johnson defended khan saying america was right to reassure them of the presence of armed police on the streets. >> steven hawking has thrown his weight behind the labor party. he says the conservatives would be a disaster for public services. still coming up on the show, qatar in crisis. the chaos across the gulf. we'll be back in two. >>> oil prices are still under pressure as the day after several powers including saudi arabia, the uae and egypt cut diplomatic ties with qatar, meantime they recovering after january 2016 flat in current trade. qatar's foreign minister said the country is ready for mediation efforts. he postponed an address in order to give them a chance to intervene as a result of the growing conflict. let's get to hadley covering the story for us. now involved in an effort by the turkish president. >> absolutely. you have to remember there's a relationship there as well it's an interconnected web. it really hurts qatar more than the other countries and also means something geopolitically. we already heard from the u.s. government. they were offering yesterday rex til

khan said was talking about being alarmed over a terrorist attack. nonetheless, anthony, it is quite something for the american president to say in the 48 hours after a terror attack in the capital of one of america'ss very remarkable, but then again donald trump has a tendency of trying to take incidents like this, high profile attacks like this, and use them to political advantage. it was after the paris attack, i believe, that he first unveiled in december 2015 his proposal for an outright ban on muslim integration into the us, and his standing within the republican party, among party voters went up after that, and time and time again you see instances where there has been an attack or some sort of incident and donald trump has reacted very aggressively in condemning it and saying it is an example of why the us must do more to ta ke example of why the us must do more to take on islamic extremism. so it isn't out of keeping with the way donald trump has behaved on the campaign trail, and as president. but, mind you, it is particularly pointed, given the fact that it is the mayor of london, and the uk is one of our closest allies. i think he is getting a lot of criticism here within the us on this

khan said the council‘s decision beggars belief. the parents of ten—month—old charlie gard, who fought an unsuccessful legal battle to take him to america for experimental treatment, sayssile strike on a syrian government air base. the foreign secretary borisjohnson said he had no doubt syrian president bashar al—assad‘s forces were involved in the chemical attack. the german parliament has voted to legalise same—sex marriage. the bill will grant gay and lesbian couples full marital rights, including child adoption. it had been backed by most of germany‘s political parties although it was opposed by conservative allies of chancellor merkel. she changed her mind to allow a free vote. that‘s a summary of the bbc news. more on bbc newsroom live at 11am. time for a sports update. breaking news and good news for cricket fans, the bbc has secured free to air digital cricket fans, the bbc has secured free to airdigitaland cricket fans, the bbc has secured free to air digital and radio rights packages from the ecb which means live cricket will return to the bbc for the first time in 21 years. we will show highlights of all england matches as well as two t20 games in full. we

wrong to take america out of the climate change agreement. lam not out of the climate change agreement. i am not afraid to say when i think president trump is getting things wrong. sadiq khanu have strong and sta ble prime minister, you have strong and stable written on your lectern there, does that stability apply to your top team or can we expect a sweeping reshuffle onjune 9th. your top team or can we expect a sweeping reshuffle on june 9th. you are not the first person who has tried that, i have to say, i will put on record that i am proud of my cabinet, i put on record that i am proud of my cabinet, lam proud put on record that i am proud of my cabinet, i am proud of the work they have done, i think they have done an excellent job have done, i think they have done an excellentjob since have done, i think they have done an excellent job since the have done, i think they have done an excellentjob since the election, they and i will be spending the next few days focussing on the thing that matters to the british people, which is ensuring that we have the right leadership and the right government in power, after the election onjune 8th. it is a very system simple choice b