to announce his resignation in early july following repeated criticism of his conduct in government. the decision on who the new prime minister will be is down to a relatively small group of 160,000 conservative party members. borisjohnson will formally resign tomorrow and the the queen will then ask liz truss or rishi sunak to form a government. u nfortu nately, we unfortunately, we have some technical issues with our link to huw, but there is a picture of the door at no 10, who will be walking into it as the new prime minister? we are half an hour away from that announcement. and as huw mentioned, it will be the fourth prime minister in six years. so, the scene is set at the qeii conference centre, which is just around the corner from downing street. as you can see, there is a large press contingent gathered there, waiting for the announcement. and around the corner is where the announcement will be made. we can see all of the journalists lined up, the cameras trained on th
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ten of labour s shadow ministers leave sir keir starmer s front bench in a rebellion over his refusal to back a ceasefire in gaza. also on the programme tonight. uk plans to limit immigration hit a huge roadblock today, as the supreme court ruled the government s flagship plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda was unlawful. but the prime minister says he will push ahead. we ll get the latest from gaza, where israel says its troops have found weapons in the al shifa hospital complex. and we will be live in san francisco, where us presidentjoe biden is meeting his chinese counterpart, leader xijinping, for the first time in a year. to discuss it all i m joined in london by anna mikhailova, deputy political editor at the mail on sunday and chris bruce, political director of the american civil liberties union in georgia. i want to start with that developing story in uk politics. ten labour mps have been sacked or resigned from the front bench, after voting in favour of an snp amen