also in the programme: marched at gunpoint towards an execution we have the inside story of a russian atrocity in ukraine from the survivor who played dead. another 50,000 people told to evacuate their homes in sydney the australian city has had eight months of rain in just four days. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and midnight in london, where borisjohnson s premiership looks at its most perilous yet, with the resignation of two of his most senior ministers. the chancellor of the exchequer, rishi sunak, and the health secretary, sajid javid, quit within a few minutes of each other, saying they could no longer serve under the prime minister and that the public expected the government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously . it follows the unravelling of the official account of what the prime minister knew about the case of chris pincher, the former minister accused of sexual misconduct.
in downing street. we will be getting the latest from westminster, the latest updates there, and all the reaction. hello and welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s been a day of high drama for lawmakers here in london, as two of the government s most senior ministers resigned from borisjohnson s cabinet within ten minutes of each other. the departures of the chancellor of the exchequer, rishi sunak, and the health minister, sajid javid, are a direct response to deepening misgivings over how the administration handled complaints about the former deputy chief whip chris pincher, who s been accused of sexual misconduct. there are now calls for the party s rules to change, to allow another leadership challenge against borisjohnson himself. within the past couple of hours, it s been announced that nadhim zahawi will become the uk s new finance minister. steve barclay takes the post of heath secretary. we start our coverage of the day s t
in a major blow to the prime minister tonight, the minister responsible for immigration, robertjenrick, has resigned at the very moment legislation on asylum seekers was being announced to the commons. his resignation came over a bill attempting to enable the government s policy of sending some migrants to rwanda to go ahead after the supreme court ruled it unlawful. mrjenrick said it didn t go far enough and it would not end what he called the merry go round of legal challenges which risked paralysing the scheme. our political editor chris mason is here. a huge embarrassment this for rishi sunak? it this for rishi sunak? is a huge embarrassment. bu quite it is a huge embarrassment. but quite the thing to do so in the very week that you are attempting a reset on, yes, you guessed it, immigration policy. on monday we had government plans to cut legal immigration adjuster the home secretary james cleverly went to rwanda to set out part of the approach on illegal immigration