for south thanet is charged with overspending in the 2015 general election campaign. craig mackinlay is standing again for the seat onjune 8th — political opponents are questioning why: once again, it is bad judgment from theresa may. why on earth would you allow someone to go ahead as a general election candidate when this cloud was clearly hanging over him? the conservative party says the allegations against mr mackinlay and two other party workers are unfounded. and craig mackinlay is innocent until proven guilty and he remains oui’ until proven guilty and he remains our candidate. we will bring you the latest on this developing story. also this lunchtime... international condemnation of president trump's decision to withdraw the us from the paris climate agreement. jeremy corbyn launches a stinging attack on theresa may for failing to join european leaders in their condemnation of america's move. once again, subservience to donald trump. it's a dereliction of both her duty to this country and our duty to our planet. police investigating the manchester bombing find

with the general election, though, inafew with the general election, though, in a few days' time, we to see how this will affect the vote down here in south thanet, if at all. the function of the election will be unaffected, though. we have contacted thanet district council and the electoral commission, and they say craig mackinlay‘s name will remain on the ballot paper. postal votes have already started. they say that being charged is not a ban on being a candidate. we have is ebay statement from the conservative party, they say that the allegations put before craig mackinlay, his agent nathan grey, and party activist marian little, are unfounded. many thanks. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has launched a strong attack on theresa may over her decision not to sign a letter from european leaders protesting at president trump's decision to pull out of the paris climate accord. mr corbyn said it showed mrs may's "silence and subservience" towards the president. but downing street said she'd expressed her "disappointment," and a source said other major countries had refused to sign. meanw

as far as you are aware, how does this leave things for the vote next week in this general election? farage making the point that he believes it is a fight between ukip labour. labour were a close third in that last election. mr mackinlay has been charged, he is not appearing in court untiljuly, so we still don't know what is going to happen. thank you very much amanda. ticketmaster say more than ten thousand people who were not at manchester arena during the suicide bomb attack last week, have tried to claim free tickets for sunday's one love concert. some tickets were put on ebay for up to £200 — within hours of the show selling out. the website says it will block any sale items trying to make profit from the event. so, what challenges does this present for the authorities? chris horrocks is a former greater manchester police officer who has worked on many big events in the city. hejoins us in our salford newsroom. thank you for your time. what will the challenges be in terms of sorting out the genuine applications from tickets from those that are clearly fraudulent or people tryin

sure we do all we can to keep oui’ making sure we do all we can to keep our city safe but the general election it is our democracy. the elections are a wonderful thing and one of those things that terrorists hate. one of the things we can do is show that we will not be cowed and vote on thursday and make sure we understand the importance of democracy, civil liberty and human rights. conservatives have suspended campaigning. do you think that is the right move to take so soon before a general election?” the right move to take so soon before a general election? i can understand why people would not want to be doorknocking today. my thoughts are with all those caught up thoughts are with all those caught up in this horrific attack last night but, you know, the election is on thursday. i will vote. some people have already put in their postal votes. it is important we do all we can to make sure we are safe. it is one of the things that we will explore the meeting later today. it is one of the things that we will explore the meeting later todaym there an argument for postponing the election? i do n

and the general election campaign hasn't helped relationships.tormont for us. since michelle o'neill took over as sinn fein's leader at stormont earlier this year... the party have tried to present her as a bright new face of irish republicanism. but old disputes have dominated her time in charge, leaving northern ireland without a government, and relationships with their old power—sharing partners, the democratic unionist party, certainly aren't good. they have even accused her of being in the pocket of the sinn fein president gerry adams. and what about a wee bit of respect, michelle? just saying. what about respect for the public, arlene? what we need to do is to have... and those were just a few of the angry words that have been exchanged between the dup leader arlene foster and her sinn fein counterpart. in a newspaper interview, she also called her "blonde", a phrase mrs foster said was intended as a compliment. michelle o'neill saw rather differently. you see comments like blonde comments or all the rest of it, there's no place in politica

