nine tory mps are now in the contest to become the next party leader and prime minister. under scrutiny are their policies on tax. vying for the keys to number ten — and the key question — are tax cuts the way to revive the economy? if we don't have the tax cuts, we won't get the growth. what you need is smart tax cuts that will grow the economy. of course we've got to pay - for all the different things we do, but i have a plan to pay for it, and that's to reduce i the cost of the state. also on tonight's programme... a russian attack in ukraine is reported to have killed 15 people at a block of flats — many others are feared trapped. scotland records its hottest day of the year so far — as much of the uk also swelters in the sun. and novak djokovic wins

a gruelling four set match to gain his seventh wimbledon title. every single time it gets more and more meaningful and special, so i'm very blessed and very thankful to be standing here with a trophy. good evening. nine conservative mps have nowjoined the contest to succeed borisjohnson as the leader of the party and as prime minister. the soaring cost of living has put the candidates�* tax policies under particular scrutiny. the former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, have said they will cancel the planned rise in corporation tax and reduce it further. but the former chancellor, rishi sunak, has suggested tax cuts may have to wait.

this report is from our political correspondent, jonathan blake. the pace is picking up in the race to be the next prime minister, and this morning, two key contenders put forward their plans. one has kept his distance from borisjohnson. there are a lot of very angry voters after what's happened in the last few months. and they're not going to come back to us automatically. choosing me would be a very strong signal that the conservative party has listened to that anger. the other�*s resignation triggered his departure. once you lose confidence in your boss, your prime minister, i don't think you can hide that. i think you have to just be honest with your boss and with yourself. tax cuts is the big battleground of this contest, and both would let companies keep more of their profits. sajid javid also cutting income tax sooner than planned — and he'd scrap the rise in national insurance agreed while he was in government. if we don't have the tax cuts, we won't get the growth, and if we don't get the growth, we won't be able to sustain

the public services. that's a much greater risk. in all my time in government, i've never come across a decision — especially the big decisions — that don't involve risk one way or the other. mr hunt warned against personal tax cuts too soon and said reducing business rates was the way to encourage growth. the number one priority with me with my business experience is to get the economy growing, and that's why... ..not necessarily the most retail tax cuts, but the things that will boost business, make us an attractive business environment, use our brexit freedoms to turn ourselves into the world's next silicon valley — those are the things that will make a real difference. another new entrant to the race promising — yes — tax cuts straight away. we need these businesses. very important as we have the cost of living _ very important as we have the cost of living squeeze that people get money— of living squeeze that people get money back in the pockets and quicklx — money back in the pockets and cuickl . ., . ., ., quickly. the chancellor nadhim zahawi says — quickly. the chancellor nadhim zahawi says he _ quickly. the chancellor nadhim zahawi says he has _ quickly. the chancellor nadhim zahawi says he has been - quickly. the chancellor nadhim - zahawi says he has been subject to smears about his finances, claims he is being investigated orfalse, he

says, adding that he will answer any questions officials have. fiur questions officials have. our leadership — questions officials have. our leadership has _ questions officials have. our leadership has to _ questions officials have. oi" leadership has to change... the trade minister penny mordaunt�*s campaign hit an early hitch. her promotional video re—edited to remove well—known figures. there is at least one more candidate to come. the foreign secretary, liz truss, is expected to confirm she is running soon. jonathan blake, bbc news. so how big is the economic challenge for the candidates? with me is our business correspondent, ben king. what's the answer? it's not surprising _ what's the answer? it's not surprising given _ what's the answer? it's not surprising given that - what's the answer? it's not surprising given that there l what's the answer? it's not i surprising given that there are two former and chancers in the race. the issue of tax and spending is a big one on the campaign and the candidates have been out today highlighting the positive parts of their plans, the tax cuts, the spending pledges, but there are still lots of detail they need to fill in about how they will pay for all of that. jeremy hunt today said that he thinks he can change the fiscal rules to allow the government to borrow a little bit more and

