cheering thank you for putting your faith in me to thank you for putting your faith in me to lead thank you for putting your faith in me to lead our great conservative party liz truss will become prime minister tomorrow what s her answer to some major questions facing the uk? i will act immediately on bills and on energy supply. he ll have to leave number 10 first have we heard the last of him? he will be a great loss to politics, but hopefully it ll only be a temporary loss. and will prime minister truss be able to unite her party after all of this? £40 billion more borrowing. i that is the country s credit card, i it s on children and grandchildren. it has been a busy summer and a busy first day back. i m joined by gerard lyons, wes streeting, sebastien payne and isabel hardman. we ll bring you all the developments as they happen. first let s show you how the results looked. just over 57% to liz truss, just over, actuallyjust under 43% to rishi sunak. and let s l
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. dockers at britain s largest container port, felixstowe, have gone on strike for the first time in three decades. it is the first of eight. almost 2,000 workers are taking part in the eight day action after rejecting a 7% pay offer. there are warnings that the strike will cause disruption to supply chains for shops and other retailers half of britain s container trade goes through the port in suffolk. the government says supply chains are resilient. here s our business correspondent marc ashdown. the summer of strikes has reached felixstowe docks. these workers would normally be making sure essential goods find their way to households, but today, 1,900 members of the unite union are starting an eight day walk out. people are so angry now that a company who made £240 million profit over the last two years are unwilling to share that. well, when i say share it, unwilling to share it, in 2020, the same company paid out £99 million in
to protect the economy with government borrowing up and people shopping less a warning the health and social care system in england is gridlocked and unable to cope with the demand putting vulnerable people at risk. and, us chess grandmaster hans niemann is suing a rival or at least 100 million dollars for alleged cheating. welcome to bbc news live from westminster. the leader of the house penny mordaunt has become the first to declare the winner will replace liz truss declare the winner will replace liz truss who declare the winner will replace liz truss who resigned yesterday although she remains in downing street although she remains in downing street until the successor is appointed. street until the successor is appointed- street until the successor is appointed. street until the successor is anointed. ., , , appointed. speaking outside number ten liz truss appointed. speaking outside number ten liz truss said appointed. speaking outside number ten liz truss
of a new king of the zulu nation in the first such event in 50 years. and museums in glasgow agree to return looted artefacts back to india which were taken from temples and shrines during british rule in the 19th century. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a couple of big developments from ukraine to bring you. the home of russia s black sea fleet in crimea sevastopol has once again come under drone attack. the russian installed regional head said a ukrainian drone had been shot down over a naval headquarters and fell onto the roof of the building. he said no damage had been done. several other drone attacks were reported overnight in crimea, including one at an airbase. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin says un officials will be granted permission to visit and inspect the zaporizhzhia nuclear complex. the kremlin made the announcement after a call between mr putin and french president emmanuel macron late on friday. it came as
the earliest galaxies. it s 7am in singapore and 8am injapan where a private funeral will be held in tokyo later, for the former prime minister shinzo abe who died after being shot while at a political campaign event. mourners have streamed into a temple in tokyo to pay their respects. these are scenes from a vigil at the zo joji temple. world leaders have also paid tribute. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said mr abe did more than anyone to elevate the relationship between their two countries. rupert wingfield hayes reports from tokyo. shinzo abe was a fresh faced 52 year old when he shocked everyone by becoming japan s youngest postwar prime minister. it did not go well. and in less than a year, he was gone. five years later, he plotted his return with a new hairstyle and a new slogan. and this time, he stayed, for eight years, longer than any other postwar japanese leader. today, japan is laying mr abe to rest. his life snuffed out in a way few here thought po