and tom tugendhat 20. as a result of that ballot, tom tugendhat is eliminated from the contest, and the fourth ballot will take place tomorrow between 130 and tpm in the space between the top three candidates, kemi badenoch, james cleverly and robert jenrick. the result will be announced tomorrow at 3:30pm. thank you very much for your attendance. this there we go. tom tugendhat eliminated from the conservative party leadership race. he received the fewest number of votes from his party mps so he is out. we will have another elimination tomorrow. helen is standing by. you another elimination tomorrow. helen is standing by.- helen is standing by. you got the results _ helen is standing by. you got the results there _ helen is standing by. you got the results there of _ helen is standing by. you got the results there of that - the results there of that ballot and tom tugendhat goes out. he was broadly expected to lose out today in this round. it is interesting if you look at the numbers, tom tugendhat with 2

and tom tugendhat , jenrick, 31. and tom tugendhat, 20.ore now on that dramatic news with gb news political editor chris hope, who joins us live from there in the palace of westminster. chris, a dramatic surge forward for james cleverly putting on an astonishing 18 votes. he's the man who surged into first place robert jenrick the wheels are wobbling somewhat on his campaign. kemi badenoch putting two on. what's the latest ? two on. what's the latest? >> hi, martin. yeah, welcome back here to the historic westminster hall, which has seen its own fair share of drama over the centuries. and a bit of that has been added tonight by the third round of voting in the tory leadership contest. that's right. james cleverly surged ahead with 18 more supporters. that means he looks like he's hoovered up all of the 16 that went to mel stride in the previous round, and taken a couple more from other others. i'm not even sure that the team around james cleverly know where they've come from , but the two they've come from, but the two are tied now, nearly

we will hear from tom tugendhat . will hear from tom tugendhat himself... applause. days, here, with all of you, it has helped turn my anger and my disappointment into optimism. i can feel the energy. i can feel the determination, i can feel the determination, i can feel the hope, you, the beating heart of the party know there is a way part for us in a way back for us. i know we can and we will rebuild this party. i know that we can and we will reconnect with the british people. i know we can and we will restore trust. and, if we do that, we can and we will win again! applause. but to do so... you know what it needs? it but to do so... you know what it needs?— but to do so... you know what it needs? it demands honesty. we have heard _ it needs? it demands honesty. we have heard platitudes, i it needs? it demands honesty. we have heard platitudes, not| we have heard platitudes, not substance in this campaign. too much about personality, not enough about principle. too much of a change without saying hi. i am standing before you today because i have had enough of the l

tom tugendhat was the person - terms of this latest vote. en he got 21. as for the others, robert jenrick went backwards in this round of voting, he had consistently led each round since the start but he slipped back very slightly from 33 votes in the second round to 31 today. kemi badenoch went forward, she put on two votes, 28 to 30. but the big winner was james cleverly. in the last two rounds, he was on a static 21 votes. but that has lapped up 21 votes. but that has lapped up to 39. that has reflected some of the momentum in his campaign. he was seen to have had a really good conference, to have made the most of the exposure he got there. his speech in the main hall was very well received. i was speaking to some members who felt he had done a good job and had been warm and engaging, and he seems to have really managed to capitalise on that moment and has now reflected in the votes today. it puts him one votes today. it puts him one vote short of what we guarantee him a place in the final two, so assuming that all those people stick with

he talked about positivity as the person who talked before him, tom tugendhat, had. he went further and tugendhat, had. he went furtherand told tugendhat, had. he went further and told the tories, they need to be more normal, as he put it. he talked about such a wide range of different issues. his wife and how she battled cancer, and how the nhs was wonderful when she needed it, and he talked about some of the achievements of the conservative government. he also talked about his time in government. let's talk to our correspondent listening in. damian, what do you take from james cleverly? it felt like it went on for more than 20 minutes, i'm not sure if itjust felt like that. i sure if it just felt like that. i think it's dead. we were not tailing exactly. we think it went on for maybe 30 minutes —— we were not —— i think it did, we were not timing exactly. you could hear some of the moments were clearly the audience reacted, they liked some of what he was saying. he is a polished performer, he has been a very senior minister, foreign secretary, home secretary, party

tom tugendhat _ -- kelly badenoch. tom tugendhat is _ -- kelly badenoch.t is expected to -- kelly badenoch. tom - tugendhat is expected to be knocked out at this stage. i think he failed to make such an impact as james cleverly at the tory party conference with up they are really in a fight to be the centre candidate. james cleverly took the the up and can be badenoch came third today but only by one vote that doesn't mean there is a world where she makes it through and robertjenrick doesn't. three pretty confident to give up the companies entail and feature a winnerfor them it companies entail and feature a winner for them it does look very likely that james cleverly is now going to make the final, front runner which shows you this race has changed in the several months it's been going on. and jenrick and supporters are going to have a late night tonight, calling mps trying to get votes on the right and say i am the candidate who can beat james cleverly. 0n the membership: comic kelly badenoch probably has more to point to robertjenrick at the moment. the

