03/07/2016 BBC Weekend News

Suicide bombs kill more than 100 people in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

The attacks came as families were out in a busy shopping district

after observing Ramadan. The so-called Islamic State says it was

responsible for the deadliest attack in Baghdad this year. Here, the

front runner, for Conservative leader Theresa May says there needs

to be a proper contest between the rival candidates, but no general

election. Game, set and match. And Serena sails through at Wimbledon,

serving up her 300th victory in a Grand Slam match.

Nearly 120 people are now confirmed to have died and 200 others wounded

in suicide bomb attacks in the heart of the Iraqi capital.

Many of the deaths came when a lorry blew up close to a busy shopping

area of Baghdad, where people were eating and drinking

So-called Islamic State said it was responsible.

From Baghdad, our Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen.

The bombs and the fires consumed so many lives.

It's supposed to be a sacred and festive season.

The last few days of the holy month of Ramadan.

The attack happened at around 1am in the morning.

The streets were full and the shops were open.

This was the so-called Islamic State's latest gift

The people who gathered there during the day were furious

that the jihadist so-called Islamic State seem to be able

So when the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi came to inspect the damage

and pay his respects, they forced him to make a quick exit.

He says that Iraqis are like sheep among wolves.

Everyone is coming to eat their flesh.

Islamic State Sunni extremists said they were targeting Shia Muslims.

Sectarian war started in the chaos and violence that was unleashed

by the American and British invasion of Iraq in 2003.

It still continues and it's about power more than religion.

The main reason why IS attacked was the defeat they've just

It means they've lost a stronghold less than an hour's

All the destruction and killing add up to a clear message

from the jihadists of so-called Islamic State.

That they may be defeated on the battlefield,

but they are still able to hit back where it hurts most,

by killing civilians in the heart of this capital city

Iraq has not had a day of real peace since the invasion in 2003.

This coming week, Britain publishes its official

Plenty of Iraqis have already made up their minds.

That the invaders pushed them into an agony without an end.

It's very clear that even before we hear from the Chilcott report that

very little went right after the invasion, that there wasn't a plan,

that the consequences of that period of chaos and violence are still

being felt in Iraq now. Not just in Iraq. But actually around the region

as well. That sectarian dimensional, which reignited here is something

that has infected the entire Middle East. So a lot to look at when that

report is published, but the awful thing for Iraq is here tonight is

this is their reality. Today, a particularly nasty bomb, horrendous

scenes down there, but really, not a moment of peace.

Jeremy Bowen in Baghdad, thank you. The Conservative Party leadership

contender Theresa May has dismissed calls for other candidates to stand

aside - saying she wants "a contest Mrs May - who is said

to have the support of more than 100 Tory MPs -

has reaffirmed her belief that there should be no

General Election before 2020, Our correspondent, Ben Wright,

has been the gauging opinions of Conservative Party

members in Buckinghamshire. On the surface, this stretch of

Conservative Party England appears serene, a world away from the

summer's political convulsions. But in Buckinghamshire Garden this

afternoon, a hot topic to discuss. The key thing that we need at the

moment is a leadership and a statesman and that's the kind of

thing that will drive our party forward. Members of the Beaconsfield

Conservative Association have a big choice on their hands. I think she

would be good on the world platform. They are weighing up Theresa May,

one of the five Tory leadership candidates and the current

favourite. Today, the Home Secretary said if she won she would not call a

general election. We have got this huge issue of negotiating the

Brexit. We have got the concerns about stability in the economy and

the future of the UK, and I think if we were to have an early general

election it would just introduce another destabilising factor. I

don't think it would be good for the economy or people and their jobs.

Theresa May campaign for Britain to stay in the EU, unlike Michael Gove,

who clawed his way into the race after abandoning his former Leave

campaign allied Boris Johnson, the man he had recommended as a

potential Prime Minister. I took the decision very late on Wednesday

evening. I went to bed at 1:30am in the morning. I reflected on it, I

woke up early in the morning and decided... You call him at 7am and

told him? I said in conscience I could not make that recommendation.

It is Tory party members, around 140,000 of them, who will choose

between two candidates short listed by Conservative MPs, so there views

matter. Gove has shot himself in the foot, that's the end of him. I would

go for Theresa May. I think she's a good level-headed person. I think

she probably has leased enemies. Something these days in the

Conservative Party! I know! But I also found fans of Andrea Leadsom,

who campaigned strongly for Leave. She knows what needs to be done,

she's a woman with conviction. Today, Andrea Leadsom tried to brush

off remarks she had made three years ago suggesting that UK should be in

the EU and in her view is the next Prime Minister had to have voted for

Brexit. Somebody who says I've been told vote for Leave with no

enthusiasm is very different to someone who sees the sunlit uplands

of leaving the EU, the prospects for our children, our grandchildren, our

business, of being open to well. These are some of the people who

will pick the next Tory leader and Prime Minister. There is

disagreement over who that person should be but everybody recognises

the next Prime Minister has a really tough job uniting the party but also

the country. Ben Wright, BBC News, Taplow in Buckinghamshire.

Meanwhile Labour's leadership divisions continue with the former

Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott warning today that civil war

Jeremy Corbyn has used an article in a Sunday newspaper

to call for unity - offering to work with all sections

of the party - including the 172 MPs who voted against him

Our political correspondent Chris Mason reports.

Surely you can spare 30 seconds to talk to the media? Jeremy Corbyn is

struggling to give the impression he's in control of events. He says

he is willing to reach out to those Labour MPs. When the leader of the

country's biggest trade union remains unflinching in his support.

