welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. here in the uk, the government of borisjohnson is in a state of high turmoil after two of his most senior ministers resigned within minutes of one another. chancellor of the exchequer, finance minister rishi sunak quit saying that the public expected the government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously . the health secretary sajid javed stood down, saying the public considered the tory government to be neither popular nor competent. they were followed by a number of more junior resignations. mrjohnson has been accused of making several misleading statements, most recently about the behaviour of a colleague accused of sexual misconduct. downing street has announced that former education secretary nadim zahawi will become the uk s new finance minister. and former brexit secretary steve barclay takes the post of health secretary for england. this report from our political editor, chris mason. are we g
all welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. here in the uk, the government of borisjohnson is in a state of high turmoil after two of his most senior ministers resigned within minutes of one another. chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak quit saying that the public expected the government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously. the health secretary sajid javed stood down, saying the public considered the tory government to be neither popular nor competent. what sort of responses that elicited? we will look at the newspapers because it is a common response and let s start with the sun, and it doesn t necessarily reflect every newspaper but the majority. these are the headlines. it is all the same language. and have a look at this. once again, borisjohnson on the brink. the pressure clearly on the prime minister now. downing street has announced that former education secretary nadim zahawi will become the uk s new finance minister. chancell
the cabinet, which met this morning, is now changed in significant ways as borisjohnson fights to stay on. a new chancellor and health secretary and a new education secretary and a new education secretary to tonight after hours in which it looked like the government was on the brink of collapse. yes, we ll have the latest on the sudden reshuffle, with confirmation a few minutes ago that nadhim zahawi will be the new chancellor. also tonight. in ukraine, the latest evidence of potential war crimes, with russian firing squads leading men to their deaths. in sri lanka, a desperate shortage of basic necessities including medicines, fuel and food and visitors are told to stay away. commentator: there it is! and a big day of sport britain s cameron norrie is through the semi finals at wimbledon, while england s cricketers break a batting record to beat india in the final test. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we have continuing coverage and analysis from our team of co
also in the programme: marched at gunpoint towards an execution we have the inside story of a russian atrocity in ukraine from the survivor who played dead. another 50,000 people told to evacuate their homes in sydney the australian city has had eight months of rain in just four days. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and midnight in london, where borisjohnson s premiership looks at its most perilous yet, with the resignation of two of his most senior ministers. the chancellor of the exchequer, rishi sunak, and the health secretary, sajid javid, quit within a few minutes of each other, saying they could no longer serve under the prime minister and that the public expected the government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously . it follows the unravelling of the official account of what the prime minister knew about the case of chris pincher, the former minister accused of sexual misconduct.
releasing damning new testimony from an attorney in trump s white house. in a tease of sorts for next week s hearing watch this in our next hearing on thursday, the select committee will examine president trump s relentless effort on january 6th and in the days beforehand to pressure vice president pence to refuse to count lawful electoral votes. as a federal judge has indicated, this likely violated to federal criminal statutes. to. and that s heating up the comment, the committee s newest bombshell, a portion of the deposition from former white house lawyer, eric herschmann, who describes a colorful conversation the day he had after the insurrection, with lawyer john eastman. the lawyer wrote memos arguing the vice president could in fact overturn the election. he started to ask me about something dealing with georgia, and preserving something, eventually, for appeal. and i said to him, are you out of your effing mind? i said, i only want to hear two words coming ou