david davis announcing just after midnight that he is now going. we were hoping to go live to brussels but for technical reasons we cannot right now. hopefully we'll get some analysis from their later on. moving on to other stories are. —— to other stories. xiaomi shares, initially priced at 17 hong kong dollars per share, have dropped nearly 3% on debut on the hong kong stock exchange. the share sale values the chinese smartphone maker at below $50 billion, which is a far cry from the $100 billion valuation touted one year ago. let's go to our asia business hub, where karishma vaswani is following the story. why was it not that week, massive flotation that many expected? it has been a difficult start for the smartphone maker xiaomi, when it debuted this morning, initially at one point four and more than 3.5% at recovering. mainly, investors are concerned about the valuation of the company, they think it has been priced too expensively. initially the public offering has been priced at around 17 hong kong dollars per share, at the bottom of the

this is not about the departure of one man, david davis. it is about two competing visions for the future of the country that have been locked against each other in the cabinet throughout the negotiations. arguably for decades. that is what is broken out. however the prime minister tries to play it, this isn't about one man had not been able to live with the compromise on friday. it is actually about something that goes to the heart of the problem which is this division. i think that after the referendum the prime minister made a fundamental mistake because, instead of trying to bring the country together, she issued very hard red lines which made negotiations extremely difficult and she has never really recovered from that. let's get more on the use about the new brexit secretary. david davis resigned last night saying he is no longer the best person. good morning. there is only one talking point at westminster and that is a resignation of david davis and the implications and the potential for further resignations and the new appointment a

david davis was at the forefront of all those negotiations. what happened this week was that all the ministers gathered together at the ministers gathered together at the uk prime minister's summer residence chequers and went over what we called a policy document do what we called a policy document do what they came out with were the proposals that theresa may would ta ke forward proposals that theresa may would take forward to the eu to say this is how we want our future relationship with the eu to look like. what they wanted was unity on these matters. and she was harsh about it in the sense that like it or lump it, if you do not toe the line then resigned. and here we see the first very high profile resignation in her cabinet. and now, of course, in the next few hours we will blow over this, whether this house of cards collapsing around her. ringing you some information that theresa may has responded to david davis's resignation letter, still waiting to get the contents of that letter and his exact words but she says he disagrees with david

david davies discussing his resignation. police investigating the death of a woman exposed to a nerve agent in wiltshire are continuing to stress that the risk to the wider public is low. dawn sturgess and her partner are believed to have fallen ill after handling an item contaminated with novichok. assistant commissioner neil basu is the uk's counter terrorism chief — and he gave this update to reporters at scotland yard earlier this lunchtime. it is both shocking and utterly appalling that a british citizen has died having been exposed to a knowledge of nerve agent. make no mistake, we are determined to find out how dawn and her partner charlie came into contact with such a deadly substance and we will do everything we possibly can to bring those responsible to justice. we possibly can to bring those responsible tojustice. 0ur immediate thoughts and prayers are with dawn's family. they are coming to terms with the loss of a loved one in unimaginable circumstances. she was only 44 years old. she leaves behind two grown up

david davis was teetering a while ago.|j am glad he has actually resigned, he has threatened to resign a few times. iam has threatened to resign a few times. i am glad he has come to this decision. why didn't he resigned on friday? he has effectively gone into chequers, signed up as a member of cabinet to collective responsibility that this is the negotiating plan the government will use going forward , the government will use going forward, and we get to sunday night and he has changed his mind. i am surprised he effectively signed up to it, allowed the impression to go out that the cabinet was united around it, and hours before the prime minister is due to make a statement in the house of commons and crucially met her mps to sell the plan, he has resigned. my first thought is that i don't think it will have the impact he thinks it will have the impact he thinks it will have. i think he thinks it will bring down the government and start a chain reaction in which michael gove and boris johnson a chain reaction in which mic

yours ever, david davis. we will be picking through this morning the wording of the letter, david davis's concerns, and those all important questions about where this leaves theresa may and her government. and as is tradition with these things, and it seems so different to have one that followed by another, she says i am sorry when you have chosen to leave the government would we have been so successful moving towards a smooth brexit. we are coming close to the date set in law when the united kingdom will leave the eu. we will have analysis of what that means for the government and the future of brexit throughout the programme on bbc breakfast this morning. a murder investigation has been launched after a woman who came into contact with the nerve agent novichok in wiltshire has died. dawn sturgess and her partner fell ill last weekend in the town of amesbury, close to where the former russian agent sergei skripal and his daughter were poisoned with the same substance in march. a risky operation to rescue eig

