vince cable's last outing as leader, and as tough as any he's known. not that that was his message today, launching the liberal democrats‘ push in the european parliament this was. stop brexit. it's simple. it's uncomplicated. it's unambiguous. we are not iffing and butting. it's honest. not easy, though, squeezed by pro—brexit protests, labour, the tories, and the new party of the centre refusing sir vince's call to work together. you reached out to the new party, change uk, and offered partnership. they rebuffed you and they are coming after your votes. has that made a very difficult election all but impossible? there are millions of people in the country who are craving an alternative to the extremes. which they are now getting on the right and left from the tory party and the labour party. and they do want people to come together to have a more moderate centrist approach to politics. he was sure pro—europe centrist parties would collaborate, just not this time. the brutal logic of the british first—past—the—post system is staring everybody in the f

vince cable's last outing as leader, and as tough as any he's known.mocrats' push in the european parliament this was. stop brexit. it's simple. it's uncomplicated. it's unambiguous. we are not iffing and butting. it's honest. not easy, though, squeezed by pro—brexit protests, labour, the tories, and the new party of the centre refusing sir vince's call to work together. you reached out to the new party, change uk, and offered partnership. they rebuffed you and they are coming after your votes. has that made a very difficult election all but impossible? there are millions of people in the country who are craving an alternative to the extremes. which they are now getting on the right and left from the tory party and the labour party. and they do want people to come together to have a more moderate centrist approach to politics. he was sure pro—europe centrist parties would collaborate, just not this time. the brutal logic of the british first—past—the—post system is staring everybody in the face, that you either hang together or you hang separately. a l

ian blackford, vince cable, all saying they are not goingm ian blackford, vince cable, all saying theyit is the people at large, we have to understand, that america is too important to be identified with mr trump. there will be in america beyond this month so we have to invest in the relationship and that the same time reserve the right to not allow themselves to be invited to the queen's dinner, fair enough, but professionally speaking, this is an important visit and we have to make sure that we don't allow mr trump to disrupt the relationship in his time in office. as an american, what do you think will be the issue, if there is a faux pas or a difficulty, where is it going to be? last time there were comments by the president on brexit, a comment attacking the mayor of london about the handling of terror attacks.|j don't think you can predict in advance, i don't think he predicts in advance, it comes to his head and he takes it out in a tweet and everybody cleaning up behind the 500 tonne elephant. he just says what comes to mind. the thing with him and predicting what will happen,

vince cable's last outing as leader, and as tough as any he's known.beral democrats' push in the european parliament this was. stop brexit. it's simple. it's uncomplicated. it's unambiguous. we are not iffing and butting. it's honest. not easy, though, squeezed by pro—brexit protests, labour, the tories, and the new party of the centre refusing sir vince's call to work together. you reached out to the new party, change uk, and offered partnership. they rebuffed you and they are coming after your votes. has that made a very difficult election all but impossible? there are millions of people in the country who are craving an alternative to the extremes. which they are now getting from the tory party and the labour party. and they do want people to come together to have a more moderate centrist approach to politics. he was sure pro—europe centrist parties would collaborate, just not this time. the brutal logic of the british first past the post system is staring everybody in the face, that you either hang together or you hang separately. a lot of people m

vince cable's last outing as leader, and as tough as any he's known.in the european parliament this was. stop brexit. it's simple. it's uncomplicated. it's unambiguous. we are not iffing and butting. it's honest. not easy, though, squeezed by probe brexit protests, labour, the tories, not easy, though, squeezed by pro brexit protests, labour, the tories, and the new party of the centre refusing sir vince's call to work together. you reached out to the new party, change uk, and offered partnership. they rebuffed you and they are coming after your votes. has that made a very difficult election all but impossible? there are millions of people in the country who are craving an alternative to the extremes. which they are now getting from the tory party and the labour party. and they do want people to come together to have a more moderate centrist approach to politics. he was sure pro—europe centrist parties would collaborate, just not this time. the brutal logic of the british first past the post system is staring everybody in the face, that you either hang

