this is bbc news, i'm luxmy gopal. the headlines: voting is closed on the second round of the race to replace boris johnson. liz truss says that she through to the next round. and i can get things done. i am ready to be prime ministerfrom day one. it took ambulances in england an average of 51 minutes to respond to an emergency like a heart attack or stroke last month — far longer than the 18 minute target time. at the old bailey, oscar winning

actor kevin spacey has pleaded not guilty to four charges of sexually protesters in sri lanka call an end to their occupation of government buildings as the country awaits the resignation of president rajapaksa. a bbc documentary reveals that hundreds of british dentists treat patients with serious complications after they travel abroad to get cut price crowns. voting in the second bone of the conservative leadership contest has endedin conservative leadership contest has ended in the past 30 minutes and we expect the result to be announced in one hour. six candidates at left

today whoever finishes last will be knocked out. today one of the contenders, foreign secretary liz trust formally launched her campaign promising tax cuts and reversing the national insurance increase. yesterday she finished in third place behind former chancellor rishi sunak who won the first round of 88 votes and trade minister penny more than two at 67. liz truss was back about 50 mps of kemi badenoch, tom tugendhat and the attorney general suella braverman. chancellor nadhim zahawi and former health secretary jeremy hunt were eliminated from the race. the field is expected to be narrowed to two by the end of next week and around hundred and 60,000 tory members will decide which candidates they want to become the next party leader and prime minister. the result will be announced on the 5th of september. this report on the events so far from our political correspondent jonathan blakely.

the foreign secretary liz truss launched her campaign this morning emphasising her experience. iwill campaign as a conservative and i will govern as a conservative. i can lead, i can make tough decisions, and i can get things done. i am ready to be prime ministerfrom day one. the former remainer has reinvented herself as a champion of brexit and has no shortage of slogans. together we will level up the country in a conservative way. making it an aspiration nation. she said she was proud of her role in borisjohnson�*s government but admitted disagreements in private. thank you to everyone. penny mordaunt has the momentum in this race in second place but now drawing attacks from some tories, her former boss at the brexit department lord frost said she wasn't fully accountable or visible and he had to ask the prime minister to move her on. the sniping is all part of the

process according to another less well—known candidate. this is a really short interview round for a hell of a big job. i don't think it's that surprising that people who know all of us are pretty vocal about what they think of us. in the heat of this contest, those pitching to be prime minister are facing the full glare of scrutiny on their promises and their personalities. as mps vote again to narrow the field down further, unless there is an upset at this stage, it's a race for second place. this morning the frontrunner rishi sunak hit back against attacks from some he was out of touch. i do notjudge people by their bank accounts, ijudge them by their character and people canjudge me by my actions, whenever i have needed to step support people, i have an furlough is a great example of that.

further votes will narrow it down to a final two who will go head—to—head among conservative party members in the summer. let's speak to our political correspondent ben wright. what are the key policy areas through which the key policy areas through which the candidates have tried to stand out from one another? fix, the candidates have tried to stand out from one another?— out from one another? a tory leadership — out from one another? a tory leadership contest _ out from one another? a tory leadership contest is - out from one another? a tory leadership contest is not - out from one another? a tory leadership contest is not a - out from one another? a tory i leadership contest is not a forum for policy in depth discussion, you get broadbrush promises and smoke signals to identify you from the other candidates and they are all talking about tax cuts and talking about integrity, restoring some sort of to this fear that chaotic moment in the party's history. rishi sunak on the tax cut question is making himself distinct from the others by saying now is not the time for tax cuts and he thinks it is far more important to bring inflation down

first. they are all stressing their conservative credentials, of course, and stressing their experience. liz truss making her leadership speech today said she's been in cabinet for the past three years and she will not need any training and she is ready to go as prime minister from day one. there is a lot of similarity between the pitch is being made because of course they are all chasing the same relatively small number of voters, 358 tory mps. in marked contrast to what liz truss was focusing on in her leadership launch, rishi sunak has been standing out, not through his own choice, by the focus on his background and wealth and questions over whether he could therefore make the right decisions and be in touch with what people are going through today. with what people are going through toda . . . ~ ., ., , today. yeah, the background of these candidates always _ today. yeah, the background of these candidates always comes _ today. yeah, the background of these candidates always comes up - today. yeah, the background of these candidates always comes up in - candidates always comes up in contest such as this. you had liz truss today stressing the fact she was from paisley, went to a

comprehensive, she argued that gives it a better feel for how to get meritocracy going in this country and she understands the opportunities people need no matter what their background. in contrast rishi sunak is from now a very wealthy family. he is married to, his wife is from an exceptionally wealthy indian family, one of the richest mps ever in the house of commons and he was asked on the today programme on radio four and tried to parry it away and say his family were striving and hard working and give him a new brake teas enjoyed. the backgrounds of candidates always crops up. —— gave him the break that he enjoyed. any more that has an interesting back story is well and stressed it during her leadership launch —— penny mordaunt has a very interesting back story. we all see where we are in one hour or so, when we find out which of the candidates has been

knocked out. a lot of speculation richey, well, there is a feeling rishi sunak is in a comfortable position at the top of the list and he will want to stretch his lead much more clearly from the rest of the pack and it feels there is a battle for second place at the moment between penny mordaunt and liz truss. liz truss with that speech today really trying hard to capture particularly tory mps on the right of the party who are currently split between a number of candidates like suella braverman, kemi badenoch. we'll see what happens to them and whether they start to coalesce around a single candidate they hope can take on rishi sunak. if it is rishi sunak, in the final two. �* , ., ., ., two. briefly on that, the polling or indications have _ two. briefly on that, the polling or indications have favoured - two. briefly on that, the polling or indications have favoured rishi - indications have favoured rishi sunak and penny mordaunt, they have been considered the frontrunners. how often do these things throw up

surprises, though?— surprises, though? every tory leadership _ surprises, though? every tory leadership contest _ surprises, though? every tory leadership contest will - surprises, though? every tory leadership contest will spring | surprises, though? every tory | leadership contest will spring a surprise. think back to 2005, david davis against david cameron. david cameron did not start that contest as a front runner. but the contest certainly once it had gone out to the country changed dramatically and he was suddenly the insurgent and the person everyone became interested in and more established candidate lost out in the end. now, there will undoubtedly be surprises left in this race because i think of it as a contest of two halves, the first phase with tory mps whistling in the field down to two and then it goes to the membership and the membership will have different priorities and interested in different things and i think you will find the final candidates have to pivot to a new sort of race when it comes to appealing to those 175,000 conservative party members who will ultimately pick the prime minister. there are weeks to go for this thing and the matter what the

result in an hour's time, prepare for many more surprises before it is over. ben, thank you. as ben mentioned, we expect the result of that second round of voting at three o'clock and of course, we will bring you that live from the house of commons live on bbc news, plus all the reaction to the results. stay with us for that. figures from the nhs out today show the pressure on emergency services is getting worse, with record numbers of people going to a&e, patients in england waiting much longerfor ambulances and many staff off sick. are the finding surprising? it's a continuation of what we already know, the nhs is under a significant amount of pressure. the difference is what we normally expect to see is high levels of pressure over the winter period because of bugs and illness and falls and that kind of thing but that eases over the summer

but we've not seen that this year. the figures this month, released today, are significantly worse in some ways the last month which is not at all what health service bosses want to hear. if we look at ambulances in particular, this has been an area with a lot of focus recently. if we take category two ambulance calls, things like strokes, suspected heart attacks, very serious. the target in england is to get annuals to someone in 80 minutes. the average injune, not just, notjust one or two figures, the average was 51 minutes injune. for most people, it's incredibly concerning, including some of the paramedics working on the ground. 0ne paramedics working on the ground. one important reason is the paramedics are driving into their ambulances with patients to get to hospital and when they get there, often a&e departments are so busy they cannot unload and they queue up outside the hospital, what is called a handover delay in health service

speak. if you are cueing in an ambulance sometimes for hours, sometimes tens of hours. we had reports of people waiting more than 24 reports of people waiting more than 2a hours. if you are doing that as a paramedic you are unable to get to the next person in the line which is causing some of these bottlenecks at hospitals at the moment. what has the nhs had to say? it is not 'ust what has the nhs had to say? it 3 notjust ambulances. what has the nhs had to say? it 3 not just ambulances. when you look notjust ambulances. when you look at the whole health service, from gps, to accident and emergency, to the people in wards in hospitals, there are long delays and each of those points. waiting list, 6.6 million people in england on a waiting list for a routine operation like a hip replacement or cataract surgery. that's one in nine people in the whole of england. we've never had a waiting list that high before and obviously the nhs points to record demand. june was the highest number of a&e admissions and highest

number of a&e admissions and highest number of a&e admissions and highest number of 999 calls for anyjune since the health service began. that's one part of it, demand. the other part is there are lots of things playing into this including virus covid cases and more recently the hot weather. trying to deal with this is a real issue for health service bosses and politicians as well, going forward. jim, thank you for that analysis. the hollywood actor kevin spacey has appeared in court at the old bailey charged with five sexual offences dating back 17 years. he pleaded not guilty to the offences which are alleged to have taken place in london and gloucestershire between 2005 and 2013. the double oscar winner "strenously denies" the charges. the trial date has been set forjune next year. 0ur correspondent sarah campbell was outside the old bailey as the actor left after entering his not guilty pleas. what you can see there is the press from around the world, it is very international, reflecting of course that kevin spacey is one of the most successful actors of his generation.

we understand he will be departing the old bailey in the next few minutes. just wait until you see the camera bulbs going. he will be getting into the car and then he will leave. here he comes. it was a very brief appearance this morning. it was the first stage of the crown court appearance. just getting into his car there. you probably can't make him out, but as you can see fairly chaotic scenes as he is getting into his car. and he will be driving away. his court appearance lasted about 20 minutes in the end. and he appeared, he was wearing a light blue suit, a white shirt and a blue spotty tie. he spoke very clearly to confirm his name as kevin spacey fowler and his date of birth. and he answered not guilty when the five counts were put to him. and as he drives away, i will go through those charges.

mr spacey has been released on unconditional bail. he will be due back here injune 2023. that's the trial date that has been set, after the five charges. he has been charged with two counts of sexual assault on a man now in his 40s in march 2005 in london. he has been charged with sexual assault of a man now in his 30s, and a further charge of causing him to engage in sexual activity without consent. and that is alleged to have occurred in august 2008 in london. and a sexual assault charge on a man who is now in his 30s alleged to have occurred in april 2013 in gloucestershire. as i say, he spoke very clearly in court, said "not guilty" to each of those five counts. the judge mrjustice wall gave the date for that full trial to begin injune of next year. in sri lanka demonstrators have begun leaving government buildings

which they've occupied for several days despite the failure of president gotabaya rajapaksa to resign as promised. the president, who fled the country, has just arrived in singapore. 0ur correspondent anbarasan ethirajan has more. after the storm, the calm. security forces have moved in to protect key locations. they have been given powers to restore order. after huge crowds stormed into government buildings, including the highly guarded president's house. you can see the security forces are now fully in charge and i was speaking with one of the senior officers and he told me this morning they came inside and they did not find anyone and now they are fully in charge of this entire compound, not allowing any public, anyone to come into the building. for many sri lankans, it was a dream to enter the president's house. people stood in a kilometre long

queues to seek the splendour of the place. these buildings are symbols of state power, protesters initially said they would not leave until president gotabaya rajapaksa and the prime minister leave the office. but a surge in crowds to see this place have forced a rethink. the? place have forced a rethink. they walked in thousands _ place have forced a rethink. tie: walked in thousands pots they place have forced a rethink. ti21 walked in thousands pots theyjust want to see and go back but... we are no longer responsible, we are just trying to maintain the stuff so we decided it is better to give it back, as an monument to the people so they can come back in charge. there is still no information on mr rajapaksa's resignation letter rajapa ksa's resignation letter without rajapaksa's resignation letter without which the political stalemate will continue. people who have been elected to the

parliament and officers have responsibility to establish a stable administration and the sooner the better and without that all the people will be suffering if we do not have that kind of administration soon. sri lanka's economy is in tatters and people are desperate for fuel, food and medicine. it is now up to the political leaders to bring the country back on track, and win the trust of the people. drivers for eight rail companies will strike on 30thjuly in an ongoing dispute over conditions and pay, their union aslef has announced. it comes after strikes were announced for 27th july too. i'm joined by a transport correspondent. give us that the specifics around the grievances for this announced strike from aslef. train drivers union aslef state drivers from eight companies what strike on the 30th ofjuly after

train companies failed to make a pay offer to keep the increase in cost offer to keep the increase in cost of living and the general secretary mick whelan says in real terms drivers were being told to take a real terms pay cut. while inflation runs at ten, 11%. those eight companies affected. i read chilton, gritter angler, companies affected. i read chilton, gritterangler, greater companies affected. i read chilton, gritter angler, greater western, lner concept and west midlands trains. that is going to be during the commonwealth games. which are ongoing over that weekend. it looks set to be pretty disruptive. this is eight train companies, does not cover the entire country but will hit lots of people's leisure plans. it will not affect commuters during the week but in the school holidays, it looks set to cause disruption. three days after the other strike thatis three days after the other strike that is due to take place. remind us of the context to that.

backin of the context to that. back in june of the context to that. back injune we sought three days of strike action by members of the rmt union working for network rail and 13 train companies. it was recently announced there will be another day of strike action on wednesday the 27th ofjuly. that comes after network rail made a new pay offer which was about, a two—year deal with about 4% in the first year and another 2% in the second year but another 2% in the second year but another 2% in the second year but another 2% conditional on modernisation, it says, being put into place. and the whole point is network rail have said we can only pay for these pay rises if we can save that money with productivity and modernising and working practices. the rmt rejected that and said they were not prepared to sacrifice members' terms and conditions and referred to the offer as derisory. that dispute very much still ongoing. with both of these disputes, strike dates will not

happen until they happen, there is still time for a settlement to be reached for negotiations to happen but as i sit here now it looks like we are shaping up to see a bit of a summer of travel disruption. thank you. the first of the money from the government to help you with soaring energy bills will start hitting bank, building society and credit union accounts from today. eight million households getting means tested benefits will get £326 by the end ofjuly. a second payment will come later this year. the metropolitan police has begun an investigation into the revelation by sir mo farah that he was trafficked to the uk as a child. in a bbc documentary, the four—time olympic gold medallist says he arrived under a false name after escaping war in somalia, was separated from his family and forced into domestic slavery. the home office has already said he'll face no action.

the first minister of scotland has criticised the refusal by the westminster government to allow another independence referendum. nicola sturgeon says scotland is facing a "significant and increasing" democratic deficit. the snp leader insisted that "only independence can strengthen and embed democracy in scotland". she spoke out as she launched the second paper in a series, aimed at making a "refreshed" case for independence. all stock than he was from uk politicians these days is democracy denial. —— all scotland here from uk politicians. the opinion on how many years it should be before westminster might allow us to make a democratic choice about our future, the fact the scottish people have repeatedly elected majority in the scottish parliament committed to an independence referendum is treated as immaterial.

