and i think that she also used these to average her big advantage with the parliamentary party, whichthink that the party requires stability in order to ensure that it is running the country. that is her big advantage, because people in the conservative party will be frightened with such a small majority that the government will not be able to carry on. she needs to demonstrate that it can. i suppose the thing that i have been doing with greatest expedition at this point in time would be appointing the rest of the government. thank you very much. earlier, my colleaguejane hill spoke to the conservative commentator tim montgomerie, who said the resignations of nick timothy and fiona hill were highly significant. outside of the westminster village, i do not know quite how to best explain how important they were. they were almost like alex ferguson to manchester united. they were that important to the success of the project. obviously, not quite as many victories as alex ferguson achieved with manchester united. i don't really see how theresa may can function properly without them. they

, is one of the many, parliamentary party, is one of the any parliamentary party, is one of theer is this prime minister, a sense of this peak nightmare. let us leave that one hanging in the air. the 800—year—old leaning minaret of mosul leans no more. the mosque below it, from where the group which calls itself islamic state proclaimed a caliphate three years ago, was destroyed as is beat a retreat from the city. the push—back against extremists is taking place in syria, too and there are signs of reform in saudi arabia, a country often blamed for allowing jihadist ideology to take hold. the elevation of mohammed bin salman to crown prince, aged just 31, is being interpreted as a signal of change. mina, who is this man and why should the world be taking notice of him? saudi arabia is important, we need to ta ke saudi arabia is important, we need to take in notice of who is the future leader. he is someone that people in the region know quite well for the last two years after he was named deputy crown prince, minister of defence, quite close to his father. he is also someone who

it will be the mood of the parliamentary party in the commons when they come together that will reallyy no appetite in the party for an immediate leadership contest. so i think we'll have to see what the commons has to say when they meet. but how does she stay in place when there is so much anger in conservative homes — two thirds of mps saying she should go? there is no trust left, is there? well, there is clearly not going to be another election with theresa may at the head. we discovered that she's a competent minister, potentially a tough negotiator, but a terrible campaigner. so i think the parliamentary party, if this potential agreement with the dup sticks, and anticipates there won't be a general election for several years potentially five years, it gives theresa may some time for the parliamentary party and the wider party to work out what they actually want to replace her. you are in the lords, not an mp. but there will be many who were very, very worried about their seats or indeed lost them. in your opinion, should she go now for what she has done? i think, as i said, there

, and it could be that it parliamentary party, and it could be thatitis parliamentary party, andt could be that it is not in the interest of northern ireland to have a very hard border between the north and south, and that means he cannot leave the customs union, so the interesting question is, going forward, is that the possibility that we might stay in the customs union and perhaps lead the single market? jeremy corbyn himself said this morning that we would be leaving the single market but that leaves the question as to the fate of the customs union open. we havejust as to the fate of the customs union open. we have just seen david gauke go into number ten as we watch for news of a cabinet reshuffle from theresa may. returning to the issue of the border, between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, which, of course, is one of the key issues for the eu negotiators, just eliminate for us, if you would, how the dup's position on that, vis—a—vis, the conservative position, might affect the brexit? well, arlene foster, the leader of the dup, had said priorto well, arlene f

but the prime minister is trapped, because the other half of her parliamentary party, also livid aboutro—eu tory grandee was scathing. brexit is the cancer gnawing at the heart of the conservative party, and there's a lot of talk of changing leader. it may well come to that. but it's not about changing just the leader, it's changing the policy. there is no appetite or mandate in parliament for trying to stop brexit. like the tories, labour has committed to leaving the eu. but how is the question. let's be clear. we are respecting the decision of the referendum. we are democrats. we are respecting the decision. i think people will interpret membership of the single market as not respecting that referendum. others in labour say it's time to get the whole of parliament behind a brexit strategy. now there should be a sort of cross—party commission or group set up to try and take forward those negotiations in a way that is open, thoughtful, consensual, that accepts that not everybody is going to get the deal that they want. all this confusion comes two months after britain formally handed i

