and the us leads western countries in promising more weapons for ukraine, including air defence systems. we re going to do everything we can, as fast as we can, to help the ukrainian forces get the capability they need to protect the ukrainian people. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. i want to bring you some news that s just come through in the last hour from the us, where a usjury in connecticut has ruled that the conspiracy theorist alexjones must payjust shy of $1 billion in damages to the families of those killed in the 2012 sandy hook mass shooting. mrjones falsely claimed for years that the mass shooting had been staged by the government to try to introduce tighter gun controls. the school principal was among the 26 people killed in the attacked in 2012. a little earlier, our correspondent gary 0 donoghue told me why alexjones has been held accountable. really, from when it actually happened, alexjones, on his info wars channels, reachi
but the most fervent support. i m samantha simmonds. in other news this morning: a warning the health and social care system in england is gridlocked putting vulnerable people at risk. the chancellor vows to do anything that may be necessary to protect the economy with government borrowing up and people shopping less. oscar winning actor kevin spacey has his sexual assault president zelensky of ukraine says russian forces have planted mines in a dam upstream from the city of kherson. oscar winning actor kevin spacey has his sexual assault allegations dismissed by a jury in new york. good morning and welcome to bbc news live from westminster. liz truss moved into downing street when she became prime ministerjust six weeks ago. and now she is gone. welcome to our viewers overseas and also here in the uk, of course. in a weak s time we are expecting now to have another prime minister. liz truss will move out of number 10 downing street, making her the shortest serving prim
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the penny s dropped reads the metro as trade minister ms mordaunt is eliminated from the race. according to the daily telegraph, he foreign secretary is the frontrunner to become prime minster, the winner will be announced in september but the guardian says the tory party fears a damaging six week battle between the two rivals. blue on blue dogfight is it s headline. the express bids farewll to the outgoing prime minister, claiming borisjohnson took a swipe at the former chancellor nearly a million people have cancelled their subscriptions with netflix in the past three months. but the streaming giant says it had expected to lose twice that. so, let s stick it into. welcome to both. liz truss the new favour to become the prime minister. do you think so? it become the prime minister. do you think so? . . , become the prime minister. do you think so? . ., , ~ think so? it certainly looks like that at the think so? it certainly looks like that at the moment. think so? it