11/06/2017 World News Today

Britain's embattled Prime Minister Theresa May

appoints her new cabinet and sidesteps suggestions her

general election setback has left her feeling shell-shocked.

What I am feeling is actually there is a job to be done and what the

public want is to ensure the government is getting on with that

job. about the leadership,

the man seen by many as her main rival in her own party,

Boris Johnson, gives It is absolutely right that she

should go ahead, former government and deliver on the priorities of the

people. I am going to be backing her.

Theresa May is a dead woman walking, it is just how long will she remain

on death row. All this comes as Mrs May faces

the challenge of minority government We'll have the very latest as MPs

prepare to head back to Westminster. Exit polls show France's

President Macron on course for a majority in parliament -

creating a new party with many MPs who've never before

been in politics. And in sport, Rafa Nadal makes

it into double figures Hello and welcome

to World News Today. The British Prime Minister Theresa

May says she is getting on with delivering the job following the

Conservative Party losing their majority. Mrs May has retained most

of her ministers but she appointed an influential adversary, Michael

Gove. With Brexit talks starting in a week's time, the prime instead has

faced criticism after losing her majority.

She's putting on a brave face but Theresa May knows she has

The shock of election night is still sinking in.

After church this morning, the Prime Minister rang

round colleagues who'd been defeated on Thursday.

For now she keeps the job but senior Conservatives have demanded changes.

It's going to require a different approach,

we are going to see, I hope, more collective

I and other senior colleagues have made that clear to her.

I think you will also see that she will want

to work much more closely with the Parliamentary party.

There is no appetite for a general election among conservatives,

but the Labour leader says he is ready to seize power.

We cannot go on with a period of great instability.

We have a programme, we have the support and we are ready

to fight another election campaign as soon as may be, because we want

It is not just the opposition snapping at Theresa May's heels.

It is just how long she will remain on death row.

We could easily get to next week and it all collapses for her.

When Tory MPs start to return to Parliament this week,

they will face the reality of political life without a majority

Controversial policies like grammar schools,

social care and pension changes may bite the dust.

There is no point in sailing ahead with items that

were in the manifesto which we will not get

To get anything done, the Conservatives need

They are trying to do a deal with Northern Ireland's ten

Today both sides suggested that the principles

We had very good discussions yesterday with the Conservative

Party in relation to how we could support them in forming

a national government, one that would bring stability

We have made good progress but discussions continue.

After such a bad political miscalculation, most leaders

would be forced out, but many Tory MPs do not

have the appetite for a leadership contest just as Brexit talks

are about to start and they certainly don't want to risk

For now, Theresa May's colleagues are rallying behind her,

but she is certainly not in charge of her own political destiny.

Among appointees to Theresa May's cabinet is Michael Gove,

a Leave campaigner and an adversary of Mrs May's.

In the last hour, she was asked whether his appointment

What I have done today is seeing people across the party accepting

the invitation to be in my cabinet and I have brought in talent from

across the party. This is a government that is going to be

governing for everyone, we want a country that works for everyone,

bringing that talent together to ensure we can deliver a successful

Brexit but deal with the challenges that people see in their everyday

lives, like dealing with the need for more housing, ensuring we have a

proper mental health legislation and providing that technical education

for young people. I am pleased people across the party has agreed

to serve and we will be getting on with the job with government. Just

one more thing. It has obviously been a difficult few days for you

both personally and politically. How are you feeling? I imagine you are

feeling rather shell-shocked. What I am feeling is there is a job to be

done and what the public want is to ensure the government is getting on

with that job. I have appointed cabinet ministers today, I will meet

with them tomorrow. On Tuesday I will meet President Emmanuel Macron.

These are important in getting on with the Brexit negotiations but

also dealing with the challenges people see in their everyday lives.

