hello and welcome to westminster. conservative mps will cast their first vote today for who they want to replace borisjohnson as party leader and prime minister. let s take a closer look at the timetable for today.there are eight candidates through to the first round of voting each one of them needs to secure 30 votes today to stay in the race. the poll opens at 1:30 the electorate is made up of conservative mps. we are expecting a result at about five o clock. to be announced, as before, by graham brady, the chairman of the conservative backbench 1922 committee. further votes will take place over the next few days in order to whittle the number of candidates down to two. let s get more from our political correspondent ione wells. i can report that we have eight candidates, duly nominated. and then there were eight. one of these candidates will be the next prime minister, having secured the backing of at least 20 tory mps. the former chancellor, rishi sunak, the attorney ge
is taking aim at more than scotland s historic st andrew s course. it may look more like an oil rig and an oil painting but this former north sea platform standing more than 100 feet high is being brought into weston super mare to become a major art installation. fix, into weston-super-mare to become a major art installation. major art installation. a pleasantly warm day for major art installation. a pleasantly warm day for many, major art installation. a pleasantly warm day for many, feeling - major art installation. a pleasantly warm day for many, feeling a - major art installation. a pleasantlyj warm day for many, feeling a good deal more comfortable than of late. it continues in the south east of england. the full forecast coming up here on breakfast. it s wednesday, the 13th ofjuly. our main story. conservative mps will cast their first vote today for who they want to replace borisjohnson as party leader. eight candidates are left in the race to become the next prim
Launching their campaigns for the weeks to come and setting their pitch to voters. Political correspondent harry farley has this report. The campaign is off to a jet setting start. Rishi sunak met supporters in a Biscuit Factory in derbyshire before a trip to a brewery in barry and then to inverness, where he highlighted signs that he says the economy is turning a corner. Inflation has returned to normal. Wages have been rising faster than prices. The economy is now growing at a healthy rate. And thats why now is the right time to talk about our future. And my view is we need to have leadership that can provide a clear plan, take bold action to deliver a secure future for everyone in scotland and across the country, especially in these uncertain times. Sir keir starmer will also be in scotland later, as the campaigns spread across the length and breadth of the uk. The cost of energy will be a point of division today, with labour promising to bring down energy bills for good. You vote l
Its wednesday the 25th of october. A United Nations agency which looks after Palestinian Refugees has warned it could stop its work in gaza tonight if it doesnt receive urgent deliveries of fuel. Last night, eight trucks carrying food, water and medicine crossed the rafah border between egypt and gaza, but israel has banned fuel from entering the territory, saying hamas would use it for military purposes. Hamas is designated as a Terrorist Organisation by many western governments, including the uk. There are now growing International Calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting, to allow aid to reach gazas residents. 0ur middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the latest. The slow trickle of aid. Just eight lorries carrying water, food and medicine made their way into gaza last night. But whats not getting in is fuel. Hospitals are struggling. Here, medics use their phones to light the way as a patient arrives, as theres no fuel for generators and theyre overwhelmed by casualties
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