welcome to bbc news. i'm david eades. our top stories: borisjohnson fights to survive as the uk's prime minister as two senior ministers resign from his cabinet in quick succession. their verdict on the prime minister is damning as they question his competency, integrity and seriousness. the suspect in the mass shooting at a july 04 parade near chicago has been charged with seven counts of first degree murder. and, as part of our climate critical series, we look at the dangers plastic pollution hold for the world's oceans.

here in the uk, the government of borisjohnson is in a state of high turmoil after two of his most senior ministers resigned within minutes of one another. chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak quit, saying that the public expected the government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously. the health secretary, sajid javid, stood down, saying the public considered the tory government to be neither popular nor competent. they were followed by a number of more junior resignations. mrjohnson has been accused of making several misleading statements, most recently about the behaviour of a colleague accused of sexual misconduct. downing street has announced that former education secretary, nadim zahawi, will become the uk's new finance minister.

and former brexit secretary steve barclay takes the post of health secretary for england. this report from our political editor, chris mason. are we good? yeah. 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 on friday 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 10 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. the two resignations, though sudden, come in the midst of continuing questions about standards of trust and integrity in 10 downing street. our 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. let's get some of the day's other news. more than a hundred people accused of trafficking migrants to britain have been arrested in a series of raids across five european countries. the arrests were the result of a major operation coordinated between police forces in the uk, france, belgium, the netherlands and germany. bans on abortion in two more us states have come into effect after recent legal moves to block them were overruled. florida's ban on abortions past 15 weeks of pregnancy and a near—total ban in mississippi will now go ahead, following the supreme court's overturning of a landmark ruling on the issue. prosecutors in the us state of illinois say

the suspect in monday's mass shooting at a 4th ofjuly 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. our correspondent, nomia iqbal, has this report. an ordinary american high street, littered with the normality of family life. families had been celebrating the day their nation found independence when gunshots rang out. gunfire. a traditional event in this country has been destroyed by what's becoming another american tradition: a mass shooting. some escaped. i heard a bullet ricochet off of the brick above me and i kept — 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. and now a 21—year—old has been charged with bringing terror to this town. robert crimo has been accused of carrying out what authorities say was a well—orchestrated and carefully planned crime. today the lake county state's attorney office has charged robert crimo iii with seven counts of first—degree murder... cheering ..for the killing spree that he has unleashed against our community. these are just the first of many charges that will be filed against mr crimo. more details have come out about the victims. nicholas toledo�*s family had taken him out for celebrations. jackie sondheim was described as a beloved member of the local synagogue where she worked. investigations by police and the fbi have shown that robert crimo dressed as a woman as he fled the scene of the crime. this happened just down

the road behind me. police say the gunman climbed the rooftop with his gun, overlooking the parade, and shot 70 rounds, then disappearing. hours later, the police caught him on the motorway ina car. recently, major gun legislation was passed in the us to tackle gun violence, although it wouldn't have stopped him as he had legally purchased his rifle. clash of two american traditions — the wonderful tradition of families, 4th ofjuly — a horrible tradition of mass shootings. are mass shootings now a tradition in america? i don't want to be but it's becoming one. if crimo is convicted, authorities here say they will make sure he is jailed for life without parole. nomia iqbal, bbc news, highland park, chicago. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: as part of our climate critical series,

the ghost gear and debris. how to handle the plastic explosion in our oceans. 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. - and, on the pretext - of arranging for some to be brought, summoned a footman on duty, i who took the man away. one child... ..one teacher... ..one book... ..and one pen can change the world.

