as i say, the snp —— i bet the snp will u—turn on that before long.e prime minister think he is so does the prime minister think he is so unpopular in scotland? him being prime minister, independence for scotland rises to 53%. is it all this eton schoolboy bluster and buffoonery, or is it because he is prepared to take our nation out of the european union against its will in an deal brexit? i think possibly the reason why i seem to get a good reception in scotland, which i must say i did when i went to aberdeen, i remember meeting some friends in aberdeen airport, and a very friendly reception throughout. it may be because the people of scotland recognise that they have a commonsensical conservative approach and would not hand back their fisheries to brussels, just as scotla nd fisheries to brussels, just as scotland has regained control of its fantastic fish. i thank my right honourable friends are bringing some sunshine into this place, and i would invite him to visit clacton, if he can put up with the 1000 one hour and 45 minutes it ta kes to the 1

in the commons, the snp got straight to the nub of the issue.k will not be dragged blindly into a war with the us against the international community? well, the us is our closest ally. we talk to them the whole time. we consider any requests that they say carefully, but i can't envisage any situation where they request, or we agree, to any moves to go to war. the government's been urged to stand up for human rights in saudi arabia after the murder of jamal khashoggi. the journalist was killed at the saudi consulate in istanbul in october last year. the united nations found credible evidence that the crown prince was liable for the killing. the saudis deny this. a labour peer and senior lawyer was part of a un team which visited turkey to investigate. we were allowed to listen to the tape of the killing of mr khashoggi. we heard intercept telephone calls on tape which showed that this was not some rogue operation, but was planned — and planned by people who were agents of the saudi state. climate change protesters descended on westminster in a we

today at five — boris johnson visits scotland where he faces opposition from both the snp and his ownarty over his brexit policy. the prime minister called for a strengthening of the uk's ties, ahead of a meeting with first minister nicola sturgeon. these are tangible benefits from the union, that i don't think we have done enough to talk up. we'll have the latest on the prime minister's visit to scotland and we'll be speaking to the scottish conservatives. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: a warning from vauxhall that it could move all its production from ellesemere port — if brexit hits profits from the plant. "informers will be shot," say signs in londonderry. three months afterjournalist leera mckey was killed, no arrests have been made. the russian opposition leader alexei navalny has returned to prison from hospital, after the doctor treating him said he may have been poisoned. and trapped up to his neck in water for several hours, the man who got stuck in rocks as the tide came in and had to be freed by firefighters. when i arrived on scene, he was getting hammered by a

the snp were keen to talk about it, too. were giving all the extra time to actually try and resolve, maybe we should actually debate it then occasionally, because we have heard from both of the parliamentary, both of the candidates for the tory leadership, and they are both saying that they are prepared to take this country out of the eu without a deal. we have got to start to prepare the parliamentary fight back, there is a huge moment coming, where there will be no deal brexiteers versus parliamentary democracy, and democracy says no to the brexiteers! mr speaker, we now have to prepare to get ready for that fight. he has called for further debates on brexit, i think there are many in this house that feel that we have probably had, had more than enough debates on brexit, but i can assure him, that it is inconceivable that there will not be many more debates on brexit in the weeks and months to come. now, you may remember there was talk about suspending parliament to get brexit through. one of the early leadership contestan

colleagues of mine from the snp group have made that clear as a result of the court case.d out, because we saw a couple of moments recent weeks, when mps could have voted for procedures which could have potentially given parliament some sort of check or no deal, and one was the feet, and the other was not to put to a vote. there was a sense that maybe you quys there was a sense that maybe you guys have run out of steam now. certainly not. we are definitely against a no—deal scenario. whenever scotla nd against a no—deal scenario. whenever scotland it will cost 100,000 jobs. it will cost every individual in scotla nd it will cost every individual in scotland nearly £2500. we havejust heard today that it is likely there will be a recession if a no—deal brexit occurs. absolutely not. we are desperately against that. how likely is a no—deal? the eu are being clear that they are not in the market to renegotiate. your two leadership contenders have also been clear. looking objectively, it does seem that we are heading to leaving the eu without an agreement. seem that we are head

