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dominic cummings. _ allowed to happen. dominic cummings. a _ allowed to happen.ummings, a former aid i allowed to happen. dominic cummings, a former aid in l allowed to happen. dominic i cummings, a former aid in our fierce critic of mrjohnson, said that mrjohnson had referred to chris pincher as pincher by name and pincher by nature. when mrjohnson set out on his recent trip abroad, his party had just lost to election and he may have been hoping that on his return he would have been finding questions about his leadership fading, finding questions about his leadershipfading, instead finding questions about his leadership fading, instead he faces new ones. damian grammaticas, bbc news. time now for the sports news hello i'm tulsen tollett and this your sports news, where we start with tennis and defending champion, novak djokovic, is through to the quarter—finals at wimbledon after a four set win over dutch wildcard tim van rijthoven. the serbian top seed is chasing a 7th title overall at the all england club and was a 6—2 4—6 6—16—2 winner on centre court. the 20

i would not take dominic cummings' words absolutely to heart. i know. is out to get him and is delighted at his fall, so i would not take that too seriously. you have to remember, too, that boris was a fantastically popular and successful mayor in the city of london, in a city which is normally solidly labour. that was a perfectjob for him because the mayor of london does not have that much power and cannot pass much legislation, so that was fine, and that kind of popularity, that slightly buffonish quality that was endearing in a mayor was not so great in a prime minister. even without all the serious lying and misleading, that wasn't going to work. he was an actor on . the stage, of course. yeah. and this is a theatre nation. they like theatrical performances. and we have had theatrical prime ministers before who have still managed to do a good job. yes. also, they like eccentricity. much longer will they tolerate it than people in germany would, i with such a colourful. character like johnson. and that's why i thought it was particularly- funny that

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cummings.use of commons. iran against him in leadership and iran against him in leadership and i basically have no bad thing to say about him, he is gracious and i think he is an impressive person. he is a real grown—up. he is somet who works, as you say, for 15 years at a very senior level before he came into government, so what it means now is the departure of these people, and sajid javid is a strong case for this, leave behind pre—rickety group, and the sense is that one of the reasons boris johnson appointed chris pincher is he is struggling to find people who are loyal to him, who don't have personalities, the most straightforward members of parliament, he has got rid of completely or their stay on the —— they are staying on the back benches. ., , they are staying on the back benches-— they are staying on the back benches. ., , ,, ., ., ~ , ., they are staying on the back benches. ., , ,, ., ., ~ ., benches. rory stewart, thank you for “oininu us benches. rory stewart, thank you for joini

on dominic cummings, he has had| on dominic cummings, he has had absolutely— on dominic cummings, he all, eye view our nato _ customer first of all, eye view our nato target as a floor and not a ceiling. — nato target as a floor and not a ceiling, and that something i can commit — ceiling, and that something i can commit to. — ceiling, and that something i can commit to. the most important thing to note _ commit to. the most important thing to note is _ commit to. the most important thing to note is ever defence spending is already— to note is ever defence spending is already forecast to grow to around 2~5%_ already forecast to grow to around 2.5% over— already forecast to grow to around 2.5% over time as a result of the investments we are making in things like our— investments we are making in things like our future combat air system and others. — like our future combat air system and others. but the way i think about— and others. but the way i think about it — and others. but the way i think about it is _ and others. but the way i think about it is not to think about defence _ abou

but the piece actually mirrors a quote from dominic cummings that was on front— quote from dominic cummings ft where dominic dominic's says johnson on front page of the ft where dominic dominic's sastohnson has been _ dominic dominic's sastohnson has been but _ dominic dominic's sastohnson has been but in — dominic dominic's sastohnson has been put in a betrayal marriages they focus— been put in a betrayal marriages they focus on that, one of the dangers— they focus on that, one of the dangers for the conservative party is that _ dangers for the conservative party is that in— dangers for the conservative party is that in that resignation speech today— is that in that resignation speech today borisjohnson so is that in that resignation speech today boris johnson so supersedes this betrayal narrative actually he was not _ this betrayal narrative actually he was not pulling that packet peer to labour. _ was not pulling that packet peer to labour. it's— was not pulling that packet peer to labour, it's in the country through difficult _ labour, it's in the country through difficult times it was

