an impending humanitarian emergency. at least 15 people have been shot dead in a bar in the south african township of soweto. voters injapan are choosing members of the country s upper house of parliament in elections overshadowed by the assassination of former prime minister, shinzo abe. and in the tennis defending champion novak djokovic faces nick kyrgios in the men s final at wimbledon later today. hello and welcome to bbc news. the battle to become britain s next prime minister is intensifying. nine candidates have now announced they will stand in the contest to replace borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party. the ukjunior trade minister penny mordaunt is the latest to come forward. she follows the former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt with both pledging to cut taxes. the foreign secretary, liz truss, is expected to declare in the coming days. our political correspondent, jonathan blake reports. the two newest entrants to the race are the
from vice chair liz cheney. we ll talk about how the justice department can handle that information now that it has been passed along. but with steve bannon now on to judge to do as of today, had incentive his contempt trial. president biden making his first trip to the middle east is present, on the ground in israel as we speak, that country prepares for yet another national election. what he is not saying about iran, and that key meeting with the saudi s, new this afternoon. plus, and abc news exclusive you only see here. one on one with an american freed from a russian prison. her advice to wnba star brittney griner, and what she is telling us about her own ties behind bars. i am hallie jackson in washington, with minnows nbc news sr. national political reporter, silas kapoor. justin corresponded key reporter for the washington post in front of the show, josh softy. good afternoon to all of you. let me start with you with the landscape on capitol hill. we have now hear
dry and sunny and again it is very warm, but not as hot, even in the south east term just dropping to around 27. as we head into the weekend, the heat really starts to build, not so much for scotland and northern ireland, as you can see, temperatures back into the mid 20s but across much of england and wales where we have the amber extreme heat warning from the met office and that is for sunday and monday and it could get extended into tuesday, in actual fact. could get extended into tuesday, in actualfact. in the could get extended into tuesday, in actual fact. in the strong sunshine the temperature is really climbing across much of england and wales and we have 36 in london and it could get even hotter. thanks darren. i hope you are wrong! and that s bbc news at ten on tuesdayjuly 12th there s more analysis of the day s main stories. including on the conservative leadership. that s on newsnight with kirsty wark which isjust getting underway on bbc two. the news continues