singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 12am in london where the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, has said he won t stand in the race to replace liz truss next week. he insisted he had enough support among mps, but said that putting himself forward was not the right thing to deal. nominations close on monday afternoon with a former chancellor, rishi sunak and cabinet minister penny moudant the only declared candidates. are you running for the leadership, mr sunak? could september s loser be october s prime minister? rishi sunak is a step closer to downing street tonight, beaten by liz truss just weeks ago, he could replace her as soon as tomorrow. declaring his candidacy today, he wrote. he also felt the need to say. throughout the day, the public support for mr sunak among tory mps has continued to tick up. this minister reckons borisjohnson would be a guaranteed disaster. what we can t do is have him in as prime minister in circumstan
i would refuse, even if they sent me to prison. in central mexico, emergency services tackle a huge blaze, triggered by a fuel tanker crashing into a railway over pass. and the japanese cartoon characters being recreated for the stage by the royal shakespeare company, breaking box office records in the process. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in europe, the leader of the far right brothers of italy party, giorgia meloni, has been invited by the country s president to form a government, after winning elections last month. she will be italy s first ever female pm and her cabinet will be sworn in on saturday. tom brada has this report. delivered to the presidential palace in a classic italian car. giorgia meloni has now formally accepted the job of forming italy s next government, and in doing so, she will preside over the country s most right wing administration since the second world war. translation: we agreed about the need to give - the countr
had a permit to do so. speaking before hearing the culture secretary s views, the greek prime minister, who is facing an election, warned voters return was not imminent. translation: if the greek people trust us again, - i believe we could achieve this target after the elections, with full respect, of course, to the obvious red lines that all greek governments have posed. one red line could be accepting the sculptures back on loan. but the law prevents the british museum from returning ownership to greece, even if it wanted to, unless the culture secretary changes her views, for now, a short term loan looks like the only option on the table. katie razzall, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. rain, rain, more rain. sorry, everybody. look at how we closed out the day in somerset. and look at where the rain is at the moment. it s pushing in from the south west. the wind is going to strengthen as well, gale force gusts overnight. the heaviest of the rain at the moment is ac
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raising joe biden appeals to congress to enact tougher gun laws after a string of massachusetts. ah, are you watching al jazeera live from doha with me for the battle also ahead, warring sides in yemen, agree to extend a nation wide truce for another 2 months, but major differences remaining their effort to end the conflicts. pakistan cuts fuel subsidies for a 2nd time in a week to stabilize its economy, but 1000000 struggle to make ends meets and celebrating queen elizabeth platinum, jubilee britain kicks awful days of festivities to mock 70 years since she ascended to the ah thank you very much for joining us us present, joe biden has delivered an impassioned address to the nation calling on congress to act on gun control. is called on lawmakers to restore limits on the sale of assault, sty weapons, and high capacity magazines. after a string of mass shootings in the country, biden says the families of those killed involved in texas and buffalo. new york had one resounding