so i think this is inevitably boris johnson has done something about boris johnson he's only haven't cared about himself he's only ever done at any minute what is what he thinks that he's interested. like you just said he's resigned half an hour to go on dialysis is going to take maximum damage he's now in it for himself and i don't think the tories will fall for it so you think there's going to be a leadership conference now is that your reading of it i think you know what i think you talk too fast boy this is happening all the ones why john says decided to go now the originally decided not to not to go for say the weekend so i mean he's all maneuvers it was always going to lead to charges against may eventually a lot of people thought it was happening rather than sooner but as i say the crunch moment is not what's happening now is what happens in october when the e.u. finally has a summit which is the post the song of the great city and it may still trying to say we want the single market because it's not free moving to people they'll say you know you can't have that and then we ha

boris johnson stepping down. we look at how the markets are reacting. >> more trade tension, a meeting with angela merkel with a trade one in for president trump. of we will hear from the ceo the largest chemical company about his plan to invest in a second complex in china and how trade impacts that. ok,

this is perhaps what they suspect boris johnson mps. this is perhaps what they suspect borisjohnson and others are up suspect borisjohnson and others are ? suspect borisjohnson and others are up to? quite. the very fact they are willing to engage with that question tells you everything you need to know about what is happening today and how that is a real prospect that might be enough letters have been sent to the chairman of the 1922 committee, he is the keeper of the letters. if the number of letters reaches a8, that triggers a vote of confidence and the prime minister. this afternoon downing street was willing to entertain a hypothetical number of letters being reached and an announcement is number of letters being reached and an announcement is made that there will be a vote of confidence which tells you everything, they are preparing for that exact eventuality. there are whispers that that magic number may have been arrived at. so defiance from the prime minister on two fronts. absolute determination as things stand this afternoon t

is it over for boris johnson no it certainly appears to be i mean boris johnson being elevated to the foreign office many people saw was just the rise and rise of his career but in many ways this stint in the foreign office has killed off his chances again boris has boris as everyone says he could buy him spock but it seems very unlikely that he would get the backing of enough of his own m.p.'s in a leadership race to make it into the final ballot to members if he did however there is still the possibility that the tory membership would back him and he could end up the prime minister you say at the moment he wouldn't get the backing i mean he's very popular still with the grassroots supporters of the conservative party what happens if there is a grassroots rebellion if if members of parliament are going back to their constituencies and getting criticism from from party members locally. as i said boris johnson very popular with the local body members still i mean what happens if there is a grassroots rebellion within the conservative party not just in the parliamentary one well certain

is it over for boris johnson no it certainly appears to be i mean boris johnson being elevated to the foreign office many people saw was just the rise and rise of his career but in many ways this stint in the foreign office has killed off his chances again boris has boris as everyone says he could buy him spock but it seems very unlikely that he would get the backing of enough of his own m.p.'s in a leadership race to make it into the final ballot to members if he did however there is still the possibility that the tory membership would back him and he could end up the prime minister here you say at the moment he wouldn't get the backing i mean he's very popular still with the grassroots supporters of the conservative party what happens if there is a grassroots rebellion if if members of parliament are going back to their constituencies and getting criticism from from party members locally. as i said boris johnson very popular with the local party members still i mean what happens if there is a grassroots rebellion within the conservative party not just in the parliamentary one well c

we heard over the weekend that boris johnson had friday. we heard over the weekend that borisjohnson had reservations about the plan but until this afternoon, he was staying in office and he said on friday that he acknowledged that his side of the argument were too few to prevail and congratulated you at least on reaching a cabinet decision on the way forward. he said, as i said then, the government now has a song to sing but the problem is that i have practised the words over the weekend and they stick in my throat. his parliamentary aide, former parliamentary aide, was on the radio a while ago saying not only that he thinks further government resignations are possible, but also saying that borisjohnson resignations are possible, but also saying that boris johnson felt resignations are possible, but also saying that borisjohnson felt he had been bounced into agreeing to the deal on friday, that the cabinet had been bounced. if that is a more widespread feeling, then the authority of theresa may is being seriously questioned. there was clea

wanted boris johnson wanted out seven point four million people want to do it so i think in the final analysis the people will hopefully prevail and to resume a will conquer bikes hopefully get a taxi and go now three resignations and one day this is no small thing and all this is coming as the country is dealing with its second nerve agent incident in just a matter of months do you think it might be difficult for the government to know what it's supposed to focus on at this point then. what i mean you know good governments or big organizations and i would imagine that the government should be focused on many things at this point not least the second nerve agent. incident that you've mentioned but then again this this to resume a government seems to have a bit of a obsession a bird trying to blame such incidents such as the previous one for example on russia well i think that's the case of a distraction and i think at this point in time theresa may would rather talk about anything point anything other than her an airplane or ship so we can be surprised that this nova. incident does ge

