he s now clear of rafael nadal s total of 22 wins. the first man to win 23 grand slam titles. will have more for you later. well, let s turn our attention to other political news in the uk, and claims by the former prime minister borisjohnson that he s the victim of a witch hunt have been rejected by a leading government minister. the energy secretary, grant shapps, says the country wants to move on from the political drama surrounding borisjohnson. the former prime minister resigned as an mp after getting an advance copy of a cross party report that s expected to find that he misled parliament. meanwhile, the former conservative cabinet minister, sirjacob rees mogg, has warned the party s leadership not to try to block any future attempt by mrjohnson to return to parliament. he says any attempt to do so could plunge the conservatives into civil war. meanwhile, in the past hour, the house of lords appointments commission said it had not supported eight peerage nominees su
resort of marsa alam. the foreign office says it s supporting the british nationals involved. our correspondent, sally nabil who is in cairo told us how it s believed events unfolded. after finishing afterfinishing the after finishing the cruise, the boat was about to head back to the shores today and the footage we have seen from the fire is really dramatic and you can possibly imagine the hard times those people on board to have had after the fire broke out on board the boat. and no one knows exactly what happened, what caused this huge fire to break out. but initial reports are suggesting an electrical fault. investigations are still under way, electrical fault. investigations are still underway, but electrical fault. investigations are still under way, but if there seems to be another dimension, another reason, including man made factors like negligence, like poor maintenance, i think that would have really serious repercussions on the tourist industry in this area, which
meanwhile, the former conservative cabinet minister, sirjacob rees mogg, has warned the party s leadership not to try to block any future attempt by mrjohnson to return to parliament. he says any attempt to do so could plunge the conservatives into civil war. meanwhile, in the past hour, the house of lords appointments commission said it had not supported eight peerage nominees submitted in borisjohnson s resignation honours. it said it would not comment on individuals. more now from our political correspondent leila nathoo. has he run out of road? borisjohnson angrily resigned from parliament on friday, saying he was being forced out by the parliamentary committee investigating him over covid rule breaking in downing street. today, the government gave its verdict on his departure, with this cabinet minister saying mrjohnson had not been the target of a witch hunt and that the country wants to move on. boris has himself decided to step down, and that is his own decision. so, he s not
expected to find that he misled parliament. meanwhile, the former conservative cabinet minister, jacob rees mogg, has warned the party s leadership not to try to block any future attempt by mrjohnson to return to parliament. he says any attempt to do so could plunge the conservatives into civil war. the committee investigating lockdown parties in downing street is due to meet on monday to finalise its findings. more from our political correspondent leila nathoo: has he run out of road? boris johnson angrily resigned from parliament on friday saying he was being forced by the parliamentary committee investigating him over covid rule breaking in downing street. today the government gave its verdict on his departure with this cabinet minister saint mr johnson not been the target of a witchhunt and that the country wanted to move on. witchhunt and that the country wanted to move on. boris has himself decided to step wanted to move on. boris has himself decided to step down wanted to
wants to move on. chose to leave, and the country wants to move on. yes, it was a very an: wants to move on. yes, it was a very angry statement wants to move on. yes, it was a very angry statement that wants to move on. yes, it was a very angry statement that boris wants to move on. yes, it was a very angry statement that boris johnson | angry statement that boris johnson put out on friday evening. announcing that he was stepping down immediately from parliament. remember that he had been investigated by a commons committee who were looking at whether he misled parliament over what he knew about coded rule breaking in downing street during the pandemic. in the event, he decided tojump effectively before getting their final verdict, and in his words, the committee had behaved as a kangaroo court, basically coming to a judgment even before the process had got under way. he said that he was the target of a witchhunt and had been forced out undemocratically. very serious allegations