welcome to bbc news, i'm david eades. our top stories: borisjohnson survives as britain's prime minister, but four in ten of his own mps have lost confidence in him. the opposition urge him to stand down but he remains defiant. i think it's a convincing result, a decisive result and what it means is that as a government we can move on and focus on the stuff i think really matters.— focus on the stuff i think really matters. the british -ublic really matters. the british public are _ really matters. the british public are fed _ really matters. the british public are fed up, - really matters. the british public are fed up, fed - really matters. the british public are fed up, fed up l really matters. the british i public are fed up, fed up with a public are fed up, fed up with 6 prime — public are fed up, fed up with a prime minister who promises bil a prime minister who promises big but— a prime minister who promises big but never delivers. ukraine's president zelensky visits frontline troops in the donbas, as fierce street—battles take place in the city of severodonetsk. ryanair comes under fire, for forcing its south african passengers to take

an afrikaans language test. and, a top movie earning top dollar, but the makers of the latest blockbuster "top gun: maverick" are now being sued for copyright infringement. borisjohnson has survived a vote of confidence in his leadership of the conservative party, although more than 40% of tory mps voted against him. he described the result as decisive, and his supporters have urged their colleagues to allow the government to push ahead with the running of the country. but one of mrjohnson�*s critics said it was a "very bad result" and he would be surprised if he was still in downing street by the end of the autumn.

our political editor, chris mason, has the story of the vote and the result. after months of awkward questions for boris johnson, weeks questions for borisjohnson, weeks of mounting speculation and day of intense public, sometimes angry argument, the moment. a verdict, the result with yes the potential to remove mrjohnson as prime minister but also shape his future in thejob. the minister but also shape his future in the job.— minister but also shape his future in the job. future in the “ob. the vote in favour future in the “ob. the vote in f in— future in the job. the vote in favour in having _ future in the job. the vote in favour in having confidence l future in the job. the vote in | favour in having confidence in borisjohnson as leader was and against was 148 votes. and therefore i can announce that therefore i can announce that the parliamentary party does have confidence. b, the parliamentary party does have confidence. a mathematical victo for have confidence. a mathematical victory for boris _ have confidence. a mathematical victory for boris johnson - have confidence. a mathematical victory for boris johnson but - victory for boris johnson but boy, those numbers are awkward for him stopping more than 40% of his mps labelling him a liability the country would be better off without. but he insisted... i better off without. but he insisted. . ._ insisted... i think it is an extremely _ insisted... i think it is an

extremely good, - insisted... i think it is an. extremely good, positive, conclusive, decisive result which enables us to move on, to unite and to focus on delivery and that is exactly what we will do. ~ , , , ., will do. westminster is now digesting — will do. westminster is now digesting the _ will do. westminster is now digesting the result. - will do. westminster is now digesting the result. those | digesting the result. those wanting mrjohnson out beaten tonight but insisting they are not defeated. i tonight but insisting they are not defeated.— not defeated. i think frankly it is very — not defeated. i think frankly it is very bad _ not defeated. i think frankly it is very bad indeed. - not defeated. i think frankly it is very bad indeed. is - it is very had indeed. is expecting that we might make three figures. i hadn't expected more than a third of the parliamentary party expressing no confidence in the prime minister. that is severely damaging for him and his reputation. for severely damaging for him and his reputation.— his reputation. for the opposition _ his reputation. for the opposition parties - his reputation. for the i opposition parties today, his reputation. for the - opposition parties today, a chance to stand back and watch their opponents. this chance to stand back and watch their opponents.— their opponents. this evening, their opponents. this evening, the conservative _ their opponents. this evening, the conservative party - their opponents. this evening, the conservative party had - their opponents. this evening, the conservative party had a i the conservative party had a decision to make. to show some backbone or two back boris johnson. the british public are fed up, fed up with a prime minister who promises big but never delivers. the minister who promises big but never delivers.—

