hi jintao, is mysteriously led out of the hall by officials. giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy s latest coalition government. she s the nation s first female prime minister, and its first far right leader since the second world war. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson has arrived back from holiday as the battle to replace liz truss as conservative leader and prime minister intensifies. mrjohnson s plane touched down at gatwick airport in the last hour. neither he nor rishi sunak have declared their candidacy only penny mourdant has officially put her name forward. but it s widely being seen as a battle between the former prime minister and the man who worked with him as chancellor. currently the bbc estimates 168 out of 357 tory mps have gone public with their support rishi sunak has passed the key threshold of 100 backers, borisjohnson has 46 and penny mordaunt 21. it s worth pointing out that these are
and getting the economy right, providing stability and clarity on people s pensions, on benefits, on mortgages, tackling inflation, getting those energy bills right. this is what rishi sunak does well. and this is why i d encourage all colleagues to support him immediately. so this was a significant political victory for rishi sunak. he s seen off borisjohnson, the man who made him chancellor, but who he fell out with spectacularly over the summer and helped bring down. trying perhaps to bury the hatchet, mr sunak last night praised mrjohnson and said. i truly hope he continues to contribute to public life at home and abroad. the other candidate in the race, penny mordaunt, says she s still pressing ahead. despite being far behind in public endorsements, she believes many borisjohnson supporters are likely to switch to her. michael fabricant already has. he said. her team said she was the unifying candidate who is most likely to keep the wings
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they might even move in later today. there are currently two candidates who have officially declared that they are running, rishi sunak and penny mordaunt. so far, 180 out of 357 tory mps have told the bbc who they ll be supporting. 155 of them are backing rishi sunak, and 25 penny mordaunt. if they both reach a hundred there will be a ballot of mps this afternoon, and then party members this week. when borisjohnson dropped out of the running at nine o clock last night, he said he had the backing of 102 mp5. there are some questions about whether that is the case. they have not all been public. the question