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BBCNEWS BBC News At Nine July 14, 2024

Our patients. Commemorations at scapa flow in orkney to mark 100 years since germany sank its own First World War fleet. And in sport. Its like hes never been away. Andy murray is impressive, on his return to the court, five months after surgery. Good morning. Greenpeace has accused the conservative minister mark field of assault after he pushed a female activist out of a black tie city event. Dozens of climate activists interrupted a speech by the chancellor Philip Hammond last night and you can see mark field forcibly removing one of the protest is. Greenpeace said it was shocked by mr fields actions and he has apologised. In a Statement Given to itv news, mr field said, in the confusion many guests understandably felt threatened and when one protester rushed past me towards the top table i instinctively reacted. He went on to say he deeply regretted the episode. Ben wright is at westminster this morning. Good morning to you. There is clearly a discussion to be had about how protesters were able to get access to senior politicians, but for now the discussion this morning seems to be focused on mark field and his reactions. It is, and you are right, this is an annual event that the chancellor talks at, setting out his views on the economy and the security is heavy and yet it fell to bits in this instance and this protest occurred and there are questions there, but i think it is mark field clearly under uncomfortable scrutiny this morning andi uncomfortable scrutiny this morning and i think it was the force with which he pushed the woman against a pillar and then escorted her out that shocked a number of mps yesterday evening and i thought it was horrific and uncomfortable and Brandon Lewis the Tory Party Chairman added his voice to the criticism saying that this was something the tory party would investigate. Greenpeace have said that this is an assault and should be investigated and this is what Hannah Martin from greenpeace said. What was clear is that she had leaflets in her hand and was aiming to hand out copies of the speech and peacefully make our presence felt. There were 350 other guests at the dinnerand none of there were 350 other guests at the dinner and none of them felt the need to assault any of the other protesters in the way mark field did and what he did, as anybody can see from the video was completely disproportionate and unacceptable, particular for a sitting member of parliament. Is anyone defending mark field . Yes, tory mp peter bottomley, for instance said this morning that people should wait to really understand the circumstances that mr field was acting under. In his Statement Read out earlier, mr field said that he was concerned that the woman in question might have been armed and could have posed a threat and he acted instinctively a mr bottomley said that people should just wait before rushing to judgment. If each of us can take other peoples microphones, we end up with anarchy and lastly, she makes a point about the woman being a woman andl point about the woman being a woman and i dont normally talk about this, but the person who violently assaulted my wife was a woman when she was secretary of state and i think the time to intervene is in advance. Most common sense people will think that is the right thing to do. And i guess this is overshadowing the first day of this final phase of the conservative Leadership Campaign which you might have not expected otherwise. Yes, and a tricky position forjeremy hunt because he is the foreign secretary and mark field is a Foreign Office minister so as soon we hear from Foreign Office minister so as soon we hearfrom jeremy Foreign Office minister so as soon we hear from jeremy hunt on day one iam sure we hear from jeremy hunt on day one i am sure he will be asked about this and will be invited to condemn the actions taken by mark field, but it is overshadowing what will now be a four week process as the two final candidates, Boris Johnson and jeremy hunt take their pitch to the Party Membership, ill hundred and 60,000 tory Party Members who will determine who the next Prime Minister will be. There will be 16 hustings around the country and postal ballots go out at the beginning of next month and then we get a new Prime Minister in place and the week ofjuly the 22nd is when that will happen. Forest johnson goes in as the clear front runner and he seems to be romping ahead, so jeremy hunt runner and he seems to be romping ahead, sojeremy hunt is the self declared underdog ahead, sojeremy hunt is the self decla red underdog here ahead, sojeremy hunt is the self declared underdog here and has a lot of work to do, but Boris Johnson, people say he is his own worst enemy and he could trip up and derail his own campaign and there are huge questions to ask, particularly about how both candidates will approach brexit over the next few months were one of them to win because the uk is set to leave on october the 31st and there are massive questions about how they intend to do that. We can discuss some of the questions with the Political Editor at the spectator and the brexit commissioning editor at the telegraph, a warm welcome to both of you. Before we get to the leadership contest, lets have a word from both of you on mark field. Do you think this is a resignation issue . What do you think about what he said in response, katie . We know there will be an investigation on mark field has put himself forward and certainly from the video it looks very heavy handed and i think there are lots of questions but as touched on just then, there are lots of questions but as touched onjust then, how there are lots of questions but as touched