never delivers. the day began with the graham _ never delivers. the day began with the graham brady - with the graham brady announcing that the moment some conservative mps longed for and others desperately hoped to avoid had come. the threshold ofthe avoid had come. the threshold of the % of _ avoid had come. the threshold of the % of the _ avoid had come. the threshold of the % of the parliamentary i of the % of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the prime minister has been passed. therefore a vote of confidence will take place within the rules of the 1922 committee. within moments the public argument began, cabinet ministers offering the best spin on things. d0 ministers offering the best spin on things.— ministers offering the best spin on things. do you accept that the bottom _ spin on things. do you accept that the bottom line - spin on things. do you accept that the bottom line is - spin on things. do you accept that the bottom line is a - spin on things. do you accept that the bottom line is a vote of confidence is bad news for any leader. i of confidence is bad news for any leader-— any leader. i think that i've already said _ any leader. i think that i've already said to _ any leader. i think that i've already said to some - any leader. i think that i've already said to some other| already said to some other broadcasters, it is the privilege of any member of parliament to choose to request a new _ parliament to choose to request a new leader. stop ba don't think— a new leader. stop ba don't think that is the right choice but i'm _ think that is the right choice but i'm not going to condemn pennie — but i'm not going to condemn --eole. ., but i'm not going to condemn neale, ., .., people. how can the prime minister — people. how can the prime minister possibly _ people. how can the prime minister possibly recover. people. how can the prime i minister possibly recover from this? br; minister possibly recover from this? �* , ., ., minister possibly recover from this? j . ., ' ., this? by winning, and a 1-vote win is enough. _ this? by winning, and a 1-vote win is enough. to _ this? by winning, and a 1-vote win is enough. to cabinet - win is enough. to cabinet ministers _ win is enough. to cabinet ministers turning - win is enough. to cabinet ministers turning out - win is enough. to cabinet - ministers turning out together? what is that say, it suggests that you are worried. it suggests unity and strength, we are both in the prime minister

—— position of supporting the prime minister. we are drawing a line under this tonight to move forward and get back to focusing on the core issues that affect all of our constituents. b, that affect all of our constituents. . ., ., constituents. a echo what izfrenrian _ constituents. a echo what brendan has _ constituents. a echo what brendan hasjust - constituents. a echo what brendan hasjust said, - constituents. a echo what brendan hasjust said, a l constituents. a echo what. brendan hasjust said, a urge my conservative colleagues in parliament to unite today. supporters in the foreground, critics wanting to be heard to as the prime minister or anticorruption champion decided to resign. leadership and integrity are absolutely essential to the serial code, they are baked into it. that means he has broken the ministerial code and that means as a result that it is a resignation letter for any minister and it also has to be a resignation letterfor minister and it also has to be a resignation letter for me as well. and there was another junior resignation later, john laming stood down as a ministerial aid to the foreign secretary. into next a potential successor as prime minister. jeremy hunt took on borisjohnson last time and lost. today he tweeted:

and if you think that sounds blunt, listen to this response to it from the culture secretary.— to it from the culture secreta . �* . , , secretary. i'm incredibly disappointed _ secretary. i'm incredibly disappointed that - secretary. i'm incredibly| disappointed that jeremy secretary. i'm incredibly- disappointed that jeremy hunt has disappointed thatjeremy hunt has said throughout i'm not going to challenge the prime minister while there is a war in ukraine has come out and challenge the prime minister on the day russia sends rocket into kyiv. b. the day russia sends rocket into kyiv-— into kyiv. a party rowing in fublic, into kyiv. a party rowing in public. a — into kyiv. a party rowing in public, a result— into kyiv. a party rowing in public, a result some - into kyiv. a party rowing in i public, a result some distance from definitive. but questions about boris johnson's from definitive. but questions about borisjohnson's teacher won't go away. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. a lot of room for interpretation of that result, so let's have a look at one or two of the newspapers. we will start on the left, the opposition benches stopping here is the guardian. pm clinging to power after vote humiliation and just adding here, critics cut out on leaders' claim of an extremely good conclusive results stopping the daily mirror on the left also, parties over,

