Three more conservative leadership candidates launch their campaigns to become the next Prime Minister. And the man who knew too much, was the half brother of kim jung un murdered in malaysia, because he was a cia informant . Hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. The two top guns in american president ial politics will face off today in iowa. It is the state that kicks off the us president ial election season with the Iowa Caucuses. Its also a swing state. In 2012, barack obama won iowa with 52 of the vote. In 2016, trump won the state with 51 . So a purple state, worth the fight. And todays dueling speeches perhaps give us a preview of what the race may look like. Donald trump has no challenger. On the democrat side joe biden is one of 24. But for now he is the frontrunner. And ahead of his Campaign Speech later today, he has been speaking to Community Workers in the town of council bluffs. President trump is in iowa today and i. Because. And
More conservative candidates have launched their campaigns to replace theresa may as party leader and become the next Prime Minister and brexit remains the defining issue. Andrea leadsom, mark harper and rory stewart are among the 10 candidates vying for the topjob. They all now face the first ballot on thursday, when conservative mps cast their votes. The result will be known by lunchtime. The candidates will be whittled down further in more ballots by tory mps, ending on the 20thjune when just two candidates remain. Then the conservative Party Membership gets its say they can vote from the 22nd june. The final result will be announced in the week ofjuly 22nd when we should have a new Prime Minister. Our deputy political editorjohn pienaar looks at their different pledges on how theyll tackle brexit. Good morning, mrjohnson. No time to talk, no time to comb his hair. The silence and that look are still working. Boris johnsons front runner for tory leader and the others are having to c
In the race to be pm. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. Two oil tankers hit by explosions in the gulf of oman dozens of crew members have been rescued. Almost three quarters of english hospitals miss nhs targets to treat Cancer Patients within two months. The british cyclist chris froome undergoes a six hour operation following a high speed crash on wednesday. Boris johnson has emerged as the clear frontrunner in the conservative leadership election, with more than a third of the votes cast by tory mps in the first ballot of the contest. The field of ten candidates has now been narrowed to seven. Here are the results, announced this afternoon by the 1922 backbench committee. Way out in front is borisjohnson, with 114 votes, followed by the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt on 43 votes, and the environment secretary michael gove who got 37 votes. In fourth place comes former brexit secretary dominic raab on 27 votes, then the home secretary sajid javid who got 23 votes, the Health Sec
Of one of the uks worst disasters in modern times. Captured on camera moments before britains champion cyclist chris froome suffered serious injuries in a high speed crash in france hes in intensive care after six hours of surgery. And coming up on bbc news. England striker toni duggan trains alone for the second day running, and may miss out with injury against argentina at the womens world cup tomorrow. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Boris johnson has overwhelmingly won the first round of votes to be the next conservative leader and the next Prime Minister. The former foreign secretary now seems almost certain to make it into the final two after picking up the support of 114 of his conservative colleagues. Ten candidates were in the running. Boris johnson was out way front followed byjeremy hunt and michael gove. Three candidates andrea leadsom, mark harper and esther mcvey didnt get enough support and were eliminated from the race, leaving seven mps to face more vo
Politicians. Trains cancelled as flooding hits parts of england. Take care, chris. Captured on camera moments before suffering serious injuries ina moments before suffering serious injuries in a high speed crash, britains champion cyclist chris froome is now recovering in intensive care after six hours of surgery. Intensive care after six hours of surgery. And President Trump causes a splash on twitter about his meeting with the prince of whales. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson good evening and welcome to bbc news. Boris johnson has overwhelmingly won the first round of votes to be the next conservative leader and the next Prime Minister. The former foreign secretary now seems almost certain to make it into the final two, after picking up the support of 114 of his conservative colleagues. Ten candidates were in the running. Boris johnson colleagues. Ten candidates were in the running. Borisjohnson was out in front followed byjeremy hunt and michael gove. Three candid