tonight at ten: the first televised debate for conservative leader and prime minister takes

place, but the front runner, borisjohnson, refused to take part. the contenders fielded questions from a studio audience. whether parliament should be suspended to deliver brexit on time, was a key issue. just a sec, michael... you must allow parliament to vote. ..give ourselves the best shot. we cannot leave unless parliament votes for it, dom. borisjohnson says he will take part in a second debate, on tuesday evening. also tonight: more huge protests in hong kong, with some calling on the leader to resign, despite ditching controversial plans, for extradition to mainland china. it is not just it is notjust this street that is jammed with protesters, it is the next one over and the next one beyond that. tens of millions left in the dark, after a catastrophic power failure, affecting several countries in south america. fears of further flooding in parts of lincolnshire, with storms predicted,

for the coming week. commentator: that has gone... and at the world cup, india thrash arch rivals pakistan, in one of the biggest games, in cricket. good evening. in a crucial week for the conservative leadership race, the candidates have gone head—to—head in their first televised debate. the eventual winner, to be decided next month by party members, will become prime minister. there are six candidates still in the running, all of them men, but the frontrunner, borisjohnson, refused to take part in tonight's channel a debate, prompting his rivals to claim he was ducking scrutiny. some of the sharpest exchanges came over brexit, and whether it was right to suspend parliament in order to ensure

withdrawal by the end of october. here's our political correspondent, ben wright. he turned up. so did he. i don't think there is any point to these debates that burris. very much, yes. five of the tory candidates vying to be the next prime minister. at the front runner decided to skip it. they had an empty podium and the picture, but boris johnson they had an empty podium and the picture, but borisjohnson wasn't there. he thought this crowded stage would be too blue on blue, a bust up between politicians from the same party. which it was. and brexit dominated, of course. just a second, michael. we must allow parliament to vote. give ourselves a shot at the best we cannot leave unless parliament votes for it. you have said you will take no deal off the table and defend legislation...”

will defend our democracy. dominic raab says he is the only candidate who would be prepared to suspend parliament to leave the eu without a deal at the end of october. make sure the only thing we are absolutely 110% committed or is keeping our promises to the voters of this country. it is the wrong thing to do, i wouldn't do it and i don't think most people in the conservative party would do it either. we are not selecting a dictator of our country, we are selecting a prime minister of one of the proudest parliamentary democracies in the world. while full of the candidates said they would try and renegotiate the brexit deal parliament has rejected by the latest october deadline, rory stewart said it was time for realism. the fundamental issue here is there is a competition of machismo. everybody is saying, i am tougher. we are not going to get a different dealfrom tougher. we are not going to get a different deal from europe. tougher. we are not going to get a different dealfrom europe. we have argued for that deal because it is a

550 page document, works out in detail. you will not get any changes out of europe and your attempts to get any changes out of europe will leave you stuck for months and years to come. like dominic raab, there is another candidate in this contest who says the country must leave the eu on october the 31st, come what may. but he wasn't here. where is boris, if his team will not allow him out to debate with five friendly colleagues, how will he fare with 27 other countries? with boris johnson far ahead at the moment, this was a chance for rivals to prove they should be his challenger in the ballot of tory members.” should be his challenger in the ballot of tory members. i can bring people together, transform public services and make our country stronger. and still an outsider. i am campaigning on telling the truth. we need to show that we don'tjust tolerate modern britain, we embrace

it, we love it. i will deliver brexit, i will bring our country together, i will fire up our economy. i am the only candidate committed to leaving by the end of october, come what may. what was borisjohnson doing october, come what may. what was boris johnson doing to october, come what may. what was borisjohnson doing to all this? enjoying a take away it seemed, perhaps in front of the telly, letting his competitors scramble to catch him. so, what's next in the process to find a new tory leader and prime minister? well more ballots of mps are scheduled to take place next wednesday and thursday, to whittle down the contenders to two. then the 160,000 members of the conservative party, will have their say, with the winner expected to be announced in the week beginning the 22nd ofjuly. ben wright is with me. how important are these debates? they are an important chance for voters to size up and because the people who want to be our next prime

minister. but, the electorate in this race is tiny. first 313 tory mps are sifting through the candidates and will pick two who will go through to a ballot of the tory party membership, about 160,000 people. this contest is in their hands. all weekend, tory mps have been lobbied, pestered and charmed by the campaign teams, looking for votes. one told me it was a bit like how our constituents must feel at election time. in the first round, borisjohnson election time. in the first round, boris johnson secured election time. in the first round, borisjohnson secured three times as many borisjohnson secured three times as ma ny votes borisjohnson secured three times as many votes as his nearest rival, jeremy hunt. but it seems mr johnson's support continues to grow. this evening, matt hancock, who did run in the race, but dropped out on friday, is giving his support to borisjohnson. the battle now is about the people who took part in that debate on the second place. at the moment the pack is quite tightly, it is hard to call which one is going to break through and it is unpredictable. but that is where