he is well liked inside the parliamentary conservative party. very collegiate person. housing minister. but also, incredibly importantly, you spelt several spells in the office of the whip, so he understands conservative parliamentary party and i think they will see him as a reassuring presence inside downing street. so that they can get things back on track a bit. so a clever move by theresa may to bring him in in particular and clever to do it as quickly as this, given there were all sorts of dangers of a vacuum developing in downing street, of her being isolated and a bit of a hiatus, particularly widely whole discussion with the dup is going on. several conservative mps questioning whether theresa may should even have the right to stay in office and some talk of a successor being planned down the line. but also importantly, gavin barwell standing down the line. but also importantly, gavin ba rwell standing very loyal to theresa may today. absolutely. he was doing the rounds this morning. which i think would suggest that this deal was in the offing a little bit earl

i'm not sure this will be agreed by too many people within the parliamentary conservative party. certain that any political prediction is a legible twaddle because everyone but is entirely wrong over the last few years. well, yeah. not all of us! you said brexit would win, trump would win and coleman would come out as the top leader? i did not say any of that but i was more willing to engage with possibilities of the corwen leadership and to see that there were political shifts that might create support for him in a way that lots of people were very quick to dismiss. but you didn't see it coming? nobody saw it coming. nobody‘s crystal balls are working. the fact that you have clearly got factions and its use within the tory party are clear. you have a silly diversion stories. this one in the telegraph... would you like the movers telegraph... would you like the m overs o nto telegraph... would you like the movers onto the sunday times?m says ministers want spreadsheet fail. -- says ministers want spreadsheet fail. —— spreadsheet phil hammond. so, apparently... have you told us th

brexit plans for theresa may but the two prime minister is trapped because the other half of her parliamentary partybe furious if there is any compromise. one pro—eu tory grandee was scathing. brexit is a cancer gnawing at the heart of the conservative party, and there is talk of changing leader, it may well come to that, but it is not about changing just the leader but the policy. there is no appetite or mandate in parliament to try to stop brexit, like the tories labour has committed to leaving the eu. but how is the question? let us be clear, we are respecting the decision of the referendum, we are democrats, we are respecting the result. others say it is time to get the whole apartment behind the strategy. there should be a type of cross—party ‘s permission set up to take forward those negotiations in a way that is open, thoughtful, consensual, that except that not everybody will get the deal that not everybody will get the deal that they want. this confusion comes two months after britain formally handed its notice to the eu. brussels is waiting to negotiate, the two—year clock is ticking. well

so what we have seen parliamentary party.is lunchtime is two things. 0ne, seen this lunchtime is two things. one, i seen this lunchtime is two things. 0ne, ithink, seen this lunchtime is two things. one, i think, a sense ofjust how fragile mrs may's position is that she has had to discard these advisers have been with her through thick and thin and her determination to survive, that she is willing to get rid of them. it is so interesting. how much of it is symbolic, if you like? different leaders have different ways of leading, that's true in politics, that's two in business. it is true across the world. and it's as if there are people within the party who are saying, i've never liked those too. i don't like the way theresa may chooses to operate and now i still emboldened to say so. you are asking her to have a personality transplant but that is how she prefers to work. i think clearly, personality is a big part of all this. but it goes further than that, i think. it also underlines just the weakened state that mrs may is in

the fine gael parliamentary party have put their faith the fine gael parliamentary party have put theirfaith at the polls and the best man to get them a bigger majority in parliament. thank you very much for the moment. our corporate respondent in dublin. -- the moment. our corporate respondent in dublin. —— our correspondent. police in manchester have sent a bomb disposal unit into a street near the university campus after finding a car they say could prove to be a significant development in the investigation into the manchester bombing. detectives are still trying to trace the movements of salman abedi before he carried out the attack at manchester arena, killing 22 people. today prince william visited the city to meet some of the injured and the police officers who were first on the scene. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. a significant development in this terrorist investigation. it could be, say the police. this afternoon, the bomb squad were back in an area of south manchester which has become a key location for detectives. salman abedi is said to have been here. parke

party doesn't have any options. it is the only way it can geta any options. it is the only way it can get a parliamentaryr party will deal with them. it is different from 2010, when i was negotiating a coalition and we had the lib dems as partners. there is a big difference between a coalition and a supply and confidence arrangement. let me explain... very briefly, in 2010, we wa nted explain... very briefly, in 2010, we wanted a permanent arrangement that would secure a majority on everything we brought to parliament. supply and confidence means you are still basically at the swim on every vote of what the dup decide to do. and a budget is not agreed by the dup. they will only agree to make sure that the government takes over every year —— you are still basically at the whim. ruth davidson, if she had not won more seats in scotland, there would not be a conservative government, and jeremy corbyn would be in downing street. the interesting thing about her is, she is flexing her muscles, and i think the most significant thing she's doing that on is brexit. this article in the sunday telegraph draws our at

