and john mcdonnell added his voice to back.d he had personally petitioned downing street to protect whistle—blowers when it comes to court cases. tony lives in the politics corridors. i don't, all i see isjeremy corbyn not speaking. it is always someone else, it is always keir starmer, dianne abbott, emily thornberry, it is neverjeremy corbyn. just as it was never borisjohnson until he is neverjeremy corbyn. just as it was never boris johnson until he was givena bit was never boris johnson until he was given a bit of a cake. i was never boris johnson until he was given a bit ofa cake. i mean, he just won't be questioned. i feel i am watching somebody paralysed by indecision and that is not very powerful or appealing. well, before we have to stop, let's look at the guardian front page, it has got a great picture of the victorious women's football team for the united states, the favourites one through 50 delete predictably but some great football. yes, i didn't see any of it but i'm told there was some great football. you were sa

mcdonnell says it's they'd been comrades for years, but nowjohn mcdonnell says it's time forjeremy corbyndecisively commit labour to another referendum and then campaign for remain. we need to express a view now which is clearly, as i said, i will vote remain, i want remain. now which is clearly, as i said, i will vote remain, i want remainlj say let's just get on with it, jeremy's much wiser, actually. he says let's talk to people, bring people together, bring consensus and go for it. john mcdonald said labour had to clarify its position on brexit in time for a possible september election. so is all this aggro causing civil war at the top of the party? 0h, aggro causing civil war at the top of the party? oh, no. it's mere, it's rubbish. you aren't being frozen out a bit? we go back 40 years. but, while much of the labour members wants another referendum, there is strong resistance to. mps and leave backing seeds wrote a letter to jeremy corbyn saying another vote would be toxic and urged him to back a brexit deal instead. with pressure growing on jeremy corbyn to clearly back another ref

john mcdonnell says now back to civil war at the top of the party? john mcdonnell says no. we are not being frozen out of meetings? no. we go back a0 years. we are the closest of friends. pressure on another issue, anti—semitism allegations in the labour party, but signs that this could move further in the coming weeks. voting is under way in the tory leadership contest. boris johnson is striding towards a halloween departure date from the eu but some tory mps do not have a taste for a new deal brexit on the label find a way to stop it. a sizeable number of us are meeting and having conversations at all times, as you would expect. boris johnson has tried to dampen down the possibility of a new deal departure putting the odds are 10 million to one but whoever takes over will face the same divided views that eventually sank the prime minister's plans. thousands of anti—government protesters have again taken to the streets of hong kong. they're protesting against a proposed controversial law change which would allow the extradition of citizens to the chinese mainland. demonstr

the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, sasteremy corbyn must "get on", and back another public vote,ver brexit. one of the city's biggest employers, deutsche bank, announces it will cut up to 18,000 staff worldwide. exit polls suggest greece has elected a new centre—right government, ousting the leftist syriza party in a snap election. at the women's world cup, the united states prove too strong for the netherlands, retaining their title, in france. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the parliamentary journalist tony grew and entertainment journalist and broadcaster caroline frost. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the telegraph says that career of the uk ambassador to the us is now in the balance over leaked memos branding the us president "inept". the times claims that borisjohnson is heading for a showdown with tory mps as they plot to stop him delivering a no—deal brexit if he wins the leadership race. the mirror leads with figures that show holiday prices are up to 81% higher during school breaks. the ft

alongside john mcdonnell, we government secretary appearing alongsidejohn mcdonnell, we saw him in theready made a difference, ealing, hackney, islington, and redbridge, and new, all have brought council house management back in—house. in liverpool, it services back in—house, they reckon that could save £30 million over three years. their pitch is that it is misplaced and unjustified to believe that private contractors are cheaper and more efficient, that has been the rationale, you offer services to the market and the can set back nature of the private sector means you will get the best deal and you can save council council payers —— council tax payers money. labour say that is misplaced, their plan is a local council services act, that will make in—house the new normal and they are not saying to councils, you absolutely cannot outsource under a labour government. strikingly, they are saying that. but they are saying ten questions, and i will spare you all ten of them, but ten questions that councils must ask themselves before they chose outsourcers, for among them, outsourcers would

