bolsonaro is re elected. welcome to the programme. we begin in here in the uk, where borisjohnson has announced that he will not stand in the contest to choose the next conservative leader, and prime minister. despite saying he thought there was a good chance he could be backin was a good chance he could be back in downing street next friday he said he thought he could not unite his party. nominations close on monday afternoon, with the former chancellor rishi sunak and cabinet minister penny mordaunt the only declared candidates. our political editor, chris mason, has been following the day s developments. are you running for the leadership, mr sunak? could september s loser be october s prime minister? rishi sunak is a step closer to downing street tonight, beaten by liz truss just weeks ago, he could replace her as soon as tomorrow. declaring his candidacy today, he wrote: he also felt the need to say: throughout the day, the public support for mr sunak among tory mps has
britain s former prime minister, borisjohnson, says he will not stand in the contest to choose the next leader of the conservative party and therefore prime minister. nominations close on monday afternoon, with the former chancellor, the uk s finance minister, rishi sunak and cabinet minister penny mordaunt the candidates who ve decla red they re running. our political editor, chris mason, has this report. are you running for the leadership, mr sunak? could september s loser be october s prime minister? rishi sunak is a step closer to downing street tonight, beaten by liz truss just weeks ago, he could replace her as soon as tomorrow. declaring his candidacy today, he wrote: he also felt the need to say: throughout the day, the public support for mr sunak among tory mps has continued to tick up. this minister reckons borisjohnson would be a guaranteed disaster. what we can t do is have him in as prime minister in circumstances where he is bound to implode, taking down the wh
hello and welcome. the former chancellor rishi sunak is poised to become the next prime minister here in the uk after borisjohnson withdrew from the race to succeed liz truss. mrjohnson said there was a very good chance he would have been successful, but he couldn t govern effectively without a united conservative party in parliament. our political editor chris mason has the latest. are you running for the leadership, mr sunak? could september s loser be october s prime minister? rishi sunak is a step closer to downing street tonight, beaten by liz truss just weeks ago, he could replace her as soon as tomorrow. declaring his candidacy today, he wrote: he also felt the need to say: the guaranteed support for him continues to up. what we can t do is have him in as prime minister to implode, taking down the whole government with him, and we just can t do that again. mr baker had backed the former home secretary suella braverman for the job in the summer. today, she backed rish
more now on the day ahead in the uk, and we could know as early as this afternoon who the next leader of the conservative party is and therefore our prime minister. as you ve been hearing, borisjohnson has pulled out of the contest, saying the time isn t right and would not lead to much needed party unity. this leaves two contenders former chancellor rishi sunak and the leader of the house of commons, penny mordaunt, with mr sunak currently the front runner. by 2pm this afternoon if penny mordaunt hasn t got 100 backers or more, then rishi sunak is in post. if both candidates are still in play, then mps vote to state their preference. let s take a look at how the markets are trading today during asian time. we have the dollar versus again, i was hoping to show you the pound but the detail is not on that particular screen, when i looked at it months ago the pound was buying just over $1 13 cents, fairly steady versus the dollar and up slightly versus euro. joining me now is
a so called dirty bomb disgraced former hollywood mogul harvey weinsteen faces charges of rape and sexual assault in los angeles. and as hindus around the world celebrate divali, we ll look at the significance of what indians are calling a divali gift britain s first ever prime minister of indian descent hello and welcome to bbc world news. we begin here in london, where rishi sunak has been named as the uk s next prime minister. he ll be appointed by king charles on tuesday morning, the country s third pm in seven weeks. mr sunak was declared leader of the conservative party, when his rival penny maudant pulled outjust before the deadline. he ll be the first person of colour ever to hold the post, and at forty two the youngest in more than two hundred years. his challenges include tackling the highest inflation in forty years, and restoring confidence in the government, after the brief but chaotic administration of predecessor, liz truss. here s what he said after