more than a thousand people. a third day of strike action on the uk s rail network. only a fifth of train services are expected to be running. and it s day two of performances at glastonbury with sir paul mccartney as the saturday night headliner. good afternoon. borisjohnson says he will not undergo what he calls a psychological transformation of his character. speaking to the bbc, the prime minister insisted that policy was more important than personality. it s been a particularly bruising week for mrjohnson, after the conservatives lost two by elections, before the resignation of his party chairman. this report from our political correspondent, tony bonsignore, contains some flash photography. the war in ukraine, inflation, the threat of a global recession, there is plenty for commonwealth leaders in rwanda to ponder. but, for borisjohnson, domestic politics is never far away. this week s by election defeats in wakefield and tiverton and honiton have spooked some tory
day with some sunshine, isolated showers. more cloud in the west and some longer spells of rain at times, but still a bit brightness to come, too. this is bbc news, i m frankie mccamley with the latest headlines. borisjohnson says policy is more important than personality as he faces renewed calls to quit from conservative backbenchers after the party lost two by elections. if you re saying you want you want me to undergo some sort of psychological transformation, you know, i think that our listeners would know that that is not going to happen. police in norway say they re treating a shooting at a gay nightclub as an act of extreme islamist terrorism. america wakes up to inflamed divisions over abortion after the supreme court overturns a woman s constitutional right to the procedure. i just think that is a terrible overturning of health care that
more cloud in the west and some longer spells of rain at times, but still a bit brightness to come, too. this is bbc news, i m frankie mccamley with the latest headlines. borisjohnson says policy is more important than personality as he faces renewed calls to quit from conservative backbenchers after the party lost two by elections. if you re saying you want you want me to undergo some sort of psychological transformation, you know, i think that our listeners would know that that is not going to happen. police in norway say they re treating a shooting at a gay nightclub as an act of extreme islamist terrorism. america wakes up to inflamed divisions over abortion after the supreme court overturns a woman s constitutional right to the procedure. i just think that is a terrible overturning of health care that
nightclub as an act of extreme islamist terrorism. abortion clinics are closing in some republican controlled us states, after a supreme court ruling which overturned the constitutional right to abortion. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s gavin. new zealand are looking to retake the ascendancy against england, in the third test at headlingly, as they attempt to salvage some pride, and avoid a series whitewash. they re currently 106 for i in the afternoon session on day three tom latham with a half century after england made 360 following a brilliant first innings score of 162 from jonny bairstow. jamie overton, on his debut came close to a century, falling three short on 97.
skies to take us into start to sunday and some southern and eastern areas. not faring badly through sunday once again but generally speaking, here and across the south east of england it is going to be a dry day with some sunshine for top isolated showers. more cloud in the west and some longer spells of rain at times but still a bit brightness to come, too. bye for now. hello, this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. the headlines: borisjohnson says policy is more important than personality as he faces renewed calls to quit from conservative backbenchers after the party lost two by elections police in norway say they re treating a shooting at a gay nightclub as an act of extreme islamist terrorism. america wakes up to inflamed divisions over abortion after the supreme court overturns a woman s constitutional right to the procedure.