make the case for rory stewart. lot of people didn't think he would get the votes he needed today, but he has done that. in fact, he is the candidate that is surprisingly on the upside was that he is, along with borisjohnson, the candidate that has done much better than people thought was going to do today. a lot of the other candidates, i think, today. a lot of the other candidates, ithink, will today. a lot of the other candidates, i think, will probably be disappointed. what is happening is that rory stewart is connecting with the british public and party membership. there was a poll this morning that showed rory into second place amongst conservative party members. we need a clear choice when it comes to the vote for party member is. rory is demonstrating he is the most forceful, articulate, courageous, is the most forceful, articulate, courageous, if you like, advocate of an alternative vision for the conservative party. so when i think the british people can trust as prime minister. and there is a big opportun

rory stewart, 37.re, the following candidates are now eligible to continue onto the next ballot on wednesday the 19th ofjune, at 3pm. michael gove, jeremy hunt, sajid javid, boris johnson and rory stewart. thank you very much. well, there we are. dominic rob, on 30 votes, drops out. the other five go through. sajid javid, just on 33, squeaking that magical 33. let's get some reaction from our commentators here in the studio. a former adviser to theresa may, what you make of that? boris johnson's numbers, first of all, 126, only gone up slightly, only 12 votes more than last time? it's pretty interesting now, isn't it! it will be fun and grains. that race for second place is fascinating. the substantial move is rory stewart. he is the one with the most momentum. and we were speculating about that before, whether that was alljust hype and speculation, that he had some momentum, but it seems he did. he's gone up from 19 to 37. they we re he's gone up from 19 to 37. they were worried today about whether he

rory hunt, 54. sajid javid, 38. boris johnson, 143. rory stewart, 27.ollowing candidates are eligible to continue onto the next ballot on thursday the 20th ofjune at ten i am. michael gove, jeremy hunt, sajid javid and boris johnson. apologies for the slight sound issues there. a short while ago rory stewart gave his reaction to being eliminated. disappointed because i think our country is in a moment of great crisis, disappointed because the long—term future of our party and oui’ long—term future of our party and our country must be empty centre ground of politics. disappointed because really the fact that lib dems voters were labour voters wa nted dems voters were labour voters wanted to vote for me should be something to be proud of and something to be proud of and something we embrace as a party and disappointed also that in the end perhaps some of the things i was saying that a no—deal brexit would be catastrophic or that you can't negotiate a no—deal with europe probably proved something they can't hear but i still have to keep saying it. rory ste

he is noticing that rory stewart is now called rory because it stands out more than stewart. nurse, that good pr with boris and he is partly thatjovial nurse, that people like to associate with him. ———— partly being that jovial. dealing with brexit, there were no answers from the four that we believe we should leave on october 31, potentially with a no deal, and from rory stewart. i don't think we got answered by anyone tonight and my hopeis answered by anyone tonight and my hope is that i've never been a big fan of debates, us style debates, partly because we are at parliamentary democracy, not presidential style, but i would rather we have someone like boris johnson or rory stewart in front of someone johnson or rory stewart in front of someone like you, clive, where you can grill them on issues and not let them get away with it because frankly the interruptions from other candidates, trying to just say something for 30 seconds, we weren't really learning much here. an extended interview, that's been the traditional way in britain we have interrogated our politicians and i

have we had peak rory? i don't think so, he has only just started. we peak rory?port from lots of other candidates and i'm sure he has picked up support from jeremy hunt's campaign, from michael gove, i think people are saying that rory is a serious candidate and that is what todayis serious candidate and that is what today is shining and the fact he has gone from being last, if you like, he has overtaken two other candidates, he has two places to go up candidates, he has two places to go up and he is into the final round so why think he is a strong credible candidate and there are more mps looking at him and saying he is the person we want to put through in the final round, the best person to take on borisjohnson. final round, the best person to take on boris johnson. he is not a unifier in the sense his supporters come from one wing of the party. he is committed to delivering brexit and has a more credible plan than his opponents. it seems to be theresa may's plan. the idea that we can go to the eu and say there is a new face and think we will get a different de

rory jeremy hunt, 54. sajid javid, 38. borisjohnson, 143. rory stewart, 27.s are now eligible to continue onto the next ballot on thursday the 20th ofjune at10am. ballot on thursday the 20th ofjune at 10am. michael gove, jeremy hunt, sajid javid, and boris johnson. there you have it, borisjohnson again coming out on top, increasing his tally to 143. the headline, though, rory stewart is the man who did not make the cut, going down ten votes to 27. michael gove, he is up by ten to 51, jeremy hunt, he is up 12 to... up eight, sorry, to 54. sajid javid up as well. no surprise there, some would argue. ten minutes ago, isaid there, some would argue. ten minutes ago, i said there was a possibility that rory stewart might remain in the race, but that said, that was slightly wishful thinking in terms of wanting this to be an exciting wider debate. i'm really pleased that sajid javid has remained there but i think, as chris was suggesting, he may yet decide to pull out, and then really there's so little between jeremy pull out, and then really there's so little betwee