is as many people, most economic experts, have predicted, and it is bad, then you could see how the snpthat as further fuel to the nationalist fire. but we will see anything before 2021 as far asa will see anything before 2021 as far as a referendum is concerned, that is when the next scottish parliamentary elections are. if the snp go into that election saying that will give a mandate, if they we re that will give a mandate, if they were to get a majority, form a nationalist majority, the would then come back to number ten and say, we wa nt come back to number ten and say, we want another referendum. but that is two years away. things are moving so fast at the moment who is to say? will borisjohnson still be prime minister by then? he is off to a wales tomorrow to greet another nation. the daily telegraph, they are pro—boris. they say he pledges to make brexit a success for farmers. nicola sturgeon was damning after her meeting. it will be interesting to see what the welsh leaders say. in the meantime, they are seeing that this will be an historic opportunity to introduce new schemes t

that's what the snp needs to do. and he also talks about economic growth.'m pleased to say this country under conservative governments has seen i think it's 27 quarters of economic growth. that is the longest time of consistent growth of any of the g7 countries and that's a record the conservatives are proud of. >> when i share the prime minister's enthusiastic appointment and to so many womo the top jobs in europe institutions and i thank the prime minister for the role she played in that at i really would commend her for the good will and determination she's brought consistently to the table of both the g20 and that the eu summit of which he agreed that when we leave the european union we're going to continue to enjoy a constructive relationship with our neighbors, then it's very important, mr. speaker, that we leave in an orderly fashion with an agreement? >> i want to thank my right honorable friend for kind words and can assist you agree this important once we left the opinion we continue to have a strong and deep partnership a relationship with the eu

the snp often claim they stand up time.le in scotla nd with my honourable friend, people in scotland won the scottish government that focuses on improving their skills, improving their health service and their economy, not one thatis service and their economy, not one that is obsessed by separation. ian blackford! thank you, i must say, every time the prime minister speaks on scotland, our vote goes up. laughter mr speaker, today is a memorial day i trust that everybody in this house will want to recognise the unbelievable sacrifice that so many faced. yesterday, i met some of the survivors of genocide and we must do all that we can to make sure that we call out the genocide deniers, that we learn the lessons from man's inhumanity to man that we witnessed in the continent of europe, and never again should this happen in europe or anywhere else. can ijoin with the prime minister in her words question market is a pity that the former foreign secretary, the candidate for the leadership of the tory party, did not stand up for a

it is more complicated for the simple reason that the snp aren‘t com pletely simple reason that the snpospect decisions could lead to more support for independence, but as is often the case with these political debates, it is more completed than that. for now, nick eardley, thank you very much, outside bute house in edinburgh. we will be back in edinburgh. we will be back in edinburgh shortly in our macro nationwide segment as well. downing street has dropped an investigation into the mp mark field. the former foreign office minster grabbed a greenpeace activist who had made her way in to a reception at mansion house injune, where the former chancellor philip hammond was giving a speech. a downing street spokesman said the incident was a matter for the previous prime minister. mark field resigned from his post and has apologised for his behaviour. let‘s return now to that shooting at a garlic festival in california — three people were killed, including a six—year—old boy — and 15 others wounded. the gunman was shot dead by armed officers, although police are investigating reports that a

the snp said the fraud was truly alarming. all claims are the result of these types of scams from criminals operating on behalf of claimants, while at another, £100,000 a month is being lost to these criminals. labour quoted the work and pensions secretary, who said... verification is a necessary part of any benefit system, and we need to ensure that we pay the right people the right amount of money. so, how is it, then, that advances have been made to claimants with names such as lisa simpson, bart simpson and homer simpson? i think the general public will be incredulous at the level of incompetence around the universal credit system. how can it be possible that a brand—new system is open to grotesque fraud, as has been revealed this week? there have been 4.4 million universal credit claims, and as it stands, 42,000 staff referrals for fraud have been brought forward — which is less than 1% of all universal credit claims. that said, each and every one of those has the potential to be a very serious case. while it's vitally im

we were on the radio together when the european election results came in and the snp did very well inods, they got the majority there. if you were lib dem leader would you not be fighting a rearguard action to keep your own seat rather than winning anywhere else? i will never take for granted winning any constituency and i don't think mps should do that. i am confident of my position in east dunbartonshire. i won it with a majority at the last election. dunbartonshire. i won it with a majority at the last electionm was not very much. it is more than i had since i was first elected. it is a four party political system and it isa a four party political system and it is a fight between myself and the snp in east dunbartonshire. they won the seat in 2015, but the voters in 2017 wanted me to be the mp again. let us think ability a snap election, brexit hasn't happened and it isa election, brexit hasn't happened and it is a hung particle. are you ruling out a formal coalition with jeremy corbyn or let's say in this scenario boris johnson? yes. yes. categorical. absolutely. what if one is tr

