you're watching bbc news at 9 with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines... the tory leadership race heats up as candidates clash over whether the uk can leave the eu by the 31st of october in a live tv debate. 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've made so far is by having this sort of flexible deadline. let's get on with it, let's vote it through, let's get it done. us president donald trump formally launches his re—election campaign, asking supporters to keep him in office for four more years. with every ounce of heart, and mind, and sweat, and soul, we are going to keep making america great again. and then we will, indeed, keep america great.

we will keep it so great. a woman is in a serious condition in hospital after a crash involving the duke and duchess of cambridge‘s police convoy. a global study warns that public mistrust of vaccines means the world is taking a step backwards in the fight against infectious diseases. and coming up in our sports bulletin — beyond his "wildest dreams". captain eoin morgan scored a record—breaking 17 sixes to take england to the top of the cricket world cup table yesterday at old trafford. good morning — and welcome to the bbc news at 9.

the five remaining candidates vying to be the next prime minister have clashed over brexit in a live tv debate. the rivals for the leadership of the conservative party argued about whether the uk can realistically leave the eu by the current deadline of october to 31st. they also faced questions on their tax policies and agree that the tories should hold an inquiry on islamophobia in the party. iain watson has this report. high—stakes can lead to a hard battle. the frontrunner has made fewer media appearances than his competitors, but last night boris johnson was under the spotlight of scrutiny. pressed by the bbc‘s emily maitlis, he didn't absolutely say he would take the uk out of the eu by the end of october deadline. i think that october the 31st is eminently feasible... no, that's not a guarantee. and he wobbled on issues beyond brexit. he'd previously said he'd lie down in front of bulldozers to stop

the heathrow expansion, now he simply has "grave concerns". and his plans to take more people out of the higher rate of tax didn't quite sound like a firm commitment. i think it very sensible to have an ambition to raise the top... an ambition? ..the higher rate of tax. but borisjohnson‘s out in front. and the battle for second place is fierce. every candidate, apart from rory stewart, said they'd be prepared to leave the eu without a deal. it is not going to be possible to negotiate a new deal with the european union by slst of october. in the end, we are in a room with a door and the door is called parliament. and i'm the only person here trying to find the key to the door. but we've run into that door three times already, rory. we've got to have a different route out. we can't simply re—present the same cold porridge. jeremy hunt's approach was to admit past mistakes and to try to put them right.

i think, having been responsible for health and social care, that some of the cuts in social care did go too far. sajid javid scored a personal victory, managing to get his competitors to sign up to an investigation into allegations of islamophobia in their party. you all good, guys? shall we have an external examination into the conservative party on islamophobia? absolutely. then we all agree. excellent. they agree. after the debate, michael gove proved that whatever his flaws, lack of self—confidence wasn't one of them. no, i won the debate. of course, his competitors would challenge that. as for rory stewart, he lost his tie during the debate, but had he also lost ground? tonight you were a bit lacklustre, weren't you? you're right. i didn't find that format really worked for me. by tomorrow we will know the final two who will have to face the wider party membership in a run off. borisjohnson will be there, but it's still not clear who else willjoin him. iain watson, bbc news.

so what happens now? today there will be another ballot with mps voting for their preferred leadership candidate between 3 and 5 this afternoon. the results will be annonced at 6 o'clock, and the mp with the fewest votes will be eliminated from the race. more ballots are likely to take place tomorrow until the final two candidates remain. when there are only two left in the competition, the first hustings with conservative members will get under way. at this point tory party members will vote, and the winner of the contest and our next prime minister will be announced in the week of the 22nd ofjuly. joining me now from westminster is our assistant political editor norman smith. so, norman, how do you think things are shaking down after last night?” think two things, one is boris johnson is beatable, despite the huge lead he has built up. two, has rory stewart blown it after he developed a real momentum going into

last night's debate and then seemed to fritter it away with a rather lacklustre, uncomfortable performance. but perhaps the most important thing is borisjohnson. frankly, we don't get to see him much. he wanders around, but not saying anything to journalists, his tea m saying anything to journalists, his team deliberately holding back from any proper public scrutiny. so this is one of the very rare chances that we actually get to hear the man being questioned. frankly, he wobbled. he didn't crash and burn, but he wobbled on a number of issues. most obviously on brexit. he did not give that clear, unequivocal guarantee which many brexiteers say he has given them privately that we will leave the european union on october the 31st, come what may. he says it is eminently feasible. interesting to see how that plays with some of his supporters. he also rowed back on the standout commitment of his campaign to raise the threshold for higher rate taxpayers. that is now merely an ambition, something to be debated.

