labor, led by bill shorten, has had a slender lead, in opinion polls over, the conservative liberal partyagreed to drop tariffs on steel and aluminium imports imposed just under a year ago. it follows lengthy negotiations. it could pave the way for the ratification of a new north american trade agreement. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has said he sent envoys to norway this week to explore dialogue with the opposition. he said it was with the aim of building a peaceful agenda, but it's not clear if any direct talks took place. venezuela is in the middle of a power struggle between mr maduro and juan guaido that's seen weeks of street protests. the inquest into deaths of the eight people killed in the london bridge attacks in 2017, has heard how an off—duty nurse went to the aid of an injured man, and was set upon by all three attackers. kirsty boden, who was 28, and had moved to the uk from australia, was one of those who died. the inquest also heard from wayne marks, the first police officer on the scene. daniel sandford reports. an australian nurse with a love of travel, kirsty bo

top stories on al-jazeera has begun in australia is closely followed general election the conservative liberal party leader scott morrison is hoping to retain his position as the prime minister is facing a strong challenge from bill shorten who leads the labor party. far right deputy leader has resigned over a controversial video. who was apparently seen offering government contracts in exchange for political support. at least 20 fighters of the us backed syrian democratic forces were killed in 2 bomb attacks. a local police station and a military base were also targeted. the international community is calling on sudan's military to resume talks with the opposition immediately they're also concerned about violence against protesters thousands of people have been demonstrating near the army headquarters demanding civilian rule and some are holding ground overnights hippa morgan met some of them. call themselves. sudanese cool calm after sunset to join the thousands outside the military headquarters they searched for weapons at checkpoints set up by other protests before they joined the sit in which i

forum for democracy led by this man mr brough day was running neck and neck with the really conservative liberal party but exit polls just released suggest that voters went a completely different way let's bring in reguard who is modern very the elections for us in amsterdam and what appears berent to be a big surprise there. yeah that's true a leading social democrat here now put it that he said it's a bizarre comeback for the labor party which actually the votes compared to the elections 5 years ago and they came in 1st and they expected to be the 4th biggest party only and very disappointed of cause the right being populists from the democracy forum they expected to be the big winners because they won in regional elections this year already but they're only now in force places but only send 3 instead of 5 deputies to strasburg so a big surprise here tonight and everybody is wondering why this happened and you know we have these initial indications coming out and that a lot of these exit polls already but you know the other nation that voted was the u.k. but we don't have it from that why is that. b

labor — led by bill shorten — has had a slender lead in opinion polls over the conservative liberal partythe current prime minister, scott morrison. the united states and canada have agreed to drop tariffs on steel and aluminium imports imposed just under a year ago. it follows lengthy negotiations. it could pave the way for the ratification of a new north american trade agreement. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has said he sent envoys to norway this week to explore dialogue with the opposition. he said it was with the aim of building a ‘peaceful agenda', but it's not clear if any direct talks took place. venezuela is in the middle of a power struggle between mr maduro and juan guaido that's seen weeks of street protests. now on bbc news, a look at the rise of the right in this week's our world. across europe the far right is on the rise. taking on governments, promising to an migration, and shakeup promising to an migration, and sha keup the promising to an migration, and shakeup the eu. i don't want to be pa rt shakeup the eu. i don't want to be part of the minority in my own coun

populist form for democracy party led by this day running neck and neck with the ruling conservative liberal party and now exit polls suggest a win for pro e.u. party. people in the u.k. have also been voting in european elections originally the u.k. were supposed to have left the e.u. by this stage but lawmakers there have so far failed to reach a consensus on the withdrawal agreement but as we report the topic as we report the topic of bragg's that has dominated the campaign. it's an election that the majority of britons didn't want to have anything to do with but it's also an opportunity for many to have their say on briggs it. will be. obviously this is a vote that should never have happened. over the last 3 years and this is my it's going to water it down and water down the aisle for another referendum. that will be twisted. and the result we're trying. very angry and brags that party leader nigel farage is poised to capitalize on this sentiment he hopes such a vote of frustration will translate into votes for his party and he's feeling pretty confident. what if you want bricks that you go to

stories on al-jazeera counting has begun and australia's closely fought general election the conservative liberal party latest scott morrison is hoping to retain his position as the prime minister he is facing a strong challenge from bill shorten who leads the labor party andrew thomas explains where things stand right now for both contenders. you know all the county is definitely going in the direction of the rights and saying it's a liberal government so that it is in the direction of the light for the $151.00 seats and that's very telling the $76.00 that most of the states will cite by the slightly in the labor camp most likely in the liberal somebody up front because it's going to be nationwide. is what we know so well for the most news in the east these states because they seem to be going to the right to the coalition in the gulf so. austria's far right deputy leader has resigned over a controversial video hines christian straka was apparently seen offering government contracts to an unknown russian woman in exchange for political support and as sonia gago explains there are now concerns about th

