as we approach the summer holidays? at the old bailey, oscar winning actor kevin spacey has pleaded not guilty to four charges of sexually assaulting three men. and a secret self portrait by vincent van gogh has been discovered by experts in scotland. and coming up on the bbc news channel, after a thumping defeat in the first one day international, the series is on the line forjos buttler s england in the second game against india at lord s. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. conservative mps are voting right now in the second round of the contest to replace borisjohnson. one of the six candidates will be knocked out when the results are announced this afternoon. the former chancellor, rishi sunak, topped the first round yesterday. the trade minister, penny mordaunt, was second. the third placed candidate, liz truss, has formally launched her campaign with a speech promising tax cuts and a reversal of the national insurance rise. she said she had the experienc
actor kevin spacey has pleaded not guilty to four charges of sexually protesters in sri lanka call an end to their occupation of government buildings as the country awaits the resignation of president rajapaksa. a bbc documentary reveals that hundreds of british dentists treat patients with serious complications after they travel abroad to get cut price crowns. voting in the second bone of the conservative leadership contest has endedin conservative leadership contest has ended in the past 30 minutes and we expect the result to be announced in one hour. six candidates at left today whoever finishes last will be knocked out. today one of the contenders, foreign secretary liz trust formally launched her campaign promising tax cuts and reversing the national insurance increase. yesterday she finished in third place behind former chancellor rishi sunak who won the first round of 88 votes and trade minister penny more than two at 67. liz truss was back about 50 mps of kemi badenoc
his formal resignation is expected to be announced at some point today. the bbc understands the president s military jet has landed in male, the capital of the maldives. he had been in hiding after protestors stormed his residence on saturday. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report from colombo. many sri lankans feel that leaving is their only option, in a crisis defined by endless waits. hundreds queue for passports. a chance to leave their troubled homeland in search of something better. many trying to make it to the middle east, like vasana, whose hoping she ll find work as a cleaner to support her six year old. how do you feel about wanting to leave sri lanka? your heart is in sri lanka? she says she s going because she s struggling to even get food and that s one of the reasons why she s trying to find work in kuwait. me, i m planning to go to uk. we don t see any future. so that s basically we want to move on this country for our kids, not for
hello and welcome to westminster. conservative mps will cast their first vote today for who they want to replace borisjohnson as party leader and prime minister. let s take a closer look at the timetable for today.there are eight candidates through to the first round of voting each one of them needs to secure 30 votes today to stay in the race. the poll opens at 1:30 the electorate is made up of conservative mps. we are expecting a result at about five o clock. to be announced, as before, by graham brady, the chairman of the conservative backbench 1922 committee. further votes will take place over the next few days in order to whittle the number of candidates down to two. let s get more from our political correspondent ione wells. i can report that we have eight candidates, duly nominated. and then there were eight. one of these candidates will be the next prime minister, having secured the backing of at least 20 tory mps. the former chancellor, rishi sunak, the attorney ge