also on the programme an injured rafael nadal withdraws from wimbledon, missing an opportunity to achieve a new grand slam record. and the american actorjames caan best known for playing the gangster sonny corleone in the godfather has died at the age of 82. hello and welcome to the programme. borisjohnson is no longer leader of the conservative party, but he s still british prime minister following an extraordinary day at westminster. shortly after 12.30pm this afternoon, he walked out of the door of number 10 to confirm he will resign as tory leader and that he intends to stay in charge until a successor is chosen. many of his colleagues, along with opposition parties, are deeply unhappy with that and have called on him to go immediately. remember, this time yesterday, mrjohnson was insisting he would not stand down. but after the avalanche of resignations over the past 48 hours, today, everything changed. our political editor chris mason begins our coverage. at bre
it s an effort to ease the global food crisis, that is affecting millions of people around the world. now on bbc news, the media show. welcome to the addition of the media show stopping the conservative party leadership races down to two candidates, rishi sunak and liz truss. there have been two debates between them and some of the other candidates already, one got cancelled after some of the candidates declined to take part and then the bbc is planning another with just the final two and the whole process and the way the debates have played out have raised broader questions about how they run. we are going to be speaking to jonathan from sky news, julie etching as well, but first of all let s bring in faisal islam because faisal, you are going to be part of the on air team for this bbc debate, tell us more. . for this bbc debate, tell us more. . , ., for this bbc debate, tell us more. ~ . , ., for this bbc debate, tell us more. ., more. an awful lot has been done, more.
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a potential visit to taiwan by the us house speaker, nancy pelosi, is stirring alarm in presidentjoe biden s administration. officials are concerned the trip may cross red lines for china and fears there s no potential exit path. beijing, which claims sovereignty over the island, has already issued harsh warnings, even suggesting a possible military response. against this backdrop, president biden is expected to call president xi on thursday, for the first time in months. gareth barlow reports. this is taiwan. to beijing it is the breakaway province that must become part of the country, if need be by force. to washington it is of the territory of the us has pledged to defend, if it ever comes under attack. an island nation of 23 million, at the centre of a struggle between two global superpowers and it is a potential visit to taiwan by nancy pelosi, second in light of the us presidency, we will be the host ranking
it s an effort to ease the global food crisis, that is affecting millions of people around the world. now on bbc news, it s time for click. we ve got a tasty programme for you this week. when is chocolate not chocolate? when it s made of. kinky salts! don t knock it till you ve tried it! right. lj s feeling out of this world as she explores the new ways to tidy up high speed space trash. we re going to be bathed in lights and sounds, and apart from that, i have no idea what to expect. and spencer takes a trip to an inner world. yeah, i m looking at the inside of my own brain. 0h, did you find it? how dare you! 0k, what s this one? oh, that s nice. that s 70% dark, isn t it? good. you know your stuff. mm hm. and this one? oh, that s very bitter. i d go 90%. yeah? yeah, you re doing well. now for the big one. there you go. oh, gosh! 0h! oh, that s 100% chocolate, isn t it? oh, that is awful. you did volunteer to be the one to eat the chocolate. tastes like tarmac. cocoa is, of
the global food crisis, that is affecting millions of people around the world. now on bbc news, hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. europeans are already shivering at the prospect of a full on energy crisis this coming winter. partly, it s fallout from russia s invasion of ukraine and the disruption to supplies of oil and gas. but there is a bigger global picture. the world is still dangerously reliant on fossil fuels, even as climate change makes decarbonisation ever more urgent. my guest is boss of the international energy agency, fatih birol. will the much vaunted transition to clean energy be derailed by a short term energy panic? fatih birol in paris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, thank you very much. let me start, if i may, mr birol, with words of yours. not long ago you said, what the world is going through today is a major, it might be the first, global energy crisis, in terms of depth and complexity. with words like th