his defence lawyers rested their case afterjust six minutes.nd claims bill cosby attacked her after drugging her at his home 13 years ago. the us air force has grounded a fleet of f—35 fighterjets indefinitely because of problems with cockpit oxygen supplies. last month, pilots reported symptoms resembling hypoxia or oxygen deprivation at an arizona air base. f—35s are still in use at other bases. more than 220 operational f—35jets have been built worldwide. lockheed martin, which built the jet, said it still plans to show the plane at the paris air show this month. it's reported the retired nba star dennis rodman is going back to north korea. he last visited in 2014, with a group of former nba players, for an exhibition basketball game intended as a birthday gift for kim jong—un. rodman describes the north korean leader as a "friend." in moscow and several other russian cities thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets to protest against corruption and against the oppressive policies of president putin. scores of people were arrested

in the combined european defence force? i will be honest, in the combined european defence force?t quite sure what he's getting at in this question, but the point essentially is why are we leaving the eu, still involved in some of the eu, still involved in some of the eu, still involved in some of the eu military operations, security operations? the eu has an operation in the mediterranean it is trying to prevent, rescue migrants from north africa. it has operations in kosovo, in african countries like malia. the bottom line is that when the uk leads the eu we will have nothing to do withjoint eu leads the eu we will have nothing to do with joint eu military operations u nless we do with joint eu military operations unless we the uk choose to join these operations bilaterally, to say we are doing this operation, would you like some help? the uk was to be pa rt you like some help? the uk was to be part of the commons committee defence policy of the european union which means we participate in these schemes but the whole idea of an eu army which are still a long way away, the uk wil

the defence secretary said the government position was the same. are expected to start within the next ten days. but we have said from a number of conservatives this morning who said they simply cannot happen. this deal with the dup commonly do support brexit, but they do not want any hardline brexit which could affect the border trade with the republic of ireland. there is also the suggestion there is not the arithmetic with parliament for theresa may to put forward that brexit are that she was looking for. it feels like the whole process and approach has been thrown up into the ayr. the government are seeing nothing has changed, but i cannot see how it has not. the dup the, the prime minister seeing any deal with them to secure a working majority would have to include some deal on brexit. if it is not a transitional arrangement, that would reduce chaos with regard to the trade with the republic of ireland. theresa may went into the election with the mandate to deliver, that would appear to change. it is changing as we speak and that is leading to

for years, the uk has been defence. for years, the uk has been defence.egrated structures at eu level. it is duplication and a waste of money, and we are not comfortable with it. with the uk on the way out, we think, then it means that the big impediment to moving forward on european defence cooperation has gone, and germany and france are particularly keen on it. we have seen movement and we will see movement over the course of the rest of this year as well. i think it is something that will be significant. jean—claude juncker said today that most of the research and development was done at national level, and why are we doing that in a union of 28, soon—to—be 27, countries? there are things that we could do together to save money and resources, and produce better results. why do we have 19 different types of tank when we could have one or two? we will come back to you in a minute. i have got a message saying: is nigel farage there? i saw him walking in and asked him what he made of how brexit is going. he said, it was a terrible idea to have that electi

eu countries tend to do the defence planning and research on their own. why not combine and be more efficient in that way? there is also the bigger geopolitical point, most of us are members of nato, do we rely on a united states under donald trump indefinitely or is this the kind that europe needs to take more responsibility for its own defence? summer that will be done within nato but germany and france in particular wa nted but germany and france in particular wanted more eu defence capability and with the uk on its way out, there is more political will to get that done. give us an idea of the chronology from this point onwards. right now, the 27 leaders without theresa may are discussing the fate of two eu agencies, the banking authority and the medicines agency, in the uk and will have to be relocated elsewhere, then they will meet again tomorrow to talk mainly about the economy. in the end, that is one of the big issues behind all the drama on brexit and refugees. so they could appear at any point? the code. thank you very much for all your question

yesterday afternoon, the ministry of defence announced that one soldier had died in hospital.eople and veterans tobias ellwood confirmed the death of a second member of the team. castlemartin range, opened by the war office in 1938, is one of only two ranges in the uk were armed units can carry out direct fire training. the m0 de, police and health and safety executive are investigating and a temporary ban on tank live firing has been put in place. downing street says they are confident that the parliament will approve the queen ‘s speech. mrs may's yet to finalise a deal with the democratic unionists on supporting her minority government, but officials insist the talks are progressing well. sinn fein have accused the prime minister of breaching the good friday agreement by agreeing to work with the dup. coming up at 6am on breakfast — charlie stayt and naga munchetty will have all the day's news, business and sport. they'll also have more on a memorial to mark the london bridge attack two weeks ago. first responders, families and survivors of the attack will attend the servic

