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 more
of monkeypox are rising in the uk on a daily basis but the illness is usually mild. and it s kick off for the last round of premier league games. manchester city play aston villa, liverpool play wolves. good afternoon. the education secretary nadhim zahawi says he doesn t believe boris johnson s meeting with the senior civil servant preparing to publish the partygate report this week will have had any influence on what s in it. there is still confusion as to who called the meeting between the prime minister and sue gray said to have taken place last month. she s given civil servants she wants to name in her report until 5pm today to respond if they object. our political correspondent jonathan blake has the latest. borisjohnson, the prime minister whose political fate could rest on the findings of a report by the senior civil servant sue gray. weeks ago, the two held a meeting who called it, what was discussed depends on who you ask. one cabinet minister says the row doe
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Hello, im samantha simmonds. The International Red cross says its managed to deliver 70 tonnes of relief aid to the disputed enclave Nagorno Karabakh for the First Time Since azerbaijan captured the territory in a lightning operation five days ago. Tens of thousands of armenians have sought refuge in the main city stepanakert, where food and medicine are running low, and power cuts are frequent. Families remain stranded in the local airport, where russian peacekeepers are based. They are sleeping on the ground, cooking food on fire and not having an access to clean water. Moscow said there were over 2,000 people, including 1,000 children, sheltering at the peacekeepers base camp. I was joined earlier by our correspondent Rayhan Demytrie who gave me the latest. The political situation is that Karabakh Armenians, they surrendered to azerbaijan. They signed this Ceasefire Agreement on wednesday. And now whats happening is the process of disarmament, because that was part of the Ceasefire
khan younis immediately. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 15,500 people have now been killed there since the start of the conflict between israel and hamas, which is considered a terrorist organisation by the uk government. this is the scene live outside al nasser hospital in khan younis, an area that has been under frequent assault. the scenes both inside and ouside the hospital are traumatic. these pictures are from earlier today. children are among those being driven to the hospital, carried inside by family and friends. for many, the journey to hospital was too late. a senior adviser to the israeli prime minister has insisted israel is doing all it can to minimise the number of civilian deaths in gaza after the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, said israel had a moral responsiblity to minimise casualties not linked to hamas. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has this report and a warning it contains images some viewers may find distressing