good morning. this is bbc news with the latest headlines: the second round of the conservative party leadership contest is held today — after the first two candidates were eliminated yesterday. plans for new internet safety laws are being put on hold until a new prime minister is in place. airline and airport bosses admit that passengers�* travel experience this summer won't be like it was before the pandemic. but they insist action is being taken to avoid disruption are you getting away over the summer holidays? have you had a flight cancelled or if you've travelled recently tell us about your experience at the airport? we want to hear from you. you can find me on twitter, i'm @annitabbc or you can use the #bbcyourquestions.

protesters present failed to submit his promised letter of resignation. and the discovery of a lifetime — a previously unknown self—portrait by vincent van gogh is found hidden on the back of another painting. —— protesters have promised they will leave even though president goodger piotr paxo failed to submit his resignation —— gotabaya rajapaksa. it's round two of voting in the conservative leadership contest today, with six candidates left in the running. yesterday former chancellor rishi sunak won the first round of voting by mps to choose the next tory leader and prime minister. rishi sunak got 88 votes

in the first round, next in line was penny mordaunt with 67 votes, followed by liz truss who got 50 mps to back her. then kemi badenoch with a0 votes. back bencher tom tugendhat came in with 37 and the former attorney general suella braverman achieves 32 votes. chancellor nadhim za hawi and former health secretary jeremy hunt were eliminated from the race in the first round. those still in the contest face another round of voting today. the field is expected to be narrowed to two by the end of next week. after that around 160,000 tory members decide which candidate they want to become the next party leader and prime minister. the result will be announced on 5 september. 0ur our first 0urfirst report this our first report this morning 0urfirst report this morning is from our political correspondent helen catt. now there are six candidates to be the next prime minister. by the end the day, there will be five. this is how the first

round of voting by conservative mps ended yesterday. two candidates will be eliminated. jeremy hunt and nadhim zahawi. of the eight candidates who made it onto the ballot, two were knocked out, leaving just six contenders in the race to number 10. jeremy hunt, who came second to borisjohnson in 2019, has told the bbc he will now back rishi sunak. the big challenge we face now is economic, and this is someone of formidable ability who has been thinking about the right thing to do for our economy, forfamilies up and down the country, very hard over the last two years. but, in the end, it's not about policy. i've been around for long enough to know that politics is really about character. and rishi is one of the most decent, straight people with the highest standards of integrity that i have ever met in british politics. the former chancellor got the most votes with 88. the trade minister penny mordaunt came second after her campaign gathered momentum. and a poll by yougov suggested

she would be the most popular choice among conservative members. candidates will have policies that some people like, some people don't like. but what you can come around together is on values and she is, i think, someone who believes in community, getting things done, caring for each other, but being strong. liz truss, the foreign secretary, is hoping for a boost when she launches her campaign later. she came third yesterday with 50 votes. this morning, she will say she wants the uk to be an aspiration nation where every person has the best opportunity to succeed. conservative mps will vote for a second time later. whichever candidate gets the fewest votes will be the next to be knocked out of the contest. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. the former chancellor rishi sunak finished top of yesterday's vote. today he dismissed suggestions that he was too rich to understand the financial pressures on the country. in the bbc interviewers asked why

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general election, and i'm convinced that i am the best person to beat keir starmer and the labour party in the next election. rishi keir starmer and the labour party in the next election.— the next election. rishi sunak s-ueakin the next election. rishi sunak speaking to — the next election. rishi sunak speaking to the _ the next election. rishi sunak speaking to the bbc— the next election. rishi sunak speaking to the bbc earlier. l let's speak to our political correspondent, ben wright. good morning. with six candidates still in the running i guess there are still quite a few permutations over how the voting could go today and a lot of focus on where the mps who previously backed nadhim zahawi and jeremy hunt, who they will now throw their weight behind. yes, good morning. that's a key question, the mps who backed the two candidates who were eliminated yesterday, where will they sprinkle their support? yesterday, where will they sprinkle theirsupport? both yesterday, where will they sprinkle their support? both the front runners rishi sunak and penny mordaunt at the moment according to the ballot yesterday are fairly confident of scooping up quite a lot of that support. jeremy hunt himself swung in behind rishi sunak yesterday. i think the former

chancellor is the obvious frontrunner at the moment. he comfortably let the poll yesterday, although not, i should say, quite as far as borisjohnson was leading the race had a similar stage in 2019. he is not the runaway favourite here but he is leading the poll. the other thing to take away from yesterday was penny mordaunt, the trade minister, clearly has some momentum behind her. there is lots of buzz about the trade minister's campaign and she is trying to present herself as the fresh start candidate, untainted by having a cabinetjob under borisjohnson, she is pitching herself as the person that can best unite this very fractured party at the moment. we must not forget liz truss. the foreign secretary is still very much in this as she launches her leadership bid with a campaign speech later this morning hoping she can bolster her support and garner votes from particularly the right of the party which at the moment are fairly spread between some of the other candidates like suella braverman and kemi badenoch. it

remains a very volatile and open contest, particularly for that second spot, if rishi sunak goes through, as many people now expect. three of the candidates did their formal launch speeches on tuesday. liz truss, as you mentioned, is this morning. was that a strategic decision to wait and see how the first round of voting went? presumably pretty confident she would get through to the second round, then perhaps reframe her formal launch if necessary. i think that's exactly _ formal launch if necessary. i think that's exactly why _ formal launch if necessary. i think that's exactly why this _ formal launch if necessary. i think that's exactly why this delay. - formal launch if necessary. i think that's exactly why this delay. it i formal launch if necessary. i think that's exactly why this delay. it is| that's exactly why this delay. it is quite late in the contest she is deciding to make her set piece speech. i think she would rather be feeling in a more comfortable position than she does this morning. she does have quite a lot of work to do and certainly her team are hoping that some of the other candidates lower down the order may be eliminated today in the subsequent rounds gravitate towards her. as i said, she is hoping she can get some of the support from the right,

