this is bbc news. the headlines at eight o'clock. the final two, boris johnson will facejeremy eight o'clock. the final two, boris johnson will face jeremy hunt eight o'clock. the final two, boris johnson will facejeremy hunt in the race to be the next prime minister after michael gove was eliminated in the latest tory leadership ballot. the conservative parties 160,000 members will now choose the winner and will be announced towards the end ofjuly. chancellor philip hammond said that a no deal breaks it would harm the british economy and it does vying to be the next prime minister need to come up with a plan b. drip‘s leaders held talks in brussels for deciding who will get the eu's top jobs. president

trump says iran has made a very big mistake by shooting down an american surveillance drone. and campaigners when a legal challenge over the british government's decision to allow arms sales to saudi arabia. good evening. the conservative leadership contest is down to the final two candidates. after michael gove was eliminated after finishing last in the for the of conservative mps. boris johnson once last in the for the of conservative mps. borisjohnson once again won the lion's share of the vote with 160 votes, followed byjeremy hunt on 77 votes, who was closely trailed by michael gove with 75 boats. so

michael gove is knocked out of the contest, leaving borisjohnson and jeremy hunt to battle it out. the three candidates shared their reaction to the results on twitter. michael gove tweeted naturally disappointed, but so proud of the campaign we ran. huge thanks to my campaign we ran. huge thanks to my campaign team, it has been an honour to set out the vision for the future of our great country. jeremy hunt said. borisjohnson tweeted to say.

0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster forest and jonathan, the campaign goes out around the country but the mps in westminster still digesting of what it is going to look like now. yes, the final two and jeremy hunt plus ‘s team the final two and jeremy hunt plus ‘steam are jubilant, the final two and jeremy hunt plus ‘steam arejubilant, gearing themselves up for a fight in the second part of this contest over the next few weeks, michael gove's camp feeling very different but trying to appear gracious in defeat and giving themselves credit for coming back from what was a very difficult start to the campaign for their man after those accusations and an admission of having ta ken those accusations and an admission of having taken cocaine. but even though they're only two votes in it, the numbers do not lie and jeremy hunt will face boris johnson the numbers do not lie and jeremy hunt will face borisjohnson over the next few weeks conservative party members are given the chance to grill the two candidates to make up to grill the two candidates to make up their minds and who they would like to be the next leader of their

party and the uk's next prime minister. because the vote was so close, questions, accusations, claims, rumours swirling around westminster tonight over with her borisjohnson westminster tonight over with her boris johnson supporters give westminster tonight over with her borisjohnson supporters give their votes to jeremy hunt borisjohnson supporters give their votes tojeremy hunt because he was seen as votes tojeremy hunt because he was seen as an easy votes tojeremy hunt because he was seen as an easy arrival or a more palatable rival to them the michael gove may be different contest of michael gove made it to the final two, allied turned rival ofjohnson. —— an old ally. but it will be jeremy hunt and porschejohnson in the final two. giving his reaction to the result in the last few minutes. i have been the underdog read from the start and i like to prove people wrong in the am going to win this race is by showing that the best way to brexit is by sending

the best way to brexit is by sending the european union a prime minister that he will engage with, a tough negotiator that has a bottom line and will not give up and we get what is right for our country. but as well as a sensible debate on brexit, the country and the party want to hear about our vision beyond brexit. how we fire up our economy to be the fastest growing in europe, how we tackle social problems like illiteracy in the social care system. how we make britain walk tall and attract young voters, i wa nt tall and attract young voters, i want to get my vision across to make sure that this is notjust want to get my vision across to make sure that this is not just about having great ideas but someone who can deliver those ideas and unlock the potential of what i think is the greatest country on the planet. jeremy hunt clearly delighted on getting through to the final round. is there some relief among conservative mps and members more widely that they are going to be spared the psychodrama of boris

johnson and michael gove who would have been reliving that all rivalry -- all have been reliving that all rivalry —— all rivalry? have been reliving that all rivalry -- all rivalry? supporters ofjeremy hunt have said more and more loudly over the past couple of days, the international trade secretary was talking to some of us gathered outside the room where mps are casting their votes saying it would not be in the country's interests to have a clash between two former journalists and have so many history of being engaged in this contest to run the country. jeremy hunt would say that, but some mps are thinking well perhaps, it may not have turned out so badly, you have a staunch brexiteer and a former remainder even though he will probably be painting himself as a born—again brexiteer in committed to delivering on the result of the referendum and if need be, taking the the uk out of