the party of the french president is on course to secure a landslide victory in parliamentary electionsel macron‘s party, which was set up a year ago, received 32% of the vote in the first—round poll. preliminary results from kosovo‘s parliamentary election indicate a victory for the centre—right coalition. a former prime minister, who was indicted by serbia for war crimes during the conflict in kosovo, could return to office. rafael nadal of spain has won the french open for the tenth time. he beat the swiss player stan wawrinka in straight sets. nadal, who came back from a serious wrist injury last year didn't lose a set in the whole tournament. so, as the uk prime ministerfights to stay in power, experts warn prolonged political uncertainty will ta ke prolonged political uncertainty will take its toll on sterling and the economy. not so in france — the euro strengthens as macron's new party en marche takes control of french politics. this is world business report, where we will now focus on the business and economic implications of the elections in the uk and france. let's start with

her second—in—command, her chief of staff, it alan barwell, has a wealth of respect in the parliamentary partyee meetings are confidential... you are not going to try and say this is a good result for the conservative party?” wouldn't result for the conservative party?|j wouldn't insult your intelligence by saying that although the prime minister quite rightly said that we polled almost 42%, a staggering achievement but it didn't have the desired outcome because under any other circumstances that would have been a large majority but labour did better as well. although it was a confidential meeting, she had three standing ovations. she judged confidential meeting, she had three standing ovations. shejudged the room rightly, she had thought long and hard about how she will move forward , and hard about how she will move forward, she spoke about the way number 10 is forward, she spoke about the way number10 is changing, how forward, she spoke about the way number 10 is changing, how it will interact with the parliamentary party, how it will work with collea g u es party, how it will work with col

and oppositionist wing within the plp, and they will represent the majority view within that parliamentary partywell. there has been criticism that he didn't go to armed forces day as well. just put that in very quickly because some papers are taking exception to that. the mail on sunday. quick comment from both of you. i wanted out, says harry, the reluctant prince, saying he considered giving up prince, saying he considered giving up his royal role. it's a very interesting and brave thing for him to say. i think, given the knowledge of the crisis that was caused to his grandmother, she wouldn't take kindly to this. his great—grandmother his grandmother's background... the reason she became queen was because her dad had to become king. it's about duty, isn't it? it's about duty, but i think prince harry and his honesty over a range of things is refreshing, and has kind of created a much different image of the royal family. has kind of created a much different image of the royal familylj has kind of created a much different image of the royal family. i was just about to say, martin has done his

party. those discussions continue and i am looking to forward going to london to meet with my parliamentary team. the brexit secretary, david davis, says brexit talks will begin next week, despite the uncertainty of recent days, as he warns the uk will walk away from a bad deal. what happens if we don't get a deal? our argument is, under those circumstances you've got to be willing to walk away, right? you've got to plan for that even if you don't intend it. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first, a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news... before 7pm, we'll be speaking to a conservative backbencher about theresa may's meeting with the 1922 committee and just after 8pm we'll be hearing from charles walker — vice chairman of the committee. and in 100 days plus, we'll be looking ahead to donald trump's attorney general, jeff sessions testimony to a senate committee about his interactions with russian officials during the election campaign. and we'll be discussing what next in the brexit process with the labour mp hilary benn, who was up until the general election

exit polls after the first round of parliamentary elections in france suggest president macron‘s new partyon course for a landslide majority. iam rico i am rico hizon in singapore. also in the programme: rodrigo duterte denies asking the us to help fight islamist militants, as troops struggle to recapture the city of marawi. songs to reflect conflict and hope. we'll look at the inspiration for the music of kashmir. welcome. thank you forjoining us. it's 7am in singapore, and midnight in london where the british prime minister theresa may says she intends to serve a full term as britain's prime minister, and is "getting on with the job." but her comments come just hours after one of her former colleagues, the uk's ex—finance minister, described her as a "dead woman walking". well, she's been been reshuffling her cabinet and insists it's business as usual. our political correspondent, vicki young, reports. she's putting on a brave face, but theresa may knows she has thrown her party into turmoil. the shock of election night is still sinking in. after church this morning, the prime minister r

