he's the leader who needs to persuade his colleagues to fall in line and agree. hi. welcome. well, last week when we started this series, the prime minister had just resigned, this time we have a new prime minister. and also last week i was telling you the home secretary had just resigned, now she's the new home secretary. so, we're doing out best to keep up. i'll take you through all that. not just that, though. protests are spreading in iran again. we will update you there. we have to talk about this, too, because we're all still asking, what did happen to hu jintao? but before all of that — we've got to start at the top. we're just hearing that borisjohnson is not going to stand. penny mordaunt is out. rishi sunak is therefore elected as leader.