our political correspondent nick eardley reports. catch him if you can.on is the frontrunner to be our next pm, and he still is keeping his head down. he won't be at the first tv debate tonight, but his rivals know he is the man to catch. jeremy hunt thinks he can make up the ground, but unlike mrjohnson, he's not promising brexit will be done by the end of october. this morning, he wouldn't even commit to definitely leaving this year. why? because he wants a new deal and believes europe could be open to it. they say that if they were approached by a british prime minister, someone they're willing to deal with, who had ideas as to how to solve the northern irish border, they would be willing to renegotiate the package. the problem — time and time again europe has ruled out reopening the withdrawal agreement, and some tories fear this could go on and on and on. when people voted, they voted to leave. we haven't left yet and that is why we are seeing notjust the uncertainty for the economy and the damage it is doing to businesses, many of them just want to

our political correspondent, nick eardley, was there.stings for tory activists. in here, he told them he is a winner, and he is undoubtedly the man to beat, but his rival say a coronation would be a mistake. that would be a complete disgrace. the public deserve a chance to look at these leaders. mrjohnson‘s opponents insist this is not over. we had a coronation last time, didn't work out well, so let's not make the same mistakes again. michael gove say it's all to play for. the leadership hustings have been taking place behind closed doors, and that will change tomorrow at the first televised event, when five of the six candidates, minus mrjohnson, will attend, but ultimately those standing for the leadership know that it is people like the ones here, party activists, that they have to convince. do you think the wider membership are listening, or it is boris and that is it? no, i think they are listening. it was always going to be boris johnson for me, but i am now not sure who would be the second option. i had thought i was close to mak

nick eardley, bbc news.ched an investigation into how part of an a—level maths paper was leaked online. blacked out images of two questions were shared on social media, ahead of the exam yesterday. pearson, which runs edexcel, said the images were circulated "in a very limited way," and that pupils would not have to re—sit the paper. public health england has sought to reassure people after two more patient deaths were linked to a listeria outbreak, saying the overall risk is low. a total of five people are now known to have died. the health secretary matt hancock has ordered what he called a root and branch review of hospital food. leigh milner reports. two people have died at the manchester royal infirmary, another at aintree hospital, after eating sandwiches and salads containing listeria. it's not yet been revealed where two other patients died. listeria is a bacterium which typically causes mild food poisoning, but can prove fatal if people are already seriously ill. tanya marsden from ashford in kent w

nick eardley, bbc news.ed for an oscar, and is perhaps best known for his adaptations of shakespeare's works. he's said to have died peacefully after a long illness. nick higham looks back at his life. operatic music. franco zeffirelli made his name as an opera director, on stage and occasionally on film. 0pera taught him how to deal with highly strung and highly talented performers. it is a simple as that — holding their hands, really dealing with vulnerable people, really charming little kids that can't believe their luck, and they are afraid. will thou take petruchio to be thy lawful wedded husband? his experience proved useful when he made a film with a famously temperamental couple, richard burton and elizabeth taylor. i will not...! his film version of romeo and juliet was nominated for an oscar, but it was controversial. 0livia hussey, then just 15, appeared topless. zeffirelli, who'd started out as a stage and screen designer, was sometimes attacked for self—indulgence and for sentimentality. but jes

nick eardley, bbc news. over violent crime in uk capital. this is what mr trump tweeted. there two teenagers were murdered within minutes of each other in different parts of the capital on friday while a man was stabbed together on saturday afternoon. the us president and london mayor have clashed in the past, including on mr trump's state visit at the start ofjune. the italian film and opera director franco zeffirelli has died at the age of 96. he was twice nominated for an oscar, and is perhaps best known for his adaptations of shakespeare's works. he's said to have died peacefully after a long illness. nick higham looks back at his life. operatic music. franco zeffirelli made his name as an opera director, on stage and occasionally on film. opera taught him how to deal with highly strung and highly talented performers. it is a simple as that — holding their hands, really dealing with vulnerable people, really charming little kids that can't believe their luck, and they are afraid. will thou take petruchio