labor — led by bill shorten — has had a slender lead in opinion polls over the conservative liberal partythe current prime minister, scott morrison. the united states and canada have agreed to drop tariffs on steel and aluminium imports imposed just under a year ago. it follows lengthy negotiations. it could pave the way for the ratification of a new north american trade agreement. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has said he sent envoys to norway this week to explore dialogue with the opposition. he said it was with the aim of building a "peaceful agenda", but it's not clear if any direct talks took place. venezuela is in the middle of a power struggle between mr maduro and juan guaido that's seen weeks of street protests. the inquest into the depths of the eight people killed in the london bridge and taxes heard how an off—duty nurse went to the aid of an injured man and was set upon by all three attackers. kirsty bowden, 28, who had moved to the uk from australia was one of those who died. the inquest also heard from the first police officer on the scene. an australian nurse with a

fellow votes are being counted in australia as closely fought general election the conservative liberal party leader of scott morrison is hoping to retain his position as prime minister he's facing a strong challenge from bill shorten who leads the labor party live to under thomas who's joining us from melbourne you're at the labor headquarters what's the atmosphere like there. you go back to aus it was very optimistic with labor small example at least they were expecting to. see them become one of the stars result of this election but in the last hour will start as early counting that's become public and not look good the lights but that it will change the facts in all its. eyes having a ball at the same chance of winning this election well. now that's markets being the 2nd and that is because the very complicated counting of votes interesting to get yourselves but not all many hours if not days in some places but what you know of hunting is just going law in the direction of the rights and. liberal governments in the direction of the labor party now the $151.00 seats in parliament for you t

labor, led by bill shorten, has had a slender lead, in opinion polls over, the conservative liberal partyf the current prime minister, scott morrison. the united states and canada have agreed to drop tariffs on steel and aluminium imports imposed just under a year ago. it follows lengthy negotiations. it could pave the way for the ratification of a new north american trade agreement. an attempt by britain's two main parties to find a compromise that would break the deadlock over brexit has failed, after the main opposition labour party pulled out. it came after six weeks of talks with the governing conservatives. theresa may said labour's position on holding another referendum had made the discussions difficult. labour blamed weaknesses within the government. now on bbc news, time for click. this week, recognising faces years later. video from all angles. and the rise of the machines. artificial intelligence continues to play a bigger and bigger role in our lives so it is not surprise that this summer exhibition chance our perception of computers, intelligence and artificial beings throug

for democracy party led by this man kerry both day running neck and neck with the ruling conservative liberal party they're now set to take 4 seats each compared to the socialist 5 official results are not due to be released until the end of polls on the end of close of polls on sunday. and let's bring in a bad to the god who is monitoring the dutch side of the elections for us in amsterdam van to talk us through what the exit polls are saying so far there are any big surprises there yes of a very big surprise it's the social democrats call the results a miracle because they double the share of the vote from 9 percent in the last elections to 18 percent in this election and funds to moments the leading candidate the leading social democrat was cause overjoyed although he was not he was complaining in spades and on the other hand the right wing populist parties didn't get as much votes as predicted by the post as the democracy forum only got 3 seeds predicted 5 or even 6 and overall the liberal party's won the little bit and right wing pop has lost a little bit and that is against the trend in europ

labor — led by bill shorten — has had a slender lead in opinion polls over the conservative liberal partyop tariffs on steel and aluminium imports imposed just under a year ago. it follows lengthy negotiations. it could pave the way for the ratification of a new north american trade agreement. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has said he sent envoys to norway this week to explore dialogue with the opposition. he said it was with the aim of building a ‘peaceful agenda', but it's not clear if any direct talks took place. venezuela is in the middle of a power struggle between mr maduro and juan guaido that's seen weeks of street protests.

labor, led by bill shorten, has had a slender lead, in opinion polls over, the conservative liberal partyagreed to drop tariffs on steel and aluminium imports imposed just under a year ago. it follows lengthy negotiations. it could pave the way for the ratification of a new north american trade agreement. an attempt by britain's two main parties to find a compromise that would break the deadlock over brexit has failed, after the main opposition labour party pulled out. it came after six weeks of talks with the governing conservatives. theresa may said labour's position on holding another referendum had made the discussions difficult. labour blamed weaknesses within the government.

