Page 4 - Election General News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

final at wimbledon later today. hello and welcome to bbc news. the battle to become britain's next prime minister is intensifying. eight candidates have now announced they will stand in the contest to replace borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party. the former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, are the latest to come forward — with both pledging to cut taxes. the foreign secretary, liz truss, is expected to declare in the coming days. our political correspondent, jonathan blake reports. the two newest entrants to the race are the first to set out detailed pla...

i'm rebecca jones. law officials recommend that taking a photo down a woman's top without her consent — known as "downblousing" — should be made illegal in england and wales. in the us, prosecutors say the man charged with killing seven people at an independence day parade in chicago, has confessed to the mass shooting. welcome to bbc news, live from downing street. minister, borisjohnson, as his whole party it seems is ranged agains him. in the last few minutes, nadhim zahawi, a long—time ally, who was yesterday appointed chancellor, has nowish issued a public call for the pri...

not today, today quite fresh across the north with a breeze coming from the north with a breeze coming from the atlantic and a bit of rain. that is riding around this area of high pressure which is to the south of us so this is where this settled sunny weather is at the moment. with the jet stream to the north of us next week there is a large area of settled weather may be building across the uk and that is going to allow temperatures to rise. so the forecast for this afternoon, cool and breezy and cloudy across the northern half of uk, around 18 in belfast, very warm in the south of...

Terms of a cabinet meeting, we have been told on the agenda is an update on the economy. Clearly, that doesntjustify on the economy. Clearly, that doesnt justify the levels on the economy. Clearly, that doesntjustify the levels of frenetic activity that now appear to be going on behind the scenes. All Rishi Sunak Has said is repeating his claim that the General Election will be in the second half of this year, that is only a0 days away. Normally when we get to this point the advisers and people who work in the advisers and people who work in the heart of Downing Street would be giving us a tap...

Russia has intensified its attacks in northeast ukraine rausing fears the city of kharkiv could soon be in range of its artillery. The border town of vovchansk has been heavily bombed. Kharkiv� s governor has said russia trying to stretch the front line ukraines commander in the area has been replaced. In another sign of the growing strain on kyiv ukraine has said it will need Record Energy imports after russian attacks on infrastructure. As russia makes progress in the war, president putin is set to appoint a new defence minister, Andrey Belousov. Like his predecessor sergei shoigu, he does...