in the government, if he doesn t go immediately. also, formerjapanese prime minister shinzo abe has been shot during a speech at a campaign event. good morning from wimbledon, where rafael nadal has withdrawn from the semi finals with injury. the dramatic exit by the two time wimbledon champion means nick kyrios gets a bye to the final to play either novak djokovic, or britain s cameron norrie. they play their semi today. plenty of blue sky and sunshine for many of us over the next couple of days. we also see high temperatures. i will be back with the latest forecast. it s friday, the 8th ofjuly. our main story. the race to replace borisjohnson has started, following the prime minister s resignation as conservative party leader, after days of mutiny within his government. he s proposing to stay on in a caretaker role until a successor is chosen. but some tories are urging him to go
court today he would face nicky rios in the final on sunday. sunshine for many of us in the next few days. i will be back with the latest forecast. nick kyrgios in the final. it s friday, the 8th ofjuly. our main story. the race to replace borisjohnson has started, following the prime minister s resignation as conservative party leader, after days of mutiny within his government. he s proposing to stay on in a caretaker role until a successor is chosen, but some tories are urging him to go now, including former prime minister sirjohn major. our political correspondent ione wells reports. behind the doors of number 10 this morning, things are very different from yesterday. on wednesday night, the message was that the prime minister was going to fight on. by 9am on thursday, he was going to step down as conservative party leader.
of the journey as the baton goes around england, that was very special, something i have not done before. i m very grateful. all the best for later in the month, get back in the pool. we shouldn t keep you out of the pool for too long. congratulations to you, angie. interesting to be here in the mediterranean biome. the baton has been around the world, 72 of those commonwealth nations and territories, including malta and cyprus. it feels as if we are treading in the footsteps of the baton which will get to birmingham for the opening ceremoney on the 28th ofjuly back to her majesty the queen who started off nine months ago at buckingham palace, circular trip around england and around the world. a new species of giant waterlily has been discovered by scientists and it breaks the record as the largest in the world. the huge plant had been hiding in plain sight for 177 years, but it was mistakenly identified as another species. that was until the team
bit more about this. joining me is the travel journalist, simon calder. simon, when will we know which dates this strike may well happen? well, the earliest that the strike could take place if they announce strike dates today would be the 8th ofjuly. however, the noises i m hearing from the unions suggest that actually it s probably going to be later injuly. and my sort of target date, although please don t take anything until we hear for definite, would be around the 22nd ofjuly. friday is a really busy day here at heathrow and that would also spread into maybe the saturday and the sunday, the start of the main school summer holidays for lots of families in england and wales. if people are watching this, worried about the impact it could have on their flights or their travel plans, what can they do now for peace of mind? nothing, really. if you ask your travel agent, if you ask british airways what s happening to my flight, they lljust say, well,
100 days to go, a big milestone and i am sure huge excitement there. tit really is. the momentum is building towards the commonwealth games. i am here at the aquatic centre, the only purpose built venue we have had the first swimmers and divers here this morning getting used to the surroundings. as you say, the momentum is building, the countdown is on for the event which begins on the 28th ofjuly. 19 sports across 11 days of competition. it is the bigger power sports programme in the commonwealth games and more medals for women than men. 0ne commonwealth games and more medals for women than men. one of these ports to be taking place is pirate swimming. iamjoined by ports to be taking place is pirate swimming. i am joined by the paralympic champion, and two time paralympic champion, and two time paralympic champion, and two time paralympic champion, you will not actually be competing at the commonwealth games because you have