This has been a political lynching of a decent man, undermined,

humiliated, attacked, in order to push him out, and here's the truth.

It's failed. The coup has failed. But the former Labour leader Lord

Kinnock said again today that Mr Corbyn had to go and claimed he did

not have enough support to stand again for the leadership if he faces

a challenge. Let me read, it will only take a second or two, this is

very tiresome, I know, any nomination must be supported by 20%

of the combined Commons members of the Parliamentary Labour Party and

members of the European Parliamentary Labour Party.

Nominations not attaining this threshold shall be null and void. Mr

Corbyn says he would stand again. This row continues to escalate. I've

been sent this dossier by a recently resigned Shadow Cabinet minister,

attempting to highlight how support for the leader is beginning to slip

away amongst Labour's grassroots. However much support Jeremy Corbyn

has, this Labour veteran is worried. Can we avoid the disaster we are

heading two of the talk of civil war and separate parties? You can't have

that. We must do everything to stop it. Rarely can a major British

political party be accurately described to be in an existential

crisis, but right now Labour can. These are painful times for Jeremy

Corbyn and his party. Chris Mason, BBC News.

Ten days after the EU referendum vote, this year's

British Social Attitudes survey has highlighted changing

The majority of those surveyed believed that schools

and the NHS are under pressure because of immigration.

And there was considerable variation in attitudes depending

on the educational background of those who took part.

Our correspondent Judith Moritz reports from Leeds.

Leeds is a melting pot, a multicultural city where more than

10% of people were born outside the UK. In the suburb of Beeston a

different nationalities live died by side. It makes immigration a hot

topic. I'm not racist, but you know, human beings are human beings, the

more people coming over here puts added strain on, they get taken care

off over us. My take on it is something that people who come here

bring far more than they take out. The doctors surgery, you have to

book it sometimes three weeks before your appointment. It's stupid. I

don't see it being a problem of just migrants. It's anywhere that is

overpopulated, any area that is overpopulated would be the same.

According to new research, nearly three quarters of voters in the UK

believes schools are under pressure because of immigration, whilst more

than 60% feel that the NHS is being stretched by it. It seems pretty

clear that of the three main things that people talk about when it comes

to immigration, the impact on the economy, the impact on the nation's

culture, and the impact on its public services, that at the moment

at least it's the last of these that's principal concern of the

public. The research found a difference in attitudes between

those who have been to university and those who haven't. Just 15% of

graduates believe that immigration has had a bad effect the economy.

That's compared to 51% of people holding that view who have no

educational qualifications. But graduates and those without degrees

are much less divided on other subjects. The majority of both

groups feel that public services are under pressure because of

immigration. Judith Moritz, BBC News, Leeds.

Time now for the sport, which is live from Wimbledon

It's only the fourth time in the All-England Club's 139 year

history that the gates have been opened to

With the sun finally shining, the tournament is back on schedule

And there has been a distinctly different atmosphere on court today,

At Wimbledon the work never stops, but playing

Not that the public care, 22,000 tickets sold in 27 minutes.

The star attraction was Serena Williams.

Her opponent Annika Beck is a fine prospect, but inside an hour she'd

experienced what the six-time champion can do to you.

Wimbledon was still coming to terms with the loss of top seed

Novak Djokovic, knocked out by Sam Querrey yesterday -

Well, that defeat for Djokovic has blown the men's draw wide open.

In theory it means Andy Murray becomes the new favourite.

He insists he is taking nothing for granted.

And rightly so, given he'll play the unpredictable

Nick Kyrgios next, after his win against Feliciano Lopez today.

David Ornstein, BBC News, Wimbledon. of the picture he'll be a step

Formula One - and Lewis Hamilton has won the Austrian Grand Prix

after a controversial last-lap collision with his Mercedes

Hamilton was attempting to overtake Rosberg,

but there was contact, and Hamilton was pushed out wide.

The German's front wing was badly damaged in the incident

and he could only finish in fourth place.

The last Euro 2016 quarter final will be played this evening and sees

One of their managers is also a part-time dentist

and they are the lowest-ranked team in the tournament,

but Iceland knocked England out of the tournament.

Matthew Price reports from Reykjavik as the country prepares

Everyone is excited in Iceland, and that is no exaggeration. Why stop

now? Why not go further? We have everything we need to. It's 11

footballers who empty the -- enter the field, it could go either way.

In this volcanic Viking nation where they are used to beating the odds,

they are painted up and ready for battle. Never has there been such a

moment. They all know they will have to play the game of their lives to

win over but remember, they've already done that once. If we can

beat England we can beat France, no problem. This rugged island sits on

the Arctic Circle. Where a summer temperature of 10 Celsius is

considered barmy. It is known for its natural beauty, but not for the

beautiful game. Iceland's footballing success is even more

remarkable when you could stand here on this isolated windswept desolate

volcanic rock in the middle of the North Atlantic. There are more

people who live in Cardiff and come from Iceland and yet like Wales Dave

harnessed their talent here and they believe in themselves. They've also

invested heavily in football training. No one expected such

success but one former international says it's clear why they've

performed so well. When I look at it, I'm not surprised. Why? Because

they are such a great team. They play as a team. They come in

together and go out together and they fight for each other. When

Iceland played England, 99.8% of people watching TV here that evening

watched the game. Tonight, it will surely be everyone. Matthew Price,

BBC News, Reykjavik. And Peter Sagan has won the second

stage of the Tour de France.