he does not want to attend the state bank it and vince cable and john be rcow have bank it and vince ave also so they will not attend. —— state banquet. his visit is ostensibly to mark the 75th anniversary of d—day, sol is ostensibly to mark the 75th anniversary of d—day, so ijust find ita anniversary of d—day, so ijust find it a little bit rude, bad manners to be honest, that at this time when the president is coming over, public opinion says that they don't perhaps wa nt opinion says that they don't perhaps want the one —— want the red carpet rolled out to him, but he is coming over for rolled out to him, but he is coming overforan rolled out to him, but he is coming over for an occasion that is actually very poignant to a lot of people, and for the leader of the opposition to snub the state banquet, i think it is bad manners and shortsighted for a man who wants to be prime minister.” and shortsighted for a man who wants to be prime minister. i don't think poignancy is necessarily something that comes naturally to donald trump though. to say thatjeremy corbyn is snubbing the queen i

so vince cable there, leader of the liberal democrats.it will be a bumpy ride to start our weekend but then things will quieten down. there a storm there so quite a stormy start first thing but its moves stormy start first thing but its m oves over stormy start first thing but its moves over the north sea saturday into sunday and things will be a bit calmer. the first signs of that will arrive in the next few hours and we will see severe gales and some of that rain heavy in northern ireland, wales and up into north—west england as well. a lot of cloud through the night so temperatures will hold up at around seven to 9 degrees but the wind will be the key feature. first thing in the morning we will really notice that if you are stepping out. the strongest of the wind will start to ease through the morning but gales likely first thing and that rain will work its way across north wales, northern england and northern ireland. to the south somewhat drier and brighter but not particularly warm with top temperatures at nine to 13 degrees. a litt

vince cable today, he did say he approached change uk about doing some kind of deal to go to the electionsticket but they weren't interested because of that reason. lib dems are still in dull drum because they party with the conservatives and there is...|j drum because they party with the conservatives and there is... i bet they are hoping to pull back mep that nothing else —— as soon as it happens let's move on to the guardiana happens let's move on to the guardian a different story here. nothing to do if european elections oi’ nothing to do if european elections or climate protest. this is intriguing, half of england owned by just i% of the population are you surprised? if he familiar, i feel like i've had this figure before but no less shocking when they do emerge, and the fact that it's 70% of that is estimated to be owned by bankers oligarchs and new money industrialist, and we know the queen owns a huge question of land, oxford and cambridge university so we know this for a long time. we have been able to identify some of the land on his but quite a lot are kind and big us. yeah and

the liberal democrat leader, sir vince cable, asked an urgent question about the executions.uveniles, and possibly more. is he aware that in most of these cases, again in flagrant disregard for international law, most appear to have been tortured prior to the extraction of concessions? does he not accept that britain's moral position on this is somewhat compromised by the continued supply of arms, fuelling atrocities in the civil war in yemen? and that we are in urgent need of a reappraisal of our relationship with saudi arabia, given the fact that the continued mediaeval barbarism of this regime does not constitute the basis for a friendly alliance and makes it an enemy of our values and human rights? may i say that i very much do agree with the right honourable gentleman that this does raise the gravest imaginable concerns, and the executing 37 people is a deeply backward step which we deplore. in terms of our arms exports, i fully appreciate what the right honourable gentleman is saying. the kingdom of saudi arabia faces a number of threats. this issue of arms is notjust a

point of order, sir vince cable. come to other honourable members. t of order, sir vince cablem is even clearer than it was the last time they had indicative votes that there is one compromise option that has very substantial support, that has very substantial support, that has the largest number of votes in the house for a people's vote, larger mustang. is it not possible to combine the two and therefore find a way forward? the right honourable gentleman's character question is of a rhetorical character and invites the response from me, but he has registered his view and i am sure colleagues will reflect. point of order, mr nigel dodds. thank you, mr speaker. the only proposition that has ever had a majority in this house is the brady amendment. that is a fact. whatever members may think, whatever they may say, that is the proposition that has had a majority in this house that could allow the withdrawal agreement to go through. and as chancellor merkel visits the irish prime minister this thursday, can i say that there is still an opportunity for the

yetjeremy corbyn, john bercow, vince cable, all saying they're not going to the state banquet.ir personal choice that they make. america is too important be to identified with donald trump and there will be an america beyond this man and we need to continue to invest in a fruitful relationship. at the same time preserve the right to not allow themselves to be invited to that dinner. that is fair enough but professionally speaking, this is an important visit and we have to make sure we do not allow donald trump to disrupt the relationship in his time of office. michael, as an american what do you think will be the issue on which, if there is a difficulty, where is it going to be? last time we had comments from the president on brexit, a comment attacking the mayor of london about the handling of terror attacks, what is it going to be this time? i do not think you can't predict in advance, he types out in a tweet when it comes into his head and then everyone is cleaning up behind the 500 tonne elephant, he just says what comes to mind. the thing with him and in predicting what co