the eu without a deal. but the policy on brexit perhaps will be how they get their message across. how they get their message across. how they cast themselves as a character to lead the conservative party and to lead the conservative party and to be written's next prime minister. it is going to be a fascinating few weeks, but boris johnson it is going to be a fascinating few weeks, but borisjohnson at the stage, as he has been throughout, the clear front runner. jeremy hunt definitely the underdog. thank you for having the latest from westminster. thank you very much for talking to us this evening. your survey for your website have put borisjohnson way out in front for quite some time. do you think that he is going to be cruising to a victory againstjeremy hunt now? he is going to be cruising to a victory against jeremy hunt now?|j think victory against jeremy hunt now?” think it will be a pretty overwhelming victory. it would've been againstjeremy hunt or michael

golf, but i think it's advantageous for borisjohnson that this will already be a better mannered contest, less damaging contest than with michael gove because there won't be all of the soap opera element that there would've been. we have heard that voice johnson's element that there would've been. we have heard that voicejohnson's team are hoping that it would bejeremy hunt. is there also this factor that borisjohnsonjust has hunt. is there also this factor that borisjohnson just has a bit more excitement and is more likely to rally those conservative troops around hendon jeremy hunt, rally those conservative troops around hendonjeremy hunt, who was seen as more around hendonjeremy hunt, who was seen as more in the mould of theresa may? i think that is a little unfair tojeremy may? i think that is a little unfair to jeremy hunt, but may? i think that is a little unfair tojeremy hunt, but it gives an opportunity forjeremy hunt to show a bit more personality and in a way,

positive leadership contest, javid started off quite stiff, quite awkward and he has shown much more confidence as the contest is going oni confidence as the contest is going on i thinkjeremy hunt will need to utilise some of that and be a bit more outspoken. you won'tjust be about brexit, over the course of the next month or so, they'll also be wanting to talk about some of the themes on cutting tax and fighting crime and homeownership increasing, the housing supply, there are lots of other issues that conservative party members feel strongly about, as well as brexit. what is jeremy hunt's best hope? does he decide to continue campaigning in the hope that perhaps borisjohnson will put his foot in it as he has done so many times in the past? getting the best thing forjeremy hunt would be to firm up his position, to say that

on october 31. we are definitely going to leave, no it's, no buts, deal or no deal and then he would get probably more of a hearing to some of his quite radical ideas. he wa nts to some of his quite radical ideas. he wants to cut corporation tax to 12 and a half percent, the level of ireland and boost economic growth and cindy will be more revenue even though the tax—free will be cut. that is quite a free enterprise sort of message, but hearing some of that, he probably needs to firm up his position that brexit is definitely going to happen. brexit is the key question and for boris johnson in particular, we still are waiting to hear a really concrete detailed plan for how he thinks he is going to get the uk out of the eu by october 31 and presumably with these exhaustive postings, he is

really going to have to explain that. it would be achievable around 0ctober that. it would be achievable around october the 31st would would be some free—trade deal of the european union let's call it the article 2a andi union let's call it the article 2a and i think in terms of economics, it would be in the interest of the uk and the eu to continue to tariff free trade. i think that would be an impossibility, if that doesn't happen then we would have just a straightforward world trade no deal clea n b rea k straightforward world trade no deal clean break brexit. but i think again, bothjeremy clean break brexit. but i think again, both jeremy hunt clean break brexit. but i think again, bothjeremy hunt and boris johnson lilly try to get that minimum free—trade deal if they can. thank you very much indeed for joining us this evening. now we know the two candidates but what do we know about the people who are going to be choosing them. the fate of the

next conservative leader will be decided by around 160,000 tory members. research has confirmed that 70% of the members are male, 97% of them are white british and the average age is 57, although more than 40% of the group is aged 65 or above. with me, the chair of the conservative association and joins us conservative association and joins us from dinette counsellor alexis from south waterside conservative southhampton. and also philip who is the vice president of the stanford conservative association and joins us conservative association and joins us from stanford. thank you all very much forjoining us this evening. let's start with you, alexis if i may, i believe that you are a boris johnson supporter, what do you make

of the decision tonight? the result that it of the decision tonight? the result thatitis of the decision tonight? the result that it is going to bejeremy hunt that it is going to bejeremy hunt that boris johnson that it is going to bejeremy hunt that borisjohnson will be taking on? well, obviously i am delighted that boris was victorious. i have been a boris supporter since the leave boat started and i am pleased that it was jeremy leave boat started and i am pleased that it wasjeremy hunt because i think michael gove, it could have been quite unpleasant after he initially stabbed boris in the back before. a good debate for the electorate of the conservatives to make the right decision. let me turn to you, lee, you are hoping that michael gove was going to get through but he was knocked out today. i think boris will win the competition quite frankly, he has

