The uk representative to the eu will hand over that letter from theresa may signalling the start of two years of negotiations on leaving. Well bring you all the latest news and reaction throughout the day, from across the uk and European Union. Good morning. Im outside the Houses Of Parliament on College Green ahead of the triggering of article 50 which marks the start of the formal process for the uk to leave the eu. The Prime Minister, theresa may, has just left number ten downing st. She is on her way to parliament. She will be addressing mps this lunchtime after Prime Ministers questions. She will be telling mps that today marks the time for the country to come together as it embarks on what she describes as a momentous journey. We embarks on what she describes as a momentousjourney. We know that embarks on what she describes as a momentous journey. We know that the Prime Minister has already signed that letter giving official notice under article 50 of the lisbon treaty. That lett
fortunes over the course of the coming months? well, he seems to have given himself a good few months to do that with the timeframe he talked about today. but it s just a working assumption , the prime minister said. so the election still could be may orjune. can the labour leader, sir keir starmer, win people over with the pitch he put forward today, promising project hope in contrast to what he calls the cynical, declinist vision of the tory government? we ll speak to both labour and the conservatives live in a moment. first, here s nick. on his own with a decision that is his alone. and today, some white smoke. my working assumption is we will have a general election in the second half of this year and in the meantime i ve got lots that i want to get on with. calm down was the message to anyone banking on a may election. but some wriggle room to keep that option open. 0pposition parties cried downing street squatter . but an ally of the prime minister strongly defended his app
china, emergency teams, including rescue workers, have been going from town to town to deal with these extreme weather events. this summer has barely started, extreme weather events. this summer has barely started, and extreme weather events. this summer has barely started, and yet extreme weather events. this summer has barely started, and yet here - extreme weather events. this summer has barely started, and yet here in - has barely started, and yet here in spain. has barely started, and yet here in spain. the has barely started, and yet here in spain, the country has already had two episodes of unusually high temperatures so far in recent weeks - first temperatures so far in recent weeks - first of temperatures so far in recent weeks - first of all temperatures so far in recent weeks first of all in may, and more recently first of all in may, and more recently in first of all in may, and more recently in mid june when some areas of the recently in mid june w
and what about more widely the state, given there you have said there were low supplies, what about the state of the military in your assessment, more widely? the military has certainly underperformed what i m sure putin expected. there could be a number of reasons for that, but one of the things that i think people need to consider is that most of the enlisted troops in the russian army are conscripts on one or two year commitments. annually, the conscript call up happens around may orjune, after school is out, and then the conscripts go through a period of training. this past year, most of those who were trained in the 2001 class went through about four to five months of training, probably not much more,
interesting. and what about, more widely the state, given there are those supplies, what about the state of the military in your assessment, more widely? the military has certainly underperformed what i m sure putin expected. there could be a number of reasons for that, but one of the things that i think people need to consider is that most of the enlisted troops in the russian army are conscripts on one or two year commitments. annually, the conscript call up happens around may orjune, after school is out. and then the conscripts go through a period of training. this past year, most of those who were trained in the 2001 class, went through about four to five months of training, probably not much more, and since then many of them have been living in tents on the western russian border and in belarus. that s probably not what they signed up for.