this is bbc news, i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11:00: the race to be prime minister — borisjohnson leads the way after today's conservative party ballot. tonight, he and his four rivals clashed over brexit in a live tv debate after dominic raab was eliminated. none of us wants a no deal outcome. we have to resolve this and we have to resolve this quickly. the most important thing is to win for britain and that means getting out. one of the mistakes we have made so far is have this flexible deadline. let's get it through, let's get it done. oskar, why did you think that prince harry was a "race traitor"? so, you're happy to post about nazis on the internet but you're not prepared to admit it on camera?

two neo nazi teenagers jailed for encouraging people on social media to shoot prince harry because he married meghan markle. more weather warnings as thunderstorms, torrential rain and flooding look set to batter parts of the uk again. commentator: wowee! and a record—breaking day for captain owen morgan — as england beat afghanistan at the cricket world cup. and at 11:30, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers isabel hardman, tim montgomerie and faiza shaheen — stay with us for that. good evening. the five men who remain in the race to become the next prime minister

after the latest round of voting have taken part in a live bbc television debate. during tonight's programme, the remaining candidates vying to lead the conservative party clashed on brexit and whether the uk can realistically leave by the current deadline at the end of october. they also faced questions on their tax policies and agreed that the conservatives should hold an inquiry on islamophobia in the party. of the six candidates contesting the leadership, borisjohnson topped today's ballot with 126 votes, jeremy hunt was in second place with 46. the former brexit secretary dominic raab failed to reach the threshold of 33 votes and was eliminated. our first report tonight is from our political editor laura kuenssberg in westminster. you can't hide in the wings any more. microphone on. time to talk. nervous? they all should be. this is nothing less than a public job interview for the biggest role in the land. job number one for all of them,

how to clean up the brexit mess. can you guarantee you will be able to get your brexit plan through the parliament by october 31? we must come out on the 31st october because otherwise i'm afraid we face a catastrophic loss of confidence in politics. you sometimes have extra time in football matches in order to slot home the winner. my view is the most important thing is to win for britain and that means getting out, honouring the vote you gave. if there was a prospect, if we were nearly there, then i would take a bit longer because the conservative party is the party of business, the party of union and the party of hope. i would want to avoid the disruption of no deal. i do respectfully disagree with michael and jeremy on this because we have got to learn from our mistakes. one of the mistakes we have made so far is by having this flexible deadline. if you don't have a deadline you can't concentrate minds. there is only one door out

of this and its parliament. i would say to all these people on the platform — take the shock of the european elections, let's get on with it, let's vote it through and let's get it done. we have run into that door three times already, rory. we have to have a different route out. we can't simply represent the same cold porridge for a fourth time. this is about all of our future but the past is never far away. but the worry i have about boris's position, we fought together on the leave campaign and hejoined me on that campaign so we both believe it in our heart, but my worry is that, boris, if we got to october 31 and we were so close to getting that deal over the line, would you at that point say, michael, we are almost there... crosstalk. i share michael... i think october 31 is eminently feasible. that's not a guarantee. is that your date? can anyone on the stage guarantee? a cacophony of promises,

no guarantees and not much impressed the questioner, worried about leaving without a deal. carmela, are you reassured by what you have heard this evening? i am not reassured at all. i am really concerned about the future for my children. no—one can give a real answer. there are, though, other huge decisions and have the huge disagreements too. would they all, as the frontrunner promised, cut taxes for higher earners? i think it's very sensible to have an ambition to raise the higher rate of tax for middle income earners. i think that is wrong. i went into politics to help the very poorest in our society. i would focus on tax cuts for working people through the basic rate of tax. i would like to see everyone in this country be able to earn the first £1000 every month without any income tax or national insurance because it

would lighten the load. i will be very straight with people. i don't think this is the time to be cutting taxes. i'm not thinking of promises for the next 15 days, i'm thinking of the next 15 years. rory, you are completely out of touch. you just did not answer my question. it's not brexit, it's about tax cuts. the favourites appeared to agree for once. i agree strongly with sajid and jeremy. did the others deliberately go after rory stewart, who was the outsider? and borisjohnson, of course, faced questions on his loose talk about nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british woman held in prison in iran. i have deep sympathy, clearly, for her and her family. i don't think that case made any difference. but what of accusations laid at the tory party door that they are prejudiced against muslims, and borisjohnson casually offensive with his language. do the candidates agree that words have consequences? insofar as my words have given

