welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: borisjohnson fights to survive as the uk's prime minister as two senior ministers resign from his cabinet in quick succession. rishi sunak is no longer chancellor, saying the public expected government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously, while sajid javid resigns from the department of health, questioning the prime minister's integrity. we'll bring you news of their replacements as the prime minister shows no sign of considering his own position. also in the programme: the suspect in monday's mass

shooting in 4july parade in chicago has been charged with the seven counts of murder. another 50,000 people told to evacuate their homes in sydney. the australian city has had eight months of rain injust four days. voice-over: live voice—over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 1am in london where borisjohnson�*s premiership looks at its most perilous yet, with the resignation of two of his most senior ministers. the chancellor of the exchequer, effectively the finance minister, rishi sunak and the health secretary sajid javid quit within a few minutes

of each other, saying they could no longer serve under the prime minister, and that the public expected the government to be, "conducted properly, "competently and seriously. " it follows the unravelling of the official account of what the prime minister knew about the case of chris pincher — the former minister accused of sexual misconduct. mrjohnson�*s given no hint he's considering his own position, with downing street announcing he's appointed nadhim zahawi as the new chancellor. and steve barclay becomes the new heath secretary for england. we start our coverage of the day's tumultuous events with this report from our political editor, chris mason. are we good? not according to the man on the right. sitting next to the prime minister this morning, the then—chancellor rishi sunak. a penny for his thoughts. we didn't need to wait long. in a letter to boris johnson, mr sunak said...

you heard that right — the man who was chancellor until teatime saying the government is none of these things. and he went further — policy, too. moments earlier, the health secretary, sajid javid, had also walked. good evening. i'm just going to go and spend some time with my family. thank you for coming. he left his resignation letter to do the talking, writing... no word from the prime minister, but there is still fulsome praise to be found from some. i am fully supportive

of the prime minister. i think that he is the right man for thejob, he has a very significant mandate from the british people, a majority of 80 only just over 2.5 years ago. and these sort of things happen in politics, but the best politicians carry on calmly. so how did we get here? let's rewind to this morning and that cabinet meeting. just look at theirfaces. they've just heard what you're about to hear — the former top civil servant at the foreign office saying downing street hadn't been telling the truth. they need to come clean. i think that the language is ambiguous, the sort of telling the truth and crossing your fingers at the same time and hoping that people are not too forensic in their subsequent questioning, and i think that is not working. here's why he was so angry — the handling of the appointment and resignation of this man, chris pincher,

who until last week was deputy chief whip, until he stood down after allegations he denies that he groped two men. since then, there's been a constantly changing story about what the prime minister knew and when. on friday, borisjohnson�*s official spokesman told us the spokesman added... by yesterday, downing street had changed theirtune, saying... lord mcdonald was categoric...

before the cabinet resignations, borisjohnson invited me in for a hastily arranged interview. do you accept it was a grave error to appoint chris pincher to your government? yes, i think it was a mistake, and i apologise for it. i think, in hindsight, it was the wrong thing to do. i apologise to everybody who's been badly affected by it. your spokesman said you were not aware of a specific allegation. on sunday, a cabinet minister sent out to interview — "i've been informed this morning he" — you — "didn't know about a specific allegation," but you did. you're saying that now. yesterday, another minister, he had been given a categoric assurance you weren't aware of a specific allegation. day after day after day, people speaking on your behalf were talking rubbish. well, i don't know... i was, i'm afraid, focusing on other things at the time, but what i'm telling you now is my recollection of events. and my recollection is that there was

one complaint that was raised with me specifically. there was other rumour and innuendo, but there was one particular thing that was raised and that was... which you'd forgotten about? well, it was a long time ago. mr pincher has denied the allegations against him. the man who one day wants to move into number ten himself sees his opponent in peril. this government is collapsing. and the tory cabinet members have been backing boris johnson through this. the tory party is corrupted, and we need notjust a change at the top of the tory party, we need a change of government. what do you say to the person listening to our conversation who simply says, "look, i can't trust "the prime minister any more, he's just not telling "the truth"? i'm giving you the absolute truth as far as i can remember about what happened.