and boris johnson it would appear we haven't heard from boris johnson just yet but let's talk to our correspondent who's outside the house is of parliament lawrence lee lawrence what a thunderbolt then we were earlier talking about chaos what does this do to the main government. well coming clearly it's a whole new level not least because boris johnson would be seen to be the most likely opponent to to reason and the man around whom all the arch breakfasters the very hard right wing would coalesce the timings absolutely extraordinary i must say boris johnson was supposed to be in the hosts summit meeting just up the road from here this afternoon that called the western balkan summit which of all things was supposed to be a way of explaining to countries like montenegro in albania how to how to join the european union and though he didn't turn up at that meeting went off he's officially residence instead held some talks advisors and now has announced twenty minutes before to resume a supposed to address the houses of parliament on her plan for what she's going to do with this new gove

boris johnson says the brics it dream is dying as he quits as u.k. foreign secretary plunging to reason may's government into crisis. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you know with al-jazeera also coming up another four boys are rescued from a flooded cave in thailand and taken to hospital eight are now. israel shuts the main cargo crossing into gaza and till further notice a century kites flown across the border. and activists is saying that the trouble ministration is unlikely to reunite migrant children under the age of five with their parents by tuesday's court deadline. u.k. prime minister trees in may last two key cabinet ministers as disagreements over britain's strategy for leaving the european union threaten to tell a ruling conservative policy apart david davis resigned as breck's it minister he was swiftly followed by foreign secretary boris johnson who says the bracks it dream is dying paul brennan has more. on friday the british prime minister theresa may announced agreement for a breakfast strategy in which the u.k. would align itself

has a problem i do we go along with boris johnson and. secret plan which of course have already been willing to. you know give some direction over which is that we are almost handing them our rights to protection from a death penalty sentence or we can strike them out there or currently we'll make them stateless not bring them home so why not bring our trash i'm we're not dealing with them we're not putting them in prison we're not looking to be radicalized and we decide the easy way just kill them or hand them to americans to deal with because it is it is more efficient not on their own intro last minute we're done opening to. go ahead philip we have long standing solutions that we want to hear like with so many political statements here without it without any i.q. or substance or let's deal with the the. things. we were told we will have to. really try to look at america the government having been found guilty of any crime. after they've been found we can't live until the state makes some time to make sure that the law being goes in to

boris johnson stepping down. we look at how the markets are reacting. >> more trade tension, a meeting with angela merkel with a trade one in for president trump. of we will hear from the ceo the largest chemical company about his plan to invest in a second complex in china and how trade impacts that. let's take a look ahead how the markets are trading, particularly equities as we are about 30 minutes from the close of equity trading in europe. this is how it is looking. gaining for a fifth straight day, the best performance in terms of a run of gains since march 12. acrossf green looking the wheel at the industry groups. it seems in the absence of any concerning or a bad news in terms of trade, the markets are rallying, certainly when it comes to equities. outperforming come energy stocks, i.t. stocks, materials and financials. underperforming, really those defensive stocks, utilities and communications, that tells you something about the risk appetite in these markets and particularly in comparison to friday, w

why has boris johnson gone? it was convicted with his view that he has said about the european union and our relationship going forward. ina union and our relationship going forward. in a sense he could not be true to himself and stay but i think the truth is this country needs to get a deal or if there will be no deal, we need to get there, but there‘s no time to do anything else in the meantime. theresa may has lost her brexit secretary and her foreign secretary in the last 24 hours. last year, ithought it foreign secretary in the last 24 hours. last year, i thought it would bea hours. last year, i thought it would be a good idea to have a leadership election at that time, but now i do not think there is time to do a digital election and i think she would have to do what any prime minister does —— leadership election. she will just minister does —— leadership election. she willjust have to replace them. people are perfectly replaceable and that will have to happen on this occasion. do we have time? t

i think that now the foreign secretary boris johnson who's not i think we're not seeing a full blown crisis nikki i think that he had just been day to day this perhaps to reason may may have been too obviously she's not going to be a new press secretary but in paris the big the biggest beast in the tory party out there and he delayed his resignation today to about i think was about three o'clock he was locked away and i'm sure he'd been on the phone to colleagues. cool the. first thing in the sun and saying basically i think probably we. need to resign and possibly stand for leadership and try to train him so i asked the candidates usually collection of live or a kind of wrecks it that these people the tory party want and they would argue that a large percentage of the british public want to know so twenty four hours we've seen. david davis to back to secretary go his number two steve baker now the foreign secretary in south boris johnson it will we see more resignations of the day as the next day continues to think. it's interesting isn't it because we've got what you would call the