yes that's right, you can get a tom tugendhat . they can get a tom tugendhat. they love the puns here. i'm going to see if i can grab a quick word with tom. he's clearly doing some posing for some photographs here, but you can also see there are, actually, i'm fairly disappointed with the lack of the pun on a mug, but the hats, the pun on a mug, but the hats, the hats are fantastic . tom, the hats are fantastic. tom, tom, you're live on gb news. what is your favourite piece of merch? >> well, my favourite piece of merch has to be the tom tat that is now on richard's arm. there we go. branding. branding the journalist. are you going to have a tom tat? >> tom, i took a tom tat yesterday. i might have to get another one. i have to ask , have another one. i have to ask, have you had a tom tat? >> well, it would be indiscreet to say what my tom tat is. >> well, thank you very much. thanks very much. there we go. lots of fun here at the tom tugendhat stand. back to you, emily. >> goodness me, it would be indiscreet to say where the tom tat is . very interesting indeed

so solidarity together is probably that tom tugendhat slips out and the final three is robertjenrick,y. however, on this podcast we're always happy to be wrong and to fess up when we do. we've done a bit of that lately, so we'll see what happens. the vote is on... ..tuesday and wednesday. but you say to me, am i allowed to say two other things? of course you are. it's like two other things. it would be that kemi badenoch and robertjenrick had difficult moments at the conference. kemi badenoch, when she gave the impression that she was questioning the level of maternity pay, and robert jenrick when he said that special forces are killing rather than capturing on the ground as a result of human rights laws. so who knows, maybe it will be tom tugendhat, james cleverly and one of kemi badenoch or robertjenrick. but who knows? we will see. tory mps are always described as the most duplicitous electorate in the world. in other words, they all lie to each other about who they're going to back and then just look at the numbers. so thank you very much for listening to this episode. join adam n

first was tom tugendhat.ng a conservative revolution to drive growth, stating migration has cost us too much in the last 30 years because we haven't invested enoughin because we haven't invested enough in home grown talent. he even adopted david cameron's famous £100,000 cap at £100,000, £100,000, 100,000 cap on net migration got there in the end. next, shadow home secretary james cleverly. he was keen to make sure party members were proud of the conservatives record in office, including his own, of course, attacking reform uk for being, in his words, a pale imitation of a great party. he reminded conference the tories delivered brexit and he himself cut migration well, not everyone was as positive. front runner robert jenrick admitted the country does not trust the conservatives, saying they should never fail their people again and build a new conservative party. as we heard that a lot. new conservative party he went out to set out his main policies, including securing our borders by leaving the echr. he sai

can we see tom tugendhat? so it's tom tugendhat , tugendhat?rnalist in beirut in the late 90s. >> what you really need is a scalectrix . exactly. and we've scalectrix. exactly. and we've got all the best stories from that. >> there we go. which one is the bit? >> that's you. that's me. take it. >> did you have a scalectrix as a child, tom? i had a scalectrix when i was a freelance journalist in beirut in the 90s, and me and my mates would sit around in the evenings and, played scalectrix and obviously , played scalectrix and obviously, obviously get the best stories by inviting lebanese politicians around to play scalectrix. what around to play scalectrix. what a clever way to get a story. that's tom tugendhat, tom, one of our leadership contenders, playing scalectrix. you're never too old to play scalectrix that's my view . now let's. that's my view. now let's. should we go this way? keep going, keep going. have we lost? right. we've walked into another dead end. i'm pretty good at getting into dead ends , so let's getting into dead ends, so l

and tom tugendhat , jenrick, 31. and tom tugendhat, 20. of that ballot, tom tugendhat is eliminated from the contest . eliminated from the contest. >> so, as predicted, tom tugendhat is out. and as i said to you last week when i sat and watched very, very carefully the speeches that they all gave at the conservative party conference, it was clear to me that cleverly was the one that impressed. i'm not talking policy. i'm talking about looking like somebody who actually was in command and cleverly was miles better .com. i'm joined in tonight's endeavour by sir george howarth, former labour member of parliament and junior minister under tony blair, and lord monckton, hereditary peer and former conservative political adviser . so, lord monckton, who adviser. so, lord monckton, who do you think makes the last two? >> i think you've got it absolutely right. and after all, do you really want jenrick to go through , given that i think he's through, given that i think he's asked for your retirement hasn't he? he has. >> i mean, fat chance of that.

