starmer said the prime minister was in the dying act of his career. anyone quitting now, i after defending all that, hasn t got a shred of integrity. mr speaker, isn t this the first recorded case of the sinking . ships fleeing the rat? hello and welcome to the programme. written s prime minister boris johnson continues to defy calls for him to resign from some of his most senior colleagues, who believe he has clearly lost the confidence of most of these mps britain s. mr johnson has been inside number 10, meeting cabinet colleagues, some of whom still believe he should stay, but most are convinced his time is up. nadhim zahawi, who wasjust appointed chancellor last night, is believed to be one of those who thinks he should go. michael gove was sacked short time ago, with a source 10 downing street describe him as a snake. the latest from our political editor chris mason. the front pages, the photographers, the reporters, all asking the same thing. is it all over, prime mi
yet. in downing street, with a pretty big crowd of protesters who have gathered outside the gates, chris is still with me. this note of defiance, that has come through loud and clear tonight from downing street, at one stage today people were talking fairly confidently about the prime minister actually going? about the prime minister actually auoin ? ~ about the prime minister actually oiiin ? . ., , about the prime minister actually oiiin?. ., ~ ., going? when i was talking to george on the six o clock going? when i was talking to george on the six o clock news, going? when i was talking to george on the six o clock news, i going? when i was talking to george on the six o clock news, i was - on the six o clock news, i was anticipating there was a possibility, nothing more than that, that within a couple of hours there might have been a lectern just behind us with the prime minister preparing to come out and offer his resignation. that was a view articulated by plenty o
the cabinet, which met this morning, is now changed in significant ways as borisjohnson fights to stay on. a new chancellor and health secretary and a new education secretary and a new education secretary to tonight after hours in which it looked like the government was on the brink of collapse. yes, we ll have the latest on the sudden reshuffle, with confirmation a few minutes ago that nadhim zahawi will be the new chancellor. also tonight. in ukraine, the latest evidence of potential war crimes, with russian firing squads leading men to their deaths. in sri lanka, a desperate shortage of basic necessities including medicines, fuel and food and visitors are told to stay away. commentator: there it is! and a big day of sport britain s cameron norrie is through the semi finals at wimbledon, while england s cricketers break a batting record to beat india in the final test. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we have continuing coverage and analysis from our team of co
also in the programme: marched at gunpoint towards an execution we have the inside story of a russian atrocity in ukraine from the survivor who played dead. another 50,000 people told to evacuate their homes in sydney the australian city has had eight months of rain in just four days. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and midnight in london, where borisjohnson s premiership looks at its most perilous yet, with the resignation of two of his most senior ministers. the chancellor of the exchequer, rishi sunak, and the health secretary, sajid javid, quit within a few minutes of each other, saying they could no longer serve under the prime minister and that the public expected the government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously . it follows the unravelling of the official account of what the prime minister knew about the case of chris pincher, the former minister accused of sexual misconduct.
an official statement said russia s aim is to prevent strikes by ukrainian forces on eastern regions under their control. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to unspun world. this is the lobby of new broadcasting house the bbc s headquarters in central london. will the fact that britain will soon have a new prime minister weaken its support for ukraine now that boris johnson s gone? and we ll be hearing in shocking detail about a series of war crimes committed by russian soldiers. they get him to bend towards the wall and they load bricks on his back, until he collapses, and then put a bucket on his head and they start battering him. president biden visits the country he called an international pariah a couple of years ago. hypocrisy or just an acceptance of saudi arabia s new importance in the world? of course, for the president, it s all about how your voters think, and one of the huge issues in the us at the moment is the price of fuel. an