the snp? as soon as possible is my view.the backs of a curious 160,000 electorate of the conservative party, so ill prepared to run a country, so what we want is to ensure that there is an opportunity for the people of this country to have a verdict on borisjohnson. for the people of this country to have a verdict on boris johnson. the snp could put forward a vote of no—confidence. you don't have to for labour. to have a chance, labour would have to present that. we are looking at them today and the rest of this week to see if that's going to be forthcoming but the mechanics of this are really important. the most important thing is we succeed if there is a boat in no confidence so we if there is a boat in no confidence so we wait to see what happens this week to exactly the type of plans and conditions put forward to the country and make an assessment of that. the movements are in place obviously behind—the—scenes and overtly to block boris johnson ultimately delivering a no—deal brexit. can you be confident we will leave on

the snp think it could mean the end of the uk.ime minister to his place, the last prime minister of the united kingdom. there are many battles in here to come. boris johnson has his own team around the cabinet table, ministers fully signed up to his brexit strategy but he faces many of the fundamental problem is theresa may had. the eu who say they won't renegotiate, a wafer thin majority in parliament and after sacking key ministers, potentially a number of backbenchers who could make life difficult. but in downing street and in british politics many things are changing. and for those of you messaging me is telling i am mad to wear a jacket, you are right, it is gone. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in the central lobby of the houses of parliament. it is pretty hot over here as well! it is pretty hot over here as well! it was a typical borisjohnson performance. hated by the opposition parties, lapped up by most conservatives as he talked again about optimism, not doing the country down and trying to be positive a

this carries on in the independent, carrying a photo of mr johnson and nicola sturgeon, the snp leader interesting because we had a similar photo a few years ago, how many, three? theresa may and nicola sturgeon. similar talks after becoming prime minister. what has she been saying to him? suggesting he's been irresponsible and no deal could end up breaking up the uk, because scotland voted to remain. we had a scottish vote on independence in 2014, which voted for everyone to stay in the uk, but that could change again because they weren't voting necessarily to leave the eu. fees saying you can't interfere with our democratic right if we want to hold a referendum again —— fees. fees watching carefully. interestingly mrjohnson was booed and heckled by anti— tory protesters in edinburgh ‘s. and heckled by anti— tory protesters in edinburgh 's. they don't have a huge representation in scotland, so not surprising, but it shows what he's up against. he says no deal is not his assumption but michael gove says it is. amazing how quickly they change their stance. one could argue this is a nego

earlier i asked someone from snp global plants what the impact would be if there is a disruption in thea disruption, total blockade, there would be serious consequences for asia. asia heavily depends on the middle east and supplies for all major companies but the chances of that are still small. only in the case of real disruption, there would be an issue for asia. that's why many asian countries are storing oil. which particular asian country would suffer the most? there's china, indonesia, japan and south korea, these asian pacific nations that depend most from middle east oil. all major age in countries in the north—east of asia in particular. japan, number one, korea, taiwan, they depend 100% on middle eastern oil. japan, 50%, but big volumes. southeast asian countries, you mentioned the philippines, and singapore is a big one, one of the largest southeast asian importers, and other countries. so north—east and southeast asia. what about lng coming from that part of the world, is asia affected as much? canada is among one of the biggest lng exporters. asia is at the receiving end. a

, say they believe boris johnson indeed the party she leads, the snp, say they believe borisjohnson willr of the united kingdom. the reason of course, what he is planning on brexit, and the fact he and downing street have now put in place the working assumption that there will bea working assumption that there will be a no—deal brexit. it's that reason the meeting with ruth davidson, the leader of the scottish conservatives, but may well prove challenging too. she is no fan of borisjohnson, she challenging too. she is no fan of boris johnson, she didn't challenging too. she is no fan of borisjohnson, she didn't vote for him in the leadership contest. the mood music is she is pretty peeved that he ignored herfirst mood music is she is pretty peeved that he ignored her first piece of advice, not to sack the former scottish secretary david mundell, but when it comes to brexit, she yesterday in a newspaper column refused to back a no—deal brexit saying she didn't think the government in westminster should pursue it and if it came to it she would not support it. she has also said her party he

