he expressed regret that his premiership is ending much earlier than he hoped. i premiership is ending much earlier than he med- premiership is ending much earlier than he honed- than he hoped. i want you to know how sad i am than he hoped. i want you to know how sad i am giving than he hoped. i want you to know how sad i am giving up than he hoped. i want you to know how sad i am giving up the - than he hoped. i want you to know how sad i am giving up the best i than he hoped. i want you to know| how sad i am giving up the best job how sad i am giving up the bestjob in the world about them s the breaks. in recent days, no fewer than 58 conservative mps had left the government, from senior tojunior levels, raising doubts about the government s ability to function. as westminster took in the news, labour said mrjohnson s intention to stay on as prime minister over the summer was not acceptable. it s obvious he s unfit to be prime minister. that s been blindingly obviou
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
i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up the bestjob in the world. but them s the breaks. we ll take a look at who might replace borisjohnson as the list of potential candidates grows by the hour. also coming up on newsday foreign ministers from the 620 meet in bali to discuss the disruption to global food and energy supplies caused by russia s invasion of ukraine, with both russian and chinese diplomats attending. and an injured rafael nadal withdraws from wimbledon, missing an opportunity to achieve a new grand slam record. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. borisjohnson is no longer leader of the conservative party, but he s still british prime minister following an extraodinary day at westminster. less than 12 hours ago, 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 w
replace borisjohnson as the list of potential candidates grows by the hour. also coming up on newsday: foreign ministers from the 620 meet in bali to discuss the disruption to global food and energy supplies caused by russia s invasion of ukraine, with both russian and chinese diplomats attending. and an injured rafael nadal withdraws from wimbledon, missing an opportunity to achieve a new grand slam record. hello and welcome to the programme. borisjohnson is no longer leader of the conservative party but he is still british prime minister, following an extraordinary day at westminster. about 12 hours ago he walked out of the door of number ten downing street 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, around this time yesterday mrjohnson was insisting he would not stand down. bu