Iain Duncan Smith, a former leader of the Conservative Party who backed Truss during her leadership contest against Sunak in the summer, has said he is now backing the ex-chancellor.

“It is time for us to end the leadership contest and get a PM in place ASAP. I have reached the decision that senior experience at the heart of government matters most. To that end I shall support Rishi Sunak,” he tweeted.

Rishi Sunak has been elected as the next Conservative Party Leader in the United Kingdom.

According to Sir Graham Brady's declaration, the 1922 Committee received just one nomination for the future head of the party, which was supported by 100 MPs.

Sir Brady therefore designated Sunak to be the future party leader and, as a result, the new Prime Minister.

He announced that Rishi Sunak, the incoming Tory leader, will address MPs at 14:30 BST.

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Tinubu believes that rather than competing with him, Atiku should back his presidential ambition, as he did in 2007.

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, believes Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, should back him rather than run for president.

Tinubu stated this on Monday, October 17, 2022, at an interactive session with the Arewa Joint Committee at Arewa House in Kaduna state.

Responding to Atiku's recent ethnocentric remark, the governing party's presidential candidate said he sees himself as a pan-Nigerian.

Cameron Norrie pulled out of the Korea Open less than an hour before he was due on court to play his quarter-final against American Jenson Brooksby.

The ATP confirmed the second seed was unable to play because of illness.

Norrie, 27, said he was suffering from jet lag after beating Japan's Kaichi Uchida 6-2 6-2 in the previous round.

The British number one has risen to eighth in the world and is chasing a place at the season-ending ATP finals in Turin in November.

He has won two titles this year and reached the top 10 for the first time, but is currently 11th in the Race to Turin rankings with a top-eight finish needed to qualify.

Norrie is the third seeded player to withdraw from the Korea Open after sixth seed Borna Coric dropped out on Monday and third seed Taylor Fritz withdrew on Thursday.

His next tournament is set to be the Japan Open in Tokyo, which starts on 3 October.

Top seed and world number two Casper Ruud, of Norway, plays Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka in the quarter-finals on Friday.

Brooksby, who is eighth seed, will now play Canada's Denis Shapovalov in the semi-finals on Saturday.