labor — led by bill shorten — has had a slender lead in opinion polls over the conservative liberal partythe current prime minister, scott morrison. the united states and canada have agreed to drop tariffs on steel and aluminium imports imposed just under a year ago. it follows lengthy negotiations. it could pave the way for the ratification of a new north american trade agreement. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has said he sent envoys to norway this week to explore dialogue with the opposition. he said it was with the aim of building a peaceful agenda, but it's not clear if any direct talks took place. venezuela is in the middle of a power struggle between mr maduro and juan guaido that's seen weeks of street protests. now on bbc news atjust after 2:30 in the morning it's time to look back on the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. a brexit showdown — could june be the end of may? the withdrawal agreement bill will have a second reading during the week beginning monday 3rd june 2019. tory activists say she shouldn't hang around that long. they've lost c

the news this allen counting has begun and a strain is closely for general election the conservative liberal party leader scott morrison is hoping to retain his position as the prime minister he's facing a strong challenge from bill shorten who leads the labor party. austria's far right deputy leader has resigned over a controversial video christian straka was seen offering government contracts to an unknown russian woman in exchange for political support. chance us about as conservative peoples party and struck as anti immigration freedom party $24.00 says and 2017 to govern the country. at least $25.00 of us democratic forces were killed in 2 bomb attacks and rocca a local police station and a military base were targeted. in yemen survivors of a saudi u.a.e. coalition air strikes say they have no idea why their neighborhood in the capital sana was attacked at least 6 people were killed and dozens were injured the coalition says it's investigating what it calls the possibility of an accidental airstrike as the fighters were targeted reports. the sounds of u.a.e. led coalition in yemen says its po

that is the leader of the conservatively the part —— the conservative liberal party.ot finished yet. a day night of miracles is how he has described it, paying tribute to the ha rd described it, paying tribute to the hard working australians, quiet australians, who have won victory tonight on this reallyjust coming off the back of the concession speech by the labour leader, bill shorten, who said that to be honest, we are not going to be in power this time around. the question now is whether it will be a majority or a minority led government. we are going to be speaking to our correspondence there later and he will be bringing us all the latest, including reaction and surprises and u psets including reaction and surprises and upsets taking place in australia's general election. stay with us on bbc news for that. labour's brexit spokesman, sir keir starmer, has accused cabinet ministers of "torpedo—ing" his party's negotiations with the government, which collapsed yesterday. he's called on theresa may to put a promise to hold a further referendum on the face of her eu

outright majority would you say the results so far constitutes a resigned indorsements of the conservative liberal party or what would you say the result for all. i don't think they show resoundingly anything i think. as a wind has got morris that it's a narrow win and at this stage well counting until news we don't know whether he will actually be able to have a majority between him and his coalition partner and whether they'll either go for a minority government which suggests more instability in the future or be able to get some of the independent voters or minor parties on board to support them in what could be an unstable and very slim majority government so the future is uncertain however the counting ends up from here ok we'll have to leave it there for thank you very much indeed for your thoughts and analysis michael dunn there speaking to us live from london. not talking with you. before right politicians are across europe have gathered for a rally in italy to try to boost their chances and heads of e.u. parliamentary elections next week the events in milan was organized by its these deputy pri

australia's general election counting is already underway in eastern parts of the country the conservative liberal partyleaders scott morrison is hoping to retain his position as the prime minister he's facing a strong challenge from bill shorten who leads the labor party climate change and the economy were top issues during the campaign well let's go live now to andrew thomas who's in melbourne for us and to talk us through the issues that will decide this election and where. well the issue that has really been front and center of this campaign has been the environment so if you believe that mole should be down in australia it's reduce emissions then you voted on that basis but a lot of people here have had involvement from the most of them lots of other reasons the government has been telling them that the environment regulation elects a labor party bring in will cost them money because it will involve more taxes on for example you'll find power that has been an issue front and center in many cases minds tax more generally the labor party has promised that it will reduce tax rights for the rich in aus

both the conservative and liberal party had been losing ground in our national opinion polls are quitecourse of the brexit impasse will stop and today's polls suggest that maybe that has gone even further, the conservative party it might be struggling to keep around 20% of the vote, even for westminster election, labour party struggling instead of 25% and certainly in combination, the two parties current pole positions is as bad as it ever has been in the history of british polling. that said, we do know that when we get into the campaign and we see a party like the brexit party surge ahead, this could be reflected in what people say they will do in westminster but then we discovered two or three weeks after the elections are over that not all of this support has translated, i am not suggesting that all of these people are going to go back to conservative labour, they clearly suffered. but probably the case of the moment that the polls of westminster, the polls for the general election have probably been exaggerated to the extent at which brexit support will stop but it is costing them