talking of rory stewart —— there was talk of rory stewart —— there was talk of rory stewart —— thereart trying to trade deal with michael gove, which is being denied. stewart wanted michael gove to drop out because he felt he was the one with the momentum. there is talk of supporters dropping away from stuart after the debate last night. everyone is looking at second place. michael gove‘s team will be confident of picking up some votes from dominic raab who dropped out yesterday but we are looking at you will come second to challenger boris johnson and she will drop out this evening ahead of round four tomorrow morning. as you say, michael gove will hope to get some of the support dominic raab had but he has made it clear today he is backing boris johnson. yellow i guess, most of his voters might move there. boris johnson's team do not want to look like they are stalling. they want to look like they are getting as many mps behind him just to give him the edge going into the final two but he does not know who will challenge him. jeremy hunt still confident he can be the one who does t

stewart, so don't have that with rory stewart, sol don't have that with rory stewart, so i see don'tat with rory stewart, solsee i he don't have that with rory stewart, so i see i he would not put someone like him in the cabinet, but on the back benches. but what about sajid javid? i think that matt hancock, the secretary who bowed out in the early rounds. yes, he could be chancellor! . he has already got a treasury role, very quickly went to bat for boris and has been hugely responsible for policy and she was the one i think behind these very in the one i think behind these very in the tactics in defending it is all coming later on, but there are several big jobs but there are also several big jobs but there are also several people that you need to look after and a lot of big egos. there isa after and a lot of big egos. there is a lot of roles that need to be filled and a lot of people you need to look after. but do they say about keeping your enemies closer? front page of the independent, bust above a referendum, shadow ministers support forfinal say. a referendum, shadow ministers

, the daily telegraph says it was a good day for the favourite, borisjohnson, and for the outsider rory stewart, who has almost doubled his support among tory colleagues. let's move on to the tampa bay times, based in florida, and another race for the top job. it is donald trump, of course, who has launched his 2020 reelection campaign, saying, we're going to finish the job. and the financial times looks at the reaction by regulators to facebook‘s announcement to launch a digital currency. now, abc news says the state of victoria today becomes the first australian juristiction to legalise euthanasia. and finally, the bbc online. it reports that the scots bought less alcohol last year than any year since records began in the early 1990s, aftera minimum price per unit of alcohol was introduced in a bid to tackle scotland's drink culture. with me is kulveer ranger, senior vice president for strategy and communication at atos, the it services corporation. let's get stuck in, a lot to discuss. guardian talks about the debate. it says that borisjohnson was forced on the defence, that is their

then michael gove, 41, and rory stewart got 37, surprising many.he line at the end there, but still in the race, sajid javid with 33. the final two names that we get on thursday will then be put to a postal vote of tory party members beginning on the 22nd of june. the winner of that will be announced four weeks later. we are joined by our political correspondence. borisjohnson joined by our political correspondence. boris johnson is joined by our political correspondence. borisjohnson is the heavyweight in the ring, into the final rounds. tonight, hejust has to stay out of trouble. he does. and evenif to stay out of trouble. he does. and even if it got into a bit of trouble, i'm not sure it would make much difference! shorter boris johnson declaring he is in fact from another planet shaped as a human, most of the people that like boris johnson will vote for him. they're priced it in that he says the occasional, how shall i say it, gas. here are my magic numbers. if you put dominic raab‘s 30 with boris johnson, you get 156. if you put all the other

the person for that is rory stewart.hnson, some mps are worried about that, worried there is too much low on a blue, too much attacking of each other, and if rory stewart does get through to the debate on the next couple of hours, it could do a lot of harm to the party? and i wouldn't wa nt of harm to the party? and i wouldn't want that, we don't want to be seen taking chunks out of each other. at the first debate on sunday, i think, was good. showed that we are protesting policies for the future and making clear we need to unite and making clear we need to unite and answer brexit. if we don't solve brexit, our party dies. if we don't unite, jeremy corbyn will nationalise our industries, take us out of nato firm and remove our nuclear deterrent — we don't want that to happen. we need to use this as an exercise to notjust energise need to use this as an exercise to not just energise our need to use this as an exercise to notjust energise our membership but the wider country. the nation wants to see borisjohnson the wider

rory stewart has been proud of the fa ct rory stewart has been proud of the fact he has gone out aroundand the conservative party to other people. i spoke to one who said i am not a conservative voter but i would vote conservative if he with the prime minister. the problem he has is that in the leadership race it is about how many backers he can get and can he get into the second round, can he go further than that? he will have to persuade a lot more mps to come onto his side, but his main message is that he doesn't believe in promising things he cannot deliver and he feels strongly that some of the other candidates are doing that, talking about are no—deal brexit which he thinks parliament would block, and spending commitments which he doesn't think is realistic. that is his pitch, that he is different and he can appeal to people beyond the conservative party. many thanks, and we have been sitting watching that campaign launch, how do you rate him as a contender? he has pushed himself up the potential pecking order in cabinet, regardless of who wins. we saw a fluid performance. he not

