this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm ben brown. the headlines. the contest to become the uk's next prime minister heats up — with senior conservative penny mordaunt becoming the first to throw her hat into the ring. seniortories, including the former finance minister, rishi sunak, and former uk prime minister borisjohnson are expected tojoin the race for the top job. georgia meloni is about to become italy's first far—right leader since mussolini, her government will be sworn in on saturday. donald trump's former adviser steve bannon is sentenced to four months in jail for refusing to co—operate with the capitol riots�* investigation. former pakistani prime minister imran khan says he will challenge the election commission's decision

to disqualify him from holding public office on charges of unlawfully selling state gifts. hello and welcome. in a few days�* time, the uk will have a new prime minister — and cabinet minister penny mordaunt has become the first senior conservative figure to announce that she is enterimng the contest to replace liz truss in downing street. no—one else has put themselves forward publicly yet — but ex—prime minister borisjohnson and his former chancellor rishi sunak have both received nominations from other mps. mrjohnson left office just over six weeks ago, forced out after a series of crises, including infringing the law.

whoever wins becomes conservative leader and the next prime minister — but opposition parties are calling for a general election. our deputy political editor vicki young has this report. i will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen. thank you. once again, there is a vacancy at the top of government. liz truss�* resignation means the conservatives have to choose their fifth prime minister in just over six years. but can anyone unify a party that seems to have lost its way. penny mourdant thinks she can, today the former defence secretary launched her campaign with a tweet saying she could offer a fresh start. supporters say she could bring confidence to thejob. i think penny is the unifying candidate. she is a robust brexiteer, she is a highly experienced and competent

government minister. penny has already indicated that should she become prime minister, jeremy hunt will remain as chancellor. so she will not do anything that risks businesses or the markets. remarkably, this man is being tipped by some for a comeback. yes, borisjohnson who was ousted in july after a series of scandals including lockdown parties. he has been weighing up his options while on holiday in the dominican republic. senior figures are offering support. at the moment i would lean towards borisjohnson. in 2019 he won a general election with a huge majority and he was legitimately sent into parliament as the prime minister based on the vote of the whole electorate. not just on tory members or members of parliament, he got a mandate and that is an important thing for us all to bear in mind. mrjohnson is still being investigated by mps over allegations

he lied to parliament about parties in downing street. one tory said it would be catastrophic to bring him back. plenty of others are appalled. he was forced out by dozens resignations. it is very hard to believe he can put together a stable government, as far as i can tell. it is a risk we cannot afford to take as a party and not one we should inflict on the country. momentum is building behind the former chancellor, rishi sunak, who lost out to liz truss. he predicted her economic policies would backfire. i am backing rishi sunak, because i think he is able to take us forward. i think his economic judgment has been shown to be absolutely correct. i think he can unite the party by bringing all the talents, if you like, into the government. rishi sunak was rejected by conservative party members, not very long ago. i think in likely experience, we want to revisit that. unity is what conservative mps keep talking about, but putting aside their differences and agreeing on a lead it without a

contest, that was always going to be a remote possibility. even the suggestion today that boris johnson might stand has reopened old wounds. and all this on the country faces difficult economic questions. liz truss is on her way out, her brief, unsuccessful spell in charge has made her successor�*sjob a lot harder. live to westminster with our political correspondent jonathan blake. penny mordaunt has thrown her hat into the ring is there an advantage to being the first to declare? i was asking if you thought there was an advantage to being the first? yes there is in that _ advantage to being the first? 133 there is in that it creates a bit of attention, gets people talking and she would hope, attracts more support. the thing is about the race

is it is very tight closed contest among conservative mps. and they are the ones that the candidates need to get on board and just looking at the latest numbers of public declarations this evening, as we have been tracking those who have been throwing the hat into the ring in the sport that they have. penny mordaunt has 20 mps publicly she needs 100 to get on the ballot. in penny�*s case she's not the front runner but she has publicly declared that she will stand today in order to get herself up to that very high bar of 100 mps backing her so she can formally enter the race. but thatis can formally enter the race. but that is by no rings atomic and the terms of the _ that is by no rings atomic and the terms of the other _ that is by no rings atomic and the terms of the other it _ that is by no rings atomic and the terms of the other it would - that is by no rings atomic and the terms of the other it would not i that is by no rings atomic and the i terms of the other it would not be a surprise if rishi sunak stood. what about borisjohnson we know that he