emirates airlines accused heathrow of showing blatant disregard for consumers by attempting to force it to do night seats to tens of thousands of travellers. it comes after months of travel disruption and flight cancellations. just how ready are airports and airlines as we fast approaching the summer holidays? big airports like manchester and gatwick have stepped up efforts to recruit more staff in time for their biggest summer since covid. let's speak to sean tipton from abta. if we start by looking at what impact this will have on passengers, what can people expect as they look towards the summer getaway? i think one of the saddest _ towards the summer getaway? i think one of the saddest things _ towards the summer getaway? i think one of the saddest things about - towards the summer getaway? t ii�*u “ia; one of the saddest things about the travel chaos we've seen and stories in the press is for most people one of the great joys in the press is for most people one of the greatjoys of in the press is for most people one of the great joys of a in the press is for most people one of the greatjoys of a holiday something to look forward to. not just the holiday itself. 0ur

something to look forward to. not just the holiday itself. our members are reporting that they are getting customers, large numbers asking if my flight is going to be cancelled, they are really worried when in reality it is very unlikely to happen. if you look at the percentage of flights cancelled, it is pretty small. in that situation people have rights, first of all, the airline has to find an alternative flight which is usual with the same airline but could be with the same airline but could be with a different one and i was coming back from athens and my flight was cancelled so i booked another 1.2 hours earlier. not ideal but i still got home. —— another one that was going two hours earlier. you are quite right, there have been issues in terms of staffing levels at certain airports and airlines and i think that can, i am not saying it is excusable but it is understandable because the office of national statistics said gently pandemic by far the worst affected industry by covid—19 was ours, the

travel industry. large numbers of people left the industry and it is proving quite difficult to get them all to come back. we are in a much better position than the bank holiday weekend when we saw problems. more and more staff have been recruited. most important thing to bear in mind is, it is unlikely you will be caught up in this and also, i must suggest this very strong, what we've seen certain over the bank holiday is people turning up the bank holiday is people turning up at airports hours and hours before they needed to and that can cause problems. i great lakes might get it is not a great start to your holiday if you hang around the airport. take advice from the airline, if they seek to errors, get their too as before. —— if they say to arrive two hours before, get their two hours before. that will mean we will not see large numbers of people at airports hanging around at the when they simply don't need to be there. can you understand the frustration

from some passengers who might feel they are being blamed when it is not their fault. they are being blamed when it is not theirfault. passengers... there incidents of people are missing their flights because the queues in their flights because the queues in the early stages. you cannot really blame passengers... i do the early stages. you cannot really blame passengers...— blame passengers... i do not. i would not _ blame passengers... i do not. i would not blame _ blame passengers... i do not. i would not blame at _ blame passengers... i do not. i would not blame at all. - blame passengers... i do not. i would not blame at all. that's i blame passengers... i do not. i. would not blame at all. that's very understandable. it really is understandable, especially if you've not been a holiday for several years, the last thing you want to do is run the risk of missing that holiday. i am just saying you do not need to do that. this is not going passengers either, it is very understandable but some delays at security have been caused by people have forgotten the rules, particularly around liquids in hand luggage and even one of my ex chief executive did this, he phoned me up and said, i left hand sanitiser in my bag and it was pushed to the side. it is easily done but something as simple as that, understandable, and that means when you get through security, without

due delay —— without undue delay. that is just one simple thing to do it but i must stress if you are due to go over the summer, the airport are addressing issues, sometimes by reducing capacity and others by employing more staff and we are in a much better position than a few months ago and hopefully that will reassure people and certainly speaking to customers of my members, the vast majority have said some of the vast majority have said some of the queues we do not expect to see but it was really worth it, especially if they've not been away for so long. another thing important to emphasise its customers' rights. passengers' rights. can you clarify because this will come of some reassurance. i’m will come of some reassurance. i'm lad ou will come of some reassurance. i“n glad you said that because if your flight is cancelled by the airline you have a number of rights introduced by the eu in 200a. the

first think they've got to do is offer you an alternative flight. i do not think people are always aware of that. they will want you to reboot with them but if their flights are not suitable, you can say, put me on another airline. that will be subject to what is available but you have that right. at the very least they have to give you your money back and in certain circumstances they have to pay compensation. i won't go into all that now because it depends on various issues but that information is readily available, the best place is readily available, the best place is on our website or the civil aviation authority's website. airlines need to be upfront about what your rights are. i did an interview a couple of weeks ago, a woman stuck in the canary islands and she did not know the airline had to get her home as soon as possible. she was that fine extra four days and she did not know they had to pay for her hotel and refreshments and food. when i told her that she was very relieved because of the fact

she was going to get into debt. you have rights and airlines need to be very upfront about them. another way to protect yourself, always a good idea, if you book a package holiday, something goes wrong, flight is cancelled, it is the tour operator who will be looking for alternative flights so you don't have to do that yourself. that's an important message. thank you so much for sharing that and your thoughts. thank you for your time. now it's time for a look at the weather. change in that weather for the rest of today. some showers continue for parts of scotland and northern ireland and northern england with some intervals. more broken cloud for the south, strong sunshine and that is where we see higher temperatures, 28 celsius but generally feeling fresher than in recent days. a temporary lull in the heat and humidity. a pleasant enough knight

for sleeping, humidity. a pleasant enough knight forsleeping, notably humidity. a pleasant enough knight for sleeping, notably so in the south. some rain for northern ireland and into scotland so temperature is not quite as low as last night but we've lost the humidity. anotherfresh last night but we've lost the humidity. another fresh start tomorrow, the rain pushing across the north and after that the heat builds once again as the weekend and beyond. it'll be exceptionally hot for many parts of the uk. the extreme heat warning, amber warning from the met office covering much of england and wales. stretching right up england and wales. stretching right up into scotland and northern ireland, that heat. there is more on any website. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: voting is closed in the second round of the race to replace boris johnson. six candidates are left one of them, liz truss says she deserves to go through to the next round. ican lead. i can make tough decisions. and i can get things done. i am ready to be

prime minister from day one. ambulances in england took an average of 51 minutes to respond to an emergency like a heart attack or stroke last month — far longer than the 18—minute target time. at the old bailey, 0scar winning actor kevin spacey has pleaded not guilty to four charges of sexually assaulting three men. another rail strike later this month — train drivers from eight rail companies will strike on the 30th, three days after a 24—hour walk—out by the rmt union. protesters in sri lanka call an end to their occupation of government buildings as the country awaits the resignation of president rajapaksa. a bbc documentary reveals that hundreds of british dentists treat patients with serious complications after they travel abroad to get cut—price crowns. sport now, and a full round—up

from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. cameron young is the clubhouse leader of the 150th 0pen after a flawless 64 put him on 8 under par after his first round. the american's lead is currently three over another cameron — smith of australia — and rory macilroy. ben croucher is at st andrews for us. tell us more about cameron young. cameron young, the american, on his rookie season. he tore up the course in calm conditions this morning. the wind is picking up, which will make it harderfor those wind is picking up, which will make it harder for those getting around is under way. more on them shortly. young very impressive as he shot his way to an eight under par round of 64. cameron smith, the australian,

who has been there or thereabouts so far in his career, could this be his year where he breaks his duck? robby mccrorie —— rory mcilroy currently on five under par, a bogey not to long ago. he picked up a shot at the 14th. there are huge throngs following him. lee westwood is also in the clubhouse after making a birdie on the last. he is at four under par, alongside an amateur from sheffield, barclay brown. plate at hallam golf course, the same golf course as mackie fitzpatrick. fine hallam golf course, the same golf course as mackie fitzpatrick. one of those to start _ course as mackie fitzpatrick. one of those to start in _ course as mackie fitzpatrick. one of those to start in the _ course as mackie fitzpatrick. one of those to start in the next _ course as mackie fitzpatrick. one of those to start in the next few- those to start in the next few minutes. we can hear the wind is getting up a little bit, but fitzpatrick and tiger woods still to come? , ., , , come? yes, getting under way in 'ust under half-an-hour, it i come? yes, getting under way in 'ust under half-an-hour, it looks �* come? yes, getting under way in 'ust under half-an-hour, it looks a h under half—an—hour, it looks a little quieter behind me because

most of them are gathering to my right at the first tee, because there is a real sense of anticipation. tiger woods was involved in a serious car accident just over a year ago. we didn't know if he would be able to walk again. he has rebuilt his body specifically so he can play in this tournament. the 150th tournament at st andrews was meant to be held last year. tiger woods was happy because he wanted to play here. he got here early so he could practice. he rested yesterday so he could be fully fit and firing, and all of the fans here are so excited to see him. but, as i said, the conditions are tricky. the ground is getting hard, it makes it hard to control the ball, and the wind is picking up. so he may have run out of luck. we will see in half an hour.— england have made a much better start to the second one—day

international against india. not difficult, considering they were bowled out for 110 in the first match on tuesday. england have just lost a fourth wicket. liam livingstonejoining liam livingstone joining ben liam livingstonejoining ben stokes at the crease. slightly better start, but only slightly. leicester's 0llie chessum will make his first start for england's rugby union series decider against australia on saturday. chessum will take his place in the second row after an injury to maro itoje. with flanker sam underhill ruled out with concussion, lewis ludlam will wear number seven in sydney. danny care will be at scrum—half and jack van poortvliet, who started the last game, is on the bench. and wales captain dan biggar has been passed fit

for the third test — also a series decider — against south africa in cape town. prop dillon lewis has also made the starting line up after his own injury scare. head coach wayne pivac has made one change with wing josh adams replacing the injured alex cuthbert. the golf is continuing on bbc radio 5 live. that's all the sport for now. a result is expected in half an hour's time in the second round of the conservative leadership contest. one of the six candidates will be knocked out. a senior source in tom tugendhat�*s campaign has told the bbc that he has enough votes to make it through to the next round. the first ballot yesterday was won by the former chancellor, rishi sunak with the trade minister, penny mordaunt in second. how much of a factor is distance from the borisjohnson regime? tom

tugendhat talked about a clean start, didn't he?— tugendhat talked about a clean start, didn't he? that's right. this is rovin: start, didn't he? that's right. this is proving to _ start, didn't he? that's right. this is proving to be — start, didn't he? that's right. this is proving to be a _ start, didn't he? that's right. this is proving to be a factor— start, didn't he? that's right. this is proving to be a factor in - start, didn't he? that's right. this is proving to be a factor in this - is proving to be a factor in this campaign, how close or not different candidates are and were too boris johnson. as you say, tom tugendhat has tried to distance himself, saying he can provide a clean start and a fresh start as a new figure, somebody who wasn't in government under borisjohnson. all the under boris johnson. all the different under borisjohnson. all the different candidates have their various different credentials when it comes to this as well. rishi sunak�*s campaign has been drawing on the fact he was the second cabinet minister to resign from boris johnson's government. he was trying to distance himself from various scandals that took place under boris johnson. the fact he ended up being pushed out by a series of ministerial resignations over his response to those allegations about his former deputy chief, and rishi

sunak drawing on words like integrity in his campaign video. but he was the chancellor under boris johnson and one thing his rivals are using against him is the fact he created a lot of the policies that a lot of them are speaking out against, like the recent rise to national insurance, which all of his rivals have said they would scrap. rishi sunak says he doesn't want to introduce tax cuts without bringing down inflation. ii introduce tax cuts without bringing down inflation.— down inflation. if we look at who has been tipped _ down inflation. if we look at who has been tipped to _ down inflation. if we look at who has been tipped to be _ down inflation. if we look at who has been tipped to be strong - has been tipped to be strong candidates, front runners in the, rishi sunak and penny mordaunt, is it likely that we will see a total surprise and someone makes a big push to lead the way in this next round? i push to lead the way in this next round? ~ , ., , round? i think this round will be uuite round? i think this round will be quite crucial. _ round? i think this round will be quite crucial. one _ round? i think this round will be quite crucial. one of _ round? i think this round will be quite crucial. one of the - round? i think this round will be quite crucial. one of the big - quite crucial. one of the big battles today going on behind—the—scenes is between those second and third camps, in a way. yesterday's result, rishi sunak came

top, followed by penny mordaunt and then by the foreign secretary, liz truss. liz truss has been making appeals today to the campaigns of the others to throw in the towel and get behind her, saying they need to unite the right of the party. clearly, this is an attempt by her team to try and bumper up into second place and try to secure a place in that final two. the widely talked about scenario here in westminster is this expectation that, with the current standings, rishi sunak and penny mordaunt are the most likely to head to that second two. but nothing in these races is predictable. this is the point where it gets interesting. it will be a weekend of reckoning for all of the campaigns where, as more people drop out, the key thing will be watching where the supporters go. that can shift the balance of support in this leadership campaign. what is also key is the order in

which people drop out, it can affect where the votes go and who gets a boost. different camps with aligned closely with other candidates. this will be one of the key dynamics that plays out after today's result and over the weekend as negotiations continue. ., ~ , ., and we'll be back at westminster for the result of that second round of voting in about 20 minutes. that'll be live on bbc news at 3pm, plus all the reaction to the result. stay with us for that. a law designed to protect children and other internet users from harmful online content has been delayed. it now won't receive parliamentary time until a new prime minister is in place. campaigners who are seeking changes to the current regulations have expressed their concerns with the decision, but others who say the bill is flawed are relieved. with me is andy burrows, who is the head of child online safety policy at the nspcc, and timandra harkness, a journalist and author of the book big data does size matter.

she is also an expert on scientific, mathematical and statistical topics. welcome to you both and thank you forjoining us this afternoon. if i start with you first of all, andy, what is your reaction to the delaying of this bill? we what is your reaction to the delaying of this bill? we are deeply concerned by _ delaying of this bill? we are deeply concerned by the _ delaying of this bill? we are deeply concerned by the reports _ delaying of this bill? we are deeply concerned by the reports of - delaying of this bill? we are deeply concerned by the reports of a - delaying of this bill? we are deeply| concerned by the reports of a delay. if we are only looking at a delay, thatis if we are only looking at a delay, that is problematic, but if this is a signal that the bill may be watered down or dropped altogether, that will be devastating. it will be devastating for children and families across this family that have faced a tsunami of preventable sexual harms and abuse because of the lack of regulation. last week, we revealed new data that online grooming in the uk has increased in the last four years by 84%, so it is abundantly clear that the status quo is not working. a strong online

safety bill is the only way we will keep children safe online.- keep children safe online. these reforms have _ keep children safe online. these reforms have been _ keep children safe online. these reforms have been long - keep children safe online. these| reforms have been long overdue, keep children safe online. these - reforms have been long overdue, so something like a delay is something to be buried about? i something like a delay is something to be buried about?— to be buried about? i disagree, i think the delay _ to be buried about? i disagree, i think the delay is _ to be buried about? i disagree, i think the delay is a _ to be buried about? i disagree, i think the delay is a prelude - to be buried about? i disagree, i think the delay is a prelude to i think the delay is a prelude to scrapping the bill and starting again— scrapping the bill and starting again from scratch, to produce something that we want internet regulation to do. in your introduction, you said to protect children— introduction, you said to protect children and other internet users. this is_ children and other internet users. this is one — children and other internet users. this is one of the main problems with this — this is one of the main problems with this bill, that under the guise of doing _ with this bill, that under the guise of doing what i think what we all want _ of doing what i think what we all want to— of doing what i think what we all want to do, which has prevent children— want to do, which has prevent children from accessing age inappropriate material and protect them _ inappropriate material and protect them from other forms of exploitation, otherthings them from other forms of exploitation, other things have been thrown _ exploitation, other things have been thrown into— exploitation, other things have been thrown into this bill with very little — thrown into this bill with very little understanding of how technology works, how the internet works. _ technology works, how the internet works, certainly how technology companies work, and very little attention— companies work, and very little attention to important things like

democracy and privacy. literally, democratically important content, privacy _ democratically important content, privacy and other things are tagged onto the _ privacy and other things are tagged onto the end of this bill in ill constructed amendments. from my point _ constructed amendments. from my point of— constructed amendments. from my point of view, we should first of all separate out acting children from _ all separate out acting children from regulating what adults can access — from regulating what adults can access. and secondly start from the point _ access. and secondly start from the point of— access. and secondly start from the point of view that the internet is a potentially great resource for democracy, for freedom of expression, for protecting people's privacy— expression, for protecting people's privacy while enabling public discussion to take place. if we started — discussion to take place. if we started from that end, i think we would _ started from that end, i think we would get — started from that end, i think we would get a bill that would look very different.— very different. there has been concern over _ very different. there has been concern over it, _ very different. there has been concern over it, it _ very different. there has been concern over it, it has - very different. there has been concern over it, it has been i concern over it, it has been described as a broken bill by the campaign group index on censorship. given how fast this piece of legislation is and overarching, is it not better to delay it until it is made right?—

it not better to delay it until it is made riuht? �*, , . ., ., is made right? let's be clear about what this bill _ is made right? let's be clear about what this bill does _ is made right? let's be clear about what this bill does was _ is made right? let's be clear about what this bill does was not - is made right? let's be clear about what this bill does was not a - is made right? let's be clear about what this bill does was not a lot. is made right? let's be clear about what this bill does was not a lot of| what this bill does was not a lot of the time when we hear opposition to the time when we hear opposition to the bill, i wonder if i'm looking at the bill, i wonder if i'm looking at the same piece of legislation as those who oppose it. what this bill will do is legislate the systems and processes, we are not talking about regulating individual pieces of content, 0fcom the regulator have been abundantly clear that they are not acting as a sensor. it is about the systems and processes, the way companies design their services. the poor design decisions that lead to rampant sexual abuse. children are exposed to material which is damaging for them. the systems of providing content that result in harmful content to children, as well as wider harm through scourges like anti—semitism. this bill is not perfect. it's passage means that it

can be strengthened. this is a complex bill, but one that has taken four years to get to this point. we have seen societal harm increase and increase in that time. a further delay is a way of trying to kick this into the long grass. can delay is a way of trying to kick this into the long grass.- delay is a way of trying to kick this into the long grass. can i get our this into the long grass. can i get your reaction _ this into the long grass. can i get your reaction to _ this into the long grass. can i get your reaction to that? _ this into the long grass. can i get your reaction to that? and - this into the long grass. can i get your reaction to that? and the i this into the long grass. can i get| your reaction to that? and the fact that, doesn't delaying this suggest it is not really seen as enough of a priority? it has not been delayed because it was felt it needed more work for the legislation wasn't in a good enough place, it was delayed for timetabling reasons. it good enough place, it was delayed for timetabling reasons.— for timetabling reasons. it has had so much criticism _ for timetabling reasons. it has had so much criticism from _ for timetabling reasons. it has had so much criticism from so - for timetabling reasons. it has had so much criticism from so many i so much criticism from so many quarters, — so much criticism from so many quarters, including everybody i know who knows _ quarters, including everybody i know who knows anything about how technology works, how the internet works _ technology works, how the internet works and _ technology works, how the internet works and how the law works around the internet, they have said this bill is _ the internet, they have said this bill is a — the internet, they have said this bill is a complete mess. the best bits of— bill is a complete mess. the best bits of it — bill is a complete mess. the best bits of it would never work at the worst _ bits of it would never work at the worst hits — bits of it would never work at the worst bits of it should never work. i worst bits of it should never work. i hope _ worst bits of it should never work. i hope that — worst bits of it should never work. i hope that that has begun to sunk into the _ i hope that that has begun to sunk into the people responsible for

