good evening and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson has insisted that questions over his leadership have been settled and that he will lead the conservative party into the next general election. his comments follow the tories defeat in two by elections this week. speaking to the bbc from rwanda, where he s attending a commonwealth meeting, he said people were heartily sick of questions about his conduct and that a psychological transformation of his character would not happen. earlier, i spoke to lucy fisher, who s chief political commentator at times radio. she told me she thinks mrjohnson is trying to distance himself from the byelection results. in the immediate wake of these two rather disastrous by election defeats, we had the prime minister try and link the discontent of tory voters or voters in those seats to the cost of living crisis. this weekend, he has moved the narrative on slightly, almost suggesting it s his mps, possibly the media, at part to blame with what he
economies mock putin and plan more sanctions against him. duncan: summer travel takes off with challenges on the road and in the air. reporter: i m donya bacchus as burbank airport where passengers are facing full flights and soaring prices. duncan: pride parades march across the country with new urgency and later it is a book that cast a spell on the world. tonight we look back at 25 years of harry potter mania. harry potter! arry this is the cbs weekend news from new york, with jericka duncan. duncan: good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. advocates on both sides of the abortion battle say their fight is not done. anti-abortion rights forces are vowing to use friday s supreme court ruling reversing 50 years of federal protection of abortion to push for near total bans in every state, while abortion rights groups promise to harness anger in the streets, turning it into action at the ballot box this november. a new cbs news poll taken right after t
and h totally get that. but in another blow to the prime minister, the conservative party chairman resigned straight after the by election results saying someone must take responsibilty. the labour leader sir keir starmer says the tories are imploding . with the prime minister out of the country in rwanda, we ll be asking if this is a moment of political peril for borisjohnson. also this lunchtime: ukrainain troops ordered to retreat from the key eastern city of severodonetsk. figures just out show another big rise in the number of covid infections in the uk 1.7 million people had the virus last week. and welcome back to worthy farm after three years, it s the long awaited return of glastonbury. coming up on the bbc news channel can emma raducanu repeat her us open championship exploits at wimbledon? she ll face belgian alison van uytvanck in the first round. hello, good afternoon. borisjohnson says he will keep going as prime minister, despite the double blow of l
but says that it is not inevitable. have a look at how the global markets are reacting. and, uncharted territory, how the elections so that colombia and france have rattled the political steps forward. we begin in ukraine where president volodymyr zelenskyy is warning that russia could, once, against step up attacks. as european union leaders consider whether to back ukraine s spirit to join the. block here comes fierce fighting in the eastern city of severodonetsk, critical to russia s push to take control of the water donbas region. we are also seeing more russian strikes for the west. this was the scene in the town near dnipro where officials say at least one person was killed. but, exploded on a missile strike of an oil depot. and, this video from ukrainian officials appeared to show the aftermath of shelling in sunny north of kharkiv. and, yet amid a war that has devastated much of the country, ukraine s president is keeping an eye on the future. one he hopes will in
prince william and his wife kate mark the fifth anniversary of a catastrophic tower block fire in london in which 72 people died. in beijing, thousands of people are being locked down and millions face compulsory testing after a surge in covid i9 cases. music plays and could the best be yet to come? after nine years together, the k pop supergroup bts announce they re taking a break to focus on their solo careers. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. a last minute intervention by the european court of human rights has blocked the uk government s plan to send seven asylum seekers to rwanda, under a controversial new policy. the home secretary, pritti patel, said she was disappointed but would not be deterred and preparations for a second flight were under way. mark lobel reports. going nowhere. boris johnson s reminder going nowhere. borisjohnson s reminder plan to curb immigration grand canal. this flight was