laughs. she keeps asking me questions! despite mess after mess, borisjohnson was adamant he d stay in number 10. but even the great survivor couldn t stop his downfall. them s the breaks. tonight, what on earth went on? good morning, colleagues. thank you very much. it was no secret that boris johnson had been in trouble. but the cameras in cabinet were meant to show business as usual. we are now able to introduce, as of tomorrow, the single biggest tax cut in a decade. he didn t know, but two men at the table were thinking about when to quit. on that tuesday morning, i hadn t totally made up my mind but it was really you know, i was really wrestling with it. i had started thinking about, you know, maybe i d had enough in terms of what i could put up with and to go and see the prime minister, and just tender my resignation, because i don t think you can work for someone that you haven t got confidence in any more. it s just a principle value that i have. i think for some ti
sri lanka s worst economic crisis deepens the island is close to running out of fuel. and, a good day for brits at wimbledon including a stunning win for katie boulter, who s knocked out last year s finalist. and coming up on the bbc news channel. england s warm up for the euros in style with a thumping victory over switzerland in zurich. good evening. a setback in our fight against climate change that s how the united nations has described a decision by the us supreme court. in a landmark ruling, the court limited the us government s ability to control carbon emissions from power plants. it marks a victory for the coal industry, and parts of america fighting energy regulation and is a major blow to president biden s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. tonight the presdent said the ruling risked damaging america s ability to keep the air clean and combat climate change. from washington, here s our north america editor smith: in california today, wildfires burni
president of the confederation of british industry, lord bilimoria, and the former mayor of baltimore, stephanie rawlings blake. welcome to the programme. the nato summit wrapped up today in madrid, with the alliance stronger than it has been in decades. leaders committed more money to ukraine and more troop numbers to the eastern flank. and in the face of russia s agression they reaffirmed their core commitment to each other under article five an attack on one, is an attack on all. we face the most serious security situation in decades. but we are rising to the challenge with unity and resolve. together deploy more assets and capabilities to both our alliances across all domains, land, air, sea, cyber and space. we have reaffirmed that our article five commitment is sacred. an attack on one is an attack on all and we will defend every inch of nato territory. if you want proof that nato i is a purely defensive alliance, you could have no more eloquent testimony that the acc
southwest of the capital, kyiv. ukrainian officials say the missiles fired from a submarine in the black sea hit a commercial building. now on bbc news, panorama: the downfall of borisjohnson. my my friends, in politics, no one is remotely indispensable. the world turned is remotely indispensable. the world turned upside down. in a matter of days, the leadership of borisjohnson matter of days, the leadership of boris johnson fell apart. matter of days, the leadership of borisjohnson fell apart. in of boris johnson fell apart. in the of boris johnson fell apart. in the last two minutes, the health the last two minutes, the health secretary sajid javid has resigned. health secretary sa id javid has resignedh health secretary sa id javid has resigned. rishi sunak has announced has resigned. rishi sunak has announced his has resigned. rishi sunak has announced his resignation. i has resigned. rishi sunak has i announced his resignation. five ministers resigning announce
i had started thinking about, you know, maybe i d had enough in terms of what i could put up with and to go and see the prime minister, and just tender my resignation, because i don t think you can work for someone that you haven t got confidence in any more. it s just a principle value that i have. i think for some time we ve been aware that it was getting more and more challenging, and people s patience was being stretched. we all knew that this, we were in very tricky territory, all knew that there were all sorts of storm clouds gathering and, and that it was going to be difficult. thank you very much, cheers, thank you. the prime minister has made a career of scraping through scandals for some voters, his flaws are part of his appeal. so, what was it this time that would mean the end? newsreel: the conservative deputy chief whip has - resigned from government, saying that he drank far too much last night and embarrassed himself and other people. a relatively obscure member of the