john mcdonnell says no. it is net. it is rubbish. we are not being frozen out of meetings? no. of friends. pressure on another issue, anti—semitism allegations in the labour party, but signs that this could move further in the coming weeks. meanwhile, decisions being made here, too. voting is under way in the tory leadership contest. borisjohnson is striding towards a halloween departure date from the eu, but some tory mps do not have a taste for a no deal brexit and say they'll find a way to stop it. a sizeable number of us are meeting and having conversations at all times, as you would expect. borisjohnson has tried to dampen down the possibility of a new deal departure putting the odds are 10 million to one but whoever takes over will face the same divided views that eventually sank the prime minister's plans. —— putting at the oz at1 million to one. and jessica joins me now. going back tojohn mcdonnell‘s point, very diplomatic language. can we describe it as that? yes, it is not a secret that there are divisions at the top of the labour party about where to go next on brexi

also tonight: the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, sasteremy corbyn must get on and back another public vote over brexit. one of the city's biggest employers, deutsche bank, announces it will cut up to 18,000 staff worldwide. greece's centre right opposition looks set for a convincing win, in the country's snap general election. and savouring victory, the usa women's football team are crowned world champions after beating the netherlands in france. good evening. the foreign office has begun an investigation into who may have leaked emails from britain's ambassador to washington, which described the trump administration as being "inept" and "uniquely dysfunctional. " the secret memos were obtained and published by the mail on sunday, and were written by sir kim darroch, whom president trump tonight said "hasn't served the uk well." the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, says he's "disappointed" by the leak, but that the comments were "personal opinions, that didn't reflect the views of the british government." here's our washington correspondent, nick bryant. "inept, insecure, incompetent.

they've been comrades for years, but nowjohn mcdonnell says it's time forjeremy corbyn to quickly andew now, which is clearly... as i've said, i will vote remain and i want to campaign for remain. whatjeremy is rightfully doing, and this is one of the differences between us, ijust say let's get on with it but jeremy is much wiser, actually, saying, let's talk to people and bring them together down and build consensus and i go for it. echoing several other shadow cabinet members, john mcdonnell said labour had to clarify its position on brexit in time for a possible september election. so is all this aggravation causing civil war at the top of the party? oh, no. it is myth, it's rubbish and... you haven't been frozen out a bit? not at all. jeremy and i go back a0 years. we are the closest friends. but while much of the labour membership wants another referendum, there is also strong resistance. last month 26 labour mps in leave backing seats wrote a letter to jeremy corbyn saying another public vote would be toxic and urged him to back a brexit deal instead. with pressure growing onjer

shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell says if the party wins the next election, outsourcing of work such asyears. susanna mendonca reports. who should be responsible for local services like bin collections, your local councils or the private companies they might be paying to do it for them? it is called outsourcing, a practice that was supposed to make it cheaper and more efficient to deliver local services, but labour says it's led to councils often paying a high price for a poorjob and if it were in government, it would bring an end to most outsourcing in english councils within five years. to put it simply, the business model of outsourcing failed and is broken, and that's why it needs replacing. so after year upon year of failures, the public themselves have lost confidence in the privatisation of our public services and the carve up of the public realm for, well, for private profit. labour points to the collapse of the construction giant carillion last year which saw work on its public contracts, like this super hospital in birmingham, come to a grinding halt when it went out of busine

our china correspondent stephen mcdonnell has been following developments... rally, i suppose we could call it, these early have, today to support the hong kong government and also the police force. the police force has been criticised here for a very heavy—handed approach to the mass rallies in support of democracy and opposing this very unpopular extradition bill, allowing potentially for extradition to mainland chinese courts, controlled by the communist party. on the same day as having this rally, which is just winding appear today, a protester from a just winding appear today, a protesterfrom a pro—independence group you could call them, has been arrested for having explosives. the police say when molotov cocktails and a storage area. this will feel the criticism in certain circles that hong kong's political crisis is moving into a new potentially more violent face. we saw that last weekend, we may see it again tomorrow when there will be a much larger rally than this. while today's rally, nothing inside of the huge rallies, as i say, any pro—democracy ca