getting — into the people responsible for getting this bill through and they are starting to think, you know what? — are starting to think, you know what? let's take a to pieces and see which _ what? let's take a to pieces and see which hits— what? let's take a to pieces and see which bits work and approach it differently. there is a history of people — differently. there is a history of people saying, we should get rid of end—to—end encryption, and people had to— end—to—end encryption, and people had to say— end—to—end encryption, and people had to say to government ministers, you realise _ had to say to government ministers, you realise that that would make the whole _ you realise that that would make the whole of _ you realise that that would make the whole of the internet ranking fall apart? _ whole of the internet ranking fall apart? people say we must get rid of anonymity— apart? people say we must get rid of anonymity and other people said, you realise _ anonymity and other people said, you realise that _ anonymity and other people said, you realise that victims of domestic abuse. — realise that victims of domestic abuse, people who are fleeing their abusers. _ abuse, people who are fleeing their abusers, who up a little distance in their— abusers, who up a little distance in their home — abusers, who up a little distance in their home country, they would be barred _ their home country, they would be barred access to the internet if you did that _ barred access to the internet if you did that it— barred access to the internet if you did that. it has been a litany of mistakes _ did that. it has been a litany of mistakes. , did that. it has been a litany of mistakes-— did that. it has been a litany of mistakes. , ., . , mistakes. sorry to cut you off, but can i mistakes. sorry to cut you off, but cani aet mistakes. sorry to cut you off, but can i get your _ mistakes. sorry to cut you off, but can i get your response _ mistakes. sorry to cut you off, but can i get your response to - mistakes. sorry to cut you off, but can i get your response to adipose j can i get your response to adipose micro—specifically about the fact that, as this continues to be delayed, the harm to particular children continues? i delayed, the harm to particular children continues?— delayed, the harm to particular children continues? i want to answer his oint, children continues? i want to answer his point. he — children continues? i want to answer his point. he is— children continues? i want to answer his point, he is trying _ children continues? i want to answer his point, he is trying to _ children continues? i want to answer his point, he is trying to say - children continues? i want to answer his point, he is trying to say this - his point, he is trying to say this is not _ his point, he is trying to say this is not about—

his point, he is trying to say this is not about specific content. you have _ is not about specific content. you have the — is not about specific content. you have the secretary of state, you have _ have the secretary of state, you have 0fcom answering to them, and there _ have 0fcom answering to them, and there is— have 0fcom answering to them, and there is some doubt about whether there is some doubt about whether the secretary of state will be able to single—handedly change the rules, which _ to single—handedly change the rules, which would be a worrying development. 0fcom are regulating the private internet companies. so these _ the private internet companies. so these very— the private internet companies. so these very people who most of us have _ these very people who most of us have been— these very people who most of us have been looking at for years, saying. — have been looking at for years, saying. we _ have been looking at for years, saying, we are not happy with the way they— saying, we are not happy with the way they control what people can see, hear— way they control what people can see, hearand read online, it is way they control what people can see, hear and read online, it is not about— see, hear and read online, it is not about my— see, hear and read online, it is not about my freedom to say things, it is about— about my freedom to say things, it is about my— about my freedom to say things, it is about my decision to read or hear _ is about my decision to read or hear we — is about my decision to read or hear. we have not been happy with how they— hear. we have not been happy with how they are doing this. we will now say, we _ how they are doing this. we will now say, we will— how they are doing this. we will now say, we will let them carry on doing it, say, we will let them carry on doing it. but— say, we will let them carry on doing it. but we _ say, we will let them carry on doing it, but we will put in 0fcom which will give — it, but we will put in 0fcom which will give them a duty of care to avoid _ will give them a duty of care to avoid the — will give them a duty of care to avoid the risk of harm to adults from _ avoid the risk of harm to adults from looking at things and reading things— from looking at things and reading things and listening to things online — things and listening to things online. if i go into the library, does — online. if i go into the library, does a — online. if i go into the library, does a library and have a duty of care _ does a library and have a duty of care to _ does a library and have a duty of care to me — does a library and have a duty of care to me to prevent any risk of

harm? _ care to me to prevent any risk of harm? this _ care to me to prevent any risk of harm? this is spelt out in the draft bill, harm? this is spelt out in the draft bill. harm — harm? this is spelt out in the draft bill, harm means psychological harm, amounting _ bill, harm means psychological harm, amounting to at least serious distress _ amounting to at least serious distress. if a library says, we cannot— distress. if a library says, we cannot stop these books because there _ cannot stop these books because there is— cannot stop these books because there is a — cannot stop these books because there is a risk that an adult might suffer— there is a risk that an adult might suffer serious distress by reading them, _ suffer serious distress by reading them, which we think that was a healthy— them, which we think that was a healthy way for an adult society to live? _ healthy way for an adult society to live? no, — healthy way for an adult society to live? no, i— healthy way for an adult society to live? no, idon't healthy way for an adult society to live? no, i don't think so. it is a live? no, idon't think so. it is a pity— live? no, i don't think so. it is a pity that — live? no, i don't think so. it is a pity that the _ live? no, i don't think so. it is a pity that the task of protecting children— pity that the task of protecting children from the online world, which _ children from the online world, which is — children from the online world, which is a — children from the online world, which is a whole new thing and i feel for— which is a whole new thing and i feel for parents who are faced with their kids — feel for parents who are faced with their kids doing things that probably the parents don't understand, it is a pity that that has been — understand, it is a pity that that has been bogged down with other stuff about trying to prevent adults from doing things was that we haven't— from doing things was that we haven't it _ from doing things was that we haven't it back to the internet companies implementing it. there is so much moby _ companies implementing it. there is so much moby could _ companies implementing it. there is so much moby could discuss - companies implementing it. there is so much moby could discuss on - companies implementing it. there is so much moby could discuss on this. j so much moby could discuss on this. there is a lot more bee could discuss, but i'm afraid we will have

to leave it there. thank you for your time. 0fficials officials in ukraine say at least 20 people have been killed after a stroke. it is broadly between kyiv and lviv. earlier, we spoke to our ukraine correspondence and he told us what he witnessed when the missiles struck. brute us what he witnessed when the missiles struck.— us what he witnessed when the missiles struck. we have had air raid sirens _ missiles struck. we have had air raid sirens across _ missiles struck. we have had air raid sirens across the _ missiles struck. we have had air raid sirens across the country i raid sirens across the country today. there was a muscles strike just minutes before you came to me, we had air raid sirens here. those three missiles, according to the ukrainians, were fired from a russian submarine in the black sea and they struck with devastating

consequences will stop 20 people killed, including three children. 15 people are missing and many more are seriously injured. this is a city about four hours drive s.—west of here. it is a city people fled to at the start of this conflict, seeking refuge. this attack shows there are very few places that are safe here right now. very few places that are safe here riaht now. . . very few places that are safe here riaht now. ,, . ,, ., ., right now. since russia invaded ukraine, thousands _ right now. since russia invaded ukraine, thousands of - right now. since russia invaded ukraine, thousands of civilians | right now. since russia invaded - ukraine, thousands of civilians have been killed and millions of ukrainians have fled their homes. russians are also suffering the consequences of this war, especially of the families sent to fight. we spoke to the mother of one soldier who went to fight and went missing. if you travel across russia, you will discover that there are families that are suffering the

consequences. valya, not her real name, fears she may get into trouble for speaking out. but she wants to tell us about her son, a russian soldier who was fighting in ukraine. valya last heard from him more than four and a half months ago. translation: i don't believe the government any more. i i wrote to his unit, i wrote to the military district office, i wrote to the defence ministry, and then i wrote to them all again. no one has given me the basic information — where, when and how my son disappeared. in official letters, valya was told that her son had been taking part in a special military operation and that he is missing. translation: on tv, they say that l everything is fine, we are winning. | but our lads are being killed. if our country had been attacked like this, we would also be

defending ourselves like they are. we would defend ourselves and we would be angry, too. i realise now that ukrainian mothers are the same as us. their sons are being killed. they are searching for their children. i don't know what this was all for. you would have to ask the government. ask president putin and he will tell you he ordered troops into ukraine to defend the motherland. he wants russians to rally around the flag. but valya is in touch with soldiers' mothers across russia and she says that many of the mothers blame the kremlin for what is happening. translation: they hate - the government, they hate putin. they all want this war to end. if the mothers of all the soldiers who are fighting there and the ones who've lost sons, if they all raise up, can you imagine how big

that army would be? and they will. their nerves will snap. stop. stop all this. stop it and protect our children. since she spoke to us, valya has received confirmation that her son is dead. one more russian soldier who won't be coming home. steve rosenberg, bbc news, russia. a result is expected in the next few minutes in the second round of the conservative leadership contest. one of the six candidates will be knocked out. a senior source in tom tugendhat�*s campaign has told the bbc that he has enough votes to make it through to the next round. the first ballot yesterday was won by the former chancellor, rishi sunak with the trade minister, penny mordaunt in second. first of all, if you could give us a recap of the six candidates who are

awaiting the results in this next round? the six candidates on the paper today after yesterday is the former chancellor, rishi sunak, who came top with the highest number of mp backers in the vote. we have penny mordaunt, a minister who came second in the result. followed by the foreign secretary, liz truss. the bottom three included tom tugendhat. as it stands at the moment, a source from his campaign seems to be confident that he has got enough votes to get through to the next round. all eyes are on the other campaigns to see who may have managed to secure enough to make sure they don't come in the lowest spot today. the crucial number out that these campaigns are trying to reach is 120. that is seen as the number of mp backers needed to absolutely secure them a place in the final two, which means their

future will be decided by tory members as opposed to mps. 0ne members as opposed to mps. one of the factors in this may well be how the candidates are able to distance themselves from the boris johnson regime. yet rishi sunak, who was at the heart of government as former chancellor, he is leading in the polls? former chancellor, he is leading in the olls? , , . ., , the polls? yes, he is certainly leadin: the polls? yes, he is certainly leading in _ the polls? yes, he is certainly leading in terms _ the polls? yes, he is certainly leading in terms of— the polls? yes, he is certainly leading in terms of mp - the polls? yes, he is certainly. leading in terms of mp support. there are some things that are associated with him underjohnson that are proving trigger issues for him in this race. the fact that he, unlike his rivals, has not said he would scrap the recent rise to national insurance. he has put an emphasis on saying that inflation needs to be his priority before he looks at taxes. he took a pop out some of his rivals when he spoke to the bbc this morning, saying he doesn't cut taxes to win elections,

he went selections to cut taxes. he his distancing himself from his rivals in that respect. but they have been using his position as chancellor in that government against him in this campaign. all of them have been trying to distance themselves from boris johnson, them have been trying to distance themselves from borisjohnson, have been talking about things like a clean start, a fresh start. that is the sort of slogan of tom tugendhat�*s campaign as well. he was not part of the government, so he was literally able to distance himself from the boris johnson government. himself from the boris johnson government-— himself from the boris johnson covernment. , . , , government. viewers are 'ust seeing ima . es of government. viewers are 'ust seeing images of the— government. viewers are 'ust seeing images of the committee _ government. viewers are just seeing images of the committee room, - government. viewers are just seeing images of the committee room, the | images of the committee room, the 1922 committee room, which is where sir graham brady will walk in and give us the result of that vote. we will go live when that happens. back to the candidates, because it is about how you were able to differentiate yourself in a crowded field. liz truss and penny mordaunt

are the likely second place candidates, so how have they been able to distinguish themselves and stand out? .,, ., able to distinguish themselves and stand out? ., ., able to distinguish themselves and stand out? .,, ., ., stand out? those two are battling it out for second _ stand out? those two are battling it out for second place _ stand out? those two are battling it out for second place at _ stand out? those two are battling it out for second place at the - stand out? those two are battling it| out for second place at the moment. liz truss's campaign has been urging others to unite the right behind her, to try and bumper up into second place. in terms of what they have been pledging so far, liz truss has been standing on a ticket of pledging tax cuts, but also she has been kind of playing up her previous roles in government as well, arguing that as both foreign secretary and trade secretary, she has been responsible for negotiating trade deals after brexit. she was originally a remained backer. penny mordaunt has been playing up her brexit credentials as well, the fact she think she would be able to be

the candidate to stop migrant channel crossings by cutting off fuel supplies for people smugglers, which is something she has been talking about in recent days. she has also talked about cutting taxes, so standing on some of the same policies as well. an interesting thing is we have seen how some of their campaigns have been attacking each other slightly from behind—the—scenes today. earlier, we had lord frost, one of the liz truss supporters, essentially dismissing penny mordaunt�*s credentials, saying that when she stood below him, she was somebody who didn't do herjob well enough. lord frost said he asked the prime minister to remove herfrom that position. asked the prime minister to remove her from that position. we are seeing the usual sort of tricks in any of these leadership contests as they sought to talk down rival candidates. another point that liz

truss's campaign has been using is her experience as a cabinet minister recently. simon clarke is one of the people to back liz truss, a treasury minister, said that we needed a tried and tested leader, referring to her current position. any mordant has served in government as well as defence secretary and defence minister over the years, so her team would argue that she also has that experience. but we are seeing these supporters on both sides to both talk up their own side but put down their opponents as well. flit talk up their own side but put down their opponents as well.— their opponents as well. of course, whoever drops _ their opponents as well. of course, whoever drops out _ their opponents as well. of course, whoever drops out at _ their opponents as well. of course, whoever drops out at this _ their opponents as well. of course, whoever drops out at this next - whoever drops out at this next stage, the key focus then is to see which other candidates scoop up their boats in the next round? that's right. we will see a lot of this trading of votes happening over the next few days. this will be a weekend of reckoning for all of the campaigns, seeing what they may be

offering to those who have dropped out and their supporters as well. that will be a key thing is we see people jumping from that will be a key thing is we see peoplejumping from one campaign that will be a key thing is we see people jumping from one campaign to another. it is something we have seen already with jeremy another. it is something we have seen already withjeremy hunt yesterday dropping out of the race, declaring he would be backing rishi sunak, which was useful for his campaign. he didn't have a huge number of supporters, so that is not a guarantee that rishi sunak�*s campaign will get a huge surge of momentum as a result. but it is more votes up for grabs by the others. the key number all of them are hoping to reach is 120 backers. but what we have learned through this campaign as well is that while some people may have thought they secured enough backing from mps, when they go to that secret ballot box, it is “p go to that secret ballot box, it is up to them who they vote for. taste go to that secret ballot box, it is

up to them who they vote for. we are seeinu a up to them who they vote for. we are seeing a certain _ up to them who they vote for. we are seeing a certain grey _ as yesterday i will root the name of candidate a number of votes cast in each case. first of all, 356 votes were cast. a possible 358. the numbers are as follows, kemi badenoch, 49, suella braverman, 27, penny mordaunt, 83, rishi sunak, 101, liz truss 64. tom tugendhat, 32. therefore, under rules suella braverman is eliminated from the contest. and the others are able to go forward to a further ballot on monday. thank you. studio: as you've heard, it is a suella braverman who has been eliminated in that latest round. we will go straight to ione

wells. how much of a surprise or otherwise is that result? i wells. how much of a surprise or otherwise is that result?- otherwise is that result? i think it's not necessarily _ otherwise is that result? i think it's not necessarily a _ otherwise is that result? i think it's not necessarily a huge - it's not necessarily a huge surprise. certainly the two candidates being tipped as potential ones to come at last worked suella braverman and kemi badenoch. to reiterate that result, suella braverman got 27 votes, tom tugendhat was actually on 32. the second bottom in that race. kemi badenoch won 49. suella braverman's votes are now up for grabs and will be interesting to see where those votes go. earlier today we had and moved by liz truss's campaign to try and get suella braverman's supporters and also kemi badenoch's supporters and also kemi badenoch's supporters to unite the right and join the campaign of liz truss. it'll be interesting to see where suella braverman's votes go and whether they go to liz truss ought

some go to kemi badenoch but this is, has added a good number of votes in the mix for either of those campaigns to try and scoop up. given the type of campaign and focus suella braverman had, is there any kind of suggestion as to which of the other candidates might be most likely to gain those votes? i the other candidates might be most likely to gain those votes?— likely to gain those votes? i think the most likely to gain those votes? i think they most likely _ likely to gain those votes? i think they most likely scenario - likely to gain those votes? i think they most likely scenario is, - likely to gain those votes? i think they most likely scenario is, at i likely to gain those votes? i thinkl they most likely scenario is, at the moment there has been talks behind the scenes to try and unite certain candidates seen as more of the right of the party, with liz truss trying to tie up some of the votes of suella braverman but also kemi badenoch's site as well. two of those candidates would be the likely one is to try and bring around and see what votes they can scoop up. we can speak now to matt hancock, one of the backers of rishi sunak�*s campaign. thank you forjoining us. what do you make these numbers? rishi sunak,