on just then, how the leadership candidates will respond to this . Mark veal said he doesnt know if the person was armed and he made a split second decision and it sounds like he regrets making the decision but he has worked for jeremy hunt in the Foreign Office so there is a sense of which side do mps fall on because ive seen a few conservative mps come out in his defence this morning and say that this action could have been the right one had the person been armed, and how would you know . It would be interesting. In another set of circumstances he would be hailed a hero if someone entered the room with some sort of criminal intent. Indeed and its not the first time a politician in the heat of the moment has made a decision that didnt quite come off in that way because in this climate, and lets step back, politicians operate in a climate where they are subject to umpteen threats and Security Problems and what is meant to be a secure problems and what is meant to be a secure dinner, where there is a top table with the governor of the bank of england, the chancellor of the exchequer, the great and good of the city and when you have a protest or breaking in and disrupting, mark field may have thought at the time that this person had a bag, where they carrying a knife, a milkshake, battery acid, who knows . Wasnt taking chances and i understand his intend for the way he went about it the security element, i think it was too heavy handed. The security element, i think it was too heavyhanded. Lets move on to the Leadership Campaign entering its final phase when members decide who will become the next leader and Prime Minister. Not the most edifying start with all of these accusations of threats to vote one way or another and people supporting rory stewart originally and talking about the unpleasant messages she received from a fellow mp, so does this set the tone for how it will be over the next few weeks . We hope it will improve but it is the case that going into the grassroots stage the membership from the parliamentary stage is that there are accusations of dirty tricks and there is a sense that with particular conservative mps, Boris Johnsons team that with particular conservative mps, borisjohnsons team described it as playing a blinder and i dont think everyone agrees and it depends which side you are on but if you look at the final two, Boris Johnson is against the candidate that his campaign most want him to be against, jeremy hunt. They think he is not really a threat to him and if you look at the numbers it doesnt quite add up. In terms of yesterday, sajid javid was knocked out in the morning round and ahead of the second round we had at least four sajid javid supporters say they would move to borisjohnson yet he only went up by three votes but there is a strong sense there is tactical voting that the question is was it sanctioned by the Boris Johnson campaign or was it Boris Johnson campaign or was it Boris Johnson supporters freelancing and being clever. They are trying to point to the latter. Given that these are secret ballots, will we find out any more about the aspect of the voting so far. We will never find out that we can speculate endlessly. Take for example the two spoiled ballots that meant michael gove briefly was ahead ofjeremy hunt. We will never know who they were. It might have been theresa may protesting the whole thing. Rory stewart denies it and we could go on and on, but this is thejoy stewart denies it and we could go on and on, but this is the joy of these things. Lets get beyond the speculation into substance and policy. How do you think the remaining weeks of the campaign will unfold . Remaining weeks of the campaign will unfold . I remaining weeks of the campaign will unfold . I suspect remaining weeks of the campaign will unfold . I suspect jeremy remaining weeks of the campaign will unfold . I suspectjeremy hunts team will say he is going to be more detailed than Boris Johnson will say he is going to be more detailed than borisjohnson has been so detailed than borisjohnson has been so far in talking about everything from how he will handle brexit to taxation, etc. I think from how he will handle brexit to taxation, etc. Ithinkjeremy hunt will be keen to move the conversation away from brexit. Because otherwise he willjust lose. An out and out fight, we must rememberthe an out and out fight, we must remember the polls show that Boris Johnson would win by 77 of the vote, an almost embarrassingly big majority so that is why he will want to emphasises other policies like the Corporation Tax and its the lowest rate in the world. Some very competitive things like that. They will try and challenge boris on other things, so its notjust a no deal brexit auction off who can sound toughest. Do you thinkjeremy hunt can make those inroads with the electorate. We know what the polls have suggested but i was chatting to conservative members in sale and we watched the bbc debate and although there were certainly boro supporters in the room, many of them at the end of the debate said they were most impressed byjeremy hunt. Of the debate said they were most impressed by jeremy hunt. of the debate said they were most impressed by jeremy hunt. If you speak to Boris Johnson impressed by jeremy hunt. If you speak to borisjohnson allies they say that they dont think this is a done deal. It is very hard to see howjeremy hunt would overtake him amongst the grassroots. The best way forjeremy hunt to get a lead over borisjohnson would be forjeremy hunt not to do anything specific but for borisjohnson to suffer a catastrophe. Weve had so many things in the past that have been weaponised against him but he has got through it pretty unscathed and im not sure exactly what it