ithink brexit, and particularly against hard brexit. i think when you listen to theresa may's statement this morning, it is that democratic opposition which is healthy in any democracy that she sees the opportunity to crush. i do not think thatis opportunity to crush. i do not think that is a good way forward and it would not be in scotland's interest. the question of what country we want to be is very much going to be at sta ke to be is very much going to be at stake in this election campaign and whether we want that to be a country the future of which is steered and directed by a tory party moving ever more to the right or whether we want the people of scotland to be in charge. this is an opportunity to make scotland's voice heard and make sure we have mps from scotland that will first and foremost be about fighting scotland's corner.“ will first and foremost be about fighting scotland's corner. if the tories crush some of your gains from the last election, how likely is that? we will be defending all the seats that we fought last t

a big pro—brexit area, 62%, went to brexit. there are things all the parties will have to bear in mind. they will look at that brexit map for clues. there are other things they will have to think about. voterfatigue. we have had three uk wide elections in three years. there have been elections in scotland, northern ireland and wales, three in northern ireland in little over a year. then they will have to think about how the population splits. there are very differing views among different age groups. young people, you can see in blue, went for remain. older people in red went for leave. how are these groups of people going to vote in a new general election? we don't know. they may be some clues in that for all the parties. labour's andrew gwynne — the mp for denton and reddish — is the party's campaigns and elections chair. you're watching television this morning, what was your reaction?” think by then it was apparent that the prime minister was likely to call an early election. i was a little surprised because although w

brexit. brexit. the nhs. brexit. brexit. tell me why you think brexit is the issue when we had a referendum on brexit last year when the majority said let's leave. ‘s 'si 's i think brexit can be slightly overdone, you get too involved in it, people might think what is the point of having it, getting worked up, do you understand what i mean? there are so much publicity about it and so much of the papers, people might get fed up with it after a while. yeah, but it is your view. we will talk more after the news and sport coming up right now. what time is it? just look at big ben, it is 25 to ten, which means we are slightly late for the news headlines. brendan rogers brendan rogers brendan the prime minister has denied claims of political opportunism and insisted that it's in the national interest to hold a snap election injune. mps are expected to approve the prime minister's plan when they vote this afternoon. speaking this morning, mrs may said going to the country now rather than 2020 meant the government would be able t

brexit will happen. the question is now the decisions that government makes, the deal is that the government is able to strike, on important things that matter to people, with have got a government at the moment that is blinkered by brexit and ignoring many of the issues that ordinary people faced that bother them that the most. the state of the nhs and social care, the huge funding crisis in school. the housing crisis which is growing. falling living standards and failure of the economy to see business and investment levels we need for the future. this is why this election may be about brexit for theresa may but it will be about much more than that and it's a chance for the country to ask what kind of britain we want after brexit. the national executive committee is meeting tomorrow i understand. there is a suggestion that the labour leadership are going to force all mp5, labour mps, to face a trigger ballots. that will not happen. all sitting labour mps have been elected within the last couple of years

should she said as a hard brexit? there is no such thing as a hard brexit or soft brexit. that is just lingo. should she say that if we do not get the deal we want, we will leave the single market? yes. absolutely. and that he/she has to indicate that if we do not get a deal that is in britain's interest, we are willing to walk away and fall back on wto rules. do you want that in the manifesto? are you sure?“ you are going... she is called the election for a reason. she cannot just go and hedge bets and be modelled about it. i'm not saying what she will do. but this is what i think she should do. —— has called. but will she put in there the promised to make immigration fall to less than 100,000, to be tens of thousands? that is sunning she do and has said is still an ambition of the government. it is something that everyone knows is a completely discredited target, even our own brexiteer tory ministers, liam fox, borisjohnson, they will all against certain elements of it. they think student should be taken out of the targets. then there is a lot of division across th

he also led the brexit campaign. he is one of the chief architect for brexit. i keep coming to talk to us. just telling me that you are very excited to be going camping again shortly but he did not know. you we re shortly but he did not know. you were at notting hill tube station!|j were at notting hill tube station!” had no idea. my wife rang the other was getting on the tube and asked me what was going on, she had no idea. my wife rang the other was getting on the tube and asked me what was going on, she is a press conference andl going on, she is a press conference and i had no idea. made it clear that she wanted to have a second independence referendum and really tried to put, you know, tried to undermine teresa's progress, i thought i might be a strong case but everybody said that it was not going to happen. you could have knocked me down with a feather when the news broke. in the next few weeks, i would imagine the prime minister is going to put together her manifesto, and one would expect the manifesto will be her blueprint for brexit. would that be fa

