the leader of the uk labour partyjeremy corbyn has accused the government of trying to "protect the publicthe cheap" in a speech focusing on the london terror incident. on saturday evening 7 people were killed and dozens injured in a terrorist attack carried out by 3 men who were shot dead by police within minutes of the attack taking place. it was britain's second major terrorist incident in the space of twelve days. it began when a hired van was used to knock down pedestrians on london bridge. 3 men wearing fake suicide vests then left the vehicle and began stabbing people in pubs and bars in nearby borough market. within 8 minutes the three men had been confronted and shot dead by police. a member of the public was also injured in the exchanges. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn says the reduction in the number of police officers is a sign the security forces are not getting the resources required. despite this, the conservative security minister ben wallace says the labour leaders comments mark a u—turn on his previous stance on counter—terror laws. we were talking two weeks ago, followin

uk labour rally travel anywhere and find hotels. —— you can literally.did not have a single hotel. now we have three. it gives oui’ hotel. now we have three. it gives our loyal customers, and also customers who want to learn about us, more opportunity to stay with us anywhere at any time in any brand. up anywhere at any time in any brand. up and down the scale of luxury. quick look at the markets. the nikkei is up. the weaker yen propelling exporters. australian markets are lower, as you can see. i am sharanjit markets are lower, as you can see. i am shara njit leyl. markets are lower, as you can see. i am sharanjit leyl. thank you for watching. this is bbc news. we will bring you up—to—date with the stories this hour. the death toll in the london tower block fire rises to 17, but is expected to increase further. a day after a shooting that targeted members of us congress, democrats and republicans take to the field for a charity baseball match. more than 200 firefighters tackled the fire in west london entering the building when it was still burning as

uk. labour off statement on this la st the uk. if you forego a passenger duty for northern ireland, that's £90 million of lost revenue, that the paper thousands of firefighters. this is the kind of arguments that we'll get a bit treasury is too generous. and what about arlene foster comedy get the sense she is getting fed up with this? last night they were beginning to breathe that they were getting a chaotic approach from government, a lack of focus. that made us bigger assessment of what is going on, so that this tactics. when the dup talk about the treasury nit—picking, the treasury would no doubt say they're trying to save vital taxpayer' money. everything they are saying might go next week or more imminently than that. there was talk about the deal even tomorrow. at the moment, the lesson from north island talks will be, if we have a deadline, we will go right onto it and even possibly beyond. we hope to hear from and even possibly beyond. we hope to hearfrom ian and even possibly beyond. we hope to hear from ian duncan and ev

uk. labour, that won't do for them, they would scrap the brexit white paper and put the emphasis on the singles of eu citizens living in britain. the liberal democrats, pro—remain, of course, would hold a referendum on the final brexit deal, with that option in there to remain in the eu. and ukip, they would quit thejurisdiction of the european court ofjustice, as well as the eu single market and the customs union. i can't go through all the policies and where the various party stand, but it is all there on the bbc website, to take a look, all the manifestos there. let's turn to the day's other news. eight people are now known to have died in the london bridge attack on saturday night. police searching for a frenchman who went missing during the attack have found a body in the river thames. xavier thomas, who was a5, had been in london with his girlfriend for the weekend, as our special correspondent, ed thomas, reports. in the most darkest moments... returning to london bridge. the police officers who were the first to face the london attackers, and comfort the injured. here to lay flowers an

uk. labour, that won't do for them, they would scrap the brexit white paper and put the emphasis on the singleguarantee the rights of eu citizens living in britain. the liberal democrats, pro—remain, of course, would hold a referendum on the final brexit deal, with that option in there to remain in the eu. and ukip, they would quit thejurisdiction of the european court ofjustice, as well as the eu single market and the customs union. i can't go through all the policies and where the various party stand, but it is all there on the bbc website, to take a look, all the manifestos are there. christian fraser with some of the policy choices. 0n the eve of polling, our political editor, laura kuenssberg, is in westminster. laura, i'll start by asking you, how you will characterise the choice facing voters tomorrow morning?- seven o'clock tomorrow morning, all the rallying comes to an end. the control slips from the politicians' grasp and goes over to all of us. this has been a brutal, modern, unpredictable 21st century campaign. it did not turn out how anybody expected. 0ne it did not turn out how a