not only the vast majority of support among members but he has a large majority of support among conservative voters as well. but i would be surprised to see michael gove go, i thought he would go through it i had my second choice would have been michael gove. so let's see where it goes. it is not over yet. philip, tell us what you make of the choice that you are going to be facing and we're going to talk to philip was in stamford now. what do you make of the choice that you're going to be faced with now between borisjohnson and the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt?” now between borisjohnson and the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt? i am glad that we have a choice to begin with and it is what i expected in the end, boris johnson with and it is what i expected in the end, borisjohnson against jeremy hunt. it is important to membership, even the chance to question the detail of how they are going to achieve a orderly brexit or what their plan is for the country,

after brexit. have you heard enough to get of their detailed plans on that? no. not at all. that debate was a complete shamble and did no credit whatsoever and channel 4 was only marginally better. so we have a lot of questioning to do off of both and yes, boris is a winner and we know all about him being popular. but, jeremy hunt is a business background, very difficult job as a health secretary and there is a lot to ask of them. going back to you, what are you hoping, alexis, that comes out of these policies that you wa nt comes out of these policies that you want the candidates to address her

is it all down to brexit? it is initially all down to brexit, but i wa nt initially all down to brexit, but i want confirmation that no matter what, we will be leaving on the 31st of october, we cannot delay this any more. we have wasted two and a half yea rs, more. we have wasted two and a half years, but there are so many more things which need to be talked about and there's not enough money for our old people, not enough money for some of our special needs children and there are lots of things that need to be talked about and hopefully with boris as prime minister and the new visionary cabinet where we can sweep out some of the old stayed, tired, boring ideas, we can come up with new fresh ideas, we can come up with new fresh ideas because there is always more than one way of skinning a cat, let's look at some of those ways and ta ke let's look at some of those ways and take this country to a much better future. i saw you nodding at some stages during that. is brexit the

keyissue stages during that. is brexit the key issue for this at the contest unfolds? and what do you think your members there that constituency are going to be looking for? one of the youngest and most diverse towns in the country. our membership doesn't really reflect the others to the segment, average age is 45, we have a very large muslim populations in the town. a lot of diversity and although brexit is probably the key, there is a lot more on the minds of people. i would agree with alexis, there is a lot more to it and while we as members have a vote, it is really important that we get out and listen to people now because we have to represent the public at large we make our decision and our

association is out every weekend to listen to people and you know, by farand large, listen to people and you know, by far and large, brexit is the most important and must be done by the sist important and must be done by the 31st of october. but i agree with the others, we need a vision to set for beyond brexit and unfortunately, thatis for beyond brexit and unfortunately, that is what theresa may failed to do. a brief comment from all of you. philip, going back to you. we know borisjohnson is philip, going back to you. we know boris johnson is more philip, going back to you. we know borisjohnson is more of a marmite figure, love him or hate him. are you concerned that she might be the person that your members will choose? he is not going to give to appeal more widely across the country. he can appeal across the country, he proved that in the elections on two occasions. i am afraid the media is very keen on pick them up by his sometimes careless language. i do not think he needs any harm by what he says, it's just an unfortunate turn of phrase.

but it is important that we did tackle it with their plans are for the future and what they're going to do to achieve brexit. it is the key issue to begin with. parliament is we st of issue to begin with. parliament is west of time, it is plaguing all the houses that voted for referendum for majority, and we have a problem has done its best to frustrate us and it gets the point where we wonder if he should've had a referendum in the first place. here we are. we are what we are now and we need to move on and plan for the future and have confidence in britain. alexis, are you concerned that the fact that this contest is continued for a few more weeks would do more damage to the conservative party? obviously, it isa the conservative party? obviously, it is a concern that we cannot get on and take the next steps forward. this is obviously the process of

ever follow and i this is obviously the process of everfollow and i like this is obviously the process of ever follow and i like the process to be shorter, it is important that we do have a boat from members and i sincerely hope it will be a new cabinet where we will not be having any holidays before october, some work the way the rest of us work, get a deal, to work behind the scenes, not just for the conservatives, but for the country asa conservatives, but for the country as a whole. and i look forward to a teddy make exciting future. thank you forjoining us from southhampton and thanks to philip who was there, joining us from stanford. thank you all for talking to us as you prepare to cast your votes for this fascinating contest. in the papers,

oui’ fascinating contest. in the papers, our guest joining fascinating contest. in the papers, our guestjoining me tonight are sophie from the evening standard and owen bennett, head of politics at city aan. let's get around to from the sports centre and joined ben. good news, for andy murray, he has made a winning return to competitive tennis, la paz and the doubles of queens, first match since resurgence surgery. queens, first match since resurgence surgery. it could not have gone much better, strong tester hand against the top season of the tournament, and robert fuller, taking the first set on a tie—breaker, his trademark return shows no sign of rust as they took the second set, six, you will not make to the singles, but that does remain his target for 2020. earlier this afternoon, call admin

