North east scotland. It has been a bright start, low 2a high teens. There will be an area of cloud running down to eastern england, may be some toward South West England and increasing in Northern Ireland. For many it will be clear. Where you are, especially in the countryside, single figures and may be close to freezing in part of eastern scotland. Turning wetter in Northern Ireland through the day, increasing cloud in the west and isolated showers possible elsewhere. Despite increasing cloud, it will stay fine and temperatures in the high teens oi and temperatures in the high teens or low 20s. That is pretty much where they will be through much of this week. But it is going to be a decidedly mixed week. Some rain at times, occasionalsunshine, decidedly mixed week. Some rain at times, occasional sunshine, too. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Leaked emails from the British Ambassador to washington have described president Trumps Administration as inept, insecure and incompetent
Back at the week in parliament. The chancellor says no to no deal brexit. And it was a week that was remarkably brexit heavy, and we havent had one of those for ages. The chancellor started it. Preparing for no deal is not the same as avoiding the effects of no deal. Jeremy corbyn and theresa may picked up the baton. The best thing to do would be to go back to the people, and let them decide which way we go labour wants to block brexit, and that would be a betrayal of the many by the few also on the programme. The go to guide for parliament goes online, forfree. But first, it wasnt so long ago that you couldnt get through a single parliamentary debate without brexit coming up. Little else was talked about in westminster. But since the deadline was extended until the end of october, its gone a bit quiet. But all that changed this week. The two conservative leadership candidates were responsible by both saying they were willing to allow the uk to leave without a deal. With renewed no dea
Trump says iran has made a very big mistake by shooting down an american surveillance drone. And campaigners when a legal challenge over the british governments decision to allow arms sales to saudi arabia. Good evening. The conservative leadership contest is down to the final two candidates. After michael gove was eliminated after finishing last in the for the of conservative mps. Boris johnson once last in the for the of conservative mps. Borisjohnson once again won the lions share of the vote with 160 votes, followed byjeremy hunt on 77 votes, who was closely trailed by michael gove with 75 boats. So michael gove is knocked out of the contest, leaving borisjohnson and jeremy hunt to battle it out. The three candidates shared their reaction to the results on twitter. Michael gove tweeted naturally disappointed, but so proud of the campaign we ran. Huge thanks to my campaign we ran. Huge thanks to my campaign team, it has been an honour to set out the vision for the future of our grea
Harvey proctor breaks down in court as he gives evidence in the trial of the man who accused him of being a paedophile. And marvellous murray delights the crowd as he makes a winning comeback after hip surgery at queens. Coming up on bbc news, we will let you know if defending champions usa could maintain their 100 record at the womens world cup. They started well against sweden. Good evening. Boris johnson and jeremy hunt are the final two in the race to be our next Prime Minister after michael gove was knocked out of the contest in a day of drama at westminster. The day started with four men in the running for the top job. At one oclock, after another vote by conservative mps, borisjohnson increased his lead. And the home secretary, sajid javid, was eliminated from the race. Then, this evening, another ballot, the last by tory mps. Michael gove was knocked out of the contest by just two votes. Now its down to conservative Party Members, around 160,000 of them, to decide who becomes p
Now on bbc news the week in parliament. Hello and welcome to the week in parliament. And it was a week that was remarkably brexit heavy, and we havent had one of those for ages. The chancellor started it. Preparing for no deal is not the same as avoiding the effects of no deal. Jeremy corbyn and theresa may picked up the baton. The best thing to do would be to go back to the people, and let them decide which way we go labour wants to block brexit, and that would be a betrayal of the many by the few also on the programme. The go to guide for parliament goes online, forfree. But first, it wasnt so long ago that you couldnt get through a single parliamentary debate without brexit coming up. Little else was talked about in westminster. But since the deadline was extended until the end of october, its gone a bit quiet. But all that changed this week. The two conservative leadership candidates were responsible by both saying they were willing to allow the uk to leave without a deal. With ren