particularly the ultra brexiteers, for want of a better word, those passionate leaders like steve baker, michael gove, jacob rees—mogg, nadine dorries, they are all split between a number of other candidates at the moment, and i think liz truss's team are hoping they will be the repository for that part of the tory party. it is difficult. when you talk to people here who know the party well nobody is confident about gaming how the next few stages will play out. what we do know is we will get a result prompted a's second round voting today mid afternoon, a bit earlier than yesterday. {lilia bit earlier than yesterday. 0k, thank you _ bit earlier than yesterday. 0k, thank you very _ bit earlier than yesterday. 0k, thank you very much. - bit earlier than yesterday. 0k, thank you very much. liz truss is formally launching her campaign today with a speech this morning at around ten o'clock and we will bring it to you live. the actor kevin spacey is appearing in court in london this morning where he's expected to enter a plea to sexual assault charges dating back 17 years. sarah campbell is at the old bailey for us. good morning, sarah. tell us more

about what we can expect in this case today. about what we can expect in this case today-— about what we can expect in this case toda . ,., ., ., g , ., case today. good morning. just to remind you. _ case today. good morning. just to remind you, kevin _ case today. good morning. just to remind you, kevin spacey - case today. good morning. just to remind you, kevin spacey one - case today. good morning. just to remind you, kevin spacey one of. case today. good morning. just to i remind you, kevin spacey one of the most successful actors of his generation, a double 0scar most successful actors of his generation, a double oscar winner, star of the netflix series house of cards and spent a considerable amount of time in london, he was the director of the old vic theatre here between 2004 and 2015. that perhaps explains the bank of photographers and cruise you can see behind me and the flashes that went off when he arrived here at the old baileyjust after 8:30am this morning. —— daems. he made his way into court wearing a blue suit looking quite relaxed this morning. this is his first crown court appearance and he is facing five counts. i will take you through what he has been charged with. there are two counts of sexual assault on are two counts of sexual assault on a man who is now in his 40s, that is alleged to have happened in march 2005 in london. sexual assault of a man in his 30s now, and also a

further sexual offence against the same man in august 2008 in london. and finally, a fifth count of sexual assault on a man now in his 30s alleged to have happened in april 2013 in gloucestershire. so this is his first crown court appearance. it is when he will give his plea. we expect that to be, bearing in mind all we have heard so far at his last magistrates�* court appearance, his barrister said he would strenuously deny all of the allegations. we are certainly expecting him to plead not guilty today, and if that happens in front of the justice he will set a trial date at some future date at the old bailey. that is due to happen in the next 20 minutes. sarah cambell, happen in the next 20 minutes. sarah campbell. thank— happen in the next 20 minutes. sarah campbell, thank you _ happen in the next 20 minutes. sarah campbell, thank you very _ happen in the next 20 minutes. sarah campbell, thank you very much at the old bailey. the first direct payments from the government to help low—income households cope with the rising cost of living will be made from today. eight million

households will receive £326 into their bank, building society or credit union account by the end ofjuly. a second instalment will be transferred later this year. children�*s charities have criticised the government for putting new safety laws on hold until the new prime minister is in place. the 0nline safety bill was due to be debated in parliament again next week but will now return to the commons after the summer break. the legislation is aimed at stopping the spread of illegal content such as images of child abuse, hate crimes and racist abuse and protecting children from harmful content. it would also give 0fcom the power to act as a regulator of online platforms. campaigners have said they are concerned by the delay. after months of travel disruption and flight cancellations, just how ready are airports and airlines as we fast approach the school summer holidays? airports like manchester and gatwick — as well as the smaller regional airports around the uk — have been racing to recruit more staff in time for their biggest summer since covid. katy austin is at east midlands airport for us this morning. it

sounds like the airports and airlines are trying to set expectations for travellers this summer. . �* , , expectations for travellers this summer. . h , ., summer. that's right. things are startina summer. that's right. things are starting to _ summer. that's right. things are starting to ramp _ summer. that's right. things are starting to ramp up _ summer. that's right. things are starting to ramp up ahead - summer. that's right. things are starting to ramp up ahead of- summer. that's right. things are starting to ramp up ahead of the| starting to ramp up ahead of the summer holidays. it looks pretty quiet behind me and that�*s because a lot of the morning flights from here have already departed. about 45 flights are expected to depart from east midlands over the course of today. during the pandemic this terminal was completely closed for nine months in total, and even when it was open it was really quiet. we are talking about 1500 passengers a day. compare that to about 14,000 — 15,000 passengers per day now. that is nowhere near pre—covid levels. 0verjuly and august they expect 1.3 million people to use this airport for those summer holidays. preparing for those summer holidays. preparing for that ramp for those summer holidays. preparing forthat ramp up for those summer holidays. preparing for that ramp up to something approaching the levels of traffic we

are used to seeing has been a challenge for lots of airports because lots ofjobs were cut during the pandemic and they have found it hard to recruit quickly enough to meet that rising demand. here at east midlands they are in the same position. they have been trying to recruit, trying to get those people in place. they say the critical role is like a security officers, and still some otherjobs going the airport. i�*ve been taking a look at two of the country�*s biggest airports, gatwick and manchester, as they try to get things ready. the summer holidays are coming. demand for travel is back but are airports and airlines ready? they are under pressure to avoid a repeat of the long queues, disruption and cancellations seen at easter half term. kids have been up since three o�*clock in the morning and should have been on a flight at 6.40.