tonight, david davis and boris johnson are still in post. tonight, david davis and borisjohnson are no longer in government, having expressed their strong dislike of the brexit strategy. in mrjohnson‘s case that dislike asman expressed this evening in the strongest terms. how secure is mrs may? word is at leave the uk approach to the last phase of the brexit talks? laura kuenssberg is back. let's focus on the prime minister's own position. how do you read it? there are two competing theories. one is this day looks like a complete fiasco. you have a group of d oze ns a complete fiasco. you have a group of dozens of tory rebels adamant privately they are going to do everything in their power to stop this chequers compromise brokered at the end of last week from going ahead. dark mutterings about threats of more ministers walking out. we don't know how committed they are to that. how seriously are they going to try to take any potential moves against theresa may. the competing theory is, well, this has been a very rocky day. but actually, the

here's a david davis protege and if anything he is more hardline than david davis. he was described by someone this morning as an intellectual version of david davis. i don't believe for a minute that dominic raab believes in this negotiating position. he may be a little more inscrutable than david davis are not have the sort of economy that david davis has. when he sits opposite michel barnier is he going to believe what he is saying? i find, i struggle to believe it. where do we go from here, do you think?” struggle to believe it. where do we go from here, do you think? i think it's difficult. the government made a promise on the irish border and vote leave made a promise on the irish border that cannot be reconciled with a proper brexit. you have to have regulatory and custom circuitry. they have another problem with what happens in terms of our freedom to strike trade deals, which can be reconciled with that and it has an unwillingness and seemingly inability to either understand that trade off, let alone communicate it to anyone else and at some point you ass

dominic rob the housing minister has been appointed to replace david davies he's somebody like david davis who's also convinced breck city as somebody who has argued for greg securing become pain crucially in contrast to david davies he's somebody who supports to reason may's check us announcement from friday and he thinks it's the way the best way forward now we probably don't have to wait for long before the brick city is would say that this is a betrayal in their course because it is very very controversial what the prime minister has announced david davis has said that he still supports terrorism a does not want to see her fall but that might be a wish really watching the developments in london and seeing if there are more resignations or not it is definitely a crucial day in a crucial week which reason may and barbara in brussels are these latest developments and turmoil in the u.k. prime minister tourism is government being viewed there. there is me of course some research because everybody here had hoped to check his announcement the piece might hold at least for a little bit

david davis was an obvious choice for brexit secretary in 2016. a keen brexiteer and experienced minister. now stepping back from front line politics with a warning. that the government has given away too much, too easily. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. the prime minister thought she had sold this new plan to her cabinet last week. where does this resignation leave that strategy?” think it is a genuine bombshell moment. we are always in for the smoke and dust to clear to see exactly how much damage it has caused, whether it is just a 48—hour hiatus, and then life returns to normal, or whether it has caused so much damage that it leads to the colla pse much damage that it leads to the collapse of theresa may's whole brexit strategy. certainly, reading david davis's resignation statement, it is clear notjust that he is deeply unhappy with the chequers plan, but also deeply unhappy with theresa may's whole approach, accusing him of progressively diluting key brexit objectives, saying taking back power will only bea

everybody discussing the decision of david davis, what is your take? there are three reasons he went, firstly is the shape of the deal which is different from what he hoped, he wanted to have managed by buttons and our own trade policy and do things our own way, and this thing about a common rule book which means things would be a light when it comes to goods. there is the way it comes to goods. there is the way it was negotiated. he had a dwindling role in the negotiations as one of the powerful civil serva nts to as one of the powerful civil servants to overcome the only had four rows negotiating face—to—face with michel barnier and he was being sidelined and he was also meant to go on sidelined and he was also meant to goona sidelined and he was also meant to go on a tour of european cities to be the salesperson for this deal and in his letter he described himself asa in his letter he described himself as a conscript rather than a willing leader on it. for all of those reasons he thought that they needed a secretary of state in this department w

