the landslide it won last time, it wa nts a the landslide it won last time, it wants a strong voice in the brexit talks. for ukip, paul nuttall said his party was the only one to be trusted to deliver a no nonsense brexit deal. we ll have the latest on the final hours of campaigning and a reminder of some of the key policy choices on offer from the parties. tributes to the victims of the london bridge attacks of the first police officers on the scene. eight people are now known to have died. in washington, the sacked former head of the fbi reveals new details about his private meetings with president trump. and friends and admirers attend a memorial service at westminster abbey for the entertainer ronnie corbett. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, andy murray reaches the semifinals of the french open as the defending champion novak djokovic is knocked out. good evening from the bbc election centre. this is where in 2a hours‘ time we ll be following the results as t
she took a risk and just seven weeks ago, it seemed almost certain to pay off. but how different it all looks today? she has lost 12 seats and with it her parliamentary majority. nick watt spent the day in westminster examining the shape of theresa may s new government and asking can she govern? for now, theresa may continues as her majesty was the 13th prime minister, but she stumbled back into downing street after running close second by a man who for three decades has been dismissed by all parties as a marginal figure. this government will guide the country through crucial brexit talks.m was almost as if nothing has changed as theresa may pledged to lead another government. ministers told newsnight that her failure to acknowledge in her statement that she had squandered a tory majority was a major mistake. within a few hours there was a new hint of contrition. i m sorry for all those candidates and ha rd working contrition. i m sorry for all those candidates and hard wor
the duchess of cambridge visits kings college hospital to meet staff and patients affected by the attacks in london bridge and borough market. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the queen s speech next monday is now expected to be delayed by a few days amid the turmoil caused by the election result last week. theresa may is insisting that it s back to business in westminster, despite losing her majority at last week s election. this afternoon, the prime minister is expected to face tough questions from her backbenchers about her leadership style, and there is also some unease about the possible pack with northern ireland s democratic unionists. our political correspondent chris mason reports from westminster. one after another this morning, the question for cabinet ministers was this. is theresa may s time up? one after another, her senior ministers rallied to her side. theresa may will continue as an excellent prime minister. first the home secretary then the brexit
terrifying. it is a national crisis and what is worrying at the moment is that the government is not treating it like a crisis. it has not have cobra meetings. ed miliband was tweeting earlier that when we have things like foot and mouth, there were cobra meetings and it was coordinated as a national level. there were cobra meetings and it was coordinated as a national levelli wa nt to coordinated as a national levelli want to look at the sunday telegraph, they are saying it is not just about cladding, installation is the real inferno threat. it will have to widen out the scope of the investigation and maybe that will trigger these emergency meetings. the cost of what will have to be doneis the cost of what will have to be done is now having a significant threat to budgets of government, local governor and national government. this seems to be an escalation. and it has to be done. nobody can be a cheapskate is now. in case something else happens. and they were to blame. it is
the grenfell tower tragedy. it comes as theresa may says there must be a major national investigation into the use of cladding on high rise buildings. and 50 years on from the first cash machine, we take a look at the changing face of banking. good evening and welcome to bbc news. companies across the world are reporting they have been struck by a major ransomware cyber attack with british firms among those to confirm their it systems had been targeted. what do we know so far? the attack started in the ukraine, with the country s state power company and kiev‘s main airport among the first to report issues. the confectionary manufacturer mars said part of the company s pet food unit was targeted in the attack, but they had isolated the issue. and the british firms reckitt benckiser, who manufacture nurofen and dettol, and the ad agency wpp confirmed their it systems had also been affected and they were working to contain the virus. with me is ross brewer who s a cyber anal