in scotland the leader of the scottish national party , of the scottish national party, nicola sturgeontuencies by helicopter. scotland's first minister took to the skies in the final weekend of election campaigning, and is visiting six key constituencies over the course of saturday. the snp won 56 of the 59 seats in scotland in the 2015 general election, a record result which polls suggest they will struggle to match this time round. speaking to the bbc, ms sturgeon, said that she would be willing to enter into a coalition with the labour party in the event of a hung parliament. well, i've always said if the arithmetic allowed it, i'd want the snp to be part of a progressive alternative to a tory government, a progressive alternative that invested in public services and protected pensions and had policies that lifted people out of poverty, but i think the polls in the rest of the uk still suggest the tories will win this election, but it's no longer inevitable that theresa may increases her majority, because she's been exposed throughout this campaign as being weak, evasive, no answers

they also wanted to know if he would join forces with the scottish national party in the event ofa scottishl party. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team of the team on twitter. stay with us on bbc news. hello. we will do the easy bit first and then i will give you the forecast, which is probably the bit you are after. a mixture of sunny spells and showers. friday was not just as straightforward. you see why go back to friday in a moment. it started well, then it started to look more threatening. that is properly because many of you were getting tied up with the weather front which had fresh air on its western flank, but ahead of it, warm, moist, muggy air, which ended two thunderstorms or parts of east anglia and the south—east, which is why some of you and your date looking more like that. yes, there we re looking more like that. yes, there were some localised flooding, due to be heavy downpours. that muggy air is still there to be had as we start saturday across this south—eastern quarter. the remnants of the —— weather front still producing some rain. it is thro

but the scottish national party want a different dealfor the scottish national party want a differentotland. we need to try to stay in the single market to try to stay in the single market to protect jobs to try to stay in the single market to protectjobs and investment and living standards, and we need strong snp mps in the house of commons arguing for that. but leaving the eu means huge changes to the law, and who's in charge? theresa may has declared that it will be our supreme court is and not the european courts that will be in overall charge, but it might not be that straightforward, because the continentaljudges oversee some things like the european arrest warrant that we might still want to be part of. labour says it's open to discussions. the lib dems, though, remember, promised that whatever the brexit deal, they would give you another say. the british people have the right either accept a deal, in which case we leave the european union on the ist of april 2019, or to reject it and remain. i will be very clear with you, as i have been over the last 12 months, i cannot see us

. >> on tuesday, nicola sturgeon the scottishhed national party agenda. she said there's too much at stake with brexit for scotland to not be part of the process. we began this 15 minute portion with a question from our reporter. >> the conservatives are running this general election campaign in scotland on what message which is they do not want another independence referendum. -- jin: really question >> really? [applause] >> there is some evidence it is working and some of your colleagues could lose their seats because of it. do you worry about that and that the decision to collate referendum may cost some of your colleagues their seats? and mask if the smp would rate increases and of not, why? >> we will support 50 pounds actually for those -- we oppose a tax cut for those at the high rate and we have not delivered that cut in scottish parliament and we support -- inflation is rising. we should not be patting the buttocks of austerity. [applause] >> in terms of your next question i am confident and all of my colleagues here watching, each and every want

[applause] >> on tuesday first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon launched a scottish national party election platform in perth, scotland, and announce a boat should take place at the end of the brexit negotiations saying that there's too much at stake with brexit for scotland not to be part of the process. this is about one hour. [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much, friends. and welcome to the manifesto launch of the real opposition. [applause] our strong and effective group has proven record of stand up for scotland, westminster leaving the real opposition to the tory government. and in this election only the e snp can provide a strong prote progressive voice to protect the scottish people and scottish jobs against the dangers of an unopposed hardline tory government. that's why now more than ever before it's essential that we have a strong group of snp mps standing up against tory cuts and a manifesto that will represent progressive values and an alternative to austerity. we will provide that effective oyster will provide strong opposition. will provide the real agenda fo

under both of the main parties‘ plans who say they'd negotiate good terms instead but the scottish national partydeal for scotland. we need to try to stay in the single market to protect jobs and investment and living standards and we need strong smpmps in the house of commons arguing for that. but leaving the eu means huge changes to the law and who's in charge? theresa may declared that it will be our supreme courts and not the european courts that will be in overall charge. but it might not be that straightforward because the continentaljudges oversee some things like the european arrest warrants that we might still want to be part of. labour says it's open to discussions. the lib dems, though, remember, promise whatever the brexit deal, they'd give you another say. the british people have the right to either accept that deal, and in that case we leave the european union on the 1st of april, 2019 or to reject it and remain. i will be very clear as we have been over the last 12 months, i cannot see us any chance of us getting a better deal than the one we have now. thered be no second vote unde