liberal lane. he's getting the center of the party and the more conservative part of the party. arly 30 points in this lane. you see this. look at pete buttigieg. everyone falls off as you go from liberal to conservative with the exception of o'rourke versus biden actually getting stronger >> he's playing to a draw though in his areas of weakness. a draw or better and crushing it >> exactly right. this is a key thing in politics. you do well where your strengths are and hold your own in your weaknesses. >> you have a minute left. >> i want to point this out. this is key. it's not just demographics but what democrats are looking for. you hear elizabeth warren's fan base say she has great policies. we are not electing a policy book. we are electing a leader. joe biden is the former vice president. right now quinnipiac, voters prefer a great leader to policy ideas and has a chance to have beating trump. look at this. who do democrats think are best on different things. democrats think joe biden is electable. democrats think joe biden is the one who is the best leader on policy ideas

party couldn't lose. scott morrison and his conservative liberal national conservative governing party have swept they did it was a massive surprise and indeed the prime minister in his victory speech said i believe in miracles it was a long and grinding 2019 election campaign. it was called at times both tough and toxic. he conceded defeat and now the labor party is looking for a new leader one thing is sure though, it seems as if their platform of a radical wealth redistribution, high taxation and high spending just didn't resonate with voters the way they had hoped indeed, in the lead up to the election in the 30 days ahead of saturday, may 18th, google searches on tax soared and outstripped google searches on climate change by more than four to one moving on, it is down to business they have to focus on what is happening with the economy here in australia we have not had a recession in 28 years and no government wants to be the one to break that record nonetheless, the economy is losing steam we have a housing market in certain parts of the market that is buckling under pressure so the treasurer is sa

conservatives and labour. in a night of remarkable results, the brexit party led by nigel farage and the liberal democrats, whoant to stop brexit, took full advantage of the deep disaffection among voters throughout britain. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, said the very existence of the conservative party was under threat unless it delievered brexit, and labour'sjeremy corbyn is now under intense pressure to back another referendum. let's look at the numbers in more detail. the brexit party won over 31% share of the vote, just a few months after being formed. it wasn't around in 2014. the liberal democrats took 20% of the vote, up 13% points. both labour and the conservatives had a gruelling time, and ukip‘s share of the vote collapsed from five years ago. in terms of seats, the brexit party has 29 meps, the liberal democrats 16, labour ten, and the conservatives just four. the greens made some significant gains, while ukip lost all its seats. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more. to the winner, the spoils. it was his victory. nigel farage‘s brexit party, maybe the brashest and the boldest, were

conservatives had a gruelling time. and ukip‘s share of the vote collapsed from 5 years ago. in terms of seats, the brexit party has 29 meps, the liberalts 16, labour 10 and the conservatives just 4. the greens made some significant gains, while ukip lost all its seats. our political editor laura kuenssberg is at westminster. small parties with big, clear m essa 9 es small parties with big, clear messages on brexit with the victors in these elections. the tories and labour may grow making history for all the wrong reasons and the biggest winner was the brexit party. my biggest winner was the brexit party. my report tonight contains some flash photography. to the winner, the spoils. it was his victory. nigel farage‘s brexit party, maybe the brightest and boldest, were the biggest last night. once you have delivered brexit... demanding we leave the eu as soon as is humanly possible. are you worried about the divisions that we saw in the voters last night? you may not like the result of the election, but in the democratic society you respect that and you live to fight another day. what we have had since the referendum is a lack of losers'

i think either the conservative or liberal parties take us towards brexit or they are going to have to be replaced. it's as simple as that. >> laura: in france, marie le pen's national rally party beat out macron's pro e.u. centrist party, winning the most seats at the e.u. nationalists in italy also took the most seats.e all of europe, people are demanding their freedom from the international shackles put on by regulatorsm who don't know and can't respond to their people or their needs. while most are fine to have strong economic relationships with their member nations, the populists, the more economic nationalism among them still want to retain their language their borders, and theiris own unique culture.re and when you read "the new york times" though, or cnn, you listen to them, they always use the word "anti-immigrant" or "far right parties made the gain." almost invariably that distinction is false. again, the slime has been thrown at trump or salvini or le pen or viktor orban in hungary, and meant only two denigrates, not to advance an actual debate to improveat people's standar

the conservatives have paid the price for their indecision over brexit, suffering huge losses in the european elections. the newly formed brexit party took a 32% share of the vote, and the pro—eu liberalts finished above the conservative party for the first time ever. let's take a look at the results. nigel farage‘s brexit party, formed just six weeks ago, was the runaway winner, gaining 28 seats. at the opposite end of the brexit divide it was also a good day for the liberal democrats which now has 15 meps. looking at each party's share of the votes makes it clearjust how bad a night it was for the conservatives. they received less than 10%. their worst performance in an election since 1832. looking at the change in numbers from the last eu election you can see just where some of those brexit party seats came from. they've taken over nearly all of the ukip vote, as well as undoubtedly some of that big 15 per cent loss from the conservatives. here's our political correspondent nick eardley with a round up of the results so far. and just a warning his report contains some flashing images. a vote that wasn't supposed to take place to a parliament we're supposed to have left, a result wh

