more children could die. i ll be joined by correspondence to discuss the conservative leadership contest in the crisis in ukraine and the departure from iraqi politics. stay with us on bbc news. hello and welcome to bbc news. after weeks of debate, voting has closed in the conservative party leadership race. after two months of campaigning, and eight initial candidates whittled down to two, we ll find out on monday whether liz truss or rishi sunak has been chosen by party members to be the next leader and so prime minister. here s our political correspondent ben wright: after a long, rancorous campaign, it s now time to count the ballots. just 160,000 tory party members are picking their next leader, the next prime minister. and the challenges facing them are huge. they were spelt out today by the current chancellor. he is backing liz truss, presumed frontrunner. there are no easy options. we have war on our continent. we havejust come through a pandemic. but this economy i
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