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For this leadership contest. Whittling that number down to five, then four, then they go off to the tory Party Conference and eventually there will be two left in the race. This is Kemi Badenoch making her case today, the launch of her campaign. Interesting there, that Question Right at the end about her character. She has said a lot about how she is a straight talker how she likes to get things done. She talked about how civil servants sometime stopped doing things she thought she should be abl...

Within the next few minutes, the former conservative Home Secretary, James Cleverly, will try to win over his fellow conservative mps as he launches campaign to become leader of the party. Mr cleverly is one of the front runners to replace Rishi Sunak following the Conservatives Defeat atjuly s election. He is among six candidates vying for the job, and those candidates will be whittled down to four by the time of the conservative conference at The End of the month. After that, mps will carry ou...

Will go further. I will commit as Prime Minister to spend 3 of gdp on defence. Because you cannot penny pinch your way to peace. Security is delivered through strength, by planning for the worst, not hoping for the best. We will send a signal to our enemies and our allies alike that The Uk is prepared, that we will not leave the field. Just to put that commitment in perspective, we currently spend less than 2. 5 of our gdp on defence, but ten times that much on our health system, Welfare System ...

Matches, whether i would get through this one, am i going to get a cramp in this one, am i going to break down physically, get injured or something . I was still struggling with a Shoulder Injury when i played here last year, i feel very different now. Staying in the mens draw, Francis Tiafoe has made it through to the quarters for the second year running. He beat the australian Alexei Popyrin in four sets. Next up for tiafoe, who reached the semis two years ago, is the bulgarian grigor dimitrov...

The incursion of ukraine will not stop his armys advances. Hello, im annita mcveigh. Welcome to Bbc News now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. The industrial action to reach a Hostage Deal with hamas hit medical centres, schools and businesses. People are demanding the government secure the return of hostages still held by hamas. The Israel Defense forces say. Say they were killed shortly before troops reached them on saturday. One of those found was american israeli Her...

Now with all the latest sport heres olly foster. Hello from the bbc sport centre. Were into the the second week at the us open, and in the next few hours, the british Number One Jack Draper will be looking to reach a grand Slam Quarterfinal for the first time. Hes the only british Player Left in the Singles Draw at Flushing Meadows and hasnt dropped a set yet ahead of his fourth Round Match against the czech tomas machac. I feel very different to last year. I barely played any tennis in the year...

Suspension, it covers 30 Arms Export licences. We will play you the clip of David Lambie making that announcement in the commons here in the next little while but more pressure clearly on israel and the prime minister. Weve seen comments in the last hour or so from Joe Biden Saying Benjamin Netanyahu is not doing enough to secure that new Hostage And Ceasefire deal, now the Foreign Secretary in the uk making this announcement. And all the while today, we had a general strike with thousands of pe...

The paralympic champion. And the Winning Streak continues for Paralympics Gb as they build on the 12 golds they won on super sunday. And on sportsday later on the hour in Bbc News both champions are now out of the Us Open at flushing Meadows Coco Gauff bowing out in the fourth round to fellow american emma navarro. Good afternoon, and welcome to the Bbc News at one. Ofsted inspectors will no longer Rate State schools in england with one word grades, like outstanding or inadequate. A new system o...

Hello. Welcome to todays verified live. President biden has said that a final deal for a ceasefire and the release of hostages held in gaza is very close to being presented to israel and hamas by mediators. But he told reporters he did not think that the israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was doing enough to secure an agreement. In israel itself, theres been a general strike to demand the government do more to free the hostages. Protesters say Mr Neta Nyahu must take responsibility for ...

That ruling has been upheld. Lets get the latest now from our reporter in brasilia, leandro prazeres. In terms of what this means for brazilians, how are people reacting to this lack of access To X . ~.. To X . Well, what we have seen so far since To X . Well, what we have seen so far since the To X . Well, what we have seen so far since the beginning To X . Well, what we have seen so far since the beginning of i so far since the beginning of last weekend is that there is a huge number of brazil...