what's your brexit plan, mrjohnson? borisjohnson on what's your brexit plan, mrjohnson?is what's your brexit plan, mrjohnson? borisjohnson on his way out. today was the time to explain himself. why one of those who sold brexit so hard to the public thinks the prime minister's plan sells us out. mr johnson, ever conscious of reputation, used an unusual resignation speech to say why. personal statement, mr boris johnson. after decades in which uk ministers have gone to brussels and expostulated against costly eu regulation, we are now claiming that we must accept everyjot and tittle. we continue to make the fatal mistake of underestimating the intelligence of the public. ouch. he says the government's telling you one thing and doing another. a convinced small band of brexiteers surrounded him today but some former remainers stayed away. it is not too late to save brexit. we have time in these negotiations. we have changed tack once, and we can change against. the problem is not that we failed to make the case for a free—trade agreement. we haven't even tried. not even two

reporter: what's your brexit plan, mrjohnson? borisjohnson is on his way out.in himself. why one of those who sold brexit so hard to the public thinks the prime minister's plan sells us out. mrjohnson, ever—conscious of reputation, used an unusual resignation speech to say why. personal statement, mr borisjohnson. after decades in which uk ministers have gone to brussels and expostulated against costly eu regulation, we are now claiming that we must accept everyjot and tittle. we continue to make the fatal mistake of underestimating the intelligence of the public. 0uch! he says the government is telling you one thing and doing another. a convinced, small band of brexiteers surrounded him today, but some former remainers stayed away. it is not too late to save brexit. we have time, in these negotiations. we have changed tack once, and we can change again. the problem is not that we've failed to make the case for a free trade agreement. we haven't even tried. not even two weeks ago, though, he signed up to the plan hatched here at chequers. were they arguing alre

and mrjohnson was on his feet in the commons.s set to leave the eu without a deal. the 12 thai boys and their football coach, who were rescued after two weeks trapped in a flooded cave, make their first public appearance after being released from hospital. sport now with hugh woozencroft. good afternoon. we start at the tour de france, a very good day for the british. geraint thomas has won stage 11 at the tour de france, and taken the overall race lead. the welshman took advantage as this morning's leader greg van avermaet struggled in the alps, putting in a great ride to win the stage by 20 seconds. behind him, team—mate and defending champion chris froome finished third — he's up to second overall, one minute and 25 seconds behind thomas. there's ten stages to go until the race finishes in paris. a surprise in rugby union today as sam warburton announced his retirement from the sport. the former wales and british and irish lions captain isjust 29. he had scheduled a comeback for his club cardiff blues but knee and neck problem

mrjohnson, ever conscious of reputation, used an unusual resignation speech to say why.ohnson. after decades in which uk ministers have gone to brussels and expostulated against costly eu regulation, we are now claiming that we must accept every jot and tittle. we continue to make the fatal mistake of underestimating the intelligence of the public. 0uch! he says the government's telling you one thing and doing another. a convinced small band of brexiteers surrounded him today but some former remainers stayed away. it is not too late to save brexit. we have time in these negotiations. we have changed tack once, and we can change again. the problem is not that we failed to make the case for a free—trade agreement. we haven't even tried. not even two weeks ago, though, he signed up to the plan hatched here at chequers. were they arguing already? mrjohnson making the case that the government would have to change course and return to the prime minister's proposals she set out in a speech more than a year ago? let us again aim explicitly for that glorious vision of lancaster h

mrjohnson has led his political career as a colourful maverick. his time as foreign secretary up or down, in or out of government, there is no—one else quite like boris johnson. it is going very well. it is going well, he said, hanging in the air. like his future now. boris johnson helped front the leave campaign. this is a once in a lifetime chance. afterwards, he told friends he "owned" brexit. becoming foreign secretary was a surprise, especially to him. butting into brexit negotiations wasn't. sometimes speaking to brussels... the sums i have seen they propose to demand from this country seem to me to be extortionate and to go whistle is an appropriate expression. and even lecturing theresa may. is the brexit plan crazy? are you ready to resign? calling the prime minister's ideas "crazy" in herfavourite paper and not resigning was pushing it. many loyalists thought so. i don't want him managing the brexit process. this is back seat driving. you could call it that. i hope my colleagues in parliament will get behind her in the same way. but that

