oil prices have jumped since the drone attack. tensions between america and iran continues to rise. and donald trump tweeting that iran made a mistake. some strong rhetoric from the president there. chris buckler, is this is bbc news. the headlines. the he trying to sound tough on the face of what is going on or is there a final two. borisjohnson will face real prospect of a military strike? he tempered his words slide later on jeremy hunt in the race to be the but said perhaps it was an next prime minister after michael gove was eliminated in the latest tory leadership ballot. individual, a general who made that decision but this was potentially a well, i'm the underdog in this race. mistake that had been made as well asa in the underdog right from the mistake that had been made as well as a big mistake and he reserved his start, and i like prove people right to do whatever he felt was wrong. ——i necessary next by saying, just wait start, and i like prove people wrong. —— i am the underdog. and see but if he was trying to make any excuses for iran, the country itself doesn't want them. they had the chancellor, philip hammond's speech is delayed. victory for been strong in their response, campaigners in their bid to make the saying they shot this drone down because it was over there waters. it government reconsider who it sells arms to and where they are used. and was a provocative act. and from andy murray delights the crowd as he their point of view, it was makes a winning comeback, after hip

dangerous. this is a spying exercise. you get the sense that the surgery makes a winning comeback, after hip surgery at queen apostrophe. and we two countries are in a collision course. just because of these tanker will take an in—depth look at the attacks that have taken place in papers with our reviewer, owen recent weeks and also on top of bennett. stay with us for that —— at that, the words that are being spoken on both sides and while president trump might‘ve been slightly with his words, there are some inside the administration, queen's. particularly the national security of advisorjohn bolton, has been pushing for more action against iran. they said times, he has been good evening. boris johnson good evening. borisjohnson and jeremy hunt of the final two in the —— been dovish presence. there have race to be our next prime minister, after michael gove was knocked out been two maps released by the of the contest in a day of drama at iranian foreign minister showing a map that it was over iranian waters. westminster. well, the day started with four men in the running for the topjob. at ipm, after with four men in the running for the they show it does show conclusively top job. at ipm, after another vote by conservative mps, borisjohnson it was over international waters. increased his lead, and the home secretary, sajid javid, was you get the sense that the countries

eliminated from the race. this are going to head towards a evening, at another ballot, the last collision. if there is a change of by tory mps, michael gove was strategy there is a chance that knocked out of the contest byjust president trump could, in their two votes. now it is down to words, bumble into war. the united conservative party members, 160,000 of them, to decide who becomes party states has imposed these tough leader and prime minister. laura sanctions on iran after it pulled out of the nuclear deal. iran is ginsberg reports from westminster. saying it will shortly be exceeding the limits under that deal that would have restricted the extent of who were they thumping the table its enriched uranium. it's difficult for, the tory equivalent of really to see how steps can be taken applause? votes in the ballot box would reveal the pair, one of whom will be our next prime minister. michael gove, 75. jeremy hunt, 77. to reduce this growing tension between iran and the united states. borisjohnson, 160. i think also there was a real concern about what is happening in the region. iran is watching michael gove, 75. jeremy hunt, 77. boris johnson, 160. we michael gove, 75. jeremy hunt, 77. borisjohnson, 160. we therefore declare thatjeremy hunt and boris johnson are going forward to a vote closely, announcing it has increased its military presence in the region. of the qualifying membership of the conservative and unionist party. it has an aircraft carrier uss

abraham it has an aircraft carrier uss abra ham lincoln there it has an aircraft carrier uss abraham lincoln there in a show of they did it, just. the momentjeremy force but from the american point of hunt found out he was through by a view, they are concerned, because breath. just two votes put him ahead of michael gove, evidently hormuz is such an important shipping delighted. jeremy hunt will be the route and they have to do everything they can to protect that because it is so valuable in terms of shipping one to take on borisjohnson. oil and it is going to be the delighted. jeremy hunt will be the one to take on boris johnson. well, iam the one to take on boris johnson. well, i am the underdog in this race. i have been the underdog right from concern going forward. it does give you the sense that the tensions are the start, and i like to prove going to remain high. the democrats people wrong. and the way that i am going to win this race is by showing inside congress are saying, there has to be congressional approval that the best way to brexit is by sending the european union are prime before there is any suggestion of minister that they will engage with. conflict but for the minute, they are watching closely what the the next battle is away from here. iranians are doing, continuing to blame them for those attacks and mrjohnson is the front runner, but this drone attack has again raised both men will be put through their the stakes as far as the us are paces by tory members beyond these gates. the johnson camp concerned. it does give you an idea paces by tory members beyond these gates. thejohnson camp reckoned mr that although both countries are hunt is an easier opponent, though, than what might have been. with saying they want to de—escalate, the truth is, unless they really change michael gove only two votes their strategy and how they deal with each other, it might prove behind... thank you very much, thank difficult. chris buckler, many you. no surprise there are whispers

