And prompts an international row. The countdown begins its one year until the Tokyo Olympics. But organisers are already worried about the summer heat. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Hello and welcome to newsday. Its 7 00 am in singapore and midnight here in london, where borisjohnson is preparing for the biggest act of his political career. On wednesday, after being invited by the queen to form a government, hell pick up the keys to number 10 fulfilling an ambition hes held for decades. Borisjohnson promised a new spirit of can do and said he would get brexit done by october the 31st. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Applause. And therefore id give notice that borisjohnson is elected as a leader of the conservative party. A brief moment of weight away go now, as the rest of the room got to its feet. A thumping majority for mrjohnson, a knowingly controversial pick. There will be people round the place who will question th
The firstjoint air patrol by russia and china sees south korean warplanes fire warning shots and prompts an international row. The countdown begins its one year until the Tokyo Olympics. But organisers are already worried about the summer heat. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Hello and welcome to newsday. Its 8 00am in singapore and 1l00 in the morning here in london, where borisjohnson is preparing for the biggest act of his political career. On wednesday, after being invited by the queen to form a government, hell pick up the keys to number 10 fulfilling an ambition hes held for decades. Borisjohnson promised a new spirit of can do and said he would get brexit done by october the 31st. Heres our political editor. Laura kuenssberg. Applause. And therefore i give notice that borisjohnson is elected as the leader of the conservative and unionist parties. A brief moment of where do i go now, as the rest of the room got to its feet. A thu
Aaron. Aaron armstrong. Thank you very much indeed , thank you very much indeed, mark. Very good evening to you. It is a minute past nine here in the gb newsroom. Early results from russias president ial election putin has election show Vladimir Putin has won an extraordinary yet expected 87. 87 of the vote. However, thousands of russians turned out in a show of dissent. Earlier, a long queues formed at polling stations across the country at midday. It was in response to a call from the widow of Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny for a noon against putin protest. Yulia navalny herself attended a demonstration in berlin , and demonstration in berlin, and similar gatherings took place outside russian embassies in cities around the world, including london. Putin in his victory speech a short time ago, has said his win will allow russia to consolidate society and become stronger and more effective. Transport secretary effective. Transport secretary mark harper says rishi sunak will lead the
Effective. Transport secretary effective. Transport secretary mark harper says rishi sunak will lead the tories into the next election. Senior figures in the party have been attempting to downplay claims of conservative plot to replace the Prime Minister, with Penny Mordaunt. The move would mean a mordaunt. The move would mean a fourth leader of the party in just five years. Mr harper, though, unlike labour, the though, says unlike labour, the conservatives have a plan to deliver for the country. Deliver for the country. Youve got to show them by the time of the election two things weve got to show them that weve got a plan. The plan is working and its delivering for them, and i think we can see that on inflation on that it is on inflation and on taxes. Then got to taxes. Weve also then got to show them that the labour party doesnt have a plan and will be a big risk. For example, we know the labour party wants to spend £28 billion on their plan. £28 billion on their green plan. Theyv
Jails . So a lot to talk about. Its not about prison reform. Its about the fact that prisons are overcrowded. Theres space for 288 more prisoners in england and wales. Weve got 11,000 and wales. Weve got 11,000 foreign prisoners in our just foreign prisoners in ourjust deport all of them. Theyve talked about it and they dont do it. Do it. And i want people who come out of prison to be less at risk of reoffending. Were terrible at that as well. Gbv at gbnews. Com is the email address. First, though, the very latest News Headlines with sam francis. News headlines with sam francis. Bev and andrew thank you very much. Good morning from the gb newsroom. 931 the top story this morning. New gas power stations will be built to protect britains energy security. Thats despite concerns over the potential impact it may have on climate change. The government says the new stations are needed to avert potential blackouts and provide a backup for the growing electric economy. Its understood theyll rep