We pulled it off. We broke the deadlock, we ended the gridlock, we smashed the road block. The Prime Minister is now inside number 10 having pledged to earn the support of people who in his words may have lent him their vote. An awful night for labour losing 59 seats many of them in places the party has held for decades. Jeremy corbyn said the results were very disappointing. I want to also make it clear that i will not lead the party in any future general Election Campaign. I will discuss with our party, to ensure there is a process now of reflection. Borisjohnson pledges to work day and night to retain the support of labour voters who deserted Jeremy Corbyn as labour suffered its worst defeat since the dark days of michael foot. Jo liberal democrat leader jo swinson has quit after she loses her own seat to the snp and the party fails to improve its position at westminster. For millions of people in our country, these results will bring dread and dismay and people are looking for hope
Holiday monday on record. Coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news reflecting one of the great test innings, as ben stokes keeps england alive in the ashes. Good afternoon. World leaders gathered at the g7 summit in biarritz in the south of france, have agreed to release more than £16 million to help tackle huge fires in the amazon rainforest. The french president said most of the money would be used to fund aircraft to help put out the flames, with the rest providing technical support. Earlier, borisjohnson pledged £10 million to help restore lost habitat. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports. The fires raging across the amazon, devastating thousands of acres of rainforest, prompting global outrage and now, potentially, global action. Borisjohnson and his team arrived at the summit to join other World Leaders to discuss what can be done. This morning the Prime Minister promised brazil £10 million to help reforest affected areas in the months to come. Order
We love space news here on the context. And tonight, its the next step in chinas ambitious space programme. The countrys space agency has launched a rocket that its hoping will make history. This is the moment the change 6 mission blasted off from the Wenchang Space launch centre in southern hainan province. On board is a probe that will aim for the first time to collect samples from the far side of the moon. The spacecraft will attempt to make a soft landing on the South Pole Aitken basin, one of the largest known Impact Craters in the solar system. It then hopes to return the samples successfully to earth. The journey is expected to take 53 days to complete. Im pleased to say former nasa astronaut, who was once the commander of the International Space station, leroy chiao joins us now. Leroy, always a delight to talk to you. I love talking to you about space, and give me your sense of how significant this is not only that china has launched this probe that its been a successful launc
For the rest of our lives. Good morning. A frosty morning in central london, outside st pauls cathedral. Over the next couple of hours, 1500 invited guests will make their way inside for the National Memorial service and we will be talking to some of them over the next couple of hours. Let us bring you the bbc news so far today. A Memorial Service is being held at st pauls cathedral this morning for the victims and survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire in west london. 71 people were killed when the fire tore through the tower block, six months ago today. Prince charles, Prince William and theresa may will be among the 2,000 people who are expected to attend. My my thoughts and the thoughts of eve ryo ne my thoughts and the thoughts of everyone in the met with people who lost their lives and their loved ones. Also those people who lived in g re nfell tower ones. Also those people who lived in Grenfell Tower and those who escaped, those who have lost their homes and the local community. I
Struggling . Good morning. Most festival fun good morning. Most festivalfun has been put on hold for this year but i will be looking at smart ways that some embracing social distancing that asking whether for others, covid could mean the partys over for good . An fa cup nightmare for david de gea. The Manchester United goalkeeper makes two huge mistakes as chelsea progress to the final. For many of us today, we will see some sunshine. They will also be areas of cloud thick enough to produce some showers over the northern half of the country. Wales and southern england seeing the sunniest disguise. I will have all the details later in the programme. Its monday the 20th ofjuly. Our top story the government has signed deals to secure 90 million doses of Coronavirus Vaccines which are being developed overseas. The agreements, one with a german Us Partnership and one with a french firm, is in addition to a pledge for 100 million doses of a vaccine created at the university of oxford, which