rory stewart is one to watch in this campaign.s momentum has been building, and there may be a group of tory mps who look atjeremy hunt and think he is a bit boring and managerial and want someone a bit boring and managerial and want someone with a bit more pep and a bit more of an optimistic and to him but isn't from the borisjohnson school of saying whatever you want to get elected. obviously it is really early days and early to predict these things, he might fall out of the competition tomorrow if he doesn't get eight tory mps to back him, but if he gets through the first and second rounds, he is one to watch. and he does seem to have already, this seems a long time ago, but the pro jeremy corbyn further, and if you look further back, you see how president obama mobilise these people. perhaps he hasn't had, as tony said, enough of a run—up. he has only really come to the fore in the last couple of months in terms of serious leadership consideration. the other thing i was thinking about while tony was saying that is that he is n

rory stewart, 27. gove, jeremy hunt, sajid javid and boris johnson. disappointed because i think our country is in the moment of great crisis in the long term of out of great crisis in the long term of our party and country must be at the ce ntre our party and country must be at the centre ground of politics, disappointed because really, the fa ct disappointed because really, the fact that lib dem voters or labour vote rs fact that lib dem voters or labour voters wanted to vote for me, should be something to be proud of and be embraced. perhaps, some the things i was saying that in no—deal brexit would be catastrophic or that you cannot negotiate a new deal with europe, probably were truths that people were not quite ready to hear, but i still think their truths and i'm still going to keep saying them. it doesn't seem like your party, your fellow mps are wanting to hear that message stop live no. i would conclude that they did not seem to be ready to hear that message but the public would. it is simply

maybe rory stewart and sajid javid. maybe rory stewart and sajid javid.didn't quite reach some of the heights he has in recent days when he has been out with the selvie sticks speaking to the public. i'm not sure he quite got over what you wa nt not sure he quite got over what you want a selvie. sajid javid had that coup of getting everyone to agree to that investigation into islamophobia. again, as he made enough break through to win the votes he needs this afternoon? it's another big high—stakes day here. a lot of dogs will be going on this morning about who to keep in the race. next, thank you very much. a woman in her 80s is in a serious condition after an accident involving a police motorbike which was part of a convoy escorting the duke and duchess of cambridge. our reporter jane—frances kelly is in our london studio — jayne, do we have more details? i know there is not much up there. the duke and duchess of cambridge we re the duke and duchess of cambridge were travelling from london to windsor to attend the annual service to commemorate the order

did the others deliberately go after rory stewart, who was the outsider?on, of course, faced questions on his loose talk about nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british woman held in prison in iran. i have deep sympathy, clearly, for her and her family. i don't think that case made any difference. but what of accusations laid at the tory party door that they are prejudiced against muslims, and borisjohnson casually offensive with his language. do the candidates agree that words have consequences? insofar as my words have given offence over the last 20 or 30 years when i've been a journalist, people have taken those words out of my articles and escalated them, of course i am sorry for the offence that they have caused. they did in 60 minutes all manage to agree on something. sajid javid, you've said you would be happy to open up the conservative party to an independent investigation of allegations of islamophobia. would you like to commit to that? yes, i would. do we all agree, guys? shall we have an independent enquiry into islamophobia in the conservative pa

rory stewart — 27. rory stewart is out.e got the support of 37 tory mps, today 27 — and that wasn't enough. borisjohnson is top again — up 17 votes on last time — and almost getting the support of half the mp5. those mps will vote again tomorrow — twice if need be. and that will leave us with two candidates. the conservative party's140,000 members will then select the winner. and we'll get the result in latejuly. well rory stewart's campaign definitely shook up this contest. and he spoke after his exit. the fact that the lib dem voters and labour voters wanted to vote for me should be something we should be proud of. something we should embrace in this party and i'm disappointed also that in the end, perhaps some of the things i was saying that a no—deal brexit would be catastrophic or that she can't negotiate a new deal with europe, probably proved the truth and people weren't ready to hear that but i still think they are truths, and i'm still going to keep saying them. that was rory stewart talking up his centrist appeal.

i agree that rory stewart lost his charm.ting debate, we still need more detail from each of these candidates. sajid javid is well known to me and i think it would bring something new to the conservative party. you said you we re conservative party. you said you were unclear as to any of the plans outlined on brexit, if they are implementable. we do have the october to 31st deadline. you say you want this sorted. would you be prepared to see a no—deal brexit in order to get this done? is it an absolute deadline for you ? order to get this done? is it an absolute deadline for you?” order to get this done? is it an absolute deadline for you? i think i have some frustration with parliament and politicians, to be honest. there is clearly no majority to do something. parliament has to decide what it wants to do to resolve this. i voted to remain in the referendum campaign, but i am now off the view that we need to, one, respect the results, which is particularly important for democracy, you can't go to the people over something an