general election campaign was not safe to buy bricks it actually a tool which election was cold but he merely said that he was a nice gave the appearance of being a nice kind grandfather to figure it was like santa claus was going to give presents to everybody who wanted them so he told students didn't need to pay for their education he told everybody else they would get a pay increases so they would get larger social welfare benefits say he just promised to sprinkle money it on give presidency had to be in the loop in line it was really like you know his manifesto was really like a wish list to santa. he played the santa claus college in the became popular everybody like sent the coals to george osborne the former chancellor all three apps check her sat there is i'm a dad woman walking do you also think that her own party may revolt against her well it's absolute declares she will be allowed to lead the tories into the next general election. she is a dead moonwalk in the sense and which she knows that she's the physical as the conservative party wants a to be the. just not of the don'

and i'iow general election i have covered.ost interesting and we have seen two parties taking control of the landscape and the small parties have faded and you're the two visions taking each other on and it is a proper clash of ideologies and of personalities. how do you see the personalities. how do you see the personalities having fared? personalities. how do you see the personalities having fared ?|j personalities. how do you see the personalities having fared? i think it has been very revealing for both. both leaders who haven‘t led into an election before and although we do have a parliamentary system there is a discussion about increasingly presidential we are becoming, your voting for local candidates, but you feel like you‘re voting for the national outcome and we have had greater scrutiny on theresa may and jeremy corbyn and i thinkjeremy corbyn‘s come out the better. he loves the local detail of campaigning and meeting people. i think theresa may that is not her for tay and it comes across. is that how you see it? ye

standing in this general election while accused of declaring false expenses in the last. andford, bbc news. 0ur correspondent charlie rose was in ramsgate earlier, and said it's unclear whether the cps's decision will affect the election. i've spent the morning here in south thanet. i went to the conservative party flat a few hundred yards from me here in ramsgate to look for craig mackinlay. i went to the conservative party office in broadstairs, but no sign of craig mackinlay in either of those two places, but he has now released a full statement. he describes the crown prosecution service's decision as shocking and says he has done nothing wrong. he says his candidature in south thanet is entirely unaffected, and his campaign will continue as before. with the general election, though, in just a few days' time, we're yet to see how this will affect the vote down here in south thanet, if at all. the function of the election will be unaffected, though. we've contacted thanet district council and the electoral commission, and they say craig mackinlay‘s name will remain on t

|j make the possibility of a second general election more likely.ng to a couple of tory contacts today and there is genuine fear among some of them that if there was another general election, which is possible, this one hasn't created a result, they could lose and that's the worst thing, losing tojeremy corbyn and having him in number 10. the daily mirror exclusive says we might not have to wait that long according tojeremy corbyn. might not have to wait that long according to jeremy corbyn. he thinks he could be prime minister within days, that is what he has told my sunday mirror colleagues. he is of the opinion that theresa may is of the opinion that theresa may is not going to be able to do this, she has stitched together this coalition of crackpots as we memorably dubbed it in the mirror yesterday and is it really going to hold? she's yesterday and is it really going to hold ? she's got yesterday and is it really going to hold? she's got a tiny majority in the commons with the help of the dup. but the party is in turmoil. she's not going to be

another general election? are mps going to wa nt to general election?‘s former communications adviser, who we saying the reality is that a lot of people around this place will know that some plotting may well be under way already. technically, what is the procedure if there were to be a change in the leader of the conservative party? the way these things will happen probably in reality, as this law with margaret thatcher, is in the end there may be some kind of leadership challenge. there is a process for doing that if it was to happen, it probably there will be informal ways of approaching this if it is becoming clear that there is a serious body of resistance. but clearly that will be hugely damaging, if you are trying to runa hugely damaging, if you are trying to run a government in a difficult position, especially with negotiating over brexit, and there isa negotiating over brexit, and there is a formal leadership challenge. that could be more damaging to the conservative party than sticking with the leader they‘ve got. fascinating to talk to you. t

you cold a general election to the good of the conservative party and it will backfire. people who voted out, perhaps they should be given a second chance, you should have the confidence to say she we have another vote? people here in the uk said that that was not the way to behave. let's listen to the people and deliver on it. you can spend your whole life working hard to build upa your whole life working hard to build up a nest a but if it will all be taken build up a nest a but if it will all be ta ken away build up a nest a but if it will all be taken away from you, if care is needed, then, essentially, why should you even bother in the first place? today we see people needing to sell their house to pay those bills. what we say is that in the system we introduce, we need and sustainable so system for the future. if we do nothing, our social ca re system future. if we do nothing, our social care system will collapse. can you tell us the imac —— why can you not tell us the imac —— why can you not tell us the cap? we need to give people the protection of their savings.