thanks for the latest from of power play. look, i'm sorry, because i think michael was the best washington. candidate, but i think we've got two the duke and duchess of sussex great candidates now. do you think are to split from the charity there has been skulduggery this they shared with the duke afternoon? there was a huge amount and duchess of cambridge to set up their own foundation. of suggestion that people are doing prince harry and meghan will break all sorts of things with votes away from the royal foundation, behind the scenes. two laura, i'm which was founded in 2009. prince william and catherine shocked, shocked, to hear you say will continue to work with the charity. that. do you think there was? s i haven't got a clue, nobody does. boris johnson's team haven't got a clue, nobody does. borisjohnson‘s team absolutely denies they dangle their power in and we will take an in—depth look front of mps to keep mr gove off the at the papers with our reviewer, ballot. they only want to focus on owen bennett. what's next. boris is focused on his but let's just catch up with the game, which is what he brings, clarity on brexit throughout by the weather. some big changes taking end of october, a positive vision for the country, and all of that vision to keep this country out. so place in the weather over the next few days. hard to believe we're heading the third week ofjune what do we know about the two who are now rivals? they worked together for years, here at the london olympics. they both went to oxford, they have both even been the foreign secretary. but, crucially fortory members, jeremy hunt campaigned for

remain, borisjohnson a brexiteer. even with all of his baggage, all of his colourful past, mrjohnson is on his colourful past, mrjohnson is on his way to the members well, well in front. over the next few weeks, 160,000 conservative party members will now decide who becomes the next prime minister. from saturday, boris johnson and jeremy hunt will go head—to—head at the first of 16 debates in front of conservative party members around the uk. they will start casting their votes by postal tallat from this weekend. they have just four weeks in the votes will be counted on 22july. soon after that, we will know who is the new prime minister —— postal ballot. alex forsyth has been talking to conservatives as they get ready to choose their man.

with the leadership race steaming ahead, attention is turning to the tory members who will make the final call. for some in loughborough, today's first result. four candidates became three. it's a good choice. it's a balanced choice. none of us were surprised when rory stewart went, and today none of us were surprised when saj went. after today's result, we joined after today's result, wejoined his local tories for a trip on the town's great central railway. surrounded by memories of the past, they considered who's right for the country's future. i just want somebody that's going to unify a party and ideally parliament. brexit is moving and nothing else is. so that has to be the result.|j think boris is the man among the leaders. there are different opinions about who is best to keep the tory party on track. later this evening we met up with them again to see what they made of tonight's result, when three candidates became two. i am really happy that hunt

just clipped it. so what of jeremy hunt versus boris johnson? they both had their brexit strategies, they are probably surprisingly similar, except forjohnson being slightly more firm on leaving whether or not we have a deal. but i thinkjeremy hunt, as i said earlier, has that experience across a range of offices. i'm disappointed that michael gove didn't make it, because i thought the challenge that he would give tojohnson i thought the challenge that he would give to johnson would i thought the challenge that he would give tojohnson would be i thought the challenge that he would give to johnson would be a strong one. i'll wait and see what jeremy is like. he is very smooth, but i fear, at the end of the day, boris will win on sheer showmanship. ido boris will win on sheer showmanship. i do think it comes over maybe is a bit of a showman. i think he will prove he is the right candidate. does jeremy hunt stand prove he is the right candidate. doesjeremy hunt stand a chance? prove he is the right candidate. does jeremy hunt stand a chance? he does, yes. he is not out of there yet, it is still a close race, but i think my man will still come through