cancelled. just heartbroken how i was going to explain to the girls that the holiday they have spoken nothing else for the last 12 months was cancelled. at manchester airport the other day passengers told me they were worried by what they had heard. we thought it would be awful, about four hours earlier. - four hours early? yeah, just to make sure. it�*s just because we heard all the bad things that were going on so we came an hour or two earlier. i work here at the airport. you work here? yeah, and i can tell you there are some problems because we are understaffed. after cutting jobs during covid, lots of aviation businesses have struggled to recruit again. good morning, welcome to manchester airport security training. here they are trying to get more security staff in place for summer. these are among 500 new recruits still being trained before they can start. first of all you will check to make sure that it works. we were allowed in to film as they learned the ropes. 500 others have already started so far this year after lengthy background checks and weeks of training.

i asked the airport�*s new boss if the issues we have seen recently would be fixed by the holidays. so the experience you have in manchester in the summer of 2022 isn�*t going to be as good as it was in 2019. but our absolute priority is to make sure everyone gets on their flight. i�*d love to be stood here telling you what a great experience you are going to have. the vast majority of people will have a reasonable experience at manchester airport in the summer of 2022. please come three hours beforehand, no more, no less, and then we will get you on your way. 200 miles south at gatwick, security officers have seen the airport go from empty to busy in a matter of months. now there is a lot of passengers travelling and there is no restrictions in most places and it is a challenging time for us and for everyone. there has been a big recruitment push here too. rupesh was made redundant at the height of the pandemic but has now come back to the airport. it took me approximately a few months to get my outside months to get my airside

pass renewed back, hence starting in march. but the process was quite seamless. while managers at gatwick say they don�*t quite have everyone they need in place yet. we are doing a really respectable job for our customers. they insist things are getting better. i can't promise you that you are not going to be in a queue, 0k? and i think we have got to be realistic with that. what i would encourage you to think about is that that queue will dissipate very quickly. at least 90% of our customers at this present moment in time have no more than a ten—minute wait or less. but security is just one cog in the airport machine. out on the airfield you can see some of the other teams needed for things to run smoothly. all the planes over here are being prepared to take off again, and that means re—fuelling them, getting the catering on board, loading the baggage, and then finally of course getting the passengers on. the ground handling companies used by a lot of airlines to handle baggage and service aircraft have also struggled to recruit. gatwick says shortages of those workers and airline

crews have caused many recent last—minute cancellations. to try and prevent more it has limited flight numbers injuly and august. easyjet blames spring cancellations on staff sickness. then it cut 9% of its summer schedule. easyjet says 70% of affected customers have been rebooked for the same day. the airline insists it now has enough staff and it has boosted numbers working in its contact centres. can you guarantee we will not see more cancellations? i think what we can guarantee is that we have done everything within our control in order to be able to ensure there is resilience built within the system. now, there may be other things happen like air traffic control delays or airport infrastructure, and what we need to do there is make sure whenever there are any interruptions to the normal service, that we have got as much information that we can pass to customers. did easyjetjust fail to prepare for a bumper summer? no i think that with the information

we had at the time, with the capacity that we were planning i think we took all of the steps that were necessary to do that. as soon as we knew that there was strain in the system we built that resilience up. the government has said it has done what it can to help, including giving airlines a short window to hand back flight slots which british airways used to cut over 10,000 more flights. aviation businesses say they are working together to make things go as smoothly as possible. but no—one can guarantee the summer will be entirely turbulence free. airlines will point out that although the cancellations hit the headlines, actually the vast majority of passengers are getting away on their holidays without issues, and some businesses like jet2 whose signs that you can see behind me and say they haven�*t been as badly affected by staff shortages and haven�*t cancelled any flights directly because of staffing issues. elsewhere, though, we do still see signs things are not back to normal,

not quite ready to cope with what we would think of as normal levels of passenger traffic. heathrowjust this week saying it would limit the number of passengers that could come through the airport on any one day because things were not quite ready yet. if you are thinking of going away on holiday this summer, a couple of tips for you. make sure you think about the rules for what you think about the rules for what you can and can�*t put in hand luggage and things you have to put in a plastic bag to go through security to make sure you don�*t get caught up and add to the queues there. and don�*t arrive at the airport to only because that could again add to the queues. listen to how soon your airline tells you to turn up before your flight. 0k, thank you very much, katie johnston, ourtransport johnston, our transport correspondent. —— johnston, ourtransport correspondent. —— katy austin. —— katy austin. let�*s speak now to kelly cookes, chief commercial officer with travel agency advantage travel partnership. thank you forjoining us. there is some expectation management going on

from the airlines and airports, telling passengers not to expect pre—pandemic levels of service. from the clients you have been in contact with, what have they been saying to you about the experience at airports? this you about the experience at airports?— you about the experience at airorts? �* , ,., ,., airports? as your report highlighted 'ust a airports? as your report highlighted just a moment _ airports? as your report highlighted just a moment ago _ airports? as your report highlighted just a moment ago the _ airports? as your report highlighted | just a moment ago the infrastructure around travel is so interdependent, we need all parts of the supply chain to work in order for the journey for consumers to be seamless. however, as you said the vast majority of customers and travellers are getting away. it might take them slightly longer than pre—pandemic to get through the airport but they are getting away and having fantastic trips, so the overwhelming feedback so far has been that people are happy to be able to travel again, providing that they take the precautions we are talking about, arriving slightly earlier, making sure you are prepared, making sure you know the booking process, actually most people are able to go away and say they are glad to be able to do so after the last two years. one of the

