nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon, five days after technical problems scuppered the first. and, serena williams is defeated in the third round of the us open in new york, in what is likely to be her last competative match. now on bbc news, borisjohnson: departing downing street, looking back at borisjohnson s time in number 10, from brexit to the coronavirus pandemic, partygate and the russian invasion of ukraine. a warning that this programme contains flashing images. six weeks ago, a typhoon fighterjet took off from an raf base in lincolnshire. its co pilot just announced he was about to become britain s ex prime minister. after three happy years in the cockpit, and after performing some pretty difficult if not astonishing feats, i am now going to hand over the controls, seamlessly, to someone else. i don t know who. boris johnson believes in the great man theory of history, and he thinks he is that great man, li
captain of the school. it was at eton that the would be world king would learn to play by his own rules. martin hammond, his house master who also taught him, was one of the people teaching himlatin and greek, wrote in his report, i think he honestly believes that it is churlish of us not to regard him as an exception, one who should be free of the network of obligation, which binds everyone else. .but that s 18 months away. johnson s career, like churchill s, began as a controversialjournalist and he rose to become a tv celebrity. audience applause. bonjour, ce moi, borisjohnson, le maire de londres. speaks russian kung hei fat choy. by the time he was on the cusp of becoming prime minister, he was already a singular phenomenon because no figure probably ever in british politics, but certainly in modern times,