:00:00. > :00:08.This is BBC World News Today with me, Geeta Guru-Murthy.
:00:09. > :00:14.The man who some say led the UK out of the EU is now out
:00:15. > :00:21.Boris Johnson shocks the country, pulling out of the race to be
:00:22. > :00:23.the next British Prime Minister - its thought he didn't enough
:00:24. > :00:34.-- it is thought he did not have enough backing for the top job.
:00:35. > :00:35.Having consulted colleagues, I have concluded that
:00:36. > :00:45.Five people have put their names forward.
:00:46. > :00:48.Among them are Mr Johnson's former colleague in the Leave
:00:49. > :00:55.Another contender - UK Home Secretary Theresa May warns that
:00:56. > :01:02.Also coming up...The Governor of the Bank of England hints that
:01:03. > :01:04.interest rates in the UK are likely to be cut,
:01:05. > :01:08.caused by Brexit could weigh on economic prospects for some
:01:09. > :01:10.All this uncertainty, the three components together,
:01:11. > :01:12.has contributed to a form of economic post-traumatic
:01:13. > :01:20.stress disorder amongst households and businesses.
:01:21. > :01:29.of the Battle of the Somme, the centenary of the start
:01:30. > :01:39.In which more than 1 million people were wounded or killed.
:01:40. > :01:41.It's been another breathtaking day of drama for British politics.
:01:42. > :01:51.Who will lead the Conservative party - and the country?
:01:52. > :01:54.The most surprising in a day of astonishing twists and turns,
:01:55. > :02:00.the decision by the leading voice in the Leave campaign,
:02:01. > :02:02.Boris Johnson, to rule himself out of the race.
:02:03. > :02:04.He stunned a press conference by declaring the best person
:02:05. > :02:16.Having consulted colleagues and in view of the circumstances in
:02:17. > :02:26.Parliament, I have concluded that person cannot be me. My role Will
:02:27. > :02:34.Beatty give every possible support to the next Conservative
:02:35. > :02:40.administration, to make sure that we properly fulfil the mandate of the
:02:41. > :02:46.people and champion the agenda that I believe them. -- believe in.
:02:47. > :02:48.Boris Johnson had seemed one of the most likely successors
:02:49. > :02:51.to David Cameron, until a surprise move earlier today by his fellow
:02:52. > :02:53.Leave campaigner Michael Gove who said Mr Johnson
:02:54. > :02:59.wasn't up to the job and he himself would stand.
:03:00. > :03:02.The UK's Home Secretary Theresa May who campaigned
:03:03. > :03:04.to stay in the European Union also announced she would be
:03:05. > :03:14.I know I am not a showy politician, I don't gossip about people over
:03:15. > :03:19.lunch or go drinking in Parliament 's bars, I don't often wear my heart
:03:20. > :03:22.on my sleeve, I just get on with the job in front of me.
:03:23. > :03:27.Stephen Crabb, current Work and Pensions Secretary and a Remain
:03:28. > :03:29.campaigner, former defence secretary Liam Fox and Energy
:03:30. > :03:30.Minister Andrea Leadsom, both of whom campaigned
:03:31. > :03:41.Well as we said, one of the big surprises to come out
:03:42. > :03:44.of today was Justice Secretary and Leave campaigner, Michael Gove,
:03:45. > :03:46.throwing his hat in the ring for the conservative leadership.
:03:47. > :03:48.Many thought he would give his support to Boris Johnson.