she says it's necessary because of continuing divisions about brexit. at this moment of enormous national significance, there should be unity here in westminster. but instead there is division. the country is coming together but westminster is not. jeremy corbyn welcomes the election — saying it's a chance for labour to put forward its vision. we're going out there to put the case for how this country could be run, how it could be different, how we could have a much fairer society that works for all. for some, the election is a political opportunity. for others, it's political opportunism. it's very clear the prime minister's announcement today is one all about the narrow interests of her own party, not the interests of the country overall. we have the opportunity to give the british people the chance to change the direction of the country, to be opposed to a hard brexit, keep us in the single market and give britain the decent, strong opposition it deserves. and how do voters feel about a second general election in two years? not another one? oh, for

vicky young, all about brexit? i think the location that a party leader chooses for the first election speech can be quite significant. theresa may wants to come to the north west of england, you could say traditionally labour heartland and that shows a certain ambition that she is willing to go into that territory. she feels confident about that because party brexit has changed things in the last couple of years. and in labour areas, in many of them up in this area, they voted for brexit. and yet to have been labour mps who go the other way. so they think, the tories think this could be fertile territory for them. but also speaking to people around here today theissue speaking to people around here today the issue of leadership is going to be crucial. we know labour mps are very concerned about jeremy be crucial. we know labour mps are very concerned aboutjeremy corbyn, they have serious concerns about the possibility of his being prime minister and certainly talking to some people here theresa may, her last few m

or soft brexit but theresa‘s brexit, and so she needs support from the population. so the message eu leaders want to convey, they are united and determined brexit will meet their terms. it‘s emerged that one of the six people arrested in a counter terrorism operation in north london on thursday night had been suspected of attempting to travel to syria to join so called islamic state. mohamed amoudi, who is 21, was deported back to the uk. it has emerged that mohamed amoudi had come to the attention of authorities in 2015. he travelled to turkey with 217—year—old boys and it was believed they were then planning to try to get across the border into syria and join up with is fighters. in fact, they were stopped in turkey, deported back to the uk, questioned by the authorities and released without charge. do we know ifa released without charge. do we know if a watch had been kept on him since? that is not clear but clearly this man is one of those in custody and six people in total are detained and six people in total are detained and the woman in hospital, of cou

mark: the longest stretch since brexit, it all comes back to brexit. vonnie: let's check in on the bloomberg first word news, emma chandra has more. emma: the international monetary fund has raised its global growth forecast and issued a warning saying the worldwide economy will grow 3.5% this year, up 1/10 of a percent. it left the you cast -- u.s. forecast unchanged but rejectionist forces could undermine economic growth. president trump says talks of have causedident him to abandon his hard-line on trade, at least are now. >> he understands it is a big problem and is working on it. what am i going to do, start a trade war with china in the middle of him working on a bigger problem, frankly, with north korea? i have great respect for him. we will see what he can do. emma: the president says he has not changed his position on trade with china, the chinese have. an unlikely lobbying force is trying to talk president trump out of his desk out of withdrawing from the paris -- out of withdrawing from the paris climate accord. exxon and shell are among tho

a rigid brexit. a number of well—known names, including jeffrey archer and kevin keegan settle phone—hacking claims against mirror group newspapers. the family of mike samwell, who was run over by his own car as it was stolen from outside his home on sunday, have paid tribute to him, saying he was "the most wonderful husband, brother and son". donald trump's daughter ivanka defends her father's attitude towards women at a conference on women's empowerment in berlin. time for sport. england's women have been drawn in the same group as wales for the 2019 women's world cup qualifiers. northern ireland and the republic of ireland are also together, in a group including norway and the netherlands, while scotland are in group two alongside switzerland. you can see the full draw on the bbc sport website it is twice now. the previous world cup campaign went to cardiff. we look forward to games against wales but we can't rest against the likes of russia. two of the difficult trips as well. durham fast bow

, hard brexit, soft brexit. people know what they voted for. you should tell people that you actually believe in open borders. what i believe is that this country has been sold a lie. that migrants are to blame for everything, cuts in public services and the strain on hospitals. when i was a kid i was told there was massive wealth creation and we could work fewer hours and be wealthier. we have had that but we have not seen that. we are saying we that but we have not seen that. we are saying we can that but we have not seen that. we are saying we can redistribute wealth and can be hopeful. weekend back freedom of movement. it is a wonderful thing my children have enjoyed. -- we can back. they believe in totally open borders. nobody in this country really believes a nap. people voted temple ado have control of the borders. —— in that. this government is not talking about migration, it is talking about migration, it is talking about migration, it is talking about current levels going on for ten years. we stand