conservative party. you are still in the conservative party although you have had the whip withdrawn because you said you would vote for the liberalwhere do you think the conservative party stands now and where is it going and if it is borisjohnson who will succeed theresa may what does that mean for the party and for the country? you will see where the conservative party is on sunday night and it is no secret to anyone it will be devastating. the problem for any new leader is that if they are to have a prospect of making progress and winning a general election that they have to unite the party. the temptation will be for the debate to be how closely we get to mr farage? the closer they get the more the haemorrhage to the centre of politics will compensate for that. trying to out farage farage is a dangerous position. 5 million conservatives voted to remain and they will have moved to the liberal democrats over the course of this european election are two other splinter parties and they are not coming back if there is a position of the conservative leader trying to pretend to be a mini farage. that is the danger. if you add to tha

party. the conservatives have lost their share of the vote. the liberale liberal party, —18% on last time. thank you very much, reeta. so the picture in scotland. let's look at the scoreboard so far across britain. just 20% of councils declared. a quick explanation again, counting taking place in local authority areas. it is then all added up in one region and that is when we get the meps elected. brexit party on 32%, the lib dems are 19 and the labour party on 16. a strong night for the brexit party but also the lib dems. sir ed davey from the lib dems isjoining us now. what does it look like for you so far? lib dems isjoining us now. what does it look like for you so far7m looks fantastic. we had this campaign to stop brexit. we said if you vote liberal democrat, you are voting to stop brexit and millions have responded. rather than some of the comments we have heard on your panel it looks like the british people have sent a strong message about stopping brexit. the brexit party has done well, but look at the liberal democrat vote. in the capital in lon

party 178178 socialists and democrats 152100 52. rupee and conservative and reformists 6161. of liberals and democrats plus 3 national parties 118118 the united left nordic green left $3939.00 greens he rupee and 40 alliance $6767.00 seats. he wrote before freedom and direct democracy if d.d. 5353 he wrote of nations and freedom 5555 seats no not touch members 7 others said she one. ladies and gentlemen the city sends of their b.n. union have chosen who will represent them in the parliament this will have a direct impact on who will head the european commission over the next legislative term as members of parliament will be doe's who will take the decision in strasbourg in july i would therefore like to invite the candidates for the presidency of their pm commission to make a short reaction to ditch preliminary results for oh of course by a few questions and starting from they will be an people's party candidate man fred bever. so good evening ladies and gentlemen 1st of all the most important outcome of the days of the last 4 election days is for me that is a european democrats see is a

liberal democrats and the greens and the change uk would draw voters. it did, not to the same extent as the brexit party drew voters from the conservative party. particular. but it does therefore mean that on the one hand the conservative party is now going to have to debate should the next tory prime minister be embracing the idea of leaving without a deal? but equally should the labour party now move much more clearer to saying it is in favour of a public vote on whatever brexit deal emerges to shore up the remain vote. have boris johnson was writing today that these results were clear and what had to happen was that the government had to deliver on brexit. are they that clear? no, i mean it is true that around 35% of people voted for parties that were saying they would have no deal and those undoubtedly represent a majority of leave voters. but 35% is less than 50%, it is difficult to argue it demonstrates that a majority of the public are in favour. but equally on the other side offence, i mean some wa nt to the other side offence, i mean some want to add the numbers up to say that actually a0%, more people voted for proreferendum parties t

conservative and labour party, we would never have got a brexit resembling what we voted for in the referendum. this clearly will put pressure on them, pressure on the conservative leadership contest. for the liberalo now. what does that mean for the future? both for labour and the conservatives, it means that they will be under pressure to adopt simpler and clearer positions. theresa may is sharing her disappointment today. the result is focusing the minds of those are hoping to replace her, like home secretary sajid javid, who joined the race today. for many of the contenders, the message from voters is a simple one.” the contenders, the message from voters is a simple one. i am saddened deeply by the fact that so many candidates and activists worked so hard and we did not get the result we wanted. 0ne message is clear, we absolutely need to deliver brexit. i read the campaign to take britain out of the european union and we must honour the referendum result. in scotland, labour has been wiped out in the face of an snp surge, while in wales the party was forced into third place. the pressure now in the leadership including from some senior voices to back another referendum. jeremy corbyn today p