that was the message from its leader, sir vince cable, as he launched his party's european election campaignthere were serveral versions of what brexit is supposed to look like — and that the process has put the country in a state of paralysis. the world has become a more dangerous place since the referendum took place. we have got putin and trump, you know, running amok. it is much safer to be within the european union. now, what we will be arguing in these elections is that if you believe that, if you want to stop brexit, if you want to remain, you should vote for the liberal democrats. a police cordon is in place around tiffanys in sloane square in london, after smash—and—grab raiders drove a van into the front of the store before making off with jewellery. the vehicle smashed into thejewellers before a number of people on mopeds stole items from the shop window. the thieves then fled, leaving the van behind at the scene. no arrests have been made. citizen's advice says people who miss a single payment of their council tax in england and wales are being punished by having to pay their who

the liberal democrat leader, sir vince cable, asked an urgent question about the executions.s is somewhat compromised by the continued supply of arms, fuelling atrocities in the civil war in yemen and that we are in urgent need of a reappraisal of our relationship with saudi arabia, given the fact that the continued medieval barbarism of this regime does not constitute the basis for a friendly alliance? in terms of our arms exports, i fully appreciate what the right honourable gentleman is saying. the kingdom of saudi arabia faces a number of threats. this issue of arms is notjust about using arms in yemen but in respect of any arms exports, we do ensure that those exports fully comply with the consolidated criteria which govern any such sales. prince william met survivors of the christchurch mosque attack in new zealand. the duke of cambridge called the attack an unspeakable act of hate. 50 people died in the shootings in march. back at westminster, the home affairs committee wanted to know why it took social media firms so long to take down video of the attacks. there are r

speaking on bbc radio's today programme this morning, the party leader sir vince cable, accepted thate earth... can now look down on it in absolutely extraordinary detail. using the cameras on the ground, in the air, and in space. we can tell the air, and in space. we can tell the story of life on earth from a brand—new perspective. at a time when the earth's surface is changing faster than at any point in human history, we can see just what impact we are having. stunning images there. barny revill is the director of earth from space, and is with me now. first of all, the practicalities. how did you do this? well, it is not easy. there are not many satellites spinning around the planet as we speak right now, but some of them these days have these incredibly high powered cameras that can loot —— zoom right in and get incredible detail. we were given an incredible detail. we were given an incredible opportunity to use these and we could say, right, we want to film some elephants in kenya, is that possible? they said, absolutely. we have the technology but can you predict where they will

vince cable saying our message is stop brexit, we are the party of remain.s involved on the website. now time for a look at the weather. last week was michael centre will be a distant memory tomorrow. we've got an settled weather. —— last week's hot weather. lots of sunshine in north yorkshire. this is the recent satellite imagery. you can see this cloud has been moving in from the west and that cloud continues to spread further. we will have showery rain. so showers here this afternoon. some brighter skies across wales and the south—west of england, maximum temperatures getting at about 14 degrees. it is through tonight, we've got storm hanna moving through. this area of low pressure, this is tom hannah. —— storm hanna. that is going to bring some particularly strong winds, gusts of 60, 70 mph around the coasts of wales. into saturday, some strong winds across southern areas of england, gusts up to 50 mph even inland. with that, some heavy rain starting to move through. a soggy starter saturday morning and the rain will stick around for most of the day acro

sir vince cable, the leader of the liberal democrat party.half minute track — called "let nature sing" — has been put together by the charity, the rspb to highlight the loss of more than 40 million birds from the uk since the 1960s. earlier, i spoke to adrian thomas from the rspb who told me why the amount of birds has seen a decline, but first let's have another listen to the song. bird song. what give you the idea?” what give you the idea? i guess part of the idea comes from the fact that birdsong is so amazing. it is something that we really should celebrate. at the same time it gives us celebrate. at the same time it gives us the opportunity to effectively raise the plight of our wildlife out there. it is something so few people know about, that nature is in crisis. i suppose that surprises me because here at the bbc we do cover stories like that. i unaware our people? incredibly so. it is quite easy to go about your day and not notice the loss of one voice from the choir, and may be the same next year. iam the choir, and may be the same