nick eardley, bbc news.way restaurants join the platform, after bbc news successfully registered a fake takeaway on the site and was able to process orders. the company says it's deeply concerned by the incident and is now carrying out an audit of all food outlets on the platform. our correspondent angus crawford has been investigating this story. angus, what's been going on? we wa nted we wanted to ask a very simple question, which is how safe is the food you order online and arrives on the little mopeds at your front door. we'd reported quite a lot on the low hygiene ratings of some of the low hygiene ratings of some of the outlets out there on these apps, but we wanted to go one step further and set up our own takeaway, and so the best burger corporation was born, completely fake, made up in my front garden. we registered it with uber eats, the app, i gave my name and my home address and i promised to get a hygiene rating by registering with the local authority, but i didn't have one. three days later all

nick eardley, bbc news, westminster.t in response to complaints about the selection of abdullah patel as one of the questioners on last night's programme. it has since emerged that the imam had previously made critical comments about israel and women. the bbc said background checks had been carried out, including his online and social media profiles, but researchers were unaware of a twitter account which was only reactivated by him after the programme was broadcast. he has now been suspended from his position as deputy head at al—ashraf primary school in gloucester. our assistant political editor norman smith is in the central lobby of the houses of parliament. so the leadership contest goes on, with more voting this afternoon, norman. i suppose the question for the other candidates is, as it has been for a while, head of a stop borisjohnson? been for a while, head of a stop boris johnson? well, there is no massive pressure on them to join forces to try and thwart boris johnson because he is cantering away with it, pili

nick eardley, bbc news. america launched a cyber attack on iranian weapons systems on thursday, as president trump cancelled air strikes on the country. several sources, including the washington post, said the attack disabled computer systems controlling rocket and missile launchers. the action was in response to the shooting down of a us drone in the strait of hormuz last week. a senior british foreign minister has arrived in tehran today, for talks amid growning tensions between iran and the west. jane frances—kelly reports. america appears to have used cyberspace rather than airpower to retaliate against iran's elite military forces. us media reports that the online operation was designed to cripple weapons systems like this, used by the islamic revolutionary guard to shoot down an american drone last thursday. the wreckage was later put on display by tehran. it came as president trump publicly declared he had pulled back from an air strike on iran because it would cause a loss of life. what it has to do

here's our political correspondent nick eardley.ften in the headlines, this time for the wrong reasons. after police were called to the flat borisjohnson shares with his girlfriend, mrjohnson has been reluctant to explain. i don't think they want to hear about that kind of thing, er... applause. but this senior tory, who's backing mrjohnson‘s leadership rivaljeremy hunt, said an explanation would be sensible. it's always easier to just give an explanation, but i think the key thing is then how you get on the issues. what we can't have is it being a distraction from explanations about wider policy. mrjohnson‘s team say he has never answered questions about his private life and won't start now. his supporters say we should move on. the police were called to an incident and what did they say? they said everybody was safe, everybody was well, there was no concerns that the officers had and there was no cause for any further action. given that's what the police said, and it's clearly a private incident, i wasn't there, you weren't there,

nick eardley, bbc news.ust a few moments ago in scotland jeremy hunt was asked about borisjohnson‘s refusal to explain what happened when police were called to his partner's flat on friday night. mr hunt called on mr johnson to do more live tv debates and interviews, saying his opponent is avoiding answering important it is up to him what he says but i don't think the public or conservative party members want a debate about people's personal lives. what they want is a debate on how we are going to get out of the brexit constitutional crisis that we are in. and my challenge to boris johnson is very simply this. come and do live tv debates with me. come and do live tv debates with me. come and do live tv debates with me. come and do interviews with and remark, interviews on the today programme. it is no way to become prime minister by ducking these questions. he also was asked if it could foster further independence sentiment for scotland. i sincerely hope whoever becomes minister does not allow that to happen

nick eardley there.r conservative foeign secretary, sir malcom rifkind said borisjohnson made a mistake refusing to answer any questions about the incident. i think borisjohnson has made an error of judgment. if you are in the running to become our next prime minister and the police are called to your house, you cannot really expect to get away with no comment. it makes it look like you have something to hide. i don't think he should have spent a great deal of time talking about the detail of what happened, all he had to say, in the best of partnerships and in the best of marriages, occasionally there are furious rows. i don't think there is a relationship in the country that has not had that. he could have said that and that would have been enough. but saying no comment implies it is none of your business, and it is the business of the public to know why the police have been called to his property. although some of his supporters are saying the neighbours who recorded this and then passed it onto a nati

