Minister. He has optimism, enthusiasm, he puts a smile on peoples face and he has a total unsha keable confidence. So, now we know and in the end there was no great surprise. Boris johnson was favourite to win from the start and now hes been voted in as the new conservative leader. He will officially take office hes promised to deliver brexit by october the 31st. As Prime Minister tomorrow the new Eu Commission president says shes looking forward after a meeting with the queen to working with him at buckingham palace. In the challenging times ahead. And President Trump has already borisjohnson gained around double congratulated borisjohnson, the votesjeremy hunt did saying he will be great. From conservative Party Members. In his victory speech, mrjohnson promised to unite the country and deliver brexit by the deadline the uk prepares for a heatwave, as temperatures climb well of 31st october. Above 30 degrees this week. But hes already seen some ministerial resignations and there coul
We have a special report from el salvador, where there are calls for a change in the nations strict abortion laws. And federer through again. The eight time champion overcomes rafael nadal to reach his 12th wimbledon final. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. We start in the us state of louisiana, which has declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm barry approaches hurricane strength and nears landfall. New orleans is bracing itself as the storm approaches shore the city has already seen severe rain and flooding. New Orleans City Council says its as prepared as it can be and has told residents to say indoors from tonight. Our correspondent sophie long is in new orleans. What were experiencing at the moment are sudden downpours and gusts of strong winds. Now, forecasters are predicting that Tropical Storm barry could turn into hurricane strength before it makes landfall over the next 12 hours. So thats wind speeds of over 7a mph. Now, people here have been bracing themselves. The
We start in the us state of louisiana, which has declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm barry approaches hurricane strength and nears landfall. New orleans is bracing itself as the storm approaches shore. The city has already seen severe rain and flooding. New Orleans City Council says it is as prepared as it can be, and has told residents to stay indoors from tonight. The bbcs sophie long joins us now from new orleans. How severe is this storm predicted to be . A state of emergency was declared he had three days ago in the state of louisiana so the message was for people to take the threat of this storm very seriously. In the past few hours, we have watched people make their preparations, families filling sandbags to stalk shore up their properties. The mayor of new orleans has urged people to stop their preparations now and go home. She said they should do that by 8pm. That time has now passed. As you see, there are still a few people out and about but not many. I am on cana
Now on bbc news, the week in parliament. Hello and welcome to the week in parliament. As the race for number ten nears the finish line, mps start laying down the law. The ayes to the right, 294. The noes to the left, 293. Members of the uks Youth Parliament hear about the risks young people face from knife crime. We have to be very careful. I dont want to leave that Radio Station and weve got 20 young men that have just heard this track waiting outside the front with shanks and machetes and all sorts. And all change on the woolsack but the lord speaker knows his limits. And i have no ambition to do whatjohn bercow does and say that mr brown or lord brown or mr smith. All that to come and more from a week dominated by the race for downing street. Not so long ago, mps would spend their evenings voting. Frequently. Usually to reject Theresa Mays Brexit plan. Since that ran into trouble, votes in the commons have been rather rare. So, when relatively technical legislation on Northern Irela
New Orleans City Council says it is as prepared as it can be, and has told residents to stay indoors from tonight. The bbcs sophie long is in new orleans and told us more about the severity of the storm. A state of emergency was declared here three days ago in the state of louisiana so the message was for people to take the threat of this storm very seriously. In the past few hours, we have watched people make their preparations, families filling sandbags to shore up their properties. The mayor of new orleans has urged people to stop their storm preparations now and go home. She said they should do that by 8pm. That time has now passed. As you can see, there are still a few people out and about, but not many. I am on canal street in the French Quarter in new orleans. This is normally a very busy street at this time. I should say that what people are really worried about here is not the wind, we have heard about wind speed and whether they will reach 7a mph which would make Tropical Sto