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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-61709441 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has won the backing of a majority of Tory MPs in a confidence vote despite a significant revolt against his leadership. The PM won 59% of the vote, meaning he is now immune from a Conservative leadership challenge for a year. In all, 211 Tory MPs voted they had confidence in the PM's leadership while 148 voted against him. Mr Johnson described his confidence vote win as "decisive". Striking an upbeat tone, he said it was a "very good", "convincing" result and "an opportunity to put behind us all the stuff that the media goes on about". The result sees the prime minister remain in office, but critics said the scale of the rebellion against him showed his authority had been weakened, with some calling on him to resign. The vote share in support of Mr Johnson was lower than the 63% received by former Prime Minister Theresa May when she won a party confidence vote in 2018, before resigning six months later over a Brexit deadlock. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said a "divided" Conservative Party was "propping up" Mr Johnson after he survived the confidence vote. And Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said while Mr Johnson had clung on to power, "his reputation is in tatters and his authority is now totally shot". But Downing Street said the result "renews the PM's mandate" and allows the government to "focus relentlessly on the issues that concern our voters". Tory MP and Welsh Secretary Simon Hart told the BBC the prime minister "has lots to prove" but insisted the result "was pretty decisive". Mr Johnson, who became prime minister in 2019, was informed he would face a vote on his leadership on Sunday during the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, after weeks of speculation over his future. The ballot was triggered by Conservative MPs after at least 15% of them wrote letters of no confidence to Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the party's backbench 1922 Committee. Discontent among Tory MPs has grown since a highly critical report into lockdown parties in and near Downing Street during the Covid-19 pandemic was published last month. The report laid bare the extent of Covid rule-breaking in Number 10, including at a birthday party Mr Johnson was fined by the police for attending in June 2020. The fine meant Mr Johnson became the UK's first serving prime minister to be sanctioned for breaking the law. Some Tory MPs have also expressed dissent over tax rises, the government's response to rising living costs and its policy direction. An arithmetic win for Boris Johnson. But boy, look at those numbers. The result showed 148 Conservative MPs think the country would be better off shot of him. That's 148 Conservative MPs, not floating voters. That is a far higher proportion of his MPs attempting to eject him than wanted rid of Theresa May when she faced a confidence vote. And she was gone within six months. His supporters say the situation is very different now, but this vote means this issue won't go away. The result is at the upper end of the expectations of the rebels, who never expected to win. They will see this as losing the battle, but the war to replace him goes on. The last Conservative prime minister to face a party vote on their leadership was Mrs May, who won the vote but resigned six months later over her approach to Brexit. Mr Johnson succeeded her in July 2019 and then called a general election in which the Conservatives won their biggest majority since former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's 1987 election victory. The next general election is expected to be held in 2024 but could be earlier if Mr Johnson uses his powers to call one. The next tests for Mr Johnson are by-elections held in Wakefield and in Tiverton & Honiton on the same day this month following the resignation of two Tory MPs. Calls for PM to consider position The Tory rebels who voted against Mr Johnson were insistent that the result had compromised the prime minister's ability to lead. One of them, Julian Sturdy, said the result was "clear evidence that he no longer enjoys the full-hearted confidence of the parliamentary party and should consider his position". Another one, Sir Roger Gale, said the result was very bad he would be surprised if Mr Johnson was still in post by the autumn. But Mr Johnson's cabinet ministers rallied around him with messages of support. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the prime minister had secured "a fresh mandate" from the Conservative Party following his confidence vote win. Mr Javid tweeted: "Tonight the PM has secured a fresh mandate from the parliamentary party. Now we need to unite and focus on the country's challenges." Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi, who said he would back Mr Johnson before the vote, said the PM won "handsomely". "I hope we can draw a line under this issue," he said. Highlighting Mr Johnson's general election victory in 2019, Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said it was "time to get back to the job of governing". The Labour leader said the public were "fed up with a prime minister who promises big but never delivers". The PM was "utterly unfit for the great office that he holds", Sir Keir said, and Tory MPs have "ignored the British public". Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy said the result left the prime minister "fatally wounded". "We need someone in office that the British people can trust," he told the BBC. "That's why this vote was so important." The leader of the Liberal Democrats urged Tory MPs to "do the right thing, resign the whip and sit as an independent. "For the sake of our country, this failing prime minister cannot be propped up any longer," Sir Ed said, The SNP's Westminster Leader Ian Blackford said he was "stunned" by the result, adding it was a "big thing" for that many Conservatives to vote against their own prime minister. He said the PM now has the support of less than a third of the House of Commons. "For Boris, this should be over," he said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-61514688 A fluffy ginger cat has gained a following of more than 4,500 on Facebook after making a hospital his second home over the past five years. Henry has become a familiar sight to patients and staff at Addenbrooke's Hospital, in Cambridge. Patients said they had been soothed by his presence and staff told of being "calmed" by his cuddles after shifts. The hospital said Henry was a "character" but urged people not to tempt him inside. Pictures of the photogenic feline spawned a Facebook page, which sets out to " keep up morale of all at Addenbrooke's". Two of Jo Stranix's sisters met Henry when they came to visit their father, who has been in Addenbrooke's for several months. They had not been able to see him due to Covid-19 visitor restrictions. "We weren't sure if this was going to be the last time they would see him alive," she said. The visit had been distressing but Henry was there when they left. "They told me 'in that moment he made us all smile' and I was so thankful to that cat I'd never met for being there to comfort my sisters in some small way when I couldn't." One parent, whose 14-year-old son had been treated for leukaemia for several years, said: "Henry really does bring joy to patients and staff alike. "You know it's going to be a good day when you get to see Henry." A worker said Henry, who is seven, had helped her "massively during the first wave of Covid". "Seeing Henry's ginger fluffy face at the end of the day was soothing. It's hard to explain really." Another said: "When I've had a challenging day and I see [Henry] and I call his name - his tail pops up and he comes for a chin rub. Henry is a big sparkle of joy." Henry's owners, who wished to remain anonymous, said he had a loving home nearby. They became aware of his "exploring" via social media. "I would try to bring him home, but that never lasted more than a couple of days," the owner said. "It's so nice that he's making so many people happy - if he helps just one person [then] that's more than many cats do." Aleks, a member of the hospital security team, has come across Henry many times as they both patrol the site. "Only animals that support our patients are allowed inside the hospital - they have to have a harness and fluorescent strips," he said. "But Henry does a great job just putting a smile on a grumpy person in the morning, or brings out a smile from a teenager in a wheelchair." He said he had occasionally been called on to evict Henry from inside the buildings and added: "There would be people who are not happy that a cat is browsing around the hospital, but 99% of people love him." Henry also inspired the hospital's recruitment administrator, Thalia Barnes, to paint a portrait of him for an art exhibition at Addenbrooke's, called The Best of Us. "He has been a great sense of therapy and companionship to all those who are graced by his presence," she said. "We are very lucky to have such a wonderful animal, in fact not just an animal, but a part of the [hospital trust] family." A Cambridge University Hospitals spokesperson said: "Henry the cat is very much a character and does seem to have found a place in the hearts of many of our staff and patients. "However, for obvious reasons of infection control, no animals other than Pets As Therapy dogs and guide dogs are allowed in the hospital so please do not tempt him into the concourse with food or other treats, which are also bad for his health."