as beth says, i think probably the only person who is speaking any differently is rory stewart, and hadelection slashed debate oi'i leadership election slashed debate on forward from... brexit... from brexit, we would be looking at someone from brexit, we would be looking at someone else, and i think rory stewart would be standing out quite quite... laura beth, let's fit in the final word with you. what are you looking for most in this debate this evening? i think we need someone to show their new ideas, because we seem show their new ideas, because we seem to keep rehashing the same grounds between the candidates with new ideas, and with a plan, as to how we are going to do with brexit. ilmike how we are going to do with brexit. il mike 0k, how we are going to do with brexit. ilmike ok, laura how we are going to do with brexit. il mike ok, laura beth thompson, liam billington, much more through here through the evening. watching the before and after of the debate, back to clive. all right anita, thank you in it greater manchester. so stay with us on the bbc news channel, we will bring

once rory stewart to join his gang, his gang and michael gove once rory stewart tojoin his gang, soa credible challenge. thank you, norman, and we normally carry prime minister‘s questions live at this time on a wednesday but we are expecting a news conference from investigators looking into the downing of malaysia in airlines mh17 which was en route to kuala lumpur when it was shot down, so we will carry that press conference at midday and that is expected to bring some significant developments in their investigation, we are expected to eliminate —— announce suspects, so if you want to watch prime minister‘s questions, it will be on bbc two and bbc parliament. a 10—year—old girl has become the youngest person in history to climb the iconic el capitan rock formation in yosemite national park in the united states. selah schneiter completed the climb with her dad mike and a family friend. let‘s see her making her historic climb. i just can‘t believe ijust did that! good climb. yeah. what an amazing achievement. let‘s ta ke what an amazing achievement. let‘s take you to the news confer

we have been talking about rory stewart a lot... he is coming home.art. saying the final two candidates should be brexiteers.” do not know what that word means anymore. . . do not know what that word means anymore... i thought you were one. i was a reluctant brexiteer but i wa nted was a reluctant brexiteer but i wanted to stay in a reformed europe. what does brexiteer mean now? i have not heard rory stewart saying if you vote for me i will refuse to bring the country out. i think - is the country out. i think this is michael gove rattled by stewart and translating this into votes tomorrow and trying to stop the stewart bandwagon and saying what you need to ta ke bandwagon and saying what you need to take on a boris is another brexiteer. we have not mentioned dominic raad, to be fair and brexiteer. we have not mentioned dominic raad, to be fairand he would say you need to brexiteers and 1am the would say you need to brexiteers and i am the other one. i think michael gove is staying have me and they are all saying do not have stewart. he has rattled pe

rory mcilroy is still among the chasing pack and is five shots off the lead.l play my game tomorrow and i think it will be dictated by the pin placement and the weather tomorrow as to how aggressive you can be and what it will take to win. i make no predictions about how it is going to feel tomorrow. i will assess it in the morning but i couldn't be in a better spot. i have been pleased with how i played all week. i think i did the right things yesterday, but ijust need to get a bit more out of the round tomorrow than i did today and i am expecting the conditions to be similar, but i could see the course getting a little firmer and faster, and being a touch trickier. british heavyweight tyson fury says he wants a rematch with the wbc champion deontay wilder after an impressive win in las vegas overnight against the german tom schwarz. fury put on a show for the american public. he maintained his unbeaten record. he entered the ring wearing a stars and stripes outfit reminiscent of the character apollo creed in the rocky movies. and although it didn't last very

the momentum for rory stewart was punctured.end, perhaps, some of the things i was saying, that a no—deal brexit would be catastrophic or that you can't negotiate a new deal with europe, probably proved to be truths that people weren't quite ready to hear. three ministers now grapple for the silver medal. right now, the foreign secretary has it in his grasp. i think that he did very well in the tv debate last night. he came across as clear, concise, authoritative. i think he has a calm presence that people are beginning to increasingly participate. but with the trio, including michael gove, struggling to keep up with borisjohnson... do you want to get through? yes, absolutely. there are whispers of pacts to provide a genuine challenge. at some point, there's going to have to be a deal, isn't there? no, i think michael has begun to make real progress. he's put on a tremendous spurt over the last couple of days. i believe he won last night's debate. i believe genuinely there is a proper challenger to borisjohnson, and that is mich

he does not seem super impressed by rory stewart but some who did not know rory stewart very well— andcent times who admittedly are not in politics who have been hugely impressed by rory stewart for his time in the prisoner department and even more recently. and people who have never heard of rory stewart until quite recently, it has been quite interesting the different campaign that he has run. i am quite surprised to see him still standing. he had to have his eight mps... will to get through the next round? i think it is a struggle for him. do you? i cannot see how that happens. in terms of the final two, boris johnson plus another a lot of people think, maybe not michael gove now because people say, based on the cocaine admission that he has lost admission therefore it could be jeremy hunt. jeremy hunt has managed to get a lot of big beasts behind him. there were rumours that philip hammond would offer him his support as well so it seems that, if the ultimate choice is to be a brexit candidate and a remain candidate... jeremy hunt is a born—again brexiteer, is it here? laughter. wha

