205. warmer than at towards the mid 205. warmer than at the start towards the mid 20s. warmer than at the start of the week. thursday, the wind will be lighter, northerly down the north sea which will drop the temperature in norwich but otherwise the temperatures are increasing across england and wales as we have more sunshine. scotland and northern ireland, cloud, mistand murk more sunshine. scotland and northern ireland, cloud, mist and murk over the hills will cap the temperatures to around 18—20 at the end of the week but that is milder than at the start of the week and around average for the time of year but further south we are looking at the temperature is pushing up significantly, especially as we get to the weekend, and for central and eastern england we could get close to 30 degrees somewhere on sunday. i don't want to be around for that! that is not for me. thanks, susan. and that's bbc news at ten on the 5th ofjuly. there's more analysis of the day's main stories on newsnight with kirsty wark, which is under way on bbc two.

they have been under way now for about 15 minutes. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it's time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team, it's goodnight. welcome back to bbc news and to downing street on a night where we've seen resignations from two of borisjohnson�*s most senior ministers. we'll be talking through the big story here with our two guests

and taking a brief look at how this story features on tomorrow's front pages. with me are benedicte paviot, who is the uk correspondent for france 2a, and ali miraj, columnist at the article. welcome to bbc news. i can remember we were sailing here a few weeks ago in downing street and isaac i sent you at the time, what you make of this, let me ask you the same question with a new development in borisjohnson�*s question with a new development in boris johnson's efforts question with a new development in borisjohnson�*s efforts to stay in power here in number ten. what do you make of these two resignations and what they mean for the government?— and what they mean for the covernment? , ., , ., ., , government? these two resignations are shocked resignations _ government? these two resignations are shocked resignations in _ government? these two resignations are shocked resignations in the - are shocked resignations in the sense that they happened. they are big bees, were big in the government and therefore is very interesting, we will see in the papers they say they were coordinated. 0ne we will see in the papers they say they were coordinated. one was at 602 and the other at 6:1! p:m..

interesting after the very sullen faces around the cabinet table this morning. when i was with you in downing street was in fact the night of the vote of confidence. i think we can safely say it was just before we got the results that the rebellion was bigger than we had thought. so what borisjohnson is doing tonight is, attempting to regain control of his government wednesday as we will see with pm cues was up and two and half hours before the liaison committee and a seizing conservative mps, some of which borisjohnson�*s critics already will be asking him probably very forensic questions so that i can say for certainty tonight is that borisjohnson is uk prime minister on tuesday the 5th ofjuly. we can be certain about that. you're right, it keeps coming for mr johnson, he's got p. m. cues and that he'll be quizzed by mps are a

couple of hours. let's bring you in, how do you assess this, mrjohnson appointed a new exchequer, nadim zahawi, steve barkley, the new health secretary do you think that help shore up his position? i5 help shore up his position? i3 working to go anywhere for now. we know the prime minister has got the hide of a rhinoceros. the only way he can be flawed from his position as by backbenchers attempting to remove them. they should have gone of those by elections and the result might�*ve been a lot closer. but we're where we're, there are elections of the 1922 committee coming up next week. we will see it if the people against the p. m. get in and whether it they can be a rule change. let's put the same context and i, two really big bees have gone for the government for some seriously competent people who wanted to do theirjobs and do it well but care about integrity and the way it comes across in terms of

how the government overlook. let's not forget, both rishi sunak and sajid javid are both former bankers. they both know when a stock is falling and went to get out of a position. that's exactly what they've done, they've sold out. they've sold out and they want to cut themselves free and cut their losses and get out. that's exactly what they've done put up if you look at the resignation letters, both quite damning. sajid javid applauding how some of the good things that have been done but how he believes the prime minister his behaviour would not change for the rishi sunak talking about incompetence and integrity in government and being taken seriously and also the fact that there was some key differences on policy coming up, there's a big speech they were both going to do in the next week or so, outlining an economic plan. we know that rishi sunak is a fiscally responsible person. he not a cake is, is what the prime

