this is bbc news. the headlines at 5pm: the former chancellor rishi sunak look set to officially enter the conservative leadership race after look set to officially enter the conservative leaders of race after look set to officially enter the conservative leaders of more after look set to officially enter the conservative leaders of more than securing the backing of more than 100 mp5. securing the backing of more than 100 mps. rivals of borisjohnson dismissed claims that he has reached 100 backers, with speculation rife that he could enter the contest. the thaghe could enter the contest. the of the commons, penny leader of the commons, penny mordaunt, is the only person to formally announce she is running but has for your supporters. formally announce she is running but has foryoursupporters. in formally announce she is running but has for your supporters. in other news, ukrainian officials say around 1.5 million households are news, ukrainian officials say around 1.5 million ia jseholds are gfzhf�*,�* news, ukrainian officials say around 1.5 million i a jseh wave re gfzhf�*,�* news, ukrainian officials say around 1.5 million ia jseh wave of sets?) news, ukrainian officials say around 1.5 million ia jseh wave of russian power after a new wave of russian. vanaken areas for more funding for train calling for more funding for train operators in the north of england gggrators in the north of england passengers faced operators in the north of england passengers faced disruption to after passengers faced disruption to services —— first michael w cannot

keep up with all the cancellations and even if your train is cancelled, you're only really packed service. england's lionesses will face china and denmark at nicks your�*s world cup in australia and new zealand. —— next year's cup in australia and new zealand. —— next yea r�*s world cup in australia and new zealand. —— next year's world cup. good afternoon. rishi sunak has become the first leadership contender to secure more than 100 public declarations of support from mps. the former chancellor has yet to announce whether he will launch a fresh bid for the top job, after losing to liz truss over the summer. rivals of borisjohnson have dismissed claims that he has also secured the backing of 100 mps. mrjohnson flew home from a holiday in the caribbean overnight and is weighing whether to stand in the election. so far, penny mordaunt is the only

contender to have officially launched a campaign, but she is lagging behind the two men. hopefuls have until monday afternoon to find 100 backers. our political correspondent helen catt has more. are you running for leadership? he's got the numbers to get on the ballot paper. and rishi sunak is expected to declare his candidacy soon. the former chancellor now has more than 100 mps publicly backing him to be the prime minister. the big question in westminster is now if his former boss will try tojoin him. borisjohnson, returning from a holiday, is up for running again, according to one ally. the wheels of his plane may barely have touched down, but he's likely to be under pressure to decide quickly. we've seen, in the last few days, is some of the mps who resigned, some of the mps who called for boris to go at the start of the summer have now said that they would like to see him put himself forward. they've admitted that they were wrong and i know that there are many others waiting to hear

on if he makes a decision to run before they go public. others don't agree. the return of mrjohnson could, the former conservative leader william hague suggested, send the party into a death spiral. there does seem to be a real mix between those who are really enthusiastic about the idea of a return for boris johnson and those who are, frankly, appalled at the prospect. but some are saying there is a practical challenge to any bid by him to become prime minister again, and that is that in the next few months, he's going to face an investigation by parliament's privileges committee into whether he misled the house of commons in what he said about parties at downing street. i think the country needs a prime minister that is focused 100% on them, and ijust don't see as a practical matter that that can be boris if he's then dealing with all of those issues. and i say that as someone who would love to see boris return to front—line politics, i think he can, but i don't think he can until he's addressed those issues. penny mordaunt is the only candidate to so far have actually confirmed she's running. her public backers are still far

short of 100 at this stage. well, i'm backing penny because she's the candidate, i think, that cannot onlyjust bring the conservative party and parliament together, but actually the whole country. she's got a proven track record working across eight departments in her 12 years in parliament, and i think her background really makes her well placed to connect with people. by this time next week, barring any major surprises, one of these three people will be the prime minister. until then, the race to gain support continues. helen catt, bbc news. currently, the bbc estimates that more than half of tory mps have gone public with their support. as you've heard, rishi sunak has passed the key threshold of 100 backers and is on 117, borisjohnson has 52, and penny mordaunt has 22. it's worth pointing out that these are the numbers the bbc can verify — others may have different information. some of these mps are making it