sajid javid has said that the official forecasts allow £30 billion worth of wriggle room that will cover the majority of the tax cuts he wants to make. they are going to give us more detail soon. but hang over all their plans is this issue of inflation, the fact that the cost of inflation, the fact that the cost of living is rising up to 11% later this year. that will put huge pressure on the public finances, it'll mean that doctors, nurses, police officers will want pay rises that at least part of a match that end of the candidates are going to be credible on the issue of tax and spend, they will have to explain how they will deal with these tough choices as well as on the eye—catching part of their tax and spending plans. eye-catching part of their tax and spending plans-— eye-catching part of their tax and sendin: lans. . ~ ,, , . 15 people have been killed after a russian rocket was reported to have hit an apartment building in the east of ukraine. at least 20 more are feared to be buried under the rubble in the town of chasiv yar in ukraine's donetsk region. from there, our defence correspondent jonathan beale has this report.

those are civilian dronings. this is the moment a ukrainian military unit says it witnessed a massive explosion in chasiv yar. the video posted on social media, one of the voices in english. shock as a fireball lit up the sky. the bbc has not been able to verify their location. but this is what's left of an apartment block in the town. the entire side of the 5—storey building crumpled. rescue teams still desperately looking for survivors, stopping only occasionally to listen for signs of life. bodies wearing military uniform were among those recovered. but this was not a military base, it was people's homes. this woman lived here for 15 years, now she shows me her apartment�*s destroyed. translation: the flash was really bright. - i fell down, and then everyone

scattered, running for cover. i rushed into the basement, and you can see for yourself, everything is gone. what can i say? translation: now i am walking around in the open and i am scared. _ i'm traumatised, psychologically and mentally scarred. and they are in no doubt this was caused by russian strikes. this is yet another example of russian artillery destroying people's homes and killing civilians. once again, it raises questions as to what was the military target here and about the accuracy of russian weapons. but one thing is clear throughout this war, russia has shown no remorse about deliberately targeting civilian areas. it is an all too familiar pattern. as russia continues its advance in the donbas, it is slowly flattening its towns and cities. jonathan beale, bbc news, chasiv yar.

police in south africa are trying to trace the gunmen responsible for a shooting at a bar in which 15 people died. nine others were wounded in the attack, which happened in the township of soweto. in a separate shooting in pietermaritzburg, south—east of soweto, four people died. south africa is one of the world's most violent countries, with 20,000 murders every year. our africa correspondent andrew harding reports from soweto. a mass shooting on the outskirts ofjohannesburg. the dead, all young men, taken away early this morning. watched by grieving families. some had gone into the tavern moments after the attack, hunting for relatives. "bodies were lying on top of each other," says ntombi meji. "we had to climb over the bodies to look for our brothers." the police are still hunting for the attackers, who used automatic weapons.

but was this a gang turf war, or something else? as to what is the motive, currently, we don't know, but our detectives are hard at work. we've been speaking to a man who was working inside the bar when the gunmen arrived. he said they didn't talk, theyjust opened fire at random, and most importantly, he says they stole nothing. he claims this was not a robbery. the killings have sparked deep anger in this desperately poor neighbourhood. almost two thirds of young south africans are unemployed and tensions are rising. we're going to have to use force. one year ago, violent riots left whole towns in ruins. just last month, 21 partying teenagers died from suspected poisoning. and now, this. people are on edge now, are they? correctly so. they are on edge. they have reason to be. they think this could happen again?

yes, everyone is worried. for now, a shocked community waits for answers. andrew harding, bbc news, south africa. protesters in sri lanka have said they will continue to occupy the residences of the country's president and prime minister — until they leave office. thousands of people yesterday stormed the official residences in colombo following weeks of protests about the country's economic mismanagement, which has caused shortages of food, fuel and medicine. from the capital colombo, our correspondent anbarasan ethirajan now reports. a day these anti—government protesters have been waiting for. before these doors were breached, president gotabaya rajapaksa fled from this mansion. once a highly protected compound with hundreds of soldiers and guards, it now resembles a tourist spot. some took the liberty

to enjoy the facilities. protest movement leaders saying they will not leave the official residences of the president and prime minister until they finally quit the office. for many, it's a moment to cherish. a hard—fought win. this is the sri lankan president's office. this was stormed yesterday by thousands of people. now, people from across the country, men, women, children, they are coming here and taking pictures and waving the national flag. they feel that the people's power has won and has forced the president, and prime minister ranil wickremesinghe, to resign. many sri lankans know the country is moving through an uncertain period. they are aware that the battle is yet to be fully won. the main goal was to ask the president and the government to step down and change the system and do the things that are necessary to overcome the issues that we have already in the country.