worked for david davis and so is very much on the same page as david davis, albeit he'sjoined is very much on the same page as david davis, albeit he's joined the cabinet and therefore at the moment is part of the chequers agreement. you have not explained mill gibson. would you like me to? david davis says it's not the best outcome if there is no deal, it's not the best outcome although people getting terribly frightened about it as if it's the end of the world, it's not like that. you have two extremes, utopians and dystopian is. at one end you expect mill gibson to walk oi'i end you expect mill gibson to walk on stage and at the other end it's buy nothing will happen. i don't think that reassures anybody and does not add a lot to the sum total of whether a no deal will be catastrophic. that was a rather tenuous link. what he does say which is also interesting and whether you accept it or not is dependent on your views and so on, he says what's the problem at dover because one of the problem at dover because one of the problems raised often is queues at dover and nobody can get out

will she replace david davis, and if so, with her? there is a lot of suggestion that michael gove will be the sort of replacement of david davis and he has put himself out there as the brexiteer that remainers can work with, which is a convoluted sort of statement. most of this is about how civil servants negotiate between each other and mr davies's nose was put out ofjoint because the chief was moved into number ten, away from him. ithink was moved into number ten, away from him. i think this is really down to bureaucrats to sort out. i think thatis bureaucrats to sort out. i think that is where it will go. it was a lwa ys that is where it will go. it was always going to be a soft and not a ha rd always going to be a soft and not a hard brexit, which is what the brexiteers wanted, and i think we will get more of that going forward. we will look through the other stories in our news briefing and the media's analysis of what some are calling disarray in government, as david davis resigns as brexit secretary. we will be live to brussels

they signed up johnson and david davis? they signed up to johnson and david davis? they signed uptoa johnson and david davis? they signed up to a two days ago. you heard the threats, anyone who wants to walk will be getting a taxi. big deal! i don't believe that all members of the house of commons fully appreciated the implications of what happened on friday yet. i don't think the public have. we have already seen a movement in the polls, as people become aware of the full implications of the proposals put forward by the prime minister at chequers, the country will be an uproar. according to mrs may, the uk is leaving the single market, the customs union, we will be controlling our own immigration, british courts will be in charge, and all of that without breaking up the union. job done! have you read the union. job done! have you read the independent legal advice on the opinion on the deal?” the independent legal advice on the opinion on the deal? i have read mrs may's three page briefing, we are all waiting for the white paper.” have read the independent legal

he is david davis's protege because he used to work for him. but he is going in with a slightly less much of sas, ex—sas approach. he is more of a lawyer about it after being a lawyer at the foreign office. and you might as well try everything you can to try and get something working.|j agree that we should not be handing over lots of money for nothing in return, absolutely, in fact, this is quite match to say we're not going to hand over... yes, the tone is slightly... this is, it has very little to do with negotiations, it is about trying to get everybody on site within the conservative party. i don't know, it is about the negotiation ultimately. clearly, the european union and david davis had made this point in his interview, if they think they have got the money they think they have got the money they want from us, they have got other things, there is no reason to give ground. 0ne other things, there is no reason to give ground. one of the things we have got is our money. it is a very important factor for them. he says the ball is now in

borisjohnson and david davies did. also to leave me with her inability to unite her cabinet around her. if she cannot unite the cabinets, how can she unite the cabinets, how can she unite the cabinets, how can she unite the country around this brexit deal which is the tragedy unfolding. todayis deal which is the tragedy unfolding. today is the date it is happening. i cannot see what she does to get this on track. people watching, your opponents, will say given the divisions in labour, if they were in power are trying to put through a brexit policy, you would be experiencing the same kind of turbulence that this government is having? we have had our rows and severe divisions in recent years but actually, i know is to be the most united we have been with kier starmer leading our brexit strategy and jeremy uniting the party round a position. we could actually have a united position and that is something worth playing for a tragedy for me is we are in opposition. all we can do is suggest a way forward to the prime minister

resigns david davis's departure is fueling turmoil within the government and raising the prospect of a the potential leadership battle we will ask what this means for breakfast just nine months before the u.k. leaves the e.u. . i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program in thailand the rescue operation to free a young football team from a flooded cave has resumed a team of international divers will guide the next group of boys through four kilometers of dark and at times tight passage ways on sunday the first four boys were extracted from the cave and taken to the hospital the latest reports say that the boys are hungry but in good. health and being kept from their families in order to avoid infections the elite divers now have to replenish air tanks placed along the route before they can continue it is a six hour journey from where the boys were trapped to the entrance of the cave the team spent nine days unaccounted for before they were found perched on an elevated shelf. and for more let's bring in correspondent florian nose who has been covering the story from the very beginning and

