100, more than 100 backers, then that vote will go out to the tory membership across the country, the vote will be online and hopefully we get a result by friday of this week. so that is where we stand so far this morning. you are watching bbc news. let s turn our attention to other world events now. xijinping has secured a third term as china s leader, at the end of a week long congress that reinforced his control over the ruling communist party. he s been re confirmed as the party general secretary which means he s almost certain to be re elected president in march. mr xi appeared in the great hall of the people in beijing alongside other members of the politburo standing committee the top decision making body. in brief remarks, he said the communist party would remain the strong backbone of the chinese people. translation: china cannot develop without the world, | and the world also needs china. after more than a0 years of unremitting efforts in reform and opening up,
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Yesterday a beaming Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh , and her daughter Lady Louise Windsor flung their arms round each other on meeting at Royal Windsor Horse Show.
The 20-year-old royal, who is 16th in line to the throne, arrived as a spectator at the Berkshire event on its final day, while her mother also attended.