as kind of nemesis after cummings left. danny's reed said, it risked boris jones had been allowed to cause carnage if he was allowed to stay in number 10, or johnson himself has promised that he won't bring in any new policies. but that said, there are some existing policies that sir, could tie the hands of his successor. and so you know exactly how involved is boris johnson going to be a, how placid is he going to be helped or how proactive? mighty be in the remaining weeks of his, of his tenure, of the number 10 to who at this stage is most likely to words to, to take over how wide is the field of potential candidates. the field is pretty why the, the actual number of declared candidates at the moment is small as any to the attorney general soil braverman has put her hat into the ring and the chairman of the foreign affairs committee, tom, to condense his, are well respected within the party he's, he's got a reputation for being very good on foreign affairs. i think like you ran afghanistan, those kind of things. he's acquitted himself very well. obviously what we call the big beas

don't want to cummings who was far as johnson's closest adviser, inside downing street and became his nemesis. when he left down the street said the boys johnson has left into the 3 that could cause college. and the other thing is, the george freeman, the science minister, has said that johnson is behind in the field the office because, and the queen who call a catholic, a prime minister, appointed catholic, a prime minister to take over today. so the question is whether johnson can brave it out and can carry on all whether he will actually be forced to step aside sooner than he would prefer to ask this question pool for the benefit of our international view as if the prime minister is residing? why isn't there going to be an election to be on the premises? a job. he has, the prime minister continues, but the prime minister is appointed, not by the electorate in a general election, but by the conservative parliamentary party. this is one of the things that far as johnson i sort of highlighted in his, in his please to try and say and how he was saying, i have a colossal mandate. 400000

is well frankie dangerous and some of the quotes that have been coming out this morning. dominic cummings, for example, his former special advisor, who became his nemesis after. busy so many coming left down the street said to me, forest johnson in power would be to risk carnage. so there is a lot of misgiving about whether or not virus johnson should be allowed to have. this can take a role or whether he should be asked rather quicker than that perhaps by the end of the week in order to allow somebody like the deputy prime minister dominic rob to provide the kind of can take your administration. that would see us through the summer will pull up the question again. i've done a, i've asked you this before, and you've been very patient with me when i have, but for the benefit of anyone who doesn't, who's watching around the world and doesn't understand how the british political system works. we just seen a prime minister offer his resignation. why isn't there going to be an election now? yeah, i mean, one of the arguments the boys johnson tried to use in order to clean owns upon was to say

saying, boys johnson can carry on in his opinion damaging the interests of the country dominate. cummings, his former chief adviser, of course here are demanding on twitter that the party get rid of him by thursday evening and install dominic rob i as in to rem prime minister saying that if not there will be chaos will. that is not going to happen. but there are, there is a lot of unhappiness in westminster at boris johnson stubbornness as well as what he was saying in his statement. suggesting that to him the, the party were only a few points behind in the opinion polls which isn't true. suggesting that to nobody else really. oh that he needs to be the person to carry on over the summer. another slight on his colleagues perhaps. so watch this space maralie, sir. well, thank you. so last as in baba reporting from downing street wellborn's, johnson has often made divisive and controversial decisions during his time as the you case, prime minister jonah hall has more. you'd not vote for us. he led his party to a landslide election victory in 2019. but boris johnson was to be undone, both by

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i mean, someone cummings, the former special adviser to boris johnson here at downing street. she became johnson the nemesis after cummings left dentistry, said, leaving johnson in charge would risk carnage. another former minister, unnamed said, the behavior of boys johnson over the previous 48 hours was reckless and erratic, and he can't be trusted through to the autumn. god knows what he will do. another one was but george freeman, a minister, who resigned this morning before boris johnson, finally a capitulate and said that he was going to step aside for that. johnson needs to hand in the fields office to the crane and advise us a call for i can take a prime minister to take over from today. so there's a lot of pressure for bar johnson not to be allowed to remain in downing street for a period of perhaps as long as 3 months holding court over there. it's kind of can take your administration through to the author when a new need would. well, the intention is to have a newly elected the conservative party in time for the awesome conference. many people d, p. i'm happy about