was beaten in the second round of the singles, he trailed by a set over19, the singles, he trailed by a set over 19, and he can overturn the deficit losing 7—5 in the second set although he did save six match points in the process. a few shots in the tournament with kevin anderson and the reigning champion alton beaton. losing in straight sets to diego. and even worse day for him, did not even some the racket, first withdrawal from the tournament after re—fracturing his right knee scap. kneecap. he has only been able to play five events since suffering the initial fracture play five events since suffering the initialfracture in play five events since suffering the initial fracture in shanghai play five events since suffering the initialfracture in shanghai and last october. the final group games being played and the women possible

as world cup ahead of the week. all wrapped up with the netherlands taking top honours, they beat the candidate 2—1 with the runners up in england beating japan. came off the bench to score the winner. drama and the new zealand game, likely to qualify and a draw will send both home with a 95 minute score level, scoring with 11 seconds remaining to set upa scoring with 11 seconds remaining to set up a potential second—round match with england. already in the lead against sweden, lindsay with the quickest goal of the tournament so the quickest goal of the tournament so far after just the quickest goal of the tournament so far afterjust 3— the quickest goal of the tournament so far after just 3— minutes, however wins that group they will be playing tonight, live pictures from the stand, 16 goals and the defending champions sweden knocked them out of the olympics in rio

2016, so it should be a good contest this one, latest scores the us, scoring midway through the first half and you can watch this one on bbc four. now chile needs a big win over thailand if they're going to claim the final place. you need to find one, goal list so far, 24 minutes you can press the red button for this and follow this match is by the bbc sport website app. australia have gone to the top of the cricket world cup after 48 round win over bangladesh, amassing 281/5 and david warner hit his second entry of the world cup. 166, and the six matches, australia appoints the head of new zealand,

but they do have a game in hand. and now the bookies are shaking for a while this afternoon after winning the first four races, including the big race of the week, the gold cup, he repeated last year's victory over the seventh gold cup at the age of 48, just in the second in the penultimate race, so no clean sweep this week. that is all the support for now, we'll have more at half past ten. on the process of deciding her success was considered at westminster, she headed for brussels for the eu leaders summit. their talk about who would take the top jobs in the eu in the wake of the european parliament elections. and what to prioritise over the next five years. our correspondent is in brussels for us this evening and damien, what are you hearing? we

understand that they just damien, what are you hearing? we understand that theyjust have those leaders have spent much of the evening discussing those priorities over the past five years, theyjust agreed that and that focuses on who is giving a sense of security and safety to european citizens, one is economic development and crucially, climate change where we understand has pretty big fight has gone on and not been able to, all 28 eu countries with back achieving a climate neutral technology, thus the big thing that he was looking for. —— they were looking for. but they have not been able to agree on that today, but they have settled on a lower ambition, but now they are moving on to dinner and the discussion about who will fill the stratagems. thank you. president

trump has said iran made a very big mistake by shooting down an american surveillance drone, the uss the attack happened in international airspace and was unprovoked. contradicting their claim that the unmanned aircraft was over its territory. donald trump is me in the canadian prime minister at the white house today and had this to say about the incident. iran made a big mistake. this drone was in international waters, we have it all documented, scientifically. they made a very bad mistake. you'll find out. you'll find out. obviously, you know, were not going to be talking too much about it. but they made a very big mistake. the pentagon

issued a statement saying that they we re issued a statement saying that they were shot down by a missile fired from iran, iran says the drone was hit near the port town and official from the us air force said it was a dangerous and escalating attack that could've endangered innocent civilians. notes jerry could've endangered innocent civilians. notesjerry has released this video —— the military. they say he tightened economic sanctions on iran last month and there have been a series of incidents in the area. on the 12th of may, four oil tankers are damaged by explosions on the key shipping route and the aisle. they said the blast were caused by mines in the us blamed iran for the explosions but iran denies he was involved. there are two more explosions involving oil tankers in

the same area, they say the video evidence of iranian forces removing an unexploded mind of one of the ships but iran says that it is fake. are washington's correspondent give us are washington's correspondent give us this update i'm president trump's handling of the issue. he said it was another fly in the ointment, the others who said it was unprovoked and escalatory, attacking against a drone thousand international airspace, monitoring threats to the shipping space. he is sending quite a tempered message but we note that the officials were running his policy are very hawkish on this, confessing a policy of squeezing the economy is much as they can, trying to get the iranians to get a deal thatis to get the iranians to get a deal that is tougher than the nuclear programme, so that is tougher than the nuclear programme, so between those two, the allies of the united states are confused by what exactly the policy is. speaking a little earlier with

me now to discuss the senior analyst and ahead of the global risk consultant, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. we were hearing from her that we've got this based on rhetoric from president trump and do you think that the us are trump and do you think that the us a re really trump and do you think that the us are really serious about contemplating some form of military strike is yellow i think it is really interesting how donald trump alluded to the fact that this was a big mistake, but it has not been escalated in his language. it would pose a significant threat to american interests if they were to respond to this, what is effectively a shot across the bow by iran. this should not be considered and escalatory measure itself of iran despite some of the language in the pentagon today.

