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my colleague ben brown is live in westminster for us — and we canjoin him now.ar? ahead of that 1922 committee later — it's thought the current crop of contenders will be whittled down to two by the end of next week — when parliament breaks up for the summer — with the final result not known until early september. they will effectively decide who is britain's next prime minister. boris johnson stays at number ten until then. tax has emerged as one of the key pledges among candidates, but questions have been raised about how they will be paid for. appearing on the today programme earlier, the business secretary said tax increases aren't the way to encourage growth. there is no way we are going to increase the economy and help our future for our children without incentivising some investment and we do not do that by raising taxes to the highest level since 1949. it does not make sense. i5 the highest level since 1949. it does not make sense. is it the highest level since 1949. it does not make sense.- does not make sense. is it not exactly your — does not make sen

my colleague ben brown is live in westminster for us — and we canjoin him now.whittled down to two by the end of next week — when parliament breaks up for the summer — with the final result not known until early september. 0nce once the wider membership has voted on the final two contenders, we will not know that until early september. until then, not know that until early september. untilthen, borisjohnson not know that until early september. until then, borisjohnson stays at number 10 downing street. robert halfon is the conservative mp for harlow — and is supporting savid javid in the tory leadership — hejoins me now. good to have you with us. thank you very much. sajid javid is both... supporting tax cuts, estimated by the financial times to cost around £50 billion. what are you going to cut? i £50 billion. what are you going to cut? , ., , £50 billion. what are you going to cut? , ., ., ,, ., £50 billion. what are you going to cut? , ., . ~ ., cut? i should say i have known sa'id javid for — cut? i should say i have known sa'id javid for over 33 d cut? i sh

ben brown taking over at 2, with more on all of those stories.ow on bbc news though — the travel show. this week on the show... on—board the world's biggest civilian hospital ship. where would you like to go, do you have any ideas? aruba. 0h, nice, aruba! i like that. greening up your trip while staying in the black. affordable travel is definitely green travel. and building a record breaker in the himalayas. when covid swept the world back in 2020, shutting borders and grounding flights, holiday—makers weren't the only travellers to be stuck at home. many overseas volunteering projects were also locked down. in fact, voluntourism provider projects abroad say numbers will not be back to normal until 202a. but moored in the harbour of senegal�*s capital dakar could be just the thing to kick—start the sector once more. so this is global mercy. 0h, mind the step. it is only a couple of months old — as you can see, it is still sparkling and new, it is manned completely by volunteers who give up their home comforts to come here. the wards are empty ri

ben brown in westminster.rs cope with the cost of living. the bank of england governor, andrew bailey, has warned that as well as inflation reaching 11% later this year, he is toying with the possibility of interest rate rise of 0.5 of 1%. and it is looking as one of the options they will consider. let's go to derby where victoria fits has been meeting people affected by the cost of living crisis, in particular. victoria, afternoon tea. talk of interest rate rises, and inflation up interest rate rises, and inflation up again. what is for people all over the country. what are people saying to you? it is over the country. what are people saying to you?— saying to you? it is not 'ust that it is relentless, i saying to you? it is not 'ust that it is relentless, that i saying to you? it is notjust that it is relentless, that month i saying to you? it is notjust that| it is relentless, that month after month we keep seeing these record rises and are back in again talking about yet another one. it is the fact that th

i'm ben brown. the headlines at 5pm — the former chancellor rishi sunak enters the race to be the next leader of the conservative party and prime minister. durham police clear sir keir starmer of breaking lockdown rules. he'd pledged to resign if fined. the labour leader says his party is now ready for an election. if there was a general election, this government will fall. and we've got a plan for the country, we want that fresh start. britain's former counter—terrorism police chief sir mark rowley is formally appointed as the new head of the metropolitan police in the wake of a string of failings which have compromised public trust. tributes pour in from around the world forjapan�*s former prime minister, shinzo abe, who has been assassinated while delivering a speech at a campaign event. six men are found guilty for taking part in a series of robberies and burglaries including a 5.5 million diamond encrusted tiara. come on, cam! cameron norrie battles against djokovic for a place in the wimbledon

iam ben i am ben brown.ff sickness. there are cases across the uk jumping by 32% in the week. police officers in scotland have stopped carrying out extra unpaid work, unless they are ordered to do so, amid a pay dispute. the chinese president, shooting pain, has defended his country's model of ruling hong kong. —— xijinping,. it to mark 25 years since they handed over the colony. he says it is now enjoying true democracy. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's... it is ben croucher at the bbc sport centre and we had wimbledon, cricket, loads of sport this weekend. it is a packed sporting weekend, the tour de france and the british grand prix as well, but we will start with wimbledon and a historic day for heather watson already. yes, an historic day for heather watson already and we've another brit vying for a fourth round spot right now. chetan pathak�*s at wimbledon for us — chetan, we'll get onto cam norrie in a second, but court one was bordering raucous earlier for heather watso