101 votes but 83 votes for penny mordaunt. it is quite close. are you worried about how closely behind a penny mordaunt is? it’s worried about how closely behind a penny mordaunt is?— worried about how closely behind a penny mordaunt is? it's going to be two candidates _ penny mordaunt is? it's going to be two candidates in _ penny mordaunt is? it's going to be two candidates in the _ penny mordaunt is? it's going to be two candidates in the final- penny mordaunt is? it's going to be two candidates in the final but - penny mordaunt is? it's going to be two candidates in the final but it. two candidates in the final but it looks— two candidates in the final but it looks increasingly likely rishi sunak— looks increasingly likely rishi sunak will be one of them. that is good _ sunak will be one of them. that is good reason for that. the reason i am voting — good reason for that. the reason i am voting for him, 100 other colleagues as well, as he the best chance _ colleagues as well, as he the best chance of— colleagues as well, as he the best chance of delivering for the country and uniting — chance of delivering for the country and uniting the country and winning and uniting the country and winning an election. — and uniting the country and winning an election, the only one when you place _ an election, the only one when you place him. — an election, the only one when you place him, compare him to keir starmer, — place him, compare him to keir starmer, who is favourable in the public's _ starmer, who is favourable in the public's eyes, and the one with the credible _ public's eyes, and the one with the credible economic plan. that matters enormously— credible economic plan. that matters enormously stop to me and the largest— enormously stop to me and the largest number, as you can see, of our colleagues. really pleased with that result. more than 100 colleagues backing him. clearly he is in the leads but still lots more rounds— is in the leads but still lots more rounds in— is in the leads but still lots more rounds in which we will have other discussions — rounds in which we will have other discussions with further colleagues

about— discussions with further colleagues about why i'm backing rishi and i think— about why i'm backing rishi and i think others should, too. do about why i'm backing rishi and i think others should, too.- think others should, too. do you worry has _ think others should, too. do you worry has appealed _ think others should, too. do you worry has appealed to _ think others should, too. do you worry has appealed to the - think others should, too. do you - worry has appealed to the membership will be a key issue for him? penny morden has been topping lots of membership or link, not that far behind rishi sunak when it comes to mps. how will he sell himself to that membership which at the moment he's not been polling as favourably on. , ., , , ., on. some polling shows rishi on top with the membership, _ on. some polling shows rishi on top with the membership, others - on. some polling shows rishi on top with the membership, others showl with the membership, others show penny— with the membership, others show penny on _ with the membership, others show penny on top. and there is a long way to— penny on top. and there is a long way to go— penny on top. and there is a long way to go in— penny on top. and there is a long way to go in that debate amongst the membership. if you look at the voices— membership. if you look at the voices and _ membership. if you look at the voices and those who work with rishi like me. _ voices and those who work with rishi like me. i_ voices and those who work with rishi like me, iworked voices and those who work with rishi like me, i worked especially closely with him _ like me, i worked especially closely with him during a pandemic in particular— with him during a pandemic in particular and saw him dealing with some _ particular and saw him dealing with some of— particular and saw him dealing with some of the biggest challenges this country— some of the biggest challenges this country has ever faced in peacetime and he has arisen to those challenges. there is almost certain, i challenges. there is almost certain, i hope _ challenges. there is almost certain, i hope there — challenges. there is almost certain, i hope there will be, a contest in

the country, and i think rishi's clear— the country, and i think rishi's clear message that he's got economic plan he _ clear message that he's got economic plan he is _ clear message that he's got economic plan he is the one to beat keir starmer— plan he is the one to beat keir starmer and protect the country against — starmer and protect the country against starmer and sturgeon getting together— against starmer and sturgeon getting together somehow because that is the only waym _ together somehow because that is the only way... that is what would happen — only way... that is what would happen if _ only way... that is what would happen if we did not win the election _ happen if we did not win the election. that's a very convincing message — election. that's a very convincing message on the substance and on the broad _ message on the substance and on the broad appeal. you message on the substance and on the broad appeal-— broad appeal. you are very quick to throw yourself— broad appeal. you are very quick to throw yourself behind _ broad appeal. you are very quick to throw yourself behind the - broad appeal. you are very quick to throw yourself behind the book - broad appeal. you are very quick to throw yourself behind the book is' i throw yourself behind the book is' favourite, are you hoping for a position in his cabinet? i favourite, are you hoping for a position in his cabinet?- favourite, are you hoping for a position in his cabinet? i have not had that conversation _ position in his cabinet? i have not had that conversation with - position in his cabinet? i have not had that conversation with him. i position in his cabinet? i have not. had that conversation with him. the reason i backed him, honest truth, i looked at all the candidates, i know them very well, there were 11 in the race at that point and i thought it would make the best prime minister and what isn't there national interest? i am and what isn't there national interest? iam not and what isn't there national interest? i am not in the cabinet —— what is in the national interest? i want to make sure we get the best possible prime minister in terms of

experience, and economic plan that is credible, and being the one who can beat keir starmer. these are three absolutely vital questions and rishi has got them all. you have stood as —— stood for the debt yourself and you know the potential skulduggery that goes on, what kind of offers will you be trying to make to mps in the next coming days to get them onto your side? there are now some votes up for grabs. side? there are now some votes up for crabs. ., ' side? there are now some votes up for crabs. .' , side? there are now some votes up for crabs. .,' , ., side? there are now some votes up for crabs. .' , ., i. ., for grabs. the offer is do you want a prime minister _ for grabs. the offer is do you want a prime minister who _ for grabs. the offer is do you want a prime minister who will- for grabs. the offer is do you want a prime minister who will deliver l for grabs. the offer is do you want| a prime minister who will deliver it for the country and deliver an election victory just under for the country and deliver an election victoryjust under two years' time? that is the offer from rishi. he is a man of very high integrity his face enormous challenges, delivered against them, his furlough schemes caved literally millions ofjobs. —— literally saved millions ofjobs. —— literally saved millions ofjobs. he's got a great life story, having grown up in a

pharmacy and made a huge success of his life. critically, he's got economic plan and he is the guy who can beat keir starmer which is why i backing him. it is not about anything else, it's about the substance of why rishi sunak should be the next prime minister. we've had ex—convicts of rishi sunak slamming some of their own colleagues today, the treasury minister simon clark site of penny morden earlier you needed someone tested and ready. do you agree with that characterisation? i absolutely agree the experience that rishi has, being tested in incredibly difficult circumstances. i was there little literally sitting next to him and working with him in that period, if you think about it, i was on the health side, he was on the economic side. i have huge respect for how he delivered for the country during that period. and i

think that experience does him a huge amount of credit. you won't hear a negative word out of my mouth about any candidates. it is brilliant we had such a broad race. i am the mp for newmarket and having a broad field at the start of the race is a very good thing. lots of options and huge diversity and for me, in terms of calibre, one clear winner and that is rishi sunak. matt hancock, thank you very much. we have the result, rishi sunak at the top of the mps' results today. the next vote taking place next week which is where the contest could start slimming down very quickly. thank you, we will return to you a little bit later. let's get more and as a result we just been healing and joining me is the policy

—— editorfor —— editor for i —— editorfor i news. matt hancock backing rishi sunak. the result we've just seen put rishi sunak at the top, perhaps no surprise there.— sunak at the top, perhaps no surprise there. sunak at the top, perhaps no surrise there. ~ , ,., , ., surprise there. absolutely. he had an interesting _ surprise there. absolutely. he had an interesting life _ surprise there. absolutely. he had an interesting life story _ surprise there. absolutely. he had an interesting life story and - surprise there. absolutely. he had an interesting life story and we - an interesting life story and we sort that in his launch video. i think other candidates also do and what was interesting about the second round is suella braverman and tom who tugendhat —— tom tugendhat went backwards in terms of votes with some votes potentially going towards liz truss to shore up her support. penny morden, second on 83, she is in a very strong position now to enter those final rounds and i think liz truss is public going to try to get votes from solar prevalent�*s supporters who obviously had to pull out because she came bottom. the next two days will see

campaign to try to get those mps around. at the moment it still looks like rishi sunak and penny morden are in a very strong position. what do you think it is that puts penny morden in such a strong position, as she has had from the start? i position, as she has had from the start? ~ , , start? i think it is interesting the wa , the start? i think it is interesting the way. the first — start? i think it is interesting the way, the first couple _ start? i think it is interesting the way, the first couple of- start? i think it is interesting the way, the first couple of days - start? i think it is interesting the way, the first couple of days we | start? i think it is interesting the . way, the first couple of days we saw tom tugendhat had a bit of momentum, a bit of a surprise but penny mordaunt, for the past three orfour days, has been the surprise candidate with the momentum and because she has, despite what other campaigns are saying, she has cabinet experience, she was international developer and secretary and defence secretary, one of the top cabinetjobs and strategy is a serious player. she's had the experience. she is a trade minister now. —— she is a serious player. she has quite an engaging style. at her press conference she was coming up with quite a natural flow, ella

quincy possibly being a little bit too colourful and some of especially on second rights. what we have discovered in the newspaper today, my colleague went to a focus group in wolverhampton and most of the people in that focus group took a shine to penny mordaunt and described rishi sunak as too slick, compared liz truss to john described rishi sunak as too slick, compared liz truss tojohn major. so she has something, a quality that is picking up a lot of votes in polling and focus groups. did your focus group give an indication of what that quality is that set her apart from the liz truss and rishi sunak of this campaign? i truss and rishi sunak of this campaign?— truss and rishi sunak of this camaiun? ~ ., , campaign? i think it was obvious that different _ campaign? i think it was obvious that different answers _ campaign? i think it was obvious that different answers because l campaign? i think it was obvious i that different answers because it's a focus group and not polling but it's something they thought she was quite a serious contender, they like her appeal on talking about the cost of living and talking about going

back to the old tunes, as she put the gist of it, of returning to being a conservative government. i think she has a broader appeal beyond conservative members and that is what the focus group was getting into it. what labour, some labour politicians are saying is they fear any mordant leadership because it could keep them out of office for another election. because it is a balance as ever with these leadership contest. it is about popularity among party members and also popularity among the public when it comes to winning that election in a couple of years' time. matt hancock was saying that is where rishi sunak is stronger but you are saying it seems penny mordaunt has not only the appeal amongst party members but amongst the public, too. amongst party members but amongst the public. too-— the public, too. yes. as we are in a cost of living _ the public, too. yes. as we are in a cost of living crisis, _ the public, too. yes. as we are in a cost of living crisis, even _ the public, too. yes. as we are in a cost of living crisis, even if- cost of living crisis, even if inflation slightly improves over the next two years, cost of living will

still be a huge issue at the next election and will people look at the prime minister rishi sunak, as it could very well be, and say, has he done enough for people's struggling with their bills? that's the big question. also, by 2024—25, we will have had so many years of conservative government and people will be tired of that government. is there enough in any of these candidates to show they are a fresher prime minister and can they distance themselves enough from the conservative government? that's the challenge. none of these candidates are as shoo—in into downing street so i think they have to appeal to the conservative base and tory mps first, and then the conservative base and show they have broader appeal in the country. how much do you think a key factor in this case been able to distance

themselves from the boris johnson regime? i think it is a huge factor. boris johnson's popularity started falling when partygate emerged last december and it has been rapidly decreasing the sense and that was evident and i think ministers could see that when they started resigning last week, it was notjust partygate or the sexual harassment scandal, it was a whole litany of things where they thought the prime minister had suddenly become unpopular and was an electoral turn—off. and i think most of these candidates probably, none of these candidates probably, none of them are releasing as a continuity borisjohnson candidate. and yet rishi sunak was a and he also got a fine with partygate. so when i wake potentially surprising that mr sunak is so far ahead given he is probably not as distanced from

borisjohnson as some of the other candidates. i boris johnson as some of the other candidates. ~ ., boris johnson as some of the other candidates-— candidates. i think that is right but he can _ candidates. i think that is right but he can say _ candidates. i think that is right but he can say she _ candidates. i think that is right but he can say she resigned i candidates. i think that is right i but he can say she resigned from boris johnson's but he can say she resigned from borisjohnson's cabinet. maybe people will say he should have resigned earlier. it was obvious he was setting up a leadership campaign website back in december. he had considered resigning in april when he was fined alonso borisjohnson. i think there is an association there with the prime minister —— when he was fined along with borisjohnson. he has been building his own brand, you can document what he did during the pandemic in terms of furlough but it is what the next few weeks can offer, what can they show beyond just debating tax and spend or whether they are caught who is to or who is not but with they can offer a more positive outlook to win next election.

—— who is to woke. i want to go back to something is a potentially tripped up penny mordant, particular her stance on trans issues are what she said around those issues and what are some of the things you think are a potential wobble for her and how much you think that might be an advantage for liz truss because of course it is the two of them vying for second place. yes. i think that's an issue for penny mordant. supporters of her will say she is socially liberal on issues like abortion and trans rights and she said last year trans are men are men and trans women are women. trans people do not want to be pawns

in the conservative party leadership, that is quite tasteless, i think. there is also this label going around a bit part time penny, lord frost said this morning he had reservations when she was working with him. she is very similar to theresa may in one way, conservative party and country above everything else, she is a hard—working constituency mp and wedded to her red box. ithink constituency mp and wedded to her red box. i think other critics will say she is also like theresa may and she is not very good at the easy small talk, not a gossip. i think that could also maybe keep her out of the final two just as some mps have reservations about her. something we mentioned earlier about tom tugendhat and how his support has changed in the past couple of rounds, if we look to the next

stage, he is potentially in trouble and is that quite surprising given his campaign was all about a clean start and distancing himself from what went before?— what went before? yes. it is interesting. _ what went before? yes. it is interesting, he _ what went before? yes. it is interesting, he went - what went before? yes. it is interesting, he went down i what went before? yes. it is i interesting, he went down five what went before? yes. it is - interesting, he went down five votes and is a very close to, now the next want to go if we are going in the same direction. there had been rumours he has been caught some of the votes have been switching from others to him to try to shore up his campaign to keep people like penny mordaunt out and try and get them into the final three or two and rishi sunakfeels he into the final three or two and rishi sunak feels he could into the final three or two and rishi sunakfeels he could beat someone like tom tugendhat. this time five days ago we would have said tom tugendhat was a very strong candidate but maybe just not experienced enough, he's not had a ministerialjob and not come across very easily in press conferences. and i think that'll speak some mp supporters, thinking we'll notjust

voting for the next tory leader, we are auditioning the next prime minister and that is such a tough job. they may be thinking on second thoughts, tom tugendhat has not quite got it this time but obviously is a shoe in for a cabinet post and maybe next time there is a leadership contest isn't a strong position. the key issues of cost of living, how to tackle that crisis, what should be done when it comes to taxation as well. how much do you think those particular policy areas, those aspects have made a difference or driven the support and stance of these candidates? i think it was interesting that people were, the first issue i guess, of this contest was taxes and over the weekend on sunday we had a

flurry of leadership campaigns launched by sajid javid, jeremy hunt, promising tax cuts of several billion pounds and people saying how are you going to fund this and saying we can do it through growth as if growth is a magic money tree you can just as if growth is a magic money tree you canjust shake. it is interesting how both those candidates are no longer in it. you have candidates like rishi sunak, who is more towards the opposite direction of saying we need seth —— we need fiscal discipline. i believe in tax cuts but not yet. he is today —— doing the best out of mps. conservative mps above anything else, they want to be in power and they want someone who is credible enough to be in power and i think thatis enough to be in power and i think that is why rishi sunak is doing well, penny mordaunt has heard some fiscal discipline. she spoke of wanting to tackle the cost of living but not come up with huge tax cuts.

because she is trying to be also a sensible candidate in those two and in the strongest position and that is interesting, it is clear that what is... whoever wins, it'll be someone who has been more sensible and more level—headed on tax—and—spend. and more level-headed on tax-and-spend._ and more level-headed on tax-and-send. . . ., tax-and-spend. thanks so much for our tax-and-spend. thanks so much for your time. — tax-and-spend. thanks so much for yourtime. jane- _ tax-and-spend. thanks so much for your time, jane. a _ tax-and-spend. thanks so much for your time, jane. a lot _ tax-and-spend. thanks so much for your time, jane. a lot to _ tax-and-spend. thanks so much for your time, jane. a lot to discuss - your time, jane. a lot to discuss there. let's continue the discussion is now with lone wells in the central lobby for us. is now with ione wells in the central lobby for us.- is now with lone wells in the central lobby for us. that's right. there is lots _ central lobby for us. that's right. there is lots of _ central lobby for us. that's right. there is lots of action _ central lobby for us. that's right. there is lots of action behind - central lobby for us. that's right. | there is lots of action behind me. mps are filling out the lobby after hearing the result of that vote. to recap what happened, in top place was the former chancellor rishi sunak with 101 votes, followed in second place by penny mordaunt on 83 votes. suella braverman was eliminated after coming lowest in the number of votes might tory mps.