minister is. at the moment now the cabinets divided into groups of three. those who want to have a proper p. m. and are keeping their heads down, those who are rampant career as it would never serve in other cabinets other than boris johnson and their actually serious players who are holding their nose, probably like steve barclay who want to get on and do the job the best they can for country. i’m to get on and do the “ob the best they can for country._ they can for country. i'm not the prime minister _ they can for country. i'm not the prime minister and _ they can for country. i'm not the prime minister and his _ they can for country. i'm not the prime minister and his cabinet i they can for country. i'm not the - prime minister and his cabinet would necessarily agree with that description. you're quite right, there are different politicians, all grown strategies both for their place in the cabinet, their own ambition and their desire and strength to continue to support the prime minister. as you are talking is been another resignation, the solicitor general has redesigned not as significant of course as the exchequer of the health secretary going but it highlights the fact that those two bigger decisions have triggered other decisions which have kept coming throughout the evening.

yes. i suspect will keep coming in the next 2a hours. i think over their momentum will continue. it has to be said that in downing street, it's very interesting the telegraph when they talk about i've heard scrambling claims when there are russians buzzing uk airspace. i haven't heard of a prime minister being scrambled but that's apparently according to the daily telegraph what happened with boris johnson. above and beyond and boris johnson. above and beyond and boris johnson has alluded, despite his u—turn today and previously saying that he didn't remember or forgot that he didn't remember or forgot that he didn't remember or forgot that he had known about groping claims and about the mp that he promoted. he known this before, named pinch or bite nature and he didn't deny that. when

interview. let's remember that what we heard is first a clip of boris johnson apologising clearly too late to stop these two resignations. he had been in the tea rooms in parliament trying to basically shore up some support. but this all came too late. it will be interesting to see if there are above and beyond for letters that are excoriating of rishi sunak end of sajid javid that talk about integrity, talk about leadership, talk about standards basically failing on all those and that the prime minister has lost their confidence. whether they will then choose to make further statements to the media or in deed to parliament and how damaging those could be, ithink to parliament and how damaging those could be, i think those are very big questions for a prime minister who is battled and besieged tonight. we will see if they want to say anything further. certainly when sajid javid spoke to the press earlier he declined to add to what is written in his letter. we've seen the daily telegraph front page for tomorrow. let's pull up a couple of the others. the sun goes for a

picture borisjohnson from behind them and it says last chance saloon. then you have the times newspaper with johnson then you have the times newspaper withjohnson on the brink and all the papers really drawing the same conclusion that borisjohnson is really getting very close to not hanging on. metro goes for going, going, gone. some people are pointing to the fact that the summer recess is not far away and if mr johnson can get that far perhaps he'll have a chance to reset in what feels like a very precarious moment this evening, perhaps may not feel so precarious come september. haw so precarious come september. how many more — so precarious come september. how many more precarious moments are we all can_ many more precarious moments are we all can live _ many more precarious moments are we all can live through? if you look at where _ all can live through? if you look at where this— all can live through? if you look at where this started, it started last october— where this started, it started last october with owen patterson over lobbying _ october with owen patterson over lobbying and preaching lobbying rules— lobbying and preaching lobbying rules was up basically being disciplined by the parliamentary commission on standards in the conservative party mounted by the prime _ conservative party mounted by the prime minister and which he did a u