counsellors, it shows heavy losses for the conservatives, labour is well and there will winners are the liberal democrats and other independent and smaller partiese conservatives have gained control of north east lincolnshire council for the first time since the authority was formed. labour had previously run the council with liberal democrat support as no party had a majority. elsewhere, the conservatives have retained control of east riding of yorkshire, taking 49 of the 67 seats. labour lost all six of the seats it was defending. bbc look north's philip norton has more. here in beverly, all 67 seats on the east riding of yorkshire council are being contested and already here, the word is that turnout has been very low. the first confirmed award turnout for bridlington central and old town, 25.5%, driffield, 28.1%. here, the conservatives have held the council since 2007. they currently hold 47 seats. one of the main changes that we will see here is the leader of the council, yorkshire's longest serving council leader, stephen parnaby, announcing that he was not standing after 23 years as a leader. also standing here is matthew grove, once a c

conservatives just 11%. the brexit party has more than the conservatives and the labour party put together. the tories have fallen below the liberald news for both labour and the tories. but whether or not it actually tra nslates whether or not it actually translates into anything other than a rather pointless vote, given that we are expecting any meps, even if they do take up their seats are not going to be there for very long. but the hope is, if theresa may's deal goes through other parliament can agree something, then actually none of them will take their seats. we have been here before. we wouldn't be in this state, where we are nearly three years on from the referendum, had david cameron not been so terrified of ukip. nigel? the interesting thing about this year election is, it is worth thinking about them a little bit, like the second referendum, that so many people actually want. the brexit party are surging ahead, let see what the votes are. people have a choice between proper remain second referendum party is like change uk and nigel farage's brexit party. the director—general of the national crime agency, paints a pictu

since 2010 the conservative party, liberal democrats, troubled tuition fees, and the educational maintenance amounts and cut child benefits and wages remain lower than a decade ago and housing costs have soared, more and more food banks are opening up. greg yarmouth, one has been open for pupils at a school and last week, the part of business established a food bank for its own staff in the building on victoria street and can the prime minister tell us what is going on in modern britain for the office have a food bank, to get something to eat. >> the best way to ensure a good income and stable income for families is to ensure they can work. the fourth question he asked me and in none of these questions has he talked about the fact that employment is at record levels, and unemployment is at a record low. the way the right honorable gentleman thought, you would think any quality started in 2010. who was it who said one of the -- in a sedentary position, it did. who was it who said the last labor government, the gaps between the richest and poorest in society would become very much bigger. not

behind a lot of the party's poor showing absolutely yeah we've seen huge losses for the conservatives we've seen losses for the opposition labor party but we've seen gains for the liberal democrats the greens and independents so this was clearly a vote against the establishment against the status quo and this was most of all about bricks if you're absolutely right local elections usually are about who is emptying the trash bins for example but in this case it's been about the never ending story of bracks it and the fact that it hasn't been delivered yet and voters have sent a clear signal that they are sick and tired of that topic and that they want to move on so all the conservatives. are very likely to learn any lessons from this. well may has already set today that this shows that voters keeley want the parties to deliver on bracks it and that what we're seeing at the moment is that there cross party talks going on between mace conservatives and the opposition labor party so far they've been stalling they've made progress and and at the moment they are looking at looks like the tories are actually coming around to the idea of a customs union a customs arrangement wi

conservative party. you are still in the conservative party, although you have had the whip withdrawn because you said you would vote for the liberalecause of brexit. where do you think the conservative party stands now, and where is it going? and if it is borisjohnson who is going to succeed mo, what does that mean for the party the country? —— succeed theresa may. you'll see where the conservative party is on sunday night. it's no secret to anyone, it's going to be devastating. the problem for any new leader is that if they are to have a prospect of making progress and winning a general election, they have to unite the party. the temptation will be for the debate to be, how close do we get to mr farage? the truth is, the closer we get, the more the haemorrhage the centre of politics will compensate for that. so, trying to out farage farage is a dangerous position. there are 5 million conservatives who voted to remain. and they in large measure will have moved to the lib dems over the course of this year are election or two other splinter parties. —— this euro election. and they aren't coming back if there is a conservative leader

the pen on the studio, dominated by the two parties, the conservatives a labourer, why haven't you got a brexit party person in the studio or more of a liberal if i may. the first is the clip we just saw your introduction show the panel at one moment in time during a five hour programme. the panel change significantly during the night. liberal democrats were on the panel. not in the clip you showed. we also interviewed sir ed davey down the line. he works remote on the camera outside the studio. on the brexit party, most of the people who wanted to speak to work in a location because they were candidates. some people like and what he can who we heard from everett to tice. they we re heard from everett to tice. they were interviewed on the programme. we heard the acceptance speech from the programme. they were there because they were candidates without which we cannot control. but wherever they are to a difference to how much prominence they get in the running order. pro-leave voters, rarely complain bbc coverage is biased against them. many didn't think that a cross a line when laura kuenssberg referred to nigel farage knowing how to appeal