heathrow, another wobble, he now says he simply has reservations about a third runway, not lying down in front of bulldozers. the most difficult time for him came when he was challenged by that imam from bristol, abdullah, whose name he could not remember, and he did struggle when pressed about the sort of language he used in relation to women wearing the burqa, and also in the case of the jailed british woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. he said he didn't influence the case. her husband said that it is not correct. so, quite a bruising night for him. as for rory stewart, he didn't get into his stride, partly because at times it was four against one, they seem to pile into him, partly because he just looked uncomfortable. he couldn't manage to sit on the bar stool he was perching on, one leg down, one leg up, tie on, one leg down, one leg up, tie on, off, looking this way on that

way. he seemed to miss an audience. this morning he acknowledged it hadn't gone to plan. the question i asked again and again last night, that nobody is answering, is how will they take a no deal through, against the consent of parliament? boris said he was going to answer me, and he didn't. i regret pushing it not two, three, five times until we got a truthful answer. the problem is if everybody makes promises they can't deliver, there can be no stability, and everybody is going to get left out. mr stewart also suffered a direct hit from michael gove after he challenged him as to how on earth he is going to get theresa may's deal through parliament at the third time of asking. cold porridge is how michael gove described it. jeremy hunt, the man who is in second place at the moment, he had a so—so night. he got boris when he challenged him as to whether he was putting his own dreams ahead of those on a

shropshire farm, he would face crippling tariffs if we left with no deal. this morning, claiming he was really the only man who the eu would be prepared to negotiate with. in other words, they wouldn't trust doing a deal with borisjohnson. listen to this. i believe they would trustjeremy hunt as prime minister. they would sit round the table. they would talk to me. and they would listen, and this is the crucial thing, the thing that is equally unrealistic about rory stewart is that rory is saying that he can persuade the house of commons to somehow vote through theresa may's deal a fourth time. what the rest of us deal a fourth time. what the rest of us think is that the only way to get this through is to change the backstop. and then you have to have someone on backstop. and then you have to have someone on the other side of the table that the europeans will talk to and listen to their alternatives. where now? i suspect we will see another big boost for team johnson. iimagine another big boost for team johnson. i imagine most of dominic raab's supporters, he was eliminated yesterday, will go lock stock and barrel over to mrjohnson. expect to

see another big leap in his numbers. no sign at the moment of any caving in the support forjeremy hunt and michael gove. that means that today the focus of the ballot is going to be, i think, the focus of the ballot is going to be, ithink, on the focus of the ballot is going to be, i think, on a the focus of the ballot is going to be, ithink, on a really the focus of the ballot is going to be, i think, on a really tight tussle between rory stewart and sajid javid to see who is eliminated. yesterday, sajid javid just sort of clung on by his fingertips, with 33 votes. this morning, he was asked, ok, are you going to drop out? no, this is a very exciting time for the race. i was really pleased to get through yesterday and i'm looking forward to the challenge that lies ahead and making my case. i think it is going to be nip and tuck between mr stuart and mrjavid to see who is forced out today. because apart from that, all of the voters seem pretty settled, with michael gove, jeremy hunt, trying to get closer to boris johnson, but boris johnson hunt, trying to get closer to boris johnson, but borisjohnson way out

ahead. thank you very much, norman. and a reminder, you can follow our coverage of the conservative leadership contest today. voting in the third ballot is due to take place between 3pm and 5pm this afternoon. and there will be an announcement of who's through to the next round at six o'clock live on the bbc news channel. and our reality check team have been fact—checking claims made by the conservative leadership contenders during last night's debate. you can find out more at bbc.co.uk/news. a woman in her 80s is in a serious condition after an accident involving a police motorbike which was part of a convoy escorting the duke and duchess of cambridge. prince william and kate were travelling from london to windsor when the woman was hurt on monday. sarah walton is following the story for us. what can you tell us? this happened on monday afternoon, at about 12.50. the duke and duchess of cambridge we re the duke and duchess of cambridge were on their way to windsor for a ceremony. they were travelling in a

car ina ceremony. they were travelling in a car in a convoy, with a police escort. one of the marked police motorbikes part of the convoy was involved in a collision with a woman ona involved in a collision with a woman on a road in richmond, south—west london. we know this lady is named irene, she is 83 years old. she suffered serious injuries, she was taken to hospital. she is still in hospital and her condition is described as serious but stable. scotla nd described as serious but stable. scotland yard says the incident has been referred to the police watchdog, the independent office for police conduct. they will investigate. that is standard for any kind of crush that involves the police. they say this investigation is in its very early stages, and the officer involved is assisting with inquiries as a witness. the duke and duchess of cambridge at the time we re duchess of cambridge at the time were travelling to windsor for a service commemorating the order of the garter. all the pomp and sell a new imagine from the monarchy. it is an annual service. there were other heads of european royal families there as well, from spain and the

netherlands. it looked like that all went ahead to plan. there were lots of pictures in the papers yesterday. clearly neither the duke and duchess we re clearly neither the duke and duchess were harmed in any way on this incident. they have released a statement. they say the duke and duchess of cambridge were deeply concerned and saddened to hear about the accident on monday afternoon. their royal highnesses have sent their very best wishes to irene and herfamily their very best wishes to irene and her family and will stay in touch throughout every stage of her recovery. it's also thought they have sent her some flowers. when they say they were deeply concerned to hear about it, it sounds like they weren't aware of what had happened in the convoy? it's not clear if they were made aware of the time, or later, afterwards. as you can imagine, a royal convoy travels very quickly through the city. you may have seen them around london. there are several cars, lots of police that go—ahead to stop the traffic. some come behind as to stay around the cars where the royal family is travelling. yes, it's not clear if they were made aware of the time or afterwards.

the headlines on bbc news... the tory leadership race heats up as candidates clash over the uk's brexit date in a live tv debate. us president donald trump has launched his re—election campaign, with a promise to "keep america great". a woman is in a serious condition in hospital after a crash involving the duke and duchess of cambridge's police convoy. it is make or breakfor it is make or break for scotland at the women's world cup. they have to beat argentina to stand any chance of progressing to the knockout stages. england are already through, a win or stages. england are already through, awinora stages. england are already through, a win or a draw againstjapan would see them finish top of the group, which could mean an easier route through to the next stage. and geraint thomas says he will be fit to defend his tour de france title. he escaped with cuts and bruises after a crash yesterday. more on all of those stories at 9.110. see you then.