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dominic cummings described the prime minister's leadership as erratic, indecisive, distracted. >> nobody could find a way around the problem. the prime minister was just smashing from one place to another. >> he is rushing over to the other side of the aisle. >> boris johnson learned early to be self-sufficient in a family of competitive siblings. his mother suffered from ill health and his father was often absent. he came to believe ordinary rules did not apply to him in the infamous bullington drinking club at oxford, the alpha persona of a jovial buffoon described -- disguised in ambition for power. johnson was accused of lying and fired. these were the qualities he brought the politics as mayor of london and the foreign secretary and then prime minister. entitlement, dishonesty and indifference. >> this is the first time in his life where he has actually been held to account. he has always been indulged and excused and there has always been reasons made for him for his be -- his bad behavior. >> johnson never recovered from the scandal known as party gait. he received the police find

number 10 has not denied a claim by former chief aide, dominic cummings, that the pm referred to theher by name, pincher by nature" before appointing him. and it�*s possible elections for the 1922 committee of backbench mps — expected next week — could yet lead to another confidence vote if party rules were changed. with more, here�*s our correspondent, damian grammaticas. borisjohnson is back in westminster after eight days abroad, and back under scrutiny, now for appointing chris pincher his deputy chief whip earlier this year. mr pincher resigned thatjob last week after it�*s alleged he publicly groped two men here at london�*s carlton club. he�*s apologised, said he drank far too much, and is now seeking medical help. he faces an inquiry by a parliamentary watchdog after a complaint and has been suspended as a tory mp. over the weekend, new allegations emerged against mr pincher, including that he made inappropriate advances to three mps. he has strongly denied the claims. the issue for borisjohnson is that when he was considering making mr pincher a whip in february, one of thos

i mean dominic cummings, well no nemesis or the prime minister said the premise to mike cause carnage if he's allowed to say, john major, a former conservative prime minister said it's simply not really on. i don't know where you stand on that. yeah, lots of us coming in there. i think it's been so hard and that's coming to this point of getting bores. don't design down it. the question is suddenly arisen, what happens next? how long will he actually be in power? i suspect we're going to see an expedited leadership contest. it's in 2 homes. as you may know, 1st one is m p 's jews. 2 candidates. and we can probably do that pretty swiftly over the next $5.00 to $10.00 days. those 2 names then sit across to the party membership that can probably be done in just a month or so. the question is, is whether you then allow boris johnson to hold on to power during that time. i hope we won't see, as you saw the united states, donald trump, to forget what he was doing with potentially things on iran and so on. we want to get out here because we have mechanisms to prevent that. but ultimately, ye

let's look at the statement _ dominic cummings.nt from durham police today think a substantial amount of documentary and witness evidence was obtained _ documentary and witness evidence was obtained which identified the 17 precipitants and their activities during — precipitants and their activities during that labour gathering here in durham _ during that labour gathering here in durham in— during that labour gathering here in durham in april last year. following the application of the evidential test. _ the application of the evidential test. and — the application of the evidential test, and as we concluded there was no case _ test, and as we concluded there was no case to— test, and as we concluded there was no case to answer for a contravention of the regulations due to the _ contravention of the regulations due to the application of an exception, namely— to the application of an exception, namely reasonably necessary work. there _ namely reasonably necessary work. there was _ namely reasonably necessary work. there was an excep

they are starting from what they u enter died. uh cum the fact that they deliver pizza there, after februaryto stay. in the days of politics, it became impossible, especially for an american citizen living in russia, american sent a notification to my phone that i was obliged to leave the territory of the russian federation, the decision of the chief conductor to remain in the repertoire of the krasnoyarsk orchestra would not be reflected and the music of western composers would continue to sound in concert halls. yes, this is how to cancel some body. eh? in the human body yes culture, it is always global. she always influences each other. on each other and exclude the influence of russian culture on world culture, is generally impossible. this is the complete one, and when the time comes to build relationships and says my country starts easier with art, because the modern world is impossible without a cultural exchange and because the language of music is common for all good things and viktor melnik svetlana zakharova evgenievich of the ntv company krasnoyarsk now the word is from my collea

