26/06/2016 BBC Weekend News

The Labour Party is facing a leadership crisis.

Jeremy Corbyn has sacked his shadow foreign secretary,

Hilary Benn, after he told Mr Corbyn he had no

Five members of Labour's front bench team have resigned and others

Mr Corbyn's allies say he retains the support

of the party's grassroots and is

Our political correspondent, Carole Walker, reports.

He said he did not believe Labour could win a general election under

his leadership. He is a good and decent man, but he is not a leader.

The Labour leader had posed with his shadow ministers to largest party's

campaign to remain in the EU, but his lacklustre performance during

the run-up to the referendum and his failure to convince many traditional

party supporters to vote to remain has prompted a wave of resignations.

I ask myself if I am going to be stood on the doorstep over the next

couple of months, if I am going to be sat in TV studios, to die, hand

on heart, say that I felt that Jeremy was the best person to be

leading the Labour Party in developing the answers that the

country is now demanding, and I did not feel I could do that. Ian Murray

has resigned as shadow Scottish secretary. I think the Labour Party

more than ever needs to be in government but I am not sure that

what people tell me in the country that it can be delivered with Jeremy

Corbyn as leader. Gloria De Piero, the Shadow Minister for young

people, has gone to. Lucy Powell has stood down as Shadow Education

Secretary, telling Mr Corbyn his position is untenable. But the

Shadow Chancellor has been touring the studios, insisting Jeremy Corbyn

will not fall on his sword, and declaring he will stand by him. I

will never stand for leadership of the Labour Party. If Jeremy has to

stand again, I will cheer his campaign. I think Labour Party

members will elect him again. But that is unnecessary. The next few

months are key for the Labour Party. We need to hold together to do that.

Tom Watson, Mr Corbyn's deputy, could play a pivotal role. He has

cut short his visit to Glastonbury. Jeremy Corbyn is already facing a

vote of no-confidence and a growing number of Labour MPs say they no

longer support him. Some shadow ministers are calling for unity,

pointing to the big man date on from party members, many of whom are

planning big demonstrations of support. It is an open battle for

the future of the Labour Party. Carole Walker, BBC News,

Westminster. Scotland's First Minister,

Nicola Sturgeon, has said the Scottish Parliament could block

the United Kingdom's exit She said the parliament in Edinburgh

would have to give its consent and she would urge

MSPs to veto the move. And two days after the referendum

result was announced, more questions have been raised

about how the new relationship Our political correspondent,

Chris Mason, reports. What will the UK look

like outside the European Union? We were warned the economy

would fall off a cliff, so does the Cabinet minister

responsible for business, who suggested just that,

stand by the claim now? I am asking you whether you think

we are heading for a recession and the loss

of half a million jobs? Many who voted Leave want

immigration cut, but senior figures in government

who lost the referendum argument fear that

could The fundamental dilemma at the heart

of the Brexit position is that we will have

to now make a decision that single market we want and need

to protect our economy, and how much freedom of movement

we are prepared And given some parts of the UK voted

to stay in the EU, will the country as a whole

actually leave? But my job as First Minister,

the Scottish Parliament's job, is to judge these

things on the basis of what's in the interests

But can you imagine the fury of the British

people if you stop them leaving Europe?

I can, but you know it's perhaps similar to the fury of many

people in Scotland right now as we face the prospect of being taken out

of the European Union against our will.

In the middle of this swirl of

questions, the race to be our next Prime Minister.

campaigners insist his successor has to be one of them.

It would be very, very difficult for the public who

voted for leaving the European Union to find that they then had a

Prime Minister who actually was opposed to leaving the European

Three days on from the referendum, some see a cloudy

politics is going to be dominated for years

negotiates its exit from the EU, and who will lead those talks.

Our deputy political editor, Jon Pienaar, is at Westminster.

There is very little certain in politics at this moment. Let's begin

with Labour. Will I be no? We have seen today how

that significant vote, the historically significant vote, has

left the country with the government were no one seems to be truly in

charge, and an opposition which has effectively ceased to exist as a

credible, coherent force in British politics. By any normal rule of

politics, no leader could see half his Shadow Cabinet work out the

door, and then face a vote of no-confidence, with the leadership

challenge coming down the pipeline, and carry on with any credibility or

authority. But Labour stopped playing by the rules on the day the

Jeremy Corbyn was elected as leader. There will be some sort of schism

between the mass of the party members, who support Jeremy Corbyn,

and the mass of the MPs, who do not. If Jeremy Corbyn survives this, we

could be looking at seeing a break-up of the Labour Party, offer

came that we have not seen since the 1980s. On the government side,

seeing the Foreign Secretary talking about the possibility of Britain

conceding some freedom of movement as a way of negotiating free-trade,

it has left the Leave side angry and confused. There will be no serious

progress on Britain's terms of trade and tell we have a new Prime

Minister. We are seeing the argument that raged through the referendum

campaign continuing, with all of the doubt, uncertainty, and anger that

goes with it. One final point on Labour. Do you

think Jeremy Corbyn can survive the next few days?

In the next few days, we will see, and we have seen the Shadow Cabinet

fall to pieces. There will be a vote of no-confidence Labour MPs. He has

every prospect of losing that vote. I would expect to see an open

leadership challenge to generate Corbyn, then it goes to the mass

membership. He may well when that. -- he may well when that.

Polls have opened in Spain after the four main

parties failed to break the

political deadlock from December's general election.

Opinion polls have suggested that today's election may still not

overcome the stalemate, with

the conservative Popular Party tipped to win,

but to fall short of a

Police investigating the murder of Melanie Hall 20

years ago have released a

45-year-old man on bail pending further inquiries.

Melanie, who was 25, was

last seen at a nightclub in Bath in 1996.

Her remains were found near the M5 motorway in 2009.

A ceremony will be held today at the Tunisian

beach resort where 38 tourists, 30 of them British, were killed

The names of the dead will be read out and flowers laid

on the sand at Port El Kantaoui near Sousse.

But this beach became a byword for bloodshed.

This was 12 months ago, a lone gunman bringing terror

to the sands, killing 38 tourists in as many minutes.

Angela Evans had to play dead as the attacker stood next to her.

The memories and the grief still raw.

Every day, I think about the poor people who never came back.

I just wish I could reverse everything and work a bit of magic,

When the attack happened, here at the five-star

Imperial Marhaba Hotel, Angela was one of more

The legacy of the attack is written in the sands.

At this time of year, tourists should be flocking here,

It was last June, just before the killer struck.

But since then, the number of Britons coming on holiday to this

The authorities here insist security has been stepped up,

British officials say they are planning to review

their travel advice, but for now, they are still warning tourists

Adele made her debut on the Pyramid Stage

at Glastonbury last night, the first time she's made a headline

Tens of thousands of people gathered to watch her perform,

including our entertainment correspondent, Lizo Mzimba.

# At least I can say that I've tried.

Thousands gathered to see the record- breaking singer.

# To you, I'm sorry for breaking your heart.

She has already played some massive numbers on her current

The audience here is not necessarily made up exclusively

Her ability to draw this huge crowd underlines her megastar status.

She's not my kind of thing, but she is very good

She is really good, amazing, she is really good live.

Rather than just standing up there and singing,

she was talking and making us feel part of the show.

She's a bit of a change for a Glastonbury headliner,

She shows her character and she sings amazingly, beautiful.

Glastonbury, do it one more time for me, scream it.

CROWD: # Never mind, I'll find someone like you.

And so many here seemed thrilled someone like Adele chose them

You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.

This week is looking pretty unsettled, thanks