people katie interviewed for her report said she had turned up four hours early. report said she had turned up four hours early-— hours early. listening to all the news about _ hours early. listening to all the news about chaotic _ hours early. listening to all the news about chaotic scenes - hours early. listening to all the news about chaotic scenes on l news about chaotic scenes on occasion at the airports. and deciding to get to the airport for herflight really deciding to get to the airport for her flight really early. is that a good idea, or is turning up to an earlier problem? i good idea, or is turning up to an earlier problem?— earlier problem? i completely understand — earlier problem? i completely understand why _ earlier problem? i completely understand why people - earlier problem? i completely understand why people would | earlier problem? i completely - understand why people would think turning up extra early is a good idea but actually all it does is add additional pressure on the airport services. the way the airports arrange a range of departures, they are timed to make sure their customers have as seamless a journey through the airport as possible. by arriving too early, all that does is cause more of a backlog getting through departures and on services within the airport as well. three hours really is the optimum amount of time at the moment to get to the airport. your tour operator, travel agent or whoever you booked with will give you advice on that and guide you. if will give you advice on that and guide you-— will give you advice on that and auide ou. ,., ., , will give you advice on that and

auide ou. ., , , guide you. if someone is weighing up whether to try _ guide you. if someone is weighing up whether to try and _ guide you. if someone is weighing up whether to try and book _ guide you. if someone is weighing up whether to try and book a _ guide you. if someone is weighing up whether to try and book a holiday - guide you. if someone is weighing up whether to try and book a holiday in i whether to try and book a holiday in the uk or take a flight abroad, what would you say at this stage? what would you say at this stage? what would your advice be? is it too late to be thinking about flights abroad? absolutely not, it is a late market again this year and 50% of what we are seeing booked every week is to depart within the next 8—12 weeks so there are still pockets of availability. what i would say is just make sure that you are conscious on what you are booking and book with a travel professional that can guide you through that process and be on hand should there be any changes. process and be on hand should there be any changes-— be any changes. more broadly, lookin: be any changes. more broadly, looking at _ be any changes. more broadly, looking at the _ be any changes. more broadly, looking at the industry, - be any changes. more broadly, looking at the industry, do - be any changes. more broadly, looking at the industry, do you j looking at the industry, do you think it was taken by surprise by the level of demand this year from easter right now through to the summer and probably beyond? and are you confident it can get everything up you confident it can get everything up and running, whether it is staff, security, check—in, so that we see a travel industry that looks more like the travel industry that existed

pre—pandemic? i the travel industry that existed ore-pandemic?— the travel industry that existed pre-pandemic? the travel industry that existed re- andemic? , ~ pre-pandemic? i definitely think the situation we — pre-pandemic? i definitely think the situation we are _ pre-pandemic? i definitely think the situation we are seeing _ pre-pandemic? i definitely think the situation we are seeing at _ pre-pandemic? i definitely think the situation we are seeing at the - situation we are seeing at the moment is temporary, so yes, i think we will get back to the pre—pandemic service. hopefully in the near future. i think that what happened was we were all aware there was pent—up demand but there was almost a turning of a switch where we were able to suddenly start getting the industry up and running again and it does take time to do that after two years. as your report highlighted staffing is an issue, getting people back into roles but also getting the right approval they need to work in some areas of travel and making sure they are trained and able to look after consumers. that all takes a little bit of time. what we are seeing now is more of our partners saying they have fill those vacancies and now it�*s a case of getting those people trained and up and running. i do think it is a temporary situation and over the next weeks and months we will see it start to alleviate more and more. kelly cookes from the advantage

travel partnership thank you. sri lanka�*s protesters have said they will leave the presidential palace despite the fact gotabaya rajapaksa has failed to honour his promise to resign. the president has fled the country and is thought to be in the maldives but trying to reach singapore and plans to get there on a commercialflight were reportedly cancelled overnight on security grounds. the sri lankan government are imposing a curfew on the capital colombo today after hospital officials said one person died and dozens were injured during protests after clashes between riot police and protesters near the parliament buildings as people demanded the resignation of the president and prime minister. this report from our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan. their target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime minister ranil wickremesinghe

had just been made acting president, crowds gathered in front of his office, one of the few government buildings not yet occupied by protesters. protesters are chanting that ranil wickremesinghe, the prime minister, is a thief. they don�*t just want president gotabaya rajapaksa to step down, they want the whole political class to leave, and they want a change. and this is how they are pushing for that change. a mass movement born out of economic hardship, sending a message to those in power. we don�*t want violence and we don�*t want that prime minister trying to be a president right now, we only want, please, resign. but it didn�*t take long for security forces to use tear gas and water cannons.

shrieking explosions well, theyjust fired tear gas and protesters tried to make their way to the prime minister�*s office, but as you can see, they didn�*t manage, there is a large security presence there, some protesters still trying to climb in. just over the gate, you can see inside there nowjust how many members of the security forces are in there, and we can feel the tear gas on our skin now. a lot of people here have been tear gassed, but they are not giving up, they still want to get inside. then a breakthrough. 0utnumbering and overpowering the police...

