05/07/2016 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at Ten - Theresa May strengthens her position in the race

to become Conservative leader and Prime Minister.

In the first round of voting among Conservative MPs this evening,

Mrs May was comfortably ahead of her rivals, with the backing

The battle for the second place on the ballot is now

between Andrea Leadsom and Michael Gove, after

Stephen Crabb withdrew and Liam Fox dropped out -

both men offering their support to the Home Secretary.

I won't put my name forward for the next round of voting,

but instead I'll be lending my wholehearted support to Theresa May

who is in the overwhelming best position to be the next

Prime Minister and the leader of the Conservative Party.

I've decided to give my support to Theresa May.

I intend to work closely with her, to campaign for her,

and I'm sure she'll be a very fine Prime Minister of this country.

And tonight Michael Gove confirmed that he would

remain in the race - there'll be a new round

The Bank of England warns that some of the economic risks from the Leave

On the eve of the Chilcot report into the Iraq War,

we meet some of the families of those who lost their lives.

Junior doctors and medical students in England have voted

And the Wales squad has spent the day preparing for the big match

The stars of Wimbledon are Venus and her sister, Serena.

Both cruise through to the last four.

The Home Secretary, Theresa May, has strengthened her position

in the race to succeed David Cameron as Conservative leader

In the first round of voting among Conservative MPs this evening,

Mrs May was comfortably ahead of her four rivals,

with the backing of 165 of her colleagues.

The battle for the second place on the ballot paper is now

between Andrea Leadsom - who took 66 votes -

Stephen Crabb, who won 34 votes, has withdrawn from the race tonight.

Liam Fox dropped out after coming last with 16 votes.

They have both offered their support to Theresa May, as our political

The man in the know, the chairman of the Tory MPs' committee, what was in

the brown envelope in the wood-panelled room? Stephen Crabb,

34. Dr Liam Fox, 16. Michael Gove, 48. Angela Leadsom, 66. Theresa May,

165. It's only the first round, but a desk thumpingly good result for

the Home Secretary and her supporters. This is the biggest vote

that somebody has had since 1995. That is a overwhelming result. It's

a superb result for Theresa May. It reflects what Members of Parliament

are thinking about the next leader of our party. Theresa May, who has

been Home Secretary for six years, was way out in front with 165 votes.

Her nearest rival, Angela Leadsom, the Euro-sceptic Energy Minister,

was 99 votes behind on 66. Michael Gove, the Justice Secretary, managed

48. Stephen Crabb, who has been in the Cabinet for two years, received

34. Liam Fox, the former Defence Secretary, drops out, only mustering

16 votes. So that leaves four in the race and despite his euro

scepticism, Dr Fox announces he is backing Theresa May. It is essential

they have an understanding of how the process in Whitehall operates.

For that reason, I will give my support to Theresa May. The Home

Secretary's team were still counting more support. In the aftermath of

the vote, the numbers were only going one way. Stephen Crabb

withdrew and decided this. It is a serious, serious moment for our

country and so I have taken the decision that I won't put my name

forward to the next round of voting, but I will be lending my

wholehearted support to Theresa May, who is in the best position to be

the next Prime Minister and the leader of the Conservative Party.

With another secret vote on Thursday, Michael Gove is determined

to hang on. I believed in Britain leaving the European Union and I

have argued for it for years. Now that it has, the country deserves to

have a leader who believes in Britain outside the European Union,

but one who also has experience at the highest level of Government and

a vision of how this country can be freer and fairer as well. And Angela

Leadsom's Out-supporting colleagues are far from giving up. She was in

second place tonight and they believe they can use the momentum

from the referendum to get her on to the ticket and into Number Ten. You

cannot stop what the public want. The public want two strong women in

the final round and then a woman Prime Minister and I'm with that. In

just one night, the field of contenders has gone from five to

three. Theresa May and her supporters are further in front than

they had ever hoped. MPs don't make the final decision, nor do we, as

the general public, it is Tory Party members around the country who will

pick in the final two. But it is Theresa May's colleagues who are

laughing now, almost jumping for joy. Tonight, at least, they need a

lot more than two hands to count her support.

