good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there are now six left standing in the tory leadership contest. rishi sunak and penny wouldn t lead the way in the race to become the next prime minister of the conservative mps cast their votes in the first round. there are now six people left standing in the tory leadership contest. today started with all of these candidates here still in the running they needed at least 30 votes to stay in. jeremy hunt and nadhim zahawi didn t get enough support and were eliminated. the next round will take place tomorrow. from westminster, here s our political editor, chris mason. the first moment of decision in determining who might be our next prime minister. determining who might be our next prime minister. a, ., ~ ,, ., ~ prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88- sunni liz prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni liz truss, prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni liz truss,
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have tried to make their way into the prime minister bottom office but, as you can see, they didn t manage, and there is a large security presence there, some protesters still trying to climb in and, just by the bed, you can see inside there nowjust how many members of the security forces are in there, and we can see the tear gas now and a lot of people are being tear gassed. but they re not giving up. they still want to get inside. the protesters are getting closer and there is a stand off. crowds chanting drowns out reporter. then a breakthrough. 0utnumbering
he promised he would, he made the country s prime minister, name 7 macro, acting president. that just leaves more uncertainty when it come to this island s political future, an island which is deep turmoil. their target, heavily guarded. their mood are determined. as news spread that prime minister ranil wickremesinghe had just been made acting president, crowds gathered in front of his office. one of the few government buildings not yet occupied by protesters. a tense stand off now outside the prime minister bottom office in colombo. protesters lined up all the way along this avenue and, on the other side, you can see security forces, who are guarding this office and