can people trust you? of course they can. and i'm telling you... after all this? i'm telling you exactly what happened and i'm coming out to explain it because i'm fed up with people, if i may say so, chris, saying things on my behalf... these are people you employ. ..or trying to say things about what i knew or didn't know, and i'm trying to explain to you exactly what happened as i remember it. truth, integrity, and this man's future as our prime minister, a very uncertain future. chris mason, bbc news, westminster. very uncertain, indeed. the resignations, though sudden, are the culmination of months of chaos in borisjohnson�*s government, and continuing questions about standards of trust and integrity in 10 downing street. 0ur deputy political editor, vicki young, reports on the crisis so far, and what's likely to happen next.

hi, sorry. how are you? he was the toast of the conservative party, winning a clear election victory that should have made governing easy. but tonight, boris johnson's team is falling apart and many colleagues say he only has himself to blame. of course, he hasn't been helped by unexpected events. a pandemic meant very difficult decisions that no leader would expect to make. but a successful vaccine programme did give mrjohnson plenty to boast about. but soon, the lawbreaking parties in downing street, including a fine for the prime minister, appalled many voters, and accusations that he lied about what he knew has been the last straw for dozens of tory mps. there will be very difficult decisions to be taken about tax and so on, and if you can't trust the motivation behind those decisions, because you feel that they're being taken in order to shore up this mp's support

or that mp's support, i just don't think that is a sustainable way of running a government. any other leader would have resigned by now. but despite the growing opposition on his own side, mrjohnson hasn't resigned. the vote in favour of having confidence in borisjohnson as leader was 211 votes and the vote against was 148 votes. in fact, he called that a new mandate from his mps. there are signs, though, that previous conservative voters don't quite see it like that. this is what the people of tiverton and honiton have said. huge by—election defeats at the hands of the liberal democrats have made tory mps nervous. thank you very much. mrjohnson even lost his advisor on ethics and standards. a few months ago, mrjohnson promised that a new team in number 10 would sort things out, but then came a chaotic response to allegations about chris pincher — ministers sent out to deliver lines that kept changing.

those who know mrjohnson say his leadership style has caused many of the problems. his own peculiar, distinctive unusual way of doing business, which is to proceed by impulse and intuition. and if you're in there and you're an advisor or a minister, you're with a guy who says he's given you a decision but then may well change his mind. have you been honest, prime minister? some colleagues don't think mrjohnson will ever resign, but no—one�*s ruling out another scandal if he stays. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. vicki young, the bbc�*s political editor, said some ministers are still unhappy and junior ministers she spoke to have a decided whether they will stay. i've been speaking to the editor of 0penmedia and former political correspondent at the independent and the independent

on sunday, james cusick, about whether boris johnson can continue as britain's prime minister. here's what he had to say. like any leader, boris johnson probably like any leader, borisjohnson probably thinks he can tough it out. johnson, they probably made a calculation that the holidays are a mere two days ago and if he canjust keep behind the barricades of downing street long enough, it's downing street long enough, its job downing street long enough, it'sjob done. i think if he thinks that's all there is, his reputation for getting the big decisions right is delusional, may be more delusional than i thought. may be more delusional than i thou:ht. �* , may be more delusional than i thou:ht. fl ., may be more delusional than i thou:ht. h ., , ., , thought. it's not 'ust that she sooner thought. it's not 'ust that she the h thought. it's not 'ust that she sooner the and _ thought. it's notjust that she sooner the and sajid - thought. it's notjust that she sooner the and sajid javid, i thought. it's notjust that she| sooner the and sajid javid, we have victoria vice—chair who quit live on television, andrew morrison resigning as trade envoy, ministerialaids morrison resigning as trade envoy, ministerial aids and the solicitor—general for england as well, even if, as you say, mrjohnson is able to hold onto power, what signal does this