Laura is in Westminster. Let's ask the blunt question - how confident

is she feeling tonight? I think Theresa May can be confident that

she will be on the final ballot. Those two names that go to

Conservative members around the country. In terms of her support,

with Stephen Crabb and Liam Fox coming on board, in the wake of the

vote, she now has the support of more than half of all Tory MPs, that

is more than her camp ever dreamed of. But in terms of the real

Westminster race, that is now between Angela Leadsom and Michael

Gove, they were both campaigning fiercely on the outside of the

referendum. And one Minister predicted to me it might get nasty

between the two of them, the Brexiteers, they said, might end up

eating themselves! In terms of the race, once it gets to Tory members

around the country, it is much harder to predict. Broadly speaking,

they are quite a Euro-sceptic bunch. Theresa May, who is widely admired

and respected by Tory Party members can't be confident of what will

happen when the machinations leave here and go right around the country

and by nature, shh -- she is a careful politician. Her team are

buoyant tonight, but they will be resisting the temptation to think

that this race is anything like a foregone conclusion. Thank you very

much. Laura Kuenssberg with the latest at Westminster.

The economic outlook, following the vote to leave

the European Union, is "challenging", according

to Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England.

He was speaking as the pound hit a new 31-year low

Mr Carney said that some of the economic risks he'd had

warned of before the referendum had now started to materialise -

and he warned that people with large debts were particularly vulnerable

Our economics editor, Kamal Ahmed, has more details.

When zeroing in on the performance of the economy post-Brexit,

one address really matters - 1 Threadneedle Street,

the City of London, home to the Bank of England.

In this period of political and economic uncertainty,

Yes, tough economic times might be ahead, and tough

decisions for the Government, but the Bank has a plan.

By promoting monetary and financial stability the Bank can help

facilitate these decisions, smooth the necessary economic

adjustments and help UK households and businesses

We are rapidly putting its main elements in place and it's working.

So, what does the Governor believe the post-Brexit economy looks like?

He warned today about the high levels of debt carried by some

consumers, saying that everyone should be prudent.

He said there were concerns about the property market,

both commercial, where prices might fall, and domestic.

To help, the Governor pushed for up to ?150 billion of new lending

The banks and building societies are up and running,

Credit is available for people who want it, we have

And that will help this adjustment without question.

It is going to dampen, it is going to cushion,

it is going to make it better than it otherwise would be,

so we are in a different world than we were.

Around the table today, the leaders of some

of Britain's biggest banks, meeting the Chancellor,

We created a system whereby the next time we had a challenging

economic environment, our banks were part of the solution

to the problem rather than part of the problem,

so the Bank of England has been able to free up additional lending

It's a precarious time and, for house developers

here in South London, and across the country,

the worry is that prices could come under pressure.

It is really unchartered waters, so it's a very difficult

But I think people just need to remain resilient and confident.

I think the sun has risen 12 times since the Brexit vote and it

Let's stay positive and let's keep Britain building.

Today, two more property investment funds, M, Britain's largest,

and Aviva, temporarily closed their doors after too many

investors tried to withdraw their money.

Stocks in property firms also declined as fears spread

There has been a subtle change of tone from the Governor

Before the referendum, you would have struggled to hear

the word "positive" fall from Mark Carney's lips,

but he did use the word today, at least about some of the economic

Because Mark Carney says he wants to offer reassurance -

reassurance to consumers, reassurance to businesses, the two

The pound is falling again and the Governor said challenging

Mr Carney is treading a fine line, trying to reassure in a fast-moving,

At the European Parliament, there were harsh words today

for Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage following their prominent parts

The European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker,

accused them of quitting as soon as things got difficult

following the result and he said that patriots didn't resign

But Mr Farage said the referendum had brought chaos and

confusion to UK politics, and that was a good thing.

Let's join our correspondent, Damian Grammaticas, in Strasbourg.

Yes, here in Europe, politicians are facing up to some pretty tough

questions now. In Strasbourg today, there were difficult issues for the

EU, how it can prevent other countries following the UK and even

harsher criticism, the tone set by Jean-Claude Juncker for the leaders

of the Leave campaign. The architects of

Brexit savaged today. Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage

accused of creating a crisis, Patriots don't resign when things

get difficult, they stay. The Brexiteers remind me of rats

fleeing a sinking ship. Cameron resigned, Johnson abandoned,

and Farage wants more time for himself and his family

to spend his European So, no Nigel Farage to be seen,

just his Ukip colleagues. What they were saying is that

Brexit has brought chaos and confusion to the UK,

to UK politics? It's brought chaos and

confusion to UK politics What we have had are two so-called

major parties who have basically merged on the big issues

for the last 30 years. They have now soundly been beaten

in a referendum and, yes, we are seeing

seismic shocks from that. That is not a bad thing,

that's a good thing. As for being a rat leaving a sinking

ship, he said that jibe was a sign Europe's politicians are worried

the UK will not be the last country TRANSLATION: If we don't change

things, if we don't change this European Union

into one for the citizens, And we will all be jointly

responsible for that. And if the next British Prime

Minister thinks they will get a special deal from Europe,

the EU's basic position was repeated TRANSLATION: If you want access

to the single market, you must respect the four

freedoms, including freedom The view from here in Europe,

the referendum has brought a crisis of politics to the UK and a crisis

of confidence for the EU. If it doesn't reform, they say,

it will face referendums in more countries and possible

fracture and failure. Damian Grammaticas, BBC News,

Strasbourg. The man who's carried out

the inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq conflict says the main