public and posting on social media to try to build support for their preferred candidate. borisjohnson�*s former chief of staff, steve barclay, says he's backing rishi sunak — saying the former chancellor is best placed to deal with the country's economic challenges. ex—home secretary priti patel has tweeted her support for borisjohnson, saying he can "bring together a united team" and "lead britain to a stronger and more prosperous future". meanwhile, andrea leadsom, previously business secretary and leader of the commons, says she wants penny mordaunt to become leader, saying she has "experience, compassion and determination to be our next prime minister". former secretary of state liam fox says rishi sunak "has the judgment to heal our economy and unite our party". previous culture secretary nadine dorries has, unsurprisingly, backed boisjohnson, saying he's the "one person labour fear the most". and dame maria miller was one of the earliest supporters of penny mordaunt, saying she has a "proven track record" and is "more than a match for keir starmer".

our political correspondent rajdeep sandhu is in westminster and has more for us on the support for borisjohnson. a source has said that borisjohnson has now more than 100 backers amongst conservative mps. now, that is different to the kind of public number of mps coming out to back boris johnson. publicly, what we are seeing is around the 50 mark, so it seems that the campaign team seem to think that there is a lot more privately who would support borisjohnson if he were to run. now, of course, that is the big if, that is the big part of this that we don't know because he hasn't said whether he would run or not. we know he is back in the uk and the cogs are probably turning in the background to see whether he can get there, so the reason why we are talking about the magic number of 100

is because that is the number of mps candidates need to be able to get on the ballot by monday. rishi sunak has already hit that mark. there are fewer for penny mordaunt, who is the third candidate who might make it in this race. there is always the difference between what people will do publicly and what people will do privately so, at the moment, for borisjohnson, it looks like he might have the 100 but that is not out of mps publicly declaring their support for him yet. that was our political correspondent rajdeep sandhu. emma norris is a director of research at the institute for government. she says the vote amongst conservative mps and potentially around 170,000 party members, has serious consequences for the country. i think the question of whether or not it is democratic is actually really important. our constitution says this is legitimate by winning the 2019 general election, the conservative party have secured a mandate from the country to run the

country, and we give parties not by ministers, but if they select a prime minister cannot command a majority in the house of commons, the situation is not tenable, and i think that is the big riskier, particularly if you end up going to the conservative party membership, they pick another candidate who does not have the proper backing of mps and, as a result, can't get anything done. it really is important to speu done. it really is important to spell out the consequences of that. the country is facing economic crises, energy crises, you know crisis in the nhs, and then there is the everyday business of government that isn't getting done. yesterday, the independent inquiry into sexual abuse reporting has received almost no attention because of the political instability so we need a prime minister that can lead a functioning government and it is not clear that is where we will end up. let's look at some of the other day's _ will end up. let's look at some of the other day's news _ will end up. let's look at some of the other day's news now. - a 12—year—old boy has died after a wall collapsed at a house in essex.

emergency services were called to the property in clacton last night after a garage attached to the house collapsed. a man in his 30s was pulled from the rubble with an arm injury. two labour mayors are calling on the government to immediately increase funding for the train operators transpennine express and northern in the north of england because of what they've described as "rail chaos". the greater manchester mayor, andy burnham, and the liverpool city region mayor, steve rotheram, were late for their own news conference because their train was cancelled. once they arrived, mr burnham said poor services were causing misery for people in the region. transpennine express has apologised following a large number of rail cancellations. passengers say they've been left frustrated by the problems. jake zuckerman reports. i woke up basically to find that from 7:35 when the last direct train from manchester picadilly departed, there was a six—hour gap until the next train. the experience ofjust one transpennine express customer last week.

