Countries, after the failure of a hydroelectric dam. And india beat their arch rivals, pakistan at the cricket world cup, watched by an estimated billion people. And at half past 11 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers Nicola Bartlett the Political Correspondent for daily mirror and broadcaster John Stapleton. Stay with us for that. In a crucial week for the conservative leadership race, the candidates have gone head to head in their first televised debate. The eventual winner, to be decided next month by party members, will become Prime Minister. There are six candidates still in the running all of them men but the frontrunner, borisjohnson, refused to take part in tonights channel a debate, prompting his rivals to claim he was ducking scrutiny. Some of the sharpest exchanges came over brexit and whether it was right to suspend parliament in order to ensure withdrawal by the end of october. Heres our Political Correspondent, ben wright. He turned up. So did
October 31, no arguments. He wants this over and done with by october31, no arguments. He he wants this over and done with by october 31, no arguments. He wants to appeal to the hardliners in his party and the 160000 and hope that that woos them his ways. He was taken to task by a couple of his contenders, not the least rory stewart who i thought emerged as the most likeable, certainly. The audience like tim. He got a better round of applause than anybody else for anything he said. Round of applause than anybody else foranything he said. He round of applause than anybody else for anything he said. He said the parliament is not just for anything he said. He said the parliament is notjust the welding. You are trashing democracy, that was another thing he said. They said that if you tried to do it like that, it have legislature in the next door and you cannot Treat Parliament like that. Matt hancock says he will back borisjohnson to be next Prime Minister but he would had a different agen