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on the back of another painting. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it s round two of voting in the conservative leadership contest today, with six candidates left in the running. yesterday, former chancellor rishi sunak won the first round of voting by mps to choose the next tory leader and prime minister. rishi sunak got 88 votes in the first round. next in line was penny mordaunt with 67 votes, followed by liz truss who got 50 mps to back her. then kemi badenoch with a0. tom tugendhat came in with 37, and the attorney general suella braverman achieves 32 votes. chancellor nadhim zahawi and former health secretary jeremy hunt were eliminated from the race. those still in the contest face another round of voting today. the field is expected to be narrowed to two by the end of next week, and then at that point around 160,000 tory members decide which candidate they want to become the next party leader and prime minister. that result will be ....
as part of a new trial. and could koalas become extinct? they ve been declared an endangered species in much of australia s east coast. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, has told the bbc his country will only enter peace talks after the last russian soldier has left ukraine. some ukrainian officials have expressed concerns their country may be pushed towards a peace deal with russia, as the war continues to put pressure on food and energy supplies. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has meanwhile warned of what he called ukraine fatigue setting in. mrjohnson has just returned from a visit to kyiv on friday. our correspondent, nick beake, reports from kyiv. singing the russians killed roman ratushny on the ninth ofjune. today, his father buried him, before returning to the front line. a funeral for a 24 year old who answered the call to defend his country. his grandmother, joined by hundreds who came to bid him farewell. with so many young lives being lost ever ....
america becomes the first country in the world to approve covid vaccines for babies. hello and welcome to bbc news. polling stations have opened across france in the final round of voting for parliamentary elections. at stake is control of the 577 seat national assembly, where the liberal party founded by president emmanuel macron has held sway for the last five years. but, president macron s candidates are facing strong opposition in the form of an alliance of left wing parties. i m joined now by our correspondent hugh schofield. only two months since emmanuel macron won the presidency convincingly, much of a challenge that he face this time round? it is that he face this time round? it is a big challenge. that he face this time round? it 3 a big challenge, surprising challenge, not from the far this time. but from the left. this coalition which has been created by the force of will of one man, jean luc melenchon, the man who came third in the presidential election, ....
victory over saracens at twickenham. good morning, a precious story across the country today. cloud and across the country today. cloud and a few showers across england first thing, but there will be sunny spells around. i will tell you when and where, injust a moment. it s sunday 19th june. our main story: the transport secretary grant shapps has accused the country s biggest rail union of punishing millions of innocent people after it confirmed it will go ahead with series of crippling strikes. mr shapps said the travelling public faced a week of misery because the rail, maritime and transport union had refused repeated appeals to call off their action due to start on tuesday. our political correspondent nick eardley has more. for nick eardley has more. anyone who relies on trains next for anyone who relies on trains, the next few days are going to see significant disruption. the biggest real strikes in decades are happening and the government says it will cause miser ....
advanced cyber security, it s ultimate speed for ultimate business. and it s all from comcast business. and this is cnn welcome everyone. you re in the cnn newsroom. i m omar jimenez in washington. we re going to start this our breaking news out of southern california. the post fire has already burned over 12,000 acres in los angeles county, and it only started yesterday. hundreds of firefighters are battling to keep the blaze and check, but officials say the fire for is just 2% contained at this point with powerful wind gusts in the forecast camila bernal is on the scene and gorman, california. camille, i know you ve been out and about over the course of the day. what are you seeing there right now hey omar. so right now what we re seeing is crews trying to prevent those blames from getting closer into the areas where we are now. so what you re seeing here behind me is actually a back burn. and so we ve been with this crew for awhile now, what they re telling us is t ....