they have a clear message on brexit, if you don't like brexit, vote for us. jeremy corbyn has not been talking about brexit but about what he regards as the unfairness of the conservative party. he was to fight ona conservative party. he was to fight on a different ground. the labour party and we —— in recent months has struggled to reach a united position on brexit. if theresa may is successful, focuses the referendum on brexit, labour may be struggling and perhaps as in 1983, they will begin to be looking over their shoulders at the liberal democrats, although the liberal democrats have enough along with a goal before they begin to become a substantial factor in this election. —— have an awful long way to gold for they begin to become. i think probably ukip might have tempted to be smeared the election because clearly she will be hoping that by her pitch that the 10-12% of hoping that by her pitch that the 10—12% of people who voted for ukip will switch to conservative. poor muscle is untried apart from a difficult by—election on stock. they we

brexit means brexit and we are going to make a success of it. despite her slim majority in the commons, she repeatedly said there would not be an early election. i cannot bring to be calling a snap election, i have been very clear that i think we need that period of time, that stability to be able to deal with the issues that the country is facing and have that the country is facing and have that election in 2020. but with such a slim majority in the house of commons, parliamentary battles over exit beckoned. theresa may want a mandate, but will have to overcome the rule which says elections can only be held every five years. to get around the fixed—term parliaments act, there must be a vote of no—confidence in the government or two thirds of the need to vote in favour of it. tomorrow, theresa may will seek a general election on june the theresa may will seek a general election onjune the 8th, she will almost certainly get the backing she needs. she hopes to increase support for her brexit plan from across the country and among her mps, but

or soft brexit but theresa's brexit, and so she needs support from the population. so the message eu leaders want to convey, they are united and determined brexit will meet their terms. 0ne one of the messages they have been pushing herejust as one of the messages they have been pushing here just as the summit ended at the press conference is the importance of getting agreement on the future rights and benefits of eu nationals who live in britain and british citizens who live in european union countries. donald tusk said there needs to be a serious british response on that because we are talking about people's lives, they need to know exactly what will happen to them in the coming years. he said 4.5 million people are affected and they need a british response. today's discussion made clear that when it comes to reaching a decision on citizens‘ rights, not only speed is of the essence. but quality. so many people‘s lives depend on it. we are talking about 4.5 million people, europeans residing in the uk and british people living on the continent. 0ver british peo

we moved from a government that was anti-brexit to pro-brexit. cast my vote will today in support of the government motion. and it is up to every member in this house to make that decision. i think that proves that the fix parliament act is working. i absolutely -- if the members disagree -- of course, the honorable gentleman. >> thank you, very much. he said it is parliament that will decide. but yesterday, the prime minister said clearly there would be a general election. if she does not get the 422 mp's, t to the prime minister resign after such a public you million shouldn't? >> but speak about the advantage of the parliament act. if the house does not agree to the general election, it will not happen and the government will continue in office. of course, opposition members that don't want a general election will be very strange creatures indeed. but also because opposition members that sit on their hands that don't vote will be regarded as aimpotent members of parliament. i hope the honorable gentleman will make his mind up and cast his vote

i do want a hard brexit, a clean brexit, a decisive brexit, a clean brexit, a decisive brexit, call it what you will. we don't know yet what will be in the conservative party manifesto but i suspect theresa may will end up being a hard brexiteer. ithink suspect theresa may will end up being a hard brexiteer. i think the conservative manifesto will commit the uk to leaving the customs union and leaving the single market. that's about as hard as brexit gets. will the public vote for that? we don't know the answer, that is up to the public on june don't know the answer, that is up to the public onjune the 8th. if opinion polls are about to be believed, and they have not got everything right in recent years. but if they are to be believed, theresa may is on track for a landslide victory, and therefore the lines in the thing will be the decisive part of the negotiation and i think that the conservatives and theresa may will make to a pretty ha rd theresa may will make to a pretty hard brexit and win a mandate for it. we shall watch this space. thank you for your time. we talk about the batt

while there will be talk about brexit and the negotiations and what type of brexit theresa may will get, we can be sure the campaign will cover a vast area of interest. indeed. many thanks. the so in just over 7 weeks' time, voters across the united kingdom will be asked to go to the polls yet again.

