Boris johnson, the frontrunner for the tory leadership, says he will take part in a bbc tv debate with other contenders. Mrjohnson gave his first broadcast interview since the contest started, saying brexit must take place on time. It needs to happen by october sist. And we need to get on and do it. Hell now face five other candidates for the topjob a sixth, Health Secretary matt hancock, today withdrew from the race. Well bring you all the latest in the contest to be the countrys next Prime Minister. Also tonight. Symbols of peace survivors and bereaved families mark the anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, two years on. Heightened tensions over two damaged oil tankers in the gulf of oman the us releases a video showing, it says, Iranian Forces at work. 20 years after teenager Margaret Fleming went missing, a couple who were her carers are convicted of her murder. And englands women are through to the next stage of the world cup after beating argentina. And coming up on sportsday o
Louis 0osthuizen with him at six under par. Ian carter at pebble beach, thank you. England have eased past the west indies beating them by eight wickets in the cricket world cup at southampton. Englands bowlers were on top from the start. Despite being dropped early, dangerman chris gayle only managed 36 before he was caught in the deep off the bowling of liam plunkett. The windies steady themselves until part time bowlerjoe root struck twice to remove Shimron Hetmyer and jason holden, the windies all gone for 212 in the end. The only worry for england were the injuries to opener jason roy and captain eoin morgan. They both left the field and didnt bat. But no worries for the run chase, though. Joe root scored his second hundard of the tournement as he replaced jason roy at the top of the order. And ben stokes finished the job with a four to win the game. Next up for england, afghanistan on tuesday. He is not the highest run score in a tournament. He has scored 200s. He is such an impo
We go about things. That is a key pa rt we go about things. That is a key part about maintaining against teams like afghanistan. They are a strong side. I said like afghanistan. They are a strong side. Isaid previous like afghanistan. They are a strong side. I said previous to the tournament, there will be teams in the world cup that have not managed to do that yet, so that makes tomorrow a challenge. England had to train indoors today. They occupy one of the four semifinal spots england favourites, remember. Bangladesh up to fifth, just behind morgans side but having played a game more. India and new zealand the only unbeaten sides, with australia top. England play all three in their final group matches. Not to the womens world cup. Now to the. The hosts france had already qualified for the knockout stage. They played nigeria in theirfinal group game tonight, hoping to produce a result which would underline their credentials, having scraped past norway last time out. Sarah mulkerrins
The expansion of a controversial pipeline despite protests from indigenous communities and environmentalists. And hundreds of thousands are displaced in the democratic republic of congo further complicating the fight against. Fellow donald trump has officially launched his campaign to be reelected as the president of the United States speaking had a launch in the key state of florida trump attacked his political opponents and doubled down on his Campaign Promises from 2016. Were going to keep it better than ever before. And that is why tonight i stand before you to officially launch my campaign for a 2nd term as. Our White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett has more from the Campaign Launch in florida. Oh as donald trump officially kicks off his 21. 00 to the election big year you know landover not even notice that this is going to be an Honest Movement one that starts in a very competitive battleground state and continues to spread across the country donald trump argues that there w
A major Global Survey has found that Public Confidence in life saving vaccines is now at an all time low. And, Financial Markets worldwide keep a close eye on the fed, to see if the Us Central Bank is poised to cut interest rates. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. There is so much to talk about today. And you can be part of the conversation. Did you tune in to the latest tv debate between the tory leadership candidates . If so, tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. President trump has taken to the stage in orlando in florida to officially launch his bid for re election in 2020. With the new slogan keep America Great he claimed the us economy was the envy of the world and he prompted his 20,000 supporters to boo what he said was the fake news media. Gary 0donoghue reports from orlando. 503 days to go into americas next president selection, but donald trump is already heading off to do what he