are they putting away the david davis resignation? >> we have the news reports with we could seeen and something towards a softer b is able to move his belief and he was on the sunday shows. need ae you don't comedian. maybe you need somebody with pragmatism. the bank of england, negotiation and disarray on monday. do you think that would shape the bank of england? they have the data they need? is aviously, there leadership challenge and that is a different matter and to move and nothing happening in they don'tst and want to be seen as politicizing they hope to have more and we get the monthly gdp and the rates go higher. >> thank you. and itwatching the pound is continuing to spike. of any weekundoing guess that we have been seeing. we will discuss what that means for german manufacturers. >> we will bring you the exclusive interview with martin at 2:00. this is bloomberg. >> it is 10:17 and we are just under 43 minutes away from the start of the cash trading day. a testing of the highs in xita and there is a soft bre on the table. a

resigns david davis steps down after a scathing attack on the beleaguered british prime minister his departure fueling turmoil within the government and raising the prospect of a potential leadership battle we will ask what it means for bright city and for the british government just nine months before britain leaves the e.u. . also coming up a murder inquiry is launched in the u.k. after a woman exposed to the soviet era nerve agent no be chalked dies her death in the town of saulsbury comes just after four months just four months after rather a former russian spy and his daughter were attacked there were the same nerve agents and the high risk rescue operation in thailand has restarted to save eight boys and their football coach who are still stuck in a vast flooded cave system with fears of rising waters the clock is ticking. plus all of the action from stage two of the tour de france it was decided by a sprint to the line peter sagal did just enough to seize victory after a fast pileup into the field. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program britain's prime minister to. recent mega

breaks it minister david davis was very much a hard liner davis clashed frequently and publicly with his european union counterpart michel barnier a despite political positive spin on their strained relations. you know it says. the devices. undoubtedly be challenging times ahead of us in the negotiations and we will do all we can deliver a deal best interest of citizens explaining why he quit david davis says he fears to reason may's approach will leave the u.k. in a weak negotiating position with less than nine months to go until britain leaves the e.u. this high profile ministerial departure will be seen as a significant setback and for more let's bring in correspondent baerga mass who has the latest from london and in brussels barbara vessel is joining us and barrett i'd like to begin with you because david davis has just been speaking about his resignation what's he been saying. well he said that the reason there was a good prime minister and that she deserves the support so he doesn't want to see father resignations he doesn't want to see her toppled he said he did not deliberat

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 respectable face of the opposition from the backbenches, and he will certainly milk it. the chamber was pretty empty, he was surrounded by his kabbalah supporters, he chose to sit in the very spot where a previous famous putting the boot in, the dead sheep speech, which was a lot more effective than the speech will be, because there were so many other quarrels and fights going on that there were too many to keep your eye on boris. this one not quite in the same league. i see that jacob rees—mogg has said he gave a statesmanlike speech and he spends a lot of time putting his hands

the british minister for exiting the eu, david davis, has quit hisjob only for exiting the eu, david davis, has quit his job only a few days after the government agreed their policy on brexit. more on that to come. first in other news... nearly twenty million viewers watched england's world cup quarter—final victory over sweden yesterday. nearly 4 million also live streamed the match from airports, on planes and even at weddings on their mobile phones. well the england team are now in recovery mode ahead of wednesday's semi—final with croatia. dan roan reports from russia how to celebrate pulling off one of the biggest wins in your country's history? for england this morning, first a gentle yoga session back at their training base, followed by a spot of light shopping in the local village, the players happy to have extended their stay here, after yesterday's success in samara. england's 2—0 win over sweden, their first world cup quarterfinal victory in 28 years, was their most impressive to date here in russia. yet again, they proved a threat from set pieces, while goalkeeperjo