boris johnson is resigned but also the chief brags that negotiator from the u.k. did that davis. may get how much of a setback is all of this for two reasons may you talked about boris johnson need be a potential threat to me is her leadership at stake. i would say at this point in time yes it is at stake it really if is it really is the case that she doesn't have her covenant behind she's waited for a long time and people would say this was a biggest mistake that she waited so long to lay out actually a vision of corrected now she has done it on friday and she has rallied the troops is just try to rally the troops she said enough for everybody it's. saying their own opinion now you really have to toe the line you have to come behind me and now she's in this situation that first chief negotiator resigns and now her foreign secretary resigns and it might not be the end yet and if she really does not have her own government her own cabinet behind her i think she is very very dangerous position indeed and barbara all this comes just nine months to the briggs's deadli

has a new secretary following the resignation of boris johnson who's now been replaced by jeremy hunt has been a string of departures by keep over the government's adoption of a softer approach to leaving the e.u. now the new foreign secretary jeremy hunt has been serving as the country's health secretary for the past six years he supported the remaining pain during the twenty sixth referendum he claims to have since become. as boris johnson was leaving his official residence in central london after his resignation he was bombarded with questions from reporters. the woman who was this is a girl for. most the jokes and you think the private is the devil bret's do. you think you could do a better job than the prime minister. u.k. politics is falling apart within twenty four hours we've seen the resignation of three cabinet ministers including the u.k. foreign secretary. bricks it should be about opportunity and hope we appear to be heading for a semi bricks it we are truly headed for the status of colony brought to recognize the work of the former secretary of state for accepting the eu

boris johnson is theresa may's re rivals. if he went through with the meeting, it is unprecedented in political interference in british politics. >> fascinating. we will turn it become here to the u.s. -- turn it back here to the u.s. >>> peter strzok and lisa page could be alongside him. texts have fuelled claims of the trump bias at the bureau. strzok appears before the house oversight committee. >>> house freedom caucus mark meadows says they plan to give page two options. appear for a closed-door interview or testify alongside strzok today. no confirmation if she will take up the offer. the president tweeting about this at 2:00 a.m. eastern time on the way to the nato meeting. he asked when attorney general jeff sessions would get involved. >>> breaking overnight. thousands of asylum seekers may be turned away at the southern border because of a new trump administration policy. border officers who evaluate asylum applications have the guidance from the trump administration. it orders them to reject claims based on gang an

he is friends with boris johnson. cabinet... he is friends with boris johnson. it is staring everything up. boris johnson was praising donald trump and it would be a different sort of brexit if a donald trump figure was negotiating. concern that what trump says will move them out of the compromise. the checkers compromise —— chequers would make it difficult for a deal with the us. britain would be committed if the compromise moves ahead in the european standards. what donald trump might say is, forget those european standards and come with us. one thing that is a plus for the uk, it does spend its 296... plus for the uk, it does spend its 296. .. the plus for the uk, it does spend its 296... the uk is one of the few countries in nature that sticks to the 2% and donald trump has praised that. he even said perhaps written and spend more on defence. in the guardian, the obituary for lord carrington. you met him? i knew peter carrington quite well in the 19905 when he was the european union negotiator tried to bring peace to yugoslavia, the wars between serbia a

boris johnson -- >> in his resignation, boris part said teresa's may is amounted to brexit only. >> it is not too late to save brexit. we have time. -- in these negotiations. we have changed it once and we can change again. a strong independent, self-governing britain that is open to the world. not the miz rabble permanent limbo of checkers. not the deck catic disaster of ongoing harmonization with no way out and no say for the u.k. >> boris johnson. but despite the resignation and the disagreements part of the checkers agreement returned into the customs bill after brexit. but the m.p.'s didn't like that and put down amendments to the bill which the government later accepted. but that upset the remainers who thought those amendments undermine the checker's deal. it all led to some highly personal exchanges later. >> it was margaret thatcher that .hampioned free trade i believe in business. i believe in capital lism. i believe in -- capitalism. >> i worked for margaret thatcher. my honorable friend ain't no margaret tatcher. -- thatcher. i don't pretend to be able to work in margaret t

