:00:21. > :00:26.Andrea Leadsom, one of the two candidates in the fight to become
:00:27. > :00:30.Conservative leader, has suggested to The Times that
:00:31. > :00:32.she'd be a better Prime Minister than Theresa May -
:00:33. > :00:37.Supporters of Mrs May - the rival for leader
:00:38. > :00:40.and who doesn't have children - have called the remarks offensive.
:00:41. > :00:42.Mrs Leadsom has criticised the newspaper for the way her
:00:43. > :00:50.Our Political Correspondent, Eleanor Garnier, reports.
:00:51. > :00:58.We have so much more to give. The outside in the race, the Eurosceptic
:00:59. > :01:02.energy Minister who is exciting traditional Tories. But the mum of
:01:03. > :01:10.three is facing criticism for an interview in the times where C --
:01:11. > :01:29.she suggested being a mum would make a better choice for Prime Minister.
:01:30. > :01:35.This morning, outside her home in Northamptonshire, she defended her
:01:36. > :01:40.comments. I was repeatedly asked about my children and I repeatedly
:01:41. > :01:44.made it clear that I did not want this to be in any way a feature of
:01:45. > :01:49.the campaign. I am disgusted at the way this has been presented. I want
:01:50. > :01:55.to be crystal clear that everyone has an equal stake in our society
:01:56. > :01:59.and in the future of our country. But being a mum was a big part of
:02:00. > :02:05.her message during the referendum campaign. I ran financial services
:02:06. > :02:09.businesses for 25 years and I did a stint as city minister and I'm a
:02:10. > :02:14.mum. It clear Andrea Leadsom was not trying to be cruel to Theresa May,
:02:15. > :02:18.but it has shown her inexperience and, some say, her lack of judgment,
:02:19. > :02:24.so crucial if you want to be Prime Minister. Her team are making an
:02:25. > :02:28.official complaint to the times, but the journalist who did the interview
:02:29. > :02:33.is standing by her story. I don't think it's got a journalism, I just
:02:34. > :02:37.think it's journalism, it's accurate journalism. I asked a question, she
:02:38. > :02:41.answered it, I reported what she said. She is trying to become Prime
:02:42. > :02:45.Minister of this country, judgment and character matters as much as
:02:46. > :02:48.policy. Yesterday, Theresa May launched this pledge for a clean
:02:49. > :02:54.campaign. There was no official response from her today, but she
:02:55. > :02:58.posted it again on social media. Despite appeals for unity, after a
:02:59. > :03:01.fractious referendum campaign, the Conservative leadership race is
:03:02. > :03:06.already off to a controversial start. Eleanor Barnier, BBC News.
:03:07. > :03:09.The Labour MP Angela Eagle has announced she'll launch a formal
:03:10. > :03:12.challenge to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the party.
:03:13. > :03:14.It comes after talks between Labour's deputy leader -
:03:15. > :03:17.Tom Watson - and union leaders broke down over their continued
:03:18. > :03:25.Our Political Correspondent Iain Watson is at Westminster -
:03:26. > :03:28.and this rift in the Labour party over it's leadership appears
:03:29. > :03:35.Another extraordinary day in British politics. We should be getting used
:03:36. > :03:38.to them at Westminster. But this decision by Angela Eagle means the
:03:39. > :03:42.two main parties will be locked in a leadership contest this summer. It
:03:43. > :03:46.follows the angry breakdown of those talks between the unions. And a
:03:47. > :03:50.measure of how poisonous things are at the moment, the leader of the
:03:51. > :03:55.Unite trade union accused Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson for an act
:03:56. > :03:58.of sabotage or pulling the plug on those talks. Jeremy Corbyn is
:03:59. > :04:02.insisting he is determined to fight on. Speaking to a trade union
:04:03. > :04:05.audience in Durham today he said he wasn't under any pressure to resign,
:04:06. > :04:08.the people under real pressure in Britain where families trying to
:04:09. > :04:16.feed their kids. Another leadership challenge, from MP Tom Smith, is
:04:17. > :04:21.talking about his party splitting apart. It could be about something
:04:22. > :04:24.much bigger than that, not overstating this, it could be about
:04:25. > :04:28.the future of the Labour Party as we know it. In the past few minutes
:04:29. > :04:32.President Obama has said Americans of all races are outraged by
:04:33. > :04:37.yesterday's fatal attacks on the police. Five officers were murdered
:04:38. > :04:41.in Dallas by a man who later killed himself. Police found weapons and
:04:42. > :04:44.bomb-making equipment at the home of Michael Johnson. He said he wanted
