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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. let's 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. he's said to be unconscious. local media reports say a sound like a gunshot was heard at the time. a male suspect has been detaine...

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 wouldn't, along with a couple of dozen parliamentary aides. on wednesday evening, the prime minister sacked one of his oldest allies who'd told him to go. another, who'd 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 that. some feared he was considering a fresh appeal to the nation — by calling a general election...

laughs. she keeps asking me questions! despite mess after mess, borisjohnson was adamant he'd stay in number 10. but even the great survivor couldn't stop his downfall. them's 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 didn't know, but two men at the table were thinking about when to quit. on that tuesday morning, i hadn't totall...

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 they're 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 it needs less fertiliser. our business editor simonjack reports. if ukraine is the breadbasket of ...

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 band's 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 announced that a seventh person has lost their life. the deceased include a 76-year-old grandfather, nam...