..yet another protected building overrun by protesters. cheering well, this is quite an extraordinary moment. after hours of trying to make their way in, they�*ve finally done it. protesters have pushed their way through the gates of the prime minister�*s office and they are everywhere. the security forces, the police, all the armed guards, they are nowhere to be seen. another public building here in sri lanka which is now being occupied by the people. and it is quite a moment. but where does that moment go next? why did you come here today? to help my country. i love my country, so i want to help my country. protesters chant but who can save it?

as they celebrate, sri lankans are still suffering. after taking government buildings, who do they trust to take power? rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, colombo. helicopters will continue to be used today to dampen fires on salisbury plain which have been burning since monday. three fires were sparked by live firing in the military training area. residents in parts of wiltshire have been advised to stay indoors and shut their windows due to smoke. the ministry of defence has apologised for causing the fires. now it�*s time for a look at the weather. it will still feel hot in the sunshine in southern areas but temperatures are down in recent days and cooler in the north. from the midlands northwards we will see more cloud, chance of a few showers, northern ireland brightening up through the afternoon, shell mainly

across scotland and eastern england, as far south as east midlands and east anglia later. in the sunshine further south temperature is 24—27 closer to the july average, further south temperature is 24—27 closer to thejuly average, a bit below elsewhere, high teens and low 20s. showers this evening, eastern areas fading away, dry and clear for areas fading away, dry and clear for a time but more crowd into northern ireland, outbreaks of rain and drizzle and more extensively wetter conditions in scotland heading into tomorrow. temperatures holding up with the cloud but away from towns and cities it could get down to single figures in and is, dry and sunny, pretty worn jake more cloud in england and scotland, damp start, outbreaks of rain and drizzle, showery conditions later, to brighten. similartemperatures brighten. similar temperatures elsewhere.

hello. this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... the second round of the conservative party leadership contest is held today — after the first two candidates were eliminated yesterday. plans for new internet safety laws are being put on hold until a new prime minister is in place. airline and airport bosses admit

that passengers�* travel experience this summer won�*t be like it was before the pandemic. but they insist action is being taken to avoid disruption are you getting away over the summer holidays? _ are you getting away over the summer holida s? . , ., ., ., holidays? have you had a flight cancelled? _ holidays? have you had a flight cancelled? let _ holidays? have you had a flight cancelled? let us _ holidays? have you had a flight cancelled? let us know- holidays? have you had a flight cancelled? let us know your i cancelled? let us know your experience of the airport. we want to hear from you. experience of the airport. we want to hearfrom you. use experience of the airport. we want to hear from you. use the experience of the airport. we want to hearfrom you. use the hashtag. protesters in sri lanka say they will end their occupation of government buildings even though the president failed to submit his promised letter of resignation. the discovery of a lifetime. a previously unknown self—portrait by vincent bangkok is found hidden on the back of another painting. —— vincent van gogh.

sport and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. here is mike bushell. good morning. there is no place like st andrew�*s. ben croucherjoins us. how has it started? three hours in already? taste how has it started? three hours in alread ? ~ . ., ., , already? we have had three hours worth of golf _ already? we have had three hours worth of golf and _ already? we have had three hours worth of golf and the _ already? we have had three hours worth of golf and the sun - already? we have had three hours worth of golf and the sun is i already? we have had three hoursl worth of golf and the sun is getting really nice and the wind is quite calm so conditions for the golfers are pretty much perfect. taste calm so conditions for the golfers are pretty much perfect. we have had the first group— are pretty much perfect. we have had the first group out _ are pretty much perfect. we have had the first group out at _ are pretty much perfect. we have had the first group out at 6:30am, - are pretty much perfect. we have had the first group out at 6:30am, webb l the first group out at 6:30am, webb simpson amongst the group. not too many fans there to see them but it is starting to fill up. the

grandstand is getting full, and the loudest roar was round about ten minutes ago when ian poulter shanked his first tee shot, three under at the moment, joint sharing the lead with brendan wu, an extraordinary chip and ego. huge number of players making birdies, including the american cameron trim galley and cameron smith as well as the home favourite bob mcintyre. tommy fleetwood and bryson to shamble our level at the moment but conditions pretty much perfect and we expect some low scores. the perfect setting. thank you. next to the euros, where there a huge scare for the reigning champions, the netherlands. they had been cruising towards a first victory, with two goals inside the first 20 minutes but they showed their frailties at the back

and portugal have this fighting spirit, and for the second game in a row came storming back to make it 2—2 at the leigh sports village. but arsenal star daniella van de donk unleashed a stunner to earn the dutch a first win which sends them top of group c. and the olympic silver medallists, sweden, are level on points with the dutch, after they got their first win of the campaign beating switzerland 2—1. today, its italy versus iceland, and france against belgium. and after a fortnight of speculation, it is a new start a premier league player, arrested on suspicion of rape has not been suspended and can �*fulfil his professional commitments including permitted travel�*, his club have said.

england are out of the, women�*s hockey world cup after a narrow loss to argentina. in what was a tight and tense quarter—final throughout, victoria granatto grabbed the only goal of the match early in the fourth period. england had two excellent late chances to equalise but on both occasions were denied by superb saves. there�*s a new leader at the tour de france, after a dramatic 11th stage. it was a day of punishing climbs in the alps, and denmark�*sjonas vingegaard won the stage and took the overall lead in the tour while behind him, the most dominant man in cycling buckled. slovenia�*s tadej pogacar who has won the last two tours, finished way off the pace and had to hand over the yellowjersey. that�*s all the sport for now. the race to become the next prime minister continues today — with a second vote of conservative mps to find their next leader. but what do party members make of the remaining contenders? newsnight�*s policy editor lewis goodall has been i think they did the right thing but i think they waited too long and it got to a point where it was so untenable they had to do something, but maybe it should have been done before that. before things got so bad for everyone.

