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but at least 180 conservative mps, a majority, will have to vote against the prime minister, if hes to leave office. several cabinet ministers have said theyll stand behind him. i think that he will deliver. for this country, and i think he would go on to win a general election. i the prime minister says he "welcomes the opportunity to make his case to mps". and in other news — britain says itll send long—range rocket launchers to ukraine. russias president putin responds by threat...

yorkshire down to about norfolk and suffolk. there are a few showers pepping up suffolk. there are a few showers popping up in southern counties but with the cloud lingering across the midlands and east anglia, it will stay cool for the majority, with temperatures struggling for a few of you round 13 or 1a. where the sunshine comes out it is warmer than that, with temperatures high teens to low 20s. overnight tonight, we dont see an odd patch of rain in north east england, the south—...

Hello. this is bbc news with rebecca jones. more now on our main story. the prime minister is to address his mps in private in a few hours, ahead of a confidence vote on his leadership of the conservative party. confirmation came this morning that the vote had been triggered after at least 5a mps wrote to sir graham brady, chair of the backbench 1922 committee, saying they no longer have confidence in mrjohnson. that vote will take place between six and eight this evening. therell be a count str...