education is the only solution. applause welcome back to bbc news with me, david eades. the latest headlines: borisjohnson fights to survive as the uk's prime minister as two senior ministers resign from his cabinet in quick succession. their verdict on their former boss is damning as they question his competency, integrity and seriousness. every week at this time we turn out attention to key issues affecting our planet and this week on climate critical we are looking to the oceans. it has taken five years, but both the eu and the us have now signed up to the un's clean seas campaign, which amounts to a commitment to end plastic pollution. the announcement came at the un oceans conference on friday. it is quite a commitment and it means that, with other

new countries joining them, nearly 80% of the world's coastlines are now covered. at the same time, though, a recent report by the oecd, the organisation for economic cooperation and development, throws cold water over any hopes that the problem might ever be overcome. it claimed that, even if the so—called �*plastic tap�* is turned off today, plastic stocks in the ocean would, in fact, triple by 2060. i'm joined now by two people engaged in the actual task of removing that plastic. elise d'epenoux is head of international communications for the seacleaners in paris. and joel baziuk who is associate director at global ghost gear initiative, joining us from white rock in british columbia. ghost gear is the name given to the vast amount of discarded fishing gear in the ocean. joel joel, we will come to that in a moment. i'll start with elise,

you deal with the classic perception of plastic rubbish in the ocean. the hard fact is it's been dumped in far more and faster than you can possibly scoop it out again. what's the purpose of the mission? ?_ what's the purpose of the mission? ? good morning, narelda- — mission? ? good morning, narelda. thanks _ mission? ? good morning, narelda. thanks for- mission? ? good morning,| narelda. thanks for inviting mission? ? good morning, - narelda. thanks for inviting us to the show. the seacleaners is a different association founded in 2016 and we have four missions, reduce plastic pollution at its source to raising awareness and education, we collect plastic waste at sea and on land, we contribute to research and we encourage movement towards a circular economy. let encourage movement towards a circular economy.— circular economy. let me ask ou, circular economy. let me ask you. sorry — circular economy. let me ask you. sorry to _ circular economy. let me ask you, sorry to interrupt - circular economy. let me ask you, sorry to interrupt you, l you, sorry to interrupt you, i'll ask you on the scooping up of the plastic, taking it out of the plastic, taking it out of the plastic, taking it out of the sea, we have pictures of a prototype vessel that you will hope to have an action fairly soon. yes. what does

that do to help? i don't mean to be crude about it but it is such a vast reservoir of waste and one or two vessels won't change that. h0 and one or two vessels won't change that-— and one or two vessels won't change that. no but actually, when this _ change that. no but actually, when this giant _ change that. no but actually, when this giant boat - change that. no but actually, when this giant boat will - change that. no but actually, when this giant boat will be l when this giant boat will be launched in 2025, we will show the planning open data so any country can build this boat and 300 boats, if the country once, but it's supposed to be an ambassadorship. it is actually powered with renewable energies, with sales, obviously, with wind turbines, hydro generators, panels, and also runs with plastic waste. we actually will eat the plastic waste like the mentor eats plankton and will transform plastic waste to energy on board. so we are not

saying that we are the solution.— saying that we are the solution. ., , ., ., solution. no, but you want not to scale up. — solution. no, but you want not to scale up. i _ solution. no, but you want not to scale up, i see. _ solution. no, but you want not to scale up, i see. joel, - solution. no, but you want not to scale up, i see. joel, let's i to scale up, i see. joel, let's turn to you because ghost gear, as you call gear, discarded by fishing fleets across the world, i saw the figure that up to 70% in weight of plastic waste in the ocean is coming from fishing gear.— from fishing gear. that's a staggering figure. - from fishing gear. that's a staggering figure. yes, . from fishing gear. that's a | staggering figure. yes, it's 70%. _ staggering figure. yes, it's 70%. up _ staggering figure. yes, it's 70%, up to 70% in the jar is ratherthan— 70%, up to 70% in the jar is rather than the ocean bits between half of that based on best_ between half of that based on best estimates right now. we don't — best estimates right now. we don't know exactly how much is out there — don't know exactly how much is out there but it's a massive amount _ out there but it's a massive amount. one thing i'd like to point — amount. one thing i'd like to point out _ amount. one thing i'd like to point out as there is a common misconception that fishers are india — misconception that fishers are india over_ misconception that fishers are india over the side of their boats _ india over the side of their boats. there is a lot of reasons _ boats. there is a lot of reasons for that year loss, its— reasons for that year loss, it's important to understand that— it's important to understand that it — it's important to understand that it can get lost due to