tom tugendhat has now been eliminated from the race, with only 20 votes. the final two will be decided from the remaining three candidates at the next round of voting tomorrow afternoon . the director tomorrow afternoon. the director general of m15 has warned that isis and al—qaeda and pardon al—qaeda are on the rise again, with an increased terror risk unked with an increased terror risk linked to the conflict in the middle east. in a stark warning at the counter—terrorism operations centre, ken mcmullen revealed that iran has been unked revealed that iran has been linked to at least 20 deadly plots in the uk over the past two years. he says both groups are attempting to export terror. highlighting the recent deadly attacks in moscow as a brutal demonstration of what isis is capable of. as the conflict, as the conflict between israel and iran intensifies. m15 is on high alert for potential domestic repercussions . starmer is set repercussions. starmer is set for crucial talks in berlin, joining leaders fr

tom tugendhat, and we will talk more later on in the programme about that jen rick campaign video.ur guests tonight, times columnist and conservative peer danny finkelstein, afshin shahi, senior lecturer in middle east politics at keele university, and jasmine el—gamal, a former middle east advisor at the us department of defence. and obviously nick is here. afshin shahi, ifi and obviously nick is here. afshin shahi, if i could begin by asking you about this attack. is it over now. have they sent a message? this is more than — now. have they sent a message? this is more than a — now. have they sent a message? ti 3 is more than a message. this now. have they sent a message? t1 1 is more than a message. this is essentially a declaration of war that has the potential to change the security landscape of the region beyond recognition, and what is so puzzling at this stage is why the islamic republic has taken the risk for a major escalation. 0ver islamic republic has taken the risk for a major escalation. over the last three or four decades, what we have seen is effectively a cold war.

does that make tom tugendhat county even more relevant? had a stellar military career. >> tom has served the united kingdom in various capacities for over a quarter of a century, 25 years. so he's used to serving and as you say in the military, he has put his life on the line for our country. and he will do. he'll do that when he's asked to, when he needs to, because he cares so much. but i think with tom and what he always says is politics is not a game. he's seen the real world implications of when politics goes wrong, of what the actual impact of decisions which are made in westminster in other administrations around the world means, and why it's so important that we do not play games while we actually take this seriously, because we are in such a privileged position to serve the country, and we need to make sure that we are not doing that for any sort of personal advantage. we are there to serve. tom's there to serve, and that's why he will be the perfect leader of our party in these uncertain times. because, as you say, we can't be in

mps are choosing between kemi badenoch, james cleverly, robertjenrick and tom tugendhat.get around lunch time is a vote and a little bit after that, one and a half hours, a couple of hours, early mid afternoon, we will get that result, which of the four candidates is out. and crucially what that will mean is where their votes then go. we know that the last candidate to be knocked out had 16 votes, this is only an electorate of around 121 conservative mps, that is what the conservative party has been reduced to after its devastating losses in the last election, so a small number of votes moving can really shift this. and essentially in the four who are there, you have two on the right side of the party in robertjenrick and kemi badenoch, they topped the poll, got first and second in ranking of votes in the last round, and then two slightly more in the centre, james cleverly and tom tugendhat. the feeling is tom tugendhat might be out this time but we will learn that this afternoon. really what you see here is a competition for what does the conservative party wants, what d

mps are choosing between kemi badenoch, james cleverly, robertjenrick and tom tugendhat. one and a half hours, a couple of hours, early mid afternoon, we will get that result, which of the four candidates is out. and crucially what that will mean is where their votes then go. we know that the last candidate to be knocked out had 16 votes, this is only an electorate of around 121 conservative mps, that is what the conservative party has been reduced to after its devastating losses in the last election, so a small number of votes moving can really shift this. and essentially in the four who are there, you have two on the right side of the party in robertjenrick and kemi badenoch, they topped the poll, got first and second in ranking of votes in the last round, and then two slightly more in the centre, james cleverly and tom tugendhat. the feeling is tom tugendhat might be out this time but we will learn that this afternoon. really what you see here is a competition for what does the conservative party want, what do mps want? do they want to pursue a more rightward direction

and tom tugendhat 20.i badenoch, james cleverly and robert jenrick. the result will be announced tomorrow at 3:30pm. thank you very much for your attendance. this there we go. tom tugendhat eliminated from the conservative party leadership race. he received the fewest number of votes from his party mps so he is out. we will have another elimination tomorrow.