:03:49. > :03:51.He sat down with the BBC's Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg,
:03:52. > :04:06.First of all, days ago, you were backing Boris Johnson, running his
:04:07. > :04:09.campaign. What changed your mind? I thought it was right, following the
:04:10. > :04:13.decision of the British people last week, we should have someone needing
:04:14. > :04:19.the Conservative Party and country who believed in the heart and soul
:04:20. > :04:23.that Britain was better off outside the EU. I thought Boris Johnson was
:04:24. > :04:26.someone who could ensure the government and follow the
:04:27. > :04:29.instructions of the British people, and build and ignite a team around
:04:30. > :04:34.him in order to lead the country forward. Boris is an amazing and
:04:35. > :04:39.impressive person but I have realised in the last few days that
:04:40. > :04:45.he is not capable of building that team and providing that unity. I
:04:46. > :04:48.came reluctantly but firmly to the conclusion that as someone who argue
:04:49. > :04:53.from the start that we should leave the EU and as someone who wanted to
:04:54. > :04:58.ensure a bold and positive vision for our future was implemented, that
:04:59. > :05:01.I had to stand for the leadership of the Conservative Party. What changed
:05:02. > :05:07.your mind? You've known Boris Johnson for a very long time. It
:05:08. > :05:11.can't be the case that you've only just realised his attributes and
:05:12. > :05:15.faults, or a lack of ability in certain areas? Here's a big
:05:16. > :05:18.character with great abilities, I enjoyed working with him during the
:05:19. > :05:23.referendum campaign. He brings great energy and enthusiasm but there is
:05:24. > :05:27.something special about leading a party and country, I had the
:05:28. > :05:32.opportunity in the last few days to assess whether or not Boris could
:05:33. > :05:37.lead that team and build that unity. I came reluctantly but firmly to the
:05:38. > :05:41.conclusion that while he has many talents and attributes, he was not
:05:42. > :05:44.capable of building that team. There were a number of people who said to
:05:45. > :05:50.me during the course of the week that it should be me. I reflected on
:05:51. > :05:56.those comments and on the individuals who made that case, and
:05:57. > :06:02.last night I came, as I say, with a degree of hesitation but ultimately
:06:03. > :06:06.believing this was absolutely the right thing to do, I came to the
:06:07. > :06:13.conclusion it was necessary to put myself forward. We need someone with
:06:14. > :06:16.experience at the highest reaches of government, and someone who believes
:06:17. > :06:21.in the British people's verdict that they delivered last week. We need
:06:22. > :06:25.someone who can appeal to and unite individuals who argued we should
:06:26. > :06:30.leave, and who also believed that we should remain in the EU. Already
:06:31. > :06:34.today, I've had support from colleagues across the spectrum, and
:06:35. > :06:37.indeed from outside of politics, confirming my belief that I was
:06:38. > :06:43.right to stand and offer myself up for election, and I leave it to my
:06:44. > :06:47.colleagues in the Conservative Party to make a judgment as to whether or
:06:48. > :06:51.not it is right I should lead. What kind of primaries to which you make,
:06:52. > :06:55.what are your priorities gritter mocha would be captain of a strong
:06:56. > :07:02.team, the first thing to recognise is that we have all of these talents
:07:03. > :07:06.-- priorities? . I want to lead a government in which people with wise
:07:07. > :07:11.heads and generous hearts work together in order to ensure the
:07:12. > :07:16.decision of the British people made on the EU is honoured. We had to
:07:17. > :07:21.take this country out of the EU and into the world, and restore
:07:22. > :07:25.Parliamentary control of our orders, taxes and laws. We had to build a
:07:26. > :07:29.more dynamic economy and fairer society. When people voted to leave
:07:30. > :07:34.the EU last week they were voting for change. There are far too many
:07:35. > :07:37.people in this country who felt that recent economic growth and renewed
:07:38. > :07:42.prosperity has not touched their lives. There are far too many people
:07:43. > :07:47.in this country who felt left behind and overlooked as the world moves
:07:48. > :07:51.forward at a faster pace. I want to govern for everyone in this country,
:07:52. > :07:55.heal and unite, and above all I want to ensure that Britain is a country
:07:56. > :08:01.that others look to with admiration because we are the home of
:08:02. > :08:05.admiration and creativity, and a warm and compassionate place that
:08:06. > :08:06.everyone is proud to call home. Michael Gove, thank you very much
:08:07. > :08:21.indeed. Two reasons, the first is a question
:08:22. > :08:25.of personality, some Conservative MPs perhaps thought that the former
:08:26. > :08:30.was too colourful and the electorate had had too much excitement for this
:08:31. > :08:35.year. The second reason is more ideological, some in the
:08:36. > :08:38.Conservative Party were committed to Britain leaving the EU and do not
:08:39. > :08:43.entirely trust Boris to go through with it. It throws up another point
:08:44. > :08:47.where a lot of people had said Boris Johnson was not that much of a
:08:48. > :08:51.Eurosceptic, he had thrown his lot in with Brexiteers to become
:08:52. > :08:58.primaries to and it has all come to this. It was a personal ambition,
:08:59. > :09:05.potentially at an end? Michael Gove, passionately Eurosceptic but liberal
:09:06. > :09:08.in his outlook in other areas? Absolutely but I think the problem
:09:09. > :09:13.Michael Gove will have is that yes, he is seen as a purist by those in
:09:14. > :09:20.the Conservative Party, does not like the EU, but on the other hand
:09:21. > :09:25.he was very much what you would call a love him or hate him politician,
:09:26. > :09:31.is seen as ideological by opponents. That, of course, present problems.