breaking news this hour brags that means i did it for boris johnson the u.k.'s foreign secretary quits treif amazing embattled government he's the third minister to resign in twenty four hours the latest plans for a soft. police say they are still unable to link the nerve agent used in the amesbury incident to the one used to poison a former russian double agents back in march. plus a journalist who helped whistleblower edward snowden exposed as i said and i say secrets is branded a problem puppet all because he has attended a cyber security conference in russia. and there's the world cup under its last week our correspondent goes to test the quality of women's football in russia so what i call. it should go right out of moscow for trend growth first is already i'm going to go on r t this is r t international coming to you live from the russian capital with me jacques muga welcome to the program breaking news this hour british foreign secretary boris johnson has resigned he's the third minister to quit in just twenty four hours with all three refusing to back t

boris johnson. despite the resignations and the disagreements, pa rt resignations and the disagreements, part of the checkers agreement were turned into the customs bill, on uk— eu cross—border trade. amendments we re eu cross—border trade. amendments were put down to the bill, which the government later accepted. but that upset the remainers who thought the amendments undermined the checkers deal. it led to some feisty and highly personal exchanges later. deal. it led to some feisty and highly personal exchanges latenm was margaret thatcher that championed free trade, as a proud conservative. and i am a tory. i believe in business. i believe in capitalism, i believe in enterprise. i knew margaret thatcher, i worked with margaret thatcher, my honourable friend ain't no margaret thatcher. can i say to my right honourable friend that i don't pretend to be. quite right! able to walk—in margaret thatcher's boots. if we don't deliver frictionless trade either by a customs union or indeed by some

up up or down, in or out of government, there is no—one quite like boris johnson. it is going very well. it is going well he said, hanging in the air. like his future now. borisjohnson like his future now. boris johnson helped like his future now. borisjohnson helped front like his future now. boris johnson helped front the like his future now. borisjohnson helped front the leave campaign. this is a once in a lifetime xans. after he told friends he owned brexit. becoming foreign secretary was a surprise especially to him. butting into brexit negotiations wasn't. sometimes speaking to brussels. the sums i have seen they propose to demand from this country, seem to me to be extortionate and to go whistle is an appropriate expression. and lecturing theresa may. calling the prime minister's ideas crazy in her favourite paper was pushing it. many loyalists thought so. favourite paper was pushing it. many loyalists thought solj favourite paper was pushing it. many loyalists thought so. i don't want him managing the brexit process. this is back seat driving. you could cal

let's talk about boris johnson and his resignation. he of course has big objections to the policy that was presented to him on friday. the the focus now from brexiteers -- is the focus moved to trying to change that plan? and will they be successful? boris johnson certainly was not happy. >> yes, there is some more of this process to go. time is running out to make changes on that. she is replacing the people who are not able to get behind it and now it is going back to brussels. we are going to wait and see. i think the next thing to look for is what brussels comes back with. if they come back saying that this is the basis on which we can start negotiations, i think it is highly unlikely we will see any changes to that proposal. if it is rejected outright, this is going to reopen this debate again. much inthe ball is very europe's court right now. johnson to make trouble is borissa may -- johnson going to make trouble -- is -- going to make trouble for theresa may? you look at the younger ministers who have been mr. johnson remains ve

were boris johnson supporters consider him a politician with genuine charisma and a popular touch but his critics say limitless ambition and would do anything to one day become prime minister but everybody agrees is one of the most distinctive figures in british politics one of the phillips takes a look back at his colorful political career. even his enemies in these days there are many would concede that boris as everyone knows him is unique for years he defied the laws of political gravity playing the clown didn't hurt him it helped him to win election then reelection his mare of london a conservative in a labor city many said a future prime minister. but then this will be advocating but leave boris johnson's surprise many colleagues by campaigning to leave the e.u. he arguably did more than anyone to ensure a victory for. the battle for bricks it was ugly it left scars many cannot forgive boris johnson for using a full statistics and his enemies say for exploiting divisions in british society what do they know the impact of the integration. when david cameron resigned after the bre

borisjohnson boris johnson. i did some work on this. boris johnson is boris johnson. i did some work on this. borisjohnson is still living ina this. borisjohnson is still living in a flat in a place where the foreign secretary can live. the mirror is cross he is still living there having resigned over a week ago. there is a precedent here according to the government, william hague and a labour foreign minister stayed there for several weeks after they lost theirjob. he did resign rather than was sacked, butjeremy hunt is apparently happy with his family in his home and not keen to move into a flat or his family are not there. it is something and nothing. it does not look good and it raises questions as the rollers are about boris on what he is up to. he is not breaking any terrible rules, there are precedents for this. there are all sorts of these flats dotted about and they are pretty much at the grace and favour of the prime minister and if she gets fed up with it, then the time will come when he has to move out anyway. several weeks is the will come when he has to