nick eardley reports. reporter: good morning, mrjohnson. again today, sir? we've not heard much from him, but we've heard a lot about him. borisjohnson is the man to catch in the leadership race. anything to say, mrjohnson? with his plan to leave the eu on the 31st of 0ctober, come what may. ladies and gentlemen, i'm delighted to introduce andrea leadsom. launching her campaign this morning, she agrees and believes it can be forced through. i do not think that parliament actually has the ability to prevent us from leaving at the end of october, which is the legal default position. my managed exit offers sensible measures that sensible politicians, both here in parliament and in the european union, will, in my opinion, agree to. there is a sense of deja vu around here. most of our would—be prime ministers say they want to renegotiate the brexit deal to get rid of the controversial bits, but an agreement that satisfies brussels and westminster has proved elusive over the last two years, and there's been little sign that brussels wants to chan

nick eardley, bbc news.ondent is in stratford in london where tonight's debate is taking place. what is going to happen tonight? good evening and welcome to what they are calling the spin room. this is down at the studio, where they will have all the supporters, and peas and advisers will gather and watch the programme on a tear monitors behind and studios are on the other side of the building and there will be 116 audience members drawn from across the country and all of them say they are floating voters who are amenable to voting conservative and they will be able to put questions to the candidates and they have a chance to answer before going into a free—form debate on that and the candidates who are coming, remember no borisjohnson, they have been arriving in the last hour or so they have been arriving in the last hourorso andi they have been arriving in the last hour or so and i caught up with michael gove and murray stated —— rory stewart. the opportunity to exchange ideas with fantastic candidates. an

nick eardley, bbc news.moments ago in scotland, jeremy hunt was asked about borisjohnson‘s refusal to explain what happened when police were called to his partner's flat in the early hours of friday morning. mr hunt called on mrjohnson to do more live tv debates and interviews, saying his opponent is avoiding answering important questions. my challenge is this, come and do interviews with andrew marr, or on the today programme. there is no point in ducking the question is, he has to answer them. the foreign secretary was also asked whether mrjohnson becoming prime minister could boost support for scottish independence. mr hunt said any prime minister had to be careful to avoid fostering divsion in handling brexit. i sincerely hope that whoever becomes prime minister does not allow that to happen, because frankly the great thing about our country are the four nations of the uk, that is what has made us one of the greatest countries on the planet, so any prime minister has to be careful in the way we handle br

nick eardley, bbc news.declared safe. both worshippers and clergy had to replace their usual headgear with hard hats. the leader of hong kong has suspended the introduction of a new law that would allow extraditions to mainland china. the controversial proposals prompted huge street protests, including one last sunday where organisers said more than a million people took part. from hong kong, rupert wingfield—hayes reports. fellow citizens and members of the media... as she stood alone at the podium, carrie lam must have known that every pair of eyes in hong kong was watching her. after a week of street protests in running battles between protesters and police, would she or wouldn‘t shape back down and drop the widely hated extradition bill? i now announce that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise. not a withdrawal, then. so is this just a trick to pacify the protesters? it has nothing to do with an intention or wish to pacify. how could i restore, as fast as possible, the

nick eardley, bbc news. political correspondent vicky young is in parliament now. the clock is ticking to the next stage. yes, the second round as mps try to decide who are the two candidates that are put forward for that ballot of all conservative party members. as you might imagine, a lot of scrambling around for votes. boris johnson a lot of scrambling around for votes. borisjohnson is so far out in front that everybody is vying for second place. who is going to be his challenger? this afternoon we were speaking to representatives and supporters of all the other candidates and we will start with robert halfon who is supporting sajid javid. he is close to the bottom of the panel here because of what happened in the last round, there does not seem to be much in there does not seem to be much in the team behind him, how confident are you that sajid javid can get through? he did very well in the la st through? he did very well in the last round, he got 23 votes. we have had mps come over to us. we are confide

nick eardley, bbc news, westminster.chief political correspondent, vicki young. what am i missing here? we have got people saying that they can fix brexit, they can get the deal through, but they are all part of a government which pateley hasn't. that is the question they are being asked. some of the leadership contenders are making that point. that was what mark harper was saying, all of the candidates are talking about some kind of renegotiation, but he says it is not credible to say that can happen by 0ctober credible to say that can happen by october 31, because there isn't much time left. the commission is evolving, they won't be in place in time, their chief negotiator is changing. how can you possibly say you can do that and get it through parliament? it's impey won't happen. the argument from some of those leadership contenders is you change the prime minister, you change the dynamic, different people in the room, dynamic, different people in the room , you dynamic, different people in the room, you can change th