:09:32. > :09:35.Theresa May pointed out something many people have thought over the
:09:36. > :09:43.last few days, that politics is not a game, that is how it has failed to
:09:44. > :09:48.some of those who have been part of the Conservative Party over the last
:09:49. > :09:53.few days? Her pitch is, the men have messed it up. Time for a proper
:09:54. > :09:59.woman. She campaigned for remain but says that she is steady, no-frills,
:10:00. > :10:02.we had a bit of it there, reliable and knows what she's doing, we have
:10:03. > :10:11.two sort of a relationship with Europe and respond to those who
:10:12. > :10:16.voted for exit. That is what it will come down to, are the backers right
:10:17. > :10:21.in thinking the country has had enough excitement for the last year
:10:22. > :10:24.or so? Let me add one quick thing, bearing in mind what has happened
:10:25. > :10:31.over the last few weeks, it seems to be that as long as some winter is
:10:32. > :10:35.not defy the laws of physics and thermodynamics, it could always
:10:36. > :10:39.happen. -- something. It has been astonishing just today, never mind
:10:40. > :10:44.the last week. The Conservative Party is not the
:10:45. > :10:46.only one facing a leadership battle, Jeremy Corbyn is expecting to face a
:10:47. > :10:48.leadership The leader of Britain's main
:10:49. > :10:54.opposition Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn, is expected to face
:10:55. > :10:56.a leadership challenge after rejecting calls
:10:57. > :10:59.from many of his own MPs Our deputy political editor
:11:00. > :11:01.John Peinaar reports. Jeremy Corbyn's home is normally
:11:02. > :11:04.mobbed by the media. Today, as rival Cabinet Ministers
:11:05. > :11:07.jostled and bumped each other off in the power struggle for Britain,
:11:08. > :11:10.he set off in peace. No-one's even asking
:11:11. > :11:11.what Labour thinks anymore. First launching a plan to stamp out
:11:12. > :11:16.racism in the party, he upset critics by mentioning
:11:17. > :11:18.Israel and the so-called Islamic Our Jewish friends are no more
:11:19. > :11:22.responsible for the actions of Israel or the Netanyahu Government
:11:23. > :11:24.than our Muslim friends are for those various self-styled
:11:25. > :11:27.Islamic States or organisations. A pro-Corbyn activist who'd handed
:11:28. > :11:31.out a statement saying rebel MPs should be sacked as candidates
:11:32. > :11:34.turned on a Jewish MP for what he So you can see who's
:11:35. > :11:38.working hand-in-hand. The MP, Ruth Smeeth
:11:39. > :11:50.walked out in disgust. And under enormous pressure to stand
:11:51. > :11:55.down, facing an imminent leadership I am the leader of the party
:11:56. > :12:02.and I'm doing that. What do you say to those many
:12:03. > :12:05.members and most of your MPs who will never follow your
:12:06. > :12:08.leadership no matter what you say And is the break-up of the Labour
:12:09. > :12:12.Party a price worth paying I'm sorry, John,
:12:13. > :12:17.I am going to cut in. There will be plenty of time
:12:18. > :12:20.in the months ahead Mr Corbyn made a message
:12:21. > :12:26.to the Labour Party. He headed back to Westminster
:12:27. > :12:32.where his MPs are competing to see Mr Corbyn, is the break-up
:12:33. > :12:37.of your party a price worth paying? And where once loyal MPs are telling
:12:38. > :12:40.me privately they think he should stand down too to prevent a
:12:41. > :12:42.right-wing takeover. Jeremy Corbyn's left-wing
:12:43. > :12:45.faith goes back decades. New members helped elect him
:12:46. > :12:50.with far-left backing all hostile to most Labour MPs
:12:51. > :12:54.and behind his loyal hard core support who are determined
:12:55. > :12:57.he cut and won't give in. He absolutely has my support
:12:58. > :13:02.and the support of the majority I think he's a man who's shown
:13:03. > :13:07.immense courage and leadership this week as MPs have tried to take a
:13:08. > :13:11.coup out against him. I believe he is the right man
:13:12. > :13:17.to lead the Labour Party. Angela Eagle, a former
:13:18. > :13:23.Shadow Cabinet Minister's ready But Owen Smith fancies
