against the prime minister in a significant revolt against his leadership. ijust hope that, given the mood of the public, the vote we have had here tonight, that the cabinet will tell the prime minister that, in the words of steve baker, the gig is up. i predict we will have a new leader of the party, a new prime minister, by party conference this year. i m geeta guru murthy live in westminster where we ll be bringing you the latest reaction to the vote. i m joined by conservative mp still very much backing the prime minister. three police officers in the us state of arizona have been put on leave after they stood by and watched a homeless man drowning. ukraine s president says his forces are holding out against russian advances in key cities in the donbas region. the family of a british geologist jailed for 15 years in iraq for attempting to remove historial artefacts says they are shocked by the punishment saying it amounts to a death sentence. hello and welcome if you re
leadership mandate, they said, and it was time to move forward. i think it s a convincing result, a decisive forward. i think it s a convincing result, a decisive result, - forward. i think it s a convincing result, a decisive result, and i forward. i think it s a convincing i result, a decisive result, and what it means is that as a government we can move on and focus on the stuff that i think really matters. as the votes were cast at westminster this evening, and after the result, the rebels said that things had now changed fundamentally. i hadn t expected more than a third of the i hadn t expected more than a third of the parliamentary party expressing no confidence in the prime expressing no confidence in the prime minister, but it is severely damaging prime minister, but it is severely damaging for him and his reputation. we will damaging for him and his reputation. we will have the latest from westminster tonight, from downing street, on what the result means f
the final day ofjubilee celebrations will end with a huge pageant near buckingham palace later. iam i am annita mcveigh on the mall as they get ready for that pageant, the people s pageant, on the fourth and final day of celebrations to mark the queen s 70 year reign. street parties are also set to be held across the uk. moscow continues its offensive in eastern ukraine but a series of powerful explosions strike the capital. meanwhile, closer to home the welsh national football team will take on the ukraine side in a world cup qualifier later today and we will take a look at the papers this morning, with the queen and paddington bear playing a major part. hello and welcome to bbc news. welcome to bbc news and the fourth and final day of the platinum jubilee celebrations. today there will be a pageant along the mall in london, featuring a military parade, acrobats, puppets and other tributes to the 70 years of the queen s reign. celebrations will be held across the country
that your wages aren t going as far as they once did. and if you re looking for work, let us know how that s going. you can get in touch with me. the footballing world throws its support behind blackpool s jake daniels, who has become the uk s first current male professional footballer in more than 30 years to come out as gay. i feel like i ifeel like i am ready to i feel like i am ready to tell people about my story. i want people to know the real me. lying all the time is not what i wanted to do, and it has been a struggle. now ijust do feel like i m ready to be myself, be free and just be confident with it all. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the foreign secretary liz truss is expected make a statement to the uk parliament today paving the way for making changes to the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland, known as the protocol. one of the main parties, the democratic unionists is refusing to enter power sharing at sto
Own walkabout with wife meghan on a visit in nigeria. And why classes across the uk are being cancelled and schools closed because of cyber attacks. On sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, Firm Favourites in the old firm match, but can rangers beat celtic for the first time this season to send the title race to the final weekend . Good evening. The economy grew more strongly than expected at the start of 202a. It means the uk is out of recession thats when the economy shrinks for two three month periods in a row, as it did towards the end of last year, when people faced higher prices in shops and higher interest rates. The Prime Minister said the uk economy has real momentum, but admitted there is more work to do. With more, heres our economics editor, faisal islam. The recession is now over, because the economy, all the goods and services we buy and sell, was officially growing by 0. 6 in the first three months of the year. Thats the highest, alongside canada, in the g7 advanced n