after being given a third term as leader of the communist party. hello and welcome to bbc world news. the uk is tonight guaranteed to have its third new prime minister in three months after borisjohnson declared, in the last hour, that he will not run, despite claiming to have had enough mps nominating him. it leaves the way clear for the former chancellor rishi sunak who today formally entered the contest, and who is presently the clear frontrunner. he joins the leader of the commons penny mourdant in the race. borisjohnson has released a statement after saying he won t stand. and he ends his statement saying . our political correspondent damian grammaticas has been speaking to my collague david eades. dramatic one that has been speculated about. people talking about the idea that borisjohnson might be reluctant to go forward with this unless he was very clear that he would be in a commanding position in what has become absolutely obvious over the weekend is that he s not. r
shots being fired in both directions in north and south korea. let s return to the conservative leadership contest. let s speak to the conservative home deputy editor henry hill. had the conservative home deputy editor hen hill. ., ,, the conservative home deputy editor hen hill. ., , . henry hill. had you predicted this? no, never predict henry hill. had you predicted this? no, never predict anything - henry hill. had you predicted this? no, never predict anything with i no, never predict anything with borisjohnson after no, never predict anything with boris johnson after several years. isaac had been fairly clear after several days that he was struggling. every so often his team would announce getting close but couldn t release names for whatever reason. i don t think anyone should take that particularly seriously. he is now clear to failed to hurl at the last moment. i guess the only question is will enough of his mps piling behind penny mordaunt or are we going to see a new conse