:13:24. > :13:31.a challenge too. They are both holding back to decide
:13:32. > :13:34.which one has the best chance And there's another reason
:13:35. > :13:40.a challenge has been put on hold. Many MPs are becoming convinced
:13:41. > :13:42.Jeremy Corbyn's determination to fight on may be
:13:43. > :13:45.weakening under pressure. This morning, more than 500 Labour
:13:46. > :13:47.councillors joined the chorus There's talk of his trade
:13:48. > :13:55.union support softening. They say his base of support is
:13:56. > :14:04.strong enough to see off all-comers. The Governor of the Bank
:14:05. > :14:25.of England Mark Carney has signalled that interest rates
:14:26. > :14:27.could be cut over the summer. He warned that economic growth
:14:28. > :14:30.could be hit for some time Mr Carney said more cash might also
:14:31. > :14:35.need to be pumped into the economy. Here's our Business
:14:36. > :14:36.Editor Simon Jack. As the Vote Leave
:14:37. > :14:40.campaign punched the air in victory last week,
:14:41. > :14:43.?1.8 trillion was wiped off shares worldwide in a
:14:44. > :14:45.single day, the city and the country seemed rudderless.
:14:46. > :14:47.The Bank of England had described Brexit is the
:14:48. > :14:49.biggest risk to the economy and the governor had
:14:50. > :14:54.the economy and the governor had not changed his tune today.
:14:55. > :14:57.In my view, and I'm not prejudging the views of
:14:58. > :14:59.other independent members of the MPC, the economic outlook has
:15:00. > :15:02.deteriorated and some monetary policy easing will likely be
:15:03. > :15:08.That could mean lower interest rates, more
:15:09. > :15:10.money printing or both, to deal with a new economic reality.
:15:11. > :15:13.The material slowing in growth that the MPC had
:15:14. > :15:16.identified as a risk associated with the referendum now looks likely
:15:17. > :15:24.Out in the real economy there is some early
:15:25. > :15:37.One thing we have noticed is four potential
:15:38. > :15:39.contracts in the pipeline have pulled back,
:15:40. > :15:40.international client is
:15:41. > :15:42.looking to invest in the UK and until we know if Britain
:15:43. > :15:46.is in the single market or not they will be a
:15:47. > :15:48.period of uncertainties and that is unsettling
:15:49. > :15:50.for people looking to invest here, for jobs and
:15:51. > :15:53.That the biggest losers this week have been banks.
:15:54. > :15:57.HSBC and JP Morgan have warned jobs in the UK could go to Europe but to
:15:58. > :16:01.date the Barclays chief told the BBC that UK jobs were not under threat.
:16:02. > :16:03.We want to be involved in the capital markets globally.
:16:04. > :16:06.Right now the best way to do that is to be
:16:07. > :16:16.anchored in London and New York as we are.
:16:17. > :16:18.You might have to increase your presence in another location
:16:19. > :16:22.that does not necessarily mean you are decreasing your present here.
:16:23. > :16:27.This is not an economic crisis, this is very
:16:28. > :16:34.In the city, some financial markets have roared
:16:35. > :16:36.back, helped in part by the
:16:37. > :16:37.Governor's hint of an imminent interest rate cut.
:16:38. > :16:41.It is still early days in the post Brexit journey but
:16:42. > :16:44.today the Bank of England made it clear it thinks the sky has
:16:45. > :16:57.Now a look at some of the day's other news.
:16:58. > :16:59.The US has lifted its ban on transgender soldiers serving
:17:00. > :17:02.Transgender individuals will be allowed to enlist,
:17:03. > :17:05.and those already serving will no longer be forced to leave based
:17:06. > :17:08.The American Defence Secretary Ash Carter said the change
:17:09. > :17:15.was the "right right thing to do for our people and for the force".
:17:16. > :17:23.Our mission is to defend this country. We do not want barriers
:17:24. > :17:28.unrelated to a person-macro 's qualification to serve preventing
:17:29. > :17:34.asked from recruiting or retaining a soldier, sailor, or Marine who can
:17:35. > :17:41.best accomplish a mission -- person's. We want to be able to
:17:42. > :17:44.recruit the most highly qualified and to retain them.
