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internal warfare we have seen this movie before, and we know how it ends. tax cuts is the issue dominating the contest so far. we ll look at what the candidates are saying they ll do if they win. we ll also look at the crisis in sri lanka. the president has confirmed he will step down after protesters stormed his palace. and we ll look at twitter s share price, which has fallen sharply after elon musk pulled out of his takeover attempt. let s start by continuing to get reaction to what we have heard, that this process will be down to two by next week. there is a threshold of 20 mp5 next week. there is a threshold of 20 mps for any contender to get into the first round, and have to get their applications in by tomorrow evening. also, people get the winner of the entire process, the person who will become the next prime minister, by the 5th of september. that speak to an mp who resigned last because first hit of the conservative party. being quite a few days since that happen ....
the former conservative cabinet secretaryjustine greening, the is chief political commentator paul waugh and the republican political analyst doug heye. good evening, welcome to the programme. by the 5th september we will know who is to become the next prime minister of the united kingdom. currently, we have 11 candidates, the hope is that by next week, 11 will become two. in the last hour, the 1922 committee of conservative backbenchers has set out the rules by which they will eliminate candidates. here is the chair of that committee sir graham brady. we tried to find a balance where we are not making it impossibly difficult for serious candidates to enter the contest but we don t want to have a cast of thousands of people who don t really have great prospects of progressing in the election. so the first round will be held on wednesday, by which time candidates will require the support of 20 mps. a second on thursday, in which they will need the support of 30. another ....
and the deepest dive into outer space a kaleidoscope of colour emerges from the first images received from the james webb telescope. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the funeral of japan s former prime minister shinzo abe will start in the coming hours following his assasination on friday. the 67 year old was shot at a campaign event in naru. mourners have streamed into a temple in tokyo to pay their respects.these are scenes from a vigil at the zojoji 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 ....
Have been coping with a penguin problem fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on a huge shoal of their favourite food, pilchards. some had eaten so much, they could barely stand. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: japan prepares to bury shinzo abe, assassinated last week. he had been the longest serving prime minister in the country s history. sri lanka s president confirms he will step down on wednesday after protesters stormed his palace over food and fuel shortages. britain will have a new prime minister by the 5th september. that s a full eight weeks away. anyone who wants the job, and there are currently 11 possible candidates, ....