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 majorfactor. covid infections rise above 2 million for the first time since the summer. and the first baby bison born in britain for thousands of years. on bbc london. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we ll have the latest on cristiano ronaldo s fall out with manchester united as their star player gets benched. and booted out of first team training after he walked out on them on wedneday. good evening. in a day s 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 offic
thousands of years. 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. no other mp has declared yet but both borisjohnson and former chancellor rishi sunak have nominations from other mps. former health secretary sajid javid says he will back mr sunak. 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. 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. liz truss resignation means the conservatives have to choose their fifth prime minister injust over six years. but can anyone unify a par
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
as olivia pratt korbel. she was killed after a man being chased by a gunman ran into her home. britain s intelligence agencies face accusations that they tipped off the indian authorities about a british man who was later seized and allegedly tortured. and malaysia s former president is sent to prison for his role in one of the world s biggest financial scandals. welcome to the programme. it s 9pm in ukraine where this time six months ago russia was hours away from launching its full scale invasion of the country. 180 days into the war and ukraine is once again bracing itself for more russian aggression. on wednesday, ukraine marks its independence from the soviet union, a day usually filled with celebrations. not this year. in the capital kyiv, public events have been banned. and gatherings like this the first match of ukraine s premier league season, are going ahead without crowds. and ukraine s president zelensky has message is this. we just wejust do not we just do