john mcdonnell says no. it is net. it is rubbish. we are not being frozen out of meetings?losest of friends. pressure on another issue, anti—semitism allegations in the labour party, but signs that this could move further in the coming weeks. meanwhile, decisions and being made here as well. voting is under way in the tory leadership contest. borisjohnson is striding towards a halloween departure date from the eu, but some tory mps do not have a taste for a new deal brexit on the label find a way to stop it. and say they will find a way to stop it. a sizeable number of us are meeting and having conversations at all times, as you would expect. borisjohnson has tried to dampen down the possibility of a no—deal departure, putting the odds at a million to one, but whoever takes over will face the same divided views that eventually sank the prime minister‘s plans. the women‘s world cup is under way in lyon, with the usa palying the netherlands, looking to win the trophy for a record fourth time. the defending champions are up against the reigning european champions in the final.

john mcdonnell says no. it is net. it is rubbish. we are not being frozen out of meetings? no.he closest of friends. pressure on another issue, anti—semitism allegations in the labour party, but signs that this could move further in the coming weeks. voting is under way in the tory leadership contest. borisjohnson is striding towards a halloween departure date from the eu, but some tory mps do not have a taste for a new deal brexit on the label find a way to stop it. and say they will find a way to stop it. a sizeable number of us are meeting and having conversations at all times, as you would expect. borisjohnson has tried to dampen down the possibility of a new deal departure putting the odds are 10 million to one but whoever takes over will face the same divided views that eventually sank the prime minister's plans. let's return to the story of orion breaching as conditions of the 2015 nuclear deal. we are going to speak to the conservative mp, chair of the commons foreign affairs committee quite joining commons foreign affairs committee quitejoining me again commons foreign

so today, john mcdonnell explains how he wants to change the law to, in effect, oblige councils to bring contracts expire. that's the ambition and i think that's what people want. they want their local council to deliver the service, they want to have a say over those services, they want to know who to go to complain. councils would be expected to comply with the plan, unless there were significant barriers to them doing the work. with billions of pounds' worth of services in private hands, that could mean a big change. a government spokesman says it should be for councils to decide which services to let private companies run, notjohn mcdonnell. the headlines on bbc news... the uk government says it's deeply concerned about iran's seizure of a british—flagged tanker in the gulf the chairman of the high speed 2 rail project reportedly warns that its cost could rise by £30 billion. and it's fifty years ago today that man first landed on the moon. police in hong kong say they've seized a large amount of explosives ahead of a weekend of marches by both pro and anti china demonstrators. offic

our china correspondent, stephen mcdonnell, has been following developments.se we could call it, these are the protesters who have come out to support the beleaguered hong kong government and also the police force. the police force that has been criticised for a heavy—handed approach to the rallies and opposing this very unpopular extradition bill allowing potentially for extradition to the communist party. on the same day as having this rally, a protester from a day as having this rally, a protesterfrom a pro—independence group has been arrested for having explosives and the police say ten molotov cocktail is in a storage area. this will fuel the criticism in certain circles that hong kong's political crisis is moving to a new, potentially more violent phase and we saw that last weekend and we may see it again tomorrow when there will be a much louder rally than this in favour of democracy. while today's rally, nothing near the size of the huge rallies in the pro—democracy camp, nevertheless thousands of people have been there. they are very keen, they are tu

>> commissioner buell: commissioner mcdonnell. >> commissioner mc donnell: it's a question. what's the timing on an update on bond? >> we can probably do something in -- and this relates to commissioner anderson, i can give you a shorter update and gm report next month, or a longer presentation august or september. we're getting ready to start our public process, and we're getting ready to update you on that. >> i would recommend a longer discussion when you're ready. >> thank you. >> but before the ink is dry. >> yeah. commissioners, 100%. we haven't begun -- >> just saying, when you're ready. >> no press conferences. >> yeah. >> so noted. >> commissioner buell: commissioner anderson. >> yes, when you do that, if you could be so kind as to sort of maybe highlight a little about this jackson park thing, and if it's not going to be in the 2020 bond, give us a clue how it gets some attention. that would be wonderful. >> commissioner, there will be a community process, the jackson community, who you heard from a few public speakers today is one of communities all over the city