also worth noting, as well, we had the michael fallon the descent oosthuizen defence —— the defence secretarydvisers yesterday resigned from their role. it must now be collected and collegiate in the way they run the government. they are starting to see that. thank you, we will leave you in downing street for now. back there shortly, no doubt. we have had some movement today on the issue of the impact of any deal with the dup that the conservatives might make. obviously, big concern is that that might have an impact, a negative impact on efforts to get talks going again to restore the northern ireland assembly. we have heard from the irish prime minister, the taoiseach, enda kenny, who tweeted that he had had a telephone conversation with theresa may indicating the concerned that nothing should happen to the good friday agreement at risk and absence of nationalists voiced in westminster. it should be said that sinn fein have a policy of abstention and don't take up their seats in parliament. of course, the nationalist sdlp as a result of this election now have no mps left at westminster. but

i did a bit of research about your post as defence minister.ying the ill—treatment of children who come into contact with the military detention system in the west bank appears to be widespread, systematic, and institutionalised. human rights watch, a very detailed report how israeli forces use unnecessary force to detain and arrest young palestinians, as young as 11, choking them, throwing grenades at them, beating them in custody. these reports crossed your desk, the work of your idf. this is what occupation means. do we have a choice? i prefer not to have a checkpoint. i prefer not to go and search for terrorists and weapons. their choice was instead of peace, more than 1000 casualties on the gaza strip. crosstalk. your government, that is the netanyahu government, which until 2016 decided not to negotiate with the palestinian authority. no, not at all! you rewrite the history. in 2014 we were engaged in nine months‘ talks led by secretary of state kerry. at the end of this nine months we were asked by secretary kerry to continue the negotia

your record is so bad that only luxembourg, pro rata, spends less on defence than you do. own portfolio, your record of trying to get anywhere close to the 0.7% of gdp spent on international aid is terrible. you are at 0.49%. so belgium is not actually stepping up when it comes to those international obligations. well, first of all on defence, our prime minister two weeks ago has been quite clear on the fact that we will step up and we will invest more and i think indeed it is our international obligation to do so. but when we are talking about foreign policy, i think that foreign policy, you have to see it in a broad perspective. if we have had a positive evolution in the world over the last ten years, where has it come from? reason number one is trade. and when we talk about trade, the european union is second to none related to trade and also related to inward and outward investment. that's all very interesting but you seem to be avoiding my point that belgium has signed up to specific international obligations. let's talk about your own portfolio before we finish. belg

the defence secretary says a conservative deal with the democratic unionist party would only apply to "big issues". it is important now to build the government by working on the major issues with our friends from the dup. arlene foster is due in westminster this week and says they have made progress in the talks with the conservatives. one that would bring stability to the nation and these discussions continue. we have made good progress. amid the confusion over attempts to secure a majority, there is now open speculation over the prime minister's future. former chancellor george osborne described theresa may as a dead woman walking. it's just how long she's going to remain on death row. what's your guess? i think we will know very shortly. i mean, we could get to next week and it all collapses for her. labour leaderjeremy corbyn says there could be another election soon and he is preparing an alternative queen's speech. we are quite ready and able to put forward a serious programme, which has massive support within this country. also in the next hour, the fake suicide belts designed

my guess is moshe ya'alon, former israeli defence minister, turned harsh critic.olid is israel's unity? moshe ya'alon, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. israel has marked 50 yea rs having me. israel has marked 50 years since the victory in the six day war. but you seem to feel, right now, there are very serious questions about the direction israel is going, and about national cohesion. why are you so worried? from the security point of view, we enjoy today a relatively calm situation, security wise. this is a result of the six day war, which was the peak of the ideal of our coalition. since then, at the idea of our coalition, this ideology has been declined. so it is not an exocet a security threat that you feel is most concerning to israel today? yes, but you know, anyhow, israel enjoys a vibrant democracy. on the one hand, it is shameful that netanyahu on the one hand, it is shameful that neta nyahu is the on the one hand, it is shameful that netanyahu is the prime minister, these are to be investigated because of allegations of corruption. one prime

senior conservatives, including the defence secretary and foreign secretary, have been sending out aong message to their core voters. they suggest that income tax would not rise if they were elected. the conservative manifesto does not reflect that. our position on tax has not changed. we have set it out in the manifesto. what people will know when they've vote on thursday, it is the conservative party who always has and is a low tax party. it is our intention to reduce taxes for ordinary working families. what does the conservative manifesto say on tax? at the last election david cameron promised not to increase income tax, national insurance or vat. in the 2017 manifesto, only the pledge on vat remains. if theresa may is returned to downing street, she has the prospect of tough brexit talks but she is not boxing on tax. 0ur colleagues are talking about tax today because they wa nt to talking about tax today because they want to refocus attention in this campaign on what would happen if a labour chancellor moves into number 11. how are you doing? all right? i am now i have met you.

