And coming up look at the sport with gavin. We are awaiting an update on the condition of chris froome the time time Tour De France champion badly injured after a crash in france, more on the story and what it means for him and his team later on. Thanks gavin. Good weather for that duck . Yes, another day with heavy rain in june. Further localised flooding today with whether staying on the rubbish side as we head into the weekend. Well also look further afield in india for we are watching carefully for the arrival of a cyclone about to hit the north west of the country. Also coming up, the critically endangered bermuda snails released into the wild with the help of the british zoo. Boris johnson has emerged as the clear frontrunner in the conservative leadership election to determine the next Prime Minister, with more than a third of the votes cast by tory mps in the first ballot of the contest. The field of ten conservative mps has been narrowed to seven with the former cabinet minist
Leaving the eu on the 31st of october is, for me, a hard red line. Im afraid it is not credible to so you can renegotiate the Withdrawal Agreement and get it through both houses of parliament by the slst of october. And well be going live to the Campaign Launch of another leadership hopeful rory stewart during the programme. The nhs contaminated blood inquiry hears how six siblings from one family were infected, and the impact on their mother. And on the eve of what would have been the 90th birthday of anne frank, the teenagerfamous for her wartime diary, well be speaking to her stepsister, eva schloss. Its 5 oclock. Our main story. Oxfam has been issued with an official warning following an independent report which severely criticises the charity for its handling of claims of serious Sexual Misconduct by its staff in haiti, following the earthquake there in 2010. The aid agency has said its deeply sorry for what happened and has taken steps to improve. The revelations led to thousands
Politicians. Trains cancelled as flooding hits parts of england. Take care, chris. Captured on camera moments before suffering serious injuries ina moments before suffering serious injuries in a high speed crash, britains champion cyclist chris froome is now recovering in intensive care after six hours of surgery. Intensive care after six hours of surgery. And President Trump causes a splash on twitter about his meeting with the prince of whales. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson good evening and welcome to bbc news. Boris johnson has overwhelmingly won the first round of votes to be the next conservative leader and the next Prime Minister. The former foreign secretary now seems almost certain to make it into the final two, after picking up the support of 114 of his conservative colleagues. Ten candidates were in the running. Boris johnson colleagues. Ten candidates were in the running. Borisjohnson was out in front followed byjeremy hunt and michael gove. Three candid
The us has blamed iran for suspected attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. One is reported to have been hit by a torpedo. Crew from both have had to be rescued. This video is from the iranian navy and we think it shows the norwegian ship the front altair. It was carrying 75 thousand tonnes of a type of crude oil. And the crew reported three explosions. The tankers were sailing through the strait of hormuz. This graphic shows the path they took they were moving out of the gulf of oman when the explosions happened. Both were around 30 km from the coast of iran. The owners of both ships have called it an attack. Its the second serious incident involving a tanker close to the strait of hormuz in a month. No one has claimed responsibility but iran was first to respond. Its foreign minister tweeted. To explain one of the ships, this one is japanese owned. The other though is norway owned. Well, if iran has its suspicions, so does the us. Heres mike pompeo. It is the assessment of t
Over the radio or in Rory Stewarts case, all bracken britain, boris has been very carefully hidden away from media and even the official launch yesterday he only the media six questions only answered one or two of them, so his handlers have kept them away from the media spotlight. Clearly rattling some of them because here on the independent we have stopped boris wright will step up the race, for second place. It wasnt. It wasnt fully expected necessarily a few months ago that so many mps would want to vote for him, i suppose it there was a stop for a sort of campaign within the party. Yes, it did not a name, anyone but boris campaign, i think people have been surprised to see the breath of support for him in the party, 114 tory mps have written behind them, and the criticism of him was that while he had a price of the country, he didnt really have appealed to his colleagues in parliament, he has proven this critics wrong today. Im interested to see that both boris supporters and those