among them are scottish national party head, nicola sturgeon, and liberal democrat leader, tim farronditor, sarah smith, was watching. 0ne one issue uppermost in the minds of the audience tonight, security. tim farron was asked why he didn't support new internet surveillance powers. he said it would be counter—productive. powers. he said it would be counter-productive. what are the terrorists want us to do? to turn in on ourselves and be divided as a country. what do they want us to do? to give up on our freedoms and country. what do they want us to do? to give up on ourfreedoms and our liberties and i —— those of the things we must not sacrificed otherwise the terrorists would have w011. otherwise the terrorists would have won. he was also tackled on the economy and tax. how can the liberal democrat make everyone pay an extra ip democrat make everyone pay an extra 1p of tax. you will have attitudes from people to say they will solve this problem without any money or we could be brutally honest and say by the price of a cup of coffee a week, we can have the best nhs and social ca re w

the leader of the scottish national party, nicola sturgeon and the liberal democrat leader, tim farrondience in edinburgh this evening on a bbc question time election special. they faced questions on brexit, a second scottish independence referendum and social care. our scotland editor, sarah smith, was watching. one issue, the most in the minds of the audience tonight, security. tim farron was asked why he didn't support new internet surveillance powers. he said it would be counter—productive. powers. he said it would be counter-productive. the terrorists wa nt counter-productive. the terrorists want us to turn in on ourselves and to be divided as a country. they wa nt to be divided as a country. they want us to give up on our freedoms and liberties and those are the things we should not sacrifice otherwise the terrorists will have won. he was tackled on the economy and tax. how can the lib dems justify making every taxpayer pay 1p more tax? you can have platitudes from people who will tell you that they can solve the problem without any they can solve the problem without a ny extra t

that is the movement from the scottish national party. ard labour conservatives. >> snp on the surge, knocking out labour in scotland, leaving just one seat. slightly reversing this time around. butlabour party holding on, also losing a lot of seats to both labour and the tories in scotland. that went back to joe swinson and we have seen the tories gain in the east. seats so far0 reported. 155, we are about to get maidenhead. that is theresa may's seat. rishaad: getting to maidenhead and the magnet leisure center. theresa may, one of the safest seats. the declaration coming out there as well. she is expected to hold onto that seat. they are waiting for the returning officer to decide -- there we go. retaining one of the most ardent leads in the u.k.. we also have gains being made by ther from the snp as we see snp weekend. this is the returning officer. let's get to windsor and maidenhead. there we go. i do hereby give notice that the number of votes cast for each candidate at the election is as follows -- u.k. independence party, 871. yem

it was a bad night for nicola sturgeon and the governing scottish national party, which lost 21 mp5, ediate effect. ukip failed to win any seats in parliament, and its share of the vote collapsed. finally, a surge in the youth vote may have proved crucial tojeremy corbyn's gains last night. young voter turnout has been estimated at 72% — overall turnout was 69%, the biggest since 1997. in scotland it was a bad night for the snp — the party lost a third of its seats. they've ended up with 35 seats, the tories have 13, labour seven and the lib dems four. the snp losses claimed some high profile scalps. the party's former leader and scottish first minister, alex salmond, lost his seat to the tories as did the party's leader at westminster, angus robertson. while it was a disastrous night for theresa may south of the border, the conservatives had their best showing in scotland for decades. tories believe their anti—independence message hit home. our political correspondent glenn campbell has the story of a tory revival in scotland. they haven't had cause for celebration like this in a uk

why are remainers saying brexit is losing momentum when the liberal democrats and scottish national party theresa may said during the campaign. iam at what theresa may said during the campaign. i am asking the british people to give me a strong mandate so people to give me a strong mandate soi people to give me a strong mandate so i can negotiate and of course she has been talking about her brexit, leaving the single market, the customs union. the fact she does not have that mandate, no majority, that is wider remainers have said people are rejecting her a version of brexit. it is a difficult thing to do. the other thing to talk about, labour and the south of england. it looks as though labour were doing better at remain areas. particularly the south of england. the anecdotal evidence, they were not liking what theresa may has said. what did the 52% vote for in the referendum? what did the 52% vote for in the referendum ? staying what did the 52% vote for in the referendum? staying or leaving the single market? that is one of the issues. whatever form single market? that is one of the iss