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the worldoins former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, on the growing list of contenders in the conservative leadership contest. sri lanka's deepening economic crisis, the us appeals to politicians to act swiftly, as the president says he'll step down after huge demonstrations. the economic situation is not going to change overnight. it is going to be a difficult recovery period. the international community will need to come in and help and that is why the un was warning there is an impending humanitarian emergency. at least 15 people have been shot dead in a bar in the south african township of soweto.

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the worlder penny mordauntjoins former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, on the growing list of contenders in the conservative leadership contest. at least 15 people have been killed after a residential apartment block was destroyed by russian shelling, in the donestk region in eastern ukraine. sri lanka's deepening economic crisis — the us appeals to politicians to act swiftly — as the president says he'll step down after huge demonstrations. the economic situation is not going to change overnight. it is going to be a difficult recovery period. the international community will need to

earlier, my colleague ben brown spoke to our political correspondent ione wells.re starting to announce thick and fast with the former chancellor rishi sunak being the latest to announce publicly he will be bidding for the next conservative party leadership. he has released a pretty slick video on social media outlining his intentions, stressing integrity and determination rather than fairy tales as the thing which is going to drive his campaign to be the next conservative party leader. interestingly, he, a bit like some of the other candidates that are widely tipped to be putting forward a leadership bid, including steve baker and nadhim zahawi and the former health secretary sajid javid, talks about his upbringing. one of the things that tainted rishi sunak's brand when some tipped him as an heir apparent, were some things about his wife's non—dom tax status and rishi sunak's own wealth which led people to fear he was out of touch especially during a cost—of—living crisis. in this video, he's keen to emphasise his grandmother immigrated to the uk and that his mo

we can hear from we can hearfrom ben brown. we can hear from ben brown.eather is — we can hear from ben brown. tie weather is heating we can hear from ben brown. tte weather is heating up we can hear from ben brown. ttj: weather is heating up and so is the leadership contest. this afternoon in about one hour we have the beginning of the 1922 committee meeting, the conservative backbenchers are going to be assessing the rules for this leadership contest. they are going to whittle down the size of the field in the next few days. many of the 11 hopefuls so far have been setting out there competing tax plans as a core element of their promises to fellow tory mps and the wider conservative party membership who will make the final decision. the current crop of contenders will be whittled down to two by the end of next week and that is where parliament breaks up for the summer and then the wider tory party membership get their vote. we won't know the result and the new leader of the party and the next prime minister until early september. our political correspon

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the battle to become britain's next prime minister. trade minister penny mordauntjoins former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, on the growing list of contenders in the conservative leadership contest. at least 15 people have been killed after a residential apartment block was destroyed by russian shelling, in the donestk region in eastern ukraine. sri lanka's deepening economic crisis — the us appeals to politicians to act swiftly — as the president says he'll step down after huge demonstrations. the economic situation is not going to change overnight. it is going to be a difficult recovery period. the international community will need to come in and help and that is why the un was warning there is an impending humanitarian emergency. at least 15 people have been shot dead in a bar in the south african township of soweto. and in the tennis — defending champion novak djokovic faces nick kyrgios in the men's final at wimbledon later today. hello and welcome if you're wa

hello this is bbc news, i'm ben brown — the headlines: an amber warning for extreme heat has begun in and parts of wales. thousands of firefighters continue to battle wildfires across europe — many people have died from the intense heat. police repeat warnings about cooling off in open water after the body of a 16—year—old boy is recovered from salford quays. the five remaining candidates for british prime minister will battle it out in their second tv debate later. a cargo plane carrying weapons has crashed in northern greece — killing all eight people on board. and in golf — rory mcilroy and viktor hovland share a lead at st andrews after the third round. now on bbc news, the bbc explores the tiktok trend "turkeyteeth" in which young people are travelling to turkey to get a brand—new smile by shaving down their natural teeth. a warning this programme contains images of dental procedures. another beauty trend is taking off on social media. it's all about getting that perfect smile by shaving down your own natural teeth. people travel all over the world for their cosmetic dental needs

