that was sir michael fallon talking to andrew marr.o on the programme and said his party was ready to fight another election and was rewarded for a successful campaign. the conservatives, he said, are in turmoil. we have a chaotic situation with the government re—election on the basis of having a bigger mandate and majority to bring stability to british politics, and what have begot? a minority government relying on the dup to try to get business through the house of commons when they have no agreed positions on most issues, it seems to me. i think it is chaotic. we are ready and able to put forward a serious programme which obviously has massive support in this country. remember, this election campaign turned around a great deal on the basis of an awful lot of people rejecting the politics of fear and instead embracing the politics of hope, that we can challenge austerity and we can start sharing the wealth out in this country a bit better. in terms of raw, brute numbers and the way the system works, they got more votes and they got m

michael fallon who said it will now be a collegiate cabinet.llected 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 a response as well, number ten to what the irish promise has

defence secretary michael fallon says a deal can be done with the dup on major issues but clarified thatre was no final agreement on the terms of a minority government deal. dup leader arlene foster is due to meet theresa may in downing street on tuesday. meanwhile, there has been much speculation about theresa may's future as prime minister , with former chancellor george osborne , calling her, a dead woman walking. borisjohnson was getting ready to form a leadership challenge which george osborne said was a permanent leadership challenge. labour leaderjeremy corbyn says he is ready to fight another election , which he says could happen in the next few months or early next year , and in the meantime he will be putting together an alternative queen's speech. our political correspondent, leila nathoo reports. deal or no deal — confusion last night from downing street over whether the dup had already decided to back theresa may and give her the majority she lacks. this morning, clarification that talks were still ongoing. we had very good discussions yesterday with the conservative party i

the manifesto makes no commitment towards income tax but both the defence secretary, sir michael fallond the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, said the tax would not rise if the tories won the election. with more, our political correspondent iain watson. senior conservatives, including the defence secretary and foreign secretary, have been sending out a strong 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 colleag

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 intention was to reduce taxes

rudd at the home office, boris johnson at the foreign office, philip hammond in the treasury and michael fallondefence secretary and david davis as brexit secretary. not a huge amount of movement, certainly in the upper echelons, but today we have seen a subtle around. we are waiting five —— as shuffle around. we are waiting for more news. sajid javid, communities secretary, has gone in, we haven't heard what he's got. justin greening the education secretary has gone into. they have all gone in and have come out yet. ten cabinet ministers trooping out downing street and an interesting reshuffle of the pack. thanks for now and we will be back to you very soon. let's take a look at weather prospects. we'll start with the latest satellite sequence which shows it was a lovely day. we have sunshine, heavy rain in northern ireland and western scotland. it will stay wet in western scotland in the early hours and further showers another man, scattered showers for western england and well. try further east and across major towns and cities have 13 degrees, low in rural spot. into the morning, a breezy d

but the defence minister michael fallon says the prime minister was right to cool for an election. the prime minister was right to cool for a bigger majority to open a brexit negotiations and build a stronger, fairer britain beyond that. she didn't have an elected mandate herself. denial of a leadership bid from borisjohnson, who dismisses newspaper reports as "tripe", and says theresa may has his full support. the leaderjeremy corbyn said they 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 obviously have massive support in this country. the other headlines — the fake suicide belts designed to spread terror in the london bridge attack. police say anyone seeing the belts worn by the attackers would have assumed they were real. one of the first police officers on the scene describes what they faced. it was almost pandemonium, people were running. at that point, there were still lots and lots of shots ringing out. i didn't know whether they were us, our chaps, or the bad guys. the t

michael fallon was asked about the conservative plans on income tax.t. what is happening is something slightly different. the voices are slightly discordant. the conservative party is trying to move the agenda back onto tax and safer territory in the last few days of the campaign for that it looks as if theresa may had political credit to burn. those polls are beginning too narrow for that now she has to give a clear signal to some conservative supporters, not to stay at home. come out and back us. ariana grande, the singer whose concert was the target of the manchester bomb, has visited injured fans in hospital. has visited injured tomorrow she‘ll be joined by other stars of the music world, in a charity concert in aid of victims and their families. from manchester, philip norton reports. helping to mend broken hearts and shattered lives. pop star ariana grande visiting young fans who were injured in the suicide bomb attack at her concert less than two weeks ago. at her concert less she posted a photo of her visit to royal manchester children‘s hospit