there are some possible partners as well, the scottish national party, the liberal democrats, and the greens could all reasonably be expected to come to an agreement with the labor party. but that only totals 315 seats. still short of the 326 to get a majority. so you could describe this as the perfect storm of uncertainty for markets. that is the reason why, as you said, the pound fell initially some 2%, sue. >> let me ask you a question, wilf. knowing theresa may is a brexit hard liner, what do the results many for the brexit process going forward? it's probably too early to know at this point. what do you think? >> reporter: it's a great question. the first takeaway you would have to say is the intention to begin brexit negotiations in two weeks looks fairly unlikely, it's not even sure we'll have a firm government by then. the second thing is to say that if theresa may goes ahead with a weak minority government, her hand will be a lot weaker than it would have been had she not called an election, and certainly weaker than she wanted it to be by calling this election. the second ev

and the big setback for the scottish national party in scotland because that, as gillian suggested, wasetely offset by a tidal waves of young people, millennials, who want think and disruption at any cost and prepared to vote for the radical leftist that jeremy corbyn is. >> rose: apple is a brand built on cutting edge design. its new corporate headquarters is no exception. the complex where the brains-- the architect he chose to design it is lord norman foster. >> he called me out of the blue, directly, and said, "hi, norman. i need some help. can you come over? how quickly can you get here?" >> rose: yes >> and i was there a few weeks later. and what was going to be an hour's meeting, two hours' meet, just took over the whole day. it was total immersion. >> rose: immersion in what? >> in really steve's vision for his project. and he described the materials-- stone and glaz-- the california landscape of his youth. and together we talked about that. he talked about the citrus groves, the fruit bowl of his youth. i suggested that maybe those could be incorporated into a landscape. he lov

the tories have 318 seats, a short of a majority could labor has 262 mps, the scottish national party 35, and the liberal democrat, 12, and the democratic unionist party in northern ireland, 10. far from increasing the number of mp's, the tories lost 13 seats. labor gained 30 while the s&p saw their number go down by 21. tonight we have full coverage and we begin with laura kuenssberg. laura: 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 mp's means she can gather enough support to stay on, but having believed herself to be on the brink of a sizable majority, going backwards seems like defeat. prime minister may: i've 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. laura: not a single mention of the results. prime minister may:

under both of the main parties' plans who say they'd negotiate good terms instead, but the scottish national partyal for scotland. we need to try to stay in the single market to protect jobs and investment and living standards and we need strong smpmps in the house of commons arguing for that. -- smp mps. but leaving the eu means huge changes to the law and who's in charge? theresa may declared that it will be our supreme courts and not the european courts that will be in overall charge. but it might not be that straightforward because the continental judges oversee some things like the european arrest warrants that we might still want to be part of. labour says it's open to discussions. the lib dems, though, remember, promise whatever the brexit deal, they'd give you another say. the british people have the right to either accept that deal, and in that case we leave the european union on the 1st of april, 2019, or to reject it, and remain. i will be very clear as we have been over the last 12 months, i cannot see any chance of us getting a better deal than the one we have now. there would be no s

well earlier we spoke with angus macneil scottish national party m.p. and he believes the tenants of the destroyed building are receiving enough support from the also. going as one of the world's richest cities and kensington and chelsea the royal but it is one of the room where the wealthiest parts of london. so selfish and their economic outlook. for themselves and a lack of social care for the. people are living off of community conditions after losing their homes through tears to be negligence on penny pinching. refurbishing the. flood book the flood book of course seems would have been refurbished to give it another visual impression to the richer residents nearby so it really looks appalling as you can review kids going through quite a number of years of. you know we have the. base of everything but obsolete the value of nothing victim to get any photo or are not good enough for the prime minister still talking about the money has been pledged all the money should be started given to people and people that are seventy seven thousand hotel rooms a