this is bbc news — i'm ben brown — the headlines at six: an amber warning for extreme heat has beguned to take necessary precautions. 23 deaths in the world of skin cancer in terms of their occupation are farmers and that is something farmers have not really taken seriously. thousands of firefighters deal with wildfires across europe — many people have died from the intense heat. police repeat warnings about cooling off in open water after the body of a 16—year—old boy is recovered from salford quays. the five tory leadership hopefuls will go head to head in their second tv debate this evening.

and my colleague ben brown will have more on that story and much more shortly.tedly drawing up plans to offer 50—year mortgages that can be passed between generations — allowing more people to build up equity rather than pay rent. it's part of a wider plan to boost home ownership. the scheme would give people the opportunity to pass their home and any outstanding debt on to their relatives. earlier i spoke to property expert and mortgage broker tayo oguntonade. there are a lot of things that come out about housing and they disappear and then it doesn't help anyone�*s. i think this will attract some attention. if you lend over 50 years it means people can borrow more. what it will effectively seem to do is bridge the gap between wages and house prices, so people will feel like they can get closer to their goal. but the passing debt down generations can have a serious negative impact and i don't think it is realistic either. if negative impact and i don't think it is realistic either.— is realistic either. if this was a really brilliant _ is realistic either. if t

this is bbc news i'm ben brown. the headlines. the mayor of london declares a major incident the surge of fires across the capital because of the current heat wave and record temperatures. it is officially britain's hottest day ever. hottest day ever. according to provisional figures from the met office. the temperature at heathrow reached 40.2 degrees — and within the last hour coningsby in lincolnshire recorded a03. when you come out and you feel this heat, it's like being abroad. there is no way i can work in it properly. it's hot. we'll survive. the government has revealed its pay offer for millions of public sector workers. we will be getting reaction the unions. kemi badenoch is eliminated from play election. and then there were three. kemi badenoch is knocked out of the conservative leadership contest — meaning rishi sunak, penny mordaunt and liz truss go through to the next round. and could you soon be allowed to get married in your back garden? a change in the law is set to give couples more say over wedding venues and ce

you are watching bbc news with me, ben brown. 0ur you are watching bbc news with me, ben brown. ready for what could become the hottest day on record, with london becoming one of the hottest places in the world. the unprecedented heat is causing transport disruption, with advice to only travel if absolutely necessary, as we reach the hottest day so far this year with temperatures set to still rise even further. french authorities have warned of a heat apocalypse, as thousands of people are. to flee wildfires. she does climate change now mean regular severe heat waves? we will be trying to find out the answer to that question had many other questions about the heatwave in your questions answered, coming up in your questions answered, coming up in a moment. first let's get the sport with holly hamilton, starting off with news about ben stokes. that's right, ben. england's ben stokes has announced he is retiring from one—day international cricket.. the all—rounder has played 104 0di matches and will step away from the format internationally after england's series opener against sou

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown and these are the latest headlines: britain's first ever red extremen becoming one of the hottest places in the world. the unprecedented heat is calling transport disruption what advice to only travel if it is absolutely necessary as we reach the hottest date so far this year with temperatures set to rise even further. it is not just further. it is notjust the daytime heat, it is how it will be overnight when temperatures don't drop below 20 celsius. day, night time sheet combined contributes to heat stress.

i'm ben brown. our top stories. the battle to become britain's next prime minister. two former health secretaries — sajid javid and jeremy hunt — join the growing list in the conservative leadership contest. with tax emerging as a central issue in the race. sri lanka's deepening economic crisis — the us appeals to politicians to act swiftly — as the president says he'll step down after huge demonstrations. voters injapan are choosing members of the country's upper house of parliament — in elections overshadowed by the assassination of former prime minister, shinzo abe. and in the tennis — defending champion novak djokovic faces nick kyrgios in the men's final at wimbledon later today. hello and welcome to bbc news. the battle to become britain's next prime minister is intensifying. eight candidates have now announced they will stand in the contest to replace borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party. the former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, are the latest to come forward — with both pledging to cut taxes. the foreign secretary, liz truss, is

i'm ben brown. our top stories. the battle to become britain's next prime minister. to change overnight. it is going to be a difficult recovery period. the international community will need to come in and help and that is why the un was warning there is an impending humanitarian emergency. an impending humanitarian emergency.

