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Results. Boris johnson all to be seen, just waiting for the results. Borisjohnson supporters say his first task will be Boris Johnson supporters say his first task will be to bring together all wings the party. Well be covering the announcement live from westminster. The other news. New powers to fast track the deportation of migrants the Trump Administration introduces new rules that will bypass will bypass immigration courts. A warning that babies lives are being put at risk because there arent enough screening checks for rare conditions. And let the sun shine the uk prepares for a heatwave as temperatures climb above 30 degrees this week. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Its tuesday the 23rd ofjuly. Our top story well know by lunchtime who will be our next Prime Minister as the result of the conservative leadership contest is due to be announced later this morning. Borisjohnson is the clear favourite over his rival, the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt. But mrjohnson could face ministerial resignations before he even enters downing street, as several cabinet members say they cant support his do or die pledge to leave the eu by the end of october. Simon mccoy is at College Green for us. Simon mccoy is at College Green for us. Thank you very much, the temperature is hotting notjust in the sky bet in westminster. Lets tell you what we can expect to day. Let not just in tell you what we can expect to day. Let notjust in the sky, but in westminster. One of these two men, jeremy hunt or borisjohnson, will be voted in after a ballot of about 160,000 tory Party Members. We are expecting that result at around 11 40 this morning from the Queen Elizabeth ii Conference Centre in westminster. And then we can expect the new conservative leaders first speech just afterwards at 11 50. The winner will officially become Prime Minister on wednesday. Well, borisjohnson arrived at his Campaign Headquarters this morning and was greeted, as you might expect, by a number of journalists. Reporter is this your dream job at a nightmare time, mrjohnson . Morning, morning, morning, morning. Reporter youve waited your whole life for this moment, how are you feeling, mrjohnson . Have you got your top team in place . All to play for, all to play for. This wasjeremy all to play for, all to play for. This was jeremy hunt all to play for, all to play for. This wasjeremy hunt leaving his official residence as foreign secretary this morning. Reporter do you think you have won . About who knows. Do you know the result . A blow i dont. Are you feeling positive . Yes. Body servant to borisjohnson feeling positive . Yes. Body servant to Boris Johnson if feeling positive . Yes. Body servant to borisjohnson if you do not win . All to be seen. Would you like to stay on as foreign secretary . Would you serve under borisjohnson if you do not win . Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is at downing street. Given everybody assumes it is Boris Johnson, we will look silly if it is not . There will be a lot of hat eating by me and others if it is not, but i think the overwhelming certainty is it will be mrjohnson. Through this campaign and the hustings, yes, mr hunt has fought a much more competent campaign than many expected and she has won over some votes, but mrjohnson has pretty much had the momentum from day one. If you have attended Party Conferences day one. If you have attended party c0 nfe re nces you day one. If you have attended Party Conferences you will know he is the party darling, the party has almost been waiting for mrjohnson to take over, so i expected to win, and by quite a convincing majority. Albeit his team were on the blower this morning saying dont count your chickens, it will not be a huge majority, it could be much closer, trying to play down expectations, but i imagine they will hope for a resounding win to give them a platform on which, firstly, to claim a mandate to press ahead with the sort of hard line Brexit Strategy which borisjohnson sort of hard line Brexit Strategy which Boris Johnson has sort of hard line Brexit Strategy which borisjohnson has set out, but also to put the squeeze on his doubters, his potential rebels, the likes of Philip Hammond and david gaukein likes of Philip Hammond and david gauke in say they are off to the backbenches where they will watch borisjohnson, backbenches where they will watch Boris Johnson, and backbenches where they will watch borisjohnson, and if he starts trivia towards no deal they will kick off. Some have threatened that if mrjohnson takes us towards leaving with no agreement then they could potentially support a vote of no confidence in a borisjohnson government, so the stakes are massively high. But teejohnson will hope that if they get a big win, it will strengthen their hand for the title ahead. But does it . There is a sense of deja vu about everything you have just said, sense of deja vu about everything you havejust said, we sense of deja vu about everything you have just said, we were saying this about theresa may a few months ago, and isnt whoever gets this job inheriting the same problem she had . I think that is true, the parliamentary arithmetic has not changed onejudge, parliamentary arithmetic has not changed one judge, the parliamentary arithmetic has not changed onejudge, the negotiating position of the eu has not changed onejudge, the position of the eu has not changed one judge, the arguments position of the eu has not changed onejudge, the arguments havent changed one charter. The differences borisjohnson, in the sense he is an out and out brexiteer and the hope of, if you like, his doubters, the likes of Philip Hammond, david gauke, those kinds of people, is that as Prime Minister he will approach a very different bet he will adopt a very different approach to borisjohnson the leadership campaign, a moore, shall we say, compromising approach towards the eu. It was interesting listening to one of his key backers, Michael Fallon, talking about an improved agreement, about reworking mrs mays deal. That is not what we heard from mrjohnson during the campaign, he said the deal was dead. Michael fallon seem to suggest it could be reworked, and that is what the doubters hope, that if he becomes pm, borisjohnson will be a very different figure prepared to cut some sort of deal, it is the nixon and china phenomenon, as an out and out brexiteer, perhaps he could deliver the type of compromise, albeit a souped up one, that mrs may could not. Realistically there is only one deal breaking issue, the Northern Ireland backstop . There is no way around that, the eu have made it absolutely clear, not much about kinds of agreement you have, what kinds of agreement you have, what kind of whistle technology, they wa nt to kind of whistle technology, they want to backstop, an insurance policy in case it goes wrong to ensure there are no