if it were the iranians surely they would know that you take that sort of action, particularly when tensors are already high does risk escalating. it does, but their calculation is based on his general unwillingness to put more troops into military theatre, he has said that two them to have thousand more troops to the region but in a sort of observational capacity, and ultimately trump has himself set a redline that as long as there are no american casualties then that's sufficient for him and there have been no casualties today. as he said himself it was an unmanned drone and that's what most surveillance drones are anyway. they're calculating that for the us the risks themselves and interests in iraq and syria and us allies such as the uae would pose to

allies such as the uae would pose to a bigger threat for the americans to respond particularly when they have no secretary of defence either. the foreign secretary continued to be the next conservative leader and prime minister and he said the iran was responsible for some of the previous attacks but yet at the moment the uk along with the rest of the european union is trying to stick to this iran nuclear deal which the americans pulled out of. the british position is interesting. we have naval ships and personnel deployed there in observational capacity in the gulf of oman which is it very important to ensure the security. in that since our position is closer to that of the eu to manage the escalation response, we don't want to escalation in the international community at large does not and ultimatelyjeremy hunts

now i think we have to consider as he goes into the leadership campaign the thoughts and feelings of potentially his peers. at some point in the future. you see neither side actually wants to get into a conflict, but with iran now saying that it conflict, but with iran now saying thatitis conflict, but with iran now saying that it is about to pass the limits on enriched uranium it is very difficult to see what the route is going to be, who is going to take the initiative to actually try to calm tensions rather than ratcheting them up. that is and is part of the struggle we are facing fundamentally and for president trump there may be and for president trump there may be an opening for him to convince the americans or iranians to come to the table. both sides have said they would be willing to consider talking, but it is important to make

clear that this is the first insta nce clear that this is the first instance or incident that they have claimed for themselves. although the state department and pentagon has said there's evidence of iranian involvement in the attacks as you alluded to earlier and ultimately there's no substantial evidence as of yet and the international community really feels it can get behind that. until there is a more general consensus trump himself cannot really escalate publicly, overtly, and the americans may wish to carry out covert action which would protect everyone's feelings and reputation as it were. thank you very much indeed for talking to us this evening. let's catch up with the weather. big changes in our weather over the next couple of days is because much drierfor most of the country. overnight

tonight showers will tend to become confined to the northwest of scotla nd confined to the northwest of scotland or will stay quite breezy but otherwise a lot of dry weather with clear skies. temperature is down to between six and 10 celsius. we are heading to the third week of june and yet this is the first time that we have seen an area of high pressure. that will be moving across much of the uk through friday and into the first part of the weekend bringing a lot of dry and settled weather. it should be dry a couple of dates for many of us but not all of dates for many of us but not all of us, across the north and west of scotla nd of us, across the north and west of scotland on friday and will be further showers coming and going, but otherwise a lot of dry weather with spells of sunshine and quite lengthy spells. fair with their cloud bubbling up through the afternoon. as far as temperatures go high is between 16 and 20. it should stay mostly fine through saturday as well. hello this is bbc news.

the headlines. boris johnson will face jeremy hunt in the race to be next prime minister after michael gove was eliminated in latest tory leadership ballot. well, i am the underdog in this race, i have been the underdog right from the start and i like to prove people wrong. chancellor, philip hammond will tonight warn that a no—deal brexit would harm the british economy, and those vying to be the next prime minister need to come up with a plan "".b europe's leaders are holding talks in brussels aimed at deciding who will get the eu's top jobs. president trump says iran have made a very big mistake by shooting down an american surveillance drone. more now on our top story the conservative leadership contest is down to the final two candidates after michael gove was eliminated after finishing last in the fifth

ballot of tory mps. borisjohnson once again won the lion's share of the vote with 160 votes, followed by jeremy hunt on 77 votes who was closely trailed by michael gove with 75 votes. so michael gove is knocked out of the contest, leaving boris johnson and jeremy hunt to battle it out. welljoe twyman is the co founder and director of deltapolluk an organisation which measure public opinion. hejoins me now. thank you very much indeed for talking to us. so borisjohnson goes into this contest the clear favourite, and the clear favourite amongst those tory members who are going to decide this contest. that is right. boris johnson going to decide this contest. that is right. borisjohnson has been the favourite since the whole contest began, the favourite notjust with