he is giving the impression that he is very much weeping in the wings and expecting another general election. i think there could be another election next year and that would be a good thing because we cannot have this instability. we are ready to fight another campaign. we got great support for it an agenda which is transformative and people are asking, why are my children worse off than i am? this election was not just about worse off than i am? this election was notjust about brexit, it was about challenging and economic consensus which has impoverished so many people. do you think the tape of brexit that theresa may was calling for has changed? at face value, listening to senior conservatives, that is not the case. but i think behind the scenes, things could be different. after all, the general election was called on the basis of theresa may being able to go to the european union with the strong negotiating position, having had the backing of the people of britain. there is talk behind the scenes that it could be problems with the make up of the parliament. obviously, that is the situati

ivoted in was my first vote in a general election. mpaigns. i found myself disappointed by all of them. there was a lot of blame culture, vote for us to save you from them. we are the only ones who can protect you from this. i want to know what you will do for me, rather than what you can stop happening. there was a lot of scaremongering and it put a lot of people off. it didn't make me think, they are the people i want to vote for. there wasn't one party who i wanted in government. i ended up voting for labour. it was the best of a bad lot. i kind of had a toss up between labour, and the snp, like all of us. independence isn't something i'm looking forjust now from the country, but there is a lot of other factors involved and i think it was really difficult. best of a bad lot — what do you make of that? ? ? forcedsyellow i was best of a bad lot — what do you make of that? ? ?forcedsyellow i was torn between snp and labour, and voting labour, particularly scottish labour, particularly scottish labour, a vote for them is a vote against

until the general election, with wales as one of the key battle grounds. labour won 25 of the 40 seats in 2015, with the conservatives in second on 11. let's get the latest on how voters are feeling and cross to newport, and speak to our correspondent tomos morgan. newport, a key battle ground because this is one area, two constituencies here, the tories are trying to take from labour. an early polls say that up from labour. an early polls say that up to 11 of labour's seat in the general election will be offered grabs. more recent polls say labour are back in control and will hold onto those 25 seats. there are battle ground is all across wales. but what are the key issues facing voters in wales, what are they voting on? we had an assembly election last year, key policy areas like health and education are devolved. i have asked people what the main issues are for them, and what are the key issues coming out on occasions are brexit and voting on occasions are brexit and voting

a busy day ahead of the general election. bye—bye.d windy with damaging gusts of wind across parts of yorkshire, the isle of wight, the dorset coast. we saw gusts in excess of 60mph. this came with that area of low pressure tracking north—eastwards. some rain here for a time. pulling north—eastwards. later in the day we will see another system approaching from the south west but in between, for much of the country and for much of the day it will be dry with spells of sunshine, and strong winds easing down. cloud increasing from the south—west later in the afternoon. eventually we will see rain pushing into devon and cornwall, and western parts of wales. the breeze will pick up but it will not be as windy as we saw yesterday. through much of england and into the east coast, a better day here. some spells of sunshine. the wind easing down. dry for much of the morning but the rain starting to make its presence felt as we go through the afternoon. 0nce to make its presence felt as we go through the afternoon. once the rain has cleared awa

from grime mcs to nme, youth culture has provided the soundtrack for change in this general election.n. what's going on, man? lovely to see you, thank for coming along. thank you for having me, seriously. i went to derby north, 13,018 to 2a —year—olds live here. how excited we re —year—olds live here. how excited were you about the election results coming through last night? excited. early indications were that the youth vote was labour's games with their policies for housing benefits for under—21s and the scrapping of tuition fees. i voted forjeremy corbyn because of my future as a primary school teacher, i feel children need the opportunities to thrive in school and without food and daily care they won't thrive so pa rt and daily care they won't thrive so part of his manifesto was to improve that so i voted forjeremy. last year for the eu referendum that so i voted forjeremy. last yearforthe eu referendum i that so i voted forjeremy. last year for the eu referendum i was just too young so this year gave me a chance to have my say, i felt cheated out of it in the referendum la st che

