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since the second world war. hello and welcome to bbc news. the possibility of rishi sunak and borisjohnson meeting each other today is being talked about this evening as the race to become the new conservative leader and prime minister gathers pace. the bbc understands they were due to meet face to face at 3:30 this afternoon but that was delayed although my colleague laura kuenssberg says the meeting may still go ahead later. mr sunak is the first leadership contender to secure the public support of 100 tory mps that s the number needed to enter the race. but he s yet to announce publicly whether he will bid for the top job after losing to liz truss last month. meanwhile, borisjohnson has flown home from a caribbean holiday, as his supporters claim he now also has 100 mps backing him, although others have said this is hogwash. so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas ....
president s predecessor is mysteriously let out of the rule by officials. hello and welcome to bbc world news. rishi sunak has become the first leadership contender to secure the public support of 100 tory mps that s the number needed to enter the race to be the next conservative leader and prime minister. but he s yet to announce publicly whether he will bid for the top job after losing to liz truss last month. meanwhile, borisjohnson has flown home from a caribbean holiday, as his supporters claim he too has 100 mps backing him, although others have said this is hogwash. at the same time, two sources have told the bbc that a meeting between rishi sunak and borisjohnson has been taking place tonight. so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign. 0ur political correspondent, damian grammaticas, has more. are you running for the leadership? he was tight lipped this morning, but rishi sunak clearly has a well of support among con ....
the west at the moment enhancing shower activity. this massive rain will arrive to tonight across the southern half of the country. it was a nice start to the day across many areas but that is fading with heavy rain pushing through wales, northern england and the midlands. that will tend to clear, showers following on behind. the rain pushing into northern ireland over night. and also very windy. a bit quieter across the north of the uk with a lighter wind and fewer showers. but turning quite cold with sub zero values. forthursday turning quite cold with sub zero values. for thursday the front across the south of the country with low pressure pushing into the north west of the uk. some sunshine around northern and eastern areas but then the low pressure bringing gales into northern ireland and the west of staying blustery across southern britain but in between a slice of dry weather. miles in the south and chile in the north. on thursday night those gales transfer from ....
temperatures today are considerably lower for many in the south. in fact they are a little bit lower in the north, pleasant if you have the sunshine and just a gentle breeze, but we could still see 27 28 in the next hour or two in the south. 0vernight temperatures will fall away to a more comfortable level, even more so than last night in the towns and cities but further north, rain to come and that may affect st andrews tomorrow morning before the sun returns. temperatures lower overnight, we have two or three more comfortable nights, if it s safe to do so perhaps the opportunity to let the windows open and get rid of the residual heat. the weather fronts are with this in the north tomorrow, so a different complexion to the weather. although the rain clears to northern ireland in northern ireland, some of the patchy rain could get into the north of wales, the midlands, even east anglia, not very much at all, only dampening the ground and still pretty warm to the sou ....
cheering. time for a look at the weather. here s helen willetts. some beautiful weather watchers last night. as you can see from the skies, these are from highlands scotland but it s a strong our rowrah at the moment so if we get clear skies we may see it. towards the north we have that coming in to parts of scotland and perhaps a bit further south as well. we do have cloudier skies here, you see at the moment, on that weather front. lots of showers and still the remnants of the overnight rain, pacific oceany rain in the south. between it, sow good spells of sunshine and we have lost the humidity. so while we have a blustery breeze and showers continuing across scotland, northern ireland, they tend to ease, temperatures aren t quite as high, as they were last night, because we have lost the humidity. sorry, yesterday, but it feels pleasant out there. we should see evening sunshine as the showers fade away, so an opportunity to witness the northern lights in the north bu ....