he didn't mention brexit. all those things really could be affected by brexit. brexit is very much the elephant in the room. he's going to have to address the issue at some point. it's not that easy for some of the labour mpds. because some of them voted remain and some of them are in brexit constituencies. so it is labour, when you look at those three parties first in england, that are going to have the biggest challenge on the doorstep. then of course, you look at the snp? scotland, who are very much the commanding voice in scotla nd much the commanding voice in scotland with 59 seats. they will be campaigning on independence, you would expect. certainly the independence idea will come into the campaign, perhaps the other parties will want to bring that into the debate as well. yes all the different parties voting on different parties voting on different issues. we've got a question from rohit in india, is the fa ct question from rohit in india, is the fact the prime minister is calling this election evidence that she's failed to build a good enough consensus

brexit means brexit and we are going to make a success of it. despite her slim majority in the commons, she repeatedly said there would not be an early election. i am not going to be calling a snap election, i have been very clear that i think we need that period of time, that stability to be able to deal with the issues that the country is facing and have that election in 2020. but with such a slim majority in the house of commons, parliamentary battles over brexit beckoned. theresa may wants a mandate, but will have to overcome the rule which says elections can only be held every five years. to get around the fixed—term parliaments act, there must be a vote of no—confidence in the government or two—thirds of mps to vote in favour of it. tomorrow, theresa may will seek a general election on 8thjune, she will almost certainly get the backing she needs. she hopes to increase support for her brexit plan from across the country and among hermps, but general elections are also always a risk. although the labour party are in a dire position in

the chances of a good brexit deal for both sides had thought the chances of a good brexit dealfor both sides had gone up enormously hi said if theresa may win as resounding victory at the poll that triumph would be heard and not those of who he called his hardline brexiteers. the eu would get a strong reliable negotiating partner. he said. he believed that would be good for both partners in the negotiation. there are thoughts this could speed up the process so there could be talks about a future uk-eu there could be talks about a future uk—eu trade relationship far earlier than imagined if talks go well. as soon, i've been told, as the end of september after the german elections. again, if all goes smoothly. let's get some final thoughts on today's announcement, laura kuenssberg is with me. where do you think this election is likely to be won or lost? in any campaign it is hard to predict what will bubble up. it will be about policy, personalities for the party leaders, and also about the parties themselves. more than anything else, it will feel different in different parts of the co

brexit is happening and we are going to make the best of it. i believe our prime minister should not have to suffer 100 unelected liberal democrats in the other place, and nine in this place who rarely turn up, trying to tug her tail. we need to make the future secure. no. i am about to finish my speech. we need to make the future secure for all our young people and all our families. the game-playing in this place does a disservice to the british public. they are probably fed up with having elections anyway, but let us get on with it and get a mandate for our prime minister. please, the honorable lady, may i say to the honorable member for birmingham, yardley,that the public do not respect the fact that people yell from the back benches? she can speak up for her own leader, her own manifesto and her own party, and she can explain why she believes her leader, the right honorable member for islington north, is the right person to take the country through the next five years. i do not share her conviction, but she obviously has a lot of confidence

labour will use brexit to invest in every pa rt will use brexit to invest in every part of this country and to create a high wage, high skill economy, in which everyone shares the rewards. the prime minister also says this campaign will be about leadership. so let's have a head—to—head tv debate about the future of our country, why has she rejected that request? labour... mr speaker, labour offers a better future, request? labour... mr speaker, labour offers a betterfuture, we wa nt labour offers a betterfuture, we want richer lives for everyone, not the country run for the rich. order, order. giving way to the right honourable gentleman. order! order. order! i've known the right honourable gentleman for more than 30 years, you will not take it personally. he has completed his speech and now he would like to raise his point. on a point of order, is that it? laughter it's very generous of the right honourable gentleman to see to invest me with additional powers but the question of whether it is it as he put it is not a matter for me. and the right honourable gentleman has completed h

well, particularly in the area of brexit, i don't expect the ma nifesto to area of brexit, i don't expect the manifesto to look vastly different from the government's white paper. the government has set out a pretty clear view of the kind of relationship that they want to achieve with the european union in the future. i'm sure that the ma nifesto the future. i'm sure that the manifesto will reflect that. it will say, and she will be able to say at the dispatch box, here is the ma nifesto the dispatch box, here is the manifesto which says we are pulling out of the single market, we will have control of our borders, there's nothing can you do because she has the mandate of the general election. i think that's why it's right to have the election at this time. the british people voted to leave the european union, of course, at the time, we hadn't set out the vision of the kind of relationship we wanted. we have now done that. i think the prime minister wants to go into the negotiation with other european countries saying i have a clear mandate for this new relationship which i have set out in

