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.
in downing street. we will be getting the latest from westminster, the latest updates there, and all the reaction. hello and welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s been a day of high drama for lawmakers here in london, as two of the government s most senior ministers resigned from borisjohnson s cabinet within ten minutes of each other. the departures of the chancellor of the exchequer, rishi sunak, and the health minister, sajid javid, are a direct response to deepening misgivings over how the administration handled complaints about the former deputy chief whip chris pincher, who s been accused of sexual misconduct. there are now calls for the party s rules to change, to allow another leadership challenge against borisjohnson himself. within the past couple of hours, it s been announced that nadhim zahawi will become the uk s new finance minister. steve barclay takes the post of heath secretary. we start our coverage of the day s t
or that mp s support, i just don t think that is a sustainable way of running a government. any other leader would have resigned by now. but despite the growing opposition on his own side, mrjohnson hasn t resigned. the vote in favour of having confidence in borisjohnson as leader was 211 votes and the vote against was 148 votes. in fact, he called that a new mandate from his mps. there are signs, though, that previous conservative voters don t quite see it like that. this is what the people of tiverton and honiton have said. huge by election defeats at the hands of the liberal democrats have made tory mps nervous. thank you very much. mrjohnson even lost his advisor on ethics and standards. a few months ago, mrjohnson promised that a new team in number 10 would sort things out, but then came a chaotic response to allegations about chris pincher ministers sent out to deliver lines that kept changing.
see it like that. this is what the people of tiverton and honiton have said. huge by election defeats at the hands of the liberal democrats have made tory mps nervous. thank you very much. mrjohnson even lost his advisor on ethics and standards. a few months ago, mrjohnson promised that a new team in number 10 would sort things out, but then came a chaotic response to allegations about chris pincher ministers sent out to deliver lines that kept changing. those who know mrjohnson say his leadership style has caused many of the problems. his own peculiar, distinctive unusual way of doing business, which is to proceed by impulse and intuition. and if you re in there and you re an advisor or a minister, you re with a guy who says he s given you a decision but then may well change his mind. have you been honest, prime minister?
here in the uk, the government of borisjohnson is in a state of high turmoil after two of his most senior ministers resigned within minutes of one another. chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak quit, saying that the public expected the government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously. the health secretary, sajid javid, stood down, saying the public considered the tory government to be neither popular nor competent. they were followed by a number of more junior resignations. mrjohnson has been accused of making several misleading statements, most recently about the behaviour of a colleague accused of sexual misconduct. downing street has announced that former education secretary, nadim zahawi, will become the uk s new finance minister.