hollywood mogul, harvey weinstein, faces charges of rape and sexual assault in los angeles. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the uk s formerfinance minister rishi sunak will formally become prime minister later on tuesday, after an audience with king charles at buckingham palace. he was named conservative leader, after his only challenger, penny mordaunt, pulled out of the contest. mr sunak promised to work to bring the party and the country together. it is the greatest privilege of my life to be able to serve the party i love and give back to the country i owe so much to. the united kingdom is a great country, but there is no doubt we face a profound economic challenge. we now need stability and unity, and i will make it my utmost priority to bring our party and our country together. so what do we know about britain s soon to be prime minister? here s our deputy political editor, vicki young. addressing the nation during a pandemic, a month afte
hello and welcome. rishi sunak will be appointed as britain s third prime minister in seven weeks later, as he meets the king at buckingham palace. the former chancellor won the tory leadership contest yesterday without a vote being cast, after borisjohnson and penny mordaunt dropped out of the race. he has promised to serve with integrity , and told the party they must unite or die . mr sunak will be the first british asian to lead the government, and at 42 the youngest prime minister for more than 200 years. he has promised to serve with integrity and toe the party they must unite or die. it is the greatest privilege of my life to be able to serve the party i love and give back to the country i owe so much to. the united kingdom is a great country, but there is no doubt we face a profound economic challenge. we now need stability and unity, and i will make it my utmost priority to bring our party and our country together. so what can expect to happen in the next few hou
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
more now on the day ahead in the uk, and we could know as early as this afternoon who the next leader of the conservative party is and therefore our prime minister. as you ve been hearing, borisjohnson has pulled out of the contest, saying the time isn t right and would not lead to much needed party unity. this leaves two contenders former chancellor rishi sunak and the leader of the house of commons, penny mordaunt, with mr sunak currently the front runner. by 2pm this afternoon if penny mordaunt hasn t got 100 backers or more, then rishi sunak is in post. if both candidates are still in play, then mps vote to state their preference. let s take a look at how the markets are trading today during asian time. we have the dollar versus again, i was hoping to show you the pound but the detail is not on that particular screen, when i looked at it months ago the pound was buying just over $1 13 cents, fairly steady versus the dollar and up slightly versus euro. joining me now is