want him to show up because he has to testify under oath, but i don t think he ll show up. i don t think he s man enough. we ll see. okay. i guess she said that. nancy pelosi challenges the former president, doubting he will give any testimony to the january 6th committee. i don t know if you heard, but at one point, she didn t think he was man enough to show up. we ll go through the time line in that investigation in just a moment. meanwhile, alarming details about what the fbi found at trump s country club, documents so sensitive they could endanger the lives of people who are helping u.s. intelligence. also healed, boris johnson. he wants to come back, right. he s a no go. like tom brady s comeback. he s a no go. this is going to end really well for everybody involved. he s no longer in the running to become the british prime minister. what? but a new leader could be named as soon as today. we ll go live to london for that. plus, joe, the part of
singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 12am in london where the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, has said he won t stand in the race to replace liz truss next week. he insisted he had enough support among mps, but said that putting himself forward was not the right thing to deal. nominations close on monday afternoon with a former chancellor, rishi sunak and cabinet minister penny moudant the only declared candidates. 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 circumstan
the session is expected to tighten president xijinping s grip on power still further. officials and ministers including mr li are expected to be replaced by xi loyalists. there s been severe flooding in malaysia in the southern state ofjohor near neighbouring singapore. police said at least four people have died since wednesday, including a man whose car was swept away by floodwaters and an elderly couple who drowned. nearly 41,000 people from six states have been evacuated. large rallies have taken place across israel for the ninth consecutive week in protest at the government s plans to overhaul the judicial system. tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in tel aviv where police used water cannons to clear the crowds. there were also some clashes injerusalem. prince harry has described writing his book, spare, as an act of service and says he hopes that sharing details of his life will help others. in a livestreamed conversation with the trauma specialist, dr gabor mate, harry a
the road map has been drawn and the bugle has been sounded. again, there were no women on the seven person politburo standing committee, the group at the top of china s governance system, now stacked with xi loyalists. the appointment of li keqiang as premier will concern some. he oversaw the disastrous months long shanghai lockdown with significant food shortages. now mr li is in charge of managing china s economy. i think the appointment of li keqiang as the premier shows that xijinping is not principally interested in the economy. he s never really been interested in the economy except as a political tool. china s new leadership faces exploding youth unemployment and a massive property crisis. they also have to generate economic activity while implementing strict zero covid lockdowns. xijinping and his team have pledged
officially broken the mould in place for decades limiting party bosses to two terms in power, lest anyone become too strong. it would have taken a bold conference delegate to oppose this move, which leaves mr xi at the helm for as long as he likes. translation: china is embarking on a long journey filled with glory and dreams. the road map has been drawn and the bugle has been sounded. again, there were no women on the seven person politburo standing committee, the group at the top of china s governance system, now stacked with xi loyalists. the appointment of li keqiang as premier will concern some. he oversaw the disastrous months long shanghai lockdown with significant food shortages. now mr li is in charge of managing china s economy. i think the appointment of li keqiang as the premier shows that xijinping is not principally interested in the economy.