Hong kongs suspended plans to introduce a controversial new law allowing extraditions to mainland china. The proposals had prompted the biggest protests in the territory for years. The government had previously argued that the extradition bill would plug the loopholes so that the city would not be a safe haven for criminals, following a murder case in taiwan. But critics argued it would expose people in hong kong to chinas unfair justice system. Hong kongs chief executive, carrie lam, said the priority now was to restore peace and order. After repeated internal deliberations over the last two days, i now announced that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise. We start argumentation with all sectors of society. Do more explanation work and listen to different views of society. I want to stress that the government is adopting an open mind to heat comprehensively different views in society towards the bill. I want to stress that the government is adopting an open mind to heed comprehensively different views in society towards the bill. The secretary for security will send a letter to the Legislative Council president to withdraw the notice of resumption of a second reading debate on the bill. In other words, the council will halt its work in relation to the bill until our working communication explanation and listening to opinions is completed. We have no intention to set a deadline for this work. And promise to report and consult members of the Legislative Council panel on security before we decide on the next step forward. Lets get the latest from our correspondent martin yip whos in hong kong. This looks like a major climb down. It really depends on your perspective. Even after it carrie lam has announced that she will suspend this amendment, the organisation for the rally last sunday, where they claimed their we re sunday, where they claimed their were more than a Million People on the streets, has told the press that they will go ahead again with a new rally tomorrow, on sunday. Even before that, in the morning where this rumour that carrie lam came out with, which now she did, to announce the suspension, i have seen many posts on the internet, on facebook and twitter, saying they will still go to and twitter, saying they will still gotoa and twitter, saying they will still go to a march, the march that his plan for tomorrow. People are asking for, in the pro democracy camp, what is not the case of the moment. Is there any sign that that might happen if this is delayed for a significant period of time, but ultimately the authorities will think there is mass protest, that is not something they want a repeat of . It looks like this is really not the case at the moment, but yes, carrie lam said she would try to reopen that explanation, mainly to the public as well as different sectors of society. Hopefully we can expect some kind of dialogue between the government with stakeholders of this case. But still no signs of backing down at all. For example, during the press c0 nfe re nce down at all. For example, during the press conference when she announced the suspension, manyjournalists have been asking whether she would like to withdraw the phrase that has been used to describe the clashes, riots. But she mentioned nothing about withdrawing this description of rioting. Which means somehow she is still being defiant. 0k. Thank you very much. Iran is almost certainly responsible for the attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman, according to the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt. Yesterday, the us military released a video which it said showed Iranian Forces removing an unexploded mine from one of the stricken ships. Tehran has denied any involvement. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn says theres no credible evidence iran is responsible, tweeting that the uk should ease tensions, rather than fuel a military escalation. Earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent, nick eardley, about Jeremy Corbyns tweet. He wants to see more evidence. He tweeted last night that he doesnt think there is credible evidence to say that iran was definitely responsible for this. That is a view that has been echoed this morning by labour shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry. Lets listen to her. These are extremely dangerous developments, and we really have to pause and think about where we are going next. The idea that we are going next. The idea that we are going to get in the in another war is something we really need to think about very carefully. The governments view is very similar to that of the United States, it thinks iran was almost certainly responsible for this. We have heard again from jeremy hunt this morning attacking mr corbyn for questioning that assessment, saying thatJeremy Corbyns views were pathetic and predictable. And arguing that mr corbyn was not listening to British Intelligence or acting in british interests. The obvious difference between the two, mr corbyn has a lwa ys between the two, mr corbyn has always been sceptical of some British Military intelligence. Mr hunt is standing for the conservative leadership. I think you have to see it in that context. Jeremy corbyn saying britain should act to ease tensions. Critics of Jeremy Corbyn saying he cast doubts over the scribble poisoning. The key is that the intelligence links between uk and the us, the uk has very strong links, it tends to get a lot of first sight which other european nations dont necessarily get. Absolutely, we know that relationship is strong, that there will have been conversations about what exactly the us knows this. We know the Foreign Office here has carried out its own assessments. Labour just isnt carried out its own assessments. Labourjust isnt convinced there is enough evidence there. It says it hasnt seen enough evidence, that it once more to be put out there before it can agree with that assessment that iran was more than likely responsible. There is a broader point here that the two sides have different views about the strategic approach to iran. The labour party is very concerned that an escalation here could lead to quite a destabilising conflict in the middle east. The government is worried about that, too. Jeremy