as we mentioned, us stocks soared to record highs with the snp sure —— just shy of 3000.eral reserve may cut interest rates very soon. sports todayis interest rates very soon. sports today is coming up next. this is bbc news, the top stories this hour. the lion air crash in indonesia — lawyers say the families of those who died in the boeing 737 max have been cheated out of compensation donald trump says they will leave no stone unturned as he asks government agencies to provide information to determine who is, and who isn't a united states citizen. they have abandoned attempts to put a question on the census. the far—right activist, tommy robinson, has been sentenced to nine months in prison for contempt of court. robinson — whose real name is stephen yaxley—lennon — was found to have disrupted a criminal trial in leeds. lucy manning reports. crowd chant: we want tommy out, we want tommy out! heading back to jail. don't believe everything you read on a t—shirt — stephen yaxley—lennon wasn't convicted ofjournalism. he was found to have interfered with a trial, encouraging

that will take the dow and the snp even higher. see this row continue over the next six months. are they not concerned about the slowing us economy? even though the slowing us economy? even though the trade war might be making progress, its starting to hurt. that's exactly right and that is why the fed might start to move and there could be to rate cuts over the rest of the six months of year. let's just see where the momentum and where the fed shifts. there is enough gunpowder to make it happen. focusing on trade is not involving donald trump. this is between south korea and japan. starting today, tokyois korea and japan. starting today, tokyo is a slapping export restrictions on its neighbour that will have an impact on south korea's electronic industry. our business reporter monica miller is in our studio. what's going on, monica? these two have had a frosty relationship for decades but things got heated up again back in november. that is when south korea's supreme court ordered japanese companies to pay for labour compensation

an ally of ruth davidson and secondly he ignored her advice not to go and see nicola sturgeon, the snpter, in her official residence and she said that because in the official residents there's saltire ts, official residents there's saltire ‘s, scottish flags, and she said he thought he would look like a visiting dignitaries surrounded by scottish flags, for the prime minister of all of britain. and there was something else really exciting she said as well. the problem with all of this is £300 million is being promised all over the country, so i don't know how much money scotland is going to get. it doesn't seem like he's going the right way about befriending the scots. ruth davidson also said she's opposed to a no deal brexit, which is now the government position. before we turn to the next paper, another amount of money going to hear about. there's been questions about... a split between the scottish tories and the tories down south basically as well. that's a consta nt south basically as well. that's a constant argument as to whether ruth davidson is the head of a branch office or wh

the snp says mrjohnson‘s government is driving the country towards "disaster", while ms davidson saysrisjohnson might get. i think it could be quite a tough reception and notjust for the normal reasons, the ones you would expect. he is meeting scotland‘s first minister this afternoon, probably at her official residence in edinburgh. we expect that to be a fairly tetchy meeting for the simple reason the scottish government is opposed to the uk‘s governments approach to brexit. she has always said she thinks living without a deal will be a complete disaster. he is also meeting the scottish tory leader at ruth davidson later and that meeting could be quite a tough one as well because relations between the scottish conservative party and the rest of the party across the uk are probably at the lowest for about a decade. the reason is simple. with the scent does not believe with boris johnson‘s approach to the scent does not believe with borisjohnson‘s approach to brexit and she will make it clear at the meeting this afternoon. we understand that under no circumstances will she bat him if h

you have made very clear that no deal is unacceptable to the snp and to scotland.rt behind the prime minister? that would be speculation. it would still be a brexit. no deal is a speculation at the moment so what if there was a deal? i don't know what what grounds the prime minister can get a deal when the red lines haven't changed. we are in the position that the eu have said they are not changing their position. the prime minister has hardened his position. it seems unlikely they will get a deal but any form of brexit would deal —— damage the uk's economy and any form of brexit would damage the scotland economy. the prime minister seeks to fulfil his mission. it is not reflecting how scotland has democratically voted or what scotla nd democratically voted or what scotland needs and it is damaging, asi scotland needs and it is damaging, as i say, to the whole of the uk. we are trying to listen to the interests of the whole of the uk to say that a no—deal brexit in particular would be a calamity and particularly an economic recession. the damage it would do to hous

you look at the stock market we have the dow up 16% this year and the snp up 20%.oodness, the nasdaq is up over 25% this year so, somebody is right and 70 is wrong. >> it seems that this report was just what wall street needed. >> they did and they jumped on it and that's all have these record highs today on the nasdaq and the s and p and the dow is there. >> we will have to wait and see what the fed does next week.>> exactly right.>> thank you so much.>>> police detective is credited with going the extra mile, later on, we will see why her colleagues say she answers the call for help even in her spare time. >>> it's one of the largest food festivals in the country, coming up next, the president of the gilroy garlic festival joins us live to talk about all things garlic. wow! that's ensure max protein, with high protein and 1 gram sugar. it's a sit-up, banana! bend at the waist! i'm tryin'! keep it up. you'll get there. whoa-hoa-hoa! 30 grams of protein, and one gram of sugar. ensure max protein. after qualifying purchases when you apply and are approved for the ha

