of the moment. this week, britain s political and economic crisis entered a new and even more difficult phase, and so did the war in ukraine. all of this has rather overshadowed the already slightly muted celebration of the bbc s 100th anniversary, which falls this week. in october 1922 the bbc started up, and quite soon became the world s most famous and respected public service broadcaster operating from its headquarters here in central london. and london is where our programme starts this week with the extraordinary political and economic goings on. pretty much unprecedented in my experience. that the whole sort of faith in the system, the trust, the engagement has sort of broken down and may in fact get worse. will president putin s new commander in the ukraine war, nicknamed general armageddon, change the way the war is being fought? i don t think i ve seen anyone at all who said that we re being killed. let s give up. on the contrary, we re being killed. let s fight
china and denmark at next year s women s world cup in australia and new zealand. good afternoon. rishi sunak has become the first leadership contender to secure the 100 nominations by tory mps needed to enter the race to be the next prime minister. the former chancellor has yet to announce whether he will launch a fresh bid for the top job after losing to liz truss over the summer. meanwhile, borisjohnson has flown home from holiday, as supporters rally behind a potential comeback by the former prime minister. but so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign. hopefuls have until monday afternoon to find 100 backers. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt, has more. are you running for leadership? he s got the numbers to get on the ballot paper. and rishi sunak is expected to declare his candidacy soon. the former chancellor now has more than 100 mps publicly backing him to be the prime minister. the big question in westminster is now if
but actually the whole country. she s got a proven track record working across eight departments in her 12 years in parliament, and i think her background really makes her well placed to connect with people. by this time next week, barring any major surprises, one of these three people will be the prime minister. until then, the race to gain support continues. helen catt, bbc news. currently the bbc estimates 168 out of 357 tory mps have gone public as you ve heard, rishi sunak has passed the key threshold of 100 backers, borisjohnson has 48 and penny mordaunt 21. it s worth pointing out that these are the numbers the bbc can verify others may have different information. 0ur political corrspondent rajdeep sandhu is in westminster. a lot of speculation as to whether boris johnson s
are you running for leadership? he s got the numbers to get on the ballot paper. and rishi sunak is expected to declare his candidacy soon. the former chancellor now has more than 100 mps publicly backing him to be the prime minister. the big question in westminster is now if his former boss will try tojoin him. borisjohnson, returning from a holiday, is up for running again, according to one ally. the wheels of his plane may barely have touched down, but he s likely to be under pressure to decide quickly. we ve seen in the last few days, is some of the mps who resigned, some of the mps who called for boris to go at the start of the summer have now said that they would like to see him put himself forward. they ve admitted that they were wrong and i know that there are many others waiting to hear on if he makes a decision to run before they go public. others don t agree. the return of mrjohnson could, the former conservative leader william hague suggested, send the party into a death sp
china and denmark at next year s women s world cup in australia and new zealand. good afternoon. rishi sunak has become the first leadership contender to secure the 100 nominations by tory mps needed to enter the race to be the next prime minister. the former chancellor has yet to announce whether he will launch a fresh bid for the top job after losing to liz truss over the summer. meanwhile, borisjohnson has flown home from holiday, as supporters rally behind a potential comeback by the former prime minister. but so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign. hopefuls have until monday afternoon to find 100 backers. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt, has more.