This is a government getting on with the work we need to do, to ensure we

are a government that will govern for everyone, that we see

opportunity across the country, that we see people making the most of

their lives. Just one more thing quickly. Some of your colleagues

have been suggesting that you might be a caretaker Prime Minister. For

the record, do you intend to serve a full term? I said that if re-elected

I would serve a full term but what I am doing now is getting on with the

immediate job and that is what is important, that is what the public

would expect. They want to see government providing that certainty

and stability at what is a critical time. The Brexit negotiations start

in a week, we need to get those right and make a success of it but

there are other issues we need to address. We have been listening to

voters and that is what we will be doing.

The British Foreign secretary Boris Johnson,

seen as a potential challenger, gave his support to the Prime Minister.

Of course people are wondering what is going to happen now there is a

hung parliament, there is no absolute majority, but Tulisa may

got by far the biggest mandate anybody has got for my party for

decades. She leads by far the biggest party in parliament, Jeremy

Corbyn did not win this election, it is absolutely right that she should

go ahead, form a government and deliver on the priorities of the

people and I am going to be backing her and everyone I am talking to

work as well. Our political correspondent Tom

Bateman joins us from Westminster. People taking the pledge of loyalty

from Boris and Michael Gove back in Cabinet. What you have to remember

in terms of where Theresa May is at his her authority is severely

weakened and damage. After an election result and Boris Johnson is

right when he says things about the share of the vote, the Conservatives

managed to achieve which is of a historic high, but the reality is to

reason they had called the election three years early, she wanted to

call it two in her words bolster Par Hansson, to strengthen her hand

ahead of those Brexit negotiations. But she managed to wipe out her own

Parliamentary majority and therefore over this weekend she has been

trying to shore up her position in Downing Street. Largely in regards

to her standing in the party and her own MPs have the power to mount any

leadership challenge against her. What we have seen over the last

couple of days and with this reshuffle today is it has been a

limited reshuffle. She has not tried to do too much and that is largely

because she has been unable to. Most of the Cabinet has stayed in place,

there has been one demotion and that was a member of the government who

many had seen had not performed well and so was not surprising. What this

tells you is Theresa May is boxed in in terms of her ability to manoeuvre

in the Cabinet, moreover she is handing out olive branches in the

form of Michael Gove who has been brought back into government,

somebody she had fired when she first became Prime Minister. What we

have to wait to see is over the next few days, whether there are further

court against her or whether it is the case that other Cabinet members

should say she should remain in place.

Exit polls in France suggest the centrist party

of President Emanuel Macron is on course for a landslide

victory following the first round of parliamentary elections.

Interior Ministry figures put his Republique en Marche party

and allies on more than 32% of the vote, with the Conservatives

more than ten points behind and the National Front

of Marine Le Pen trailing in third place.

But turnout was a record low of just over 50%.

The interim president said figures should drive its candidates to

redouble their efforts before next week's second round.

TRANSLATION: This evening this isn't a done deal.

The low turnout must encourage our efforts to strengthen our engagement

with the people. It was at the core of our movement's creation. This is

one of our priorities in the coming weeks. What do these numbers mean?

