north korea s military said it responded by firing ten artillery shots. now on bbc news, ros atkins on resignation of liz truss. ros atkins gives his analysis on some of main news stories of the week. this programme was recorded before the news broke about boris johnson s announcement that he would not stand in the conservative party leadership contest. when a prime minister takes office there is no time limit, no fixed number of terms. their leadership stretches out in front of us. margaret thatcher stood down after 11 years. tony blair served ten. recently, though, we ve had four prime ministers in six years all of them conservatives. david cameron left downing street after the brexit vote. theresa may had three years before tory mps intervened. it was the same for borisjohnson. and in early september, it was the turn of liz truss. i am honoured to take on this responsibility. weeks later, at its annual conference, the tory party chair said liz truss was its greatest as
britain s former prime minister, borisjohnson, says he will not stand in the contest to choose the next leader of the conservative party and therefore prime minister. despite saying he thought there was a good chance he could have been back in downing street next friday, he said he didn t think he could unite his divided party. nominations close on monday afternoon, with the former chancellor, the uk s finance minister, rishi sunak and cabinet minister penny mordaunt the only candidates who ve declared they re running. our political editor, chris mason, has this report. are you running for the leadership, mr sunak? could september s loser be october s prime minister? rishi sunak is a step closer to downing street tonight, beaten by liz truss just weeks ago, he could replace her as soon as tomorrow. declaring his candidacy today, he wrote: he also felt the need to say: throughout the day, the public support for mr sunak among tory mps has continued to tick up. this minister re
britain s former prime minister, borisjohnson, says he will not stand in the contest to choose the next leader of the conservative party and therefore prime minister. nominations close on monday afternoon, with the former chancellor, the uk s finance minister, rishi sunak and cabinet minister penny mordaunt the candidates who ve decla red they re running. our political editor, chris mason, has this report. are you running for the leadership, mr sunak? could september s loser be october s prime minister? rishi sunak is a step closer to downing street tonight, beaten by liz truss just weeks ago, he could replace her as soon as tomorrow. declaring his candidacy today, he wrote: he also felt the need to say: throughout the day, the public support for mr sunak among tory mps has continued to tick up. this minister reckons borisjohnson would be a guaranteed disaster. what we can t do is have him in as prime minister in circumstances where he is bound to implode, taking down the wh
the north and south. north korea s military said it responded by firing ten artillery shots. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome hardtalk with zeinab badawi. to the special editio of welcome to the special edition of hard tour from the taiwanese capital, taipei. people here in taiwan which is self governed live under constant threat from china which lies about 160 kilometres across the waters. beijing claims taiwan as part of its territory, and in the past few months has carried out hundreds of military sorties near taiwan, hundreds of military sorties neartaiwan, leading hundreds of military sorties near taiwan, leading to speculation that it is preparing for an invasion. taiwan has also been subjected to cyber attacks from china, my guest is the taiwanese digital minister, audrey tang. can taiwan really forge its own path? minister, audrey tang and taipei welcome to hardtalk. thank you, happy to be here. xi jinping reiterated at the recent china party
door open that a shooter came through. tonight she s speaking out, correcting the record and telling our john quinones of the pain she still feels, what she wants to tell the officers who pointed accusatory fingers at her. children s hospitals overwhelmed. dr. fauci tells us why he s so concerned with the winter months with 43 states seeing a surge of young patients with respiratory illness. a top ukrainian general tells abc news they re winning but he s worried about a russian nuclear attack and fears vladimir putin could bomb an important dam and flood the south. breaking news from the uk. boris johnson bows out. why he s out of the running for his old job as prime minister and who might be heading to downing street instead. and america strong. serving with confidence. meet the tennis star who is inspiring others on and off the court. announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is world news tonight. good evening, everyone. thanks so much for j