Desire by the majority in Scotland is very different to that choice than by much of the rest of the uki Scotland has rejected borders Johnson and the Tories and yet again we have said nor to breaks it e.u. Leaders meeting at the European Council summit in Brussels have cautiously welcomed Boris Johnson's clear victory saying they're ready to tackle the next phase of Brecht's it the council president shall Michel said he hopes parliament in London would soon ratify the deal for Britain to leave the e.u. The pound has risen strongly following the Conservative Party's decisive victory they've also been gains in share prices during early London trading with the latest for us there he is Andrew Walker the election result is seen in the financial markets as removing one layer of uncertainty it now seems that the u.k. Will leave the European Union at the end of next month and enter into a transition period during which trading relations will remain unchanged the result has removed one prospect that many investors were concerned about a Labor government with plans for a substantial increase in public spending and a program of nationalizing some important businesses however there are major uncertainties that remain notably what the trade relationship with the e.u. Will be like in the long term that is still to be negotiated Andrew Walker Well news from the b.b.c. The president of new Gerrard's paid tribute to the $71.00 soldiers killed on Choose day in the country's worst ever jihadist attack at a military airbase in the capital in the arm a bomb are do is sue food described the incident as a dark day and a terrible ordeal for the army on the ground where rows of body bags each one covered by new chairs orange white and green flag. The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has passed a new bill designed to speed up criminal cases of rape and sexual violence under the bill the police investigation trial and sentencing should all be completed within 3 weeks it makes provision for special courts which would deal exclusively with serious crimes against women and children and for the death penalty for those convicted of rape and gang rape the opposition in Poland have criticised the governing law and Justice Party over their plans to bring in disciplinary measures against the judiciary the bill introduced introduced to parliament on Thursday would allow the government to fire judges from Warsaw Adam Easton reports also a district court judge Igor to layer said Poland's judicial system would soon resemble the Turkish system if the proposals take effect opposition m.p. Bodies would go said the aim of the bill was to subordinate the courts to the governing party governing party m P's introduced the bill to parliament on Thursday to stop what they called political acts by judges both the European Court of Justice and Poland Supremes court ruled the Polish judges should question the independence of other judges nominated by a newly politicized body several of already done so Adam Easton and German police say at least one person has died in a huge explosion at a block of flats in the eastern town of blank in Bourke over 20 more were injured several severely the authorities say they don't know at this stage what caused the blast photos of the building show several windows blown out and the walls inside blackened by the explosion and that's the latest b.b.c. News. Thanks You're listening to the newsroom from the b.b.c. World Service with me the miles in the last couple of hours Boris Johnson has returned to Number 10 Downing Street from Buckingham Palace having sought Queen Elizabeth's permission to form a government he had called a general election in the hope of achieving a strong mandate to in his words get bricks It Done It was a challenge the British people indorse delivering the largest parliamentary majority for the conservatives in more than 30 years this was the prime minister's reaction in a speech to his supporters with this mandate and this majority we will at last be able to do what was happening pay attention to this election means that getting Brits it done is now the irrefutable irresistible and arguable decision of the British people this was the prime minister's reaction and from reaction from voters as well. We can't get to that clip of Fred but we can bring you Naomi grimly who's been watching all this from Westminster She's a political correspondent now a resoundingly victory that resoundingly victory was important on several levels was known for the conservatives absolutely this was really quite a feat that Boris Johnson pulled off and the predictions that he get perhaps a modest majority have definitely turned out to be you know more of the sort of pessimistic scenario for Mr Johnson in the end he comes up with a majority of nearly 80 and what he managed to do with take a lot of seats in northern towns towns in the Midlands these are ex industrial towns and he managed to turn them from labor traditional strongholds into conservative seats say these are places like state contraindicate Tony Blair's all constituency of said filled in the northeast also leaving Greater Manchester which had a Labor majority of 10000 he managed to overturn that and make them conservative seats of course the big question is you know can he turn the sort of support of those voters because many will not be natural conservative supporters yet this is an issue and also what he does with this mandate now in terms of breaks or will come out of that in a moment but let's talk perhaps for a moment also about the Labor Party was a cataclysmically bad evening for them the Labor Party lost much of its traditional Harlem move as you've been saying this was the reaction from the Labor leader Jeremy Coleman we put forward a manifesto of hope of unity that would help to right the wrongs and the injustices and inequalities that exist in this country and a manifesto that gave hope in dealing with the environmental crisis the world faces however breaks it has so polarized and divided divide as in this country is overridden so much of a normal political debate. No a lot of grassroots activists say that it was unnecessary just bricks which did for the Labor Party was germy Coleman himself indeed and in fact I mentioned Tony Blair's seat earlier as said failed the Labor candidate he was trying to win that seat back and failed tweeted Not long after that it was mendacious nonsense for the Labor Party to argue that it was just about bricks that he said that he found but Jeremy Corbyn had gone down like a lead balloon on the doorstep and there were many fronts on which Labor disappointed