in the country. but ranil vickrema singha also warned, he would deal firmly, with what he called undemocratic efforts to topple the government. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sonia sodha the chief leader writer for the observer and giles kenningham political commentator & former conservative party press chief. welcome party press chief. back to you both. let s have a welcome back to you both. let s have a look at the front pages. and then there were two, the i newspaper focusses on the conservative leadership contest as rishi sunak and liz truss face tory mps in the final run off. this was the moment the result was read out. the penny s dropped reads the metro as trade minister ms mordaunt is eliminated from the race. according to the daily telegraph, the foreign secretary is the front runner to become prime minster the winner is to be announced in september. but the guardian says the tory party fears
was absent from today s cobra meeting discussing the heatwave. so let s begin. the heatwave, it is on the front of the sunday times, warning of chaos looming as we approach the big a0. and a warning from network rail not to travel on monday and tuesday. don t forget, this is the southern half of the uk, so i m sure anybody watching this programme further north is probably sitting thinking is lovely and hoping the sun will come out tomorrow. it is a crisis, we have never had an emergency to declare the because of the sea in the country, yes, we have had hot summers in the past, notably 1976, but this is serious, this is a0 degrees, we are not used to it, our infrastructure, our homes, ourjobs, our methods of getting around are not geared to it. we have to take it seriously. it is notjust for human beings and the fact our bodies can t cope with this, particularly if you doing any physical exertion, it is all the other things, like we haven t got schools and hospitals and houses
iran. in a context of tax cuts, is that the answer to what even ministers described as a cost of living crisis? in the studio, stephanie baker,. stephanie based living crisis? in the studio, stephanie based in london since the late 19705. and even has reported from all around the middle east and was a speech writer on the thin conservative leader david cameron s campaign ian. le5 began in the middle east. let s begin. joe biden is involved in this trip. then saudi arabia. what does he want from this visit, and what is he seeking from saudi arabia i think this is a trip that you could say he didn t want to trip that you could say he didn t want tu . ~ trip that you could say he didn t want t. . ~ , trip that you could say he didn t wantt , ., ,., want to make. it is controversial because mohammed s want to make. it is controversial because mohammed s record . want to make. it is controversial because mohammed s record oni want to make. it is controversial - because moh
this programme continues on bbc one. good evening. welcome to our weeknight newsnight extravaganza of interviews and intoxicating insight. here in the studio, a critical friend of the conservative party, the commentator tim montgomery, the former leader of the scottish labour party, kezia dugdale, and the uber pollster, luke tryl, the uk director of more in common. first, that debate in nottingham, only the second time sunak and starmer have shared a stage in the last five weeks. we ll show some of the most interesting bits, but was this the moment of the debate? interesting bits, but was this mr sunak, i think you made a fair job of being chancellor. but you re a pretty mediocre prime minister. sir keir, i think that that your strings are being pulled by very senior members of the labour party. are you two really the best we ve got to be the next prime minister of our great country? applause. there was just that moment, wasn t there kind of a whoa . your reaction to the deb