fakir both conservatives and labour claimed that they are best placed to manage the brexit process. cousins of the manchester bomber have said they are traumatised by the actions of their cousin saying it will stay with them. a lot of nice words in this election campaign are being directed a blue—collar voters in the industrial north of england, so we thought to try something interesting and ask the two main parties what they will actually do to help economy there. welcome to bbc news. president trump has announced that america is to withdraw from the paris climate agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. the treaty was signed by 200 countries just two years ago. president trump said he'd taken the decision because of the the economic burdens imposed by the treaty. our correspondent nick bryant reports from the white house. the white house rose garden, the most fragrant of settings for what environmentalists will see as toxic presidential decision. one that affects ecosystems all over the planet from donald trump's back lawn to the mightiest of oceans and ice sheets.

both the conservatives and labour are saying, in effect, "trust us to get it right."y discussed the difficult compromises with the eu that will be needed if they are to succeed. that's partly because as soon as you dig down a bit into brexit, it gets incredibly complicated, it doesn't fit into neat election slogans. let's just take a couple of examples. the european court ofjustice — the union's top court. the conservatives say it will no longer play a role in british life after brexit. but the eu insists that the ecj must continue to protect the rights of eu citizens here in the future. that's got to be negotiated. and what about the huge issue of immigration? labour says it accepts that free movement of people will come to an end. but it also says it wants to maintain tariff—free access to the single market. the eu says you can't really have both at the same time, so that's got to be negotiated too. both the tories and labour say that under their leadership, the uk will be more prosperous after brexit. maybe it will be, but the government's independent forecaster, t

at this election, people of the conservative party and the labour party were saying to us, both privatelyhe record, and in interviews, the conservatives will get a landslide. i remember nicola sturgeon doing an interview for the bbc in which she used that exact phrase, we are headed for a conservative landslide. so, the expectations were quite out there in terms of where people thought the results would be. all those expectations turned out to be false. and it really depends on the work that's done now about how voters behaved when political analysts get involved about why that happened. with every election there was a learning curve about those things. some viewers detected a sense of relish and colleagues in the reporters‘ tone and questions to the prime minister. notably the repeating of george osborne's dead woman walking quote. i think it's a slightly odd thing to ask is not to report what the former chancellor of the exchequer, who was sacked by theresa may, is now a major newspaper editor, is saying on the record on air. there was no relish in any of the questions... the strong and

london joins an emergency cobra committee meeting, chaired by the prime minister, as both the conservatives and labouruspend their campaigning in the general election. good morning from central london, where seven people have been killed and many injured during the country's second terrorist attack in less than two weeks — and the third in under three months. officers were called to reports of a vehicle ploughing into pedestrians on london bridge, not farfrom here — at 10.08 pm. after the vehicle stopped, three men got out and started stabbing people on the bridge. if you don't know london, you will probably know the building behind me, which has become a familiar part of the london skyline. the base of the shard is close to london bridge railway station, a major hub in the capital, and a large area around here cordoned off as you would expect. the commissioner of the met police telling us in the last half hour that this is an ongoing investigation, but let's just remind you of the key facts as we understand them here this sunday morning. officers were called to reports of a vehicle ploughing into ped

at this election, people of the conservative party and the labour party were saying to us, both privatelyecord, and in interviews, the conservatives will get a landslide. i remember nicola sturgeon doing an interview for the bbc in which she used that exact phrase, we are headed for a conservative landslide. so, the expectations were quite out there in terms of where people thought the results would be. all those expectations turned out to be false. and it really depends on the work that's done now about how voters behaved when political analysts get involved about why that happened. with every election there was a learning curve about those things. some viewers detected a sense of relish and colleagues in the reporters‘ tone and questions to the prime minister. notably the repeating of george osborne's dead woman walking quote. i think it's a slightly odd thing to ask is not to report what the former chancellor of the exchequer, who was sacked by theresa may, is now a major newspaper editor, is saying on the record on air. there was no relish in any of the questions... the strong and sta

the conservatives and labour return to their core themes. for theresa may, brexit. forjeremy corbyn, investing in public services. who do you trust to actually have the strong and stable leadership that is going to deliver the best dealfor britain in europe? because brexit matters. brexit is the basis of everything else. you've got a choice. five more years of tory cuts. longer waiting lists, underfunded schools in many parts of our country, and hope under labour. seven weeks after the snap general election was called, the parties are all making their last big push for votes. we'll have the latest from the campaign trail as it draws to a close. also this lunchtime: the london bridge attack — the death toll rises to eight after a body — believed to be missing frenchman, 45—year—old xavier thomas — is found in the thames. more police raids — a 30—year—old man is arrested in east london amid more questions over how one of the attackers was able to enter the uk. 13 people have been convicted following an investigation into abuse at two private care homes for adults with