the operator's services between hull and manchester and cleethorpes have been hit by one cancellation after another. to give you a sense of the scale of the problem that people are facing here every day, we have come down to hull paragon station. the 12:06 is still running to manchester piccadilly but the next two services, just after one o'clock, and just after two o'clock, they have both been cancelled already, so if you want to catch the transpennine to manchester, you are going to have to wait until three o'clock before you can catch the next train. and people here arejust getting fed up of it. i know my train has been cancelled on the way back today, which i am not happy about. i suffer anxiety, so i can't switch from one train to the next to the next. it is appalling, really, it is the heartbeat of the nation, the m62 corridor, especially for this northern powerhouse. on tuesday, every single train to manchester from five o'clock until nine o'clock was cancelled so i don't know how people are expected to get home at this point. the company has apologised to customers. there is a range of reasons for the spike in cancellations,

predominantly sustained levels of sickness, so high levels of sickness, alongside a big training programme that is ongoing for our drivers. transpennine has promised it will work towards providing a more consistent service, but customers are already losing their patience. jake zuckerman, bbc look north, hull. meanwhile, avanti west coast is running a reduced timetable because of strike action by members of the rmt union. the dispute is about rosters. services from cities including liverpool, glasgow, and manchester are affected. nearly 1.5 million households across ukraine are without electricity. a ukrainian government official said russian missile strikes had continued to target its energy infrastructure. ukraine's energy distribution company said it would limit

the power supply in several regions, including kyiv. outages have been reported across the country. our correspondent, hugo bachega, is following developments from kyiv. the ukrainian presidential office said around 1.5 million households across the country are without power following this morning's attacks. the ukrainian air force said russian forces had fired 33 cruise missiles but that 18 of those missiles had been intercepted by the air defence systems. today's attacks targeted energy infrastructure in regions away from the front line, like lutsk in the north—west, cherkasy in central ukraine, and also odesa in the south where at least three people were injured as a result of those attacks. officials say the damage caused by the latest air strikes might exceed the consequences caused by last week's attacks that were carried out by russia targeting sites across the country. officials say more than a third of the country's power stations have been damaged as a result

of these attacks. reacting to the latest air strikes, the president's chief of staff andriy yermak said russia was fighting against civilian infrastructure and people and that ukrainians are getting angrier by the day. he said these attacks would lead to a much stronger ukrainian response. hugo bachega reporting. hate crimes recorded against lgbt people are the highest they've ever been, according to new figures for england and wales. more than 30,000 homophobic and transgender hate crimes were recorded in the 12 months until march of this year — and many more are thought to go unreported. our lgbt and identity correspondent, lauren moss, has been finding out more. my very turning up somewhere is something that is enough to create anger in people. shea is transgender. she says she and her family experience some form of abuse almost every single day.

i have been shouted at on the street. i've been yelled at when my kids are with me. i've had things thrown at me, i have had one violent assault. in march, shea says she was physically attacked, leaving her with a knee injury and too scared to travel alone. i was pushed to the ground and kicked several times. a clearly transphobic incident, but by the time i realised that it had happened, i was alone on the pavement bleeding. looking back now, i should have reported it, but ijust wanted to go home. a hate crime is defined as any criminal offence perceived to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on personal characteristics such as race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or transgender identity. the latest figures show that there were more than 4000 recorded hate crimes against transgender people

in england and wales in one year —a 56% rise. the home office suggests the discussion of what it calls "transgender issues" on social media may have led to an increase. there is absolutely no way you can say that what we have seen, particularly in the last 18 months in the media, has not contributed heavily to the way that trans people are being treated and it is not a nice thing to have to address, but it's the truth. was it a difficult decision to choose to speak me about this today? yes. i will anger some in my community. we tend to think we live in a tolerant and accepting nation, but hate crimes are at the highest level ever recorded. the home office says this could be driven by improvements in police recording. police recording, but hateful attacks must be fully investigated. three of them were just stamping on my head, stamping on me, asking for my phone, beating me. nathan was heading for the train home early one morning in august after a night out at a gay bar in london when he and his friend were attacked by a group

of teenagers on a bridge. he says they shouted homophobic abuse, beat him and stripped his clothes off. one of them was saying, you know, we have to get rid of them. he was obviously trying to grab hold of me and pulled me towards the river thames. were you worried at that point that you were going to die? i was. still now, even now. recorded homophobic hate crimes have also risen to more than 26,000, a a1% increase in one year. in nathan's case, two teenagers were charged with robbery and sent to a youth offender panel for 12 months and given a three—month night—time curfew. nathan says hate crime still is not treated seriously. you can ask almost every lgbt person and i am sure 90% of them have had something happen to them. they've reported it, but nothing happened. it is hard to hear. pc hayleyjones specifically focuses on hate crime in the capital in a role created by the metropolitan

