since the second world war. hello and welcome to bbc news. the possibility of rishi sunak and borisjohnson meeting each other today is being talked about this evening as the race to become the new conservative leader and prime minister gathers pace. the bbc understands they were due to meet face to face at 3:30 this afternoon but that was delayed although my colleague laura kuenssberg says the meeting may still go ahead later. mr sunak is the first leadership contender to secure the public support of 100 tory mps that s the number needed to enter the race. but he s yet to announce publicly whether he will bid for the top job after losing to liz truss last month. meanwhile, borisjohnson has flown home from a caribbean holiday, as his supporters claim he now also has 100 mps backing him, although others have said this is hogwash. so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas has mo
are in the cnn newsroom. hi everyone. i m jessica dean in new york, and we begin with breaking news in a major bloated israel s emergency government. just a day after prime minister benjamin netanyahu celebrated the rescue of 400 inside gaza israeli opposition leader and war or cabinet member benny gantz announced he s resigning from the government back in may yan s gave netanyahu an ultimatum, calling for a plan to end the war in gaza bring all the hostages home. or he said he would quit. well, that deadline came yesterday was of course, the same day israel s military conducted a special operation to rescue those hostages this from gaza. and today, we re learning new details about that surprise mission cnn s paula hancocks is live in tel aviv. she s been tracking the latest developments and paula, let s start first with what s happening inside the israeli government. how is prime minister netanyahu responding to this well, jessica, he has already effectively asked ga
that enables us to have fixed term parliaments. at this point in time i believe it is right for us to have this boat in this house and this debate and it is right for members of this house to vote and explain why brass do have a general election at this stage. i will not take further interventions for a while. this is a limited time debate and members wish to make their contributions. today we take a new question, how best to secure these stability and certainty we need over the long term to get the right deal for britain. in brexit negotiations and make the most of the opportunities ahead, how do we do this? i ve gone to the conclusion that the answer is to hold a general election now, in this window of opportunity, before the negotiations begin. i believe it is in britain s national interest to hold an election now, and a general election is the best way to strengthen britain s and the negotiations ahead. because securing the right dealfor britain is my priority, and iam de
as mps back theresa may s call for a general election onjune 8th. the ayes to the right, 522. the noes to the left, 13. so, the ayes have it, the ayes have it. unlock. at prime minister s questions, theresa may is challenged over why she won t take part in televised debates, and on her previous promise not to call an early election. she wants us to believe that she is a woman of her word. is it the truth that we cannot believe a single word she says? the prime minister defends her decision. i think it is right now to ask the british people to put their trust in me and the conservative party to deliver on their vote last year, a brexit plan that will make a success for this country and deliver a stronger, fairer, global britain in the future. also on this programme is it time to ditch diesel cars? and the energy secretary promises muscular action over fuel bills. but first. the house of commons has backed the prime minister s call for a general election onjune 8th. mps voted
Enable the chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, who is not standing for the leadership, to present his fiscal statement, supported, we hope, by the office for budget responsibility. that is the way we shall take notjust for budget responsibility. that is the way we shall take not just the party but more importantly the country forward and out of the slightly unfortunate circumstances we find ourselves in. if mrjohnson was injected into that equation then that would be a significant number of can tell my conservative party members of parliament, and i am one of them, who would find ourselves in a position of probably having to resign the whip. we need unity, not division. ~ , ., ., resign the whip. we need unity, not division. ~ y., ., ,., division. when you say that you would resigning division. when you say that you would resigning the division. when you say that you would resigning the web, i division. when you say that you would resigning the web, there | division. when you