davis's number two, steve baker, where we understand david davis's numbertwo, steve baker, has resigned this power. that's on top of the resignation we just had about half an hour ago of the brexit secretary, david davis. we've got more on this to come but steve baker, the uk brexit department minister in the uk has also resigned. safety, forgiven for interrupting you. the light rising, the sun meaning we are probably closer to the fact that these divers are going to go back in and the rescue mission will be under way. we urge it is about 500m from the cave entrance. we've seen a number of police and emergency workers going up police and emergency workers going up the track but an excellent start, they brought out for boys yesterday. much quicker than we were expecting. this was always from the start of a race against time and against the weather. more heavy rain is forecast here and when it rains here, it really rains. that's what caught the boys out in the first place. this is a complicated rescue operation and it could be complicated further if heavy rain comes. they really are racin

david davis and boris johnson that understand why the david davis and borisjohnson that is difficult but we should not be distracted as a country to think i‘m a my goodness, we need to go into a leadership election —— oh my goodness. i said when i thought we should have won and that is not now. theresa may would not have been surprised presumably by the resignations of david davis but maybe more so by borisjohnson. david davis but maybe more so by boris johnson. shouldn‘t she david davis but maybe more so by borisjohnson. shouldn‘t she have seen this coming? it is always a high risk strategy, getting people together, it was almost a private meeting which happened in public. you knew they were locked in for 12 hours. it was almost too public. these things should have been organised sooner and maybe we spent too long guessing to friday‘s agreement but that is the agreement nevertheless that is in place. you can‘t use a word like agreement? nevertheless that is in place. you can't use a word like agreement? you can. even though a couple of cabinet ministers have said they

also on the programme: here in the uk, the brexit minister david davis sensationally quits the government. and, a british woman who'd been exposed to the nerve agent novichok has died. the prime minister theresa may says she's appalled and shocked. —— where it looks like. hello and welcome to bbc news. i am sophie long live at the cave in northern thailand were looks like the operation to bring the people remaining in the cave to safety. in the last few moments, we have seen five ambulances go down that track towards the cave. it is deep in the cave, in that mountain, four kilometres in that nine people were made. there have been there now for more than two weeks. the rescue mission began at 10am sunday morning local time. 18 expert divers, supported by a team of over 70 international and thai divers, entered the cave to attempt to guide the boys to safety. medics assessed the group to determine who would come out first. then, in total darkness, two divers swam with each child tethered to the diver in front. they followed a previously laid guide rope to help over difficult terrain. it

davis and boris johnson have they wanted, in effect david davis and borisjohnson have undermined the negotiating position, because they have acknowledged that there is not the support for it. no matter what she argues, they can say, you do not have the support back home. these things are complex and personnel and i think that david davis had been undermined by a theresa may taking his top civil servant away and then creating and negotiating team in number 10. that was like margaret thatcher and nigel lawson and geoffrey howe with the appointment of alan waters. then boris was in a difficult situation because if he had let david davis lows as the leader of the brexit protest group, then boris loses a bit of street cred and he had to go as well. you will know the analogy i will draw, is theresa may now in the position thatjohn major was in 1995 she effectively should not wait for a leadership challenge, she should provoke them and say, if you want me out, let us have the leadership challenge? it is an option, but i think she would win. there is no consensus as to who to put in her plac

david davis. the pound is up. traveln, of course, we or migrate after the week in london, president trump shows up to brussels for nato. tom: with angela merkel and macron. you wonder how the prime minister's position has changed in brussels given what has just happened in the last day. the next eight or nine days will be surveillance crazy. the chinese prime minister receives a military honor from the german chancellor in berlin. we have some pictures of that. and then a news conference at 2:00 p.m. there you go. the military honors for the chinese premier. now, on to what else we are watching for today. the bloomberg first word news from new york city. taylor: theresa may's government has been thrown into crisis. david davis and his deputy have quit in protest over theresa may's plan for a soft exit from the european union. policy has but the u.k. in a weak position. theresa may says her plan would help the u.k. keep close ties to the eu after leaving the block. four members of a youth soccer aam flooded -- trap

davis what is it about that agreement that is upsetting david davis obviously quite past.

