live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s six in the morning in singapore and 11pm in london, where liz truss, who has been elected leader of the conservative party, is preparing to become britain s next prime minister. borisjohnson is due to announce his resignation to the queen later on tuesday, and the monarch will then invite ms truss to form a government. our first report is from our political editor, chris mason. liz truss arrived as foreign secretary and would leave as tomorrow s prime minister. the final act of the contest to replace borisjohnson the outcome. inside, an expectant crowd after a long campaign awaits the candidates. rishi sunak and liz truss. and then, the result. i give notice that liz truss is elected as the leader. of the conservative and unionist party the words to follow her winning, in the hands of her husband, a clear victory but not a lan
it was 7am in the morning on the day when power began to pass from the minority to the majority, when africa, after 300 years, reclaimed its last white colony. this is newsday on the bbc. i m karisha vaswani in singapore. our headlines: the un secretary general, antonio guterres, holds talks in moscow with russian president vladimir putin. the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, says staunch support for ukraine in its battle with russia will continue for the long haul . the boss of the social media platform twitter has admitted that its future is uncertain, in light of its planned purchase by the billionaire elon musk. mr musk, the founder of tesla and the world s richest man, has agreed a $aa billion deal to takeover twitter.