a million and a half households are without power following a new wave of russian attacks. and england s lionesses will face china and denmark at next year s women s world cup in australia and new zealand. good afternoon. rishi sunak has become the first leadership contender to secure 100 public declarations of support from mps. the former chancellor has yet to announce whether he will launch a fresh bid for the top job after losing to liz truss over the summer. rivals of boris johnson rivals of borisjohnson have dismissed claims that he has also secured the backing of 100 mps. mr johnson has flown home from holiday in a caribbean overnight. so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign, but she is lagging behind the two men. hopefuls have until monday afternoon to find 100 backers. 0ur political correspondent helen catt has more. are you running for leadership? he s got the numbers to get on the ballot paper. and rishi sunak is expected
cancellations. even when you re training isn t cancelled, you are often on a really, really packed service. and england s lionesses will face china and denmark at next year s women s world cup in australia and new zealand good afternoon. rishi sunak has become the first leadership contender to secure the public support of 100 tory mps that s the number needed to enter the race to be the next conservative leader and prime minister. but he s yet to announce publicly whether he will bid for the top job after losing to liz truss last month. meanwhile, borisjohnson has flown home from a caribbean holiday, as his supporters claim he now also has 100 mps backing him, although others have said this is hogwash.’ so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas has more. are you running for the leadership? he was tight lipped this morning but rishi sunak clearly has a well of support among conserv
We are live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Good evening. We begin with Breaking News for the First Time Since that barbaric Terror Attack in israel. The president of the Palestinian Authority is condemning the killing saying, quote, the actions of hamas do not represent the Palestinian People. In the meantime, the death toll has now risen to over 1,400, including 30 americans. Sources now tell cnn that israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who has invited President Biden to visit, even as Israeli Forces prepare for a massive ground offensive. At this hour, troops continue their suffocatiing blockade of the gaza strip. Israeli Defense Forces say they have killed one hamas defender today amid a barrage of some 250 strikes across gaza. You can see much of the rubble there. We are hunting hamas comm commanders everybody from the butcher, the political leader, and everybody down from him, are dead men walking. Weve been able to kill quite a few hamas commanders, som
it isa it is a historic stay at the women s world cup with two teams reaching the last 16 for the first time ever, one having crowdfunded their trip. south africa s price was delivered in dramatic circumstances. an injury time winner gave them a 3 2 victory over italy in just their second appearence at the tournament, as sweden beat argentina to clinching top spot in the group, setting up a mouth watering last 16 clash with the usa. alex fletcher rounds up the action for us. two sides from different continents and with different cultures. south africa ready to do battle with italy in wellington. 0nly africa ready to do battle with italy in wellington. only one place in the knockouts up for grabs and italy make the perfect start. caruso keeping her cool from 12 yards. but the underdogs were gifted a route backin the underdogs were gifted a route back in before the break. back in before the break. that s a terrible backpass! back in before the break. that s a terrible backpass! what