Aboutjoining forces. We are talking about combining forces, because its clear that boris is going into the last round, and the question is, who is best placed to sit on a stage with borisjohnson, and who is best placed to ask the testing questions that need to be asked . A woman is in a serious condition in hospital after a crash involving the duke and duchess of cambridges police convoy. Us President Donald Trump formally launches his re election campaign, asking supporters to keep him in office for four more years. With every ounce of heart and might and sweat and soul, were going to keep making America Great again. And then we will indeed keep America Great. I really will keep it so great. Investigators looking into Malaysian Airlines flight mh17 which was shot down over Eastern Ukraine five years ago are expected to name four suspects later today. Good morning. Its wednesday 19thjune 2019. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im joanna gosling. A United Nations investigation has determined that saudi arabia bears responsibility for the killing of saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Mr khashoggi, who was a critic of the saudi regime, disappeared after visiting the saudi consulate in istanbul last october. Although the saudis have begun a trial of some individuals allegedly responsible for his death, the un investigators say the trial does not meet legal standards and should be suspended. They also recommend further investigation into the direct responsibility of crown Prince Mohammed bin salman. Mr khashoggis body has never been found. The un investigators are categoric saudi arabia as a state is responsible forJamal Khashoggis death, which was, they say, meticulously planned. The individuals who carried out the killing are irrelevant, what matters, the report suggests, is that it was done on behalf of the state. But the investigators also say there is credible evidence to investigate the specific responsibility of senior saudi figures, including the crown prince. This is just this isjust coming this is just coming through from the United Nations. Well have much more on that in this programme. Ill be talking to our Diplomatic CorrespondentCaroline Hawley in a few minutes time. The report also states that other states such as turkey or the United States could attempt a prosecution, because this was an international crime. We will bring you up to date with more reaction and more detail shortly. Conservative leadership candidate rory stewart has said he is in talks with environment minister michael gove, a rival candidate, about teaming up. Yesterday, borisjohnson, the frontrunner in the contest, won the most votes in the second round of voting. The third ballot to select the new leader of the conservative party will take place this afternoon. Last night, the five remaining candidates vying to be the next our Political Correspondent iain watson has this report. High stakes can lead to a hard battle. The frontrunner has made fewer media appearances than his competitors, but last night, Boris Johnson was under the spotlight of scrutiny. Pressed by the bbcs emily maitlis, he didnt absolutely say he would take the uk out of the eu by the end of october deadline. I think that october the 31st is eminently feasible. No, thats not a guarantee. And he wobbled on issues beyond brexit. Hed previously said hed lie down in front of bulldozers to stop the heathrow expansion, now he simply has grave concerns. And his plans to take more people out of the higher rate of tax didnt quite sound like a firm commitment. I think it very sensible to have an ambition to raise the top. An ambition . The higher rate of tax. But borisjohnsons out in front. And the battle for second place is fierce. Every candidate, apart from rory stewart, said theyd be prepared to leave the eu without a deal. It is not going to be possible to negotiate a new deal with the European Union by slst of october. In the end, we are in a room with a door and the door is called parliament. And im the only person here trying to find the key to the door. But weve run into that door three times already, rory. Weve got to have a different route out. We cant simply re present the same cold porridge. Jeremy hunts approach was to admit past mistakes and to try to put them right. I think, having been responsible for health and social care, that some of the cuts in social care did go too far. Sajid javid scored a personal victory, managing to get his competitors to sign up to an investigation into allegations of islamophobia in their party. You all good, guys . Shall we have an external examination into the conservative party on islamophobia . Absolutely. Then we all agree. Excellent. They agree. After the debate, michael gove proved that whatever his flaws, lack of self confidence wasnt one of them. No, i won the debate. Of course, his competitors would challenge that. As for rory stewart, he lost his tie during the debate, but had he also lost ground . Tonight you were a bit lacklustre, werent you . Youre right. I didnt find that format really worked for me. By tomorrow we will know the final two who will have to face the wider Party Membership in a run off. Borisjohnson will be there, but its still not clear who else willjoin him. Iain watson, bbc news. So what happens now . Today there will be another ballot, with mps voting for their preferred leadership candidate between 3. 00 and 5. 00 this afternoon. The results will be annonced at 6. 