donald trump is officially launched his campaign for donald trump is officially launched his campaignfora donald trump is officially launched his campaign for a second term as us president. he told 20,000 supporters in florida he will still demand for topjob. —— in florida he will still demand for top job. —— he in florida he will still demand for topjob. —— he was in florida he will still demand for top job. —— he was still the in florida he will still demand for topjob. —— he was still the man. 503 days to go until america's next presidential election, but donald trump is already heading off to do what he loves best — hittng the campaign trail. i stand before you to officially launch my campaign for a second term as president of the united states. thank you. it was four years and three days ago that donald trump made his dramatic entry into the race for the presidency. nobody took seriously that candidacy, but thanks to some controversial messages on issues such as immigration and trade, he built a coalition to take on the white house. he told his orlando audience

that they had built a whole new political movement. it's a movement made up of ha rd—working patriots who love their country, love their flag, love their children. in truth, this rally was mostly a rerun of well—trodden territory. attacks on hillary clinton, "fake news" and illegal immigrants. so what do his supporters want now? we're going to move the economy along some more. more jobs. he's promising to build the wall, he said he was going to do that and says he's going to continue to do that, so i like that. just being in the white house gives donald trump a huge political advantage going into next year's election. but his appeal has always been as the outsider, as the non—politician, as the insurgent. and recreating that a second time around won't be easy. gary o'donoghue, bbc news, in florida.

we can talk now about the re—election bid with stacey hilliard corp. he re—election bid with stacey hilliard he has been out and about on the campaign trail for some time, going to campaign style rallies. how much momentum and advantage does it give him? he has it all up and running before anybody else? it is a huge advantage, they have the teams on the ground in key states that president trump would need to win for re—election. also, they have quite a for re—election. also, they have quitea war for re—election. also, they have quite a war chest already established from a fund—raising standpoint of over $90 million. we know that in us politics, having that money is absolutely crucial, in being elected into the office. the democrats have 23 candidates that are having to divide their time and split up their money, and they bear their focus as well. so building that on their site will be much more

difficult. the washington post is putting out polling figures which it says should be very worrying for donald trump, pointing to national polling which shows a majority of people, 51—56%, say they were definitely not vote for donald trump. the one they point out in particular is what is happening in texas. 43% say they definitely wouldn't vote for him, and another 7% say probably not. how worrying is that? texas is my home state. i think that those numbers are a little bit worrying for the president right now. but i think we have 503 days left before the election. a lot can change in that time. but one of the things we have to keep in mind is, within the polling that they have, as far as definitely and definitely will not vote for the president, is that with barack obama it was in the 40s, that would definitely not vote for him for re—election. so than others tell you a bit of a story, but not the

whole story. a key states like texas, where there is no democratic candidate standing against him, that is really surprising? well, it will be better were —— beto o'rourke, one of the media darlings, they are hoping to get the home—grown candidate into the final leg of the democratic race to take on president trump. in texas, it is an inherently conservative state, regardless of the democrat influence thatis regardless of the democrat influence that is happening. it is a border state, and i think that is a key thing when you come to the border debate. even though president trump is not built the wall, he will blame democrats throughout the campaign for any of his failings that he has had as a president. we have had his launch, 23 candidates potentially vying for the democratic position.

he would be the democrat the republicans would most fear to stand against? right now it looks like they would fear mostjoe biden, former vice president. interesting when you look at the age of the candidates we have. beto o'rourke is also one they would fear because of the momentum he had behind him in the momentum he had behind him in the senate race that he had, which was very close with ted cruz, he was a former presidential candidate as well. those would be the two. kamala harris as well. they would be the three to watch in my opinion. investigators looking into the downing of mh 17 are expected to name suspects later today. it was heading to kuala lumpur before it was shut down five years ago over territory in eastern ukraine. all 298 people on board were killed. investigators blamed russian backed separatists, who they say targeted the plane with a russian—made missile.

a former national counterterrorism coordinator has told the bbc that the government back was not doing enough to ensure that venues are safe. the former chief superintendent warns that new laws are needed to reduce the impact of any future attack. he is supporting any future attack. he is supporting a campaignfor any future attack. he is supporting a campaign for more rigorous checks at venues called martyn ‘s law. it is named after martyn hett who died in the manchester read attack. security screening has become part of modern life. arriving at a venue, most people don't give searches a second thought. memories are still fresh from the attacks of 2017. people died on my watch. that's a burden that i will carry. former chief superintendent nick aldworth was responsible for keeping the uk secure from terrorism. now he is warning that new legislation is needed to make sure venues are safe, and says the voluntary nature of the government's current strategy is too relaxed.

