John worboys, the black cab rapist who was almost freed from jail, pleads guilty to drugging four more women so he could sexually assault them. Campaigners win a legal challenge over the British Governments decision to allow arms sales to saudi arabia. And prince harry and meghan are to set up their own foundation after breaking away from the charity which they had run with Prince William and kate. Good afternoon. Borisjohnson remains on course to be the next Prime Minister. In the fourth round of voting by conservative mps for a new leader, he topped the ballot with 157 votes. Michael gove came second with 61 votes whilejeremy hunt secured 59 votes. The home secretary, sajid javid, was knocked out in the lunchtime vote, managing just 3a votes. Voting in the next round is now well underway, and the two mps with the highest number of votes will go forward to a run off of the partys 160,000 or so members. Were expecting the final vote of mps at 6 15pm, and we will, of course, be bringing that to you live. Leadership races can be a political marathon, but this week has been more of a sprint. A breathless few days for the men who want to be our Prime Minister. Morning. In an hour, well find out the final two candidates who could be responsible for huge decisions that will affect all our lives. Suited and booted, serious face on, he was off to try and win what could be crucial last minute support. Are you feeling confident you can beat borisjohnson . Yes, im feeling very confident today. I had a wonderful level of support yesterday from my parliamentary colleagues. Im looking forward to making it through to the final two, and looking forward to a civilised debate of ideas to ensure that we can make this country better. And it might have worked. Hes currently in second place. Also in training to be pm, butjeremy hunt has fallen into third place now. This morning, he seemed confident he could keep up the pace. Im feeling confident, but not overconfident. People have said im not going to do well but each time i have exceeded expectations. I need my supporters to come and say, yes, we can do better than borisjohnson as the next Prime Minister of our country. May the best man win, and thats going to be me. Both of them still trying to catch the front runner. Not out for a morning jog, but in a hurry nevertheless. Borisjohnson now has the backing of more than half of tory mps. Most think its his to lose. Good morning, mrjavid. But its over for sajid javid, who knew getting through today would be tough. Here he is, posing with supporters shortly before he was eliminated from the race. The following candidates are now eligible to continue on the next ballot, which will take place this afternoon at 3 30pm in Committee Room 1a. Michael gove, jeremy hunt and Boris Johnson. Theres been intense lobbying for votes this afternoon, mps trying to win over mrjavids supporters and anyone else open to persuasion. Ive always felt that the next Prime Minister should be somebody who supported leave in the referendum campaign, and michael has got a very good track record in government. I think its incredibly important that we now focus on which two candidates are going to make the best final, and im supporting jeremy hunt because i think hes the guy to do that, and he should be in the final. I think we need to change the approach in europe, and i think the person to do that, the person who brings a different type of approach, is borisjohnson. These campaigns never go completely according to plan. There have been accusations in here of dark arts, tactical voting to try and force some candidates out. But, as of tonight, it is out of the hands of tory mps and down to conservative members. The question will they follow the script and pick mrjohnson, or could there be a plot twist . Already, the questions are lining up for whoever takes over. The chancellor saying they will need a brexit plan b, or could be forced to ask the public again. There will be many more questions asked in the coming weeks on brexit, on how to heal a bitterly divided tory party, and what else the new pm wants to do with the keys to this famous address. Injust over a month, there will be a new resident here. Nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. Lets go now to the houses of parliament, where our chief Political Correspondent, vicki young, joins us. Michael gove gaining a bit of momentum. Some seeing an intriguing possibility of a battle between him and Boris Johnson, possibility of a battle between him and borisjohnson, these old rivals, and borisjohnson, these old rivals, a new psychodrama perhaps in the tory party . That is not much in it. Borisjohnson way out in front as he has been from the beginning, now has the support of more than half the number of conservative mps, so the battlers who will join number of conservative mps, so the battlers who willjoin him on that ballot paper when it goes to a vote of the conservative Party Grassroots . Lets speak sir alan duncan who is backing jeremy hunt. Why do you think it should bejeremy hunt . Some people are saying it would be better to have two passionate brexiteers. It might not be the best formula for a successful contest. But i think germany is very capable, very logical, Good International relationships. Jeremy. I have worked throughout theirtenure in jeremy. I have worked throughout their tenure in office with those two foreign secretaries. And i am very clear in my mind that the better of the two is jeremy very clear in my mind that the better of the two isjeremy hunt, so i very much hope he gets through to be the second so that we can have over the next three or four weeks a good contest between borisjohnson andjeremy good contest between borisjohnson and jeremy hunt. Boris johnson has managed to get support from both wings of the party, and there are lots of people on the remain side of the argument who say he is a unifying figure