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i was born too soon! if i was born and was sort of 15, 16, the world would be my oyster and i want that for my granddaughters. applause. these were the trailblazers and the rule breakers who beat a path for today's game. and this is me — captain, 1971. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. get in! all cheering. they have still got it they have still got a thank them for the showing the show industry. tonight the toronto raptors host the golden state warriors in game five of the nba finals. the raptors needed just one win to claim the first and be crowned by any team outside of the united states. they hold a 3—1 series lead over the two time defending champions but warriors of star man steph curry hasn't given up
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hope of a comeback. our best bet for us hope of a comeback. our best bet for us is to block out as much noise as possible and come with the right mindset and the energy we need to play with with our backs against the wall. we know we can do it. it is just a matter of proving it. that's all from sportsday. that game between argentina and japan in the dying minutes in paris and remains goalless. that could have an impact on both england and scotla nd have an impact on both england and scotland in their world cup hopes. much more on the website and we'll have more throughout the evening. you are watching the bbc news channel. our main news tonight is that we now know that ten conservative mps will enter the first bout in the party's leadership mace —— race was up the vote that
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will become the countries next prime minister you may never there were 11 contenders and out one of those 11, sam dropped out. let's look back at how the announcement was made by the joint acting chair of the backbench tory 1922 committee. that is damon cheryl guillen. good evening that showed him in. we have received the following valid nominations, they are, michael gove, proposer lord eustis. and nikki morgan. matt hancock, proposer damian green and tracey crouch.
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mark harper, proposerjackie door—price and second steve double. jeremy hunt, the proposer is doctor liam fox. and the second are, sir patrick mcloughlin. sajid javid, the proposer is robert halperin and the sector is victoria atkins. boris johnson, who is proposed by elizabeth truss and seconded by ben wallace. andrea leadsom, who has been proposed by chris heaton—harris and seconded by heather wheeler. esther mcvey who has been proposed by sir gary streeter and seconded by ben bradley. dominic raab, the proposer is david davis and the seconder is maria miller. and lastly, rory stewart, the proposer is david cork
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and the seconder is victoria prentis. that means there are ten valid nominations. the official 1922 to hustings will be held tomorrow and wednesday and the first ballot will be held on thursday between 10am and midday. we anticipate for that it is an gentleman of the press that the result of the first ballot will be available around 1pm this thursday. thank you very much indeed. damon cheryl guillen of the conservative 1922 backbench committee. brexit — obviously — is the dominating issue for the leadership candidates. our chief political correspondent vicki young has been looking at where the 10 stand on that — and other policy areas. it is a pretty crowded field and here they all are, all hoping to be the next prime minister. the first round of voting
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is on thursday, before that many are using campaign launches to lay out their key messages. of course their approach to brexit will be one of the most scrutinised areas. one group argues the uk must leave the eu on the 31st of october with or without a deal. they included borisjohnson, esther mcvey, sajid javid and dominic raab. andrea leadsom. there are those who said they would consider a delay if the deal was close, but would be willing to leave without a deal, this group includes michael gove, jeremy hunt and mark harper. two candidates say we should only leave with a deal, they are rory stewart and matthew hancock. what about life beyond brexit? that is a lively debate on the way about other policies. borisjohnson wants a tax cut for those earning over £30,000. he says he would use money currently set aside for a no—deal brexit.
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jeremy hunt, one pledge is to provide 1.5 million new homes for young people. as for michael gove, he wants to replace vat with a lower, simpler sales tax. then there is sajid javid, the home secretary, he wants to delay balancing the books and pumped billions to delay balancing the books and pump billions into schools instead. dominic raab, he wants to raise the employees national insurance threshold to take the lowest paid out of payroll taxes altogether. and matthew hancock, he wants to increase the national living wage to more than £10 an hour. these are just ideas at the moment, if you want to have a closer look at key policies and pledges made by the leadership contenders, visit our website. vicki young there, or chief political correspondent. do you have
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any questions for the prime minister, the new prime minister are of course that is? because on tuesday the 18th of june, of course that is? because on tuesday the 18th ofjune, bbc one will be hosting a live election hustings between the various candidates for conservative party reader and one of them will be the person who moves into downing street after theresa may. the debate will be shaped by your questions and what we're asking you to do is submit those questions in advance, e—mail and have her at our website. a look at the weather now across the united kingdom. this going to be a lot of rain around. some have artie started went. we have had downpours in the southwest of england. —— already started wet. main focus of the really wet weather later this afternoon and through the evening is going to be in london and the south—east. the rain turning heavy and thundery and could bring a
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months worth of rain in a few hours and flooding issues too. further northwest of the uk, we will find for the sunshine around but there will still be showers and thus could be heavy and thundery. belfast 17 degrees but for norwich, 13 with that ring it is quite chilly for this time of the year. overnight the winds are picking up together with the cloud and the rain. eventually we should blow all that rain away from the south—east of england and ecb as you can see, it works its way up ecb as you can see, it works its way up into northern england, into the midlands, wales and the south west. a key wind without rain. mild overnight, temperatures not dropping much from daytime highs. the main focus of the weather continues tomorrow and the next day probably. not moving very far at all. the winds will be stronger though and that rents continue on and off gci’oss that rents continue on and off across northern england, across wales. it should move away from much of the south west of england. north midlands catching rain as well. as
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it brightens further southeast, we get sunshine. there may well be some heavy thunder he showers up underneath that rain with the wind and strengthening as well. everybody will feel cold. 12 degrees at this time of the year is quite unusual. further northern west, scotland could have some fewer showers. into wednesday the rain is still there. maybe not exactly in this position but you get the idea it is granted toa but you get the idea it is granted to a halt across much of northern england, wales, perhaps into the midlands for the south and the south—east some warm sunshine again bringing downpours. still largely dry at the stage for scotland and northern ireland. no persistent rain yet, but overnight into thursday that weather front pushes its way into scotland and northern ireland bringing the rain. and we have it... a watch of rain this week. heavy enough to give localised funding, add on some strong winds makes a rather cool week ahead.
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you're watching beyond 100 days... then there were ten. the first official day of the conservative leadership contest and one candidate has already gone. the former universities minister sam gyimah won't be nominated — after he said he'd failed to get enough support from his fellow mps. tomorrow the parliamentary hustings begin, there will be two days of internal campaigning before the second round of the vote on thursday. the mexican peso rises after trump backs down on tariffs — was it a major win or an unnecessary drama? also on the programme. the democrats descend on iowa for the first major event of the 2020 cycle.
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