border checks, and that is the bottom line. If you are to avoid no deal, there will have to be some sort of movement around the backstop. Borisjohnson has said it is dead, could some reformulation be resuscitated, could there be some wording to perhaps make the british exit route from the backstop a lot clearer . Dont know, but that might be an avenue to pursue to pursue. But there is an avenue between borisjohnson and whatever caught the brexit pragmatist, like Michael Fallon who suggest there could be a deal, and the brexiteer is to say it is impossible, there can be no compromise on the backstop. And at the moment we do not quite know who has really got the decisive say with borisjohnson. Has really got the decisive say with Boris Johnson. It is the nature of today that we have not mentioned theresa may, but it is herfinal Cabinet Meetings that we will talk about that later. Thank you, norman. We can speak now to our brussels reporter adam fleming. It will be interesting to know what they think theyre. Will they think this changes nothing or is there a possible chance they might be able to use a word other than no . |j possible chance they might be able to use a word other than no . I would love to know the answer to that, it is very difficult to work out because there is not a settled view in brussels and the rest of the eu. People have different theories, different opinions and different questions, because that is the stage we are at, there is not a settled new british position for the eu to react to. Some of the questions from people in brussels, to me as a bridge, which Boris Johnson, people in brussels, to me as a bridge, which borisjohnson, if he wins, will turn up . The incredibly hardline one not worried about no deal, the less hardline but still quite to what he says lets get rid of loads of elements of the withdrawal agreement, including the backstop, lets go for a standstill transition for a couple of years and nothing else, or will it be even more pragmatic Boris Johnson nothing else, or will it be even more pragmatic borisjohnson who appeared sometimes in the campaign, he may be prepared to take the existing deal, make changes to political declaration, debate on the side which talks about the future and is not legally but is politically binding, and then do a big salesjob to politically binding, and then do a big sales job to get it through parliament . Which will be the Boris Johnson they are dealing with . They wa nt to johnson they are dealing with . They want to know who will be around him, which of the people that norman was talking about, competing for his ear, will be in charge . Who will be his chief Civil Servant negotiator, will there be a new brexit secretary and when will anything actually happen . Quite soon, next month, the month after . Some people think he may not get stuck into things in brussels until after the Tory Party Conference which ends in the first week of october, which is why i say there are lots of guesses and opinions but not many settled positions. As there always has been, a clock is ticking and there is little time in westminster. The last Prime Ministers questions tomorrow, then parliament recesses until september. The clock will be what everybody is looking at . september. The clock will be what everybody is looking at . I spoke to the brexit secretary Steve Backley on our podcast the other day, he pointed out there are 25 or something sitting days of parliament after tomorrow until october 31, when the new brexit deadline is. In terms of another couple of factors, there are two big things i would point to. Firstly, the eu had sort of given up on theresa may several months ago and they were not prepared to give her anything massive because they were not convinced she could sell it back home. Will Boris Johnson convinced she could sell it back home. Will borisjohnson be able to demonstrate he can get more mps on side. For if it is offered . The other thing is the threat of no deal, as we learned from Nick Robinsons panorama, theresa may and her ministers never seriously put no deal as an option during the negotiations. It sounds like Prime Minister borisjohnson would be willing to put that as an option on the table, so the eu has never had to reactivate British Government serious about shutting the whole thing down and walking away. So will those two big factors change how the eu sees this, although the eu stick to its position which had settled on two days after the 2016 referendum which it had stuck to religiously . And will this all the chatter because the fundamentals, as far as the eu will ch, will not change . It is about their principles and their interests, not the people they are dealing with . I will talk to you throughout the morning. Thank you, adam fleming in brussels. So what is ahead in this week in the political calendar . After a ballot of about 160,000 tory Party Members, eitherjeremy hunt or borisjohnson will be the new party leader tomorrow, theresa may will take part in her final Prime Ministers questions in the commons. Shortly after that, mrs may will head to Buckingham Palace to offer her resignation to the queen. Shell then be swiftly followed by her successor, who will ask her majesty for permission to form a government. After that, the new prime minster will take to the downing street lectern to deliver his first speech as pm, then on thursday, parliament breaks up for its summer recess. It will resume on september the third. A Cabinet Meeting gets under way shortly, but in the meantime, lets return to the studio. Studio thank you, simon. Cientists in the uk and thailand say they believe that malaria parasites resistant to key drugs have spread rapidly in south east asia. Researchers say that half of patients are not being cured by first choice drugs. They warn it raises the prospect that Drug Resistance could spread to africa something which they say would be terrifying. The headlines on bbc news. Injust a matter of hours, the uk will have a new Prime Minister. Either borisjohnson orjeremy hunt will be announced winner of the conservative leadership election. New powers to fast track the deportation of migrants the Trump Administration introduces new rules that will bypass immigration courts and let the sun shine the uk prepares for a heatwave as temperatures climb above 30 degrees this week. And in sport, adam peaty says he wa nts to and in sport, adam peaty says he wants to go even faster after winning a third World Championship title in a row. He has the chance to make it a in the 50 metres in south korea, he goes into the semifinals later today. Jimmy anderson is unlikely to play in englands ashes warm up match. He has been training ahead of the four day test against ireland which starts at lords tomorrow but is still struggling with a calf injury. Sheffield united have reported Newcastle United to the premier league after the appointment of steve bruce, who signed for newcastle after resigning