enter the country about his leadership? figs enter the country about his leadership?— enter the country about his leadership? as soon as the resignation _ leadership? as soon as the resignation of _ leadership? as soon as the resignation of javed - leadership? as soon as the resignation of javed sue i leadership? as soon as the | resignation of javed sue nat resignation ofjaved sue nat cab and, my phone was inundated with people saying keep an eye open, val be a tsunami of resignations including the names. that tsunami at the moment is a bit of a trickle. sure, there is a vice—chair of the party, the solicitor—general has now gone and i suspect over the next two days the list will get longer and longer, and maybe one or two more big names. but it needs to be bigger than that. i think it needs to be something that gets the message through to borisjohnson that that gets the message through to boris johnson that although he says he is going to borisjohnson that although he says he is going on and although he has a core group of ministers around him he will occur that message, it needs to be something, it needs to be as much as operation big dog is

anything we have seen so far to keep him there, so if the party, away from johnson, are not united, this chance will go. i'm not sure what will happen if he will survive the summer or two whenever. right. i want to ask _ summer or two whenever. right. i want to ask about _ summer or two whenever. right. i want to ask about the _ summer or two whenever. right. i want to ask about the new - i want to ask about the new appointments because sadly we're running out of time. it took nearly more than four hours to appoint a new chancellor.— hours to appoint a new chancellor. ~ , ., ~ ., chancellor. why do think that is? i think, — chancellor. why do think that is? ithink, like— chancellor. why do think that is? i think, like anybody- chancellor. why do think that is? i think, like anybody in i chancellor. why do think that is? i think, like anybody in a| is? i think, like anybody in a negotiation who holds a weak hand, you have to do go with, if the prime minister wanted, he'd have to get him on his terms and that was crucial. it wasn't the prime minister giving up prizes tonight, it was the prime minister listening to and wanting the prizes and handing them out. that would be repeated, repeated, he is in no position to dictate anything at the moment. to dictate anything at the moment-— to dictate anything at the moment. , ,, moment. james cusick speaking to me a little — moment. james cusick speaking

to me a little earlier. _ you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: another 50,000 people told to evacuate their homes in sydney. the australian city has had eight months of rain injust four days. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties, and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup. they've pipped the favourites, south africa, by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated. celebration parties were cancelled. a man entered the palace i through a downstairs window and made his way to - the queen's private bedroom. then, he asked her for a cigarette. i and, on the pretext - of arranging for some to be brought, summoned a footman. on duty, who took the man away.

one child... ..one teacher... ..one book... ..and one pen can change the world. education is the only solution. applause this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines: borisjohnson fights to survive as the uk's prime minister as two senior ministers resign from his cabinet in quick succession. rishi sunak is no longer chancellor, saying the public expected government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously, while sajid javid resigns from the department of health, questioning the prime minister's integrity. away from what's happening

in the uk, let's turn to the us now, where prosecutors in the state of illinois say the suspect in monday's mass shooting at a 4july parade near chicago has been charged with seven counts of first degree murder. they said these were just the first of many charges to come. they will demand the maximum sentence for 21—year—old robert crimo who killed seven and injured dozens more when he opened fire at the event in highland park. 0ur correspondent nomia iqbal has this report. eight traditional part of american life destroyed by another american tradition — a mass shooting. families had gathered in the sunshine to remember that day in history when it their country became independent. moments later, gunshots rang out, creating panic and confusion. many managed to escape. figs panic and confusion. many managed to escape. as we were runnini , managed to escape. as we were running. i — managed to escape. as we were running, i heard _