and that is why you are seeing conservatives and labourrity, from sin dies, came in in the past few minutes, the conservatives holding onto sind is, derek thomas for the tories on just over 22,000 votes but look at andrew george from the liberal democrats, majority of 312 on a majority... such a high turnout... and look at the share of the vote, tells you a story, 43% each. to look at the change from last time, we see that the tories are up five, the lib dems up the tories are up five, the lib dems up nine. the lib dem is were looking to take back seats in the south—west but the problem for them was running a very anti brexit campaign was difficult in some areas. here is an example for it they didn't when bob they did come quite close. the other thing perhaps we haven't talked about as austerities and how much of this, was that the economy, stupid? of course we are talking about brexit because those negations —— negotiation stored in 11 days but there will be many people out there saying it is about bread and butter issues, public which sa

for conservatives and labour, that have influenced this campaign, and influenced this campaign, and influenceal editor john pienaar has spent the day with voters in cheshire. it may feel like a long march, this election, but then britain is deciding its future — choosing between candidates to run the country. whether you've joined the battle, like the labour faithful here in runcorn today, or you've have other pressing business, people everywhere have been making their minds up. my mum works in the nhs, she deserves a pay rise. my school, the children who go to school, the two schools have got to find almost £1 million worth of cuts in the next three years. my niece goes to university, and she is going to leave with £44,000 worth of debt. we've just had enough. stop privatising the railways and bring them back into the public, you know. instead of selling them off all to these private franchises. the glaring differences between the parties and the leaders has grabbed the attention of people who will make such an important, even historic decision tomorrow. government for the many, not the few,

the conservatives and labour have both claimed they're best placed to manage the brexit process. the european union says it wants to start brexit negotiations just 11 days after the election. now on bbc news — all the latest business news live from singapore. president trump pulls out of the parrot climate agreement, his supporters may be happy but how will it impact asia? —— harris climate agreement. skype gets a makeover, we will show you the new features and why it is competing with snapchat. welcome to this friday edition of asia business report. president donald trump has withdrawn from the paris climate treaty. the decision means the us is only one of three countries beside syria and nicaragua to oppose the global effort to tackle climate change. but he says he is open to re—negotiating the deal. in order to for furl my solemn duty to protect america and its citizens, the united states will withdraw from the paris climate accord. but, begin negotiations to re—enter either the paris accord, oi’, re—enter either the paris accord, or, in entirely new transaction. in terms that

and a classic case labour could get a majority. and wipe this out. that sounds a bit weird. the i, you know, much more a firm ground i think for the conservativesmany people would argue, if they are talking about brexit, then potentially social care? look, i mean all the conservatives want to talk about for the next seven days is brexit. they wa nt to the next seven days is brexit. they want to frame the debate round brexit because they have a settled position on it. labour are split on it. it is going to be the defining issue for the next decade. how do you and thatle brexit, who do you wa nt you and thatle brexit, who do you want round the negotiating table and they are trying to get the debate back on to that. tomorrow you have the bbc debate, between theresa may and jeremy corbyn, and that is in my mind the last big flash point before we go to the polls. jeremy corbyn has had a good week when it comes to the ebates but he hasn't had a game changer, that i need that tomorrow to change the conversation, so, let us see to change the conversation, so, let us see what is going to happen. the pressure is on and it is with the incumbent, you have

is it fair to say both main parties, conservative and labour, are vulnerable on this issue? ke each other look vulnerable. labour has gone ha rd look vulnerable. labour has gone hard on the falling police numbers, and the potential weaknesses that have been exposed in what happened but until now, but of course for the conservatives they point very personally to the labour leader, and also rather senior members of the labour frontbench, also rather senior members of the labourfrontbench, arguing also rather senior members of the labour frontbench, arguing that they have problematic backgrounds, and also that labour wouldn't keep the country also that labour wouldn't keep the cou ntry safe. also that labour wouldn't keep the country safe. a police siren going by, which is a sound we've heard quite a bit in the last few days. how much evidence is there that security and the aftermath of these terror attacks does play into voting habits when people are actually in those voting booths? that's an interesting question. traditionally, security — even in a terrorist attack, it doesn't

