For the president . And a pawn in a global power struggle, how irans seizure of a british flagged tanker has affected one crew member the ships cook. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Here in the uk borisjohnson is preparing for the biggest act of his political career. On wednesday hell be invited by the queen to form a government, and then enter 10 downing street as Prime Minister, fulfilling an ambition hes admitted to holding for decades. Newly elected as conservative party leader on tuesday, he claimed in his acceptance speech that he would unite the country and take britain out of the European Union by the end of october. Heres the bbcs Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Applause. And therefore i give notice that borisjohnson is elected as the leader of the conservative and unionist parties. A brief moment of where do i go now, as the rest of the room got to its feet. A thumping majority for mrjohnson a knowingly controversial pick. There will be people around the place who will ques
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Here in the uk, borisjohnson is preparing for the biggest act of his political career. On wednesday hell be invited by the queen to form a government, then enter 10 downing street as Prime Minister, fulfilling an ambition hes admitted to holding for decades. Newly elected as conservative party leader on tuesday, he claimed in his acceptance speech that he would unite the country and take britain out of the European Union by the end of october. Heres the bbcs Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Applause. And therefore i give notice that borisjohnson is elected as the leader of the conservative and unionist parties. A brief moment of where do i go now, as the rest of the room got to its feet. A thumping majority for mrjohnson a knowingly controversial pick. There will be people around the place who will question the wisdom of your decision and there may be some people here who still wonder quite what they have done. No one party, no one person has a monopoly
A Global Health emergency thats how the w. H. O. Is describing in a bull outbreak in the democratic republic of congo our Health Officials trying to contain the spread. And inhalation a young woman is rewriting the script in the world of Pro Wrestling this 19 year old is punching above her weight in the ring but shes also hoping to send a message to muslims everywhere. I am. Im sara kelly welcome to the program what began as a divisive tweet has now become a rallying cry for supporters of u. S. President donald trump at a Campaign Event in North Carolina he repeated his criticism of several democratic congresswoman some in the crowd started chanting send her back. Was was was was was was representative for she dont keep now earlier this week trump had tweeted that the representative should go back to their countries despite them being made of us citizens democrats condemned his comments as racist republicans have thrown their support behind the president heres part of his speech in whi
Used to be a sales hit in the European Union but with new imports due to use market share in the e. U. Is tumbling. I want to get jones welcome to your business and were starting with news from south korea which has just cut its key Interest Rate for the 1st time in 3 years the governor of the bank of korea said he know what the key Interest Rate by a quarter percentage point to 1. 50 the decision came amid a brewing trade conflict with japan over its colonial past on the Korean Peninsula tokyo had put curbs on certain materials that south korean High Tech Companies need to produce smartphones and t. V. Sets. But its also far from plain sailing in japan figures theyre just our show exports dropped 6. 8 percent in june analysts attribute the poor figures to disruption caused by global trade conflicts a slowdown in chinese growth and low Business Confidence the latest sluggish export figures have prompted speculation that the bank of japan could be preparing to introduce new stimulus mea
Demographic time bomb we have a special report. Im melissa chan and welcome to news asia its good to have you with us the United Nations highest court the International Court of justice has ordered pakistan to review the Death Penalty given in 2017 to a former Indian Navy Commander who. Was convicted of being a spy india insists he never worked in intelligence but instead was kidnapped new delhi had asked the court in the hague to intervene heres more. Of the good russians who juggle them before the fire for just one of the indian. Was arrested in pakistan spilotro ston province and 2016 islam about kinds. Used a false passport to travel to pakistan and committed subaltern espionage and multiple terrorist acts and 2017 the Pakistani Military released a controversial confession video and sentenced to death. It sparked shoojit anger in india and stuck tensions between the bitter regional focus. On new delhi decided to outsource the dispute by taking the case to the International Court of