managed to escape. as we were running, i heard a _ managed to escape. as we were running, i heard a bullet - running, i heard a bullet ricochet off of the brick above me, and my girlfriend kind of got immobilised, so i had to keep turning around and pulling her and pulling her because she just kind of froze.— just kind of froze. nicholas toledo died. _ just kind of froze. nicholas toledo died. his _ just kind of froze. nicholas toledo died. his family i just kind of froze. nicholas| toledo died. his family had taken him out for celebrations. jackie sometime it was described as a beloved member of the synagogue where she worked. the suspect, who is still being questioned, is robert crimo the third. police are giving us more details about the gunmen, saying that he claimed to a rooftop and shot 70 rounds. they say he was dressed as a woman to hide his statues. investigating officers gave a press conference earlier today. gave a press conference earlier toda . ~ ., , ., today. we do believe crimo preplanned _ today. we do believe crimo preplanned this _ today. we do believe crimo preplanned this attack for l preplanned this attack for several weeks. preplanned this attack for severalweeks. he preplanned this attack for several weeks. he brought a high—powered rifle to this

parade. he accessed the roof of a business via a fire escape ladder and began opening fire on the innocent independents day celebration dollars. recently, major government legislation in the us was passed to tackle gun violence but we don't know yet whether those new laws would have stopped this gunman. let's turn to australia now where around 50,000 people have been told to leave their homes in the country's largest city, sydney, as river levels continue to rise following days of torrential rain. parts of the city have received about eight months of rain injust four days. roads have been cut off, many buildings are submerged, and thousands have been left without power. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil has this report. in some parts of windsor, roads have turned into small rivers. a once—in—a—century weather event has now happened twice just this year. melissa and herfamily have been without power

for nearly 2a hours. now they've been told to evacuate. this time, because the water is over the road now, yeah, i'm a little bit worried, but, yeah. and soon as the power cut off yesterday as well, that was, yeah, had to go because we had no power. some residents in this neighbourhood have been rescued by the emergency services and others have evacuated. some are waiting in their homes, praying that they don't get stuck and that the water doesn't rise even further. the thing you keep hearing time and time again is how exhausting it's all been for them. 0ne local told me that facing one catastrophic flood is hard enough, but having to deal with three or four in less than two years is just devastating. linda has been helping people here for years. she herself has had to evacuate the night before and tells me she's never seen floods this bad. the community's still recovering from the last

flood and the one before. actually, some people are still recovering from the fires. you know, we'rejust all in shock and everybody is traumatised. the wet weather has been relentless, and with many roads cut off, authorities have urged people to heed evacuation warnings. experts say the flooding emergency has been worsened by climate change and el nino weather phenomenon. it'll take months, if not years, for communities here to rebuild. and in the back of everyone's mind is the fear of when they'll have to go through this again. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. let's go back to our main story. the uk government turmoil. my my colleague has been speaking to a member of the parliamentary conservative party and a leadership contender. i5 party and a leadership contender.— party and a leadership

contender. , . it is going to be difficult. losing a chancellor is a serious blow. 75% of the backbenchers seem to have voted against him but the ministers were holding with him and everyone was saying the cabinet will have to grow back. the loss of these figures is serious indeed and he is having to backfill. serious indeed and he is having to backfill-_ to backfill. personal integrity has been seen _ to backfill. personal integrity has been seen as _ to backfill. personal integrity has been seen as a _ to backfill. personal integrity has been seen as a so i to backfill. personal integrity i has been seen as a so important that he has been seen as a winner even though privately they had their own doubts as well. what does that say about the entire cabinet around him? you are right. i remember very much during the leadership when borisjohnson was first boris johnson was first standing, when borisjohnson was first standing, when i boris johnson was first standing, when i was trying to convince people to vote for almost anybody exactly him, people would say, "but he can win and when i would remind

them that everybody that i knew in parliament knew that this man was incompetent and dishonest and not suitable as a prime minister, the answer kept coming, "but he is a winner." and i think it is very sad that so many people decided to vote for him to be prime minister in the first place and that so many people were prepared to go along with this cabinet, and it is sad. it is said in so many ways. probably the most fundamental thing is that it erodes the reputation of our country and it makes it very difficult for us to face some of the most experienced challenges any british government has faced. i think the security challenges we face, the economic challenges, are so extreme they are almost unlike anything we have seen it since the second world war and we have somebody in place who, as you say, i think is a terrible man is a terrible prime minister, but in a fundamental sense, prime minister, but in a fundamentalsense, he prime minister, but in a fundamental sense, he obviously simply cannot concentrate because he generates another