could be but i think boriss worst enemies boris, so will that derail the campaign. Thank you both very much. The white house has declined to comment on us media reports that President Trump approved air strikes against iran yesterday but later decided not to launch them. The New York Times quoted unnamed sources as saying that radar and miss all systems were amongst possible targets. A senior democrat warned mr trump against bumbling into war after iran shot down a us surveillance drone. Speaking yesterday, President Trump said iran had made a big mistake. This drone was his International Waters and we haveit was his International Waters and we have it documented, documented scientifically, notjust words and they made a very bad mistake. I have a feeling that it was a mistake made by somebody that shouldnt have been doing what they did. I think they made a mistake and im notjust talking about the country making a mistake, i think somebody under the command of the country made a big mistake. Joining me from new york is cbs news correspondent mark lieberman. Hello to you. How close, according to the reports and what you have been able to garner from looking at the information out there, how close did we come to see aus there, how close did we come to see a us strike on iranian targets. Very close. Cbs news confirmed that the action was and a change of heart because the operation and the order came down after preparations for the attack were under way. The big question is why the president decided to reverse the decision. What reaction has there been in the us to this . Give us the spectrum of reaction to it. There has been mixed reaction. A lot of democrat saying that this is not the way to go and they are concerned about the continuing escalation, a couple of them, chuck schumer, saying it is bumbling its way into orbit on the other side, on the side, Lindsay Graham indicated that he felt that the uk graham indicated that he felt that the uk the graham indicated that he felt that the uk the usa graham indicated that he felt that the uk the usa might need to remind that it is willing to use military action if needed. Mark, in new york, from cbs news, thank you very much. The headlines on bbc news Foreign Office minister mark field faces calls to resign for his treatment of an activist who disrupted a dinner in the city of london. The conservative leadership race london. The conservative leadership ra ce e nte rs london. The conservative leadership race enters its final stage with borisjohnson race enters its final stage with Boris Johnson and jeremy hunt competing to be our next try minister. As youve just been hearing, us media reports that President Trump approved retaliatory military strikes against iran yesterday before changing his mind. Here are your sport headline so far. Andy murray made a winning return to the tennis court five months after having a career saving hip operation. He and Feliciano Lopez are through to the quarterfinals of the doubles at queens. England have discovered are who they will play in the last 16 of the womens world cup. Its cameroon after they scored a brilliant winner to beat new zealand. And england are in good spirits going into their latest match on the cricket world cup. They should play sri lanka at headingley and victory would almost certainly put them through to the semifinals. And i will have more on those stories at about 940. Thank you, mike. See you soon. The battle to bag some of the top eu jobs is continuing as european leaders gatherfor continuing as european leaders gather for a second day. Continuing as european leaders gatherfor a second day. All of continuing as european leaders gather for a second day. All of the leading jobs are changing hands this year following european wide elections. But tense differences are said to have emerged over who should get them. The talks wrapped up in the early hours of the morning without agreement. Lets talk to adam fleming who is in brussels. It almost feels like shades of brexit with apparently no one able to come to a decision or consensus. Yes, unlike brexit there were waves of optimism and pessimism and a late night that ended in a slightly inconclusive way and everyone will have to come back and have another go because theres going to be another extraordinary european council, as they call it in the jargon and it will be a dinner on the evening of the 30th ofjune well oi the evening of the 30th ofjune well or of the leaders will have to come back and thrash out the top jobs again sojust a back and thrash out the top jobs again so just a reminder that there will be a new president of the European Commission and president of the European Central bank, president of the European Parliament, although to that is exclusively elected by meps and there will be a new high representative which is the Foreign Policy chief and they are trying to balance out a load of factors and criteria. Geographical, north, south, east and west, big Member States and small Member States, men and women, the centre right, the ce ntre left, and women, the centre right, the centre left, the liberals and the greens and also keeping the European Parliament happy because they want to have a say that even the European Parliament is divided on how to handle this so it is a game of 17 dimensional chess with a load of politics wrapped around it and lots of names coming and going, favourites rising and falling and people being ruled in and out simultaneously and its incredibly confusing but it is quite fun to watch. I know you love all of that. Will it have to be another summit . We were discussing yesterday that although we out billed it as theresa mays la summit, another

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