her life to illness. herfamily rejects the claim. downing street intervenes and stops the launch of a public information campaign on reducing energy use this winter. in the uk city that will host next year s eurovision song contest has been announced after the contest was moved from ukraine. moved from ukraine. liverpool! congratulations! warm welcome. ukraine s president zelensky has told the bbc that he echoes president biden s warning that any use of nuclear weapons would lead to armageddon, and has urged russians to stand up against the war. it comes as ukrainian troops continue making steady progress in reclaiming land occupied by russian forces in the east and south of the country. our world affairs editor, john simpson, has been speaking to president zelensky in the presidential palace in kyiv. hello. mr zelensky made a rare misstep yesterday. he was reported as calling on nato to stage a pre emptive strike on russia to stop the russians using tactical nuclear weapo
florence pugh at a screening of her new film the wonder. the daily mail focus on health and a new nhs diet to beat diabetes. the mirror looks at the new covid surge with the headline boosterjab crisis with only one in five over 50 boosted. and the telegraph leads with of the sacking of conor burns with the headline minister sacked in new tory sleaze row. the guardian also goes with that story, going with minister sacked for serious misconduct welcome back to you both, let s start with that story in the guardian of conor burns. before we go into the details, let stress that conor burns is fully cooperating with the probe and intends to clear his name. ~ ,,., , , with the probe and intends to clear his name. ~ , , , his name. absolutely, this is the comment he s his name. absolutely, this is the comment he s issued, his name. absolutely, this is the comment he s issued, he - his name. absolutely, this is the | comment he s issued, he intends his name. absolutely,
convened her final cabinet meeting afterjust seven weeks in office, making her the shortest serving prime minister in british history. i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i have therefore spoken to his majesty the king to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. this is the easy bit, they will appreciate the transition from one prime minister to the other. after that, in tough road lies ahead with rising inflation, rising bills and rising inflation, rising bills and rising interest rates. we will bring you more throughout another momentous day in british politics. do stay with us on bbc news. it has been a period of immense instability in british politics, the transitions between two prime ministers in a matter of months. a busy summer, a long contest to decide who would become the leader of the conservative party, the ruling party in the uk at the moment. they have been in office first with coalition partn
hold onto breezy conditions wednesday into thursday, a cluster of weather fronts from the south bringing showers or longer spells of rain, spreading north through the day on thursday. where we have son, sunny spells, temperatures could be six or seven celsius above the norm, up to 21 celsius across southern and eastern areas, mid to high teens for the north. we hang onto that through friday and into the weekend. wet and windy weather moving north, a little brightness interspersed. more rain pushing north on sunday. some rain could be heavy, may be thundery. a little sketchy this far out, so stay tuned to the forecast. the outlook, stay mild throughout friday, saturday and sunday, heavy rain at times. stay tuned to the forecast. back to you. the reshuffle is under way in the new prime minister is busy working on ministerial appointments. we hear that wendy morton is out as chief whip and heading to the backbenches, jacob rees mogg and brandon lewis we reported earlier on ha
no change in two of the big offices of state jeremy hunt stays at the treasury, and james cleverly remains foreign secretary. suella braverman returns as home secretary less than a week after she resigned and dominic raab is deputy prime minister. the dilemmas of government are instant, who to hire and who to fire as british in an attempt to assemble as british in an attempt to assemble a team that can last that his party will support. it comes as new figures show the task in hand, with the price of some household basics soaring. you can see it on the shelves when you go into the supermarkets, you ve got to really think about making better choices. ultimately, the cost needs to come down or people s income needs to go up. we ll be looking at the serious issues confronting the new government with our editors and correspondents across the uk. and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the wor