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
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