention on london in the south, but in the future they will be the priority. in terms of tone, there is no doubt mr johnson wanted to be an optimistic moment looking forward, a moment of change in national renewal, but also his staff are keen to stress they did not want it to be a moment of triumphalism where brexiteers lorded it over vanquished remainers. he saw it over vanquished remainers. he saw it as it over vanquished remainers. he saw itasa it over vanquished remainers. he saw it as a nation coming together to heal the wounds of the past three yea rs. heal the wounds of the past three years. also, it's an important moment in terms of moving into a different face with attention on the trade deal, and

, —— negotiated by 0bama, it looks like borisjohnson wa nts to 0bama, it looks like borisjohnson wants a new tack. when askedif wants to go for a new tack. when asked if he was told in advance about the assassination of general qasem soleimani, he said he did not think britain needed to be informed and it was not a british operation. we have troops stationed in iraq, so he might have raised some eyebrows by that. he praised iran at least for accepting responsibility for the shooting down of the ukrainian aircraft and he talked about dialling down tensions, but he seemed to be urging president trump directly to institute a new deal to try to prevent iran acquiring nuclear weapons. somehow or other, we've got to stop the iranians acquiring a nuclear weapon. i think that's the most... that's what the joint collective points agreement does, the jcpoa. but if we are going to get rid of it, then we need a replacement. now, the problem with the jcpoa is basically, and this is the crucial thing, this is why there is this tension, the problem with the agreement is from the american perspective

borisjohnson will tell the eu that britain wants a speedy brexit deal based on free trade, not alignmente eu the 19—year—old woman convicted of lying about being raped in cyprus flies home after her sentence is suspended. hackers hold foreign exchange company travelex to ransom after a cyber attack. the company says it's stopped the ransomewear spreading and there's no evidence any data's been stolen we hear from the australians trying to protect some of the country's precious wildlife from the bushfires, by bringing them to their home. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is the broadcaster and author, john kampfner, and the deputy political editor at the sunday times, caroline wheeler. great to have you both with us. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the financial times‘ front page features an interview with the outgoing governor of the bank of england mark carney in which he says central banks lack the fire power to combat future slow downs. the telegraph turns to brexit, as it reveals the eu's chief negotiator h

is borisjohnson the leader britain needs? george osborne, welcome to hardtalk. good to be here. want to begin with a pithy quote, words from you delivered apparently in the hours after the 2016 referendum when witnesses reliably informed us that you said — and i will paraphrase because you used a rude word — but you said that, "dave is screwed," that is david cameron, "i am screwed and other countries are screwed." your career and dave's were effectively finished but do you now believe, in retrospect, that the country was and is screwed? well, i think leaving the eu is a bad decision for britain but... the language was stronger than "a bad decision for britain". i think brexit has an impact on our economy, makes people poorer than they would otherwise be in our country and diminishes britain's influence in the world but we have now, as a country, had two chances to have a say on that, one in the referendum and second in the general election, which happened just last month, and so now we have to move on to make the best of it and i don't do so because i think, you know, brexit is

at the start of prime minister's questions, borisjohnson gave his reaction to the attacks overnight:emn the attack on iraqi military bases hosting coalition forces. iran should not repeat these reckless and dangerous attacks but must instead pursue urgent de—escalation. our assistant political editor norman smith is here. it has taken a while to hear from borisjohnson it has taken a while to hear from boris johnson directly. it has taken a while to hear from boris johnson directlylj it has taken a while to hear from boris johnson directly. i suspect that will surprise most people because it is now five days since the crisis first blew up and it has taken until the crisis first blew up and it has ta ken until today for the crisis first blew up and it has taken until today for boris johnson to make any public remarks and he only did so today merely because he had to as it was ministers questions and he was challenged in the house of commons about the crisis by the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. in part thatis labour leaderjeremy corbyn. in part that is because of a new approach from downi