conservatives, includi defence senior conservatives, including the defence secretary and foreign secretaryhere near as explicit. is it being rewritten? our position on tax has not changed. we have set it out in the manifesto. what people will know when they‘ve vote on thursday, it is the conservative party who a lwa ys it is the conservative party who always has and is a low tax party. it is our intention to reduce taxes for ordinary working families. what does the conservative manifesto say on tax question at the last election david cameron promise not to increase income tax, national insurance or vat. the 2017 ma nifesto, insurance or vat. the 2017 manifesto, only the pledge on vat remains. promising to raise the level at which people pay the standard and higher amount of tax would also amount to a reduction. theresa may could have tough brexit talks ahead. there is no pledge not to increase income tax was that she and her colleagues are talking about tax today because they want to refocus attention in this campaign about what would happen if a labour chancellor moves into number 11 down

you also mentioning the new defence deal.uel macron is a big supporter of that just as he deal. emmanuel macron is a big supporter of thatjust as he is a supporter of thatjust as he is a supporter of thatjust as he is a supporter of these new measures to ta ke supporter of these new measures to take on extremism and extremist material being shared online. thank you. anand menon is here with me. he's director of the research group, uk in a changing europe. he's quite an interesting figure because he is the first non—white premiere in western europe, he is young and he will go into this room feeling quite emboldened because ireland has a big stake in what britain is trying to do. it is interesting because there is the holder bite about the intra— irish border bug busters curious because both sides are on the same size, no one wants a border, but no one can figure out legally how to not have a border if we decide to leave the customs union, and it is that the lawyers will be wrestling with to see if there is a way around it. we

let's finish on security and defence. when the problems around the eu.le in terms of tackling these problems. can you see any progress there? there will not be any concrete progress. but we will see what is being done they could be done better, like euro poll. that the golby directions given to the collection services, how they could improve things in the future. -- europol. it would not be the same with out a siren at this time of mourning. daniel gros with what we should be of the expect over what will be two days of european council here in brussels. i'll be back with more reflections at the moment, that back to you, sally. thank you david. and we will hear more from david soon. and we'll have a lot more on that eu summit in world business report — we'll be getting the view from a top business school in france. we are also looking at chinese e—commerce giant alibaba. it's a household name in asia and accounts for over 10% of all retail sales in china. but despite floating on the new york stock exchange two years ago — it has yet to crack the us market

but when you came tojeremy corbyn on the defence of our country. we've invested £31 billion in the trident... we will be talking about labour, jeremy corbyn and trident, i assure you... but we are talking about the conservatives‘ message tonight, which is her message is about hard—working families, foreign secretary, that is something we have heard all the way through. she wants to talk to hard—working families. we heard tonight in the and say to her that she is earning the same money that she was in 2009. theresa may said, there no magic money tree. that's pretty condescending, isn't it, for somebody who has seen 14% less money in real terms, that's what she said tonight. no, what you pointed out, we have already spent half £1 trillion on the nhs. she was talking to a nurse who hasn't seen her salary go up in real terms since 2009. i understand, nobody minimises the difficulties that are facing. as theresa may is just said, we have to be prudent public expenditure. it is because of that that we can put £8 billion into the nhs to continue to improv

our defence improved and that got us backin defence improved and that got us back in the game. 0ur defencethe states was fantastic, i thought. plenty of southern versus northern hemisphere matches today of stock scotland defeated australia. coach warren gatland has been answering criticism from eddiejones that the replacements on the tour are not being selected on ability alone. i will let him do his own talking. you can do plenty of it. we made the decision that we think is the best decision for us. i understand it is concerned people are concerned. but his point, i suppose. ijust are concerned. but his point, i suppose. i just know are concerned. but his point, i suppose. ijust know how difficult it is doing the travelling from argentina, it is notjust as if you are in buenos aires, you need to get around the world and acclimatise and you use past experience for that. before that match in new zealand, england's women defeated the black ferns. it was level at half—time but they scored five tries in their 29— 21 victory. on the back of these results, england will go to the world cup in aug