lesson is that careful analysis is needed before military

intervention can be sanctioned. Sir John Chilcot will deliver his

long-awaited report tomorrow, more than seven years

after his official inquiry began. It looks at the decision-making

process before the invasion - and during the conflict -

and at the lessons to be Tens of thousands of people

died during the conflict and in the chaos that followed,

as our diplomatic correspondent, In 2003, a coalition

of American, British and other They claimed the country's

leader, Saddam Hussein, He has existing and active military

plans for the use of chemical and biological weapons,

which could be activated Within weeks, Iraq's army

was defeated, Saddam was ousted and, A tyrant has fallen

and Iraq is free. But it turned out that Iraq

had no useable weapons of mass destruction and,

in the civil war and insurgency that followed,

hundreds of thousands died. 179 British servicemen

and women lost their lives. So, in 2009, Sir John Chilcot

was asked to establish what happened, how decisions

were made and what lessons Governments should think harder

before they go to war. The main expectation that I have

is that it will not be possible in future to engage

in a military or, indeed, a diplomatic endeavour on such

a scale and of such gravity without really careful challenge,

analysis and assessment and collective political judgment

being applied to it. His inquiry focussed

on some key questions. For almost seven years,

the inquiry has waded through thousands of documents

and heard months of oral evidence. There have been rows over

what could be published in the process of giving people

the right to reply. Tomorrow, here, the report

will finally be published. For the families of those who died

or were wounded, the delay has Lance Corporal Ben Hyde died

in Iraq in 2003. Today, his father, John,

like many others who lost loved ones, travelled to London ahead

of the report's publication. And he was realistic

about what it may say. It might highlight a lot of things

that happened that shouldn't have happened and things that should have

happened that didn't, but I don't think anything

is going to come out of it that For some, this report will never

justify a war they opposed. But it may provide some answers

about what went wrong and what should

happen in the future. James Landale, BBC News,

Westminster. Many of the critics of the invasion

of Iraq are hoping it will highlight failures in the military campaign

and apportion blame in a clear way. As we've heard, 179 British

servicemen and women died while serving in Iraq -

and many of their families have campaigned to bring forward

the release of tomorrow's report. Our special correspondent,

Fergal Keane, has been talking When it takes away a son,

daughter, father, brother, Sergeant John Jones

was killed by a roadside He's fifth - five

across and five down. John Jones's mother Carol campaigned

to bring this Memorial Wall She's experienced years of pain

waiting for the Chilcot report. I really do hope that we can close

the book on the 6th of July, because it's not fair

to ask 179 families - you imagine how many

people that is - to ask There's got to be something that

they've got to tell us. Carol Jones wants answers

about the troops' equipment. Like the Snatch Land Rover,

her son died in. And she questions the reason

for going to war. There was no weapons

of mass destruction. It was just a total waste of lives,

but that's a mother's opinion. A soldier would say

something different. They wouldn't say it

was a waste of time. They would get angry with me

if I said that. Here they are in a photograph taken

two days before the attack. Mark was sitting beside John

when he was killed. It was smoke, blood,

just burning smell. Mark now works as a diving

instructor in Dubai. Back in the Middle East,

after he struggled I made that decision

to drive up that road. That's a terrible burden to

carry with you. I've carried it for

the last 11 years. There are people who should feel

guilty about what happened in Iraq, A soldier's greatest fear

is letting his mates down. When are you going to forgive

yourself? Troops, welcomed as liberators,

became targets as Iraq unravelled. The poor planning for

the aftermath of invasion helped They expected us to go from war

fighting straight into peace Because one minute you are trying

to kill somebody and the next minute The Ministry of Defence has

named a British soldier killed by a roadside bomb

in Southern Iraq on Friday. John Rigby was killed

on his 24th birthday. His twin brother, also a soldier,

was holding his hand when he died in hospital in

Basra. His parents want Chilcot to confront

the responsibility of politicians. I'm hoping that people who, I think,

should be held to account for what I can only call mistakes

are held to account My granddad fought in a war

where it was said that the troops The lads in Basra were called

the lions of Basra, but the donkeys in this instance,

I would say, were the politicians that sent them there

in the first place. The news from Iraq, sectarian war,

civilian deaths, the rise and spread of extremism,

is a constant challenge to the Rigbys who'd initially

accepted the Government's It's always there, isn't it,

on the television, in the newspaper? It's still a reminder of John

and what happened. The Rigbys walked and fished

here with their son. It is where they feel

closest to him. I'm at the edge of the wood