uk. the conservatives and labour return to their core themes. for theresa may, brexit. forjeremy corbyn, investing in public services. who do you trust to actually have the strong and stable leadership that is going to deliver the best dealfor britain in europe? because brexit matters. brexit is the basis of everything else. you've got a choice. five more years of tory cuts. longer waiting lists, underfunded schools in many parts of our country, and hope under labour. seven weeks after the snap general election was called, the parties are all making their last big push for votes. we'll have the latest from the campaign trail as it draws to a close. also this lunchtime: the london bridge attack — the death toll rises to eight after a body — believed to be missing frenchman, 45—year—old xavier thomas — is found in the thames. more police raids — a 30—year—old man is arrested in east london amid more questions over how one of the attackers was able to enter the uk. 13 people have been convicted following an investigation into abuse at two private care homes for adults with

uk. labour want to review the hallway refugees are handled, their access to housing and how they are dispersedthey will expand the dubs scheme, that they will offer sanctuary to 50,000 refugees over the lifetime of the next parliament, and they want to reopen the dubs scheme to make sure that britain meets its responsibilities by taking 3000 unaccompanied children. interesting that the harris not been much of a focus on this given migration is such a big issue. another question, is there any suggestion of foreign particularly russian interference in the general election? the prime minister herself said eu institutions were trying to influence discussions by what they said about brexit, that was a claim not met with universal consensus but it is one she made. the other suggestion is, there is a body called the national cyber security centre which is part of the spies we have got in cheltenham at gchq, the government monitoring side of the security services and they issued some guidance last month to mps, former mps, candidates and political parties saying look, we have some evidence of what is

they will be generous but won't guarantee their rights until the same promises are made for uk citizens. but labourt by giving a fair commitment to every eu national who lives here and works here who contributes a huge amount to our society, they will be guaranteed their existing rights and remain in this country. we're out of the single market, a huge european free trading area under both of the main parties‘ plans who say they'd negotiate good terms instead but the scottish national party want a different deal 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

uk... the labour leader started his day in glasgow, pledging higher taxes for business and the better off to billions more into public services. you've got a choice. five more years of tory cuts, longer waiting lists, underfunded schools in many parts of our country and hope under labour. hope that our young people are properly treated. hope that our pensioners will keep the triple—lock and keep the security that they need and hope to invest in our economy all over the uk. by lunch timejeremy corbyn was drawing the crowds in north wales. it's time for a change. time for a change for a government that supports people all across the uk and deals with the issues of inequality and poverty. as the hours ticked by, theresa may took to the skies to get to her next campaign stop off. she caught up with voters playing bowls. a choice between two people who can be prime minister, who do they want to see leading this country into the future and building that stronger, more prosperous britain? he's not aiming for government, but wants the lib dems to be the party of opposition and in the west midlands,

why can't you fill any gaps in labour with uk workers?|j tunnel. rk on our farms, we have tried to do that, we've had a lot of initiatives but every time we've done it, we've failed to recruit. as to why they don't want to stay and work for, it's a struggle to understand because we think our wages are good, our offer is good, our work conditions are getting better and better. the quality of our crops are better. we have 500,000 million metres of table tops for our strawberries, it's not even backbreaking work any more so i welcome people to come along and give it another go. let me talk about the shortages. we have somebody here who can explain it is a bit more, stephanie is the ceo of concordia, a charity which recruits migrant workers. you have had a lot more demand from farms, haven't you, asking you for help in agreement? definitely, we've seen an increase in 2096 definitely, we've seen an increase in 20% of farms that have come to us requesting that extra labour that they haven't been able to source and a lot of that has been short notice. we e

both the tories and labour say that under their leadership, the uk will be more prosperous after brexitrnment's independent forecaster, the office for budget responsibility, says that, for a few years at least, growth is likely to be lower and inflation is likely to be higher. there's nothing wrong with being optimistic. but critics ask if we've had an honest debate about whether "taking back control" might come with a cost. what it means is that a week before an election that was called specifically because of brexit, at a time when the eu is setting out its plans in detail, we know remarkably little about how the uk will approach the most complex and most important negotiations this country has faced in decades. chris, thanks very much, chris morris, with our reality check. there has been a new development on immigration this evening, we can go to westminster and talk to laura kuenssberg, what have you learned? many of our viewers will remember that he may decided to stick with her ambition of reducing net migration, the difference between the number of people who move away and the nu

labour called for a strong emphasis in retaining the uk's benefits of the the eu single market and customs union, as well as putting jobs and the british economy first. well, a little earlier this evening, i spoke to the labour mp hilary benn, who served as chairman of the brexit select committee in the last parliament. i started by asking him what type of brexit he would like to see following on from the election. i think ithink in i think in view of the prime minister's catastrophic misjudgement and the fact she has lost her majority, the idea that we would walk away from the talks with no deal, which is what she said before, is dead in the water. the commons with its current may cut would not vote for that. she has wasted valuable time because the clock has been checking that we are no further