hunt has made clear he doesnt want that to happen, but for now they are much more likely, the government, to side with the United States. Would you accept that intelligence from the us and uk tends to be very powerful and that governments would not make these statements of blame if they werent sure . Yes, we saw that during the iraq war in 2003 when colin powell went to the Un Security Panel might cancel and provided a load of evidence to show that iraq had weapons of mass destruction. It later turned out to be a lie. The International Community even then you the United States was lying. Therefore, we have zero respect or trust in anything that comes out of washington. I dont know if the International Community would accept that they knew the us was lying. People have learnt from any previous errors, it is not good for any government to be found out afterwards to be saying something thatis afterwards to be saying something that is not based on credible evidence. No, they were lying and those who were involved in iraq from, on behalf of the un, those who we re from, on behalf of the un, those who were looking and involved with Nuclear Weapons and those who were involved in chemical weapons, new very well that there was no evidence. The americans were basically gunning for war. That is beyond a doubt. I think your audience knows that quite well. Pompeo, the current secretary of state of the nite estates, just recently gave a speech when he said, when he was the head of the cia, he said we lied, cheated and stole. He was very open about that. Why in the world would we trust anything that comes out of washington . It is very interesting that media and think ta nks interesting that media and think tanks in the United States, and in your country, are always sceptical of trump, calling him a serial liar, but when it comes to countries like iran, everything that he says is accepted without question. Some are small black and white clip is shown on tv and somehow that is evidence that the american narrative is being legitimate mike is the legitimate narrative. We also forget that the United States is engaging in Economic Warfare against ordinary iranians, and your country is abiding by the dictates of donald trump even though your country has signed a nuclear deal committing itself to normalising the relationship with iran. And number of countries in the west are obviously keen to maintain the progress that was made with iran. In terms of the actual video footage here, the point that is made by the us and others is that only the iranians would have the expertise and know how to go and do that mine removal operation. Nobody else is operating in that stretch of water. That is why they say that evidence points to iranians involvement. What you were basically saying is that the iranians dont have the know how to re m ove the iranians dont have the know how to remove a mine, yet they are a threat to the International Community. On the one hand the iranians are incompetent and incapable, yet somehow they are a threat to peace and stability across the region. No, no, the point the americans are making is because the iranians were operating on that boat, at all, and thats what the video footage shows, they say that points to iranians involvement. That boat was near iranian territorial waters. They went to rescue the people who were calling for help. Japanese companies, the company that owns one of the boats, says there werent minds involved. The mine that was supposedly, and we dont see anything specific in the clip, the mine that was supposedly removed was well above the water. What with a mine be doing well above the water . The narrative coming out of washington is completely inconsistent with what the japanese are saying. And also their own narrative is inconsistent, on the one hand they say iranians boats we re one hand they say iranians boats were rushing towards the ships before the attack, and yet they say they were removing mines. The mines would have been put there well before those boats were moving towards the ship. It is ridiculous. 0k, towards the ship. It is ridiculous. Ok, thanks very much. A comprehensive review of hospital food in england, has been announced by the Health Secretary matt hancock. Its in response to the deaths of five patients who contracted listeria. Seven nhs trusts have been affected by the outbreak, which has been linked to pre packed sandwiches and salads. Simonjones reports. With nine confirmed cases of listeria in hospital patients, resulting in five deaths, the Health Secretary wants to know what has gone wrong. Two people died at manchester royal infirmary, and one at Aintree Hospital in liverpool. It has not been revealed where the other two patients died. In a statement, the Health Secretary said here at the department of health, matt hancock was facing growing calls to act. Labour want him to make an urgent statement to the commons on monday to outline what exactly was being done. They say hospital patients and staff alike need reassurance. 43 nhs trusts have been supplied sandwiches and salads from a Company Called the good food chain, which has been linked to the outbreaks. They got their fillings from North Country cooked meats. Here, a strain of listeria has been identified. Both have halted production. The first patient affected showed symptoms on the 25th of april. Suspect sandwiches and salads were withdrawn on the 25th of may. Public Health England first warned about the outbreak on the 7th ofjune. Listeria typically causes mild Food Poisoning but can prove fatal if people are already seriously ill. It is probably the nastiest of all the foodborne bugs. Nastiest in a sense that it does have this ability to target vulnerable people, and unfortunately kill them. Far more than even nasty bugs like e. Coli 157. As investigations continue, public Health England insists any risk to the public remains low. Six candidates remain in the race to be the next leader of the conservative party and the next prime minister, to replace theresa may. Health secretary matt hancock pulled out of the contest yesterday but is yet to declare who he is backing. Former foreign secretary and mayor of London Boris Johnson remains the frontrunner and has confirmed he will participate in a bbc