if he was scheming he would have resigned before david davis beat him to it. i agree with dominic rabb, there were occasions when he could have resigned and he kept some dignity. if he came to the commons and voted against heathrow people would have respected him for that, he would have had to stand down but would have people respected him for sticking to this word. then david davis resigned last night, boris johnson could have resigned quite quickly, but then he missed the west balkans summit, a german politician asked where he was, he was meant to be at the meeting as the host and then he was meant to be at a cobra meeting. has number one concern is himself. unfortunate given the foreign office, as we heard from james landale earlier, has had the policy about which boris johnson. .. 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 sure

his departure follows that of david davis as brexit secretary overnight. mrjohnson‘s resignation has fuelled serious speculation about the future of mrs may's leadership. today's events took place just three days after the prime minister secured a hard—won agreement in cabinet on the shape of the brexit process. borisjohnson has yet to make any public statement. david davis said he couldn't support theresa may's brexit plan, saying it gave away too much to the eu too quickly. theresa may paid tribute to the two men, but said she didn't agree with them about the best way of honouring the referendum result. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, is at westminster for us. jority. thank you. this is a very serious moment for the government, a very serious moment for theresa may, and for her brexit compromise which had taken her many moneys to try to broker with her cabinet. she thought he had got to a moment of unity on friday. but at midnight david davis smashed that apart and boris johnson's resignation round three o'clock made things worse. in the last

guy: david, the pound is barely moving this morning on the back of the news that david davis has resigned. isit that the market simply a struggling to get its arms around what is happening, or simply given up on trying? or is it that this isn't that big of deal? i'm just kind of wondering, if you approach this from a market perspective, it looks like nothing happened. david: exactly. the headlines talk about the crisis and it doesn't look that way if you look at the markets and sterling. mr. davis was one of the big obstacles to soft brexit. the market was keener perhaps on that closer relationship with the european union. he's now gone. theresa may was making this gamble that she could afford to lose the likes of mr. davis or mr. johnson because the numbers in the conservative party are not there to unseat her. they may be there to challenge her leadership, but probably not unseat her. maybe the government is more unsecure when -- then you think. i think that's for collected in the market. guy: thanks very much indeed. david merritt joining us. take a look at this chart. this is volatili

david davis resigned from the u.k. government. york where am in new show me00 sunday night becomes life as a public company . it will be viewed in hong kong, struggling to justify its valuation. and tencent plans to spin off its music arm. the latest sign of a comeback for the recording industry. ♪ yvonne: we see the trade war fallout was relatively contained. we see a rebound in risk assets. there are a lot of positive signals we're getting out of the u.s.. report. it is a mixed bag but lots of news over the weekend to digest what came out of the harsh words from pyongyang on mike pompeo trip.to -- and davis quitting is a big blow to the prime minister. reactionare seeing the in sterling right now. here in the u.s., we definitely ended last week in positive territory. . want to show the board the s&p 500 up nearly 9/10 of 1%. we talked about jobs, tech stocks trumping the trade war that has been happening. we will be looking ahead to see what happens on top of the $34 million. will trump pull the trigger on another $16 billion

here in the uk, the brexit minister, david davis, sensationally quits the government. and a british woman who had been exposed to the nerve agent novichok has died. prime minister theresa may says she is appalled and shocked. hello and welcome to bbc world news. the mission to rescue eight boys and their football coach from the tham luang cave here in northern thailand has begun. four of their team—mates were brought to the surface by a team of divers on sunday, in what is becoming a race to save them from the risk of renewed flooding. they became stranded underground more than two weeks ago, after being caught out by sudden torrential rain. the bbc‘s sophie long is in northern thailand. isa is a race against time, a race against the weather, as more heavy rain is forecast to fall in the area over coming days. they were caught out more than two weeks ago when they were cut off by torrential rain. the dramatic rescue mission began at 10:00am sunday morning local time. 18 expert divers, supported by a team of over 70 international and thai divers, entered the cave to

we have spoken already to a degree about the accident of david davis, the brexit secretary. it is not on the front page, the physical front page but it was all over social media, and online. this is the financial times online story talking about the uk government being in disarray. when a senior government minister, the person leading the negotiations publicly quits at midnight it does look like the government is in disarray, particularly as it tries to create some sense of harmony after the get—together on friday and saturday. i think it is not altogether surprising. david davis has quit, threatened to quit a large number of times and there was a rumour on friday afternoon that he had talked borisjohnson out of quitting. if the foreign secretary had quit you could say the government was in disarray but this is all part of the to—ing and fro—ing. disarray but this is all part of the to-ing and fro-ing. it depends on how dramatic the headlines are. the telegraph has quite dramatic headlines online but other newspapers are not so... so taken with this. they are saying we