now we're getting the back channels and the leaks from a certain mrjohnson about what he really thinksheory, and on paper, as those on love island would say, he is collectively responsible. let's see how long it stands and if it can withstand the back channel rumblings. the situation is that some of theresa may's backbenchers, a there are 316 conservative mps, 48 of them, 15%, it's the same letters and put them into the 1922 committee, the backbench committee of tory mps, that triggers a vote of confidence and theresa may. if they get these numbers, i think there will be a vote of confidence in theresa may and the rebels will be crushed. the vast majority of tory mps are not hard brexiteers, and they are not in the win, we cannot leave group, the vast majority on the prime minister to get the best deal that she can get at brussels, get that through and move on to domestic issues because that is how they will keep jeremy corbyn domestic issues because that is how they will keepjeremy corbyn out of downing street. lots of the tory mps are frustrated that the news agenda, four months, has

in his letter of resignation — signed this evening — mrjohnson accuses the prime minister of seekingxit that would turn britain into a colony of the european union. it was the second senior resignation of the past 2a hours — after david davis stepped down as brexit secretary overnight. i was the person who had to present it, to parliament, to the european union, to everybody else and if i don't believe in it, then i won't do as good a job as someone who does believe in it. but the prime minister — under mounting political pressure, with her leadership being questioned — insisted she was taking the right approach for the country. this is the right brexit. leaving the eu on 29th march 2019. a com plete the eu on 29th march 2019. a complete end to free movement taking back control of our borders. we have a crisis in government — two secretary of states have resigned and still we're no clearer as to what our future relationship with our nearest neighbours and closest partners will look like. and within the past hour, the health secretaryjeremy hunt has been appointed foreign secretary to

a short while ago, mrjohnson rounded on the prime minister's leadership, accusing mrs may of drawingp plans which would reduce the united kingdom to the status of a colony. his replacement as foreign secretary isjeremy hunt and the new health secretary is matt hancock. amid a deepening political crisis, downing street said the prime minister would fight any attempt to remove her as conservative leader. our politicial editor, laura kuenssberg, has the latest on a day of turbulence at westminster. have you ever seen brexit‘s biggest cheerleader so down at heart? not unusualfor borisjohnson to look a little untucked. rare to look so battered. but the now former foreign secretary quit. his vision of a dramatic break with the eu out of government and favour. for borisjohnson, the prime minister's plan stays too close to the eu. he said: the brexiteer in chief's drivers had prepared to leave three times in the day, but then stood down. it was not actually a removal van this afternoon. but at 3pm, the drivers left without him, boris johnson following david davis out of government, the secon

a spokesman for mrjohnson has declined to comment. has coming in the last few minutes, boris johnson has been coming in the last few minutes, borisjohnson has been accused of breaching ex—ministerjob borisjohnson has been accused of breaching ex—minister job rules borisjohnson has been accused of breaching ex—ministerjob rules over rejoining the daily telegraph as a columnist after resigning, following his feeling that the chequers brexit deal, hammered out by theresa may, is not to his liking. any more on that we will bring to you when we get it. now the forecast, and it's going to be hot? it's getting warmer, it cooled down a bit today, but it will get warmer over the next few days or so. we have seen a few showers, as you can see, earlier on today. not many of them. most of them across scotland. temperatures of 25 degrees in the south—east of england. the heavier showers that we have right now are mainly across the north—east of scotland, perhaps north—east england as well. they will tend to fade away later this evening, light show

mrjohnson treated it out. you can find it on his account.says that brexit should be about opportunity and hope. it should be a chance to do things differently, to be noble and dynamic. he says it should be about maximising the particular advantages of the uk as an adverb looking economy. he said that dream is dying, suffocated by needless self doubt. news of his resignation came about 30 minutes before theresa may face parliament, and a deception that got. turning to brexit, i want to pay tribute to my right honourable friend ‘s... laughter the members for heart of paris and howden and aspirates and south ruislip for their work over the last two years. we do not agree about the best way of delivering our shared commitment to honour the results of the referendum. that is putting it mildly. the prime minister then attempted to sell her vision brexit. the friction free movement of goods is the only way to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and ireland, and between northern ireland, and between northern ireland and great britain, and i

