line up and the weight that most are pledging to tax cuts if they win. and the way. also on the programme. a week of very high temperatures ahead for much of the uk, as the met office issues an extreme weather warning for the weekend. train drivers at eight rail companies have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike in a dispute over pay. and england s women are the first team through to the euro quarterfinals after a stunning victory against norway. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, a five star performance from england. it s a five wicket win as they dominate south africa in their first one day international. welcome to bbc news at ten. it s official the united kingdom will have a new prime minister by the 5th of september following an election to find a new leader of the conservative party. that process will begin tomorrow. so far, no fewer than 11 conservative mps have entered the fray. they ll need to be backed by at least 20 colleagues to be on the fi
at a vigil, three days after his assassination. and monty norman, the composer of one of the best known pieces of music ever, the james bond theme, dies at the age of 94 it s six in the morning in singapore and eleven pm in london where it s been announced that the uk will get a new leader of the conservative party and therefore a new prime minister on the 5th of september. it will take that long to choose boris johnson s successor due to the way the party organises the contest. anyone who wants the job will have to first secure the backing of 20 of theirfellow members of parliament and then make their way through a series of votes. we begin our coverage with this report from our political editor chris mason. thank you all very much, thank you. from borisjohnson s resignation, to the emerging cacophony of voices trying to replace him. visions and videos, talks of their past and our future, promises and persuasion, and lots of it. is raising taxes during a cost of livi
the earliest galaxies. it s 7am in singapore and 8am injapan where a private funeral will be held in tokyo later, for the former prime minister shinzo abe who died after being shot while at a political campaign event. mourners have streamed into a temple in tokyo to pay their respects. these are scenes from a vigil at the zo joji temple. world leaders have also paid tribute. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said mr abe did more than anyone to elevate the relationship between their two countries. rupert wingfield hayes reports from tokyo. shinzo abe was a fresh faced 52 year old when he shocked everyone by becoming japan s youngest postwar prime minister. it did not go well. and in less than a year, he was gone. five years later, he plotted his return with a new hairstyle and a new slogan. and this time, he stayed, for eight years, longer than any other postwar japanese leader. today, japan is laying mr abe to rest. his life snuffed out in a way few here thought po
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while europe swelters, the eu is looking ahead to winter, and what to do if russia cuts off gas supplies completely. we need to save gas to fill our gas storages. to do so, we have to reduce our gas consumption. find storages. to do so, we have to reduce our gas consumption. and we will look at sri reduce our gas consumption. and we will look at sri lanka, reduce our gas consumption. and we will look at sri lanka, with reduce our gas consumption. and we will look at sri lanka, with the - will look at sri lanka, with the country has chosen a new president who may be just as unpopular as his predecessor. the next uk prime minister will be either rishi sunak, the former chancellor, or liz truss, the foreign secretary. we reached these two names after several elimination rounds voted by conservative mps. this was the moment we got the result. the numbers of votes cast for each candidate is as followed. penny mordaunt, 105. rishi sunak, 137. liz truss, 113. therefore, rishi