boris. very clear message there with a picture to suit that little title. is for the rights, the times, a wounded victor. apm whose party and the country left firmly in limp on territory, and a just thought i would show you also the conservative paper the daily telegraph which is the newspaper that boris johnson has long written for as a journalist, hollowjury tears tories apart, just a flavour of what the papers are saying. now back to ukraine. russia's un ambassador has walked out of a security council meeting after the president of the european council, charles michel, blamed the russian invasion of ukraine for causing a globalfood crisis. mr michel told the meeting in new york that russia was using food supplies as a stealth missile against the developing world, forcing people into poverty.

the dramatic consequences of russia's more are spilling over across the globe and this is driving up food prices, pushing people into poverty and destabilising entire regions. and russia is solely responsible for the food prices, pressure alone. despite the kremlin's campaign of lies and disinformation. and it is russian tanks, russian bombs and mines that are preventing ukraine from planting and harvesting. the kremlin is also targeting green storages and stealing grain in ukraine while shifting the blame on others. this is cowardly, this is propaganda, pure and simple propaganda. the russian envoy, vassily nebenzia, has accused mr michel of spreading lies. it comes as ukrainian officials say their military has repelled seven russian attacks

across the donbas region over the past 24 hours, with intense fighting continuing in severodonetsk. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has more details. fighting in the city of severodonetsk has been described as the hottest of the conflict, with relentless russian artillery strikes reducing the area to rubble and ashes. ukraine's president zelensky has called the situation hell. this weekend, sheltered in a building, he made his first visit to troops there, fighting against huge odds — an effort to boost morale. translation: you are true heroes of our country, - ukraine. you are heroes of war. because of you we have and will have our land and our country. ukraine's forces are outnumbered and outgunned. russia's vast arsenal

of artillery trying to pummel and break ukrainian resistance. both sides are taking heavy casualties. but for ukraine, more help will soon be on its way. today, britain announced it will be sending this, its most advanced rocket launcher. following the lead of the us, which is supplying ukraine with a similar system. this british army version can fire a dozen rockets in a minute, and has a range of up to 50 miles — further than most of russia's artillery. the flow of western weapons has already angered moscow, though president putin is also trying to play down its significance. translation: we believe that the delivery of - rocket systems by the united states and some other countries is related to making up for the losses of combat hardware. there is nothing new about that, and this actually changes nothing. the question now — will these weapons arrive in time to make a difference?

and in such small numbers — the us is sending just four of its rocket launchers to ukraine, the uk, another three — but for ukraine, every little helps. jonathan beale, bbc news. the mexican president, manuel lopez obrador has pulled out of this week's summit of the americas in protest against a decision by the us not to invite countries they consider undemocratic, namely cuba, venezuela and nicaragua. the white house spokeswoman said president biden had made a principled decision not to invite what she called dicators. president's principal position is that we do not believe that dictators should be invited which is the reason that the president has decided not to attend. we look forward to hosting foreign secretary debarred as the mexican

representative. —— ebard. our reporter david willis joins us now from los angeles. it makes you wonder where it leaves the summit?— leaves the summit? this is a considerable _ leaves the summit? this is a considerable blow _ leaves the summit? this is a considerable blow to - leaves the summit? this is a considerable blow to the - leaves the summit? this is a i considerable blow to the united states. nearly 30 years after they posted the inaugural summit of the americas and back then, then—president bill clinton had the lofty goal of establishing a trade area for the entire continent, minus cuba. eversince the entire continent, minus cuba. ever since then, american influence in the region has been wilting and the two factors that have played into that, one is the lack of democracy, scarcity of democracy, scarcity of democracy in the latin american region and the other is the ascent of china which is of course much more of a economic powerhouse than it was back in 1994. the chinese have been ploughing a lot of money into the region through their belt and road infrastructure