the conservative members and pulling around that has been very clear, but also with the general public, although his support among them is significantly reduced. the data around conservative members has been very clear since the beginning. boris has been ahead throughout, but also what has been very clear from the data is that the delivery of brexit is arguably the most important thing in this contest, and ifjeremy is to succeed he has to hope one of two things or ideally both happen. first he will hope that borisjohnson will both happen. first he will hope that boris johnson will make both happen. first he will hope that borisjohnson will make some sort of mistake, makes an error or gaffe which he is not immune to and has experience of in the past. but jeremy will also be hoping he can convince the conservative members that boris johnson convince the conservative members that borisjohnson is not able to deliver brexit, but he is. that's

really the best chance he has for success and what is the admittedly very difficult task ahead of him. we know that the conservative members are overwhelmingly white, older male, are they going to make a decision which in this case does actually reflect some of the wider electorate? is going to be interesting to see exactly the voting patterns and how the emerge. it's unlikely that the conservative membership will exactly replicate the kind of those that we would see if the general public had their opportunity. but at the same time as i say it is clear from polling that of the candidates boris johnson i say it is clear from polling that of the candidates borisjohnson is the most popular, and if that is replicated with the votes from the members it will be in line with the

general public thinking. of course it's worth pointing out there's a huge difference between the support that boris johnson huge difference between the support that borisjohnson gets among the conservative membership which is of course extremely high, and the support he gets among the general public. really only between a quarter and a third of people in the surveys that we would have run. to say that they would support him as prime minister and more people say he would be bad for the country then say he would be good. of course that's among the general public which includes voters of others parties. it is possible, isn't it that over the course of the next few weeks with all of these hustings that opinions could shift? i'm thinking back for example two in david cameron faced david davis at the beginning of that contest david cameron was the rank outsider but came through to win. yes, it is true that up until this point and really

has not been the case that the favourite has one the conservative leadership contests that have gone open to indeed mps or members. but it may work very well be that it has not happened until now. we would wait and see. but when analysts talk about these type of contests to talk about these type of contests to talk about them as having two mac distinct stages. the discovery stage and scrutiny stage. borisjohnson is by far the more well—known of the two candidates and so for him his discovery stage has been going on for many years. but for now we really enter the scrutiny stage where both candidates will be subjected to scrutiny about their policies, about their beliefs, about their attitudes and perhaps crucially, about their personal lives. it's impossible to say precisely how important each one of those different aspects will figure

in the voting of the conservative members, but it is certainly the case that it is not all over yet. there still come if not all to play for but some to play for if you are injeremy for but some to play for if you are in jeremy hunt's team for but some to play for if you are injeremy hunt's team come up but he will be hoping the next few weeks will be hoping the next few weeks will be hoping the next few weeks will be an opportunity for him to cast some questions towards boris johnson that will be difficult to a nswer johnson that will be difficult to answer at the same time positioning him as the person to be considered despite, as he quite rightly says, being the one coming from behind at the moment. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. well those were the candidates, but what do we know about the people who will choose them. the fate of the next conservative leader will be decided by around 160,000 tory members. research has confirmed that: 70% of party members are male and 97% are white british. the average age is 57, although over 40% of the group

is aged 65 or above. we have the vice chair of the north devon conservative association. and the chair from the conservative association and west of suffolk and greg baker who is the chair of the conservative association in canterbury. thank you all for talking to us this evening. chris, let me start with you, what do you make of the choice that you are now going to have to make? is a good choice that we are being faced with. i think the elected representatives have stepped up to the plate and presented us with a binary choice allowing the fact that both candidates, boris and jeremy are one

nation tories and have done their duty and i'm looking forward to the contest. and who are you going to vote for? boris. allowing for the fa ct vote for? boris. allowing for the fact that it's a competition, i said this before and including on the bbc i think boris is the man who will need to lead our party. into the brexit negotiations in september and october. and lance, let us talk to you in suffolk. have you decided how you in suffolk. have you decided how you are going to vote? i'm tending towards boris because i do think he is an extremely effective communicator, and there's no question that within the conservative party, in fact, any party the members want to back a winner. boris has demonstrated that he managed to win the london ballot, labour city twice. that counts for a

lot. and greg, do you take a different view at all? i think there are three things that struck me at this stage in a process for the first is the process itself. now we are down to the final ones and it's incumbent on us members to scrutinise them and to challenge them, and forthem scrutinise them and to challenge them, and for them to scrutinise and challenge each other but it has to be done in a sensible way. the end of the process one of them will be prime minister and the need to be able to govern. they must have the proceeding weeks of just able to govern. they must have the proceeding weeks ofjust tearing strips out of each other. have you decided who you will support?” strips out of each other. have you decided who you will support? i lean towards boris but i am interested in the hustings. iwould push back towards boris but i am interested in the hustings. i would push back on the hustings. i would push back on the membership from before. what we haveis the membership from before. what we have is 160,000 ordinary people who spend every night knocking on doors trying to find out what they think. and that he will be represented up to the leaders and i don't know where the research suggests it so narrow, come over and look amount my

