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hello and welcome to bbc news. after weeks of debate, voting has closed in the conservative party leadership race. after 2 months of campaigning, and 8 initial candidates whittled down to 2, well find out on monday whether liz truss or rishi sunak has been chosen by party members to be the next leader — and so prime minister. heres our political correspondent ben wright: after a long, rancorous campaign, its now time to count the ballots. just 160,000 tory party members are picking t...

the 2020 election. alex holder joined me after his meeting today with the january 6th committee. he has turned over more than 11 hours of footage, but donald trump and his footage before the election. we have an exclusive clip from his trump documentary series. first, the explosive fifth january 6th committee hearing, and trumps explosive plot trying to strong-arm justice department leadership into keeping him in power. attempting to strong-arm officials to legitimize his election lies...

But he says hes now concluded, there comes a moment when you know its time to leave, that a new generation should lead. Rishi has the plan our country needs, he added, i will do everything i can to support him. But as rishi sunak toured the Titanic Quarter in belfast, the list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. Among more than 100 other mps Standing Down, the former Prime Minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of commons, Andrea Leadsom, and former defence secretary ben wallace...

The list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. Among more than 100 other mps Standing Down, the former Prime Minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of Commons Andrea leadsom, and former defence secretary ben wallace. While the conservatives are now seeing more mps walk away than in 1997, labours losses are less substantial. Keir starmer took his campaign to glasgow, hoping scotland will pave his way to a win. After mps lined up to mark the close of Parliament Last night, the campa...

League football grounds. We are here at staff at rangers, sir keir starmer wrapping up his visit behind me Stafford Rangers. He was talking to a handful of voters who said they voted conservative last time and were considering Voting Labour at this one. There are a number of Labour Campaigners here as well. The focus for him today was the economy, he is making the accusation that under the conservatives, britain has got poor. Rishi sunak also focusing on the economy, he is making the case is pla...

Years in parliament. But he says hes now concluded, there comes a moment when you know its time to leave, that a new generation should lead. Rishi has the plan our country needs, he added, i will do everything i can to support him. But as rishi sunak toured the Titanic Quarter in belfast, the list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. Among more than 100 other mp5 Standing Down, the former Prime Minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of commons, andrea leadsom, and former defence ...

We reported that there was a possibility they would call and go this summer but after the local Election Results which were very bad for the tories, i had thought as most people did, why would they go now . It looks like it would be so terrible. And lots of mps think its absolutely crackers to go now even the tories are 20 points behind but here we are. Notjust here we are, here we are. Notjust here we are, here we are. Notjust here we are, here we go. Here we are. Not ust here we are, here we g...

Through the brexit campaign, borisjohnson� s friend, but at times his greatest foe, michael gove wasnt afraid to make enemies, pushing through Education Reforms and serving under four Prime Ministers over nearly 20 years in parliament. But he says he has now concluded, there comes a moment when you know its time to leave, that a new generation should lead. Rishi has the plan our country needs, he added. I will do everything i can to support him. But as rishi sunak toured the Titanic Quarter in...

He drinks tea all day, apparently lots and lots of tea and leaves the bag in. Oh, wow. So its industrial strength. Keir starmer apparently drinks coffee and then maybe a bit of tea later on in the day. Isnt a snacker, though. Apparently no sweet tooth, just the occasional bag of crisps. So what did they eat in the height of it all . In the middle of the day . I mean, obviously, these people eat something, maybe anything they can get. I mean, keir starmer admitted recently, actually, even though ...

Israel Must Immediately halt its Military Offensive and any other action in the Rafah Governorate which may inflict on the Palestinian Group in gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part. Israel says this is a precise and limited operation, but Satellite Pictures of rafah show the destruction, less than two weeks after the assault. Today, israels army said it had recovered the bodies of three hostages from Northern Gaza michel nisenbaum, 0rion Her...