support for a penny from colleagues. we had that support from all sides of the party yesterday. and last night borisjohnson put an end to days of speculation about a comeback when he dramatically pulled out of the race saying it would not be the right thing to do . rishi sunak praised johnson for his achievements after he pulled out of the race nominations close at 2pm that s when we should find out whether or not there has to be a ballot of conservative party members or if one person will be moving straight into number ten. we ll be bringing you updates throughout the day. i m lewis vaughan jones some other headlines. the us, britain and france condemn russia s claim that ukraine is preparing to use a radioactive dirty bomb on its own territory. disgraced former hollywood mogul harvey weinstein faces charges of rape and sexual assault in los angeles. opening statements in the case are expected to begin on monday. and david tennant makes a surprise appearance
there on his first middle east tour. and as china s heatwave makes roads buckle and roofs melt, we ll hearfrom our correspondent in beijing. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s eight in the morning in singapore and 5:30 in the morning in sri lanka, where president gotabaya has not honoured his promise to resign. he flew out of the country, to the maldives, about 2a hours ago. but in a public letter, he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state in his absence. that s led to anger among protesters, who wanted both men to quit. meanwhile, a curfew is in force and the prime minister, and now acting president ranil wickremesinghe, has told the military to do whatever is necessary to restore order. from colombo, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. their target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime minister ranil wickremesinghe had just been made acting president, cr
starmer at the next election. what is important starmer at the next election. what is important is starmer at the next election. what is important is that starmer at the next election. what is important is that we starmer at the next election. what is important is that we hit - starmer at the next election. what is important is that we hit the ground is important is that we hit the ground running, we have two years until the ground running, we have two years until the next general election, and i until the next general election, and iwant until the next general election, and i want to until the next general election, and i want to deliver four people. for pennis the leadership race started with a string of resignations by ministers who judged boris johnson to be unfit for office. his successor will now be announced in early september. the leadership race started with a string of resignations by ministers who judged boris johnson to be unfit for office. pri
the penny s dropped reads the metro as trade minister ms mordaunt is eliminated from the race. according to the daily telegraph, he foreign secretary is the frontrunner to become prime minster, the winner will be announced in september but the guardian says the tory party fears a damaging six week battle between the two rivals. blue on blue dogfight is it s headline. the express bids farewll to the outgoing prime minister, claiming borisjohnson took a swipe at the former chancellor nearly a million people have cancelled their subscriptions with netflix in the past three months. but the streaming giant says it had expected to lose twice that. so, let s stick it into. welcome to both. liz truss the new favour to become the prime minister. do you think so? it become the prime minister. do you think so? . . , become the prime minister. do you think so? . ., , ~ think so? it certainly looks like that at the think so? it certainly looks like that at the moment. think so? it