at a meeting of some of the conservative leadership contenders, and our political correspondent nick eardleyeign secretary has been responding to this yes, this case has been at the heart of some of the tensions between the uk and iran in the last few years. this morning, foreign secretary jeremy hunt was with her husband, richard, and was tweeting a message to the regime saying, show the world humanity and let this innocent woman go home. so far, these messages from the uk government have fallen on deaf ears, and at the same time there is a furious row going on at home over the role of the iranian regime in those attacks on oil tankers in the gulf of oman. the us has said it believes the iran is responsible and the uk says that is where the evidence points, but jeremy corbyn, the labour leader, said he didn't think there had been enough evidence and labour is calling for more of an assessment of what took place. that prompted the foreign secretary to respond, calling mr corbyn pathetic and predictable, but it shows that, even in the row with iran, nothing is simple. the health secretary, ma

nick eardley, bbc news, westminster.n, jean—claude juncker, has said that the uk's next prime minister will have to respect the brexit deal which is already on the table. at an event organised by the politico website, mrjuncker said that there could be "clarifications, precisions, additions" to the political declaration on the future relationship, but no renegotiation of the withdrawal agreement. we have concluded with theresa may before, the agreement. this is not a treaty between maine and europe. it isa treaty between maine and europe. it is a treaty between the uk and the european union. it has to be respected, it has to be respected by whomsoever shall be the next british prime minister. and on tuesday 18th june, bbc one will be hosting a live election hustings between the candidates for conservative leader — one of them will be the person who moves in to downing street. the debate will be shaped by your questions — and we're asking you to submit them in advance. email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk with your question, and d

let's speak now to our political correspondent, nick eardley. is in danger of being eliminated 7 welcome i think you can safely say borisjohnson will get welcome i think you can safely say boris johnson will get through. almost certain michael gove and jeremy hunt will as well. they all got well over the 33 boats you needed to get through this round in the vote last week. —— boats. there are three candidates who will find it potentially quite challenging tonight. you have sajid javid, the home secretary, who is quietly confident, i'm told, that he will get over that threshold, but not com pletely get over that threshold, but not completely certain. rory stewart, the man who everyone seems to have seen the man who everyone seems to have seen over the man who everyone seems to have seen over the last few weeks walking about doing selfies on his phone, he thinks he isjust about about doing selfies on his phone, he thinks he is just about at the point where he will get through as well, likewise dominic ryan, former brexit secretary, is hopeful. one

nick eardley, bbc news. mick is here with me. picking up on what liz said.mong the activists yesterday at the hustings, ask the questions and then move on. why does the attention not seem to have moved on? mrjohnson wa nts to seem to have moved on? mrjohnson wants to move on, he has made it clear he does not want to talk about it. his team think that he has never spoken about his private life so why would he now? but there are some in the political world who think it is a question of character. boris johnson could be prime minister in just over four weeks' time. some people say we deserve to know more about the character of the person who could be leading the country is. that is the point the labour party have been making this morning. one of the shadow ministers said, is this man fits to be by minister? i'm not so sure. so i'm not sure the attention will go away. jeremy hunt is in scotland and aberdeen, he was asked about whether not this question of character came into things. interesting, because clearly he does not want to be drawn on the specifics of wh

our political correspondent nick eardley is in central london.t of discussion taking place in the building behind you, update us on the latest? this was originally booked to be the meeting where a local tory associations were to get rid of theresa may, a vote of no confidence, to try to put pressure on her. they thought they may as well use the room anyway! over the last few hours we have had the six candidates in this hotel, all pitching to local party members, about why they should be the next prime minister, that is important because ultimately, the conservative members across the uk will be the ones who make the decision, as you say, borisjohnson, absolutely the front runner, when it comes to mps, he is miles ahead, some of the small polls that we have seen of conservative members suggest he is miles ahead, when it comes to them, too. he did not speak when he arrived, he kept his head down, something he has done through a lot of the campaign so far, but we have heard from five of the six candidates, this morning, they have been saying, this r