:04:45. > :04:46.to kill white people, especially white officers. James Cook sent this
:04:47. > :04:53.report from Texas. In Texas, and across the United
:04:54. > :04:59.States, the men and women in blue are morning. The attack here in
:05:00. > :05:04.Dallas was the deadliest on law enforcement since 911. Denise's
:05:05. > :05:10.husband Mike was an officer here for ten years. Every night he came home,
:05:11. > :05:17.that was my perk, that he came home. And he did. We need to start loving
:05:18. > :05:24.one another instead of hating one another. I could Johnson was a US
:05:25. > :05:29.Army survey who served in Afghanistan. He told police he
:05:30. > :05:35.wanted to kill white police officers. This was a crime driven by
:05:36. > :05:40.hate. The men turning a peaceful process at police killings of black
:05:41. > :05:46.men into an act of violent revenge. In the 25-year-old's suburban home,
:05:47. > :05:51.they found more bombs and bullets. And a journal of combat tactics. Far
:05:52. > :05:55.from coming together after the latest killings, the US feels as
:05:56. > :05:58.divided as ever. In Atlanta and elsewhere thousands of Americans are
:05:59. > :06:02.still taking to the streets to protest against the police. And in
:06:03. > :06:08.Dallas they are preparing to say goodbye to five officers who lost
:06:09. > :06:12.their lives in the line of duty. At times, it feels like this has become
:06:13. > :06:18.the motif of the United States. This time, the shrine is dominated by the
:06:19. > :06:23.colour blue. The flowers, the prayers, the heartbreaking messages
:06:24. > :06:26.are the same. This, somehow, has become routine. James Cook, BBC
:06:27. > :06:31.News, Dallas. David Cameron says MPs will decide,
:06:32. > :06:33.in just over a week, The vote - on the proposal
:06:34. > :06:46.to replace the four submarines - will be held
:06:47. > :06:50.on the eighteenth of July. Serena Williams has won her seventh
:06:51. > :06:53.Wimbledon singles title - beating Germany's Angelique Kerber
:06:54. > :06:56.in straight sets. The victory means Williams has
:06:57. > :06:58.equalled Steffi Graff's record From Wimbledon,
:06:59. > :07:12.David Ornstein reports. The latest shot at history. For
:07:13. > :07:16.Serena Williams, the shadow of Steffi Graf looms large. A year
:07:17. > :07:21.spent chasing her grand slam singles record, now a fourth chance to match
:07:22. > :07:26.it. Among those to deny her, today's opponent, Angelique Kerber. Steffi
:07:27. > :07:32.Graf is her inspiration, double motivation. If the quality of past
:07:33. > :07:38.finals has been doubted, this one delivered. When the next rankings
:07:39. > :07:45.are published, these will be the world's top two. But Williams is
:07:46. > :07:48.number one and she eventually broke Kerber's resistance to edge an
:07:49. > :07:53.outstanding first set. And just look at what it meant. Kerber continued
:07:54. > :08:00.to play without fear, battling from the baseline, even resorting to
:08:01. > :08:09.close combat. Williams was down, but perhaps that was simply a rehearsal
:08:10. > :08:14.for her celebration. Game set and match Ms Williams. The ghost of
:08:15. > :08:19.Steffi Graf finally laid to rest. 22 and counting. It's been incredibly
:08:20. > :08:24.difficult not to think about it. I had a couple of tries this year, I
:08:25. > :08:29.lost to two great opponents, one of them being Angelique. It makes
:08:30. > :08:34.victory even sweeter to know how hard I worked for it. Thank you guys
:08:35. > :08:40.for being all here to see number 22, this is awesome. Records exist not
:08:41. > :08:45.only to be equalled, but broken, so can we expect more to tumble?
:08:46. > :08:49.Serena's not done, in my opinion, the look I saw on her face, the look
:08:50. > :08:54.in her eyes in her last dummy finals match, I am seen it for a long time
:08:55. > :08:57.on Serena's phase. She smashed the record of Steffi Graf and she is not
:08:58. > :09:03.over, she wants to break more records. There was also a landmark
:09:04. > :09:06.win for the host nation. Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewitt claiming the men's
:09:07. > :09:13.wheelchair doubles title, the first British pair to do so. Gordon Reid
:09:14. > :09:18.is back in action tomorrow, he plays in the first ever men's wheelchair
:09:19. > :09:22.singles final to be staged at the All-England Club. The big one is
:09:23. > :09:28.Andy Murray against Milos Raonic. Murray aiming for his second
:09:29. > :09:34.Wimbledon title. More to come through the evening on the BBC News
:09:35. > :09:37.Channel. I'll be back with the team for the late news at 10:15pm.