, them on education, health, defence, the budget. don't have a devolved assembly up and running. people want to see 18 representatives with a strong united voice for them. the assembly currently not sitting which means there is no government in northern ireland and partly that is because of that divide between unionist and nationalist, unionist and republicans. it's a real problem, isn't it? yes, it is something we hear on the doorstep, that people need that representation. people need their public services back, any ministers who are accountable in northern ireland. alliance is the first openly cross community party in northern ireland and want to play a pa rt northern ireland and want to play a part in that. we want to hold those people to account to make sure we have a strong devolved government that works for all. one of the biggest issues in this election, and they do call it a brexit election, is the whole issue of brexit. it really matters because of brexit. it really matters because of that land border with the republic of ir

only if they believe you will use it, made clear by the defence secretary days ago...t gets to the character of the individual. let's talk about some of the policies with five days away, people wa nt to policies with five days away, people want to know about this. in the sunday telegraph, sir michael fallon is quoted as saying that there will be no rises in tax, if you vote conservative. people can be assured if they vote conservative, there will be no rise in tax for higher tax payers. can you confirm that? i am higher tax payers. can you confirm that? lam not higher tax payers. can you confirm that? i am not in government but my view is that is correct. he states what i think is obvious. the conservative party lovers tax. we have taken 31 million people out of tax —— lowers tax. and we raised the threshold on higher rate owners, so you do not enter the upper rate tax band until you earn £50,000. labour wants to reduce that so middle earners pay more in terms of tax later on. the conservatives want to lower taxation and corporation tax has been lowered to 17% by this

the tory manifesto does not include a promise on income tax, but in a newspaper interview, the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, said the only way people could be sure of not paying more tax was to vote conservative. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. the last push to win over undecided voters and shore up support among the tory base. theresa may was forced to clarify the conservatives‘ tax policies morning after senior cabinet members suggested income tax rises would be off the table. opposition on tax has not changed. we set it out in the manifesto. —— oui’ we set it out in the manifesto. —— our position. what people will know when they go to vote on thursday is that it when they go to vote on thursday is thatitis when they go to vote on thursday is that it is the conservative party it a lwa ys that it is the conservative party it always has been, and always will be always has been, and always will be a low tax party. it‘s our intention to further reduce taxes for ordinary working families. her manifesto only ruled out increasing vat claiming the conservatives ‘s

the president of the united states or the secretary of defence? is... he said nato is obsolete and then he rescinded that. you can'tjudge what happens in the trump administration by what president trump himself necessarily says. you have to look at it more in a holistic fashion. when the president of the united states actually shows up in europe, steps into nato headquarters in brussels and conspicuously declines to affirm america's article 5 commitment, at least one person is watching that closely and that's vladimir putin. and those words have real consequences. nothing james mattis says five days later can unring that bell. at this point, trump has sent a very clear message to our allies and our adversaries that our commitment to our nato allies is in doubt. that is dangerous, because if it could lead to more instability in europe, and if it could lead to possible conflict there, it's ultimately going to be the united states at the end of the day who is going to have to come in and help sort it out. you are implying he didn't want to make that

only luxembourg, pro rata, spend less on defence than you do.rnational aid, that is terrible. you are at 0.49%. belgium is not stepping up when it comes to its international obligations. on defence, our prime minister has been clear on the fact that we will step up and invest more. when we are talking about foreign policy, i think that you need to sit in a broad perspective. if we have had positive revolution in the world over the past ten yea rs, in the world over the past ten years, where has it come from? the reason number one is trade. and when we talk about trade cover the european union is second to none, in relation to trade, and inward and outward investment. that is all very interesting, but you seem to be avoiding my point that belgium has signed up to specific international obligations. let's talk about your own portfolio, before we vanish. belgium has said that it wants to meet the 0.7% of gdp in two international aid, but meet the 0.7% of gdp in two internationalaid, but time meet the 0.7% of gdp in two international aid, but time a

hold another defence summit in the united kingdom.it continues, and we leave it to prime minister may to say a few words about it, but i want a very clear negotiation and would like the discussions on the future relations with the united kingdom to be launched as soon as possible and ta ke launched as soon as possible and take place as quickly as possible. this is what i meant to tell you. of course, we talked about unwillingness to work together —— a willingness to work together. lastly, regarding climate change, our countries listed together. please allow me to thank theresa may for coming so quickly after elections in her country, and looking forward to working together with you on all of these topics. we have so much to do together. in a couple of minutes, our teams will be playing football against one another, and of course there needs to bea another, and of course there needs to be a winner, but even though we may not agree, it will be such a small disagreement we will not even show it. you have the floor. 0ur trading relationsh