i don't think that they're either being fast enough or being innovative enough in what needs to be done. and anything less than new legislation is a compromise. we have the potential for places to be attacked, and for the consequence of those attacks, should they happen, to be far worse than they needed to be. after the spate of attacks in 2017, the government gave the police more money to increase the number of vehicle barriers like this one. but those pushing for new legislation say security shouldn'tjust be the responsibility of public bodies, but also venue operators in the private sector. martyn hett was one of 22 people killed in the explosion at manchester arena. before martyn died, i wouldn't have had a clue about any of this. it wasn't on my radar. his mother has been campaigning for a law in his name, to make it compulsory for every venue to plan for the threat of an attack. are you saying we need to become barrier britain,

have a security arch in front of every venue? no, absolutely not. when i think of people like martyn, who enjoyed all these events without having to go through loads and loads of security, we are talking about common sense here. it could just be, you know, people being trained in recognising suspicious behaviour. it can be even as basic as that. figen already has the support of some venues, who say they don't see extra legislation is a problem. i'd actually almost flip it on its head and look at it as a business opportunity, and say, well, actually, if we can demonstrate that we're putting the appropriate measures in place to ensure the security of the visitors, the venue, the employees, then actually that's got to be a good thing. the government says it's considering further legislation and is keen to discuss the security issue with those that are campaigning for martyn's law. judith morris, bbc news, manchester.

let's get more on the conservative leadership race on the five contenders to be the next prime minister clashed over brexit in last night's bbc debate. they were arguing about whether the uk can leave the eu by the current 31st of october deadline. all five candidates also ruled out a general election before brexit was resolved. the third round of voting will take place between 3pm and 5pm this afternoon. the mp with the lowest number of votes will be out of the race when the results are announced at 6pm. let's get some reaction from around the uk to last night's debate. in portsmouth, we can speak to donald jones, the conservative group leader on portsmouth city council and pulmonary candidate for portsmouth south, and we are joined from manchester by the conservative leader of trafford council. you actually get to cast votes when it goes to the wider tory leadership.

the tory membership. donna, do you know who you are supporting already? no, i don't yet. i am going to wait and see who the final two are. i think it is unlikely at the moment, from what i have seen so far, that i would be supporting rory stewart, simply because he doesn't seem keen to keep no deal on the table as a genuine prospect. whilst i don't think it would be good for the economy, i think in our negotiating position we must keep that on the table. so, when you say you are waiting for the final two, you want no deal on the table. borisjohnson is certainly, it seems, going to be in the final two, looking at the numbers. why aren't you just going for him? well, because i think the other candidates have also made some excellent points. i mean, last night michael gove spoke about increasing spend on education, particularly special educational needs. sajid javid, hugh sean and i both know

very well, he was our secretary of state in communities and local and, talks about increasing money in aduu talks about increasing money in adult social care. jeremy hunt spoke, having been health secretary, about increasing spend on mental health and care across the board. for me, you know, i really do want to see who are the parliamentary party, who they are whittling down to the final two, i want to weigh up the options. i am lucky very carefully at what they all say. in particular last night, the comments about tax reform, tax cuts, there was sort of things are very key to me because i come from a banking background. fiscal policy is very important for the uk economy, obviously. sean, do you know who you are supporting? i am team sajid and i have been from this —— the start. i think he answered the questions outside of brexit very effectively. on brexit, i am one of those people

that just wants us on brexit, i am one of those people thatjust wants us to resolve the situation. whether i thought any of the plans put forward last night we re the plans put forward last night were implementable is a different question. but he at least put forward something that has the re m na nts of forward something that has the remnants of being credible. to try and say that post—october the 31st comment to a domestic policy agenda that has arguably been neglected over a number of years, that we need to have some ideas that will bring people back to the conservative party. i think sajid did not particularly well. i thought that jeremy hunt performed well. i agree that rory stewart lost his charm. boris didn't make a mess, but didn't excel, and michael gove was not the one for me. an interesting debate, we still need more detail from each of these candidates. sajid javid is well known to me and i think it would bring something new to the conservative party. you said you we re conservative party. you said you were unclear as to any of the plans outlined on brexit, if they are

implementable. we do have the october to 31st deadline. you say you want this sorted. would you be prepared to see a no—deal brexit in order to get this done? is it an absolute deadline for you ? order to get this done? is it an absolute deadline for you?” order to get this done? is it an absolute deadline for you? i think i have some frustration with parliament and politicians, to be honest. there is clearly no majority to do something. parliament has to decide what it wants to do to resolve this. i voted to remain in the referendum campaign, but i am now off the view that we need to, one, respect the results, which is particularly important for democracy, you can't go to the people over something and not employ meant it, and we can't keep moving the goalposts. i don't want that to happen. ultimately, we need to be able to talk about something on brexit, and to do it in a way that will have the least impact on the economy, on communities across the country. i think what sajid did last

night was say in the home office, look at what we can do in northern ireland, by far look at what we can do in northern ireland, byfarand look at what we can do in northern ireland, by far and away the only sticking point that remains, and if we are able to get a solution on that, fantastic. donna, what do you think about the positions on brexit? are any of them positions that you can have faith in, in seeing through? rory stewart's position that effectively he just wants to try to get that withdrawal agreement through again, we have seen what has happened with that in the past. but the others cannot guarantee we will definitely be out by the 31st of october. i think rory stewart has done himself a lot of good over the leadership debate. he certainly raised his own profile as well. at his position for me as effectively theresa may's position, which, as sean has said, does not have the confidence of the majority of parliament. he is effectively saying we can't go back and renegotiate. i am going to go back to parliament again and try to get this through. for me, i think rory is probably out

of the race, personally. of the remaining ones, i am slightly nervous about jeremy hunt and michael gove saying that if we just needed another week or another month to get us over the line, beyond the 315t to get us over the line, beyond the 31st of october, then they would consider extending that leave date yet again. that, for me, is not what the people of this country want. they have made it absolutely clear, even people who remained, and particularly conservative party members who voted to remain, saying we just want to get on and leave because the uncertainty is causing issues both for the country, our economy, and obviously for the conservative party, because of a threat coming from nigel farage and the brexit party. so i do think we need a strong prime minister, a strong conservative party leader, who can take is out of the european union so that we can start focusing on domestic policy or on prison funding, and police funding, or knife crime, on the war on drugs, on mental health, on all of these things that are so important to the people of great britain.