00, and the mp with the fewest votes will be eliminated from the race. More ballots are likely to take place tomorrow until the final two candidates remain. When there are only two left in the competition, the first hustings with conservative members will get under way. At this point, tory Party Members will vote, and the winner of the contest and our next Prime Minister will be announced in the week of the 22nd ofjuly. Joining me now from westminster is our assistant Political Editor norman smith. Norman, looks almost certain that borisjohnson will be going through to the final two. That is some scrabbling around for votes now amongst the others, rory stewart was saying he is involved in talks with Michael Goves team to join forces. Michael goves team to join forces. Michael goves team to join forces. Michael goves to just sing in the last few moments the idea they would joina last few moments the idea they would join a ticket with rory stewart at the top is not happening. Bring us up the top is not happening. Bring us up to date with what is going on and what the fallout has been from that debate. A couple of developments this morning. First off, the expectation now is that dominic raab will throw his support behind Boris Johnson. That means mrjohnsons backing will go up even further, and his lead over his rivals will go up even more. But we are beginning to see the shake out of the tussle to stop borisjohnson with the development this morning, of rory stewart confirming that he is in talks with michael gove. I wouldnt get too excited about it, because i can see exactly going anywhere, because Team Rory Stewart are saying they want michael gove wants to come in behind us, and vice versa. So there is a stand off between them, but it does now underline the difficulty in trying to put together a clear credible candidate to take on borisjohnson. A clear credible candidate to take on Boris Johnson. Because a clear credible candidate to take on borisjohnson. Because there is a cluster of them in the same neck of the woods with the same rough number of votes, scrabbling for very few votes between them. So they are trying to find some sort of way to break the deadlock. And if they can put together some sort of dream ticket, well, who knows . Maybe that bid would be it. But having listened to rory stewart talking about the possibility of a pact with michael gove earlier. We are talking about combining forces, because its clear that boris is going into the last round, and the question is, who is best placed to sit on a stage with borisjohnson, and who is best placed to ask the testing questions that need to be asked . Who has the vision of britain that is going to excite people, get young people involved again in politics ensures we can build a much better country . Let me pose you. It is interesting youre talking to michael gove, because he says he is going to get a new deal. And you have said that is impossible. How could you conceivably join have said that is impossible. How could you conceivablyjoin together with michael gove . By sitting down and thrashing through that very issue, victoria. You have put your finger on the nub of it. We would have to sit down and come to a common position on that, and i would have to say to him, how was it that you think youre going to get a different deal through brussels . How would you get a new deal through parliament . And we would have to agree to compromise. Tea m g ove team gove says, we are in it to win it and we would obviously welcome any support from a candidate who wa nts to any support from a candidate who wants to drop out and back us. So they are saying it is fine as long as rory stewart backs the amount, and Rory Stewarts team are saying michael gove would need to back their man. So im not sure that is going to work out. Meanwhile, michael gove this morning reaffirmed one of the commitments from last night, one of the candidates to pave the way for an external investigation into islamophobia in the least tory party. This was after sajid javid wrong footed all the other contenders to sing, come on, guys, other contenders to sing, come on, guys, what about it . And they all sheepishly nodded along. Michael gove singh this morning they have to throughout people behaving in an islamophobic manner in that the conservative party. Michael gove saying this morning. We need to be absolutely resolute in tackling racism and prejudice of all kinds, and absolutely, there are people in the conservative party who we need to make sure appreciate the consequences of their actions. They need to be rooted out of the party. Will you appoint an independent enquiry, mr gove . A couple of things interesting to watch today. One is, does a pact emerge . Two, how much blowback does borisjohnson get emerge . Two, how much blowback does Boris Johnson get from a emerge . Two, how much blowback does borisjohnson get from a brexiteers after last night conspicuously failing to guarantee that he would ta ke failing to guarantee that he would take britain out of the eu on october the 31st . Instead, take britain out of the eu on octoberthe 31st . Instead, hejust said it was eminently feasible. Do they now think, whats going on here . Ordo they now think, whats going on here . Or do theyjust go with it in the hope that borisjohnson will still meet the sort of commitment he has given them in private. My only guess is that mrjohnson is trying to buy himself a little bit of wiggle room, a bit of camouflage, because while he has to keepers ha rd because while he has to keepers hard brexiteers on board, he also has to keep as one nation tories on board. So he is navigating this middle course and how is this rather Difficult Coalition to keep together. Thank you very much, norman. And a reminder, you can follow our coverage of the conservative leadership contest today. Voting in the third ballot is due to take place between 3. 