is it over boris johnson no it certainly appears to be i mean boris johnson being elevated to the foreign office many people saw was just the rise and rise of his career but in many ways this stint in the foreign office has killed off his chances again boris has boris as everyone says he could buy him spock but it seems very unlikely that he would get the backing of enough of his own m.p.'s in a leadership race to make it into the final ballot to members if he did however there is still the possibility that the tory membership would back him and he could end up the prime minister you say at the moment he wouldn't get the backing i mean he's very popular still with the grassroots supporters of the conservative party what happens if there is a grassroots rebellion if if members of parliament are going back to their constituencies and getting criticism from from party members locally. as i said boris johnson very popular with the local party members still i mean what happens if there is a grassroots rebellion within the conservative party not just in the parliamentary one well certainly that

the fact that boris johnson is policy about which boris johnson. .. the fact that borisjohnson is going to lead britain in the world after brexit, then when the west balkans is looking for leadership there is an empty chair. this is what baffles me, if he is about boris then surely he would give himself the most positive image and the greatest possible opportunity to present this case and for this followers to rally behind him. for a case and for this followers to rally behind him. fora long case and for this followers to rally behind him. for a long time, case and for this followers to rally behind him. fora long time, a case and for this followers to rally behind him. for a long time, a lot of brexit backbenchers have been looking at him, saying can you please stand up against what they felt was a derailment of brexit under theresa may. i suppose for them, the front page of the telegraph is really... your paper is how they perceive boris, the man of principle, the statesman, the man who not only has the intellectual heft, the historical knowledge an

theresa may telling boris johnson, the former westminster. theresa may telling borisjohnson, the former foreign secretary, he she was a little surprised to receive his resignation. we will be back with more sharply. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willets. it has been another sweltering day. 29 is the highest i have seen. we have had more cloud in the sky is floating around, as you see here in worcestershire. there has been a drop in temperature in the dark of england. this is why, because of the cloud. a noticeable dip in temperature across scotland. we have another one fan approaching from the atlantic, but this one is giving a spot of drizzle as we go through the evening. it will introduce a fresh breeze into northern areas. it will be more bearable for sleeping here. more cloud across scotland. quite uncomfortable further side. behind those were front, there lord humidity air. there will be more cloud through the day, which will move into northern ireland on tuesday. the temperatures will be on a par with those today. f

foreign minister boris johnson he released a statement a short while ago he wrote that it was with sadness that he had stepped down from his role as board minister he said that may's softer negotiating position meant that the brakes it dream was dying in referring to the plan to remain closely aligned to certain e.u. laws joe johnson wrote that the u.k. was headed for the status of colony. you know she said that she was a little surprised over johnson's resignation she thought that she had support for her negotiating plan so where did this come from. i. thought that she had hammered out a deal with a cabinet just on friday last week that basically says we want the you to give us a free trade deal or free trade zone and she was surprised that then two senior ministers said no to that after only a few days. but now she will follow this approach and she will issue of white paper on thursday laying out her position and then if she will go with a new directive negotiated to brussels trying to convince the you to give her what she wants she said very loudly and clear today again she wants to be

as boris johnson the poster boy for the u.k.'s leave campaign becomes the second minister to quit over to reason may's brags that plans. donald trump is to announce his nominee for the supreme court in a move which could consolidate a conservative majority in the country's highest court. for more boys are rescued from a flooded cave in thailand but five others still remain underground. and collective punishment israel seals a key road crossing into gaza blocking a major access point for vital supplies. ok let's begin with our political crisis in the u.k. for divisions over prime minister teresa mayes bragg's its strategy have led to two major resignations threatening to tear the ruling conservative party. apart first ago was david davis he was brags that secretary and he was leading the go she ations with the e.u. davis quit on sunday night in protest against may's plan for a softer brags that what she'd agreed with her cabinet on friday less than twenty four hours later foreign secretary bardas and johnson announced he too was l

i like boris johnson. a friend of borisjohnson? like boris johnson. a friend of boris johnson? hardly wait to like boris johnson. a friend of borisjohnson? hardly wait to make nice with theresa may. she had the a nswer nice with theresa may. she had the answer with her relationship with their president, her party and the eu. i am looking forward to positive discussions with president trump. we will talk about the trade issues and we are looking for the time when we leave the european union, we will be able in the implementation period to negotiate and sign trade deals with the rest of the world which can then come into effect by december 20 20. angela merkel said that it is good that the chequers proposals are on the table and the irish leader also said today it might be time to budge. as we have always said, if the uk was able to relax from some of its red line, then the eu should be flexible as well and i think perhaps we are now entering into that space. but the struggles for theresa may are not over. two more mps quit their party posts this afternoon. maria caulfield and be