the battle is at the moment. these debates are important because they show what is at stake. the question asked again and again this evening was how? how will the next prime minister negotiate a deal with the eu, how are they going to do that by the next brexit deadline which is october the 31st and how might they try and go for a no—deal brexit if mps won't tolerate it? that's why these debates are so interesting, they show why this leadership contest is so important. ben, many thanks. well, do you have any questions for the next prime minister? on tuesday, bbc one will be hosting a live election hustings, with all the candidates left standing for conservative leader, one of whom of course, will be moving to number ten. that debate will be shaped by your questions, and we're asking you to submit them in advance. email, have your say at bbc.co.uk with your question, and do include your name and contact number, if you're interested in asking it live from

your local bbc studio. hundreds of thousands of protestors were back on the streets of hong kong, a day after the territory's chief executive, carrie lam, suspended controversial plans to allow extradition to the chinese mainland. many of the demonstrators want her to resign, and greater protections against beijing. rupert wingfield—hayes reports from hong kong. chanting. in the sweltering heat of a sunday afternoon, they came out again in their hundreds of thousands. a sea of black t—shirts, the now unofficial uniform of these protests. today they wore no facemasks or helmets and had just one chant. "withdraw the bill." these are truly remarkable scenes we're seeing here in the centre of hong kong again this afternoon. it's notjust this street that is jammed with protesters,

it's the next one over and the next one beyond that. all of these people chanting, "withdraw the bill". all heading to the centre of hong kong to surround the government's offices. this is a massive display of discontent with carrie lam and her government. your message for her today as what? is to stop it. to stop hong kong people from being too groups, from being two groups, going out and fighting with each other. we are one hong kong and not two hong kongs. so she should stop what she's doing so in order not to make the people so angry and so going out and fighting with each other. yesterday carrie lam said she will suspend... not acceptable! withdraw! totally withdraw. not acceptable to hold. we need to withdraw it. this is what we want, all the people — hong kong people. tonight, under immense pressure from this huge protest, hong kong's chief executive released a grovelling apology.

butjust as mrs lam was sending her apology, protesters were setting up a shrine to the first martyr claimed by this movement. the flowers and candles are for a man who fell to his death on saturday night after climbing a building to unfurl a protest banner. a sea protesters then surrounded the government headquarters. the police were on their best behaviour, no helmets, shields or barriers insight. but if today's protest shows anything, it's the public anger here will not be assuaged until the hated extradition bill is gone. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. the wife of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has appeared in court injerusalem to admit misusing public funds.

as a part of a plea deal, sara netanyahu has agreed to pay the state around £12,000, some of it in the form of a fine. electricity is slowly being restored to huge parts of south america, after a catastrophic power failure. at one stage today, tens of millions of people were without electricity, in argentina, brazil, uruguay, chile and paraguay. here's chris buckler. at first light, much of south america was left in darkness. a massive power outage left tens of millions of people without electricity and crippled communications in city after city. in argentina, people were preparing to go to the polls, but with trains halted by the power cuts and all the traffic lights out in the streets, several provinces took the decision to temporarily delay local elections. this was a failure

on a quite remarkable scale. a 25—minute trip took me almost an hour and a half to be completed, and during the journey i saw three collisions. the collapse of argentina's national grid caused a blackout that stretched not just across this country, but throughout uruguay, and even into some parts of brazil and paraguay. businesses were left scrambling to fire up generators in an effort to save their stock. translation: we don't know much. what i read was on facebook, where it said that the problem came from argentina, but the truth is we really don't know a lot. energy companies have been struggling to determine the cause of these unprecedented problems. slowly throughout the day, customers have been reconnected, but by early evening that's still left half of argentina without electricity and preparing for what could be a long, dark night.