from Sheffield Wednesday, who he was injust from Sheffield Wednesday, who he was in just 18 from Sheffield Wednesday, who he was injust 18 games. From Sheffield Wednesday, who he was in just 18 games. I from Sheffield Wednesday, who he was injust 18 games. I will be back with more on that at 9 40am. The Trump Administration is introducing a new fast track deportation process that will bypass immigration courts. Under the new rules, any undocumented migrants whove been in the us for less than two years, could be deported immediately. For more details, heres our north american correspondent, peter bowes. Well, this is definitely a widening of the net. So far, this fast track deportation policy has applied only to people who had been in this country for less than two weeks and were detained within 160 kilometres of the us southern border, the border with mexico. From today people could be detained anywhere in the United States. They would have to prove that they had been in the country for more than two years to avoid that. And critics are saying that could potentially be a very difficult thing for people to do, that they wouldnt necessarily have the paperwork to prove that theyd been in the United States for that length of time. The civil rights organisations are saying they will sue the us government. This is something, of course, that has happened repeatedly in terms of Trump Administration policy on immigration. So it looks like this will be played out in the courts. The administration will argue that this policy allows them to round up Illegal Immigrants in large numbers. They will also argue that it will ease the pressure on the immigration courts because these people will not have to go in front ofjudges. And that is one of the problems at the moment, that there is such a backlog of cases its taking a long time to go through the normal legal process. Critics are saying, though, that it could result in people being deported with less due process than someone accused of a traffic violation. They say this could potentially be very serious for people in those immigrant communities, it could strike fear into them and could result in miscarriages ofjustice. In our Central London studio is kate andrews, a former spokesperson for republicans overseas, now working for the right leaning, free market thinktank, the institute for economic affairs. Thank you for speaking to us. Expedited removal is, the process already exists, so what are the key changes concerning you . The key changes concerning you . The key changes are things that already concerns me about pre existing policy, they are planning on expanding it across america, meaning that at the moment if you are an immigrant falling under certain kinds of rules, for example if you came over three c as opposed to an airport, if you are within 100 came over three c as opposed to an airport, if you are within100 miles roughly of the southern border, you could be stopped and they could ask to see your details about your immigration status, and if you cannot provide them, in theory you cannot provide them, in theory you can be kicked out of the country within a matter of hours. Rolling this across the country means more people will suffer from what i think is quite an inhumane and potentially legally problematic policy. Think about what it would mean to have to prove your status as a citizen, a resident or otherwise, in a matter of hours. It is bringing in it cuts, essentially, specifically for immigrants, which you would need new at all times. Let it is bringing in it cards. Technically the Us Constitution is meant to support those who are not citizens. There is a 1996 law that already allows for expedited removals without the restrictions currently in place now. Why has it never been applied . think many of the reasons is it obviously seems like a very inhumane policy that could be carried out in ways that disproportionately affect those following the law. If you have to prove in a matter of hours that you have a right to stay in the us, maybe you are travelling or visiting family or do not have residency documentation on you at the time, your entire life could be overhauled and you could lose everything, you could be deported to a place you do not recognise as home. It is very important to point out that chapecoenses immigration policy is very much off kilter with previous republican and democratic president s. If you look at ronald reagan, george hw bush, george w bush, bill clinton, barack obama, they democrat and republican alike, they democrat and republican alike, they are quite sympathetic to immigration, especially those who wa nt to immigration, especially those who want to come across the border to work. President s we had seen since 1996 did not have a desire to get deportation figures up. One of the arguments for the process put in place so very quickly, the Trump Administration say they had to deal with this huge logjam. You point out the policy is inhumane, they also say the logjam is leading to a tearing crisis, so this is the best way around it . One of the issues at the border is parents and children are being separated from their families, essentially kept as detainees in camps that are not fit for purpose. I think there are major questions about whether we could remove people from those camps and allow them to visit court on their own time when they are called to court, thinks the Trump Administration could do to make it easier and simpler for migrants administration could do to make it easier and simplerfor migrants if it was not so obsessed with the idea of getting deportation figures higher and getting more people out of the country. We had to be honest about the context, we are coming up to 2020, one of the presents major policies has not been delivered, which was building the border wall. He wants to show he has been tough on immigration, but the queues at the border and the detainee centres and at the courts when once more migrants are asking questions about their immigration status, this is because the federal government is bringing ina because the federal government is bringing in a policy which is making it harderfor people bringing in a policy which is making it harder for people to come to the us. There are major questions about the ethics and morals of what is happening at the border, and to expand this across the country so all migrants could theoretically be kicked out of the country within hours if they do not have documentation on them, i think its really. I willjump on quickly and get to the final point, obviously with those concerns there is a legal challenge that will be vented. I believe these rates will be started within the next 2a, 48 hours. How do you vision the legal challenge working when the raids will be started so quickly . This is the concern, legal challenges take time and people could be kicked out of the country within hours, so the reality is, i think, there may be a reality is, i think, there may be a real situation where some people do not get the justice they deserve if they are removed to the country and it has not gone through the Court Process yet, it will be very hard to target them and bring them back. Thank you, kate. Forecasters expect temperatures to rise throughout the week culminating in what the met office has said could be the highest ever recorded in the uk. On thursday, temperatures in Eastern England could surpass the current july record of 36. 