a big pro "brexit" area, 62% went for "brexit". there are some things that all the parties are going to have to bearin all the parties are going to have to bear in mind and look at the brexit map for clues but there are other things they will have to think about, voterfatigue, things they will have to think about, voter fatigue, three things they will have to think about, voterfatigue, three uk wide elections in three years, elections in scotland, northern ireland and wales. three in northern ireland in little over a year. and then you will have to think about how the population splits down, there are differing views among different age groups, young people, you can see, in blue, went for remain. 0lder people went for leave. how will people went for leave. how will people like this vote in a new general election, we don't know, but there might be some clues in that for all of the parties. with me now, the conservative mp peter bone and labourmp the conservative mp peter bone and labour mp lucy powell. six weeks... first of all, are

the tories are confident, partly because of brexit. she says she wa nts a because of brexit. she says she wants a strong mandate to make sure brexit happens and wales is a country that voted to leave. there isa country that voted to leave. there is a sizeable ukip vote here in wales. they polled around is%—is% last time round. they are hoping to bring across many of those people. it will be interesting to see whether theresa may broadens her argument to talk about social mobility, to talk about helping people on lower incomes. her message here today is that labour has taken voters in wales for granted. she says they haven't delivered when it comes to schools and hospitals. she's urging people here to turn their back on tribal politics. time to look for fresh ideas their back on tribal politics. time to look forfresh ideas is their back on tribal politics. time to look for fresh ideas is what she's going to say. we'll see how that goes down here. if the tories we re that goes down here. if the tories were to win the most seats here in wales, more than labour, it would be the

we have moved from a government that was anti—brexit to pro brexit, and thatis was anti—brexit to pro brexit, and that is why i will cast my vote today in support of the government motion. it is up to every member in this house to make that decision. i think that proves that the fixed parliament act is working and i absolutely, if members disagree, they can vote against... thanks giving way. he said it is parliament that will decide but the prime minister went on television yesterday declaring across the world that they would be a general election. if parliament does not give her the two thirds, should the prime minister resign after such a public humiliation? that is the advantage of the parliament act. if the house does not agree to a general election it won't happen, and the government will continue in office. opposition members that don't want a general election will be very strange creatures indeed. but also opposition members that sit on their hands and don't vote will be regarded as important members of parliament. i hope the gentlemen will make his mind up and cast his vote on

, brexit, a rigid brexit. theresa may takes her general election campaign to wales, hoping to win seats in traditional labour heartlands. emmanuel macron and marine le pen attend a ceremony for the policeman killed in an attack last week in paris. sir eltonjohn recovers at home after two nights in intensive care with a bacterial infection. he has had to cancel concerts. also businesswoman, first daughter and assistant to the us president. ivanka trump attends a women's summit in berlin in herfirst engagement after her father took office. how moderate exercise after the age of 50 is the best way to keep your mind sharp. good morning. it's tuesday, 25th april. i'm joanna gosling. welcome to bbc newsroom live. labour have set out their vision for brexit if they win the general election. the party has been criticised by, among others, the former the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer promised labour would unilaterally guarantee the rights of eu residents before talks begin, and prioritise jobs eu residents befor

government, a party that can take as notjust through brexit but beyond brexit. we need to beat... make no mistake about the choice on offer at this election. it's between strong and stable leadership with me and the conservatives or a coalition of chaos led by jeremy the conservatives or a coalition of chaos led byjeremy corbyn. and we see the other parties lining up to pf°p up see the other parties lining up to prop up jeremy corbyn, see the other parties lining up to prop upjeremy corbyn, we see it from the liberal democrats, we see it from nicola sturgeon's scottish nationalists... laughter and what we see is actually from these other parties that they are already trying to disrupt the negotiations and frustrate the task ahead, trying to stop us from leading britain forward. but make no mistake, it could happen. remember this, the polls got it wrong about the general election in 2015, they got it wrong on the referendum and asjeremy got it wrong on the referendum and as jeremy corbyn got it wrong on the referendum and asjeremy corbyn himself has said, he was

they will essentially be a brexit that is not a people's brexit, a brexit that benefit everybody global corporation, and i think that people in britain are a little bit fed up with that. it is about time ordinary people come first. brexit is the factor without theresa may does the government would not have come into being, so pa rt of would not have come into being, so part of the challenge for prime ministers is that you have to fulfil the fact is in the power that you also have to make sure you have the opportunity to do similar things in between and remember david cameron never wanted to be the austerity prime minister but the financial crisis was the backdrop to him becoming a minister. theresa may was sitting out a very clear and swift message on exactly she will deliver brexit but that will also mean with this election it will give her another three years, if she wins, after fulfilling brexit to develop a wider agenda. she has said about not wanting her hands tied previously by what has happened in parliament, in terms of having to spell out the conservative government on brexit.