tom tugendhat has also set a limit, a cap on the number of migrants even want to see.he set. in the past, and certainly conventionally, the membership are generally seen to be a bit more to the right than to the centre, so we would expect to wait and see who will go through to the final two to get the vote from the members. that result in pretty — the vote from the members. that result in pretty soon. _ the vote from the members. that result in pretty soon. it _ result in pretty soon. it remained intact for centuries, but a patch of snow believed to be the longest lasting in the uk has disappeared for the fourth consecutive year as a result of our warming climate. the information located in the scottish cairngorms is known as the sphinx and has been monitored since the 1700s, most recently by citizen scientist ian cameron who has been documenting his latest visit to the site. it documenting his latest visit to the site. , ., documenting his latest visit to the site. , . , ., the site. it is a pilgrimage, ou are the site. it is a pilgrimage, you are walking _ the site.

we saw tim tugendhat —— tom tugendhat. shouldh't— we should never have agreed, we shouldn't have begun negotiations in november— shouldn't have begun negotiations in november of 2022. it means that although the airbase which is jointly— although the airbase which is jointly uk us operated is maintained on a 99 _ jointly uk us operated is maintained on a 99 year lease, the other outlying islands are going back to mauritian sovereignty. there are many other countries that would be interested in a permanent base in the indian — interested in a permanent base in the indian ocean. china being one of them. as— the indian ocean. china being one of them. �* , the indian ocean. china being one of them. . , , ., them. as we can see, tom tugendhat, worried that this _ them. as we can see, tom tugendhat, worried that this will give _ worried that this will give an opening to china. he also perhaps a political aim, very keen for us to know who was the foreign secretary when these talks opened in 2022. that would be james cleverly, his

and tom tugendhat , jenrick, 31. and tom tugendhat, 20. of that ballot, tom tugendhat is eliminated from the contest . eliminated from the contest. >> so, as predicted, tom tugendhat is out. and as i said to you last week when i sat and watched very, very carefully the speeches that they all gave at the conservative party conference, it was clear to me that cleverly was the one that impressed. i'm not talking policy. i'm talking about looking like somebody who actually was in command and cleverly was miles better than the other. the big disappointment for those on the centre right of the conservative party, i think, to be honest , party, i think, to be honest, was the performance of jenrick. you know, if you go out and speak without notes and wander around the stage, you have to have the charisma to back it up. and frankly, i don't think that jenrick had that and that's why his vote is down and badenoch kind of is up a little bit. but holds steady. the next round of voting is tomorrow . who makes voting is tomorrow. who makes the last two.

tom tugendhat goes first. followed by james cleverly, tugendhat goes first.rly, robert jenrick and then finishing with kemi badenoch. this really is the last big moment for them because two of them will be eliminated in the coming days. next week. if the chains are dynamic it will have to do it now and i have to say that nothing much has really shifted things so far but as i talk to you, there are delegates filing past me who are heading into the hole. keen to see what they have to say. the hole. keen to see what they have to say-— have to say. the last and they were in opposition _ have to say. the last and they were in opposition at - have to say. the last and they were in opposition at a - were in opposition at a conference, it was 2005, when david cameron came to the fore and he took people by surprise and he took people by surprise and they must be hoping for something like that. that and they must be hoping for something like that.- something like that. that is kind of, anyway, _ something like that. that is kind of, anyway, this - something like that.

mps are choosing between kemi badenoch, james cleverly, robertjenrick and tom tugendhat.t will happen?— talk us through what will ha en? , . happen? yes, what we will get around lunch _ happen? yes, what we will get around lunch time _ happen? yes, what we will get around lunch time is _ happen? yes, what we will get around lunch time is a - happen? yes, what we will get around lunch time is a vote - happen? yes, what we will get| around lunch time is a vote and around lunch time is a vote and a little bit after that, one and a half hours, a couple of hours, early mid afternoon, we will get the results, which of the four candidates is out. and crucially what that will mean is where their votes then go. we know that the last candidate to be knocked out had 16 votes, this is only an electorate of around 121 conservative mps, thatis around 121 conservative mps, that is what the conservative party has been reduced to after its devastating losses in the last election, so a small number of votes moving can really shift this and in the four who are there, you have two on the rig

the feeling is tom tugendhat might be out this time but we will learn that this afternoon.t does the conservative party wants, what do mps want? do they want to pursue a more rightward direction, or something different? people might remember this process starting, it may feel to some like it has been going on for quite a while. talk us through the timeline. it has, yes. this takes us back to the election back injuly, it extends until the beginning of november. we will get this week, the candidates whittled down, one will go today, tomorrow one more, leaving us with two candidates who will be put forward to the wider conservative party membership outside parliament, the local members around the country, and it is their vote that will determine the winner. traditional wisdom has it that you win that vote in the membership by appealing to the right, but we will see whether that is the case, whether they are presented with two candidates from the right or one from each of the slightly different approaches. but that decision will come at the end of october, announced at the begi

