borisjohnson‘s assembling his cabinet for the first time since the election, and says he s going to make it illegal to to delay the brexit process ever again. a record number of rape cases are lost because the justice system is close to breaking point, according to the crown prosecution service inspectorate. annie tisshaw reported a rape, but was devastated when the cps didn t puruse her case. didn t didn t pursue her case. we will speak to her and the next hour. and this is 30 years old today. you have no idea what it is like being married to you. being married to me?! we ll talk to the animator who s worked on more than 100 episodes, and a simpson superfan who says it s past its best. hello. welcome to the programme. we re live until 11 this morning. if you are still a simpsons fan after a ll if you are still a simpsons fan after all this time, let us know why, or if you think itjumped the shark some time ago, sent me a message. use the details on screen to get in to
announced plans to move 20,000 people off this island and neighbouring islands by early 2020. movement on that has been extremely slow. and people, particularly women and children, keep arriving on these islands every week. also coming up. the driver, being pushed sideways by a lorry down one of london s busiest roads. how singer ellie goulding came to the rescue. shapps good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. borisjohnson has held his first cabinet meeting since the general election.he told his ministers that they had to repay the trust of the voters by working flat out to change the country for the better. the prime minister is planning to make it illegal for parliament to extend the brexit process beyond the end of next year. he ll add a clause to his withdrawal agreement bill, which will go before mps on friday. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in downing street. norman, wanting to send a message, they are definitely hittin
thank you very much, jane. it has been nature restart for much of the country, and dry, with some sunshine. it has been a chilly start for much of the country. the fog has been quite dense across parts of northern, western england, into the midlands and parts of northern ireland. this is in between those dry and cold weather systems. this feature across the south east has brought a really wet night to parts of south east england and east anglia. we are looking at further rain moving on, as you can see across central and southern income. showers with snow on the hills across scotland easing through the afternoon and becoming more confined to the north east mainland and the northern isles, one or two showers across the irish sea coast, wales and west in england. a largely dry day away from the south east corner budget will once again be chilly. into tonight, with light winds, clear skies. turning quite cold, perhaps one or two showers. sub zero values for many central and no
dateline london discusses whether hong kong is losing the battle for hearts and minds following thejuly 1st protests. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the trump administration has been labelled inept , insecure and incompetent in leaked emails from the uk ambassador to washington. sir kim darroch said that the white house was uniquely dysfunctional and divided under donald trump. but the ambassador also said in the memos that mr trump should not be written off. the foreign office says the leak of diplomatic cables was mischievous , but hasn t denied their authenticity. speaking to andrew marr, the justice secretary said that ambassadors should be free to give frank assessments to their government. i think it s very important that ambassadors give honest, unvarnished advice to their country and it is disgraceful that it has been leaked, but we should expect our ambassadors to tell the truth as they see it. justice secretary, david gauke. our correspondent andy m
here on bbc news, it s the 1,000th episode of click, and this week, it s an interactive special. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. thejustice secretary, david gauke, has strongly criticised the leak of emails in which the uk ambassador in washington describes president trump s administration as inept and incompetent . in the messages, seen by the mail on sunday, sir kim darroch says the white house has been uniquely dysfunctional undeertrump, but warns that he should not be written off. the foreign office says the leak of diplomatic cables was mischievous , but hasn t denied their authenticity. the justice secretary has beeen speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr. i think it s very important that ambassadors give honest, unvarnished advice to their country and it is disgraceful that it s been leaked, but we should expect our ambassadors to tell the truth as they see it. and therefore the government should stick by him? as i say, i think ambassadors need to be able t