tonight, the leader of the liberal democrats and the leader of the scottish national party, they aree cannot be here tonight he is busy preparing for the big night. 0ver tonight he is busy preparing for the big night. over the next hour our audience here in edinburgh will put their questions to two party leaders. neither are pretending they will be your next prime minister but they could play a vital role in shaping the future of this country, indeed, its very existence. you can join in from home on twitter, on facebook or via text. the hash tag is bbc qt and the text number is on screen. as ever, is bbc qt and the text number is on screen. as ever, our is bbc qt and the text number is on screen. as ever, our guests have not seen screen. as ever, our guests have not seen the questions they are about to face and they draw lots to decide who is to begin. first, please welcome the leader of the liberal democrats, tim farron. good evening. good evening and thank you for joining us. let's get ourfirst question tonight from the audience. we are under attack if properly controlled, why is i

the leader of the scottish national party, nicola sturgeon, and the liberal democrat leader, tim farron. they fielded questions on security, brexit, and a second scottish independence referendum. our scotland editor, sarah smith, was watching. one issue, uppermost in the minds of the audience tonight, security. tim farron was asked why he didn't support new internet surveillance powers. he said it would be counter—productive. the terrorists want us to turn in on ourselves and to be divided as a country. they want us to give up on our freedoms and liberties and those are the things we should not sacrifice otherwise the terrorists will have won. he was tackled on the economy and tax. how can the lib dems justify making every taxpayer pay ip more tax? you can have platitudes from people who will tell you that they can solve the problem without any extra money or we can be honest and say that for the price of a cup of coffee a week we can have the best nhs and social care in the world. the snp leader nicola sturgeon was asked how to deal with terror threats. we've got to tackle and address

let's discuss all of those issues with scottish national party m.p. angus macneil i'm going to thank you very much indeed for braving the heat to talk to us today i mean so the protesters have declared it the day of rage in this hot sun in the hope of bringing down the government. why the delay in any political really i think it will certainly have a lot of impact on the streets if you like and it sounds like it might not be the most pleasant of scenes but given we're giving you a report that hopefully good sense will prevail you know the demonstrators do a very legitimate concerns of the that they're eating but we'll see if it goes i mean what's your reaction to the claim from the from kensington's now labor m.p. that survivors aren't being helped enough and that some of being forced to sleep rough we what do you think of that. looks awful london is one of the world's richest cities in kensington and chelsea the royal no less of kensington and chelsea is one of the wealthy wealthiest parts of london but so not all and so selfish in their economic out

under both of the main parties‘ plans who say they'd negotiate good terms instead, but the scottish national partycotland. we need to try to stay in the single market to protect jobs and investment and living standards and we need strong snp mps in the house of commons arguing for that. but leaving the eu means huge changes to the law and who's in charge? theresa may declared that it will be our supreme courts and not the european courts that will be in overall charge. but it might not be that straightforward because the continentaljudges oversee some things like the european arrest warrants that we might still want to be part of. labour says it's open to discussions. the lib dems, though, remember, promise whatever the brexit deal, they'd give you another say. the british people have the right to either accept that deal, and in that case we leave the european union on the 1st of april 2019 or to reject it and remain. i will be very clear as i have been over the last 12 months, i cannot see us any chance of us getting a better deal than the one we have now. there'd be no second vote under labour b

guy: in the 2015 election, the scottish national party won 56 of the 59 seats.on campaign strongly against brexit and for scottish independence. will that change things north of the border? let's get more from our reporter at the scottish capital, edinburgh. good evening. many people are questioning the exit polls, trying to get their head around exactly why the snp lost at the level of seats it appears to have done. any explanation, rodney? >> if this exit poll is right, it is a disastrous evening for the snp. the main issue, they were not expected to lose anything like this. that is why they are stressing it is early. they are expected to lose it -- 10 would've been a significant. i guess what it has done is underscored the fact that in scotland, the divide, the political dynamic, is different. all thecotland, districts, voted against brexit. what has happened, is the push for independence, the snp, nicola sturgeon, running with that. unacceptable and we will push for another independence referendum. notle i spoke to do necessarily want another vote. maybe ton