I think there were worries about its economic plans it was proposing a 4 day week there were worries about Jeremy Corbin's ponced and whether he'd stand up for Britain security and perhaps most toxic of all his failure to deal with anti semitism allegations inside the Labor Party I think that was incredibly toxic for for them and as we've seen the British people did in the end very much renounce the idea of Corbin's vision for Britain so Boris Johnson and the conservatives have got a big majority that is important because now they're not beholden to the right wing of their party over breakfast where does that go from now you know well I mean that's certainly true in some ways he might have a bit more leeway he's less in the stranglehold of those on the right of his party like to reason May was he's got to get his withdrawal agreement 3 parliament but we expect him to do that on schedule by the end of January but then in a sense the bigger questions are posed about what will be Britain's future relationship with the e.u. And I think therefore Boris Johnson that the problem will be that this slogan of get bricks it done suggests that it's something that you can easily sort of swipe aside and then get on to the issues of education and schools and hospitals and I think that's where his biggest protests. Still to disappoint some of these new voters who've come to him in this election may lie because we know that getting bricks it done will not be an easy task for any British prime minister and it will drag on for a very long time yet and there may briefly he's also got the challenge of perhaps sort of restore the trust of the electorate because this was an electoral program that was really not trusted by many people in Britain at all was it I think the key point here is that during the television debates every time Boris Johnson talked about trust in politics many of the voters in the audience lofted him so there is certainly a big task there is also questions about in the manifest States things like promising to bail build 14 new hospitals there's questions about whether they will be able to deliver that when the public finances a say constrains. Many thanks for the well the conservatives only Anyone seeing huge gains after this election in Scotland the Scottish National Party secured 48 seats out of the country's 59 their leader Nicholas Sturgeon has been speaking at a news conference within the past hour or so Westminster has ignored people in Scotland for more than 3 years last night the people of Scotland said enough it is time for voters Johnson to start listening. I accept regretfully that he has a Monday for breaks it in England but he has no mandate whatsoever to take Scotland of the European Union the Scottish results have reignited the call for a 2nd Scottish referendum on independence the last one back in 2014 resulted in a decision that the country should stay within the u.k. As the Scottish correspondent James sure how likely a 2nd referendum now is what Nicolas Sturgeon has said I mean the strategy such as it is that she's laid out is that within the next few days she will make a formal request to the u.k. Government for a referendum under the law as it stands at the moment that is what has to happen the Scottish government doesn't have the power to hold a legally binding referendum on its own it has to seek that power from Westminster shit so she will do that within the next few days with a view to having an independence referendum towards the end of next year in the 2nd half of of next year now we do already know to resume a the previous Conservative prime minister made it clear Boris Johnson has made it clear in the past that they will not give that authorization for another independence referendum so that then leaves you in this kind of confusing situation what happens when these 2 bits of government Westminster and Holly Rood the Scottish Parliament come together and disagree how can that be resolved how indeed I suppose it's going to be a very difficult situation because I magine if the whole of the u.k. Leaves the European Union then and then Scotland is out and they will be out of the European Union then it may well get independence but it will be out on its own not a particularly palatable position economically to be in no and that is going to 3 or 4 stages in the future ahead of whatever. Strategy The s.n.p. Have to try to get to that objective and I think what they will not do in the way that happened in Catalonia they won't hold a referendum which hasn't been authorized which is not going to be legally binding because they've seen the complications that can arise if you pursue that kind of strategy so I suspect what the s.n.p. Will do is try and build up momentum and popular support if they can behind this idea that Scotland has to be able to decide if it wants to stay in the u.k. After breakfast and I suppose the hope would would be from their point of view that the the popular clamor the popular voice for independents would be become so strong that it would no longer be possible for a u.k. Prime minister like Boris Johnson to ignore it so I guess in a way the s.n.p. Will be playing a long game although as we've discussed already it looks as though they want things to happen quickly it may be that they will be forced to rely on a kind of slow change in the mood in terms of how people feel in Scotland and perhaps also in the rest of the u.k. How they feel about this possibility this prospect of Scotland becoming independent That was James Shore as we've been hearing Boris Johnson's message throughout the election campaign was get bricks sit down with the British electorate clearly bought into that but is the European Union also on simultaneity Grammaticus is our Europe correspondent in Brussels So I mean what's been the reaction so far to the election result. Well if I can sort of sum it up German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaking in the last few minutes here in Brussels has said of course while we all she said that meeting e.u. Leaders continue to deplore the fact the Great Britain side to leave the European Union in a way we've achieved some certainty now and we have to congratulate Boris Johnson and that I think is that is the view that e.u. Leaders do not. Not happy to see the u.k. Leaving the e.u. But are pleased that this election has delivered a certain outcome which means that the BRICs it process can move forward from here they've called for swift swift process in the u.k. Parliament to get the withdrawal agreement that's already been negotiated through and say that they will then be ready to move