the black sea and tackling the globalfood crisis. if you have justjoined us you are welcome and we begin in the uk with a brace to replace borisjohnson as conservative party leader is gathering momentum. on wednesday evening the shortlist of eight came sex, as former foreign secretaryjeremy hunt and the current chancellor nadhim zahawi were eliminated from the first round. by the end of next week, the list will be narrowed down to two names which will then go to the party boat with 60,000 members around the country for a final decision. the former chancellor rishi sunak got the most votes from conservative mps, he has criticised other contenders for offering fairytales on tax, saying cutting taxes now would stoke inflation. it is saying cutting taxes now would stoke inflation. stoke inflation. it is not credible stoke inflation. it is not credible to stoke inflation. it is not credible to promise - stoke inflation. it is noti credible to promise lots stoke inflation. it
security services make an unprecedented joint appearance, warning of the national security and economic threat posed by china. is posed by china. set whatever it technical and is set whatever it technical and using it to undercut your business. and japan plans to pump water from the fukushima nuclear plant into the pacific. we hear from the fishermen protesting the move. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, is clinging on to power in downing street despite the resignations of more than a0 of his own mps from their government roles. he s continuing to defy calls for him to step down from some of his most senior colleagues. they believe he has clearly lost the confidence of most of his party. our political correspondent david wallace lockhart reports. outside downing street the press assembled, inside around the same time some cabinet ministers were spelling out the situation to the prime minister, wanting him the support of his party had drained away. one who expressed th
i believe that point is now. will you be prime minister tomorrow? of course. more westminster hostility from senior mps this afternoon, but through it all the prime minister insists he s here to stay. frankly, mr speaker, the job of a prime minister in difficult circumstances when he has being handed a colossal mandate is to keep going and that s what i m going to do. tonight at the end appears night for borisjohnson, it feels like a question of when, not if he will go. political turmoil in westminster and we will have the latest in a fast moving story. on here, what voters think about all. also tonight. a ukranian mother picks through the remnants of her beloved son s life our special report on russian atrocities and a war crimes investigation. the lionesses training at old trafford. in less than two hours, they ll be on the pitch for real. the women s euros get under way today. stay with us. stay with us for our continuing coverage of the news from our correspondence arou
Thats according to israels public broadcaster. And on the diplomatic front, us secretary of state, antony blinken, has called for calm and stability in the west bank, during a call with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. And, israels allies have shown their support through displays like this. Heres berlins Brandenburg Gate lit up in white and blue to show support for israel. Lets show you live pictures from gaza now. Morning is breaking there. And weve seen renewed israelis air strikes overnight. It has responded to hamas attack with devastating air strikes including some in the last few hours. The United States is working with other governments to calm the situation and make sure the violence does not spread. Several middle eastern countries, including egypt, saudi arabia and jordan, have been in contact to coordinate efforts to contain the violence. The Un Security Council will discuss the crisis at an Emergency Meeting on sunday. Simonjones has the latest. What israel is describin