but you don't oppose brexit. she has got every single vote through the house of commons that she wanted with in my view the soup i'm connivance of the labour party. i can't understand why the labour party has given the government of the day a blank cheque. but this idea that theresa may has been stopped by the house of commons from doing what she wants is simply untrue. it is a fabrication, and why is she fabricating this? she needs the alibi which she has invented, i don't know how she managed to do it with a straight face, it is a ludicrous confection, she needs to do that because what she needs to do that because what she is really after is exploiting the opportunity, which presents itself because of the weakness of jeremy corbyn, to get for herself such a large majority that she can basically for the next half a decade do basically for the next half a decade d o exa ctly basically for the next half a decade do exactly as she wants, and to impose upon our country either a bad brexit deal, a hard brexit deal, o

vote along traditional party lines or specifically on brexit?” vote along traditional party lines or specifically on brexit? i am a northerner, so i come from the north—west of the country, and in my neck of the woods, i am originally from burnley, a town that voted overwhelmingly from brexit, and i'm interested to see what happens, because i know brexit is important to people there, but it is a die—hard labourarea. to people there, but it is a die—hard labour area. look to people there, but it is a die—hard labourarea. look at to people there, but it is a die—hard labour area. look at north wales, the north—west and the north—east, and there are lots of constituencies in those areas where people really want brexit to work, and yet they are torn, because they are die—hard labour voters. some voters will have a real quandary this time around, and we have said before, some labour voters just don't wantjeremy corbyn, and some really do. there are all sorts of different things people will be considering when they go to the polls, b

gibraltar was not the culprit of brexit and shouldn't be the victim of brexit. earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent iain watson. he began by explaining where gibraltar stands in the upcoming brexit negotiations. it's complicated. i think it will be covered by the deal that brings britain out of the european union, the final divorce settlement, if you like. but what the eu made clear yesterday, the european council, the representatives of the 27 remaining member states made it clear that any final deal on trade would be after britain left. and then inserting the fact that that deal as it applies to gibraltar has complicated matters. some are saying the government has taken its eye off the ball and it should have been aware that this is something spain may have attempted to do, and it should have made specific mention of gibraltar‘s status in the letter that triggered article 50 that triggered the process of leaving the european union. what difference will the will of the people of gibraltar make in brussels? it's interesting that so many of them vote

a rigid brexit. a number of well—known names including jeffrey archer and kevin keegan settle phone—hacking claims against mirror group newspapers. donald trump's daughter ivanka has defended his attitude towards women at a conference on women's empowerment in berlin on her first international trip since her father took office. now the sport with tim haig. england's women have been drawn in the same group as wales for the 2019 women's world cup qualifiers. northern ireland and the republic of ireland are also together in a group also including norway and the netherlands, while scotland are in group 2 alongside switzerland. you can see the full draw on the bbc sport website. it's twice now. the previous world cup campaign went to cardiff. we will look forward to playing two good games against wales, but we can't under estimate the likes of russia. two difficult trips in bosnia and kazakhstan as well. they are the top ranked group. from that party of teams, all of they will will be a challenge. the

have you heard the phrase brexit means brexit? that is all we know. let's posit the possibility that she once a kind of lukewarm brexit. —— let's posit the possibility that she wants a kind of lukewarm brexit. it is conceivable that if the ideologically rigid side of the tory party knew that they have a tory leader that just got a personal mandate to lead, it might change things. she was looking at the polls? of course. the opinion polls? yes, she was looking at the opinion polls. she was also looking at the economic figures. the economic situation is deteriorating, rising inflation, unemployment, maybe there might be some trouble ahead. also, we haven't felt the economic impact of brexit. that might take another two, three or four years to take place. she wants to have room for manoeuvre so that she was not going to be punished immediately after brexit with a terrible electoral result. so, she is factoring in all of this. of course, being so ahead in the polls, she is the most popular prime minister in 40 years. this is really something incredibl

the shadow brexit secretary says labour would scrap the prime minister's brexit plans — and unilaterally guarantee the rights of eu citizens in the uk — if it wins power. the liberal democrat leader tim farron says he does not think gay sex is a sin — clarifying a question he had refused to answer several times so far during the election campaign. a number of well—known names — including jeffrey archer and kevin keegan — have settled phone—hacking claims against mirror group newspapers. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we'll be discussing theresa may's visit to south wales where she's hoping to stomp all over labour's traditional territory. we'll be getting reaction to the un secretary general‘s warning that an entire generation of children in yemen is being starved