uk... the conservatives and labour have both claimed they're best placed to manage the brexit process. the european union says it wants to start brexit negotiations just 11 days after the election. now on bbc news — all the latest business news live from singapore. president trump pulls out of the parrot climate agreement, his supporters may be happy but how will it impact asia? —— harris climate agreement. skype gets a makeover, we will show you the new features and why it is competing with snapchat. welcome to this friday edition of asia business report. president donald trump has withdrawn from the paris climate treaty. the decision means the us is only one of three countries beside syria and nicaragua to oppose the global effort to tackle climate change. but he says he is open to re—negotiating the deal. in order to for furl my solemn duty to protect america and its citizens, the united states will withdraw from the paris climate accord. but, begin negotiations to re—enter either the paris accord, oi’, re—enter either the paris accord, or, in entirely new transaction. in terms that

the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has confounded expectations — gaining seats across the uk. r is ready to form a government. we are ready to do everything we can to put our programme into operation. there isn't a parliamentary majority for anybody at the present time. the party that has lost is the conservative party. no single party has enough seats to win overall control of the house of commons. theresa may will form a government with the help of northern ireland's democratic unionist party. it was a bad night for nicola sturgeon and the scotish national party — they lost 21 seats as voters appeared to turn away from plans for a second independence referendum. the youth vote is believed to be a factor in the snap general election result — with turnout particularly high in seats where many young people live. after another extraordinary election result we'll be looking at what happens next and what it all means for brexit negotations due to start in just nine days' time. much nor news and analysis throughout the day. we will bring you reaction from around the uk, europe and t

they will be generous but won't guarantee their rights until the same promises are made for uk citizens. but labour giving a fair commitment to every eu national who lives here and works here who contributes a huge amount to our society, they will be guaranteed their existing rights and remain in this country. we're out of the single market, a huge european free trading area under both of the main parties' plans who say they'd negotiate good terms instead, but the scottish national party want a different deal 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

uk. whereas labour have a lwa ys for the uk. rself has also warned of dire consequences, were there to be no deal between britain and the eu. the question remains, under what circumstances would she actually be prepared to leave the table and walk off? for her perspective, the eu is setting the terms of these talks. they are laying down the order that things can happen in. the elements of the divorce, in what order they are prepared to talk about it. in away the strongest card theresa may has going into these negotiations, if she is still in downing street after polling day of course, is that the threat to walk if the terms are not good enough. that's why she keeps saying it but it is interesting thatjeremy corbyn today is arguing that she is increasing the likelihood of that happening because of the rhetoric around brexit. a confrontational approach to brussels that we have heard over the few weeks. thank you, ben. we will be back when theresa may start that speech, to bring that to you live. theresa may faced criticism for fail

uk. the labour leader started his day in glasgow, pledging higher taxes for the better off and businessesve more years of tory cuts, longer waiting list, underfunded schools in many parts of our country. and hope for labour. hope that our young people will be treated and hope that the pensioners will keep the triple lock and security they need and hope to invest in our economy all over the uk. he is not aiming for government, but wants the lib dems to be the party of opposition and in the west midlands, first thing today, urged voters not to give theresa may a blank cheque. to make sure people have the opportunity to resist the taxes and to give a final day on the brexit deal is a stroke offer that the liberal democrat will reap rewards for. in scotland, the snp are warning a vote for labour will let theresa may into government through the back door. it is time to end the attack on low—paid people, the disabled and vulnerable in our community. we need to end tory austerity, cancel attacks on the welfare state and invest in public services. after the vote to leave the eu, ukip are fighting

labour over. thank you, stephanie morel. this industry is a great fish success story. this producer alone supplies around 10% of the raspberries, the blueberries, the strawberries that you find in ukr dries up, they will face real problems going ahead, and they say they really need a seasonal workers plan put on the table in the next few months so that they can survive. susanna, many thanks. around 30 boys at a devon school have worn skirts to lessons in protest at not being allowed to put on shorts in the recent heatwave. students at isca academy in exeter complained of "sweltering" temperatures earlier in the week. they say they were jokingly told to wear regulation skirts instead, which sparked the idea for the protest. here's simon hall. the uniform policy is strict at isca college, and this protest took full advantage. when the boys complained about not being allowed to wear shorts in the recent heatwave, they were told, perhaps humorously, wear regulation skirts instead, so today, around 30 did. because five people did it yesterday, so then everyone was like, if everyone else does it, then they can't stop anyone else doing it so then they might bring shorts back for the summ

