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a million and a half households are without power following a new wave of russian attacks. and england s lionesses will face china and denmark at next year s women s world cup in australia and new zealand. good afternoon. rishi sunak has become the first leadership contender to secure 100 public declarations of support from mps. the former chancellor has yet to announce whether he will launch a fresh bid for the top job after losing to liz truss over the summer. rivals of boris johnson rivals of borisjohnson have dismissed claims that he has also secured the backing of 100 mps. mr johnson has flown home from holiday in a caribbean overnight. so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign, but she is lagging behind the two men. hopefuls have until monday afternoon to find 100 backers. 0ur political correspondent helen catt has more. are you running for leadership? he s got the numbers to get on the ballot paper. and rishi sunak is exp ....
keep up with all the cancellations and even if your train is cancelled, you re only really packed service. england s lionesses will face china and denmark at nicks your s world cup in australia and new zealand. next year s cup in australia and new zealand. next yea r s world cup in australia and new zealand. next year s world cup. good afternoon. rishi sunak has become the first leadership contender to secure more than 100 public declarations of support from mps. the former chancellor has yet to announce whether he will launch a fresh bid for the top job, after losing to liz truss over the summer. rivals of borisjohnson have dismissed claims that he has also secured the backing of 100 mps. mrjohnson flew home from a holiday in the caribbean overnight and is weighing whether to stand in the election. so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign, but she is lagging behind the two men. hopefuls have until monday afternoon to ....
as the candidates to be the uk s next prime minister prepare to go head to head. welcome to the programme. we start with the extreme heat across europe. it s facing its worst drought in a long time. we ll look at that in a moment. but first the high temperatures are also causing big wildfires. let s go to france. there s a huge wildfire near bordeaux, in the south western region of gironde. this is what it looks like at night. thousands of hectares have been burnt. 10,000 people have been forced to evacuate the area, and several homes are destroyed. it s spreading so fast because it s so dry. this is the scene in the day. you can see a plane dropping chemicals used to slow the fire down. more than a thousand fire fighters are there trying to control it. let s hear from one of them. translation: for l the moment, the fire is progressing in every direction. if i may say, the wind is not steady for the moment. it will rise in the course of the day. we are told that the win ....
some rivers are starting to dry up seriously impacting wildlife. the bbc uncovers evidence suggesting the nhs is struggling to return cancer care to pre pandemic levels in england as more than 10,000 people wait more than three months to start treatment. # we re walking in the air.# # we re floating in the moonlit sky.# the author and illustrator raymond briggs, best known for the 1978 classic, the snowman, has died, aged 88. hello. welcome to bbc news. many families are falling behind on their gas and electricity bills, with the total owed by consumers to energy suppliers tripling since last september. a survey of 2,000 people for uswitch suggests almost a quarter of households owe an average of more than £200 to their provider. it comes as ministers are due to hold talks with the energy companies tomorrow about the impact of sharply rising bills. yesterday experts predicted the average household energy bill would reach £4,200 a year by january. caroline davies reports. ....
of our republic. the world s fifth oldest zoo bristol zoo gardens is set to close for the final time with the animals on the move to a new location. good afternoon. it is very nearly over voting in the conservative party leadership contest ends this afternoon. party members have until 5pm to choose either liz truss or rishi sunak to succeed borisjohnson the winner will be announced on monday before they take over as prime minister on tuesday. it s been an often bitter contest, lasting almost two months. whoever wins faces an agenda that includes a cost of living crisis and soaring energy bills. our political correspondent helen catt reports. good evening, thank you. it s fantastic to be here. for weeks, liz truss and rishi sunak have toured the country. good evening, it s fantastic to be here. here in darlington. it s fantastic to be here. here, in eastbourne. racking up miles, and, they hope, votes from conservative party members. i think liz truss is the right candi ....