and what is this kind of brexit? a brexit whereby we control oui’ brexit? a brexit whereby we control our own borders, which allows us to sign our own trade deals all over the globe. a brexit where we do not pay a divorce bill to the eu and a brexit where we ensure that real democracy is ensured to the youth came. “— democracy is ensured to the youth came. —— to the uk. finally it is a brexit whereby our fishing communities are protected. ukip will go into this election with a bold and radical manifesto which is fully costed. we will tell you not only where the money will be spent but also work it will come from. for a example we will have a clear commitment to slash a foreign aid budget that is costing the british taxpayer in the region of £30 million every day. and we will redirect the money saved and plug it into an nhs. indeed, we will reaffirm our commitment that under ukip the nhs will remain in public hands and free at the point of delivery. we will also ensure that the national health service is not an international health service. we will

richard brexit. —— richard brexit. she would isolate us from our nearest partners of strike trade deals with any country that will talk to us no matter what the consequences for workers' rights and environmental protection or our place in the world. the only way to stop that and build a fairer britain is to elect a labour government. well we can now speak to the political commentator vincent moss, who joins us live from our westminster studio. what is your assessment of the labour party approach to brexit on the strength of what we heard today? a difficult day, labour party trying to get some clarity on its brexit position, it is seen as divided on theissue position, it is seen as divided on the issue and keir starmer attempted to do that today. some points were clear such as the promise that eu citizens in the uk would get the right to remain but still questions over issues like freedom of movement. keir starmer seems to be accepting that would have to go as a consequence of brexit but many people in the labour party

brexit will be the issue for her. is that perhaps difficult for those of you who will be knocking on the doors in the coming weeks because there are issues over the nhs, funding for schools, that is what constituents also will want to know. they want a nswe i’s. also will want to know. they want answers. absolutely, and the prime minister has been clear that brexit is incredibly important but there are is incredibly important but there a re lots of is incredibly important but there are lots of other important issues facing the country as well, such as trying to make sure we get even more children than the 1.8 million that already had a good and outstanding schools, getting more children into those, and making sure we support the economy, so that even more people are in employment. we have very highjob people are in employment. we have very high job figures but we also need to make sure that our country is united and safe. that will be as much a part of the campaign as brexit. just you and me out here chuckling yeste

as a result of brexit. in terms of the single market i have been clear, i laid it out in my speech injanuary, been clear, i laid it out in my speech in january, it been clear, i laid it out in my speech injanuary, it was been clear, i laid it out in my speech in january, it was an been clear, i laid it out in my speech injanuary, it was an hour wait paper, it was in the article 50 paper, we want the best possible deerfur paper, we want the best possible deer fur trading with the european union and the remaining states of the european union. we want the best possible tariff arrangements, tariff free, frictionless borders, to ensure that trade continues. it is not about access to the single market, we are talking about trading with the single market. it is about getting the best possible deal for trading with that single market. that is what is important for businesses here and across the uk. but we will only get that with a government that has the leadership and the plan and the determination to go out and n

they say this is a brexit election. so, with labour setting out their approach today, do we finally have clarity on the difference between the two main parties' versions of brexit?

we had debates during the brexit campaign, the 2010 election, 2015 election. the debate around the debate seems to have become quite a feature, you will remember there was a tussle in 2015 about the format of the debate and how they would take place, who would go head—to—head with whom, and it seems that already we are having this conversation about this election, because i think there is foursome now an expectation that those tv debates are an important pa rt those tv debates are an important part of the campaign, because it is a way for the public to see the party leaders put their policies against each other and their personalities and debating skills, but theresa may's argument is that she does that every week prime minister's questions, and from her perspective, she has what appears to bea perspective, she has what appears to be a pretty strong lead in the opinion polls, and there is a tendency for front runners to believe that debate can only do the damage rather than good, which may be why she has decided not to go down that route, but already we ha

as you said, the brexit papers, this is going to be a brexit election. labour do not want that, partly because they are all over the place on the matter. the lib dems would be happy for it to be a brexit election, because they would see themselves as the remain party. but it is moving the argument onto other arenas such as the nhs and the education system... as ever, the westminster press is kind of ignoring completely, but beginning to wa ke ignoring completely, but beginning to wake up to the fact that in scotland, it is notjust a brexit referendum, it is going to be an independence referendum. nicola sturgeon was another referendum. it is going to be incredibly difficult to tell what the result in scotland will mean for independence, if, as is possible, the snp get a clean sweep. those in scotland might wonder, what am i voting for? obviously a general election is a general collection, but they may be thinking, ami general collection, but they may be thinking, am i voting for one thing here, but it is really linked to another thing? the scottish elect