police this year. as part of the community myself i recognise that there are people who do not trust the police and i can understand where they come from. by listening to their concerns, i hope to develop those relationships and to build that trust again. but i also recognise how easy that trust can be destroyed. pcjones is a link between police and victims. despite the rise in reports, she says many still do not come forward. i think there is still underreporting and the severity of the crimes seems a lot higher. anti—abuse charity galop say they too have seen an increase and have recently launched a mobile phone app where people can report crimes and receive support. whenever our community is more visible, we are more likely to experience abuse and violence, and those words used against our community do translate into violence and abuse in real life. what we have seen in our service over the last six months is a nearly 20% increase in demand, and what we are seeing coming through our

service is the highest levels of violence we have ever seen. for shea and nathan and those behind the latest statistics, the scars from what they have been three may take a long time to heal. laura moss, bbc news. england will face denmark and china in the group stages of the women's world cup next year. the european champions are in group d and will also play either senegal, haiti, or chile. the lionesses will be based in australia, with group games in brisbane, sydney, and adelaide. and the republic of ireland have a tough group for theirfirst world cup appearence. they'll face co—hosts australia, olympic gold medalists canada, and nigeria. reeta will be with you for the teatime years, now it is alina with

the weather. the showers that we have had this afternoon across the south of the uk will push north and east was overnight, some clear skies ahead of the sand behind but also some mist from the south—west later in the night. the far north of scotland, clouding patchy rain, temperatures between ten 31111111 celsius. tomorrow another day of sunshine and showers but this time the showers are more likely to be heavy and thundery, this band pushes its way north and eastward through the day with some sunshine following on behind. furthershowers with some sunshine following on behind. further showers developing again, heavy and thundery and more pushing in from the south—west later in the day.

good afternoon. rishi sunak has become the first leadership contender to secure the 100 nominations by tory mps needed to enter the race to be the next conservative leader and prime minister. but he's yet to announce publicly whether he will bid for the topjob, after losing to liz truss last month. meanwhile, borisjohnson has flown home from a caribbean holiday, as his supporters claim he now also has 100 mps backing him, although others have said this is "hogwash". so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign.

our political correspondent damian grammaticas has more. are you running for the leadership? he was_ are you running for the leadership? he was tight—lipped _ are you running for the leadership? he was tight—lipped this _ are you running for the leadership? he was tight—lipped this morning i are you running for the leadership? i he was tight—lipped this morning but rishi sunak clearly has a well of support among conservative mps. more than 100 now publicly backing him. and that sets up the extraordinary possibility he could face off against the man he helped bring down. borisjohnson, flying back from a caribbean holiday for a possible political comeback. it is just over four months since mr johnson faced a revolt by his own mps and a confidence vote. then vote in favour of — mps and a confidence vote. then vote in favour of no — mps and a confidence vote. then vote in favour of no confidence _ mps and a confidence vote. then vote in favour of no confidence in - mps and a confidence vote. then vote in favour of no confidence in boris - in favour of no confidence in boris johnson _ in favour of no confidence in boris johnson as— in favour of no confidence in boris johnson as leader _ in favour of no confidence in boris johnson as leader is _ in favour of no confidence in boris johnson as leader is 211 _ in favour of no confidence in boris johnson as leader is 211 votes - in favour of no confidence in boris johnson as leader is 211 votes and | johnson as leader is 211 votes and the vote — johnson as leader is 211 votes and the vote against _ johnson as leader is 211 votes and the vote against him _ johnson as leader is 211 votes and the vote against him was- johnson as leader is 211 votes and the vote against him was 148 - johnson as leader is 211 votes and l the vote against him was 148 votes. more _ the vote against him was 148 votes. more than— the vote against him was 148 votes. more than 40% _ the vote against him was 148 votes. more than 40% of _ the vote against him was 148 votes. more than 40% of his _ the vote against him was 148 votes. more than 40% of his mps - the vote against him was 148 votes. more than 40% of his mps had - the vote against him was 148 votes. more than 40% of his mps had no. more than 40% of his mps had no confidence in him then. dozens then resigned from his government. some now say they want him to return. we have now say they want him to return. - have seen in the last few days is that some of the mps who resigned,

