war crimes every day. some of the worst took place in bucha, a suburb of kyiv. a very good thursday morning to you. now on bbc news, click. this week, we are going green, although other colours of nature are available. oh, i could change the colour of my tree. we discover some highly unusual building materials. it is, in a sense, mould in here. that s the strangest case of rising damp i ve ever seen. no, the whole place is made of it. and spencer meets the man behind an icon. this is your baby. but as the ipod is laid to rest for good, we meet the robots built to break down your iphone. and also, cats big ones. a giant redwood the largest tree on earth. and this one s been laser scanned with lidar technology, capturing a sense of the endangered species so viewers don t have to physically visit california s sequoia national park to be inspired. it s beautiful. this digital art exhibition at london s barbican centre aims to get more people thinking about the interconnectedn
let s carry on with our coverage of the political crisis here in the uk as prime minister borisjohnson continues to defy calls for him to resign despite more than a0 ministers and aides walking out of government in the last 48 hours. it comes as britain faces a wall of economic challenges. among the g7 group of rich economies, uk growth is predicted to be at a standstill or even in recession next year, putting it behind canada, france and the us among others. inflation in the uk is already at a ao year high and expected to hit double figures, ten or even 11% by the year end and there s no let up in soaring household energy bills the annual bill is likely to be over 3,000 pounds a year by the autumn when the regulator lifts its cap on prices again. so the challenges are stacked up for chancellor nadim zahawi and he is widely expected to make an announcement on cutting taxes in the near future. rebuilding the economy and growing the economy is my task, and this is the f
also on the programme an injured rafael nadal withdraws from wimbledon, missing an opportunity to achieve a new grand slam record. and the american actorjames caan best known for playing the gangster sonny corleone in the godfather has died at the age of 82. hello and welcome to the programme. borisjohnson is no longer leader of the conservative party, but he s still british prime minister following an extraordinary day at westminster. shortly after 12.30pm this afternoon, he walked out of the door of number 10 to confirm he will resign as tory leader and that he intends to stay in charge until a successor is chosen. many of his colleagues, along with opposition parties, are deeply unhappy with that and have called on him to go immediately. remember, this time yesterday, mrjohnson was insisting he would not stand down. but after the avalanche of resignations over the past 48 hours, today, everything changed. our political editor chris mason begins our coverage. at bre
and president biden said the special relationship remained important but did not mention mrjohnson by name. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are annabel denham, who s director of communications at the institute of economics affairs, the iea, the free market think tank. also with me is anand menon, the director of uk in a changing europe, which produces independent social science research. thank you for coming back. we had a race of the first look at the papers. we ve got so much time now so we so we have much more time. lets start with the ft which says borisjohnson was defiant to the end as he announced his resignation. leave means leave is the metro s headline a play on the famous tory brexit slogan. according to the mirror that borisjohnson and his wife are planning to hold one last party at chequers. the daily mail has a picture of borisjohnson being consoled by his wife carrie. the paper highlights
i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up the bestjob in the world. but them s the breaks. we ll take a look at who might replace borisjohnson as the list of potential candidates grows by the hour. also coming up on newsday foreign ministers from the 620 meet in bali to discuss the disruption to global food and energy supplies caused by russia s invasion of ukraine, with both russian and chinese diplomats attending. and an injured rafael nadal withdraws from wimbledon, missing an opportunity to achieve a new grand slam record. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. borisjohnson is no longer leader of the conservative party, but he s still british prime minister following an extraodinary day at westminster. less than 12 hours ago, he walked out of the door of number 10 to confirm he will resign as tory leader and that he intends to stay in charge until a successor is chosen. many of his colleagues along w