leaves the european union in a bombshell move foreign minister boris johnson resigned today dealing a blow to prime minister theresa may his departure came just hours after that of david davis the man in charge of negotiating britain's exit from the e.u. the british cabinet has been bitterly divided on how the blue forward on the brakes that strategy just on friday the prime minister should cured a hard won agreement from her cabinet today during a stormy session in parliament theresa may think the two ministers for their work but she was repeatedly interrupt. turning to mr speaker i want to pay tribute to my right elbow friends. the members. the members the men this whole surprising how to talk speech in south priceless that was i. i i i. we do not agree about the best way to differing our shared commitments to one of the results of the referendum but i want to recognize the work of the full of a sect of state exit in the european union for the work he did to establish a new car and steer and steer through parliament some of the most important legislation for generations and some of

getting around won't be as easy as boris johnson things boris johnson has all this is about is basically a campaign to leave him he was absolutely shocked when that results came in and most of us thought he's only campaigning to leave because he wants to get the support of the hard line breaks out here tory m.p.'s when the next leadership challenge comes and should to reason may choose to step down or should a vote of no confidence not be beyond the realms of possibility right now what's the possibility if you think there's someone new would really be able to bring the two warring sides of the party together. it just isn't possible there is no one person on either side who can unite the tory party around this issue i am the most divisive issue and it takes me back to the one nine hundred ninety s. when an then tory prime minister john major who is trying to preside over a tory party to be divided in parliament over whether or not we should join the common currency and at the end of his term you had a labor landslide and i think most property trees and money may limp home till the next ge

johnson -- departure of boris johnson. erdogan cements control. he will now appoint the country's central bank governor and has named his son-in-law the economy czar. oficap under a little bit pressure this morning. good morning. welcome. you are watching "bloomberg markets: european open." bloomberg'snson at european headquarters in london. hugo boss is an upgrade. sky trading a little bit higher. let me take you to the downside, what i think -- where i think feature.s the dominant 39.2% to the downside is where we currently stand with tp icap. bbva an little bit lower this morning as well. european markets at a headline level sort of jerking sideways, if we are being sideways -- honest. chancellor angela merkel has praised china for opening up to foreign investment, john a contrast between the countries -- a drawing a contrast between the countries trade relations. u.s. president donald trump has nominated judge brett kavanaugh for a seat on the supreme court, a choice that could create the most conservative bench in gen

this is you know we news live from berlin shock resignation british foreign secretary boris johnson calls it quits he's the latest high profile member of prime minister to resubmit his cabinet to abandon her in the midst of growing briggs it turmoil throwing the british government into disarray we're in london and brussels also coming up more boys are rescued from the flooded caves in thailand they've been rushed to the hospital for a check up meanwhile teams of divers have been working to bring out those still stuck inside and president heir to one of turkey is sworn in for a second term this time with the fans powers under a new can constitution but the nation remains deeply divided we'll have a special report from istanbul. plus china's prime minister meets germany's chancellor for trade talks and they pledge to stand up for free trade in the face of president trump's tariffs. the moment. i am playing. it's great to have you along i'm a little rock. we begin this broadcast in the u.k. where prime minister theresa may suffered a huge blow would just months ago before britain cuts ties w

is it over for boris johnson no it certainly appears to be i mean boris johnson being elevated to the foreign office many people saw was just the rise and rise of his career but in many ways this stint in the foreign office has killed off his chances again boris has boris as everyone says he could buy him spock but it seems very unlikely that he would get the backing of enough of his own m.p.'s in a leadership race to make it into the final ballot to members if he did however there is still the possibility that the tory membership would back him and he could end up the prime minister you say at the moment he wouldn't get the backing i mean he's very popular still with the grassroots supporters of the conservative party what happens if there is a grassroots rebellion if if members of parliament are going back to their constituencies and getting criticism from from party members locally. as i said boris johnson very popular with the local party members still i mean what happens if there is a grassroots rebellion within the conservative party not just in the parliamentary one well certai