we can speak to one of penny mordaunt�*s backers. thank you for joining us. what do you make of the numbers? close behind rishi sunak. do you think close enough. liz truss on 64. certainly lots of votes up for gra bs. certainly lots of votes up for grabs. i certainly lots of votes up for crabs. ~' ., , grabs. i think the momentum is with us and that is _ grabs. i think the momentum is with us and that is because _ grabs. i think the momentum is with us and that is because we _ grabs. i think the momentum is with us and that is because we are - grabs. i think the momentum is with | us and that is because we are making clear who _ us and that is because we are making clear who penny is and what she stands _ clear who penny is and what she stands for— clear who penny is and what she stands for and the policies she would — stands for and the policies she would make lots of people are saying to us that _ would make lots of people are saying to us that this is the kind of campaign _ to us that this is the kind of campaign we want get behind. you are running— campaign we want get behind. you are running it— campaign we want get behind. you are running it as _ campaign we want get behind. you are running it as you would govern the country. _ running it as you would govern the country. not — running it as you would govern the country, not playing games or slinging — country, not playing games or slinging mud. your- slinging mud. yourcampaign slinging mud. your campaign received criticism today with lord frost, for one, dismissing the penny mordaunt�*s credentials when she was in government saying he recommended that she lose that position when they both were in government together. also the treasury minister simon clark talking about the need for a tested and ready leaders. what do you make of that, do you think

the campaign has become a bit dirty? penny has enormous respect for lord frost _ penny has enormous respect for lord frost but _ penny has enormous respect for lord frost but david davis has been clear that crucial— frost but david davis has been clear that crucial exchequer meeting at chequers — that crucial exchequer meeting at chequers on the siding on brexit he felt penny— chequers on the siding on brexit he felt penny made the most compelling arguments and push things forward and had _ arguments and push things forward and had answers which is why he has backed _ and had answers which is why he has backed her_ and had answers which is why he has backed her as leader. when people choose _ backed her as leader. when people choose to _ backed her as leader. when people choose to throw mads it undermines the party— choose to throw mads it undermines the party unity and we have to come back together after this so i will encourage colleagues to do what we're _ encourage colleagues to do what we're doing as a team can focus on putting _ we're doing as a team can focus on putting our— we're doing as a team can focus on putting our core positive message forward _ forward. in- forward. in terms of the votes forward. — in terms of the votes up for grabs today, suella braverman's campaign. where do you think some of those votes may go? how are you planning to get to the crucial number that might ensure penny gets into the final two? �* ., might ensure penny gets into the finaltwo? . ., , ., final two? and what doors remain 0 en and final two? and what doors remain open and we _ final two? and what doors remain open and we will _ final two? and what doors remain open and we will reach _ final two? and what doors remain open and we will reach out - final two? and what doors remain open and we will reach out to - open and we will reach out to colleagues, come and talk to us. --

we will colleagues, come and talk to us. we will ensure colleagues, come and talk to us. 2» we will ensure doors remain colleagues, come and talk to us. »» we will ensure doors remain open. you name it, she's topping at the polling _ you name it, she's topping at the polling and — you name it, she's topping at the polling and the public want to see her in _ polling and the public want to see her in place as well and that is very— her in place as well and that is very compelling to colleagues knowing that should be an election winnen _ winner. in- winner. in terms of some winner. — in terms of some of those credentials, going back to simon clark's point about our tried and tested leader, do you worry the fact she's not been in cabinet like for example, which is using front and centre in her campaign, will be an issue for penny going forward? penny has been in cabinet _ issue for penny going forward? penny has been in cabinet twice _ issue for penny going forward? penny has been in cabinet twice before - issue for penny going forward? p2111 has been in cabinet twice before as defence secretary and the chiefs of staff at the fence were clear they thought she was outstanding and did a very good job. these people do not give out complaints very likely. she has a plan and is focused on positivity and love of country. her sense of duty run so deep and i am confident at the helm she would lead

us in the right direction. one key thing to differentiate from rishi sunak, the only one currently ahead of her, is about their approach to taxation and penny has promised various tax cuts, rishi sunak saying that would not be responsible thing to do. it would be more responsible to bring down inflation and not raise public debt while interest rates are so highly. how are you and the rest of the campaign feeling about that? is this an honest promise, to further cut taxes at this time without necessarily laying out how you define that? it's fully funded and entirely honest. because the cost of fuel has gone so high in the exchequer has been bring in a lot more money should by halving what is currently coming in she puts money back into pockets. why that appeals to voters as it was people will feel and that of about at the kitchen table. all her proposals are fully costed. she

is not promising some mass dream style mass tax cut. she is focused on cost of living and making sure people feel they can breathe a bit easier. penny may have come out quite high on turret members but whoever wins it needs to build to win a general election. —— penny has come out quite well on polling among members. the polling i have seen from the general public, she is still topping them. without that is a liberal seat, socialist basic seat, scotland, wales, she's coming out on top and she is just being scotland, wales, she's coming out on top and she isjust being her fantastic to see for someone who people keep under less than press and the public are saying, i want to know more. going back to the last leadership contest, borisjohnson was a very

well—known among the general public. do you think that will prove an issue in of general electability among the wider general public? i think the public are paying very close attention and when they give their vote they do so having really considered what they are doing and people are listening and like what they're hearing from penny and i'm sure the more they listen they will continue to support and the shows the general public want her. thank ou ve the general public want her. thank you very much- — the general public want her. thank you very much. hearing _ the general public want her. thank you very much. hearing more - the general public want her. thank you very much. hearing more about penny mordaunt�*s campaign, come in second place. the next vote to start on monday and we'll have another candidate eliminated ben and over the weekend these are votes that have been up upforgrabs —— up for grabs —— and over the weekend we foreign secretary liz truss came in third place. so graham brady read the results out in the past half an hour.

as of yesterday out with the candidate and the number of votes cast in each case. 356 votes were cast, out of a possible 358. the numbers, kemi badenoch 49, suella braverman, 27, penny mordaunt, 83, rishi sunak, braverman, 27, penny mordaunt, 83, rishisunak,101, liz braverman, 27, penny mordaunt, 83, rishi sunak, 101, liz truss, braverman, 27, penny mordaunt, 83, rishisunak,101, liz truss, 64, tom tugendhat, 32. therefore under the rules suella braverman is eliminated from the contest and the others are able to go forward to a further ballot on monday. so graham brady announcing the results of the latest round of the conservative party leadership contest. now let's have a look at the weather forecast with helen. little change in the weather for the

rest of the day. some showers will continue for parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england with sunny intervals in between. more broken cloud for the south and strong sunshine and weight we see these highest temperatures. generally it's feeling fresher than in recent days. the temporary lull in recent days. the temporary lull in the heat and humidity. a pleasant enough light for sleeping, notably in the south. some rain for northern ireland and scotland so temperature is not quite as low as last night but we lost the humidity in the south. anotherfresh but we lost the humidity in the south. another fresh start here tomorrow. the rain pushing across the north and once that there is any heat builds once again and at the weekend and beyond. it'll be exceptionally hot for many parts of the uk. the extreme heat warning from the met office covering much of england and wales. that heat will stretch right into scotland and northern ireland as well. there is more on the website.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: suella braverman is eliminated from the contest. suella braverman is knocked out of the conservative leadership contest after receiving 27 votes. rishi sunak came out on top with 101 votes. ambulances in england took an average of 51 minutes to respond to an emergency like a heart attack or stroke last month — far longer than the 18—minute target time. at the old bailey, oscar winning actor kevin spacey has pleaded not guilty to four charges of sexually assaulting three men. another rail strike later this month — train drivers from eight rail companies will strike on the 30th, three days after a 24—hour walk—out by the rmt union. protesters in sri lanka call an end to their occupation of government buildings as the country awaits the resignation of president rajapaksa.

a bbc documentary reveals that hundreds of british dentists treat patients with serious complications after they travel abroad to get cut price crowns. sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. rory mcilroy is staking a claim at the 150th open — he's playing the last on his first round at st andrews at 5 under par, three off the lead. the early starters have had the best of the conditions at the old course, including the clubhouse leader, cameron young, whose bogey—free round of 64 has him on 8 under par. the american was tied for third in this year's pga championship, and is only playing on the full american tour for the first time. mcilroy came into the week as the favourite, despite not winning a major in eight years. but three birdies in a row helped him make an impressive start,

and he's since moved into second place alongside australian cameron smith. one of those a shot further back on four under is lee westwood, who, like a number of players in the field, has defected from the traditional tours to join the controversial saudi—funded liv golf series. his 68 has him four off the lead. two others who've joined the liv series are also in the clubhouse after good starts. bryson dechambeau and ian poulter, who played down the boos he received from some of the crowd on the first tee. they're both on three under. while one of those on four under is the amateur barclay brown. he's from the same sheffield club as us open winner matt fitzpateick and carded a 68 on his open debut. i was unbelievably nervous at the start and then, once i got through the first couple of holes, i started to calm down little bit and got some good shots. i was downplaying for

england at royal saint georges last week, which was great practice. some great competition and some good friends as well. that has been my last week stopped then i got here on sunday. england have made a much better start to the second one—day international against india — not difficult, considering they were bowled out for 110 in the first match on tuesday. but wickets have been tumbling nonetheless in their second game at lord's this afternoon. england have just lost their sixth wicket, and their scorecard doesn't make tickly impressive reading. the leg—spin has left england at 154—6. leicester's ollie chessum will make his first start for england's rugby union series decider against australia on saturday. chessum will take his place in the second row after an injury to maro itoje. with flanker sam underhill ruled out with concussion, lewis ludlam will wear number seven in sydney. danny care will be at scrum—half and jack van poortvliet, who started the last game,

is on the bench. and wales captain dan biggar has been passed fit for the third test — also a series decider — against south africa in cape town. prop dillon lewis has also made the starting line up after his own injury scare. head coach wayne pivac has made one change, with wing josh adams replacing the injured alex cuthbert. that's all the sport for now. the second round of voting on the conservative party leader and suella braverman has been knocked out of the leadership race, leaving five candidates going through to the next round on monday. we can go to westminster now. can you recap the remaining candidates?— westminster now. can you recap the remaining candidates? there are now five candidates _ remaining candidates? there are now five candidates left _ remaining candidates? there are now five candidates left in _ remaining candidates? there are now five candidates left in this _ remaining candidates? there are now five candidates left in this race. - five candidates left in this race. the candidate who got the most votes was the former chancellor, rishi

sunak, with 101 votes. then penny mordaunt and liz trust, the current foreign secretary. suella braverman was eliminated from the contest. we have spoken to some supporters over a she —— some supporters of rishi sunak. liz truss in third place at the moment, still some way to go to make it up to get to that final two. how is she planning to do that? we made more progress than rishi sunak, which _ made more progress than rishi sunak, which we _ made more progress than rishi sunak, which we are _ made more progress than rishi sunak, which we are pleased about. we are starting _ which we are pleased about. we are starting to— which we are pleased about. we are starting to see the contest now pan am for— starting to see the contest now pan am for the — starting to see the contest now pan am for the people with the experience. i think all of the candidates standing offer so much and have — candidates standing offer so much and have such a big future at the party— and have such a big future at the party but — and have such a big future at the party but as be get to the sharper end, _ party but as be get to the sharper end. we _ party but as be get to the sharper end, we are starting to see it will be important to recognise experience. i think we can appeal

across— experience. i think we can appeal across all— experience. i think we can appeal across all three candidates behind us. i across all three candidates behind us ithink— across all three candidates behind us. i think we still are well and truly— us. i think we still are well and truly in — us. i think we still are well and truly in the _ us. i think we still are well and truly in the game. there is a lot of support— truly in the game. there is a lot of support from the three candidates behind _ support from the three candidates behind us — support from the three candidates behind us and we will start to see us making — behind us and we will start to see us making the ground to take over. i still believe — us making the ground to take over. i still believe that liz will get the most _ still believe that liz will get the most votes by the time this finishes _ most votes by the time this finishes. ~ ., most votes by the time this finishes. ~ . ., ., finishes. we have heard that liz truss's campaign _ finishes. we have heard that liz truss's campaign that _ finishes. we have heard that liz truss's campaign that they - finishes. we have heard that lizj truss's campaign that they have appealed to the others to try to get them to jump appealed to the others to try to get them tojump ship appealed to the others to try to get them to jump ship and get onside with all of you. has the response been positive? brute with all of you. has the response been positive?— with all of you. has the response been ositive? . ., , ., ~ been positive? we are openly talking to all colleagues _ been positive? we are openly talking to all colleagues who _ been positive? we are openly talking to all colleagues who have _ been positive? we are openly talking to all colleagues who have so - been positive? we are openly talking to all colleagues who have so far - to all colleagues who have so far said they— to all colleagues who have so far said they are backing rishi sunak and penny— said they are backing rishi sunak and penny mordaunt. this is the conservative parliamentary party. we are talking _ conservative parliamentary party. we are talking to all of the colleagues. we will try to build that level of support. i think the

offer— that level of support. i think the offer that— that level of support. i think the offer that liz is able to make is one that — offer that liz is able to make is one that will take us a lot further and show— one that will take us a lot further and show that unity behind party. what _ and show that unity behind party. what is _ and show that unity behind party. what is the offer to those who have been part _ what is the offer to those who have been part of other campaign teams to 'ump been part of other campaign teams to jump ship? _ been part of other campaign teams to jump ship? itis been part of other campaign teams to 'um shi? ,., been part of other campaign teams to 'um shi-? ,. ., jump ship? it is all about experience. _ jump ship? it is all about experience. i— jump ship? it is all about experience. i was - jump ship? it is all about experience. i was at - jump ship? it is all about experience. i was at the | jump ship? it is all about - experience. i was at the hustings yesterday and i thought that kemi had some good policy stuff, but she does not have the experience needed to become prime minister the next day. it is a point that we look at experience. day. it is a point that we look at experience-_ day. it is a point that we look at exerience. ,, .,, , , experience. she has been in cabinet for loner experience. she has been in cabinet for longer than _ experience. she has been in cabinet for longer than anybody _ experience. she has been in cabinet for longer than anybody else, - experience. she has been in cabinet for longer than anybody else, she i for longer than anybody else, she has the _ for longer than anybody else, she has the experience, she can pick up the reins _ has the experience, she can pick up the reins and — has the experience, she can pick up the reins and move forward. fundamentally, i think you can start to see _ fundamentally, i think you can start to see that— fundamentally, i think you can start to see that we can appeal to all three _ to see that we can appeal to all three candidates beneath us and their— three candidates beneath us and their supporters to get behind us.

members— their supporters to get behind us. members of your campaign, simon clark and lord frost, dismissing the person who was competing with liz truss in second place was up any mordant has been in cabinet as well. do you think that is appropriate or is it playing dirty at this stage? the comments of lord frost, i don't about— the comments of lord frost, i don't about not— the comments of lord frost, i don't about not having experience, it is about _ about not having experience, it is about who — about not having experience, it is about who has most experience was ablaze _ about who has most experience was ablaze has _ about who has most experience was ablaze has been in the cabinet logger— ablaze has been in the cabinet logger than anybody 2— ablaze has been in the cabinet logger than anybody —— longer than the other— logger than anybody —— longer than the other candidates. she can hit the other candidates. she can hit the ground running on day one. they io the ground running on day one. they go behind _ the ground running on day one. they go behind that black door and they issue _ go behind that black door and they issue orders to the commanders of nuclear— issue orders to the commanders of nuclear submarines, that is a big responsibility. so you need somebody with experience. as foreign secretary, she is ready to take on

the big _ secretary, she is ready to take on the big issues around the world, which _ the big issues around the world, which he — the big issues around the world, which he is — the big issues around the world, which he is doing anyway. you talk about her having _ which he is doing anyway. you talk about her having the _ which he is doing anyway. you talk about her having the most - about her having the most experience, but one thing running against her is the fact she is still very much in borisjohnson's government. this is a campaign where they are trying to show they have integrity, why do you think she did not resign from borisjohnson's government like rishi sunak did? she was one of only three who spoke out against _ was one of only three who spoke out against the _ was one of only three who spoke out against the national insurance rise. when _ against the national insurance rise. when the _ against the national insurance rise. when the cabinet came to a decision, she went _ when the cabinet came to a decision, she went for— when the cabinet came to a decision, she went for full cabinet responsibility. she said today, she is a person— responsibility. she said today, she is a person of integrity, honesty and loyalty. she hasn't resigned, she is— and loyalty. she hasn't resigned, she is also— and loyalty. she hasn't resigned, she is also dealing with a european war and _ she is also dealing with a european war and the — she is also dealing with a european war and the issues around that. it would _ war and the issues around that. it would be — war and the issues around that. it would be irresponsible for her to leave _ would be irresponsible for her to leave she — would be irresponsible for her to leave. she is not propping up a boris _ leave. she is not propping up a borisjohnson leave. she is not propping up a boris johnson government, leave. she is not propping up a borisjohnson government, she has

responsibility. boris johnson government, she has responsibility-— responsibility. thank you for talkinu responsibility. thank you for talking to — responsibility. thank you for talking to us. _ responsibility. thank you for talking to us. one _ responsibility. thank you for talking to us. one of - responsibility. thank you for talking to us. one of the - responsibility. thank you for - talking to us. one of the supporters of the foreign secretary, liz truss, who came third in today's paul. there will be more votes on monday, but lots of those rights are up for grabs over the weekend, so they could be more trading votes to come in the coming days will stop thank you. officials in ukraine say three russian missiles have struck the city of vinnytsia in the south west of the country, killing at least 20 people including two children. the area is, broadly speaking, between the capital, kyiv, and lviv in the west of the country. local police say around 90 people are wounded with many of them in a serious condition after an office block and people's homes were damaged. earlier we spoke to our ukraine correspondent, joe inwood. he told us what he witnessed when the missiles struck. we have had air raid sirens across the country today, down in one city, there was a missile strike just

before we went on—air. those three missiles, according to the ukrainians, were fired from a submarine in the black sea and they struck with devastating consequences. 20 people killed, including three children. we also understand from local law enforcement that 15 people are missing and many more are seriously injured. this is a city about four hours drive s.—west of here. this is a city people fled to seeking refuge, but this attack hit right in the centre and shows there are few places in this country that are safe at the moment. since russia invaded ukraine, thousands of civilians have been killed and millions of ukrainians have fled their homes. russians, too, are suffering the consequences of this war particularly the families of the servicemen sent to fight. the bbc�*s russia editor steve rosenberg has spoken to the mum of one russian soldier who went missing in ukraine. russia's invasion has brought

untold pain to ukraine. but if you travel across russia, you will discover that here, too, there are families that are suffering the consequences. this mother has asked us to hide her identity. valya, not her real name, fears she may get into trouble for speaking out. but she wants to tell us about her son, a russian soldier who was fighting in ukraine. valya last heard from him more than four and a half months ago. translation: i don't believe the government any more. i i wrote to his unit, i wrote to the military district office, i wrote to the defence ministry, and then i wrote to them all again. no one has given me the basic information — where, when and how my son disappeared. in official letters, valya was told that her son had been taking part in a special military

operation and that he is missing. translation: on tv, they say that l everything is fine, we are winning. | but our lads are being killed. if our country had been attacked like this, we would also be defending ourselves like they are. we would defend ourselves and we would be angry, too. i realise now that ukrainian mothers are the same as us. their sons are being killed. they are searching for their children. i don't know what this was all for. you would have to ask the government. ask president putin and he will tell you he ordered troops into ukraine to defend the motherland. he wants russians to rally around the flag. but valya is in touch with soldiers' mothers across russia and she says that many of the mothers blame the kremlin for what is happening. translation: they hate -