tom tugendhat has now been eliminated from the race, with only 20 votes.he final two will be decided from the remaining three candidates at the next round of voting tomorrow afternoon . the director tomorrow afternoon. the director general of m15 has warned that isis and al—qaeda are on the rise again, with an increase of the terrorists linked to the conflict in the middle east. in a stark warning at the counter—terrorism operations centre, ken mcmullen revealed that iran has been linked to at least 20 deadly plots in the uk over the past two years. he says both groups are attempting to export terror , highlighting the export terror, highlighting the recently deadly attack in moscow as brutal demonstration of what isis is still capable of. and as the conflict between israel and iran intensifies , m15 is on high iran intensifies, m15 is on high alert for potential domestic repercussions . keir starmer is repercussions. keir starmer is set for crucial talks in berlin, joining leaders from the us, france, germany this saturday. the meeting will focus on the o

will longshot tom tugendhat drop out? where will those votes go?ull results on that as it comes in. plus we'll have an emotional interview with a brother . his interview with a brother. his brother was taken hostage by hamas a year ago yesterday at the nova music festival. he's travelled the world, spoken with 50 foreign ministers and presidents. he's even prayed with the pope for the return of his brother. we'll talk to him about his tireless quest for the liberty of his brother and students. he takes him three hours to read a book, apparently. well, i'll be joined by a bloke who sold quite a few books, 320 million books. in fact, sir jeffrey archer. well, he had to say about the terminal decline, it seems, of human intelligence. that's all coming. three. two. six. >> oh, absolutely fascinating. we were discussing reading books earlier, whether we've read a long book recently, i could only come up with political biographies, but political biographies. >> i've read rather a nice novel the other day, but i can't remember what it was called. but yes,

tom tugendhat, undoubtedly, in my view, someone i'm supporting had the best conference. about him . the members event he about him. the members event he did was was packed. look, i don't think he was the best performer today, but i don't think that particularly matters. james cleverly is great, to be honest, i would say. is this tom? >> tom looked nervous. i thought, well, of course he's nervous. >> he's, you know, it's the official opposition. they're standing for a really important job as you say. and what i would say is this, i think the mistake you made, i love james, he's fantastic. he's party chairman, just like me. he's very polished. it was a good performance today, but he stood on that stage, i think half a dozen times or more and made that speech to conference. he's got muscle memory for it. no wonder he was got muscle memory for it. no wonder iwin?s got muscle memory for it. no wonder iwin? farage going to win? farage @gbnews .com. so jake berry is a former member of parliament and former chairman of the conservative party and lloyd russell—moyle, former labou

tom tugendhat has gone out like a sinking casino.took 39 of the 120 votes ahead of robert jenrick on 31, kemi badenoch on 30. >> so this afternoon the latest one will be voted, so it will come to down two. earlier we spoke to gb news leadership contender robert jenrick. he had this to say . this to say. >> polling suggests that i am the best placed candidate to win back the voters that we've lost to reform , as well as those on to reform, as well as those on the left as well, and there's a yougov poll that came out only a week ago that showed that i was ahead of james cleverly amongst the members. so i think i have a very clear path to winning the contest and more importantly, because it's not about the party, this is actually about our country. to winning back voters more generally and getting us back into government . back into government. >> so we're joined now by actor. that's his day job and conservative councillor for borehamwood in hertfordshire that's alex clarkson. alex, you and i have known each other a long time. you were

we say hello good morning tom tugendhat . good morning tom tugendhat. >> good morning eamonn. tom we just want to before we get into talking about leadership things and what's going on in lebanon and beirut and britain's involvement in it or what britain's involvement should be. what's your take? >> well, look, eamonn i lived in beirut from 97 to 99. i was a journalist out there and at the moment my fears , my concerns are moment my fears, my concerns are with so many of my lebanese friends who are extremely worried, as you can imagine. but let's be clear, lebanese hezbollah, that terrorist group that has been involved in child trafficking and drug dealing, is absolutely evil. it's backed by the regime in iran, and it has brought huge amounts of destruction and death to the entire country of lebanon and also to the region, killing many syrians . and it's also been syrians. and it's also been raining down missiles on israel. so it is a vile regime, and nobody should be supporting it. what's also true, however, is that israel is has been under threat from many different targets f