for the party. You do not see him is that . There are all sorts of reasons in any leadership contest for people of seemingly different points of view voting for a candidate whose view they do not share. In the case of boris, he is an enormous personality. It is said that he could perhaps be the best person to beat jeremy corbyn. And could perhaps be the best person to beatjeremy corbyn. And i think people feel that he has promised them a ministerial job people feel that he has promised them a ministerialjob or something and that influences people, so there are a mixture of things. But what we are a mixture of things. But what we are looking at when we have the third person eliminated will be to candidates, each with roughly half the support of the party, because i do not think many hunt or gove vote rs do not think many hunt or gove voters if their opinion were measured against johnson would be likely to switch to johnson. What would be so wrong about the Boris Johnson michael gove . There is nothing wrong with it if that is the decision of the party, then that is the process. I have not said there would be anything wrong with it. Some people are worried because of the history you talked aboutjust 110w of the history you talked aboutjust now that it be quite aggressive, going back over old ground, their falling out last time around. Going back over old ground, their falling out last time aroundm going back over old ground, their falling out last time around. It is difficult to forecast that. Anyway, lam not difficult to forecast that. Anyway, i am not for either, i am forjeremy hunt, so the easy answer to that problem is to both have a jeremy hunt in the final and then to pick as the next Prime Minister. People are saying he has been too straight about all of this, he does not bring the charisma or enthusiasm for brexit, the excitement that someone like borisjohnson would bring to it. We have reached a funny old world and funny Old Conservative Party if we fail to value straightforwardness, intellectual honesty, really rigorous understanding of policies, and the experience he has got. If we want gimmickry and theatrical stance, then there are alternatives. But i would like to think we are a party and a country where we value the qualities that really matter, which are those of competence, service, intellectual grasp, good hard work and straight forward british decency. What about bringing the Party Together . Whoever wins this will have quite a challenge, getting back Party Discipline which is broken down of the last couple of yea rs, broken down of the last couple of years, getting unity back to the party, getting everyone back on message, how can they achieve that with the issue of brexit still hanging over this place . With the issue of brexit still hanging over this place . |i with the issue of brexit still hanging over this place . I agree that this is a problem which is why i have been strong in my words against those who brought down theresa may and took a long time in doing it by voting against the party whip on so many occasions. I mean, if borisjohnson or whip on so many occasions. I mean, if Boris Johnson or michael gove we re if Boris Johnson or michael gove were to take over, the gang around him are those who have wrecked the ability to be out of the eu even now, which they could have secured by supporting the deal, and they will step into a party with the same problems, the same arithmetic, but possibly deep resentment. What we saw in this last ballot were two people, members of parliament, spoiling their ballot paper. I cant think of that ever having happened before in a leadership election, and this is my seventh. That i think is an illustration of how the new Prime Minister, whoever he is, orwalk into a very difficult circumstance. Set of circumstances. We will find out whether he is a happy man in about an hours time. The 28 eu heads of state will be keeping an eye on this. Brexit has only been allotted a five minute discussion tomorrow. The dutch Prime Minister mark rutte has been speaking to the bbcs europe editor and said that leaving the eu will mean that he the uk becomes a diminished player on the world stage. When the new Prime Minister comes in and would ask for an extension, we have to learn what his plan will be in terms of new elections, a new eu referendum, making changes to the red lines the uk is currently holding. If nothing is happening, if it will mean after the 31st of october, again, can we make changes . No, we cant, because you have to change the red lines, then there is no point in having an extension. So you would be prepared to have a no deal brexit on the 31st of october . No i hate it i hate brexit from every angle, i hate a no deal brexit from every angle. I have to work on the assumption that brexit will take place and we have to avoid a hard brexit. So we have to work towards a negotiated brexit and i hope it is possible by the 31st of october. And, again, with brexit, be it hard or not, the impact on the United Kingdom economy, the society, everything, is huge. Its so much bigger than so many people anticipate. And that is my worry about the United Kingdom. Therefore, i am so sad that you are doing this, because the impact is huge, and many people are underestimating it. You will have a diminished role on the world stage, your economy will suffer, and it will have a huge impact on society. The populist eurosceptic threat for those who believe in the eu hasnt gone away, though, has it . Not completely, no. Its something you deal with here that you have had to face again in your recent general election. How does the eu navigate its way through . Surely, we are in a period of new politics . The paradox is this, and i had this discussion many times with david cameron. The direction the United Kingdom wanted the eu to take, we took. So, from, lets say, 2012, 2013 onwards, this whole idea of an ever