to disqualify him from holding public office on charges of unlawfully selling state gifts. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world in a few days time, the uk will have a new prime minister and penny mourdant, leader of the house of commons has become the first conservative mp to say she is running to replace liz truss. no other mp has declared yet but both borisjohnson and former chancellor rishi sunak have nominations from other mps. mrjohnson left office just over six weeks ago, forced out after a series of crises, including infringing the law. they each need the backing of at least 100 colleagues to do so. whoever wins becomes conservative leader and the next prime minister but opposition parties are calling for a general election. our deputy political editor vicki young has this report. i will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen. thank you. once again, there is a vacancy at the top of government. li
to bring the party together. we ll be looking at the week ahead as the conservative party chooses its third leader in three months. also on the programme. the social care system in england is gridlocked says the watchdog with staffing shortages a major factor. as president putin inspects his troops we report on the growing anger inside russia that men with no military experience are being called up and sent to the front line. and the japanese cartoon characters being recreated for the stage by the royal shakespeare company breaking box office records in the process. and coming up on the bbc news channel. scotland are on the brink of elimination at the rugby leaue world cup after losing heavily to favourites australia in their second match. good evening. in a week s time or less, the uk will have a new prime minister and penny mordaunt, leader of the house of commons has become the first conservative mp to say she is running to replace liz truss. no other mp has declared
in the uk , for the first time hello and welcome. in a few days time, the uk will have a new prime minister and penny mourdant, leader of the house of commons has become the first conservative mp to say she is running to replace liz truss. inset)no other mp has declared yet but both borisjohnson and former chancellor rishi sunak have nominations from other mps. rishi sunak has 100 people backing him already. mrjohnson left office just over six weeks ago, forced out after a series of crises, including infringing the law. whoever wins becomes conservative leader and the next prime minister but opposition parties are calling for a general election. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young has this report. i will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen. thank you. once again, there s a vacancy at the top of government. liz truss s resignation means conservatives now need to choose their fifth leader and prime minister in just over six years. but can anyon
when mobilisation was being discussed i agreed with my family that if such a situation arose i would refuse even if they sent me to prison. and the japanese cartoon characters being recreated for the stage by the royal shakespeare company breaking box office records in the process. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. in a few days time, the uk will have a new prime minister and penny mourdant, leader of the house of commons has become the first conservative mp to say she is running to replace liz truss. no other mp has declared yet but both borisjohnson and former chancellor rishi sunak have nominations from other mps. sources have told bbc news, rishi sunak has now received the public backing of 100 mps in the contest to become conservative leader. mrjohnson left office just over six weeks ago, forced out after a series of crises, including infringing the law. whoever wins becomes conservative leader and the next prime minister but opposit
witnesses in the doj election case, but he is free to attack the special counsel. and israeli raises its flag in gaza city, a highly provocative move. the united states stand alone in vetoing a resolution calls for a ceasefire. plus, grim, that s how one pollster describes his latest findings. young voters, black voters, lgbtq voters all currently giving higher grades to trump than biden. what s going on? i ll ask him. i m john king in for erin burnett. trump silenced, a d.c. court of appeals upholding most of a gag order in the federal 2020 election case. the three judges say trump can no longer target witnesses or single out individuals related to the court proproceedings, writing, some of trump s statements pose a significant and imminent threat to the fair adjudication of the criminal proceeding. trump has repeatedly gone after potential witnesses, calling mike pence delusional, mocking bill barr as slow-thinking and lethargic and he tore into mark meadows, writing,