mrjohnson said it was "disturbing" that the chequers agreement was only the "opening bid" to the eu.ur vanguard into battle with the white flags fluttering above them," he added. a short time ago i spoke with the senior brexit—supporting conservative mp bernard jenkin. on? some people are making nasty comments, notably the opposition. the dilemmas arising from the chequers cabinet and as he says in his letter, he cannot honourably say the words required. it is a very vulnerable resignation and he has explained in his letter very graphically why he thinks this is the best arrangement for us to be offering the eu. of course our offer is going to be further delay by demands from the eu. he spelt out graphically, were suffocated by self—doubt, the vanguard is going into battle with white flags fluttering. there has been a frustration that at every juncture, every time the eu said these are guidelines we have said we will accept that and we have operated within those guidelines. this is all at because the guidelines are meant to bind the other 27 states and not oui’s. to bind the other 27

are you running for leader, mrjohnson?he resignation of two senior ministers she has to worry about now, even if borisjohnson is yet to move out of the foreign secretary's swanky pad. he and david davies both quit over the plan, believing it keeps us too close to the eu after we leave. do you regret resigning? no, not for a moment! but dozens of tories were ready tonight to vote against the government to protest, but facing defeat, ministers backed down on some parts. it is quite clear that chequers and the white paper that was published last week simply do not restate what the prime minister had committed, even something like ten days ago. downing street is trying to claim that they haven't given into the eurosceptic group. i would not have gone through all the work i did to ensure that we reached that agreement, only to see it changed in some way through these bills. frankly, that's just not what many mps believe. one has to wonder now, who is in charge?! who is running britain? it is time for people to put aside the ide

mrjohnson also said the prime minister's current brexit plan would leave britain in a "miserable, permanented last week in protest, saying he could no longer support theresa may's approach to brexit. australian scientists say they have developed a blood test to detect melanoma in its early stages. the test, billed as a world first, should make it easier to spot the skin cancer before it becomes fatal. currently, doctors rely on skin examinations and biopsies. these are images of dozens of wildfires that have sparked across the arctic circle due to unusually hot weather. several areas have been evacuated. tens of thousands of people have been warned to stay indoors. on wednesday afternoon, 44 fires were burning from lapland in the far north to the southern island of gotland. italy and norway have both despatched firefighting aircraft to help. let's go back to our top story. twelve boys and their football coach have finally been released from a thai hospital, in the wake of their remarkable rescue from the tham luang caves. they answered carefully vetted questions at a news conference before

mrjohnson also said the prime minister's current brexit plan would leave britain in a "miserable, permanentt, saying he could no longer support theresa may's approach to brexit. the british pop star sir cliff richard has won his high court privacy battle against the bbc, and has been awarded an initial two hundred and seventy thousand dollars in damages. the court found the bbc‘s reporting of a police raid, in connection with an allegation of historical child sex abuse, infringed the star's privacy rights in a "serious and sensationalist way." sir cliff always denied the allegations and was never arrested or charged. he described the ruling as "wonderful news". the bbc says it's very sorry for the distress caused to sir cliff, but will look at appealing the decision. european financial authorities have fined google a record $5 billion over the use of its android operating system. the european commission says the company illegally used the technology to "cement its dominant position" in searches. google has denied any wrongdoing, and plans to appeal the ruling. our technology correspondent r

mrjohnson also said the prime minister's current brexit plan would leave britain in a "miserable, permanentast week in protest, saying he could no longer support theresa may's approach to brexit. elon musk has apologised for calling the british cave diver vernon unsworth, a "paedo", on twitter. mr unsworth helped rescue the 12 boys and their coach from a cave in thailand. elon musk offered to build a mini—submarine to get them out, but mr unsworth said it wouldn't have worked, prompting elon musk‘s outburst. the tech entrepreneur said he had "spoken in anger" after mr unsworth ridiculed his rescue plan as a pr stunt. australian scientists say they have developed a blood test to detect melanoma in its early stages. the test, billed as a world first, should make it easier to spot the skin cancer before it becomes fatal. currently, doctors rely on skin examinations and biopsies. these are images of dozens of wildfires that have sparked across the arctic circle due to unusually hot weather. several areas have been evacuated. tens of thousands of people have been warned to stay indoors. on wedne

