britain s former prime minister, borisjohnson, says he will not stand in the contest to choose the next leader of the conservative party and therefore prime minister. nominations close on monday afternoon, with the former chancellor, the uk s finance minister, rishi sunak and cabinet minister penny mordaunt the candidates who ve decla red they re running. our political editor, chris mason, has this report. 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 circumstances where he is bound to implode, taking down the wh
live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and ”pm in london it s 6am in singapore, and ”pm 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 said will not run, despite claiming to have enough mps nominating him. inset 0n)it leaves the way clear for the former it leaves the way clear for the former chancellor rishi sunak, who today formally entered in the statement he says. it leaves the way clear for the former chancellor rishi sunak, who today formally entered the contest, and who is presently the clear frontrunner. he joins the leader of the commons penny mourdant in the race. rishi sunak has tweeted after boris jonnson made that announcement, he says. he added. damien has been following the story and joins us now. what exactly happened to borisjonnson? what changed his mind? happened to boris jonnson? what changed his mind? happened t
sanitation infrastructure has been devastated by 11 years of conflict. president zelensky has condemned claims by russia s defence minister that kyiv was preparing to use a so called dirty bomb in a false flag operation, and then try to blame it on moscow. the uk defence secretary ben wallace has rejected claims by his russian counterpart that ukraine was planning to escalate the conflict. in a rare call between the two men on sunday, ben wallace cautioned against using the allegations as a pretext for greater escalation. russia is yet to publish any evidence to support the bomb claim. one of brazil s most prominent indigenous leaders has warned of further damage to the amazon rainforest, if jair bolsonaro is re elected in this week s presidential election run off. under president bolsonaro, deforestation has increased dramatically. his rival, the former president, lula da silva, says he will end illegal mining and deforestation, but that is likely to be a tough challenge. our south
liberation in this region is fiercely contested. if achieved, it doesn t bring instant normality either. but in the words of one ukrainian soldier, what choice do they have? james waterhouse, bbc news, kherson region. the uk defence secretary ben wallace has rejected claims by his russian counterpart that ukraine was planning to escalate the conflict. in a rare call between the two men on sunday, ben wallace cautioned against using the allegations as a pretext for greater escalation. russian minister sergei shoigu said that he was concerned that ukraine might use a so called dirty bomb one that s mixed with radioactive material as a provocation and blame it on moscow. russia is yet to publish any evidence to support the claim. sergei shoigu also made calls to his counterpart in other countries including us, france and turkey