the ruling conservative party, the opposite labor party, and scottish national party all have suspendedational campaigning for today. >>> reverberations of the attack were felt all the way back here in the bay area at sfo, for one, travelers who were heading back to london say they were checking social media to make sure their friends were okay. one man says he's bracing for what he finds when he gets back home. >> you never know what is going to be a target. when you get back to london heathrow heathrow, you don't know what you're going to find there. i imagine there will be armed police there. in the uk it's not a normal everyday thing. >> b.a.r.t. police say they're increasing the visibility of uniformed officer patrol at stations and on trains. they hope it will help passengers feel safe. >> we are following the story closely as it unfolds. be sure to find continuing coverage of the london attacks on air and online at nbcbayarea.com. >>> in other news protesters took to the streets across the country calling for an independent commission to investigate president trump's campaign con

nicola sturgeon will call for a cross—party "four nation" approach to the brexit negotiations as she joins scottishminister of scotland wants membership of the european single market and the customs union to be "at the heart" of any agreement, with the rights of eu nationals living in the uk guaranteed with immediate effect. the snp won 35 seats in last week's general election, down 21 on its 2015 result. detectives investigating the london bridge attack have made a further arrest in east london. a 19—year—old man was detained in barking on suspicion of terrorism offences shortly before ten o'clock last night. six other men remain in custody. exit polls following the first round of france's parliamentary election suggest president macron‘s new centrist party is on course for a landslide victory. projections show la republique en marche and its modem ally look set to win up to a45 of the 577 seats in france's national assembly. the final outcome will be decided in a run—off next sunday. it is amazing when you consider they are only one—year—old. both the white house and downing street have dismissed

the scottish national party. , the liberal democrats and plaid cymru join us and for the green party, their co—leader. also, give them applause. applause . also, jonathan blake is working with bbc reality check looking at the numbers promises we will hear about by working out what really stacks up. and it is going through comments we have been getting all day on #bbcdebate. first, tonight, after two devastating terror attacks in two weeks, including in manchester, security has become a bigger part of the election campaign, in particular how best to protect british people from future attacks. police numbers in england and wales have fallen by almost 20,000 since 2010 and numbers have gone down in northern ireland. although in scotland they have been more 01’ although in scotland they have been more or less increasing the last 30 yea rs. more or less increasing the last 30 years. police budgets in england and wales were reduced by almost a fifth between 2010 and 2015 and since then they have been protected and count

now, according to the latest count, the conservatives have 316 seats, labour, 261, scottish national party, 35, the liberal democrats, 12, and the dup, the democratic unionist party, 10. steve is in westminster, to wrap up the latest for us. steve? >> well, look, jeff, the latest is the same as it has been in the last couple of hours really, isn't it? the tories have failed dismally in what they tried to achieve. yes, they are the largest single party, yes, they are undoubtedly going to try to form a government, yes, it looks like the dup will be the main support. the aim here was to get a 50 to 100 seat majority, to give theresa may a very strong hand, domestically, with perhaps dissenters who are looking for a different kind of brexit than what she wanted. and, of course, internationally in her negotiations with europe. one might say she's in tatters. but we have been speaking to a whole host of people, john saying it is a good night for the tories because it is the largest party. i think many people will say that's putting a brave face. i spoke to john mcdonald, second most important pe

completely unable to benefit from the collapse of the far right party, and a big setback for the scottish national partyalin, because that was completely offset by a tidal wave of young people, change,als, who want who want disruption, and were prepared to vote for the radical leftist that jeremy gordon is -- jeremy corbyn is it he ran a pretty good campaign. mistakes.made no his slogan "for the many, not the few," which he barred from tony blair, captured something. why is there this disruption at any cost movement? people believe the systems are ratigged. charlie: jeremy portman, wasn't even popular in his own party. gillian: no, he wasn't -- roger: no, he was in a lot of people were expecting the humiliation of jeremy corbyn. himleft could have replaced and tried to create some more corbyn, ieft wing -- think, it will be pretty hard to dislodge him at this point. the millennials stay involved. one of the things students of politics across the western world need to look at when they look at the british experience, is what is happening to the millennial vote. i have gone around colleges in the last yea

they just about could help them get over the line the scottish national party certainly wouldn't form a coalition with them. what we look at do they try to form a minority government, where they have to get by vote by vote or do they stand back and allow labor to form a coalition because labor does have the ability to form a coalition easily. >> all right. wolford thank you so much. the first exit polls i should say out of the uk elections. stunning reaction in the currency market. this is a move we rarely see, a move of as much as 2% with the british count hitting the lowest levels since may 31st. 127, 45 for u.s. dollars, we are seeing a decline of 1.6% immediately on the back of these results. >> we talked about and the back of these notes, for the first time in a long time, current volatility is higher. i said i don't know, i'm not pretending to know what that means. what i do know is this, currency like the british pound should not move a percent-and-a-half in minutes let alone over the course of weeks. these moves used to take weeks if not month. now it happens in days. you know