:17:45. > :17:47.More now from Gary O'Donoghue who joins us from Washington.
:17:48. > :17:54.Has this been a real problem for the military? Is this a problem they
:17:55. > :17:59.have with a lot of individuals who are transgender coming up against
:18:00. > :18:02.previous rules of the military? Not so much a question of numbers,
:18:03. > :18:11.indeed numbers are actually quite small. These are estimates, that it
:18:12. > :18:15.is possibly something between 2500-7000 people in a force of 1.3
:18:16. > :18:19.million who will be transgender. Numbers are very small but there
:18:20. > :18:25.have been significant social changes in the US. Elsewhere these issues
:18:26. > :18:30.have come to the top of the agenda in many ways in civilian life, now
:18:31. > :18:35.the military has to confront them as well. This is implementing a
:18:36. > :18:39.decision made one year ago by the defence Department. They had been
:18:40. > :18:45.looking at it ever since, conducting studies. Surface chiefs asked for
:18:46. > :18:51.extra time for it to be implemented -- service. About one and a half
:18:52. > :18:54.months. As of today, you will be able to declare yourself as
:18:55. > :18:59.transgender in the military and it will not be a bar to promotion, and
:19:00. > :19:03.you will not be sent out of the military, sacked from the military
:19:04. > :19:07.for that any more. Over the next 12 months they will set out a bunch of
:19:08. > :19:14.guidance for doctors etc and a year from today you will be able to apply
:19:15. > :19:18.to join the US services, air force, army or navy, as a transgender
:19:19. > :19:24.individual, providing, this is a big providing, that you have been stable
:19:25. > :19:31.in your preferred gender for around 18 months and certified by a doctor.
:19:32. > :19:36.They are significant changes and it is the US military catching up with
:19:37. > :19:41.what is happening elsewhere in society. Gary O'Donoghue, thanks.
:19:42. > :19:43.Now a look at some of the day's other news.
:19:44. > :19:45.A Palestinian has stabbed to death a thirteen-year-old
:19:46. > :19:47.Israeli girl at her home in a West Bank settlement.
:19:48. > :19:49.The Israeli military says the Palestinian teenager
:19:50. > :19:51.from a nearby village broke into the house and injured
:19:52. > :19:53.a security guard before he was shot dead.
:19:54. > :19:56.Turkey says three men who carried out a deadly suicide attack
:19:57. > :19:58.on Istanbul's main airport were from Russia and
:19:59. > :20:00.the Central Asian republics of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
:20:01. > :20:02.The Turkish government has blamed Islamic State militants
:20:03. > :20:04.for the assault on Tuesday, which killed more
:20:05. > :20:20.There has been a twin bomb attack on a convoy of buses transporting
:20:21. > :20:22.police cadets on the outskirts of Afghan capital, Kabul.
:20:23. > :20:25.At least 30 people have been killed and many more injured.
:20:26. > :20:36.The newly graduated police cadets were returning from a training
:20:37. > :20:41.centre when the suicide bombers struck. The first attacker was
:20:42. > :20:45.reportedly on foot when he detonated the device. As the convoy reached
:20:46. > :20:50.the outskirts of Kabul. People rushed to help the victims, but a
:20:51. > :20:55.second bomber drove a car full of explosives at them. TRANSLATION:
:20:56. > :21:01.When I got to be senile back you waited around 40-45 victims from the
:21:02. > :21:04.bus with other people there -- I got to be seen, I evacuated.
:21:05. > :21:10.My clothes were covered in blood so I went and changed. 2-mac civilians
:21:11. > :21:20.from the area were also murdered. The Taliban claimed responsibility
:21:21. > :21:28.for the attack which true criticism. -- two civilians. Firstly, let me
:21:29. > :21:32.offer my condolences for the martyrdom of the police cadets. I
:21:33. > :21:39.ask all people to stand against these rebels in one voice and one
:21:40. > :21:44.policy. This is the latest in a series of strikes by the Taliban
:21:45. > :21:47.this year. Up to 144 people have been killed in at least seven
:21:48. > :21:52.attacks attribute it to the militants. The most recent was when
:21:53. > :21:59.14 security guards from Nepal were killed in a suicide attack in Kabul.
:22:00. > :22:04.The new President of the Philippines has been sworn into office.