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boris johnson, michael fallon and philip hammond and david davis will remain in their posts.e re in their posts. those announcements were made last light. a press release from the irish government was responding to a conversation that theresa may had with the iris breslin enda kenny. it was suggested that both of them have agreed re—establishing power—sharing in stormont would go ahead. james brogan shire would attend a meeting tomorrow with his irish counterpart, charlie flanagan. questions that he would remain in place, but as yet no one has walked in through that door being offered a newjob. another interesting line from the prime minister this morning is that she has phoned, we understand, some have defeated mps. they tweet from what the former bath mp ben howlett who lost his seat on thursday, he understands theresa may phoned him to offer commiseration. but the pm wants business as usual, and i don't think this will be the reshuffle they have been talking about. theresa may's with majority has been severely cut. so her room for manoeuvre has been diminished with the dim

yes so michael fallon effectively gave trump a blank check. with a bit of the dog days of the not doing dog government on him but these latest allegations come head of the peace talks to be held by russia turkey iran is there any significance in the timing of the white house's claims as well as what we were speaking about or do you think it's almost impossible to given these talks were doomed to say oh. this is the spec the timing is just for to it because what may be more relevant just two days ago a german newspaper published a very important investigation by the distinguished american journalist senor hersh which completely debunked american claims with regard to the alleged chemical weapons incidence it's possible. who is very poorly from this investigation. who distract attention from this very important story which i hope will now receive more attention for your time on your thoughts this hour peter ward former you can buster to syria thank you you thank. ok switching gears now this summer's festival of football is entering the knockout

you can confirm, then, what michael fallon told the telegraph, that there will be no increase in income under this conservative parliament if you win, is that correct? we are a party that has already taken 4 million of the lowest paid out of tax... no increase in income tax, is that what you're going to pledge now? with one week to go? we will bear down on taxation, and we have absolutely no plans to raise income tax. how you doing, you all right? i am now i've met you! jeremy corbyn says only those at the top will pay more tax under labour, and low and middle—income earners will be protected. he accused the tories of being in chaos. one minister says they are going to give no more tax rises, indeed possibly tax reductions, for the very wealthiest, then they can't answer the question about tax rises for the rest of the population, then they can't answer the questions about funding social care. let's be clear, what labour are offering is no tax rises or national insurance rises or vat rises for 95% of the population, and increasing corporation tax, and some other tax increases at the top

you can confirm then what michael fallon told the telegraph — there will be no increase in income taxtive parliament if you win, is that correct? we are a party that has already taken four million of the lowest paid out of tax. no increase in income tax, is that what you are going to pledge now with only one week to go? we will bear down on taxation and we have absolutely no plans to raise income tax. how you doing, you all right? fine now i've met you! jeremy corbyn says only those at the top will pay more tax under labour, but low and middle income earners will be protected. what we're saying is that 95% of people paying no more income tax under any of our plans, 5% will pay more and big companies will pay more. after the conservatives' wobble in the polls, calming nerves about tax rises is a reliable way to rally core supporters. theresa may and her opponents have just five days left to make sure their messages get through. leila nathoo, bbc news. the liberal democrat candidate simon hughes has unveiled a poster attacking the conservatives' social care plans. simon hughes unveiled

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

this morning, the defence secretary sir michael fallon backed theresa may, but said she would have topport 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.

the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, told the daily telegraph that the party was not in the businessf punishing people for getting on. our political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster for us this morning. is this a deliberate change of policy or clarification of policy or signal, what do we read into it?” think it's a clarification. there was no mention of this in the conservative manifesto. the only thing mentioned on tax in the tory ma nifesto thing mentioned on tax in the tory manifesto was not raising vat so that left room, left the door open for rises in national insurance and income tax. you will remember david cameron under the conservatives under him had promised not to raise any of them, vat, income tax or national insurance. but theresa may had left that out from her ma nifesto, had left that out from her manifesto, perhaps to give the conservatives some flexibility on taxation as the chancellor philip hammond had suggested but obviously the uncertainty about whether income tax would be raised for higher earners, the core tory support base, was troubling for the c