association the executive with 5050 men and women in recruiting new members from the local university population the first day of term this year and it's really diverse bunch. they take the responsibility of electing a new prime minister, notjust a party leader of electing a new prime minister, not just a party leader but the prime minister incredibly seriously. what want to build or represent the whole community that they come from. i'm just go back to you in devon. is this contest all about you and brexit or other issues that you want to tackle the candidates on? there are other issues but it's basically about brexit because if we mess this up about brexit because if we mess this up and don't deliver brexit in our party is doomed. things are changing in the electorate, and the tory party having set it out to deliver break sets, if we don't deliver

brexit and we are finished. it's the defining issue of our age. lance, are you at all concerned that as this contest unfolds over the next few weeks that is going to once again be the conservative party looking inward at a time when people around the country are crying out for some sense of leadership? not at all. i think as my colleagues have mentioned the hustings will be extremely important and it will be televised as well. the wider public will be able to scrutinise the candidates and scrutiny is extremely important. actually the time period has gotten shorter and will assume hay have a new prime minister within a month the ballot papers will be going out to the membership in about two weeks. and if they were about papers quickly there will be a shorter period of time forjeremy hunt to get his full policies

across, i think it's extremely important to the candidates are given every opportunity to expound on their policies in the hustings would be a good opportunity to do that. just go back to greg, you have talked there about the of this process , talked there about the of this process, but whoever emerges at the end of it faces a huge challenge not just over brexit, we have been hearing about tensions in the middle east and of course trying to rebuild morale in your party. absolutely, there's things that will be really important in terms of the candidates setting out with a can achieve if they get into office in the first one obviously is around brexit, and the one paramount demand of both the membership in the wider public is that we leave the european union at the end of october. seats like canterbury where it was a 50—50 split, and the european elections we just had a brexit party in our

constituency one more votes than the conservatives and labour combined. this is now bigger than a single issue, it's about trust, delivery and competence. the importance that the once attached to that is not to be underestimated. thank you very much indeed forjoining us and my thanks also to lance, who was there in west suffolk and chris who was down in devon. thank you very much all of you forjoining us this evening. the court of appeal has ruled that the government acted unlawfully, in the way it granted export licences for arms sales to saudi arabia, which is engaged in the war in yemen. campaigners argued that ministers failed to assess properly whether the weapons might be used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law. the government says it will appeal against thejudgement and in the meantime, no new export licences would be

granted. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. in yemen, civil war. the united nations says more than 7,000 civilians, many of them children, have been killed. most were casualties of air strikes by an arab coalition led by saudi arabia. some of the most horrific bombings have widely condemned as possible war crimes. britain is saudi arabia's second largest arms supplier, selling and maintaining a mix of tornado and typhoon strike aircraft, bombs, missiles and much more, but is the uk government failing to follow its own rules, prohibiting exports if there is a clear risk weapons might be used in a serious violation of international humanitarian law? in the court of appeal, the pressure group campaign against arms trade won a significant victory on part of its case. giving judgment, the master of the role said the government made no concluded assessments of whether the

saudi—led coalition had committed violations of international humanitarian law in the past, during the yemen conflict, and made no attempt to do so. he said the government must reconsider the matter and estimate any future risks. this ruling is a devastating critique of uk foreign policy, because what it's shown is that the uk government has been all too happy to put arms exports and arms company profits ahead of the rights and lives of the people of yemen. the government is disappointed, but will not make any new sales for the time being. we disagree with the judgment and will seek permission to appeal. alongside this, we are carefully considering the implications of the judgment for decision—making. while we do this, we will not grant any new licences for export to saudi arabia and its coalition partners which might be used in the conflict in yemen. that's a major blow to weapons companies, because britain

is second only to the us in arming the saudis, and at over 20%, the uk supplies more than all other countries put together. so british could be at risk, particularly at bae systems, but the saudis insist they've nothing to apologise for. we believe we are operating within the rules of international humanitarian law. when incidents happen, we investigate them and we release the results publicly, and we have done that. the saudi role in yemen is causing huge concern not only in britain. pressure for a ban on arms sales is building in the united states congress, too. james robbins, bbc news. the so called "black cab rapist" john worboys has admitted attacks on four more women. the 62—year—old taxi driver was jailed in 2009 for a string of assaults on 12 victims in london. worboys targeted women who hailed his cab and drugged them in order