as a northern irish voter i was somewhat dissatisfied with the bbc‘s general election coverage becausem to include the parties from northern ireland and never the issues northern irish voters were concerned about in the election. i think this is especially obvious whenever it came to the big set piece television debates and interviews of the campaigns, such as the leaders debates, and the leaders interviews with andrew neil. first, i'd like to ask what the justification is for excluding all northern ireland parties from those programmes? and secondly, given that the dup is in such a prominent national position after the election, will the bbc reconsider this for future general election coverage? let's discuss some of those issues which the bbc‘s head of news gathering, jonathan munro. jonathan, let's start with the dup. in hindsight was it a mistake, it was, wasn't it, not to include them in that debate? no, it wasn't a mistake it was deliberate. the reason for it there are five parties in northern ireland who are described as major parties. parties of significant support in the consti

yeah well for thought thank you very much for having me back on your show obviously the general election of two thousand and seventeen that i think theresa may had thought maybe early on a couple of months ago was going to give her that mandate that she needed to walk into brussels and begin negotiations from a position of strength have changed and i think that it pretty clear that the fact is that she does not have that mandate anymore and there's a lot of fear from the folks that i worked with on the leave side that they're not going to get the harbor exit and that it's going to get watered down into some qana soft drugs it and i think that's just the reality of situation that. prime minister may has created as a result of the two thousand and seventeen election banks's book of the bad boys a brick said you feature in that book he expressed disappointment about there not being a left wing. jeremy corbyn of course being against the e.u. for his political life for the better part of the party could he help stop the watering down of bricks set in the mandate of by a given by the british p

general elections are clearly a serious business.e is counted correctly — or at least that's the theory. joseph alan meale has duly been elected... that oscars moment. they read out the wrong result, but then again mansfield has always been labour, sir alan meale has been voted time and time again since 1987. not last night. mansfield's gone conservative! crikey! i'm a socialist at heart, it sticks in your craw to vote conservative. margaret, a retired nhs cleaner, hadn't voted tory before either. it's better the devil we know and we should give theresa may a chance, she hasn't had a chance yet. lifelong labour supporter and i can't believe that mansfield has gone to conservative after all these years. i can't believe it, i can't. it's a miners' town so i'm surprised. last night's winner, ben bradley, is 27 and thinks he'll be the second youngest mp in parliament. he believes brexit won it. mansfield is changing, demographics are changing and locally people have been crying out for a change. defeated for labour, sir alan meale predic

you've called a general election for the good of the conservative party and it's going to backfire onou. we we re and it's going to backfire on you. we were all told lies, so even people who voted out, perhaps they should be given a second chance, you should be given a second chance, you should have the confidence to say, shall we have another vote? should have the confidence to say, shall we have another vote ?|i should have the confidence to say, shall we have another vote? i think collectively people here in the uk said, you know what, that's not the way to behave. if the people have given their choice that this to the people and actually deliver it. on the wrong information! you can spend your whole life, obviously, working ha rd your whole life, obviously, working hard to build up a nest egg. not if it is all going to be sort of taken away from you again, if your care is needed, essentially, why should you even bother in the first place?m is today that we see people sometimes having to sell their house in order to pay those bills. what we say is that under the system we introduce

the has to be no the general election just doesn't have enough seats there aren't enough seats to put together to form a coalition so that's not going to happen without another election. and with another election i think some of the paradoxes of the contradictions within germany covens appeal may become may on rival if the conservatives get a new leader with a different approach. but yes it's always the fear amongst the left when tony benn of the one nine hundred eighty s. was riding hard there was always the fear that things would go wrong a left labor government we don't know that i would have happened because that happened so i don't know i mean jeremy cooper in there's a lot of fear there were lots of theories about him about his links calling him as friends and distorted quotes but he really at the base of it is basically a left wing social democrat i think he's pretty harmless but that doesn't mean the security services won't look at look upon him as being a threat but i don't know i mean i know lots of political fiction i know lots of conspiracy dramas but i would doubt very mu

