i m rich edson in for martha maccallum in new york at fox news head quarter. december shattering another record at the border. a caravan of thousands on the way, since december 1, migrant encounters at the southern border have topped 276,000. more than the population of reno, nevada. the highest monthly total ever. art del cueto is starting by. first to william la jeunesse with the breaking news about the northern border. ice revealed that it arrested an iranian national with ties to terrorism sneaking in to the u.s. near niagara falls two days after being turned away here at the rain bow bridge. he s a legal resident of canada, wanted on assault charges there. ice held him for two months before a release last week. arrests on the northern border increased by 90% last year. for that perspective, 276,000 apprehensions, that is nearly the population of pittsburgh. again, a single month. not a mention of those got-aways. the point is the mexican border is overrun. agents so bu
in the rugby league world cup quarter finals. they see off france in bolton and have now played two, won two. we hear how 10 year old quinn became one of the youngest people to conquer scotland s 282 highest mountains. good 282 highest mountains. morning. if you are travell the good morning. if you are travelling the sunday morning, bear in mind there are heavy, thundery downpours out there moving northwards through the day. some sunshine as well. all the day. some sunshine as well. all the details coming up. it s sunday 23rd october. our main story: as the deadline to enter the contest to replace liz truss draws closer, two of the likely contenders borisjohnson and rishi sunak have held private talks. neither have publicly declared they are entering the race, but the bbc s tally indicates that mr sunak has already received the backing of at least 128 mp5. that s significantly more than the 100 needed to enter the ballot, which closes tomorrow afternoon. our political cor
the former chancellor has yet to announce whether he will launch a fresh bid for the top job after losing to liz truss over the summer. meanwhile, borisjohnson has flown home from holiday, as supporters rally behind a potential comeback by the former prime minister. but so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign. hopefuls have until monday afternoon to find 100 backers. 0ur political correspondent helen catt has more. good helen catt has more. morning, are you running for leadership? good morning, are you running for leadership? he good morning, are you running for leadership? good morning, are you running for leadershi? ., , ., , , leadership? he has got the numbers to net on leadership? he has got the numbers to get on the leadership? he has got the numbers to get on the ballot leadership? he has got the numbers to get on the ballot paper leadership? he has got the numbers to get on the ballot paper and - leadership? he has go
china and denmark at next year s women s world cup in australia and new zealand. good afternoon. rishi sunak has become the first leadership contender to secure the 100 nominations by tory mps needed to enter the race to be the next prime minister. the former chancellor has yet to announce whether he will launch a fresh bid for the top job after losing to liz truss over the summer. meanwhile, borisjohnson has flown home from holiday, as supporters rally behind a potential comeback by the former prime minister. but so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign. hopefuls have until monday afternoon to find 100 backers. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt, has more. are you running for leadership? he s got the numbers to get on the ballot paper. and rishi sunak is expected to declare his candidacy soon. the former chancellor now has more than 100 mps publicly backing him to be the prime minister. the big question in westminster is now if