what your plan for brexit, mrjohnson?e commons for a number of high—profile meetings at westminster but she seems determined not to depart permanently. now more from our chief political correspondent, vicki young at westminster. it rather testy atmosphere at times today on brexit? yes, interesting that the toughest question for theresa may came from her own side and really, what andrea jenkyns said there sums up the problem the prime minister has. there are many who agree with andrea jenkyns, there was the brexiteer side of the party, that the compromise that theresa may has come up compromise that theresa may has come up with is effectively about the same as remaining within the eu. the problem is on the other side of the ardsmen, there are many who think that now, it is not workable, you might as well stay in and be closer to the european union. so this is the dilemma that theresa may finds herself in, were her compromise doesn't seem to be pleasing anybody, 01’ doesn't seem to be pleasing anybody, or labour. the questi

mrjohnson moved on to the chequers agreement.m making laws in westminster, there are large sectors in which ministers will have no power to initiate, innovate or even deviate, after decades in which they have gone to brussels and expostulated against costly eu regulation, we are now claiming that we must accept every jot and tittle for our economic health with no say of our own and no way of protecting our businesses and entrepreneurs. we are volunteering for economic vassalage, notjust in goods and agrifoods, but we will be forced to match eu arrangements on the environment and social affairs and much else besides, and we all want high standards, but it is hard to see how the conservative government of the 1980s could have done its vital supply side reforms with those freedoms taken away. and the result of accepting the eu's rule books and of our proposals for a fantastical heath robinson customs arrangement, is that we have much less scope to do free trade with. borisjohnson said he shared the vision theresa may had set out in

mrjohnson is reported to have given a very pithy response to the concerns of business about the progresse business secretary, greg clark, has reassured firms their worries are being listened to. the business secretary believes that business is entitled to be listened to with respect. i'm sorry to see the foreign secretary is not here today with us. where's boris? he...he takes a very different view, using an anglo—saxon term to make his point. which is the prime minister's view? prime minister. this party and this government has always been a party that will back business and will continue to back business. and can i say to the right honourable gentleman that if he wants to sand up and talking in favourable terms about business, he's got a decision to make, he can either back business or he can want to overthrow capitalism, he can't do both. isn't that truth that the real risk to jobs in our country is a prime minister who is having to negotiate round the clock with her own cabinet to stop it falling apart rather than negotiating to defend jobs of workers in this country. theresa may ree

at three—thirty, the prime minister addressed the house of commons where she thanked mr davis and mrjohnsond the chequers brexit proposals. theresa may told mps that ministers were getting ready for every eventuality in the brexit negotiations. mr speaker, a responsible government must prepare for a range of potential outcomes including the possibility of dell deal. including the possibility of no deal and given the possibility of no deal and given the short period remaining before the short period remaining before the conclusion of negotiations, the cabinet agreed on friday that these preparations should be stepped up. at the same time, we should recognise that such a disorderly no deal would have profound consequences for both the uk and eu andi consequences for both the uk and eu and i believe that the uk deserves better. so, the cabinet agrees that we need to present the eu with the new model, evolving the position that i set out my mansion house page so that i set out my mansion house page so that we can accelerate negotiations over the summer, secure that new relationship in the autum

mrjohnson, you can guess what he does for a living, don't think it would be viable for teachers who havet issues. keep your comments coming in and if you want to follow that, #bbc business live. china tech hub to cultivate innovation. i was surprised they didn't have more already. they are banned in china and for mark zuckerberg it is a huge pa rt and for mark zuckerberg it is a huge part of the business plan because facebook numbers have been declining, they have come under pressure over the last 6—12 months with the revelations over cambridge analytica and advertising and we are quite fickle and as people get older and use social media lest they miss out on some of these people signing up out on some of these people signing up on facebook app that can impact on advertising revenues. china is a big market. the fact they are banned there, they are trying to get china in through the back door. nice see you, chris. thank you forjoining us. thank you for your company. we will do it again tomorrow. more online. bye—bye. temperatures are set to get even higher over the next few days and then

