good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there are now six left standing in the tory leadership contest. rishi sunak and penny wouldn t lead the way in the race to become the next prime minister of the conservative mps cast their votes in the first round. there are now six people left standing in the tory leadership contest. today started with all of these candidates here still in the running they needed at least 30 votes to stay in. jeremy hunt and nadhim zahawi didn t get enough support and were eliminated. the next round will take place tomorrow. from westminster, here s our political editor, chris mason. the first moment of decision in determining who might be our next prime minister. determining who might be our next prime minister. a, ., ~ ,, ., ~ prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88- sunni liz prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni liz truss, prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni liz truss,
minister after leader and our prime minister after the first round of voting. there are now just six candidates the first round of voting. there are nowjust six candidates with enough support to stay in the race. nadhim zahawi and jeremy hunt have been knocked out. penny morduant and liz truss came second and third. also on the programme. protesters in sri lanka storm the prime minister s office, as demonstrations over the cost of living intensify. the security forces, the police and the armed guards they are nowhere to be seen at another public building in sri lanka has been occupied with the people. another train strike is announced around 40,000 rail workers will walk out for one day onjuly 27th. forest fires in france and portugal, as heatwaves grip europe. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a french inquiry points the finger at authorities and finds liverpool fans are blamed unfairly over the champions league final chaos in paris.