remain in place for the length of the parliament, as you would expect and after each parliamentary session, both partiespeech that the conservatives' aim is that this current parliamentary session will last for two years. in other words, in two years' time, the dup could come back, if there hasn't been a general election between now and then and say, hang on a minute, we got £1.5 billion last time out, what can we arrange now? in other words, there is still room for negotiation within this parliament before the next general election, potentially, between the conservatives and the dup. just hearing from the prime minister, a statement from the prime minister, a statement from the prime minister, just being published on the conservative party website, saying, and i am scrolling down this asi saying, and i am scrolling down this as i talk to you, "i welcome this agreement which will enable us us to work together in the interests of the whole of the united kingdom, giving us the certainty we require as we embark on a departure from the european union and help us to bring a stronger, fairer society at home."

party have established a coordination committee. this agreement will remain in place for the length of the parliament and after each parliamentary sessionples and implementation of the agreement. i want to personally thank the prime minister and her negotiating team for the spirit in which these discussions have been conducted. i particularly wa nt discussions have been conducted. i particularly want to acknowledge and pay tribute to the two men standing beside me, the right honourable nigel dodds and the right honourable sirjeffrey donaldson mp for their efforts. i want to thank other party collea g u es efforts. i want to thank other party colleagues and, indeed, our parliamentary party, who will be to the fore in working with these new arrangements. today, we have reached an outcome that is good for the united kingdom, good for northern ireland and allows our nation to move forward to tackle the challenges ahead. this afternoon, i will be returning to northern ireland to continue our discussions as we attempt to re—establish the northern ireland executive, because now, more than ever, our political leaders, both locally and nationall

number one, she had to get on board her parliamentary party, the conservative party, and her cabinet.r and it is clear they have. she went to a meeting of conservative mps this evening and she was humble, she showed contrition, she apologised or calling this election in the first place and took full responsibility for losing it and, the second point, crucially suggested she will change the way she will govern and listen to a wider circle of people and make decision—making in a more collective, collaborative way. will revisit some policies that had proved very controversial during this election. so, she is owning this mess and said to her party, "i will do this job as long as you want me to." and frankly, at this stage, there is nobody else they want to take over. the conservative party does not want a leadership contest now and they certainly don't want another general election which is why theresa may carries on. what about the state opening of parliament? we have heard that possibly that could be postponed. what are we reading into that? through monday, there were lots of confusing

exit polls in france suggest the centrist party of president emanuel macron is on course for a landslide victory following the first round of parliamentaryns. interior ministry figures put his republique en marche party and allies on more than 32% of the vote, with the conservatives more than ten points behind and the national front of marine le pen trailing in third place. but turnout was a record low of just over 50%. the interim president said figures should drive its candidates to redouble their efforts before next week's second round. translation: this evening this isn't a done deal. the low turnout must encourage our effo rts the low turnout must encourage our efforts to strengthen our engagement with the people. it was at the core of our movement's creation. this is one of our priorities in the coming weeks. what do these numbers mean? this is a two round election, this is the first round of voting in the 577 constituencies. next sunday we will have the definitive result but normally you can get a clear picture from the first round of how they and result is going to be an normally what we see today is a clear indication of the end

calling out "mayday" to a party in northern ireland, asking it to keep her conservative party in power, after her parliamentary election but won plaudits for his campaign and inspired a new generation of young voters. with me to discuss where this leaves british politics, and the imminent negotiations to get out of europe, are the biographer and long—standing contributor to germany's die welt newspaper, thomas kielinger, from ireland, the writer and broadcaster brian 0'connell, janet daley, columnist with britain's sunday telegraph newspaper, and 0wenjones, columnist with the guardian newspaper here in the uk. welcome to you all. janet daley, where did it go wrong? it was the worst campaign that i have ever seen, having lived in this country for 50 years. absolutely appalling. the more interesting phenomenon, because that one has been discussed endlessly, is the consequences for the labour party, which at least three quarters of its mps detest jeremy corbyn or his policies at any rate and are stuck with him for the indefinite future as leader. the second most devastated woman in the country must be a vet coope