unable to benefit from the collapse of ukip, the far right party, and a big setback for the scottish national partynd, because that was completely offset by a tidal wave of young people, millennials, who want change, who want disruption, and were prepared to vote for the radical leftist that jeremy corbyn is, and it has to be said that he ran a pretty good campaign. he really made no mistakes. his slogan, "for the many, not the few," which he barred from paul rhoads from tony blair, captured something. why is there this disruption at any cost movement? it is because people believe the systems are rigged in favor of a small group of people who are able to get very rich and make society more unequal. charlie: jeremy corbyn wasn't even popular in his own party. roger: no, he wasn't. a lot of people were expecting the humiliation of jeremy corbyn. the left could have replaced him and tried to create some more centrist left-wing alternative. dislodge him at this point. corbyn, i think, it will be pretty hard to dislodge him at this point. gillian: if the millennials stay involved. one of the things stud

anything close to minority government status, possibility of a coalition between labour and the scottish national partyould be extremely negative outcome as far as markets were concerned. again less likely outcome than what i think matthew is forecast ing but certainly not beyond the realm of possibility. david: okay. five minutes the polls close. of course we'll cover it here on fbn. matthew, marshall. thank you both. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. melissa: everyone at the bar was watching twitter, waiting for president trump's reaction to james comey's testimony but they didn't get exactly what they wished for. >> the administration then chose to defame me, more importantly the fbi, by saying that the organization was in disarray. that it was poorly-led, that the workforce had lost confidence in its leader. those we lies, plain and simple. ♪ just like the people who own them, every business is different. but every one of those businesses will need legal help as they age and grow. : so you can focus on what you d. so you can focus on what you d. we'll handle the legal stuff that comes up alon

the scottish national party, different story. last time they painted scotland yellow. berwickshire, their most marginal. if they hang onto anything in the first column, they will have had a very good night. they have got seats to spare in scotland. of course there are the nationalists in wales as well, there are the greens, there's ukip, there's the northern ireland parties. but they key thing is just to watch the map on the night and see how the colours move, which parties are going forwards, which backwards. who is up and who is down. vote is adding to the polls are seven weeks of campaigning heads to a close. a body has been found in river thames of a frenchman. bringing the total 38 in the london bridge tax. 13 have been convicted after an investigation into abuse at two private care homes for adults with learning difficulties. the bbc has seen a copy of the letter that the former fbi director james game will —— james comey will give tomorrow at the hearing into alleged russian links into the election last year. what is in the letter is that the more —— the mccrum

unable to benefit from the collapse of ukip, the far right party, and the big setback for the scottish national party in scotland because that, as gillian suggested, was completely offset by a title wave of young people, of millennials who want change, who want disruption at any cost and were prepared to vote for the radical leftists that jeremy corbyn is and it has to be said corbyn ran a pretty good campaign, he really made no mistakes, and his slogan for the many not the few which he borrowed from tony blair captured something about our moment, why is there this disruption at any cost movement? it's because people believe that the systems are rigged if favor of a small group of people who are able to get very rich and make our societies unequal. >> rose: jeremy corbyn wasn't popular in his own party. >> no, he wasn't. a lot of people were expecting the humiliation of jeremy corbyn in the election, and the left could have moved on, replaced him and tried to create more centrist, southeast-wing -- >> rose: tony blair-like labor party. >> and i don't know if gillian agrees, but i think it will be har

it was a bad night for nicola sturgeon and the governing scottish national party, which lost 21 mp5, ves gained 12 seats, their best result in scotland since 1983. the leader of the uk independence party, paul nuttall, is standing down with immediate effect. ukip failed to win any seats in parliament, and its share of the vote collapsed. finally, a surge in the youth vote may have proved crucial tojeremy corbyn's gains last night. young voter turnout has been estimated at 72% — overall turnout was 69%, the biggest since 1997. now let's get a roundup of the day's other news with martine croxall. president trump says he's100% willing to testify under oath to give his side of his leaked conversations with james comey, the former fbi director he sacked last month. mr trump has rejected mr comey‘s assertions that he had urged him to drop investigations into his presidential campaign's links with russia and his former national security adviser, michael flynn. at a white house press briefing the president was challenged by a reporter on the issue. he did say under oath that you told him, you