sean, there are some mps, some tory mps, indicating that if the next leader were to try and take britain out of the eu on the 31st of october with no deal, they would trigger a general election with a vote of no confidence. what are your prospects of that happening?” confidence. what are your prospects of that happening? i think the consequences of no deal are not what i want to see, the consequences of a jeremy corbyn labour government are more catastrophic in my view, so conservative mps will need to think very carefully about what they do before doing that, because, you know, we know that the conservative party is able to get behind the leadership, but have always had a diversity of opinion in the party, i have been a memberfor 17 diversity of opinion in the party, i have been a member for 17 years diversity of opinion in the party, i have been a memberfor 17 years but when we do that, we can win elections and generally do good things that the people of this country and that has to be the

overriding priority of conservative mps. in the absence of a majority in parliament for anything, i think the people of our country will expect us and expect frankly every member of parliament to be a bit more responsible and to say we are going to resolve this, because it is ongoing delay and uncertainty, it is hugely damaging and it is damaging for both of the main political parties and we are neglecting, as i say, more important things that we need to be talking to our communities about. thank you both very much forjoining us. and we will know at 6pm this evening who is dropping out of the leadership race after the next round of voting. full coverage here on bbc news. no time for a look at the weather with simon king. good morning. we had a real lightning show last night across the south—east of england, this was just one weather watcher photo that we had sent in from eastbourne. there

we re had sent in from eastbourne. there were approximately 1,000 lightning strikes within an hour in one storm that moved its way north and eastward. today, we can still see some thunderstorms moving their way in across south—eastern england, east anglia. elsewhere quite cloudy, some showery outbreaks of rain moving its way eastward. some sunshine coming out across western and northern parts, a mixture of sunny spells and heavy showers into northern ireland and western scotland. quite warm and humid, particularly across the south—east of england. through tonight, we continue with showers moving north and west, some clear spells going into the early hours of thursday morning and throughout thursday, for many others, it should be a dry day. they will be a scattering of showers across england and wales, the maximum temperature is getting into the high teens, perhaps low 20s. bye— bye. you are watching bbc news with

joanna gosling, our headlines. the tory leadership race heats up as candidates clash over whether the uk candidates clash over whether the uk can leave the eu by the 31st of october in a live tv debate. us president donald trump formally launches his real election campaign, promising to "keep america great". a woman is in a serious condition in hospital after a crash involving the duke and duchess of cambridge's police convoy. a local study once that public mistrust in vaccines means the world is taking a step backwards in the fight against infectious diseases. now time for the morning briefing, we will bring you up to speed on the stories you are watching, reading and sharing, so looking at the bbc news website, the most popularfor you at the moment is that crash involving the convoy that was transporting william and kate and the 80—year—old woman hurt in that. number three on the most red list is

this news that oxford university has been given £150 million from a us private equity boss, the largest single donation ever given to a uk university and it has come in from stephen schwarzman, private equity billionaire and who is going to fund a building for the study of humanities. the uk government says it isa humanities. the uk government says it is a globally significant investment in britain. and bun fight is the way the newspapers are describing what has been also called the boris and rory show, the bbc debate last night on the tory leadership contest. if you doubt some of what you have heard in terms of the facts, you can go on and fact check claims, some of the claims being made, the bbc‘s reality check tea m being made, the bbc‘s reality check team has been checking some of the claims that were made at the top. borisjohnson on tariffs there. so if you want to see what the bbc

fact—checkers say about things like that, you can find it online. let's just scroll through to the most watched, a really dramatic story here, a stranger tried to kill me on the tube, and there is a video which is quite distressing. i willjust click on it now, just to tell you it is quite distressing and basically shows the moment that tobias french was about to get on the tube when a stranger tried to push him in front of it and his reaction is incredibly quick, it is unbelievable. that is the most viewed on the website. and a lovely story here as well, this is a lovely story here as well, this is a young pilot, she is only 23, laura gibson, and she was flying the plane that her grandparents were travelling on, they didn't know she was actually the pilot, so they were travelling on holiday to majorca and she told them, obviously, as they got on the plane, that she was flying it, so they were surprised.

