after being given a third term as leader of the communist party. hello and welcome to bbc world news. the uk is tonight guaranteed to have its third new prime minister in three months after borisjohnson declared, in the last hour, that he will not run, despite claiming to have had enough mps nominating him. it leaves the way clear for the former chancellor rishi sunak who today formally entered the contest, and who is presently the clear frontrunner. he joins the leader of the commons penny mourdant in the race. borisjohnson has released a statement after saying he won t stand. and he ends his statement saying . our political correspondent damian grammaticas has been speaking to my collague david eades. dramatic one that has been speculated about. people talking about the idea that borisjohnson might be reluctant to go forward with this unless he was very clear that he would be in a commanding position in what has become absolutely obvious over the weekend is that he s not. r
hi jintao, is mysteriously led out of the hall by officials. giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy s latest coalition government. she s the nation s first female prime minister, and its first far right leader since the second world war. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson has arrived back from holiday as the battle to replace liz truss as conservative leader and prime minister intensifies. mrjohnson s plane touched down at gatwick airport in the last hour. neither he nor rishi sunak have declared their candidacy only penny mourdant has officially put her name forward. but it s widely being seen as a battle between the former prime minister and the man who worked with him as chancellor. currently the bbc estimates 168 out of 357 tory mps have gone public with their support rishi sunak has passed the key threshold of 100 backers, borisjohnson has 46 and penny mordaunt 21. it s worth pointing out that these are