he expressed regret that his premiership is ending much earlier than he hoped. i premiership is ending much earlier than he med- premiership is ending much earlier than he honed- than he hoped. i want you to know how sad i am than he hoped. i want you to know how sad i am giving than he hoped. i want you to know how sad i am giving up than he hoped. i want you to know how sad i am giving up the - than he hoped. i want you to know how sad i am giving up the best i than he hoped. i want you to know| how sad i am giving up the best job how sad i am giving up the bestjob in the world about them s the breaks. in recent days, no fewer than 58 conservative mps had left the government, from senior tojunior levels, raising doubts about the government s ability to function. as westminster took in the news, labour said mrjohnson s intention to stay on as prime minister over the summer was not acceptable. it s obvious he s unfit to be prime minister. that s been blindingly obviou
tuesday. and borisjohnson has defended himself ahead of a no confidence vote that he called himself. five candidates will become four. europe is in the grip of wildfires. and a heat wave. they are burning in italy, france, spain, croatia and greece and also in morocco. and north africa. in france the authorities are warning of a heat apocalypse, we know many towns and cities have recorded their highest ever temperatures. 42 degrees in the city of nantes. beating the previous high set more than 70 years ago. that previous record dates back to 1949. this is the scene overnight. on the french atlantic coast. you can see the scale of the fires that are burning through some of the forest. this is drone footage from earlier. again showing us the scale of what is happening. and this is a satellite image that shows the region. you can see smoke is clearly visible from space. we know thousands of firefighters are now battling these fires and more than 14,000 hectares of forest has alr
continues and president zelensky is winding ukrainian forces are holding out but are outnumbered. belgian s king arrived in congo, two years after expressing regret for his families brutal colonial ruling. let s start with borisjohnson and the fallout from yesterday s confidence vote on his leadership. although he won, more than a0 per cent of his own mps voted against him. in recent months, the prime minister has faced mounting pressure following revelations of lockdown parties held at downing street. the prime minister addressed cabinet ministers today here s what he told them. thank you everybody for all your good work yesterday because it was a very important day because we were able to draw a line under the issues that our opponents want to talk about and we re able to get on talking about what i think people in this country want us to. we know that cabinet support for the prime minister still holds firm here s foreign secretary liz truss. we had a vote yesterday.
legalisation of cannabis and abortion rights. my guest today is president luis lacalle pou. he is a fan of unfettered free market economics. does that swim against the tide of public opinion in latin america? president luis lacalle pou. welcome to hardtalk. mr president, what is it like being as centre right politician on the continent thatis politician on the continent that is quite clearly moving to the centre left? you are swimming against the political tide. a, swimming against the political tide. ., ., tide. a coalition of five parties tide. a coalition of five parties that tide. a coalition of five parties that supported | tide. a coalition of five - parties that supported this government. you have the for the right, centre right and centreleft. and i have the bonds between these five parties. this party to the citizens and if you read the programme, you will not be able to find centre right. the question to find centre right. the question is to find centre ri