Borisjohnson has won the conservative leadership election and will become the uks Prime Minister tomorrow. He beat his opponentjeremy hunt by some margin, nearly double, with over 92,000 votes. Heres a little of his acceptance speech. And we know the mantra of the campaign that isjust gone by. In case you have forgotten it, you probably have because its been a while since weve covered it. It is deliver brexit, unite the country and defeat jeremy corbyn. And that is what we are going to do and i know some lad has alreary pointed out that deliver, unite and defeat is not the perfect acronym for an Election Campaign since unfortunately, it spells dud. But they forgot the final e, my friend. E forenergise the Deputy Editor of the guardian points out and the leader of the opposition has warned that mrjohnson may not be able to hold on to powerfor long. Jeremy corbyn says labour will table a vote of no confidence in the new pm, but he wont say when. We will decide when that will be. It will
Administration, from britains top diplomat in the us, sir kim darroch. Two years of his secret e mails leaked. In one, he wrote. On Donald Trumps recent state visit to the uk, he said the president had been dazzled by the queen, but cautioned this is still the land of america first. And on foreign policy, trumps sabre rattling over iran, approving air strikes and then calling them off, was described as chaotic. Here, serious questions are being raised about the leak. The thing with diplomatic cables, and i used to work at the Foreign Office, id be quite careful about what you say which is on a personal basis in those cables, because its all very well talking about the substance of the relationship, the policies, but i think some of that may, in retrospect, be regarded as unwise. Put in a statement, the Foreign Office denied it would have any long term impact. As for the future, the ambassador compared it to a roller coaster which could lead to disgrace and downfall, but cautioned about
After sudans brutal crackdown, hundreds return to the streets of the capital demanding civilian rule. Thousands march through georgias capital, tbilisi in a tenth day of anti russian demonstrations. President trump is in south korea where he hopes to inject new life into stalled nuclear talks. Hes set to make his first visit to the de militarised zone which separates the two koreas and extended an invitation to kim jong un to come and shake hands. Hes already had talks with the south korean president. Lets go live to our correspondent mariko oi who is near the demilitarised zone. Thats right, you can probably see the barbed wire behind me. President trump is scheduled to visit here later this afternoon but within the last hour, President Trump and president moonjae in they have met twice before. Firstly injune last year. Then in february in hanoi, vietnam. It didnt go as well as they had hoped. Talks of somewhat collapsed. Fluck lets bring in laura becker. Weve been hearing from the la
Are bracing themselves for aftershocks after the region was hit by its biggest earthquake in more than 20 years. Its the second big tremor in as many days. The epicentre of the quake was near the city of ridgecrest, north east of los angeles. Angus crawfords report contains some flashing images. Oh, my god. Fear and shock. Two quakes in two days. This one with the magnitude of 7. 1, the strongest for 20 years. Evacuate nerves stretched to the limit. Go, go, go panic is infectious. 8 21am here on the air, we are experiencing. And very public. I think we need to get under the desk. 0k, were going to go to break. Well be right back. Wow. In hollywood, tourists werent sure what to make of it. Everythings moving, and the chandelier was shaking, and the kids were saying, its an earthquake. We saw that the rest of the people in our neighbouring rooms were looking at each other. We were all kind of scared, just freaking out about it. Landslides blocked some roads. Motorists using their bare ha
Emergency officials in Southern California say theyre still assessing the damage caused by fridays major earthquake. Its the biggest earthquake in the region for more than 20 years. The epicentre was near the city of ridgecrest, north east of los angeles. This report from sophie long contains some flashing images. Oh, my god. It created waves in family swimming pools and in communities across Southern California. Oh, my god. Evacuate two earthquakes in two days. Lets go, lets go, lets go . Spread panic. It continues to rattle. This is a very strong earthquake. The tremor so strong. Were experiencing very strong shaking. Even some who didnt feel it, watched it. Were gonna go to a break, well be right back after this. Well be right back, well be right back. Wow. Business owners looked on as potential profits were shaken from shelves and crashed to the ground. We felt around ten or 11 after shocks. Theyve been coming pretty frequently and each one, theyre still scary, because you almost d