the general election is less than a week away and this was a great opportunity for voters to see bothhe people who want to be prime minister. yes, setting out their vision, but also coming under real pressure over policies and both hope that this will be the moment when the public swings behind them. the singer ariana grande has visited fans in hospital who were injured in the terror attack at her manchester concert. the star spent time with youngsters at the royal manchester children's hospital in a surprise appearance ahead of a benefit concert in the city tomorrow. meanwhile, police investigating the bombing have made another arrest. simonjones reports. the smiles say it all. fans like this eight—year—old lily harrison who was still recovering from her injuries in hospital, meeting the singer who means so much to them. the children had been getting ready for bed when the star arrived unexpectedly, bringing gifts and signing autographs. we were the last room on the ward she came to visit so the excitement there were thanks as well for the nurses. and tomorrow she will perform at a c

let's talk about the general election.ure this is not uncommon, i would rather have a labour government than a conservative government. but i'm not comfortable endorsing mr corbyn as prime minister. i prefer strawberry. i feel like the power is shifting away from the tories. not everyone will fight that. i thinki may from the tories. not everyone will fight that. i think i may be orange this time. i prefer their environmental policies to those of the others on offer. and also because i am not convinced that brexit is the right way to go.|j have always been a socialist, a labour supporter, but i am definitely not a jeremy corbyn fan. how are you going to go to? which bit of fruit fits you? the strawberry. even though you are not ajeremy corbyn strawberry. even though you are not a jeremy corbyn found. strawberry. even though you are not a jeremy corbyn foundlj strawberry. even though you are not a jeremy corbyn found. i am not a jeremy corbyn fan but i am even less ofa jeremy corbyn fan but i am even less of a diane abbott

he came under pressure after his party lost seats in the general election last year. neighbour, the uk, from the eu. enda kenny has described it as the biggest challenge the irish republic has faced in its history. chris page, bbc news, dublin. with the general election under a week away, my colleague victoria derbyshire has been organising a series of election blind dates — a lunch between two people with very different political views. today it's the turn of labour'sjess phillips and the conservative'sjohn whittingdale — this is how they got on. i amjess phillips and i was a labour member of parliament for birmingham and yardley, now i'm the candidate in that election. i was raised to hate the tories. there are still some who i think are three—headed monsters. i feel slightly anxious about going out with somebody, i don't know who it is. i wouldn't want it to be anyone boring. i'm john whittingdale, the parliamentary candidate for maldon, in essex. my confession to you is that i'm taking a night off in the election campaign to go and see iron maiden at the 02. hello

we have the first exit polls in the british general election. ♪ jane: welcome to world news america.there are major events playing on both sides of the atlantic. in a moment, it will get to the testimony of james comey. in the u.k., the voting is over and the general election and the exit poll by all the major broadcasters has been released. it shows that prime minister theresa may could fall short of an overall majority in the house of commons. but the conservatives are set to be the biggest party. that is just the exit poll and we will know much more when the actual results began to filter through in the next two hours. of course, we will be speaking to our correspondent in london shortly. well, it was a day of high drama here in washington as former fbi director james comey told congress he wanted to put the record straight after president trump fired him in may. he accused the administration of defaming him and the fbi, and called into question the president's ability to tell the truth. he also confirmed that the president himself was not under investigation. lawyers for mr. trum

this is a general election but there is a chance of another assembly election.who believes in a culture of inequality and discolouration. you get the impression of how bitter the election is in northern ireland and how difficult those relationships are between the 2 big parties, sinn fein and the dup. to the ballot box — reality check‘s chris morris has been taking a look at the reliability of the opinion polls. throughout this general election campaign, opinion polls and analysis of the numbers have been hitting the front pages. but questions have been raised about how reliable they are. the last few days, polls put the conservative lead over labour, with anywhere between 3 and 14%. have the pollsters ost their mojo? have certainly had problems in the past, most notably during the general election campaign in 2015, when all the polls said it would be a hung parliament but the conservatives won an outright majority. what is going on? let‘s ask a man who really should know. there is a persistent issue which the polling industry has been trying to deal with, which