scandal every week.— scandal every week. rory stewart _ scandal every week. rory stewart there _ scandal every week. rory stewart there from i scandal every week. rory i stewart there from a member scandal every week. rory - stewart there from a member of the party and a contender who lost to boris johnson. the party and a contender who lost to borisjohnson. here is one more story and want to tell you about and it is about bullfighting. wednesday sees the beginning of the festival of san fermin in the spanish city of pamplona. you may know it as the running of the bulls. ahead of the event, a protest took place, with demonstrators calling for the festival — and bullfighting in general — to be brought to an end. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. asa go, as a go, it was not exactly subtle. dozens of people are dressed up as dinosaurs — their messages clear, as, well, a red rag to a bull. translation: bullfighting is

prehistoric. that is why we have done an obvious performance with dinosaurs stop it is to say this is out of fashion and we have to evolve. bullfighting in spain it dates back hundreds of years stop it is a much loved tradition for many, but others see it as cruel — a vicious way to treat animals. the running of the bulls is quite a spectacle where, some say, the odds are a little more even, but critics insist what happens here is just as bad. translation: , translation: the bullfighting is linked to the _ translation: the bullfighting is linked to the running - translation: the bullfighting is linked to the running of- translation: the bullfighting is linked to the running of the l is linked to the running of the bulls because those bulls are the ones that are going to die. the ones going down the corridor of death.- the ones going down the corridor of death. the festival of san fermin _ corridor of death. the festival of san fermin will— corridor of death. the festival of san fermin will continue i corridor of death. the festival| of san fermin will continue for the next week but animal rights groups hope that eventually it will go the same way as the

dinosaurs. that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. hello. we have some warmer weather to come for the uk in the days ahead, notably warmer for england and wales. it was a pretty chilly start to tuesday. it's going to be a much milder start to wednesday. we start as we mean to go on. we've sourced our air around an area of high pressure all the way from close to the azores. so through the night, we're actually going to be pulling in mild air all the while on a north—westerly breeze behind a warm weather front. and that weather front will bring some quite heavy rainfora time for scotland and then some quite persistent but lighter rain sets in across western scotland for the day on wednesday, perhapsjust fringing into northernmost england as well. northern ireland hopefully brightening up as the day goes on. best of the sunshine will be across england and wales, but 20 degrees

in aberdeen is up on the highs that we saw earlier in the week, and i think we'll see 2a, maybe 25 in the south—east of england. very high levels of pollen still across some parts of england and wales, with the cloud and rain at much lower levels for northern and western scotland. it looks like we'll continue with uninterrupted play for wednesday at wimbledon. here, again, temperatures up a little on those earlier in the week. thursday looks like it will offer up another fine day as well. lighter winds on thursday. it's going to be pretty windy wednesday across scotland. we'll have a little bit of a northerly breeze down the east coast. that takes the temperature down for norwich on thursday, but notice there, 25 in cardiff, 26 in london, that warmth building in the sunshine across england and wales. scotland and northern ireland always losing out to those higher temperatures thanks to thicker cloud. could be quite grey and gloomy around some of the coasts and across the hills. some rain for western scotland on friday. but still we're seeing some of that warmth just pushing up towards belfast, edinburgh and aberdeen, but the really high temperatures,

the significantly above average temperatures, are always likely to be further south across england and wales, even on into the weekend. we will see fronts continuing to push towards scotland and northern ireland, so the cloudier skies here, the slightly breezier weather story, some patchy rain, possibly, across western scotland, but temperatures still not too far off the mark, actually, for this time of year. the average is the low 20s. butjust take a look how they soar in response to the sunshine, the light winds across england and wales. i think on sunday, we could see somewhere in eastern england nudging close to 30 degrees.

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