the party leader, sir vince cable, has called for anti—brexit parties to work together, saying it wouldrmer president of peru — alan garcia — has died after shooting himself. he was about to be arrested, in connection with corruption allegations. the 69—year—old was taken to hospital in lima by the police. the former president had been accused of taking bribes from a brazilian construction company — claims he denied. an inquest has ruled that the death of a mentally—ill man — who killed his wife and them himself after they were turned away from a&e — was due in part to the failure of the crisis response team at ipswich hospital to carry out an assessment. thomas kemp and his wife katherine had gone to the hospital to seek help after dialling 999. 0ur news correspondent sophie hutchinson was at the inquest. well, the coroner here described in this case as a very tragic, and it is rare, the killing by a mental health patient. and it happened at a trust, a mental health trust, which is known to be unsafe. 32—year—old thomas kemp, a university administrator, who suffered from severe anxiety

the party leader, sir vince cable, has called for anti—brexit parties to work together, saying it wouldcourt of appeal has rejected a challenge by the royal opera house, against a previous ruling in favour of a viola player, whose hearing was damaged during a rehearsal. christopher goldscheider was sitting in front of the brass section of the orchestra. our legal correspondent, clive coleman, sent this update from outside the royal opera house in london for years there's been protection from noise regulations for workers, but there's been a sort of myth that somehow they don't apply in live music and entertainment venues. this ruling blows that myth away, it put venues like this on the same footing as perhaps a factory floor, and it ensures that employers, whether they are employing orchestra players, or roadies, or rock gigs, have to take all reasonably practical steps to ensure that they are not damage through noise, that means dynamic assessments, risk assessments, anticipating, as happened in this case, a spike in the noise levels, and if they don't do that, then they can get sued.

let's speak now to the leader of the lib dems, sir vince cable. a terrible problem and we have to contribute to the situation. you said humiliated, she had no choice. she had to go out there, she came back, we are not spending any more money, we have an extension and a bit of leeway she did not ask for. you could argue she did not ask for. you could argue she did all right? in the circumstances but we are not in a good place and we have to find a way out of it. the question i asked is if we are moving toa question i asked is if we are moving to a referendum, it looks on the cards, how do we play it properly and what kind of timetable do we have before the end of october. she said it has been through the house and failed twice. we are long past that, we need to come to a solution u nless that, we need to come to a solution unless jeremy corbyn that, we need to come to a solution unlessjeremy corbyn comes up with an agreement. and i don't think many of us think that is very likely. we are short of a majority for a referendum. i think it could well h

next it's the turn of the liberal democrats, whose leader sir vince cable has hinted this may be histers? things are looking good at the moment. the liberal democrats take government seriously, we do it well. we had net gains last year of about 75, slightly ahead of the labour party. this year, expecting to do better and i'm spending, the last couple of months i have been around the country and i am optimistic we will get a good return. it could be it isn't won and lost on the buses because local bus services are a big pa rt because local bus services are a big part of campaigns. labour are pledging more than £1 billion to improve them. what other pledges the liberal democrats? we start by recognising the depletion of buses is very damaging, particularly in rural areas. and poor people who don't have access to cars. the particular thing that we're pushing is to try to get young people and it provides them with passengers. we are arguing fora provides them with passengers. we are arguing for a discounted ticket for young people in the same way that elderly people have free passes. tha

so there, the leaders of the lib dems, of course vince cable, checker owner and other party leaders expressingbe worth just mentioning the german chancellor angela merkel has been speaking in the last few minutes about brexit, speaking after a meeting with the regional prime minister. she said i still regret the brexit decision but still regret the brexit decision but still we have to deal with the desire of the british people. i have a lwa ys desire of the british people. i have always said i will fight until the last hour of the date in question foran last hour of the date in question for an orderly brexit, that is in the british interest, but she says also in our interest. on the one hand, we have the integrity of the single market, which would end on the british islands, but it is also just as much about the peace between the republic of ireland and northern ireland. of course, in the end of the solutions have to be found in great britain, in london. that is the german chancellor. let's go back to the houses of parliament because our chief political correspondent vicki young is there, and