and right people together it certainly would be helpful and look i mean right after again the general election of two thousand and seventeen corin looked very strong coming out of that there are even you know a lot of talk about whether or not he should be the prime minister or should or should be some short shared power between him and the tory parties but you know fast forward to where we are today you see what's happening teresa mayes cutting a deal with the g.o.p. so clearly that puts theresa may a little bit more back into the driver see economy put corben in the passenger seat once again i'm sure there's a lot more negotiating a lot more discussion is going to happen with respect to that had quite a few eyebrows lifted on that one you obviously iran a great help to run a great campaign against elite media air in britain any danger that he has a keeping their eye off the ball because a pretty obvious to anyone in this country arguably that the elite media certainly television media is is for britain remaining in the european union yeah that that has always been the disadvantage that we ha

the conservatives have suspended campaigning to thinks that's the right thing to do before the general election? >> i can understand why people do not want to be campesina knocking on doors. but the election is going to be in thursday, it's important that we do it we can to make sure we are safe and those things will be stored they do today. >> is there an argument for postponing the election? >> no. i believe in democracy. the making sure that we recognize that one of the things the terrorists hates is elections in the public choosing who should beer leaders and i'm looking for to voting on thursday. >> and just a . .. . . . . . >> terrorists strike again in the u.k. in central london. they killed six and wounded dozens of others in a series of attacks before being killed by police. greg has the latest. >> hello. in the past 20 minutes we've heard from the mayor for of london. he did not mix words. he called it horrific and deliberate. he called a cowardly the most are partly, he called it a terror attack. this is with her more details of the toll of this attack. six are dead, 48 injured, amon

having secured the largest number of votes and the greatest number of seats in the general election, imacy and ability to provide that certainty by commending a majority in the house of commons. the fallout from last night's election is slowly beginning to emerge. let's take a look at the latest developments tonight. theresa may has apologised to conservatives who lost their seats, insisting she won't resign and herfocus remains on forming a government ahead of brexit talks beginning in ten days. tonight, she's released details of her cabinet with the top five posts staying unchanged, including the chancellor philip hammond, foreign secretary boris johnson and home secretary amber rudd. she only just held onto her seat by 346 votes. mrs may now needs the support of northern ireland's democratic unionists, who have 10 seats at westminster. their leader, arlene foster, says she'll begin talks with the prime minister. but there's speculation about what the dup might demand in exchange for its support. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has exceeded all expectations, gaining 29 seats and winn

you have called a general election for the good of the conservative party and it's going to backfirehen to what her team thinks is her biggest advantage, brexit. why not give people a second vote? we were all told lies. even people who voted out, perhaps they should be given the second chance, you should have the confidence to say, shall we have another vote? i think collectively people here in the uk said, you know what, that is not the way to behave. if the people have made their choice, let's listen to the people and actually deliver on it. on the wrong information! and question after question about social care and her change of heart. you can spend your whole life working hard to build up a nest egg, but if it's all going to be taken away from you again, if your care is needed, then essentially why should you even bother in the first place? so it is today that we see people sometimes having to sell their house in order to pay those bills. what we say is that under the system we introduce, which is important, because we need a sustainable system for the future, given the ageing po

and european stock markets are in wait and see mode ahead of voting in the uk general election, tomorrowarkets are pricing in a win for the conservatives. the american online taxi company, uber, say it's sacked twenty members of staff, after an investigation into alleged sexual harassment and other complaints made by workers. uber has suffered a series of recent scandals, including claims of sexism. let's cross to new york and speak to our business correspondent michelle fleury. uber always seems to be in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. remind us of the issues they have faced in recent months. the one that will be potential investors is a lawsuit involving the driverless technology owned by google's parent company. there is a lawsuit about whether uber infringed on that. the company whether uber infringed on that. the co m pa ny let whether uber infringed on that. the company let go one of the engineers who works on that project so that is concern about that. then of course a couple of other instances, the company's couple of other instances, the compa ny‘s chief executive coupl

fight the general election twenty twenty two what would spoil the good of the general election there are so many hurdles at the moment and this is her biggest problem she has to pass this extruded she has to take britain out of the european union that requires about eight giant pieces of legislation to smooth that process through at the same time as negotiating base deal with the european union the most complex deal in british political history since the second world war she has to do all of that with a wife a thin majority in parliament any of those things get voted down and she's pretty much gone. you and many others have described britain's recent election you use the term botched how was it botched. she called it because she was so far ahead in the polls she thought she couldn't lose all she could do was increase a majority increase her mind give her a mandate to take britain and the european union the way she she thought was right she lost it she lost it all nobody expected this germy calling came from nowhere and took away her mandate and her majority so she that was the fundam

