elected as leader of the conservative party. politics comes at us rather fast these days, doesn t it? this autumn s second new prime minister inherits a nightmarish soup of political and economic gloom. he moves in there tomorrow to try and sort it out. we ll have more from chris, in this extended edition of bbc news at ten, as we consider the prospects for a sunak premiership. at westminster the main opposition parties are united on the demand for a general election, so that millions of voters can have their say. labour thinks that we should be having a general election. i think everybody who i ve spoken to, the public, have said we should be having a general election. there is no mandate now. he should call an early general election. he s the second person in a row to be appointed as prime minister by tories, not elected by the population. mr sunak s rapid advance is a significant moment for politics. he s the first british asian to become prime minister. and we ll be askin
in his words, the profound economic challenges facing the country. the guardian carries a warning from rishi sunak to his party unite or die referencing a potential defeat at the next general election. the daily mirror makes their feelings clear on yet another unelected tory leader and asks the pm who voted for you? the daily star mocks up rishi sunak in a calendar titled prime ministers of 2022, as it ponders whether the third leader can make it to the end of october. but the daily mail declares it s a new dawn for britain as the country sees its first asian prime minister mr sunak s heritage is warmly welcomed on the times of india website, which says the indian prime minister narenda modhi is looking forward to collaborating with the new premier. so let s begin. thank you as always forjoining us tonight. again, another busy day. let s start with a financial times and i will come to you festival, and and, because the international edition of the ft focusing on the
his immigration minister robert jenrick. the bell they have published so far does allow ministers to override some parts of the human rights act, but not completely ignored all european human rights laws, which was something that some mps on the right of the conservative party had been calling for. that has led to backlash from that wing of his party, including the former home secretary suella braverman, who has told the bbc this morning that this would leave the rwanda bill open to further legal challenges from potential asylum seekers and their representatives as well. so i think there will be a couple of key questions that rishi sunak will be facing in this press conference. firstly, there is the question hanging over him today of who on earth will he replace robertjenrick with? or can be the immigration minister at this time? i think this is a tricky question because robert jenrick was somebody who was a close ally of his, was supposed to be someone very loyal to rishi su
to the group s appeal. more ready to fight. israel says it will keep striking hard to counter the threat. but the queues of mourners are growing and so, too, the grip of militancy. tom bateman, bbc news, nablus. this let s return out our top story on what is going on with rishi sunak. we re joined now by our chief political correspondent nick eardley, who s in downing street. i have been sitting by a stack of papers as i have done all week looking at the headlines. the headlines in a couple of the papers yesterday was, unite or die. in the hope with this big reshuffle is to bring unity to the conservative party. do you think it is likely to have succeeded? i
the guardian leads on mr sunak s unite or die warning, as he prepares to enter number 10 today. the article says he has vowed to prioritise policies not personalities. mr sunak s love of star wars sees him holding a lightsabre on the front page of the sun, alongside the headline, the force is with you, rishi . but the daily mirror takes a slightly different approach by asking, who voted for you? the paper points out that another tory is about to take to power without winning a general election. a busy programme ahead. we are going to hearfrom members of the conservative party, members of the opposition. wherever you are today, whatever you are up to, you can keep up to date on bbc news online. and constant updates on the bbc news app as well. there will also be a bbc news special from downing as well. there will also be a bbc news specialfrom downing street as well. there will also be a bbc news special from downing street on bbc one here at ten o clock this morning following the