councillors and the parliamentary party know what is in him, and that's steel and determination.rises and bailouts, but brexit poses it's own challenges for the uk's neighbouring trading partner, as head of minority government, varadkar is go to find that his leadership is tested sooner rather than later. that's get a reminder of our top stories, now. with less than a week until the uk general election theresa may and jeremy corbyn have faced questions on brexit, nuclear weapons and the future of social care from a live television audience. and china, the european union, and others have confirmed their alliance with the paris accord as donald trump confirms his intention to withdraw. let's stay with that story. earlier, i spoke to hilda heine, president of the republic of the marshall islands in the central pacific ocean. i asked her for her reaction to president trump's withdrawal from the climate change agreement. of course, we were very disappointed. we were... it is highly concerning for those of us that live on the front line of climate change. the decision by trump, preside

pollm seems such an improbable thing that mr corbyn, rejected by very large numbers of his own parliamentary partyknow him certainly better than we do, could somehow triumph and bring this country back to the socialism of the 1970s. itjust seems to me, on the whole, improbable. yes, mrs may has not run a particularly good campaign, she has made some mistakes, she has changed her mind about things, seemed uncertain, and as you say, strong and stable has disappeared from the conservative vocabulary, but it seems to me that we are still more likely to see a conservative majority, and probably a larger one than she had entered the election with. marc? that is one of the problems, she has been at the home 0ffice, problems, she has been at the home office, and she has not been a leader of the opposition, unlike all the predecessors. the election is so social economic issues, may be international, but not only an immigration, andi international, but not only an immigration, and i think that was her mistake. also, i was particularly interested in the brexit thing, who will be the best to get a good deal?

they want her to draw breath and think about how she presents herself to the parliamentary party andparture of mr timothy and fiona hill. has she somehow made her leadership in pregnant? absolutely not. she has simply got herself —— my herself necessary breathing space otherwise there was a possibility, indeed likelihood, that she would have faced a leadership challenge next week. thank you very much for now. if you are justjoining next week. thank you very much for now. if you arejustjoining us, the news in the last few minutes is that those two special advisers to the prime minister have now resigned. nick timothy and fiona hill have handed in their resignations. that news, just out in the last few minutes. 0ne one of the other key elements is the prime minister needing to have discussions with the dup. that is necessary because of the maths, of course, and the way the general election shook down in the end. just worth telling you a brief line coming through on the press association. gavin williamson, the chief whip, is in belfast for talks with the dup about how pests —— best they

and teresa may has gambled, has lost and may face a particular leadership challenge from the parliamentary partyd the conservative party. and very brutal challenges that are often very public. the media says that teresa may plans to hold onto power at least for the moment, but the big question is who will lead this country from here on out? we're seeing these questions play out in the stock markets, particularly if you're a u.s. viewer watching from america. the holidays from britain are going to get even cheaper. the british pound has fallen 3% since the exit polls indicated the conservative party didn't do anywhere near as well as teresa may hoped when she called the snap election, which by the way she did not do, she had a comfortable lead in the polls. that has evaporated, boris. >> and nina, looking at the brexit, what kind of effect does this have on it? >> yes, this is the other big question here, further down the line will this country manage to form a kind of government or will it have to go back to the polls? the brexit elections are supposed to start about 11 days from now and they on

well, there is a live and lively debate going on inside the tory parliamentary party, but it's not oneeen to do on live television. but let's discuss now with tory mep daniel hannan and neil carmichael, who was a tory mp and a leading proponent of a softer brexit until he lost his seat on friday. i will start if i may with daniel hannan. i just want to examine daniel hannan's views at the moment. mr hannan, a lot of people looking for compromises and a slightly softer brexit. ijust want to ask, would it be acceptable to you if that as part so there did not need to be a border between the north and south of ireland, car companies could trade parts back and forwards across the border and so on? i think that would be a very bizarre way of interpreting and open brexit. open brexit by all meansmeans to trade with the rest of the world. now, even the efta countries, norway and switzerland and so on, they have partial membership of the single market, but even they are outside the customs union, and so they are able to sign free arrangements with china, japan, and the growing economies, and if

the other thing with labour, suddenly the conservative party are taking jeremy corbyn seriously. so is the parliamentaryy! that's absolutely true. so is the press, they have laughed at him and mocked him, the conservative party were overjoyed he was the labour leader, they thought they would not him out of the park and suddenly it's not so funny any more and suddenly they are seeing him as a genuine threat who could genuinely be in downing street if another election happens or even if another election happens or even if it doesn't. suddenly the dynamic has changed. one labour mp told me we are all corbyn easter is now. something they weren't saying a few days ago. there's a sense the party is going to pull behind him because they can sense tory blood, and they now think there's a realistic opportunity they could form the next government whenever the next opportunity arises. labour is more united now than in a long time. let's pull you away from this story. do you want me to do the sunday times? charlie hollis it up? it is connected to the sunday express story we will do in a second —— shall i hold it up