the snp has a woman leader and do the -- wait for it, even the independent group change u.k. or whatever they're calling themselves this week are now onto their second woman leader. there's only one party in this house letting us all down, the labor party. >> thank you, mr. speaker. can i thank my right honorable friend for all she has done for women in parliament and in this country. from cofounding women to win to tackling domestic abuse and modern slavery. will she urge her successor to build on her work and make britain the best place in the world to be a woman? >> i'm very happy to urge that commitment for the future, but i thank my honorable friend for raising this particular issue, and i'm very pleased that under my government we've seen the gender pay gap at a record low, fema unemployment at a record high and a record percentage of women on executive boards. and we're now seeing with our empowerment road map, we're looking at how we can empower women in this country from school to retirement. i want women in this country to feel there are no limits to how far they ca

joining us now is stephen gethins, snp mp and member of the foreign affairs committee.at that meeting earlier. good evening. at that meeting, what sentiment did you hear? powerful evidence from the head of the foreign office, one thing that's critical in the system of governance in any democracy is that civil serva nts in any democracy is that civil servants need to be able to give frank advice to the politicians. they need to be able to speak truth onto power. and sometimes, for all politicians of any colour, that's not a terribly comfortable experience. they need to challenge may be some of the views on things. but that's been undermined and what's really troubling by all the is undermined in particular by somebody who wants to be the next prime minister the uk. it's been undermined by the present elite for charlie. you're right, and that's why the political classes and eve ryo ne why the political classes and everyone in the politics has to defend a civil service and last night boris johnson had defend a civil service and last night borisjohnson had that opportunity

in san jose they found the body near the guadalupe river park that's less than a half mile from the snp center. now they're calling the death suspicious people who live near that area say that the park can be a dangerous place. there's just so much going on along this riverside park here. >>i don't know whether these somebody getting hurt or somebody overdosing that yeah it's pretty much a daily. >>well police spent nearly 10 hours combing through the crime scene at the park and under the bridge right along julian street. police have not arrested police have not released the woman's identity. well another big story that we're following for you this morning livermore police just released these new pictures of a shooting suspect. they say the 21 year-old jorge to less shot and killed 15 year-old nuel most be earlier this month at a taco bell restaurant on stan lee boulevard so mostly was a student sat livermore high school and police say the teen got into an argument with tillis before he was shot. well we now have new information about a deadly shooting investigation going on in richmond

, which is over ten yea rs snp came to power, which is over ten years ago, is absolutely failing drug't know why thatis drugs for many years. don't know why that is an explanation. i understand you say it is an expert nation, i don't know why that is an excuse for the scottish government. there are bigger pictures in health in scotland. you will know that there isa scotland. you will know that there is a well studied phenomenon that people in glasgow have poorer health than in comparable cities and the rest of the uk. so the scottish game and should do something about that. where we have the powers to do things, and alcohol, we have seen improvements in treatment. we have seen improvements in treatment. we have seen improvements in the smoking rate, because we have powers to take action. we are the first nation in the uk to bring in powers... well, you can tackle drugs. that is why you can tackle drugs. that is why you set up your drug strategy committee. in november! we can't open drug consumption moves back rooms. but you can tackle homelessness, poverty, jobs, mental health issues,

the snp leader linked president trump's recent controversial comments about people of colour with therecord and quoted a retiring conservative mp, guto bebb. isn't the member for amberconway correct when he warns that the tories are appealing to the type of nationalism that has seen it ukip grow? while the tory party shares more with the extremes of donald trump and nigel farage, isn't it any wonder that scotland looks on in horror? the conservative party is a party for the whole of the united kingdom. and the only party in this house which is appealing to blatant nationalism is the party that wants to take scotland out of the union. the prime minister. a proposal to make it harder for her successor to suspend parliament in order to push through a no—deal brexit has been approved by the house of lords. borisjohnson, the clear favourite to be the next prime minister, has refused to rule out closing down parliament, what's called proroguing. if you remember, last week, mps voted to require the government to report to parliament every two weeks on the progress of restoring power sharing

