we ll have the latest. good morning. the heat continues to build over the next few days. today it is looking dry, with strong sunshine, and it will feel very warm, especially in the south. i will have all the details throughout this morning s programme. it s sunday, iothjuly. our main story: eight candidates are now officially running in the conservative leadership contest, following a series of announcements from senior figures within the party. the former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, are the latest to come forward and the foreign secretary, liz truss, is expected to declare in the coming days. our political correspondent, jonathan blake reports. the two newest entrance into the race are the first to set out detailed plans, and both focus on economic policy. entrants. jeremy hunt, who lost a borisjohnson in the final two last time around, promises to council rise in corporation tax, and reduce it further. to cancel. he would also cut business rates
is unshakeable as he arrives there on his first middle east tour. protestors gather in washington to demand more action on gun legislation as newly released video of the texas school shooting sparks more anger about the police response. welcome to newsday. it s sevenin the morning in singapore, and four thirty in the morning in sri lanka where president gotabaya has not honoured his promise to resign. he flew out of the country, to the maldives, about 2k hours ago. but in a public letter, he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state while he was absent. that s led to anger among protestors, who wanted both men to quit. meanwhile, a curfew is in force and the prime minister and now acting president ranil wickremesinghe has told the military to do whatever is necessary to restore order. from colombo, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. their target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime
hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are aubrey allegretti, political correspondent at the guardian, and former trade minister lord digbyjones. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the telegraph leads on penny mordaunt pushing liz truss into third place in the conservative leadership race. so does the i, which says the trade minister is rattling her rivals. the times predicts she may even be the ultimate victor of the contest, with her grassroots popularity outstripping rishi sunak s. meanwhile, the mail says the tory right was under pressure to get behind third place candidate liz truss. the sun focuses on the narrowing race with the headline the six factor . the mirror has a different spin by accusing the candidates of ignoring the cost of living crisis, claiming people are using washing up liquid to clean their hair. meanwhile, the ft says inflation in the us is piling the pressure on the federal reserve, and he
nine tory mps are now in the contest to become the next party leader and prime minister. under scrutiny are their policies on tax. vying for the keys to number ten and the key question are tax cuts the way to revive the economy? if we don t have the tax cuts, we won t get the growth. what you need is smart tax cuts that will grow the economy. of course we ve got to pay - for all the different things we do, but i have a plan to pay for it, and that s to reduce i the cost of the state. also on tonight s programme. a russian attack in ukraine is reported to have killed 15 people at a block of flats many others are feared trapped. scotland records its hottest day of the year so far as much of the uk also swelters in the sun. and novak djokovic wins a gruelling four set match to gain his seventh wimbledon title. every single time it gets more and more meaningful and special, so i m very blessed and very thankful to be standing here with a trophy. good evening. nine conserv