they will be generous, but won't guarantee their rights until the same promises are made for uk citizens. but labourstart by giving a clear commitment to every eu national who lives here and works here to contributes huge amount our society, they will be guaranteed their existing rights and remain in this country. we are out of the single market, the huge european free trading area, under both of the main parties' plans, trading area, under both of the main pa rties' plans, who trading area, under both of the main parties' plans, who say they would negotiate good terms instead. but the scottish national party want a different dealfor the scottish national party want a different deal for scotland. 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 cou

we also heard from the head of the uk opposition, the labour leader.t reported in london, thoughts are with victims and their families. thank london, thoughts are with victims and theirfamilies. thank to london, thoughts are with victims and their families. thank to the emergency services. that message has been echoed by a number of witnesses in the london bridge and borough market area. people full of praise for the swift response of the police. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds joins us again. what have you been able to find out in the minutes since we last spoke? let's quickly talk about this report of shooting in the area, nothing confirmed as far as i'm aware, often official confirmation is take time to filter to where we are on the ground, we have unconfirmed reports that two people were shot in the area by police. that's unconfirmed and we will seek to get you more information on that. to give you an idea how these things are being policed at this time of heightened tension, there are specialised firearms officers trained by the metropo

uk... the labour leader started his day in glasgow, pledging higher taxes for business and the better off tore into public services. you've got a choice — five more years of tory cuts, longer waiting lists and under funded schools in many parts of our country and hope under labour. hope that our young people are properly treated and hope that our pensioners will keep the triple—lock and keep the security that they need and hope to invest in our economy all over the uk. by lunch timejeremy corbyn was drawing the crowds in north wales. it's time for a change. a government that supports people all across the uk and deals with the issues of inequality and poverty. as the hours ticked by, theresa may took to the skies to get to her next stop. before that she caught up with voters playing bowls. a choice between two people who can be prime minister, who do they want to see leading this country into the future and building that stronger, more prosperous britain? he's not aiming for government, but wants the lib dems to be the party of opposition and in the west midlands, first thing today, urged vo

uk... the labour leader started his day in glasgow, pledging higher taxes for the better off and businessesnch time jeremy corbyn by lunch timejeremy corbyn was drawing the crowds in north wales. tomorrow, the choice. the choice is quite simple — five more years of a tory government. five more years of austerity, five more years of cuts. or something different. a government thatis or something different. a government that is serious, serious about representing people. he's notaiming representing people. he's not aiming for government, but wa nts he's not aiming for government, but wants the lib dems to be the party of opposition and in the west midlands first thing today urged voters not to give theresa may a blank cheque. to make sure that people have an opportunity to resist the dementia tax. in scotland, the snp are warning a vote for labour would let theresa may into government through the back door. it's time to end the attack on low paid people, the disabled and the vulnerable in our community so we need to end tory austerity and cancel the attacks on the welfare state and begin inves

uk election ends in a hung parliament as theresa may's conservatives fail to win a majority. the labour leader says it is pretty clear who won this election. >> country needs a period of stability, and whatever the results are, the conservative party will ensure that we fulfill our duty in ensuring that stability. >> the prime minister called the election because she wanted a mandate. a mandate she's got, has lost conservative seats, lost vote, lost support and lost confidence. >> saying it is in a dramatic falling sterling on the back of the election outcome. not the only thing that is going down this hour, uk housing starts and home builders losing their foundation on fears of a labour-led government with barclay, travis perkins and taylor wimpy near the bottom of the stock 600. >> with days to go until negotiations start, jeremy corbyn says delaying brexit talks is not a british decision. nigel farage tells cnbc he could return to frontline politics. >> if the brexit, the british people voted for, gets betrayed, i would have no choice but to go back into full time campaign. what happ

uk... the conservatives and labour have both claimed they're best placed to manage the brexit process.rexit negotiations just 11

more than 100,000 events have taken place across the uk to remember the labour mp, jo cox, who was murdered by a right—wing extremist year ago. her husband said she would be incredibly humbled by the gathering is taking place in her name. coming up at10pm, coming up at 10pm, we will have a full round—up of the day's news but next, it is our world, homeless in hawaii. hawaii's glamorous image is a picture postcard paradise belies a deep social malaise. we have the highest rates of homelessness per capita in the country which is ironic because we have some of the greatest concentrations of wealth as well. i think it could be a tempest building up and that pressure we can't allow to explode. a surge in homelessness is pushing the system to breaking point. exposing an ugly social divide in the aloha estate. i think we are one of the stronger communities as far as getting together and saying we don't want the homeless in our neighbourhood and we need to be strong and vocal and try to do whatever we can to keep them out. you can't have a civil society where it's ok for someone to defecate in fron