offence over the last 20 or 30 years when i've been a journalist, people have taken those words out of my articles and escalated them, of course i am sorry for the offence that they have caused. they did in 60 minutes all manage to agree on something. sajid javid, you've said you would be happy to open up the conservative party to an independent investigation of allegations of islamophobia. would you like to commit to that? yes, i would. do we all agree, guys? shall we have an independent enquiry into islamophobia in the conservative party? excellent, they agree. neither of the five candidates walked away having loaded their campaigns tonight. they are, in theory, of course, on the same side. but despite the hugging, not for now. with me in the studio is the deputy political editor of the daily mail, john stevens. the big efforts between the channel for debate on sunday and the westminster journalist debate

yesterday was boris johnson. westminster journalist debate yesterday was borisjohnson. he is, by leagues, the front runner. did he screw up by leagues, the front runner. did he screw up tonight? was he good? was he bad? i don't think it was a particularly comfortable evening for borisjohnson. he was challenged on issues like nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the person who is jailed in iran, and i don't think he has convinced a lot of people. but there were no massive gas and he did seem fairly comfortable. the people that didn't like boris johnson before tonight, still won't like him. ——no massive gaffes. he is so far above any other mps so he could afford to do things like tonight which was a risk without being worried he will lose the contest. lot of talk about rory stewart. he

almost doubled the amount of mps backing him on the second round of voting at six p.m.. how do you think you did? after tonight, he came into this debate really bouncy and showing the energy he showed in sunday's debate on channel 4. actually, it was a disappointing night for him and on the way out he admitted he didn't think the format worked for him. obviously, the last few days, he has picked up a lot of supporters who weren't backing matt hancock in the first round of contest hancock in the first round of co ntest a nd hancock in the first round of contest and obviously today, dominic raab has been eliminated. especially after tonight cosmic debate where rory admits he wouldn't — but he didn't perform brilliantly, he might find tomorrow a struggle. boris johnson, out in front, highly likely to be one of the last two standing.

sajid javid, michael gove and jeremy hunt. which one of those do you think did enough to keep them going to possibly make it to the very final round? to come into the debate tonight, sajid javid was at a real risk and he got 33 votes which was the exact number he needed to go through and i think you might have saved his campaign tonight. he was strong on brexit, he toughened his line saying he would be willing to ta ke line saying he would be willing to take the country out on the 31st of october, with or without a deal. you saw borisjohnson stumbling on that, whether he would take britain out on the 31st of october, he said it was eminently possible. some of boris's wrecks that here supporters might be slightly nervous tonight and thinking, now that dominic raab has gone out he was a hard line in the contest, he hasn't got anyone who can outflank him on brexit. —— brexiteer. he doesn't need to be so worried about keeping all those hardline brexiteers in place. does make in—line. i think sajid javid did have a good night tonight. while

he has a struggle to be animated and deliver his lines, tonight he looked really confident. if you compare the sajid javid from sunday night due tonight, he seemed at ease tonight and they were great moments when he bounced it over to the other candidates. —— two tonight. they will think its a real boost. they might be able to pick up some of dominic raab cosmic supporters. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. who will be popping champagne tonight and who will be drinking tetley ‘s ? tonight and who will be drinking tetley 's? they might keep it quiet. in the case of some of the candidates. perhaps we will ask it ata candidates. perhaps we will ask it at a future press conference.

tonight, the champagne, if that's what it is, is gone a bit flat in the rory stewart campaign because he was presenting himself as this interactionist, this outsider. what was interesting if there was assumption tonight that people would gang up assumption tonight that people would gang up on the front runner, gang up on borisjohnson, gang up on the front runner, gang up on boris johnson, try gang up on the front runner, gang up on borisjohnson, try and knock him off his perch but in fact, what we witnessed, was a battle for second place, the people going through to that crucial round when the wider membership get a say and what was interesting there, there was only about 13 votes that separates the four candidates that aren't boris johnson. they are battling with each other and rory stewart did not get an easy ride tonight. he was attacked by michael gove over whether he had any detailed plans on social care. he came underfire whether he had any detailed plans on social care. he came under fire from sajid javid on taxation, for example, he said that reducing tax levels can increase tax revenues, almost like he was telling rory stewart off, patronising him, even. that was an interesting aspect of