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61701235 German carmaker Mercedes-Benz is recalling almost 1m older vehicles from around the world because of potential problems with their braking system. Over the weekend, the company said it will contact owners of the vehicles as their brakes may be affected by what it called "advanced corrosion". The recall affects a total of 993,407 vehicles, including 70,000 in Germany. Mercedes recalled a similar number of cars last year over a safety issue with their emergency call system. The company said the vehicles in the latest recall were built between 2004 and 2015 and were from its ML and GL series of SUVs and R-Class luxury minivans. "We have found that in some of those vehicles, the function of the brake booster could be affected by advanced corrosion in the joint area of the housing," Mercedes said in a statement on Saturday. "It might be possible for a particularly strong or hard braking manoeuvre to cause mechanical damage to the brake booster," it said. "In such a very rare case, it would not be possible to decelerate the vehicle via the service brake. Thus the risk of a crash or injury would be increased," it added. Mercedes said it is starting the recall immediately and that the process would involve inspecting the potentially faulty vehicles and replacing parts if necessary. Last February, the company recalled over 1m cars because of a defect in its "eCall" feature, which alerts emergency services of an accident and relays the vehicle's location. The defect meant it was possible that a wrong location could be sent. Because the problem was software-related, the fix was mostly done "over the air" - via a wireless download using the car's existing mobile data connection. The eCall system is mandatory in the European Union for all cars sold since 2018.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61711028 A Ukrainian police officer inspects damaged remains of a student centre in Lysychansk destroyed in Russian shelling Ukrainian forces still holding out in the eastern city of Severodonetsk are outnumbered by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Both sides fought for the city in street-by-street battles on Monday as artillery shells rained from above. The intensity of fighting there and in nearby Lysychansk has made them both "dead cities", Mr Zelensky said. If captured, the two strategic targets would deliver Russian forces the entire Luhansk region in Ukraine's east. Since pulling its forces back from the Kyiv region in March, Russia has refocused its military efforts on Ukraine's eastern Donbas making slow advances there in recent weeks. Despite the Russians' superior numbers, Mr Zelensky said the Ukrainian defenders were holding out and had "every chance" of fighting back. Artillery strikes have also intensified on neighbouring Lysychansk, which Mr Zelensky said he had visited on Sunday as part of a tour of the eastern front line. An elderly resident in the city, Oleksandr Lyakhovets, said a Russian missile had struck his flat soon after, engulfing it in flames. "They shoot here endlessly... It's a horror show," the 67-year-old told AFP news agency. Russian forces have made slow progress in Ukraine's eastern Donbas in recent weeks. Their troops currently control almost all of the Luhansk region as well as a significant proportion of the neighbouring Donetsk region. The two regions make up the Donbas. Fighting has been slow and bloody with both sides sustaining significant losses. Russian state media said on Sunday that one of the army's top officials, Maj Gen Roman Kutuzov, had been killed while leading an offensive on an unspecified Ukrainian town in the region. Western countries have responded to the grinding conflict with pledges to send even more advanced, long-range weapons to Kyiv that they hope will bolster Ukraine's defensive capacity in the east. On Monday the UK confirmed that long-range missile systems would be included for the first time in the next batch of military aid that it is sending to Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he considers any delivery of long-range weapons by Western countries to be a deliberate attempt to prolong the conflict. He said Russia would respond by expanding the list of targets that it was striking across Ukraine if longer-range weapons were sent to his adversaries. Azovstal defenders In Mariupol, which was captured by Russia in May after a months-long siege, the Associated Press news agency is reporting that dozens of corpses belonging to soldiers who had been defending the city's Azovstal steel mill had finally been returned to Kyiv where they were undergoing DNA tests. Other soldiers who survived the siege were taken to Russian-controlled areas. On Monday, Mr Zelensky said that more than 2,500 of them were being held as prisoners of war. Residents in the now Russian-controlled port city have been facing a growing humanitarian crisis, compounded by severe shortages of food and water. On Monday a Ukrainian official said contamination from decomposing corpses and rubbish had sparked a cholera outbreak - prompting a city-wide quarantine. "We are seeing the city get closed off," said Petro Andryushchenko, who is an adviser to the city's mayor, to United News TV. "The word 'cholera' is being mentioned inside the city, among occupying authorities and their handlers," he added. The BBC has not been able to independently verify this claim.

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