Formally announce their candidacy. At the china congress, president xis Predecessor Hi Jintao is mysteriously led out of the hall by officials. Giorgia meloni has been officially sworn in as the Prime Minister of italy, she is the nations first female leader, and the first far right leader since the second world war. Summoned to give evidence under oath former us President Donald Trump is called by the Committee Investigating last years attack on the capitol building. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Boris johnson will arrive at Gatwick Airport shortly as the battle to replace liz truss as conservative leader, and Prime Minister, intensifies. Officially neither he nor rishi sunak have said they definitely want the role. 0nly Penny Morduant has officially declared. But its widely being seen as a battle between the former Prime Minister and the man who worked with him as chancellor. Currently the bbc estimates 163 out of 357 tory mps have gone public wit
the counteroffensive. hello, this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines. former chancellor rishi sunak confirms he s in the race to be the next conservative leader. penny morduant is also in the running. depsite growing support, borisjohnson is yet to declare. elsewhere, headteachers in england say 9 in 10 schools will have run out of money by the next school year due to the cost of living crisis. ukrainian officials say more than 200,000 households remain without power a day after a wave of russian airstrikes. in other news xijinping has a third term as china s leader, after being in power for a decade already. now on bbc news the arts interviews: edward enninful as editor in chief of british vogue since 2017, edward enninful has challenged convention not least by increasing the number of black and older women in the magazine. he s reached the summit of international fashion and media while battling depression, alcohol problems and a sickle cell condition. it s a
more surplus food to those in need after a drop off in donations as the cost of living crisis bites. and the british built space rover looking for work after its mission to mars was cancelled. good afternoon. the prime minister has refused to rule out a real terms cut in benefits, despite growing pressure to do so. liz truss faces a fresh battle with some conservative mps who want her to promise welfare payments will rise in line with inflation rather than earnings a lower percentage figure that would save the government billions of pounds. there s already a cabinet split on the issue the leader of the commons, penny morduant, has openly demanded that benefits do go up in line with prices. this morning, the prime minister told the bbc she would still like to see the rate of tax paid by the highest earners to be lower, despite ditching her plan to do just that only yesterday. iain watson reports from the conservative party conference. it s tin hat time for liz truss. she a
formally announce their candidacy. at the china congress, president xi s predecessor hi jintao is mysteriously led out of the hall by officials. giorgia meloni has been officially sworn in as the prime minister of italy, she is the nation s first female leader, and the first far right leader since the second world war. summoned to give evidence under oath former us president donald trump is called by the committee investigating last year s attack on the capitol building. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. boris johnson will arrive at gatwick airport shortly as the battle to replace liz truss as conservative leader, and prime minister, intensifies. officially neither he nor rishi sunak have said they definitely want the role. 0nly penny morduant has officially declared. but it s widely being seen as a battle between the former prime minister and the man who worked with him as chancellor. currently the bbc estimates 163 out of 357 tory mps hav
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there are now six left standing in the tory leadership contest. rishi sunak and penny wouldn t lead the way in the race to become the next prime minister of the conservative mps cast their votes in the first round. there are now six people left standing in the tory leadership contest. today started with all of these candidates here still in the running they needed at least 30 votes to stay in. jeremy hunt and nadhim zahawi didn t get enough support and were eliminated. the next round will take place tomorrow. from westminster, here s our political editor, chris mason. the first moment of decision in determining who might be our next prime minister. determining who might be our next prime minister. a, ., ~ ,, ., ~ prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88- sunni liz prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni liz truss, prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni liz truss,