but it's very good for the party to have a genuinely heavy hitter back in the parliamentary party, andse of commons. the fact she's backin house of commons. the fact she's back in the house of commons is an advantage. ican i can remember talking to him, a couple of years before the election, and, he kind of recognised that the liberal democrats would pay a price for being in coalition, but i think it is to his credit the he worked ha rd it is to his credit the he worked hard with us. on your party's fortu nes we hard with us. on your party's fortunes we know that ministers are no longer expecting to have an overall imagine the, the latest forecast sees the conservatives ending the night on 322 seats short ofa ending the night on 322 seats short of a majority, which means a deal will need to be done. you said of theresa may she is the worst person in the world do a deal with. but finish the quote and the quote is if you make a reasonable request then she will generally back us, what that really means in terms of brexit and putting together a government, if people come outlandish ideas s

the party of the french president is on course to secure a landslide victory in parliamentary electionsovo's parliamentary election indicate a victory for the centre—right coalition. a former prime minister, who was indicted by serbia for war crimes during the conflict in kosovo, could return to office.

knows it is out of her hands, but she is helped by the fact that there is no appetite within parliamentary tory partyhip contest right now. a number of tory mps i spoke to today said there is simply no desire for that, they do not want borisjohnson, somebody no desire for that, they do not want boris johnson, somebody said no desire for that, they do not want borisjohnson, somebody said to me. i think would be only real contender, ready to go now, whether to bea contender, ready to go now, whether to be a leadership election to be called. if that did happen, it would almost be an inevitable demand for another general election and tory mps do not want that. circumstances mean that despite this dreadful result for theresa may personally, and the tory party in the election, she had to stay where she is for now because really there is no alternative. thank you, ben wright. the duchess of cambridge has been meeting victims of the terror attack in london at kings college hospital. she has also met the doctors and nurses hurt in the attack. it people we re nurses hurt in the attack. it people were killed an

> well, indeed, she presides over a very angry and absolutely shocked party that has seen a parliamentary party thrown away from a wild gamble from theresa may. she was push under ed into that advisors in number ten. they call her their gatekeepers and a lot of resentment in the party that she listens to everything those two say and she gives very little regard to what information and advice comes in from senior administers. so, certainly, a lot of conservative mps want one of those two heads to roll as acknowledgment to things that went wrong in this election campaign. theresa may, though, is particular kind of character. she's a very, very close character. she's always operated with just a small section of decisionmakers around her. she's got to change her whole political style if she's going to regain her hold over the conservative party. the question is, if she can really bring herself to operate without those two people leading her, george. >> there have been rumblings from many who feel that they don't have enough access to theresa may. we will have to see, of course, how this all plays o

parliamentary majority in a snap election that backfired. mrs may has retained most of her cabinet ministers in a reshuffle. the partye french president is on course to secure a landslide victory in parliamentary elections. emmanuel macron‘s party en marche received 32% of the vote in the first round poll. projections suggest it could get as many as three—quarters of the national assembly seats. philippine president — rodrigo duterte — has denied asking for us military support to help end the siege of a southern city held by islamist militants. it comes a day after the us said it was providing technical assistance for the operation in marawi at the request of the government in manila. now on bbc news it's dateline london. hello. thursday was supposed to be may's day in the british prime minister's plan to strengthen her hand by holding and winning a general election. instead, she was left calling out "mayday" to a party in northern ireland, asking it to keep her conservative party in power, after her parliamentary majority evaporated. as forjeremy corbyn, the previously beleaguered leader of the labour party, he lost

and thirdly, whether or not the members of the parliamentary party think it's better to try and get ridher now or have a period of calm where things can bed themselves in after the election before maybe trying to do the leadership election next year. >> reporter: may has been criticized for running a lackluster campaign. it was marked by a proposal to force elderly people to pay more for their care, and her decision to skip a televised debate. then came the terror attacks in manchester and london, which re- focused the race on security, and may's role in cutting police ranks. and, there's "brexit". the u.k.'s withdrawal talks with the e.u. are due to begin in just 10 days. >> this was certainly a rejection of theresa may's very tough brexit strategy where she was going to cleave a lot of the links between the u.k. and the e.u. >> reporter: john springford is director of research at the center for european reform. >> there's only about 18 months left to negotiate the brexit deal, and if, say, we have another three or four months while the government is formed or we have fresh elections,