are you being overtaken by rory stewart?you gained since the last round? you gained, mr gove? who would you back if you get knocked out today? lovely to see you. bye — bye. are you being overtaken by rory stewart? thank you. so is mr gove in danger of being overta ken so is mr gove in danger of being ove rta ke n by so is mr gove in danger of being overtaken by rory stewart? i'm joined by one of rory stewart's supporters. isn't the case for rory stewart really that he is the stop borisjohnson stewart really that he is the stop boris johnson candidate and stewart really that he is the stop borisjohnson candidate and that is why people are beginning to consider him? i think he is a what is right for the country candidate. what is significant is that my constituency office has ta ken significant is that my constituency office has taken cold calls from my constituent who watched the debate on sunday and were impressed by rory, saying he struck them as a man of integrity. i think he has that reach across to a younger generation o

and borisjohnson, rory stewart, who was the outsider?son, of rory stewart, who was the outsider? and borisjohnson, of course, faced questions on his loose talk about nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british woman held in prison in iran. i have deep sympathy for her and her family. i iran. i have deep sympathy for her and herfamily. i don't think that case made any difference. but what about accusations laid at the tory party door that they are prejudiced against muslims, and borisjohnson casually offensive with his language. do the candidates agree that words have consequences? insofar as my words have given offence over the last 20 or 30 years while i have been a journalist, people have taken those words out of my articles and escalated them, of course i am my articles and escalated them, of course i am sorry my articles and escalated them, of course i am sorry for the offence they have caused. they did in 60 minutes all managed to agree on something. sajid javid, you said you would be happy to open up the conservative party to an indepen

rory mcilroy will be happy with that start?portance of getting up to a good start because he failed to do that at the masters and failed to do that at the masters and failed to do that at the pga, and he did not challenge in either championships that we have seen already this year. this is much better, around a 68 despite dropping a shop on the first hole, defending champion is out on the course already opening with the birdie and that paste set at the top of the leaderboard we have rickie fowler, xander show flake and louis, all five under par, here is a birdie and that paste set at the top of the leaderboard we have rickie fowler, xander showed flake and louis, all five under par, here isjoe to round up five under par, here isjoe to round up welcome to pebble beach, this is golf‘s ultimate test of position and nerve, the california coast is a beast in itself, became in the elements is easier with momentum, rory mcelroy come here after a dominant win in canada lastly, it's 110w dominant win in canada lastly, it's now five year

rory stewart 37.ligible to continue onto the next ballots on wednesday, the 19th of june, at three p:m.. michael gove, jeremy hunt, sajid javid, june, at three p:m.. michael gove, jeremy hunt, sajidjavid, boris johnson, and rory stewart. thank you very much. gerald guillen of the united 22 committee, let's get more from our chief political correspondent, vicki young, who is in the central lobby of the houses of parliament, vicki just mixed—race year, dominic rob is out, but rory stewart keeps going. that's right, he was the outsider at the guinea, i think there is suspicion among some here, that supporters ofjeremy hunt may be have lent their support to rory stewa rt‘s have lent their support to rory stewart's commit means of course that he takes part in that debate tonight, and has been quite striking how much he has really laid into borisjohnson, so that's going to be pretty fascinating to watch, but let's speak to guy opperman, who is with me now, he is from team gove. a bit of support for michael

the reason i was going for rory before was because rory wanted to reach out and offer, should i say,esa may kicking the can down the road and with boris, we see a definitive figure, a winner of the mayoral elections in london and as farasi mayoral elections in london and as faras i am mayoral elections in london and as far as i am concerned, what i think we need now is a leader who can get it out of the eu. that is what was decided three years ago. that is what must be done and what is important is for the leader who can bring everyone around the table. we have fantastic candidates. i believe one of the positives that came out is that we have key candidates, 11 of them, james cleverley, sam gyomber, a couple of ladies as well, and what boris did last night was also say, i agree, i agree, he was trying as much as possible not to be divisive and at this moment in time, we need a leader who can bring everyone together because, guess what, no one person has the answer and that is the reason why no one could say how they would do it but with the quality of leader $z/startfeed. with the qu

sadly i think rory was a little bit naive. infunny kind think rory was a little bit naive. to play it straight. i think you should hold his head up and say, actually, idid hold his head up and say, actually, i did pretty well, i made it to bit different. he probably rattled the rest of his colleagues. i think he sort of lost his cool a little bit. but he's got a rally happening tomorrow night back where he launched his original campaign. rory walks off. he started talking about himself in the third person. walks off. he started talking about himself in the third personlj walks off. he started talking about himself in the third person. i don't know if you should do that, it gives me the creeps. the front page of the daily telegraph, continuing this theme of what's in the dark guards. borisjohnson would not theme of what's in the dark guards. boris johnson would not want to face is old sparring partner. boris would have a good chance of knocking out michael gove. but it would be nasty. it would be a psychodrama, there is i'io it would be a psychodrama, there is no doubt about

