Gone to staunch brexiteers. Sajid javad takes on the role of chancellor, priti patel is the new home secretary and dominic raab becomes foreign secretary. Also on the programme, showdown in washington as special Counsel Robert Mueller has to clarify his report on russian meddling. Did you totally exonerated president . No. But still, no obstruction tweets President Trump, calling ita no obstruction tweets President Trump, calling it a disasterfor democrats. Hello and welcome, i am Christian Fraser and jane 0brien is in washington. Today, we have two massive stories on both sides of the atlantic, it is for exactly these days that we make beyond 100 days. Borisjohnson has days that we make beyond 100 days. Boris johnson has taken days that we make beyond 100 days. Borisjohnson has taken over as uk Prime Minister and his first move was to appoint the chief architect of brexit to key roles. And here in washington, historic hearings, democrats have been pushing special Counsel Robert Muelle
John worboys, the black cab rapist who was almost freed from jail, pleads guilty to drugging four more women so he could sexually assault them. Campaigners win a legal challenge over the British Governments decision to allow arms sales to saudi arabia. And prince harry and meghan are to set up their own foundation after breaking away from the charity which they had run with Prince William and kate. Good afternoon. Borisjohnson remains on course to be the next Prime Minister. In the fourth round of voting by conservative mps for a new leader, he topped the ballot with 157 votes. Michael gove came second with 61 votes whilejeremy hunt secured 59 votes. The home secretary, sajid javid, was knocked out in the lunchtime vote, managing just 3a votes. Voting in the next round is now well underway, and the two mps with the highest number of votes will go forward to a run off of the partys 160,000 or so members. Were expecting the final vote of mps at 6 15pm, and we will, of course, be bringing
Joining me conservative homes executive editor mark wallace. The westminster correspondent for the yorkshire post, liz bates. The liberal democrat mp chuka umunna. And the brexit party mep Ann Widdecombe. Today this man, Boris Johnson, already has the support of almost half the Parliamentary Party. That leaves only one place left to fight for. Im looking forward to making it through to the front two, and looking forward to a civilised debate of ideas. Im sure i will be picking up some votes but these can be unpredictable, so, i want to go for it. May the best man win, and thats going be me. Barring an upset, we expect that challenger to be jeremy hunt or michael gove. Well be live in this room in the commons at 1pm to bring you the results of the latest ballot in this conservative leadership contest. So, we are pretty sure mrjohnson goes forward to the final two, not yet sure who will be with him, we will know by the end of today. Lets find out who you think, who will be the second . I
Hello again. Youre watching bbc news. As weve been hearing in the past half hour, the number of candidates vying to be the next Prime Minister has been reduced to three. Sajid javid was eliminated from the tory leadership race as borisjohnson again topped the ballot of conservative mps. This is the moment the result was announced. On behalf of that 1922 committee, Charles Walker and i can now declare the results of the fourth ballot. The total of number of votes cast in todays ballad were 319. The total number of spoilt ballot papers was two. Laughter. We have spoiled a perfect record. The total votes to each candidate in alphabetical order were as follows. Michael gove, 61. Jeremy hunt, 59. Sajid javid, 34. Borisjohnson, 157. The following candidates are now eligible to continue on to the next ballot, which will take place this afternoon at 3 30pm in Committee Room 1a. Michael gove, jeremy hunt and Boris Johnson. Thank you very much indeed. That was the result of the latest round anno
Lands to keep you cave rules aligned with the eu. In early is down trade. Is there more to come . We will talk about that with the mliv team. Wrangling over that u. S. To limit will continue today. The next big risk from the u. S. We are less than half an hour away from the start of european trading. Lets take a look at futures. They are deep in the red. You can see here the percent missed price for dax Index Futures is down more than 1 . Indications that we have a weak open in frankfurt not quite as half percent. You can see the middle range if 50. Look at the euro stoxx investors continue to buy treasuries in the u. S. Pushing the yield down, falling five or six basis points in the last couple of days. Were looking at 2. 33 . Now down seven basis points over the last three days. Guy 28 minutes to go until the start of european trading. Lets take a look at what asian trading delivered overnight. Japan down and korea continuing to be hit and hit hard, down 1. 42 . So my conductor stock