it. i think elsewhere, sajid javid, as you will hear from jon stevens, ——as you heard from jon stevens, he almost sneaked into this conference — — co ntest. almost sneaked into this conference —— contest. also i think he felt much more confident in arguing his case of yonder brexit and particularly on taxation. elsewhere, i think, from borisjohnson's point of view, all he had to do was not follow that perch — might fall off that perch. he didn't do that but he had some interesting moments. —— not fall off that perch. taking lots of people out of the top rate of tax. he would have a debate about it. he was also a bit wobbly on heathrow. he would be down there, lying in front of the bulldozers, stopping it going ahead, making common cause of

labour'sjohn going ahead, making common cause of labour's john mcdonnell. going ahead, making common cause of labour'sjohn mcdonnell. when he comes under scrutiny, he seems to bend so there was a bit of that tonight. i don't think he is justified for champagne but he might have a quiet confidence and perhaps a little brandy at the end of the evening for the quite —— feeling quite satin —— scrutinised. evening for the quite —— feeling quite satin -- scrutinised. brexit is the deciding issue of this campaign. it is clearfrom the response from viewers whether it is social media or interviews in other countries since the debate, clearly, none of the five men have a solution to how we get out of the european union by october the 31st, either through parliament or with a no deal. certainly, i think through parliament or with a no deal. certainly, ithink there through parliament or with a no deal. certainly, i think there are huge difficulties. for example, in boris johnson's case,

huge difficulties. for example, in borisjohnson's case, he was talking about the most difficult aspect, the northern ireland backstop, the attem pts northern ireland backstop, the atte m pts to northern ireland backstop, the attempts to avoid a border, that could be put into an implementation period after we left the european union. maybe that will turn out to be the case but certainly the position of the eu at the moment is that you will not get with oral agreement without the irish backstop in itand agreement without the irish backstop in it and you won't get an implementation period without a withdrawal agreement with the catch—22 and borisjohnson didn't seem to have a clear plan that would guarantee a deal on those terms from the eu. either the question of leaving on october 31, he thought that was doable but he didn't absolutely 100% committed himself to it either. elsewhere, on the other end of the scale, rory stewart, of course, is arguing that what needs to happen, especially after a poor european election result, the

conservatives have to get behind theresa may's deal and get that done and then have negotiations on trade. as michael gove pointed out, this failed three times before and people didn't wanta failed three times before and people didn't want a fourth serving of cold porridge, as he called it. again, perhaps no plan there. sajid javid said you can have technical solutions of this question of the irish border and these technical solutions already exist. he also considered that the irish backstop would have to be implemented in the first place before these technical solutions came into play. for all of them, if people are looking for clarity, people thought they might be some sort of silver bullet, magic bullet, that would finally kill off this brexit malaise for the conservatives and indeed the whole country, i don't think that was on display tonight. 0k, country, i don't think that was on display tonight. ok, maybe the real winner tonight was theresa may. the headlines on bbc news: borisjohnson leads the race to be the next prime minister after today's conservative party ballot. tonight he clashed with rivals over brexit in a live tv debate.

two teenage neo—nazis, who encouraged an attack on prince harry for marrying a mixed—race woman are jailed for terrorism offences. and more weather warnings as thunderstorms, torrential rain, and flooding look set to batter parts of the uk again. two teenage neo—nazis have been sent to prison for terrorism offences after encouraging people on social media to shoot prince harry for marrying meghan markle. michal szewczuk, who's 19, was jailed for 4 years and 3 months. 18—year—old 0skar dunn—koczorowski got 18 months. they were both members of a group called the sonnenkrieg division — an ultra—extreme, revolutionary nazi group. daniel sandford reports from the old bailey. chanting: no more refugees! 0skar dunn—koczorowski, standing in the middle of a neo—nazi demo in 2016,

when just 15—years—old. after this group, national action, was banned as a terrorist organisation, he went underground. last year, he became a founder member of the even more extreme sonnenkrieg division. when the british—based group was exposed by a bbc news investigation in december, he was arrested the next day. sonnenkrieg division produce some of the most violent nazi propaganda to emerge in britain. 0ne post, which we're not showing, suggested prince harry should be shot as what they called a "race traitor". they were encouraging others, online, to commit terrorist attacks and, of course, it only takes one individual to be encouraged or be inspired by that propaganda to take that further step. today, michal szewczuk, a computer science student from leeds, responsible for many of the posts, was sentenced to four years three months in prison. he'd encouraged followers to rape and kill women, writing...

