Vaughan gething and the education ministerjeremy miles. They have both been competing to succeed the leader. Lets go straight now to the senedd and listen. So leader. Lets go straight now to the senedd and listen. Senedd and listen. So its only fittin senedd and listen. So its only fitting that senedd and listen. So its only fitting that we senedd and listen. So its only fitting that we are senedd and listen. So its only fitting that we are here senedd and listen. So its only fitting that we are here for senedd and listen. So its only} fitting that we are here for the results of the Welsh Labour Leadership Election and the start of a new era for labour in wales. Both candidates in our Leadership Race candidates in our Leadership Race can be proud of the campaigns they have run. Write it and how we can put the values of our movement into action in the senedd, improving lives across wales. And i know the winner will work quickly to form an administration that focuses on the priorities of
and 18,000 miles in an electric car. stay with us here for and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. the fallout from baroness mone s interview with the bbc yesterday, in which she admitted lying about how she and her family stood to profit from a government contract to supply ppe during the pandemic, continues. claim and counter claim have been flying around today. the prime minister insisted he s taking the allegations against michelle mone extremely seriously. she replied, what s the pm talking about, he knew about her involvement all along. a former tory health minister thenjoined in, saying she didn t tell him about it. the company run by baroness mone s husband, ppe medpro, made £60 million profit from its contract with the government. 0ur political editor, chris mason, has the latest. a pandemic strikes. suddenly, gowns and masks personal protective equipment, pp
elected as leader of the conservative party. politics comes at us rather fast these days, doesn t it? this autumn s second new prime minister inherits a nightmarish soup of political and economic gloom. he moves in there tomorrow to try and sort it out. we ll have more from chris, in this extended edition of bbc news at ten, as we consider the prospects for a sunak premiership. at westminster the main opposition parties are united on the demand for a general election, so that millions of voters can have their say. labour thinks that we should be having a general election. i think everybody who i ve spoken to, the public, have said we should be having a general election. there is no mandate now. he should call an early general election. he s the second person in a row to be appointed as prime minister by tories, not elected by the population. mr sunak s rapid advance is a significant moment for politics. he s the first british asian to become prime minister. and we ll be askin
a pay rise for two or three years. the more the strikes go on, the more money that costs the industry, the more disruption it causes. that means i have less money available to make a pay award. it makes it harder to get a deal. the european union is expected to approve ukraine as a candidate for membership when it meets in brussels later. borisjohnson arrives in rwanda for a meeting of the commonwealth s heads of government with food security, climate change and the government s migrants policy expected to be on the agenda. the american artistic swimmer anita alvarez has been rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach, after fainting following her routine at the world aquatics championships. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. afghanistan s taliban rulers have urged aid agencies and other countries to intensify relief efforts after an earthquake that s believed to have killed a thousand people. un agencies are rushing to get emergency she
Place on ajuly. Today, Party Leaders have hit the Campaign Trail, delivering their message to voters across the uk as the countdown to polling day begins. The Prime Minister rishi sunak said only the conservatives can offer security and economic stability, while The Labour Leader sir keir starmer promised an end to what he called 14 years of decline and chaos under the tories. And he promised to rebuild the country. Well be live on the Campaign Trail in a moment or two, will talk to the people political 30s as well. Meanwhile, nigel farage said he wont be standing for reform uk lets get more from our Political Correspondent damian grammaticas. Back to speak to where we are with the polling in the past two weeks. The most recent poll during the month of may, we are looking at labour on 44 , 21 points ahead of the conservatives on 23 , so very substantial lead. This is the biggest lead that weve had at the beginning of our election sincejohn major went to the country back in 1997. The re