at the same time, some people here have commented that the cummings against the ran have been a bit aggressive aside from e ran. and if you just mean to me that there has been a reaction from the reigning president saying that these kind of statements will not bring peace. they so he won't bring security to his role. but aside from he ran to the other main topic is the question of whether or not is well, isn't parties, state. and the question of whether or not they will be any kind of progress on the israeli palestinian diplomatic friend. and certainly we haven't seen any evidence of this so far. if anything we've heard from biden saying that is well is not an apartheid state that people who call it an appetite state a wrong to do so bite and stressing that he believes that is really needed sentiment that israel is a democracy or a few of them i think the wrong thing for making a mistake angela's in democracy. israel is our ally. israel is from now at the same time we have been hearing from palestinian organizations from him in white school from the united nation. indeed, from a whole host of

not that keir starmer did that, not that dominic cummings did that in the eyes of county durham police both from each side of the political divide over different matters. let's look at the statement from durham police today saying a substantial amount of documentary and witness evidence was obtained which identified the 17 precipitants and their activities during that labour gathering here at the miners hall in durham in april last year. following the application of the evidential test, we concluded there was no case to answer for a contravention of the regulations due to the application of an exception, namely reasonably necessary work. there was an exception for gatherings at that time if it was a work event. durham police say accordingly they will not be issuing any fixed penalty notices in respect of the gathering, and so no further action will be taken. and they say the investigation has been thorough, detailed and proportionate. a lot of senior officers, it's my understanding, were working on the investigation. only two months ago since we were standing outside this police headqu

he is a magna cum laude graduate of harvard college, phi beta kappa. also magna cum laude from harvard law school where he was editor of the harvard law review. and for 25 years he was a professor of constitutional law at american university's washington college of law. we will next hear from tim hauthee, who is the chief investigative counsel to the select committee. he is for those of you who hold , this in great honor, he's a double who. [applause] >> those of us at thomas jefferson's other university salute you. he also interestingly enough work for senator joe biden after he graduated. and he has been a partner at both mcguire woods and hutton williams, now hutton andrews. we will hear from judge mike lou dake -- judge alluded perhaps the most famous tweeter with maybe one exception. his very first tweets are in your program materials on page nine. i would encourage you to look at them because they are momentous. and perhaps changed american history. at 9:53 a.m. on january 5, he spoke by twitter with the vice president to indicate to the vice pre

in the developed world, a former chief advisor, dominic cummings, described the prime ministers leadership as erratic in decisive distracted. nobody could find a way around the problem of the problem is that just like a shopping trolley smashing from one side to the other, the shopping trolley metaphor would quickly be seized upon by the opposition. so he's doing what he always does. crushing over to the other side of the aisle, boris johnson learned early to be self sufficient in a family of competitive siblings with a mother who suffered ill health and a father who was frequently absent. at the elite british boarding school eton he came to believe ordinary rules did not apply to him. in the infamous bullying and drinking club at oxford, the outward persona of a jovial buffoon, disguised and in an ambition for power. and as both a journalist for the times newspaper and a minister in opposition, johnson was accused of lying and fire. these then, with the qualities he brought to politics as mayor of london as foreign secretary, and then his prime minister entitlement dishonesty and indiffer

dominic cummings, who has fallen out with mr johnson, has been tweeting today, claiming that mrjohnsony referred to mr pincher as pincher by name, picture by nature long before appointing him. downing street yesterday said boris johnson was not aware of any specific allegations about mr pincher that would prevent him adopting that role that was given for him.— that was given for him. thank you very much- _ and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are the broadcaster and pyschotherapist lucy beresford and joe twyman, director of the polling organisation deltapoll. two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media. dylan healy, a chef who was volunteering as an aid worker, had been captured at a checkpoint in april. on the same day, russia released a video of andrew hill in military uniform, saying he had surrendered. it comes after two other british men, shaun pinner and aiden aslin, were sentenc

the former number 10 aide, now critic of borisjohnson, dominic cummings said that the prime minister long before laughingly referred to chris pincher as pincher by name, pincher by nature. downing street has so far not denied he's said this. i don't think they've taken these things seriously, i think they've made decisions which they shouldn't have made. i can't believe some of the things in the papers today about what the prime minister may have been personally aware of before he made decisions like this. and all of politics suffers, there is no doubt about that. it affects the reputation of us all, that's what i find so frustrating. in a statement released yesterday, chris pincher said... ..and that he was in the process of seeking that now. he said he hoped to return to his constituency duties soon but he has agreed to stay away from parliament while he's investigated by its independent complaints and grievance scheme. the russian defence ministry says its troops have gained control of the eastern ukrainian region of luhansk. moscow's forces had been encircling lysychansk, the las