and I can, I say I feel him, I think he's around,

you know, looking at me At the national memorial ash eatup

in the Midlands, Carol Jones comes here

to remember her son John. He was my flesh and blood,

my son, a part of me. Chilcot cannot heal wounds,

but he can provide answers. Fergal Keane ending his report

on one mother's wait for the Chilcot report that

will be published tomorrow. A brief look at some

of the day's other news stories. Thousands of teachers in England

have been on strike today in protest at what their union says

is a reduction in funding. A third of all schools

were affected, with many closed The Government says the 24-hour

strike will damage pupils' education Southern Rail is to cut around 340

train services a day as a temporary measure following weeks of delays

and cancellations caused by industrial action

and a shortage of staff. The company - which operates trains

in parts of London, Kent, Hampshire and Buckinghamshire -

has been in dispute with the RMT The cockpit voice recorder

of the EgyptAir plane which crashed in May indicates

there was an attempt to put out a fire on board before the jet

plunged into the Mediterranean. Junior doctors and medical students

in England have rejected proposals to end their dispute over

pay and conditions. The Government and the doctors'

union, the BMA, had reached But nearly 60% of doctors who took

part in a ballot were opposed. The junior doctors' leader

at the BMA has resigned. Our health editor,

Hugh Pym, has the story. With marches at Westminster,

pickets outside of hospitals and junior doctors in England

for the first time boycotting emergency care, it's been

a prolonged and bitter dispute. In May the doctors union, the BMA,

agreed a contract deal After the result showing 58% voting

no, I caught up with two junior doctors - one who voted

in favour and one against I voted yes because I was concerned

that should we vote no, some of the gains we've made

by asking the government to listen to our concerns,

the protests and industrial action, I voted to reject the contract,

despite the fact significant gains were made there were a lot of issues

that have to be addressed. I still felt the contract

was discriminatory and still did not really address the issues

of recruitment and retention which, right now, are more

important than ever. The contract agreement involved

a basic pay rise of between 10-11%, with a reduction in unsocial hours

pay, and an allowance after working Equal opportunities concerns mainly

affecting women were addressed. I negotiated a deal

which they said was a good deal. That has now been rejected

by the BMA membership, it makes it difficult for us,

as a government, to know who we should negotiate

with or indeed whether there is any So the question is,

what happens now? Junior doctors leaders meet tomorrow

to decide their next move. Further strikes seem

unlikely at this stage, though legal action

against the government may continue. Ministers will have to decide

what to do about the contract. The chair of their main

Junior Doctors Committee I would expect the government

reluctantly to impose the contract which the junior

doctors rejected today. It is hardly going to be a calm

few months for the NHS. With confusion over the junior

doctors contract adding to the uncertainty over the economy

and what that might mean for public finances, and uncertainty over

political leadership ahead of the arrival of a new Prime

Minister. The vote indicates a degree

of discontent about the state of the NHS in England

amongst junior doctors. The mood of protesters

seen during the dispute The FBI has announced it will not

recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton

for using a private e-mail account to receive secret

government material, The FBI director, James Comey,

said Mrs Clinton had been extremely careless and that she should

have known that using a private e-mail server

was inappropriate. Our correspondent Nick Bryant

has more details. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on

a mission to prevent Donald Trump from ever boarding this plane. The

president is using the full might of his office to help her become his

successor. It was another branch of the Federal Government, the FBI,

that's threatened to destroy her candidacy. Today's statement from

the FBI director was the most eagerly awaited in years. Made more

dramatic because so much of it sounded like the prosecution's

opening statement in a criminal trial. Hillary Clinton and her staff

had been extremely careless, he said, in the handling of very

sensitive information. The FBI discovered more than 100 classified

e-mails on the servers, something she's always claimed wasn't the

case. On the central question of whether she should face criminal

charges he said this. Though there is evidence of potential violations

of the statutes surrounding the handling of classified information,

our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case.

As they journeyed to the first joint campaign appearance, an event in the

diary, the White House says they didn't discuss the investigation. No

mention was made of it on stage. Instead, she turned her fire on

Donald Trump. Can you imagine him sitting in the Oval Office? The next

time America faces a crisis? The world hangs on every word our

president says and Donald Trump is simply unqualified and

temperamentally unfit to be our president and commander in chief.

