here in the uk, the government of borisjohnson is in a state of high turmoil after two of his most senior ministers resigned within minutes of one another. chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak quit, saying that the public expected the government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously. the health secretary, sajid javid, stood down, saying the public considered the tory government to be neither popular nor competent. they were followed by a number of more junior resignations. mrjohnson has been accused of making several misleading statements, most recently about the behaviour of a colleague accused of sexual misconduct. downing street has announced that former education secretary, nadim zahawi, will become the uk s new finance minister. and former brexit secretary steve barclay takes the post of health secretary for england. this report from our political editor, chris mason. are we good? yeah. not according to the man on the right. sitting next to the prime min
welcomes the opportunity to make his case. here is the british mp brady who is in charge of collating the letters that pushed for this vote. i notified the prime minister yesterday that the threshold had been reached, and we agreed the timetable for a confidence vote to take place, and he shared my view, which is also in line with the rules that we have in place, that that vote should happen as soon as could reasonably take place, and that would be today. associate fellow at the european house joins me now. not a complete surprise. this announcement was delayed so as not to interrupt with the jubilee celebrations. just explain what happens now. there will be a vote. what needs to happen in the vote for boris to go if that s what the mps want? the truth is it s not absolutely cut and dried that he has to lose the vote to go. if it s a clear rejection by enough members of the conservative party, he would be very seriously weakened. having said which, i suspect that the lu
Its newsday. Singapore, this is bbc news. Its newsda. ,. , its newsday. Hello and welcome to the programme. We begin in israel, where we begin our programme, as israel continues its mass mobilisation of troops, hundreds of thousands, on the southern border with gaza, the widespread expectation that a Ground Offensive across the frontier maybe coming. But the un is calling for Essential Supplies to be allowed into the territory, where the humanitarian situation is deteriorating rapidly, as israel enforces a complete siege. This follows the unprecedented attack, five days ago, in israel, by militants from hamas, a group committed to the destruction of israel, and designated a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk. At least 1,200 people in israel are now thought to have been killed in the multiple assaults last saturday. At least a thousand palestinians have been killed in retaliatory israeli air strikes. Well be inside besieged gaza, with our correspondent, ru
Towards the 2 target. Inflation is now falling to just above 3 , and we expect it to be close to the target in the coming months. Thats encouraging, but we are not yet at a point where we can cut bank rates. Adam drummond, is Associate Director at opinium, a Market Research and insight agency. Welcome. What do you see in this polling . Is there any chance for rishi sunak . Polling . Is there any chance for rishi sunak . , ,. ,. Rishi sunak . Probably not. With the Oll Ou Rishi Sunak . Probably not. With the poll you were rishi sunak . Probably not. With the poll you were talking rishi sunak . Probably not. With the poll you were talking about rishi sunak . Probably not. With the poll you were talking about is poll you were talking about is that there is a bit of spread in what Polling Companies are coming out with. You love is at the higher end with. You love is at the higher end with high labour leads for a while they have been coming out with but there is a another poll which had the
this is bbc news. the headlines: after israel s strike that killed seven aid workers, the killer of the british police officer sharon beshenivsky has been found guilty of her murder. after israel s strike that killed seven aid workers, more than 600 lawyers sign a letter, calling for the uk to stop arms sales to israel. countries bordering russia urge their nato allies to reintroduce military conscription to deter vladimir putin. and why fewer trees are being being chopped down in the amazon. new data shows a major shift. we speak to the people behind the research. we will be back in brussels for that nato press conference. sport now, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. i m anne marie batson. we start with tennis, and the news that the saudi arabian capital of riyadh will host the wta finals for the next three years and offer record prize money of $15.25 million. this year s finals, featuring the top eight singles players and double