that makes sense. anybody else? i agree, too little, too late. - it should have been a long time ago. if there was a theme today it was the sense that those most associated with thejohnson government were most vulnerable, and that, of all of them, is a problem for this man the most. if you asked me six months ago i would have said, yeah, but he has sort of sat there and it's gone from scandal to scandal and it has tarred him and he has sat and defended boris, and if boris would have gone six months ago, i know a lot of people would have said he would be the next prime minister. what i will do now is play you a clip and ask you, on your whiteboard, to give a score out of ten for how much he comes across as someone that is like prime—ministerial. i know how difficult _ it is when you are working so hard and you see the price of everything go up every week _

michael, you�*ve given him zero, tell me why? i saw the video where he said he was detached from the working class people, and i think why is he saying that in his younger days and now he has changed his mind and he thinks he can sway everybody and make them believe he will do right for them and i don't think he will. our next candidate. here she is. one, two, three, four. michael, can you tell us who this is? liz truss. liz truss, yeah. what do people think about liz truss? what i know about her is what i've seen on social media, so tik tok and things, where there has been a mash—up of a series of gaffes and statements she has made... it was truss, not sunak, who scored the best of the two. indeed they were the only two who were really known by the group. penny mordaunt, by contrast, had barely been heard of, and although she now has much momentum with mps and party members, those here were less sure... as someone who has been quite vocal on trans rights... - ..especially given that

what they had seen of her, she had been focused on cultural not economic issues. everybody else was talking about our lives and how rubbish the uk is at the minute with the cost of living and stuff and everybody was talking about the big issues and it felt like i was watching loose women. put your hand up if you know who this is. 0k, everyone want to show their scores? ok, so slightly higher scores there for kemi coming from people, and i will start with some of the higher ones. she came across really well, talking about her daughter, her family, just sort of feel like there is a bit of a connection when she talks, that she would get me and i'd get her life and where she came from and she seems more real. not enough experience to run the country. i she comes across all right, but yeah, no. i 0k, we will move on to

the next of the candidates. the way he presented himself then, i liked that. i got a bit of a nice feeling from him. i anyone know who this is? so that people can be dealing with the cost of living challenges in a more feasible way. we need to shrink the size of the state. it's more of a vibe i get. from her that i don't feel she is very genuine. she seems to be very, sort of, like, there doesn't seem to be much emotion or care i about what she's saying — it's bang, bang, bang, i a bit borderline aggressive. and we have come from boris arguing i with people and they're like kids, i saying "oh, you said this..." and it'sjust a vibe that it is a female version of boris. -

focus groups, fascinating. 0ur guest joins us next. give us your observations on the race so far. this is the race had none of them quite wanted at the moment. that�*s what you have to remember. when the whole partygate thing blew up, one of the reasons they did not get rid of the reasons they did not get rid of borisjohnson immediately of the reasons they did not get rid of boris johnson immediately was because none of the other leadership campaigns were ready, we want to throw him overboard but september would work nicely for us, is there a chance you could dial the scandal back? and the chris pincher thing foisted on them so none of these campaigns are really as ready as they ought to be. rishi sunak clearly has been working on this for months but he�*s being exposed, as we see. his pitch is there is no

alternative, i am the guy you want, the guy who is here right now but the guy who is here right now but the problem with that is that it works really well until anyone else p°p5 up works really well until anyone else pops up and says there is an alternative and that is me and at that point, he looks weak. it�*s what happened to david davies in 2005. penny mordaunt is doing that, they all are to a certain extent but she says, i am the alternative. i was checking twitter earlier and i noticed something was trending with reference to penny mordaunt, not a very positive trend but it made me think, call me cynical, people are clearly worried about how well she is doing and someone is promoting this on twitter?— this on twitter? yes. it is a nasty cam aiun this on twitter? yes. it is a nasty campaign and — this on twitter? yes. it is a nasty campaign and there's _ this on twitter? yes. it is a nasty campaign and there's a _ this on twitter? yes. it is a nasty campaign and there's a lot i this on twitter? yes. it is a nasty campaign and there's a lot of i this on twitter? yes. it is a nasty i campaign and there's a lot of vested

campaign and there�*s a lot of vested bitterness, all sorts of people are getting all sorts of grudges out, there�*s a big row about what happened with penny mordaunt and trans rights and language around pregnant people and it involves two of the other candidates because it was about suella braverman �*s pregnancy leave. whether legislation should say pregnant people or pregnant women and kemi badenoch was involved and they are all putting in their different positions on what happened and that is quite a difficult area and penny mordaunt is insisting other people�*s versions of things are wrong. haifa insisting other people's versions of things are wrong.— insisting other people's versions of things are wrong. how much can we tell from the — things are wrong. how much can we tell from the remaining _ things are wrong. how much can we tell from the remaining candidates, | tell from the remaining candidates, how much can we tell about them from the people backing them and the people they choose to surround themselves with at their launches?

