NBA finals Game 4: Golden State Warriors 116-137 Cleveland Cavaliers – as it happened

5.25am BST 05:25 Click here for the full game report: NBA finals: Record-breaking Cavaliers roar past Warriors in Game 4 Read more Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 5.10am BST 05:10 Final thoughts So the Cavaliers have spoiled the Warriors chance at a perfect postseason and forced a Game 5. Lebron Kyrie and Kevin Love were all at their best and gave us one of the wildest first halves of playoff basketball that I can recall. It http://thoughtforthedayquotes.zohosites.com/ was a much better game than the final score indicates. Most importantly this means we will have more basketball and we ll be covering it right here at the Guardian. Thanks to everyone who followed along with today s liveblog stick with us over the next few days for more NBA Finals coverage. Ciao! Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 5.04am BST 05:04 Cavaliers win! Warriors 116-137 Cavaliers FINAL After a few meaningless baskets the clock winds down and the Cavaliers have won Game 4 of the NBA Finals. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 5.01am BST 05:01 Warriors 113-134 Cavaliers 1:05 4th quarter Cavs in 7 chants fill the arena a sly reference to JR Smith s hastily deleted tweet after Wednesday s debacle. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.59am BST 04:59 Warriors 111-132 Cavaliers 2:15 4th quarter Bench emptying time! Hi James Michael McAdoo and James Jones. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.57am BST 04:57 Warriors 111-132 Cavaliers 2:15 4th quarter JR SMITH WITH A THREE. And that might do it for the Warriors tonight. But just in case Irving makes a three as well and we re certainly going to get a Game 5 here. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.54am BST 04:54 Warriors 111-126 Cavaliers 3:23 4th quarter Durant s on the line again and hits both free throws once again. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.52am BST 04:52 Warriors 109-126 Cavaliers 4:35 4th quarter And the cliffhanger is over. Durant makes his second free throw as well. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.48am BST 04:48 Warriors 108-126 Cavaliers 4:35 4th quarter Irving fouls Durant to prevent him from an easy dunk. On the line Durant makes the first of the two free throws and The Cavaliers call a timeout. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.46am BST 04:46 Warriors 107-126 Cavaliers 4:48 4th quarter Tristan Thompson tips in a rare Irving miss and it s a 19 point game and the clock is on their side. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.44am BST 04:44 Warriors 107-124 Cavaliers 6:22 4th quarter James makes just about the longest two possible. Green makes a layup immediately afterwards. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.41am BST 04:41 Warriors 105-122 Cavaliers 7:26 4th quarter Yeah everyone is tired here nobody s shots are going in. Although hey Jefferson s quality night continues when James sets up a layup attempt fr him. And Irving fouls Klay Thomspon. He makes one of two. This is starting to be just kind of funny. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.37am BST 04:37 Warriors 104-120 Cavaliers 8:42 4th quarter And another make by Irving forced the Warriors into a timeout. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.35am BST 04:35 Warriors 104-115 Cavaliers 9:23 4th quarter And we ve hit a weird two minute stretch where absolutely nobody can score. I wouldn t be shocked if the players were starting to wear down here. West tips in a missed McCaw jumper but Irving calls things down by draining a three. Oh yeah and this is very much going to be a thing: Sam Amick (@sam_amick) First half box we were given on press row for what it s worth. Clearly states Draymond had been given that 1st quarter tech pic.twitter.com/wwDhCeophJ June 10 2017 Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.30am BST 04:30 Warriors 102-115 Cavaliers 10:55 4th quarter Patrick McCaw makes a three pointer and wait there s a NBA player named Patrick McCaw? That sounds like the name of a talking parrot in a pirate movie made for kids. Thompson hits a three pointer and Lue wants none of this and immediately calls a timeout. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.27am BST 04:27 Warriors 96-115 Cavaliers end of the 3rd quarter Deron Williams hits a three an hey if you ever wanted a sign that everything is going your way there s a pretty clear one. And then Curry hits a three because that s what he does. And then LeBron his a three pointer. And Durant attempts a last second half court shot and considering this game I m a tad surprised he doesn t somehow make it. And the Cavaliers have won Game 4 by 96-116 Wait what we still have a whole another quarter to go? Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.23am BST 04:23 Warriors 93-109 Cavaliers 1:07 3rd quarter There s a skirmish between Shumpert and Pachulia and the officials gather together to figure out how to call it. They eventually decide on double technicals (which is official-speak for I dunno ) Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.19am BST 04:19 Warriors 93-109 Cavaliers 1:32 3rd quarter Pachulia gets to the line for his 1-of-2. Kyle Korver does what he does i.e. makes a there pointer like it were a free throw. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.16am BST 04:16 Warriors 92-106 Cavaliers 2:17 3rd quarter Deron Wiliams in a rare non-garbage time appearance is is in the name and I ll be damned if he doesn t make a layup here. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.15am BST 04:15 Warriors 92-104 Cavaliers 2:38 3rd quarter Curry s back on the line thanks to a not particularly well thought out foul on Shumpert s part. Curry makes one of two free throws because that s what all the cool kids are doing today. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.13am BST 04:13 Warriors 91-104 Cavaliers 2:48 3rd quarter A Curry shot cuts the Cavs lead down to 13 points. The Warriors call a timeout. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.11am BST 04:11 Warriors 89-104 Cavaliers 3:38 3rd quarter Thompson of the Tristan variety gets on the line and makes one of two free throws. And then Durant gets back on the line he makes both of his shots and he has 30 points already here in the 3rd quarter despite his slow start. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.09am BST 04:09 Warriors 87-103 Cavaliers 5:01 3rd quarter Durant with a layup. The Warriors definitely feel very very very much still in this game and he s a big part of it. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.08am BST 04:08 Warriors 85-103 Cavaliers 5:37 3rd quarter Green and Durant cut the Cavaliers lead down to 14. Then Green gets his second technical foul of the game? But he s staying in? How is that I guess that earlier tech was actually on Steve Kerr? What the heck. Green should be out of he game now. This is ridiculous. Also ridiculous? JR Smith gets a three pointer after Irving makes a technical free throw. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.04am BST 04:04 Warriors 81-99 Cavaliers 7:26 3rd quarter Love makes a three pointer. And we get a breather here as the officials decide whether or not to give Love a flagrant foul on a blocked shot attempt on Durant. To the protestations of the crowd they do so. Durant s on the line to make free throws he makes one of two. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.58am BST 03:58 Warriors 80-96 Cavaliers 8:07 3rd quarter The Warriors go on a run again not for the first time and certainly not for the last time. Durant with a dunk Klay with a three and it s a 16 point game. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.55am BST 03:55 Warriors 75-96 Cavaliers 8:45 3rd quarter Green splits a pair of free throws. James and Pachulia trade layups. Then the Cavaliers avoid disaster LeBron makes a bad pass that Curry corrals but Durant misses a three on the other end. Love gets the rebound and LeBron unleashes a thunderous dunk. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.52am BST 03:52 Warriors 72-92 Cavaliers 10:12 3rd quarter The Cavaliers are going for the hot hand here getting the ball into Irving s hand and Irving swiftly responds with a three pointer for the first Cavaliers points of the second half. Kevin Love follows that up with a three pointer of his own. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.48am BST 03:48 2nd half begins! Warriors 72-86 Cavaliers 11:15 3rd quarter Now here s the worry for the Cavaliers; they ve had a problem with maintaining their energy for all 48 minutes. Plus they ve been lucky that Curry and Klay Thompson have been ice cold in the first half and there s no way that they won t heat up here. And look just as I type that Curry opens up the second half with a basket and then assists Green for a layup that causes the Cavaliers to immediately call for a timeout. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.45am BST 03:45 DJ Gallo (@DJGalloEtc) @HunterFelt Do you regret liveblogging the highest-scoring NBA Finals game of all-time? June 10 2017 I m fine with it. My fingers are the ones who hate it. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.42am BST 03:42 Kyrie Irving s been the biggest part of this record-breaking first half leading all scorers with 28 points while going 4-of-6 past the three point line and making 4 assists. Who says LeBron needs Chris Paul. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.36am BST 03:36 I really try to do as much play-by-play as possible here but it s hard when one team is breaking multiple scoring records all at once. Spark ️ Sports (@Spark_Sports_) Highest scoring 1st quarter. Highest scoring 1st half.Cavaliers unreal up 86-68 at the half. pic.twitter.com/qHDJ5XRehT June 10 2017 Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.34am BST 03:34 Halftime It s safe to say that the Cavaliers just played their best basketball of the entire season. I can barely comprehend what we just saw in this first half. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.32am BST 03:32 Warriors 68-86 Cavaliers end of the 1st half A Kevin Durant three pointer RIGHT at the buzzer ends one of the most ridiculous first halves in NBA playoff history. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.28am BST 03:28 Warriors 61-80 Cavaliers 1:37 2nd quarter James with a layup and an and one opportunity that he converts. it s also the third foul on Klay Thompson something to pay attention to. Duran with a layup. James splits a pair of free throws. Durant gets two free throws. LeBron makes a three pointer. Hunter s wrist begins to hurt from having to type so fast. