and liz truss to become prime minister continues as former leadership rival tom tugendhat backs the foreign secretary. pope francis has said he may need to consider stepping down and would do so if his health meant that he could not serve in the way he should. and at the commonwealth games england sjohnboy smith wins the wheelchair marathon after fellow countryman david weir suffers a puncture. the anticipation is growing, the excitement is building by this time tomorrow we should know whether the lionesses have managed to win england s first major international football trophy in more than half a century. the team take on germany in the women s euros 2022 final at a fully sold out wembley stadium tomorrow, kicking off at five o clock. england beat pre tournament favourites spain and europe s top ranked team sweden on their road to the final. but our reporter matt graveling, who was at the stadium earlier watching the lionesses put the finishing touches to their prepara
speaking to someone who knows who i am, and i m trying desperately not to come across as rude. the messages continue. the former mp then replies, asking who it is he s talking to. charlie falsely says he used to work in the office of another mp. he later sends a sexually explicit image, and the former mp blocks the number. the questions now are how widespread this is, who is behind it and whether the attackers got hold of any useful information. we ve seen another series of messages sent to a political journalist from the same number and following a similar pattern. according to the website politico, which first reported the claims, at least 12 people with connections to westminster have been targeted. this wasn tjust, as i d thought, someone being stupid and doing something that they d regret the next day. maybe this is something more sinister than that, potentially malicious. we tried to call the number associated with the messages, but nobody picked up. a parliamentary spo
At seven well be speaking to aidan mcquade, whos director the of anti slavery international, about the growth of modern day slavery. Well also have more on the war of words between the United States and north korea with a report from the us Pacific Island territory of guam, threatened by pyongyang. And we find out more about the dark history of a tiny scottish island which has now been put up for sale. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Marriage toepfer sports day. Hello, and welcome to sportsday, im 0lly foster. Its day seven at these championships, three more gold to be one and it will be isaac friday in but one if he can take the 200 metres title. The highjump but one if he can take the 200 metres title. The high jump that Katerina Johnson thompson down in the highjump can she qualify in the individual final. And im Nick Marshall mccormack in salford with the rest of the days sport, including Rory Mcilroys bid for his third uspga title in North Carolina. Well have the latest from quail ho
In railfares forfour years, as inflation hit 3. 6 more than 300 people have died and thousands have been made homeless by Devastating Mudslides in sierra leone. The Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Fire will examine the response of the authorities, and refurbishment of the tower but not wider social problems. And, A Star Is Born . When the leading lady fell ill, molly from the cloakroom stepped in and won rave reviews. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at 5. The government has confirmed it wants to negotiate a temporary Customs Relationship with the european union, to be in place after the uk leaves the bloc. The Secretary Of State for exiting the eu, david davis, says the deal would prevent Trade Disruption until a permanent settlement could be reached. The Eu Commission says it will study the proposals, co ordinator, guy verhofstadt, said that to be in and out of the Customs Union is a fantasy. This report from our Political Correspondent laila nathoo. Her report contains flas
The fault of new labour. I was a corresponded in the 1980s, who introduced a target for 15 of 18 year olds going to university . It was a man called Kenneth Baker and lady thatcher. Thats it for the papers tonight. Dont forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. Its all there for you seven days a week. Thats all from us. Next up, its sportsday. Goodbye. Hello and welcome to sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. Coming up on this programme liverpool will take a 2 1 lead into next weeks second leg of their Champions League play off against hoffenheim. Maria sharapova will play at a grand slam for the First Time Since her drugs ban ended as shes given a wild card for this months us open. And england and edgbaston preparing for their first day and night test match and trying to get to grips with the pink ball. Pink ball. Hello and welcome to the programme. Lets start with the Champions League this evening. Five time european cup winners liverpoo