mrjohnson accused the mayor of blaming everyone but himself, saying it was mr khan's failure to get arime started going up in 2014, before he became mayor. he said he doesn't have a time machine to go back in time. well, following headlines earlier this year saying the murder rate in london had spiked above that of new york, bbc london has been to america to see what is being done there to tackle problems of violence. one strategy is to use uses teams of so—called violence interrupters to head off trouble before it gets out of hand. and we will have more on that on our lunchtime news at 1:30pm on bbc one. a child has helped victoria tube station reduce the number of people injured on its escalators by over 60%. megan has become a station announcer. this is what she sounds like. there used to be around 15 injuries a month on the escalators. but since megan's announcements started earlier this year, there are now around just five a month. passengers say hearing a childs voice makes them take notice. hello everybody and please listen up. take care on the escalators, hold on to the handra

clearly, mrjohnson is not the only one with concern.irculated among members of the probe regs as european research group. it is not a position paper, it isjust a briefing. it were that under the plans, the uk could be left with a worst of all worlds blackhole brexit. elsewhere, the former conservative leader iain duncan smith is warning in the papers that the brexit on the table might not be a cce pta ble the brexit on the table might not be acceptable to conservative mps, but perhaps more importantly, to voters. the prime minister insists that what she is offering is respecting the result of the referendum. she says that the deal is good for the country. but clearly, some of her backbenchers need to be convinced she will address them tomorrow. an operation has begun to rescue the 12 young footballers who've been trapped with their coach in a cave in northern thailand for more than two weeks. the thai authorities decided to act amid forecasts of more heavy rain, which could further flood the underground complex. let's get more detail no

meanwhile jeremy hunt, who replaces mrjohnson, says he's "four square" behind her.new look cabinet has just finished its first meeting. no more resignations, we counted them in and out and as liam fox left on a colic shuddered, are you resigning and he shook his head and said no —— a colleague shouted. mrs may left a short time later wearing a fairly eye—catching fascinator, perhaps a demonstration of self—confidence, i suspect her media team might applaud it would be a show of bravado after her difficulties but the signs are she might now have some breathing space because the brexiteers seem determined to concentrate their effo rts determined to concentrate their efforts on trying to get the controversial chequers plan remit rather than trying to muster the names to prompt a confidence motion against her. for now it seems mrs may has a bit of time to regroup but her troubles are far from over of course. thank you. divers in northern thailand have restarted their high—risk rescue operation to free the last five members of a group who became trapped in a vast cave sy

if you're particularly keen, mrjohnson has posted the full script of his speech on twitter.ad brexiteerjacob rees—mogg called it "the speech of a statesman". that was not the assessment of eve ryo ne that was not the assessment of everyone for instance the former deputy prime minister and a very senior member of the conservative party had a different assessment. senior member of the conservative party had a different assessmentm was extraordinary hypocrisy of his position that he was prepared to go along with the deal. the only reason he left the cabinet is because david davis had already left without as far as davis had already left without as faras i'm aware davis had already left without as far as i'm aware working in conjunction with boris. boris can see that david then become a cheerleader from the brexiteers. see that david then become a cheerleaderfrom the brexiteers. he could not allow that to happen. so what did he do? he walks out and then turns around and says, "all the things he has been defending he is totally aga i nst". things he has been defending he is total

the resignation of mrjohnson has fuelled more speculation about the future of mrs may's leadership.l fight any attempt to oust her. the latest events have taken place just days after the prime minister secured a ha rd—won agreement in cabinet — on the brexit process. mr davis said he couldn't support theresa may's latest brexit plan — saying it gave away too much to the eu too quickly. but the prime minister who's due to meet conservative mps in the next hour — told the commons her approach was the right one. and the only practical one for the uk ifjobs were to be secured. were to be secured. labour say the government is in chaos. a very divisive atmosphere here at westminster, you can probably hear some campaigners shouting about the brexit process. what is the latest from chris mason, we might we see the latest from the foreign secretary? i am outside carlton gardens, the official residence of the foreign secretary. there is a stakeout going on here since 730 this morning. in the last couple of minutes, one of his official cars left. he is no longer in the government so left. he i