the snp asked about claims of the secret ministry of defence torture policy.despatch box, we discussed an internal ministry of defence policy on torture that contravenes domestic and international law. she promised a review. has the review happened and has a policy been dumped? that review has concluded, and i have looked at it and the policy will be changing. away from the chambers, stuart mcdonald said there should be a government statement about what penny morden had just said. —— penny mordent. legislation allowing the government to delay elections to the northern ireland assembly has cleared its first parliamentary hurdle. the legal change is being pushed through in two days, to ensure ministers do not have to call an election in northern ireland until the 21st of october with an option of a further delay until january of next year. the move is intended to give a bit more time for cross—party talks to try to find a way of restoring devolved government at stormont. northern ireland secretary karen bradley said progress had been made in the talks, but an ag

boris johnson has some fans in scotland and the snp are also delighted he is now prime minister are convinced independence. the police chief of the californian town of gilroy has said the speedy reaction of officers prevented greater bloodshed at a food festival on sunday. three people, including two children, were shot dead by a gunman. he was also killed. the bbc‘s dave lee is in gilroy, california. what's going on?! as the shots rang out there was confusion at first and then panic. and then eventually disbelief. they're shooting! for most of the weekend, this was the scene of a happy popular food festival with 80,000 people in attendance. by sunday evening it became the latest american mass shooting. 246th in this country, this year alone. wejust heard pop, pop, pop and we just went behind some tents and took cover. and we knew right away when we saw a lot of people just running away from there. we thought it was a firecracker and then when i looked to the side, we knew it wasn't. we both turned at the same exact time and saw him standing right there. he was within, what, ten feet of us? y

borisjohnson has some fans in scotland and the snp are also delighted he's now prime minister, convinced, edinburgh. the carmaker vauxhall has warned of the impact brexit could have on around 1,000 jobs at its factory here in the uk. the french owned company says it may move production out of the uk if brexit makes its business here unprofitable. injune, the carmaker announced it would make the next generation of the astra, its best selling car, in the uk and at another factory in germany. it warned the decision would depend on the final brexit terms swedish climate activist greta thunberg has accepted a ride across the atlantic by boat to attend two key climate conferences. thunberg refuses to fly because of the environmental impact of air travel. the teenager will make the journey aboard a high—speed18—metre yacht built to race around the globe so she can attend the un climate action summit in new york. the government in ethiopia claims it's helped its people plant more than 350 million trees in a day,claiming what they believe is a world record. prime minister abiy ahmed led the proje

the snp are confident it will actually increase the appetite for scottish independence.come on the programme: russia's best—known opposition the philippines is the deadliest country for environmental defenders. 30 people would build last during conflicts over land. also ahead, the duchess of sussex takes the chair foran duchess of sussex takes the chair for an addition of british vogue. she does not put herself on the cover, but women who are breaking barriers around the world. cheering the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh. once an everyday part of the soldiers' lot, drudgery and danger, now no more after almost four decades. if one is on one's own, in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't really see why people should wander in and say, you're doing something wrong. six rare white lion cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park and, already, they have been met with a roar of approval from visitors. they're lovely, yeah. real

the opposition say, well, the snp can't blame westminster entirely for problems made in scotland.ities have been making it very clear today that they don't think existing treatment programmes in scotland are good enough. they say people are waiting too long to get into treatment, and also the treatment is not that effective. the statistics show that over half of the people who died from taking drugs in 2018 had methadone in their system, something subscribed to help them give up heroin, people in treatment for drugs, yet they had clearly also taken street drugs, overdosed, and died asa taken street drugs, overdosed, and died as a result. sarah, thank you very much. the jury in the inquest into the deaths of the three men who carried out the london bridge attack injune 2017 has concluded they were lawfully killed by armed police. khuram butt, rachid redouane and youssef zaghba were shot dead by firearms officers after a ten—minute rampage in which the attackers killed eight people and injured 48 more. some of what happened that night was captured by members of the public — in foota

someone like boris, who is a bit haphazard, i think it might push a few more people to vote snp or someone on independence, borisjohnson has vowed not to allow another scottish referendum anytime soon. sarah smith, news, stirling. as we've heard, throughout the leadership contest, mrjohnson said repeatedly that he will ensure the uk leaves the european union by october 31st, with or without a deal. but he faces a battle with parliament. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar looks in more detail at the challenge brexit poses for the new prime minister and the timetable ahead. he has wanted this for years. sometimes, so much, it's hurt. now what will he do? about brexit, about leaving by october the 31st. do or die, remember? because the brexiteers who helped him certainly will. those brexiteers will be in here with him watching because mrjohnson‘s promise to seek or demand a better brexit deal or else. or else what? well, to leave without one, if he can, unless the eu backed down and makes concessions they've never offered before. so, what are the chances? well, brexit may be on the agen