00 and 5. 00 this afternoon. And there will be an announcement of whos through to the next round at 6. 00, live on the bbc news channel. And our Reality Check Team have been Fact Checking claims made by the conservative leadership contenders during last nights debate. You can find out more at bbc. Co. Uk news. Investigative website bellingcat has named the flight was heading from kuala lumpur to amsterdam before it was shot down. All 298 people on board were killed. Investigators blame russian backed separatists who they say targeted the plane with a russian made missile. We will bring you coverage of the investigative teams findings once they are released at midday. The rate of inflation fell slightly last month. The rate was in line with economists expectations and was dead on the bank of englands 2 inflation target. The retail price index says a separate measure of inflation was 3 , unchanged from april. Alcohol sales in scotland have fallen to their lowest level since records began being collected in the early 90s. The data shows scottish adults still bought more alcohol than people in england and wales, but the gap has narrowed. A minimum Price Per Unit of alcohol was introduced in may last year. More on todays main stories coming up on newsroom live here on the bbc news channel, but now we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. A un inquiry has said that saudi arabia is responsible for the killing of one of its critics, the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The report also said there was credible evidence to investigate the responsbility of seniorfigures, including the crown prince. Hes denied any involvement. Our Diplomatic Correspondent has been reading the report on is with me now. Sounds like they have come up me now. Sounds like they have come up with some pretty dramatic findings. Tell us more. It is a 100 page report, and we are still going through the detail. But what we have going so far as they are absolutely categorical that saudi arabia is a state was responsible. They want the de facto ruler, crown Prince Mohammed bin salman, investigated. In fact, they have called on un Member States to impose targeted sanctions against individuals allegedly involved in the killing, including mohammed bin salman, saying those sanctions should focus on his personal assets abroad, until and unless evidence has been produced that he bears no responsibility for the execution. Some very strong stuff. They are critical of the trial, currently two trials that have been under way in saudi arabia, whats five suspects who have been suspended to death. They are saying the trial does not meet legal standards and there could be an International Investigation because of the nature of this crime that took place in october last year. Some other details, the special rapporteur says that the investigations by turkey and saudi arabia did not meet international standards. They say the turkish investigation was not allowed to draina well investigation was not allowed to drain a well located in the consuls residence. The special rapporteur was allowed to listen to audio recordings allegedly of the death of Jamal Khashoggi. She listened to 45 minutes, and she says there was a conversation between two saudi officials apparently planning the murder, saying the body is heavy, it will not be possible to put the trunk in the bag because it is too heavy. So some very gruesome details, and the un basically saying that there must be a proper investigation into what happened. So in terms of that actually happening, who might do that . And the separate question of sanctions, including against the crown princes personal assets, would there be an appetite for that . Very good question. There are jamal for that . Very good question. There are Jamal Khashoggis for that . Very good question. There are Jamal Khashoggis fiance for that . Very good question. There are Jamal Khashoggis fiance has been very critical of the american response. The caa concluded that responsibility for the ordering of italy with mohammed bin salman. But of course, western countries are very keen to maintain their strategic relationship with saudi arabia, and frankly, saudi arabia has got away so far scot free for the killing of jamal has got away so far scot free for the killing ofJamal Khashoggi. I think in the light of this, there will certainly be more pressure on countries to Say Something and certainly at the un is for them to act. Thank you very much, caroline. The headlines on bbc news a un investigation finds that saudi arabia is responsible for the killing of saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who disappeared after visiting the saudi consulate in istanbul last year tory leadership hopeful rory stewart says hes talking to michael gove aboutjoining forces, after the remaining candidates locked horns in a live tv debate a woman is in a serious condition in hospital after a crash involving the duke and duchess of cambridges police convoy. And in sport, a big night coming up for the two omissions at the womens world cup in france. Make or break for scotland, they have to beat argentina in paris to stand any chance of progressing to the knockout stage. England are already through, butjust knockout stage. England are already through, but just a knockout stage. England are already through, butjust a draw against japan would see them finish top of their group. And Geraint Thomas says he will be fit to defend his Tour De France title next month. 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