good morning. it is going to be fairly cloudy and wet today across the central swathes of the uk. to the central swathes of the uk. to the south of that mostly dry and mild. in the north, blustery showers with gales in north west scotland. details later. good morning. it s wednesday, 13th march. rishi sunak is facing calls to hand back millions of pounds donated to the conservative party by a businessman accused of making racist comments about the mp, diane abbott. tech boss frank hester is reported to have said ms abbott made him want to hate all black women, and that she should be shot. the prime minister called the comments racist and wrong. our political correspondent hannah miller has more. hello, rishi. how are you? very nice to see you. when rishi sunak made this visit to a mill near leeds in november, his helicopter ride had been provided by one of his party s biggest donors, frank hester, who last year donated £10 million to the conservative party, now alleged to ha
obes go to the radio presenter and dj tony blackburn; and the singer leona lewis. and the mbe is awarded to the bake offjudge paul hollywood, and the bbc sports presenter hazel irvine. and in a great year for women s football, there s recognition for three of england s lionesses. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has all the details. her books have sold in their millions. noinlly cooper has been made a dame for services to literature and charity. i can t quite believe it, it s so lovely. when they told me, i got the letter and i thought, gosh, this can t be me. me? blockbusterjill? but it was lovely. i m thrilled to bits. we re open! michael eavis has been welcoming festivalgoers to glastonbury for more than half a century. he s been knighted for his music and charity work. also receiving knighthoods, wetherspoons boss tim martin, who says he never expected to be recognised for services to hospitality and to culture. god save the king! and justin welby, the archb
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welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is friday, october 21st. i m christine romans. a big question right now after the sudden resignation of british prime minister liz truss. the biggest of all, who will replace her. the ruling conservative party wants a new leader in place in days. truss s campaign took eight weeks which turned out to be longer than she spent in office. cnn s scott mcclain is live. where do things stand right now? reporter: christine, there are no candidates who have officially declared themselves in the race, but the leadership race is well underway happening though largely behind closed doors. that is because candidates will be horse trading, negotiating, trying to persuade their parliamentary colleagues to support them. it will take the support of at least 100 to get into the race. this does not favor more minor candidates with a certain wing, this favors the known quantities already, people who already have a well-establ
election to be completed within the next week. this will ensure that we remain on a path to deliver our fiscal plans and maintain our country s economic stability and national security. i will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen. thank you. the high stakes political scramble in britain to find yet another prime minister. i m brianna keilar with john berman this morning. liz truss stepping down after 45 days in office, her tenure the shortest at any prime minister in history. sending shock waves across britain and driving the tabloids into a dizzy. who will be the next prime minister? they expect to name a new prime minister by the end of next week. even the name of former prime ministers are being floated, remember what boris johnson said? the terminator quote he may have been looking for is i ll be back. let s go live to london and bring in max foster. quite a moment in the uk. reporter: absolutely. boris johnson definitely the words on everyone