has been on holiday what is the latest on whether he will stand? i have heard from the mpn trade minister who knows borisjohnson very well and used to be a ministerial aid to him said that he is coming back into support. wherever he is in the world at the moment. he has described him as having the momentum and support in the only election winner that has a proven track record in london on brexit and in getting the mandate. so there is support for boris johnson even though he has not declared formally in the contest yet and may still not. he has 41 mps coming out in favour of him including a few cabinet ministers, the levelling up secretaries the transport secretary coming out in favour of borisjohnson. perhaps not too much of a surprise that the senior ministers are backing him because liz truss of course surrounded herself with those who had backed her campaign with for leader in the cabinet. and quite a

few of any rishi sunak support us there will be a natural switch for them. but rishi sunak still very much out in front in terms of those who have publicly declared 82 mps and counting backing him. thank you ve much and counting backing him. thank you very much for— and counting backing him. thank you very much for the _ and counting backing him. thank you very much for the update. _ let's get the reaction from across the pond. evo dallder is a former us ambassador to nato and the current president of the chicago council of global affairs. that to have you with us. it has been an extraordinary few days in british politics, what has been to the reaction in the us on what is going on here and liz truss resigning and becoming the shortest lived prime minister britton has ever seen?— lived prime minister britton has ever seen? ~ . , ., ever seen? across the pond we have looked at it —

ever seen? across the pond we have looked at it closely _ ever seen? across the pond we have looked at it closely and _ ever seen? across the pond we have looked at it closely and it _ ever seen? across the pond we have looked at it closely and it has - ever seen? across the pond we have looked at it closely and it has been l looked at it closely and it has been quite a spectacle but deep inside there is a worry that britain seems to be ungovernable. there are too many prime minister coming through and few years. and it really is time the hope here is, that britton can start moving again. since 2016, the brexit vote and resignation of david cameron. 0ne prime minister after the other with the brexit and the internal politics within the conservative part dominating what was going on that it was more difficult to concentrate on the issues that we need to concentrate on together. the hope is to get stability so that we can count once again on the uk to be a partner in dealing with issues like ukraine and russia, china, iran and of course big issues like climate change and addressing the pandemic. so those are the questions, when is britton ready to start going back to

business as i assume most of the people in britain are wondering themselves? liz people in britain are wondering themselves?— people in britain are wondering themselves? , , _ ., themselves? liz truss will say that she was not _ themselves? liz truss will say that she was not helped _ themselves? liz truss will say that she was not helped by _ themselves? liz truss will say that she was not helped by biden - themselves? liz truss will say that she was not helped by biden in - themselves? liz truss will say that she was not helped by biden in her time where he made remarks where should he criticise her trickle—down economics. it is quite unusual for an american president to criticise the domestic policies of another leader? in the domestic policies of another leader? , . ., , the domestic policies of another leader? , a, , ,., . , leader? in this case the politics had external— leader? in this case the politics had external consequences. - leader? in this case the politics | had external consequences. the collapse of the market where they had no confidence in the policies promoted by the prime minister. it had implications for the rest of the world we live in a globalised economy. a globalised world where the reactions in one country have an impact on another who are close trading partners and therefore when policies are pursued that are as disastrous as these policies were, so disastrous that the led to her

own party asking her to leave, it is a bit much to start blaming the president across the pond for the mistakes that the prime minister made herself stop you mistakes that the prime minister made herself stop— made herself stop you feel all of this political— made herself stop you feel all of this political uncertainty, - made herself stop you feel all of this political uncertainty, chaos, | this political uncertainty, chaos, has weakened britton on the world stage was back it has weakened britton on the world stage was bad— stage was back it has not helped. brexit of course _ stage was back it has not helped. brexit of course had _ stage was back it has not helped. brexit of course had much - stage was back it has not helped. brexit of course had much to - stage was back it has not helped. brexit of course had much to do i stage was back it has not helped. i brexit of course had much to do with it but if you constantly change prime ministers in your ability to have a consistent policy and look consistent to the world is undermined. so as i think the uk's ability to stand tall and be a part of the global conversation is affected by the reality of the local chaos at home. in affected by the reality of the local chaos at home.— affected by the reality of the local chaos at home. in terms of ukraine, british policy — chaos at home. in terms of ukraine, british policy and _ chaos at home. in terms of ukraine, british policy and american - chaos at home. in terms of ukraine, british policy and american policy i british policy and american policy are closely aligned, despite the change in prime ministerfrom boris johnson till liz truss it would be a

