yesterday was pre-recorded. today will be live to the nation. we don t have any sense necessarily how long it exactly will be. but again, all televised, all on camera for the nation to see. after, that comes the official proclamation of king charles. he will not be present for that. and then following, that we will hear a fanfare. we will hear trumpeter, is gun salutes. and that s also when the flags across the nation will be risen again to full staff for the next day. chris? all right, let s listen in live now. again, the beginning of the meeting of the accession council. begi now call on the clock of e council to read aloud the text of the proclamation. whereas it is pleased almighty god. it s a call to his mercy, our latest sovereign lady, queen elizabeth the second of blessed and glorious memory, by who s deceased, the crown of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland is solely and rightfully come to the prince charles philip alpha george. we therefore
in los angeles. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the uk s formerfinance minister rishi sunak will formally become prime minister later on tuesday after an audience with king charles at buckingham palace. he was named conservative leader after his only challenger, penny mordaunt, pulled out of the contest. mr sunak promised to work to bring the party and the country together. here s our political editor chris mason. cheering na applause today s new conservative leader, this week s new prime minister. rishi sunak arrived at conservative party headquarters this afternoon, his party s third leader this year. waves, smiles and handshakes done, he wanted to talk to the country, but didn t want to face questions from reporters. i d like to pay tribute to liz truss for her dedicated public service to the country. she has led with dignity and grace for a time of great change and under exceptionally difficult circumstances both at home and abroad. it is th
welcome to the programme, we begin in london. borisjohnson has announced that he will not stand in the contest to choose the next conservative leader, and prime minister. he insisted he had enough support among mps, but said that putting himself forward was not the right thing to do . nominations close on monday afternoon, with former chancellor rishi sunak and cabinet minister penny mordaunt the only declared candidates. our political editor, chris mason, has been following the day s developments. are you running for the leadership, mr sunak? could september s loser be october s prime minister? rishi sunak is a step closer to downing street tonight, beaten by liz truss just weeks ago, he could replace her as soon as tomorrow. declaring his candidacy today, he wrote: he also felt the need to say: throughout the day, the public support for mr sunak among tory mps has continued to tick up. this minister reckons borisjohnson would be a guaranteed disaster. what we can t do is h
the longest distance ever travelled for a north korean test flight. the missile went far enough that it would have reached the us island of guam with a different trajectory. and so there was a swift response. the united states and south korea conducted a precision aerial bombing exercise to demonstrate seoul and washington s will to respond sternly to the threat from pyongyang. and tokyo was also incensed. translation: north korea s launch of a ballistic missile is a reckless act that absolutely cannot be allowed. japan will be on the highest alert and respond quickly. speaking to the bbc, the us counsellor of the department of state derek shalet said it will take a complete international effort to achieve denuclearisation on the korean peninsula. well we are going to continue to press forward with sanctions against north korea and enforcing those already on the books pursuing new ones perhaps, but also importantly working with our allies and partners and also other members
since the second world war. hello and welcome to bbc news. the possibility of rishi sunak and borisjohnson meeting each other today is being talked about this evening as the race to become the new conservative leader and prime minister gathers pace. the bbc understands they were due to meet face to face at 3:30 this afternoon but that was delayed although my colleague laura kuenssberg says the meeting may still go ahead later. mr sunak is the first leadership contender to secure the public support of 100 tory mps that s the number needed to enter the race. but he s yet to announce publicly whether he will bid for the top job after losing to liz truss last month. meanwhile, borisjohnson has flown home from a caribbean holiday, as his supporters claim he now also has 100 mps backing him, although others have said this is hogwash. so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas has mo