the former conservative cabinet secretaryjustine greening, the is chief political commentator paul waugh and the republican political analyst doug heye. good evening, welcome to the programme. by the 5th september we will know who is to become the next prime minister of the united kingdom. currently, we have 11 candidates, the hope is that by next week, 11 will become two. in the last hour, the 1922 committee of conservative backbenchers has set out the rules by which they will eliminate candidates. here is the chair of that committee sir graham brady. we tried to find a balance where we are not making it impossibly difficult for serious candidates to enter the contest but we don t want to have a cast of thousands of people who don t really have great prospects of progressing in the election. so the first round will be held on wednesday, by which time candidates will require the support of 20 mps. a second on thursday, in which they will need the support of 30. another round
says his symptoms are mild and he s taking medication. no ordinary telescope scientists will for the first time be able to just detect smashing together of neutron stars. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news. liz truss says the treasury s policies have failed to deliver growth for two decades. she s rejected concerns that the tax cuts she s promised would increase inflation. liz truss and her rivalry she sunak are now sitting out there pitches to win over the party membership. this report from iain watson contained some flashing images. her pitch to party members is that she would hold an emergency tax cutting budget, and she s not only attacked recent decisions taken by her colleagues, but has distanced herself from previous administrations. when i sat at that cabinet table, i opposed the national insurance rise before it happened, and i tried to stop it, because i thought it was a mistake. we have had a consensus of the treasury, of economists, of the financial t
and the international atomic energy agency says north korea is expanding facilities at its main nuclear site. those are the latest headlines on bbc news. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. and no prizes for guessing what is on the front of them! with me are natasha clark, political and environment correspondent, and professor anand menon, director of uk in a changing europe, which describes itself as providing independent research on brexit and its impact. so, as promised, let s show you the front of those newspapers before we talk about them in detail. the guardian like every front page has the story of the conservative party voting in favour of boris johnson remaining as prime minister, as he survived a vote of confidence in his leadership. the i paper says mrjohnson won the vote by 211 to 148. that means 58.8% of the tory party support mrjohnson. but the times says the result has left borisjohnson a wounded victor as
case, is to call the defendant himself to testify. margaret: plus, hunter biden s daughter takes the stand. what she said that made her father emotional. the cbs evening news starts now. good evening, and thank you for being with us. i m margaret brennan in for norah o donnell. the prosecution rested in the federal gun trial of hunter biden. his eldest daughter took the stand today to testify in his defense. naomi biden told the jury about visiting her father while he was in rehab, just weeks before the gun purchase at the center of the case. she said, he seemed like the clearest i had seen him since my uncle died. and then, i told him i was so proud of him. an emotional moment that came after prosecutors wrapped their case with testimony from law enforcement officials, who spoke about drug residue and text messages between hunter biden and his alleged dealers. cbs s scott macfarlane was inside the courtroom and will start us off tonight. reporter: 30-year-old n