labour party. and for more information, as we‘ve said, on all the other parties and their policies in the uk electionbsite — the address is www. bbc.com/news. and do stay tuned to bbc news for more live coverage. you‘ve just heard from the labour shadow chief secretary to the treasury. later, on business live, we‘ll be speaking to his conservative opponent. that is coming injust a that is coming in just a few hours. 0ther that is coming in just a few hours. other business stories, now. ride—sharing service uber has fired 20 of its staff as part of an investigation into sexual harassment and other problems around poor company culture. the company launched an investigation in february after former employee susan fowler wrote a blog post detailing what she said was systemic sexual harassment and gender bias at the company. 0ur north america technology reporter dave lee has more. after a former employee outlined a range of serious allegations about sexual harassment and a hostile work culture, uber set up a hotline for employees to raise issues. in the last three months, 215 claims were made. the complai

more than 100,000 events occurred across the uk to remember the labour mp, jo cox, who was murdered ae "incredibly humbled" by the events taking place in her name. the great get together was based on the message in mrs cox's maiden speech in parliament that "we have more in common than that which divides us". an egyptian court has recommended the death penalty for 30 people convicted of involvement in the killing of the country's top public prosecutor. hisham barakat died in a car bomb attack two years ago. the country's religious authorities will now decide whether to confirm the death sentences passed by the court. our middle east regional editor, alan johnston, reports. pandemonium in a cairo courtroom. the furious accused protest. ajudge recommended the death penalty for all those charged, and now the religious authorities will be asked to approve the verdict. it was handed down for the killing of this man, hisham barakat. he was appointed as egypt's most senior prosecutor at a time of extraordinary tension, back in 2013. there were mass protests in the streets of cairo by support

more than 100,000 events have taken place across the uk to remember the labour mp, jo cox, who was murderedng place in her name. the "great get together" was based on the message in mrs cox's maiden speech in parliament — that "we have more in common — than which divides us". portuguese officials say a forest fire in central portugal has killed at least 19 people and injured several others, including a number of firefighters. sixteen of the victims had burned to death in their vehicles when they were trapped by flames in the district of pedrogao grande. now this is a pretty impressive achievement. a traditional polynesian canoe — has just completed it's first ever round—the—world trip — without using modern navigation methods. the boat returned to honolulu in hawaii — after being on the journey for three years. the crew used the stars, wind and ocean swells to guide it. the same techniques — that brought the first polynesian settlers to hawaii hundreds of years ago. it visited 19 countries in total. let's speak to one of the 14 crew involved in the journey — her name isjenna ishii. —— let's

uk. to give you a picture of that, this isn't the conservatives against the labour party, the snp is the dominant party the last time around when they won 56 of the 59 seats here in scotland. the other parties, of course, trying to make inroads into that vast majority. the conservatives have seen a research and, they came second in the holyrood elections in 2016. they

it is one of the seats across the uk that went from tory to labour with a slim majority. am not sure what is being told at all. she might be able to get a deal on brexit but i don't think that will outweigh the policies against what will happen. he is absolutely perfect. she was in a good position to call on the election. it was clever at the time. i don't think she ran a clever campaign. if she had, it would be something very different and people we re something very different and people were think at least everything will be planned out and we know what the next steps are. she will have a free hand in what she was doing and now she has to do with the others want as well. i think they could be in a little bit of a mess. at the end of the day we have to do... we have to deal with what we have got, the same with brexit. people who don't want to leave the eu, we have to get on with it and make the best of what we have got, and that is really yet. really interesting views in crewe. we have a collection of people to introduce you to this morning. firstly, amy bates, and ian 0

labour could flex its muscles, suggesting today the uk could stay lacking enough mps on their own, thews on brexit will now also have to be considered. theresa may is facing tough battles here. there is a raft of laws that need to be passed. the parliamentary session has been extended to two years, giving the government more time, but that won't make it much easier. the tories are divided about what brexit should mean, and that is without the views of political opponents. labour could flex its muscles, suggesting today the uk could stay in the customs union which allows tariff free trade within the eu. it should be left on the table. so we could stay inside the customs union? yes, there was also the notion of no deal being a viable deal, which theresa may and the government have repeatedly said. no deal is what happens if you get to the end of two years and have not reached an agreement. you are pushed over a cliff. extracting the uk from the eu want be easy and there is still no real clarity from anyone about what brexit should or will look like, but it is clear that here as well as i

