of repairing the damage. also in the programme. in beijing the chinese communist party congress continues but some parts of the city are back under a covid lockdown. and, a jury in new york clears the actor, kevin spacey, of making unwanted sexual advances on a iii year old. hello and welcome to the programme. britain is set to get a new prime minister by the end of next week, after the conservative party announced details of a fast tracked contest to choose its leader following liz truss s resignation. she stepped down afterjust six chaotic weeks in the job by far the shortest tenure in british history. her leadership foundered when the markets took fright, the pound crashed, she sacked her chancellor kwasi kwarteng and was forced into a humiliating series of u turns. we start our coverage with the bbc s political editor chris mason. lunchtime in downing street and the lectern is back. six weeks and two days since liz truss stood behind it as she became prime minister,
the depressing conclusion in argentina today, it is actually cheaper to paper your walls with money. we ve had controversies - in the past with great britain, but as good friends, we have always come to a good and lasting solution. concorde bows out in style after almost three decades in service. an aircraft that has enthralled its many admirers for so long taxis home one last time. this is newsday on the bbc. i m mariko 0i, in singapore. 0ur headlines. after weeks of chaos liz truss has resigned becoming the shortest serving prime minister in british history. the conservative party is now
fit to govern our country and we don t need another conservative prime minister. they need to go, we need another general election and conservative mps have got to do that patriotically duty and vote for that. how did all of this happen? the era of liz truss is far too short to even deserve that word. this was her arriving as prime minister last month. the chancellor! thank you, thank you. in short, nearly her entire programme for government imploded on contact with reality. mr speaker, we re at the beginning of a new era, and as we contemplate. shouting. that s right, a new era. mini budget, maxi disaster, as her colleagues called this privately. the markets tanked. so did her poll ratings. and her mps lost faith almost instantly. the other night i asked her. will you lead the conservatives at the next general election? i will lead to the conservatives into the next general election. definitely?
well, look, yeah. and even yesterday she said. mr speaker, iam a fighter, not a quitter. now it turns out she s done with fighting, and she s quit. so who will take over? you mightjust remember this guy. hasta la vista, baby. hasta la vista see you later . might we again? some conservatives would love it, others hate it. last time s runner up, rishi sunak, is a possibility, as is cabinet minister penny mourdant and kemi badenoch, yesterday having a pop at liz truss in the process, suella braverman. mr hunt are you looking forward to being in numberten? - ruled himself out. at teatime we found out more
candidates. they need someone they know can do business. thank you so much for at the updates there. around the world leaders have been giving their reaction to news of liz truss resignation. in the us president biden thanked her for her partnership on the war in ukraine and said the us and uk would continue to cooperate closely. in france president macron said it was important for britain to find stability as soon as possible. our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley has more details on the global reaction.