Labour on 203 with some significant losses from 2017. The snp performing strongly in scotland on 48. The lib dems on 11, a relatively poor performance by then, alluding their leader, jo swinson, plaid cymru projected to end the night on 4. So, a very good morning to you, and you are watching election 2019. And here at new broadcasting house in central london, we are going to have this mornings headlines. We say a very good morning to louise minchin. Thanks, huw, good morning. With more than 600 seats declared, the conservatives have won the general election, with their biggest majority since 1987. Labour meanwhile has had its worst performance in three decades. Labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn said he was disappointed and wouldnt lead his party into any future general election. It was a poor night too for the liberal democrats, whose leaderjo swinson lost her seat. Jessica parkers report contains flash photography. He knows it. The conservatives have w011 he knows it. The conservatives have
Europe is sweltering. And temperatures of over a0 degrees celsuis are coming. This is the forecast. Well already this is happening in catalonia in spain. Hundreds of firefighters are battling the worst in the region in 20 years. Next, lets hear from James Reynolds in rome. Late june here in latejune here in ram, its not meant to be this hot. The rear seat tends to come injuly or august, and so tends to come injuly or august, and so this early heat wave has taken these tourists here at the fountain by surprise. Absolutely fantastic to visit a city like this but its too hot. Last night at the spanish steps it was 41 degrees, and its way more and exhausting when youre trying to do all the sites. When we drove here it was 37 at eight oclock in the morning, so it must be. But youre carrying on so thats impressive. , yes. In france, officials are warnings about the risk to life. Several cities have restricted traffic and some schools have closed. Hugh schofields in paris. If youre from a pla
The town that has laid claim to the this historic first. Now, the Prime Minister says that an airfield is ready. That commercial planes have been chartered. Indeed, that 500 individuals are ready to get people on to those planes, and 300 more are on training. Now for those that can do quick maths, five, six, seven, 800 people there ready to work on this scheme. The question is , this scheme. The question is, will they be able to send even 800 people to rwanda . It all sounds terribly optimistic and expensive, doesnt it, tom . It certainly does. And this it certainly does. And this is after months and months. It was three Prime Ministers ago that the rwanda scheme was first proposed. Thats actually not that long in terms of time is it . I dont know the average length of time that a Prime Minister is a Prime Minister these days. How long is a piece of string . Well, there you go. But but of course, today is the day. Rishi sunak seeming incredibly confident at that press conference that m
The defence of his wimbledon title tomorrow. The mail says Young Drivers are being tempted into high levels of debt by car dealers offering them new vehicles for no money upfront. And the mirror says 69 refugees have drowned this year while trying to reach spain from africa. Lets have a look through those papers. Starting with the guardian, the uk ditches its cake and eat it brexit stands. Going on about brexit and cake, and you despair sometimes as to how this will all turn out but according to the guardian government insiders are reporting a dramatic change of mood. The idea of cake and eat it is controlling your own borders and the sort of stuff and having access to the single market. And the suggestion is you cannot, and it is going to be difficult and messy. One year on, i gone from denial, centred on theresa may saying you can have your cake and eat it, and now we are into bargaining, which is what side do you want. Hopefully we can skip the anger and depression but really what y
The defence of his wimbledon title tomorrow. The mail says Young Drivers are being tempted into high levels of debt by car dealers offering them new vehicles for no money upfront. And the mirror says 69 refugees have drowned this year while trying to reach spain from africa. Lets have a look through those papers. Starting with the guardian, the uk ditches its cake and eat it brexit stands. Going on about brexit and cake, and you despair sometimes as to how this will all turn out but according to the guardian government insiders are reporting a dramatic change of mood. The idea of cake and eat it is controlling your own borders and the sort of stuff and having access to the single market. And the suggestion is you cannot, and it is going to be difficult and messy. One year on, i gone from denial, centred on theresa may saying you can have your cake and eat it, and now we are into bargaining, which is what side do you want. Hopefully we can skip the anger and depression but really what y