of the hall by officials. giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy s latest coalition government. she s the nation s first female prime mnister and its first far right leader since the second world war. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson has arrived back from holiday as the battle to replace liz truss as conservative leader and prime minister intensifies. mrjohnson s plane touched down at gatwick airport in the last hour. neither mrjohnson nor rishi sunak have declared their candidacy; only penny mourdant has officially put her name forward. we understand the former chancellor is expected to announce his candidacy shortly. but it s widely being seen as a battle between the former prime minister and the man who worked with him as chancellor. currently the bbc estimates 168 out of 357 tory mps have gone public with their support. rishi sunak has passed the key threshold of 100 backers, borisjohnson has 46 and penn
keep up with all the cancellations and even if your train is cancelled, you re only really packed service. england s lionesses will face china and denmark at nicks your s world cup in australia and new zealand. next year s cup in australia and new zealand. next yea r s world cup in australia and new zealand. next year s world cup. good afternoon. rishi sunak has become the first leadership contender to secure more than 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 borisjohnson have dismissed claims that he has also secured the backing of 100 mps. mrjohnson flew home from a holiday in the caribbean overnight and is weighing whether to stand in the election. 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 1
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
the opportunity of rishi sunak and brentjonnson the opportunity of rishi sunak and brentjonnson meeting the opportunity of rishi sunak and brentjonnson meeting today the opportunity of rishi sunak and brentjonnson meeting today is the opportunity of rishi sunak and brentjonnson meeting today is being talked this evening as the race for the new conservative party leader gathers pace. the bbc understands they were due to meet face to face at 3:30pm this afternoon but that was delayed. my colleague says the meeting may still go ahead later. 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 ot
since the second world war. hello and welcome to bbc news. the possibility of rishi sunak and borisjohnson meeting each other today is being talked about this evening as the race to become the new conservative leader and prime minister gathers pace. the bbc understands they were due to meet face to face at 3:30 this afternoon but that was delayed although my colleague laura kuenssberg says the meeting may still go ahead later. mr sunak is the first leadership contender to secure the public support of 100 tory mps that s the number needed to enter the race. 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 mo