surprise if there was any sort of real change in that policy with whoever is the next dish prime minister. i whoever is the next dish prime minister. ~ ., , minister. i think that is true. on the issue of— minister. i think that is true. on the issue of ukraine _ minister. i think that is true. on the issue of ukraine there - the issue of ukraine there is widespread agreement between the uk and and i think within the uk. 0n the right course to support ukraine on the right to defend itself from a brutal invasion from russia. and i don't expect to see any change no matter who is the leader. and that is a good and stabilising thing. good to talk to you thank you for your time there. former ambassador to nader. some breaking news from the us and the house of representatives committee investigating the january the 6th attack on the us capital by donald trump supporters has sent a subpoena to the former president demanding that he provide documents and testimony under oath. that is just coming to us in the last few minutes. the subpoena requires

documents to be submitted to the select committee by the 11th of november. let's go straight to washington and join our correspondent. bring us up—to—date interesting develop it. thea;r interesting develop it. they promised — interesting develop it. they promised they _ interesting develop it. they promised they would - interesting develop it. they promised they would do - interesting develop it. they promised they would do it i interesting develop it. iie: promised they would do it in their last public session of one week ago but we now have the key phrase at the top of the subpoenaed that the community believes that there is overwhelming evidence that you personally, donald trump, was part of a multipart effort to overturn the 2020 election and obstruct the peaceful transfer of power. in the list a dozen or so different ways in which they believe the president, former president did that, they have asked documents by the 11th of november and for him to sit in deposition and answer questions on the 14th of november which of course

is just after the midterm isjust after the midterm elections. baron minds, a number of donald trump's lieutenants have refused to cooperate with the committee one who refused entirely, steve bannon who was sentenced to courtjust today to four months in prison and a fine of six and a half thousand dollars for refusing to comply with the subpoena. a few people in fact, most people believe donald trump will have no intention of complying with this. we have no intention of complying with this. ~ i, ~ have no intention of complying with this. ~ i, ,, i, have no intention of complying with this. ~ . ~' . , this. we will talk about steve bannon in — this. we will talk about steve bannon in a _ this. we will talk about steve bannon in a minute _ this. we will talk about steve bannon in a minute but- this. we will talk about steve bannon in a minute but was l this. we will talk about steve - bannon in a minute but was likely to be donald trump's reaction to all of this? he be donald trump's reaction to all of this? i, , i, i, i, , this? he has all along called this committee. _ this? he has all along called this committee. a — this? he has all along called this committee, a hoax, _ this? he has all along called this committee, a hoax, a _ this? he has all along called this committee, a hoax, a witchhunt| committee, a hoax, a witchhunt the keywords he would always use for the molar investigation was to so he has reduced the committees work at every turn. —— mul. he will not

immediately say no maybe but he may well slow walk in. which he has done in the past. his loyalists particularly don't like exposing him to any kind of questioning like this and of course there are significant legal jeopardy and of course there are significant legaljeopardy is that could arise from that questioning given that he is facing a number of other legal problems already. the other key thing is of course is time. we have the midterm elections november the 8th, democrats only have a very slim geordie and house of representatives if they lose it, many believe that it is likely that they will come up if republicans take control they can just disband this select committee and its work is that over. they are running up a clock here, the committee to get a report out and get all the evidence together and recommendations put out there. the possibility is that their work will be forced to come to an end by

january. be forced to come to an end by janua . , i, be forced to come to an end by janua . , i_ , be forced to come to an end by janua .,i ,,ii, be forced to come to an end by janua ,,ii , january. stay with us because as you mentioned and we _ january. stay with us because as you mentioned and we will mention - mentioned and we will mention this again, donald trump's former strategists steve bannon has been sentenced to jail for contempt of the committee. and he denies suggestions for the prosecution that he was above the law. hilli suggestions for the prosecution that he was above the law. hill— he was above the law. hill i respect the 'ud . e he was above the law. hill i respect the judge in — he was above the law. hill i respect the judge in the _ he was above the law. hill i respect the judge in the sense _ he was above the law. hill i respect the judge in the sense he came - he was above the law. hill i respect i the judge in the sense he came down with today— the judge in the sense he came down with today and i fully respect him and totally respect for this entire process— and totally respect for this entire process on the legal side. today was myjudgment day by the judge. and he stated _ myjudgment day by the judge. and he stated for— myjudgment day by the judge. and he stated for the appeal, we will have a very— stated for the appeal, we will have a very vigorous appeals progress i have _ a very vigorous appeals progress i have a _ a very vigorous appeals progress i have a great legal team and they will he _ have a great legal team and they will be multiple areas of appeal. steve _ will be multiple areas of appeal. steve bannon they're saying he since judgment day. tell us more about him a very colourful very divisive figure who polarises opinion in the united very key element on the right

