appointed a new cabinet, but sir keir starmer has said he must step down immediately or labour will try to bring a no confidence vote in parliament. he needs to go completely none of this nonsense about clinging on for a few months. he s inflicted lies, fraud and chaos in the country. we ll have all the latest reaction from here in westminster as well as from our correspondents and voters around the uk. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. borisjohnson has resigned as conservative leader. despite him saying only last night that he would stay in office, more cabinet level and minister resignations piled on the pressure, and around 9am this morning, the bbc learned that he would step down. but he would not step down as prime minister, he would stay on in office until autumn when a successor is chosen. within the last half hour, the prime minister made a statement outside downing street. let s hear what he said. in the last few days, i ve tried to persuade my co
sir keir starmer says labour will not be campaigning to take the country back into the eu. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are aletha adu, who is a political correspondent at the daily mirror and john stevens, deputy political editor from the daily mail. let s take a look at tomorrow s front pages: the sun reports on a premier league international footballer being arrested on suspicion of rape. the times reports that the police have been told to get tough on petrol protestors. the mail takes a similar line on the same story and reports that police are being urged to use their powers to stop the go slow protests. the front page of the daily express features a story on the possibility of tax cuts for 30 million people to help with the cost of living crisis. the mirror also concentrates on a political story but they re reporting on the fact borisjohnson was made aware of a formal complaint about chris pincher s behav
handling of the country s worst economic crisis in decades. the prime minister says he is willing to stand down. police injapan admit there were flaws in the security for the former prime minister shinzo abe, who was shot dead on friday. elon musk is threatened with legal action after pulling out of a £36.5 billion deal to buy twitter. and go for it all naomi campbell gives her advice on modelling and motherhood after being awarded an honorary doctorate for her impact on global fashion. wimbledon history elena rybakina, who was born in russia but has represented kazakhstan since 2018, has become the country s first player to win a major singles trophy in a nail biting women s final. now on bbc news, the media show, which was recorded on wednesday. hello and welcome. now, a week is famously a long time in politics, and the day we recorded this edition of the media show will go down in history as one of the longest. it was wednesday afternoon that we went on air. boris joh
hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejessica elgot who s the chief political correspondent at the guardian. and sam lister who s the deputy political editor at the daily express. tomorrow s front pages. the observer is leading on the conservative leadership contest. they report that a senior tory believes borisjohnson is bitter and say he s trying to wreck sunak s bid to replace him . the sunday telegraph is also leading on the leadership contest but they focus on jeremy hunt and sajid javid, reporting that they re both calling for cuts to taxation. the sunday times takes a similar line on the leadership contest by highlighting issues around tax. they report that the former chancellor rishi sunak is being attacked from all sides . meanwhile the front page of the sunday express is more focussed on brexit they quote the brexit ministerjacob rees mogg who says those who betrayed boris will now seek to neuter brex
hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. sri lanka s president, gotabaya rajapaksa, has announced he will be stepping down. it comes after protesters stormed his official residence and set fire to the prime minister s house. roger hundreds of thousands of demonstrators descended on the capital colombo after months of protests over economic mismanagement. sri lanka is suffering rampant inflation and is struggling to import food, fuel, and medicine. from the capital colombo, our correspondent anbarasan ethirajan now reports. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowds, all suffering the effects of living in economic collapse. police used water cannon and fired shots in the air, but the crowds were more determined. and they kept surging forward until eventually they converged on the presidential palace and took over the home and office of the man they want to force from power. he