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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 great ....
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 asset to win the next election. she is the woman who will get britain moving. that, though, is not going to happen any more. wow, one of the shortest lived premierships ever. i liz truss s time is over, when it had onlyjust begun. hello, welcome. well, this is unexpected. not, of course, being here for a new series looking at the biggest stories of the week, ijust hadn t necessarily factored in doing our first episode on the day the prime minister resigns. but here we are, and across next 30 minutes this is the story of the fall of liz truss. because it has been quite a week. hello, hi guys. we are probably still a few minutes late. 0h, are you? 0k. we will reverse almost all the tax measures. gone, gone. a complete reversal. gone, gone, gone. clearly trussonomics has gone. he has ....
wales face a nervous wait to see if they are progressing in the women s rugby world cup. a sioned harries helped them gain a losing bonus point against australia, but will it be enough? are very mixed weekend on the weather front. are very mixed weekend on the weatherfront. heavy are very mixed weekend on the weather front. heavy downpours one day, sunny the next. but it will be mild. the details are coming up. it s saturday the 22nd of october. our top story: supporters of the former chancellor rishi sunak claim he now has the backing of 100 conservative mps to become the next prime minister. mr sunak has not formally entered the competition to replace liz truss but that level of support would make him the front runner. penny mordaunt remains the only mp to say she is running, and borisjohnson is currently flying back to the uk from a caribbean holiday, amid rumours he may seek to regain the job he was forced out of last month. our political correspondent jonathan blake has ....