of american politics. he united very key element on the right of american politics.— of american politics. he was donald trum he of american politics. he was donald trump he strategists _ of american politics. he was donald trump he strategists breitbart - of american politics. he was donaldj trump he strategists breitbart news he has a lotta followers a big broadcast and he was a key, the committee believes, he was a key witness to what happened onjanuary the 6th. he was a part of a small group of donald trump associates the famous will large hotel, to expect trouble on the six he told his podcast. they wanted to talk to him it filling my cam and i came into it filling my cam'andrrkcame into refused it filling my cam'andlcame into refused to supply a single view refused to supply a single document and refused to turn up for questions and he was prosecuted and this is the result of that. he will appeal but it will take some time he's not going to prison in the meantime. if he does in his appeals feel he will be the most senior lieutenant to go to prison albeit

indirectly because of refusing to answer questions by congress. goad answer questions by congress. good to see you — the leader of the far— right brothers of italy party, giorgia meloni, has been invited by the country's president to form a government, after winning elections last month. the new government will be formally sworn in on saturday morning. she heads a coalition with two other parties on the right, the league, led by matteo salvini, and forza italia of a former prime minister, silvio berlusconi. ms meloni will lead the italy's first far— right government since the second world war earlier we spoke to the bbc world service europe editor, danny aeberhand, who explained that giorgia meloni has already had to defend her right wing background... well giorgia meloni has always sought to downplay some of the fascist roots of the brothers of italy. she herself was part

come in her youth, part of a movement that emerged after the second world war, a fascist movement, but then since then, she says she's part of mainstream conservatism in europe now. her party is basically broadly anti—immigrant, she is proposing, for example, a naval blockade of the libyan coast to stop immigrants coming over the mediterranean. she also, she's very low tax. she's tried to soften the image of her party. she's moved away from strident year of scepticism, but she basically is in allegiance, really, in some ways, with politicians such as victor in hungary, the voxparty in spain, in france, marine le pen. so, she's from that

political grouping. she's not quite the same as some of her coalition partners, so, for example, there's differences on russia, for example. she's been quite firm in supporting ukraine and saying that italy will continue to provide weapons for ukraine. she's also had a row with the former prime minister of italy who recently spoke very warmly of president putin and said that the two had exchanged warm letters and even president putin had given him 20 bottles of vodka for his birthday. former pakistani prime minister imran khan says he will challenge the election commission's decision to disqualify him from holding public office on charges of unlawfully selling state gifts. these are pictures from outside the election commission earlier. the governing coalition had sought the ruling — accusing mr khan of not sharing details of presents from foreign dignitaries, and proceeds from their alleged sale. his aides say they will challenge the election commission's verdict in the high court —

and mr khan says the case was politically motivated. saher baloch from bbc urdu was at the hearing. former prime minister imran khan has been disqualified by that they election commission of pakistan from this declaration of his assets. i'm standing outside the ecb office, this reference was filed by the coalition government against khan and said that he should have declared the gifts that he has been given, and even if he has sold some of these gifts, he should've declared it in his ecp assets and the list of assets he had earlierfiled in the ecp. right now, a lot of protests have broken out across the country. pti supporters have come out, specifically in islamaba. you can also see a lot of people are out here as well. there is a sense of shock, but the pti party has said that they were expecting this kind of decision. former prime minister imran khan has been going on about the fact that there is a foreign

conspiracy against his rule. because of it, he was thrown out of parliament. but it is expected that there will be more protests across the country. the pti is going to go into appeal, and they have said that they are going to go for the high court for the supreme court against this decision. right now, the pti has decided to go out on the streets in protest against this decision. lizzie has all the sport. the former world number one tennis player — simona halep says �*she'll fight for the truth' after being suspended from the sport for failing a drugs test. the 31 year old romanian, who's won both the french open and wimbledon tested positive for a performance enhancing drug at this summer's us open where she was knocked—out in first round. halep said the result came as the "biggest shock of her life". she'd already cut her season short last month saying she needs nose surgery to correct breathing problems. here's our tennis

correspondent russel fuller. she had returned a positive test for... that was at the us open last month. that is a drug that is on the world anti—doping agency's list. it's also a drug that carries with it a mandatory provisional suspension. it is used in certain countries as medication to treat kidney problems and in particular anaemia. the issue that she has now is she cannot play until she has cleared her name. next to the rugby league world cup where scotland get the second round of group matches underway in a few minutes time with a huge game against tournament favourites and defending champions australia. scotland have played once so far when were thrashed by italy — and they need one victory from their remaining two games to reach the knock out stages, but they are about to face arguably the team to beat according to former england man kevin brown.