and he will get the job and he will doa and he will get the job and he will do a good job. for some, how both perform in debates over the next couple of weeks is crucial. we need to unify not just couple of weeks is crucial. we need to unify notjust the party, not just parliament or the party, but we need to unify the country. everybody will feel contempt for politicians if it isn't a good fight. democracy is at risk. so it is game on. boris johnson may be odds—on favourite, but for some members it is still all to play for. climate change protesters have disrupted the chancellor's annual speech to bankers in the city of london. a number of women dressed in red held up proceedings for several minutes as philip hammond began to speak. when he got back on his feet, philip hammond warned against a no deal brexit and said the next my minister may have to consider a second referendum. here is our economics correspondent. it could be philip hammond's final

appearance at this annual event, and the chancellor got more than he bargained for. emergency! you've made your point. climate protesters removed, it was onto another potential disruption, of a no deal brexit. we cannot allow ourselves to be forced to choose between a democracy and our prosperity, and if the new prime minister cannot end the new prime minister cannot end the deadlock in parliament, then he will have to explore other democratic mechanisms to break the impasse. because if he fails, his job will be on the line, and so too will be thejobs job will be on the line, and so too will be the jobs and prosperity of millions of our fellow citizens. and ano millions of our fellow citizens. and a no deal could threaten tax cuts, as well. well, here at the treasury, they reckon they have about £25 billion or so extra over the next few years that could be used to alleviate austerity by spending on,

say, schools or defence, without breaking the rules on the public finances. but mr hammond has been relu cta nt to finances. but mr hammond has been reluctant to earmark that cash. he is concerned that he may need it in the event of a no deal to alleviate, say, disruptions or shortages, say, disruptions orshortages, orto shore up the public finances. neither leading candidate has ruled out a no deal, despite a warning today, too, from the dutch prime minister about the risks. the impact is huge, and many people underestimating it. you will have a diminished role in the world stage, your economy will suffer, and it will have a huge impact on society. but how huge? according to the bank of england, nine out of ten businesses have some contingency plans, and with policymakers poised to react, some economists think are no deal might be less damaging than the government previously assumed. there will be disruption, there will be confusion, especially the ports and about trading agreements and border checks, but people will get

used to that. and with the right medicine, i think the economy would come back to life a bit quicker than most people expect. whoever the chancellor is, there will be tough financial choices in the months ahead, be it on tax, spending or brexit, that will dictate the nation's future prosperity. well, the dramatic developments today came as european union leaders we re today came as european union leaders were meeting in brussels, and our editor is there and told us how she thought candidates... what she thought candidates... what she thought the kennedys can expect from europe. —— candidates. -- candidates. festival, to set the scene, we -- candidates. festival, to set the scene, we are so -- candidates. festival, to set the scene, we are so focused on who will be our next prime minister. the eu leaders at the summit of focusing on who will be the next president of the european commission. now, you might be tempted to think a new commission president, fresh blood in a topjob in brussels, this could be the opening to renegotiate the

brexit deal, just as borisjohnson and jeremy hunt want to do. but, as our two wannabe prime minister ‘s are digging their heels in, saying that the negotiated brexit deal is dead, that the irish baxter needs to be renegotiated, these eu leaders are digging in their heels here as well. we had of the irish prime minister today who talked about an atmosphere of rising animosity to the ongoing brexit debate. the dutch prime minister said to me that the brexit deal can only be changed if the uk changes its redlines. so what are these two entrenched positions mean? well, it means that as we approach the autumn, no deal brexit looks increasingly likely, even though looks increasingly likely, even thoutheremy looks increasingly likely, even though jeremy hunt, boris johnson and all the eu leaders say they want to avoid it. the question is, in the end, will they want to avoid it enough to show some ankle and some flexibility at this stage, and with the side so far apart, it will only work if the leaders on both sides go for it. our political correspondent jonathan

blake is at westminster for us. jonathan, michael gove out but a lot of talk splashed across all the newspapers, the suggestion that there was a bit of skulduggery going on here. with such a narrow margin, only a couple of votes in it between michael gove and jeremy hunt, i think there is suspicion and the accusations that there was some skulduggery, as you put it, going on, they were inevitable. and it didn't take very long. no sooner had the result been read out than some of mr gove's supporters were suggesting that borisjohnson or at least some of his supporters may well have used the huge margin that he had as the front runner in this race to lend a couple of votes to jeremy hunt, because they fancied him is perhaps an easier opponent and michael gove. now, this being a secret ballot, we will never know, frankly, how individual mps actually cast their vote, and i have to say, the borisjohnson cast their vote, and i have to say, the boris johnson campaign officially denying that anything