chris buckler, bbc news. two teenagers have been charged with the murder of an 18 year—old man, who was stabbed in wandsworth in south london on friday. police say mohammed nadir dafallah who's 18, along with a 17—year—old boy, will appear at wimbledon magistrates' court tomorrow. hundreds of people in a town in lincolnshire, who've left their homes because of flooding, have been told they won't be able to return until wednesday at the earliest. with more heavy rain forecast in the coming days, there are fears the river steeping, in wainfleet will burst its banks again, after overflowing last week. luxmy gopal reports. after four days of flooding, the town of wainfleet is still at the mercy of its river's flood defences. hundreds of people have had to leave their homes. both myself and my neighbours both stood here and watched it slowly creep up and as we watched it, the police

arrived and said, you need to get things together and consider evacuation. many businesses are at a standstill. i've got a lot of tyres upstairs. most of them are all right, it's all the stuff that's downstairs that's waterlogged. the hardest bit is because it's an online business, people are still buying them but i can't get down to get them out. more than 500 workers from in and around lincolnshire are helping with the flood rescue operation. emergency teams will be stationed here all through next week. volunteers have travelled in from miles around to give out sandbags and suppliers. raf chinooks have been dropping bags of sand and gravel to shore up the river's flood defences. it's done the job and they have held up for now but there's a risk of more flooding to come. these houses are among the 600 properties that have been evacuated. with weather warnings being issued and heavy rain forecast over the next

few days, residents have been told not to return home until wednesday at the earliest. this pumping station is vital to turn away floodwaters and was itself flooded. sandbags were rushed here by martin and his friends. they've distributed 13,000 of them over the last few days. we're just doing the we can as a community to help people and save people's lives and homes, and that's all we can do, really. high volume pumps have been brought in by the environment agency, who are continuing to monitor the river levels overnight. all of the people of wainfleet can do is watch and wait and hope they defences hold out. now, with the day's sport here's olly foster at the bbc sport centre. evening clive. 25,000 packed into old trafford today but there was a global television audience of over a billion for the cricket world cup match between india and pakistan.

the weather played it's part but couldn't stop india storming to an emphatic 89—run victory. our sports correspondent andy swiss was at the game. if you wondered exactly how much this game means, well, here's your answer. for india and pakistan fans, all roads led to manchester. whatever their transport, theyjust had to be there. this means a lot for us. we are from india, only to watch the match. only to win the match! it's more than a cricket match, this is war! no, it's the biggest match in the world. any sport, you can't beat it. the best part of a million people had applied for tickets, with an estimated billion watching on tv. talk about pressure. but from the off, india didn't seem to be feeling it — the favourites off to a flyer. a brilliant century from rohit sharma, before virat kohli showed why he is officially the world's best. he hit 77 until his

bizarre dismissal. he thought he'd nicked it. replays showed he hadn't. frustrated, just a little. pakistan needed 337 but it seems they might have a chance. when he went for 62 the rest tumbled around him. not even a rain delay rescued them as under the floodlights india wrapped up the emphatic win. celebrations in manchester were matched many times over by those watching back in india, we can cross live to delhi and speak to our correspondent rajini vaidiyanathan. rajini. many parts of this nation came to a standstill as millions of people

watched india take on pakistan. a few months ago, these two nations came close to war. back then, many thought this match might not even ta ke thought this match might not even take place. tonight they're celebrating in this cricket—crazy nation. no match matters more in india. here, no victory tastes as sweet as a win over pakistan. i feel very great and this is a very proud moment for india. we've won the match. i'm really on top of the world. i'm so happy, i'm really proud of my team. we think pakistan is the best thing in the world. i feel it's my victory, india won. the excitement here is electric. the sporting rivalry between india and pakistan runs deep. so too do the political rivalries between the two nuclear neighbours. right now the leaders of india and pakistan couldn't be further apart. when both attended a summit last week they barely spoke.

pakistan's prime minister, former cricket captain imran khan, said relations between the two nations were at their lowest point. back in his home country the mood was also low as fans accepted defeat. we didn't seem to be playing very well throughout the game, especially while we were batting, so that was disappointing. meanwhile in india the party continues. to many fans here this match means more than winning the world cup itself. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. the chelsea manager, maurizio sarri, has left the club afterjust one season to join the italian champions, juventus. sarri led chelsea to third in the premier league and won the europa league. the club's record goalscorer frank lampard, curently the derby county manager, is favourite to take over. tyson fury might not be world heavyweight champion anymore but he enhanced his reputation overnight in las vegas. the british fighter stopping his latest opponent,

the german tom schwarz inside two rounds. patrick gearey reports. tyson fury isn't big on subtlety. the boy from manchester wants to crack america so in las vegas he dressed like apollo creed, a character in the rocky movies. what followed was more a trailer than feature length. his german opponent, tom schwarz, was not in fury‘s class. no vegas pokerface here. fury fights with a punch and a wink, smiling and swaying, then waiting for the right moment to bring down the curtain. schwarz tried to carry on but was helpless when faced with fury‘s final frenzy. the towel was thrown and fury‘s first fight of a lucrative new tv deal was over inside two rounds. fury tends to follow his greatest hits with an encore, to the world and his wife. # and i don't want to miss a thing #. i don't take myself that seriously, as you can tell. i'm just a chubby guy who comes and has fun. i'm relaxed, i don't care about fighting, it's bred naturally,

what i do. it's fun and games for me in there. a rematch against heavyweight champion deontay wilder looks likely next year for fury. he is a complex, controversial character who will never be universally adored, but with every fight and every show he is becoming harder and harder to ignore. patrick geary, bbc news. don't forget there's much more on the bbc sport website, including the goals from today's matches at the women's world cup, as the usa and sweden progressed to the last 16. clive. that's it. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, but now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night.