on to talks about future ties very quickly in the New Year yes and to a certain extent the president of the European Council Sharma shellers has burst chorus Johnson's bubble a bit on that hasn't. And then there is a word shells Michelle and others have been saying is exactly what they've been saying all along they they've said today they have reiterated you say best is Bubble what they've reiterated is that if the u.k. Wants in the future once it's left to continue free trade with the e.u. . Tatic tariff free access for all u.k. Goods with no quotas no impediments then the condition is that the u.k. Must sign up to e.u. Rules and that means things like environmental standards products standards labor standards social standards all sorts of things that the e.u. Will say you have to follow our rules you cannot undercut us from outside expect free access to our markets they've said that many many times in the past 2 years and yes you're right absolutely very clearly it was the message they immediately sent again today and ever people again the last half hour not just shells Michelle the president European Council is chairing the summit but e.u. Leaders 2 leaders like the Irish t. Shirt who said the same thing the president of the commission a civil on the line and she described this so-called level playing field she said as of the utmost importance to the e.u. Yes it may be something that Boris Yeltsin doesn't want to hear because it will make a deal with the United States more tricky later on we'll hear from Washington later on a little bit about that but for now Tammy Grammaticus many thanks. You're listening to the newsroom from the b.b.c. World Service Chris has the headlines Johnson's Conservative Party has won its biggest parliamentary majority in more than 30 years the prime minister declared it was irresistible proof of the British people's decision to get brakes it done after a surge in her support to the Scottish Nationalist leader Nicholas sturgeon social Now press ahead with demands for a new referendum on Scottish independence and European leaders meeting in Brussels have given a tempered response to Boris Johnson's victory Meanwhile the pound and shares have sought on news of the election result confirmation perhaps that the financial markets hate nothing more than uncertainty I asked our economics correspondent Andrew Walker we've certainly seen one layer of uncertainty removed as a result of this election outcome in the sense that it does now appear that the u.k. Is going to be leaving the European Union the end of next month and another thing that was bothering financial markets was the particular program that the Labor Party were putting forward in this election with substantial increases in public spending borrowing and also a program of nationalizing some important businesses now that's very much off the political agenda for the for the forseeable future and so financial markets have taken it really pretty well there's been a strong rise in the value of. It was it was more than 2 percent up one point slipped back a little bit but did get to a level of more than $1.35 and we've seen some strong gains in the stock market as well the $100.00 share index is up about between one and a half and 2 percent the next level down though is particularly interesting that's the next $250.00 largest companies after that top 100 they are much more exposed to the British economy on the whole the very biggest ones do an awful lot of international business the 250 the next largest ones saw gains into. For going on for 4 and a half percent and we've also seen if you look at some particular sectors house builders banks sectors that are very exposed to the British economy they have made some very strong gains over much as 15 percent in the case of a couple of hospitals that was Andrew Walker So a lot of positive reaction on the financial markets to Boris Johnson's election victory but the Conservative Party faces some huge challenges as we've been hearing in the months ahead nailing down that trade deal with the European Union after breakfast is one but so is reaching an agreement with the other nations particularly the United States Gary O'Donoghue is our correspondent in Washington so Gary am I here on that front there's been some welcome news in the fall of a tweet from Mr Trump. Yeah congratulations from the president and indeed from his daughter who's one of his senior advisers for Boris Johnson and his victory and also throwing forward as you saying there to this potential trade deal with the u.k. He says we could there's a potential now from massive new trade deal as he puts it far bigger and more lucrative than anything that could be struck with the European Union that makes it sound incredibly easy I don't think is going to be that easy because there are whole range of sectors across across which those negotiations would need to take place and there are lots and lots of businesses in this country who are champing at the bit to get the best possible deal for them and as we know the president is interested more from the not in trade deals that are kind of a 0 sum game where he wins so the British government may find themselves on the receiving end it's a very tough negotiating when they do get the chance after the transition period of course to strike some sort of deal with the u.s. Yeah it's really tricky isn't it we were hearing from Jamie Grammaticus in Brussels this idea that the European Union wants this level playing field what kind of areas would Donald Trump and the American government as a whole try to push for in terms of trying to overcome those level playing fields. Well I think one of the most contentious areas been as what's been sort of agricultural products and and meat exports has been a lot of concerns inside the e.u. As you know about the way meat is produced in some cases in this part of country with hormones as the famous chlorinated chicken question isn't there of course those things in particular but also I think one of the other big contentious areas which don't trump tried to lay to rest last week when he was in London for the NATO meeting was the question of Britain's National Health Service that is a massive hot potato for any British government it's something that you touch at your peril and there was some suggestion earlier in the in by Donald Trump that any trade due would would involve he's businesses here American businesses having access to run services in the n.h.s. And drug companies sell drugs into the u.k. . And that was something that caused an awful lot of something made that was made a lot of by the Labor Party the