it is interesting, diane abbott and john mcdonnell have now started quite publicly expressed opinion the frustration level is so high. not expected why? they were so close, but now the power is in the hands of unelected advisers upon whom he has become overly reliant. these are not people, i don't think these people understand the mood of the country. ijust find it extraordinary that a political moment like theirs, the opposition is a mess. this comes in the wake ofjeremy corbyn having extremely low ratings in polls this week, the labour party having some of its lowest ratings it has had in recent yea rs. of its lowest ratings it has had in recent years. but it also comes on the back of continual accusations around anti—semitism and around bullying. these accusations, whether true or not, there are lots of people are labour who argue that they are not at that this is being blown out of proportion, but it doesn't change the fact that weekend, week out these sorts of stories resurface. whether it is diane abbott and john mcdonnell arguing withjeremy corbyn over europe, a second referen

when lou gave me his shield to give to mitch mcdonnell, he said he was going to get this done beforecess. when we leave here, we're going to make sure that mcdonnell switches to his word. >> the senate has never forgotten the sunday and isn't about to start now. >>> donald trump is warning iran to be careful as tensions between the two nations are running high. this comes as the president is sending out a new incident. the u.k. is threatening the level of ships. >> the threat level going to its highest level for british shipping in the gulf, going to critical level three. this means that officials have to perhaps change their routing. the navy is sending in a destroyer. this will replace the vessel that tried to get to a british-flagged tanker earlier in the week. everyone wanting to see how long that witchover takes. what we're hearing from the front office, being very clear, saying this is a time for cooler heads. we all have a responsibility to check shipping. i'm being briefed as to what is going on. we want to do everything to make sure we don't have an ix palestinely ihe had 2.

this is sir simon mcdonnell telling the foreign affa i rs simon mcdonnell telling the foreign affairsttee that even hostile states had not taken such action and is 37 years in the department. let's listen in. as mr hobart said, there are different ways we do that on different systems. it's about keeping information within the environment of the people who have access to that system at the appropriate classification levels. you can forward information to people within systems who need to see it. various procedures then come into play. so when anybody signs up to use the system they have to sign a security operating procedure and they contain information about how to use things within that system such as only forwarding things to people. it involves training to use the official system multi—user secret system or a top secret system. all of them involve different training levels and they have more constraints over what you can and can't send until you can send it to. so you are generally not allowed to have any mobile devices in those areas. and printing? i don't want to go into the deta

this time in a much quieter chamber, john mcdonnell paid tribute to philip hammond. maintained our relationship, admits also that at times, we have enjoyed his dry sense of humor, and i gave his predecessor a little red book as a present, we have another red book. this is a guide to london's rebel walks, and we hope he will enjoy it in his leisure periods. the chancellor of the exchequer. well, let me say, first of all, it's very kind of the right honourable gentleman, and i much prefer this little red book to the one that he gave to my predecessor, although, i have to say, i haven't read this one, and i have read the other one. and that's it for now. don't forget there's a round up of the day in parliament each evening on bbc parliament and each morning on bbc two. but for now from me, mandy baker, goodbye. hello. we saw the peak in the heat yesterday, and the top temperature, 28 celsius, 82 fahrenheit, compared with the cooler, cloudier16, that's 61 fahrenheit, further north. that cooler, cloudier air is heading southwards, it's on a weather front which through the

shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell has accused international bodies including the world bank and imf of labour party's inaugural international social forum this morning. mr mcdonnell has called for a shake—up of international economic institutions, arguing that countries in the global south have been shut out of decisions about the world's economy for too long. we wa nt we want to look at maybe a new body that will tackle this specific problem, but it does mean that the global south needs to be properly represented, there needs to be fair representation overall. i give the example, at the moment it seems as though there is a gentle mental agreement, if you could call it that, of always having european or american to head up bodies like the imf. i think that is unacceptable. bodies must be represented —— representative of the globe overall if we are going to tackle this threat of climate change. your ambition for international reform will require allies. it will also require you to win an election. i wonder, when you look at the state of the labour party, not least the controversy of ant