conservatives and labour. in a night of remarkable results, the brexit party, led by nigel farage, and the liberal democrats, took the deep disaffection among voters throughout britain. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt said the very existence of the conservative party was "under threat" unless it delievered brexit. and labour'sjeremy corbyn is now under intense pressure to back another referendum. let's look at the numbers in more detail. the brexit party won over 31% share of the vote, just a few months after being formed — it wasn't around in 2014. the liberal democrats took 20% of the vote — up 13 percentage points. both labour and the conservatives had a gruelling time. and ukip‘s share of the vote collapsed from five years ago. in terms of seats, the brexit party has 29 meps, the liberal democrats 16, labour io and the conservatives just 4. the greens made some significant gains, while ukip lost all its seats. our first report tonight is from our political editor laura kuenssberg. a warning — it may contain some flashing images. to the winner, the spoils. it was his victory. nigel farage‘s brexit party may b

liberal democrats made some gains. you will find some people know in the face of this remarkable defeat making excuses saying that conservative partyat conservative party were at a high point in 2015, and the liberal democrats where do a come back. so they were artificially low coming up... forget that. when you get a defeat this big, it is time to stop making excuses. you have got to look to the basics. the tory party is getting the basics wrong. a month ago or is getting the basics wrong. a month ago 01’ so, is getting the basics wrong. a month ago or so, when theresa may agreed to hire brexit extension in europe, she was hoping she would not have to fight european election. issue going to get in a worse situation? yes, i think the tory party will come third behind the brexit party. and could come faith behind change uk or the greens. that is the party and government coming for international election. can it survive coming safe ina election. can it survive coming safe in a national election? does anyone disagree with that analysis of the potential catastrophe for the government? now, but changing the leader will not change the pr

bigger coalition than just sort of democrats and christian democrats or conservatives and we'll be including under the liberal party all the greens the liberal parties then well we will see if in alliances most of all with the greens from the conservatives that's the difficulty of the national level here in germany for example. if we look at the far right you just mentioned he said they didn't have the gains that were expected for a number of them nonetheless in the cooler 3 nations france italy and britain they swept the boards you missed one germany germany as a coronation but they didn't do well here at all not not as well as expected of course doesn't that mean that their views need to be taken into account it will be but in the other hand side in france you might call even he is very low support 22 percent is very low he's the leader of the country of cause and in italy there's a kind of shift from the the the the social democratic party is quite well no better than expected 7 is number one but not more than 40 percent it's 30 percent so it's something up it's ok so you're saying the gains by the far right hav

liberals, and obviously the question there is whether macron's party, lorraine stance, as it is good now, is actually going to integrate with the bigger liberal group and will support the supports of the conservativesr queen maker will be the liberal party. but can we talk about this bloc having a coherent policy agenda? because when you look at the parties within these locks —— within these bloc plural, they are quite diverse, so do they manage to diversify? —— do they manage to coordinate? previously it was a bit hit and miss, now they have this star, emanuel macron, we will have his own ideas will stop the liberal group itself has some uncomfortable members, just like the centre—right has the party of the hungarian prime minister viktor orban, the liberals also have a party of the czech prime minister, andre babich, so there might be some frictions there in the formation of this new group with the french president's party. but if we can say broadly the green bloc obviously wants further actions on emissions, say, what is the priority for the liberal bloc? what is on the shopping list? that is anybody's guess. they have environmentalist claims, free market, free trade but also social protection,

terminology of of course the infallible wikipedia, we notice a lot of parties in europe that label themselves as liberal conservatives. we also note some that are labelled as national conservative. in the case of germany austria, we see the party, the christian democrats have managed to basically have followed two different paths in the two different countries. in austria they seem to be going along a more national conservative path. in germany they seem to be going along at least for now a more liberal conservative path. so along those lines, i was wondering if you had any thoughts as to what the future might hold for europe, in that regard. and i thank you very much for taking my question. >> sure, look, parties can call themselves all sorts of things. and here what i'm trying to do is i'm trying to address ideas and i'm trying to give them to the extent that it is possible labels that are sufficiently useful so that we cannot be confused. political parties don't care whether they confuse you with your labels. let me not address what the political parties call themselves but talk to the idea. since the fall of the

conservatives lost hundreds of council seats and control of several local authorities from the opposition labor party that by jeremy corbett also lost significant support smaller parties made big gains the anti liberal democrats and greens a road away from public disenchantment protected the president goes stations and the conservative party conference in wales prime minister theresa may face to sometimes hostile audience. thank you everybody. when she was finally allowed to speak threesome a had this to say about her party's heavy losses now this is a difficult time for our party and these election results are a symptom of that we have the privilege of governing our party at a momentous time and we have a responsibility to deliver something truly historic what is momentous and historic is sold a simple and straightforward. environmental youth movement started by the sixteen year old swedish activist gratitude has inspired young people in many countries more than a million students have taken part in school strikes to demand action against a climate change one group of german pupils turned out today to pressurise bosses at the annual shareholders meeting of the power generator r w e. these students

