Within the next few minutes, the former conservative Home Secretary, James Cleverly, will try to win over his fellow conservative mps as he launches campaign to become leader of the party. Mr cleverly is one of the front runners to replace Rishi Sunak following the Conservatives Defeat atjuly s election. He is among six candidates vying for the job, and those candidates will be whittled down to four by the time of the conservative conference at The End of the month. After that, mps will carry out further rounds of voting to select two final candidates for the conservative members to choose between, with the result announced on 2nd november. Lets speak to our deputy political editor, vicki young, who joins us from westminster. Hello. Any hint as to what we are likely to hear from James Cleverly. I think he will talk about some specific policies. We can really say this Leadership Election has been rumbling along in the background over the summer. We have had a bit from all of the candida
of the group, but defending champions england have home advantage at st james s park. hello there. the us election campaign has moved into uncharted territory, after donald trump s criminal conviction. the former president, in a long and at times rambling speech, angrily attacked his opponents, claiming his trial was rigged. the biden campaign says the speech was confused and desperate. it follows mr trump s unprecedented guilty verdicts on all 3a counts over falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star. he ll be sentenced injuly and could face jail, though legal experts believe a fine is more likely. he made it clear he ll appeal. so, what impact could all this have on the presidential election in november? gary o donoghue has more from new york. the breaking news, donald trump, guilty. 3 the breaking news, donald trump, uuil . . , ., , guilty. a watershed moment in this nation s history. guilty. a watershed moment in this nation s history.
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