the next party leader and prime minister — under scrutiny are their policies on tax. vying for the keys to number 10 — but whose tax plans are the best 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 - the cost of the state. we'll be asking when the top contenders might emerge from what's becoming a crowded field. also on the programme:

continuing chaos in sri lanka, as more crowds occupy the presidential palace — they say they'll stay until there are resignations. calls from an energy boss to make bills cheaper for those on the lowest incomes. and victory is sweet for novak djokovic, who wins his seventh wimbledon men's singles 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. ten conservative mps have nowjoined the contest to succeed borisjohnson as the leader of the party, and as prime minister. the foreign secretary, liz truss, is the latest. she has said she would reduce taxes from day one —

while the former health secretaries sajid javid and jeremy hunt have said they would cancel the planned rise in corporation tax and reduce it further. but the former chancellor, rishi sunak, has suggested any 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, on bbc one, 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. 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 tojust 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... another new entrant to the race promising, yes, tax cuts straight away. i think it's very important, as we have this cost—of—living squeeze, that people get money back

in their pockets, and quickly. these promises are what conservative mps want to hear. but cutting taxes usually means spending less or borrowing more, and there are warnings about the consequences. if you are going to cut taxes and increase borrowing, probably the time you don't really want to do it is when prices are already rising at 10% or more, because that means putting more money into the economy and therefore more pressure on to inflation. the one exception so far is rishi sunak, who as chancellor put up certain taxes and now suggests any cuts would have to wait. today, his successor, nadhim zahawi, hit back at reports authorities were looking into his personal tax affairs, saying he has been smeared and vowing to answer any questions. our leadership has to change... the trade minister, penny morduant�*s campaign hit an early hitch — her promotional video re—edited

to remove well—known figures. and confirming her bid to be prime minister tonight, and confirming her bid to be prime ministertonight, liz and confirming her bid to be prime minister tonight, liz truss becomes the tenth candidate and promised tax cuts from day one. jonathan joins me now. as predicted, it's becoming quite a crowded field. how quickly will we know who has a serious chance of winning? within days, this wide field could be narrowed down significantly. conservative backbenchers will meet tomorrow to finalise the rules and timetable of the contest and the proposal is for candidates to need at least 20 confirmed supporters to get on the ballot, a relatively high bar that could look at some fringe candidates straightaway, tory mps will then vote to whittle duck down to a final two, ideally they hope before parliament breaks up for its summer break a week on thursday. the

question for mps under conservative membership who will pick the winner is how appealing those promises are but also how credible are. liz truss confirmed her candidacy tonight, there is a boost for one of the less well known candids as well, kemi badenoch, as michael gove said she has the right stuff to be prime minister. the competition is intense. . ~ minister. the competition is intense. ., ., ., protesters in sri lanka say they'll continue to occupy the presidential and prime ministerial residences until both leaders officially resign. president gotabaya rajapaksa will reportedly step down on wednesday, but he hasn't given a statement in public and his whereabouts are unknown. thousands of people descended on colombo yesterday, enraged by the country's economic mismanagement, which has caused shortages of food, fuel and medicine for months. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports from inside the presidential palace, which has been overrun by protesters.

these scenes would have been unthinkable days ago. sri lanka's seat of presidential power — now a sightseeing destination. security nowhere to be seen as thousands push their way into a palace taken over by protesters. this is a really surreal moment for sri lanka. a building that is normally heavily fortified, now a free—for—all. at president rajapaksa's private pool, we meet carpenter ruan chiminda, who's taking a dip, a moment of relief after he walked hours to join the protests. translation: my kids are hungry. we don't have fuel. we don't have cooking gas. we don't even have fuel to do ourjobs properly. how does it feel to swim in the president's personal pool?

i'm happy. i'm so happy. moments ofjoy and curiosity. but where does this leave the future of the island? the man who once lived here, president gotabaya rajapaksa, has now fled and is expected to step down this week. a lot of the people here need to also witness the fact that... how rich and wealthy and luxurious their lives are. even this place, how grand, how big the house is. various people have been dying and have been suffering to fight for their basic necessities. as they look around the lavish rooms, sri lankans continue to contend with a deepening economic crisis. is this the right thing to do? is this the right way to go about it, storming the presidential palace?

well, the people have been demanding for the president to step down. we've asked him to step down multiple times. so the people are realising that, well, unless we physically go and take him out of the chair, he's not going to leave. when will your protests stop? when will you be satisfied? when will i personally be satisfied? if we go to a new election and hopefully people will vote for principles, morals and ideals that the person running for the election holds and not the person itself because when it comes to politics in sri lanka, it's personality—centric. after months of frustration, this feels like a release — crowds surging through the doors to get inside this presidential palace and get a peek of what life is like for sri lanka's political class. a palace overrun, a country in crisis. protesters say they won't leave

until the president officially quits, but even once he does, who can save this nation in need? for sri lanka, the challenges keep on coming. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, colombo. 15 people have been killed after a russian rocket hit an apartment building in the town of chasiv yar, in eastern ukraine. one side of the five—storey block was ripped apart, leaving a mountain of rubble. at least 20 others are feared to be buried underneath it. the town is in ukraine's donetsk region, the current focus of moscow's offensive. 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. south africa is one of the world's most violent countries, with 20,000 murders every year. our africa correspondent andrew harding has been at the scene.