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown, the latest headlines: the battle to become the next prime minister.javid and jeremy hunt, on the growing list of contenders in the conservative leadership contest. at least 15 people have been killed after a residential apartment block was destroyed by russian shelling, in the donestk region in eastern ukraine. sri lanka's deepening economic crisis — the us appeals to politicians to act swiftly — as the president says he'll step down after huge demonstrations. temperatures rise around the uk — with some areas hitting thirty degrees today — and the heat expected to remain for much of the next week. voters injapan are choosing members of the country's upper house of parliament — in elections overshadowed by the assassination of former prime minister, shinzo abe. and in tennis — prince georgejoins the duke and duchess of cambridge at wimbledon — as defending champion novak djokovic prepares to face nick kyrgios in the men's final later. nine candidates have now entered the race to become the next leader of the conservative party and prime minister. the t

this is bbc news — i'm ben brown — the headlines at six: an amber warning for extreme heat has begunengland and parts of wales. people are being urged to take necessary precautions. 23 deaths in the world of skin cancer in terms of their occupation are farmers and that is something farmers have not really taken seriously. thousands of firefighters deal with wildfires across europe — many people have died from the intense heat. police repeat warnings about cooling off in open water after the body of a 16—year—old boy is recovered from salford quays. the five tory leadership hopefuls will go head to head in their second tv debate this evening. a cargo plane carrying weapons has crashed in northern greece — killing all eight people on board. translation: there were flames, we were scared, a lot of cars came| but they could not approach because there were continuous explosions. hello and good evening. an amber warning for extreme heat is now in force across most of england and parts of wales, as the uk braces for record temperatures in the coming days. the alert will extend to southern s

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this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines...is no evidence a shooting in a copenhagen shopping centre, which left three people dead, was motivated by terrorism and the suspect had a history of mental illness. a man's died and thousands have been told to leave their homes amid torrential rain and major flooding in sydney. some foods like chicken and beef are off the menu for school dinners, according to some caterers, who blame shortages and rising costs. a new species of giant water lily has been discovered by scientists, despite hiding in plain sight at kew gardens for 177 years. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the bbc has received six complaints about alleged bullying or sexual misconduct by the former radio 1 dj tim westwood. at least one of the complaints, which was referred to the police, was made before an investigation by bbc news and the guardian in april which revealed accounts of the dj's predatory sexual behaviour. the bbc said at that time that "no evidence of complaints" had been found. tim westwood, who lef

i'm ben brown live in westminster as we now know the two candidates who will battle it out to become the next conservative party leader and prime minister. former chancellor rishi sunak and foreign secretary liz truss will now face the entire conservative party membership who will decide which one takes up residence at number ten. both candidates have been reacting to the news. at very humbled that i made it to the next stage, i'm grateful to all my colleagues for the support, i've been talking to them, outlining my vision for the country, outlining how in the best person to beat keir starmer at the next election. what starmer at the next election. what is important _ starmer at the next election. what is important is _ starmer at the next election. what is important is that _ starmer at the next election. what is important is that we _ starmer at the next election. what is important is that we hit - starmer at the next election. what is important is that we hit the ground — is important is that we hit the ground running, we have two years until the _ ground running, we have two year

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brown shared it on instagram. from singer kelly rowland. >> she deserves an explanation. >> reporter: to civil rights attorney ben crump, more than 15,000 people have commented. >> the apologies were not genuine. >> reporter: today, brown, alongside her attorney, b'ivory lamar called for the employee to be fired who ignored her daughter and niece. >> we want an authentic apology, okay? we want the acceptance of responsibility here. >> reporter: sesame place, owned by seaworld parks and entertainment posted two statements. the first one said the performer portraying the rosita character confirmed that the no-chand gesture seen several times in the video was not directed to any specific person. rather, it was a response to multiple requests to hold a child for a photo, which is not permitted. they posted a second statement the next day, which started with an apology to the family and plans to take action to do better. ♪ how do you know ♪ >> reporter: the characters are licensed from sesame workshop, the nonprofit best known for producing sesame street and its cast of diverse and inclusive characters. today in a stat