This is a two round election, this is the first round of voting in the

577 constituencies. Next Sunday we will have the definitive result but

normally you can get a clear picture from the first round of how they and

result is going to be an normally what we see today is a clear

indication of the end result and the end result looks like it will be a

huge majority for the Republique en Marche party with up to 440 seats,

three quarters of the seats, which is above and beyond what they could

have dreamt of and bears out all the prediction that Emmanuel Macron made

when he launched his bed. He said that if he became president, even

though he did not have an established party behind him, it did

not matter because with this group of people behind him, there would be

this logic of institutions. The established parties that he was

setting up in opposition to have collapsed, the Republicans on the

right, they have held their own just about, enough to save face, about

100 seats. But on the left, the Socialists have fallen apart and it

may well be that they are down to the lowest ever number of seats in

the National Assembly, down to just 30 or 40 which is a complete

collapse and we must mention Marine Le Pen, riding high a few weeks ago,

her party got 13% and they may well have no more than two, three, four

MPs in this assembly. Many in Emmanuel Macron's party, many of

those people have never been in politics before. Who are they? That

is the true interest in this story. It is a story of renewal, of how in

our democracies and not just in France, there seems to be an

appetite for something different and new, and what Emmanuel Macron did

was to tap into that feeling and bring to his party, this movement

that was launched on the Internet, all these people, candidates from

different backgrounds, ages, men and women, who were complete novices and

have been brought through on his coat-tails into the national

legislator. We will keep you up-to-date on all the events in

France in the coming hours. More on our website along with full details

of all the candidates. All that ahead of the second round of the

Parliamentary elections next Sunday. Much more ahead: Catalonia's

independence campaign have published their manifesto to leave Spain with

the help of Pep Guardiola. In the heart of the West German

capital. The crowd packed to see the man who fought damn who has raised

great hopes for the end of the division of Europe. Michael Jackson

was not guilty on all charges. The screen is testament to his

popularity and faith in his innocence. As long as they will pay

to go see me, I will go out there and kick them down the hill. What

does it feel like to be the first man to go across the Channel? It

feels marvellous really. Britain's Prime Minister insist she

will preside over a successful exit of the EU despite losing her

majority. After an extremely difficult few days, Theresa May says

she is focused on getting on with the job and one of her first moves

will be to visit Emmanuel Macron. But with Brexit talks due

to start within days, the UK election has emboldened those

politicians who are calling for the country to remain

inside Europe's Single Market. So what does the UK political

upheaval mean for Brexit negotiations and what do Europeans

make of the last few I'm joined from Paris

by the journalist and The French seem invigorated with

their new politics and all the people coming into Emmanuel Macron's

party. What are they thinking? That France is strong and stable in

comparison with the UK. It is very strange. On Friday we were mystified

because we do not understand what the results in the general elections

mean. It is wonderful to see that young voters went to vote en masse

and for Labour, but word they more interested in the scrapping of

tuition fees or showing that they were pro-European? The problem is

that Labour is going to go for Brexit, it is not going to be

questioned Brexit in any way. They want to get out of the single market

and so does that mean all be young voters who voted for Jeremy Corbyn

want to stop Brexit? As opposed to a hard Brexit? Also Theresa May looks

incredibly weak now so does that mean that the Tory party is going to

get rid of her? Even if it happens, it will take a few weeks, months and

in the meantime, their negotiation talks are going to start. In

Brussels there are 27 states that are quite in agreement about how

those talks should be led and on the other side, in Britain, the message

this election is sending out is actually not very clear. Their

message might be mixed, some seeing it as a message that the government

should implement a softer Brexit, whatever that means, but also people

are worried that the negotiations will be difficult. How can Britain

negotiated in a strong position if the Prime Minister might not even be

there to see them through? Exactly. It is a question for the future

Parliament, the future British Parliament to resolve. Perhaps you

need a cross-party negotiating team to send to Brussels, that is

possible, especially when Theresa May doesn't even know whether she

will get there. Port of the DUP, so I think the British government has

to somehow find something before it goes to Brussels, otherwise perhaps

negotiations can be delayed until somebody has a majority in British

Parliament. Thank you very much for your time. Thousands of people

pushing for Catalonia for independence have protesters the

Spanish government to recognise a referendum there. Campaigners held a

rally in Barcelona as they released a manifesto ahead of the

independence vote in October. Amongst those taking part was Pep

Guardiola. Leading political and civic figures

attended the demonstration. It followed the Catalan regional

government announcement on Friday that it intends to hold the

referendum on October one. We will vote even though the Spanish state

doesn't want us to. Pep Guardiola read out a strongly worded manifesto

outlining Catalonia's intention to push ahead with the vote. We call on

the international community to help us. We call on all democracies in

Europe, all around the world to stand by us, defending the rights to

free Catalonia, freedom in political expression. To face up to the abuses

of an authoritarian state. We Catalans are going to vote the 1st

of October your. Spanish Prime Minister has condemned

the referendum plan as illegal and has pledged to block it although it

is still not clear exactly what steps he would take to do so.

