25/06/2016 BBC Weekend News

The Defence Secretary has said the Government will press ahead

with the programme it was elected on last year - despite uncertainty

over the Conservative Party leadership and the negotiations

Michael Fallon said the Government was commited to its wider programme

of economic growth and social reform.

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said

there is "political turmoil" at Westminster.

Earlier, the ratings agency Moody's announced it was downgrading

the UK's credit rating saying the vote to leave the EU meant

Our political correspondent Chris Mason reports.

David Cameron left his home in Oxfordshire this morning to head to

an Armed Forces Day event in Lincolnshire. There to meet him, the

Defence Secretary. People will say we now have a Prime

Minister without political authority. He is in charge at the

moment. The Prime Minister is in charge, the

Government is committed to a big programme. We set it out in the

Queen's speech. We were elected a year ago to continue dealing with

the deficit, growing the economy, to create more jobs, and to invest in

strong defence. The logic that you need a new

captain to take the team forward, Team UK, forward in the

negotiations, would be a healthier place. It is a sad day for all.

David's legacy will live on. Now, do you recognise this man? And

more to the point, have you seen him recently? The Chancellor, seen here

on Wednesday, has vanished since the referendum, despite the fact that

the credit ratings agency, Moody's, downgraded the UK outlook to

negative. We have heard nothing from George

Osborne since the referendum, where is he? He spoke yesterday along with

the governor of the Bank of England. There were warnings that there would

be consequences from a Brexit. -- a Brexit vote. We have to work hard to

get investment restarted in the economy and continue the successful

record of job creation since you have seen since last year. Could

this man be the Prime Minister by the autumn? He is the runaway

favourite. But not all of his colleagues are head over heels about

that. A senior Conservative who wanted a remain vote sate.

Many have loved the notoriety and excitement but once you scratch the

surface and ask the next question, a lot don't want a permanent ride on

the big dipper. One thing that is certain about leaving the EU is this

place will soon have a lot more power. A lot of huge decisions to

makes a well. Whatever is in charge.

Chris Mason, BBC News at Westminster.

The Scottish Government is holding an emergency meeting

She said Westminster is engulfed in you are toil. Holding talks with

Brussels to protect Scotland's place in the EU, saying steps will be

taken to ensure laws are in place to hold a second referendum. Nearly two

thirds of Scottish voice wanted to remain within the EU.

Foreign Ministers of the six founding members

of the European Union are meeting in Berlin this morning to discuss

the impact of the UK's vote to leave the EU.

The President of the European Commission, Jean Claude-Juncker,

says he wants to start negotiations about Britain departure immediately.

Our Europe Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports.

In the capitals of Europe, the nations at the heart of the EU, its

founding members were closing ranks today. In Berlin, foreign ministers,

determined to preserve their union from the threats posed by Brexit.

TRANSLATION: I think it is clear that we now have a situation that

allows not for hysteria or paralysis. We cannot deteriorate, as

if all of the answers were available, and we cannot, after the

British decision, descend into inaction.

If the photo shoot is staged, that is maybe as the shock of the UK's

decision is still being felt. Brexit is not anything that anyone was

preparing for. Across Europe there is a sense that discussions about

the UK's withdrawal has to start soon. Nobody wants a vacuum now.

This was Jean-Claude Juncker on German television.

TRANSLATION: I have spoke tonne the British Prime Minister and

established he wants to wait knoll October to have his successor hand

over the letter to Brussels to explain the UK's decision. I would

like the letter straight away. The British made clear that they would

like to leave. While I don't want to accelerate the process, I want to

get down to it quickly. And the position of the EU

commissioner here on the right looks untenable. He oversees the financial

markets, he may not be in charge of the area for longer. So events are

moving forward, the logic of Brexit and whether or not the UK officially

begins the process or not, it seems that decisions will be made without

that decisions will be made without its input.

I think that the meeting recently ended, what are you hearing there?

This is the first indication we are getting of a unified European

response to the British decision. These six foreign ministers were

talking tough. They say they expect negotiations on Britain's ex-out

from the EU to begin as soon as possible. Immediately, in fact.

Either, they say, David Cameron must take responsibility, trigger Article

50 and get on with the negotiations, or, they say, intriguingly, that a

new British Prime Minister must be found within days and the

negotiations must begin. London, they say, have a responsibility

beyond Britain, a responsibility, they are saying, to the future of

Europe. Now this is where it is interesting, they say that there are

European treaties that Britain must abide by those but what is not

answered is what pressure they can bring to bear on Britain in the

negotiations don't start. One Foreign Minister summed it up when

he said we don't want this to turn into a game of cat and mouse.

Interesting, thank you very much. Jenny Hill in Berlin.

Jeremy Corbyn has said that he will stand again if a Labour

leadership contest is held following the UK's

Mr Corbyn gave a speech in London to set out how he thought the party

The Labour leader is being blamed by some of his own MPs for not

campaigning hard enough to keep Britain in the EU.

Our political correspondent Chris Mason is with me now.

These are extraordinary time, Chris. Are what is striking this morning,

is that usually I'm in the business of attempting to provide answers.

What we have now are questions as a result of the consequences of what

happened in the last 48 hours. We have seen that in terms of the

consequences for Scotland and what the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon,

has been saying about the turmoil she sees at Westminster and the hope

for a second referendum. We see it in Labour and the Labour MPs asking

questions about Jeremy Corbyn and his future. They are not knew but a

new environment in which they are asked. Then in the short-term, the

biggest question of all: Who will be our Prime Minister in a matter of

months? That race has begun. We are to see a summer of the leading

contenders fighting it out in order to replace David Cameron in what

ultimately now is just a matter of weeks.

Thank you, Chris Mason. Now to the matter of Fire Brigades

Union. -- now to the matter of football.

It will be the first time ever two home nations have met

in the knockout stages of a major football tournament.

As Wales take on Northern Ireland later in their European

Thousands of fans are expected to travel to Paris where our sports

We have two teams that defied expectations. Wales in topping the

group to reach Paris, Northern Ireland in getting out of one that

included Germany. It is sure to be a special atmosphere here later.

Here are two countries desperate to stay in Europe.

..or Northern Ireland, these fans don't want their summer

I think we're going to go the whole way.

I think we've come this far, we might as well.

The English fans expected to top the group so we just

bought their tickets off them.

Wales arrive in Paris as the favourites.

Their tournament so far, a showcase for their

Their only setback has been a defeat to England.

The manager says lessons have been learned.

We never played anywhere near our capabilities because we got

caught up in a game, with the emotion of it,

So that's what we needed to put right.

Michael O'Neill, on the other hand, demands emotion from his players.

Northern Ireland's togetherness has helped to get them here.

He knows they will need that more than ever to stay.

The words of wisdom for the team are simple.

We've got so much out of this tournament, it will benefit us

We've wrung every drop we can, I think, out of it

For both countries, this will be their biggest football

So, after a combined wait of 88 years to play in a major tournament,

Northern Ireland face Wales for a place in the quarter-finals.

That's it for now - just a reminder that the BBC

News Channel will have the very latest on all the developments

surrounding the EU referendum throughout the day.