she says her granny didn't even recognise her at first but politely said hello to her granddaughter, thinking it was the pilot who had come out to say hello and then realised. that is a very sweet story. lots of interesting things getting your attention on the bbc news website. as we have been hearing, the five rivals for the tory leadership clashed over brexit last night on a live bbc tv debate. the third round of voting takes place this afternoon and the mp with the lowest number of votes will be out of the race. it will fall to the party's 160,000 will fall to the party's160,000 members to have the final say on the last two candidates. let's take a look at what some people watching in manchester last night thought of the debate. i thinkjeremy hunt came out really, really well. i was pleasa ntly really, really well. i was pleasantly surprised. earlier, iwas undecided. now my shortlist is down to three between jeremy undecided. now my shortlist is down to three betweenjeremy hunt, sajid javid and michael gove. on tonight's performance, it is michael gove, very impressive. i am not boris'

greatest fa n. very impressive. i am not boris' greatest fan. i was theresa may's greatest fan. i was theresa may's greatest fa n greatest fan. i was theresa may's greatest fan and i felt that they stabbed in the back and now he's trying to move the goalposts, saying one thing and possibly meaning another. he is staying with the some of the other candidates, he wants to move the goalposts instead of october the goalposts instead of october the goalposts instead of october to 31st, having some extra time. we have messed up, we can't have any more extra time, we've got to sort this out. anyone but rory, good stable candidates, really pleased. i will choose one but i'm happy with any one of those. the today programme on bbc radio four spoke to baron as fall, former deputy chief of staff to david cameron and tim montgomerie, former editor of conservative home about the contest. nick robinson asked both of them what makes a good prime minister. civil servants want people most of all to be confident and get on with actual government, which means getting through your paperwork, which means making decisions, but obviously at the

moment we are in a national crisis, we are looking for leadership, but we are looking for leadership, but we are looking for leadership, but we are also, it is very important that whoever becomes next prime minister is trusted and one of the things i think came across in the debate last night is there is a lot of talk about, in the end, all these candidates, if they become prime minister, are going to pay some of those same very difficult issues, the same polarised country and divided parliament and i think it's they don't lose the reality and then started their premiership with a lack of trust. tim montgomerie, isn't part of the difficulty in asking this question that theresa may takes to conventional boxes, she is hard—working, may takes to conventional boxes, she is ha rd—working, she may takes to conventional boxes, she is hard—working, she does her papers, she holds a meeting, she is serious and what the conservative party are saying is we tried that, that didn't work, let's have something completely different.” think there is a's problem was really a lack of delegation. she was known when she was home secretary is someone known when she was home secretary is someone who tried to control and understand every part of her department. that is hard to do at

the home office but trying to bring that same style and control freak ore to the heart of government is why this government hasn't been a success. you need, ithink, as a prime minister, to trust your cabinet ministers to get on with their briefs and i think that is something david cameron was good at. he allowed michael gove to reform schools, he allowed his chancellor to take on the austerity measure, iain duncan smith to take on the welfare challenges. you have got to trust your ministers because you can't run everything from ten downing street. while people say of borisjohnson, even critics of his that as london mayor, he did delegate and have pretty team, many people of argued, but many others say you can't really trust him, you can't be sure he knows what he's talking about from day to day.” think the key thing for boris, if he does become leader, is to be careful that he doesn't overdo the rhetoric at the moment and find that early on in his premiership, he has to back down or change because, very

quickly, the goodwill around his premiership will be undermined, in a couple of months. so back on the theresa may point, one of the things i think theresa may didn't get com pletely i think theresa may didn't get completely right, she was a convenor of the non—cabinet rather than a leader of cabinet and after a while, with a divided cabinet, it began to unravel. well, one of the subjects that came up well, one of the subjects that came up in the debate last night was islamophobia. the home secretary sajid javid challenged the other candidates to agree to an external inquiry into islamophobia in the tory party. this morning, michael gove said racism and prejudice of all kinds should be tackled. we need to be absolutely resolute in attacking racism and prejudice of all kinds and, absolutely, there are people in the conservative party who we need to make sure appreciate the consequences of their actions, there are people who need to be rooted out of the party. will you appoint an independent inquiry? the biggest global study into attitudes on immunisation suggest that in some parts of the welcome

most people still don't trust vaccinations. the research by the wellcome trust found around a fifth of people in europe by the felt vaccines weren't safe or were unsure about their safety. charlie weller from the trust spoke to louise minchin on breakfast about the findings. i think what is really important is, one of the findings that shows it is reassuring that the nine out of ten parents are actually saying that their children are vaccinated and we need to hold onto that, that is good news, but if you look below that at specific countries and certain areas, that level does reduce and that is where there is concern. ok, so it seems to me there is a sort of difference about where you live and what country you live in and whether you trust vaccines. yes, so the survey looked at 140 different countries and there were differences between developing countries and developed countries across the globe and what

is interesting about the survey is it puts vaccine confidence or trust in vaccines into the broader environmental trust in science and research, to try and link vaccine confidence with trust in other systems and health care providers. and what does the fact that some people are still not having their children vaccinated, what does that mean? how worrying is that?” children vaccinated, what does that mean? how worrying is that? i think today, we don't see some of the diseases such as polio and diphtheria and measles isjust starting to come back, and we therefore don't see the devastating effects of these diseases on people's lives and their health and so we forget, maybe, about how effective vaccines are and the fact that vaccines are really a success story and so, if this trend for people to be more hesitant around vaccines continues, we may see more

of these vaccine preventable diseases coming back. and just take a look at this image from greenland, where temperatures soared well above normal levels last week, causing about half of its ice sheet surface to experience melting. it was taken by climate scientist stefa n it was taken by climate scientist stefan olsson, who was retrieving equipment from a weather station on the danish territory. as the team travelled across the one point to meet a thick surface, water pulled across it, giving the impression the dogs walking the water. that is it for today's morning briefing. let's catch up with the sport, we can go to the bbc sports centre and get the latest from sally nugent. hello, a big day for scottish football today at the women's world cup. scotland know they have to beat argentina to stand any chance of progressing to the knockout stage, but even then, they are still going to be waiting on other results to see if they go through as one of the best placed teams. england play japan in the other match today and

