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The Conservative Party leadership contender,

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Theresa May, has dismissed calls for other candidates to stand aside,

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saying she wants "a contest not a Coronation."

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Mrs May, who is said to have the support of more

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than 100 Tory MPs, has reaffirmed her belief

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that there should be no general election before 2020

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Here's our political correspondent, Chris Mason.

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Politics was reset for good when this result in the EU referendum was

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confirmed. Within hours it had cost this man his job. Politics was reset

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for good when this result in the EU referendum was confirmed. Within

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hours it had cost this man his job. With -- within a week the favourite

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to replace him was gone too. Enter next the wannabes Prime Minister on

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the short-list, the favourite, the Home Secretary. If I win, she said,

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I won't call a general election. We have got this huge issue of

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negotiating the Brexit. We've got the concerns about stability in the

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economy, and the future of the UK. I think if we were to have an early

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general election it would just introduce another destabilising

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factor. I don't think that would be good for the economy, I don't think

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it would be good people and their jobs. What about the man seen by

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some as the traitor who finished off Boris Johnson, having initially

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recommended him as a potential Prime Minister in Michael Gove's interview

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was a complelg theatre. I took the decision very late on Wednesday

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evening. I went to bed at 1.30 in the morning. I reflected on it. I

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woke up early in the morning... You could have called him at 7.00am and

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told him. I decided I couldn't in conscious make that recommendation.

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A fellow Out campaigner and rival was forced to brush off remarks she

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made three years ago suggesting she supported the UK staying in the EU.

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Instead she wanted to focus on her view that the next Prime Minister

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had to have voted for Brexit. Somebody who says OK I've been told

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to leave, so I will leave, with no enthusiasm, is very different to

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somebody who absolutely sees the sun lit up plans of leaving the EU, the

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prospects for our children, our grandchildrener of business of being

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open to the world. Stephen Crabb is from a working class background.

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That, he says, matters. There is something about being able to

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understand and empathise particularly the communities who

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feel abandon bid Westminster, and understanding people who so far

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haven't benefitted from the fruits of economic recovery. That's

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something I bring. And this man seen as the outsider isn't giving up yet.

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There are a large number of uncommitted problem in this

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particular race. I think therefore the most important event is going to

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be the party hustings tomorrow night. The first round of voting

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takes place on Tuesday, when five candidates will become four. We'll

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have a new Prime Minister by September.

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The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has said he wants to work

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with the whole of his party, including the majority

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who opposed him in a vote of no confidence this week.

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Writing in a Sunday newspaper, Mr Corbyn said the priority must be

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opposing the Government, not infighting.

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In es tense word is defiance. He is absolutely determined to stay on

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because he says he has a mandate to stay on from those 250,000 people

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who voted for him less than a year ago. Writing in the Sunday Mirror he

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says by all means let's have a contest, but put up a candidate.

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I'll be a contender in that contest and, they think, his supporters,

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that he can win. His biggest backer in the union movement was out and

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about this morning and was not only defending Mr Corbyn but scathing

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about those MPs who said he should stand down.

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It's been a political lynching of a decent man.

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Undermined, humiliated, attacked, in order to push him out.

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Jeremy Corbyn is made of stronger stuff.

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He's a man of steel and he's made it clear that he will not step down.

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But to give you a sense of how high the stakes are now, he an

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unsolicited call this morning from a former Shadow Cabinet Minister

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saying things have to change, he has to go, his support is leaching away

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among party activists. Some who want to get rid of him are producing

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dossiers to try to prove that. It is a crisis for the Labour Party at the

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moment. Chris, thank you. A huge car bomb has killed at least

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75 people and injured more than 100 The suicide car bomber struck

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in a shopping district in the worst So-called Islamic State has

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claimed responsibility. Jeremy Bowen reports. The attack on

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a very crowded part of Baghdad happened at around 1 in the morning.

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Immediately a big fire gripped the buildings that were attacked. It was

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busy at that time of the day because it's the last days of Ramadan.

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During Ramadan in this very hot weather the streets are very crowded

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throughout the hours of darkness. People relaxing, drinking juice at

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this particular place, and that the time of the day having their final

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meal before they start fasting for another long day. There were two

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explosions, one where I'm standing and the other in that yellow brick

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brilling. Here I think there was a vehicle bomb. Over there they are

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saying it was man with a suicide belt. Massive explosions, designed

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to cause as much damage as possible. In the last week the Iraqi

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Government has recaptured the town of Fallujah, less an hour's drive

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from here, it was one of Islamic State's big strong points in the

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whole of the country. A major defeat for them. So really this attack is

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about Islamic State showing that they can hit back to devastating

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effect in the heart of the capital. And for the people of Baghdad,

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they're angry here today, angry that their security can't be protected.

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Exhausted by so many years of war. Exhausted too by the sectarian

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killing. And once again facing another tragedy right in the heart

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of their city. Jeremy Bowen, BBC News, Baghdad.

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Bangladesh is beginning two days of national mourning

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following the deadly attack by militants on a cafe

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20 hostages were killed, most of them foreigners,

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The authorities say the attackers were members of a local

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Islamist group and came from wealthy families,

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and were not so-called Islamic State militants.

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Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has called

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on the UK Government to guarantee the status of EU nationals

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She said EU citizens in Scotland are "understandably anxious"

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about what the result of the referendum means for them,

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but politicians in Westminster say more talks are needed before

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Two people have been charged with causing grievous bodily harm

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after a one-year-old boy was shot in the head with an air rifle.

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Harry Studley remains critically ill in hospital in Bristol

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The 24-year-old man and 23-year-old woman have been remanded in custody.

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They'll appear before magistrates tomorrow.

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There's tennis at Wimbledon today for only the fourth time on a Sunday

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Rain delays have meant the extra day's play is necessary to catch up

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Our correspondent David Ornstein is there.

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It's the first time this has happened since 2004. 22,000 tickets

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sold out online in just 27 minutes. There were 111,000 applications. It

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has meant for a fantastic atmosphere but remember we are only here for

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the poor weather of the past week. The Wimbledon chief executive has

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told the BBC there are no plans to make middle Sunday a permanent

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fixture. The courts, he says, needs a rest, and the big Match of the Day

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on Centre sees the world number one and defending champion Serena

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Williams against Germany's Annika Beck. On court 1, Nick Kyrgios is up

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against fellisian o Lopez. The winner is scheduled to play

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Britain's Andy Murray tomorrow. Murray is the favourite to win this

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tournament because of yesterday's shock defeat for the top seed, Novak

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Djokovic. David, thank you. You can see more on all of today's

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stories on the BBC News Channel. The next news on BBC One

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is at 6.05 this evening. Hello. I think it's fair to say it's

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been a pretty indifferent summer so far for most of us. June did play a

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bit of a blinder in the north-west of Scotland. I am not going to

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promise too much in the weekend ahead, but we can talk about more

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sunshine for most. A lit less rain,

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