And coming up look at the sport with gavin. We are awaiting an update on the condition of chris froome the time time Tour De France champion badly injured after a crash in france, more on the story and what it means for him and his team later on. Thanks gavin. Good weather for that duck . Yes, another day with heavy rain in june. Further localised flooding today with whether staying on the rubbish side as we head into the weekend. Well also look further afield in india for we are watching carefully for the arrival of a cyclone about to hit the north west of the country. Also coming up, the critically endangered bermuda snails released into the wild with the help of the british zoo. Boris johnson has emerged as the clear frontrunner in the conservative leadership election to determine the next Prime Minister, with more than a third of the votes cast by tory mps in the first ballot of the contest. The field of ten conservative mps has been narrowed to seven with the former cabinet ministers, Andrea Leadsom, mark harper and esther mcvey eliminated after failing to secure enough support from their colleagues. Here are the results, announced in the last hour by the 1922 backbench committee. Way out in front is the favourite Boris Johnson, with 114 votes, followed by the foreign secretary jeremy hunt on 43 votes, and the environment secretary michael gove who got 37 votes. Theyre followed by the former brexit secretary dominic raab on 27 votes, the home secretary sajid javid who got 23 votes, the Health Secretary matt hancock on 20 votes and rory stewart who just made it with 19 votes. The former cabinet ministers, Andrea Leadsom, mark harper and ester mcveigh, all got below the 17 votes required and are eliminated. Further ballots will be held next week, with the two most popular mps then Going Forward to a vote of the Wider Conservative Party membership. The winner is expected to be announced in the week of 22july. Jonathan blake reports. Roll up for round one, tory mps arriving to vote this morning, stoltz some making up their minds who to back as the new leader and oui who to back as the new leader and our next Prime Minister. Who to back as the new leader and our next Prime Ministerlj who to back as the new leader and our next Prime Minister. I am undeclared. Conservative backbenchers convened in their traditional setting to hear the result and the numbers showed clearly the front runner was racing ahead. Boris johnson 114. Andrea leadsom 11. Esther mcvey nine. Ahead. Boris johnson 114. Andrea leadsom11. Esther mcvey nine. You topped the ballot today mrjohnson he said he was delighted to win the first round but said to supporters he had a long way to go. Michael gove finished third in this vote but his campaign say its all to play for. She wont be going any further, its all over for for. She wont be going any further, its all overfor some of for. She wont be going any further, its all over for some of the candidates who could not win enough support to survive. Of the ten who started out in the contest three have fallen at the first hurdle, the remaining seven will face more secret ballots next week as mps narrow the field to a final two for Party Members to choose between. A man who has done the job they are all man who has done the job they are a ll after man who has done the job they are all after has a warning to those candidates promising to deliver brexit with or without a deal by the current deadline. I dont think its credible to take us out of the eu on the 31st of october. I dont see how it could be done. I think those people suggesting it can be done and its not only borisjohnson, have their fingers crossed behind their back whistling gently into the wind and hoping some medical might happen when it might be possible. The outsider who scraped through the first round said his plan is cutting through. I am going to get people to focus on the practical issues, how do we get this done . The contest is 110w do we get this done . The contest is now a little less crowded and the favourite is way out in front but this race to run the country is far from over. Our chief Political Correspondent, vicki young, is in the central lobby of the houses of parliament for us. I suppose the big question at the moment is three eliminations, who will the people they were backing follow now . Immediately there are 30 vote up for follow now . Immediately there are 30 vote upforgrabs, follow now . Immediately there are 30 vote up for grabs, i am sure things are busy as the remaining candidates try to persuade them to come over. Thats what happens after the first round, the jostling for position continues. The position looking at these results is all about who comes second, whos going to be the person who gets onto the ballot paper so this goes to the vote of the conservative Party Members. Jeremy hunt at the moment is in that position but its still pretty close. His major supporter amber rudd today making the case for him. The plan is to make sure that as many voters as possible get buy in jeremy hunt, and continues to build momentum and pick up some of the votes may be from people who believe the race. It looks highly likely boris will be in the final two then it goes to members. The fact boris has a good lead amongst mps it goes to members. The fact boris has a good lead amongst mp5 is as nothing. We start again, then theres going to be 16 hustings all across the country and anything can happen. I hope jeremy across the country and anything can happen. I hopejeremy hunt across the country and anything can happen. I hope jeremy hunt wins. That was a case for the foreign secretary, lets speak to Chris Grayling who is backing Boris Johnson. Hes a long way out in front, any complacency setting in . The opposite, ive been around for a numberof the opposite, ive been around for a number of these contests and the one things you never do is take