a million and a half 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 100 public declarations of support from mps. 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. rivals of boris johnson rivals of borisjohnson have dismissed claims that he has also secured the backing of 100 mps. mr johnson has flown home from holiday in a caribbean overnight. so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign, but she is lagging behind the two men. 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
the showers that we have had this afternoon across the south of the uk will push their way north and eastwards overnight. some clear skies ahead of these and behind, but also some mist and fog. before more heavy thundery rain arrives from the south west later in the night. the far north of scotland likely to keep more cloud, some patchy rain here. temperatures generally in a range of 10 14 celsius. for tomorrow, it s another day of sunshine and showers, but this time the showers are much more likely to be heavy and thundery. especially through the morning, through parts of wales, central southern england. this band then pushes its way north and eastwards through the day, some sunshine following on behind. some sunshine, too, across north of scotland. it should stay mainly dry here for much of the day. where we have got the sunshine, further showers developing again, heavy and thundery, and more starting to push on from the south west later in the day. hello, this is bbc news.
the new italian government has been sworn in, giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy s latest coalition government. she s the nation s first female prime minister and its first far right leader since the second world war. they won last month s collection with just over a quarter of the vote. she will had a right wing car didn t coalition. she sought to be sure western allies that italy s foreign policy won t change. bloomberg s political correspondent talk to us about the challenges they will be facing. there are plenty measures that require urgent attention. like the government position on the russian invasion of ukraine, but also tackling inflation, and giving italians a clear view and understanding of what her government will be like. as of now, everyone has been left guessing, whether she will be a far right politician, or a more compromising leader. european partners, starting from emmanuel mccrone, have been questioning the change of leadership in the m
we start tomorrow with heavy rain, windy conditions in northern ireland that will push away as it starts to brighten up. we will see some further pulses of rain pushing north through scotland, persistently wet through parts of eastern scotland. as for wales, the western side of england, some showery rain occasionally too, just starting to push a little bit further in towards parts of the midlands and across northern england, whereas the eastern side of england, much of east anglia, for example, stays dry with warm, sunny spells. just looking into sunday evening, the rainjust peps up again towards south wales and south west england, and once again with a stronger breeze. low pressure close by throughout the week ahead, further rain or showers around. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: nasa calls off their second attempt to launch its most powerful rocket, artemis 1 to the moon five days after technical problems scuppered the first. moscow blames maintenance problems for