the falklands are british, says tom tugendhat's team no debate,. tom won't trade away sovereignty.ells me that gibraltar, which spain are after the falklands, which argentina are after, are safe because the people living there want to be british. and as long as that is the case, there will be no deals done. they say with the chagos islands are different because there's about 2500 military contractors and 60 migrants who have no real say over the future of the island. so it's different because no one lives there. but even so, we are seeing some one off some of our sovereign territory being traded away in the first few months of a labour government . government. >> and chris, you say it's different about the falklands and gibraltar, but you know, sure as mustard that the king of spain, the president of argentina, will now be greatly emboldened by today's manoeuvres. they'll be making a lot of noise about it, and they'll fancy their chances. they're just keeping up the political pressure and if you say the direction of travel as the european union or again, as the european union or ag

applause cheering a standing ovation for tom tugendhat, the first to speak, mp for tonbridge in kent. he spoke, the lectern was removed from the stage and our reporter down on the floor and wondered if he would speak without notes like david cameron did back in 2005. he talked about being among friends, about the party needing honesty to reclaim support of voters who turned their backs on conservatives in july. then he talked about his military service before parliament, saying that he knows what leadership demands. let's go to damien who was listening in.— let's go to damien who was listening in. interesting. we had many — listening in. interesting. we had many of _ listening in. interesting. we had many of the _ listening in. interesting. we had many of the themes - listening in. interesting. we had many of the themes we | listening in. interesting. we - had many of the themes we have heard from tom tugendhat, his military service as you are saying. his roles in government that he has had. his international experience. so he is pitching on all of those. with me is one of his support

james cleverly and tom tugendhat.final two will be selected, leaving conservative members to make the ultimate choice . james, cleverly seen as choice. james, cleverly seen as the front runner, has gained some momentum following a strong performance at the party conference, but team jenrick is confident, believing their hard stance on the european convention on human rights will win them a place in that final. well, this morning we were joined by shadow minister for education damian hinds and he told us that he thinks there is a field of four standout candidates to choose from. >> we've not made a declaration. i think we've got four really strong candidates. obviously we've got we've got around today another round tomorrow and then there will be the and then there'll be the members round. i took a decision at the start of the contest not to make a declaration until we got to that final, until we got to that final, until we got to that final stage. but i think it's been a very well contested election. obviously, the pa

kemi badenoch, the former immigration minister, robertjenrick and the shadow security minister, tom tugendhat are into the final two — the conference in birmingham has been a key part of each's effort to make the cut. oil prices have been surging — and global stock markets under pressure — after iran launched a barrage of missiles at targets across israel on tuesday. the middle east region supplies around a third of the world's oil — and analysts are concerned a widening conflict could disrupt supplies. the price of crude jumped almost 5 per cent during late trading on tuesday — as news of those attacks emerged. as you can see brent crude is up around a dollar — trading close to 75 dollars a barrel. us stock markets also reacted — the three main indices closing sharply lower — and markets in asia have been following — japan's nikkei 225 ending more than 2 per cent lower. european stock markets though have opened higher — led by shares of energy and defence companies. our business reporter mariko 0i has been following this from our singapore bureau. it is not too surprising that we are seeing

tom tugendhat. >> tom tugendhat told me, well, ispoke >> tom tugendhat told me, well, i spoke to his id, tom, they've lied to you because tory mps lie. it is a duplicitous electorate. tom came last. poor tom. and i think what will happen today we've got badenoch in second place. so long the front runner. i think there'll be some jiggery jiggery pokery. and i think we might end up with generic versus cleverly. and i think cleverly is going to win. >> do you think the membership would vote for cleverly over. >> i do really. >> i do really. >> he had a very good conference week. he did very well on a lot of platform appearances and jenrick was curiously underwhelming and very underwhelming and very underwhelming actually. >> okay, my friend, thank you very much indeed. have yourselves a good show. will do. thank you very much indeed. >> we'll have all eyes on that leadership contest . live on gb leadership contest. live on gb news coming through at 3:30. but we say goodbye. >> yeah, whatever you're doing today, have a good one. bye bye. >> expect a warm front moving from the kitchen righ

so between now and three o'clock tomorrow, those 20 mps who were supporting tom tugendhat, their votes for grabs. their phones are not going to stop _ votes are up for grabs. their phones are not going to stop ringing. - are not going to stop ringing. vicki, thank you. and victoria derbyshire will have more on the conservative leadership contest on newsnight on bbc two shortly. hi, sophie. yes, our expert panel willanswer hi, sophie. yes, our expert panel will answer the question — who looks most like a leader in waiting? and here at the bbc, we are of course monitoring hurricane milton. president biden warns that it could be the worst to hit fried in a century. how much damage could it cause? newsnight on bbc two, bbc news and iplayer in about four minutes. . ., ., ., ,, the nobel prize for physics has been jointly awarded to the british—canadian scientist geoffrey hinton — known as the "godfather of ai", and to the americanjohn hopfield. professor hinton said he was surpised to get the call. i'm flabbergasted, still. i haven't managed to get my head round it yet. the pair have been r