coming up next on the andrew marr programme, michael fallon, the defence secretary, will join michael for andrew marr. but now here's phil with a last look at the weather. first, here is a picture. you said the sunlight breakthrough. this is the sunlight breakthrough. this is the view above westminster. a little glimpse of blue sky, phil. it was glorious to start the day in east sussex. and a great swathes of the country enjoys that. a decent speu the country enjoys that. a decent spell of weather at the moment. although yesterday's weather front is trying to pull away into the near co nsta nt, is trying to pull away into the near constant, it leaves behind an area of low pressure which is already supplying shallows to scotland and northern ireland, one or two into the north—west of england and west and wales. those will become more prevalent. the rain is growing more widely in the afternoon. across scotland, some intense showers, a rumble of thunder perhaps. watch out if you are thinking about walking outside in the afternoon. a dry start across the north of england and into wales, b

then michael fallon said, looks like we are going to have to raise army pay by more than 1%. chris grayling came out as well. we thought she would announce she is reviewing it. after pmqs, the tory press office gave a signal that there was going to be a review. the next fiscal event is the autumn. they didn't talk about the pay cut thatis they didn't talk about the pay cut that is in place until 2020, and we thought, there we go. then the chancellor through his toys out the pram, and there is absolute turmoil in government again. is philip hammond the architect of all this? the architect of the row? no, no. hammond the architect of all this? the architect of the row? no, nom all the indications through the day are that the government is going to get rid of this, and then all of a sudden they are not... what philip hammond is not prepared to put up with any more is a prime minister who thinks she can make announcements about his area. it shows how powerful the chancellor is now, and how little coordination and trust there is between the people who run the country. . i cannot e

away from the conservatives, really, and in the conservatives, really, and in the same way that michael fallonis another attempt to bring it back to where they want the debate to be, because they want the debate to be, because they want the debate to be, because they want it to be about who you wa nt they want it to be about who you want to go into the brexit talks, do you wanted to be the prime minister orjeremy you wanted to be the prime minister or jeremy corbyn? i you wanted to be the prime minister orjeremy corbyn? i think the tories are confident, if that is the debate for the rest of the campaign, then they will come out on top. businesses say they want stability and predictability, and going into those negotiations, nobody can put them 100% stability. having said them 10096 stability. having said that, i think the market hasn't jitters at some of these polls narrowing and the prospect of prime ministerjeremy corbyn in charge of the economy. equally, sorry to be obsessed with the old bill hamid element of the stories, but buried at the bottom, this notion that mrs may has not clearly en

we heard in the weekend, people like sir michael fallon saying he had been in to tell that things havechange. she has got rid of too close advisers, they we re got rid of too close advisers, they were accused of not consulting, not speaking to others. there was talk in the room to write about that disastrous social care policy, disastrous social care policy, disastrous in the sense that it had not been talked about. it had not been consulted, tory mps did not know it was coming and then they we re know it was coming and then they were expected to go and spend it on the doorsteps. that's will not happen again, theresa may says, i think we will have a lot more of the cabinet being involved in what is going on. the liaison with backbenchers, there was a huge round of applause and cheering for gavin ba rwell. of applause and cheering for gavin barwell. he is a former conservative mp who lost his seat in croydon on thursday, he has been brought in as her chief of staff, he is a very popular figure her chief of staff, he is a very popularfigure among her chief of staff, he is a very popular

the telegraph says defence secretary michael fallon has pledged high earners won't face an income taxrease, if the conservatives remain in power after the election. and the guardian says labour has accused the tories of using fake news ads to attackjeremy corbyn. now on bbc news it's time for witness with tanya beckett. hello, and welcome to witness, with me, tanya beckett, here at the british library in london. we've got another five people who have experienced extraordinary moments in history. this month on the programme, a french artist recalls the protests in paris in may, 1968. the son of a famous british sailor remembers his pioneering solo voyage around the world. and we get a personal account of the launch of the world's most famous photo agency. first, we are going back to 1939, when a ship with jewish refugees on—boa rd going back to 1939, when a ship with jewish refugees on—board fleeing from the nazis was refused entry by us authorities. and forced to return to europe. gellibrand stills on board. ——joa to europe. gellibrand stills on board. —— joa granston. prejudice again

defence secretary michael fallon says a deal can be done with the dup on major issues but clarified thathere was no final agreement on the terms of a minority government deal. dup leader arlene foster is due to meet theresa may in downing street on tuesday. meanwhile, there's been much speculation about theresa may's future as prime minister, with former chancellor george osborne calling her, "a dead woman walking", after voters stripped her of a parliamentary majority. labour leaderjeremy corbyn says he is ready to fight another election, which he says could happen in the next few months or early next year, and in the meantime, he will be putting together an alternative queen's speech. no word this morning from theresa may, who attended a church service with her husband philip in her berkshire constituency, just a day after her two closest advisors resigned. mourn the defence has been seeing. the defence secretary says a conservative deal with the democratic unionist party would only apply to "big issues" like the economy and security. i think the prime minister was right to ask for a b

