Hello and welcome to bbc news. Here in the uk, borisjohnson is preparing for the biggest act of his political career. On wednesday hell be invited by the queen to form a government, then enter 10 downing street as Prime Minister, fulfilling an ambition hes admitted to holding for decades. Newly elected as conservative party leader on tuesday, he claimed in his acceptance speech that he would unite the country and take britain out of the European Union by the end of october. Heres the bbcs Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Applause. And therefore i give notice that borisjohnson is elected as the leader of the conservative and unionist parties. A brief moment of where do i go now, as the rest of the room got to its feet. A thumping majority for mrjohnson a knowingly controversial pick. There will be people around the place who will question the wisdom of your decision and there may be some people here who still wonder quite what they have done. No one party, no one person has a monopoly
Heatwave of the summer. And that is what will play out over hello and welcome to bbc news. The next 6 12 month will the doj here in the uk, borisjohnson find evidence to move forward with specific action is preparing for the biggest act or will Technology Companies take of his political career. On wednesday, hell be invited action to avoid a doj . By the queen to form a government, stay with us on bbc news, then enter ten downing street still to come Robert Mueller faces as Prime Minister fulfilling an ambition hes admitted questions in congress to holding for decades. About his report on Donald Trumps newly elected as conservative campaign and russia. Party leader on tuesday, he claimed in his acceptance speech that he would unite the country what could it mean and take britain out for the president . Of the European Union by the end of october. Heres the bbcs Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Mission control you can see them applause. Coming down the ladder now. Its one small step f
Now on bbc news its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk from tate modern in london where my guest has a major exhibition. He is the Award Winning icelandic danish artist. He believes that art can change the world by, for instance, tackling Climate Change. This is one of his exhibits, a giant wall made of moss. The idea is to get people thinking differently about the environment, for instance, could buildings of the future be made more sustainably . Is this sort of thing visionary or far fetched . Welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi, Olafur Eliasson, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, zeinab. You had a fairly unorthodox upbringing. Your parents were extremely young when they had you, your mother 20, yourfather 19. Born in iceland, moved to denmark. Your mother was a seamstress, your father a cook. How did your early life influence you, in your work . Well, my father moved back to iceland and i would spend my vacations in iceland, running around in nature while he was painting. He also wo
For the president . Hello and welcome. Borisjohnson is preparing to become britains next Prime Minister, we have not seen any curtains twitching it or any activity but it will get extremely busy here later. As we said, borisjohnson is preparing to become britains next Prime Minister, taking on the challenge of delivering writtens withdrawal from the european challenge of delivering writtens withdrawalfrom the European Union. The new conservative leader will take over the reins of power after theresa may leaves no 10 downing street for the final time on wednesday to formally tender her resignation to queen elizabeth. Our polticial correspondent nick eardley has the latest. Whether you love him or you loathe him, injusta whether you love him or you loathe him, injust a few hours time, whether you love him or you loathe him, in just a few hours time, Boris Johnson will officially become our i ministered. Has it sunk in yet . Getting there. Last night he was celebrating with the waters but
Like facebook, apple and amazon examining whether they are unfairly restricting competition. And finally its the front of the japan times which has this picture of an inflatable artwork depicting a swimmer to mark the one year countdown to the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics 2020. With me is mark davies, ceo at the strategy consultancy, camberton. Obviously wall to wall coverage about the days events with Boris Johnson about to enter downing street. The picture is striking. It sums up the character of him, doesnt it . An untucked shirt, tie to one side and a bizarre salute. He is so dishevelled. It is comedic to look at him and to think he is Prime Minister. He looks more like billy bunted. He looks like a schoolboy going off on the first day of prep school. This is so boris all the way. This i am the dude piece is so boris as well. Finding something that encapsulates what he is trying to achieve two, if you look at those four things and look at the detail beneath them and the l