i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up the bestjob in the world. but them s the breaks. we ll take a look at who might replace borisjohnson as the list of potential candidates grows by the hour. also coming up on newsday foreign ministers from the 620 meet in bali to discuss the disruption to global food and energy supplies caused by russia s invasion of ukraine, with both russian and chinese diplomats attending. and an injured rafael nadal withdraws from wimbledon, missing an opportunity to achieve a new grand slam record. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. borisjohnson is no longer leader of the conservative party, but he s still british prime minister following an extraodinary day at westminster. less than 12 hours ago, he walked out of the door of number 10 to confirm he will resign as tory leader and that he intends to stay in charge until a successor is chosen. many of his colleagues along w
the prime minister has been replacing those members of his cabinet, who have either resigned or have been fired or shifted into other positions. that is a work in progress. a big work in progress for the prime minister, because so many of his senior officials have stepped down in the past 24, 36 hours, but that precise understanding of how the party will handle this moment is yet to be made clear. and if the prime minister, again, as he did yesterday, appears to want to dig in and refuse to go and wants to hold on, on his terms, until the fall, that could bring an addition to this already historic level of chaos that is surrounding this transition, absolutely huge. historic, without precedent, boris johnson had more people resign from his cabinet and senior positions in 24 hours than any other prime minister has had during history. these are monumental moments and monumental hours and minutes we re waiting for right now. bianca, what is the argument for boris johnson to sti
wants a long sentence for his son. he claims he did not see a lot of signs of his son s troubles, but police reports prove otherwise. but first, moments from now, president biden will present the medal of freedom, the highest civilian honor, to 17 recipients. the prestigious list includes olympians, actors, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, and the first american to receive the covid vaccine. cnn s phil mattingly joins us now from the white house. what do we expect from today s ceremony? reporter: it s a buoyant moment to some degree. this is a particularly difficult moment for this white house, but the opportunity to present the highest civilian honor to an array of individuals from former lawmakers, olympic athletes, civil rights kind of people at the highest level of the civil rights movement, is something i think the president enjoys and i think the white house looks forward to, to some degree. yes, there are definitely celebrities here. denzel washington will b
discriminatory to lgbtq americans. exactly what this is. new video shows 500 migrants illegally crossing into texas. a dangerous migrant land route on the face of the earth. british media reporting prime minister boris johnson has agreed to resign. the move would end stalemate over the latest scandal to rock the prime minister s office. pressure pushing down on me pushing down on you under pressure steve: perfect song to start this hour live from london where it is five hours ahead, 11:00 in the morning. you are listening to queen and david bowie sing about under pressure which is what is happening to boris johnson. today the headline is bojo going to go. welcome to the mezzanine level. fox & friends hour on this seventh day of the seventh month. rachel: good morning pete, good morning, brian. happy to be in for ainsley this morning. brian: looking for prime minister in england. steve: you applied. brian: i m thinking about it looking at the engl
on the front line in eastern ukraine, a special report as ukrainian forces attempt to retake parts of the donbas. the threat here isn tjust the artillery you can hear. it also these landmines, all along this pathway. on patrol in pakistan, the rescue workers trying to help thousands of people stranded after the devastating floods. and powering on, serena williams delays her retirement from tennis as she makes it through to the third round of the us open. and coming up on the bbc news channel its transfer deadline day. we ll have the latest big movers, as chelsea agree to sign barcelona striker pierre emerick aubameyang. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the broadcaster and former bbc breakfast star bill turnbull has died at the age of 66. he was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer almost five years ago. he began working at the bbc in the 19705 but became best known for his partnership alongside fellow presenter sian williams on the bbc breakfast sofa a