well, if they can, they have pretty much won, because you meants have the fantastic defence, the bbc,ce, the bbc, and the evergreen 39—year—old buffon, who says it would be a fairy tale, he admits this is likely to be the end of his career. but he buffon, dybala as well, but it is about blending cristiano ronaldo, trying to keep them out. we will talk about the team news injust to keep them out. we will talk about the team news in just a to keep them out. we will talk about the team news injust a moment, ten minutes or so. everyone has their opinions, the two managers think it is 50-50, opinions, the two managers think it is 50—50, let's hearfrom opinions, the two managers think it is 50—50, let's hear from a former real madrid president. it will be, i'io real madrid president. it will be, no doubt, very interesting, very thrilling match led by the two teams who have proven to be the best in the championship. real madrid are lucky to have the best player in the world, cristiano ronaldo is doing a fantasticjob since world, cristiano ronaldo is doing a fantastic job since i world, crist

this defence issueis terrorists are coming.ed, but we will defend our country if we come under attack, make a mistake about it. it is notjust the conservatives putting this to mr corbyn. members of the audience repeatedly put it to him. that was one of the big issues they wanted explained from him. it is reconciling the fact that, yes, he stuck to his guns, well, let's not use the word guns, but he is adamantly against the use of nuclear weapons throughout his political life. what is the point in having a deterrent? it is only a deterrent if you say you are prepared to use it, isn't it? let's think for a minute about nuclear weapons. throughout the whole of human history that have been wars, but the weapons that were designed to be used on a battlefield against enemy combatants, the thing about nuclear weapons is, inevitably, they will be used to kill hundreds of thousands of individual citizens or innocent people, and that is the difference between nuclear weapons and all the others. so these weapons are immoral. the world acc

this is an interesting intervention from the defence secretary michael fallon. it certainly is.s the campaign enters its closing stages, the prime minister's just turned up enters its closing stages, the prime minister'sjust turned up here in west yorkshire to meet party activists to try to rally the troops. i think we are seeing signals of some concerns that if traditional conservative voters in parts of the world like this where there are marginal seats don't turn out, it could do some damage. what we are seeing out, it could do some damage. what we are seeing now out, it could do some damage. what we are seeing now is i think a reinforcing of some of those core conservative messages and one of thoseis conservative messages and one of those is about tax because what we have had so far is a message in the ma nifesto have had so far is a message in the manifesto simply about vat, not about income tax, not about national insurance in terms of guaranteeing a freeze on those. theresa may has said until now there are no plans to raise income tax but what we had last night was a hard

we heard from the defence secretary that that is beginning to happen.we will see a stronger role probably for the cabinet to play and potentially a stronger role for cabinet to have any brexit negotiations. so, yes, what we are certainly seeing as that theresa may is having to change her style, because, of course, there have been questions about her leadership. i think there is a general appetite amongst the conservative party that they do not wa nt conservative party that they do not want a leadership contest right now, but certainly, there is the feeling amongst our members and for mps that her days could well be numbered. and so her days could well be numbered. and so she needs to take moves to get them all on site. we saw so she needs to take moves to get them all on site. we saneremy hunt going in, we do not know whether he will retain his position at health, 01’ will retain his position at health, or perhaps move elsewhere. some people we have not seen, andrea leadsom, priti patel, yet to see them yet. yes, some big questions. jeremy hunt walked i

instead, his defence team tried to undermine the credibility of his accuser.ers have been appalled but say they still hope for a retrial. if the court allows more accusers to testify next time, it might make a difference. in other words, it's too early to celebrate, mr cosby. round two may be just around the corner. for now, bill cosby walks free, but there is the prospect that he is going to be retried, and there is no question that in spite of this result, his reputation as something of an american father figure has now been tarnished. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me and the team here. goodnight. it has been the hottest day of the year so far, temperatures reaching 30 degrees in a number of spots around greater london. we had high temperatures across much of england and wales. sunshine came out in northern ireland and northern scotland in places, and it got quite warm as well. our weather watchers have been out. you can see the extent of the sunshine on today's satellite picture but you can't help but no

there are other aspects people are voting on, including police, crime and defence.s in wales next week, they are voting on these aspects which will be important for the wider public management area. when we talk about brexit, maybe it wasn't days a prize that wales voted to leave the eu, seven ukip members voted into the assembly a month before that vote. but let's talk about wrecks it's imprecation on wales comedy think it could mean further devolution when we come out of the european union? devolution is complex, it is different in wales than in northern ireland, and scotland, and other areas of england. devolution is convex. people are voting for mps, but what is likely to happen is, we want to represent the people's voice in wales. —— complex. the uk government, which ever government is in place will control this whole amount of money, and the mps in wales will expect them to stand up for wales, the jobs in wales, and to grow those jobs, growth areas of strength that we have got and to build wales up again, and to continue to do that beyond brexit. wales is a hu