whilst the snp predicts the end of the union.uld welcome the prime minister to his place, the last prime minister of the united kingdom. so, boris johnson came to the house of commons on his first full day of the job to set out the priorities for his government. on wednesday, mrjohnson met the queen, officially taking over as prime minister and then it was back to downing street for a reshuffle that saw him replace half of theresa may's cabinet. with his top team in post, it was time for him to face the house of commons and set out his plans, unsurprisingly dominated by brexit. he said the first step was to restore trust in democracy. ..and fulfil the repeated promises of parliament to the people by coming out of the european union and doing so on october the 31st. i, and all ministers, are committed to leaving on this date, whatever the circumstances, and to do otherwise would cause a catastrophic loss of confidence in our political system. he said he would prefer to leave with a deal. but certain things need to be clear. the wi

the liberal party has a woman lead, the snp as do the dup, plaid cymru and the greens even. . .ouse letting the side down. the labour party! thank you mr speaker. can i thank my honourable friend for all she has done for woman in parliament and in this country. from co—founding women to win, to tackling domestic abuse and modern slavery and legislating to make our society more equal. will she urge her successor to build on her work and make britain the best place in the world to be a woman? i'm happy to urge that commitment for the future. but i thank my honourable friend for raising this particular issue and i'm very pleased that under my government we have seen the gender pay gap at a record low and female employment at a record high and a record number of women on executive boards and we are seeing with our women's empoweredment road map, we are looking at how we can empower women. i want women to feel there are no limits to how far they can go and what they can do with their lives. we have disagreed on many things, but the prime minister knows i have long respected her resil

let us mull that over with the conservatives, the snp and the labour party. but was its responsible politics, surely the issue of anti—semitism is so serious that you should not see too politically weapon i said. i think it is a very serious issue. you have got 60, 60 labour peers signing this letter in today's paper, saying how deeply disappointed they are with their party and demanding action. i think we are absolutely, those who sit in the house of commons have to act responsibly. surely it is an issue for the labour party. it has been going on and on for many, many months now, and she is absolutely right, theresa may, to call this out and to point to what is in today's paper. prime minister's questions is about answering urgent questions and this is in the paper today. kirsty, what is yourjudgment on whether theresa may was right or wrong to highlight the anti—semitism issue? it was what i expected her to go on. it was what i expected her to go on. it is, there's a real problem, clear from what we see on the bbc panorama, that there is a real problem that

borisjohnson has some fans in scotland, and the snp are also delighted he is now prime minister, convincedah smith, bbc news, edinburgh. the carmaker vauxhall has warned of the impact brexit could have on around 1,000 jobs at its factory here in the uk. the french—owned company says it may move production out of the uk if brexit makes its business here unprofitable. injune, the carmaker announced it would make the next generation of the astra, its bestselling car, in the uk and at another factory in germany. it warned the decision would depend on the final brexit terms. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: death threats return to the streets of northern ireland. dissident republicans are enforcing a renewed code of silence. cheering the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh. once an everyday part of the soldiers' lot, drudgery and danger, now no more after almost four decades. if one is on one's own, in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't reall

someone like boris, who is a bit haphazard, i think it might push a few more people to vote snp, or someonece, borisjohnson has vowed not to allow another scottish referendum anytime soon. sarah smith, bbc news, stirling. as we've heard, throughout the leadership contest, mrjohnson said repeatedly that he will ensure the uk leaves the european union by october 31st, with or without a deal. but he faces a battle with parliament. 0ur deputy political editor, john pienaar, looks in more detail at the challenge brexit poses for the new prime minister, and the timetable ahead. he's wanted this for years. sometimes, so much, it's hurt. now what'll he do — about brexit, about leaving by october the 31st? do or die, remember? because the brexiteers who helped him certainly will. those brexiteers will be in here with him watching because mrjohnson‘s promise to seek, or demand, a better brexit deal, or else — or else, what? well, to leave without one, if he can, unless the eu backs down and makes concessions they've never offered before. so, what are the chances? well, brexit may be on the agenda nex

at the start of this week, we are through the snp 500 reporting by quarter, incredibly busy and nextorated is performing. and what will that mean forjerome powell, and his team, who have their meeting at the end of july? these are the two things that feed into each other, how companies are doing on the ground and some of the weaker economic such as manufacturing data coming out of the states. so i think the general thought is there will be a rate cut, it is just whether it is a quarter ora 0.5%, but it is just whether it is a quarter or a 0.5%, but the reason they are probably doing it at the moment, it is not normally a bedfellow with the us markets at record highs, but the reason they are doing at this particular moment is to stave off any possibility of a recession early next year. all right, thank you for now. richard will return later. we will talk about the heat. are you struggling to i have a fan about three feet from my face! 0k, richard and his fans, all of those coming a little later. still to come bringing up a baby with style — and with a big hole in your bank balance. we