initiative and other things, and so president biden, when he attends this conference on wednesday is going to have to come up with more than just the admonition, we don't want you to do business with china, he is going to have to come up with something tangible in order to basically rekindle american influence in the region. american influence in the re , ion. ., american influence in the refion. ., ., , , american influence in the refion. ., ., , region. one of the tangibles as they understood _ region. one of the tangibles as they understood it _ region. one of the tangibles as they understood it was - region. one of the tangibles as they understood it was the - they understood it was the initiative to tackle the migration challenge which is a very hot topic for the united states and that goes nowhere without the cooperation of neighbouring states, so where is that left?— is that left? absolutely right and although _ is that left? absolutely right and although the _ is that left? absolutely right and although the mexican i and although the mexican government is sending its foreign minister, the absence of the president, the mexican president is a huge blow, particularly involving discussions of that sort of subject, immigration a key topic at death summit of the

americas of course, mexico is one of the countries that contributes a lot of the illegal immigrants that form the basis of the contentious immigration argument in this region, so the white house, i think, struggling to put a positive spin on this, they are making the point that the resident is to have his own separate meeting with president biden at the white house next month, they say that some key leaders from the region will be attending including the leaders of argentina and brazil along with 21 other heads of government and also ten us cabinet members, but this is a real blow, mexico's absence from this gathering.- real blow, mexico's absence from this gathering. thank you very much _ from this gathering. thank you very much indeed _ from this gathering. thank you very much indeed david - from this gathering. thank you very much indeed david willis. j stay with us on bbc news, still to come: why the makers of the latest movie blockbuster "top gun: maverick", are being sued.

the day the british liberated the falklands. and by tonight, british troops have begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorbymania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man who, for them, has raised great hopes for an end to the division of europe. it happened as the queen moved towards horse guards parade - for the start of- trooping the colour. gunshots the queen looks worried, but recovers quickly. - as long as they'll pay to go see me, i'll get out there and kick �*em down the hills. what does it feel like to be the first man to go across the channel by your own power?

it feels pretty neat. it feels marvellous, really. this is bbc news. with me, david eades. the latest headlines: ukraine's president zelensky visits frontline troops in the donbas, as fierce street—battles take place in the city of severodonetsk. borisjohnson survives as britain's prime minister, but four in ten of his mps says they've lost confidence in him. where does that leave the prime minister? history has shown that it can be hard for prime ministers to recover, even when they win a confidence vote. 0ur deputy political, editor vicki young, looks at what could lie ahead. he won the conservatives their biggest victory in decades. good morning, everybody. my friends, well, we did it!

so why, just 2.5 years later, have so many of borisjohnson's own mps turned on him? in the early days, breaking the brexit deadlock was the priority and a huge plus point with colleagues. then, an unprecedented pandemic derailed any plans mrjohnson may have had. you must stay at home. some trace his problems back to other choices. sticking by a divisive adviser, dominic cummings, who had alienated conservative mps, clashed with the prime minister's wife and was then accused of breaking covid rules. it's mrjohnson's leadership style that concerns others. i think he did a brilliant job over brexit, for which the country and the conservative party should always be grateful but he does not, in my view, govern the way that a modern prime minister governs, through the normal processes of the state. it feels a bit more like a mediaeval monarch governing through a court, and you absolutely cannot govern modern britain in that way.

some tory mps complain about a lack of direction, from u—turns over free school meals to an embarrassing climbdown after mrjohnson tried to change parliamentary rules on standards to protect one of his friends. three, two, one! that led to the loss of an ultra—safe conservative seat. of an ultra—safe conservative seat. but it's the lawbreaking parties in downing street which have done the most damage. a police investigation, a fine for the prime minister and another inquiry looming into whether he lied to parliament. polls suggest the scandal has dented his popularity. some even booed his arrival at st paul's cathedral forjubilee celebrations. he does have real political abilities and he does have, i think, an instinct to be able to position himself where new voters who have not voted for the conservative party before can do that but he's got these huge flaws which have always been a problem for him in every office