the government, they hate putin. they all want this war to end. if the mothers of all the soldiers who are fighting there and the ones who've lost sons, if they all raise up, can you imagine how big that army would be? and they will. their nerves will snap. stop. stop all this. stop it and protect our children. since she spoke to us, valya has received confirmation that her son is dead. one more russian soldier who won't be coming home. steve rosenberg, bbc news, russia. figures from the nhs show that pressure on the nhs is getting worse. patients are waiting longer for ambulances, and many staff are off sick. our health correspondence

spoke to me earlier. the difference here is what we normally expect to see its high levels of pressure over the winter period because of bugs and illness and falls and that kind of thing, but then that pressure eases over the summer. we have not seen that this year. this month's figures are worse in some areas than previously. that is not what health bosses will want to hear. if you look at ambulances in particular, which is an area that has been a lot of focus on recently, if we take category to ambulance calls, things like strokes, suspected heart attacks, they are very serious. the target is to get an ambulance to someone in 18 minutes. the average injune, not just kind of wonder to figures that are particular bad, was 51 minutes injune. for most people, that is incredibly concerning, including the paramedics that are working on the ground. one important reason for

thatis ground. one important reason for that is that paramedics are driving into ambulances with patients to get to hospital, when they get to the hospital, a&e departments are so busy they cannot unload, they queue up busy they cannot unload, they queue up outside hospitals. i can't over delay in health service speak. if you are queueing, sometimes for hours, maybe tens of hours, some people working more than 24 hours outside hospital. if you are doing that as a paramedic, you cannot get to the next person in line, which causes some of these bottlenecks at the moment. what have the nhs said about all of this? when you look through the whole health service at the moment, from gps and primary care through to a&e, there are long delays at each point. 6.6 million people in england on a waiting list for routine operation like a hip replacement or a cataract surgery. that is one the nine people

in the whole of england. we have never had waiting list that high before. it points to record demand at the moment and june was the highest number of a&e admissions at the highest number of 999 calls for anyjune since the health service began. that is part of it, is demand. the other part is there are lots of things play into this, rising coronavirus rates and the hot weather. it is a real issue for health bosses and politicians going forward. we have heard in the last hour that suella braverman was knocked out and rishi sunak got the most votes, followed by penny mordaunt. let's go back to westminster. perhaps not particularly surprising, those results, given what happened in the last round? last round ? that's right, last round? that's right, we are seeing the same pattern of the last round play out

again, with rishi sunak on top again followed by penny mordaunt in second and liz truss in third. there has been a lot of talk today about who is vying for that crucial second spot if this pattern continues. there are a couple of days before the next round of votes. there will be many discussions behind—the—scenes, phone calls from the various teams, trying to shore up the various teams, trying to shore up support. suella braverman's votes are up for grabs. they are trying to take votes from each other as well. we have spoken to members of the top three campaigns today. we can also speak to one of the other teams. are you disappointed in today's result?

he was able to shine on the tv debates — he was able to shine on the tv debates. he will be able to showcase his great— debates. he will be able to showcase his great talents, his good and strong — his great talents, his good and strong policy that he wants to set out for _ strong policy that he wants to set out for the — strong policy that he wants to set out for the country. we look forward to his _ out for the country. we look forward to his quick— out for the country. we look forward to his quick wit, his great debating skills— to his quick wit, his great debating skills and — to his quick wit, his great debating skills and his positive outlook for a clean _ skills and his positive outlook for a clean start for the country, being shown— a clean start for the country, being shown on— a clean start for the country, being shown on national tv. in a clean start for the country, being shown on national tv.— shown on national tv. in terms of how he needs _ shown on national tv. in terms of how he needs to _ shown on national tv. in terms of how he needs to get _ shown on national tv. in terms of how he needs to get more - shown on national tv. in terms of how he needs to get more votes | shown on national tv. in terms of. how he needs to get more votes now in the coming days, otherwise he will be next to be eliminated on the basis of today's results. well —— where will he get the results from? suella braverman is very much on the right of the party, which is not the same as tom tugendhat. brute right of the party, which is not the same as tom tugendhat.- right of the party, which is not the same as tom tugendhat. we will be stickin: to same as tom tugendhat. we will be sticking to mps, _ same as tom tugendhat. we will be sticking to mps, we _ same as tom tugendhat. we will be sticking to mps, we know— same as tom tugendhat. we will be sticking to mps, we know that - same as tom tugendhat. we will be sticking to mps, we know that that i sticking to mps, we know that that can have _

sticking to mps, we know that that can have an— sticking to mps, we know that that can have an important influence on is. can have an important influence on is we _ can have an important influence on is we want— can have an important influence on is. we want to make sure that our party— is. we want to make sure that our party members have the right candidates in front of them. as they see tom, _ candidates in front of them. as they see tom, they will see the leadership skills he has, the depth and vision — leadership skills he has, the depth and vision of his country, his commitment to the union is an important _ commitment to the union is an important part of his pitch to the country— important part of his pitch to the country to— important part of his pitch to the country to make sure that northern ireland _ country to make sure that northern ireland is— country to make sure that northern ireland is at— country to make sure that northern ireland is at the heart of our union — ireland is at the heart of our union. looking after some of those issues _ union. looking after some of those issues of— union. looking after some of those issues of the cost of living, the energy— issues of the cost of living, the energy crisis, how we tackle that so our businesses and our citizens can see our— our businesses and our citizens can see our government standing up for them _ see our government standing up for them. there are so many things he will set _ them. there are so many things he will set out — them. there are so many things he will set out his vision on. he is a former— will set out his vision on. he is a former serving soldier and did outstanding work in afghanistan and iraq. outstanding work in afghanistan and had as _ outstanding work in afghanistan and ira. _ �* , outstanding work in afghanistan and iraa, �*, ., , outstanding work in afghanistan and iran. a ., ,, outstanding work in afghanistan and iran. m ., ,, ., iraq. as part of its attempts to a- eal iraq. as part of its attempts to appeal to _ iraq. as part of its attempts to appeal to the _ iraq. as part of its attempts to appeal to the right _ iraq. as part of its attempts to appeal to the right of- iraq. as part of its attempts to appeal to the right of the - iraq. as part of its attempts to l appeal to the right of the party, iraq. as part of its attempts to . appeal to the right of the party, is he sacrificing some of his principles? lisette that he is committed to net zero targets, but

also said that he would look at green levies on energy bills were he to become leader of the conservative party. will he have his cake and eat it as well to appeal to people who are not politically aligned with him? . ., ., ., him? the challenge of meeting our net zero targets _ him? the challenge of meeting our net zero targets is _ him? the challenge of meeting our net zero targets is unassailable - him? the challenge of meeting our| net zero targets is unassailable and he set _ net zero targets is unassailable and he set out — net zero targets is unassailable and he set out what the majority of the party _ he set out what the majority of the party believe in, which is that we must _ party believe in, which is that we must lead — party believe in, which is that we must lead the world in meeting those targets _ must lead the world in meeting those targets if— must lead the world in meeting those targets. if we don't do that, it will have _ targets. if we don't do that, it will have impacts for the decades if not centuries to come. we need to find ways— not centuries to come. we need to find ways to — not centuries to come. we need to find ways to fund the infrastructure revolution — find ways to fund the infrastructure revolution needed to do that. we need _ revolution needed to do that. we need to— revolution needed to do that. we need to invest in some of these important — need to invest in some of these important areas of infrastructure. people _ important areas of infrastructure. people said that out in more detail and i_ people said that out in more detail and i look— people said that out in more detail and i look forward to hearing him do that _

and i look forward to hearing him do that. ., 2' and i look forward to hearing him do that. . ~ , ., ., and i look forward to hearing him do that. . ~ i. ., ., �*, that. thank you. from ten throw's campaign- — that. thank you. from ten throw's campaign- the _ that. thank you. from ten throw's campaign. the second _ that. thank you. from ten throw's campaign. the second lowest - that. thank you. from ten throw's campaign. the second lowest in i that. thank you. from ten throw's i campaign. the second lowest in this set of results, second to suella braverman, who has been eliminated. the top three were rishi sunak, followed by penny mordaunt and liz truss in third place. all of those will be battling it out over the weekend to try and secure more mp votes by the time they come back to about on monday.— hundreds of british dentists are having to treat patients with serious complications after they had cut price crowns put in abroad, according to the british dental association. the research done for a bbc documentary has discovered that the latest look, seen on love island and on social media, has given some people their dream smile but left others asking the nhs to pick up the pieces. divya talwar reports. this is one of the latest beauty trends that's taken off on social media. it's all about getting the perfect smile by filing down most

of your natural teeth and gluing a cap or crown on top. it's been dubbed "turkey teeth" because it's one of the most popular destinations people are travelling to for this look. cosmetic dental work is much cheaper in turkey than in the uk. tilly is 22 and says she hated her old teeth. ever since a young age, i was bullied for my teeth so i grew a complex against them, i didn't like 'em. i was called things like bugs bunny. how pretty i'd be if i didn't have the teeth that i had. so earlier this year, tilly travelled to turkey for 16 new crowns. i'm smiling a lot more. i'm laughing and not hiding my mouth, which i did constantly. our investigation has found that this risky and invasive treatment is often planned entirely over social media by people just sending a few snaps of their teeth to clinics abroad. and many dentists in the uk won't touch turkey teeth. if we have a patient who is not our patient call us up

and say they've had work done in turkey, it is much easier for us to simply not take that patient. if i did 20 crowns on a 21—year—old for the purposes of improving the colour, i would have my license revoked. i would be struck off. getting this look can come with major risks, like painful infections and tooth extractions. the british dental association surveyed 1000 of its members for a new bbc documentary. it found 814 dentists had treated patients who had come back with complications after dental treatment abroad in places like turkey. turkey teeth don't last forever. crowns often need to be replaced every ten to 15 years. lisa says she had no idea they'd need replacing when she had her teeth done over a decade ago. she had to go back last year to have 26 new crowns.

i thought once they put the teeth into your mouth, that was it. - you were never going | to have any problems. they never said, you know, that your teeth can die, - that you can get... they never said anything. in fact, lisa says she wasn't even told she was getting crowns. she thought she was getting veneers, which only involves a small amount of healthy tooth tissue being removed. these were sold to me as veneers i and i have a full set of crowns. i lisa's had major complications, including infections and chronic pain. ...i've just been crying. if she'd known about these risks, she says, she never would have got the treatment done. i am going to have dentures. yeah, i am going to have dentures. we contacted lisa's turkish clinic for a reply, but we didn't get a response. listen to the drills. jack fincham probably has some of the best known turkey teeth in the country, after appearing on love island four years ago with his new crowns.

he's influenced many young people. jack now knows there are other, less invasive ways, of getting this same look. honestly, like, i'm really happy with my teeth, i love my teeth, but going back if someone said would you have composite bonding or get the crowns done, i'd say the composites. while many people will continue travelling abroad for that instagram—worthy smile, the advice is to do your research and know exactly what you're getting done. because once you've got these teeth, there's no going back. divya talwar, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. good afternoon. little change in the

weather for the rest of the day. some showers will continue for parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england with sunny spells in between. more broken cloud further south, strong sunshine, and thatis further south, strong sunshine, and that is where we will see the strongest temperatures, maybe to 28 degrees. but generally it feels fresher than in recent days. we have seen a temporary lull in the heat and humidity. a pleasant enough night for sleeping, but some rain crosses the north, so temperatures won't be quite as low as last night. we have lost the humidity in the south. anotherfresh we have lost the humidity in the south. another fresh start tomorrow, but the rain pushes across the north. after the clears, the rain built into —— the heat builds into the weekend and into next week. extreme heat warning from the met office covering much of england and wales, stretching right up into scotland and northern ireland as well. more on the website.

mordant hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: under the rules, suella braverman is eliminated from the contest and the others... the attorney general is out of the race to replace a borisjohnson after receiving just 27 votes. it means there are now five candidates remaining in the conservative leadership contest, with a vote and resume on monday. the former chancellor rishi sunak tops the ballot again with 101 votes. but not far behind is penny mordaunt who comes second, head of liz truss, with 83. ambulances in england took an average of 51 minutes to respond to an emergency like a heart attack or stroke last month —

far longer than the 18—minute target time. the speaker of that sri lankan parliament says he has now received the president's resignation letter. at the old bailey, oscar winning actor kevin spacey has pleaded not guilty to four charges of sexually assaulting three men. another rail strike later this month — train drivers from eight rail companies will strike on the 30th, three days after a 24—hour walk—out by the rmt union. a bbc documentary reveals that hundreds of british dentists treat patients with serious complications after they travel abroad to get cut—price crowns. suella braverman has been knocked out of the conservative leadership race in the second round of voting.

ms braverman received 27 votes from tory mps — that's five fewer than she received yesterday. the five remaining hopefuls progress to the third round on monday. rishi sunak once again received the most votes, 101, and penny mordaunt came second with the support of 83 of her fellow tory mps. here's the moment so graham brady announced the results to the 1922 committee. in the leadership election as results to the 1922 committee. i�*i the leadership election as yesterday i will read the name of the candidate and the number of votes cast in each case. first of all, 356 votes were cast out of a possible 358. kemi badenoch 49, suella braverman, 27, penny mordaunt, 83, rishi sunak, braverman, 27, penny mordaunt, 83, rishisunak,101, liz

braverman, 27, penny mordaunt, 83, rishi sunak, 101, liz truss, braverman, 27, penny mordaunt, 83, rishisunak,101, liz truss, 64, tom tugendhat, 32. therefore, under the rules suella braverman is eliminated from the contest. the others are able to go forward to a further ballot on monday. so graham brady announcing the results just so graham brady announcing the resultsjust under an so graham brady announcing the results just under an hour ago. let's get more on this from ione wells in westminster. recap for us who are still in the running. five candidates are now still in the running as we, rishi sunak, received the highest number of votes, 101. followed by penny mordaunt on 83. liz truss, the foreign secretary in the third place on 64. the final two still in the race are kemi badenoch with 49 votes and tom tugendhat on 32 minutes suella braverman will eliminated. suella braverman, seen as someone on the right of the party, seen by her supporters as the

strongest brexiteer, united some of the european research group of mps behind her. and killing people like baker, prominent brexiteers —— uniting people like steve baker behind her. and in terms of where this leaves us looking ahead, as you mentioned suella braverman knocked out, where are we likely, is there a speculation on where we could see there is a votes going, and how likely are we to see this pattern continued because of course the results we've seen in the past hour are not that different from the trajectory they were heading in the last round? last round ? that's right. last round? that's right. one thing we've been stressing throughout this campaign is the order in which people get knocked out is crucial. there are certain ways in which, as you say,

suella braverman's votes will be being eyed up by those also on the right of the party such as liz truss and kemi badenoch but rishi sunak�*s campaign will be happy with this, still coming out on top and we heard earlierfrom one of still coming out on top and we heard earlier from one of her supporters, matt hancock, who said he was pleased. it will be two candidates in the final— it will be two candidates in the final but— it will be two candidates in the final but it looks increasingly likely— final but it looks increasingly likely rishi sunak will be one of them _ likely rishi sunak will be one of them and — likely rishi sunak will be one of them and there is good reason for that, _ them and there is good reason for that, the — them and there is good reason for that, the reason am voting for him, and a _ that, the reason am voting for him, and a hundred other colleagues are, is because _ and a hundred other colleagues are, is because he has the best chance of delivering _ is because he has the best chance of delivering for that country and uniting — delivering for that country and uniting the country and winning an election _ uniting the country and winning an election. he is the only one, when you compare him to keir starmer, who is favourable _ you compare him to keir starmer, who is favourable in the public's eyes and he _ is favourable in the public's eyes and he is — is favourable in the public's eyes and he is the one with the credible economic— and he is the one with the credible economic plan. that matters enormously. to me, and the largest number— enormously. to me, and the largest number of— enormously. to me, and the largest number of our colleagues. really pleased _ number of our colleagues. really pleased with that result, more than 100 colleagues backing rishi. he is

clearly— 100 colleagues backing rishi. he is clearly in _ 100 colleagues backing rishi. he is clearly in the lead but still lots more — clearly in the lead but still lots more rounds in which we will have other— more rounds in which we will have other discussions with a further colleagues about why i am back in rishi _ colleagues about why i am back in rishi and — colleagues about why i am back in rishi and why i think others should, too. that was too. - that was matt too. — that was matt hancock too. that was matt hancock talkin- about that was matt hancock talking about why he is backing rishi sunak, currently on top when it comes to tory mps but this contest is not just about who tory mps vote for. it's also about what tory party members think because the final two will be going around hustings around the uk all this summer trying to vie for those crucial tory membership votes and if they get down to the final two. votes and if they get down to the finaltwo. one votes and if they get down to the final two. one person worrying the campaign of rishi sunak is penny mordaunt, currently in second place with conservative mps but has been topping quite a lot of the polling around conservative party members. i should stress a polling varies and is only early polls and there have been somewhere rishi sunak has

proved more favourable but that is something which her campaign team have been picking up today. we spoke earlier to a conservative mp backing her, who stressed she feels penny modern is the most popular around the country. modem is the most popular around the country-— the country. penny has enormous resect the country. penny has enormous respect for _ the country. penny has enormous respect for lord _ the country. penny has enormous respect for lord frost _ the country. penny has enormous respect for lord frost but - the country. penny has enormous respect for lord frost but david i respect for lord frost but david davis _ respect for lord frost but david davis has — respect for lord frost but david davis has been clear that crucial meeting — davis has been clear that crucial meeting at chequers where things were decided on brexit, it was penny who he _ were decided on brexit, it was penny who he felt— were decided on brexit, it was penny who he felt made the most compelling argument _ who he felt made the most compelling argument and push things forward and who had _ argument and push things forward and who had answers and that is why he has come _ who had answers and that is why he has come on — who had answers and that is why he has come on board to back her as leaden _ has come on board to back her as leader. when people choose to throw mad, _ leader. when people choose to throw mad. it _ leader. when people choose to throw mad, it undermines the party unity and we _ mad, it undermines the party unity and we have to be able to come back together— and we have to be able to come back together after this so i will encourage colleagues to try and do what we _ encourage colleagues to try and do what we are doing which is focused solely— what we are doing which is focused solely on _ what we are doing which is focused solely on pushing our core positive message — message. that was a licit current message. — that was a licit current speaking in behalf of penny mordaunt,

