elon musk, is going through with his bid to buy the company. shares were suspended as the news began to leak out. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster, david davies, and the broadcaster and writer, jemma forte. welcome to you both. let s dive straight into the headlines. the i, which leads with the headline tory open warfare and concludes the prime minister is in peril. the independent using the same photo, but with a wider shot, above its headline the pm is fighting to keep the cabinet in line as splits deepen. the metro also picks the same picture of the prime minister on a building site, but this time, opting with the lines made famous by the children s cartoon character bob the builder, asking, can she fix it? tory infighting also dominates the financial times, along with the story that elon musk agrees to pay $41; billion for twitter. the daily telegraph leads with an image of the home sec
we start this hour with some breaking news and a police spokesperson in indonesia says that at least 127 people have been killed after a riot at a football match in east java. this story is developing as we speak, but an official said most of the deaths happened when the crowd stampeded. our reporter, shelley phelps, hasjoined me with the latest details. what more can you tell us? this incident occurred what more can you tell us? this incident occurred after - what more can you tell us? ti 3 incident occurred after a football match. it was between two teams. the fighting is reported to have started when thousands of people rushed onto the pitch. the home team lost 2-3. the pitch. the home team lost 2 3. there is dramatic footage on social media where you can see people rushing onto the pitch. police have said 127 people have been killed and one health official have said people died of chaos, overcrowding, trampling and suffocated. large numbers of people reported to be in
said the authorities will re evaluate safety at football matches and consider not allowing spectators. this is after the stampede we think has killed 129 people. and the chief security minister is saying the football stadium was beyond capacity. our news reporter, shelley phelps, hasjoined me with the latest details. this happened on saturday night between arema and persebaya and when the home team lost, that is when trouble began because fans rushed onto the pitch. police said they began firing tear gas because they said it was a dangerous situation and they needed to control things. after the release of tear gas people began scrambling, trying to leave the stadium. the death toll now is a 129 people, many reported to have died because of trampling and suffocation. around 180 people have been hospitalised and is expected the fatalities will continue to rise. , , ., ., rise. lets bring in jonathan head. rise. lets bring in jonathan head- just rise. lets bring in jonathan he
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there are now six left standing in the tory leadership contest. rishi sunak and penny wouldn t lead the way in the race to become the next prime minister of the conservative mps cast their votes in the first round. there are now six people left standing in the tory leadership contest. today started with all of these candidates here still in the running they needed at least 30 votes to stay in. jeremy hunt and nadhim zahawi didn t get enough support and were eliminated. the next round will take place tomorrow. from westminster, here s our political editor, chris mason. the first moment of decision in determining who might be our next prime minister. determining who might be our next prime minister. a, ., ~ ,, ., ~ prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88- sunni liz prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni liz truss, prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni liz truss,
we begin in sri lanka where gotabaya rajapaksa has sent a letter formally handing over power to his prime minister, but stopping short of a resignation. our correspondent is in colombo with the latest development. we just had a statement from the office of president gotabaya rajapaksa, somebody that the protesters behind me, they have spent months camping out here in the centre of colombo, desperate for president gotabaya rajapaksa to resign and they blame him for this country s economic woes but we have had a statement from his office and it doesn t look like it is very clear exactly what he is planning to do. i have got the statement here. effectively he doesn t resign in this statement and he says that he is transferring the presidency to ranil wickremesinghe who is currently the prime minister, while he is out of the country, so this is a man who promised he would resign but he hasn t done that yet, and this is now leaving even more uncertainty, we are reading to the stat