uk. labour leaderjeremy corbyn exceeded all expectations, gaining 29 seats and winning 40% of the vote. form a minority government. we are ready to do everything we can to put our programme into operation. they're risen to majority for anyone at the present time. the party that has lost is the conservative party. the lib dems now have 12 seats, up four on their total in 2015, but theirformer four on their total in 2015, but their former leader, four on their total in 2015, but theirformer leader, nick four on their total in 2015, but their former leader, nick clegg, lost his seat in sheffield hallam. it was a bad night for nicola sturgeon and the governing scottish national party, which lost 21 mps, including the seat held by its former leader, alex salmond. the conservatives gained 12 seats, their best result in scotland since 1983. and a leader of ukip, paul nuttall, is standing down with immediate effect. ukip failed to win any seats in parliament, and its share of the vote collapsed. and a surge in the youth vote may have proved crucial tojeremy corbyn's gains last night. young voter

labour got 261. another smaller parties around the uk made up the rest. theresa may visited the queen to ask for permission to try and form a government. to do so, she announced she's going to work with the dup. they are a small northern irish party who won just ten votes. but those, plus the conservative's 319 would just about give her the majority she needs. >> i have just been to see her majesty, the queen, and i will now form a government. a government that can provide certainty and lead britain forward at this critical time for our country. >> she was uninspiring during the campaign. she did a number of political u-turns. there are questions about how long she can stay on as prime minister. it seems she's going to try and hang on at least for the time being. it was supporters of jeremy corbint far left leader, who was celebrating. many thought the labour party would be wiped out completely, but they have managed to pull off quite a coup. this is being called one of the biggest political miscalculations of all times and it will have real effect moving

the campaigns but first our political editor laura kuenssberg has been following the uk's two major parties — labourhe conservatives. this is the last push, the final few miles as they try to bring you over and even before most voters were awake, theresa may was out in is london. talking about the conservative‘s plans to invest more in london. with security dominating the campaign, mrs mayer pledged to toughen the laws to tackle terrorism, but today returned again and again to her core message. who do you trust to actually have a strong and stable leadership that is going to do the best deal —— which is going to deliver the best deal for britain? brexit is the base of everything and we need to get the deal right. the labour leader started his day in glasgow, pledging higher taxes the business and the better off to put billions more into public services. there is hope under labour. hope that our pensions will keep the triple lock and keep that secure and hope to invest in our economy all over the uk. by lunchtime jeremy corbyn was drawing the crowds in north wales. it is time for a change. time for a

uk. the conservatives and labour return to their core themes. for theresa may, brexit. cuts. longer waiting lists, underfunded schools in many parts of our country, and hope under labour. seven weeks after the snap general election was called, the parties are all making their last big push for votes. we'll have the latest from the campaign trail

going towards labour, the fact it is close highlights extraordinary results in cities that labour won. the ukrexit vote did not go unanimously to conservatives as it was expected. it was split pretty seenly between -- evenly between labour and the conservative party. finally, the conservatives were saved from a worse outcome but large gains in scotland. the smp had a bad night, conservatives had their best performance in scotland for over two decades. that leaves us as we stand with this outcome of a hung parliament, we expect theresa may is due to speak any moment in ten downing street to confirm she's going ahead to form a government, a weaker minority government. what does this all mean for markets? simon derrick joins me. chief currency strategist. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> thank you for joining us. we have umbrellas by our sides. apologies if we have to bring them up. just started raining again. we'll bear with it at the moment. pound has fallen. this was such a surprise result. should the pound have fallen more? >> i think it is fascinating that it also plays in a matter

uk after brexit. the prime minister says around three million people could get a new "settled status". she unveiled the plan at her first summit since the general election, but the laboura year since the uk voted to leave the eu. a lot has happened since then, so do those who voted change their mind? i'm speaking to both sides in south—west london. good morning, it's friday the 23rd ofjune.

ministers have been sacked tonight for rebelling against the labour leadership and backing an amendment that was put down to restore or maintain the uk'sgle market after brexit. labour mps had been told to abstain on that vote. jeremy corbyn said he did not wa nt vote. jeremy corbyn said he did not want his mps voting for or against it, but there were 49 mps who backed the amendment and three of them were ministers. they were sacked. a further shadow minister resigned before the vote took place. now jeremy corbyn has four holes on his front bench team to fill in, but the most important thing we learn today was about theresa may and her fragile majority. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: a meeting of kensington and chelsea council about the grenfell tower tragedy is scrapped as journalists as journalists enter the room. a retired appeal courtjudge will lead the public inquiry into the fire — he says it may not be as wide—ranging as some residents hope. mps have voted in favour of the queen's speech, by a majority 01:14 votes. sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good evening. we will start with tennis.

