near the capital kyiv. concern over the whereabouts of an iranian climber who disappeared after not wearing a headscarf. france prepares for widespread disruption as oil industry workers and transport staff go on strike in a dispute over pay. the uk government are seeking to change the law to prevent their military pilots from training the chinese armed force. up to 30 former uk military pilots are thought to have gone to train members of china s people s liberation army in exchange for large sums of money. and. a happy birthday to the bbc! it s 100 years old today making it the world s longest running national broadcasting organization. hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. liz truss says she will not be stepping down as prime minister, despite her premiership hanging by a thread after her new finance minister ditched most of her economic policies. in an interview with the bbc, ms truss apologised for what she called mistakes over the past six we
convened her final cabinet meeting afterjust seven weeks in office, making her the shortest serving prime minister in british history. i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i have therefore spoken to his majesty the king to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. this is the easy bit, they will appreciate the transition from one prime minister to the other. after that, in tough road lies ahead with rising inflation, rising bills and rising inflation, rising bills and rising interest rates. we will bring you more throughout another momentous day in british politics. do stay with us on bbc news. it has been a period of immense instability in british politics, the transitions between two prime ministers in a matter of months. a busy summer, a long contest to decide who would become the leader of the conservative party, the ruling party in the uk at the moment. they have been in office first with coalition partn
have beat. we have two deliver people. == have to beat. we have two deliver people. ยป have to deliver for people. prices are rising at their fastest rate for a0 years. uk inflationjumped to 9.1i%injune. putting out the fires of yesterday. yesterday was the london fire brigade s busiest since the second world war. and england women s hope for more success at the seaside, as they take on spain in brighton. their euro 2022 quarterfinal is just getting under way. hello, good evening and welcome to the bbc news. conservative party mps have had their say. they ve chosen two of their number to face a final hurdle in the race to become our next prime minister. the day started with three candidates vying for the top job, rishi sunak, liz truss and penny mordaunt, who got the lowest number of votes on a 105. that means she s out, leaving the former chancellor and the foreign secretary. those two now have about six weeks to persuade tory party members that they have what it takes to le
the conservative party that, in the end, rejected rishi sunak in favour of liz truss. they didn t get a say this time, because only one candidate put their name forward in the leadership contest. it was effectively no contest. so will they get behind the new prime minister? we are going to speak to three of them. with me now is chloe ahmed she has been a tory member since she was 18, and has been chair of chelmsford conservative association. and james dodsworth who is the policy and internal networks lead for the young conservatives network and i m alsojoined by tamara, chloe, you have put out some scathing comments over the last few weeks about your party on social media. how are you feeling this morning? media. how are you feeling this mornin: ? media. how are you feeling this morninu? ., , ., media. how are you feeling this morninu? ., , morning? i m quite happy that rishi has taken the morning? i m quite happy that rishi has taken the lead, morning? i m quite happy that