after being given a third term as leader of the communist party. hello and welcome to bbc world news. the uk is tonight guaranteed to have its third new prime minister in three months after borisjohnson declared, in the last hour, that he will not run, despite claiming to have had enough mps nominating him. it leaves the way clear for the former chancellor rishi sunak who today formally entered the contest, and who is presently the clear frontrunner. he joins the leader of the commons penny mourdant in the race. borisjohnson has released a statement after saying he won t stand. and he ends his statement saying . our political correspondent damian grammaticas has been speaking to my collague david eades. dramatic one that has been speculated about. people talking about the idea that borisjohnson might be reluctant to go forward with this unless he was very clear that he would be in a commanding position in what has become absolutely obvious over the weekend is that he s not. r
escalating war against dirty bomb claims. can you expand on what backline is? backline is? yes, this is a really aood backline is? yes, this is a really good reminder backline is? yes, this is a really good reminder that backline is? yes, this is a really good reminder that actually - backline is? yes, this is a really - good reminder that actually outside of the so opera of british politics, there are actually much bigger things going on elsewhere in the world, so this story is about britain and the us issuing a warning to russia about escalating the war in ukraine so today we had a situation where russia did this quite unusual call with western officials, claiming that ukraine was planning to detonate a radioactive dirty bomb and these are quite extraordinary claims which were immediately rebuffed by ukraine which said we are planning nothing of the sort and if anything this is a head that russia is planning to do it, and these claims sparked fears of a false flag oper
russian shelling hits targets in ukraine overnight as nato and the western allies promise to continue helping kyiv to defend itself. hundreds of allegations of sexual or domestic abuse are made against metropolitan police staff. a report by conservationists says global wildlife populations have fallen by nearly 70% in less than five decades. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is coming under increasing pressure to rethink the tax cuts announced in last month s mini budget. one tory mp accused her of wrecking ten years of conservative policies aimed at helping working people. this morning the foreign secretary james cleverly warned tory mps that any attempt to replace liz truss as prime minister would be a disastrously bad idea . let s take a look at how we ve got this point. yesterday, liz truss appeared at pmqs for the first time since the chancellor set out the mini budget. she was repeatedly asked about her management of the economy which has bee
community will need to come in and help and that is why the un was warning there is an impending humanitarian emergency. at least 15 people have been shot dead in a bar in the south african township of soweto. and in the tennis defending champion novak djokovic faces nick kyrgios in the men s final at wimbledon later today. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. nine candidates have now entered the race to become the next leader of the conservative party and prime minister. the trade minister, penny mordaunt, and the former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, are the latest to declare their candidacies. tax is high on the agenda, with sajid javid and jeremy hunt both saying they will cancel the planned rise in corporation tax and reduce it further. mr hunt set out some of his plans on the sunday morning programme. no conservative should offer unfunded tax cuts and i think no conservative should raise taxes either. what you need are