7c set at heathrow in 2015, and possibly the all time record of 38. 5c set in faversham, kent, in august 2003. Joining us now is Caroline Davies from regents park. It looks lovely behind you caroline, but it will be a hot day . It will be, it is already getting pretty hot here, it is still the morning, you can feel it coming off the trees underground. Round the corner from me is london zoo, they are having to ta ke me is london zoo, they are having to take measures to make sure the animals are ok, they are feeding the lions blood to ice lollies to keep their temperature cool. Across the uk, people might have woken up to a misty morning but it is expected to be sunny across the uk, particularly in england and wales, which has led Public Health england to put out a health alert. This is relevant to everybody, particularly if url julie, you have Young Children or babies or a long Standing Health condition. Particularly if you are elderly. There is advice on how to stay cool. We know you need to stay hydrated, that is notjust Drinking Water but also thinking about the food that you should be eating, things with high water content like strawberries or melons or cucumbers. You need to make sure you take cool bats and shallots, that can be particularly helpful before going to bed at night. Let cool bats and showers. Because it is so cool bats and showers. Because it is so humid it is so hard for sweat to evaporate to cool you down. It is important to well loose fitting, cool clothing and maybe a hat, and try to find spots of shade when you can rather than staying directly in the sunshine. We are waiting to find out on thursday, when the temperatures really heat up, particularly in london, if we end up beating the july particularly in london, if we end up beating thejuly record from 2015, or if we potentially need the all summer or if we potentially need the all summer record information into thousand three. Caroline davies, shall see. A charity has warned that babies lives are being put at risk because there arent enough newborn screening checks for rare but Serious Health conditions. While many european nations offer 20 checks or more, in britain babies are screened for only nine conditions, while in Northern Ireland, screening is limited to five. Heres our health reporter, michelle roberts. It is recommended all newborn babies in the uk have a free heel prick or blood spot test but a charity, Genetic Alliance uk, says these blood samples, taken in the babys first week after birth, could be used to detect many more conditions than those currently screened for. The charity says the uk lags behind many other european countries, as well as the us, which checks newborns for more than 50 different illnesses. One of these is a condition called adrenoleukodystrophy, or ald. Mother of two, sara hunt, is a healthy carrier of this genetic condition. Her eldest son, alex, died from ald when he was 19. She believes screening could have potentially saved his life. Because ald is a treatable disorder, there is a treatment for it but you cannot access that treatment unless you have been monitored and you know that you carry the gene. It just makes perfect sense for a condition such as this to be added to the newborn Screening Programme. Its the job of the uk National Screening committee to recommend which diseases are included in the newborn blood spot test. But the benefit of any screening needs to bejudged against any possible harms, including the risk of giving anxious families false or inconclusive results. Public Health England said decisions were made based on best international evidence, expert advice and public consultations. The Screening Committee is considering whether to add any diseases to the newborn blood spot Screening Programme and will make its recommendations later this year. Experts say while most babies will not have any of the conditions they are screened for, for those that do, early identification and treatment can prevent severe complications, disability and even death. Michelle roberts, bbc news. In a moment the weather, but first lets join joanna to find out what shes got coming up in her programme at ten injust over two in just over two hours we will find that he will be the next Prime Minister, borisjohnson that he will be the next Prime Minister, Boris Johnson jeremy hunt. Finds out he will be. We had some young tory Party Activists who have all voted to ask who they wanted the topjob, and all voted to ask who they wanted the top job, and why. All voted to ask who they wanted the topjob, and why. And also we all voted to ask who they wanted the top job, and why. And also we will speak to a mother of two who had both breasts removed after wrongly being diagnosed with breast cancer. China is at ten under bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. Simon king has the weather. It is all about the heat over the next few days, it has been a warm and muggy start, cloud and mist, but it is just about the temperatures, it is just about the temperatures, it will be very warm if not very hot. Mothers. The cloud and mist will have cleared away by late morning into the early afternoon, sunshine extending to most parts except for the western isles. Temperatures widely getting into the high 20s, low 30s for england and wales, even the mid 30s, 35 celsius in the south east of england this afternoon. With all that heat and humidity, that will kick off some thunderstorms. Initially a fine and two the day, then the storms develop an babel spread north and east which, frequent lightning expected tonight and it will be very warm and muggy. These are the minimum temperatures by wednesday morning, for the first part of the night they will still be above 20. Goodbye. Hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. The headlines. Injust a matter of hours, the uk will have a new Prime Minister. Either borisjohnson orjeremy hunt will be announced winner of the conservative leadership election. New powers to fast track the deportation of migrants the Trump Administration introduces new rules that will bypass immigration courts a warning that babies lives are being put at risk because there arent enough screening checks for rare conditions. And let the sun shine the uk prepares for a heatwave as temperatures climb above 30 degrees this week sport now and for a full round up, time to join the bbc sport centre. Letsjoin holly lets join holly hamilton. More now on our top story the