televised leadership debate. Now lets recap on who those candidates are who have made it to the next stage. Asjust mentioned, there is frontrunner Boris Johnson, the former london mayor and foreign secretary. Michael gove, currently environment secretary, who ran against boris in the last contest, is running again. And another favourite, previous Health Secretaryjeremy hunt, now the foreign secretary. Also running are sajid javid, the current home secretary, dominic raab, former brexit secretary who quit over mays withdrawal bill, and finally rory stewart, the International Development secretary. Well, those were the candidates, but what do we know about the people who will chose them . The fate of the next conservative leader will be decided by around 160,000 tory members. Research has confirmed that 70 of Party Members are male and 97 are white british. The average age is 57, although over 40 of the group is aged 65 or above. With me are lee pettman, whos the chair of the slough tory association. He joins us from slough. Im alsojoined by Alexander Curtis whos chair of hertford and stortford conservative association. He joins us from a conservative conference in central london. Who are you supporting and what are your members saying . There is definitely diversity of opinion amongst members i have spoken to in my constituency and elsewhere. In a country that is both, the people i have spoken to and me, we are all supporting Boris Johnson ply large. Cani supporting Boris Johnson ply large. Can i ask you who is your vote going to . Yeah, i think its very interesting here in slough because boris is the next will neighbour a constituency mp and he fought really ha rd constituency mp and he fought really hard on issues like heathrow. I think there is a mixture of opinion but it seems to be that brexit being the most important issue of the day, most people in leeds voting slough are looking like they will support boris. What are the issues people are voting on . Are they following, for example, whether borisjohnson oi for example, whether borisjohnson orany of for example, whether borisjohnson or any of the others will actually deliver brexit by the end of october, or if that looks impossible, does that concern them . Yeah, we have been out on the streets over the last couple of weeks, going out again in the next few weeks to talk to residents and ask them what they really think. Brexit is at the top of their agenda. They really want this delivered now. Given boriss stance, we get to the 31st and no matter what we want to leave. I think thats going down really well with most of the public, and thats what they voted for. I would be very surprised if we dont get the right level of support for boris. Are you getting a similar reaction, crucially, from the conservative members . Those are the people that have the vote. Yes, there is that brexit aspect. We are not all, not everyone in the conservative party isa everyone in the conservative party is a lever. But the vast majority, whether they voted remain or leave, think we now need to get on with it, get it done and boris, they feel, is the person going to do that. Beyond that, i think we need a leader. I think thats what people in the party are saying, we need someone who has that charisma, who was likeable and can actually, gets under peoples skin. Next people wa nt under peoples skin. Next people want to like them. Boris is that person, that human. That really is what we are going for, in this leadership election. Are most of your members happy with, do they wa nt your members happy with, do they want a no deal exit by the end of october if a deal is not possible . The eu have consistently been saying they will not extend, and even if there is an extension it is obviously still very difficult to see how any deal is done. Regardless of the economic consequences of a new deal exit, is that what your members want . Frankly, no one, or very few, actively want a new deal exit but if that is the only way we will be able to leave, we would rather have a no deal. At the expense of all other issues, the economic harm caused by that is perhaps greater than that admittedly caused by a no deal brexit in the medium term. Caused by a no deal brexit in the mediumterm. What about other people who could come up in the last two . Do you and your members want a contest . Do you and your members want a co ntest . If do you and your members want a contest . If borisjohnson does come out in front, in the last two, and looks as though he is still polling the majority of membership, will a quick resolution be something you would support . We dont want a coronation, we saw what happened last time. Not all members are going to be voting for boris. In my association and number of people wouldnt be. You would they vote for instead . Wouldnt be. You would they vote for instead . It depends on who gets into the final two. Rory stewart seeing subtraction. Jeremy hunt as well. My mp is backing jeremy hunt. Seeing some traction. They have got very good qualities themselves. Its not going to be a correlation, i dont think boris should be taking anything for granted. He is the frontrunner but there is going to be a contest still. If i can just go back to you, what about you and your members . Would you like a coronation . No, i dont think so. I think its about time the party had a proper contest. The last time we did was too thousand and eight. Last time with theresa may became prime minister, it was without the members consent. If it is not Boris Johnson, who would your bow before . For me it would be michael gove. But the membership, there is a lot of interest for all candidates. Really interesting to talk to you both, thanks very much forjoining us. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres mike. Good morning. England have qualified for the last 16 of the womens world cup, but scotlands hopes of getting out of the group, are hanging by a thread after losing to japan. Katie gornall reports. Side by side, but in many ways poles apart. Three years ago, argentina had no fixtures, no coach, and no ranking. They fought back then, and they put up a fight here. Nikita parris had a chance to break through from the spot, but Vanina Correa was more than a match. She typified their resilience. Just as england looked to be in for a night of frustration, jodie taylor came to the rescue. This her first goal in 14 months. As a striker, timing is everything. The floodgates failed to open, but one goal was enough. England are through to the knockout stages with a game to spare, but not without a struggle. As for scotland, they came into their first world cup knowing points would be hard to come by. In red, scotland faced one of the blue ribbon teams, japan. The 2011 champions made a stuttering start to the tournament, but they quickly found their stride here. Playing in your first world cup has to be nerve wracking, but this was not pretty in pink. Penalty, said the referee, and sugasawa picked herself up to do the rest. And, when Lana Clelland finally gave scotland some hope, it was all too late. Having fought their way to france, they now need a win in their final game if they are to have any chance of staying. Englands justin rose is still very much in contention at the us open, but trails Gary Woodland by two shots at the halfway stage. The american, woodland, shot a bogey free 65 to reach nine under, and the top of the leaderboard. Rose, who began the day with a one shot lead, carded a one under 70 to move to 7 under overall at pebble beach. Rory mcilroy, who is chasing his first major for five years, is still in the mix. His 69 moved him to five under, one ahead of brooks koepka, who is chasing a third successive title. There is a long way to go, and yeah, here and st andrews are the two probably most iconic places to lift a bit of silverware, i couldnt think of anything better. But if you dont mind, im just going to wait a couple of days. Scans have now shown that chris froome also sustained a small fracture to his neck in the crash this week that ruled him out of the tour de france. The team ineos cyclist underwent a successful six hour operation on wednesday night after breaking a leg, elbow and ribs when he ploughed into a wall during a training ride. He may now have to stay in hospital for the next six weeks while his injuries begin to heal. Tyson fury returns to the ring in las vegas in the early hours of tomorrow morning against german tom schwarz. The weigh in took place last night as the former heavyweight champion continues his return to boxing after having two years out with Mental Health and drugs problems. Fury is the favourite but he has said, i am not sold that it will be as easy as people think. Thats all the sport for now. You can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website and get the latest in play highlights from the oval, at the cricket world cup, where australia have made a strong start against sri lanka. Thats bbc. Co. Uk sport. Now time for the weather. If you like this cool, showery weather, it is good news for you. Looks like it will continue for quite some time. Tomorrow might be on the chilly side around some western and southern coasts. The breeze is going to pick up coasts. The breeze is going to pick up coming off the atlantic. The low pressure is very much with us today, you can see the cloud circling. This pattern has been stuck across the uk for a long time now. For as long as this low pressure is here, the weather isnt going to change. Cool across North Western parts, central, southern and eastern areas, even scandinavia, in the midst of a relentless heatwave. Through today, this is where the showers are around lunchtime. Southern parts, edging into the midlands, the north west, a few showers in scotland. Raining so far today across the east of Northern Ireland but the anticipation is that later on, its going to be much brighter. Temperatures probably up to around 19 degrees. The showers will continue journeying eastwards through the course of this evening, and then later on, many of us having some clear skies during the evening. Temperatures first thing on sunday will hover from about 8 degrees in belfast to maybe 12 degrees in the very far out of the uk. Sunday, low pressure still with us. Like a broken record. The weatherfronts keep marching in our direction, that spells a showery day for a lot of us. Spells a showery day for a lot of us. Here is the breeze, a south westerly breeze around western and southern coasts. Frequent cloud and southern coasts. Frequent cloud and showers moving through, plenty of them across scotland, Northern Ireland. Temperatures might get up to 20 degrees but in the breeze it will feel cooler. A little change into monday, lots of showers around but they will be in different places. Problem more frequent showers in western scotland and also Northern Ireland, where fewer showers like whereas fewer showers like whereas fewer showers in england and wales, perhaps warmer. If you want something warmer it will be turning a bit warmer during the course of the week, but after that it looks as though things will cool off once again. Thats it from me. Goodbye. Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week. Hong kong in tears. Gulf tankers in flames. And britains marmite man in pole position to become the next prime minister. My guests today. Chinese writer diane weiliang, uk political commentator steve richards, Agnes Poirier of french news weekly marianne, and american journalist Michael Goldfarb of the podcast frdh. Hong kong wept last week. Its leader carrie lam was in tears because so many of her citizens distrusted her assurances on a new extradition law and took to the streets in protest. The protestors wept because they had been tear gassed by police. But their determination paid off. This weekend the government suspended its plans for the extradition bill and said it would listen. What next for the unique and fragile ecosystem that is hong kong . Diane, what happened here . It looks like a diagrammatic u turn a dramatic u turn. Last week the government was defiant, sending out police with rubber bullets. Government was defiant, sending out police with rubber bulletsm government was defiant, sending out police with rubber bullets. If we look at the 2014 Yellow Umbrella Movement and the stand off, the Hong Kong Government won in the end. Recently it was the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Democracy Movement and we know how that ended. That was beijing, not hong kong, and we know how