katy gornall has been following them back down to nice on french riviera. to be successful in sport takes concentration, perseverance and patience. this is promising for england... england kept their composure against argentina and got their reward. there is the breakthrough! so far, so good. asa team, breakthrough! so far, so good. as a team, you need to find a way to win no matter what end we need to have different strategies, we need to have a plan b, plan a and be ready for whatever is thrown at you. momentum is super important and we wa nt to momentum is super important and we want to go into that game and win it. a thigh injury forced toni duggan to watch the first two games from the sidelines. she is now fit and hopeful of playing some part against the 2011 champions japan. england have made a perfect start to this tournament and only need one point to finish top of the group. scotland, on the other hand, face a huge fightjust scotland, on the other hand, face a

huge fight just to stay scotland, on the other hand, face a huge fightjust to stay in france. so farfor huge fightjust to stay in france. so far for shelley kerr's side, it has been a case of too little too late. defeats to england and japan could means they have to beat argentina and hope other results go their way. even in the england and japan games, when we were down 2—0, eve ryo ne japan games, when we were down 2—0, everyone saw the second half was so much better and we are not sure why we end up in those positions and then finally not upping our game, but hopefully it won't go that way. hopefully we know what we need to do and three points as the main focus. but argentina's players aren't in any rush to go home either. a few people gave them a chance in this tournament but team spirit and some stern defence has given them a shot at the last 16. come this evening, if they win, scotland face our waiting game, while england still have their eyes on the biggest catch of all. so plenty of ways to stay up—to—date with both games, which get under way

at the same time this evening. well, the other football tournament english players are involved in the summer was at the under 21 level in a men's game. england have a team packed full of potential for the future but they lost their first group match last night to — one against france. that terrible own goalfrom against france. that terrible own goal from crystal palace boss mark aaron wan—bissaka was one of two late goals to cost england. wan—bissaka is late goals to cost england. wan—bissa ka is reportedly late goals to cost england. wan—bissaka is reportedly the subject of a £50 million transfer to manchester united this month. reigning tour de france champion geraint thomas will be fit to defend his title after escaping with just cuts and bruises from a nasty crash in the tour —— tour de suisse. the tea m in the tour —— tour de suisse. the team ineos driver was taken to hospitalfor team ineos driver was taken to hospital for checks after he fell on the stage for part of the race in the stage for part of the race in the alps. chris froome has already

been ruled out of the tour de france after a crash less than a week ago which left him with a broken leg, hip and elbow. it was a record—breaking day for england's cricketers yesterday, particularly for the captain eoin morgan. he clubbed his way to 17 sixes against afghanistan, the most ever scored in a one—day international, and it was worth 102 ru ns international, and it was worth 102 runs overall for england's tally. he finished on 148 ofjust 71 balls, helping england to reach 397, a target far too much for afghanistan to travel down —— chase down. morgan did all of that having gone into the match with a bad back. never have i ever thought that i could play a knock like that. i'm delighted that i have. coming in at the time where there was a 50—50 shout, whether myself orjos went in, probably helped that, cos after i faced a few balls, i had no choice, i had to start taking risks because of him coming in next, and then

after i got dropped, it was a matter ofjust keep going. there is another big match today in the race to reach the top four places that guarantee a semifinal. south africa really have to beat new zealand to get themselves back into contention, the black caps are still unbeaten in their first two games and can overtake england at the top with a win. let's have a look at some of the back pages this morning, it is all about the cricket. the times, it won't surprise you to see owen morgan, his 17 sixes inspiring lots of headline writers —— mark eoin. and the mention of a possible signing for manchester city, atletico madrid's rodri. and on the express, also morgan, six of the best, there were 17 of them in the world record. story is a new talking

on social media this morning are all about one famous football manager and his now equally famous knitwear. pep guardiola was often seen wearing this, the grey coatigan as he guided manchester city to the premier league title this season. he has donated it to the club's city in the community charity and now the campaign is over, it hasjust been sold for a whopping £6,000. i wonder what it is made of. something very expensive, i hope. that is all the sport for now, more from us here at the sports centre at 11:50am. thank you, sally. nearly half of all pregnant women are overweight or obese according to official nhs figures, which can present serious health risks to both mother and baby. they include a greater risk of miscarriage or stillbirth. dominic hughes has been to find out more. for meg, these are anxious times.

she is 32 weeks into a long—awaited pregnancy and things have been complicated by health problems related to her weight. it's an issue she has dealt with for most of her life. i was on a calorie—controlled diet from when i was 11 so weight has always been an issue for me but this is the biggest i've been and the heaviest and obviously when i fell pregnant, i thought that i really needed to start watching what i was putting in my mouth and it wasn't just about me anymore, it was about both of us. just check your blood pressure. the baby's heartbeat is normal. carrying too much weight when you are pregnant can be risky for mother and baby, a greater chance of stillbirth, gestation diabetes and high blood pressure, the list goes on. but meg is attending a special clinic in edinburgh where women who are very overweight can see a range of specialists all in one place, helping her to focus on what's important. i think it's just about

concentrating on the fact that you are carrying another person inside you. and really having to think about them rather than yourself. the edinburgh clinic is one of the first in the uk to bring together specialist doctors, midwives, nutritionists and other experts to help women through what can be a tricky time and over the past decade, demand has soared and in scotland, nearly half of all pregnant women are now overweight or obese. levels of obesity are rising throughout developed countries and its complex why it's happening, it's diet, it's exercise, it's lifestyle but essentially, when a woman is pregnant, we all want the same thing and women deserve the same care and attention as anybody else. and this is what success looks like. giuliana is now 18 months old after mum nikki attended the edinburgh clinic. now expecting another baby, nikki's advice to other women is simple.