labour could flex its muscles, suggesting today the uk could stay in the customs union which allows tariffld be left on the table. 50 we could stay inside the table. 50 we could stay inside the customs union? yes, there was also the notion of no deal being a viable deal, which theresa may and the government have repeatedly said. no deal is what happens if you get to the end of two years and have not reached an agreement. you are pushed over a cliff. extracting the uk from the eu want be easy and there is still no real clarity from anyone about what brexit should or will look like, but it is clear that here as well as in brussels the prime minister is facing a tough fight. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. well, some of the key issues in those brexit talks in the coming days will include the rights of eu citizens, that's foreign nationals, living here, and britons living abroad. there's the size of the divorce bill, what it will it cost to leave the eu. bill, what it will it and then there's the timetable — can the highly complex negotiations be completed in just two years? can the highl

here in the uk the government is seeing of a labour attempt to call an end to the limit of public sector. they sought to do that by amending the queen's speech, the government on the first vote on the government on the first vote on the new programme by threejune 20 3-3 the new programme by threejune 20 3—3 reginaian so a majority of 1a. all democratic unionist mps voted. with most of the conservative mps voting and most labour mps voting against and the opposition parties backing the amendment, theresa may's government still had the numbers to defeat that. it was a small amounts, it goes to show how small her majority is, in future vote if there was anything controversial than a few tory rebels could bring a policy down but certainly in this amendment, the labour amendment to end that cap on public spending, the 196 end that cap on public spending, the 1% cap, has been defeated tonight. iam i am ross atkins, the lead story is that six people are being charged with the hillsborough disaster, 28 yea rs with the hillsborough disaster, 28 years after it has happened, before facing charges o

labour party. since the 2005 election, you can see how the uk economy has gradually recovered since the 2008 financialrisis. but growth has been slow and unsteady. for many businesses, brexit means uncertainty. the 29th march 2019 is the current deadline for the uk to leave the european union. without a trade deal in place firms in the uk and in the eu face huge disruption. and maintaining growth is critical for the uk's growing national debt. this year it's expected to be 88% of gdp or everything the country produces — which is higher than most developed economies. in the year to the end of march the government spent $67 billion more than it raised through tax and other revenues. the conservatives say that they'll get this deficit back down zero by the "middle of the next decade". labour says it wants to eliminate the deficit on day to day spending in five years, but will borrow to invest. but the independent economic think—tank the institute for fiscal studies says labour's figures don't add up. that's something we put to shadow chief secretary to the treasury peter dowd. i disagree with the institu

uk leaves the eu. we want you to stay. but labour says this should have been settled long ago.his is not a generous offer. this is confirmation the government is prepared to use people as bargaining chips. and hostility from many scottish and welsh mps in the commons to a £1 billion government deal with the democratic unionist party. my first thought in seeing it was that the government had scraped the bottom of the pork barrel in reaching it. but i have to tell him, i suspect, as he will learn in the months to come, there is probably no bottom to that particular barrel. "we want you to stay," theresa may has told eu citizens in the uk from the house of commons. she's making an offer as part of the eu negotiations which would allow families to remain together as long as they have settled in the uk for five years. those with less than that amount of residency would be allowed to stay to build it up. labour argue these moves should have been made a year ago, and that people are being used as bargaining chips. i know there has been some anxiety about what would happen to eu citize

eu leaders say the deadline should be the date the uk leave is expected in 2019. the labouras dragged the issue of citizens and families into the complex and delicate negotiations of our future trade relations with the european union, which she herself has been willing to say, may result in failure. this isn't a generous offer, this is confirmation the government is prepared to use people as bargaining chips. and another row brewing over who sort out any legal disputes about these citizens‘ rights. would you give assurance that any pressures will allow the european court of justice that any pressures will allow the european court ofjustice any role in immigration status of eu citizens within this country, be flatly opposed? i believe that in terms of assuring the rights of eu citizens living in the united kingdom, we believe that should be done through our courts and not the european court ofjustice. our courts and not the european court of justice. theresa our courts and not the european court ofjustice. theresa may promising a smooth and streamline the process to make it e