some of the mps who called for boris to go at the start of the summer, have now said they would like to see him put himself forward. they have admitted they were wrong and i know there are many others waiting to hear on if he makes the decision to run before they go public.— hear on if he makes the decision to run before they go public. thank you ve much run before they go public. thank you very much for— run before they go public. thank you very much for coming! _ run before they go public. thank you very much for coming! those - run before they go public. thank you very much for coming! those who i run before they go public. thank you i very much for coming! those who want him back remember— very much for coming! those who want him back remember this, _ very much for coming! those who want him back remember this, boris - him back remember this, boris johnson is a vote winner. many tory mps have not forgotten what followed, lockdown parties that broke the law. parliament will soon begin hearings into whether mr johnson lied about this. that is why the man he was a deputy prime minister is backing rishi sunak. i think the country needs a prime minister who is focused 100% of them and ijust don't minister who is focused 100% of them and i just don't see as a minister who is focused 100% of them and ijust don't see as a practical matter that that can be boris if he is then dealing with all of those issues, and i say that as someone who would love to see boris return to front line politics. i think he can but i don't think he can until he has addressed those issues don't like the first candidate to declare she was running was penny mordaunt, last night, but she has far fewer public declarations of support. i am

backin: public declarations of support. i am backing penny _ public declarations of support. i am backing penny because she is the candidate — backing penny because she is the candidate i think that cannot only 'ust candidate i think that cannot only just bring — candidate i think that cannot only just bring the conservative party and parliament together but actually the whole country. she has got a proven _ the whole country. she has got a proven track record working across eight _ proven track record working across eight departments in her 12 years in parliament — eight departments in her 12 years in parliament. this eight departments in her 12 years in parliament. , ., , eight departments in her 12 years in parliament. , , eight departments in her 12 years in parliament-— parliament. this was boris johnson in jul , to parliament. this was boris johnson in july. to the _ parliament. this was boris johnson in july, to the right, _ parliament. this was boris johnson in july, to the right, rishi - parliament. this was boris johnson in july, to the right, rishi sunak. i injuly, to the right, rishi sunak. later that day, rishi sunak resigned as chancellor, saying people needed competent, serious government. three days later, mrjohnson was out of office. so the choice facing tory mps may come down to two men with a bitter history or an untested alternative compromise candidate. damian grammaticas, bbc news. what do voters make of the turbulent events in westminster? jessica lane has been talking to people in the conservative constituency of penistone and stocksbridge in south yorkshire to find out. as mps are back in their constituencies this weekend, many will find out if what's happening in westminster is the talk of their town.

i think that we've lost faith in all the politicians, labour or conservative, and i think it's time that we need to get a bit more stance within the country again, a bit of stability back. i've been in spain last week on holiday and all the spanish people and german people keep saying, "what's wrong with your country? " well, we've been. talking nothing else. it is the backstabbing and that's the problem. this constituency has this rural market town of penistone and the industrial steelworks in stocksbridge nearby. historically labour, it turned conservative in 2019. the local mp, miriam cates, says she has huge admiration for borisjohnson, but she's backing rishi sunakfor leader. but some business owners say they're more bothered about getting support soon. the main thing is energy bills at the moment, that's what's crippling us. our quarterly has gone up from £270

to £990 for three months. for a little shop like this, it's difficult. is that electric and gas? just electric, we've got no gas, so it's crippling us big time. so stuff like that needs sorting out. whatever does happen over the next few days, it's certainly giving people a topic to chew over here. jessica lane, bbc news, in penistone. currently the bbc estimates 186 out of 357 tory mps have gone public with their support. as you heard, rishi sunak has passed the key threshold of 100 backers, borisjohnson has 50, and penny mordaunt has 22. it's worth pointing out that these are the numbers the bbc can verify — others may have different information. our political correspondent damian grammaticasjoins me now. those are the official numbers but