like that went on. but as i say, it was a secret ballot, so that allows these claims together pace, and there may be a bit of bad blood between conservative mps on various sides this evening. michael gove's campaign taking credit coming back on the very difficult starting point in this race, when he admitted taking cocaine. that, they say, cost them a bit of momentum, maybe cost them a bit of momentum, maybe cost them some boats in the end. but as jeremy hunt and michael gove jostled for second place in the final stages of this first part of the conservative leadership race, it was the foreign secretary, in the end, who won out and goes into the final two is very much the underdog, facing the former foreign secretary borisjohnson, when conservative members have their votes now over the next few weeks. yes, and it will be impossible ever to prove what the motivation of those conservative mps were. but if we look at that contest ahead, jeremy hunt, as you say, is

admitting he is the underdog. the context might lack some of the edge that it might have had if it had been michael gove that was going to been michael gove that was going to be tackling borisjohnson —— contest. but nonetheless, there are some clear differences between these two candidates, aren't there? they are, they are very different politicians. boris johnson are, they are very different politicians. borisjohnson is outspoken, a colourful character, at times gas prone, big on big picture and ideas and vision, but not so big on detail —— gaffe prone. jeremy hunt by contrast has held some senior positions in government for a long period of time, several years serving in theresa may's cabinet as foreign secretary and before that as health secretary, and before that as culture secretary. he has a reputation for keeping an eye on the detail and delivering on jobs reputation for keeping an eye on the detail and delivering onjobs that he takes on and promises that he has made. of course, his career hasn't

been without controversy. his fractious relationship and ha rdfoug ht fractious relationship and hardfought negotiations with the junior doctors over their pay and conditions as health secretary won him many enemies as well as plaudits for seeing that process through. it will be an interesting contest, because they are so different in many ways, as you point out. in their style, perhaps, if many ways, as you point out. in theirstyle, perhaps, if not many ways, as you point out. in their style, perhaps, if not their substance. because if you take brexit, which will undoubtedly be the dominant issue in this campaign, there isn't a huge amount but between them, although borisjohnson has said it is eminently feasible, that he guarantees it or not, and that he guarantees it or not, and thatis that he guarantees it or not, and that is up for debate, to come out of the eu by the end of october, jeremy hunt says if we were close to a deal by that point with the eu, we could stay in a little bit longer just to see that it was done. so we will have to see how much ground opened up between them, and how they cast themselves as characters in the next few weeks. and of course, the tory leadership contest not the only drama this evening, because as we

we re drama this evening, because as we were hearing a short time ago, the speech by the chancellor at the mansion house, which had its own pretty outspoken comments in it, was then disrupted by climate change activists. and we are now hearing more about one of the mps who tried to intervene. yes, several climate change protesters from greenpeace made their way into the room at mansion house, where philip hammond was speaking, as you say, earlier on this evening. and footage has emerged, there were obviously cameras in the work day room, this speech was televised live at the time, of the mp mark field, conservative mp for the cities of london and westminster, confronting one of the protesters and appearing to push her against a pillar and then trying to get her out of the room. and i think we can see the pictures now of that particular incident. yes, we havejust pictures now of that particular incident. yes, we have just been looking at those pictures. we have had no comment from mark field so far, despite several requests for him to respond to this, and to

explain his actions. the foreign office minister, alistair burt, has been speaking after being shown the footage a little while ago on newsnight this evening. he said i have only just seen newsnight this evening. he said i have onlyjust seen the clip, i have no appreciation of the context of anything like that. mark will answer for himself. but he said it looks to bea for himself. but he said it looks to be a very difficult situation for eve ryo ne be a very difficult situation for everyone concerned. now, the wider context is not clear, necessarily, from that clip. this was an a p pa re ntly from that clip. this was an apparently peaceful protest, which succeeded in disrupting the chancellor's speech, but mark field isa chancellor's speech, but mark field is a conservative mp and the foreign office minister, will have questions to a nswer office minister, will have questions to answer about what he was seen to be doing in that footage tonight. jonathan blake, many thanks for bringing us up—to—date on all of that from westminster. the latest headlines. borisjohnson will facejeremy the latest headlines. borisjohnson will face jeremy hunt in the latest headlines. borisjohnson will facejeremy hunt in the race to be the next prime minister after michael gove was eliminated in the

