Of the well connected multi millionaire sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. Women going through the menopause face a National Shortage of hormone replacement therapy. And a shock call up for an uncapped player for the England Rugby world cup squad. Hello, a very good evening to you. Welcome to bbc news. Hong Kong International airport was brought to a standstill today, with all flights cancelled after Anti Government protesters occupied parts of the building. Many of them were protesting the actions of police, who on sunday we re actions of police, who on sunday were firing tear gas and bullets at the protesters. Today, the chinese authorities linked the protesters to terrorism. A warning that you may find some of the images in this report from our Global Affairs correspondent, naomi grimley, disturbing. Ground to a halt. Usually, hong Kong International airport is one of the busiest hubs in the world, but today, its planes have been stopped by yet another growing democracy protest. Hundred
Night. Youre watching bbc news. More on oui youre watching bbc news. More on our top story and rory stewart has become the latest conservative mp to become the latest conservative mp to be eliminated from the race for the Party Leadership after failing to get enough support in the latest round of voting. Borisjohnson was the clear winner with nearly 90 votes more than his nearest rival. The results came through in the last hour. Lets have a listen back. The total number of votes given to each candidate in alphabetical order were as follows. Michael gove, 51. Jeremy hunt, 5a. Sajid javid, 38. Boris johnson, 143. Rory hunt, 54. Sajid javid, 38. Boris johnson, 143. Rory stewart, 27. The following candidates are eligible to continue onto the next ballot on thursday the 20th ofjune at ten i am. Michael gove, jeremy hunt, sajid javid and Boris Johnson. Apologies for the slight sound issues there. A short while ago rory stewart gave his reaction to being eliminated. Disappointed because i thi
And charged with shooting down the Malaysian Airliner mh17, killing almost 300 people. And the duke and duchess of cambridge are deeply saddened, after an 83 year old woman was seriously injured in a collision, with their police escort. And its make or break for scotland in the womens world cup as they take on argentina. The conservative leadership candidate is down to four candidates. Boris johnson won the boat with 143 followed byjeremy hunt on 54. And Michael Govan 51. Sajid javid remains in the running with 38 votes, but rory stewart could only muster 27 and this time around. So he drops out leaving the four of them to battle it out in the next round of voting. Well a little earlier this evening, rory stewart gave us his reaction to being eliminated from the leadership race. Disappointed because i think our country is in a moment of great crisis, disappointed because the long term future of our party and our country must be the central ground of politics, disappointed because reall
And at 11 30 well be taking an in depth look at the papers. Stay with us for that. Good evening. Four men are left in the race to be next Prime Minister after rory stewart was knocked out of the conservative leadership contest. The International Development secretary was eliminated after coming last in this afternoons vote by tory mps. Jeremy hunt came second, with 5a which was narrowly ahead of michael gove with 51. Sajid javid also made it into the next but mr stewart has been knocked out after receiving just 27 votes10 fewer than last nights with 2 more rounds of voting to go, by tomorrow evening we will know the last two candidates in the race. 0ur Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has the latest. Good morning, mrjohnson. Mrjohnson, youve been fired. Not a shabby birthday present. A gift from boris johnson, support from nearly half of all tory mps, as he turned 55. Are you an honest person . Despite the appearance of chaos, no blunder so far from the former foreign secretary. Can t
Of england will arrive today. The barge called the Bibby Stockholm Will Be used to house up to 500 men while they await the outcome of their asylum applications. Campaigners have expressed concern about the conditions on board, but the government insists the vessel is safe and that it will help reduce the cost of placing migrants in hotels. From dorset, danjohnson reports. Government sources have suggested the first Asylum Seekers will be moved here today to grow on board the Bibby Stockholm which has been more tearful three weeks but has so far been sitting empty. There have been delays because of concerns about fire safety and other health and safety issues that had to be dealt with but now sources suggest everything is ready and we know some Asylum Seekers have received letters telling them they will be on the move today. So far no movement, nobody Living Hotels are arriving here at the port. It is not possible to see the badge from this position but we have cameras and other spots