out and attacked the privileges committee, using very strong language. if we park for one moment, the rights and the wrongs and just leave with the impression that isn t this going to undermine trust in the political institutions? dozen that have echoes of what we have witnessed over in the us? doesn t that? i witnessed over in the us? doesn t that? ., ., , ., witnessed over in the us? doesn t that? ., ., , a, , that? i want to understand your question. that? i want to understand your question, exactly, that? i want to understand your question, exactly, are - that? i want to understand your question, exactly, are you - question, exactly, are you suggesting that his criticism of the privileges committee, in of itself, undermines confidence in political institutions? i undermines confidence in political institutions? institutions? i was referring more to the language. institutions? i was referring more to the language, kangaroo - institutions? i was referring mor
will be elected by next week after a rebellion by conservative mps forced her to quit. the opposition leader labour s sir keir starmer repeats his call for a general election, saying its time for the public to decide. we can t have a revolving door of chaos we can have another experiment on the top of the tory party that is the alternative a stable labour government and the public are entitled to have their say that is why there should be a general election. this makes liz truss the shortest serving uk prime minister ever after being in office for just 44 days. borisjohnson is among mps said to be considering re election. along with rishi sunak. welcome to viewers both in the uk and around the world. the british prime minister, liz truss, has resigned. in a short statement in downing street, ms truss admitted she could no longer deliver the mandate she was elected on last month. her decision followed a meeting with the senior backbencher, sir graham brady, amid an atmospher
let us bring in our political editor chris mason. in the house of commons they were discussing measures to help people with energy bills, and then this news came through. a lot of messages already coming in from senior political leaders. you could feel, you could hear the tone of real concern among parliamentarians as news was shared amongst the front benches during the statement from the prime minister about her support for energy bills, notes being passed to the prime minister, the deputy labour leader, with the labour leader on his feet at the time, and to the speaker of the house. you could clearly and quickly see, and feel that shift in tone and concern. in addition to the statement from the prime minister, reflecting the deep concern of all in the country at the news from buckingham palace, we have heard from the first minister of scotland and the labour leader sir keir starmer. the labour leader saying, along with the rest of the country, i am deeply worried by the new
there s always talk about it being so unpolitical but ijust don t see how it is. tonight with the context, lord bilimoria president of the confederation of british industry and founder of cobra beer and ron christie former senior advisor to president george w bush. welcome to the programme. after weeks of dicussions, eu leaders have agreed on a partial embargo of russian oil imports. the plan is expected to affect up to 90% of russian oil imports by the end of the year. it will only affect oil that arrives by sea that s around two thirds of imports. but not pipeline oil, following strong opposition from hungary. first, this is the eu s foreign policy chief. we were in versaille bursae a few weeks ago, not many observers would ve thought it would ve been possible for us only in a few weeks to take such a concrete and historic decision. we have decided to sanction russia by banning russian oil, this is extremely important and we will succeed in the following months to i
Consumers. More on those plans are little later. In sport, andy murrays preparations for wimbledon suffer a blow as he is knocked out of queens in the opening round. The defending champion was beaten in straight sets by the world number 90 Jordan Thompson, who was only there as a late replacement. Hes won three oscars, but Daniel Day Lewis says hes calling it a day and retiring from acting. And it is set to be another scorcher. Good morning, carol good morning from Brighton Beach. It is going to be hot today. Temperatures in england and wales into the high 20s and for some it could hit 34. If we do it will be the Warmestjune Day since 1976. There are also thunderstorms in the forecast and tomorrows weather will be quite different. Thank you very much. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa mays agenda for the next two years of government will be revealed later in a queens speech, which is likely to be dominated by laws preparing the country for brexit. The conservatives are still