rt disproportionate pressure from one part of the uk, but the government will consult with parliamentary partiesa very great deal and the government are going to have to respond to that, the views of the 48% cannot be brushed aside as some of the more rigorous hard—line brushed aside as some of the more rigorous ha rd—line brexiteers brushed aside as some of the more rigorous hard—line brexiteers wish. meanwhile a lucrative part of the city of london's financial trading could be forced to move to continental europe after the uk leaves the eu. the european commission has said that it wants the eu to regulate the clearing of euro denominated transactions. at the moment, hundreds of billions of euros move through the capital every day. the vice—president of the european commission has been speaking in the past half hour. with me is mark boleat, deputy policy chairman of the city of london corporation. thank you for coming in to talk to us. perhaps you might give us a sense of what the european commission said this afternoon and what it means? well, what the commission has said is partly very reason

downing street and the democratic unionist party have both insisted that no parliamentary pact has yetretary says any pact would only apply to "big issues". it falls on us now to build a government in the national interest and that is what we are working with other friends in the and that is what we are working with otherfriends in the dup and that is what we are working with other friends in the dup to do. dup leader, arlene foster is expected in london on tuesday, she says there had been some good discussions on reaching a deal but nothing is finalised. one that will bring stability to the nation and those discussions continuing, we made good progress with the discussions. amid the confusion over attempts to secure a majority, there's now open speculation over the prime minister's future. to reason may is a dead woman walking. it's just how long she is going to remain on death row. i think we will know very shortly. in other words, we could easily get to the middle of next week at all colla pses for the middle of next week at all collapses for her. labour leader, jeremy corbyn, says

we do not know how the parliamentary parties will react. european union and yet they voted overwhelmingly to trigger article 50. we need to see what way the wind will blow. that is because the wind will blow. that is because the weather of parliament in the last parliament could be seen to go against the wishes of the people, presumably that could still be the case. he hear people saying this election was the revered sex that was the revenge of those water to remain, not sure about that. —— people saying this election was the revenge of those who wanted to remain. the gap in terms of the official positions, the ones that we re official positions, the ones that were in the manifestos, is not that large. labour gave a feel-good spread to its position by saying that it was great to get the best possible deal and continue with the benefits of the single market, but i don't think you can do that if you are committed to stopping free movement. that will always be a big issue due to the concerns of the public in the referendum. that gives a lie to

i think the key thing to remember is that she was crystal clear with the parliamentary party, the 1922t she is basically a hostage to the desires of the conservative party. at the moment, they have shown her, in no uncertain terms, to harrods might have felt rather cruel to have stripped her as a ritual exercise in humiliation of key advisers, but to demonstrate that it key advisers, but to demonstrate thatitis key advisers, but to demonstrate that it is the party which is boss at the moment. she is there for as for as long as they designate her the prime minister because she doesn't really have the power to dictate terms at the moment. 0bviously, some of it is down to not having her key people around her but how much of this comes down to political instinct? i was thinking the other day of the fairly shambolic performance over grenfell in the early days. some of that, she mightjust in the early days. some of that, she might just thought she wouldn't in the early days. some of that, she mightjust thought she wouldn't it bea mightjust thought she wouldn't it be a bite of the police, go

the conservatives emerged from thursday's election as the largest party but with no parliamentary majoritythey're hoping to rely on northern ireland's democratic unionists to stay in power. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports on a night and day of intense political drama. is this strong and stable, prime minister? she who dares doesn't always win. the most votes, the most seats but, under this stinging glare, no iron gates nor police protection can shield theresa may from the accusation she looks a political loser. the trappings of power, the visit to the palace, help from northern irish mps mean she can gather enough support to stay on. but having believed herself to be on the brink of a sizeable majority, going backwards seems like defeat. i have just been to see her majesty the queen and i will now form a government. a government that can provide certainty and lead britain forward at this critical time for our country. not a single mention of the result. it is clear that only the conservative and unionist party has the legitimacy and ability to provide that certainty by comm