mrjohnson has been living at number one carlton gardens, and was under pressure to move out following a moment. he will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. the supreme court rules legal permission will not be needed to end care for patients in a permanent vegetative state. services scrapped in a timetable shake—up by northern rail begin running again but passengers face more cancellations. voting's underway in zimbabwe in the first general election since long—time president robert mugabe was ousted. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. mirror and express newspaper, reach, made a £113 million half—year loss after it slashed the value of its regional publishing operations by £150 million. the firm, which used to be called trinity mirror, says the loss reflects a "more challenging outlook" for its regional businesses. how's the uk property market doing? two different ways of looking at it — uk mortgage approvals hit a five—month high injune — that's encouraging. but in london the estate agent foxtons

are you running for leader, mrjohnson? his next move could be important. does the other cabinet minister who resigned over it think the prime minister can push on? of course! she's a good prime minister. the fact we have a difference of opinion doesn't change that. another day, another attack on the prime minister's brexit compromise. this call for a second referendum won't get far in government, but there are signs that the prime minister is willing to give some ground to those mps who want to cut ties with the eu and accept their changes to legislation going through parliament this week. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. at the moment and doesn't seem to be overwhelming support for the idea of another referendum, those on the pro—brexit side say that would be typical of how the eu operates, it asks the country a question as it did with denmark and ireland and if it does not like the answer it keeps going back until it gets the right one. iam not going back until it gets the right one. i am not sure there is any appe

there is no sign of mrjohnson.ich doesn't involve him leaving the government —— there is a good reason. but on a day where the word febrile has been used and come out to play yet again, inevitable there are questions, and for as long as he is in that building or not where he should be, those questions will continue. positions have become entrenched over the last 2a hours and this decision of theresa may to approach labour and lib dem mps to see if she has the numbers, that will alienate a few people? yes, it is similarly defined by also weak, because if you have to rely on the votes of opposition parties, by definition you are weak —— defiant but also weak. we know from the likes of jacob rees—mogg, but also weak. we know from the likes ofjacob rees—mogg, they but also weak. we know from the likes of jacob rees—mogg, they won't ta ke likes of jacob rees—mogg, they won't take the deal as it were set out the other day, there is no majority for that, and we know gavin barwell, the chief of staff to theresa may, it is

unity from the remaining brexiteers, we also heard from michael fallon suggesting the resignation of mrjohnsonns have done, and all resignations are painful, what they have done is demonstrate that there is no alternative. there is no other plan when it comes to the trade, the manufactured goods, the food that we send to europe, there is no other plan. we have to have a smooth access as possible to that existing home market, whatever new opportunities we want to pursue around the rest of the world, we have to have access to the european market and to have that access we have to pay a price for it. so what are the other key protagonists in this tory psychodrama? protagonists in this tory psychodrama ? boris johnson, protagonists in this tory psychodrama? borisjohnson, no sight nor sound of him and we don't know what he will do. maybe he doesn't know but most people take the view he will not simply sit on the backbenches grumbling about brexit, and down the line he may challenge mrs may. the prime minister emerged from number 10 looking pretty perky. she had a fascinator on, almost as if to say,

it's not something necessarily mrjohnson would be opposed to in theory but if he is looking at the idea in protest at what theresa may had agreed after that meeting at chequers last friday. plenty more on that to come. but rachel is here and ina that to come. but rachel is here and in a moment she will be telling us what's going on in the business news but first, our headlines on afternoon live this afternoon. all 12 boys and their football coach have been rescued from the cave in thailand, after more than a fortnight underground. three divers and a doctor have been brought out in the last few minutes. theresa may's new look cabinet meets for the first time since two of her senior ministers resigned yesterday. the biggest display of british airpower for nearly 30 years has taken place, to mark the centenary of the raf. hello. the royal wedding and good weather gave the uk economy a boost in may, growing by 0.3%. but constuction and industrial activity remained sluggish. todays figure won't surprise the bank of england, which is looking at raising interest rates next month. the strugglin