The trade secretary liam fox. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. Deutsche bank starts to make the first of eighteen thousand job cuts including in london as part of a radical reorganisation. A life sentence for a life taken the parents of a child killed by a hit and run driver take their fight for tougher sentences to parliament. British airways faces a record £183m fine for last years breach of its security systems. The airline says its surprised and disappointed and 15 year old coco gauffs wimbledon dream is over, as she loses in straight sets to former world number one simona halep. Its 5pm our top story. Theresa may has insisted she has full faith in the British Ambassador in washington, Sir Kim Darroch, after the leak of emails hed written describing the Trump Administration as uniquely dysfunctional and inept. President trump has complained that sir kim has not served the uk well but mrs mays spokesman said the uks strong relationship with the white house would continue. A
In the race to be pm. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. Two oil tankers hit by explosions in the gulf of oman dozens of crew members have been rescued. Almost three quarters of english hospitals miss nhs targets to treat Cancer Patients within two months. The british cyclist chris froome undergoes a six hour operation following a high speed crash on wednesday. Boris johnson has emerged as the clear frontrunner in the conservative leadership election, with more than a third of the votes cast by tory mps in the first ballot of the contest. The field of ten candidates has now been narrowed to seven. Here are the results, announced this afternoon by the 1922 backbench committee. Way out in front is borisjohnson, with 114 votes, followed by the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt on 43 votes, and the environment secretary michael gove who got 37 votes. In fourth place comes former brexit secretary dominic raab on 27 votes, then the home secretary sajid javid who got 23 votes, the Health Sec
Of one of the uks worst disasters in modern times. Captured on camera moments before britains champion cyclist chris froome suffered serious injuries in a high speed crash in france hes in intensive care after six hours of surgery. And coming up on bbc news. England striker toni duggan trains alone for the second day running, and may miss out with injury against argentina at the womens world cup tomorrow. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Boris johnson has overwhelmingly won the first round of votes to be the next conservative leader and the next Prime Minister. The former foreign secretary now seems almost certain to make it into the final two after picking up the support of 114 of his conservative colleagues. Ten candidates were in the running. Boris johnson was out way front followed byjeremy hunt and michael gove. Three candidates andrea leadsom, mark harper and esther mcvey didnt get enough support and were eliminated from the race, leaving seven mps to face more vo
Politicians. Trains cancelled as flooding hits parts of england. Take care, chris. Captured on camera moments before suffering serious injuries ina moments before suffering serious injuries in a high speed crash, britains champion cyclist chris froome is now recovering in intensive care after six hours of surgery. Intensive care after six hours of surgery. And President Trump causes a splash on twitter about his meeting with the prince of whales. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson good evening and welcome to bbc news. Boris johnson has overwhelmingly won the first round of votes to be the next conservative leader and the next Prime Minister. The former foreign secretary now seems almost certain to make it into the final two, after picking up the support of 114 of his conservative colleagues. Ten candidates were in the running. Boris johnson colleagues. Ten candidates were in the running. Borisjohnson was out in front followed byjeremy hunt and michael gove. Three candid
The sacrifices of the thousands of men and women who fought to liberate europe. The invasion was the largest combined land, air and Naval Operation in history and one of the most decisive battles of the Second World War. Iam i am honoured to be stood here today in front of so many other veterans. You will never forget your comrades. We were all there together. It is right that the sacrifice of so many is being honoured 75 years on. We must never forget. Seniorfigures from every country that fought alongside the uk are attending theyve agreed a commitment to uphold democracy, tolerance and the rule of law. The other headlines at two oclock. Social workers are severely criticised over the brutal murders of two toddlers in northamptonshire. Creditors vote on whether to accept a rescue deal for sir philip greens retail group, arcadia. And women born in the 1950s take the government to court, over the way their pension ages were increased. Good afternoon were live in portsmouth, where the q