so today, john mcdonnell explains how he wants to change the law to, in effect, oblige councils to bringand i think that's what people want. they want their local council to deliver the service, they want to have a say over those services, they want to know who to go to complain. councils would be expected to comply with the plan, unless there were significant barriers to them doing the work. with billions of pounds' worth of services in private hands, that could mean a big change. a government spokesman says it should be for councils to decide which services to let private companies run, notjohn mcdonnell. 50 years ago today, neil armstrong and buzz aldrin became the first people to set foot on the moon. the module carrying the astronauts touched down on the lunar surface onjuly the 20th, 1969. here's our science correspondent pallab ghosh. this is apollo saturn launch control. we're still aiming towards our planned liftoff at the start of the lunar window, 9:32am eastern daylight. the saturn 5 rocket shimmers on launch pad a at the kennedy space center. as the dawn's early light fades,

let's talk tojohn mcdonnell. good economy for far too long. let's talk to john mcdonnell. to speak to us. you are talking about a new international structure? slipping talking about a new international structure ? slipping away talking about a new international structure? slipping away these organisations? possibly replacing. there has been a debate going on now for the last 18 months to two years. gordon brown did an excellent speech last september in which he said, faced with climate change and the threat of trade wars, the power of multinationals over individual states, he expressed his view that may be the existing institutions at a global level, imf, world bank, elements within the un, are actually not up to the job of tackling those challenges and threats. the nobel economic prize member who is one of my advisers wrote something similar with a group of economists 18 months ago, and sol with a group of economists 18 months ago, and so i said that we would crawl together a group of economists, environmentalists, politicians, and leaders of social movements from across

shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell has accused international bodies including the world bank and imf ofspeaking to us earlier this afternoon, mr mcdonnell called for a shake—up of international economic institutions, and gave his views on the anti—semitism row surrounding the labour party. with regard to anti—semitism, let me make it absolutely clear, my criticism is that we have not been fast enough or recess enough. i was angry about what happened to years ago, when there was no real implementation of the report of. what's happened is about any new general secretary and she has speeded up the process. i was told, eight times faster than anything in the past in terms of dealing with cases. secondly, ithink the past in terms of dealing with cases. secondly, i think bringing the past in terms of dealing with cases. secondly, ithink bringing in a proper legal panel to make sure that we use the law effectively and never lose a case on these issues. i think that has proved to be much more effective and we are now seeing that investment in those resources pay—out. but we have had a historic

this time in a much quieter chamber, john mcdonnell paid tribute to philip hammond. admit also there were times where i've enjoyed his dry sense of humour. i gave his predecessor a little red book as a present. we have another red book. this is a guide to london's rebel walls, and we hope he will enjoy it in his leisure periods. the counsellor of the exchequer. well, let me say first of all, that's very kind of the right honourable gentlemen, i much prefer this little red book to the one... laughter. that he gave my predecessor. although i must say, i haven't read this one, and i have read the other one. and that's it. i'll be here at the same time tomorrow for a look back at wednesday in parliament. but for now from me, mandy baker, goodbye. hello there. july has started on a dry note for most of us, certainly a far cry from the weather we had for at least some ofjune. the met office has now released provisional rainfall statistics for the month ofjune. where you see the darker blue colours on the chart, well, those areas had around double the amount of rainfall the

stephen mcdonnell in hong kong. in moscow to demand free and fair local elections. thousands of people attended the protest which was called for by the jailed opposition leader alexei navalny to pressure authorities into allowing opposition candidates to run in a local vote in moscow, which they are currently barred from. authorities in india say they have rescued more than 900 passengers from an express train trapped by torrential rains near the indian city of mumbai. helicopters, boats and diving teams were deployed after the train became stranded close to the town of vangani. passengers were told to remain on board, but were left without food or waterfor 15 hours. rail passengers between london st pancras and nottingham and sheffield have been urged not to travel as disruption caused by hot weather enters a third day, and train conductors go on strike. the extreme heat earlier in the week damaged overhead line equipment, causing long delays. train companies have told customers to expect a reduced service until mo

