britain s former prime minister, borisjohnson, says he will not stand in the contest to choose the next leader of the conservative party and therefore prime minister. despite saying he thought there was a good chance he could have been back in downing street next friday, he said he didn t think he could unite his divided party. nominations close on monday afternoon, with the former chancellor, the uk s finance minister, rishi sunak and cabinet minister penny mordaunt the only candidates who ve declared they re running. our political editor, chris mason, has this report. are you running for the leadership, mr sunak? could september s loser be october s prime minister? rishi sunak is a step closer to downing street tonight, beaten by liz truss just weeks ago, he could replace her as soon as tomorrow. declaring his candidacy today, he wrote: he also felt the need to say: throughout the day, the public support for mr sunak among tory mps has continued to tick up. this minister re
britain s former prime minister, borisjohnson, says he will not stand in the contest to choose the next leader of the conservative party and therefore prime minister. nominations close on monday afternoon, with the former chancellor, the uk s finance minister, rishi sunak and cabinet minister penny mordaunt the candidates who ve decla red they re running. our political editor, chris mason, has this report. are you running for the leadership, mr sunak? could september s loser be october s prime minister? rishi sunak is a step closer to downing street tonight, beaten by liz truss just weeks ago, he could replace her as soon as tomorrow. declaring his candidacy today, he wrote: he also felt the need to say: throughout the day, the public support for mr sunak among tory mps has continued to tick up. this minister reckons borisjohnson would be a guaranteed disaster. what we can t do is have him in as prime minister in circumstances where he is bound to implode, taking down the wh
continue to liberate parts of their country, a special report from inside a police station where russian forces are said to have tortured people. and the giant of the french new wave cinema, visionary film directorjean luc godard, has died at the age of 91. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. another emotional staging post has been completed in the queen s long journey from balmoral to westminster abbey. her coffin is now at buckingham palace for the night after it was flown from edinburgh airport to raf northolt, west of london, a few hours ago, accompanied all the way by her daughter princess anne. the weather changed from sunshine in scotland to pouring rain in london, but still huge crowds lined the roads on the journey into central london. traffic came to a standstill as people pulled up and got out of their cars to watch the queen s hearse pass by on the other side of the carriageway. on wednesday, her coffin will travel to westminster hall wh
in the early hours of this morning, they practised the processional route for the lying in state. this soon the sombre reality for those inside and outside the palace. lucy manning, bbc news. jane hill is outside the palace and we canjoin her now. just in the last few minutes we ve seen the king arrived back at the palace after that visit to northern ireland. there were cheers and applause from the crowd as he was driven in through the gates of the palace, and there are still thousands of people standing here, i have to say, despite really very, very heavy rain now, but i have been watching the crowds as the rain has got heavier and people are not moving. nobody budged, and in fact, as the royal car was driven through, you could see a surge of umbrellas as people rushed towards the gates of the palace and try to get another glimpse of the still new king. and we know that tonight that the king and queen consort will be here, in a couple of hours from now, they will welcome his
ukrainian soldiers celebrate driving russian troops out of key cities in the north east, as president zelensky calls on the west to accelerate its delivery of arms. and hisjump cuts and hand held cameras transformed cinema the visionary film director jean luc godard has died at the age of 91. welcome if you are watching on pbs or around the globe. the queen s coffin has arrived in london from scotland, at the end of another poignant day of reflection and tributes. the coffin was flown from edingburgh airport tongight to raf northolt, the coffin was flown from edinburgh airport tonight to raf northolt, with the princess royal continuing to escort the late queen on her lastjourney from her beloved scotland. in the last hour, the state hearse arrived at buckingham palace where crowds of people were waiting. there was a spontaneous ripple of applause as the hearse slowly pulled through the gates, beneath the balcony, where just 11 weeks ago the queen had celebrated her platinum