various members of the audience, made up of conservative and labour councillors, then started gettingannoyed. one of them stepped up and said, have you not seen stepped up and said, have you not seen the journalists who have just walked into the room? at this point, the council leader finished his statement, got up, walked out, followed by the cabinet members, leaving those councillors who had wa nted leaving those councillors who had wanted some answers to dispute why they have left the room without giving them those answers. so pretty angry scenes a few moments ago. and all very short lived. those councillors left behind, what was their assessment of what had happened? i spoke to a number of labour councillors who have been calling for councillor patrick brown, the leader of the council, to a nswer brown, the leader of the council, to answer the concerns of residents directly over the past couple of weeks. they were saying this was astonishing and that they had not seen astonishing and that they had not seen anything like that before. so this is another example of the council dealin

on the last day of campaigning, the conservatives and labour return to their core themes. e leadership that is going to deliver the best deal for britain in europe? because brexit matters. brexit is the basis of everything else. you've got a choice. five more years of tory cuts, longer waiting lists, underfunded schools in many parts of our country and hope under labour. seven weeks after the snap general election was called — the parties are all making their last big push for votes.

conservatives having a revival there. in lots of parts of england it's now a straight fight between labour and the conservatives, and in somelaces dramatically labour came off best. in canterbury, for example, where they overturned a 10,000

and some rain at times. this is bbc news. the headlines at 3pm: labour and the conservatives return to their core messages on the last day of campaigningg to deliver the best dealfor britain in europe? because brexit matters. brexit is the basis of everything else. jeremy corbyn says the election offers a choice between hope and fear, promising labour will protect public services. five more years of a tory government will lead to longer waiting lists. five more years of a tory government

the conservatives and labour have both turned their attention to brexit.h exactly a week to go before voters go to the polls, the parties have been underlining their different approaches to life outside the european union. labour leaderjeremy corbyn argued that the tory pledge to walk away from a bad deal would lead to a jobs meltdown. but theresa may said she saw a fairer and more prosperous britain. our political editor laura kuenssberg looks at two competing visions of brexit. you can see who you can see who seems you can see who seems to be enjoying it more. but whoever‘s in charge next week, taking us out of the european union is their biggestjob. their biggest opportunity. and the biggest danger, too. their biggest opportunity. and the biggest danger, toolj their biggest opportunity. and the biggest danger, too. i am confident that we can fulfil the promise of brexit together, and build a britain thatis brexit together, and build a britain that is stronger, sarah and even more prosperous than it is today. because the promise of brexit is great. the o

not only had then theresa may's majority is, but how much muscle backbenchers, on both the labour and conservativecle they will have now on issues where there is cross—party support were theresa may will be worrying about being defeated. what is happening amongst the labour ranks? 0r being defeated. what is happening amongst the labour ranks? or is not well there. the queen's speech might have passed through the commons, but we have seen the divisions in the labour benches as well. that is because three shadow front bench ministers have been sacked tonight for rebelling against the labour leadership and backing an amendment that was put down to restore or maintain the uk's membership of the single market after brexit. labour mps had been told to abstain on that vote. jeremy corbyn said he did not wa nt vote. jeremy corbyn said he did not want his mps voting for or against it, but there were 49 mps who backed the amendment and three of them were ministers. they were sacked. a further shadow minister resigned before the vote took place. now jeremy corbyn has four holes on his front bench team to fil

and the snp. i think the really interesting thing in scotland now is that you've got the snp in decline, you've got labour close to both the snp and the conservativesdenbeath that labour the tories took 13 seats across scotland. but it was largely in rural areas. they aren't threatening the snp in the big cities or the central belt. their leader ruth davidson has detoxified the tory brand enough that conservatives now feel comfortable in scotland. but they aren't that far ahead of labour by total share of the vote. they have not become the sole opposition to the snp. the snp had a bad night but they did when 35 seats, over half

it is a handful of votes, really, separating the conservative and labour candidates. onservatives are the largest party, note they don't have an overall majority at this stage. unless the exit poll is incredibly wrong, the prime minister has failed to achieve her principal objective. the worst possible outcome would be a hung parliament. cheering. politics has changed, and politics isn't going back. cheering. you live by the sword and you die by the sword. i am standing down today as the leader of ukip with immediate effect. cheering. are you resigning, prime minister? are you stepping down, mrs may? morning, all! i will now form a government. a government that can provide certainty and lead britain forward at this critical time for our country. we will enter discussions with the conservatives. now, let's get to work. some of the main voices from an incredible election campaign. time for a look at the weather and darren bett has all of the details. we are seeing a change in the weather, cloud has been thickening from the west all day and we have shunted away all of tho