rishi sunak has dominic raab introducing himself, here is the deputy prime minister, there is grant shapps, i am the establishment candidate and the candidate of continuity government. liz truss, really interesting. her most prominent backers aren�*t nadine dorries and jacob rees—mogg, david frost has come out this morning for her. she is effectively running as the candidate of continuity boris. if you liked that government, if you think the main problem was he did not boris enough, liz truss is your woman. i am surprised by that. given the events of a week ago. maybe she is going to try and come at this from a different direction when she launches in 15 minutes. tom took on that, introduced by anne—marie trevelyan, a brexiteer, he is saying you think i am a softy remainer but

there is at least one brexiteer still talking to me. penny mordaunt, at her lunch yesterday, she was introduced by andrea leadsom, politely, she is most famous for running for the leadership, not expecting to get as far as she did and then blowing up. i mean, i thought that was an order choice. because what does having andrea leadsom out in front say about you? does it say that issue? you are that candidate? you are going to do better than everyone expects and then be horribly found out in the second round? her other backers that i can see in the room are david davies and michael fabricant so maybe she felt andrea leadsom was the best that she had. it would be interesting to see if she could get some candidates, backers, who are in the cabinet and it is interesting jeremy hunt, she was his big backer

three years ago, jeremy hunt has not repaid the favour by coming in behind her, he has gone in behind rishi sunak which is very much, backing rishi sunak says i would like to be in the cabinet, people who are in the cabinet have identified rishi sunak as the man most likely to be forming a cabinet. they are all forming behind him. that may start to look like a bad move. ., , that may start to look like a bad move, ., , ., ., that may start to look like a bad move. .,, ., i. move. rob, good to get your thoughts- — move. rob, good to get your thoughts. rob _ move. rob, good to get your thoughts. rob hutton, i move. rob, good to get your. thoughts. rob hutton, political sketch writer for the critic magazine. the metropolitan police says it has opened an investigation into the trafficking of sir mo farah to the uk as a child. in a bbc documentary sir mo farah said he arrived after being trafficked from somalia and was trafficked from his family and forced into domestic

slavery. as a family, we were torn apart. i was separated from my mother. and i was brought into the uk illegally. under the name of another child called mohammed farah. this was the visa document used to traffic the future champion athlete into the uk. the real story is i was born in somaliland, north of somalia, as hussein abdi kahin. despite what i�*ve said in the past, my parents never lived in the uk. when i was four, my dad was killed in the civil war. police now want to know more about allegations the team gb athlete made in a bbc documentary in which he said he was flown into the uk at the age of nine and forced to work as a domestic servant. lawyers have told the bbc that mo farah�*s nationality was technically obtained by fraud. the home office has ruled out taking any action against him as it is assumed a child would not be complicit.

the met have also confirmed they are not pursuing farah, but they say specialist officers have opened an investigation to assess the available information which, in practical terms, means detectives will want to understand who exactly knew what about how farah entered the uk when he was nine. they want to see if they can identify any criminal offences and, if they can, who may have committed them. last year, the met said it received more than 3,900 child and adult victim referrals for modern slavery offences. very few victims will have the profile and opportunity to highlight their experience. let�*s return to the conservative

leadership campaign. i am joined now ljy leadership campaign. i am joined now by liam fox. you are backing rishi sunak. i by liam fox. you are backing rishi sunak. .., by liam fox. you are backing rishi sunak. .. ., by liam fox. you are backing rishi sunak. ., , , , sunak. i came into support rishi sunak. i came into support rishi sunak festival _ sunak. i came into support rishi sunak festival because - sunak. i came into support rishi sunak festival because we i sunak. i came into support rishi sunak festival because we are i sunak festival because we are electing a prime minister and the winner winner of this contest has got to have the experience, the intelligence, the ambition, the vision to set up a new government and have it in place quickly. it is not a youth training programme for learning on thejob. the not a youth training programme for learning on the job. the second thing is i think he has the right values that i want to see someone who fought for brexit, not from afar but was down there in the trenches a political cost to himself at the time. who believes in an open and free market, free trade, taking other people out of poverty through those mechanisms. i think that is what we want to see and it is a breakthrough vision, his clarity of thought that have attracted me to him in this contest. he

thought that have attracted me to him in this contest.— thought that have attracted me to him in this contest. he was asked in a bbc interview— him in this contest. he was asked in a bbc interview why _ him in this contest. he was asked in a bbc interview why it _ him in this contest. he was asked in a bbc interview why it took - him in this contest. he was asked in a bbc interview why it took a - a bbc interview why it took a campaign from marcus rashford to get an extension forfree campaign from marcus rashford to get an extension for free school meal provision for some children. isn�*t that something he should have done without the need for a campaign? it seems a very odd think that those who are in the same government cut and paste and choose different things about what they accept under collective responsibility and what they do not but what matters for me for the candidates is what they are setting out as the vision for britain, both at home and abroad. for the future. i want an aspirational candidate who was actually setting out a better course for britain because frankly, i do not believe britain is taking the advantages of brexit that we could have had up to this point. six. have had up to this point. six candidates — have had up to this point. six candidates left going into the second round of voting, lots of permutations possible to wear we could be later this afternoon. what

are your thoughts on the race and how the voting today michael? it�*s how the voting today michael? it's been a how the voting today michael? it�*s been a good quality race in terms of candidates, that�*s why we�*ve had such a spirit of full spot as we go through the race, as always in these races, colleagues start to focus on the task in hand, they are beginning to focus on the back to ever wince this will have to form a government, the be the prime minister and i think that will concentrate minds. i think that will concentrate minds. i think the movement ofjeremy hunt when he lost in the race yesterday over two rishi sunak is enormously important. i think when i am looking across the field, i am looking to see the spread of people that will support the candidates because one thing is true about the conservative party, when we maintain an internal coalition we avoid the need for external coalitions, in other words, we need to have a broad church and in one of your previous interviews, they were characterising people as left or right, when i run for leadership in 2005 i was regarded at