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.23am BST 03:23 Warriors 57-73 Cavaliers 3:04 2nd quarter The Shaun Livingston One Man Dunk Contest continues. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.22am BST 03:22 Warriors 56-73 Cavaliers 4:01 2nd quarter Curry s shot is still surprisingly suspect but Green manages to tip in his miss. And here s Irving again he knocks down a short distance jumper. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.19am BST 03:19 Warriors 53-71 Cavaliers 4:48 2nd quarter And who do the Warriors turn to to stop the bleeding. Shaun Livingston obviously. Livingston scores on two straight possessions. This is starting to feel like the reverse of the earlier games in the series now it s Golden State that can t seem to cut the deficit down. Irving certainly the player of the game so far scores almost immediately after Livingston Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.14am BST 03:14 Warriors 49-69 Cavaliers 5:37 2nd quarter How good has this Cavaliers offense been tonight? Good enough that I can t even keep track of their scoring. Curry gets off a three about time but other than that it s been all Cavaliers who push the lead to 20. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.10am BST 03:10 Warriors 46-60 Cavaliers 7:18 2nd quarter Dahntay Jones out of absolutely nowhere comes in and picks up a tech. Curry coverts that into a successful free throw. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.08am BST 03:08 Warriors 45-60 Cavaliers 7:26 2nd quarter It s always a good sign when James starts hitting from long distance. It s less of a good sign when you give up a three point play to David West who makes a layup but misses the freebie. Lots of misses there tonight it seems. How good are things going for Cleveland so far? JR Smith makes a 30 foot three-pointer just before the shot clock wet off. The crowd goes wild as they say. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.04am BST 03:04 Warriors 43-54 Cavaliers 8:38 2nd quarter Durant finished up his three point play by making the free throw so make that a 8-0 run. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.02am BST 03:02 Warriors 42-54 Cavaliers 8:38 2nd quarter Well Cleveland had to know that this was coming: the Warriors strike back scoring seven unanswered before Lue wisely calls a timeout. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close Forgive the Golden State Warriors if they stubbornly focus on winning the NBA crown instead of the chance they become the first champion with an undefeated playoff charge.The Warriors lead the best-of-seven NBA Finals 3-0 entering game four Friday at Cleveland and have won 15 consecutive playoff games the longest streak in North American major pro sports history.LeBron James (23) goes for a loose ball against Golden State Warriors in Game 3. Reuters It would be great to own a piece of history Warriors guard Klay Thompson said. Just because 16-0 means we re champs. It wasn t a goal of ours to start the postseason but now that s it s attainable we have our eyes set on it. All we have to do is come out with great focus and play as hard as we can and we should be in a position to win. The nearest an NBA champion has come to playoff perfection was the 2000-01 Los Angeles Lakers who went 15-1. Led by Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O Neal the team lost only its finals opener to Philadelphia.And the Warriors made history but got burned last year when they won a record 73 regular-season games and took a 3-1 lead over Cleveland in the finals only to lose after the Cavaliers made the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history.No team has ever rallied from 3-0 down to win in 126 NBA playoff series but Thompson says locking up the title means more than completing a playoff sweep. We still remember what happened last year. It s fresh in our minds Thompson said. It doesn t matter until we get that 16th one. It s very impressive though. It s something we pride ourselves on just our consistency this post-season and not getting down on ourselves not feeling ourselves too much when we ve been winning but still staying hungry and on course. Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith would enjoy shattering the perfect playoff run. I would love to put a dent in that record he said. I don t really focus on it too much. That s really for them whether they get the record or they don t. If we bring our A game and play smart enough we ll do it. Warriors star forward Kevin Durant seeking his first NBA title after leaving Oklahoma City for the Warriors last July warned against complacency with the trophy so near. The series is not over Durant said. This could turn if we come out there thinking we re the champions already. Warriors coach Steve Kerr dismissed talk of 16-0. Not something I m thinking about he said. Let s go win and then we can savor a championship however we want. You don t want to mess around. You re up 3-0 you have all the momentum you have to carry that through. Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue stressed anything is possible in a must-win situation. Right now our season s on the line Lue said. (One win) is a step in the right direction. We re not going to give in. We re going to keep competing. If we come out with the fight and intensity that we played with last game clean up a few mistakes then we have a chance to win on Friday. Unbeaten room to improveThe scary part for Golden State rivals is that the Warriors feel they can get even better. I personally feel like this team can. There is another level Warriors reserve Andre Iguodala said. If we can continue to grow then it s really scary. Warriors forward Draymond Green expects the Cavs best game will be their next. Close-out games are always the hardest Green said. They re going to come out and fight. As for 16-0 Green figures it comes with the territory. Now that it s a legit possibility one game away you should think about it he http://en.community.dell.com/members/thoughtforthedayquotes said. You don t want to prolong the series and give a team more and more confidence. It s something ou should push for now just because it means you re done. We re very confident. With a 3-0 lead you should be confident. But we re not satisfied. We re not complacent. Warriors center Zaza Pachulia could become the first player from the former Soviet republic of Georgia to win an NBA title. It s going to mean a lot he said. I m excited because of the situation. I m always proud to represent my country. He wouldn t mind a 16-0 playoff run either. It s a great opportunity he said. This is a thing that s really special that s never happened before. We re not looking at a record. We just want a championship and I think we are very capable of finishing perfect. With inputs from AFP#Basketball#Cleveland cavaliers#Draymond green#Game 4#Golden state warriors#Jr smith#Kevin durant#Kevin love#Klay thompson#Kyrie irving#Lebron james#Live blog#Live scores#Nba#Nba finals#Stephen curryPhoto Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson on Friday called on countries in the Middle East to ease their blockade on Qatar. Credit Drew Angerer/Getty Images DOHA Qatar Escalating a feud among Persian Gulf monarchs Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Friday listed 59 people and a dozen organizations said to have links to Qatar including prominent Qatari businessmen politicians and royalty as aiding terrorism.The move came on the same day the United States sent mixed messages about the deepening crisis: Just minutes after Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson urged calm and an easing of the embargo on Qatar President Trump again publicly accused the country of funding terrorism.Qatari officials have repeatedly denied supporting terrorist groups and said the emirate works closely with Western security agencies to crack down on terrorist financing.The decision of the Saudis and Emiratis to release the list deepened a five-day standoff that has already included a cutoff of all diplomatic relations travel and trade with Qatar forcing it to import critical food supplies by air from Turkey and elsewhere.Qatar a tiny country with a population of about 300 000 citizens and more than two million foreign workers is both the host to the largest American air base in the region and a major exporter of natural gas. Its confrontation with its neighbors has threatened to tear apart the alliance of petroleum-rich gulf monarchies that is crucial to the Western efforts to contain Iran to combat the Islamic State and to choke off extremist fund-raising. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Tensions between the two sides over questions of power and autonomy date back at least two decades. But at the core of the current dispute is Qatar s support for the Arab Spring revolts of 2011 in particular the Muslim Brotherhood-style Islamists who at the time appeared poised to win elections across the region.Qatar saw an alliance with the Brotherhood and its movement as a hedge against dominance by Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates saw the same forces as a threat to the stability of their governments and the region.The new Saudi and Emirati list was issued on Friday as the German foreign minister appeared with his Qatari counterpart on a visit to Wolfenbüttel Germany. Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you re not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up Receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times s products and services. Thank you for subscribing. An error has occurred. Please try again later. You are already subscribed to this email. View all New York Times newsletters. See Sample Manage Email Preferences Not you? Privacy Policy Opt out or contact us anytime Germany s foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel had previously attributed the escalation of the dispute to what he called a dangerous Trumpification of regional politics. Such a Trumpification of relations with one another is particularly dangerous in a region that is already rife with crises he told the German newspaper Handelsblatt in an apparent reference to President Trump s suggestion on Twitter that he had encouraged the other Arab states to take action against Qatar as a sponsor of extremism.The new Saudi and Emirati list includes some people already designated as terrorist fund-raisers by the West. They include Hajjaj al-Azmi a Kuwaiti who is sometimes in Doha the capital of Qatar. It also includes at least one Libyan group the Defend Benghazi Brigades which has included people and organizations designated as terrorists or aiding terrorism by the West. Many Libyans believe elements of the Brigades have received support from Qatar.Also on the list is a former Qatari interior minister Abdullah Bin Khalid Al-Thani who is a member of the royal family but had been accused in the past of ties with extremists in the period before the Sept. 11 2001 terror attacks.Some entries on the list are likely to raise questions in the West. It includes the former Egyptian Islamist militant Tarek el-Zomor who served a jail sentence renounced violence participated in electoral politics and is believed to have fled to Qatar after the military takeover in Cairo in 2013. Another is Yusuf al-Qaradawi an Egyptian-born Muslim cleric and scholar associated with the Muslim Brotherhood who years ago became a citizen of Qatar. Mr. Qaradawi has sometimes endorsed violence against Israel but he is usually considered a preacher rather than a militant or terrorist fund-raiser.The list also includes several Bahraini opposition groups that appear to have little or no relation to Qatar. The Qatari-owned news organization Al Jazeera reported that 18 of the people on the list were Qatari citizens. Several Qatari charities were also named and Qatar denied that they were involved in financing terrorism.Egypt which has become a close ally of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates since the military takeover in 2013 also endorsed the list. David D. Kirkpatrick reported from Doha and Gardiner Harris from Washington. A version of this article appears in print on June 10 2017 on Page A7 of the New York edition with the headline: Saudis and Emiratis List Dozens Linked to Qatar as Aiding Terrorism. Order Reprints| Today s Paper|Subscribe Continue reading the main story Zeid Ra ad Al Hussein the UN human rights chief has told Qatari officials that there are vigorous attempts under way to address the humanitarian situation resulting from the blockade imposed on Qatar by several Gulf countries. Shortly following the severing of diplomatic ties and border closure between Qatar and the three Arab Gulf countries of Saudi Arabia the UAE and Bahrain Qatari nationals were ordered to leave within 14 days. Saudi UAE and Bahraini citizens were also given the same timeframe to leave Qatar. As a result hundreds of mixed-citizenship Qatari couples are facing the grim prospect of being split from their families. Qatari officials have repeatedly stated that the ultimatum issued by Saudi Arabia UAE and Bahrain for Qatari citizens to leave was a violation of human rights that required UN intervention. READ MORE: Five days on five things to know about Qatar-Gulf rift On Wednesday Ali bin Smaikh al-Marri chairman of Qatar s National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) said that the Saudi-led move went far beyond a simple diplomatic dispute and will break up families and disrupt young people s education. A statement issued by the committee said Marri briefed al-Hussein during a telephone conversation on latest developments regarding the human rights situation. Before the crisis citizens of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) enjoyed a great deal of freedom of movement between the six member states and close tribal ties mean that over generations thousands of intermarriages have been celebrated between Qataris and other GCC citizens. Hit by the rift Citizens of the Gulf countries had the right to live work and travel wherever they chose to in the region. The passport they held never mattered - until now. Wafa Al-Wazeedi is one Qatari whose life has been affected by the rift. Her children were born in Qatar but her ex-husband is Bahraini. As is the practice in several Arab Gulf countries the children can inherit only their father s nationality. Now Bahrain says its nationals must return within two weeks or risk losing their citizenship. We don t want to be separated : GCC families in limbo amid Gulf rift We found ourselves lost. We may be separated from our children and return back to Bahrain for no reason al-Wazeedi told Al Jazeera. I feel that this Qatar is more my home than Bahrain. I have only been there four times in my life. If I am required to give up my Bahraini passport to live here I would be more than glad to do that. This country has given me more than my own country has given me her son told Al Jazeera. In the Gulf we have blood relations and a cousin in all these countries around us. We believe that we are one country with the freedom of movement and marriage said Wazeedi. Her daughter said: We don t want to be separated like lots of families here. A lot of families are integrated between different countries in the Gulf region. Why should we be separated because of politics? Along with the severing of diplomatic ties the Saudi-led blockade against Qatar meant shutting the only land border that Qatar shares with Saudi Arabia. Like al-Wazeedi there are 6 474 families in which one spouse is Qatari and who now face the prospect of being broken up. According to official figures there are 8 254 Saudi residents 784 Emirati residents and 2 349 Bahraini residents living in Qatar. Owing to the GCC-Qatar rift these 11 387 people will have their right to freedom of movement residency and property ownership violated. READ MORE: Analysis - Qatar-Gulf crisis: Who are the terrorists ? Nouf a Qatari whose late husband was Saudi had been ordered by Saudi authorities to leave the kingdom immediately. Nouf was told that she would not be able to take her children as they are citizens of Saudi Arabia not Qatar. Nouf is being forced to leave her children behind including her disabled son who needs round-the-clock care. About 1 954 nationals from Saudi the UAE and Bahrain are also employed in Qatar s public and private sector and own companies and trading interests and will have to leave their jobs. Serious consequences Mohammed a Saudi man married to a Qatari woman has been living and working in Qatar for many years. He was informed that he would have to go along with their children back to Saudi Arabia leaving his wife behind. Mohammed says he has been told that if he fails to comply he will face serious consequences . According to Qatar s NHRC which has been receiving complaints about the impact of the Saudi-led blockade such procedures constitute a grave violation of the rights of these citizens to movement work and property ownership. These steps result in tearing up families disrupting businesses and interrupting students education across the region the NHRC said on Thursday in a news conference in Doha. The NHRC said it was alarmed over the violation of human rights . Later on Friday Amnesty International criticised Saudi Arabia the UAE and Bahrain accusing the Gulf states of toying with the lives of thousands of people in their dispute with Qatar. For potentially thousands of people across the Gulf the effect of the steps imposed in the wake of this political dispute is suffering heartbreak and fear James Lynch the deputy director of Amnesty International s Global Issues Programme said. Names for illustrative purposes onlySource: Al Jazeera Washington DC - US legislation threatening to sanction Qatar for its support of Palestinian terror was sponsored by 10 lawmakers who received more than 1m over the last 18 months from lobbyists and groups linked to Israel Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The bill was introduced to the US House of Representatives on May 25 but the text wasn t available until Friday morning hours after Saudi Arabia UAE and Egypt put 59 people and 12 institutions linked to Qatar on a terror list . The nations abruptly ended diplomatic relations with Qatar on Monday accusing Doha of supporting extremism and siding with their regional rival Iran. Hamas has received significant financial and military support from Qatar the Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act of 2017 also known as HR 2712 said. It went on to list sanctions including an end of exports of defence technologies arms and loans or financing totalling more than 10m. READ MORE: Erdogan vows to stand by Qatari brothers amid crisis For Trita Parsi author and founder of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) a nonprofit that aims to strengthen the voice of US citizens of Iranian descent the similarities between the US-allied Arab nations terror list and HR 2712 show growing cooperation between Gulf Arab states and Israel. What does the Qatar crisis mean for Hamas? The coordination between hawkish pro-Israel groups and UAE and Saudi Arabia has been going on for quite some time Parsi told Al Jazeera. What is new he continued is pro-Israel groups such as the Foundation for Defense of Democracies coming out with pro-Saudi articles and lobbying for them on Capitol Hill . Israel Egypt and Saudi Arabia all view the Muslim Brotherhood an Islamist political group as a threat. Deposed Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi belonged to the group which endured a heavy-handed crackdown in Egypt since a military coup installed Abdel Fatah el-Sisi as president in 2014. The Brotherhood was the ideological base for Hamas the Islamist rulers of the besieged Gaza Strip that have fought three wars with the Israelis. The Saudis demand that Qatar stop supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas in a move that aligns with Egyptian and Israeli policy. Israel s influence on US policymakers is clear. HR 2712 s sponsors received donations totaling 1 009 796 from pro-Israel individuals and groups for the 2016 election cycle alone according data collected by the Center for Responsive Politics an independent research group tracking money in US politics and its effect on elections and public policy and then compiled by Al Jazeera. They re not traditional pro-Saudi lawmakers. They re in the pro-Likud camp Parsi said referring to the party of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The bill has bipartisan sponsorship. Five of the lawmakers come from the House Committee on Foreign Relations (HCFR) including sponsor Brian Mast a first-term Republican congressman from Florida and Ed Royce and Eliot Engel the ranking Republican and Democrat of the HCFR respectively. Royce received 242 143 from pro-Israel sources for the 2016 election cycle 190 150 went to Engel. Mast who volunteered with the Israeli military after he finished serving in the US Army received 90 178. READ MORE: Qatar-Gulf crisis: All the latest updates Ileana Ros-Lehtinen a Florida Republican received 