labour. it was up 1%. the conservative vote up 16%. the ukip road was down 20%. and3%. this is another kind of seat where the tories' strategy was they hope to replicate everywhere that the ukip wrote they expected would swing across to them. that hasn't happened here. the numbers showed a huge drop in the ukip folk. clearly lots of those voters went back to labour, rather than going across to the tories. we mentioned it briefly earlier but perhaps it was a strategic mistake for the tories to go very aggressively after that kind of vote, rather than trying to shallot... why do you think that is? you have been travelling around all of these constituencies. boroughs of a riot of reasons. partly it is a misinterpretation of who ukip voters. it is not all right wing, plenty ofjejunal voters. it is not all right wing, plenty of jejunal labour voters. also the tory campaign has been full of missteps. theresa may you turning over the social care policy that went straight to cause anxiety amongst many older voters, who will have seen in these kind of seats people who are tra

labour tapped into that in an unusual way and the conservatives we re unusual way and the conservativess really one of the messages we've seen. and that is really one of the messages we've seen. it notjust about young voters, which has been a big theme of the campaign. but also about the way that tories have lost their core voters. misses may have died stability and continuity are important. she has appointed people back into the same jobs in the top echelons of the cabinet. —— mrs may have said stability and continuity are important. there will inevitably be some turbulence around the talk. definitely. she looks very much like a caretaker prime minister. she didn't use the phrase today, people aren't using it. but privately a lot of mps are viewing it like that, and it's a question of not if she goes, but when. going into these talks and being on probation is quite underwhelming, to be honest. it destabilises the whole negotiating position and the people in europe don't know if she's going to be there at the end of the position of 2019 when the talks are due to finish. that is difficul

about it, but she also made an important point, she said the two main political parties, the conservatives and labour liberal democrat and green party have said they will suspend their campaigning for the rest of the day. ukip being the only party who have said they will not suspend campaigning, they say that is exactly what the terrorists would want, but broadly speaking there is a sense among political parties, and you heard from jeremy corbyn, eventually agreed that respects need to be shown today for those killed or injured in last night's attack but there is a fine line between that and in any way threatening the democratic process on thursday, when of course there is that general election. ellie price there in downing street. just to bring you something that update in terms of those who were injured, 48 people were injured, as we have been saying. just hearing from the metropolitan police federation, effectively the union for rank and file officers, the federation is saying that the figure of 48 does include some of its own officers, so some police officers are among the 48 people injured. we k

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and does not want... you would expect labour in the last 72 hours of the campaign for the conservatives to focus on jeremyt the proposed leader of the uk should be unpatriotic but here we are debating map. in fairness to jeremy here we are debating map. in fairness tojeremy corbyn, many people did oppose certain aspects of the previous terror legislation. but what concerns me, leaving jeremy corbyn aside, in particular, isjohn mcdonald who i think we has previously signed a letter calling for mi5 previously signed a letter calling formi5 and previously signed a letter calling for mi5 and armed police to be disbanded. there is one thing not have enough resources, another thing to completely disband mi5 and someone to completely disband mi5 and someone said that a victory in the british state as a victory for assault. those kind... we will have to ended there, i am sorry. i know you could go on for much longer. thank you. don't forget you can see all the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. you can also watch it later on the bbc i play. thank you again to both of you for joining play. t

on the campaign trail today both conservatives and labour insisted they would be ready for the challengethey formed the next government. theresa may told supporters that britain would be more prosperous outside the eu, whilejeremy corbyn accused mrs may of creating a toxic climate in talks with european partners. our politica editor laura kuenssberg has the latest. you can see who seems to be enjoying it more but whoever‘s in charge next week, taking us out of the european union is their biggestjob, their biggest opportunity, an the biggest danger too. —— and. i am confident that we can fulfil the promise of brexit together and build a britain that is stronger, fairer and even more prosperous than it is today, because the promise of brexit is great, the opportunities before us enormous. we in labour understand that getting the right deal, one that secures our country's interest for the long—term will be challenging. a matter of serious planning and negotiations, not hectoring and threats. —— hectoring and threats. labour is ready. ready to deliver a deal that gives british business and b

conservatives having a revival there. in lots of parts of england a straight fight between labour and the conservatives and in some places bury, they overturned a 10,000 conservative majority. but there is also more liberal democrat orange on the map. they gained oxford west and abingdon so something for them to ta ke abingdon so something for them to take heart from. what happened in terms of percentages? the conservatives came first, 44%. but not far ahead ofjeremy corbyn‘s rejuvenated labour party. he piled on the votes since the last against. lots of young voters turning up to support labour at a very good 41% for them in second place. the lib dems bumping on 8% but focussing the vote better. the greens on 2% and ukip on 2%. that is significant. a crash for ukip. look at that, down 1196. crash for ukip. look at that, down 11%. that is why their leader resigned. people thinking before the election, all their votes go to the conservatives to help theresa may but that's not what has happened. labour have benefitted from ukip's collapse. so come with me to the house of commons. let's crunch the numbers. here are the gover