this comes two days before the general election.he focus of the campaign is changing to the welfare of retirees. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. matt? very much.s let's check back in on the starry -- qatari stock market. 1.75%.ly down yesterday, we were down 1.25 percent on qatari. it is not taking the kind of hit it was yesterday. it was the biggest drop since 2009. to keep an eyee on this, it is a huge issue for the markets. thursday is a big day for the markets for a couple of reasons. on thursday, also the ecb decision coming on thursday and former fbi director james comey is testifying in front of the senate in the u.s.. which of these events will have the largest market impact? mark cudmore joins us from singapore to help you set up for that trade. what do you think? which we.k. elections, are not going to be able to discuss on thursday because of the regulations in the u.k.. rates,u have the ecb that will be in estonia, i am going to

how is a general election inevitable? you are underestimating how ruthlessly tory party is. eople have shifted, they wa nt to herself. people have shifted, they want to know what is happening with the single market. the labour party has won in kensington and canterbury, i think partly on remain alone. people are angry and concerned about drug. they want her to change her position. some in her party will have to force to do that —— people are concerned rod lawler. what do you think about the deal with the dup? i think it is a disgrace. i thought tim farron's views abortion and being gay were bizarre, but the dup are alarming. we have seen what the snp were doing, and thankfully they have been knocked back. we have seen a rise in tension in northern ireland. brexit has so many costs and consequences and risks that this government are trying to ignore. the cracks are widening. thank you, neil coyle, labourmp. widening. thank you, neil coyle, labour mp. more from our voters later. let's hear the news and sport withjoanne. later. let's hear the news and sport with joanne. theresa

we are just four days away from a general election in the united kingdom. le are due to be going to the polls in that election. there has been political reaction from across the board to events in the capital here overnight. let's here a little for the leader of the labour party, germany corbyn. absolutely shocked and horrified at what happened. —— jeremy corbyn. shocked and horrified at what happened. ——jeremy corbyn. looking at the pictures are people running frightened, police running in the other direction to try and help and save lives will stop them are brilliant paramedics, ambulance crews and fire service crews all getting on the scene to help. this isa getting on the scene to help. this is a dreadful terrorist attack. it has taken yet more lives in this country. labour, like the other parties, has said it will suspend campaigning. was that a decision you reached easily? yes, we will not be campaigning nationally today but we will be resuming later on, because i think it is important to get a message that democracy must prevail. if we allow these att

as a northern irish voter i was somewhat dissatisfied with the bbc‘s general election coverage because include the parties from northern ireland and never the issues northern irish voters were concerned about in the election. i think this is especially obvious whenever it came to the big set piece television debates and interviews of the campaigns, such as the leaders debates, and the leaders interviews with andrew neil. first, i'd like to ask what the justification is for excluding all northern ireland parties from those programmes? and secondly, given that the dup is in such a prominent national position after the election, will the bbc reconsider this for future general election coverage? let's discuss some of those issues which the bbc‘s head of news gathering, jonathan munro. jonathan, let's start with the dup. in hindsight was it a mistake, it was, wasn't it, not to include them in that debate? no, it wasn't a mistake it was deliberate. the reason for it there are five parties in northern ireland who are described as major parties. parties of significant support in the constituen

he's had to leave the london and now he will not get a chance to vote in the general election.we care who our mp is and to the government are so here's very, very angry that he will not be able to vote. obviously time is running out what can you do if you are affected? the city council says to call them, they will issue you a replacement ballot and if you come down here to the city council, you can that an vote on the spot. but however product of the city council is being, the issue is causing a stir on social media. we've received emails citing similar cases further afield. the electoral commission is happy with the way it is being dealt with but what happens after the election result is announced if the party challenges the outcome? especially postal votes have gone missing in one of the most marginal seats in the country, plymouth, sutton and devonport? the election result could only be revisited with a court order and a court order would only come after an election petition had been lodged. court ordering a fresh election is the very worst case scenario. for now, a very the

