after thousands of demonstrators stormed his official residence in protest at the state of the economy. the former formula 1 boss bernie ecclestone has been charged with fraud by false representation. the big birth control plan to control the the number of grey squirrels and save the native red squirrel. a warm welcome to bbc news. good to have your company on a busy afternoon, not least in the conservative leadership contest which is where we begin this hour. borisjohnson says in his final few weeks as prime minister, he s determined to deliver what he promised when elected in 2019. in his first public appearance since resigning as conservative leader, he also said he wouldn t want to damage any of his colleagues s chances of getting his job by offering them his support. conservative mps will meet later to draw up the timetable and rules to replace him as the next party leader and prime minister. we can hear from we can hearfrom ben brown. we can hear from ben brown. the w
bringing us tomorrow. with me are lord darroch, former british ambassador to the united states who also served as national security advisor under david cameron, and mo hussein, former conservative advisor. let s run through some of the front pages. all the papers lead on the same story the sue gray report into parties during lockdown at downing street. the financial times describes the prime minister as damaged but unbowed after the publication of lurid details of the events but says a move against him by tory mp5 is unlikely. the guardian gives some of those details drinking, a fight and vomiting and also gives the pm s explanation that he didn t know the extent of what was happening. the metro quotes a message from the pm s private secretary martin reynolds, who referred to getting away with it. the i sums it up as failures of leadership , and points out that people at the parties made fun of cleaners and security staff who tried to intervene. the telegraph asks
He wrote thats despite us claims that china is providing vital war material to russia. President macron is expected to warn president xi against backing russia in the conflict. Lets speak to jonathan cheng, the china bureau chief for the wall streetjournal. Thank you forjoining us today, jonathan. Lets talk about the wider diplomacy first. President xi has been on somewhat of a diplomatic blitz recently, although usually receiving visitors rather than going abroad. How significant do you think this troop is . I how significant do you think this troop is . This troop is . I think its re this troop is . I think its pretty important this troop is . I think its l pretty important because, this troop is . I think its pretty important because, as you point out, he rarely leaves china these days and certainly during covid he didnt and this is one of his few trips outside and i think its significant because i think in beijing, they still see europe as potentially winnable, if you want to call
uk, but rather a lot of cloud in that high pressure, so, the weather is going to be settling down to the end of the week, and into the weekend, not necessarily clear blue skies and far from it in the very far north west of the uk, we could have some rain, sophie, back sophie, back to you. thanks tomasz. and that s bbc news at six. now it s time to join our colleagues for the news where you are, goodbye. thanks, sophie. coming up on bbc london tonight. hello, you re watching bbc news. thanks forjoining us on sportsday, i m ben croucher. coming up. england name their men s test squad to tour india four spinners, three uncapped players. we ll tell you who s in and who s out. derbyshire s anuj dal tells us about the power of restorative justice after he was racially abused on social media. and ahead of a huge week for manchester united are the players behind their under pressure manager? it s their under pressure manager? notjust a case of v managers, it s notjust a case of w