or something in between? we ll hear from a prominent brexiteer and remainer. and eat your heart out, theresa may. france s president macron has a new party, and it seems to be dominating french politics at the expense of the socialists. what are the lessons for us, and the implications for europe? and katie razzall has gone back to the very start of theresa may s campaign, to find out just what went wrong for the pm there. do you feel that you were very instrumental in what s happened in this election? definitely. i feel like we ve caused it, because we ve gone from having such a small turnout amongst 18 24 year olds to having a massive one. hello. for better or worse, hung parliaments offer an excuse to parties to jettison the difficult promises made in their manifesto. we saw that in the tory lib dem coalition of 2010. we re seeing the tories prune away bits of their manifesto now, as they negotiate with the dup. but the really big question hanging over westminster is whe
on the doorstep. this is the story of what really happened. at 7:30am, monday morning, people were standing there with freshly blow dried hair and fresh chanel suits ready to roll. i thought, we re on. theresa may would have thought to herself, this isn t a huge gamble, because she s not a known risk taker. i have just chaired a meeting of the of the cabinet, where we agreed the government should call a general election. it will be a choice between strong and stable leadership in the national interest, with me as your prime minister, or weak and unstable coalition government, led byjeremy corbyn. this is something that looks pretty set. she would be returning back to the house of commons with an increased majority. but people can take you by surprise in an election. you re joking. not another one! oh, for god s sake, i can t honestly i can t stand this. there s too much politics going on at the moment. why does she need to do it? why does she need to do it, asked brenda in
at 7:30am, monday morning. people were standing there with freshly blow dried hair and fresh chanel suits on ready to roll, i thought, we re on. theresa may would have thought to herself, this isn t a huge gamble, because she s not a known risk taker. i have just chaired a meeting of the of the cabinet, where we agreed the government should call a general election. it will be a choice between strong and stable leadership in the national interest, with me as your prime minister, or weak and unstable coalition government, led byjeremy corbyn. this is something that looks pretty set. she would be returning back to the house of commons with an increased majority. but people can take you by surprise in an election. you re joking. not another one! oh, for god s sake, i can t honestly i can t stand this. there s too much politics going on at the moment. why does she need to do it. why does she need to do it, asked brenda in bristol. why indeed. what is it about the recent 20% opin
welcome to bbc news. the iraqi prime minister, haider al abadi, has declared that the city of mosul has been liberated from the islamic state group. these are the latest pictures showing the scene in mosul‘s old city. sporadic gunfire could still be heard and bodies of militants lie in the streets. earlier, iraqi forces were fighting to capture the last small area of mosul where islamic state militants were holding out. our correspondentjonathan beale reports from the frontline. well, just in front of us is what the iraqi security forces say is the last bit of is territory that they predict will soon fall. meanwhile, rescue teams, search and rescue teams, have been going through rubble. this looks like it was an air strike, considering that kind of devastation. and they are going through the grim job of trying to find bodies. but, of course, most of what they are finding is being put into bags. the chances of people being alive here are very, very slim. not just the devasta
he takes up the position after reince priebus stood down from the post. the family of a 20 year old man who died after being restrained by police a week ago appeal for peace after angry clashes in east london last night where protesters threw fireworks and bottles at police. uk universities have a pension fund deficit of more than £17 billion the largest in the uk. time to cross to the bbc sport centre now for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m karthi gnanasegaram. the headlines this evening. rain affects play but not before roland jones has his say with england in control against south africa. hungary has been a happy hunting ground for hamilton but he struggled to fourth place it s vettel on pole. and holders hull are through to the challenge cup final at wembley. it s been a rain affected day at the oval and in the last ten minutes play has finally been abandoned for the day as england take on south africa in the third test. there has been enough play thou