0n track for less pollution. The uks First Hydrogen powered train goes on display. These were the soggy scenes at ascot yesterday. Can we expect more today . Carol is there. Well, add royal ascot today there is the risk of a shower, particularly later on. Not as frequent as the last couple of days. It is a mixture of sunshine and showers. As we head into the weekend and next week it is getting hotter. I will have more in 15 minutes. Good morning. Its thursday, june 20. Our top story by the end of today well know the final two candidates in the race to be the next Prime Minister. Conservative mps will vote later to whittle down the remaining four, and the final decision will then be made in a postal ballot by around 160,000 Party Members. 0ur Political Correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. If people are feeling slightly wary of all these votes, this is getting to the final stages of. It is nearly overin to the final stages of. It is nearly over in terms of what happens in parlia
who might win, what they might do with the power of elected office. the poll finds 81% of democrats believe if the gop agenda is not stopped, america will be destroyed as we know it. 79% of republicans say the same about democrats, the nbc news poll also 57% of voters saying next month raises for u.s. house, senate are more important to them than in the past midterm elections. this all comes as early voting surges in several battleground states. new reporting from today s new york times reads quote, days into early voting in the 2022 midterm election. states across the country have seen a surge of voters casting ballots at in-person voting sites, and by mail. the latest sign the 2020 election ushered in a transformation, the way americans vote. experts say the signs of overturn turnout will be strong. but they re quick to caution that it s still early in the voting calendar. many states and some have not started. earlier on msnbc, house speaker nancy pelosi laid out the c
more of his own mps call for him to resign. russia insists what it calls the liberation of eastern ukraine s donbas region is its unconditional priority , as eu leaders try to agree a ban on russian oil. the french government has blamed what it called industrial scale ticket fraud for the chaos at this weekend s champions league final. at this weekend s it comes after french ministers held emergency talks this morning with police and european football officials. there s been widespread condemnation of the tactics of french police, who used tear gas and pepper spray on thousands of liverpool fans as they queued for hours to get into the stadium in paris. our sports correspondent nesta mcgregor reports. pandemonium in paris. fall back! some of the images which marked the biggest night in european club football. french police using tear gas and pepper spray as liverpool fans waited to enter the stadium. even with a 35 minute delay to kick off, there were plenty of empty
Rick coming up on nbc sn is nascar post race show. Krista, kyle, d. J. Two hours of coverage from what was an incredible finish at Texas Motor Speedway between the two champions. One of them really needed the win here. Standing by with kelli. Kelli after leading 312 laps of this race,e, brad, what more could you have done at the end of it . The 48 car had made the turn in the run and i couldnt keep the turn. I kept pushing real bad. He kept turning andnd turning. I did everything i wanted. He was way faster that last run. Their team did a hell of a job. My team did a hell of a job. Led 3030 some laps. It wasnt our day for them to favor us. Still a lot to be proud of with the wurth ford fusion. You know, well have a great shot of winning next week. We r rally needed to win this one but i know i gave it my all. Kelli you immediately made a beeline to go find martin strooukstruex jr. What did you want to say to him . I didnt know if i came up to him and it probably didnt help either of us
More militant attacks are likely. A major earthquake has struck off the coast of turkey, north of the greek island of samos. At least 1a people are dead. Hundreds were injured when buildings collapsed in the turkish city of izmir, and the quake was felt from athens to istanbul, from where orla guerin reports. Amateur video captured the awful power of the quake. This multistorey building disintegrated into dust. On the streets of izmir, there was fear and panic. Shouting. I saw people crying, trying to reach out to their loved ones. Everyone was shocked and it was a very chaotic moment. About 20 buildings were brought down, but newer ones stayed standing built after the last earthquake here in 1999 that claimed about 17,000 lives. Soon, local people were clambering over the rubble dazed, barehanded, searching desperately for neighbours and loved ones. And there were extraordinary moments. Here, a woman emerges from the wreckage. Initially, she comes walking out in her bare feet. Then sh