:22:05. > :22:06.Rodrigo Duterte is a controversial figure.
:22:07. > :22:10.about rape and murder - and he's also insulted the Pope...
:22:11. > :22:12.But it's his stance on crime, which includes saying that suspected
:22:13. > :22:14.criminals should be killed, which helped win last
:22:15. > :22:20.Friday marks the centenary of the Battle of the Somme,
:22:21. > :22:22.a day that became the bloodiest in British military history,
:22:23. > :22:23.killing almost 20,000 allied soldiers.
:22:24. > :22:26.Many more sustained injuries that had never been seen
:22:27. > :22:28.before on such a scale, and returned home to a society that
:22:29. > :22:34.Sophie Raworth has been talking to a former British army captain
:22:35. > :22:37.who lost both legs in Afghanistan about how different life
:22:38. > :22:42.is for injured servicemen 100 years later.
:22:43. > :22:48.The 31-year-old, who stepped on an improvised explosive device
:22:49. > :22:52.in Helmand five years ago is hoping to go to the Paralympics and win
:22:53. > :22:56.His great grandfather served in World War I, rescuing injured
:22:57. > :23:04.I think I would find it incredibly difficult to even picture
:23:05. > :23:11.what it was that they went through back in 1916,
:23:12. > :23:14.1917, sitting in a trench filled with mud and dead bodies, rats,
:23:15. > :23:18.It is very hard for me to imagine just how
:23:19. > :23:24.100 years ago, the horror of war was compounded by the new weapons
:23:25. > :23:29.Tanks were deployed for the first time at the Somme, and machine guns
:23:30. > :23:37.The result was the largest number of casualties ever seen
:23:38. > :23:45.This was very high velocity weaponry, large blast injuries,
:23:46. > :23:49.So at the very heart of it, the wounds had changed.
:23:50. > :23:56.They were blowing great bits out of people.
:23:57. > :23:59.Around 40,000 soldiers returned home with missing limbs.
:24:00. > :24:03.For the first time, the medical world had to come up with ways
:24:04. > :24:05.of getting large numbers of amputees back into society.
:24:06. > :24:08.I can't imagine trying to go back and do the things I'm doing now
:24:09. > :24:17.And I look at this leg, and the only thing I could imagine
:24:18. > :24:21.The historical evidence is that people tried it
:24:22. > :24:24.for five or six years, and then really they went back home,
:24:25. > :24:27.or went into a Star and Garter home, and simply weren't able to function.
:24:28. > :24:29.And suddenly doctors had to deal with reconstructing the faces
:24:30. > :24:34.Many never overcame the psychological impact
:24:35. > :24:37.They are called hospital blues for the most obvious reasons.
:24:38. > :24:42.They are a suit that was issued to pretty much all the military
:24:43. > :24:48.It came to be something that but the public recognised,
:24:49. > :24:51.so that if out of the corner of your eye you caught blue,
:24:52. > :24:54.you knew immediately that there was somebody over
:24:55. > :24:56.there was a military casualties, and that really increases
:24:57. > :25:04.A century later, as Dave Henson prepares to compete on the world
:25:05. > :25:06.stage, that sense of isolation is far from his reality.
:25:07. > :25:10.This is something that has happened to me.
:25:11. > :25:13.I lost my legs, and there is an interesting story behind it.
:25:14. > :25:17.I am very proud of what I have done, and I'm so happy to share that
:25:18. > :25:20.with people and display that in the form of these war wounds
:25:21. > :25:28.I keep on show more less 99% of the time.
:25:29. > :25:31.That was former British army captain Dave Henson finishing that report.
:25:32. > :25:39.Another incredible day in British politics.
:25:40. > :25:41.The most prominent figure in Britain's campaign
:25:42. > :25:43.to leave the European Union, Boris Johnson, has ruled himself out
:25:44. > :25:47.of the race to succeed David Cameron as prime minister.
:25:48. > :25:50.The former mayor of London had been widely tipped for the post.
:25:51. > :25:52.He withdrew after his fellow Leave campaigner, Michael Gove,
:25:53. > :25:54.announced his own surprise bid for the leadership.
:25:55. > :25:56.The Home Secretary, Theresa May, has also entered the race.
:25:57. > :26:10.It is looking pretty unsettled on the weather front,
:26:11. > :26:14.quite a mixed bag on the way for the next few days.