new leader good morning. Adam peaty says he wants to go even faster, after winning his third successive world swimming title. Hed already broken his own world record in south korea this week, and says hes got more learning to do. David ornstein reports. Commentator peaty is the World Champion for the third time in a row he is a swimming sensation the like of which his nation, even the world, has rarely seen before. Adam peaty isnt simply making a splash, he is sending tidal waves through the sport. In the semifinals, he became the first person to swim 100 metres breaststroke in under 57 seconds. Now to go for gold. No man had ever done that three times in this event, but peaty is different. Oh, my goodness me Great Britain win gold yet again better still, they took silver, too james wilby finishing second. We train together in loughborough as well so we are obviously doing something right and the rest of the world are trying to look in so, you know, if the rest of the world are getting the binoculars out, youre doing something exactly right. Something very right indeed, and, a year out from the tokyo olympics, adam peaty seems to be timing his peak to perfection. David ornstein, bbc news. Staying with swimming, and the australian mack horton has been warned by the sports governing body over his protest against a chinese rival. Horton refused to share the medal podium with sun yang, having previously accused him of being a drugs cheat. Sun tested positive for a banned stimulant in 2014, which he said was for a heart complaint. Fina says it respected freedom of speech but it had to be in the right context. I wont share a podium with someone who has behaved in the way that he has. Its tough, its scary to do but nothing is changing and athletes need to make a stand. People train 1015 need to make a stand. People train 10 15 years of their life, clean, be the best, everything they can and theres people who behave like this and think they can get away with whatever. Its not on. Its adam peatys face on many of this mornings back pages. on top of the world is the headline in the telegraph. Peaty has the chance for double gold in south korea when he goes in the semi finals of the 50m later today. The mirror focusses on david de gea who wants to be captain if hes going to sign a new contract at manchester united. And the guardian centres on the tour de france, where the race for the yellowjersey is the closest its been in years. Jimmy andersons unlikely to play in englands only warm up match for the ashes. Hes been struggling with a calf injury that he picked up playing for lancashire three weeks ago. Hes been training ahead of the four day test against ireland that starts at lords tomorrow. The first ashes test is a week on thursday. The real madrid boss Zinedine Zidane has denied disrespecting gareth bale. That was the accusation from bales agentjonathan barnett, after zidane suggested that the welshmans exit from real would be best for everyone. There are reports that two chinese clubs are interested in signing bale, but hes still on a pre season tour with real in the United States. Translation firstly, i havent been disrespectful to anybody, including a player. Ive always said the players of the most important thing and every time a player is working with me i will always be by his side. Secondly, said the club was trying to find an exit for him, nothing else. And lastly, i think its also very important to say the other day, gareth didnt play because he didnt want to, because the club is arranging his departure. As it stands, garrett is a real madrid player, today hes going to train with us and we will see what happens tomorrow. One other line of football news, and Sheffield Wednesday have reported Newcastle United to the premier league over their appointment of steve bruce. He signed a three year deal at newcastle last week having resigned from wednesday where he was in charge forjust 18 games. Promoter eddie hearn says theres a good chance that anthonyjoshuas rematch with andy ruinunior could take place in cardiff. Joshua lost all three of his heavyweight titles to ruiz in new york injune, in what was one of boxings biggest ever upsets. Hearn says the venue for the rematch will be decided this week. I think cardiff is the frontrunner right now. He doesnt care where it is but unfortunately hes got to make the decision, im not making it for him the Training Team says common sense would tell you home is better than away any sport. There is the opportunity to go to Madison Square garden, thats of interest as well. Well be alerting the other tea m well. Well be alerting the other team this week about where the fight will be right now, cardiff is certainly the frontrunner. And andy murrays mum judy is one of loads of people on social media whove highlighted the sad demise of his golden post box. Its in his home town of dunblaine in scotland, and was painted after murray won gold at the london olympics in 2012. But its been knocked down by a car. Thats very sad thats all the sport for now. More from the bbc sport centre at 11 15. Holly, thank you. More now on our top story the new leader of the conservative party is set to be announced, here is what we can expect today. Simon mccoy is at parliament for us. Thank you. This announcement has ramifications for the uk and all across the world. The leader of the conservative party will be announced just after we think about 11 a5am. One of these two men jeremy hunt or borisjohnson will be voted in, after a ballot of about 160,000 tory Party Members. We are expecting that result at around 11 a0 this morning from the Queen Elizabeth ii Conference Centre in westminster. And then we can expect the new conservative leaders first speech just afterwards at 11 50. The winner will officially become Prime Minister on wednesday. With me now is the conservative mp nigel evans. We are all going to look rather foolish if it is in borisjohnson. It has happened over the last three yea rs it has happened over the last three years and its cost another Prime Minister herjob. The problem for whoever becomes the next Prime Minister is essentially the problems havent gone away and the numbers are the same. Yet. The first thing boris will have to do is pull some of those knives out of his back. How many are there . Probably about half a dozen. Even before he starts he has problems. As you know, we had a resignation yesterday, alan duncan, even alan wanting an emergency debate in parliament about the next Prime Minister. Would he have got backing for that or was it a one off . It was a oneoff and i think rather bizarre, what today is about is about the culmination of 160,000 conservative Party Members voting leader of the tory party and alan is a conservative association member, his members would have voted as well. They are equal. And to try and trip him up before he gets across the door is bizarre. You are a former deputy speaker, when john bercow looks at