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PMQs – Boris Johnson’s final PMQs as prime minister

Today’s Prime Minister’s Questions will be Boris Johnson’s last as PM. 

Sky News says THE FINAL TWO candidates in the Conservative leadership contest will be decided today as the hopefuls edge closer to the top job – and Downing Street.

Euronews says HUNGARY has moved to curb the powers of the European Union (EU) Tuesday.

TRT World says SRI LANKA’S parliament will be voting for a president to replace Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled abroad last week after his palace was stormed by angry protesters.

The latest results from the Tory leadership race.

The BBC will host the final live TV debate for the final two candidates left in the race for No 10 – it comes just after the ky News debate was cancelled after Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss pulled out.

LIVE – Conservative leadership race: the battle for second place, results at 15:00 BST

This is the second to last vote for Tory MPs, by tomorrow we’ll know who the last two candidates are in the running for No 10.

Aljazeera says A MAINLY youth-led mass protest movement over Sri Lanka’s worst-ever economic crisis has completed 100 days.

Arab News says JAPAN’S PM Fumio Kishida, received a courtesy call from Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, during his visit to Japan.

Euronews says Mario Draghi’s political future hangs in the balance this week, with a key speech and discussion in the Senate potentially deciding whether his government stands or falls.

Sky News says THE LAST four runners in the Conservative leadership contest will face another round of voting later, as the party decides who will replace Boris Johnson in Downing Street.

Tory leadership latest: 3rd ballot results – Tugendhat OUT

Tory leadership TV debate cancelled, Sky News has announced after Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss pulled out of the final TV debate which was set to take place tomorrow evening.

Thousands of anti-racism protesters and political parties pushed back a march by a small group of extreme right-wing German neo-Nazis in the western city of Mainz. 

Today will see MPs head to the ballots to cast their votes in the third round of the Tory leadership race to find a successor to Boris Johnson, as the remaining five will become four this evening. 

Tory leadership TV debate cancelled, Sky News has announced after Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss pulled out of the final TV debate which was set to take place tomorrow evening.

Labour has told the outgoing PM to “turn up for work” as he is set to miss a third COBRA meeting over the UK heatwave. 

MPs will be holding a vote of confidence in the Government today as the opposition continues to call for Boris Johnson to step down immediately and hand the role over to a caretaker prime minister.

Aljazeera says the President has declared a state of emergency in the crisis-ridden island nation in an effort to head off unrest ahead of a vote in parliament later this week to elect a new president.

Sky News says Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss engaged in bad-tempered exchanges as the five remaining Conservative leadership rivals faced off in the second televised debate.

US president Joe Biden compares Britain’s torment of Irish Catholics to that of the plight of Palestinians today. An eyebrow-raising statement in Tel Aviv. President…

Rishi Sunak is likely into the final. The real competition is between Liz Truss and Penny Mordaunt – and the only real question left is who will be joining Rishi in the final two?

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has once again called for a general election saying that it is needed to ensure “fundamental change.”