tried to lay out labour‘s position as it is distinct from the conservatives, saying that labour wouldn‘t pull the ukuarantee the right to stay of eu citizens here. labour understand getting the right deal, one that secures the country‘s interests for the long—term will challenging. he said labour is ready. that isjeremy corbyn and emily thornberry in basildon. theresa may is shortly to take questions from business owners in west yorkshire, so we will hear some of that shortly and also from the scottish national party on their position on brexit as well. at 4:15pm bbc news 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 annou

uk. the poll of polls puts the conservatives in the lead with a2.9%. while labour farron's liberal democrats are polling at 8.1%. the polls have been completely up and down these last few weeks. 0ne poll put the conservatives at one point above labour and another as high as 12 points. looking back at the polling on the popular vote in 2015, the conservatives with seven points ahead, so do you take other side of that, if they were six points ahead do they lose some of the majority, if conversely there over at april 12 points, do they start to pick up seats tomorrow. i do not think you would bet the house on it, it is up in the air. it is going to be fascinating what kind of results we get. no one i do not think really knows. and what matters most is how many seats the conservative party gets and how much chicks that are majority. these polling members may not entirely reflect that. because vulture is of course divergent in various seats. —— vote share. there are of course other parties involved in the election. this is a parliament, 650 individual elections ruby and

labour could flex its muscles, suggesting today that the uk could stay in the customs union, which allowsade within the eu. customs union, which allows tariff free trade within the eui customs union, which allows tariff free trade within the eu. i think that this should be left on the table. so we could stay inside the customs union? there's no question of this deal being a viable deal. no deal is what happens if you get to the end of the two years and you haven't been able to reach agreement, your post over the cliff. extracting the uk from the us not going to bec. there's no real clear -- is going to bec. there's no real clear —— is not going to be easy. there is no real clarity about what it is going to look like. as is one thing is clear, that by ministers facing a tough fight here and in brussels. a corresponding brussels has more on that... 11am brussels time those talks will get underway. 0ne that... 11am brussels time those talks will get underway. one of the early issues will be how will they proceed. remember, david davies wa nted proceed. remember, david davies wanted trade tal

we ran a welsh labour campaign in wales in tandem with the campaign across the rest of the uk. tened, we worked hard, we produced a manifesto that people liked, and of course we saw us gaining seats in wales. labour not only made gains here but increased the size of their majority in many welsh seats. it appears they took votes from ukip that the conservatives had been banking on, and other parties were squeezed. what seems to have happened, quite clearly happened, is that the smaller parties, that company and the liberal democrats, have faded away, and that centre—left vote in wales has gone and sat firmly in the labour column. plaid cymru celebrated winning ceredigion. the nationalists took it from the liberal democrats, who no longer have any welsh mps. but it was a mixed night for leanne wood's party. they saw their share of the vote in wales fall overall. it has been a difficult election, yes. certainly it was run between tory, labour, corbyn, may, and it was difficult for us to get in there. it was while walking in snowdonia that theresa may decided she would call a snap e

uk citizens living in the european union. joining me now is dr emma carmel from the university of bath, an expert in migration and the labour marketyears to have full british rights, what do you make of that? well, to be honest it is rather difficult to tell, the government has a difficult task ahead of it, iniesta transition eu citizens from the status of eu free movement law into the british immigration law which the house of lords and supreme court themselves have said is unwieldy and unworkable so have said is unwieldy and unworkable so they are facing a difficult task but so far i have to say i have not had any thing that really sets out a clear agenda for what those rights will be. we need to be quite clear that eu citizens rights at not as clear as might at first appear. there are significant constraints on what eu citizens can do, how long they can reside and i think the devil is in the detail on this case and there are a lot of details to be worked out. that is interesting because people tend to assume freedom of movement and labour has meant anybody can move to any country at any time. well, the entry is relatively liber

the uk election is just three days away and the labour opposition is pledging about £386 million forextra 10,000 officers. the governing conservatives haven't given costings but say that a new "infrastructure police force" will help in counter—terror efforts. earlier i spoke to a security expert. he said cuts to police numbers have forced changes in strategy. it is a difficult one and there is no hiding from the fact that resources in the police have dropped since 2010. police will a lwa ys dropped since 2010. police will always wa nt dropped since 2010. police will always want more resources to deal with this threat. i think it is worth noting that, and you said it before, the response capability of the police forces was fantastic. to deal with that in eight minutes shows that they have managed to deploy those resources very, very well. it is a huge task. 0bviously the threat, the complexity of the threat we currently face, is an enormous task against the police. there are about 3000 people on a watchlist and you physically cannot watchlist and you physically cannot watch all of tho