that he has held and i think those things will continue to cause a problem for him. when confidence votes doesn't always end well. john major was victorious in 1995... it is time to put up or shut up. ..but lost the general election two years later. theresa may won hers, but resigned within six months. a core part of the conservative party don't want borisjohnson as their prime minister and that makes it difficult if you're trying to get policy through, win votes in parliament and campaign around the country and these by—elections and in the run—up to any general election. there are many reasons behind this unhappiness with borisjohnson. for some, it's the economy. they want tax cuts. some have been sacked or overlooked for promotion. some talk about his character, saying he lacks integrity and leadership skills, but most will be making a very simple judgement — is he still a vote—winner for the conservatives? borisjohnson was never going to win over all

the critics in his party, but he hopes the victory tonight has silenced them for now. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. the family of the author whose article was the inspiration for the 1986 movie, top gun, is suing paramount pictures for copyright infringement over this year's blockbuster sequel. the lawsuit asks for unspecified damages including profits from the new movie top gun: maverick. it isa it is a movie which has broken box offered records. but paramount says the claims are without merit and says "we will defend ourselves vigorously". earlier we spoke to mitra ahouraian, who's a beverly hills entertainment attorney in los angeles who represents actors and often deals with defamation issues. she says the timing of this case is important. certainly, plenty of money to go around — that is the perspective that the yonay estate is taking, of course. the us copyright act allows for authors to basically reacquire their rights after 35 years,

and they've sent a notice of termination to paramount so paramount arguably no longer have the license when they sent this notice of termination but the timing is going to be very important in this case because the notice of termination was sent in 2018 to have an effective date of 2020. now, paramount went into production in 2018, and was supposed to release in 2019, but the pandemic delayed things. so sort of the timing of everything is very significant here, so we will see. it is still called top gun, although it is top gun: maverick, but other than that, it is not the same tale, is it? it is a different story. so is it something over which they can claim copyright really? so paramount is certainly saying that it is not based on the original 1983 article that ehud yonay wrote, that it is instead based on the sequel but, of course, you can sort of travel down the history of it, and argue that the chain of title and the derivative

comes from this original source, which is, of course, what the yonay estate is trying to do. paramount, on the other hand, is not only saying that, but they are actually going so far as to say they did not even need to license the rights to the original article for the original movie, and only gave yonay suggested by credit, not a story by credit. so that is another interesting twist. let's get some of the day's other main news: sri lanka's embattled president, gotabaya rajapaksa, has insisted that he will serve his remaining two years in office. the president has been facing weeks of protests calling for him to resign, triggered by severe shortages of essential goods and spiralling inflation. a retired british geologist, seen here on the left, has been jailed for 15—years for attempting to remove artefacts from iraq. jim fitton collected 12 stones and shards of broken pottery during a recent tour of the country. he insisted he had no idea

he was breaking iraqi law. a former leader of the far—right proud boys group has been charged in the us with seditious conspiracy for his alleged role in the storming last year of congress. enrique tarrio and four other men are accused of plotting the attack. ryanair has been accused of discrimination by requiring south african passengers to complete a test in afrikaans before being allowed to board flights. the airline said anyone travelling to the uk would have to fill in the questionnaire to prove their nationality. 0ur reporter stephanie prentice has been explaining the details. this is basically a general knowledge quiz that south african passengers have been made to fill out before they're allowed to get on some ryanair flights. it is around 15 questions. it's things like, who is the president? 0ne about table mountain in cape town. 0ne about freedom day there. and it started getting traction online because passengers were complaining.

