good afternoon. the former tory leader iain duncan smith has said the prime minister must say she will resign very soon , after the party suffered heavy losses in the english local elections. speaking to the radio station lbc, he referred to theresa may as a caretaker pm . more than 1300 conservative councillors lost their seats. labour failed to make the gains it had hoped for. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley reports. urgently seeking a solution. tories mulling over devastating local election results, trying to find a way to solve the party s troubles. these members are in scotland. there were not any elections here this week but many agree failing to deliver brexit is behind the election drubbing. this former leader has had enough. he believes theresa may has lost her authority and has to go now. we have in a sense a kind of caretaker prime minister at the moment, you could argue a caretaker leader of the labour party but a caretaker prime minister and therefore,
bring you updates on the game, as well as the latest on celtic‘s win against aberdeen. good afternoon. the former tory leader iain duncan smith has said the prime minister must say she will resign very soon , after the party suffered heavy losses in the english local elections. speaking to the radio station lbc, he referred to theresa may as a caretaker pm . more than 1,300 conservative councillors lost their seats. labour failed to make the gains it had hoped for. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley reports. urgently seeking a solution. tories mulling over devastating local election results, trying to find a way to solve the party s troubles. these members are in scotland. there were not any elections here this week but many agree failing to deliver brexit is behind the election drubbing. this former leader has had enough. he believes theresa may has lost her authority and has to go now. we have in a sense a kind of caretaker prime minister at the moment, you could
the england captain lifts the fa cup. and it s victory for manchester city in the women s fa cup final, as they defeat west ham 3 0 at wembley. good evening and welcome to bbc news. former defence secretary gavin williamson has described an investigation into the national security council leak as a shabby and discredited witch hunt and called for a proper, full and impartial assessment of the investigation. it comes after the met police said the leak, about the chinese tech giant huawei, did not amount to a criminal offence. mr williamson was sacked after the prime minister said she had evidence to suggest he was the source of the leak which is something he denies. our correspondent simonjones explained what might happen now that mr williamson has asked for this investigation. the police have said that they do not believe that the leak was a breach of the official secrets act or amounts to misconduct in a public office. what the police are not saying is who actually d
as manchester city take on west ham, with no goals scored yet. in half an hour on sportsday we ll bring you updates on the game, as well as the latest on celtic‘s win against aberdeen. former defence secretary gavin williamson has described an investigation into the national security council leak as a shabby and discredited witch hunt and called for a proper, full and impartial assessment of the investigation. it comes after the met police said the leak, about the chinese tech giant huawei, did not amount to a criminal offence. mr williamson was sacked after the prime minister said she had evidence to suggest he was the source of the leak which is something he denies. so gavin williamson calling for a full impartial investigation. realistically how could that happen if at all? he has come out fighting this evening with this talk of this being a shabby witchhunt against him. the police have said that they do not believe that the leak was a breach of the official secr
hello and welcome to world news today. palestinian officials say a pregnant mother and her 1a month old baby have been killed in israeli air strikes in gaza. a 22 year old man was also killed and 17 others wounded in the air strikes and tank fire from israeli armed forces. israel says the military action is a response to over 200 rockets that have been fired into southern israel by palestinian militants. israel has closed a number of border crossings and says it is attacking hamas and islamichhad targets. with me isjon donnison who is our world affairs correspondent and has been based in the middle east. compared to previous episodes of this violence, what is the scale now? the last full-scale conflict war we had between israel and hamas it was in 2014, then we had well over 1000 palestinians killed as well as dozens of israelis. this is not on the same scale of that. these escalations, they happen every few months. this is the most serious for several months, since before th