snags _ that it can get lost due to snags on the surface, rough weather, _ snags on the surface, rough weather, other vessels contacting and not realising them — contacting and not realising them. , , contacting and not realising them. , ., contacting and not realising them. , ._ ., , them. presumably some of it is 'ust them. presumably some of it is just discarded _ them. presumably some of it is just discarded by _ them. presumably some of it is just discarded by illegal - just discarded by illegal fishers when they are under threat. ., , fishers when they are under threat. . , ., threat. certainly, illegal fishin: threat. certainly, illegal fishing is _ threat. certainly, illegal fishing is a _ threat. certainly, illegal fishing is a significant i fishing is a significant contributor but again, quantify the amount of illegal fishing is difficult, so quantify dumped gear by illegal fishers is very— dumped gear by illegal fishers is very difficult to quantify. sometimes where there are no end—of—life disposal options for fishes, and for gear, summernats can weigh £20,000 mark, _ summernats can weigh £20,000 mark, and — summernats can weigh £20,000 mark, and when there is no solution _ mark, and when there is no solution they are stored on land — solution they are stored on land a _ solution they are stored on land a significant time. it's less— land a significant time. it's less common than the general common— less common than the general common causes of gear loss, rough — common causes of gear loss, rough weather, snags, interaction with other boats. what — interaction with other boats. what is _ interaction with other boats. what is the climate implication of all this? the programme is climate critical, talking about waste. , ,, ~

waste. enlighten us. sure. an excellent _ waste. enlighten us. sure. an excellent question _ waste. enlighten us. sure. an excellent question and - waste. enlighten us. sure. an excellent question and a - waste. enlighten us. sure. an excellent question and a good leader— excellent question and a good leader because although i don't think— leader because although i don't think you — leader because although i don't think you can make a claim that losing _ think you can make a claim that losing fishing gear is causing climate _ losing fishing gear is causing climate change directly, it's not the _ climate change directly, it's not the way some other things are _ not the way some other things are the — not the way some other things are. the opposite is true, as climate _ are. the opposite is true, as climate change begins to create increased intensity of storm systems, particularly in areas like the — systems, particularly in areas like the caribbean we are doing a right— like the caribbean we are doing a right now, those increased systems— a right now, those increased systems are causing more gear loss because the fishers deploy traps _ loss because the fishers deploy traps or— loss because the fishers deploy traps or fish pots and things like — traps or fish pots and things like that— traps or fish pots and things like that out there, those intense _ like that out there, those intense storms can cause them to become _ intense storms can cause them to become lost, separated from their— to become lost, separated from their boys— to become lost, separated from their boys which they become, they— their boys which they become, they remain in the ocean where they— they remain in the ocean where they can — they remain in the ocean where they can be you to trap species in a significant manner over and — in a significant manner over and over— in a significant manner over and overagain. in a significant manner over and over again. that's one of the main _ and over again. that's one of the main links between lost gear— the main links between lost gear and _ the main links between lost gear and climate change is as we get — gear and climate change is as we get more intense weather, we .et we get more intense weather, we get more — we get more intense weather, we get more gear loss. you we get more intense weather, we get more gear loss.— get more gear loss. you both have a common _ get more gear loss. you both have a common purpose - get more gear loss. you both. have a common purpose which get more gear loss. you both - have a common purpose which is to clean the oceans but in very different trucks. i wonder, elise, what's your motivation

