of resignations from his cabinet, boris johnson finally admits it is time to go. i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up the best job in the world. what happens now? i will ask former top conservative party official, camilla. also, vladimir putin, the 99- year-old former secretary of state has met with the russian leader perhaps more than any other american. as the war in ukraine continues to rage, what the west and the world needs to know about that man s intentions. and, space, the final frontier. for international conflict and perhaps even war. i will talk to general john raymond, chief of the united states space force. but first, here is my take. it is a famous saying that no military plan survives its first contact with the animal. the greatest fear is on war, often explaining that strategy must be dynamic. constantly changing, and rejuvenating itself. in his famous treatise on war, he wrote that some generals consider only unilateral action where as work con
this is gbs, the global public square, welcome to all of you in the united states, and around the world, i am coming to you from new york city. today on the program, the assassination of japan s former prime minister, shinzo abe. shot in broad daylight, in a country with almost no gun homicide. we will explore the murder, and his legacy. then, after a stunning series of resignations from his cabinets, boris johnson finally admits it is time to go. i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up the best job in the world. what happens now? i will ask former top conservative party official, camilla. also, henry kissinger on vladimir putin. the 99-year-old former secretary of state, has met with the russian leader perhaps more than any other american. as the war in ukraine continues to rage, what the west and the world needs to know about that man s intentions. and, space. the final frontier. for international conflict and perhaps even war. i will talk to general john raymon
the conservative leadership contest, joining a field of eight people, including two former health secretaries, now on bbc news unspun world, with the bbc s world affairs editorjohn simpson. hello, and welcome to new broadcasting house, the bbc s headquarters in central london. welcome, too, to unspun world, where we put the key questions of the moment to the bbc s experts right around the globe. has something gone permanently and disturbingly wrong with politics in the united states, or can it be mended? we live in a time when serious political commentators are talking about the possibility of a second american civil war. the bbc ukrainian reporter who saw pictures of her own home destroyed live on television. what does she think about russia s targeting of civilians in the ukraine war? i don t see any logic of why would somebody wants to bomb those civilian people. and the world famous combat cameraman who s just been released after six months in prison by the taliban in a
the upper house of parliament. i feel very, ifeel very, very, very, very sad. and the sense of loss is just so great that i do not know how to overcome. and in the tennis, elena rybakina wins the women s singles title at wimbledon the first player from kazakhstan to win a grand slam title. hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. sri lanka s president gotabaya rajapaksa has announced he will be stepping down. it comes after protesters stormed his official residence and set fire to the prime minister s house. hundreds of thousands of demonstrators descended on the capital colombo after months of protests over economic mismanagement. sri lanka is suffering rampant inflation and is struggling to import food, fuel, and medicine. from the capital, colombo, our correspondent anbarasan ethirajan now reports. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowds, all suffering the effects of livin