turn orr~ _ prime minister and which he did a u turn on. then you have ministers trolling _ turn on. then you have ministers trolling out — turn on. then you have ministers trotting out to defend who pay for wallpaper and who didn't. then you have them — wallpaper and who didn't. then you have them defending whether there were parties are not parties and therr— were parties are not parties and then finds — were parties are not parties and then finds her not bonds. this nonsense _ then finds her not bonds. this nonsense is continuing day in and day out _ nonsense is continuing day in and day out for— nonsense is continuing day in and day out for the people are tainted by this— day out for the people are tainted by this it — day out for the people are tainted by this it reminds me ofjeffrey howe _ by this it reminds me ofjeffrey howe irr— by this it reminds me ofjeffrey howe in his resignation speech when he left _ howe in his resignation speech when he left margaret thatcher is government saying it's been a bit like ministers only to find that there — like ministers only to find that there the _ like ministers only to find that there the town is breaking before there the town is breaking before the first _ there the town is breaking before the first ball to bolt. if you would it would — the first ball to bolt. if you would it would happen today with lord simon _ it would happen today with lord simon mcdonald, permanent secretary of the _ simon mcdonald, permanent secretary of the foreign office in 2019 who made _ of the foreign office in 2019 who made the — of the foreign office in 2019 who made the point very clearly that the prime _ made the point very clearly that the prime minister was informed about allegations against chris pincher at the time _ allegations against chris pincher at the time. and made it very clear that the — the time. and made it very clear that the prime minister was not being _ that the prime minister was not being open and honest about that. that is— being open and honest about that. that is exactly why in my view is gone _ that is exactly why in my view is gone today. gf that is exactly why in my view is gone today-— that is exactly why in my view is one toda . , , gone today. of course the number ten osition gone today. of course the number ten position is that — gone today. of course the number ten position is that this _ gone today. of course the number ten position is that this is _ gone today. of course the number ten position is that this is it _ position is that this is it about dishonesty, this is a mistake in the case of the parties are in downing street the argument was that the prime minister did say something wrong to the house of commons but it

wasn't deliberately wrong. we have a version of that in this story where that number tends statement today has been, actually when the prime minister when the return was breathing he had been told, had forgotten. they thought it was correct and then a few days have passed and said actually, it wasn't. even now the prime minister and number ten are denying their being deliberately dishonest with a couple of the front pages to show everyone for the daily telegraph with mr johnson used the right courses johnson used the right courses johnson hanging by a thread as sunak and sajid javid walk out. di uses two words, end game. the guardian, similar headlines p. m. 0n the break afterjavid and sunak quit. the ft uses the same phrase, johnson on the brink as ministers quit. what is interesting perhaps is that certainly by the headlines, across us bactrim actually, the papers are saying largely the same thing that

this is a moment of danger and it has to some extent been self—inflicted by borisjohnson. it self—inflicted by borisjohnson. it is clearly a moment of danger to lose your chancellor and the middle of a cost—of—living crisis. already major transport strikes, more strikes in the public sector upon us imminently. chaos in airports in a post—pandemic, if we can call post—pandemic, if we can call post—pandemic as the rise of covert bas five starts again, fewer hospitalizations, very few deaths but people are suffering from long covert, that must not be forgotten. very difficult to see what the next few days bring. it’s very difficult to see what the next few days bring-— few days bring. it's always difficult to _ few days bring. it's always difficult to predict - few days bring. it's alwaysj difficult to predict politics, particularly difficult to predict when borisjohnson is a prime minister. it's tumultuous at the moment as it has been for months

with a thank you very much for the moment. we will have a long tradition of the papers at half past 11. next it is susan powell with the weather. hello. we're going to see a lot of fine weather across the uk through the days ahead and it's also going to turn warmer for almost all areas but most notably for england and wales. a big ridge of high pressure extending out from the azores frees much warmer air into the southern half of the uk and temperatures will be bolstered by the sunshine here as well. it's actually going to be milder across scotland and northern ireland but we will also have a tendency in the days ahead to have more cloud around here. there will be rain across western scotland through wednesday, quite misty and murky around many of our coasts and across the hills, perhaps a spot of drizzle or two for northern ireland initially. it should brighten up here later, a little rain possible for northern england. still possibly 20 in aberdeen, will looking at the mid 20s in the south—east of england. as we look ahead to the weekend, you can see how the sunshine starts

to really nudge up those temperatures across england and wales, perhaps close to 30 in eastern england somewhere on sunday.

this is bbc world news. i'm tim willcox. our top stories: borisjohnson fights to survive as prime minister, as two big names resign from his cabinet in quick succession. rishi sunak is no longer chancellor, saying borisjohnson isn't competent or serious, while sajid javid resigns from health — questioning the prime minister's integrity. borisjohnson is accused of making several misleading statements about the case of chris pincher — the former minister accused of sexual misconduct. the cabinet which met this morning is now changed in significant ways, as borisjohnson fights to stay on. this is the scene live in downing street.