now david davis. is this the nail in the coffin for theresa may? >> people keep writing her off but it's hard to see who she'd be replaced by this is difficult, the timing is not great for her. it does create big questions over the brexit plan and her ability to see it through. it's going to be interesting to see what happens in the coming hours. it's difficult to predict exactly how it lands from eu side, they're waiting for someone concrete to negotiate with while the uk is negotiating with itself, nothing else is happening. >> whether or not you see, one, a leadership -- needs to be -- what are the chances of another potential general election >> i hope slim i think we've had enough of them really but, but, but, the problem is there maybe it enough votes to trigger an election. so i think that they will be wary about going that route. i think we might see in the coming weeks with all of this confusion, may's laid out a compromised plan that nobody thinks will be accepted anyway. it's been shot down by one who resigned we might see control with a

minister who is now former british minister david davies he laid out why he could no longer. serve in discovery i want you to take a listen to a segment of the interview he gave. so the return of control to parliament is more illusions israel secondly the customs arrangements mean we'll be collecting taxes effectively tariffs for the european union they are bound to insist on the european court having a say in that and that will be a problem in terms of preval control of our laws again and our borders and thirdly tactic i'm worried that what the european union will do simply take what we've offered and ask for more white for more and i think if you've got to be a time or get a bit tougher with them and this should be the time. david people hear what he's saying they can understand his issues but then what does he do he goes and resigns which we have seen time and time again in the u.k. how do you make sense of that if you want to change something in your in power. why do you then resign and walk away the fact is with david davis he was always ideologically very strongly commi

s top grades it then goes into david davis resigns after a scathing attack on the prime minister won't does his departure mean just nine months ahead of the brakes a deadline we talked to our correspondents in london and in brussels. and china as prime minister lands in germany to talk business he's looking to strengthen ties with bolland in the face of u.s. tariffs. hello and welcome i'm. in thailand which is the say for more boys have been pulled out from the flooded cave where they were trapped bringing the total number of rescue took eight for others and the football coach are still on the ground on the trigger and are being rushed to hospital after spending more than two weeks trapped on the. john a spokesperson for the mission says the risk you boys a hungry but in good health and that they have been kept away from their families to avoid infections is taking about six hours for divers to guide the children along the dangerous full kilometer coast to duck and narrow passageways. correspondent for a new she is near the cave complex in northern thailand and has been monitoring the

also coming up a new talk greg said thank you theater for britain after david davis quits and makes a scathing attack on the prime minister we talked to our correspondents in london and brussels on a day of turmoil for breaks it. and president and gone off to sworn in for another term this time with and france palace under a new constitution but the nation remains divided we have a special report from istanbul. plus in the next sixty minutes we visit the rooms of western monsoon it used to be a vibrant city full of shops and homes bania off to its liberation from the so-called islamic state it's still in ruins we bring you an exclusive report from the rock the second largest city. hold of a warm welcome to you i'm. in thailand looking media say for will boys have been led out of the flooded cave where they were trapped bringing the total number of rescued to eight for others. on the football coach austin stranded the children are being taken to hospital after spending more than two weeks trapped deep inside a network of caves a spokesperson for the mission says the risk of boys a hung

but at 3pm, the drivers left without him, boris johnson following david davis out of government, the second senior figure to leave the government over brexit in less than 2a hours. only minutes after that, the prime minister made her own exit on the way to the commons. just on friday, she had trumpeted her brexit compromise number ten designed and the cabinet approved. were they cheering orjeering her? mr speaker, on friday at chequers, the cabinet agreed a comprehensive and ambitious proposal that provides a responsible and credible basis for progressing negotiations with the eu towards a new relationship after we leave on 29th march next year. in the two years since the referendum, we have had a spirited national debate... shouting with robust views echoing around the cabinet table, as they have on breakfast tables up and down the country. a brief moment where she let the tension show. a wink of support for a brexiteer still in cabinet. for labour, a time to make the prime minister squirm. for the good of this country and its people, the government needs to get its act together and