sri lanka's economic crisis has now turned into a political crisis. if a new president is not chosen in the coming days, it could further add to the uncertainty. but continuing political chaos could complicate efforts to pull sri lanka out of its worst economic crisis. anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news, colombo. to wimbledon now, where novak djokovic has won his 21st grand slam title in a gripping match against nick kyrgios. chetan pathak is there with more on that and the rest of the day's sports news. for the seventh time, novak djokovic is the men's singles champion here at wimbledon. the sun is beginning to sit on the final day of these championships. he's done it again. novak djokovic, a fourth consecutive wimbledon title, taking his total here to seven, and 21 grand slam titles. he beat nick kyrgios in four sets, as

joel wilson now reports. novak djokovic and nick kyrgios share a friendship, but as promised, they gave us fireworks. and that is a great set of tennis. powerful and peaceful, first set to kyrgios 6—4. nearest the camera, djokovic was trying to stretch his opponent. think you can get to that one? well, yes, kyrgios could. a triumphant point, but soon after, the second set to djokovic. fantastic hold of serve! and now the words really began. the conversation between kyrgios and the umpire related to distractions kyrgios had heard from a spectator. he wanted her removed. he pointed her out. the one that looks like she's had about 700 drinks, bro! on the court, kyrgios lost his way, and his frustrations were vented towards his friends and family. we've observed this before and it's never comfortable. a0—15,40—love — agh! that's you! but that's tension in the djokovic team.

kyrgios got the fourth set to a tie—break. now it was a question of composure, patience and accuracy. and that's djokovic's speciality. umpire: game, set i and match, djokovic... he retains his own approach to the world. he remains the wimbledon champion. every single time it gets more and more meaningful and special, so i'm very blessed and very thankful to be standing here with the trophy. cheering and applause there was a moment when djokovic shared the trophy in the clubhouse... yeah, don't drop it! ..before he met the public gallery. cheering and applause that trophy novak djokovic is holding — well, it's his 21st grand slam title. as he knows, as everyone here knows, that now puts him just one behind rafael nadal. but when will djokovic's next chance come? with his position on covid vaccination, it depends which country will let him in. joe wilson, bbc news, wimbledon.

a great day for novak djokovic, disappointment for alfie hewett, though, who was beaten in the men's wheelchair singles final. away from wimbledon tonight, ferrari's charles leclerc is up to second in the formula one drivers�* championship after winning the austrian grand prix ahead of his title rival max verstappen. carlos sainz�*s ferrari caught fire early in the race, handing lewis hamilton third place and a third consecutive podium finish. leclerc overtook verstappen's red bull three times on his way to a win that revives his title hopes. and in cricket, england have beaten india by 17 runs in their third and final t20 in nottingham. england won the toss and made 215 for three from their 20 overs, dawid malan top scoring with 77. despite a fine maiden century from suryakumar, india fell short, but still win the series 2—1.

that's it from me here at wimbledon. back to you. temperatures in parts of the uk are set to soar this week with the met office issuing a heatwave alert for parts of england. from nine o'clock tomorrow morning until friday, temperatures could get as high as 32 degrees celsius. people are being encouraged to drink plenty of water, wear sun cream and to limit time spent in the sun. live now to our correspondent, helena wilkinson, who's in southend—on—sea. well, it has been a really hot day here. early evening and it is still feeling really warm, as you can see, the beach is absolutely packed, people making the most of the last hours of sunshine. lots of people cooling off in the water and from tomorrow, temperatures are expected tomorrow, temperatures are expected to rise even further. the hotjuly sunshine brought huge crowds to this seaside resort.