but at an earlier hearing, he didn't want to discuss his views on camera. why were you running an account saying all women should be raped and all babies should be raped? no comment. do you think prince harry should be killed ? no comment. 0n the sonnenkrieg group's social media page, 0skar dunn—koczorowski had written... 0skar, why did you think that prince harry was a "race traitor"? so, you're happy to post about nazis on the internet but you're not prepared to admit it on camera? sonnenkrieg division was allied to this ultra—extreme nazi group from the united states... atomwaffen division, that encourages loan actor attacks and has been linked to five murders. daniel sandford, bbc news. more weather warnings are in place as thunderstorms, torrential rain and flooding have battered parts of the uk.

some flood—hit communities, such as wainfleet all saints in lincolnshire, could face further damage. around 600 homes have already been evacuated. the environment agency has blamed "unprecedented" rainfall. alison freeman reports from lincolnshire. 0h, not as bad as i thought. it was better than when we left it. some people have had it much worse. gail hadn't been back to the house she shares with her husband richard since the water levels drop. they'd acted quickly, getting their furniture onto breeze blocks to save it, before the water came in last week. they're still shocked by what happened. have you ever had anything like this? i have lived here now nearly 60 odd years and it's neverflooded in my time and it's neverflooded in my family's time, nor my grandfather's time. the work has already begun to remove water damaged items. they think it will take at least four months to get their home back to normal. you see the floor bowed up. from the water and pressure

underneath it, shoving the floor up. all eyes are now on the river steeping, which burst its banks on wednesday. this gap's already been plugged, but there are concerns about what will happen if water levels rise again. efforts are continuing to pump as much water away from the town as possible, to protect those houses that haven't been affected and prevent more damage to those that have. and that's even more vital tonight with between 15 and 50 millimetres of rain forecast over the next 2a hours. well, i'm feeling very nervous. i mean, we got off fairly lightly by the looks of it, but you know, if it comes again, it could be worse. some people have been told to stay away from their homes until the end of the week but for those that have stayed, the wait to see what the next 2a hours brings continues. alison freeman, bbc news, wainfleet all saints. let's take a look at some of today's other news.

a former uefa president is being questioned by french anti—corru ption investigators over the awarding of the 2022 world cup to qatar. michel platini was head of european football's governing body until being banned in 2015 for ethics breaches. he denies any wrongdoing. a man who threw a milkshake over brexit party leader nigel farage has been ordered to pay him compensation. paul crowther pleaded guilty to common assault and criminal damage. he was given 150 hours of unpaid community service and ordered to pay £350 to mr farage. meanwhile, the electoral commission says it has asked the brexit party to check all past donations, following concerns about transparency. rules state political parities have 30 days to return any donation that's not legal or allowed. if it's after this time, the money is forfeited, and goes to the treasury. but political parties can, and often do, challenge decisions. the us will send an additional 1,000

troops to the middle east, as tensions build with iran. the us military shared new images which, it says, link iran to attacks last week on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. washington has accused iran of blowing holes in the vessels with mines. iran has denied the allegations. mark lowen reports from the region. capturing the evidence. new pictures, says washington, of the iranian patrol vote that attacked two vessels in the wealth of a minor last week, sparking fresh tension. and here the impact, a mind that blew through the hole, forcing the crew to abandon ship stop iran denies involvement. now the us says it will send another thousand troops to the golf. the white house says it's a warning shot to iran. but as each side pushes, how far to go is a perilous calculation. we are there to deter aggression. president trump does not want war. and we will continue to communicate that message

while doing the things that are necessary to protect american interests in the region. adding to the friction, tehran's warning that u nless the friction, tehran's warning that unless europe protected from crippling us sanctions it will increase uranium stockpiles next week, reaching its nuclear deal struck four years ago. four to's president america is to blame. translation: today we are in a face—off with america, but everyone else in the world praises iran. iran has been loyal to international agreements and the us are standing against us today is the one who has travelled all packs, agreements, and international accords. this stand off is now a dangerous geopolitical flashpoint. 0n off is now a dangerous geopolitical flashpoint. on one side, iran backed up flashpoint. on one side, iran backed up by flashpoint. on one side, iran backed up by russia and china, both warning washington today against provocation. 0n the other side is the us, goaded by saudi arabia, israel, and the united arab emirates, that's see an opportunity

