After Rishi Sunak led the conservatives to their worst performance at a general election, who will succeed him as Tory Leader . The race officially began at 7pm tonight. Plus, shoplifting has hit a record high, with 50 offences recorded by police every hour in england and wales an increase of 30 in one year. Why is shoplifting as widespread and how do we stop it . Good evening, welCome to newsnight, live each weeknight, bringing you interviews and insight. Your Panel Tonight former Conservative Deputy to theresa may, Damian Green. Defeated at the election, hes now backing Tom Tugendhat. Theo bertram, former number 10 adviser to prime Ministers Blair and brown, now director at the social Market Foundation think tank. And kevin foster, former tory mp who was Migration Minister between 2019 and 2022 and wants his old Boss Priti Patel to stand for Tory Leader. Two conservatives are sitting on our sofa, we had to labour members last night. It evens Out over the series. And just before we ge
it is difficult to comprehend the horror that engulfed the northern eastern region on mozambique this weekend. islamist militants linked to islamic state began attacking the town of palma on wednesday. since then, they have killed dozens, and thousands of people have been forced to flee the assault. foreign staff working on a nearby natural gas project have also been caught up in the violence. survivors describe headless bodies strewn across the town. they say they were forced to fend for themselves. the bbc s africa correspondent, catherine byaruhanga, reports. a desperate journey for many who had been trapped in the far north eastern corner of mozambique. on the gangway, you can see some of the people who ve finally made it to safety. civilians risk their lives to charter boats and ships for the rescue mission in parma. but many are still missing. sonia omar is worried for her brother is safety. and describes this as a horrible in unfair situation. live rounds and mortar sh
it is difficult to comprehend the horror that engulfed the north eastern region of mozambique this weekend. islamist militants linked to islamic state began attacking the town of palma on wednesday since then they have killed dozens, and thousands of people have been forced to flee. foreign staff working on a nearby natural gas project have also been caught up in the violence. survivors describe headless bodies strewn across the town. the bbc s africa correspondent, catherine byaruhanga reports. a desperate journey for many who had been trapped in the far north eastern corner of mozambique. on the gangway, you can see some of the people who ve finally made it to safety. civilians risk their lives to charter boats and ships for the rescue mission in palma. but many are still missing. sonia omar is worried for her brother is safety and describes this as a horrible in unfair situation. live rounds and mortar shells have been let loose in palma since wednesday. local islamists
there are hopes an evening high tide might help to re float the vessel. coming up at 7:30 the click team looks at how the pandemic has changed the way we access health services and if that s set to stay. and at 7:45 we ll have all of today s sports news as lewis hamilton triumphs over max verstappen at the bahrain grand prix. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a new milestone has been reached in the uk s battle against coronavirus, with more than 30 million people having now received their first dose of one of the vaccines. the health secretary matt hancock has said that reaching this new threshold was a phenomenal achievement . it comes as the government says it s on track to ease the lockdown in england. meanwhile, the first minister of wales, mark drakeford, revealed there had been high level talks across the four nations about the idea of so called vaccine passports . here s our political correspondent chris mason. the green of windy west yorkshire in the