Formally announce their candidacy. At the china congress, president xis Predecessor Hi Jintao is mysteriously led out of the hall by officials. Giorgia meloni has been officially sworn in as the Prime Minister of italy, she is the nations first female leader, and the first far right leader since the second world war. Summoned to give evidence under oath former us President Donald Trump is called by the Committee Investigating last years attack on the capitol building. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Boris johnson will arrive at Gatwick Airport shortly as the battle to replace liz truss as conservative leader, and Prime Minister, intensifies. Officially neither he nor rishi sunak have said they definitely want the role. 0nly Penny Morduant has officially declared. But its widely being seen as a battle between the former Prime Minister and the man who worked with him as chancellor. Currently the bbc estimates 163 out of 357 tory mps have gone public wit
formally announce their candidacy. at the china congress, president xi s predecessor hi jintao is mysteriously led out of the hall by officials. giorgia meloni has been officially sworn in as the prime minister of italy, she is the nation s first female leader, and the first far right leader since the second world war. summoned to give evidence under oath former us president donald trump is called by the committee investigating last year s attack on the capitol building. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. boris johnson will arrive at gatwick airport shortly as the battle to replace liz truss as conservative leader, and prime minister, intensifies. officially neither he nor rishi sunak have said they definitely want the role. 0nly penny morduant has officially declared. but it s widely being seen as a battle between the former prime minister and the man who worked with him as chancellor. currently the bbc estimates 163 out of 357 tory mps hav
some mps who have already said publicly that they would find it difficult to support a government headed by borisjohnson. equally, there are those, most of them in the johnson camp, who are saying mr sunak was responsible for bringing mrjohnson down, we can argue that, not getting into that argument, that s what they said, and blame rishi sunakfor that s what they said, and blame rishi sunak for the fact that public spending and taxation is as high as it is, and they don t want to see him becoming prime minister. therefore, we are asking ourselves whether or not either of these two persons could unite the conservative party. whether or not the divisions of the party will be perpetuated as well be on the divisions of this contest, and also, if either of these candidates can provide the country with a stable and effective government, and can retain the confidence of the house of commons. the edge of the cliff that is facing
this is bbc news, these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the contest for the conservative leadership three front runners emerge. including the recently ousted boris johnson. supporters of former chancellor, rishi sunak, say he s gained the backing of enough mps to make it to the next stage he has already, through public declarations that have been tallied up, broken through the 100 threshold for nominations. boris johnson flys back from holiday in the caribbean after telling an ally he s ready to enter the race the leader of the commons, penny mordaunt, is the only person to
oversee the conservative leadership election as party chairman, i travelled round the country to over 80 different constituencies, and what i heard from party members and people in the street in the length and breadth of the country is that they thought mps had been wrong to get rid of boris, boris on the ballot. that can happen over the summer, he had resigned, that contest is between liz truss and rishi sunak, but now there is an opportunity for boris to put himself forward, and that is what i m encouraging him to do. the mp for basingstoke, dame maria miller, is supporting penny mordaunt in her efforts to become party leader and prime minister. i m backing penny because she is the candidate i think are not only bring the conservative party together but also the whole country. she has a proven track record working across eight departments in her 12 years in parliament, and i think that