hard line brexiteers are looking to boris johnson intact. hard line brexiteers are looking to borisjohnson to fight for the brexit they want. the struggle is just beginning. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg is with me. first the state of this brexit process ? first the state of this brexit process? sometimes brexit feels like a complicated novel that is boring and you forget the plot. it alls seems to be so obscure. well today has been like being in the middle of a fast—paced political thriller with two seniorfigure a fast—paced political thriller with two senior figure stalking out, because they believe that the government's main policy, their plan for brexit, theresa may's agonisingly crafted compromise, is not really brexit. for the more than 17 million people who voted leave, they're being told by those two figureheads they're not getting what they bargained for and the prime minister is backsliding on the promises she made. what we don't know is what those two men, particularly borisjohnson, know is what those two men, particul

he liked boris johnson very much. he did not think very much of sadiq khan's handling of london as mayor. some of the pages, how they picked up on this story. comments on domestic u.k. policy. both leaders due to meet at the countrynister's he is nowpermit crucially managing partner at the advisory business flynn global. he joins us on set. how unprecedented is this for a sitting president to criticize the policies of the u.k. prime minister? let me start by saying andica is a great country -- it is an intervention in domestic politics. the patronizing criticism is something which will alienate a lot of people. >> is his intervention actually about u.k. u.s. trade, or is it more he is concerned about the direction brexit is going in having an impact on the sort of populist views of some of his electorate? >> i think it is a bit of both. as we know, he originally said he was in favor of brexit and supported a harder form of brexit. his position to take a view on that. on the trade point, it is true if the u.k. remains

xfinity xfi, simple, easy, awesome. >>> president trump has doubled down on his support for boris johnson. in an explosive interview he said the former british foreign secretary could make a great prime minister and comments he made following johnson's resignation earlier this week. head of political risk economics and country risk of the market joins us on the set. it's not every day that "the sun" is the number one paper in this country for us to read. not necessarily lately the bottcomments, though, do ex an interesting riff. the special relationship before trump arrives and an interesting comment from trump and may and the comments from the president have been hugely damaging from may's policy measures and her personally >> i think it depends on how it plays. i don't know how popular trump is with the british public with members of the conservative party, this is not going to help >> what if it was theresa may visiting the united states and also suggested that somebody else in the republican party make a better president? >> i don't think it would play out very well. you have to look

we were told by number ten this morning that it was sajid javid in concert with boris johnson, morning that it was sajid javid in concert with borisjohnson, so morning that it was sajid javid in concert with boris johnson, so a joint effort, though it was sajid javid who sent the letter. downing street would not go so far as to say the prime minister agreed initially, when asked if she agreed with it they would not say that. but she changed her chin so by the end of the afternoon she agreed, so they got themselves into a bit of a frankel, because it is a central tenet of a political and legal syste m tenet of a political and legal system here that we don't support the death penalty. and this is essentially britain if you want to say turning a blind eye almost what happens to these guys right up until execution, as long as they go to the united states, it gets them off our hands. what is also interesting is that sajid javid clearly for me has an eye on becoming the next tory leader, there will be a leadership contest probably sooner rather than later, and this is the type of foreign pol

if boris johnson is right that voted leave —— ban the. if borisjohnson is right and this leaves us as only you colony, that's a different vibe among the conservatives? —— lambie. a different vibe among the conservatives? -- lambie. it's all about tapping into public opinion and explaining why the chequers deal is bad and doesn't delay deliver on the brexit promised in the referendum —— than the. if they can change the public view, and number 10 are seeing that the public aren't happy with this approach, then they will change their position. be ongoing to revisit the chequers arrangement. despite the fact theresa may got through this day of turmoil, in some ways what it has done is entrenched those divisions in the party —— be ongoing. that won't be easy to resolve. —— the ongoing. a couple of points on the leadership challenge. one is pragmatic, brexit backing tories realise the clock is ticking and to have a three—month long leadership contest might throw the whole thing into jeopardy. if theresa contest might throw the

personal statement, mr boris johnson. after decades in which uk ministers have gone to brussels and expostulated against costly eu regulation, we are now claiming that we must accept everyjot and tittle. we continue to make the fatal mistake of underestimating the intelligence of the public. ouch. he says the government's telling you one thing and doing another. a convinced small band of brexiteers surrounded him today but some former remainers stayed away. it is not too late to save brexit. we have time in these negotiations. we have changed tack once, and we can change against. the problem is not that we failed to make the case for a free—trade agreement. we haven't even tried. not even two weeks ago, he signed up to the plan hatched here at chequers, where they are doing already? mrjohnson making the case that the government would have to change course and returned to the prime minister's proposals she set out ina prime minister's proposals she set out in a speech more than a year ago. let us again aim explicitly for