for the work you are doing what are you actually trying to achieve?— are you actually trying to achieve? ., ,, ., ,, ., ., achieve? you know, we know that the six factors _ achieve? you know, we know that the six factors affecting _ the six factors affecting global warming are correlated to the life of plastic. we have to the life of plastic. we have to move on this, so extraction and production, conception, end—of—life, recycling and closing the loop, because recycling can deliberately reduce the environmental impact of plastic pollution and its contribution to climate change. less than 10% of plastic used around the world is recycled so we are part of the solution. there is also the marine pollution, every minute the equivalent of a scale skipper full of plastic is dumped into the ocean, so you have to do something, so global gear initiative, the seacleaners, but we will have to do something.— but we will have to do something. i'm sorry to interrunt _ something. i'm sorry to interrupt you _ something. i'm sorry to interrupt you again, - something. i'm sorry toj interrupt you again, but getting shorter time. joel,

same question, what's the motivation? it's great to get rubbish out of the sea but is there to it than that?- rubbish out of the sea but is there to it than that? there is a lot more — there to it than that? there is a lot more to _ there to it than that? there is a lot more to it. _ there to it than that? there is a lot more to it. five - there to it than that? there is a lot more to it. five years i a lot more to it. five years ago — a lot more to it. five years ago i — a lot more to it. five years ago i don't _ a lot more to it. five years ago i don't think that this was on the — ago i don't think that this was on the agenda. the global ghost gear— on the agenda. the global ghost gear initiative is about the same _ gear initiative is about the same vintage as the seacleaners, we launched in 2015— seacleaners, we launched in 2015 but _ seacleaners, we launched in 2015 but now as you mentioned, the uk _ 2015 but now as you mentioned, the uk government, on 20 member governments, through the oecd, produced — governments, through the oecd, produced a report on ghost gear last year— produced a report on ghost gear last year in the g7 presidency, it's at— last year in the g7 presidency, it's at the _ last year in the g7 presidency, it's at the top of the global plastics _ it's at the top of the global plastics policy and global policy _ plastics policy and global policy list. we do remove gear in our— policy list. we do remove gear in our 132— policy list. we do remove gear in our132 member policy list. we do remove gear in our 132 member nations around _ in our 132 member nations around the world as well but it's also— around the world as well but it's also about prevention and education _ it's also about prevention and education and making sure, gear is hard _ education and making sure, gear is hard to— education and making sure, gear is hard to find what it's lost, the — is hard to find what it's lost, the ocean— is hard to find what it's lost, the ocean is big, if you prevented from getting there in the first— prevented from getting there in the first place, you do a lot more — the first place, you do a lot more geared. we want

prevention, and mediation. you've _ prevention, and mediation. you've got the most high—profile issue in terms of pollution in the oceans because many people see the high seas as the poor relation in terms of climate change and efforts to mitigate and deal with that but let me ask you, elise, the figure from the oecd that there will be three times the amount of plastic waste in the seas by 2060, even if there is no more plastic ever produced, do you think that is realistic, can you do anything about that? regarding our emissions, if we are realistic about this, yes, it's a real global ecological disaster, so we all have to do something one more time. 1.5 million animals die each year because of plastic pollution. 1 million birds die each year. what about humans? we adjust

the equivalent of one credit card a week. because of plastic. the referred, water... i'm sorry to stop you but we have to stop there. elise d'epenoux and joel baziuk, thank you. 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.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the british prime minister has been forced to carry out a reshuffle after two of his most senior ministers resigned over his leadership. the chancellor of the exchequer, rishi sunak, and the health secretary, sajid javid, both said they could no longer support borisjohnson. mr sunak said the public rightly expected the government to be conducted properly. he's been replaced as chancellor with nadhim zahawi, the former education secretary. the leader of the opposition labour party, keir starmer, said the government was now collapsing amid sleaze, scandals and failure. prosecutors in the american state of illinois say the suspect in monday's mass shooting at a fourth ofjuly parade

near chicago has been charged with seven counts of first degree murder.