this proposal and there are those telling him that would place the queen in a rather difficult position. I think it was out of scope of everything yesterday. I thought the speaker used hisjudgement yesterday. I thought the speaker used his judgement wisely insane, no, this is not going to happen. He doesnt need to explain why, he just looks at it and all sorts of considerations would have gone through his mind but i think he made the right decision. Lets talk about this morning, at what point will jeremy hunt in borisjohnson be told the result, before we know, presumably . As i understand it, cheryl has the form, the envelope from the Electoral Reform society, she will not open it straight away, she will not open it straight away, she says she is going to ensure both candidates note the result round about ten minutes before they walk into the room and before everybody else is told. As you know, graham brady was the chair of the 1922 committee, he recused himself from all operational matters because he was considering whether he was going to stand himself so with graham out of the way, Charles Walker and Dame Cheryl Gillan and they are the acting returning officers. And they will open the envelope about ten minutes before the announcement is due, tell both candidates so that when they walk into the room they will know what the result is going to be but we will have to wait a little bit longer. And then we hear from your new leader, are next Prime Minister. And what will the tone of the message need to be . As well as brexit, there is an issue with party unity as youve already suggested. Absolutely right, the three messages oppresses campaign has been to leave in october the 31st, to unite the party and ensure that at the general election we defeatjeremy corbyn. So hes got to really start focusing on uniting the party and the way you can uniting the party and the way you ca n start uniting the party and the way you can start to do that, of course, is when he formed his cabinet in 2a hours time or thereabouts. Then he can hours time or thereabouts. Then he ca n start hours time or thereabouts. Then he can start to reach out to people likejeremy can start to reach out to people like jeremy hunt, give can start to reach out to people likejeremy hunt, give him a good job and one or two others that have been probably more in the remaining side. He cant just been probably more in the remaining side. He cantjust pack the cabinet full of brexiteers otherwise you are storing up trouble with the future. The only thing that is certain that larry the cat will remain in place as the downing street cat, Everything Else is up for grabs. Forest likes cats, does he . Will we dont know whether he does not but we know that larry is a permanent feature, you see him around the place. Prime ministers come and go, but larry stays. Lets move on to something serious for a second, brexit is the overriding issue. And there isnt a lot of time. For whoever is the next Prime Minister. This is a problem because its october the 31st, thats the deadline and yet, after Prime Ministers questions tomorrow, the next Prime Minister has been to the queen, named the new cabinet and then there a recess. Yeah, but therell be a recess for ordinary like me. Well be working in our constituencies as well but the Prime Minister, he aint having a recess, he will be working tirelessly, visiting european capitals, ive read that he intends to go to the north of england to start to talk to some of the seats where they voted leave and to reassure them that is what is going to happen. And the important thing and for him is to establish good contact with donald trump, he will be talking to him as Prime Minister of this country, we already know donald wants to do a good trade deal with the United Kingdom and that itself could be used as leverage with the European Union when we start to talk about future trading relations. Really, you think the eu will care . L future trading relations. Really, you think the eu will care . A good trade deal with the United States of america something the European Union has failed to achieve themselves. The European Union still want to flog us their cars, wine, cheese. We still want to buy it. And therefore, doing a good trade deal with the European Union are something thats going to be essential but having the trade deal with america, there is going to be great leverage. You want to go and visit the United States of america, i imagine at some stage as well. Ive got a feeling of deja vu about this, you said exactly the same back in november and december, it was a lot colder here, it has to be said. Weve seen all the seasons during this brexit crisis and hopefully we wont see any more. Will be a little bit in towards autumn by the time weve left but for boris, its cost David Cameron hisjob, europe, its cost theresa may herjob. Really weve got to get out by october the 31st, we got hammered in the local elections, the European Union elections, weve got to make absolutely certain that he keeps to his word and we leave in october the 31st. Nigel, always good to see you. Thank you. The focus for this morning at least is on someone we havent mentioned, the current Prime Minister theresa may who has a Cabinet Meeting, its her last one. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is at downing street where theresa may is about to chair her final Cabinet Meeting as Prime Minister. Norman, what will the atmosphere be like . I would norman, what will the atmosphere be like . Iwould imagine norman, what will the atmosphere be like . I would imagine reflective, some of those who sit around the table will be there for the last time, rory stewart has said and confirmed he will not serve under borisjohnson, we confirmed he will not serve under Boris Johnson, we know confirmed he will not serve under borisjohnson, we know Philip Hammond and david gauke, they are departing. I would think other prominent remainers, greg clark, David Liddington who was very much the points man of theresa may, i think they too might find there are no longer required because Boris Johnson has got to create some space in the cabinet to reward his supporters, bring in the people he wa nts to supporters, bring in the people he wants to refresh, shake up and change the feel of this government so change the feel of this government soi change the feel of this government so i imagine theres going to be a pretty significant clear ad. That carries with it huge risks because of course there are going to be people who are bruised by this process , people who are bruised by this process, there are people who are going to be disappointed and there are people who are going to feel they havent got what they deserve and you know, its a basic rule of Cabinet Reshuffle is as they always end in tears somewhere. Thats going to bea end in tears somewhere. Thats going to be a difficult one for Boris Johnson, particularly because hes not a man who you