britain's world number one andy murray begins his defence of his queens title on tuesday.ellow briton aljaz bedene. murray is bidding for a sixth title there. it was where i won my first professional matches so i have a lot of great memories over the years. then my most successful tournament, by far. i love the courts and the conditions here. it's very close to where i live so i get to stay at home. nick kyrgios is already out after retiring hurt in his first round match against the american donald young. the ninth seed received treatment and did continue on before retiring after losing the first set. the 22—year—old says he's aggravated the same hip injury that troubled him during his french open second—round loss to kevin anderson. butjo—wilfried tsonga is through to the second round after a straight sets win over adrian mannarino. after a first round exit on the clay at his home grand slam, the french open, tsonga looked comfortable on the grass in london. despite that defeat in paris, the fifth seed has won titles in lyon, marseille and rotterdam this year. he'll play

chris froome set to put his faith in team sky and sign a new contract on the eve of the defence of his france title. and british number one, johanna konta, powers into round three at the pre—wimbledon eastbourne tournament with a straight sets victory. the 19—time world and olympic champion, usain bolt, made his first appearance of the season in europe this evening, in the czech city of ostrava. and, of course, the jamaican world record holder secured victory in the 100 metres. he coasted home in 10.07 seconds to continue his preparations for the world championships in london — which is now just over a month away. bolt, who was given a hero's welcome tonight, plans to retire from athletics after london. i'm just getting to some training. i'll be fine when i get checked out by my doctor. the coach will give me some training, so i'll be fine. no worries. the four—time olympic gold medallist, mo farah, won his final 10,000 metre race on the iaaf circuit at the golden spike meet as well. he dominated the field to come home in a near world—best time this year of 27 minutes and 12 seconds. b

floppy defence secretary sir michael fallon has backed the prime minister and says she was right to calllection. the prime minister was right to ask for —— general election. the prime minister was right to ask for -- the defence secretary, sir michael fallon has backed the prime minister... we are quite ready and able to put forward a serious programme which has massive support in this country. scotla nd massive support in this country. scotland yard has released pictures of the fake suicide belts worn by the london bridge attackers. the officer leading the investigation says it is the first time he has seen the tactic used in the uk. more now on the dramatic fallout from the general election. as we have been hearing, there has been open speculation about the leadership of theresa may, and about the confusion over the arrangement ofa the confusion over the arrangement of a deal with the dup. jeremy corbyn, whom you just heard there, has been talking about his party's performance in the election and how he plans to frustrate the government's proposals in the queen's speech. let's hearfrom

the chancellor seemed to enjoy the case for the defence.ll set britain on course to seize the prizes and achieve a brighter global future. the eyes to the right, 323. the nose to the left, 309. yet with no overall majority, and less authority, even as ministers winter night... the ayes have it. they know with every vote, parliament can show its power. theresa may got her winter night, but my goodness, we saw her ministers will have to back down, they will have to compromise to survive. if the queens speech had fallen, this fragile government would have been at risk of collapsing. but they know they are through tonight. that doesn't mean they are safe at all in the coming months. thanks, laura. and we can get more reaction now to that decision that women from northern ireland will not have to pay to get abortions in england on the nhs. let's speak to our northern ireland health correspondent, marie louise connolly, who's in belfast. this isn't going to go down very well in parts of northern ireland. it will be quite controversial, wanted? th

same dealfor uk citizens in europe and meanwhile eu leaders have agreed to move closer ahead with defenced of the european council donald tusk called itan european council donald tusk called it an historic step. the leaders agreed to set up a common cooperation, in this historic step, there is deep at integration in defence. —— deeper. the aim is to be ambitious and inclusive, so every eu country is invited to join. tests are being carried out on 600 high—rise buildings in england to see if the exterior is safe from fire. this follows a deadly blaze at a west london tower block in which at least 79 people were killed earlier this month. the philippines, indonesia and malaysia have agreed to share more intelligence in a bid to tackle the financing of militant groupings. foreign and defence ministers of the three nations made the agreement in a bid to prevent so—called islamic state gaining a foothold in asia. now on cricket news and afghanistan has been granted test match status by the international cricket council. this means that the nation willjoin teams like pakistan, india and austral