the conservatives and labour say there is all to play for in the closing stages. in england, scotland and wales, and he warns that are 2a hours to save the nhs. meanwhile, lib dem leader tim farron has posed people to vote tactically in order to prevent a landslide conservative victory. our political correspondent, chris mason is with the labour campaign in runcorn. a very passionatejeremy corbyn they're behind you, chris. yes, he has just finished, we they're behind you, chris. yes, he hasjust finished, we heard they're behind you, chris. yes, he has just finished, we heard the conclusion of his speech. he has been chaired all the way back to his car. let me step out of the shot and you can see the leader of the opposition being mobbed by his supporters. a good couple of hundred people here in runcorn. we arejust over the border into the very, very marginal seat of weaver vale. it has been held by labour in the past, but held by the conservatives by a few hundred votes in the last couple of elections. a mad dash around the country by all the party leaders. this i

but during the course of the general election, with the conservatives and labour, we argued that we shouldnger be subject to what is called the single market, effectively the jurisdiction of the european court of human justice. so let's remember what we are talking about here. being a member of the single market means you have no tariffs or quotas on trade, and you have a set of common standards and rules on everything from food packaging to the use of chemicals. but you also have to allow the free movement of goods, services, capital and people — so it's harder to control immigration. being in the customs union means that once goods have passed through customs in one country, they can then be shipped around the union without any further tariffs — that's obviously good for business. but if you're in the customs union you don't negotiate your own trade deals with the rest of the world. so working out any new economic relationship is going to be complex, and there will need to be a significant transition period — probably several years — to avoid any sudden shocks. for now, though, the eu is

campaigning in the general election has been suspended for today by both the conservatives and labour. good afternoon from central london, where seven people have been killed and many injured during the country's second terrorist attack in less than two weeks, and the third in under three months. let me bring you up to date with what we know about last night's events. officers were called to reports of a vehicle ploughing into pedestrians on london bridge shortly after ten o'clock. the vehicle crashed and was abandoned. the attackers then moved a short way down the road, to nearby borough market, where they began stabbing people. within eight minutes, by 10:16pm, all three attackers were shot and killed by police. this morning, in downing street, the prime minister condemned the attack, saying, "it is time to say enough is enough." we will bring you the very latest on the events, with reports and analysis in this extended programme. our first report on the attack is from dan johnson. you may find some of the images distressing. sirens. the warmth of a summer's evening shattered by sir

the conservative and labour parties have success penkspende campaigning for today. al elections are scheduled for thursday. >> and police there say patrols will be stepped up, british prime minister theresa may speaking to reporters calling for tougher measures to dweeefe islamic extremism. >> we cannot pretend that things can continue as they are. things need to change and they need to change in four important ways. >> so she goes on to say those extremism while working with allies to reach agreements regulating cyberspace so that the internet cannot be allowed to be used for ideology to spread. so may wants to deny what she called safe spaces for extremists in the real world and she wants counterterrorism strategies. well we come you in at 7:30. i'm david culver in for adam tuss. >> and i'm meagan fitzgerald in for angie goff. we're in for a chilly start. >> and tom saying maybe a jackets as you head out. but i think by midday, tom, you're thinking shed the jacket and maybe even let the sleeves go? >> absolutely. in fact by later this morning, we'll be around 80 de

at this election, people of the conservative party and the labour party were saying to us, both privatelyhought the results would be. all those expectations turned out to be false. and it really depends on the work that‘s done now about how voters behaved when political analysts get involved about why that happened. with every election there was a learning curve about those things. some viewers detected a sense of relish and colleagues in the reporters‘ tone and questions to the prime minister. notably the repeating of george 05borne‘s dead woman walking quote. i think it‘s a slightly odd thing to ask is not to report what the former chancellor of the exchequer, who was sacked by theresa may, is now a major newspaper editor, is saying on the record on air. there was no relish in any of the questions... the strong and stable comment shouted at her? but mrs may campaigned on a mandate for a strong and stable government. that was her phrase. in the spirit of robust questioning, and calling people to account, it‘s perfectly reasonable for us to put that back to her. looking back, what should

in the general election campaign — the conservative and labour leaders clash over police numbers andplaced to protect the country the uk terror threat level remains at "severe" — but additional security measures are being put in place, including on central london bridges. in other stories this afternoon... the first funeral of a victim of the manchester concert stone bombing. and high and high emotions at the concert for the manchester victims. good afternoon and welcome to london bridge where we are broadcasting close to where seven people, from all over the world, 48 people were injured, and i8 all over the world, 48 people were injured, and 18 of those, the hospitals are telling us, are still ina hospitals are telling us, are still in a critical condition. the police investigation continues and police say they know the identities of all three men involved in the attack. there have been a number of raids to the east of the capital and a number of arrests. our correspondent richard galpin has the latest. this is borough market in the midst of the attack. it's being filmed by florin