this is bbc news, it's five o'clock and i am ben brown in downing street. johnson has appointed borisjohnson has appointed a new cabinet. it met here this afternoon but the labour leader sir keir starmer says he must step down immediately or he will try to bring a vote of no confidence in parliament. he needs to go completely — none of this nonsense about clinging on for a few months. he's inflicted lies, fraud and chaos in the country. the names of those planning to stand in a leadership contest are beginning to emerge. but the deputy prime minister dominic raab says he won't be in the running. good afternoon from downing street, what a it has been here come a day of real political drama. just a few hours ago borisjohnson came out of number 10 and told the waiting press and journalists he was resigning as tory party leader. in a statement that was watched by his family and by number 10 staff, he admitted that it is clearly now they wil lutz conservative mps that he stand down and he said i want you to know that from now until my successor is in place, your

brown shared it on instagram. from singer kelly rowland... >> she deserves an explanation. >> reporter: ...to civil rights attorney ben crump, more than 15,000 people have commented. >> the apologies were not genuine. >> reporter: today, brown, alongside her attorney b'ivory lamarr, called for the firing of the employee who appeared to ignore her daughter and niece. firing of the employee who appeared to ignore her >> we want a genuine, an authentic apology, okay? >> that's right. >> we want the acceptance of responsibility here. >> reporter: sesame place, owned by sea world parks and entertainment, posted two statements. the first one said "the performer portraying the rosita character confirmed that the 'no' hand gesture seen several times in the video was not directed to any specific person. rather, it was a response to multiple requests to hold a child for a photo," which is not permitted. they posted a second statement the next day, which started with an apology to the families and plans to take action to do better. ♪ how do you know ♪ >> reporter: the characters are licensed from sesame workshop, the non-profit best known for producing

and i'm ben brown — live in westminster — with the latest on that conservative party leadership battle

>> i do think brown's settlers. >> do you think ben plessy was not settled law, and brown right at it? >> i think plessy versus ferguson's file the doctrine of separate but equal, that was absolutely at that delta the principles of the -- >> but, but the question is, do you agree when justice kagan, her confirmation proceedings, she said there are two ways to amend the constitution. throughout her five or through the judges just carry through. the courts. do you agree that statement? >> that is typically how we have in the past. >> in other words, so it can in fact be amended through judicial action. as jeff as marshall said, do what you think is right, let the law ketchup. when i'm trying to get at here, we were talking about judicial activism, we're talking about the court creating law. the court making the decision. the whole question here who gets to the side. i think that is fundamental. let me ask you, going to run out of time. do you think that the heller decision, the district of columbia versus hillary settled law? >> i think the heller decision is one that was decided -- >>

ben book club members hardly need refresher on the frequent messiest of crt. especially when it comes to literature about brown, but here it is. if your middle school child is learning about crt, critical race theory, you have every right to be upset, it's an academic and legal framework that argues races a social construct, it's a theory for college age students to delve into, it's not for little children. brown girl dreaming is on the example of that, it's an age-appropriate book of race that examines the black experience of the young girl, talking with the black experience isn't critical race theory. the central tenet of the velshi banned book club is that there is never an excuse to hinder access to a book from a person who wants to read it. sometimes we explore interesting and insightful arguments to censor books. miss attribution to sierra tea is not one of those reasons. a school board, lawmaker, or parent takes aim at a book, the prestigious the text is likely irrelevant to them. it's worth noting just how decorated brown girl dreaming is. winning the national book award for young people's literature i

ben croucher is there. so, a keen eye at the moment on barclay brown.dinary story. you may not i extraordinary story. you may not have heard of barclay brown, and we will forgive you for that because he is an amateur. he is from sheffield, the same golf club as matthew fitzpatrick, who a couple of weeks ago was crowned us open champion, but barclay brown is playing for the first time in this tournament and he hasjust finished his first time in this tournament and he has just finished his first round here at st andrews, the home of golf, and he has shot a four under par round of 68. it is an extra ordinary effort from the amateur. he is just one shot off the lead at this stage, behind the american camera young. rory michael roy is out on the course and others. we are expecting record crowds for the course of the weekend. 290,000, a sell—out, and the largest crowd we have ever had for the open championship. a fitting celebration of the 150th open championship. you mentioned some of those players who are already out on course and i wonder if barclay brown