james you're backing tom tugendhat. he's he's in last place at the moment on the mp ballots. backing someone in last place. >> i think tom's got the character and the values that we need to rebuild the trust with the british people, with those people who switched to reform. he's got momentum coming into the conference, he added votes in the last stage of the mp votes we've seen at this conference the reception that he had from members when he did his presentation and question and answer session yesterday, sending out a positive vision for conservatism that will help us win back the voters that we need to so we can kick out this awful labour government. >> it's interesting to hear tom's position on policy. he started off this race being pretty strident on the issue of the european court of human rights. he's to some extent rowed back from that initial position. or is that an unfair characterisation? >> i think that's a bit unfair. >> i think that's a bit unfair. >> i've worked with tom on this issue for over a decade. when we both worked in the ministry of defence, and after h

tom tugendhat saying, look, you know, i'm the candidate that lib dems like the most.think the lib dems should fear the conservatives getting those votes back? >> i think the conservatives are so far away from getting the votes back from our people. whoever the hell they are. i know, i mean, it is so arrogance of it. it's so arrogant and there doesn't seem to be any, as claire says, any self—awareness of actually you completely screwed up over 14 years and whether or not you think, you know, keir starmer and the new government are doing very well, which i happen not to at the moment. actually, what they have inherited and what we are all paying inherited and what we are all paying the price for, whether it's housing, transport, money wasted and everything else is because of these people. the other thing i find astonishing about this conference is you don't really get to hear them very much apart from robert jenrick banging on about, the european convention on human rights and this absolute nonsense about our armed forces, special forces, which he then couldn't answer.

the vote is this afternoon and it is all about trying to get tom tugendhat supporters to back one of three candidates. a few have already come out. generally they were expected to side behind james cleverly but to be honest his surgeon yesterday to first place, i think the key to understand this is that it's a secret ballot. no one knows how any of the mps vote including the candidates themselves. they just see the number and it's the most duplicitous electorate you could think of. we the most duplicitous electorate you could think of.— you could think of. we talk about underhand _ you could think of. we talk about underhand tactics i you could think of. we talk. about underhand tactics and plotting. how would that work with people trying to decide in a strategic way who the final to make the person they most want? , . ., ., ., want? they are narrowing down to the final _ want? they are narrowing down to the final two _ want? they are narrowing down to the final two that _ want? they are narrowing down to the final two that will- want? they are narrowing down to the final two that wi

criticised for that, for comments about the british military, and one of his rival candidates tom tugendhatlly unhelpful. on the broader issue of the echr, those initial comments, when they were made, ben wallace made them, he said that didn't mean he thought you should leave the echr.— leave the echr. first of all these are _ leave the echr. first of all these are sensitive - leave the echr. first of all| these are sensitive matters leave the echr. first of all - these are sensitive matters and you wouldn't expect a minister or former_ you wouldn't expect a minister or former minister to go into details — or former minister to go into details and provide examples. that_ details and provide examples. that is— details and provide examples. that is clearly not the right approach. but based on the comments of the former defence secretary, what rob is doing is applying — secretary, what rob is doing is applying the experience he has as a former national immigration minister, to say this is— immigration minister, to say this is an _ immigration minister, to say this is an example of why we need

tom tugendhat campaign, he said jokingly if it's a 40, 40, 40 tie, tom tugendhat wins.ll, that's not going to happen. they're going to keep voting here until we get the final two to go forward to the membership. >> chris, we can't have a tie. we can't have a toss of the coin. we can't have a repeat of the brexit nightmare. we need a result today. and i'm sure chris, hope, for all the drama aside, we're going to get one. and then the big question, chris, as we've been talking about for many, many weeks, is the party itself faces that fork in the road . does it stick with in the road. does it stick with the establishment choice ? james the establishment choice? james cleverly the safer of the two pair of hands, or does it take a gamble on a more right wing and potentially more populist candidate that might take the party in the direction of where the members want? and what do you think will happen? it's almost certain we're going to get cleverly. he's 16 to 1 on to get cleverly. he's 16 to 1 on to get through today. he's nailed on barring a lightning strike. james cleverl