and rory stewart, 19.llot on tuesday the 18th of june. participate in the next ballot on tuesday the 18th ofjune. michael gove, matt hancock, jeremy hunt, sajid javid, boris johnson, dominic raab and rory stewart. and on your behalf, can i thank my colleagues for participating in an orderly election, and my colleague officers of the 1922 committee and our staff for helping conduct of the ballot in an orderly fashion today. thank you very much indeed. so, there we have the results from committee room 14 at the house of commons, and a headline news is that borisjohnson is way ahead in the first ballot for the conservative party with 114 votes. i i think that is as good as a result as as people could have hoped for, getting into triple figures. it was going to be a bit of a stretch but he has done it. those that get the wooden spoon out already, mark harper is gone, only ten votes. andrea leadsom has gone with 11. esther mcvey has gone with nine. so, no women now in the second round. michael gove is through a

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rory stewart.s, a sense of urgency, you voted to leave the european union and we need to leave as quickly and efficiently and legally as possible but we also owe you something else, oui’ but we also owe you something else, our trust, we must be honest about two difficulties. unfortunately it isn't going to be possible to negotiate a new deal with the you buy the 315t. that isn'tjust something i feel, it is something nigel farage has said, steve baker, one of borisjohnson's supporters have said the same thing. if you try and negotiate a new deal, we will be stuck there for months and years to come. it wouldn't be that they would bea come. it wouldn't be that they would be a few months away of getting it done on ocotober sist, they would have hardly begun. secondly we live ina have hardly begun. secondly we live in a parliamentary democracy and there is only one door through this, using parliament. iwouldn't there is only one door through this, using parliament. i wouldn't waste time saying i was goi

the momentum for rory stewart was punctured.e end, perhaps, some of the things i was saying, that a no—deal brexit would be catastrophic or that you can't negotiate a new deal with europe, probably proved to be truths that people weren't quite ready to hear. three ministers now grapple for the silver medal. right now, the foreign secretary has it in his grasp. i think that he did very well in the tv debate last night. he came across as clear, concise, authoritative. i think he has a calm presence that people are beginning to increasingly participate. but with the trio, including michael gove, struggling to keep up with borisjohnson... do you want to get through? yes, absolutely. there are whispers of pacts to provide a genuine challenge. at some point, there's going to have to be a deal, isn't there? no, i think michael has begun to make real progress. he's put on a tremendous spurt over the last couple of days. i believe he won last night's debate. i believe genuinely there is a proper challenger to boris johnson, and that is m

did the others deliberately go after rory stewart, who was the outsider? course, faced questions on his loose talk about nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british woman held in prison in iran. i have deep sympathy, clearly, for her and her family. i don't think that case made any difference. but what of accusations laid at the tory party door that they are prejudiced against muslims, and borisjohnson casually offensive with his language? do the candidates agree that words have consequences? insofar as my words have given offence over the last 20 or 30 years when i've been a journalist, people have taken those words out of my articles and escalated them, of course i am sorry for the offence that they have caused. they did in 60 minutes all manage to agree on something. sajid javid, you've said you would be happy to open up the conservative party to an independent investigation of allegations of islamophobia. would you like to commit to that? yes, i would. do we all agree, guys? shall we have an independent enquiry into islamophobia in the conservative party? e

larry the cat did walk away when rory stewart knelt...e, i think rory stewart and his great sense of humour he tweeted it himself when the cat walked away. michael go after the drug confession about cocaine, a piece by his wife sarah, who is a male communist columnist, saying she did a lapse ofjudgement negate years of good work, making the case for her husband what you make of that? it's very useful, is it not to have someone who is an established colonists to write on your behalf when you're taking part ina your behalf when you're taking part in a contest like this, i think, whether or not a time a few weeks ago i think she wrote a similar article about saying how, you may not be able to know the dishwasher but he can be an excellent prime ministerl but he can be an excellent prime minister i know that, i think what people will take away from it is let people will take away from it is let people will take away from it is let people will want to take away from it, it will depend on the person who is taking away from it and what's actuall

rory stewart has been international development through terry in the cabinet for a matter of months.experience if you have got those two there. if you have someone like jeremy hunt orjavid or gove, they reported to all the things they feel they have achieved as secretaries of state and a real interesting analysis being done by conservative peer lord haywood who was pointing out on i think it was the week in westminster at the weekend that a lot of conservative members are asked or current managers of businesses with that they are very interested in competence and people who used two firing those incompetent and be various did in that final round and who they think is actually able to do things. if you have a boris johnson versus stewart final recommend will be quite difficult for them but if you have someone like gove who arguably achieves a great deal in every department he goes into including winning after education and the lawyers and environmental sector around, that might be more tricky for boris johnson. who this evening struggled when he was asked again about his re cord when

