0ur political correspondent tony bonsignore reports. she may not be a household face yet but in less than two months, penny mordaunt could be our next prime minister. her rapid rise she s now one of the front runners to reach the final two is unsettling some of her political opponents. they re questioning her views on transgender issues, claiming she s too woke to be party leader. but today, the former defence secretary hit back. we all know what s going on and as i say, this is the type of toxic politics that people want to get away from. the poor british public have a month of this to go. they ve got a month of us choosing their prime minister. questions also remain over whether some of the five remaining candidates have the experience to lead the country a point made this morning by a prominent backer of the foreign secretary, liz truss. we re not electing a leader of the conservative party that has
been captured in may, in the besieged city of mariupol. in the video, he urges borisjohnson to use any influence he has with president putin otherwise, he says, he faces the death penalty. people living near the site of a plane crash in greece have been told to stay indoors because of fears that toxic chemicals may have been on board. the plane was on its way from serbia tojordan when it crashed near the town of kavala. authorities have now confirmed that it was carrying weapons and that all eight people on board died in the crash. back here, penny mordaunt, one of the conservative mps hoping to be the next prime minister, has said that the leadership contest is being dragged down by toxic politics . she said a number of smears against her had appeared in newspapers, but she wanted to focus on issues that matter to voters. it comes ahead of another tv debate between the five candidates this evening. 0ur political correspondent tony bonsignore reports.
have kind of invested in other parts of the sport as well, we have a gold medal on the momentum back in, two goals in bmx and there are more medals to come, it is perhaps not the dominance we have seen in the last three or four good to talk to you, thank you for your time. thank you. labour says the government s policy on international travel is in total chaos after proposals for a new amber watchlist were abandoned. the list would have allowed holidaymakers to see which countries were in danger of being put on the government s red list which would mean having to quarantine in a hotel on their return. travel firms opposed the idea, but the government has denied it s made a u turn. tony bonsignore reports. holiday makers want to go. the travel industry
on their return at their own expense. travel firms opposed the idea, but the government has denied it s made a u turn. tony bonsignore reports. holiday makers want to go. the travel industry wants to take them. the problem though is there are concerns over covid cases in countries like spain and greece. the idea of an amber watchlist was to warn travellers about those countries currently on the amber list but that are in danger of turning red. if that happens, it would mean a forced stay in a quarantine hotel at the traveller s own expense. it was an idea discussed by ministers but that s now been ditched. we ve looked at the various options. on balance we think the system has to be simple enough. but, you know, it is difficult to tread that careful balance and that s what we re trying to do. but we definitely want to open up travel. airlines are relieved. it s a victory for common sense. the last thing we needed was another category in the
jason kenny becomes briton s most decorated olympian of all time the silver in the sprint. coming up on the bbc news channel: a bronze in the diving for team gb s jack laugh. the yorkshireman took third place behind a china one, two, in the three metre springboard final. labour says the government s policy on international travel is in total chaos, after proposals for a new amber watchlist were abandoned. the list would have allowed holidaymakers to see which countries were in danger of being put on the government s red list, which would mean having to quarantine in a hotel on their return. travel firms opposed the idea, but the government has denied it s made a u turn. tony bonsignore reports. holiday makers want to go. the travel industry wants to take them stop the problem is there are