the world s fifth oldest zoo bristol zoo gardens is set to close its gates to the public for the final time, with the animals on the move to a new location. in tennis, for the first time in the open era, there are four british men in the third round of the us open. more on our sports bulletin at half past. hello and welcome to bbc news. after more than seven weeks of campaigning, the race to become leader of the conservative party and the new prime minister has entered its final hours. voting for party members to choose between rishi sunak and liz truss is due to close at five o clock this evening. the race started back on 7thjuly, when borisjohnson announced his resignation. byjuly 12th, the eight potential candidates for the top job were confirmed. conservative mps took part in five rounds of voting, to whittle the field down to the final two liz truss and rishi sunak. they then set off campaigning across the country, and taking part in tv debates and live hustings. t
also this lunchtime: president biden accuses donald trump and his supporters of threatening us democracy and the american way of life. the assassination attempt that failed a would be killer points a loaded gun at the head of argentina s vice president, but the weapon jams. and the animals moved out two by two after 186 years, bristol zoo is closing. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel: england have named their squad for the t20 world cup. butjason roy has paid the price for a poor summer with the bat he won t be going to australia. good afternoon. it is very nearly over voting in the conservative party leadership contest ends this afternoon. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a historic setting for a speech that pulled no punches, a prime time address from philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy. a way of life thatjoe biden says is under threat from donald trump and his supporters. we must be honest with e
contested races for senate and governor. and the 25-year-old is aiming to be the first gen z member of congress. plus, the politics of religion in the conservative candidates going to an extreme. the church is supposed to direct the government. the government is not supposed to direct the church. that is not how our founding fathers intended. i m tired of the separation of church and state dunk. that provocative discussion on faith in government. i am michael steele in for my friend jonathan capehart. and this is the sunday show. this sunday, if donald trump is not supposed to have it, that it is probably at mar-a-lago. on friday we saw the heavily redacted affidavit explaining why the fbi felt it was necessary to search trump s florida home. now we are learning that the office of the director of national intelligence is conducting a threat assessment, trying to figure out, the quote, potential risk to national security posed by trump s document hoarding. meaning the inte
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