and rory stewart was usual rory. very punchy and on the front foot.fluence but no votes.|j will ask you now, on what you have seen, who do think borisjohnson would least like to be standing opposite tomorrow night in the bbc one debate? he will not like rory stewart‘s detail. his grasp of detail, his questions, his forensic attack on detail. he can‘t go in ruffling hair. michael gove knows where all the bodies are buried. he was definitely on the bus, wrote the bus with borisjohnson so one of those two will be a problem and the big concern for the party and we wrote about this is you have 16 hosting starting on saturday in birmingham at which you will have their main candidate borisjohnson being relentlessly packed away by a smaller and more junior challenger and that will be quite difficult for the party to recover from. and that will be quite difficult for the party to recoverfrom. it and that will be quite difficult for the party to recover from. it is four weeks of ammunition being built up four weeks of ammunition being built upfor four weeks of

also critical is rory stewart.e how of brexit. we all agree want to get brexit done, the question is how the boris has presented is that he has said he will get it done, but he will not explain how that will be done with parliament and with europe. that will lead to more unnecessary uncertainty. he did not expect that yesterday either. that frustrates me as well, he is not engaging with me all the journalists or the public. if we are choosing a prime minister, we need one who is realistic about what we can achieve. there is a hustings going on at the moment. so far, there doesn't seem to be any real development, any significant ideas was not the most interesting line came from sajid javid, who said that his dog was properly more popular than him. 0h, properly more popular than him. oh, dear! on the others of the fence, the labour party is busy... i'm not sure what the verb would be in terms of what they are doing. you give mea in terms of what they are doing. you give me a verb for what is happening today. a fuddle

rory stewart, meanwhile, it was definitely a below par performance.ol the bbc had provided the contenders with, one moment sitting, the next moment standing, one leg on, one leg off, his tie on, his tie off, looking all over the place. he now faces a struggle just to remain in the contest, so huge, huge pressure over the next 2a a was for some sort of deal to put together a dream team to stop borisjohnson 2a hours. norman smith. a united nations investigator says there is credible evidence that the crown prince of saudi arabia was behind the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. the journalist, a critic of the journalist jamal khashoggi. thejournalist, a critic of of the journalist jamal khashoggi. the journalist, a critic of the prince, was last seen at the saudi consulate in istanbul in october where, it is believed, he was murdered and his body dismembered. james landale reports. jamal khashoggi was a columnist for the washington post and a prominent critic of the saudi leadership. on october the 2nd last year, he entered the saudi consulate in

and we have been hearing from other contenders — rory stewart.ere to be one of the more energetic campaigners in this leadership election. his big pitch is increasingly focusing on being somebody who could stop borisjohnson. he is hugely critical of mrjohnson, saying this morning they have completely different ideas and he has no idea how mrjohnson would deliver brexit, and he is basically saying, i want to go up against him because i think i could scrutinise his ideas. claiming that once that happens mrjohnson will come off the rails. rory stewart has come up with the idea of citizens' assemblies. he has said that 50,000 people might get a phone call saying they should be on the assemblies. i suspect there will be some people at home dreading ever getting the call being asked to come up with a solution to brexit. in the last poll of tory mps, jeremy hunt was second, and he is seen as the front runner to be up against mrjohnson at the moment. i have to say, there wasn't a tremendous amount that was new from mr hunt this morning in detail about wh

once again boris johnson tops the poll, and rory stewart is knocked out.the programme... european leaders are preparing to meet in brussels tomorrow for european leaders are preparing to meet in brussels tomorrow for an european leaders are preparing to meet in brussels tomorrow for an eu council summit. theresa may's last as prime minister. we'll speak to selah schneiter — she just became the youngest person to summit el capitan in yosemite national park. the race to become the democratic nominee for the 2020 presidential elections is a crowded field. 2a have thrown their hat in the ring. the candidates need to keep the media's attention while demonstrating to democrat supporters why they are different from the rest of the pack. but one of the trickiest things about running for president surely has to be quickly responding to difficult questions. thinking on yourfeet. and that can be hardest of all not when you're being asked about politics, but when you're being asked about yourself. job interview style. the new york times put them to the test. what is y

what will be happening with rory stewa rt‘s what will be happening with rory stewart's boats?ll they go —— rory stewart's votes? where will they go? there are a lot of talk about the dark arts and people moving votes behind different candidates to novel others. the only person who could really do that is boris johnson's team person who could really do that is borisjohnson‘s team because he has loads of votes to spare so he is the only team that can afford to play that game and there have been suggestions that may be he was behind the behalf —— bizarre behaviour in terms of the votes for rory stewart because he ended up in the last place of those who went through then he suddenly doubled his votes a nd through then he suddenly doubled his votes and then yesterday he crashed back down, losing ten and a lot of people are saying that that was because boris johnson's people are saying that that was because borisjohnson‘s people supported rory stewart to knock out dominic raab and then pulled the plug on him out of the race. it's almost impossible to substantiate those claims becaus

sarah says rory stewart provided the most credible a nswe rs.w in the entire evening. of course, all men we re entire evening. of course, all men were sat on stools, so we could see their footwear, he found that quite amusing. i will be back with business in just amusing. i will be back with business injust a moment. see you soon. hello there. we've still got some rain around, still got the potential for some more thunderstorms as well. we've got this warm and humid air that's been coming up from the south, across biscay, together with the storm clouds that we had earlier on moving across the south—east of england and east anglia. and this is the main area that continues to be at risk of some thunderstorms well into wednesday, some torrential bursts of rain and gusty winds as well. as one area of storms moving away into the north sea, so we could see more developing late morning and into the afternoon, again towards the south—east of england and east anglia. maybe some patchy rain for lincolnshire and through the midlands, but further west, it'l