breaks and secretary david davis resigns and downplays any risk to the got them. also coming up forced into a strong that economic alliance the leaders of china and germany need to off hold free trade and talk business. donald trump wants to sell more american cars to europe it blames high tariffs on the imbalance of those turrets mostly good. german cars made in the u.s. . welcome to do business markets have been jittery following the resignation of britain's bricks and secretary the pound sterling lost around a third of a u.s. cent on the news before bouncing back to its highest level since mid june this is analysts expect the departure of david davies could boost market sentiment for a long time euro skeptic was a critic of plans to allow the free trade of goods with the e.u. davis said a new minister was needed who was more enthusiastic about a softer bricks it is shrugged off suggestions that his resignation threatens the survival of the british government. but what about the survival of those breaks in negotiations let's cross over now to frankfurt where my

first we brought you news of the resignation of the uk's brexit secretary, david davis. now the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has also left the government. the departure of two leading brexiteers has fuelled serious speculation about the future of theresa may's leadership. itjust days after the prime minister secured a ha rd—won agreement in cabinet on the shape of the brexit process. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg, has been following events at westminster. have you ever seen brexit‘s biggest cheerleader so obviously down at heart? not unusual for boris johnson to look a little untucked. rare to look so battered. but the now former foreign secretary quit. his vision of a dramatic break with the eu out of government and favour. for borisjohnson, the prime minister's plan stays too close to the eu. he said: explaining his resignation, he said: in an acid response from the prime minister, he said: the brexiteer in chief's drivers had prepared to leave three times in the day, but then stood down. it wasn't actually a removal van this afternoon. that will come

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 leaving johnson led the campaign to leave the european union he says the government self-doubt is killing the brags that dream health secretary jeremy hunt has been named as his replacement may strategy is to adopt a common rulebook with the e.u. establishing a free trade area but hardline m.p.'s like davis and johnson say that's going to lead to a brags that in name only john holt reports british government unity barely made it through the weekend by monday afternoon two senior ministers had resigned in protest of prime minister to resign may's new business friendly breaks it strategy pointing to closer ties with the e.u. some called it a sellout among them now former foreign secretary boris johnson who resigned on monday and david davis who went on sunday nigh

resigns david davis steps down after a scathing attack on the prime minister in a serious blow to the beleaguered theresa may davis says that the government's bragg's it policy leaves the u.k. in the ad best negotiating position we will ask what his departure means for a broad set and for the british government just nine months before britain leaves the e.u. . also coming up four boys are out and say today a high risk rescue operation in thailand restarts to get the remaining eight boys and their football coach out of the vast flooded cave system with fears of rising waters the talk is taking and this used to be a city full of shops and homes it's used to be western mozo we will bring you an exclusive report from iraq's second biggest city still in ruins one year after its liberation from the so-called islamic state. plus all the action from stage two of the tour de france it was decided by a sprint to the line peter sagal and just about did and off to seize victory after a massive pileup thinned out the fields. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program british police say that they have o

also in the programme: here in the uk, the brexit minister david davis sensationally quits the government. and a british woman who'd been exposed to the nerve agent novichok — has died. prime minister theresa may says she's appalled and shocked. the mission to rescue eight boys and their football coach from the tham luang cave here in northern thailand has begun. four of their team mates were brought to the surface by a team of divers on sunday, in what's becoming a race to save them from the risk of renewed flooding. they became stranded underground more than two weeks ago, after being caught out by sudden torrential rain. the rescue mission began at 10am sunday morning local time. 18 expert divers, supported by a team of over 70 international and thai divers, entered the cave to attempt to guide the boys to safety. medics assessed the group to determine who would come out first. then, in total darkness, two divers swam with each child tethered to the diver in front. they followed a previously laid guide rope to help over difficult terrain. it's reported that the narrowest part is just

his european research group bashing away at the wall, but there hasn't been any mention of david davis in all the papers we have discussed tonight. whatever course this paddle steamer is on down the river, i think it will remain unchanged. the deadline is approaching. how many months away? nine? nine. maybe it is the beginning of a chain reaction, perhaps boris johnson will announce midnight on monday morning that he is the next one to go but what is most significant is that michael gove is often seen as one of the ha rd gove is often seen as one of the hard brexiteers, but a practical brexiteer. one other thing, hard brexiteers, but a practical brexiteer. one otherthing, if hard brexiteers, but a practical brexiteer. one other thing, if i may. as we are talking about the daily express, they are the ultras of brexit, that and diana are the only things they talk about. and the weather. and cancer. this is a very positive. theresa may through down the gauntlet —— threw down the gau ntlet the gauntlet —— threw down the ga u ntlet to the gauntlet —— threw down the gauntlet to b