the disruption to the economy is one of the most divisive issues between the governing conservatives and the labourition. if we have a look back to the 2005 election, you can see the uk economy has been gradually recovering since the 2008 financial crisis. that is that very big get there. so grey has returned, pretty slowly. —— so growth. for many businesses, brexit spells considerable uncertainty. the 29th of march 2019 is the current deadline for the uk to leave the european union. without a trade deal in place firms on both sides face huge disruption. one reason the government needs to maintain growth is the uk's growing national debt. this year it's expected to be 88% of gdp, which is higher than most developed economies. in the year to the end of march, the government spent $67 billion or £52 billion more than it took in. the conservatives say that they'll get this deficit back down zero by the "middle of the next decade". labour says it wants to eliminate the deficit on day to day spending in five years, but will borrow to invest. peter dowd is a labour politician and is currently the shadow

and chuffed. blimey. the labour voter here is stunned and chuffedlj blimey. the labour voter here is stunned and chuffed. i don't know what is going on in! are you in shock? yeah. this conservativebothered. that was the end of the story. i think you can forget about brexit. brexit. the word they thought they would dominate all of the decisions made a day earlier. in the end, another word helped to turn this seat from blue to red. austerities. people have said enough is enough. economics is about humanity as well as balancing the books. there were other reasons as well. we went in search of pub with them. jeremy corbyn became the face of the people. he stepped up and was put in the limelight more than theresa may. in the bluebell inn, conservative had their own series. the cuts to the winter fuel allowance, the cut to the triple lock. if she had not said all about this car that she was going to do, she would have been fine. she shot herself in the foot, as far as fine. she shot herself in the foot, as faras i‘m fine. she shot herself in the foot, as far as i‘m concerned. fine. she shot herself in the foot, as far as i'm concerned. they saw political suicide narrowly avoided in we

labour was almost wiped out as the lib dems, the conservatives and labour were left with one seat eache from all otherfour main those seats? joining us is someone from all other four main parties, christine jardine, liberal democrat candidate, dean lockhart, conservative, and labour and snp candidates. welcome to breakfast. let's start off with the snp. we we re let's start off with the snp. we were looking up the newspapers earlier and on the front pages, it focused a lot on nicola sturgeon's approval ratings, at the lowest ever point, the papers are saying, according to the polls, and they are suggesting that the reason is that she is at her least popular moment because of a push or the quest for independence. do you think this has turned off voters? ido i do not. people realise it is a westminster election with big issues decided over pensions, over europe. nicola sturgeon remains popular. theresa may, jeremy corbyn... she remains popular with voters, as do snp policies and the policies we will pursue to draw back on austerity and holds the tories to account and work on having a pos

and said she would reflect on the lessons. so this is the final outcome. the conservatives have 318 seats, eight short of a majority. labouras 262, the snp 35, the liberal democrats 12, the democratic unionist party ten and plaid cymru four. the conservatives lost 13 seats overall. they'd been expecting big gains. labour added 30, while the snp lost 21. so theresa may is still prime minister, but there are questions about the viability of this new administration. in this extended programme, we'll have the results, reaction and analysis and we'll consider the implications both for brexit and for scottish independence. first, our political editor laura kuenssberg reports on a night and day of intense political drama. is this strong and stable? she who dares doesn't always win. the most votes, the most seats. but under this stinging glare, no iron gates, nor police protection can shield the reason they from the accusation she looks apolitical lose. —— apolitical lose. the trappings of power, the visit to the palace, help from northern irish mps mean she can gather enough support to stay on. but having believed herself to be o

labour party, because people voted for hope. young people and old people all came together yesterday. very high turnout, huge increase in the labour vote. we'll have the full result, with the conservatives on 318, labour on 262, and both parties having increased their share of the vote. in northern ireland, the democratic unionist party, with ten seats, agreed to try to help the conservatives to stay in power. the prime minister has spoken to me this morning, and we will enter discussions with the conservatives, to explore how it might be possible to bring stability to our nation. in scotland, a challenging night for the snp. they lost a third of their seats. the former leader alex salmond was among those defeated. after a collapse in ukip‘s share of the vote, and no mps, the party leader paul nuttall resigned. and with just ten days to the start of the brexit talks, we'll be reporting on the far—reaching implications for the future of the united kingdom. more news and analysis throughout the day. we will have reaction from around the uk, europe and the rest of the world to the result. good evening from downing street, where theresa may is trying to construct a new government and face t