to sexually assault them. the leader of the catholic church in england and wales, cardinal vincent nichols, has been accused of putting the church's reputation above the interests of the victims of sexual abuse. the claim is part of a damning report by the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse, following an investigation into the archdiocese of birmingham. the cardinal has denied a cover up. the bbc is to examine whether "additional steps" need to be made on vetting and transparency for the bbc‘s political debates. it follows criticism of the bbc‘s handling of the conservative leadership debate held on tuesday. two out of the eight members of the public who asked questions of the leadership contenders were suspended from theirjobs within 24 hours. a former mp, harvey proctor, has broken down in court as he recalled being named a child

murderer and paedophile by a man who is now on trial accused of lying about those claims. harvey proctor was giving evidence as a witness in the trial of carl beech, who told police he'd seen the former mp rape and murder a boy. mr beech denies 12 counts of perverting the course ofjustice and one of fraud. our correspondent, michael buchanan was in court: harvey proctor came to court today to denounce his accuser and tell jurors how he'd woken up one morning in 2015 to find out he was accused of murder and sexual abuse. police investigating historical allegations about a paedophile ring involving establishment figures have searched the home of former conservative mp harvey proctor. bbc breakfast were running details of a police raid that had ended just hours earlier. occasionally breaking down in tears, the former mp said today he'd never met his accuser, carl beech, who he described as a fantasist. sitting just metres apart, harvey proctor said mr beech‘s

litany of charges against him were horrendous, horrible, heinous allegations, the worst things that one can say asked directly if, in 1980, he had stripped a boy, tied him to a table, raped him and then strangled him, as carl beech has alleged, harvey proctor said the allegation was false, emanating from a polluted imagination. jurors had previously seen a police interview in which carl beech had accused harvey proctor of threatening to cut off his genitals with a pen knife, only to be prevented from doing so by former prime minister ted heath. and you said you had the knife as well? mr proctor told the court he'd never attempted to do such a thing, either in a london town house or a tent in the desert. the allegations against harvey proctor form part of a multi—million pound police investigation into claims of three

child murders and years of sadistic sexual abuse, that ended without any arrests or charges. he'll continue giving his evidence tomorrow. michael buchanan, bbc news at newcastle crown court. the weather was brighter today for many of us for more sunshine to go around. it was still unsettled and there were a number of showers. one of those clouds captured by a cloud catcher shows a nimbus cloud crossing the isle of skye earlier on. you can see how the showers have been for both scotland and northern ireland, england and wales shot a line of showers pushing east with big gaps in between. we have seen decent sunshine as well. overnight tonight many of the showers will fade away and eventually be able to be confined to the northwest of scotla nd be confined to the northwest of scotland as they will feed in an otherwise clearing skies

interpreters down to around six and 10 celsius. heading into the third week ofjune and that's hard to believe. the centre for the first time we have seen the area of high—pressure form that will be drifting northeast as we had on through friday and for the post part of the weekend as well. the weather will become much drier and more settled for most of northern ireland england or wales spells of sunshine a quite lengthy spells as well. but a quite lengthy spells as well. but a bit of cloud building up across eastern areas a bit of cloud building up across eastern areas as a bit of cloud building up across eastern areas as we head through the afternoon and showers will feed and across the north and west of scotla nd across the north and west of scotland where will remain quite breezy in route to essentially come out... go straight over to the mansion house where it fell a payment is speaking. he has been warning of the dangers of a no—deal brexit so let's just listening to what he has to say. do you all know something i don't? my lord mayor excellency‘s

governor distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen it's a pleasure to be back here in the setting of the mansion house. at least i think it's a magnificent setting, our chinese guests on monday that it was a magnificent setting, but a p pa re ntly a magnificent setting, but apparently one sirjohn apparently a prominent architectural historian described it as a striking reminder that good taste was not a universal attribute in the 18th century. ouch. probably says more about architectural historians that it does about the mansion house. this evening, inevitably has a slight retrospective tinge to it. this will be marked's final mansion house speech.

applause. before last being allowed to retire i've headed him off twice in his previous attempts and i want to thank him on behalf of everyone here for six years of superb leadership. in that role. mark, thank you for your service. applause . the lord mayor mentioned that the job as the governor of the bank of england has been advertised on the cabinet office website just like any ordinary job. cabinet office website just like any ordinaryjob. i cabinet office website just like any ordinary job. i thought cabinet office website just like any ordinaryjob. i thought i might share with you, i'm probably not allowed to do this, but i might share with you that we have had one or two ordinary applicants. the headmaster of a primary school, i

was very pleased to receive his application, and a trainee a ccou nta nt application, and a trainee accountant at one of the big firms. so you are in good company. for me as well... there is nowjust a scintilla of uncertainty as to what the future... shouting. so, it appears that a protester has interrupted the chancellor speech there in the mansion house. very unusualfor there in the mansion house. very unusual for this to happen on such an occasion. it looks as though