latest tory leadership ballot. climate change protestors have disrupted the chanellor‘s annual mansion house speech to bankers in the city of london. a british court has ruled that the uk's way of vetting arms sales to saudi arabia was unlawful, after a legal challenge at the court of appeal. a former conservative mp, harvey proctor, broke down in court today as he told the jury how he was described as a child murderer and paedophile decades ago by a man who is now on trial accused of lying about those claims. harvey proctor was giving evidence at the trial of carl beech, who's accused of making false accusations to police about a vip paedophile ring. mr beech denies 12 counts of perverting the course ofjustice and one of fraud. michael buchanan reports.

almost five years after being accused of murder and sadistic sexual abuse, harvey proctor came to court to denounce his accuser and vehemently deny the allegations. occasionally breaking down in tears, the former mp said he'd never met 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 thing that one could say against another human being. i was horrified that anyone could think me capable of such things." asked directly whether in 1980, he had stripped a boy, tied him to a table, raped him and then strangled him, as carl beach 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 the former prime minister ted heath.

alos, you said you had the knife as well? mr proctor told the court he had never attempted to do such a thing, either in a london house or in a tent in the desert. thank you very much indeed for coming... after being interviewed by officers, the court heard that harvey proctor had held a press conference — in order, he said, "to declare my innocence from the rooftops and to challenge the metropolitan police," who had described the allegations made by carl beech — then known publicly by the pseudonym nick — as "credible" and "true". the £2 million police inquiry ended without anyone being arrested or charged. mr proctor said he'd lost hisjob as a result of how police had handled the allegations and was forced to move abroad. he'll continue giving his evidence tomorrow. michael buchanan, bbc news, at newcastle crown court. let's take a look at some of today's other news. 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 sex abuse, following an investigation into the archdiocese of birmingham. the cardinal has denied a cover—up. the man described as the "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 bbc is to examine whether "additional steps" need to be taken when vetting contributors for political debates. it follows criticism of the bbc‘s handling of the conservative leadership debate held on tuesday. two of the eight people who asked questions during the broadcast were suspended from their jobs within 2a hours.

thousands of georgians have stormed the country's parliament in tiblisi, the a british court has ruled that the uk's way of vetting arms sales to saudi arabia was unlawful, after a legal challenge at the court of appeal. it was brought by the campaign against arms trade, in protest at the way britain has sold arms to saudia arabia, which have then ended up being used in the war in yemen. here's our international correspondent, lyse doucet. cheering saudi arabia in the dock. today's ruling was about how britain decides where to sell its arms. but sales to the kingdom, which enable its devastating campaign in yemen, are what has fuelled this legal fight. this ruling is a devastating, 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 the lives of the people of yemen. a defeat for the government.

it says it won't make any new sales, for now. we disagree with the judgment andwill seek permission to appeal. alongside this, we are carefully considering the implications of the judgment for decision—making. while will 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. today, in london, a defence from a top saudi diplomat. we work closely with the us and with the uk and with us to make sure that we are careful with regards to how the weapons are used. and so the charges that saudi arabia is reckless or is randomly bombing yemen are really not based on fact. ceremony the bombs of yemen's battle, the saudi coalition's war against houthis, aligned to their arch rival, iran. both sides accused of abuses, but the coalition is blamed for the greatest number of casualties. today, from washington, more pressure.

a senate vote to stop arms sales. we will not be lectured to come up we are a sovereign country. our primary interest is the protection and improvement of the lives of our people. but there is another conflict and everyone's mind now. escalating tensions in the gulf. the choke point for the world's vital oil supplies. today, iran shut down a us surveillance drone, accusing the us of aggression. but washington and riyadh blamed, tehran, blaming it on recent attacks nonsense, but we cannot let iran go on a rampage like this. on this, saudi arabia is making common cause with its allies in london, in washington. 00:25:44,845 --> 2147483051:49:37,137 in public, they'll say 2147483051:49:37,137 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 they don't want a war.