rory, do you agree? excellent, they agree.eir campaigns tonight. they are in theory, of course, all on the same side. despite the hugs, not for now. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: restored to its former glory — the theatre at the palace of fontainebleu is reborn after 150 yea rs. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act, which for 40 years forcibly classified each citizen according to race. germany's parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat government from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into the night but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. just a day old and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. early this evening the new prince was taken by his mother and father to t

rory mcilroy is in the chasing pack five shots behind.ng, really. i am so close to gary that i will play my game tomorrow and i think it will be dictated by the pin placement and the weather tomorrow as to how aggressive you can be and what it will take to win. i make no predictions about how it is going to feel tomorrow. i will assess it in the morning but i couldn't be in a better spot. fernando alonso has claimed back—to—back wins at the le mans 24—hour race. alonso shared the car with fellow former formula one drivers sebastien buemi and kazuki nakajima. the toyota crew, who took the lead with an hour to go, were also crowned the world endurance champions. the race was watched by over 250,000 spectators. that's all the sport for now. carin, back to you. five of the candidates to be the next uk prime minister have gone head—to—head in their first televised debate. the frontrunner, boris johnson, chose not to take part in tonight's debate, saying he'll instead participate in a bbc event, on tuesday. the mps that did attend argued over w

it's also jabari is in iran's capital tehran and rory chalons is in london let's speak to rory on those diplomatic efforts by the u.k. government laurie britain's middle east minister to visit iran for what's being billed as a frank and constructive talks. yeah he's got a bit of a tough job and ramirez and the u.k.'s middle east minister he's heading out there on the 23rd of june to try to do 2 things one is to take iran off basically for the things that the united kingdom along with the united states believes that iran has been doing in recent days and weeks attacking shipping in the region and downing the u.s. drone now that's one thing the has to do the other thing is to encourage iran to stick with the neatly deal that was signed in 2015 j c p o a that deal was basically constructed is to give iran incentives not to develop nuclear weapons but then the united states walked away from it last year and the remaining countries that signed it the united kingdom is one france is another so is germany china and russia are also they want this deal to last but in the last week or so iran has

rory mcilroy. dustinjohnson, an upset to the favourites. rory mcilroy.— the most of any world cup. and there have been calls from some to introduce reserve days to get more games on. but the england captain isn‘t a fan of the idea. the tournament is quite a long tournament as it is. i think to have reserve tournament as it is. i think to have reserve days in the group stages is too much. i do think later in the tournament they are a necessary but for group stage games, it is part and parcel of being anywhere in the world, the fact it might rain at some stage. morgan also said that mark wood is an injury doubt for tomorrow‘s match against west indies. he‘s got a sore ankle and will have a fitness test before play tomorrow. joss buttler‘s available again after recovering from bruising. england are currently fourth in the table with four points. the rain has also affected the third and final one day interna ntional between england and west indies women in chelmsford. england were 43 without loss in the 11th over before the rain came. west bromwich albion ha

and lastly, rory stewart, the proposer is david cork and the seconder is victoria prentis.there are ten valid nominations. the official 1922 to hustings will be held tomorrow and wednesday and the first ballot will be held on thursday between 10am and midday. we anticipate for that it is an gentleman of the press that the result of the first ballot will be available around 1pm this thursday. thank you very much indeed. damon cheryl guillen of the conservative 1922 backbench committee. brexit — obviously — is the dominating issue for the leadership candidates. our chief political correspondent vicki young has been looking at where the 10 stand on that — and other policy areas. it is a pretty crowded field and here they all are, all hoping to be the next prime minister. the first round of voting is on thursday, before that many are using campaign launches to lay out their key messages. of course their approach to brexit will be one of the most scrutinised areas. one group argues the uk must leave the eu on the 31st of october with or without a deal. they included borisjohnson

you heard rory stewart, he has not been shy of criticising borisjohnson rory stewart, he has not beenris johnson for various things, his brexit plan, his relu cta nce various things, his brexit plan, his reluctance to be interviewed or appear in public at, for example, the hustings on channel 4 tonight. the more broad question is how far they go with that. the reason boris johnson gives for not taking part in some of these events is that if he does there will be too much blue on blue action, people need to catch up with him so they will be perhaps more prepared to have a go. do we have confirmation from boris that he will take part in the debate on the bbc on tuesday? he will take part and the hope in boris's camp is that by that point the number will have been reduced significantly, two or three candidates will drop out on tuesday so it will be boris johnson versus potentially to others. the idea is then that they are battling ideas rather than ganging up on him. two teenagers have been charged with the murder of an 18—year old man who was stabbed to death at wandsworth in south lond