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. this week households on means—tested benefits will receive a payment of £650 to help towards the cost of living. but the chief executive of one energy company says prepayment meter customers should not be charged more for their energy than those who pay by direct debit. there are 4.5 million customers

who pay for their energy using prepayment meters. typically they pay £47 more a year for their energy than those who pay via other methods. in april, the average energy bill increased by £693 but for those on prepayment meters it was £708. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has this report. how long have you gone without electricity? 0h, about four or five days. and no gas? no gas, no. if i could choose, i wouldn't have a pre—payment meter. i've had to get food parcels before to pay my bills. topping up his meter key has become an increasingly frequent necessity for pete bowie. a tenner used to last him about a week. now it's around four days and he's sometimes gone days without gas or electric. what's it like living in a house with no energy? it's grim.

god knows what it's going to be like in the winter. pete, who suffers from a chronic lung condition, sought help from a charity, christians against poverty, who've helped him with his energy costs. but his balance, £40, won't last the month. your pride soon goes out the window when you start getting hungry, itell you. when you're shivering and you've got nothing to eat there, it is, it's grim. you know, it is bleak. merseyside has a higher than average number of people on pre—payment meters, which are usually found in lower income households. energy prices are higher on a meter as companies say it costs to install them, leaving many families struggling. so do you remember yesterday when i spoke to you about the supply? all this energy company's customers use pre—payment meters. calls seeking help have soared in recent weeks, and the chairman says their customers should not be charged more than other energy users.

we only need one price cap and that should be| payment on receipt of bill. we have had some very, . very sad cases with people threatening suicide and we've also . had customers threatening self harm. soaring prices don't hit everyone equally. households with the lowest incomes spend three times as much of their budgets on energy as those with the most money. the government is going to pay at least £1200 to the poorest households this year to help them in particular with the rising cost of energy. that will undoubtedly be welcome but ministers themselves acknowledge that many of these households will still continue to struggle, particularly in winter. mother of two steph malek was forced to have a pre—payment meter after building up large debts. for every £10 she tops up, she says, her energy company reclaims £4 of what they're owed. add in rising prices and steph�*s family have to go without. if my daughter wants to do

after school classes and clubs that she used to do, like swimming and things like that, i have to say no because i can't afford it. or her friends are going to birthday parties, can't afford to take her or buy presents for the child. so i've had to say no to things like that. unaffordable childcare forced the 26—year—old to give up herjob in telesales. and though times are hard, she's clear on what matters. i'm not going to change the way i parent and be a mum just because my gas and electric�*s gone up. i'm still going to be a good mum, cook for my children, bath my children. michael buchanan, bbc news. the former boss of british airways has warned that airline tickets will go up "without doubt" as fuel costs rise. oil prices have jumped as economies recover from the covid pandemic and because of the war in ukraine. willie walsh, who is now director general of the international air transport association, says these costs will be passed onto consumers.

today at wimbledon, it was victory for novak djokovic in the men's singles final — with all the details of a gripping match, here's chetan pathak live from wimbledon. good evening. is this year's championships come to an end it is a familiar name on the men's singles trophy. novak djokovic has won for the seventh time, beating nick kyrgios in the fourth set. joe wilkinson 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. 40—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 2ist 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. so delight for djokovic. earlier, britain's alfie hewitt and andy lapthorne were beaten in their respective wheelchair finals. today also marked the end of an era as sue barker stepped down from presenting wimbledon coverage after 30 years. she bid an emotional farewell after watching tributes from former tennis players and

described presenting wimbledon as an absolute privilege. 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. adam wild reports. if the noise wasn't a giveaway, the colour certainly was. this was max verstappen�*s crowd, red bull territory. and it's lights out and away... but, as well as that sea of orange in verstappen�*s rear view mirror, so too the red of the ferraris. charles leclerc, his championship rival, would have to get past him three times this afternoon. this one was decisive, a passing point, perhaps even a turning point — ferrari for once with the extra racing speed. indeed, it looked like they would get first and second. that was before the hopes of carlos sainz went up in flames. a clear run for leclerc, then. well, it's rarely that simple — a worrying mechanical problem adding extra jeopardy, but making finally crossing the line all the more dramatic. he takes victory. verstappen followed him home, lewis hamilton in third. formula i is now investigating