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

. —— michael fallon. —— this morning.as released pictures of the fake suicide belts worn by the london bridge attackers. the officer leading the investigation says it's the first time he's seen the tactic used in the uk. last night, a week on from the attack, people visited bars and restaurants in the area in a show of unity and resilience. simon jones is outside southwark cathedral this morning. designed to create maximum fear, these are the fake explosive belts worn by the three attackers. they're actually disposable water bottles covered in masking tape, but the police say anyone who saw them on the night would have thought they were real. they believe the attackers might have been planning to use them to create a siege situation. as part of their investigation, police spoke to 262 people from 19 different countries, 78 described as significant witnesses. three people were killed as the attackers drove across london bridge, five were stabbed to death in borough market. they were remembered last night. in a show of defi

the conservative manifesto did not rule out an increase but the defence secretary, sir michael fallon the daily telegraph that the party was "not in the business of punishing people for getting on". our political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster for us this morning. is this another reversal in policy? i think it is a signal. because there has not been clarity on this issue of whether the conservatives would raise income tax. as you say it was not explicit in their ma nifesto. it was not explicit in their manifesto. their only manifesto pledge was to not raise vat. previously, the conservatives under david cameron had promised not to raise national insurance in contact oi’ raise national insurance in contact or vat so the tax triple lock, as it was called. theresa may, i think now sending a signal, really, to her core supporters to try and ensure that they turn out and to reassure them that actually she is not going to raise income tax for higher earners. labour says this is not as explicit for lower and middle—income earners. they say that only the lower and middle income

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

the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, told the daily telegraph the party was "not in the businessnishing people for getting on". labour has already said it would increase income tax rates to 45 pence in the pound for those earning more than £80,000. 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. simonjones reports. the smiles say it all. fans like this eight—year—old girl who was still recovering from her injuries in hospital, reading 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. there were thanks as well for the nurses. and tomorrow she will perform at a concert to raise funds for the victims and theirfamilies. the raise funds for the victims and their families. the 22 lives are lost have been at saint ann ‘s square which has become the focal point

the telegraph says defence secretary michael fallon has pledged high earners won't face an income taxe, if the conservatives remain in power after the election. and the guardian says labour has accused the tories of using fake news ads to attackjeremy corbyn. now on bbc news, time for the travel show. this week on the travel show i am in a city that spans two continents and 3000 years of history. also on this week was make travel show, we are shaking things up in singapore. we are ata shaking things up in singapore. we are at a bar in london where the stereo costs more than a house.“ you like music it will blow your mind. and our global guru chap -- tackles the choice of rail, road or plane. take the train. istanbul really is a city like no other. on the banks of the mighty bosporus strait, it was founded over greeks, who named it by zandi. later, the romans made the capital of their eastern empire, changing its name to constantinople in honour of the emperor constant time. for over 500 years it was the seat of power could assault on civil the ottoman empire. built at the crossroads o

but the defence minister michael fallon says the prime minister was right to cool for an election.nger, fairer britain beyond that. she didn't have an elected mandate

and michael fallon warned her she better listen to her ministers in the future or risk a mutiny.e a prime minister structure to any jetstar seat with 100 fingers hovering over the ejector item. —— strapped into an ejector seat. the party public deepest instincts of self preservation. the tories don't think they can handle a channel —— challenge this close to the brexit talks. there is a fear of the possibility of a second election. theresa may's position looks painful. the party looks deeply uncomfortable. the country might have expected something more stable, stronger so close to the brink of brexit. the dup's priority in these negotiations will be money, not morality. northern ireland already gets more per head in terms of public funding any part of the uk but this public services. expect them to ask the cash. they want assurances about the strengthening of the different parts of the uk to bring the union together. westminster will have an impact. it will be difficult if the dup are propping up the conservatives in parliament to see them as honest brokers, for theresa may's gov