is chosen by her party — that will happen over the coming weeks. 0ur uk political correspondent nick eardleyay has struggled to exert any authority really over her party for months now. the big issue in the uk brexit was when shejust couldn't get a grip on, couldn;t get enough to support her and that has led to what's happened today, she is finally officially saying that she is no longer leader of the conservative party. as you see, she is going to stay in downing street for a few weeks. the race to replace her has officially begun now, we'll find out exactly who the candidates are on monday, who the candidates are on monday. there are about 11 so far, a couple who may or may not declare over the weekend. tory mps in the house of commons will then whittle that list down to two, as quickly as they can. and the vote for goes to conservative members across the uk. it will probably be mid july into the next british prime minister and before theresa may leaves. 0n the main issue is at the heart of her time at the top. brexit, she's failed by her own admission, she has not managed to do what she i

nick eardley, bbc news, westminster.r and everyone is in place, cutting their boats and we will get the —— they have started voting upstairs in the college and eve ryo ne voting upstairs in the college and everyone is in place, casting their votes a nd everyone is in place, casting their votes and we will get the results later. where is rory stewart going to get support from? he is unlikely to get support from? he is unlikely to get support from? he is unlikely to get support from dominic raab, so where has it getting it from? you would be surprised, we are getting it from all over the place. our campaign is quite under the radar support as we are getting quite support. i would say that i am never confident, i have been a nervous wreck at every single one of these works, but i think we did well yesterday, much better than people anticipated yesterday. we put on 95% of our boat, which is not bad. i think we will be ok. —— our vote. what is the message that rory stewart is getting across? he is appealing to people beyond t

i've been catching up with our political correspondent nick eardley, to find out what's next in thisative party in parliament will whittle the list of candidates down to two in the coming week, and it is really the battle to be on that final two that goes to the conservative membership, with boris johnson, we are seeing this morning, we have heard from three of the candidates setting out their pitch about exactly why they think they are about exactly why they think they a re exactly about exactly why they think they are exactly the man to go up against borisjohnson. dominic are exactly the man to go up against boris johnson. dominic raab are exactly the man to go up against borisjohnson. dominic raab was brexit secretary and is fighting for a lot of the same ground as mr johnson by trying to appeal to people who think that delivering brexit is the number one goal. he he said about the impact of not doing that. we gave the people a decision and now parliament is trying to steal it away from them and i think that there is a fraud. in terms of the referendum campaign, it was clear that

our political correspondent nick eardley is in central london net start off with something of a twitterce between jeremy hunt and jeremy corbyn. —— let's start. over where the blame lies with iran. yes, a huge row brewing over this, started yesterday, when the foreign office said it agreed with the united states, that iran was almost certainly behind those attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman and in response to thatjeremy corbyn has said, we need credible evidence, questioning whether that evidence, questioning whether that evidence was actually there yet. we know thatjeremy corbyn is someone who has questioned uk foreign policy in the past, and he also said in the comments that he was saying that the rhetoric of the uk government was making conflict more likely. his shadow foreign secretary, double down on that message, on airwaves this morning, saying it was important that the uk made its own assessments, jeremy hunt has just arrived, i understand, a tory leadership hustings is taking place nearby, and has said that he thinks the labour party is in the grip of virulent anti—

our political correspondent, nick eardley has more.ed to exert any authority really over her party for months now. the big issue in the uk, brexit was one, she could not get a grip on. she could not get enough of her party to support her, and that has led to what has happened today, she has finally officially said that she is no longer leader of the conservative party. as you say she is going to stay in downing street for a few weeks yet, the race to replace her has officially begun now, we will find out exactly who the candidate are on monday, there are about 11 so far, a couple who may or may not declare over the weekend. tory mps in the house of commons will whittle that list down to two as quickly as they can, and then the vote goes to conservative members across the uk. it will probably be before we know who the next british prime minister is going to be, before theresa may leaves. on the main issue, at the heart of her time at the top, brexit committee has failed, by her own admission. she has not managed to do what she intended

earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent, nick eardley, about jeremy corbyn‘s tweet.s to see more evidence. he tweeted last night that he doesn't think there is credible evidence to say that iran was definitely responsible for this. that is a view that has been echoed this morning by labour shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry. let's listen to her. these are extremely dangerous developments, and we really have to pause and think about where we are going next. the idea that we are going next. the idea that we are going to get in the in another war is something we really need to think about very carefully. the government's view is very similar to that of the united states, it thinks iran was almost certainly responsible for this. we have heard again from jeremy hunt this morning attacking mr corbyn for questioning that assessment, saying thatjeremy corbyn‘s views were pathetic and predictable. and arguing that mr corbyn was not listening to british intelligence or acting in british interests. the obvious difference between the two, mr corbyn has a lwa ys between th

nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. leadership candidates during last night's bbc television debate has been suspended from his mosque in gloucester, and from his role as a deputy head at a primary school. the bbc defended its vetting process after it emerged imam abdullah patel had shared allegedly anti—semitic tweets. the broadcaster said that if it been aware of the views he expressed he would not have been selected. mr patel says his criticism was aimed at israeli policy, not the jewish community. so, counting is underway is in the third round of the conservative leadership contest — one candidate will be knocked out when the result is announced just after six this evening. let's return to our chief political correspondent vicki young, who is in central lobby. lots of speculation here as there has been all day. i think one thing eve ryo ne has been all day. i think one thing everyone is has been all day. i think one thing everyone is sure has been all day. i think one thing everyone is sure of is borisjohnson will c

party, but will remain prime minister until her successor is chosen. 0ur political correspondent nick eardleyheresa may has now to exert any authority, really, over her party for months now. the big issue in the uk, brexit, was one she could not get a uk, brexit, was one she could not geta grip uk, brexit, was one she could not get a grip on not get enough of a party to support her and that has laid to what has happened today. she has finally officially said she is no longer leaderfor has finally officially said she is no longer leader for conservative party. she is going to stay in downing street for a few weeks yet. the race to replace has officially begun now. we'll find out exactly who the candidates are on monday. there are about 11 so far, a couple who may or may not declare on the weekend. tory mps in the house of commons will now whittle that risk down to two as quickly as they can and then at the vote goes to conservative members across the uk. probablyjuly is when we will know the next prime minister is going to be an theresa may lease. the issue at the heart of her time at the top,

let's get more now on these latest developments from our political correspondent, nick eardley.ative party in parliament will whittle the list of candidates down to two in the coming week, and it is the battle to be on that final two that goes to the conservative membership with boris johnson two that goes to the conservative membership with borisjohnson that we are seeing this morning. we have heard from three of the candidates, setting out their pitch for exactly why they think they are the man to go why they think they are the man to 9° up why they think they are the man to go up against mrjohnson. dominic raab was brexit secretary and he is a man who was fighting for a lot of the same ground as mrjohnson by trying to appeal people who think that delivering brexit is the number one goal. he was what he said when asked about the impact of not doing that. we gave people a decision in parliament is trying to steal it back, which is a fraud. in terms of the referendum campaign, it is clear, we are leaving the eu. we wa nt clear, we are leaving the eu. we want to lead with a deal

our political correspondent, nick eardley, reports. who will win the race to call this place home?ortage of ministers with eyes on the top job. place home? no shortage of ministers with eyes on the topjob. jeremy hunt wants it, so do michael garrett —— michael gove and sajid javid. an rory stewart thinks he has got momentum in the race to succeed theresa may. i am feeling good, he replies. this is the man to beat. silent again leaving home this morning. but he is hoovering up support in parliament.” morning. but he is hoovering up support in parliament. i think he is the best place to get us out of the eu at the end of october. and secondly, i do believe he is an election winner. i think he is someone election winner. i think he is someone who can bring the country and the party back together. this afternoon, in here, tory mps will hold their second vote. at least one leadership hopeful will drop out and it could be more. candidates will need the backing of 33 mps. boris johnson is safe. he is miles ahead. jeremy hunt and michael gove should have enough support. it will be close fo

thank you very much, nick eardley, a political correspondent.look at that announcement need a few minutes ago by the joint acting chair of the backbench conservative 1922 committee when she announced the contenders going forward. we have received the following ballot nominations and in alphabetical order they are michael gove. proposer george eustice and nick morgan. matt hancock, propose a damian green and tracey crouch. mark harper, proposer jacket damian green and tracey crouch. mark harper, proposerjacket price. jeremy hunt, the proposer is doctor liam fox and the second is sir patrick mcloughlin. sajid javid, the proposer is robert halfon and the second is victoria atkins. boris johnson, who is proposed by elizabeth truss and seconded by ben wallace. andrea leadsom who has been proposed by chris heaton—harris and seconded by heather wheeler. esther mcvey who has been proposed by sir gary streeter and seconded by ben bradley. dominic raab, the proposer is david davis and the seconder is maria miller. and lastly, rory stewart, the proposer is