they were boris johnson it was about. boris johnson. there was a business mentality image an image an image but no substance is marginally better for a staffer only he stopped. the food and. i think nothing's changed the atmosphere changes as time goes on but i would say something to do with for signs of. the issues that the con is the visit could have been mismanagement on boris johnson but on that if the mayors fall for this think of society that has to be the one thing that's going to have to be done it's going to be many things i think it's a bit of why the picture they need to understand is that the social issues behind. us is expanding its overseas military presence according to marine corps and general joseph dunford there are now three hundred thousand personnel in one hundred seventy seven countries that's up from two hundred thousands last year the maps. as the countries where the u.s. military bases are located however figures cited by general dunford painted a much wider picture he also mentioned stayed with the flow number

david davis resigned, boris johnson the following day to sign up for the prime minister's compromise. >> personal statement. >> theresa may's plan amounted to brexit in name only. >> we have time in these negotiations, changed tack once again. an independent self-governing, not the miserable permanent limbo, not the democratic disaster of ongoing harmonization with no way out and no safe for the uk. marymac despite the resignations and disagreement, would turn into the customs bill, uk eu cross-border trade after brexit. they didn't like that and put down amendments to the bill which the government later accepted. the remainders of those amendments undermine the field. >> it was margaret thatcher the championed free-trade as a proud conservative. i believe in business, capitalism. >> i knew margaret thatcher, i worked for margaret thatcher. my honorable friend is no margaret thatcher. >> can i drive you. >> i don't pretend to be able to walk in margaret thatcher absolute. if we do not deliver frictionless trade either by a customs union or some magical way the prime minister can deliv

but boris johnson i think would be a great prime minister. i also said that this incredible woman right here is doing a fantastic job. >> reporter: so there the president is saying that him saying that boris johnson would make a great prime minister is unrelated to the current prime minister theresa may. of course that does seem related to it. boris johnson actually does seem the rival to theresa may who could take her job as prime minister in the coming weeks. she is in a very politically weak state right now here in the uk. so it is hard to understate that. but you can hear from the president himself. he was also asked about his relationship with another world leader the german chancellor angela merkel. listen to what he had to say about that. >> i have a great relationship with angela merkel. great relationship with germany. but i think that is very much her germany. >> reporter: so the president there insisting throughout that press conference that he has a great relationship with these two world leader, both who he has heavily criticized

the president also said that boris johnson would make a good prime minister. it should make a very interesting dinner tonight and meetings tomorrow at the british prime minister's home out in the country called checkers. both the president and theresa may came to the u.k. after the nato summit in brussels which had its rank or at moments as well. the president walking into a meeting this morning and basically saying you need to up your contributions to nato or the united states, it will make some changes of its own. they eventually got what they wanted and a new commitment financially and militarily to the northern alliance. it took some tough love to get there though. listen to what the president said earlier. >> they thought it was a great thing that i was doing it and they gave us their best wishes. though with that said we will see what happens. just a loose meeting, it's not going to be a big schedule, i don't think it will take a very long period of time. but we will see where it leads. it could lead to something very productive, and maybe it's not. >> t

it got across that boris johnson had agreed to this, boris... it got across that borisjohnson had agreed to the chequers deal, and he didn't come out the cabinet until after my na m esa ke out the cabinet until after my namesake came out. so out the cabinet until after my namesake came out. so it wasn't so obvious that he should come out. there was a big criticism of the timing of his resignation, that he had only done it because david davis had only done it because david davis had jumped first and he thought we can't let david davis have all the coverage, so can't let david davis have all the coverage, so he jumped can't let david davis have all the coverage, so hejumped as can't let david davis have all the coverage, so he jumped as well. can't let david davis have all the coverage, so hejumped as well. who knows whether it really was that. this was his chance to put himself forward with lots of statesmanlike phrases, putting the boot into theresa may, not calling for a vote of no confidence or for her resignation but presenting himself as the

. >> boris johnson thought despite the resignation and disagreements, part of the agreement would turn into the customs bill on uk eu cross border trade. but brexit mps didn't like that and put down amendments to the bill which the government later accepted. but that upset the remainders who thought there were personal exchanges later. >> it was margaret thatcher that championed free trade as a proud conservati conservative. and i believe in business. i believe in capitalism. i believe in exercise. >> if i knew margaret thatcher, i worked for margaret thatcher, this is not no margaret thatcher. [ arguing ] >> i don't pretend to be able to walk in margaret thatcher's shoes. if we do not deliver frictionless trade either by a customs union or indeed by some magical third way that the prime minister can deliver them, if we do not do that, thousands of folks will go. >> they made the first speech since his resignation. >> the risk and cost of having a customs border are less that is being claimed and what we're giving up to join the customs unit is much more than we imagined. the european