Morning briefing Monday 20th July

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0:46In an interview with The Times, he says he's been in talks with the Treasury over the weekend about announcements he can make this week. He says he will offer people tangible improvements to help. Burnham also says he wants to draw a line and show that it is possible to do things in a different way. Baroness Fox Claire Fox, crossbench peer, told Times Radio she will hold judgment until there is more detail. When he says, don't worry, I'm about to bring forth these things which will improve the cost of living for you and make it tangible that you'll have money in your pocket. The detail matters, you know, how, where is that money coming from?

1:24What has he weighed up in terms of what will be cut instead? How is the economy going to grow? I mean, otherwise, it doesn't mean anything. Andy Burnham will use his first speech as Prime Minister to tell the nation that he will restore confidence in government. He says he's acutely conscious of being the sixth person to move into number 10 in a decade, but that underlines the need for a more stable and responsible politics. Kevin Schofield, political editor at Huff Post, told Times Radio that we will hear from the new PM on the steps of Downing Street. He would make a statement outside number 10, go in that famous black door, and then the really serious business begins off forming that government deciding.

2:07I mean, he'll already have decided by then, but he will be calling people in to appoint them to new cabinet positions. And what's been, I think, really noticeable is how tight they've managed to keep it. There's not really been an awful lot of speculation. The US military says new strikes have been launched on Iran for the ninth consecutive night. They say they're continuing to degrade Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. It comes after two U.S. service personnel were confirmed to have died in Jordan after being targeted by Iranian missiles and drones on Friday.

2:38General Mark Kimmett, former Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs, told Times Radio the U.S. is now attacking dual-use targets in Iran. Infrastructure targets that are used by the military but also used by civilians as well. They're trying to degrade that capacity for the Iranians to react, but they also are going against leadership targets. Reports have them attacking IRGC troop formations to try to send a punitive message to them for the killing of the American soldiers. And Spain have won the World Cup. There was jubilation in New York when the deciding goal was scored in extra time to complete a 1-0 victory over Argentina.

3:18Maria Jose Gayon, a freelance journalist based in Madrid, told Times Radio the Spanish people can't quite believe it. I think Spain has been very consistent throughout the World Cup, but I don't think it was seen as one of the strongest contenders in the beginning. I think it was more so France or Norway as the tournament went along. And it kind of came, I think, as more of a surprise than you would think to people here. Of course, and this is only their second World Cup, so I think, yeah, I think people are kind of still in disbelief. And you can hear more on all of those stories throughout the day on Times Radio.

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