she said the two main political parties, the conservatives and the labour party, had agreed to postponethe end of the day. also, the snp and the liberal democrats and the green party have also said that they will suspend all of their campaigning for the rest of the day. ukip being the only party who today say they will not suspend their campaigning. they say that is exactly what the terrorists would want. broadly speaking, there is a sense amongst the political parties, and you heard from jeremy corbyn gestede, they are essentially agree with theresa may that respect it needs to be shown for those who were killed and injured in last night's attack. there is a fine line between that and in any way threatening the democratic process on thursday, when of course there is that general election. yes, ali, thank you for now. our political correspondent ellie price in downing street. you are watching bbc news. we are broadcasting continually from here at london bridge, across the uk and across the world. there is a british general election this coming thursday. all of the analysts i have been t

a large number of conservative and labour mps a large number of conservative and labourmps are a largeorward what we think is in the best interest of the country and we would hope conservative mps and other mp5 will vote for it because as philip hammond this morning does not seem to have got the message, maybe parliament has got to impose this message on the government. we have got to end austerity, we cannot go on with the scale of cuts in our public services and this continuing pay freeze, people have had enough. given that, do you think there is any prospect you can defeat the government on this queen's speech? you can never tell what happens in parliament, but even if we do not defeat them, when it comes down to individual austerity measures, i cannot see this government having a majority and increasingly we are seeing the conservative party fall apart and! seeing the conservative party fall apart and i think we will see this government fall apart. we had the start of brexit negotiations yesterday, the chancellor today sounding a warning about the potential hit to the economy of so

and she was here within a couple of hours. probably because there are two marginal seats here. bolton west which the conservatives took from labour labour. if they do take it it will form the part of a much wider story, that of the conservatives taking all of the 1997 games which were made by labour. they have been campaigning in places which would have seem audacious ten yea rs which would have seem audacious ten years ago. as for labour they have had a very interesting campaign. they started off defending seats where they have small margins like chester and fleetwood but they have grown in confidence and jeremy corbyn has grown in popularity in the north—west and we saw that today. he was campaigning in runcorn. that is a conservative minority seat. one which at the beginning of the campaign labour will of written off. the fact their leader is they on the final day is campaigning is significant. there are 17 marginal seats in the north—west. two years ago the north—west. two years ago the north—west upset the national picture. i would north—west upset the national picture. iwould not like north—west upset the national picture.

just to clear up a disagreement is not long ago between labour and conservatives about what the toriesh are paid by small businesses and council tax is what we pay on the houses we own or rent. the institute for fiscal studies says it makes more sense for business rates and council tax but we should bear in mind the last time council tax was reviewed in 1991, when everything was worth less than now. calling it a garden tax could be controversial because council taxes based on the value of the property including the land around it, so the tax is already on the value of the land and home. thank you. a reminder, the audience tonight has been selected by an independent external organisation to ensure all parties have fair representation. what is coming in on #bbcdebate? this is an issue that always riles you when we talk about it on newsbeat. this person says so many people want to move out they cannot afford it and there is nowhere for them to move to. the next, anonymous, although i suspect it is from sammyjo, can someone tell me why my council tax goes up? i cannot see what has changed.

with this model, i bet it will sense chivers down the spine of traditional figures like the conservatives and labour are the results. there is strategic voting in the second round so it might change, thatis second round so it might change, that is the first round. he has brought new blood into politics but a lot of them are upwardly mobile middle—class elite, not the people you see at the bottom, the hard right and hard left, they don't represent them, the nationalfront and france unbowed but if he doesn't carry the country with it, they will come back onto the streets. just a short time ago, another federal court has ruled against president trump's revised executive order, which limits travel from six predominately muslim countries. the ninth circuit court of appeals ruling came after a similar decision in the fourth circuit of virginia which is currently being appealed to the supreme court. this all comes as the us attorney generaljeff sessions gets ready to appear before congress tomorrow to offer testimony about the firing of james comey and mr sessions' interactions with russian officials durin

both the labour and the tories, 82% of the vote, have said they are going to have to change freedom of movement. exit polls indicated that 70% and the conservativelabour are going to deliver for photos, but the tories cannot, won't, and talk about the people who did them into parliament. ruth davidson has told theresa may that she must reach out to other parties, work with others on brexit, suggesting dilution. we want the best possible trading relationship, tariff free. labour has said we would actually have to have the closest possible relationship, forces possible arrangement, with the customs union, and it is already putting on the table duel for the eu nationals. it is the collaborative approach, but we're not going to much of that. david cameron tried that, going to the eu, we will accept any deal, and we know what happened. the argument, if you offer too much at the start, effectively caving. the cards are on the table. everybody knows this. and the clock is ticking. it has got to be finished by march 2019. i think the confrontational approach, characterising theresa may, entirely wrong. you just talk the referendum is going to the overtu