let's get more on this now with our political correspondent nick eardley.ecome a little row between tory and labour, jeremy hunt tweeting again the british government view. yes, the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has a similar position to germany, as you heard mark outline there. he wants to see more evidence. he tweeted last night that he doesn't at this moment think that he doesn't at this moment think that there is credible evidence to say that iran was definitely responsible for this. that is a view that has been echoed this morning by labour plus much foreign secretary emily thornbury. let's have a listen to what she told the today programme. these are extremely dangerous developments and we really have to pause and think about where we are going next. the idea that we are going to get enmeshed in another war is something that we really need to think about very carefully. now, the view of the government is very similarto the view of the government is very similar to the one of the us. it thinks iran was almost certainly responsible for this. we have heard

earlier i spoke to nick eardley, our political correspondent — and i asked him to explain a bit more supporting boris johnson. i don't think it is a huge surprise that she has got behind boris johnson, as another brexiteer, someone johnson, as another brexiteer, someone she has been close to fairly politically. she only got nine fights, so some of her supporters will follow suit. —— votes. more broadly, i think we are starting to see people from different wings of the party also concludes that boris johnson isjust the man the party also concludes that boris johnson is just the man who the party also concludes that boris johnson isjust the man who is going to win, and the man who can deliver on this. it is really interesting, speaking to conservatives over the weekend, some from different wings of the party, whojust weekend, some from different wings of the party, who just say we need to get behind somebody and we need to get behind somebody and we need to get behind somebody and we need to get on and deliver this. so the big question is, is there anyone who has a hope in hell of gett

our political correspondent nick eardley is here with us.ot the ideal start for the johnson campaign. absolutely not. something borisjohnson doesn't campaign. absolutely not. something boris johnson doesn't want to campaign. absolutely not. something borisjohnson doesn't want to talk about. the argument his team—mate because he has kept his private life private and that won't change but something that is again splashed gci’oss something that is again splashed across the front pages of the newspapers this morning and with questions still unanswered, quite frankly. i think more fuel has been put on the fire by liam fox, the international trade secretary, who is urging mrjohnson to give an explanation. i think it's always easier to give an explanation but again, and the key thing is that how you get onto the issues. what we can't have is it being a distraction from explanations about why the policy and where we to and when. suggestion from one ofjeremy hunt's main cabinet backers that this is distracting from the policies that the candidates wo

our political correspondent nick eardley reports.have been a bit more calm in downing street recently but it won't last for ever. the race for the keys to this place is heating up. this morning, jeremy hunt launched an attack on his rivalfor ducking interviews and debates. he told borisjohnson not interviews and debates. he told boris johnson not to interviews and debates. he told borisjohnson not to be a coward, man up and show the nation you can cope with intense scrutiny.” man up and show the nation you can cope with intense scrutiny. ijust think it's very disrespectful to the conservative party members, not to allow them the chance to see us debating head to head, so that they can be very clear in their minds as to what either of us would actually do. rivals have dubbed him a bottle of boris after a televised head—to—head tomorrow was called off. mrjohnson is taking part in hustings the tory members, like this one in birmingham at the weekend. his supporters insist he is answering questions. there are going to be more than a doze

our political correspondent nick eardley is here with us. what more can you tell us about this?enn is the neighbour who called the police and passed a recording onto the guardian newspaper. he said his wife and he were concerned about some noises coming from the flight that boris johnson some noises coming from the flight that borisjohnson is shares with his girlfriend carrie symonds, that they knocked on the door three times, got no answer, that is when they decided to phone the police. also defending the decision to give that recording to the guardian newspaper, saying he thinks it is in the public interest. there have been in the newspapers this morning some questions raised about the motivations of mr penn and his partner to give that recording onto the newspaper, also some of boris johnson's allies tweeting yesterday to say, that is something going on here when you phone the police and then pass the recording onto the newspaper. he is absolutely adamant that he thinks he's done the right thing. borisjohnson, that he thinks he's done the right thing. boris johnson, as that h