On his last day in beijing, President Trump is full of praise for the chinese president , but walks away with no major concessions. Kevin spacey will be edited out of a new hollywood film, following more allegations of Sexual Assault. And in belfast tonight, switzerland beat Northern Ireland in the first leg of their world cup play off. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, well have the action from the womens ashes test in sydney, where england have work to do going into day two. Good evening. For the second time in the space of a week theresa may has been forced into a limited cabinet reshuffle, after priti patel Penny Mordaunt has taken over as International Development secretary, replacing priti patel, who resigned last night after a series of unauthorised meetings with israeli officials. Her appointment maintains the rather delicate balance in cabinet between leavers and remainers, as the latest brexit negotiations get under way in brussels. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg
Welcome to bbc news. For the second time in a week, theresa may has been forced into a mini reshuffle of her cabinet. Penny mourdaunt has been appointed as the new International Development secretary replacing priti patel. She resigned last night, admitting she had not been transparent enough about high level meetings with israeli politicians while on holiday. Like her predecessor, penny mourdaunt backed the leave campaign in the eu referendum. Its my first day here and im delighted to be here. Ive already met some of the staff and theyre doing a terrificjob building a more safe, more secure and more prosperous world for us all, and i want to continue doing that, but also to give the British Public confidence and pride in what were doing. You might recognise her from a rather unlikely she raniolparliamenl 25 sagad segnsixzzrl 57. Le. The woman she replaced. In terms of brexit, whilst i hope everyone is united behind the prime ministers approach, nevertheless its also helpful to have an
See them. My sense could be part of east anglia, lincolnshire, southern wales, some spots in the midlands and perhaps into northern ireland, gaps appearing here overnight, parts of central and southern scotland. By that in mind, because after much rather dull start, i am that in mind, because after much rather dull start, iam hopeful that the day, once it gets going, could brighten up quite nicely in one or two spots and with the breeze coming somewhere out of the south west for the most part, it will not be a cold day again. Single figure temperatures across the north, south, 12 or 13 degrees 01 so the north, south, 12 or 13 degrees or so is not too buyerfor the time of year. For that we have to thank the fact that we are sandwiched in a wedge of relatively mild as, with the breeze coming in from the south west, such as it is. Not million miles away towards the north west of us, cold air, becoming a bit ofa north west of us, cold air, becoming a bit of a player as we move into wednesd
Bollywood film of all time . And coming up in the sport on bbc news, englands cricketing summer has started. Theyre in bristol, playing a one Day International against ireland. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The conservatives have made big gains in the local elections, recording their best results since 2008. Many of the votes cast yesterday across england, scotland and wales are still being counted, but labour has fared badly in many areas, including losing control of its former stronghold of glasgow. Ukip has seen its vote collapse, only winning a single seat so far. The Liberal Democrats have had a mixed result, and havent found the breakthrough they had been hoping for. Just a few moments ago, this is how things looked. It means the conservatives have so far gained 240 seats, labour have lost 177, the Liberal Democrats of lost 177, the Liberal Democrats of lost 31 and ukip have lost 68. When it comes to councils. The tories have picked up five councils, labour h
Publishes its plan to reduce Air Pollution, but its criticised for being too vague. Can spurs keep the winning streak going . Beat west ham tonight and theyll be a point behind chelsea. Good evening. Welcome to the bbc news at six. The conservatives have made big gains in the local elections, winning seats all across the country from every other party. Its their best result since 2008. As well as taking control of five councils in england and wales theyve made significant gains in scotland. Labour has had a drubbing, losing control of its former stronghold of glasgow, amongst others. Ukips vote has collapsed, and the liberal democrats havent made the breakthrough they had been hoping for. Results are still coming in, but a short while ago the conservatives had gained 309 seats in england. Labour have lost 144 seats, ukip are down 138 there are still some results to come in, and theres been no polling in northern ireland. With all the latest, heres Laura Kuenssberg. Duly elected as coun