Munchetty about racism and President Trump. 22 years on and prince harry walks in his mothers footsteps as he visits a minefield in angola. And coming up, saudi arabia opens its doors to International Tourists for the first time as part of a push to cut its economic dependence on oil. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The former cabinet minister amber rudd has accused number ten of using aggressive language that incites violence. It comes after a turbulent week in which mps return to the house of commons and took pa rt to the house of commons and took part in furious exchanges in the commons. Today Boris Johnson part in furious exchanges in the commons. Today borisjohnson again defended his use of language and insisted that delivering brexit on the 31st of october would bring much of the heat out of the debate. Meanwhile, scott ands first minister Nicola Sturgeon has indicated she would be open to backing Jeremy Corbyn as an interim Prime Minister to stop and no deal brexit. Here i
in the rugby league world cup quarter finals. they see off france in bolton and have now played two, won two. we hear how 10 year old quinn became one of the youngest people to conquer scotland s 282 highest mountains. good 282 highest mountains. morning. if you are travell the good morning. if you are travelling the sunday morning, bear in mind there are heavy, thundery downpours out there moving northwards through the day. some sunshine as well. all the day. some sunshine as well. all the details coming up. it s sunday 23rd october. our main story: as the deadline to enter the contest to replace liz truss draws closer, two of the likely contenders borisjohnson and rishi sunak have held private talks. neither have publicly declared they are entering the race, but the bbc s tally indicates that mr sunak has already received the backing of at least 128 mp5. that s significantly more than the 100 needed to enter the ballot, which closes tomorrow afternoon. our political cor
says his party hasn t got complacent, and repeats calls for a general election. these people are so fed up. they are entitled, they want a say in this. there is a choice to be made. we need a general election. let the public in to decide. do they want to continue with this utter chaos? elsewhere, headteachers in england say 9 in 10 schools will have run out of money by the next school year due to the cost of living crisis. good afternoon. rishi sunak has formally entered the contest to become the next conservative leader and prime minister. the former chancellor says he wants to lead the country with integrity, professionalism and accountability . he already has the required backing of more than 100 fellow tory mps. this afternoon suella braverman, the former home secretary became the latest high profile mp to endorse him. writing in the telegraph ms braverman says the tories all need to compromise but that rishi is the only candidate that fits the bill to deliver unit
president zelensky has condemned claims by russia s defence minister that kyiv was preparing to use a so called dirty bomb in a false flag operation, and then try to blame it on moscow. the first birthday cards from king charles and the queen consort, camilla have been delivered to people across the uk celebrating their 100th and 105th birthdays. hello and welcome to bbc world news. in less than 2a hours, the process of electing a new leader of the governing conservative party will move up a gear, as the deadline approaches for candidates to declare themselves. whoever wins will be succeeding liz truss after her ill fated six week premiership. earlier on sunday, the former finance minister or chancellor rishi sunak officially announced that he will stand. the current leader of the house of commons penny mordaunt has already thrown her hat into the ring. and there s also a lot of buzz around the former prime minsiter borisjohnson. of buzz around the former is he about