we ll have the latest. good morning. the heat continues to build over the next few days. today it is looking dry, with strong sunshine, and it will feel very warm, especially in the south. i will have all the details throughout this morning s programme. it s sunday, iothjuly. our main story: eight candidates are now officially running in the conservative leadership contest, following a series of announcements from senior figures within the party. the former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, are the latest to come forward and the foreign secretary, liz truss, is expected to declare in the coming days. our political correspondent, jonathan blake reports. the two newest entrance into the race are the first to set out detailed plans, and both focus on economic policy. entrants. jeremy hunt, who lost a borisjohnson in the final two last time around, promises to council rise in corporation tax, and reduce it further. to cancel. he would also cut business rates
month on, the un want of a humanitarian emergency. now, with the storming of president rajapaksa s home, parliament s rajapa ksa s home, parliament s speaker rajapaksa s home, parliament s speaker has this message from the president. translation: he speaker has this message from the president. translation: he asked me to tell the country president. translation: he asked me to tell the country that president. translation: he asked me to tell the country that he president. translation: he asked me to tell the country that he would - to tell the country that he would resign injuly 13, wednesday, to ensure resign injuly13, wednesday, to ensure a peaceful handover of power. therefore there is no need to destabilise the country any longer. these protests have achieved the resignations of both the prime minister and president. resignations of both the prime ministerand president. but resignations of both the prime minister and president. but whoever takes over will inherit a humanitaria
the united states and the imf, so that talks on economic bailout package can resume. mark lobel, bbc news. voters injapan are heading to the polls in an election overshadowed by the assassination of the former prime minister shinzo abe. it s thought the ruling liberal democratic party, of which mr abe was the leading statesman, is likely to increase its seats in the wake of his murder. mariko oi is in tokyo with the latest. has only been two days since the shocking assassination of former prime minister shinzo abe, but today s elections are going ahead as scheduled and i m standing outside one of the polling stations which has been open since early this morning. usually a turnout rate is quite low, sometimes well below 50%. but since friday s attack, which happened during an election campaign, people have been calling on each other to go out and vote,