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 co
As councils step up visits to the elderly and doctors warn of the risk of heatstroke. Meanwhile, rail passengers are told to stay at home, with the risk of rail tracks buckling. Sarah is at our Weather Centre. It is officially the highest temperature in july on it is officially the highest temperature injuly on record but there is a chance today we could beat the all Time Temperature record which is set at 38. 5 celsius. The heat is rising and so is the humidity, it is not going to cool down ina humidity, it is not going to cool down in a hurry. I will bring you all the details in about half an hour. Englands cricketers are slowly repairing some of the damage from yesterdays collapsed. They have a rather Unlikely Hero to thank so have a rather Unlikely Hero to thank so far. More later in the hour. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live, im simon mccoy. The temperature here at westminster has soared in recent days both outside and inside the houses of parliament where earlier Boris John
Now on bbc news. The week in parliament. Hello and welcome to the week in parliament. Was this theresa mays last commons defeat and the new Prime Ministers first . The ayes to the right, 315. The noes to the left, 274. Catch them while you can at Prime Ministers questions, the leaders compare legacies. The real disgrace is his handling of racism in the labour party. Activists protesting, mps leaving, staff resigning. Deported british citizens which shes now had to compensate them for. I think, she might look to her own party and her own governments records as well. And 50 years on, that one small step for man. As the world held its breath and came together, and watched in awe these amazing events in black and white footage on our television screens. But first, theyve travelled thousands of miles, faced thousands of questions, even answered some of them. Over the past six weeks, weve learned thatjeremy hunt was once an entrepreneur and that borisjohnson likes making model buses. And wit
Jet powered flyboard. Hello and welcome. Im Christian Fraser in london and jane obrien is in washington. A day after clearing out the old cabinet, Boris Johnson appeared at the commons dispatch box today with a new team behind him and a bold plan in front of him. With energy and enthusiasm, the new Prime Minister painted a picture of a better Brexit Britain the beginning, he said, of a new golden age. The confident style of leadership reflects the settled decision of his new cabinet, and it is recognised in brussels. In an e mail to officials, the eus chief negotiatior, Michel Barnier, wrote, pm johnson has stated that, if an agreement is to be reached, it goes by way of eliminating the backstop. This is of course unacceptable and not within the mandate of the european council. As suggested by his rather combative speech, we have to be ready for a situation where he gives priority to the planning for no deal partly to heap pressure on the eu. Today, the conservative benches lapped it u
Sack. Very forceful and he made it very clear that in no way he could count an ideal situation at all, greg clark from the Business Department of course, Marie Stewart who made a good showing in the initial situation with leadership contest. There will be others like alan duncan and various other people who will follow as well but they are not cabinet ministers. What i find fascinating is that there is no question that the countries in the mood that if we are going to brexit, could you please get on with it. But you dont do it all cost and so right, that is the date, we are out of you. There has to be some deliberation, one can only hope that we havent had this. This hiatus for the last three weeks people have been sitting there whistling and thinking, christmas night, lets get on with the 23rd ofjuly, i hope they have some planning in place because we certainly dont know about it. European union appears to be not very interested in what anybody has to say, away the withdrawal agreemen