listen to yourself and listen to your doctors because you've got to tell yourself that they've given you that advice for a reason so you've got to tell yourself that, because you know you are going to get a beautiful bundle ofjoy at the end of it. helping overweight mums have healthy babies requires specialist skills and, as obesity levels rise, demand for those skills is set to grow. dominic hughes, bbc news, edinburgh. john malkovich is one of america's most versatile actors, with more than 70 films to his name, ranging from dangerous liaisons and conair. he returns to london in a play that tackles the recent abuse scandals that have rocked hollywood. tim muffett that have rocked hollywood. tim m uffett we nt that have rocked hollywood. tim muffett went to meet him.

john, lovely to meet you. pleasure. onstage at the garrick theatre for your first west end performance in 30 years. how does it feel to be back? great. i'm very happy to be doing a show here in london. in this show, bitter wheat, you play a depraved hollywood mogul and it was written and directed by david mamet. can you tell how you came to be cast in it? he told me that he planned on writing this play about a very badly behaved movie mogul and i said yes, send it to me. i thought it was very good. get the legal team. see if it's possible to hold the presses. hold on, hold on, whoever owns the name, a, can we buy it? b, can we scare him? there is talk that it's based on harvey weinstein. is it? i would say that was more a starting point. it's not harvey but i'm sure it might recall certain aspects of harvey's, the behaviour of harvey that he's charged with. worth pointing out, harvey weinstein is due to stand trial in september

and he denies all the allegations of nonconsensual sex. you've described this play as a black farce. is this subject matter suitable for a farce? well, people made farces of hitler. who decides when something can be funny or not funny? the international dateline, i always thought that would be a great name for a dating service. yes, it would. international dateline? no, a great name for a film. i'm on top of it. you've made over 70 films. were you aware during your long film career that this sort of behaviour that's talked about in the play, was going on? no. no inkling? well, i had, let's say, overheard some things that may have

not been ideal in terms of collegial behaviour or what you come to work for. i didn't really ever have discussions about it. did some people know it was going on? i'm sure they must have. is it something troubling? no, it's fine. what is it? is there something troubling you? yes. the metoo movement we've been hearing about, are we at the start or the end of it? have we heard the worst or is there more to come? do i think it's the last of it? well, i doubt it. it's very tough. what's to end unless bad behaviour ends? and i don't see bad behaviour ending anytime soon. time for a look at the weather with simon. we had some incredible lightning storms last night across the south—east of england, some very

heavy rain for moving its way up from the south and you can see from the rainfall imagery from last night, those storms moved out of france into the channel into the south—east, we saw 20 millimetres falling at a very short space of time and frequent lightning and that is just time and frequent lightning and that isjust one of time and frequent lightning and that is just one of the weather watcher photos from eastbourne, around a thousand lightning strikes in an hour as the storm moved its way through and over night, we saw around 10,000 strikes widely across the south—east, that was in essex from the weather watcher there. still the chance of some thunderstorms across the south—east of england up through east anglia through the course of today, they continue to move their way in from the south, you can see the green blobs as they moved north and eastwards. it will feel quite warm, humid, with the risk of those downpours and storms today. elsewhere quite loud at this morning but brighter skies, a bit of sunshine breaking through across western areas, a bit of sunshine and showers across scotland and northern ireland. maximum temperatures in the high teens, low 20s, feeling quite

humid, particularly towards the south—east. through tonight, we lose the humid air, as the cold front moves further eastward, we come to more fresher, north—westerly winds. still fairly warm as we go through the next few days but we lose the humidity. thursday morning, starting off with temperatures 8—11 or 12 celsius. for many of us on thursday, a drier day with some lengthy spells of sunshine but some showers into scotland, northern ireland, a few showers developing across wales and through central and southern areas of england. some of those could be on the heavy side, lots of dry weather in between and again, those temperature 16—21 degrees. into the weekend, higher pressure across the southis weekend, higher pressure across the south is gradually building in and we haven't seen this for a long time, but that means that as we go into saturday, it is going to become much more settled, so friday, we start to see that process of drier, brighter weather, many of us with a dry day, a few showers across

northern areas with some sunny spells, it will feel pretty warm. temperatures getting up again into the high teens and low 20s and the fine weather will continue into saturday and indeed, for much of sunday as well. bye—bye.

hello, it's wednesday, it's ten o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. there are five men left in the race to become our new prime minister and another one will be eliminated later today. last night's leadership debate saw frontrunner boris johnson speaking for the first time — promising we'll be out of the eu on october 31st, but not quite saying how. i think that october the 31st is eminently feasible. that's not a guarantee. rory stewart tells us he was up till 3.15 this morning texting mps to get their support. if he gets the top job, how will he get their withdrawal agreement through parliament? we need to