for a proxy war against the rival, iran. the extra 1000 us forces, double more than 20,000 already in the uae, bahrain, and qatar, as well as us military infrastructure there. so the new troops are more a show of strength. as not yet known where they'll go and if there are provide security for tankers passing through here. it all evokes dark echoes of the tanker while the 1980s, the naval conflict between the us and iran, which would today's unpredictable, hawkish leaders could break out again. a vital waterway imperilled. a cornered iran, a us retaliating, and global markets nervous. in this volatile region is a combustible mix. mark lowen, bbc news. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our three reviewers tim montgomerie, isabel hardman, and faiza shaheen. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for the weather with nick miller.

hello. the longer you watch this forecast the greater the chance you'll encounter dry weather in the forecast. right now, though, as we start we are in the wet, particular across parts of england and wales. close to this weather system as wednesday begins the potential for still some torrential, thundery downpours through parts of southern, central, and eastern england, with a risk of disruption either from flooding or lightning, hail, gusty winds. so check the situation at niua. big variety in rain totals. 15-30 niua. big variety in rain totals. 15—30 millimetres in places, up to 50 in the wettest spots. all of that edging further east in the day. even towards the evening rush hour there could be heavy and thundery downpours in eastern england, where is wales and western parts of england turning drier, brighter. scotla nd england turning drier, brighter. scotland and northern ireland, another day of sunshine. showers moving through. some of those could be heavy or thundery. this is the picture going through wednesday night and into thursday. goodbye to

the thundery front and stay with this low pressure close to scotland. weather disturbances around that still the focus of getting showers moving in. tending to move in from the north—west into scotland, northern ireland. showers dotted about england and wales, but it is a quieter looking day. more places, broken cloud, sunny spells. top temperature around 20 degrees. it will feel fresher. wednesday was humid in the south. and a westerly breeze. the set up for friday shows high—pressure beginning to move in from the south. and that means things are starting to settle down. albeit briefly. we are still close to low pressure. northern isles, northern scotland, there will be showers around. a sunny start elsewhere, cloud building, maybe the odd lighter showers. most places under the influence of that high—pressure will be dry. it won't necessarily feel much warmer. still around 20 our best. most of us falling if you degree short of that. into the start of the weekend, high pressure. high pressure is still

here. it promises to be a fine day for most. sunny start, cloud building again. showers across parts of northern scotland. an isolated late shower elsewhere cannot be ruled out. the vast majority are looking dry. temperatures mayjust head upa looking dry. temperatures mayjust head up a couple of degrees. that means if few more spots getting to 21 celsius. part two of the weekend a low pressure looking to the south—west, feeding rain bearing weather fronts alleway. a bit of uncertainty about the timing. many eastern areas could stay dry for much of the day. rain heading towards south—west england, wales, northern ireland, with a threatening south—easterly breeze with that as well. we will just south—easterly breeze with that as well. we willjust keep an eye on the progression of that system coming our way. with the freshening south—easterly breeze tapping into some warm aircoming south—easterly breeze tapping into some warm air coming in from the continent around this area of low pressure the warm air coming in, particularly in central and eastern england. sunday, monday, if you spots, 23, maybe 2a celsius can't be ruled out. that set, it is still

u nsettled. ruled out. that set, it is still unsettled. there will be rain at times. thejet unsettled. there will be rain at times. the jet stream unsettled. there will be rain at times. thejet stream is dipped unsettled. there will be rain at times. the jet stream is dipped to the south. low pressure nestling within that. disturbances coming our way. deeper into next week this pattern looks like it tries to want to shift a little bit further east. high—pressure toppling towards us, may the north—westerly flow initially. not particularly warm. it is high pressure trying to move in and settle things down. there is a lot of uncertainty about the speed of the arrival of that, settling down weather. and we will follow that on whether for the week ahead. —— weather.

hello. this is bbc news with clive myrie. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first, the headlines.