those involved in this process to make it a success. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we are waiting for the former chancellor rishi sunak to make a speech shortly about his plans to be prime minister. meanwhile, let us look at the dire situation in kent. the authorities in kent, southern england, have declared a major incident for a second day, as long trafficjams build up at the port of dover, on the first weekend of the school summer holiday. the port blamed delays of up to seven hours yesterday on a lack of french border officials. p&0 ferries has tweeted that those booked to travel today should leave three to four hours to clear security checks due to heavy traffic at border control. there are also currently 3,000 lorries parked on the m20. we are going live to grantham where you can see the former chancellor is greeting his supporters, all wanting to hear more about his plan should he be prime minister. this leadership he be prim
i think it s a convincing result, a decisive result and what it means is that, as a, as a government we can move on and focus on stuff that i think really matters. also in the programme: ukraine s president zelenskyy visits frontline troops in the donbas. and high income countries are still too slow in redistributing covid i9 vaccines. a stark warning from new zealand s former prime minister. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has survived a confidence vote brought by members of parliament from his own party. 148 conservativecmps voted against him. 211 said they wanted mrjohnson to stay in office. he s faced months of criticism after it emerged that events had been held at government offices in downing street during coronavirus lockdowns. under the current rules, mrjohnson cannot be challenged in a leadership vote again for a year. our political editor chris mason bri
ryanair comes under fire for plans force its south african passengers to take an afrikaans language test. and, the makers of the latest movie blockbuster top gun: maverick find they have a need for speed , and a good lawyer, as they re sued for copyright infringement. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. borisjohnson has survived a vote of confidence in his leadership of the conservative party, although more than 40% of tory mps voted against him. he described the result as decisive, and his supporters have urged their colleagues to allow the government to push ahead with the running of the country. but one of mrjohnson s critics said it was a very bad result , and he would be surprised if he was still in downing street by the end of the autumn. our political editor, chris mason, has the story of the vote and the result. after months of awkward question for borisjohnson, weeks of mounting speculation and a day of intense public, sometimes angry,
an afrikaans language test. and, a top movie earning top dollar, but the makers of the latest blockbuster top gun: maverick are now being sued for copyright infringement. borisjohnson has survived a vote of confidence in his leadership of the conservative party, although more than 40% of tory mps voted against him. he described the result as decisive, and his supporters have urged their colleagues to allow the government to push ahead with the running of the country. but one of mrjohnson s critics said it was a very bad result and he would be surprised if he was still in downing street by the end of the autumn. our political editor, chris mason, has the story of the vote and the result. after months of awkward questions for boris johnson, weeks questions for borisjohnson, weeks of mounting speculation and day of intense public, sometimes angry argument, the moment. a verdict, the result with yes the potential to remove mrjohnson as prime minister but also shape his future