know, is that adept at dishing out tough medicine and being pretty forthright with people, thats not really his style but hes going to have to do that and the signs are that hes going to wa nt to and the signs are that hes going to want to put brexiteers in the main posts, the big posts, but elsewhere in the cabinet, i think you will see a fairly strong representation of all wings of the party really, because he knows hes got to try and bind and hold the party together. So there will be places for some form at remainers, interesting to see what happens to jeremy at remainers, interesting to see what happens tojeremy hunt. Theres an argument to say he should stay at the Foreign Office because we are in the Foreign Office because we are in the middle of a crisis with iran, personally, i think borisjohnson rather bruised by some of the fairly aggressive tone of mr hun s campaign, accusing him of being a coward, accusing him of being fine asa coward, accusing him of being fine as a newspaper columnist but not fine is a Prime Minister, im not sure hell be in the mood to say that sort by gone and forgotten. I think mr hunt might find hes going down the ladder a little bit but thats an interesting one which will have to be handled with some care. Of course it will depend on mr hunt does, is if he runs borisjohnson close it might be enough a lot harder to boot him to the margins of the cabinet. If on the other hand, its a crushing majority for mr johnson, then it much easier to move him sideways. Quite interesting watching of these arrivals at downing street this morning, how theresa may will respond as many of these people are just a couple of weeks ago were saying what was wrong with tory policy so far are going to be sitting around her not getting what they want to become its going to bea what they want to become its going to be a bit awkward, isnt it . What they want to become its going to be a bit awkward, isnt mm is. And you know, its always, sort of, quite galling i imagine for an outgoing leader, when people have spent who knows, the best part of a year trying to bring you down and undermine new and briefjournalists against you, once its all over, start saying what a wonderful Prime Minister youve been and you did your best and no one could have done better and how sorry they are to see you go. But hey, thats politics. It was always thus, it is a rough game, if you go into it you have to be prepared for that. I think one of the striking things about mrs may s departure, its been rather long list of this leadership contest has been going on for quite a long time. At the way in which she has carried on, she could havejust headed off to chequers, got out the sun lounger and sat around having a dry martini, but she hasnt. Shes been back here, grafting away, day in and day out, albeit some people have said, shes just trying to shore up her legacy with a load of proposals on the environment, housing policy, tuition fees or whatever. But even in the sort of nitty gritty nuts and bolts of downing street she still been Holding Meetings with her business council, the last cabinet i am told was business as usual. So shes still been carrying on very much as the Prime Minister in situ. I guess for other cabinet ministers, there must be a slightly unreal feel to it because you know, anything you say or do is going to be superseded within a few days by any Prime Minister with a new team and an entirely different agenda. Just picking up very quickly while youre there, with nigel evans, you and i have stood in snow, wind, rain, every possible combination during this whole brexit process. Its just nice to be out in the sunshine, isnt it . Nice to be out in the sunshine, isnt it . Well, if youre Boris Johnson, and part of your pitch is you want to bring a bit of mojo and self confidence and optimism back to british politics, while, what a backdrop . Imagine if it was tipping down with rain, that would be a dampener on the whole thing but a day like this, you couldnt have asked for a better lift off if he is to become Prime Minister. The unbeatable norman smith, thank you very much and i will talk to you later. Yes, a fabulous backdrop in westminster, blue skies, the temperature rising by the moment is no doubt it is inside the Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre, we await that announcement with much anticipation. We will be back from westminster a little bit later bit back to the studio. Simon, thank you. Its approaching 9 50am. The headlines on bbc news. Injust a matter of hours, the uk will have a new Prime Minister. Either borisjohnson orjeremy hunt will be announced winner of the conservative leadership election. New powers to fast track the deportation of migrants the Trump Administration introduces new rules that will bypass immigration courts and let the sun shine the uk prepares for a heatwave as temperatures climb above 30 degrees this week after being announced as the new leader of the liberal democrats, jo swinson says her door is open to any consvervative mps who want to talk about changing party. She spoke to bbc breakfast earlier and begins here by explaining how she would put a stop to brexit. We think that having a peoples vote is the best way to stop brexit, and so we are continuing to work with other mps in parliament who agree with that, and that cross Party Working right across the house of commons. Because this is the way out of the brexit gridlock and impasse that we are in, and we know from the governments own analysis how damaging brexit will be for our economy, our national security, for our Public Services like the nhs, and thats why its so important that we secure and win a peoples vote. Many people will say, of course, and you will have dealt with this question before, there has already been a vote. Indeed. But that was on departure. There was not the specifics of a deal. And now that we have that level of detail, i think it is sensible that people are able to have their say on whether that brexit deal is what they want or not. And i think, given that it is very far removed from what people were promised back in 2016, there is strong reason to believe that people may well choose, in the knowledge of what they now have in terms of the details of what brexit looks like, that were better off with a deal we have as members of the European Union. And it should be up to the people to have the final say. Youve obviously been part of the coalition government, youve mentioned in this interview about working with other people. Does that include, for example, Boris Johnson orjeremy hunt, whoever becomes leader of conservative party . Both of those people are brexiteers, they are advocating a course of action that will be catastrophic for our country and so, no, it does not include them. I am working cross party on the peoples vote campaign, with mps from all different parties, or most different parties, who share that goal. And i think that collaboration, that