this is no surprise in the context of this deal, angry voices from scotland, we heard the scottish national partys. we have heard carwynjones, the labour first minister of wales basically saying what about us. you will have heard there that quite technical discussion in the commons about the barnet formula, that is the formula that was dreamt up in whitehall a generation ago to work out the distribution of funding from whitehall to the nations, to scotland, wales and northern ireland. crucially, as damian green set out there, this deal with the dup bypasses the barnet formula, much to the howls of anguish from the step, although mr green was able to point to the city deals in scotla nd to point to the city deals in scotland that also bypassed the barnet formula there. then that crucial question around the peace process in northern ireland where both the british and irish governments have been committed in the good friday agreement for the best pa rt the good friday agreement for the best part of two decades to be impartial as far as matters in northern ireland between the political parties there

in scotland, it was a challenging night for the scottish national party, which lost a third of its seatsave 13, labour seven and the lib dems four. the snp‘s former leader and former first minister, alex salmond, lost his seat to the conservatives, as did the party's westminster leader angus robertson. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith reports on what happened in the scottish constituencies. her report contains some flashing images. struggling to put on a brave face today, nicola sturgeon knows her demand for another scottish referendum hasjust been rejected by scotland's voters. in scotland, the snp won this election. we have more seats than all of the other parties combined. however, it is an inescapable fact that we also suffered some bitterly disappointing losses last night. do you accept this result means there will not be a second referendum on independence any time soon? undoubtedly, the issue of an independence referendum was a factor in this election result but i think there were other factors as well. so i will reflect on that and come to considered judgments. as i say, i will sa

business owners in west yorkshire, so we will hear some of that shortly and also from the scottish national partyws we will put your questions about issues that affect older people to ask personal finance correspondent and two pensions experts. if you have a question on the pensions triple lock, social care, or inheritance tax — you can get in touch via twitter using the hashtag bbc ask this, or text your questions to 61124 and you can email us as well at askthis@bbc.co.uk. that is this afternoon at 4:15pm. the us president, donald trump, is coming under growing international pressure to honour the paris global climate change deal. he will announce this evening whether the us will withdraw from its commitment to reduce carbon emissions. china‘s premier said this morning that his country will honour the agreement, and urged others to do the same — but donald trump has previously described climate change as a hoax, and an american job—killer. 0ur environment analyst roger harrabin reports. it‘s coal that‘s driving president trump away from the global climate deal. before his election, he promised j

putting jeremy corbyn in number 10 downing street propped up by the liberal democrats and the scottish national partyough this has been several weeks of campaigning, actually, if we look at it, i think theissues actually, if we look at it, i think the issues that we are looking at today are the same as they have been throughout this campaign. i think there are some simple questions for people to ask. first of all, there isa simple people to ask. first of all, there is a simple choice, and that is about who do you trust to have the strong and stable leadership to actually out there and negotiate the best deal for britain and get the best deal for britain and get the best deal for britain and get the best deal as we leave the european union? secondly, ithink best deal as we leave the european union? secondly, i think there best deal as we leave the european union? secondly, ithink there is best deal as we leave the european union? secondly, i think there is a simple question, which is who has the world but crucially also the plan tojust the world but crucially also the plan to just get on with the job

it was a bad night for nicola sturgeon and the scottish national party, they lost 21 seats as appearedendence referendum. after another extraordinary election result we will be looking at what happens next and what it means for brexit negotiations which are due to start very soon. and i am in the heart of westminster getting more reaction to what has been one of the most remarkable elections in modern british history. hello from york variety of this afternoon with voters. we' re variety of this afternoon with voters. we're talking brexit and you thought all here a little later on. good afternoon from downing street. the prime minister has returned here from buckingham palace after going to see the queen this lunchtime to ask for permission to form the next government. theresa may said she intended to form a government to provide certainty and to deliver brexit. it was a disastrous night for the conservatives after an election that theresa may did not need to call. her goal of securing a stronger hand for brexit associations has backfired spectacularly. the snap general election has end