conservative party conference. local elections yesterday. the liberal democrats did well. bor and the conservative party did not do as well. findy be helped them common groundprocess. at least that is one of the theories. let's so you what the picture looks like as we head into the close. 40 alle 100, dax, cac trading higher. the ftse has faded. the dax has been under a little bit -- a little bit of pressure, helped out by a strong session. cac 40, there are next dividends around europe under pressure as well. we are watching that. that is why we are getting underperformance. of whatve you an idea the individual stocks story looks like. grr ondo the story at your bloomberg. basic resources -- that is why the london market has been outperforming. basic resources one of the worst performing sectors. telecom is underperforming, real estate is underperforming. there are a few things we need to think about. let's deal with individual stocks stories. air france is one of those. that start off with added doing well in china, doing well online. europe less so. the market is pleased

itself this will make things more complicated but for now it seems like those parties the greens the liberals the conservatives and also the social democrats will be able to keep the right wing populists out of the picture but you know think about this it is likely that at least either the league from the tail side the in italy so rightly populous party or the brags that party from the u.k. .

the governing conservative party received the lowest share of the vote in its entire history. however, the liberalhe prime minister, alexis tsipras, said he would soon call an early general election. the opposition new democracy party appeared to be around nine percentage points ahead. syriza was first elected to power six years ago on an anti—austerity programme. welcome to bbc news. let's talk you through the main points. a story really in three parts. the two main centrist parties have lost their overall combined majorities. the two big power players. european people's party in light blue, still the biggest slice, but they have lost seats. s&d, the socialists and democrats, a large group but much smaller. they've lost their overall combined majority, meaning the power dynamic in brussels and strasbourg will have now changed because they will have to work with the smaller parties. a better night for populist and nationalist parties. nigel farage in the uk, marine le pen in france, viktor orban in hungary, and the greens did very well in many countries, including germany, denmark and the uk. turn

overnight and also pretty bad for the labor party as well who've lost votes as well and have seem to have given away many to the liberal democrats the conservatives have given away votes to the bricks it party it seems and labor to the liberal democrats very very difficult for both those main parties ok let's listen in right now to what the leader of the brics a party nigel frosh had to say after the vote. we got a deadline of the 31st of october right that is the day before which was supposed to leave the european union that's in 5 months so what we're saying is we've got a mandate we demand to be over that we go shooting seem to get this country ready to leave whatever the circumstances or what is i mean does that mean we will see by the end of october. well brian todd depends who you ask if you're looking at those conservative m.p.'s who are obviously devastated by those polls overnight and all those votes going to the brits at party and they are promising to deliver bret's it by the 31st of october boris johnson a main candidate to take over from to resign may as prime minister saying deal or no deal with the e.u. but on the other hand you lo

the conservatives have lost more than 1000 seats, and labour has failed to make much progress at a time when opposition parties usually do well. meanwhile, the liberalrats, who want another referendum, the greens and independents all did well. counting is still under way, and the results are changing, but so far the conservatives are down more than 1100, and labour around conservatives are down more than 1100, and labouraround 100. conservatives are down more than 1100, and labouraround100. the main winners are the liberal democrats, who have gained 595 councillors. if these results were replicated across the country as a whole, the bbc predicts the conservatives and labour would both get about 28% of the vote with the lib dems on 19 and other parties on 25. i would deputy political editor john pienaar has all the details. after a tough night theresa may needed a bit of love. thank you. she didn't need this. why won't you resign?! why don't you resign was the shout. we don't want you — it only takes one to spoil the mood. how to come out, they maintain, not her. but bad results need explaining. these were always going to be difficult elections for u

the governing conservative party received the lowest share of the vote in its entire history. however, the liberalrformed so badly that the prime minister, alexis tsipras, said he would soon call an early general election. the opposition new democracy party appeared to be around nine percentage points ahead. syriza was first elected to power six years ago on an anti—austerity programme. so the main centre—left and centre—right blocs in europe have lost ground to smaller groupings. far—right parties have topped the polls in france and italy, while in germany, the greens have made major gains. in britain, the outcome of the vote was also polarised between strong supporters and opponents of the country's planned exit from the european union. voter turnout has been one of the surprises of the night — the highest for a european election for 25 years. that will be pleasing to officials in brussels. let's see how the night looked. here's ramzan karmali with this update. over 200 million people have cast their votes in 28 countries across the european union. that's a turnout of 51%, the highest in 20 year