stephen mcdonnell, bbc news, hong kong.rn about the use of nondisclosure agreeements, or ndas, by company bosses to silence staff, particularly over issues such as sexual harassment and racial discrimination. here's our business correspondent katy austin. anahid kassabian used to work at the university of liverpool, but after illness, she lost herjob. she felt she was forced out of her job after illness but signing a nondisclosure agreement meant she could not talk about it. she has since broken that nda. in my case, if i didn't sign, i wouldn't get my year's severance package, or i was told i wouldn't and that meant i wouldn't be able to put food on the table or to pay my mortgage. the use of ndas in this kind of setting just should be banned. the university of liverpool has refuted her allegations in the strongest possible terms. a series of high—profile cases has led to scrutiny of ndas used by employers. for example, last year, sir philip green was accused of using them in relation to bullying and sexual harassment alle

this is diane abbott and john mcdonnell turning on him, according to the paper?se, emily thornberry turned after the european elections. she said we need to change. so people are starting, finally, to stop sitting there looking at him adoringly and start to question the decisions he is making. this is yet again an attack on seamus milne, and carry whatever. karie murphy. it comes in the wake of the panorama programme, we know what is going to be in it, roughly, on wednesday, the panorama programme has apparently got up to eight members of the labour party who have signed an nda, nondisclosure, but have broken ranks to talk about their fears have broken ranks to talk about theirfears for it have broken ranks to talk about their fears for it is happening. allegations of anti—semitism and bullying. allegations of not knowing what the hell the public wants. john mcdonnell saying that we need to position ourselves as a remain party now, because there have been so many splits in the labour party. they're have in the conservative party as well, but the opposition seems

some of his loyal people, diane abbott and mcdonnell, are as close as you can be to him.e is one of them but i think there are a couple of others, actually, they are the labour party off today. i find that astonishing, that in the crisis and the challenges that are facing the country, these unelected men are ruling the leader of the labour party. it is so depressing! so depressing where we are, actually. this isn't of course entirely new in terms of its general themes. is not the first time we have had an article about labour's difficult position on anti—semitism or bullying or the fact that there could be a coup. not with diane abbott and... what do you make of the timing?m comes in light of labour getting the lowest poll in over a decade. they are not doing well. at a time when traditionally, in normal circumstances, you would expect the opposition to be running away with it but they are not and they are not because they are divided in the same way that the conservatives are divided. we know that if there is one thing voters don't like, a number of things voters don't l

commissioner mcdonnell. >> commissioner mc donnell: thank you. so i have a couple of concerns. one, in reading the staff memo and report, at least as it lands on me, it seems to presume someone was concerned about the hours, the hours should be changed, and so it goes from someone expresses concern to let's figure out what the new hours need to be, versus what it should have triggered rightfully, in my opinion, would have been a community process. i would disagree slightly with my colleague, commissioner mazzola, because what, as madeleine said, what is consistent across all of our parks and consideration of changing hours is a community process. what's missing in this moment is a community process. the memo says guidelines a community must follow when following, support from a district supervisor, rpd staff, operations managers, and community meetings must be held to gather feedback on the proposed change. when you race to the conclusion, the summary of who is in favor and who is opposed, doesn't represent the supervisor, and it certainly doesn't represent the engagement of co

mr mcdonnell pressed jeremy corbyn to "get on with" making the decision to support a public vote.espondent, jessica parker. two men at the top of the labour party at the heart of decision—making. the shadow chancellor is increasingly trying to clear the path for a clearer message on brexit. he says there is little time to lose on more fully getting behind another referendum. we need to express a view now which is clearly saying i will vote to remain and i want to campaign remain. whatjeremy is rightfully doing, and this is one of the differences between us, i say get on with it, jeremy is much wiser, he wants to talk to people and then go for it. have divisions sparked civil war at the top of the it is rubbish. pressure on another issue, anti—semitism allegations in the labour party, but signs that this could move further in the coming weeks. decisions being made here too. voting is under way in the tory leadership contest. borisjohnson is striding towards a halloween departure date from the eu but some tory mps do not have a taste for a no deal brexit. a sizeable number of us are