by mid—afternoon it was 28 degrees. we came because it's really hot. so we're just going to enjoy the beach and go in the water. yeah, it's lovely to come down on a lovely, hot dayjust to relax and chill with the grandchildren. when you go to the beach you're able . to swim in the sea, so it's cooler. l people at a festival in glasgow were making the most of the warm weather, too. it was the hottest day of the year so far in scotland, with 27.3 degrees recorded in aboyne in aberdeenshire. the high temperatures will continue next week. parents and carers have been advised to make sure children are well protected. short bursts in the sunshine. making sure they're covered top—to—toe in sun cream. regular re—applications of that. and also having light clothing on top as well. and we're being reminded to check on vulnerable people — in particular those with dementia. somebody who might have memory loss problems,

they often forget to drink. they may have some difficulties getting up and getting themselves a drink, so it means they are more likely to become dehydrated. for those who enjoy the heat, the advice is — don't stay long in the sun, drink plenty of water and apply lots of sun cream. helena wilkinson, bbc news, southend—on—sea. that's it for now. we're back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye.

hello. this is bbc news, i'm samantha simmonds. welcome back to bbc news. let's get more now on the nine conservative mps who have joined the contest to succeed borisjohnson as the leader of the party, and as prime minister.

penny mourdant is the latest to join the race after sajid javid and jeremy hunt launched their campaigns this morning. leadership hopefuls have been setting out competing plans to cut taxes, as the race to replace borisjohnson heats up. let's talk about the candidates a little more with chris hopkins, associate director at savanta comres — that's a market research consultancy which tracks political opinion and voting intention. welcome to you. great to see it. tell us a bit more about your latest polling and what it is telling us about these candidates and their chances. , ., , , about these candidates and their chances. , ., _ , , chances. obviously because candidates _ chances. obviously because candidates are _ chances. obviously because candidates are joining - chances. obviously because candidates are joining the i chances. obviously because - candidates are joining the race and dropping out of the race, our most recent poll conducted on friday is already out of date, but what that shows is that rishi sunak among the public definitely the most preferred candidate but is only scored about 17% of the vote. second with ben wallace who has since dropped out, i think what was really interesting to see there is when we pulled it

earlier in the week, three or lg%. there was an increase in support for him, but he has since dropped out. i think at this stage, ultimately, any sort of polling especially among the public is really a name recognition exercise, and for anyone who isn't rishi sunak will have a long way to go belly to be able to compete with someone like cara starmer if they wear it to win, and there is likely to only be about half a term for this new conservative leader to sort of be competing with kier starmer before the country goes to the polls again, so really i think anyone other than rishi sunak would face an uphill battle among the public to get the sort of recognition and potentially help the conservatives win the next election. 50 potentially help the conservatives win the next election.— win the next election. so you're ollin: is win the next election. so you're polling is amongst _ win the next election. so you're polling is amongst the - win the next election. so you're polling is amongst the general. polling is amongst the general public but it's not the general public but it's not the general public who will choose the party leader, it will be whittled down to two and then it will go out to the tens of thousands of conservative party members. do you pull those

people as well? i party members. do you pull those peeple as well?— party members. do you pull those people as well? i think conservative voters probably _ people as well? i think conservative voters probably a — people as well? i think conservative voters probably a reasonably - people as well? i think conservative voters probably a reasonably good l voters probably a reasonably good proxy for that. again, the attitudes among conservative voters, they are less likely to say that they don't know, more likely to have heard of many of these candidates, but even people like penny who haven't really held a prominent cabinet position for a long time, not likely to have particular the great name among conservative voters of the minutes, yeah, even among that demographic group, we see rishi sunak well ahead, and thatjust speaks to the fact that he was chancellor for a long time, a reasonably popular chance for a long time throughout the pandemic because of many of the policies that he helped enact and bring about. so he is going to be the man to beat, frankly among the public and among conservative voters and probably among conservative numbers too. do and probably among conservative numbers too-— numbers too. do you pull people reauardin