Then from her former boss, the most glowing of job references. There has

never been any man or woman more qualified for this office than

Hillary Clinton. Ever. President Obama has basically become Hillary

Clinton's character witness in chief. But doubts remain about her

trustworthiness and judgments. Within minutes Donald Trump had take

ton Twitter, expressing disbelief at the FBI's recommendation. FBI's

director said crooked Hilary compromised our national security,

no charges, wow. Rigged system. The legal cloud that's been hanging

over a campaign may have been lifted, but this e-mail storm still

engulfs her candidacy. Both Serena and Venus

Williams are through to Venus Williams beat Khazakhstan's

Yaroslava Shvedova in straight sets. It will be her first Wimbledon

emi-final since 2009, and at 36 she is the oldest player

to reach the semis in The Wales football squad has spent

the day preparing for the big match against Portugal in the semi-finals

of Euro 2016 tomorrow night. The match in Lyon will be

the first-ever major championship semi-final for Wales,

and they're also the first national team from the UKto make it to this

stage of a major championship Our sports editor, Dan Roan,

reports from Lyon. It's a journey they simply don't

want to end. Wales' fans setting off from Cardiff this evening for a

match that's not to be missed. Travelling through the night, a

small price to pay for the biggest game in their team's history, the

semifinal of Euro 2016, with support from all quarters. Any message for

the Wales football team? Oh, huge good luck is what I would say.

COMMENTATOR: Bale for Wales - in! Having waited 58 years to reach a

major tournament, Wales have upset the odds in a way scarcely

believable, finishing top of the group. Their unbelievable triumph

over Belgium established them as genuine contenders. The challenge

now to manage expectations. Portugal have been in seven semifinals in big

tournaments. They know what this is all about. This is our first one.

We'll be the underdogs. No problem. As they looked round the stadium

this afternoon, Wales could reflect on just how far they've come in a

very short time. The team's remarkable revival began under

former manager, Gary Speed. After his tragic death in 2011, was

continued by his friend, Chris Coleman, Wales climbing from 117 in

the world rankings to the top ten in less than five years. These Welsh

players have already made history, but win here tomorrow night, and

they'll achieve what no other British team has managed since 1966,

reaching a major tournament final. So what's the secret behind their

remarkable success? Tonight the man who runs Welsh football told me that

this was about way more than just a skilful and spirited squad. Chris

Coleman and of course all his backroom staff need to be thanked.

There's the FAW staff. We've been working on this for 12 months to

make this right. With ereally tried to do our best. I went to the board

and got them to spend the money to give the boys the very best

opportunity for success on the field of play. They've paid us back in

their droves. Then the fans. They're brilliant. This is history in the

making. The match brings together a mouth watering clash of two

footballing superstars, Wales Gareth Bale replaced his team-mate as the

world's most expensive player. But the Portuguese captain is at the top

of sport's rich list and his goals have established him as the best

European of his generation. Portugal are yet to win a game here in 90

minutes, some believe all the momentum is with Wales.

The story's not ended. They could beat Portugal. I don't think there's

any doubt about that. I think the manager's done a fantastic job, I

really do. Wales have shown what's possible when a team truly comes

together and they've no intention of going home just yet.

Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system -

and the oldest - and yet we still know surprisingly little

The Nasa probe Juno has just gone into orbit and hopes to uncover

answers to some of Jupiter's mysteries, including the influence

it had on the formation of planet Earth and other planets.

Our science correspondent, Rebecca Morelle, reports

A tense wait at Mission Control to learn the fate of Nasa's

After more than a decade's worth of work and a 2.8 billion kilometre

journey through space, Juno is the closest we've

We prepared a contingency communications procedure.

Over the next 20 months, Juno will complete 37 orbits.

Skirting just over the top of Jupiter's thick atmosphere,

it will give us our best ever views of the giant red spot,

the colossal storm that's raged for hundreds of years

and for the first time, peer through the clouds to finally

Its raft of scientific instruments could even shed light on the origins

Born from a cloud of gas and dust, Jupiter's

Jupiter is so massive that a thousand earths

And as it spins every ten hours, it takes everything with it.

It's an incredible environment, huge storms on its surface and

Jupiter's intense magnetic field generates bands of deadly radiation.

As the spacecraft flies through them, it will experience

the equivalent of 100 million dental X-Rays.

Jupiter's just lit up with a spectacular Aurora.

Next month, the data begins to pour back, finally illuminating this

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