they support us on defence, on the big issues. it will be a fragile arrangement.er how long the prime minister can last. theresa may is a dead woman walking, it'sjust how long she will remain on death row. i think we will know very shortly. what till death? in other words, we could easily get to the middle of next week and it all collapses. she is flawed, in a desperate situation. our position is untenable, and i think she knows that. if theresa may manages to hold on here, there will be huge questions of the polity she will be able to get through. even with dup support, the majority will be tiny and she will likely have to ditch contentious parts of her manifesto. and with brexit negotiations starting in just over a week, her challenge is to get her party and parliament behind her approach. the fact is that if the tory party doesn't lance the boil of brexit, you are opening the doors for corbyn‘s premiership. he wants thatjob now and says he is ready to govern. he will amend the queen's speech, putting forward what he says is an alternative vision for the country

security and defence i would othertopics. those think they can offer to the european union. they don‘t want to dangle them but they are certainly a lever. this is from someone watching in london, will the negotiations tackle much greater issues now or will they wait for the general election switch off the top of my head are september 24? i don‘t thing there is any bigger issue in my view than the border between north and south and that took up the bulk of the conversation today. if britain withdraws from a customs union, how‘d you get that invisible border between north and south which is so crucial to the belfast agreement? neitherside wa nts to belfast agreement? neitherside wants to see a border in place between north and south but how‘d you get there? technically it is very difficult because northern ireland could be used as a back door into the european union. that will ta ke into the european union. that will take a lot of discussion i think. what was the question again? what role is the german election going to play in

they may play the defence parts down. the fewer headlines that camera out, the better for markets.high, isa prices, us market at a record high, is a correction due? certainly. we talked about apple a bit earlier. it is about 4% of the snp. the simple fa ct is about 4% of the snp. the simple fact these days is there is so much money in these big tech companies that if anything goes wrong, it won't hurt. 0il that if anything goes wrong, it won't hurt. oil is probably the biggest disappointment so far. with what is going on in qatar and saudi arabia, it is a realflashpoint what is going on in qatar and saudi arabia, it is a real flashpoint this week. the troubled japanese auto parts company ta kata has the troubled japanese auto parts company takata has filed for ba n kru ptcy company takata has filed for bankruptcy protection in the us claiming $10 billion in liabilities. trading in shares have been suspended after reports it would make a suspended after reports it would makea similar suspended after reports it would make a similar application injapan. the defective airbag maker ‘s t

offence and defence, you have been in washington too long, they're on attack mode.targeting labour seats in the north—west and the north in places like leeds and manchester and perhaps in the north east which has been traditional labour heartland. in the last election, they were not expected to get a majority. they got a majority of 12. that was a big surprise. now at the start of the election they were a long way ahead in the polls and you could understand why the prime minister called the election. but she was probably thinking at about probably up probably thinking at about probably up around 80 to a hundred majority. that is the concern, will she have that majority to limit the role of some of the more hardline backbenchers in her party. for labour, they're focussing on safe seats and some of the feeling in westminster is they're trying to increase the share of the vote and jeremy corbyn in particular, because he does want to be forced to resign, rather than going after a hundred seats from the conservative to try and win. that is the feeling. we will get an ide

ministry or indeedin foreign office, defence ministry or indeed in the treasury.big jobs have already been taken up, but, as yet, we await to see if there is going to be a reshuffle elsewhere. some quite well—known names have just locked into downing street. ellie price, thank you very much. we will be back at westminster. right now it is time for click. think robots and maybe you'll picture something like this. or this. but what about robotic muscle and smart materials that could act as human skin, all clothes that rehabilitate you as you wear them? well, that is part of what's called soft robotics and this team at bristol robotics lab are bioengineering technologies to do all of that and more. i went to take a peek at their labs. this is a bucket of alien saliva, right? yeah, this is the same stuff that drips out of the alien mouth. so ridley scottjust used a whole bunch of that. though, in this case, it is to simulate blood. this soft robot mimics how some bacteria move through our bodies. in the future, it is thought that nano robots will take a similar trip t

what about financial support, again from the ministry of defence since lee's murder? wages which is not a lot, you know, we still have to pay bills, but as i said again, the next of kin gets the support, you know. i asked for a t—shirt and i never got one because i wasn't next of kin. 0ne one because i wasn't next of kin. one of his t—shirts? one because i wasn't next of kin. one of his t-shirts? out of his barracks, out of the room. no, we don't get any support. we do struggle from day—to—day, you know, to food in the kids mouths, you know, ian is not on a great amount of money. that's your partner and lee's step dad? yes. no, we don't get no support at all. we struggle from day it day, don't we? sometimes i won't eat, and i make sure that the girls, and ian eat, you know. people just don't realise, people think because lee was murdered, you know, we're millionaires and we have got thousands in the bank and we've not got a penny. we're overdrawn like everybody else, you know, we eat from day—to—day what we can. it's a long, hard struggle and this is where i think the

