Hq this afternoon before going on to address influential backbenchers, promising to deliver brexit by october 31st. The president of the Eu Commission and the eus chief negotiator both say they look forward to working with him. And President Trump has congratulated mrjohnson saying, he will be great. One other news story a heatwave is spreading across the uk, with temperatures expected to climb to well over 30 degrees celsius this week. Its five oclock our top story borisjohnson has promised to energise the country, after winning victory in the tory leadership contest. He secured two thirds of members votes, comfortably defeating the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt. Mrjohnson will officially become Prime Minister tomorrow after a meeting with the queen at Buckingham Palace. In his victory speech, mrjohnson promised to unite the country and deliver brexit by the deadline of 31st october. But hes already seen some ministerial resignations and there could be more as several cabinet members h
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The British Governments Brexit Strategy can be summed up in new Prime Minister Boris Johnsons three word phrase do or die. The uk is leaving on october the 31st, he says, deal or no deal. Right now, a deal between london and brussels appears unlikely, so what about the alternative . Well, my guest is iain duncan smith, former conservative party leader and ardent brexiteer. Can Prime Ministerjohnson deliver a no deal exit and what will it mean for britains politics and economy . Iain duncan smith, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. If i may, let me begin by quoting to you the words of an European Union official in brussels uttered just a couple of days ago. A no deal exit now appears to be the uk governments central scenario. Would you agree with that . In the sense that the governments made it clear they think the existing Withdrawal Agreement is dead, unless there is major surgery to it, and the government has set out the starting point, which is t
Is told to stick to his report as democrats get ready to ask him why he didnt press charges against President Trump. And you know what they say about mad dogs and englishmen. Ill be helping christian brave the mini heatwave sweeping europe and the uk with a few pointers from the animal world. Hello and welcome im Christian Fraser in westminster and jane obrien is in washington. Borisjohnson will be confirmed tomorrow, the 55th person to serve as british Prime Minister. And fitting for a programme with a title like ours he has exactly 100 days until brexit on october 31st to find a deal. Mrjohnson declared that his mission was to take britain out of the eu by that date come what may and re unite the country. Right through the race borisjohnson was the frontrunner and it was no different in the final ballot with conservative members he beatjeremy hunt comfortably mrjohnsons share of the vote was 66 . Now he promises he will put his maximum energy into his new role as britains Prime Minis
Borisjohnson has won the conservative leadership election and will become the uks Prime Minister tomorrow. He beat his opponentjeremy hunt by some margin, nearly double, with over 92,000 votes. Heres a little of his acceptance speech. And we know the mantra of the campaign that isjust gone by. In case you have forgotten it, you probably have because its been a while since weve covered it. It is deliver brexit, unite the country and defeat jeremy corbyn. And that is what we are going to do and i know some lad has alreary pointed out that deliver, unite and defeat is not the perfect acronym for an Election Campaign since unfortunately, it spells dud. But they forgot the final e, my friend. E forenergise the Deputy Editor of the guardian points out and the leader of the opposition has warned that mrjohnson may not be able to hold on to powerfor long. Jeremy corbyn says labour will table a vote of no confidence in the new pm, but he wont say when. We will decide when that will be. It will
Also this morning, are you ready for what could be the hottest day on record . There are warnings of travel disruption and and damage to health as the heatwave reaches its peak. We could hit 39 celsius, 102 fahrenheit, somewhere in the london area today. But the heat is not confined to the south east, i will have all the details later. Braced forjob cuts nissan prepares to announce more than 10,000 roles will go around the world , workers in sunderland will learn this morning if theyre affected. In sport, a historic day at lords as irelands cricketers mark their first test against england by bowling them out forjust 85 in two hours. Good morning. Its thursday the 25th ofjuly. Our top story borisjohnson will chair his first Cabinet Meeting this morning, after a massive clear out of theresa mays senior team. The new Prime Minister moved quickly to install brexiteers in key posts to help carry out his pledge to take the uk out of the eu by the end of october, with or without a deal. 0ur P