but that was before a general election that led to the conservatives weakened. general election that to the conservatives weakened. i think grammar schools have been controversial in the conservative party as well as in the other parties. theresa may would have needed a healthy tory majority in the house of commons to push this policy through. the fact is that she has lost her majority and lost the opportunity to take this policy forward. the government has hinted that it will look at the issue of school funding, which caused widespread processed among parents and teachers who said that schools need more money. in the election campaign it was an issue on the doorsteps. we are going to see larger class sizes from september, fewer subjects choices unless the government acts urgently to tell headteachers they will be getting a funding uplift. we want that to happen very soon. however, the queen's speech did not mention a conservative manifesto proposal to scrap free school lunches for pupils in england. again, it was unpopular with voters and with no majority in the house of commons, it

let's have a look at the latest polls ahead of the general election. have, of course, changed quite dramatically over the course of the past six weeks. let's getjeremy to navigate what has happened for us. let's have a look at the result of the last election and you can see the last election and you can see the conservatives winning on 38%. if they get the same percentage again they get the same percentage again they will have one again. labour could improve from 31% and still not win. the liberal democrat way down on 8%, and ukip on 13%. a lot of ukip voters there. we will come back to that in a year, this is the story. the conservatives dominant in the polls and for the whole year, leading labour by quite some difference. you can see why she called the election. but the story changes if we look at the polls since the calling of the general election. week one up to week six, he we go. have a look at what happens to this conservative lead, see the way it narrows, see the way jeremy corbyn takes the conservatives to within 8%, according to the polls. ei

she saidi last week's general election.nd you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter, i'm @bbcmikeembley. thank you very much for watching. yesterday was a bit of a breezy day for most parts of the uk, with a fair bit of cloud and a little bit of sunshine. in the north—west of the uk, we got temperatures up to 12 degrees. but we got to 20 celsius in the south—eastern corner. we're going to go a little bit warmer than that in the next few days, particularly so for england and wales. a lot of dry weather and the forecast and the winds are quite, light as well. some decent conditions getting out and about. 12 or 13 degrees today and yes, some rain to be had, mainly in the north and west. a wet start in western scotland. the eastern side will be that the drier, perhaps brighter as well. a fair bit of cloud in northern ireland through the morning. some outbreaks of rain as you will find in northern england. about here, not so large, but rain nonetheless. then the cloud breaks up there. sunshine possible during

labor party accepts breaks it and will enforce it that took that issue off the table in the general election many labor m.p.'s i speak to in the north north of england where there was a breakfast stronghold they said if we'd try to fight this election on bracks it we would have got trounced but they didn't they took it off the table and they turned it into an austerity election where they said no more cuts to social services no more cuts to hospitals and one of the reasons why bracks it happened was because britain is a net contributor to the e.u. so the main campaign argument was pull out of the you get your money back and put it into the n.h.s. the health service and schools and hospitals and other things like that and that's what that was the main reason why many people think why we left and even the conservatives learned from all of this yeah you need to be smarter with the pride with the prime ministerial candidate you put up to the country where you need somebody in twenty first century politics they can carry the weight of a general election campaign on their shoulders they have the c

|j think result of the general election?” you got from nicola sturgeon today is what you usually get, very clear and measured statement. i think people on the left side of the argument will be greatly encouraged by the fact that she continues to make it clear that the people of scotland will have a choice at the end of the brexit process , choice at the end of the brexit process, and we must have a choice. kezia dugdale, there is no halt to this, it will happen butjust not immediately. nicola sturgeon said she would listen to the voters and reflect after the general election but what she has done today is baker hughes, put your fingers in her ears and carry on regardless. a lot of people across scotland desperately wa nt people across scotland desperately want their first minister to get back to the dayjob of governing in scotland — — back to the dayjob of governing in scotland —— what she has done today is big her heels in. but she said she wants to carry on with government, but she is saying that once we, everybody, knows m

putting together a new minority government, after a disastrous night for the conservatives in the general elections, who won only 318 seats asjeremy corbyn's labour made gains. mrs may has apologised to her colleagues who've lost their seats, and now the party is having to depend on support of the democratic unionists to govern. in the days and weeks ahead, it is the union that will be to the forefront of our minds, the union is out forefront of our minds, the union is ourguiding star. key posts in the cabinet are announced, with no change at the top. borisjohnson remains foreign secretary,