numbers too. do you pull people regarding whether _ numbers too. do you pull people regarding whether they - numbers too. do you pull people regarding whether they are - numbers too. do you pull people regarding whether they are a - numbers too. do you pull people | regarding whether they are a man numbers too. do you pull people - regarding whether they are a man or woman, as in the leadership and ethnicity as well? 50. woman, as in the leadership and ethnicity as well?— woman, as in the leadership and ethnicity as well? so, i mean, you know, ethnicity as well? so, i mean, you know. we — ethnicity as well? so, i mean, you know. we ask _ ethnicity as well? so, i mean, you know, we ask people _ ethnicity as well? so, i mean, you know, we ask people if— ethnicity as well? so, i mean, you know, we ask people if they - ethnicity as well? so, i mean, you know, we ask people if they havel ethnicity as well? so, i mean, you| know, we ask people if they have a preference over candidates gender or ethnicity, but i think that will probably be something that is quite interesting, but obviously we are in a position where there is an ethnically diverse in gender diverse set of candidates at the moment, and i think that's conservative are likely to spend that as a positive and always tend to lord it over the labour party that labour has never had a female leader, for example, and i think we could end up at the third conservative female prime minister here.— third conservative female prime minister here. ok, interesting to net our minister here. ok, interesting to get your analysis. _ minister here. ok, interesting to get your analysis. thank - minister here. ok, interesting to get your analysis. thank you - minister here. ok, interesting to| get your analysis. thank you very much. documents leaked to the guardian newspaper show president emmanuel macron and former eu competition commissioner neelie kroes held a series of private meetings with uber. at the time, the ride—sharing app had been banned in france and sparked protests across europe from taxi drivers who felt their livelihoods were being threatened. as part of an investigation by the international consortium of investigativejournalists, bbc panorama has discovered how uber

used political contacts to get what it wanted. richard bilton has the story. when uberfirst arrived in france, it started a taxi war. but while many cab—drivers were on the streets, the leak shows uber had a friend in government. the documents show that despite uber offering an illegal service, emmanuel macron, then minister for economic and digital affairs, agreed to help them change the law. the leak shows uber offered to draft new legislation and thanked mr macron for his cooperation. president macron's spokesperson said it was his job to work with tech

companies and to remove barriers. the leak shows how uber went about changing laws and rules around the world. in 2016, the documents show their lobbying and pr budget was $90 million. 90 million is an enormous amount of money. the bottom line is that companies spend that amount of money because they want to influence decision—making. it gives them access. the documents seem to show the company's former chief executives saying violence could be good for uber. when told that uber drivers in france could be attacked, he messaged, "if we have 50,000 riders, they won't and can't do anything." "i think it's worth it, violence guarantee success." a spokesperson for travis denied that he'd ever suggested uber should

take advantage of violence. across europe, including france, uber muscled into the big cities. but the mp appointed by france's president to deal with uber was not impressed. how would you, in one word, describe the way uber goes its business? translation: cowboys. they put one foot in the door and then break the door wide open. and once they are in, you are forced to deal with them for better orfor worse. the company says no one at uber has ever been happy about violence, and safety is a top priority. uber denies its lobbying secret and adds that engagements with government are now both in line with the law and also transparent. but more revelations are set to be released,

showing how uber took over the world. richard bilton, bbc news. you can watch panorama, taking us for a ride, the uberfiles on bbc two on monday. heathrow airport has apologised to people for disruption caused by more flights running late at night. punctuality has fallen in recent months as airlines deal with staffing shortages. carriers including british airways and easyjet have had to cancel 40,000 flights over the summer. willie walsh, is the director general of of the international air transport association. he says it should still be possible to accomodate everyone who wants to travel abroad: many airports around europe are functioning perfectly well. there have been some challenges in the uk as well. documented manchester had problems in the early stages. heathrow certainly has difficulties at the moment. they're not meeting their basic standards and it's clear that they can't as they go forward. i think it is right, though, that these cancellations are made

early because at least that will allow airlines and their customers to adapt to the revised schedules. so i actually expect people to be able to get away. i think there will be some disruption, but i don't think it's on the scale that we've seen to date. and i believe that there are solutions being put in place. time for a look at the weather with darren. it's been harder today. clear continuing overnight tonight are hardly any cloud and hardly any breeze. temperatures will dip away to 11 or 13 degrees, a bit warmer than last night in the south—east of england. following on from that, sunshine all the way across england and wales. some spells of sunshine, for scotland and northern ireland. in the sunshine for england and wales it continues to heat up, all the way from southern england through the midlands into yorkshire temperatures likely to be over 30 degrees. a little bit cooler around

some coastal areas with some sea breezes and temperatures