in the developed world, former chief adviser, dominic cummings, described the prime minister leadership as erratic in decisive distracted. nobody could find a way around the problem of the progress that just like a shopping trolley smashing from one. busy to the other, the shopping trolley metaphor would quickly be seized upon by the opposition. so he's doing what he always does. crushing over to the other side of the aisle, boris johnson learned early to be self sufficient in a family of competitive siblings with a mother who suffered ill health and a father who was frequently absent. at the elite british boarding school eton he came to believe ordinary rules did not apply to him. in the infamous bullying and drinking club at oxford, the outward persona of a jovial buffoon, disguised and in an ambition for power. and as both a journalist for the times newspaper and a minister in opposition, johnson was accused of lying and fire. these then, with the qualities he brought to politics as mayor of london as foreign secretary, and then his prime minister entitlement dishonesty and indiffere

dominic cummings, former aide, now bitter critic of mrjohnson, has weighed in, saying long before appointingr, mrjohnson had laughingly referred to him as "pincher by name, pincher by nature." asked if that was true, downing street has remained silent. no denial issued. i don't think they've taken these things seriously. i think they've made decisions which they shouldn't have made. i can't believe some of the things that are in the papers today about what the prime minister may have personally been aware of before he made decisions like this. but all of politics suffers. for his part, mr pincher has this weekend said, "the stresses of the last few days, coming on top of those over the last several months have made me accept i will benefit from professional medical support." chris pinter has made clear he does not intend to resign from parliament but has agreed to stay away while the independent investigation happens. meanwhile, borisjohnson�*sjudgment and the culture he oversees are both once again being questioned. damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. russia says its taken control of

borisjohnson, mr pincher was a close ally and appointed to deputy chief whip in february, dominic cummings may have been aware of some of these general allegations before saying he tweeted mrjohnson used to call him pincher by name, pincher bynature. downing street said he was not aware of any specific allegations. hundreds of people gathered in east london today, for a vigil to zara aleena, who was killed as she walked home from a night out. a silent walk was held along the route the 35—year—old would have taken in ilford last sunday. a man has been charged with her murder and will appear in court in september. the mayor of london's office says more than a million people took part in today's pride parade in the capital — making it the biggest ever. it marked the fiftieth anniversary of the very first pride march in london - in 1972. our lgbt and identity correspondent lauren moss reports. it's loud, it's proud and it's back where it all began. the pride march took to the streets of london once again, led by the gay liberation front who started it in 1972. generations came together under t

we certainly have heard those kinds of cummings made by the tempers ready, prime minister, yet yell appeared, and that is the number one concern that is way these have and that they will be bringing to the discussion. but there are, of course, are the issues on the table. why me is the cummins and the support that biden has given in the past for what he has called a middle east and nato. but of course, us is raised eyebrows with people accusing the current nato of causing a lot of the problems in ukraine. so not a lot of support for that. here in the region, the issue of the killing of the al jazeera journalists, sharyn abil, actually also remains a hot potato here in israel. the latest finding from an investigation that washington conducted was to quote that the israeli soldier who shot her had shot her and intentionally. now the family of serene is seeking on says and sophie, the palestinian leadership, has said that this is an attempt by washington to whitewash israeli crimes. the issue of israel human rights will be on the agenda. we had seen a report from a palestinian christian organiz

dominic cummings, former aide, now bitter critic of mrjohnson, has weighed in, saying long before appointing if that was true, downing street has remained silent. no denial issued. i don't think they've taken these things seriously. i think they've made decisions which they shouldn't have made. i can't believe some of the things that are in the papers today about what the prime minister may have personally been aware of before he made decisions like this. but all of politics suffers. for his part, mr pincher has this weekend said, chris pincher has made clear he does not intend to resign from parliament but has agreed to stay away while the independent investigation happens. meanwhile, borisjohnson'sjudgment and the culture he oversees are both once again being questioned. damian grammaticas, bbc news. thank you for watching bbc news. i will be back with the headlines in a few minutes. many of us are seeing more in the rate of dry weather as high pressure gradually built in from the south and west. the exception to that the far north and best, probable soup weather fronts just flirting with