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households are without power following a new wave of russian attacks. and england s lionesses will face 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 ....
wales face a nervous wait to see if they are progressing in the women s rugby world cup. a sioned harries helped them gain a losing bonus point against australia, but will it be enough? are very mixed weekend on the weather front. are very mixed weekend on the weatherfront. heavy are very mixed weekend on the weather front. heavy downpours one day, sunny the next. but it will be mild. the details are coming up. it s saturday the 22nd of october. our top story: supporters of the former chancellor rishi sunak claim he now has the backing of 100 conservative mps to become the next prime minister. mr sunak has not formally entered the competition to replace liz truss but that level of support would make him the front runner. penny mordaunt remains the only mp to say she is running, and borisjohnson is currently flying back to the uk from a caribbean holiday, amid rumours he may seek to regain the job he was forced out of last month. our political correspondent jonathan blake has ....
china warns of counter measures after the us approves a $1 billion arms package to taiwan saying it s to maintain its self defence capabilities. millions of people in england and scotland will be invited for their autumn covid booster vaccine from monday with care home residents first in line for the jab. ready for lift off again. nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon five days after technical problems scuppered its first attempt. it s not unusual for a it s not unusualfor a new it s not unusual for a new rocket to experience setbacks and delays but the team is confident they can overcome this and all eyes will be on at the launch pad as the countdown clock ticks down. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. mourners in moscow are paying their last respects to mikhail gorbachev, the last soviet leader who brought the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. ....
scuppered the first. we ll be live in florida with our correspondent rebecca morelle. and, millions of people in england and scotland will be invited for their autumn covid booster vaccine from monday with care home residents first in line for the jab. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. mourners in moscow are paying their last respects to mikhail gorbachev, the last soviet leader who brought the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. later today, he will be buried in the city s largest cemetery next to his wife, raisa. russian president vladimir putin is not attending the funeral. the kremlin says mr putin has no space in his schedule. these are live pictures from moscow. we arejust outside we are just outside the hall of columns, the building where many russian leaders over the years have gone on public display after their death where people can pay respect. people have been walking quietly and respectfully a ....
chance saloon after its managing director quits over timetable cuts and coming up at 7.30 a full round up of the day s action in sportsday for the second time in a week, nasa has called off its attempt to launch a powerful rocket part of a mission aimed at eventually putting humans back on the moon. the artemis rocket was due to blast off this evening but technical problems forced the team to call for another postponement. nasa has postponed the launch of its new artemis moon rocket for the second time in a week. here s nasa administrator bill nelson explaining what happened. we ll go when it s ready. we don t go until then and especially now on a test flight, because we re going to stress this and test it and test that heat shield and make sure it s right before we put four humans up on the top of it. so this is part of the space business. i ve told you before, you know, it s it s something i m on my flight, we scrubbed four times. we were delayed over the better part o ....