the headlines on bbc news: the prime minister is in scotland where he faces opposition from both the snpamps up plans for a no—deal departure. britain's biggest business group warns that neither the uk — nor the eu — is ready for a no—deal brexit at the end of october. a gunman opens fire at a food festival in california, killing three people and wounding 15. normally at this point our business presenterjamie robertson would be here with me in the studio, but this morning he's in plymouth, where one of the regional hubs planned by maritime uk is being set up to help boost the uk's maritime economy and prepare it for the challenges of the future. jamie. i'm in plymouth, it's starting to rain now. i'm in turnchapel wharf where they have been building ships for years. the royal marines took it over and out is a commercial hub and very much a marine hub for industry. a big french defence contractor is here, this is its english arm working out of here at the moment. these coastal powerhouses, there are five of them in the country, and what they are hoping to do in plymouth is to turn plymouth

the snp leader linked president trump's recent controversial comments about congresswomen of colour withiring conservative mp, guto bebb. isn't a member from aberconwy correct, prime minister, when he warns that the tories are appealing to the type of nationalism that has seen ukip grow? while the tory party shares more with the extremes of donald trump and nigel farage, isn't any wonder, mr speaker, that scotland looks on in horror? the conservative party is a party for the whole of the united kingdom, and the only party in this house which is appealing to blatant nationalism is the party that wants to take scotland out of the uk. i'm sure they'll think of something nice to say about each other for her last question time. time now for a brief look at some other news around westminster. the minimum age for playing the national lottery may be increased from 16 to 18. the culture minister, mims davies, said she would consult on whether the age limit should rise for all lottery games orjust games such as scratch cards. in addition to the option to raising the minimum age for all national ga

the snp are also delighted that he is now prime minister, convinced that he will inevitably increasedence. sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh. meanwhile the car—maker vauxhall has warned of the impact brexit could have on around 1000 jobs at its ellesmere port factory in cheshire. the french owned car company says it could move production out of the uk if brexit makes its business there unprofitable. the trade union, unite, accused the government of playing "no—deal roulette" with the livelihoods of vauxhall workers. our business correspondent colletta smith is there. it was just four weeks ago that the company said they wanted to build a brand—new model of the vauxhall astra here at ellesmere port, but there was always some doubt hanging over that announcement because it was contingent on whatever deal the uk government managed to secure. today, we have had more flesh on the implications of what that might actually mean. the plant is closed for two weeks for the planned annual summer shutdown, but this is not good news for the 1000 workers to be coming back to. vauxhall, like much of

the snp's westminster leader said they'd clashed on political difference, but they stood together onty issues such as salisbury. prime minister, i wish you all the best for the future. as the prime minister departs, is she confident that the office of prime minister can be upheld by her flagrant successor? i think the prime minister is a thoroughly good egg, and it's been an absolute privilege to serve on the backbenches with her. mr speaker, this prime minister's commitment to mental health has been simply fantastic. as somebody who has not, invariably, seen eye to eye with the prime minister, may i thank her for her remarkable public service and for showing that highest of virtues, a sense of duty, and on top of that, being willing to deal with people who must — on occasions — have been annoying to her with enormous courtesy? may ijoin with others in thanking the prime minister for her years in public service, as home secretary and as prime minister, and the thoroughly decent and dedicated, honourable way she has carried out all of her duties and the very courteous and proper way t

the snp are confident he will actually increase the appetite for scottish independence.h. the chief executive of the firm that owns car maker vauxhall says the company would shut its factory in cheshire if brexit makes the site unprofitable. the 1,000 workers at ellesmere port were told last month that, if a brexit deal was struck, the astra model would continue production. but the french owners now say there are contingency plans to make the car elsewhere in europe. here's colletta smith. vauxhall, like much of the car industry, have been warning about the implications of a no—deal brexit for some time. but today's comments are the hardest punch yet. now the boss says they've a southern european plant in mind to build the next generation of vauxhall astra, if brexit makes building them here at ellesmere port unprofitable. the new foreign secretary says businesses have already been given help to prepare. we are going to be stepping up that and reaching out to those sectors and businesses that do feel vulnerable and will be more affected. let's remember, the car sector ha