difficult few months for tea m has been a difficult few months for team sky as a whole ever since the dcmstee report accused them of crossing the ethical line. today we have from sir dave b ra ilsfo rd today we have from sir dave brailsford since the —— we have heard from sir dave brailsford for the first time since the report came out. regardless of everything else, there is a sense of self questioning about, ami there is a sense of self questioning about, am i appropriately placed, do i have the skills to the will to do that? it's something you ask yourself all the time. things come and go and change, and the situation context changes, but i'm here because i think i am still in a position where their kids what these quys position where their kids what these guys and they can be the best they can be. —— where i can support these guys. it is an uncomfortable time for team sky and chris froome. they will do focus on the cycling when the giro d'italia gets under way. before we go — a reminder that there's just one change to the liverpool side from the first leg. georginio wijnaldum in for th

doubtless a little more to come and more debate to come, that has just come through from the dcms.ews with rachel. first a reminder of the headlines: international trade secretary liam fox accuses the house of lords of seeking to "block the will of the people", after a series of government defeats over brexit. two—and—half—thousand patients in northern ireland are to have their cases reviewed because of concerns about the work of a neurology consultant. a court hears that four sleeping children were murdered after being trapped in their bedrooms when their house was torched with petrol bombs. royal bank of scotland has announced that it is to close 162 branches across england and wales. the bank said that 792 jobs would go as a result and staff would be offered voluntary redundancy. companies that supply products to sainsbury‘s and asda fear they could suffer if the two grocery chains merge. sainsbury‘s boss mike coupe pledged to cut prices on everyday products by around 10% after the deal but also said there would be no stores closures orjobs lost in store, suppliers now fear they

then ambassador and the people like him, dcm and others. today i'm being asked by jim and others that i have to speak up something about u.s.-japan or something about what is going on in my region. i'm honored to be here following in the footsteps of the -- my prime minister, abe, who gave a keynote speech, i think that was few years ago or something. i was with him in my previous capacity, i think i was deputy foreign minister or something. but i remember that event very clearly. >> i happen to know the top of the whole foundation. i tried to see him from time to time to be given some of his hunches, what is going on and to begin -- books which i have read written by him. so sasagawar has important to strengthening our alliance and we're grateful to your home team and mr. ambassador, and thank you very much. all of you here this morning. it's only be a little over just a month since i became new envoy to the united states of america my wife and i have been warmly welcomed and indeed i am feeling the warmth you have given to us, it's really

at the time i was, i think for asia and he was dcm deputy chief of mission in the u.s. embassy, but anyway, then after that was something did manage to see pm or something. we are just taken aback by the huge earthquake being felt, even in tokyo. so we stopped talking about what we did behind the scenes and then, and that is what started everything. so, i'm not here to tell you what was all about the operation and something that you guys helped us a lot, then ambassador and the people like him, dcm and others. today i'm being asked by jim and others that i have to speak up something about u.s.-japan or something about what is going on in my region. i'm honored to be here following in the footsteps of t the-- my prime minister who gave a keynote speech, i think that was a few years ago or something. i was with him in my previous capacity. i think that was the time when i was deputy foreign minister or something. but i remembered that event very clearly. and i happened to know the top of the whole foundation. i try to see him from time to time to be given some of his-- wh