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
and at 10.30 we ll be taking a look at the papers withjohn rentoul from the independent and anne ashworth from the times. in a moment, viewers on bbc one willjoin kate silverton for a round up of the news. but first the former tory leader iain duncan smith says the prime minister must go now or be forced out. speaking to the radio station lbc, he referred to theresa may as a caretaker pm . his comments come after the party suffered its worst local election result since 1995. senior conservatives acknowledged that failure to leave the eu contributed to the heavy losses. ruth davidson, the leader of scotland s conservatives, says the tories and labour are getting closer to a brexit deal. 0ur political correspondent chris mason said despite this latest row, there aren t a lot of options open to those who want the prime minister to go. we know what iain duncan smith s views are on brexit, ultimately he is nervous that if there is a deal between labour and the conservatives, th
the england captain left the fa cup lifts. it s victory for manchester city in the women s fa cup final, as they defeat west ham 3 0 at wembley. and at 11:30pm we ll be taking an in depth look at the papers withjohn rentoul from the independent and anne ashworth from the times. the former conservative party leader iain duncan smith has called on the prime minster to resign following the party s worst result in english local elections since 1995. mr duncan smith said she was in effect a caretaker prime minister. it comes as senior conservatives have called for compromise and unity. our political correspondent nick erdley 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 weren t any elections here this week, but many agree failing to deliver brexit was behind the election drubbing. and this former leader has had enough. he believes theresa may