when they go to vote on thursday is that it is the conservative party that always has been, is and always will be, a low tax party. meanwhile, the labour leader jeremy corbyn has been campaigning in lincoln, highlighting his plans for public services and a fairer society. he described conservative tax plans as "in chaos" today. we cannot go on underfunding public services and allowing inequality to grow with young people unable to achieve the best they can. ariana grande makes a surprise visit to fans injured in the terror attack at her gig last week ahead of her benefit concert tomorrow evening. at least ten people have been reported killed following explosions at a funeral in the afghan capital kabul. —— at least six —— six people have been reported killed. hope for ovarian cancer patients as a new drug shows promising results, shrinking tumours. and at 3:30pm, a look at how social media can impact the general election. that's click, coming up in half an hour. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has insisted that conservative party policy on income tax has not changed. one of her senior cabinet colleagues had suggeste

and that is kensington in central london. we havejust had cornwall north come in as a conservative hold. so where are we at the moment? the conservatives on 318 and laboury a hung parliament and all the talk of a solid majority for mrs may, that that has evaporated. it is a hung parliament with the conservatives as the largest party but they need the democratic unionist party to support them. i think we can go back to downing street because i think laura kuenssberg, our political editor, has another update for us. what do you have, laura ? asa you have, laura ? as a couple of moments ago i was suggesting that theresa may was to attend the palace later today, i have had it officially confirmed that she will go to the palace at 12:30pm to seek permission from the queen to form a government. official confirmation. she has no intention whatsoever of resigning and she will leave here in a couple of hours' time to go to buckingham palace to seek permission from the queen to form a government. the way we understand she will do that is with assurances from the ulster unionists that they will see her through in parliament. as i understand it, this is not a forma

even though labour seem to have this rise in the polls, the conservative party are still ahead and there if could be strong and keep trying to —— could be strong and she keeps trying to see it as a choice between her and jeremy corbyn, who do you want running the country, i think that is the line she will go down tonight. here are pictures of the two leaders arriving here earlier tonight. they have rehearsed, they have done what they can, the difficulty is that this is a yorkshire audience which isa this is a yorkshire audience which is a difficult act. you never know if the question is will curve ball or if they will heckle or what the mood of the room will be. on monday, the audience were laughing at theresa may will stop if they start getting onjeremy corbyn's back and start booing at him, it will be interesting to see how he copes with that. we will perhaps speak to you later on. the key young is here with me. this is important. most people are probablyjust me. this is important. most people are probably just starting me. this is important. most people are probablyjust starting to fi

cue recriminations among the conservatives and jubilation in labour's ranks, after a better than expectedcorbyn. with a deal between theresa may and the democratic unionists still up in the air, and with the clock ticking on brexit, it was time for the state opening of parliament. because no—one was expecting a general election at the start ofjune, there was no time to prepare for the traditional pomp and ceremony with coaches, horses and mass ranks of guardsmen. so, it was a very scaled back procession that set off from buckingham palace — with the queen travelling by car to westminster accompanied by the prince of wales. there was no duke of einburgh either — he was recovering from an infection. when the queen, without her ceremonial robes, and prince charles arrived, they processed through the lords gallery walking behind the imperial state crown and took their seats on the thrones in the house of lords. and then it was time to despatch black rod to the house of commons to summons mps to hear the speech. and with that mps left the commons, processing out of their chamber, through centr

and the welsh labour party, and jeremy corbyn's labour party. they can't agree on how much money will be available for wales under a labour government. it is conservativesrt of scotland, a few months after the independence referendum a majority of voters choosing to throw their weight behind the snp. since then, however, issues like brexit and a conservative push to capture the pro—union vote have complicated the electoral picture. with two days to go until the polls open, steven godden's been to the area to assess the challenge facing nicola sturgeon and her dominant party. we hope to bring you his report. for more on the how the election may play out in scotland, i'm joined by our correspondent catriona renton in edinburgh. two days to go until we go to the polls, what is the state of play?|j think you can see on the pictures here what a wet day it is here in edinburgh. the historic old town, the mound, if you can see it through the mound, if you can see it through the raindrops. but it has not stopped us to talk to you about the election. of course, those matters, the terror issues and security are playing out on the stage here during the election, b