what are people saying unofficially and what do we know? in what are people saying unofficially and what do we know?— what are people saying unofficially and what do we know? in the past few minutes, and what do we know? in the past few minutes. boris — and what do we know? in the past few minutes, boris johnson's _ and what do we know? in the past few minutes, boris johnson's cam - and what do we know? in the past few minutes, boris johnson's cam have . minutes, borisjohnson's cam have said they think he has 100 backers but the official count we have from public declarations is that much lower figure of about 50. what is going on behind the scenes, boris johnson we know is canvassing, calling people, seeing if they will support him today. but some of the others, the rishi sunak camp, are really pouring cold water on that number that thejohnson really pouring cold water on that number that the johnson camp really pouring cold water on that number that thejohnson camp have they say, show us the numbers and they say, show us the numbers and the names, challenge and —— are challenging them to put up because they know they have more than 100 public backers for rishi sunak so there is an attempt at the minute to nail down support. part of it is about perception, it is about people wanting to make sure, thejohnson camp want to be shown to be in this race but it is monday morning which is the crucial time when they need those nominations on paper, a minimum of100. those nominations on paper, a minimum of 100.— those nominations on paper, a minimum of 100. thank you for “oininu minimum of 100. thank you for joining us- _ a 12—year—old boy has died after a wall collapsed at a house in essex.

emergency services were called to the property in clacton last night after a garage attached to a house collapsed. a man in his 30s was pulled from the rubble with an arm injury. avanti west coast rail services have been disrupted throughout the day, due to strike action by train managers. only one train per hour was scheduled to run from london to manchester, liverpool and glasgow. the rmt union says the strike is the "culmination of months of neglect". there have been some extraordinary scenes at china's ruling communist party congress, with the former leader hu jintao being led out of the closing ceremony in beijing. mr hu was sitting beside president xijinping when he was approached by officials, who took him by the arm and led him away. it's not clear what was behind the move, which took place during what's usually a highly choreographed event. air strikes have hit critical infrastructure in central how do you respond when your best friend randomly

decides to call time on your life—long friendship? well that's the plot of the film the banshees of inisherin, set in the 1920s on a fictional remote island off the coast of ireland. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has been talking to its stars, colin farrell and brendan gleeson. have you been rowing? dark and quirky. what the hell's going on with you and me brother? he's dull, siobhan. but he's always been dull. humourous and compelling. you're behaving awful unusual. the film tells the story of a lifelong friendship that suddenly ends. people have responded to it in such a positive way and it's meant something to the people that i've spoken to that have seen it — there's been a kind of relatability or personalisation of this film in regard to their own lives and their own experience of whether it's friendship, loss or isolation had to be dealt with, so it means a lot, it's lovely. yeah, breaking up and all that kind of stuff, like, we've all had a bit of it. it's hitting home with people in a way that's quite moving and stuff. you just kind of feel, "wow, this is one that has

worked the way it should." do you know who we remember for how nice they was in the 17th century? who? absolutely no—one. yet we all remember the music of the time. everyone to a man knows mozart's name. i don't, so there goes that theory. one of the central themes is how much people should sacrifice in order to create meaningful art, with both actors drawing on their own experiences. through the years, i've missed things. i've missed funerals of people who meant a lot to me, i missed... you know, i have two children — i missed the birth of one, i was there for the birth of the other one, but only because i wasn't gainfully employed at that time, thank god! so at least i was there for one of my boys being born, but you miss really important, fundamentally important moments. at one stage, i was nearly seven months away over the year in three different jobs. it was too much for my kids, it was breaking my heart to be there, and i said, "i'm not _ there's a certain level, i'm missing too much". so it's a constant line you're trying to walk. how gratified are you to be talked about as oscar contenders?

if you got a nomination or something like that and i didn't, we'd have a laugh with it. we would. we would have a laugh with it, and then we would...it�*d be business as usual, do you know what i mean? and then it'd would be business as usual, you know, afterwards. no, but it'd be great! it'd be a laugh. yeah, yeah, yeah. "i want it," is what he's saying! "i want it! "when do we find out?" well, oscar nominations are still three months away, but when they are announced, many expect to see the names gleeson and farrell on that list. lizo mzimba, bbc news. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at 10.10. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. now on bbc news, talking movies: bbc centenary special.