some found it bizarre, others were suitably incredulous, but some said this is racial profiling, this is racial discrimination. now, that's because south africa has 11 official languages — afrikaans being one of them but actually only the third most spoken and understood, and with a history of being used against some of the black population there. so it is troublesome. now, ryanair currently does not fly to south africa but people there have been reacting to this quiz. let's listen to a few of them in johannesburg. it is really not necessary. it is actually — it is not unfit, it isjust discriminating, as far as i'm concerned. it is just discriminatory, as far as i'm concerned. it's very discriminatory to - a whole host of south africans who don't speak afrikaans. it doesn't prove anything that you're south african just because you can speak, what's this thing called, afrikaans. the pressure would seem to be on ryanair. i mean, what is behind it? why are they saying they are doing all this for?

they have come out quite strong and defended it. they have called it a simple and basic questionnaire, and they've said they're trying to crack down on fraudulent south african passports. from their initial response, it seems they will continue to keep giving out this quiz to people entering britain from other european countries. the uk high commission in south africa came out against them. they said the test is not a british government requirement. on top of all that, we have a data storm brewing on twitter. a lot of passangers saying, where is it data going? how's it being used? how could it be used in future? with some people even asking for data protection notices. so a significant reaction to this for the airline and one that does not seem to be going away anytime soon. and before we go, basketball superstar, lebronjames, is set to break a new record, this one far away from the court. a one—of—a—kind trading card is expected to sell at auction later this week for a record breaking $6 million. the exclusive card includes patches taken from jerseys which the 18—time nba all—star

has worn during his career. that is bbc news. thank you for watching. hello. a warmer feel to the weather on tuesday for wales and england, where the past few days have been so cool, cloudy and, for some, very wet. most places will have a dry tuesday. there's a chance of catching a shower, mind you. low pressure's clearing away, further weather systems heading in this week. it'll be wet at times, though not all the time. and this out in the atlantic is tropical storm alex, remnants of which, although passing us to the north, will increase the winds across the uk, especially the further north you are, to end the week. but light winds as tuesday begins, some patchy mist and fog, some showery rain close to the south coast of england, gradually clearing as the morning goes on. some patchy rain in north east england, fizzling out into the afternoon, though we'll keep lots of cloud here. for the rest of england

and for wales, warmer sunny spells, a few showers pop up, mostly in the afternoon — very hit—and—miss. northern ireland staying mainly dry until the evening. cloudier skies towards southern scotland, rather than northern scotland, where, here, we'll see the most of the sunshine, the odd shower in the highlands. 16 degrees in newcastle. it's high teens and low 20s elsewhere. now, as we go on into the evening, you can see the rain moving into south west england, wales, northern ireland, and then spreading north and east, as we go into wednesday morning. some heavy bursts on that, not reaching northern scotland, but overnight temperatures, you see how mild it is for many as wednesday begins. this area of rain becoming slow—moving as it inches further north through scotland on wednesday. elsewhere, there will be some sunny spells around. there'll also be some showers, some heavy and thundery ones, in places, and it will be a windier day across southern areas. it'll be a cooler day at this stage in scotland, after several days of warmth. now, as we go into thursday, a few showers pop up

here and there, an approaching weather system from the west will cloud things over across western areas and produce some patchy rain or showers into the afternoon, and the wind will start to pick up here. that is connected to what's left of tropical storm alex. here it is incorporated within this area of low pressure. you can see the track of it, missing us to the north and northwest. closer to that, though, it will turn very windy for a time. may see some gusts of 40—50 mph across north—western parts of scotland, for example. and it stays windy into the start of the weekend across many northern areas. this is where we'll see most of the showers, whereas the further south you are, fewer showers and, here, it'll stay mainly dry. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: borisjohnson has won a vote of confidence in his leadership among conservative mps, but four in ten of his mps have lost confidence in him. the british prime minister called it a convincing result but his opponents say it won't be enough to draw a line under party unrest. ukraine's president zelensky has visited frontline troops in the donbas, as fierce street—battles took place in the city of severodonetsk. in moscow, russia's foreign minister, has repeated a threat to hit new targets in ukraine if the west supplies longer—range missiles to kyiv. the us climate envoy, john kerry, has issued a stark warning that countries must not use the war in ukraine as an excuse to build

new coal mines. he was speaking at a un climate change summit,