tom tugendhat says the move undermines uk security. >> it does as it means that although the air basech is jointly uk us operated, is maintained for on a 99 year lease, the other outlying islands are going back to mauritian sovereignty. now there are many other countries which will be interested in a permanent base in the indian ocean. china being one of them. >> now, at least nine people have been killed in an israeli airstrike in central beirut, according to lebanese officials. the israeli military says it was a precision attack on the building, which they say housed a hezbollah affiliated health centre. it comes as israel has today warned more people to evacuate in southern lebanon. meanwhile, hezbollah says it's detonated a bomb against israeli forces in infiltrating a southern lebanese village. israel is carrying out an offensive against the iranian backed terror group hezbollah, which partly prompted iran to launch around 180 ballistic missiles at beirut . meanwhile, missiles at beirut. meanwhile, more than 150 british nationals have left lebanon on the first uk government chart

but others like tom tugendhat, friends of his who wants to rival him to be the tory leader. says in terms that this puts at risk the falkland islands and other uk territories. no others being gibraltar, which spain are coveting. the foreign office say that isn't the case, but it has caused a big row politically here in the here in the uk. >> chris barrett, thank you very much for that. matt goodwin, what do you think to this? >> well, it's the wrong decision. it shows the labour government doesn't really care about the territorial integrity of the united kingdom and our overseas territories. it's not a humanitarian issue. i think mauritius is using the humanitarian issues to try and turn it into that. actually, looking at most of the expert legal opinions out there in the world today, including richard ehns world today, including richard ekins, who wrote probably the most comprehensive report on this issue for policy exchange. there is no legal precedent for what what is, what is. there's no sound legal basis for what is happening today. richard's argument, i think it's i'm

i think that that gave an opportunity for tom tugendhat and james cleverly. ndhat, by his own admission , tugendhat, by his own admission, really failed to rise on this. this last morning of the big speeches and it just fell flat. and he was then followed by james cleverly, who gave a real barnstorming performance. i think he's he's really, i think, maybe cemented himself in second place now, except except his barnstorming performance was basically just criticising reform. >> well wasn't it? now there's an issue with that because of course you need to win back. there's no point saying people reform and those who vote for them are idiots because you need to win those people back. >> and this is part of the problem that the people who went to party conference said a lot of these people, but they're the sort of people who are not so upset or annoyed or frustrated or exhausted with the conservatives that they still went to this conference. and there's still a lot of other party members who can vote in this contest who didn't bother going. and maybe, maybe delibera

the person i say who hasn't done as well in this conference is definitely tom tugendhat.ough. right. there are other — to cut through. right. there are other politics _ to cut through. right. there are other politics around i to cut through. right. there i are other politics around today as we watch them come out of a conference centre. we should talk about sir keir starmer who is back more than £6,000 of gifts and hospitality. what do you have to say about that? fish you have to say about that? 2:1 interesting intervention from downing street today that keir starmer will pay back some of the hospitality he has received since becoming prime minister injuly. so that includes £2800 worth of tickets of table two a taylor swift concert, with £2000 worth of tickets to a day at the races in doncaster and several hundred pounds worth of football tickets. i think it's going to strike some people as quite an arbitrary distinction to say he won't accept the freebies since having been elected prime minister even though he was happy to sort of receive similar benefits in kind before t

two of the candidates for leader — kemi badenoch and tom tugendhat — were questioned in front of torys james cleverley�*s turn. and now robertjenrick isjust finishing his time in the hot seat. let's speak to our political correspondent damian grammaticas, who is in birmingham. robertjenrick was a minister in the last government, resigned over the issue of immigration, that is the issue he is highlighting here, that he is highlighting here, that he is highlighting here, that he is putting at the heart of his speech to conservative party mps and members. he has laid out his diagnosis for why the conservatives suffered such a bad electoral defeat and he said they had to change and he says he will focus on the immigration issue. he said the last immigration policy about hundreds of thousands of people into the country legally and also failing to reduce illegal immigration, he said that was like sticking up two fingers to the public. a lot of those voters were attracted by the insurgent reform uk party which has been an issue for the conservatives. they focus the threat on their right whil

yesterday shadow security minister tom tugendhat was knocked out.rence. i would be very surprised if james cleverly was not one of the final two in the race. nobody here has any idea who the second candidate will be. in terms of where they sit on the ideological spectrum, take us through that because james cleverly in many ways is more of a centrist. kemi badenoch and robertjenrick are much more to the right of the party. it is quite hard to label them like that. you are broadly right, though, james kelly i think is seen as more of the centrist candidate and certainly attracting some support from the one nation caucus of tory mps, some of them. he was also a passionate brexiteer. compared to robert jenrick, who wasn't, and voted for remain. but since that vote, i think he has certainly tried to position himself as a standard bearer of the right. he quit rishi sunak�*s government over immigration, the rwanda plan, and has put bringing down immigration and having a cap on net migration, as a central part of his pitch. he thinks it's absolutely essenti