things for granted. Its a good start but there is a long way still to go. Yesterday he took questions, not many, and some felt he was still being quite evasive such as whether he had ever taken cocaine, hes not really answering the questions. The electorate is your colleagues at this stage. There is always a demand for media appearances but the way you make progress is to spend time with his colleagues which is the sensible thing to do because the la st sensible thing to do because the last are those who parliamentary judge of the best place to leave the country. There are many mps who dont think Boris Johnson country. There are many mps who dont think borisjohnson is trustworthy and there are still accusations of him saying one thing ta ke accusations of him saying one thing take one group of people in one room and then other others Something Else whether he would go for no deal or not whether he would consider a second referendum, this is a problem isnt it . In a contest where you have different views on different candidates you are going to have differing views. What boris said yesterday on what weve all said over the months and the government, cabinet minister and people like boris, we want to leave with a deal, we want to leave with a sensible partnership with the European Union. Ive not heard anyone say in the party we dont want to be good friends and neighbours with our colleagues in the eu. How can he get changes to the deal, whats he going to bea changes to the deal, whats he going to be a barrel to achieve that theresa may could not . There will be a period of a new commission, there will be new leadership here and there is good reason for everyone on both sides on the debate, both sides of the negotiations to find a way of bringing something forward this parliament will accept. Fundamentally its about that. Time is tight, you talked about a new commission, they will not even be in place, is he being honest when he says he can do this by october 31 . Its important we dont kick the can down the road again. Weve already seenin down the road again. Weve already seen in the european elections and the peterborough by election the frustration amongst those people who voted to leave when weve not done so. Voted to leave when weve not done so. I think its the interests of the European Union that we get this result by october 31 because they are going to complicate the process and start the next seven year budget, its in everyones interest we resolve this. A couple of weeks from a good deal he would be willing to extend article 50 underlay brexit . None of us want to delay article 50, boris has been clear, i believe weve got to come up with notjust keep believe weve got to come up with not just keep kicking believe weve got to come up with notjust keep kicking the can down the road and thats the point boris has been making. Thank you very much Chris Grayling. At the moment Chris Grayling backing the man in front, what about some other candidates . You wearing a badge which is really handy so i dont get confused, sajid javid who launched his campaign yesterday, as he disappointed, he had a Good Campaign launch yesterday but will 23 backers be enough . Numbers are what we expected. I think we are in it for the second round and that salami slicing of the candidates has begun. Next tuesday will be the interesting contest where i think things will start to crystallise. I think they will crystallise. I think they will crystallise around this question, borisjohnson has crystallise around this question, Boris Johnson has secured crystallise around this question, borisjohnson has secured a place in the final and thats very clear, great result and congratulations. It is who is best placed to provide a full and frank debate and discussion about the future of conservatism, what conservative means, what it can do and why its relevant to the uk. I think do and why its relevant to the uk. Ithinksajid do and why its relevant to the uk. I think sajid javid represents the best candidate to Carry Forward that banner of change and difference, to turn not an electoral coronation but to have an electoral contest with the final two where the outcome would not be a foregone conclusion so would not be a foregone conclusion so you need to have somebody who is diametrically different to Boris Johnson and i am confident that sajid javid is that candidate today and will be that candidate when we get to the process. Is it enough to be different, he talked about looking different and not being from central casting, his background is very different from lots of the other candidates but is that enough . Of itself . No but its a good start. You have to look beneath that and find out what makes the man tick. Thats a set of values and beliefs which effectively says he and i are the same generation, we are the same age and we want to make sure that we provide this generation and the next with the tools to allow them to get oii with the tools to allow them to get on and do from the sorts of backgrounds we came from, modest backgrounds, working hard, trying to support children and keep food on the table and all the rest of it, to try to make sure the next generation is equipped with the tools like we have to break down the Glass Ceilings. We didnt do that by wearing an Old School Tie and calling in favours, we did it by ha rd calling in favours, we did it by hard graft. We need to make sure thats what our next generation is equipped with. If you look at the re cord equipped with. If you look at the record recently at the home office its been a great sense of social justice, fairness and sticking up for womens rights, making things like the Domestic Abuse bill, clamping down on crime, making the case to the treasury for additional funding for more police to make people feel safe. These are things which matter to people. His narrative is taking the delivery of