probably the result of an interview that sir michael fallon, defence secretary, gave in the telegraph newspaper today, he said they will not put up tax for higher earners, but that seemed to go further than the party manifesto which makes no commitment on any tax rates, except saying broadly it is a party of low taxation. the prime minister was asked about it by our political correspondent in dewsbury and interestingly she said "we set it out in the manifesto". in a later a nswer to it out in the manifesto". in a later answer to itv, she said it was their firm intention to keep taxes low or ordinary working families, and reduced taxes on ordinary working families. it sounds like a rebuff for some michael's position, that the parties will not raise income tax. not that it will do that but it is not prepared to rule it out. i'm sure whoever is chancellor of the exchequer, if there is another conservative government after the 8th ofjune, will be grateful for that flexibility. the present chancellor philip hammond says he wa nts chancellor philip hammond says he wants more of that rather

interesting answer to your question about tax because it sounded pretty different of what michael fallontelegraph, that high tax earners could be confident of not getting a tax rise. that is not quite what theresa may said to you. yes, he was unequivocal. higher earners could go to the polls in five days' time and be safe in the knowledge that their income tax rates would not go up. that appeared to go further than what was in the conservative party manifesto which spokein conservative party manifesto which spoke in language a firm intentions and pledged not to increase vat but there was no unequivocal pledge not to raise income tax. theresa may did not reflect michael fallon‘s language when invited to. she spoke of the firm intention to reduce tax rate for ordinary working families but nothing for higher earners or whether they would freeze and contacts across the board. i think there is a tension between the party between the prime minister not wanting to box herself in. the government had to perform a pretty embarrassing u—turn over increases to national insurance earlier in the year

you can confirm what michael fallon told the telegraph, there will be no increase in income tax undere parliament if you win. is that correct? we have already taken four million of the lowest paid out of tax. no increase in income tax, is that what you will pledge? we will bear down on taxation, we have no plans to raise income tax. no signs for the high earners, you have just talk to me about being prudent and having to make choices and not paying in nurse more than 1%, so there will be no increase in income tax, even for high earners, write? our plans are to cut taxes. labour's plans are to put them up. and to keep putting them up. funding unnecessary things such as renationalising the utilities on the railways. and necessary things like a nurse's wagers. a colossal expense. it's by having a strong economy, by believing in this country and getting the right brexit deal above all that we will have the revenues, we will have the tax revenues we need to pay for great public services. let's get onto foreign affairs. it's lovely to have the foreign secretary here. in the last 2a hours, d

michael fallon warned her she better listen to him in future or presumably risk a mutiny.ooks at the prime minister strapped into an ejector seat with 500 fingers hanging over the button. borisjohnson said don't expect a challenge to theresa may, at least not yet. but that means nothing with loyalty to self—preservation in the party. they could not handle a challenge this close to brexit talks. senior members fear the possibility of a second election. her position looks painful. her pa rty‘s looks her position looks painful. her party's looks deeply uncomfortable. it can't be good for a company country expecting something stronger so country expecting something stronger so close to the brink of brexit. the dup's so close to the brink of brexit. the dup's priority will be money. economy and public services you need investment. expect the dup to ask for cash. they will also want a sad during brexit negotiations and help to bring the union together so put —— say. westminster will have an impact at stormont. negotiations to get power sharing back up and running will start tomo

you can see michael fallon, the defence secretary arriving to co—ordinate the government response.aste of summer in recent weeks. that's about to change. some unseasonably wet and windy weather heading our way. rain pushing eastwards. just about clear now of northern ireland. here a better day and sunshine and showers. rain draped across northern england and wales and south—west england, slowly pushing eastwards through the day. let's look at 4pm this afternoon and our band of rain just about clear from the east coast of scotlandment behind it, sunny spells and showers could be quite sharp if you catch one. highs of 16 celsius in the sunshine. a better day for northern ireland compared to the weekend and those thundery downpours, but some persistent rain across north wales and north—west england. east anglia and south—east england. east anglia and south—east england perhaps not seeing rain until later this afternoon. sunshine and warmth ahead of it, but miserable across much of england and wales. so come this evening's rush hour we could find surface flooding and strong winds. 0ur

a short time ago, the defence secretary, michael fallon, explained why he thought it was still importantey are doing more and more to keep a safe around the world. there are some 10,000 servicemen and women who are working for us around the globe on operations, and in our bases. they have been helping to deal with daesh terrorism, helping to rescue migrants in the mediterranean, then on nato deployments, been peacekeeping in south sudan, all of that keeps us safer here at home. they are out of our sight but they should never be out of mind. and it is very important that we continue to thank them everyday, every year, on armed forces day. the main event has been taking place in liverpool, where a parade and raf fly—past have marked armed forces day. a short time ago, our correspondent danielle hewson gave us this update from liverpool. it is teaming on the dock behind me. over 100,000 have turned up to celebrate national armed forces day. there is a replica typhoon on the dock behind me. this is about marking the sacrifices of our servicemen and women and the event goes on all day, the ch

