here s ben rich. is it exciting or are entering a period of calm? is it exciting or are entering a period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently but period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently but that period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently but that is period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently but that is not - period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently but that is not bad i been recently but that is not bad news for the commonwealth games where the weather started pretty decent. we got some patchy cloud to with some sunny spells, throughout the weekend we have the chance to see some rain starting to develop cut is it of all of this cloud on the earlier satellite picture out towards the north west. that will work in and bringing in some outbreaks of rain, some patchy cloud ahead of that producing one or two showers and throughout the afternoon some showers for southern scotland, nor
all welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. here in the uk, the government of borisjohnson is in a state of high turmoil after two of his most senior ministers resigned within minutes of one another. chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak quit saying that the public expected the government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously. the health secretary sajid javed stood down, saying the public considered the tory government to be neither popular nor competent. what sort of responses that elicited? we will look at the newspapers because it is a common response and let s start with the sun, and it doesn t necessarily reflect every newspaper but the majority. these are the headlines. it is all the same language. and have a look at this. once again, borisjohnson on the brink. the pressure clearly on the prime minister now. downing street has announced that former education secretary nadim zahawi will become the uk s new finance minister. chancell
sophisticated weaponry is helping ukraine challenge for key cities, in the south and the east. us presidentjoe biden and china s president xijinping held a phone call today, and there were warnings and assurances about the us position on taiwan. taiwan is an island off china s south east coast. it behaves like an independent state but beijing considers it part of china, and says it will re take it, by force if necessary. there have been tensions between the us and china over that possibility. and today, xijinping told joe biden that the us should abide by the 0ne china principle with regard to taiwan according to chinese state media. with regard to taiwan and president xi said: those who play with fire will only get burnt. joe biden responded that on taiwan. the us policy has not changed. let s remind ourselves what this is all about. back in may, this happened. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan, if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s t