closer union, the unavoidability of history, of this unavoidable march to a sort of european superstate, is all gone. Nobody in a senior position in the European Union is any longer pleading for that. Damian grammaticas is in brussels now. For once, brexit is right down the agenda . It is, you are right. The eu are more consumed at this summit while it waits for the uk to sort out its own politics and for a new leader to emerge you will come here and restart those brexit negotiations. The eu was more consumed with what is happening within the other countries. They are 110w within the other countries. They are now talking about Climate Change and whether they can get all eu countries to sign up to an ambitious. A target of reducing eu missions to net zero by 2050, so they are trying to corral all the countries, that has been happening 110w. Countries, that has been happening now. Also what we are waiting for is the crunch discussion today, the difficult one, trying to carve up those top jobs running the difficult one, trying to carve up those topjobs running the eus institutions for the next cycle, and that will be a really tough negotiation. Journalists are hoping for snippets of information coming out of the talks, and that is what we are waiting to see this evening. And everybody in brussels where you must be watching this leadership election very keenly because it will be fascinating to see who they will be fascinating to see who they will be dealing with. Is there an assumption that it will be Boris Johnson . I think that has to be the most likely outcome. That is what eve ryo ne most likely outcome. That is what everyone is thinking. But no one wa nts to everyone is thinking. But no one wants to say and commit to anything, they all say, we have to sit back and watch. Interestingly, as leaders we re and watch. Interestingly, as leaders were arriving today, they were being asked, will you work with Boris Johnson . They were all saying, they will have to work with whoever the new uk Prime Minister is. You heard mark rutte there talking to katia adler, saying the chances for renegotiation are slim unless the uk changes its red lines, so that is also the message, we expect eu leaders likely to reiterate it, they will not at this stage enter into major negotiations with the major rethink on the uk side. Meanwhile, the chancellor will warn £26 billion the treasury has built up for extra spending or tax cuts will be soaked up if there is a no deal brexit. In a speech in the city of london this evening, hes expected to say the future Prime Minister will face a stark choice to secure an agreement with the eu and protect britains prosperity or risk damaging the economy. Our Business Editor simon jack is in the city in london. What are we expecting him to say . This is probably going to be one of his last major speeches as chancellor, and he will take the opportunity to say, whoever comes in and is the new chancellor will have and is the new chancellor will have a bit of wiggle room, a bit of money to play with, 15 £26 billion, taxes 01 to play with, 15 £26 billion, taxes or spending or easing up over those swingeing cuts. That he will say, be careful, because if we get no deal brexit, all of that extra money, that wiggle room, will evaporate because it will hurt the economy, it will hurt tax receipts and the public finances. So that will be one strand of what he has to say. He will also have a political warning for the next Prime Minister. He will say, listen, a lot of things have not changed. Whoever the new person is, some things are immutable, for example, parliamentary arithmetic, will you get a deal through parliament where theresa may failed . There is that irish border question. He will say, listen, if you cannot get your plan a through parliament, the question you will have to ask is, what is your plan be . But that is, what is your plan be . But that is what we have been told he will say. I expect on his way out he might dropa say. I expect on his way out he might drop a couple of grenades and be more punchy than his nickname spreadsheet pill would suggest you talk about his advice to the next Prime Minister would be, there is word in torquay has been falling out with the current Prime Minister, his next door neighbour, about her plans for a spending spree to fund her legacy, and he is not too happy about some of those billions being used up. I think that if Philip Hammond had his way he would have liked his legacy to have been that he got the deficit removed and he had a fighting chance of doing that over the last year until of course the big spending pledge for the nhs which we know came from number 10 and not from number 11. Which we know came from number 10 and not from number11. It which we know came from number 10 and not from number 11. It does not surprise me that he is upset and frustrated that the one legacy he would have liked to have left as balanced books and that has not been possible. It will be difficult to know what he will point to as a legacy but many people say, we dont wa nt legacy but many people say, we dont want something too flashy, we have got to used to George Osborne or gordon brown. If that is the goal, he has achieved a it. John worboys, the so called black cab rapist who was almost freed from jail last year, has pleaded guilty to four more offences in which he drugged women in order to sexually assault them. Worboys, who now calls himselfjohn radford, was originallyjailed for assaults on 12 women, though its thought he may have attacked more than 100. The parole board recommended him for Early Release from jail last year, but that was overturned after an appeal by some of his victims. Danny shaw has more from the old bailey. Hes the serial sex offender who came close to being released from prison. John worboys was jailed in 2009 for attacks on 12 women. He picked the victims up in his black taxi and then offer