the time as being the most candidate so they cannot possibly be right, some of the analysis that have been made and i think rishi sunak represents a broad church, something we to get. we need big conservative politics back if we are going to be as electorally successful. ida politics back if we are going to be as electorally successful. no dark arts auoin as electorally successful. no dark arts going on _ as electorally successful. no dark arts going on behind-the-scenes| as electorally successful. no dark i arts going on behind-the-scenes as arts going on behind—the—scenes as remaining candidates jostle for position? i remaining candidates “ostle for osition? ~ ., , , ., position? i think candidates should set out their _ position? i think candidates should set out their own _ position? i think candidates should set out their own store, _ position? i think candidates should set out their own store, their i position? i think candidates should set out their own store, their own l set out their own store, their own beliefs and values, their ambitions for the country and i think is someone who has been around a lot of leadership elections, tends to backfire when people engage in negative politics. if candidates say what they believe and they communicate that to mps and party members and the public that is what successful politics is all about. liam fox, thank you. a reminder list tras is expected to formally launch

a campaign in the next few minutes and we will bring that to you life. —— liz truss. lets return to sri lanka now where protesters say they�*ll end their occupation of government buildings — even though president gotabaya rajapucksha has failed to submit his promised letter of resignation. a curfew has been enforced after security forces clashed with protesters. the president has fled the country and is thought to be in the maldives but trying to reach singapore — plans to get there on a commercial flight were reportedly cancelled overnight on security grounds. saroj pateerana is a journalist in sri lanka. hejoins us now from colombo.

simply, there has been a curfew, up to 5am today and then there after, a couple of hours later, we heard from the prime ministers office that the curfew will be enforced in colombo up curfew will be enforced in colombo up until 5am tomorrow. what curfew will be enforced in colombo up until 5am tomorrow.— curfew will be enforced in colombo up until 5am tomorrow. what is the mount on the _ up until 5am tomorrow. what is the mount on the streets? _ up until 5am tomorrow. what is the mount on the streets? especially i mount on the streets? especially around the presidential palace. the mood is around the presidential palace. iie: mood is very around the presidential palace. "iie: mood is very calm around the presidential palace. i““i2 mood is very calm at around the presidential palace. ii2 mood is very calm at the moment. the vast majority of the protesters have insisted in peaceful protests but there have been some unruly clashes and clashes between protesters and police and military yesterday in several places in of the prime ministers office and in several other places. during which at least

we understand 18 people have been admitted to hospital, one person has died after a tear gas attack and two soldiers had been admitted to hospital following an attack which has been described as brutal, by the military. has been described as brutal, by the milita . ~ ., ., , ., military. what of the president and this promised _ military. what of the president and this promised letter _ military. what of the president and this promised letter of _ military. what of the president and this promised letter of resignation | this promised letter of resignation which has not materialised? do we have any sense whether he will send the letter? 2, have any sense whether he will send the letter? �* . ., , have any sense whether he will send the letter? ~ .., , ., , have any sense whether he will send the letter? ~ , ., ., the letter? a couple of minutes ago, around half — the letter? a couple of minutes ago, around half an _ the letter? a couple of minutes ago, around half an hour _ the letter? a couple of minutes ago, around half an hour ago, _ the letter? a couple of minutes ago, around half an hour ago, i _ the letter? a couple of minutes ago, around half an hour ago, i spoke i the letter? a couple of minutes ago, around half an hour ago, i spoke to l around half an hour ago, i spoke to the speakers office and an official they told me they are expecting the letter to be delivered before the end of the day and the official also told me that soon at the letter is received, it will be made public about the speaker so they understand is that the president is waiting

before he reaches his final destination which is thought to be singapore to send a letter to the speaker. the expectations or that although the president promised to send a letter before the end of the day yesterday, it did not materialise, now the expectations are that the president is on his way to singapore, reportedly. when he reaches singapore, after he reaches singapore, he will send a letter to the speaker. irate singapore, he will send a letter to the speaker-— singapore, he will send a letter to the speaker. we thank you for that u date. some breaking news from the old bailey. the actor kevin spacey has pleaded not guilty to five sexual offences at the old bailey this morning. we heard from our correspondent earlier, telling us about this case. the actor is charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men. and he

has also been charged with causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. the offences are alleged to have happened between 2005 and 2013 in london and in gloucestershire when kevin spacey was artistic director at the old vic theatre. kevin spacey this morning pleading not guilty at the old bailey to the five sexual offences charges. the time is 9:57am. here is matt taylor with the weather forecast. temperatures down on what we have seenin temperatures down on what we have seen in recent days. but the midlands, the chance of some showers, northern ireland brightening up through the afternoon, showers mainly across scotland and eastern parts of england, as far as the east midlands and east anglia but in the sunshine in the south, temperatures as high

as 27, closer to thejuly average. showers this evening in the east will fade away, dry and clear for a time but more cloud into northern ireland, outbreaks of rain and extensively weather conditions for scotland as we head into tomorrow. temperatures holding up but away from towns and cities it could reach single figures in england and wales. central and southern areas, one day, ploughed through scotland, showery conditions later. starting to brighten up. warmer in northern ireland tomorrow, similar temperatures elsewhere. goodbye for now.

this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the second round of the conservative party leadership contest is held today after the first two candidates were eliminated yesterday. in the next few minutes we�*ll hear from liz truss, the current foreign secretary in the uk, who will set out why she thinks she should be the next conservative leader. protesters in sri lanka say they�*ll end their occupation of government buildings — it�*s after the speaker of parliament said president gotabaya rajapaksa�*s resignation is expected soon. significant progress in direct talks in istanbul between russia and ukraine on ways to relieve the global food crisis. and the discovery of a lifetime. a previously unknown self—portrait by vincent van gogh is found hidden

on the back of another painting.