Catalan is a fairly even divided on the issue of independence although a

clear majority would like to be able to hold a legal referendum on their

future. Hello and welcome to the programme

where we start with the French Open tennis and the news that

Rafael Nadal has beaten 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka in straight

sets to becomes the first man to win the same Grand Slam on ten

occasions in the Open era. Now one has ever won the same grand

slam ten times. Was Rafael Nadal about to be the first? To complete

it he would have to overcome another champion in Stan Wawrinka. Nadal

lived up to his reputation as he powered his way up to the first set.

A fresh slate for Wawrinka. He has won his previous three grand slam

finals and he was looking to put the first set behind him and kick on. He

started promisingly. Nadal is yet to drop a set so far this year and in

truth they did not look like he would hear. He just wouldn't give up

and Wawrinka was never able to get into the contest. Clearly the

frustration was getting the better of him. Match point, a chance to win

a grand slam for the first time since 2014. A chance to put all

those injury problems behind him and to make history. A chance he

wouldn't give up. Rafael Nadal's prowess on clay has never been in

doubt and ultimately need there was his tenth French Open title.

Lewis Hamilton has won the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix

for the sixth time after leading from start to finish in Montreal.

The victory cuts the championship lead of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel

to just 12 points after the German could only manage a fourth place

finish following a poor start that saw him drop back to 18th

Hamilton's Mercedes team-mate Valterri Bottas finished second

for a first half of the season in the race for the constructors

championship and the British driver who got his campaign back on track

with a third win having started on pole position

India have crushed South Africa by eight wickets at The Oval to book

their place in the semifinals of the ICC Champions Trophy.

In a winner takes all tie in London, South Africa looked to be cruising

reaching 116 for the loss of just 1 wicket.

But three run-outs in a collapse of eight wickets for 51 runs saw

them crumble from 140 for 3 to all out for 191.

India captain Virat Kohli led from the front on his way

to an unbeaten 76, ably assisted by Shikhar Dhawan who made 78.

India racing to their target with 12 overs to spare.

They join England and Bangladesh in the last four, with Sri Lanka

meeting Pakistan on Monday for the final spot.

Luckily got the big strikers out early and that really helps to close

the innings off because in the end if you get a 50, 60 run partnership,

the opposition is still in the game. The bowlers stuck to their lines and

got us the breakthroughs when required and that really helps when

you chase that kind of a trophy because the bowlers have done such a

good job. That is all from me, back later.

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Some of you have had a dry and bright Sunday, others have had

frequent showers. Scotland, Northern Ireland and particular. Blustery

across-the-board and that continues as we finished the day and go into

the night. A few showers across the rest of England and Wales. Compared

to what we saw to take us into Sunday, it will be a cooler night

but temperatures still in double figures. The winds will strengthen

for a time across northern England, North West and Northern Ireland. May

just have a few restrictions on the bridges. Check the travel tomorrow.

Bright skies here and there but one or two showers. Quite a bit of cloud

around first thing in England and Wales. The cloud could be thick

enough for a few showers. They will go through quite quickly. Longer

spells of sunshine towards the channel islands and as this rich of

high pressure starts to build in, any early showers will fade away.

The cloud will thin and break, best of the sunshine to the south and

east. Temperatures at the highest shelter of that breeze down the

eastern half of the country, 19, 20 Celsius. Monday evening we will see

a dry start. A ridge of high pressure trying to build in from the

south-west but these weather front is pushed through bringing

increasing amounts of cloud. That cloud will bring the odd spot of

light rain. The hills of north-west England in particular. Eastern

Scotland, good cloud breaks here. The further south you are, not only

dry but sunny spells. Wednesday we draw air from the south. Rain at

times, most will have a dry day and with southerly winds, temperatures

will be the highest for the week, maybe reaching 26 or 27 Celsius in

the south-east corner.