150 300 in 2016 pushing her 27-year career total of pro-Israel dollars to more than 1m. In contrast with the 1 million donated by pro-Israel entities in 2016 HR 2712 s sponsors received roughly 25 700 in donations by pro-Saudi and UAE lobbying groups over the last 18 months according to filings with the US Department of Justice made public under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The act requires that lobbyists track and submit donations and contacts between themselves and lawmakers when working for foreign governments. Qatar FM: GCC Blockade violates international law Al Jazeera s investigation covered 10 firms associated with Saudi and Emirati lobbying efforts. However these are not exhaustive. Both Gulf nations have rapidly expanded their lobbying in recent years and could include further donations from individuals. FARA filings also document frequent emails and meetings between the 10 lawmakers and Saudi-UAE lobbyists as well as calls to major media outlets concerning news coverage of major events. Texas Republican Ted Poe who said in a release he was proud to support HR 2712 because it will make countries like Qatar Iran and others pay a price for their support for terrorism was the only legislator who does not have a record of any donations from lobbyists linked to Israel Saudi or UAE. Al Jazeera s requests for comment from several sponsors including Brian Mast and the HCFR were not immediately answered. Regarding the increased collaboration between the Gulf nations and Israel which http://thoughtforthedayquote.cabanova.com/ recently entered its 50th year of occupying Palestine Parsi said even though there are disagreements they share a common goal. To use the opportunity they have with the Trump administration to restore an order in the region that is appealing to them - an order based on Iran s isolation and the re-prioritisation of Saudi Arabia Egypt and Israel he said. The previous Obama administration shook the status quo of the Middle East by making the landmark nuclear deal with Iran that eased sanctions and allowed for the Shia regional power to continue researching nuclear power. The agreement was based on an end to Iran s efforts to develop nuclear weapons and it has complied with the terms such as intermittent inspections by international agencies. READ MORE: Five days on five things to know about Qatar-Gulf rift Obama famously said the Saudis need to find an effective way to share the neighbourhood and institute some sort of cold peace with the Iranians. But then Obama okayed billion dollar arms deals to assure Gulf partners he wasn t entirely pivoting towards Iran William Hartung director of the Arms & Security Project at the Center for International Policy a think-tank in Washington DC told Al Jazeera. Now Trump has adopted an all-in approach to Saudi relations including a controversial 110bn arms deal regardless of human rights concerns surrounding the use of these weapons in the ongoing Yemen conflict. Arms sales have long acted as a means of influencing US policy. There was always a sort of tacit quid pro quo Hartung continued. The Saudis would buy US weapons and receive the superpower s protection the arms expert explained. Israel has historically raised concerns about arms deals with Gulf Arab states who last fought a war in 1973. But the Israeli leadership has kept quiet about the 110bn arms deal with Saudi Arabia inked by the Trump administration because there was a shift from viewing the Saudis as a potential adversary Hartung said because Iran is a common enemy. In the old days there was a pro-Israel block in Congress that would have been very sceptical and possibly pushed for votes against arms sales to Saudi Arabia. That hasn t happened in a long time he said. The geographic and corresponding congressional re-alignment will continue Parsi predicted and pressure on Qatar will remain. The small Gulf country is a problem because it is independent and doesn t share Saudi Arabia s obsession with Iran he said. For its part Qatar has vowedto retain its independence. Can the GCC still be relevant? Inside Story Source: Al Jazeera News The Gulf states have lost all trust in Qatar and have reached the end of the line in discussing how things can get better one of the leading diplomats from the United Arab Emirates has said. The Qatar spat exposes Britain s game of thrones in the Gulf | Paul Mason Read more The UAE along with Saudi Arabia Bahrain and Egypt is mounting an unprecedented diplomatic and economic blockade against Qatar alleging ties to terrorism. Qatar has dismissed the charge as cover for an attempt to rein in its independent foreign policy and economy. Omar Saif Ghobas the United Arab Emirates ambassador to Russia said a verification system would have to be put in place to ensure Qatar stuck to any future deal not to nurture or fund terror. There is no trust it has gone Ghobas said. So when the Qatari foreign minister says listen we need to engage in dialogue we have done that for many years that s just a statement for western consumption. Ghobas one of the most eloquent exponents of UAE thinking insisted the new anti-Qatar alliance was not planning a military invasion or externally enforced regime change. Instead he said Qatar had a history of internal regime change implying the UAE would welcome the removal of the emir. I have heard rumours and a couple of articles suggesting military invasion but Qatar has a fine history of regime change on its own. It is up to the Qatari people and the royal family to decide if that is the right approach or not. We are not looking at military options at all. It is Turkey that is militarising the position. The Turkish parliament this week cleared a bill giving the go-ahead for pre-existing plans for its troops to go to a new base in Qatar. We believe we have reached the end of the line in discussing with Qataris how things can get better Ghobas said. They have known for a very long time we have issues with the funding of extremists. The UAE and Saudis seen as the driving force behind the push for a change in Qatar s foreign policy claim they were let down in 2014 when after a previous démarche Qatar allegedly reneged on a commitment to rein its support for political Islam. Asked if Qatar could say anything to reassure its Gulf opponents Ghobas replied: It is true it will be difficult in the long run if they agree to sign another document and then decide to drag it out for many months or years and to continue to fund extremist groups. This will require a tremendous verification system. It s Qatar v Saudi Arabia. But the west can t afford to pick a side | Peter Salisbury Read more Qatar s policy is a dead end and it will only lead to destruction so essentially what we are asking is for the Qataris to give up on their foreign policy which calls up for an an alliance between a tremendous amount of wealth and extremely radical Islam. Speaking to reporters in the capital Doha on Thursday Qatar s foreign minister said the move by its fellow Arab states to isolate it was endangering stability in the oil-rich Gulf region. We are not ready to surrender and will never be ready to surrender the independence of our foreign policy Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said. We have been isolated because we are successful and progressive. We are a platform for peace not terrorism ... This dispute is threatening the stability of the entire region. Qatar insists it does not fund extremism and says the presence of leading figures from Hamas or the Muslim Brotherhood in Doha is in part an effort to increase mediation efforts and try to achieve peace in the Middle East. It questions whether other more traditional Gulf monarchies are interested in Middle East peace and points to the hypocrisy of Saudi Arabia given widespread accusations that it too is a funding source for Islamist jihadis. Ghobas claimed that Qatar s rulers were not motivated by ideological reasons: They are not devout Muslims promoting a version of Islam. They are taking a bet. They are being very opportunistic; they are making a bet that political Islam will allow them to be the paymaster of the Arab world and they can reap economic benefit. Many observers say the evidence of direct funding by the Qatari government to extremist groups is thin and that the dispute really turns on the future governance of the Middle East including the threat that political Islam might pose to authoritarian regimes. Ghobas said: The idea that there is an Islamic solution to Middle East s social and economic problems is not something we are persuaded of. A series of trade and movement measures against Qatar imposed by neighbouring countries are against human rights before anything else a senior Turkish official has told Al Jazeera. Ravza Kavakci Kan deputy chairperson of Turkey s ruling party AK Party said that Ankara would work closely with Qatar for people living there not to be left without necessary food and water supplies after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates cut trade and diplomatic ties with Doha. Other measures against Qatar which relies heavily on food imports included the closing of airspace land border and maritime territories. Kavakci Kan who is also a member of Turkey s foreign affairs parliamentary committee said that Ankara would honour its commitments with Qatar and the two countries relationship would not change. Turkey backs Qatar in Arab dispute as Trump claims to support solution Countries who stayed silent while massacres were carried out in Syria while babies were killed in the Syrian city of Idlib are now doing this not to another country but specifically to Qatar for a reason we cannot understand she said. This is against human rights. In the most serious split between the Gulf Arab states in decades Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates and Bahrain cut diplomatic ties with Qatar on Monday accusing it of supporting and financing extremist groups and destabilising the region. Qatar has strongly denied the allegations. They were gradually followed by Egypt Yemen the eastern government of Libya Maldives Mauritius Mauritania and Senegal. Jordan and Djibouti downgraded diplomatic relations with Qatar. Kavakci Kan told Al Jazeera that Turkey would continue to cooperate with all the countries in the region to resolve the issue adding that Saudi-Turkish relations would not be affected negatively by the latest developments. READ MORE: Why is Turkey deploying troops to Qatar? Turkey will try to work as a mediator to resolve the problem through diplomacy as it did in other regional issues such as the situation in Syria. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticised the moves against Qatar on Wednesday. Isolating Qatar which is putting up an efficient fight against terrorism will not resolve any problem. I hope the sanctions against Qatar will be withdrawn as soon as possible Erdogan said in a speech. Turkey and Qatar are close allies in foreign policy issues in various parts of the region such as Palestine Syria and Egypt. Turkey and Saudi Arabia are both in the US-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group. Saudi Arabia fighter jets join anti-ISIL operations through Turkey s Incirlik airbase. Turkey s parliament on Wednesday fast-tracked the approval of an agreement with Qatar that allows troops to be deployed to a Turkish military base in the Gulf state. It also approved another agreement that allows the Turkish military to train Qatari security forces. The agreements were signed in April 2016 and December 2015 respectively. Umut Uras is on Twitter follow him on @Um_Uras Can the GCC still be relevant? Inside Story Source: Al Jazeera News Pan-Arab satellite network al-Jazeera is fighting a large-scale cyber-attack but remained fully operational a company source said on Thursday. There were attempts made on the cybersecurity of al-Jazeera but we are combatting them said a senior employee who declined to be named. Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) BREAKING: Al Jazeera Media Network under cyber attack on all systems websites & social media platforms. More soon: https://t.co/9o3ihGGVjD pic.twitter.com/ZlBBEpTDf6 June 8 2017 Hours later Qatar s state-run television also announced that it had shut down its website temporarily for security reasons after hacking attempts it said on its Twitter feed. The network is the major broadcaster for Qatar which is in a standoff with fellow Arab states over alleged ties to terrorism. The row is endangering stability in the region. On Monday Saudi Arabia the UAE Egypt and Bahrain launched an unprecedented campaign to isolate Qatar diplomatically and economically over links to the Muslim Brotherhood Hamas and Iran sparking the worst diplomatic crisis in the region for 30 years. All four countries withdrew their ambassadors and launched an economic blockade including denial of airspace leading to panic-buying in the Qatari capital Doha. They have isolated the country by land sea and air. On Thursday the UAE took a further step of refusing to send on mail to Qatar. An investigation by the FBI concluded on Thursday that Russian hackers were responsible for sending out fake messages from the Qatari government sparking the current crisis. It is believed that the Russian government was not involved in the hacks; instead freelance hackers were paid to carry out the work on behalf of some other state or individual. Some observers have claimed privately that Saudi Arabia or the UAE may have commissioned the hackers. The Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir said he had no knowledge of the results of the FBI inquiry. The Russian government has denied any involvement in the hacking. Qatar is a critical player in the Middle East as the largest exporter of liquid gas the host to the largest US military base in the region and the venue for the 2022 World Cup.Photo Prime Minister Theresa May in London on Friday. Credit Justin Tallis/Agence France-Presse Getty Images LONDON Like a stumbling figure from The Walking Dead Britain s prime minister Theresa May has yet to realize that she is a political zombie. For all her poise as she spoke on Downing Street on Friday the day after Britain s general election when she declared her intention to continue in office she is roaming the land of the undead. Sooner or later reality is going to bite hard.Once again almost all the pundits pollsters and political betting wonks got it wrong. Less than a year after Brexit stunned this country and seven months after Donald Trump won in the United States a political outcome that seemed certain and preordained was upset by people actually going to vote. They made an emotional pick and now Mrs. May has to figure out what to do after a net loss of seats in the House of Commons that deprives her of the overall majority required for stable government.As the extent of the upset became clear on Thursday night it was assumed even by many of Mrs. May s most ardent supporters that she would be gone by Friday morning. There was talk of a dignified exit a timetable for departure and then unavoidably another general election. Instead Mrs. May has formed a pact with Northern Ireland s Democratic Unionist Party an alliance that will give her an aggregate number of members of Parliament that passes just the 326-seat threshold required for a governing majority.Doesn t this suffice? Surely a politician is entitled in such circumstances to be creative if only to deprive her opponents of power? Continue reading the main story LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May will form a government supported by a small Northern Irish party after her Conservative Party lost its parliamentary majority in an election debacle days before talks on Britain s EU departure are due to begin. May speaking on the doorstep of her official Downing Street residence said the government would provide certainty and lead Britain in talks with the European Union to secure a successful Brexit deal. May said she could rely in parliament on the support of her friends in Northern Ireland s Democratic Unionist Party after her governing Conservatives failed to emerge as clear winners. Confident of securing a sweeping victory May had called the snap election to strengthen her hand in the European Union divorce talks. But in one of the most sensational nights in British electoral history a resurgent Labour Party denied her an outright win throwing the country into political turmoil. EU leaders expressed fears that May s shock loss of her majority would delay the Brexit talks due to begin on June 19 and so raise the risk of negotiations failing. Her Labour rival Jeremy Corbyn once written off by his opponents as a no-hoper said May should step down and he wanted to form a minority government. But May facing scorn for running a lacklustre campaign was determined to hang on. Just after noon she was driven the short distance from Downing Street to Buckingham Palace to ask Queen Elizabeth for permission to form a government a formality under the British system. With 649 of 650 seats declared the Conservatives had won 318 seats and Labour 261 followed by the pro-independence Scottish National Party on 34. The shock result thrust Northern Ireland s centre-right DUP into the role of king-maker with its 10 seats enough to give the Conservatives a fragile but workable partnership. This was likely to involve an arr angement in which the DUP would suppor t a Conservat ive minority government on key votes in parliament but not form a formal coalition. Meanwhile Infosys founder NR Narayanamurthy s son-in-law Rishi Sunak won the Richmond seat in North Yorkshire as a Conservative candidate beating Labour party s Dan Perry. 6.37am BST 06:37 The Snap: your election briefing Claire Phipps Here we are the morning after the morning after with Theresa May still in No 10 still prime minister and still without a majority. I m Claire Phipps with your morning roundup and the last of this election s Snap briefings and the live blog to guide you through Saturday. The winners who lost It turns out that June could still be the end of May but perhaps not quite yet. The prime minister zipped off to see the Queen on Friday without quite having her own queenmakers in place. While Arlene Foster leader of the Democratic Unionist party agreed that Northern Ireland s biggest group of MPs would be holding talks with the Tories no firm deal appears to have been struck and May herself mentioned her friends and allies only fleetingly in her this is fine Downing Street address. Her new government would provide certainty the PM insisted trying gamely to give the impression that losing her majority had been the plan all along and she absolutely meant to kick herself in the head. Somehow she forgot to mention the vanished majority at all or the colleagues who had found themselves out of a job (an addendum issued later a sad-faced oops). Wiped too is the Theresa May s team branding. Back in comes the official but rarely deployed Conservative and Unionist party . That title at least gives some Venn diagram overlap with the DUP but questions persist over where else they might find accommodation. Jonathan Powell chief of staff to Tony Blair at the time of the Good Friday agreement was not the only person to question what this might mean for the Westminster government s duty to be neutral in Northern Ireland especially against the backdrop of a mothballed Stormont. Given the fascination during the campaign with Lib Dem leader Tim Farron s views on gay sex and abortion it s no surprise that the same scrutiny is now turning to the 10 DUP MPs. The answers (along with a tinge of climate change denial) might be no surprise either but are causing concern among some in a Tory party already rather rattled by their leader s unnecessary electoral self-own. Ruth Davidson: I asked for a categoric assurance and I received it . Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson a rare cheery Tory yesterday who saw the number of MPs in Scotland spiral from one to 13 tweeted that she was a Protestant Unionist about to marry an Irish Catholic partner Jen Wilson. She said she had received categoric assurance from May that gay rights would not be harmed by a deal with the DUP: I told her there there was a number of things that count to me more than party. One of them is country one of the others is LGBTI rights and I asked for a categoric assurance that if any deal was done with the DUP there would be absolutely no rescinding of LGBTI rights in the rest of the UK and that we would try to use any influence that we had to advance LGBTI rights in Northern Ireland. Davidson also labelled as B cks her asterisks not mine this is the Guardian a claim by the Telegraph that Scotland s Tories were set to go their own way in the wake of May s hubristic result. Also going nowhere for now are five key cabinet ministers. Shuffling the deck is hard when your hand is broken. Chancellor Philip Hammond home secretary Amber Rudd foreign secretary Boris Johnson Brexit secretary David Davis and defence secretary Michael Fallon all stay put. But May s closest aides Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill described by one anonymous cabinet minister as monsters who propped her up and sunk our party might not get one of her categoric assurances. The thornier question is whether the PM s own life cycle is longer than a mayfly. An optimistic reference in her speech to her ambition to over the next five years build a country in which no one and no community is left behind could prove to contain a glaring exception. With the rightwing press darting from cheering her efforts to crush the saboteurs by calling the snap election to she s had her chips in the hours afterwards allies might be harder to find than an ordinary person at a Theresa May campaign rally. Still someone has to turn up for those Brexit negotiations 10 days from now: the talks May said she was concentrating on so much she couldn t spare the time for TV debates. The talks she said would be fronted by Jeremy Corbyn if she lost six seats (she lost 13). The losers who won A big hand: Jeremy Corbyn at Labour party HQ. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters Who d make predictions these days but chances are it won t be Corbyn at those Brexit chats. Nonetheless the Labour leader who lost the election but emerges as the closest thing to a winner insisted he was ready to serve . A euphoric day for Labour (tempered by the occasional reality check that they were not the government) was dealt an extra dollop of homemade jam on Friday night when it took Kensington the Kensington one of London s richest if not evenly spread constituencies from the Tories by an elfin 20 votes. The stream of Labour MPs confessing to their own faulty polling predictions provided extra balm to Camp Corbyn. Here s Owen Smith last year s leadership challenger: I was clearly wrong in feeling that Jeremy was unable to do this well and I think he s proved me wrong and lots of people wrong and I take my hat off to him. So where did that Labour surge come from? Memes obviously and a canny social media strategy. But beyond that the answers were complex and indicative of a shrugging of the political landscape. There was the youth and student contribution. There was the fact that the disintegration of the Ukip vote did not land plumly in the laps of the Tories but sought out Labour too. There was the Labour manifesto and the malfunctioning Conservative version. There was Wales. There was even Scotland. Talking of which Continuing the theme of the day the SNP won the most seats in Scotland and simultaneously received a thrashing. In 2015 they scooped all but three of the 59 constituencies; the others were doled out neatly one each to Labour the Conservatives and the Lib Dems. Two years later the SNP took home 35 seats saying farewell to its biggest names on the way and witnessed Labour leap up to seven the Lib Dems to four and the Tories to an eye-rubbing 13. It wasn t all about talk of another independence referendum insisted Nicola Sturgeon while conceding it undoubtedly was a factor. Her deputy John Swinney thought the prospect of indyref2 was a significant motivator saying the SNP would have to be attentive to that . Nicola Sturgeon at Bute House: I have now gone 36 hours without sleep. Photograph: Russell Cheyne/AFP/Getty Images The Lib Dems too found that the promise of another vote wasn t a huge vote-winner. Twelve seats is mathematically a chunky boost to the eight they won in 2015 (there was a brief dalliance with a ninth but with Richmond Park returning to Zac Goldsmith after just six months in Sarah Olney s hands we ll skim over that). Twelve seats is not however the party of the 48%. Then again nor was May s result argued Farron a mandate for hard Brexit. Oh and a Ukip leader resigned. Plus ça change as Paul Nuttall probably wouldn t like me to say. At a glance: Caroline Lucas is sole glimmer of light on tough night for Greens. Pound recovers after sharp falls as political turmoil hits markets. Lesley Riddoch: Have we reached peak SNP? Don t count on it. Olympic officials would resist DUP demand for Team GB to be Team UK. Catch up with the Guardian s Election Daily podcast. Read these The BBC s political editor Laura Kuenssberg assesses the mood inside the Tory party: One minister predicted that slowly and reluctantly the party might rally round her. But sentiment in the party never scientific seems to be drifting away from allowing that situation to happen. Three MPs have publicly questioned her right to stay on. One senior Conservative told me she has to go suggesting she has a responsibility to the party to get the Queen s Speech through show the Conservatives can form the government and then she ought to move aside. Other MPs are gently exploring the possibility of submitting letters to the chairman of the 1922 committee 48 would be required to trigger a leadership contest. Another former minister told me: I just can t see how she stays. Play Video 2:35 Arlene Foster: DUP will look to bring stability to UK video In the New Statesman Patrick Maguire says the Tory-DUP alliance poses a challenge to the future of Northern Ireland s devolved legislature: The closeness of the government to the DUP in the last parliament led to James Brokenshire the Northern Ireland secretary taking lines that were frankly nakedly partisan on issues such as Troubles legacy prosecutions. This like the other points of disagreement between the DUP and Sinn Féin was supposed to have been dealt with by the Stormont House and Fresh Start Agreements of 2014 and 2015. Brokenshire s posturing won him few admirers among the nationalist cohort at Westminster. If Nigel Dodds ends up wielding considerable influence over the next Tory government he will have fewer still. There is very little trust and very little goodwill left on Sinn Féin s part towards the UK government and indeed its ability to broker a deal that saves the devolved institutions. Breakthroughs of the day A record number of women were elected to the House of Commons: 208. (That s only 32% though so still plenty of patriarchy left to ruffle.) Over half of MPs in the incoming parliament went to state comprehensives which is somehow staggeringly the first time that has happened. The Sutton Trust finds 51% went to comprehensives and 29% were privately educated. And 3% of all MPs went to a single school which was drumroll Eton. Preet Gill winning Birmingham Edgbaston became the first Sikh female MP; Tanmanjeet Dhesi in Slough is the first turban-wearing Sikh MP. There are now 52 minority ethnic MPs according to thinktank British Future which called it the most diverse UK parliament ever . And there is also a record number of LGBTQ MPs: at least 45. The day in a tweet Police Community (@PolComForum) Dear Theresa it s not the number of MPs that counts it s how you use them. You have to do more with less that s all June 9 2017 And another thing Like the snap election itself the Snap email briefing is now over. Console yourself by signing up here for the Guardian morning briefing instead; you can read the latest edition here. And one last thing Unlike many news organisations the Guardian hasn t put up a paywall we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. The Guardian s independent investigative journalism takes a lot of time money and hard work to produce. Here s how you can support it. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 6.17am BST 06:17 Today s Guardian editorial says Theresa May misjudged the electorate and a lot of people misjudged Jeremy Corbyn: What Mrs May and many others did not see was the mood for change among the British people. After seven years of fiscal austerity with deep cuts in public services and a steady fall in real wages millions of voters wanted a better and fairer way for Britain. Mrs May herself partially understood that as her embrace of the just-about-managing and her disapproval of greedy City executives showed. But she failed to turn those words into deeds. Instead she campaigned as an inflexible ironclad spurning debate parroting inane slogans insulting her opponents and botching her manifesto launch. It was an emotionally unintelligent campaign. At times it verged on the delusional and hubristic. And it ruthlessly exposed Mrs May s many failings Yet just as Mrs May squandered her advantage so Mr Corbyn seized his. He offered hope fairness and a better Britain. The party s ambiguity on Brexit one perhaps of accident rather than design helped attract ex-Ukip voters while simultaneously keeping remainers on board. It was all delivered by a leader who surprised not just the electorate but probably also himself with the warmth of the response to his authenticity and honesty. On the campaign trail and in the interview studio Mr Corbyn displayed all the empathy that Mrs May so singularly lacked. By the end of the campaign Labour was a revived and effective party. It was rewarded by a surge in votes that carried it to a 40% share of the ballots cast for the first time since 2001. Those who said Mr Corbyn was unelectable look foolish today. Although much uncertainty still exists about the party s capacity to work together Labour must try to do so. There must be a recognition that this is Mr Corbyn s party now. The Guardian view on the 2017 election result: a call for a different Britain | Editorial Read more Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 6.00am BST 06:00 It wasn t quite the Oscars La La Land/Moonlight fiasco but the announcement of the wrong winner as the Tories took Mansfield was results night s biggest gaffe (if you don t include calling a snap election in which the governing party loses its majority): Wrong election winner announced in Mansfield video Updated at 6.04am BST Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 5.30am BST 05:30 Richard Adams For the first time more than half of MPs elected to the House of Commons were educated in state comprehensive schools according to a round-up of MPs educational backgrounds published by the Sutton Trust. The new parliament will have 51% of MPs educated at comprehensives compared with less than half in 2015 while the proportion of MPs who were privately educated falls to 29%. Two-thirds of Labour MPs went to comprehensives along with 38% of Tory MPs. The shift comes as the Conservative party struggles with its manifesto commitment to open new grammar schools in England. The policy was pushed by Nick Timothy May s adviser but it failed to impress voters and was downplayed during the election campaign. Almost nine out of 10 of MPs are graduates with 23% having Oxbridge degrees and 29% attending other Russell Group universities. Oxford with 98 alumni in the https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/users/thoughtforquotes/ House has almost double Cambridge s 52. Sir Peter Lampl founder of the Sutton Trust said: If parliament is to truly represent the nation as a whole able people from all backgrounds should have the opportunity to become MPs. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 5.11am BST 05:11 While Theresa May will find in the DUP agreement on Brexit they are pro although Northern Ireland as a whole voted 56% to remain in the EU there could be flashpoints on other issues. The DUP manifesto made commitments to retain the pensions triple lock and universal winter fuel allowance both of which the Tories pledged to scrap. DUP leader Arlene Foster said she would resist any assault on the universal benefit in Northern Ireland. Updated at 5.11am BST Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.47am BST 04:47 Matthew Weaver Bernie Sanders has congratulated Jeremy Corbyn on Labour s performance in the general election. The Vermont senator who narrowly failed to win his bid for the Democratic nomination against Hillary Clinton in the 2016 race for the White House said he had watched the UK results coming in on Thursday and was very pleased about the party s showing. I am delighted to see Labour do so well the Vermont senator said in a Facebook post linking to a Guardian news story. He went on: All over the world people are rising up against austerity and massive levels of income and wealth inequality. People in the UK the US and elsewhere want governments that represent all the people not just the 1%. I congratulate Jeremy Corbyn for running a very effective campaign. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.28am BST 04:28 The Times editorial today is damning. Usually paywalled the editor has helpfully tweeted out a copy of the leader column that calls the current situation a national emergency : The Conservatives calamitous showing in the election has left Britain effectively leaderless at a moment when its fate depends on leadership. This crisis has been years in the making. Mrs May s party believes that government is in its DNA. Yet it has failed to win a majority in five of the past six general elections and it has left the country all but ungovernable as a consequence of two extraordinary miscalculations. The first of these was David Cameron s decision to proceed with a European referendum from which he had expected to be spared by continued coalition with the Liberal Democrats despite his failure to win from Brussels a meaningful renegotiation of Britain s relationship with the EU. The second was Mrs May s decision to call a snap election against the advice of her chief political consultant with a manifesto described by the former chancellor George Osborne as the worst in the party s history. Mrs May is now fatally wounded. If she does not realise this it is another grave misjudgment. More likely she is steeling herself to provide what continuity she can as her party girds itself for an election to replace her. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.03am BST 04:03 The poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy has written a poem for the election entitled Campaign. It appears on the front page of the Guardian this morning: In which her body was a question-mark querying her lies; her mouth a ballot-box that bit the hand that fed. Her eyes? They swivelled for a jackpot win. Her heart was a stolen purse; her rhetoric an empty vicarage the windows smashed. Then her feet grew sharp stilettos awkward. Then she had balls believe it. When she woke her nose was bloody difficult. The furious young ran towards her through the fields of wheat. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.44am BST 03:44 Anushka Asthana and Rowena Mason report that cabinet ministers and a string of Conservative MPs are demanding that Theresa May sacks one or both of her closest advisers: Several politicians told the Guardian that Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy who act as the prime minister s joint chiefs of staff in Downing Street must take responsibility for the poor result which saw the Tories lose their majority. The pair were at the centre of recriminations flying back and forth between MPs on WhatsApp groups and even resulted in one cabinet minister branding the pair as monsters who propped her up and sunk our party . Much of the anger centred on a manifesto policy on social care drawn up by Timothy along with Ben Gummer the Cabinet Office minister who lost his seat and policy chief John Godfrey which resulted in a humiliating U-turn that tightened the polls. When asked whether she was planning any personnel changes May said she was focusing on forming a government but said those matters were for another day. Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill leave Conservative Party headquarters on Friday. Photograph: Frank Augstein/AP Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.23am BST 03:23 The White House has issued a readout of the call between US president Donald Trump and Theresa May. It offered no explicit congratulations though it mentioned warm support for the PM: President Donald J Trump spoke today with prime minister Theresa May of the United Kingdom to offer his warm support regarding the election. President Trump emphasised his commitment to the United States-United Kingdom special relationship and underscored that he looks forward to working with the prime minister on shared goals and interests in the years to come. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 3.00am BST 03:00 Speaking on Friday to BBC Radio 4 s The World at One Jonathan Powell Tony Blair s chief of staff at the time of the Good Friday agreement said a deal with the DUP could threaten the peace process in Northern Ireland: I do think it s a mistake to go into government with the support of our friends in the DUP. Even John Major avoided doing that and the reason he avoided that is the peace process is based on a balance that the British government has made it clear it is neutral in Northern Ireland it doesn t take sides. Once you have their support you are no longer neutral. It matters for two big reasons. First we haven t managed to get the executive back up and running in Northern Ireland because of divisions between the two sides. The British government were trying to mediate between the two sides to get an administration up and running again and of course now it can t possibly have that role of mediating. And secondly I think it s a mistake because one of the big issues in the Brexit negotiations is the border between north and south. Now the DUP is a minority in its view about Brexit it s in favour of Brexit. This is going to be a very real problem. Whatever you put on a piece of paper you re living there with a minority government. That s dependent on the DUP. You get to a crucial issue and then they say: Remember what we want in terms of talks in Northern Ireland and the government has a choice. Do they say: We re not giving you that. We ll let the government collapse ? Or do they just bend a little on that issue it s just one small issue it doesn t matter? But beyond that the government can t possibly be seen as neutral on Northern Ireland now if it puts itself at the mercy of the DUP. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 2.38am BST 02:38 Nicola Slawson Labour has staged a major upset by taking Kensington one of the wealthiest constituencies in London from the incumbent Conservative candidate Victoria Borwick in a dramatic result 24 hours after polling closed. Emma Dent Coad the Labour candidate and local councillor overturned Borwick s 7 000 majority by just 20 votes. She took 16 333 (42.23%) of the vote compared with Borwick s 16 313 (42.18%) representing a swing of 11.11% to Labour. After the second count in the early hours officials were sent home to rest before the third and final count began at 6pm on Friday evening. Labour s Emma Dent Coad speaking after she was elected as MP for Kensington. Photograph: Rick Findler/PA Supporters for all the candidates made their way back to the Kensington town hall for the count although there was notably more supporters for Dent Coad. The Conservatives were said to have accepted they had not won earlier on Friday. There were also hints of the contest being a bitter fight between rich and poor with Borwick seen to represent the richer members of the constituency and Dent Coad the poorer. Borwick promised that the fight to win the seat back would begin on Saturday. The atmosphere was electric and emotional outside the hall where about 40 members of local community groups from some of Kensington s most marginalised neighbourhoods were waiting to give Dent Coad a hero s welcome as she walked out to greet them. After chanting her name the crowd fell silent to hear their new MP speak. She told them: Kensington has spoken. Always speak out never be silent again. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 2.15am BST 02:15 Claire Phipps Welcome to our fresh live blog as Saturday looms with Theresa May still in 10 Downing Street still prime minister but with an uncertain day week and month(s) ahead. On Friday in the wake of an election that wiped out her own majority a defiant May insisted she could provide certainty with a minority Conservative government relying on support from Northern Ireland s Democratic Unionist party and its 10 MPs. But her initial failure to recognise the scale of the setback or to commiserate with colleagues who had lost their seats in what many Tories see as an unnecessary electoral gamble has caused further irritation in the ranks. The prime minister was forced to address this in a later statement in which she did acknowledge that all was not rosy: I wanted to achieve a larger majority. That was not the result we secured. And I m sorry for all those candidates and hard-working party workers who weren t successful but also for those colleagues who were MPs and ministers and contributed so much to our country and who lost their seats and who didn t deserve to lose their seats. She also confirmed that her top five cabinet ministers chancellor Philip Hammond home secretary Amber Rudd foreign secretary Boris Johnson Brexit secretary David Davis and defence secretary Michael Fallon would stay in their roles. But pressure is growing on May to step aside herself or to sack her two key advisers Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill to whom many in the party attribute the car-crash campaign performance. We will have live updates on the live blog throughout Saturday. Join us in the comments or find me on Twitter @Claire_Phipps. Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close What Theresa May said: I have just been to see Her Majesty the Queen and I will now form a government. What she meant: I have made a terrible mistake and I am not going to admit it. What she said: A government that can provide certainty and lead Britain forward at this critical time for our country. What she meant: A government that will clear up after itself. The situation is critical because I called an election when I shouldn t have but I will now go into the reactor core and sort it out. What she said: This Government will guide the country through the crucial Brexit talks that begin in just 10 days and deliver on the will of the British people by taking the United Kingdom out of the European Union. What she meant: The Government not necessarily led by me. I tried to make the election all about me and you didn t like it so I am trying another tack. I am just one of the team. But seriously you think Boris could do better? Theresa May to remain Prime Minster after forming government with DUP What she said: It will work to keep our nation safe and secure by delivering the change that I set out following the appalling attacks in Manchester and London cracking down on the ideology of Islamist extremism and all those who support it. And giving the police and the authorities the powers they need to keep our country safe. What she meant: National security. Me. Safe. Not her Amber she just does what I say. Or him David Davis SAS man. He is in Brussels making sure there are sharpened pencils for the meeting. National Security. Me. Safe. What she said: The Government I lead will put fairness and opportunity at the heart of everything we do so that we fulfil the promise of Brexit together and over the next five years build a country in which no one and no community is left behind. What she meant: You thought I was going to announce I would be standing down as soon as a successor is elected. Absolutely right: in five years time. What she said: A country in which prosperity and opportunity are shared right across this United Kingdom. What she meant: The only reason socialism hasn t worked is that it has never really been tried. Read more Theresa May s incompetence has set women back What she said: What the country needs more than ever is certainty and having secured the largest number of votes and the greatest number of seats in the general election it is clear that only the Conservative and Unionist Party has the legitimacy and ability to provide that certainty by commanding a majority in the House of Commons. What she meant: It is a total disaster but if you think I m going to start apologising think again. I got the most votes and seats. It is not a win but I m at this lectern and you try to take it away from me. What she said: As we do we will continue to work with our friends and allies in the Democratic Unionist Party in particular. Our two parties have enjoyed a strong relationship over many years and this gives me the confidence to believe that we will be able to work together in the interests of the whole United Kingdom. What she meant: I ve done a deal with Arlene although she will tell her Free Presbyterians that she is negotiating hard with me and thinks it may be possible to get what they want (pork barrel mostly). What she said: This will allow us to come together as a country and channel our energies towards a successful Brexit deal that works for everyone in this country securing a new partnership with the EU which guarantees our long term prosperity What she meant: I have divided the country as never before and will channel my energies into horse-trading to try to stay in power. Minnie Driver s joy as Theresa May s future hangs in balance What she said: That s what people voted for last June. What she meant: They voted for me. Well they voted to get rid of David Cameron. Same thing. What she said: That s what we will deliver. What she meant: Me. More of me. Until at least Monday. What she said: Now let s get to work. What she meant: No questions. More about: General Election 2017 Theresa May DUP hung parliament Conservative Reuse content Breaking News It s hard to think of a fall more vertiginous a hubris more complete than that of Theresa May. Even Boris Johnson s self-immolation during last year s Conservative leadership contest had a certain predictability. It was hardly the first time he d shot himself in the foot. But with May it s different. She takes risks rarely and only after thorough consideration. She tends towards under-confidence not arrogance. How did she of all people end up recklessly gambling everything on what many voters clearly saw as an overly presumptuous and entitled referendum on herself and losing? How did Theresa May s election gamble fail? Read more The memory of Gordon Brown fatally bottling an early election clearly has something to do with it as does a hideously flawed campaign spent mainly hiding from voters. But that s not the whole story and in the gaps lies some explanation of why Theresa May is still clinging limpet like to power although few expect her now to do so for long. The seeds of this downfall were sown long before the election. For months Tory aides and MPs have been biting back complaints about May s co-chiefs of staff Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy but as power ebbs away from the prime minister they no longer have much to fear. Colleagues who for months felt compelled to put up with vituperative texts and treatment some regard as frankly intimidating now paint a picture of an inner circle by turns aggressive and defensive stubbornly resistant to advice and prone to driving away people who could have helped. It s all very well making yourself into this presidential figure but the risk is that everyone just leaves you to it. A lot of us were pretty quiet during the campaign because we took the view that It s all yours love says one senior Tory MP. Unfortunately that means there aren t many people to defend you when it gets difficult. Facebook Twitter Pinterest How the 2017 election night unfolded in 3 minutes An ex-staffer meanwhile says anyone bringing bad news was treated as unhelpful disloyal not Team May the behaviour if you spoke up was just so bad you shut up . Consultation on the manifesto was sketchy and once it became clear the campaign was misfiring few dared step in. Some wonder too if the slavish adoration of the Daily Mail and the Sun was ultimately unhelpful encouraging Downing Street to overestimate May s popularity. But the fatal mistake was surely not grasping how fundamentally the political landscape had been redrawn post-Brexit. The Conservative party did not collapse on Thursday: May s 42% share of the vote was not enormously far off initial expectations. What they missed was the scale in a two-horse race of the popular revolt that boosted Jeremy Corbyn s. Like Hillary Clinton May made her pitch primarily on grounds of competence presenting herself as the solid experienced-if-unexciting choice up against a volatile novice learning on the job . The U-turn over social care dented that reputation but overall she did a reasonable job of selling herself as the grownup in the room the quality that worked so well for her in the panicky meltdown days after the EU referendum. What Clinton should have told us however is that millions of voters don t want a grownup droning on about things they can t have: they want a leader willing to push the limits of the possible. Beneath the radar this had become yet another anti-establishment election in which the vicar s daughter could not have been a more establishment candidate; and Corbyn s team either spotted that sea change or got lucky. Along with most of the media and political classes May s apparently did not. In retrospect a candidate who likes to make a plan thoroughly in advance and then stick to it may have been unsuited to moving with volatile and fast-changing times. And that s one reason few Conservative MPs expect her to stay for the long term. Her authority is now drastically weakened: without a majority controversial policies from grammar schools to social care reforms are effectively dead in the water and Tory remainers are already demanding a rethink on Brexit. Many of us will be saying Well we tried the Ukippy thing and look what happened and we re not doing it any more says one well-placed ex-minster. I think the single market and freedom of movement decisions are all back in play. But Eurosceptics will resist furiously as may her new DUP partners. If a Tory working majority of 17 wasn t considered enough to get Brexit through how can she possibly do it now? The cabinet isn t pushing for her to go not least for fear that doing so now may risk handing the Downing Street keys to Jeremy Corbyn. But the growing expectation is that she will seek to consolidate the Tories grip on power by establishing an interim minority administration with the help of the DUP and then at a later date announce a timetable for her departure serving as caretaker prime minister until a successor is chosen. Anyone bringing bad news was treated as unhelpful disloyal not Team May so you shut up The speed with which Tory modernisers began sketching out conditions for revival rein in the hard Brexit talk sweeten the austerity gruel add a bit of what the former culture minister Ed Vaizey called magic dust and optimism suggests some hard thinking is already under way. What they re lacking is a candidate sufficiently disruptive and unconventional as one backbencher puts it to win what most assume will ultimately be a second general election against Corbyn before too long. (Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson would have to fight a Westminster byelection first; Michael Gove and Boris Johnson are mentioned http://www.sharenator.com/profile/thoughtforthedayquotes/ but that could feel like a re-run of last summer.) The potential for things to get spectacularly messy is obvious. Yet the fascinating thing about Thursday night s revolt is that subversive as it was in some senses it has brought us closer to the old status quo. The union teetering on the brink so recently may be safer now than for years with the prospects of a second independence referendum receding thanks to the SNP s losses. Brexit could yet be watered down. If young people are voting again that restores a generational balance we once took for granted. All the pieces have been thrown in the air again but they re falling into patterns that look oddly familiar. After the storm some calm? By now anyone involved in politics should be wary of making predictions. But perhaps the only thing left that could possibly surprise us is the return of the unsurprising.