that upsets those mps risks defeat and the most reliably on message minister in the cabinet, michael fallonetter listen or risk a mutiny. she looked like a prime minister strapped into an ejector seat with a 100 fingers hovering over the button. i do not think we should expect a challenge to theresa may, but there is little or nothing to loyalty a nd but there is little or nothing to loyalty and everything to the party's deepest instincts to self—preservation. tories do not think they could handle a challenge this close to brexit talks and they fear the possibility of a second election. her position looks painful, her parties looked uncomfortable and it can't be ideal for a country expecting something more stable, more stronger so close to brexit. police have released new images of the manchester arena bomber, saying they now fully understand the movements of salman abedi almost hour by hour in the week's leading up to the attack. detectives say he was in and out of the country, and that they understand how he obtained the chemicals and equipment used in the bomb. they're also now sure he m

borisjohnson at the foreign office and david davis as brexit secretary at michael fallon at defence. those are staying the same but we have had two cabinet ministers, former cabinet ministers, coming in, we have yet to find out what will happen to them and we expect to see more following them. six junior ministers lost their seats at this election, and it is expected that those rules will need to be felled and, of course, there was one minister who had a cabinet position, ben gummer, he lost his seat, so there is still one vacancy around there is still one vacancy around the cabinet table, we have yet to find out who will fill it. good to get that brief update, we will be back with you once there is any further news. ellie price at downing street. and joining me now is the former conservative party leader, michael howard, lord howarth, thank you very much forjoining us on the bbc news channel. as someone who knows about the pressures of leadership, what would your advice be to theresa may right now? -- lord howarth. well, ithink be to theresa may right now? -- lord howarth. well, i t

i think it is important, we heard michael fallon testifying to that earlier andi fallon testifying toresting how people in your spin room are building up the significance of this evening. it will potentially set the tone to the run—up to the election and bearing that in mind, i would hope, and i'm sure that by minister mac has been preparing carefully to make sure she has antlers for some of the areas that have not been a nswered of the areas that have not been answered adequately throughout the campaign, as well as adding some new material to take us through to polling day. —— and sure that theresa may has been preparing carefully. jeremy corbyn faces the same audience and follow—up questions, not what he is normally used to. how would you advise him to deal with that? he's seriously -- she once the brexit negotiations but she once the brexit negotiations but she is refusing to say since head—on. she seems to be kowtowing to donald trump's climate change decision today. i thinkjeremy corbyn will do very well tonight. once we have unvarnished genomic cordon, people are realising that

not include a promise on income tax, but in a newspaper interview, the defence secretary, sir michael fallonnservative. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. the last push to win over undecided voters and shore up support among the tory base. theresa

borisjohnson, michael fallon, philip hammond and david davis and amber rudd have agreed to stay in postot of unhappiness about the way her chiefs of staff have behaved notjust during the campaign, but for the past ten months. a very aggressive style, acting as gatekeepers, which you would expect any incumbent at number ten to have. but their particular brand of street fighting has not gone down well, so she was forced to get rid of them, which will have come as a big blow to her because she relied on them both for personal reassurance as well as advice. they have been with her since before she was prime minister. throughout her time in the home office, she relied on them. it will be difficult to see how she goes forward now without those firm relationships. so what was it more recently that some conservative mps felt was inappropriate about the way they behaved? felt was inappropriate about the way they behaved ? they felt was inappropriate about the way they behaved? they had some involvement in putting the manifesto together. of course. nick timothy was said to be the author of the so

