[applause] thank you. Cacan i thank you and your team for doing a fantastic job. It has beeeen a team effort. If i could make one plea, can we be kind to the next Prime Minister than we have been to the current Prime Minister . [applause] without further delay, i am going to hand you over to the cochair of the 1922 committee, dame cheryl. [applause] thank you very much. On t the 24th of may, the Prime Minister, theresa may, announced she would be standing down as leader of our party on the seventh o of june. Over thehe past 46 days, the 192 memberssorganized ofof parliament and workrked wih to presenthairman so wenal t two candidates could vote for our new leadeder. Charleses t thanks to the party board and staff are all of their work. Group w who has conducted d a professssional operation collecting and counting the votes from home and abroad. Executive. 922 brought a quality to the top of the 1922 committee. Gender balancece is important. Bobofficers suggest andkman here togogether t
Journalists played a key role as these messages for published by puerto ricos center for Investigative Journalism. Llo resisted, but it became increasingly clear that it was the last straw and that his situation was unsustainable. For many Puerto Ricans, the chat messages exposed the corruption and cronyism of the islands government. That together with longstanding ,rievances about a bad economy 12 years of recession, and the governments poor response to Hurricane Maria two years ago provoked an unprecedented organic social explosion and movement. Have described the current moment as a powerful awakening to offer positive change in reforms. Seizing such an opportunity will not be easy or quick. It faces enormous obstacles. These are uncharted waters. We are very fortunate to have with us three experts to help us understand what is happening in puerto rico. First we have jose delgado. He has covered washington and federal affairs for publication since 2001. We welcome him. He will have
I like it. Its brilliant. From the master of the photo op to the highest office in the land boris the man, boris the politician. Also on tonights programme were heading into another heatwave. Forecasters say we could see record temperatures and there are warnings about looking after the vulnerable. And coming up on bbc news. After clinching bronze in the 200m freestyle at the world aquatics championships, britons duncan scott causes controversy by refusing to shake hands with chinas gold medallist. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. This time tomorrow borisjohnson will be our new Prime Minister, realising a decades long ambition. Hes won the race to become conservative party leader, beating his rivaljeremy hunt by a margin of almost two to one. In a short acceptance speech this afternoon, mrjohnson declared that his mission was to take britain out of the eu by the 31st of october and re unite the country. But the challenges are formidable opposition from some of his party
Good morning, everybody. We are going to get started. Buenos dias and welcome to the american dialogue. Thank you all very, very much for coming. Tomorrow. At 5 00 p. M. , puerto ricos ricardo rosello, of the new Progressive Party, will no longer be the islands governor. Rosello has come, came under enormous pressure, after highlyoffensive, outrageous and tasteless chat messages between him and close aides were leaked on july 13th. Touching off massive street protests across the island, demanding his resignation. As is the case throughout many Latin American Companies these days with anticorruption movements, jump lifts played a key role, as these messages were published by port partner recoss center for Investigative Journalism. At first rosello resisted but it has been increasingly clear that what has been dubbed as wikileaks was the last straw and the situation was unsustainable. Rosello has named pedro as secretary of state, who if confirmed would then probably step in as rosellos
The president of the Eu Commission and the eus chief negotiator both say they look forward to working with mrjohnson. President trump was one of the first to congratulate him saying he will be great. And in other news, a heatwave is spreading across the uk, with temperatures expected to climb to well over 30 degrees celsius this week. And at 11 30 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers conservative writer Tim Montgomerie and the chief executive of think tank demos polly mackenzie. Good evening. By this time tomorrow borisjohnson will be our new Prime Minister, realising a decades long ambition. Hes won the race to become conservative party leader, beating his rivaljeremy hunt by a margin of almost two to one. In a short acceptance speech this afternoon mrjohnson declared that his mission was to take britain out of the eu by the 31st of october and re unite the country. But the challenges are formidable opposition from some of his partys most senior mps and lit