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crisis in modern times. as covid spread, the nhs came under enormous pressure. in a televised address, borisjohnson announced extraordinary restrictions to daily life. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home. the prime minister himself became seriously ill with covid. he was admitted to intensive care and spent three days in hospital. a key ally throughout this time was dominic cummings, his unconventional style aggravated m...

leader i say, i will give you as much support as i can, and do you, the british public, i know that there will be many people who are relieved and perhaps quite a few you will also be disappointed, and i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up the bestjob in the world. but anthony selden —— thems the breaks. i want to thank carrie and my children who had to put up with so much for so long and the peerless british civil service for all of the help and support you have given th...

one was the same. for me, the elastic snapped and that is why i sent a respectful and polite message to the prime minister this morning suggesting that he should go. mrjohnson has assembled a new cabinet, with some new faces — he wants to stay in no 10 until there is a new conservative leader. arguments have raged all day about just how long borisjohnson can stay in downing street. tonight, he is promising any big decisions will be left to the next prime minister. just over two years...

hello, welcome to bbc news at downing street. borisjohnson resigns as the leader of the conservative party. in a statement outside downing street, he said he was proud of his achievements but it was now clearly the will of tory mps that he stand down. it is clearly now the will of the parliamentary conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party, and therefore, a new prime minister. but as we have seen at westminster, the herd instinct is a powerful and when they hea...

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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 hes still british prime minister — following an extraordinary day at westminster. shortly after 12.30pm this afternoo...

i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up the bestjob in the world. but thems the breaks. well 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 russias invasion of ukraine, with both russian and chinese diplomats attending. and an injured rafael nadal withdraws from wimbledon, missing a...

as but to go. we have seen at westminster, the herd as we have seen at westminster, the herd instinct is powerful. when the herd instinct is powerful. when the herd moves, it moves. and, my friends, in politics, no one is remotely indispensable. mew friends, in politics, no one is remotely indispensable. new cabinet ministers have _ remotely indispensable. new cabinet ministers have been _ remotely indispensable. new cabinet ministers have been appointed - remotely indispensable. new c...

the prime minister has been replacing those members of his cabinet, who have either resigned or have been fired or shifted into other positions. that is a work in progress. a big work in progress for the prime minister, because so many of his senior officials have stepped down in the past 24, 36 hours, but that precise understanding of how the party will handle this moment is yet to be made clear. and if the prime minister, again, as he did yesterday, appears to want to dig in and refu...

wants a long sentence for his son. he claims he did not see a lot of signs of his sons troubles, but police reports prove otherwise. but first, moments from now, president biden will present the medal of freedom, the highest civilian honor, to 17 recipients. the prestigious list includes olympians, actors, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, and the first american to receive the covid vaccine. cnns phil mattingly joins us now from the white house. what do we expect from todays ce...