From one of their new signings. And good morning. The weekend ahead is looking fine, plenty of dry weather, sunny spells for many of us as well. They will bring you the full forecast shortly. Good morning. Its saturday, the 17th of august, our main story. The World Health Organization is asking countries with Mpox Vaccine stockpiles to donate them to nations with ongoing outbreaks. A wave of infections has killed hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic Of Congo as a highly contagious variant of the virus spreads. It comes as a company which manufactures one of the vaccines says it needs orders to be placed quickly so it can meet demand. Our reporter Leigh Milner has the story. In the democratic republic of the congo, hospitals like this one are filling up with patients who have mpox. Originally known as monkey pox, the disease can be passed on by close physical contact with anyone with the infection. It causes flu like symptoms and blisters, which is usually clear up into or thre
centre, where we have gathered a group of business leaders to talk to them about what they want, what they are hoping forfrom them about what they want, what they are hoping for from the them about what they want, what they are hoping forfrom the new minister. in sport, there s exactly a year to go until the start of the 2020 olympic games, and we ll hear from some of the british athletes hoping to make their mark in tokyo. it s wednesday the 23rd july. we are both in westminster this morning. it is a momentous day. this afternoon, former foreign secretary and london mayor borisjohnson will move into number 10 downing street, taking the reins from theresa may. our political correspondent nick eardley has the story. whether you love him or you loathe him, injust a few hours‘ time, boris johnson will officially become our prime minister. has it sunk in yet? getting there. last night he was celebrating with supporters, but life in downing street will be far from easy. this is
a team for modern britain. i m lukwesa burak, also this morning: after yesterday s heat heavy rain and thunderstorms hits parts of the uk on what was a warm and uncomfortable night for many. and the warm conditions are set to continue with temperatures forecast to reach 36 degrees in some places today. good morning and welcome to downing street, where today the keys to this famous address behind me, and the power that comes with office, will be handed over from theresa may to borisjohnson. mrjohnson will become our next prime minister this afternoon, after winning the conservative leadership contest yesterday. let s take a look at some of the key moments of the day ahead. theresa may will take part in her last prime minister s questions at midday in the house of commons. she ll then travel back to downing street for a lunch and a staff farewell before making a short speech outside number ten. she will then go to buckingham palace to meet the queen and tender her resignation