hello, this is bbc news. i m shaun ley, and these are the headlines. could britain s former chancellor rishi sunak be the conservative party s new leader, as he becomes the latest mp to enter the race to be the next prime minister. sri lanka s president reportedly flees his residence after protesters storm the building calling for him to resign, as people grapple with the country s worst economic crisis in decades. the body of japan s former prime minister, shinzo abe, is brought back to his tokyo residence a day after he was shot dead during a political rally. elon musk is threatened with legal action after pulling out of a 44 billion dollar deal to buy the social media platform twitter. as italy battles its worst drought in 70 years, we report from communities which are seeing a third of their agricultural produce threatened. and, all eyes on the wimbledon women s singles final as ons jabeur and elena rybakina each prepare to make history when they meet later on centre co
a decade, i consider her friend and i and i like her a lot. i disagree with her fundamentally on this and i think she s completely wrong. i think in fact, the exchangems that the gop has made here in terms of moving more on the cultural side towards this rising number of hispanic immigrant diverse group of voters who are not just brought into the coalition of 2020 but i think in there republican coalition going forward on these culture issues, the very issues she cites are a hugee number, a much bigger number than the number of suburban wealthy women who were going to be pro-abortion, you know,s shout your abortion kind of voters who are also going to be convinced to vote for mitt romney. i just don t t think that was a long term proposition that would work in any way.nk i think that the autopsy that was done in 2012 was about a party that was dead and thishi new coalition, this ones that i think is far more passionate that has a lot more going forbo it. and about the
bill: the court will decide its biggest gun case in more than a decade. at issue here a new york law that restricts conceal carry outside the home. a decision to overturn it could have a domino effect on several other blue states with similar laws. dana: religious liberty is on the docket. court taking up the case of a high school football coach fired for praying on the field. justices will decide whether that prayer is protected under the first amendment. bill: the most anticipated of all is dobbs versus jackson. that s the ruling on mississippi s 15 week abortion ban that could potentially overturn roe v. wade which would end nearly 50 years of precedent. a leaked draft in the month of may suggesting the court is ready to do just that. dana: that was ignited a wave of protests. some escalating into threats and intimidation. activists continue to march outside justice s home after an assassination attempt against brett kavanaugh. bill: inspiring dozens of attacks o
region. we ll get a live report from kyiv. this afternoon the house january 6th committee will hold its fifth public hearing on what it has learned so far about the attack on the u.s. capitol. today s hearing will focus on how former president trump tried to use the justice department to help him overturn the results of the 2020 election but failed because of pushback and resignation threats, like this one from former acting deputy attorney general, richard donahue. the president said, suppose i do this, suppose i replace him, jeff rossen, with him, jeff clark. what do you do? i said, sir, i would resign immediately. there is no way i m serving one minute under this guy, jeff clark. donaghue will testify today as well as steve engel. adam kinzinger, one of two republicans on the panel, will lead today s questioning. committee chairman, bennie thompson, says the panel will wait until later next month to hold more hearings because it needs to look through new evidence it