0h definitely like you said nine out of ten competitions. they have won 13 straight world cup game so it is a long time since anyone has knocked them off so they deserve the respect and they deserve to be the favourites. but they are beatable and so i watch them with a lot of excitement and i did not realise that they would get them up for but is all good so very excited. the everton manager frank lampard says he has "huge respect" for stephen gerrard who was sacked by aston villa after their 3—nil defeat at fulham last night. gerrard is the fourth premier league manager sacked this season and leaves villa just above the relegation zone on goals scored. he won just 13 of his a0 matches in charge afterjoining them from rangers last november. a huge amount of respect for him as a player a person so that is the first thing. i think it is not nice for someone to lose theirjob and

when it is in the public eye, for my experience it can be difficult in many ways. but he is a very tough lad a good family around him and all the since. manchester united manager erik ten hag has confirmed that cristiano ronaldo did refuse to come off the bench to play in wednesday's 2—nil win over tottenham, instead choosing to leave before look at this like i am the manager. i'm responsible _ look at this like i am the manager. i'm responsible for _ look at this like i am the manager. i'm responsible for the _ look at this like i am the manager. i'm responsible for the top spot - i'm responsible for the top spot culture — i'm responsible for the top spot culture here and i have to set the standards — culture here and i have to set the standards and values and how to control— standards and values and how to control them. standards and values and how to controlthem. i have standards and values and how to control them. i have reflection for him but _ control them. i have reflection for him but i — control them. i have reflection for him but i think it is also for everyone _ him but i think it is also for everyone else and i set a warning at the start— everyone else and i set a warning at the start of— everyone else and i set a warning at the start of the season and the next time it— the start of the season and the next time it has— the start of the season and the next time it has to be consequence. that's all the sport for now.

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. you've been wanting to be seen is thank you for watching. hello. the weekend is upon us and the weather is going to be a mixed bag. out of the two days, saturday is going to be the sunnier day overall. and then come sunday, i think frequent showers across the country. and you can see the shower clouds circling around the uk during the course of friday. it's actually a really complicated weather pattern here with multiple areas of low pressure, the winds blowing around this large area of disturbed weather. but the air is coming in from the south. that's a mild source, hence it feels so, so warm, so muggy even out there. and there's an indication that this will continue for at least the next week or so. this is what it looks like early hours of saturday. so showers across some western and northern parts of england, northern ireland, too,

showers expected then in the north of scotland. but for england and wales later in the night and towards saturday morning, it actually turns drier and clearer, very mild, ten celsius in lerwick, around 1a celsius in norwich. so the forecast for tomorrow shows plenty of sunshine right from the word go for england and wales, perhaps showers returning there to the southwest of england and wales later in the afternoon. and overall a cloudier picture, at least for a time in northern ireland and scotland, particularly in the morning, i think, the chance of catching some showers in belfast and glasgow and mild. and then a different picture on sunday. you can see this more substantial rain spreading across the uk. but look at the winds, yhey�*re still coming in from the south, a warm direction, so it's never going to be cold. sunny spells, occasional showers and those temperatures up to 18 celsius in london, around 15 celsius in belfast, and more or less the same for glasgow, edinburgh and stornoway. and this large area of low pressure, which stretches all the way from scandinavia to pretty much greenland there, even further west,

is with us here to stay. in fact, the showers keep on coming off the atlantic spreading into western parts of the uk, scotland, too, it remains mild. the high teens for the south and the southeast of the country, mid—teens for scotland and northern ireland. let's have a look at the outlook into next week because, if anything, it might turn even warmer. for example, in london, middle of next week, temperatures could reach 20 celsius. the average for this time of the year is closer to around 1a celsius. have a good weekend.

this is bbc world news, the headlines. in the uk, conservative cabinet minister penny mordaunt, has become the first to announce she will run in the contest to become britain's next prime minister. on thursday liz truss resigned afterjust six weeks in power. former us president donald trump has received a subpoena, ordering him to testify before the congressional committee investigating the january 6th riot at the capitol building. he could face criminal charges if he refuses to comply. italy's far right leader georgia meloni has accepted an offer from the country's president to form a new government. she will be formally sworn in on saturday morning. the bbc has been given details of threats made by the iranian authorities to persuade the climber, elnaz rekabi, to say her headscarf came off accidentally at an event in south korea. now on bbc news newscast.