stephen mcdonnell, bbc news, hong kong. let's take a look at some of the day's other news.kraine suggest that president volodymyr zelensky‘s party will win the largest number of seats in parliament. but it may be short of an overall majority. our correspondent steve rosenberg has the latest. one thing is certain — there are going to be plenty of new faces in this new ukrainian parliament. none of the candidates from this party, servant of the people, have ever been an mp before. president zelensky will be hoping that this level of support for his party will help him push through the kind of reforms he says he wants to carry out in ukraine. he says he wants to modernise the country and to fight corruption. there are sceptics and he has his critics who believe in the pocket of a powerful tycoon. both the president and the businessman deny that. for now, at least, it seems that ukrainians are keeping faith with the show man turned president and hoping that he and his party will change ukraine for the better. steve rosenberg reporting for us today. also making news today: the u

so today john mcdonnell explains how he wants to change the law, in effect oblige councils to bring sometsourcing to a halt. when existing contracts expire. that is the ambition and i think that is what people want, they wa nt think that is what people want, they want the local council to deliver the service, they want to have a say over those services, they want to know who to go to complain. councils would be expected to comply with the plan and less there were significant barriers to them doing the work. with billions of pounds worth of services in private hands, that could mean a big change, a government spokesman says it should be for councils to decide which services to let private companies run, notjohn mcdonnell. ross hawkins, bbc news. visitors to chester zoo got an extra special surprise when a critically endangered chimpanzee was born right in front of them. it must‘ve been a remarkable moment! the baby primate was born to mother alice, a west african chimpanzee, as zoo guests watched. bosses say the newborn, which is yet to be named, is in good health and she's spending time

our correspondent stephen mcdonnell has the latest.n the term of the pro ageing camp to rally. they have turned out to support the hong kong government and the city ‘s right police who have been criticised for their at times heavy—handed suppression of the mass rallies in support of democracy and opposing a controversial bill to allow extradition to mainland chinese courts. while this gathering is not as big as those in the pro—democracy camp, nevertheless there are thousands of people here. however, as you can see, many are already leaving afterjust 30 minutes. one of the reasons for this could be that the weather is driving them back. it is raining and we have heard at times funder. it will be interpreted, i am sure, by the pro—democracy camp is a sign of the lack of conviction of those who are here. they would also say there are many in attendance who are actually from the chinese mainland, living in hong kong, and they are traditionally the supporters of the central government. brazil's president, jair bolsonaro has launched a stin

stephen mcdonnell, bbc news, hong kong. the pro—democracy activist joshua wong joins me now.thank you for your time. what have you heard about these specific attacks by these men in white shirt? we know that activists and citizens, they have had their protests around evening. the gangs in suburban areas attacked the citizens who came back home for protests and even included journalists, lawmakers, they were attacked by those gangs loyal to beijing. the government has condemned these attacks and we do not know who these people are but do you think that matters have got out of hand in hong kong? when journalists, former news reporters, and also pregnant women were attacked by gangs, people tried to call an emergency hotline to call the police but the police did not appearand the police but the police did not appear and they did nothing which means that the hong kong government cannot ensure the safety of their citizens. we know that protests continued and clashes happen in previous weeks but no—one in hong kong would have expected what would happen in suburban areas. citizens i

stephen mcdonnell, bbc news, hong kong.st that president volodymyr zelensky‘s party will win the largest number of seats in parliament. but it's estimated his party has secured 44% of the votes cast, which may be short of an overall majority. mr zelensky announced the snap election, although his new servant of the people party had no representation in parliament at that time. the exit polls also suggest pro—russian opposition platform and thatjust five parties overall reached the 5% national threashold needed to secure any seats in parliament. our correspondent steve rosenberg has the latest. there were celebrations here at the headquarters of president zelensky‘s party, servant of the people, when the exit poll results were announced. that's because this party is way ahead of the rest. it's expected to get 44% of the party vote, well ahead, more than 30 percentage points ahead of its nearest rival, the opposition platform for life, a pro—moscow party. one thing is certain. there are going to be plenty of new faces in this