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the defence secretary ben wallace appears to be the favourite, ahead of former chancellor rishi sunak. and an injured rafael nadal withdraws from wimbledon, missing an opportunity to achieve a new grand slam record. hello and welcome. lets start with news that has broken in the last hour — the formerjapanese prime minister, shinzo abe, has been taken to hospital after apparently being shot while delivering a speech in the city of nara in western japan. hes said to be unconscious. loc...

for 48 hours, he dug in his heels, even as, one after another, members of his government resigned. in all, five cabinet level and 23junior ministers quit because he wouldnt, along with a couple of dozen parliamentary aides. on wednesday evening, the prime minister sacked one of his oldest allies whod told him to go. another, whod accepted promotion from him just the night before, deserted his cause. mrjohnson insisted the voters had given him a mandate to govern and he would do just th...

laughs. she keeps asking me questions! despite mess after mess, borisjohnson was adamant hed stay in number 10. but even the great survivor couldnt stop his downfall. thems the breaks. tonight, what on earth went on? good morning, colleagues. thank you very much. it was no secret that boris johnson had been in trouble. but the cameras in cabinet were meant to show business as usual. we are now able to introduce, as of tomorrow, the single biggest tax cut in a decade. he didnt know, but...

president vladimir putin, has accused nato of having imperial ambitions. and said its members had no interest in the well—being of ukrainians. farmers across the uk are cutting back on food production, as they struggle with soaring costs, according to a study by the national farmers union. it found that a third of farmers say theyre cutting back on crops, such as wheat, for food, because fertiliser has trebled in price. instead they are planning to grow wheat for animal feed because ...

quote, on an idyllic summer morning from a rooftop high above the highland park independence parade, a gunman aimed down at the floats and lawn chairs and strollers and opened fire. the high school marching bands members sprinted for their lives. bystanders scooped up young children and fled. in all six people were killed. some two dozen others were injured, either by rifle fire or in a stampede away from the scene. the victims range in age from 8 to 85. just hours ago, officials annou...

with them, as well as yourself. some of us are still absolutely shell—shocked. i think it is very sad, but its politics. i mean, its a bit like in the godfather, when they do unspeakable things. a scandal too far... there was this feeling that this headache isjust not going away! ..another story that didnt add up. in hindsight, it was the wrong thing to do. you cant lie your way through crises — youve got to tell the truth. ive followed boris johnsons dizzying ups and his crashes d...

charlie kirk, the founder of tp usa is here. he has no idea where he is because hes hammered on relief factor. sebastian gorka is the dealer. tom -- [scattered applause] i guess someone got sick and we needed a filling. what a coup to land him as a guest. i kid, he works next door as a greeter at applebees. and of course kat. you know kat. currently shes living on a steady diet of bait smoke and/or olives. so about my weekend, it was great. i watched a movie called "ambulance." no? tha...

the police have ruled out a stampede as the cause. there are suggestions that the revellers could have inhaled or ingested a toxic substance. shingai nyoka, bbc news. it is the eve of wimbledon 2022. the tournament begins tomorrow, featuring us open winner emma raducanu, former wimbledon champion sir andy murray and novak djokovic, all on centre court on the opening aftrnoon. our sports news correspondent laura scott reports. its been a while, but wimbledon�*s back in full force, and...

china has launched several ballistic missiles into waters around taiwan in response to a us senators divisive visit to the island. and how disposable facemasks are blighting birdlife in 23 countries around the world. the bank of england has predicted that the uk is set to enter a recession this autumn lasting more than a year. the bank says inflation is likely to peak at 13% by december, and today it has announced the largest rise in interest rates for 27 years. the 0.5% hike means tha...

southwest of the capital, kyiv. ukrainian officials say the missiles fired from a submarine in the black sea hit a commercial building. now on bbc news, panorama: the downfall of borisjohnson. my my friends, in politics, no—one is remotely indispensable. the world turned _ is remotely indispensable. the world turned upside down. in a matter of days, the leadership of borisjohnson matter of days, the leadership of boris johnson fell apart. matter of days, the leadership of borisjohnso...