. >> on tuesday, nicola sturgeon the scottishhed national party agenda.he said there's too much at stake with brexit for scotland to not be part of the process. we began this 15 minute portion with a question from our reporter. >> the conservatives are running this general election campaign in scotland on what message which is they do not want anotr

ann mclauchlan, scottish national party, 13,395. cheering . inaudible i declare that paul sweeney is elected to serve in the united kingdom parliament as the member for the glasgow north east constituency. labour takes glasgow north east from the snp. and we'll have the figures there injust a moment. a labour gain at the expense of the snp in north—east glasgow. now i'm determined to go and join mishal husain, who has an extremely appropriate guest considering all we've been talking about, the liberal democrats. thank you, i'm with ming campbell, former leader of the liberal democrats and sarah pickles, a former chairman of the conservative party. ming campbell, let's talk first of all about your thoughts on seeing nick clegg lose his seat in that way. with great dignity and pointing up in a very sharp way the fact that these elections are producing not the kind of unity which the prime minister hopes for, but division, north and south, young and old. nick clegg has served his country and his party with great distinction. he took a bold step in

the scottish national party has endured a series of shock defeats, including the loss of its former firsts robertson. they both lost their seats amid a scottish conservative surge. the party's best performance in scotland since 1983. first minister, nicola sturgeon, said that the losses were a blow to her and the snp indicating she had some reflecting to do on key issues including independence. in northern ireland both the sdlp and the ulster unionist party lost their seats. it was a successful night for the largest parties. the democratic unionist party won 10 seats and sinn fein won seven seats but will continue to abstain from sitting in parliament. the result could see the dup play a key role in any potential coalition negotiations with the conservative party. in wales, the labour party had a strong night taking back a number of seats from the conservatives. the results represent a blow to the tory party who had hoped to make gains in pro—brexit areas. plaid cymru won four seats and the liberal democrats lost their only welsh mp. meanwhile ukip have failed to win any seats in parliame

the decision came after voters turned away from the scottish national party and this months election. european official told bloomberg the bloc is willing to give grounds on the judges protecting the rights of e.u. citizens of the u.k. the onus back on britain to increase the level of protection it's offering. sentiment among u.k. households has fallen to its lowest level since the brexit referendum. the consumer confidence index dropped to -10. as the rising cost of living in the income -- deterred britain's from spending on big ticket items. global news 24 hours a day -- and 120 countries. this is bloomberg. francine: we're just getting some breaking news. gdp, the final reading for the first quarter, and it seems there is not a huge amount of difference compared to what we found out a little bit earlier on. 0.2% for the first quarter. and year on year, it is 2% growth. this is the impact on the pound, not much. at 1.3001. plays i haventacle been hearing more and more as if you do want to move on pound the best way to look at it is euro-pound instead of pound-dollar. when you look a

rally this afternoon with nicola sturgeon, and we will be able to put those issues to the scottish national partyound this is yet a further guarantee that there should bea further guarantee that there should be a scottish independence referendum. in their view, there has already been support for it from the holyrood elections last time around. shortly we will get first minister's questions. that'll be the last time in scotland that the leaders of the main parties will be able to go head—to—head once again to discuss these things. i am sure that the constitution is bound to come out in that debate, as it regularly has done throughout the course of this general election campaign. it is interesting, listening to that piece from lorna about people exercising a right to vote. that is what party leaders will be concerned about, turnout, that if turnout is high, maybe they can all pick up seats. ukip are campaigning in great yarmouth on the final day of the election. some of their main policies include completing the brexit process by 2019 without paying a divorce bill, and cutting net migration, operat

of course you're right, i personally think the idea of jeremy corbyn g backed out by the scottish national partyis that she actually doesn't connect with ordinary voters very well. stuart: call it right now. there's only a week away from the general election. >> she'll win. stuart: she will win? >> she'll win, probably will not be a huge majority, but she'll win and i would say she'll get a reasonably comfortable working majority. her weakness as a leader, lack of sincerity when it comes to policy and maintaining positions does suggest to me that must though may she win, there could be a battle for the leadership of the party that starts quickly after this election. stuart: fascinating, i have to ask you about the paris climate accord. the green movement is extremely strong in europe. we'll have an announcement at 3:00 p.m. eastern time should we stay or leave. you're a european, you are all over the green movement. >> no, i'm not european, i'm english. don't make that mistake. please. [laughter] >> look, here's the fundamental point. donald trump was elected saying he would not go along with th