with a refusal to actually say what brexit does indeed mean. i don't believe for one minute the tory ma nifesto believe for one minute the tory manifesto will spell out what the plan is for britain opposed brexit so who is kidding who? we will not be any clearer as to what brexit means that we are right now. the media are reporting that up to 30 sitting tory mps face being prosecuted for electoral fraud and that the cps service will announce whether it intends to press charges very soon. does my right honourable friend think this might have anything to do with the prime minister's change of heart? yes, it is remarkably suspicious, but my concern is that what the prime minister wants to do is silence dissent and disagreement in this house and in this country and therefore her instincts are not democratic, they are authoritarian and that is a great worry for our country. can i turn to the situation in scotland. there are two reasons why the people should be given another choice on self—government and the first is because, not because the people

the shadow brexit secretary says labour would scrap the prime minister's brexit plans and unilaterally guarantee the rights of eu citizens in the uk if it wins power. the liberal democrat leader, tim farron, says he does not think gay sex is a sin, clarifying a question he had refused to answer several times so far during the election campaign. donors at a conference in geneva have pledged more than one billion dollars to yemen to help relieve what the un is calling the "world's largest humanitarian crisis". president trump's daughter, ivanka, has defended his record on women's rights during a g20 summit in berlin. appearing alongside the german chancellor, angela merkel, she said her father had always encouraged her and demonstrated his belief in the potential of women through his employment practices. from berlin, jenny hill sent this report. taking her place among the world's most powerful women. the first daughter, rubbing shoulders with a chancellor, a queen and a banker. though, almost immediately, ivanka trump found herself defending a president. he's been a tremendous champion

is it the ramona's or the hard court -- hard court brexiteers? -- hardcore brexiteers? if her ultimate conviction was to stay in the european union you have to assume she wants a softer line on brexit. within the recent months where she has been very hard on brexit it is to stay ahead of the curve boris johnsonke and david davis. she wants to get a bigger majority and 10 face these hard-core brexiteers. i don't know where she will get the larger majority from. there's a possibility of a grand coalition among the other parties who do not really want brexit northern ireland. and, much of the labour party. not many really wanted brexit. let's be frank. it is not the mps, it is the british people. the mps are there to execute the will of the people. that is sometimes what needs to be reminded of everybody. britain voted for brexit. that is the mp responsibility. we can conjecture about as much as what will happen around the country. i wonder how many mps would go against the will of the people. julian: we've seen how ugly the negotiation is going to be. we have seen rhetori

the brexit. the negotiation on the scale that we happen to experience from the efforts but certainly since the second world war, this is a humongous scale and we'll have nenormous amount of busines running in different channels and difficult trade offs for the other 27 on the other side of the table. >> among later, the minister known as the brexit secretary gave frank views about whether britain had plan b if no deal of the eu were ever reached. >> well, it made the estimate during the leave campaign of the referendum campaign. i think one of the issues that's driven is those having very robust. >> so you are saying there is been no further assessment of no deal at all sits before the referendum, is that correct? >> no. that's not correct. you are putting words in my houhou mouth. >> yes, you are. >> we don't deal with what we can do to mitigate. much of this is about mitigation. any fore cost that you make depends on the mitigation. >> the prime minister was watching as well tch. a record of 18

that works for all. >> her decision is about one issue. >> briggs at means -- brexit means brexit. we are going to make a go of it. quite she came to power on the issue filling david cameron's shoes. she was appointed as prime minister without a public vote. analysts see this as a shrewd calculation. there will be focused on her performance in scotland if the scottish national party increase, it will be a stronger mandate for a scottish independence referendum. >> what can a country want to be is going to be at stake in this campaign. whether we want that to be a country the future of which is directed by moving to the right. >> opinion polls indicate conservatives will win a clear majority on june 8. >> let's cross to the u.k. where we are joined from london by rupert myers and by colin talbot. welcome. is it fair to say that theresa may took most people by surprise with this announcement? some of her ministers were not informed. >> it is a surprising announcement. it's one i don't think a lot of people were prepared for. we do know that even senior members of government, they wer

the first minister says that she wants the uk to get a good brexit deal. but no matter how good it is, she still wants to push for independence anyway. whereas our view, and the uk government's view remains this. at a time of enormous uncertainty, where it is only three years since the last vote, when we were told it would be once in a generation, that the decision of the scottish people would be respected by both sides, where there would be no rerun without an overwhelming change in public opinion, and that the people in scotland have the right to see the brexit process play out, they need to see it operating, to see it working in practice. and that, at this moment, we should be pulling together, not hanging apart. the labour leader blamed the conservative party for causing division. they set scotland against england in the general election, and whose reckless brexit gamble brought us to this point — where leaving the eu has just provided the snp with the latest excuse it was looking for to push for another referendum. so some humility from the tories,