. —— sur michael fallon.ective from nicola sturgeon, he scottish first minister, who very much back to the remain campaign. she wants a spores in the brexit process. —— a pause. -- a pause. i think the approach the government was taking is dead in the water and i government was taking is dead in the waterand i am government was taking is dead in the water and i am calling for a process opened up to include more voices that all parties and all four nations of the uk and an approach that has continued membership of the single market at its heart. the prime minister has to recognise she asked for a strengthened mandate for asked for a strengthened mandate for a hard brexit and voters across the country refused to give that and she cannot simply carry on as if nothing has changed. jackie davis is anne aly list based in brussels and an expert in the eu —— and analyst. i wa nted expert in the eu —— and analyst. i wanted to know if leaders in brussels were clear on what the uk wa nts. brussels were clear on what the

a short time ago, the defence secretary, michael fallon, explained why he thought it was still important0 servicemen and women who are working for others around the globe on operations are in our bases. they have been helping to deal with terrorism, helping to rescue migrants in the mediterranean, the non—nato deployments, bent peacekeeping in size sedan, all of that keeps the receiver here at home. they are out of our sight but they should never be out of mind. and it is very important that we continue to thank them everyday, every year, and armed forces day. the main event has been taking place in liverpool, where a parade and raf flypast have marked armed forces day. a short time ago, our correspondent danielle hewson gave us this update from liverpool. the guns behind me were marked in salute to mark the start of national armed forces day. it is poignant just being up the road from manchester where they came in to help victims of that bombing. as well as the gun salute, there was an raf typhoon which marked the start of the parade which passed by here about 40 minutes ago. you can se

the defence secretary, michael fallon, has been explaining the importance of the events. the world. there are some 10,000 servicemen and women who are working for us around the globe on operations, and in our bases. they have been helping to deal with daesh terrorism, helping to rescue migrants in the mediterranean, the on nato deployments, been peacekeeping in south sudan, all of that keeps us safer here at home. they are out of our sight but they should never be out of mind. and it is very important that we continue to thank them everyday, every year, on armed forces day. the main event has been taking place in liverpool, where a parade and raf fly—past have marked armed forces day. 0ur correspondent danielle hewson gave us this update from liverpool. 0ver over 100,000 0ver100,000 people have turned out to celebrate. we have got people queueing to take a look inside a replica of typhoon, real version did a flyby to mark the start of the event earlier today. there was a parade which ended up down the way at the royal box where the earl of wessex was representing the quee

boris johnson and michael fallon will remain on as defense secretaries.avis will retain his position as brexit secretary. talks with the e.u. are scheduled to begin in two weeks. rex tillerson is calling on saudi arabia, egypt, and bahrain to ease the blockade on qatar which they accuse of funding extremist groups. secretary tillerson says the blockade has humanitarian consequences and hinders u.s. military efforts against islamic state. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am alisa parenti and this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: this is "bloomberg technology." i am emily chang. u.s. tech stocks took a big tumble pushing the nasdaq 100 index down over 2%. the index having its worst week this year and the biggest decline relative to the dow since 2008. apple posting its worst basis april 2016 falling nearly 4% while microsoft and amazon had their worst weeks since february. overall, tech stocks, $8.6 billion of them were wiped out from the market in just today's session. just a few weeks after

i think the british reaction should be supportive, as i think sir michael fallon said, it should be proportionated be there in support. i think the key thing here, and it's nice to see a bit of statesmanship or state craft at work, is that they don't really want to do it. what they are saying is, we are happy to work with you against isis, but don't, for goodness‘ sake, make the mistake of using chemical weapons again, because all bets are then off. and if we felt the intelligence was adequate, would you think we should actuallyjoin in, for example, punishment attacks on assad? yes, i do. at a time when the relationship with america is probably more important than ever for us, certainly no less important than it has been than at other critical times in our history, i think it's very important that we are alongside america if they ask us and they want us to be there. beyond the moral imperative to demonstrate to the man, he is not going to use chemical weapons and get away with it. there has been a dilemma in our foreign policy, in american foreign policy about which of the two objectives defeatin

those names, and we are talking about home secretary amber rudd, david davis, boris johnson, and michael fallonare some of the names people were putting forward as a potential replacement if she was to resign. at the moment it looks like she's just about holding on but the question is, is she going to be able to push forward with this arrangement with the dup, or has she just bought herself time. david: that is bloomberg's nejra caroline bloomberg's hyde. bloomberg television will have live coverage of the joint news conference set to take place later today between president donald trump and romania's president. wallstarts at 2:45 p.m. street time. coming up, we will hear from an ultraconservative member of the ohio house freedom caucus. what he thought of james comey's testimony yesterday. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "bloomberg markets," the trump economy. julie? julie: i want to look at commodities and where they are trading today. crude oil trading a little bit higher. we just had that headline coming out a little while ago about the easing of a blockade on qatar, that is what the u.