—— jealousy occurrence. we've seen a rivalry emerged between the team of penny morden and liz truss's team and these candidates are hoping to secure that spot in the final two. certainly competing for some of the same voters, liz truss's team earlier open admitting they are trying to get some of the supporters of suella braverman, who has been eliminated, and also kemi badenoch. in order to show up more support and, in theirwords, unite in order to show up more support and, in their words, unite the right of the party. in terms of where this goes neck, that second place is the one that is all to fight for at the moment as it is still the top spot, one of liz truss's supporters said he is confident liz truss can win the whole contest. me he is confident liz truss can win the whole contest.— he is confident liz truss can win the whole contest. we made more rouress the whole contest. we made more progress than _ the whole contest. we made more progress than rishi _ the whole contest. we made more progress than rishi sunak - the whole contest. we made more progress than rishi sunak which i the whole contest. we made more| progress than rishi sunak which we are pleased about court put more of votes _ are pleased about court put more of votes on _ are pleased about court put more of votes on and we are starting to now see the _ votes on and we are starting to now see the contest panning out for those _ see the contest panning out for those who have the experience. all of the _ those who have the experience. all of the candidate standing offers so

much _ of the candidate standing offers so much and — of the candidate standing offers so much and have such a big future but as we _ much and have such a big future but as we are _ much and have such a big future but as we are getting to the sharper end, _ as we are getting to the sharper end. still— as we are getting to the sharper end, stillthree as we are getting to the sharper end, still three rounds to go, we are starting _ end, still three rounds to go, we are starting to see it will be important to recognise the experience and i think we can appeal across— experience and i think we can appeal across all— experience and i think we can appeal across all three candidates beneath us, some _ across all three candidates beneath us, some of suella braverman's backers— us, some of suella braverman's backers lots of tom's backers and a lot of— backers lots of tom's backers and a lot of kemi — backers lots of tom's backers and a lot of kemi badenoch's backers as welt _ lot of kemi badenoch's backers as well. there is lots of support that can come — well. there is lots of support that can come our way and i think you will see _ can come our way and i think you will see us— can come our way and i think you will see us making up ground. i still believe liz truss will get the most _ still believe liz truss will get the most votes in this contest by the time _ most votes in this contest by the time it— most votes in this contest by the time it finishes. the _ time it finishes. the focus now on who can scoop up those without that suella braverman had previously had. talk us through it what the steps are after that. still a while to go before we know who is going to replace boris johnson. ., �* , who is going to replace boris johnson. . �* , ., , . johnson. that's right. votes are continuing _ johnson. that's right. votes are continuing next _ johnson. that's right. votes are continuing next week _ johnson. that's right. votes are continuing next week and - johnson. that's right. votes are continuing next week and we i johnson. that's right. votes are l continuing next week and we will johnson. that's right. votes are - continuing next week and we will see a similar pattern to what we've seen today with mps voting on who they want to be the leader, mp who gets

the fewest votes is eliminated from that round and this will continue until we are down to the final two. as i understand it they will then be a series of costings around the country over the summer between those final two. in the past they've travelled all around the uk, making sure they get a full spread, scotland, wales court to appeal to different conservative party members in those parts of the uk. at the end of that process after these various hustings, a vote will take place amongst conservative party members, around 160,000 of them eligible to vote. they will be the ones ultimately deciding between those final two candidates. in the meantime there are things that tv debates going on where candidates have the chance to try and sell themselves to tory party members but also to their conservative mp colleagues in the meantime.

the speaker of the sri lankan parliament has said he has received the resignation letter for the president. he has now arrived in singapore. the cost of fuel and food and basic supplies have sought until lichens and the protesters have begun leaving some of the official buildings they occupied. let's speak to our south asian regional editor this resolution has been a long time coming because he pledged to resign yesterday.

people were waiting for this resignation letter, it should have come yesterday, after he fled the country after huge crowds stormed his official residence at 50 metres from here. that document is very important. if you want to choose the next president, the legal process can begin only after getting this resignation letter. instead last night he issued a notification, an order appointing the prime minister as the acting president of sri lanka so people who are confused —— were confused when they heard about this and out the speaker's office have told us that they've received an e—mail, they are checking the identity of this e—mail and also checking with the attorney general that this can be acceptable and we also a signed copy will be delivered to the sri lankan high commissioner in singapore. again, in the sri lankan context, i've seen over the years, unless things happen, we

cannot confirm or verify anything at this moment but if it happens that it allows parliament to convene by next week and the mps can choose because this is an extraordinary situation. usually it'll be a general election and people voting for the president. because it's an extraordinary situation mps will choose the next president. we know mr rajapaksa has arrived in singapore. what happens now? what consequences could he face? if he resigns, if he is not what the president of sri lanka, first and foremost, he won't lose his diplomatic immunity. now, the second thing is we need to find out under what these are conditions he will be in singapore. will it be his final destination, or is it a transit, whether he is trying to go to a third country? don't forget he was the defence chief during the civil war nearly three decades of civil

war that ended in 2009. tens of thousands of people killed, the un and other human rights groups talk about the civilian losses, and many accuse him of crimes against humanity, war crimes, which he strongly denies. this can be pursued in europe, for example. in germany if you look at what happened to some of the syrian war lords or government officials being prosecuted, war lords prosecuted in the uk as well as the us. in terms of justice anyone the uk as well as the us. in terms ofjustice anyone can take to the court but even it happens... he loses that the classic community and we need to find out whether this is going to be transit in singapore or he's going to go to a third country —— he loses that diplomatic immunity. we can hear the shouting in the background, i assume they are protesters. as the departure of mr

rajapaksa enough to diffuse the protest? the issues over which people were protesting at still in existence, aren't they? the protesters, i spoke to some of them earlier today at the residence of the present and they say, we've achieved partial victory by forcing the rajapaksa dynasty out of power. given how powerful they were in this country even a few months ago. secondly, they want the prime minister also took resign because he was seen as too close to the rajapaksas but whoever comes to power the problems are not going to go away and protesters here happen here months, what started as accusing the government of mismanaging the economy and the cost of living crisis, for example, the price of a kilogram of rice, it doubled, tripled, in some cases. milk powder tripled in prices, fuel.

people are suffering. the basic problem is the government needs to address. they need to find money to buy fuel, they need to get the oil shipments. they are going to face a huge challenge in the coming weeks. thank you. the second round of voting on the next conservative party leader is over and swell up government has been knocked out of that leadership race leaving five candidates going through to the —— suella braverman has been knocked out. let's go back to ione wells. what sort of reaction have we had from some of the backers of the candidates? shag have we had from some of the backers of the candidates?— of the candidates? as expected, all the backers — of the candidates? as expected, all the backers have _ of the candidates? as expected, all the backers have been _ of the candidates? as expected, all the backers have been bigging - of the candidates? as expected, all the backers have been bigging upi the backers have been bigging up these results in their own ways. it's up to the public to decide whether that's justified. we've heard today from backers of the current front runner rishi sunak, who is topping this mps vote, 101

votes. also a positive response from penny modern's campaign, in second place and widely tipped today as being one angling for the final two. liz truss's support is also pretty happy. showers in third place and is angling for a place in the top two. clearly this weekend there will be lots of votes to play for particularly the question over who skips up the votes of suella braverman, who's been eliminated. in fourth place was kemi badenoch and we cannot speak to kemi badenoch's campaign manager whojoins us at —— we can now speak. what did you make of the results? it's another good day. we had a great result yesterday in the first round and are built on that and gain votes, one of four campaigns that gain votes. it demonstrates what kemi is trying to say and it resonates with the party and hopefully the country and the

opportunity to see what kemi is saying and see the brilliance. quite some way to get into the final two, where are you planning to get those votes from, could some of suella braverman's votes come to kemi badenoch? we welcome the support of colleagues whoever they voted for last eight but what kemi is doing differently from other candidates is she's putting forward a consistent and coherent message of change in building on an analysis she's done at the past five years and the significantjob she's worked in across a number of departments and thatis across a number of departments and that is why me that such a good result today. —— that is why we have got such a good result today. liz truss's team have been talking about the need for a tried and tested leader. do you worry people like liz truss with more experience in cabinet, have that to their advantage and what is kemi

badenoch's experience in that sense to compete with those who have been front and centre in the cabinet? i've got the greatest amount of respect for liz and rishi and penny but it is notjust about what respect for liz and rishi and penny but it is not just about what you have done, and kemi has been a ministerfor number of have done, and kemi has been a minister for number of years and in each brief she's taken on difficult issues and actually made change and the reason ijoined her campaign and i am very proud to speak to you todayis i am very proud to speak to you today is we think we need to change what the party does an we think we need to change politics and we think we need to change the country. the only candidate who can do that is kemi. liz truss's campaign admitted openly that they're trying to sweep up supporters of both kemi badenoch and also suella braverman, saying there is a need to unite the right. is there a fear among your campaign

team you are essentially taking some of those votes from the right of the party and potentially have expected it to some of those you are not as politically aligned with? we look forward to that debate. we think putting forward the case as to why kemi... what i would say to my colleagues, we are going to keep it positive and go... where there has been challenges as the conservative party has been in government for 12 years and done some really good stuff but the last few months have been really, really difficult and we need to turn the page and have a fresh start and a new page and some of it with a clear set of principles that will be applied to what government should do and hopefully we can fix some of the things government has not been doing well and actually make people believe government works again. it sounds like you might be hinting to some of your rival candidates to

play a slightly cleaner campaign. aren't you worried about the tone of the campaign in the past few days? we are keeping a positive. we've got a really positive message to set out. we want to make change and kemi is the right person to do that. she would be a fantastic prime minister if given the opportunity to do so and i will try to spend a weekend convincing my colleagues of that. thank you very much. kemi badenoch came in fourth place on conservative mps. they will be back on monday where dell will be more votes to 54. —— there will be more votes to compete for. figures from the nhs out today show the pressure on emergency services is getting worse — with record numbers of people going to a&e, patients in england waiting much longerfor ambulances, and many staff off sick. our health correspondent jim reed has more. jim reed has been telling us more.

the difference is what we normally expect to see is high levels of pressure over the winter period because of bugs and illness and falls and that kind of thing but that eases over the summer, but we've not seen that this year. the figures this month, released today, are significantly worse in some ways than last month, which is not at all what health service bosses want to hear. if we look at ambulances in particular, this has been an area with a lot of focus recently. if we take category two ambulance calls, things like strokes, suspected heart attacks, very serious. the target in england is to get an ambulance to someone in 18 minutes. the average injune, notjust, notjust one or two figures, the average was 51 minutes injune. for most people, it's incredibly concerning, including some of the paramedics working on the ground. one important reason is that paramedics are driving into their ambulances with patients to get to hospital and when they get there, often a&e departments are so busy they cannot unload and they queue up

outside the hospital, what is called a handover delay, in health service speak. if you are cueing in an ambulance, sometimes for hours, sometimes tens of hours — we had reports of people waiting more than 24 hours. if you are doing that as a paramedic you are unable to get to the next person in the line which is causing some of these bottlenecks at hospitals at the moment. what has the nhs had to say? it is notjust ambulances. when you look at the whole health service, from gps, to accident and emergency, to the people in wards in hospitals, there are long delays at each of those points. waiting list, 6.6 million people in england on a waiting list for a routine operation like a hip replacement or cataract surgery. that's one in nine people in the whole of england. we've never had a waiting list that high before and obviously the nhs points to record demand. june was the highest number of a&e

admissions and highest number of 999 calls for anyjune since the health service began. that's one part of it, demand. the other part is there are lots of things playing into this including rising covid cases and more recently the hot weather. trying to deal with this is a real issue for health service bosses and politicians as well, going forward. the hollywood actor kevin spacey has appeared in court at the old bailey charged with five sexual offences dating back 17 years. he pleaded not guilty to the offences which are alleged to have taken place in london and gloucestershire between 2005 and 2013. the double oscar winner "strenously denies" the charges. the trial date has been set forjune next year. our correspondent sarah campbell was outside the old bailey as the actor left after entering his not—guilty pleas. what you can see there is the press from around the world,

it is very international, reflecting of course that kevin spacey is one of the most successful actors of his generation. we understand he will be departing the old bailey in the next few minutes. just wait until you see the camera bulbs going. he will be getting into the car and then he will leave. here he comes. it was a very brief appearance this morning. it was the first stage of the crown court appearance. just getting into his car there. you probably can't make him out, but as you can see fairly chaotic scenes as he is getting into his car. and he will be driving away. his court appearance lasted about 20 minutes in the end. and he appeared, he was wearing a light blue suit, a white shirt and a blue spotty tie. he spoke very clearly to confirm his name as kevin spacey fowler and his date of birth.

and he answered not guilty when the five counts were put to him. and as he drives away, i will go through those charges. mr spacey has been released on unconditional bail. he will be due back here injune 2023. that's the trial date that has been set, after the five charges. he has been charged with two counts of sexual assault on a man now in his 40s in march 2005 in london. he has been charged with sexual assault of a man now in his 30s, and a further charge of causing him to engage in sexual activity without consent. and that is alleged to have occurred in august 2008 in london. and a sexual assault charge on a man who is now in his 30s alleged to have occurred in april 2013 in gloucestershire. as i say, he spoke very clearly in court, said "not guilty" to each of those five counts. the judge mrjustice wall gave the date for that full trial to begin injune of next year.

drivers for eight rail companies will strike on 30thjuly in an ongoing dispute over conditions and pay, their union aslef has announced. it comes after strikes were announced for 27th july too. well, earlier we spoke to our transport correspondent katy austin. she gave us a breakdown of the strike plans. train drivers union aslef says drivers from eight companies will strike on the 30th ofjuly, after train companies failed to make a pay offer to keep up with the increase in cost of living, and the general secretary mick whelan says in real terms drivers were being told to take a real terms pay cut. while inflation runs at ten, 11%. those eight companies affected — arriva rail london, chiltern railways, greater anglia, great western, hull trains, lner, southeastern and west midlands trains. that is going to be during the commonwealth games.

which are ongoing over that weekend. it looks set to be pretty disruptive. this is eight train companies, it does not cover the entire country but it will hit lots of people's leisure plans. it will not affect commuters during the week, but in the school holidays, it looks set to cause disruption. three days after the other strike that is due to take place. remind us of the context to that. back injune we saw three days of strike action by members of the rmt union working for network rail and 13 train companies. it was recently announced there will be another day of strike action on wednesday the 27th ofjuly. that comes after network rail made a new pay offer which was a two—year deal with about 4% in the first year and another 2% in the second year but another 2% conditional on modernisation, it says, being put into place.

and the whole point is network rail have said we can only pay for these pay rises if we can save that money with productivity and modernising working practices. the rmt rejected that and said they were not prepared to sacrifice members' terms and conditions, and referred to the offer as derisory. that dispute very much still ongoing. with both of these disputes, strike dates will not happen until they happen, there is still time for a settlement to be reached for negotiations to happen but as i sit here now it looks like we are shaping up to see a bit of a summer of travel disruption. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen anything positive for the gardens or people who cannot sleep in this heat? there's been a slight reduction in humidity but i'm not the bearer of good news, although it's been a

temporary break from this heat and humidity. there is an extreme heat morning from the met office from sunday through to tuesday. it is... i know! it's going to get hotter still. like you, i'm finding it rather oppressive but not tonight, tonight is less humid, more comfortable for sleeping, tonight is less humid, more comfortable forsleeping, maggie comfortable for sleeping, maggie further comfortable forsleeping, maggie further north because we have this rain to start tomorrow which is good news for the gardens in a day north. it fizzles out as it sinks southwards. there could be some rain at st andrews. highest temperatures again in the south. a temporary lull from the heat wave conditions but look at these weekend temperatures, potentially 39 in the south—east. that is affecting all parts but it will have wide reaching implications for health. the impact notjust for the vulnerable and elderly but all of us, there could be some significant transport disruption. this is the amber warning, extreme

heat. more on that on our website. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: therefore under the rules, suella braverman is eliminated from the contest. . ., , braverman is eliminated from the contest. ~ ., , , ., , .,

contest. the attorney general is out ofthe contest. the attorney general is out of the race to _ contest. the attorney general is out of the race to replace _ contest. the attorney general is out of the race to replace boris - contest. the attorney general is out of the race to replace boris johnson | of the race to replace borisjohnson after receiving just 27 votes. it means there are now five candidates remaining in the conservative leadership contest, with voting resuming on monday. rishi sunak tops the ballot again with 101 votes. but not far behind is penny mordaunt, who comes second ahead of liz truss. ambulances in england took an average of 51 minutes to respond to an emergency like a heart attack or stroke last month, far longer than the 18 minute target time. following the protests in three lang co, the speaker of the parliament says he has received the president's resignation letter. kevin spacey has pleaded not guilty to four charges of sexually assaulting three men. another rail strike later this month, train drivers from eight rail companies will strike on the 30th, three days after a 24—hour walk—out by the rmt union.

sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. a 66 from rory mcilroy has put him in an excellent position after his first round of the 150th open at st andrews. he's just two shots off the lead, held by american cameron young at eight under par. ben croucher is at the old course for us. ben, put mcilroy�*s round into perspective for us. it is an impressive round from rory mcilroy. he went out early this morning, but then in the afternoon the wind changed direction, which is when some of the high—scoring seemed to settle down a little bit. but he kept the momentum going and finished with a six under par round of 66. he used to be a slow starter in these majors and always used to be finding his achilles' heel. recently he has

shot under 70. he said he hopes to make what is a fiddly st andrews course his forte for the next couple of days. an impressive opening round. in 2015, he shot nine under par 63 but then shot at the next day. he is hoping for better fortunes on friday. —— but then shot 80. cameron young missed the cut last week, but he has turned his fortunes around here. he first came here when he was 13 and played around in some of these beautiful courses, but there is more at stake this week. if we look at the leaderboard, young is sitting two points ahead of rory mcilroy. then a lovely story with barclay brown, the sheffield amateur who plays at the same golf course as matt fits a trick —— matt

fitzpatrick. on his open debut, the amateur certainly impressed. i was unbelievably nervous at the start. but once i got through the first couple of holes, it was nice to calm down a little bit and hit some good shots and get into it. i was playing for england at royal st george's last week, which was good preparation with some good competition and some good friends. that has been my last week, then i got here on sunday. another player on the 68, a little older, is lee westwood. he is another home hopeful and comes as one of the controversial players into the open, having defected to the new saudi backed liv series. he is and from what we saw and heard around the course today, there was not too much animosity towards westwood. he started his round

poorly, with a double bogey, but he didn't let that fluster him. his experience allowed him to get back those shots, seven birdies in his round today, including one at the very last hole. ian poulter started poorly as well, he was jeered on the first team and hooked his opening tee shot into the rough on the adjacent fairway. he responded brilliantly, though, with a beautiful, lang the eagles part on the night. he closed with —— lengthy eagle putt on the ninth. i wasjust watching paul casey on the ninth, no animosity towards them. tiger watch, i hear you cry. they arejust over my left shoulder on the fifth, but it is not going well for the greatest of all time, as some people call him. a two—time champion here

at st andrews. four over on his first four holes, and that is on a date where over half the field are level par or over. i think i canjust about pick level par or over. i think i can just about pick out tiger woods over your shoulder. thank you. england's batters are staging something of a recovery in their second one day international against india. when ben stokes became yuzvendra chalal�*s third victim, england found themselves in trouble at 102—5. liam livingstone took the fight to india with a run—a—ball 33, including a couple of mighty sixes. moeen ali made 47 to help drag england towards a competitive total before he too fell to chalal as india look to clinch the three—match series. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. there is build—up to the latest euro 2022 match, featuring italy and iceland. that is at the etihad

campus. you can find the build—up and live pictures from manchester a little later on. i will be back in an hour. excellent plug, thank you. suella braverman has been knocked out from the conservative leadership contest. the five remaining hopefuls progressed to the third round on monday. once again, rishi sunak won the most of support. suella braverman received fewer votes than the previous round, going from 32 to 27. so she is eliminated. tom tugendhat also reduced his vote count, but he is through to the next round with 32 votes. in third place

was foreign secretary liz truss, who currently has the support of 64 mps. penny mordaunt continues to perform strongly in second, with 83 votes. at the former chancellor, richey sudak, continues —— rishi sunak continues to be favourite. earlier, i spoke to the politics editor. some thought she was a serious contender, they like a repeal on talking about the cost of living, talking about the cost of living, talking about the cost of living, talking about going back to the old tunes, as she spoke about it yesterday, of returning to a conservative government. she has a broader appeal beyond conservative members, which is what the focus group was looking at. some politicians are saying that they fear a penny mordaunt leadership

because it could keep them out of office for another election. because it is a balance. _ office for another election. because it is a balance, as _ office for another election. because it is a balance, as ever, _ office for another election. because it is a balance, as ever, with - office for another election. because it is a balance, as ever, with thesel it is a balance, as ever, with these leadership contests, isn't it? it is about popularity among party members but the public as well when it comes to that election in a couple of years was up matt hancock was saying thatis years was up matt hancock was saying that is where rishi sunak is stronger, but you are saying it seems that penny mordaunt has not only the appeal among party members but among the public as well? the cost of living. _ but among the public as well? ti2 cost of living, even if it improves over the next couple of years, it will still be a huge issue at the next election. will people look at a prime minister, rishi sunak, as it could be, and say, has he done enough for people struggling with their bills? that is the big question. also by 2024, we will have had so many years of conservative

government, people will be tired of that government. is there enough in any of these candidates to show that they are a fresher prime and and can they are a fresher prime and and can they distance themselves from the current conservative government? that is a challenge. none of these candidates are a shoe in time. they have to appeal to their base but also show they have a broader appeal in the country. the also show they have a broader appeal in the country-— in the country. the first of the money from — in the country. the first of the money from the _ in the country. the first of the money from the government. in the country. the first of the i money from the government to in the country. the first of the - money from the government to help with bills will start reaching accounts from today. 8 million households getting mean tested benefits will get £326 by the end of july, a second payment coming later this year. the first minister of scotland has criticised the refusal by the west mr government to allow another

independence referendum. the snp leader insisted that only independence can strengthen and embed democracy in scotland. she spoke out as she launched the second paper in a series aimed at making a refreshed case for independence. shall]! refreshed case for independence. fiii. we hear from westminster politicians these days is democracy denial. the trade opinions on how many years it should be before westminster might allow us to make a democratic choice about our own future. the fact of scottish people have repeatedly elected a majority in the scottish parliament committed to an independence referendum is treated as immaterial. officials in ukraine say three russian missiles have struck the city of vinnytsia in the south west of the country, killing at least 20 people, including two children. the area is, broadly speaking, between the the capital, kyiv, and lviv in the west of the country. local police say around 90 people are wounded, with many of them in a serious condition, after an office block

and people's homes were damaged. earlier, we spoke to our ukraine correspondent, joe inwood. he told us what he witnessed when the missiles struck. we have had air raid sirens across the country today. we had one missile strike just minutes before you came to me. we have sirens here. those three missiles, we understand, according to the ukrainians, were fired from a russian submarine and the black sea and they struck with devastating consequences. 20 people killed, including three children. we also understand from local law enforcement that 15 people are missing and many more are seriously injured. this is a city about four hours drive s.—west of here. it is one where people fled to at the start of this conflict, seeking refuge. this attack shows there are few places in this country that are really safe at the moment.

so mo farah says he arrived under a full snake —— under a full name. he was forced into domestic slavery. 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. this was the visa document used to traffic the future athlete into the uk. i traffic the future athlete into the uk. ., , ,., traffic the future athlete into the uk. i was born in somaliland, north of somalia- — uk. i was born in somaliland, north of somalia. despite _ uk. i was born in somaliland, north of somalia. despite what _ uk. i was born in somaliland, north of somalia. despite what i've - uk. i was born in somaliland, north of somalia. despite what i've said i of somalia. despite what i've said in the past, my parents never lived in the past, my parents never lived in the past, my parents never lived in the uk. when i was four, my dad was killed in the civil war.-

was killed in the civil war. police now know _ was killed in the civil war. police now know -- _ was killed in the civil war. police now know -- now— was killed in the civil war. police now know -- now want _ was killed in the civil war. police now know -- now want to - was killed in the civil war. police now know -- now want to know i was killed in the civil war. police - now know -- now want to know more now know —— now want to know more about allegations he made, when he said he was flown into the country at the age of nine and. work as a domestic —— and forced to work as a domestic —— and forced to work as a domestic slave. the metropolitan police have confirmed they are not pursuing him, but said that specialist officers have opened an investigation to understand who knew what about how he entered the uk when he was nine. they want to see whether they can identify any criminal offences and, if they can, who acquitted them. last year, the police said they received thousands of referrals for modern slavery offences. very few victims will have the profile and

opportunity to highlight their experiences. the headlines on bbc news: suella braverman is knocked out of the leadership contest after receiving 27 votes. there are five candidates remaining. ambulances in england took an average of 51 minutes to respond to an emergency like a hot decor stroke last month, much longer than the 18 minute target. kevin spacey has pleaded not guilty to four charges of sexually assaulting three men. hundreds of british dentists are having to treat patients with serious complications after they had cut—price crowns put in abroad, according to the british dental association. the research done for a bbc documentary has discovered that the latest look, seen on love island and on social media, has given some people their dream smile but left others asking the nhs to pick up the pieces. divya talwar reports.

this is one of the latest beauty trends that's taken off on social media. it's all about getting the perfect smile by filing down most of your natural teeth and gluing a cap or crown on top. it's been dubbed "turkey teeth" because it's one of the most popular destinations people are travelling to for this look. cosmetic dental work is much cheaper in turkey than in the uk. tilly is 22 and says she hated her old teeth. ever since a young age, i was bullied for my teeth so i grew a complex against them, i didn't like 'em. i was called things like bugs bunny. how pretty i'd be if i didn't have the teeth that i had. so earlier this year, tilly travelled to turkey for 16 new crowns. i'm smiling a lot more. i'm laughing and not hiding my mouth, which i did constantly. our investigation has found that this risky and invasive treatment is often planned entirely over social media by people just sending a few snaps of their teeth to clinics abroad.

and many dentists in the uk won't touch turkey teeth. if we have a patient who is not our patient call us up and say they've had work done in turkey, it is much easier for us to simply not take that patient. if i did 20 crowns on a 21—year—old for the purposes of improving the colour, i would have my license revoked. i would be struck off. getting this look can come with major risks, like painful infections and tooth extractions. the british dental association surveyed 1000 of its members for a new bbc documentary. it found 814 dentists had treated patients who had come back with complications after dental treatment abroad in places like turkey. turkey teeth don't last forever. crowns often need to be replaced every ten to 15 years. lisa says she had no idea they'd need replacing when she had her teeth done over

a decade ago. she had to go back last year to have 26 new crowns. i thought once they put the teeth into your mouth, that was it. - you were never going | to have any problems. they never said, you know, that your teeth can die, - that you can get... they never said anything. in fact, lisa says she wasn't even told she was getting crowns. she thought she was getting veneers, which only involves a small amount of healthy tooth tissue being removed. these were sold to me as veneers i and i have a full set of crowns. i lisa's had major complications, including infections and chronic pain. ...i've just been crying. if she'd known about these risks, she says, she never would have got the treatment done. i am going to have dentures. yeah, i am going to have dentures. we contacted lisa's turkish clinic for a reply, but we didn't get a response. listen to the drills. jack fincham probably has some

of the best known turkey teeth in the country, after appearing on love island four years ago with his new crowns. he's influenced many young people. jack now knows there are other, less invasive ways, of getting this same look. honestly, like, i'm really happy with my teeth, i love my teeth, but going back if someone said would you have composite bonding or get the crowns done, i'd say the composites. while many people will continue travelling abroad for that instagram—worthy smile, the advice is to do your research and know exactly what you're getting done. because once you've got these teeth, there's no going back. divya talwar, bbc news. william shakespeare is often associated with stratford and london, but now the town of prescot near liverpool, is celebrating its connections with the playwright. the brand—new shakespeare north playhouse — costing more than £30 million — is opening this week, and our arts correspondent, david sillito has been

to find out more. prescot, once upon a time famous for clocks and watches. now it has a new shakespearean arrival on the skyline. when you first arrived here, what were your feelings when you walked in here? just awe, absolutely blown away. it is the most beautiful place imaginable. shakespeare north, a new theatre that is a replica of a bit of sha kespeare's england. shall i compare thee to a summer's day? thou art more lovely and more temperate. and for ashley nugent, who grew up here in prescot, it is an unexpected turn of events. prescot was becoming a ghost town. nothing has been happening for years. shops have been shutting down. i moved away from this area because i thought there was no culture. now, all these years later, i am back, full circle, back to my old stomping ground. in this beautiful place. the theatre is a recreation of one of the london theatres from sha kespeare's heyday. it was a place of bloodsports

and daily drama. the site these days is now occupied by 10 downing street. and for prescot it is already having an effect. mr shakespeare's face is everywhere. the question is, why prescot? it is all because of a local aristocrat who had his own theatrical troupe, who was very close to shakespeare, and also, here in prescot, they had their own purpose built elizabethan playhouse. well, it was here. things have changed since then. and, while the shakespeare connection is a mystery to many in prescot, people have begun to notice changes. even lord strange now has a pub named after him. prescot is happening. yes, prescot is where it is! was it like that before? no. has it changed ? it has changed a lot. with the nightlife.

do you know the little bars along this road? | never used — to be any until a few months ago. and then it alljust happened really. i all down to shakespeare. i bet you have no idea why shakespeare... of course, building a theatre is one thing, building building an audience another. but there is a hope the elizabethan layout may encourage a more welcoming elizabethan atmosphere. were audiences different back then? they were a little bit more rowdy than we're used to. are you encouraging them to be rowdy here? not so rowdy but we encourage them to make themselves feel more at home. more relaxed. more informal. enjoy your time. it is, they hope, going to be the northern outpost of the shakespeare triangle. london, stratford, prescot. so long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

it's been hidden for a 137 years — now a secret self portrait by one of the most famous artists in the world, vincent van gogh, has been revealed by a gallery in edinburgh. experts say the incredible find was discovered on the back of another painting, head of a peasant woman, when it went through an x—ray. joanne macaulay has the story. for more than 100 years, this picture has been holding a secret. on the back of van gogh's head of a peasant woman is a previously unseen work by the artist. the ghostly image was revealed as experts carried out an x—ray on the painting. oh, it was a complete shock and, i have to say, pretty much instant recognition. we thought, my goodness, there he is. we have his hat and his beard, signature neckerchief around his neck, and itjust struck us immediately that it was a self—portrait. as a poor artist, van gogh used both sides of the canvas to save money.

but the self—portrait side is covered in cardboard and glue. experts hope they can safely remove the material from this valuable piece. this is really a major and very exciting find for the national galleries of scotland. it's so unusual to find a new painting on the back of a canvas like this. and, also, it is a good example of a period when van gogh was developing his mature, very radical style. the style we associate with him. it's likely to be some time before all the cardboard and glue on the back of the painting is removed and the self—portrait is fully revealed. but, in the meantime, members of the public can see the x—ray of it here in edinburgh when it goes on display at the end of the month. now it's time for a look at the weather. looking quite radiant with those

race behind you? a bit of a giveaway for the forecast! it is not my cup of tea, the heat, i have to say. we will have a return of the heatwave conditions but at an extra level, if you like. lots of information to give you now, and 20 more on the website if you miss any. but there are six in chilly and extreme heat warning from the met office because we are expecting potentially record—breaking heat across much of england and wales through sunday to tuesday. but it will affect most parts of the uk, the heatwave conditions, as they return. this time, there will be an extra notch. it will notjust have an impact for the elderly and the vulnerable and the young. it will affect all of us, our pets, transport disruption. a warning to plan ahead and keep tuned to the forecast. through this evening and overnight, we have had some rain overnight, we have had some rain

overnight, some showers and more general rain to come in overnight for northern ireland and scotland. welcome news for the gardens here, but little sign further south. the good news for many in the south is if you have been finding it uncomfortable at night, it will be vitally more pleasant for sleeping because we have lost the humility and the heat temporarily. this front slips southward through the day, but it will tend to peter out. sunny skies developing behind, some showers for north england, north wales and east anglia. south of that, where we see lengthy spells of sunshine, it will again be very warm, 26 or 27. sunshine, it will again be very warm, 26 or27. not sunshine, it will again be very warm, 26 or 27. not as warm as that at the open, butjust warm, 26 or 27. not as warm as that at the open, but just the warm, 26 or 27. not as warm as that at the open, butjust the shower after the rain clears away. looks mostly dry over the weekend. we change the wind direction on saturday, we pull in a south—easterly, which is the dry

heat that is building across france and spain and portugal. so widely into the mid—20s to high 20s across england and wales. sunday, we push that heat further northwards, mid—20s towards the borders of scotland and northern ireland. high 20s to low 30s further south. mid to high 30s on monday, high 20s, low 30s after the borders of scotland. you can see how the heat is expanding. 39 for some spots on tuesday, unbearable heat by day and at night we could have more tropical nights, which it is difficult to cool down. it does look like it will then come to an end on wednesday, with the culmination of some big showers and thunderstorms. but difficult to pinpoint the detail at the moment. but do keep tuned to the forecast. we will provide more details on those.

this is bbc news. the headlines... therefore under the rules, suella braverman is eliminated from the contest, and others are able to go forward. attorney general suella braverman is out of the race to replace boris johnson after receiving just 27 votes. it means there are now five candidates remaining in the conservative leadership contest, with voting to resume on monday. the former chancellor, rishi sunak tops the ballot again, with 101 votes. but not far behind is penny mordaunt —she comes second, ahead of liz truss, with 83. after days of protests in sri lanka over an economic crisis, the president gotabaya rajapaksa has resigned. ambulances in england took an average of 51 minutes to respond

to an emergency like a heart attack or stroke last month — far longer