hello. this is bbc news. iran has complained to britain's ambassador in the country — after the uk government accused it of involvement in the attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman, something iran strenuously denies. amid the growing tensions, the british—iranian woman jailed in tehran for spying — nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe — has begun a new hunger strike. her husband, richard ratcliffe is also on hunger strike and has spent his first night camping outside the iranian embassy in london.

earlier i spoke to eilidh macpherson, the individuals at risk campaigns manager for amnesty uk, and has been working with nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe's family. i asked how she thought the latest tensions between iran and the uk would impact on her situation. it's hard to know in this case, there has been constant rumours of the political implications of lots of different factors in her case. ultimately it's almost impossible to know what impact that will have on her case. we as amnesty alongside richard and his family and his coalition of supporters will continue to call for her unconditional release. what attitude are you seeing in iran to other people with dual nationality? we've seen a pattern of dual nationals being targeted, which has increased in recent months. we see nazanin's continued detention and the games that have been played between the iranian authorities and her treatment as part of this. what's your view of nazanin

and richards decision to go on hunger strike? i mean it's heartbreaking that it's come to this. it's an extreme decision, one that hasn't been taken lightly. nazanin and richard, joining her in support with a hunger strike. we know that this is something that she's been thinking about doing. her daughter, gabriella, had her fifth birthday on tuesday. that's been a milestone for her in wanting to be out and feeling like she has few options. a hunger strike is one way to amplify her case and richard has chosen to join her. what evidence is there that the iranian government are going to take any notice? we know that the iranians take notice of the campaign in the uk

and around the world. we get reaction when richard and i have demonstrated outside the embassy and around the country. it's hard to know what effect it will have but we know that the iranian authorities take into account that action. how realistic is it to expect that the british government can lobby on behalf of the radcliffes when there are these other tensions to do with the gulf of oman? we have had positive messages from the british government. we are continuing to urge the british government at all levels to call for her unconditional release. there was a call from richard for diplomatic protection, which was taken on board by the british government. we hope they will continue to take action and we hope that who is successful in the leadership election will have

it as a priority. the weather now, with chris. parts of the uk were hit with a deluge last week. the water has been rolling off the hills and filling up rivers. this is what the severn looks like near worcestershire. on stretches there are a number of flood warnings in force and wainfleet is struggling in lincolnshire as well. the low pressure to the west of ireland is feeding in wind with showers or lengthy spells of rain. the wet weather in northern ireland is going to spread into scotland and then this slow—moving weather front over wales and northern england. not moving very far very quickly because the wind is flowing parallel to the front rather than pushing it through. it will be with us for a length of time. to the south—east mostly dry, a mild night for most, temperatures in double figures. monday, the rain affecting parts of wales and northern england.

the far north of england, northern ireland and scotland, sunny spells and thundery showers, looking lively in the afternoon. to the south a dry day with bright or sunny spells. when we see thejune sunshine it should feel quite warm with temperatures up to 21 in the warmest spots. the good news is that we lose the low pressure. the bad new is is that another one moves up from the south to bring more wet weather over parts of england in particular on tuesday and wednesday. tuesday, showers affecting northern and western areas of scotland. it won't be long before we see thunderstorms arriving over the south of the uk, moving up from france. bright or sunny spells. a drier day over northern england with more sunshine. the main focus is on the rain. the met office has issued a weather warning for thunderstorms over parts of england on tuesday and wednesday.

the amount is going to vary, 15, to 50 millimetres of rain but given that the ground is saturated, when we see these heavier downpours we may see surface water flooding. showers into the north—west of the uk, some sunny spells between them. the main focus of the weather is going to be on the thunderstorms posing a threat of localised flooding. when the sunshine comes out it should feel reasonably warm. that's your weather.

hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines: the first televised debate in the race to be conservative leader and prime minister has taken place, but without boris johnson. contenders have clashed over how to deliver brexit. hong kong's leader apologises as hundreds of thousands stage another protest against plans for an extradition law, which has now been suspended. hundreds of people in lincolnshire still can't go back to their homes because of flooding descibed by the environment agency as "unprecedented". tens of millions of people were left without power in four south american countries after the failure of a hydroelectric dam. israel's prime minister benjamin neta nyahu has formally named a new area in the golan heights