working together, is important to securing the right future for our country. And i will continue to do that. But obviously on brexit, i have a fundamental disagreement with Boris Johnson, jeremy hunt, and, for that matter, jeremy corbyn. The Information Commissioners Office has expressed concern about the so called digital strip searching of victims of crime thats when phones and mobile devices are examined for evidence relevant to an investigation. Under the policy, the Police Routinely ask victims, including rape complainants, to hand over their devices. The Campaign Group big brother watch says the system needs urgent reform. More details from our legal correspondent, clive coleman. Following a series of failures by police and prosecutors to disclose digital evidence to defendants, including liam allen who was wrongly accused of rape, police in england and wales introduced forms asking alleged victims for permission to view data on their mobile devices, including messages, photographs, e mails and social media accounts. If they dont comply, prosecutions can be halted. Courtney, not her real name, reported a Sexual Assault to police. The choice they gave me was that i should give my cellphone to them to be downloaded in its entirety, all the personal material that is on that phone will be seen potentially by officers and my attacker or i can refuse and my case will be dropped. I chose the latter and its deeply upsetting because i feel like at this time that im not able to getjustice for that crime. In a new report, big brother watch claims the searches are highly likely to infringe a victims privacy and Data Protection rights and delay investigations. And the Information Commissioners Office which is shortly to report on the issue says it has serious concerns about the policys impact on peoples privacy rights. The National Police Chiefs Council says it believes that consent forms are the best way of Meeting Police obligations to search for relevant material, but recognises the concerns and will carefully consider both reports. Clive coleman, bbc news. After more than two days, firefighters are still battling a huge wildfire in central portugal. Despite reports of progress, the authorities have requested two water bombing planes as strong winds have fanned the flames even further. So far, more than 30 people have been injured and hundreds have been evacuated. Laura westbrook has the latest. Smoke engulfs the sky as the wildfires in central portugal continue to burn. Authorities say they are making progress but for these residents, its too late. People here can only look on as their homes are consumed by flames. Translation yes, its not the firefighters fault. The people who govern and those who let the fire burn are the ones to blame. Translation we had no assistance no firefighters, no police. Yesterday i was at my brothers house to help. The house burned, no one showed up, we were alone. Around 1,000 firefighters have been deployed to the region along with planes and helicopters. Much of this area is covered in forests of eucalyptus trees which are particularly flammable. The hilly terrain makes fighting these fires especially tough. Firefighters say sudden changes in wind direction is whats continuing to fan the flames. Its not yet known what caused these latest wildfires but because the fires broke out in areas very close to each other, authorities are looking into whether they were started deliberately. With a heat wave expected this week and temperatures set to reach a0 celsius, the country remains on high alert. Laura westbrook, bbc news. Whether time, simon king has the absolutely. Record breaking temperatures expected this week across the uk and europe. The heat coming all the way from northern parts of africa and look at this satellite imagery. This cluster of cloud, thunderstorms, iwill get onto that in a moment before the meantime, cloud starting here but that will disappear, we are looking at lots of sunshine across the uk throughout today, temperatures getting up into the mid 20s for scotla nd getting up into the mid 20s for scotland and Northern Ireland. England and wales i 20s, into the 30s, england and wales i 20s, into the 305, 35 england and wales i 20s, into the 30s, 35 celsius possible this afternoon in the south east of england. But through tonight, with the heat and humidity, its all going to go bang. We are looking at thunderstorms moving their way up from the south, initially they will be in south west england, spreading through parts of wales, and up into the midlands, drifting their way north and eastwards tonight. Torrential rain, frequent lightning expected with all of that and it will be very warm and sticky tonight. These are the minimum temperatures, by sam tomorrow morning, 16 20dc button before midnight, up into the 20s for many of us. Those storms will gradually work their way northwards during wednesday, a bit of a wet start for northern areas, eventually there will be sunshine breaking through. A little bit fresher on wednesday, less hot, really, temperatures down a touch across scotland, Northern Ireland, but for eastern and southeastern areas of england, those temperatures once again getting above 30. Thursday we are expecting to see the peak of the heat. Thats where the temperatures across mainland europe, getting up into the 40s, and that heat is transferring its way towards the uk. One or two showers perhaps in northern and Western Areas during thursday, but its going to be all about the heat, temperatures in scotland and Northern Ireland getting into the mid to high 20s, for england and wales again, into the 30s. But its in the south east of england where it reaches 37 celsius during thursday afternoon, not only the hottest day of the year but it could well break the hottestjuly day on record in the uk. The Current Record standing at 36. 7 celsius, in 2015. Into friday, things turning a little bit fresher so if you are not a fan of the heat of the uncomfortable weather, we are going to see some dry weather with sunny spells but look at the temperatures, certainly coming down. 21 26dc in the london area, coming down. 21 26dc in the london area , very coming down. 21 26dc in the london area, very hot over the next few days. Goodbye. Hello, its tuesday. Its ten oclock. Im joanna gosling. In less than two hours time well find out who is the new leader of the conservative party and, from tomorrow, our new Prime Minister. Weve brought together ten young tory Party Activists to ask who they want in the top job, and why. This mum of two had both breasts removed after wrongly being diagnosed with breast cancer. 28 year old sarah boyle says shes suffered from numerous mental breakdowns since she found out the truth. Shejoins hurst today. Campaigners are calling for a change to what they call digital strip searches, where the victim of a crime is asked to give their phone to police. Well speak to a woman who says she was a victim