Afforded a home anyway. The warning just moments before a high speed crash during training thats left britains champion cyclist in intensive care after six hours of surgery. And a small whiskey. And the secret to a long life from britains oldest person gracejones who has died at the age of 112. Just a little drop every night in bed. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, rory mcilroy makes a strong start as golfs third major of the year gets under way. Well have the latest from the opening round at pebble beach. Good evening. Boris johnson has overwhelmingly won the first round of votes to become the next conservative leader and 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. Borisjohnson was way out in front followed byjeremy hunt and michael gove. Three candidates andrea leadsom, mark harper and esther mcvey didnt get enough sup
Battery acid at politicians. And at 11. 30, well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers dawn foster and lucy fisher stay with us for that. Good evening. Boris johnson has overwhelmingly won the first round of votes to become the next conservative leader and 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. 10 candidates were in the running. Borisjohnson was way out in 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 votes next week. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Who was it to be . Mps voting behind the gates of the commons. I shall be voting for boris. I will be voting for boris. Borisjohnson. The person who might beat boris is boris himself. Get used to seeing this room where the Tory
Was behind the attack on 2 tankers in the gulf of oman during a press briefing he called around a threat to International Peace and security in expects. Well the u. S. Secretary of state is placing blame for the incident regarding to oil tankers he says that the Islamic Republic of iran is responsible and that that is the position of the United States this is what we heard earlier from mike pompei oh it is the assessment of the United States government that the Islamic Republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of amman today these unprovoked attacks present a clear threat to International Peace and security a blatant assault on the freedom of navigation and in an acceptable campaign of escalating tension by iran now 2 oil tankers were involved along with 44. 00 crew members that were on board those oil tankers the incident took place near the strait of hormuz now at this point were hearing that one of the vessels of the front all tear was described as qu
Contaminated blood by the nhs. Hiding from the traffickers in a tent a special report on those caught up in modern day slavery in britain. Lukaku and scotland are floored by belgium in tonights European Championship qualifiers. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, the latest from the womens world cup, where the defending champions the usa have got their tournament under way. Good evening. Oxfam has been heavily criticised by the Charity Commission over the way it dealt with claims that some of its staff were involved in Sexual Misconduct while helping victims of the 2010 earthquake in haiti. The report by the charities watchdog says oxfam failed to investigate fully allegations that some staff may have sexually abused children while working in disaster zones. Oxfam has repeatedly apologised and today its chair of trustees described the episode as shameful. Manveen rana reports. Amid scenes of catastrophic damage, the earthquake in haiti in 2010 left hundreds of thousands dead and 1.
Dozens of survivors and relatives of victims of the grenfell fire are taking legal action in the us against three firms they blame for the tragedy. And at 11 30 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, dia chakravarty, the brexit editor at the telegraph, and the broadcaster, david davies. Stay with us for that. Hello, a very good evening to you. Theresa may is set to announce that the government will set itself ambitious new targets to cut Greenhouse Gases to net zero by 2050 to tackle Climate Change. In what will be one of her last major policies as Prime Minister, the uk will become the first major economy to set a zero target in law. Details of the policy will be outined tomorrow. 0ne senior climate negotiator has described the move as historic. But critics say the action is being taken too late and fear the target will never be met. Lets get some Immediate Reaction to that news which is just a breaking. Joining me now from salford is Craig Bennett from frie