what it calls completely unacceptable behaviour from some fans in austria. the sport has questions to answer as the championship race narrows. adam wild, bbc news. in cricket, england have beaten india by 17 runs in their third and final t20 in nottingham. england won the toss and made 215—7 from their 20 overs, dawid malan top scoring with 77. despite a fine maiden century from suryakumar, century from surya kumar yadav, india fell short but still win the series 2—1. that's it from me here at wimbledon. back to you. thank you very much, and now to nick miller with news of a scorching week ahead. it's all about the heat dry now, scotland and northern ireland

saw their highest temperatures of the year, it could be england and wales tomorrow. this number is the uk's highest temperature on record, set in three years ago in cambridge. next weekend there is concern that could be under threat with a burst of extreme heat in southern areas of the uk. a lot of things need to happen for this to be broken but it's something we will be watching this week. it's been hot enough for many people today, northern ireland and scotland, highest temperatures in london and we will build something in these readings tomorrow, the heat building day on day. this area of low pressure will move in and eventually bring some rain. notice how the next five days' rainfall moves in across the uk but where temperatures are at their highest and it looks driest, the

heat exacerbating dry conditions with little if any rain in the forecast. tonight temperatures start to head down, mid to low teens but they will rocket up again tomorrow. it will be hazy tomorrow, more high cloud but feeling just as hot in northern ireland and scotland from upper 20s eastern scotland, hotter for wales and more of a swathe of england will see temperatures of 30 or above. england will see temperatures of 30 orabove. its england will see temperatures of 30 or above. its strong sunshine, very high uv levels. remember that low pressure system? it will bring our of rain for northern ireland and scotland on monday evening, very warm monday night, the cloud will slip out of northern ireland and scotland where it will be cooler on tuesday and doubt there is more cloud it is only curing a little and there are still heat across south—east england, london with a heat wave continuing throughout the

week into next weekend. a lot of numbers but the rest of the weekend into next weekend, scotland and northern ireland don't see much of a change in the heat. 36 degrees in london potentially next sunday, so the forecast, it may well be cooler, could be hotter, something we will hear more about in the week ahead. extraordinary numbers. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are.

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let's get more on the ten conservative mps on the contest to succeed boris johnson. the foreign secretary, liz truss is the latest to join liz truss, 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. earlier, ahead of the announcement from the foreign secretary, we heard from pollster chris hopkins about the runners and riders. candidates are dropping out of the race. what that did show is rishi sunak among the public, the most preferred candidate. still only support about i7% of the boat. ben

wallace was hanging around 3%. there was an uptick in support for him. ultimately, any sort of polling is a name recognition exercise. anyone who isn't rishi sunak will have a long way to go to compete with someone like keir starmer. there's likely to only be about half a term for this new conservative leader to be competing with keir starmer. i think anyone other than sunak would face a battle to get the recognition and hope the conservatives win the next election. and hope the conservatives win the next election-— next election. polling is not the aeneral next election. polling is not the general public _ next election. polling is not the general public will _ next election. polling is not the general public will choose - next election. polling is not the general public will choose the l next election. polling is not the - general public will choose the party leaders, it will go out to the tens of thousands of conservative party members. do you pull those people as well? i

members. do you pull those people as well? ~ ., , ., ., , well? i think conservative voters are probably _ well? i think conservative voters are probably a — well? i think conservative voters are probably a reasonably - are probably a reasonably good proxy. the attitude among conservative voters, they are more likely to have heard of any of these candidates. people like penny morden, who hasn't held a position for a long time, she is not likely to have particular great name recognition among conservatives. even among that demographic, we are still seeing rishi sunak well ahead. he was a popular tampa chiller for a long time —— popular chancellor. so, he is going to be the man to beat among the public. probably among conservative members too. do you pull people regarding conservative members too. do you pull people regardin- conservative members too. do you pull people regarding whether a man or a woman —

pull people regarding whether a man or a woman or— pull people regarding whether a man or a woman or ethnicity _ pull people regarding whether a man or a woman or ethnicity as _ pull people regarding whether a man or a woman or ethnicity as well? - pull people regarding whether a man or a woman or ethnicity as well? so, j or a woman or ethnicity as well? so, if --eole or a woman or ethnicity as well? so, if people have _ or a woman or ethnicity as well? srr, if people have preference or a woman or ethnicity as well? so, if people have preference over candidates' gender or ethnicity, i think that will be quite interesting. there is quite an ethnically diverse in gender diverse set of candidates at the moment, and i think conservatives are likely to spend that as a positive. labour has never had a female leader, and we could into up with a third female prime minister. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are camilla turner, chief political correspondent at the telegraph and kate bevan, writer and broadcaster. on tomorrow's front pages then, starting with...