the showers that we have had this afternoon across the south of the uk will push their way north and eastwards overnight. some clear skies ahead of these and behind, but also some mist and fog. before more heavy thundery rain arrives from the south west later in the night. the far north of scotland likely to keep more cloud, some patchy rain here. temperatures generally in a range of 10 14 celsius. for tomorrow, it s another day of sunshine and showers, but this time the showers are much more likely to be heavy and thundery. especially through the morning, through parts of wales, central southern england. this band then pushes its way north and eastwards through the day, some sunshine following on behind. some sunshine, too, across north of scotland. it should stay mainly dry here for much of the day. where we have got the sunshine, further showers developing again, heavy and thundery, and more starting to push on from the south west later in the day. hello, this is bbc news.
the opportunity of rishi sunak and brentjonnson the opportunity of rishi sunak and brentjonnson meeting the opportunity of rishi sunak and brentjonnson meeting today the opportunity of rishi sunak and brentjonnson meeting today is the opportunity of rishi sunak and brentjonnson meeting today is being talked this evening as the race for the new conservative party leader gathers pace. the bbc understands they were due to meet face to face at 3:30pm this afternoon but that was delayed. my colleague says the meeting may still go ahead later. rishi sunak has become the first leadership contender to secure the public support of 100 tory mps that s the number needed to enter the race to be the next conservative leader and prime minister. but he s yet to announce publicly whether he will bid for the top job after losing to liz truss last month. meanwhile, borisjohnson has flown home from a caribbean holiday, as his supporters claim he now also has 100 mps backing him, although ot
the new italian government has been sworn in, giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy s latest coalition government. she s the nation s first female prime minister and its first far right leader since the second world war. they won last month s collection with just over a quarter of the vote. she will had a right wing car didn t coalition. she sought to be sure western allies that italy s foreign policy won t change. bloomberg s political correspondent talk to us about the challenges they will be facing. there are plenty measures that require urgent attention. like the government position on the russian invasion of ukraine, but also tackling inflation, and giving italians a clear view and understanding of what her government will be like. as of now, everyone has been left guessing, whether she will be a far right politician, or a more compromising leader. european partners, starting from emmanuel mccrone, have been questioning the change of leadership in the m
since the second world war. hello and welcome to bbc news. the possibility of rishi sunak and borisjohnson meeting each other today is being talked about this evening as the race to become the new conservative leader and prime minister gathers pace. the bbc understands they were due to meet face to face at 3:30 this afternoon but that was delayed although my colleague laura kuenssberg says the meeting may still go ahead later. mr sunak is the first leadership contender to secure the public support of 100 tory mps that s the number needed to enter the race. but he s yet to announce publicly whether he will bid for the top job after losing to liz truss last month. meanwhile, borisjohnson has flown home from a caribbean holiday, as his supporters claim he now also has 100 mps backing him, although others have said this is hogwash. so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas has mo
leadership race. borisjohnson rivals dismissed claims that he has reached 100 backers, speculation is rife that he could enter the contest. the leader of the commons is the only person to me as she is running but has fewer supporters. ukrainian officials say one million households are without power after a new wave russian attack. judy melania is the nation is the first far right leader in italy since the second world war. you are watching bbc news. time for political thinking. the turmoil in the conservative party, the psychodrama, the soap opera with ever more unlikely plot developments has its roots in brexit. the unresolved question of how this country should reshape itself, having decided the eu, that is one reason my guest on political thinking this week matters. david frost is seen by his admirers as the guardian of the brexiteer flame, the man who borisjohnson put into the house of lords and made his chief brexit negotiator, who is now considering a bid to become a