brexit as a given. Weve had our instruction from the british people, weve now got to get on and do it. Butjust as churchill weve now got to get on and do it. But just as churchill fell foul in 1945 he delivered victory in the war but did not have a dynamic domestic agenda and then lost because the electorate quite rightly looks to the future. They want to find out what will happen to them, whats the value set which will set a whole ring of policies on health, police, aduu ring of policies on health, police, adult social care, things people talk about, the dont talk about brexit 24 7, thats ourjob. People talk about things which will shape and influence their lives, their security and prosperity, their hopes and aspirations and futures. Thats something i know to the very fibre of my being motivate sajid javid to make sure we will be able to see job done, brexit delivered but look at these policies, we have to have a radical exciting agenda otherwise the electorate quite rightly should never vote to say to shape the debate, to provide our members with a real difference and choice. Borisjohnson i am sure would not mind me saying this, many would not mind me saying this, many would describe him as the marmite candidate. Some people love marmite, some people dont. We have to make sure there is a candidate to vote for if you like marmite and there is a candidate who you like if you dont. Simon, i will not a candidate who you like if you dont. Simon, iwill not describe yea rs dont. Simon, iwill not describe years marmite, back to you. Theres been a sharp rise in the price of crude oil after two tankers were believed to have been attacked in the gulf of oman. One is reported to have been hit by a torpedo. Both ships have been evacuated. Theres been heightened tension between iran and the us following similar attacks on tankers in may. Richard galpin has the latest. An Oil Tanker Ablaze in the gulf of oman this morning. This photograph, from an iranian news agency, believed to be of the norwegian owned tanker front altair. The fire, its owners say, the result of an explosion. And this second tanker, the koku ka courageous, also hit by an explosion around the same time. The crews of both ships escaped unharmed. The tankers were sailing close to iran through one of the worlds most important shipping lanes for oil supplies. What caused the explosions here remains unclear, but there is suspicion it was an attack. Tensions have spiked in recent months, with the United States deploying this Carrier Group to the arabian sea, and claiming it was responding to iranians threats to us forces and other personnel in the middle east. The show of force sparking concerns it could lead to conflict. Not long afterwards, in mid may, four tankers were damaged in the gulf of oman, apparently by explosive devices attached to the ships by frogmen. Us officials suspect it was carried out by the iranians or their proxy forces. President trump has, since he came into the white house, has adopted aggressive attitudes, i think its fair to say, towards iran. Hes identified the Iranian Revolutionary guard corps as a terrorist organisation. This latest incident today has already led to a spike in oil prices, something which would help iran, a major Oil Producing country, but which is suffering under intense sanctions imposed by the United States. On Iranian Television this morning the explosions on the tankers made headline news. The authorities in tehran expressing concern about what had happened and also saying they were the ones to rescue the crews and take them to safety. Whoever was responsible for what has happened today, tensions between the us and iran will inevitably flare up again. Richard galpin, bbc news. Our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, is with me now. You know the area, you have been on one of the naval vessels, what does the picture tell you about what might have happened . First of all you noticed the fire on board is smack bang in the middle so, we dont know what caused this, weather, whether it hit something, for example a weather, whether it hit something, for examplea mine weather, whether it hit something, for example a mine or another vessel, or whether something was fired at it essentially, a torpedo 01 some fired at it essentially, a torpedo or some kind of muscle. But those of the areas where they will now look and they can look at the ship and get residue from the ship to try to find out exactly if there was an explosion what caused that explosion. Its important to say that the Maritime Patrol aircraft essentially used to hunt down submarines. These are moving pictures on the screen which have just come in, its a pretty devastating event whatever it is. We think there were a number of explosions reported on the ship. Over a course of hours. And again, from eyewitnesses who were they are, the crew on board had been taken off, suggestions there were a number off, suggestions there were a number of explosions which happens, one in the engine room, one what looks like in the middle. Clearly they believe something because that explosion, something because that explosion, something hit it. A number of russians among those evacuated but on the wider International Scale the concern absolutely as relations between the United States and iran. Last month there were a number of attacks on cargo vessels which were taking shelter just attacks on cargo vessels which were taking shelterjust off the uae. And the us has pointed the finger at iran, whether it was iran itself or in iranian proxies. We know the carrier last week was sent because of rising tensions and fears iran would do something against us intentions. This incident happened close to the street, 21 miles wide, hundred and 80 vessels going through each, millions of barrels of oil, even though we dont know whats behind this i think the suspicion will be iran, they will h