live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and ”pm in london it s 6am in singapore, and ”pm in london where the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, has said he won t stand in the race to replace liz truss next week. he said will not run, despite claiming to have enough mps nominating him. inset 0n)it leaves the way clear for the former it leaves the way clear for the former chancellor rishi sunak, who today formally entered in the statement he says. it leaves the way clear for the former chancellor rishi sunak, who today formally entered the contest, and who is presently the clear frontrunner. he joins the leader of the commons penny mourdant in the race. rishi sunak has tweeted after boris jonnson made that announcement, he says. he added. damien has been following the story and joins us now. what exactly happened to borisjonnson? what changed his mind? happened to boris jonnson? what changed his mind? happened t
territories from the jihadist groups. even then, the auch a bob groups. even then, the auch a bob group has to continue to carry out attacks similar to the sun notjust inside somalia but across into neighbouring kenya and they do continue to post a deadly threat for the peace and security of the region. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. as more russian forces retreat from the southern kherson region, our correspondent pays a visit to some of the recently liberated villages. indira gandhi, ruler of the world s largest democracy, died today. 0nly yesterday, she had spoken of dying in the service of a country and said, i would be proud of it, every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation. after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history.
still going to have to face the fact that there is a small but significant group of conservative mps who every time a new prime minister makes a policy announcement he still have the borisjonnson supporters in the background saying well, if boris had been prime minister, it would ve been very different. itjust makes me think that the party here in the united kingdom is having a collective nervous breakdown. the people that will suffer are the british people, it is a very depressing thought, frankly. it is a very depressing thought, frankl . ~ ., it is a very depressing thought, frankl . ~ . ., , ., frankly. meanwhile, opposition arties frankly. meanwhile, opposition parties have frankly. meanwhile, opposition parties have been frankly. meanwhile, opposition parties have been calling - frankly. meanwhile, opposition parties have been calling for i frankly. meanwhile, opposition parties have been calling for a | parties have been calling for a general election. is there still a chanc
eight weeks are going to be able to sustain that all the way through. i think there will probably be an election sooner rather than later, and that could be just because the party itself has run out of room, run out of ideas. party itself has run out of room, run out of ideas. thank you so much forjoining us run out of ideas. thank you so much forjoining us on run out of ideas. thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. - run out of ideas. thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. thank . forjoining us on newsday. thank ou. 0ne man rule with six loyal men in supporting roles. that s what was effectively confirmed in china today a5 xi jinping was elected to a tradition breaking third five year term as the communist party s general secretary. china s mo5t formidably entrenched leader since mao zedong appeared in beijing s great hall of the people with his new leadership team, which some observers claim prizes loyalty over experience. i m joined now by christopher johnson, who is