hello and welcome to bbc news. after weeks of debate, voting has closed in the conservative party leadership race. after 2 months of campaigning, and 8 initial candidates whittled down to 2, 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 is resilient. how will they handle soaring inflation? i borisjohnson s ejection from office injuly triggered a stampede of wannabe successors. tory mps had the job of picking two final candidates. sunak,
german utility giant uniper falls to the bottom of the stoxx 600 after the bailout application and fears rise france s finance minister tells cnbc the block must take precautions. you have to take all options into account that getting gas from russia is one of the key options. and elon musk mocks twitter on twitter taking to the platform to blame inaccurate user data for his attempt to terminate the $44 billion deal sending shares sharply lower in frankfurt. good morning happy monday welcome to street signs. let s get to the data on friday. all of the action dominated from the non-farm payrolls which came in higher. 372,000 which in a way was a bit of bad news for markets. they priced in a more aggressive fed tightening cycle we ll talk more about that on the show as far as the week is concerned, a positive week for equities not so much the case today a whole sea of red behind me all of the stoxx 600 is in the negative territory you see that behind me the basket as a
the soaring cost of petrol and diesel and the competition watchdog launches an investigation into the way prices at the pump are regulated. way prices at the pump are regulated- way prices at the pump are reaulated. , ., ., . and in the wimbledon men s semi final, britain s cameron norrie loses in four sets to novak djokovic. and coming up in half an hour, foreign correspondents based in london give an outsider s view of events in the uk in dateline. they share their impressions of the reasons for boris johnson s departure and the reasons for who and what come next. welcome to bbc news and apologies for my sneezing fit. really caught me unawares that time. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, and his deputy, angela rayner, have been cleared by durham police of breaking lockdown rules. the force was looking into an event last april during election campaigning, when sir keir was pictured drinking from a bottle of beer in the office of another labour mp. he d promised to resign
i believe she had top secret clearance. when she was found dead, everyone wondered, did her work cost her her life? i remember them telling me did she come into a lot of money she couldn t explain? maybe she was selling secrets? maybe. that s like out of a spy novel. what about other secrets? the personal kind. we knew they were having issues. right before they got married she found out that he was cheating. but somewhere out there was a stranger keeping secrets too. my data guy starts going through her facebook. she made reference to firearms in her social media. we saw that they were communicating her gas mileage. what a weird thing to do. a mystery that would drag on for months. and then, one final secret uncovered by science. you start peeling the layers back until the number is visible. hello and welcome to dateline. texas native karlyn ramirez grew up surrounded by friends and family, then moved east after joining the army. she had a j