this morning, the defence secretary sir michael fallon backed theresa may, but said she would have to start governing with the support of her cabinet, rather than listening to advisors. but criticism of her leadership style has continued, with former chancellor george osborne calling her a "dead woman walking", following the general election result. here is our political correspondent leila nathoo. deal a loan deal. confusion over an announcement last night whether the dup had already come to an agreement with the conservative party. today, clarification that talks were still ongoing. we have had very good discussions with the conservative party about how we could help forming a national government to bring stability to the government. these discussions continue. but we have made good progress. no news on what the medium and on return, but their social conservative views may conflict with conservatives wishing to modernise. this will be a supply arrangement. certain things like voting for the queen's speech, making sure the budget goes through and issues of the fence. it will be and i

and vetera ns from the minister for defence and veterans that the other individual had died.spital in birmingham, where there is a special unit for service men. he's been dealt with there. as mentioned in the piece, there is an enquiry that has already begun into what happened here on wednesday. it is being led by the local police, and the mod are involved as well, as our health and safety executive representatives. —— as are health and safety executive representatives. this is one of the few places where live fire exercises can take place, and this is clearly a tragedy. we're waiting for more details on the individuals who died and what happened here. by definition, anything involving live ammunition carries risks. of course, and other people we have spoken to who had served in the military say that when it comes to cuts, people in the military do not want cuts to happen to live fire training because it is integral to their training. there is only so much you can do using simulation and virtual reality. i spoke to one former military service person who is now an mp who said

we are hearing from the us defence department from the pentagon, we are very grateful that qatar is suchion dollars worth of fighter jets just three days later to them. this is complicated, of course. the fundamental thing is that trump does not believe in policy. his mind does not work that way. remember the cruise missles into syria, he said he was going to have make the people in syria safe. he likes to throw something into the middle, get the attention, get the buzz and move on without the complex process that other presidents have had. he has not filled most of the subordinate positions in the state department. there is no one minding the store except for the guys at the very top. they disagree with each other. there is no way of resolving their disagreements. as long as he is president, i think that will be true on almost all foreign policy. are they seizing a moment where there is a vacuum in terms of washington's attention and consistency that actually he might make a lot of noise but he is a weak figure at the moment in the middle east? i think there was a vacuum when obama was

senior conservatives, including the defence secretary and foreign secretary, have been sending out ae voters. if you are worried that income tax might rise if we are elected, don't be full to bid is not our intention. the conservative manifesto is nowhere near as explicit. is it being rewritten? 0ur position on tax has not changed. we have set it out in the manifesto. what people will know when they've vote on thursday, it is the conservative party who always has and is a low tax party. it is our intention to reduce taxes for ordinary working families. what does the conservative manifesto say on tax question at the last election david cameron promise not to increase income tax, national insurance or vat. the 2017 manifesto, only the pledge on vat remains. promising to raise the level at which people pay the standard and higher amount of tax would also amount to a reduction. theresa may could have tough brexit talks ahead. there is no pledge not to increase income tax was that she and her colleagues are talking about tax today because they want to refocus attention in this campaign ab

the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, told the daily telegraph that the party was not in the businesspunishing people for getting on. our political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster for us this morning. let's talk about tax first, is this a change in policy from the ma nifesto for a change in policy from the manifesto for the tories?|j a change in policy from the manifesto for the tories? i think it's more of an appendix, but not a firm promise, pledge, commitment, not there in black and white. theresa may had scrapped david cameron's previous promise not to raise income tax, vat, or national insurance, the only mention of tax in the conservative manifesto was a promise to try to keep taxes low and not to raise vat. so that left the door open for rises in income tax and national insurance. now i think these comments from sir michael falline and from borisjohnson last night saying there are no plans to raise income tax, this is a signal really to the core tory support base to try to shore up the vote in these final days. labour are saying there's still no guarantees of no in

mr trump took aim at defence spending and unfair trade practices.ean president, security was the main issue. translation: only strong security can bring about genuine peace. we concur to strengthen our overwhelming deterrence. he did not emphasise an alliance with north korea. both men are relatively new in office and agreed they are facing a growing and significant threat from north korea. they chose to use at the meeting to show a united front. the death of a us citizen after captivity has hardened the us view. the us wants china to put the squeeze on north korea. washington did so itself, penalising a chinese bank. the threat may be in south korea's backyard but it is the us protect who is setting the course of dealing with it. so with both leaders calling for "stern action" against north korea, what would that look like exactly? sung yoon lee — a professor of korean studies at tufts university in massachusetts — told the bbc that possible military action would not be a sensible move. military action, pre—emptive action would be self—defeating an