this is bbc news. 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 4th ofjuly parade near chicago has been charged with seven counts of first degree murder. and marched at gunpoint towards an execution we've the inside story of a russian atrocity in ukraine from the survivor who played dead.

all welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 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 javed stood down, saying the public considered the tory government to be neither popular nor competent. what sort of responses that elicited? we will look at the newspapers because it is a common response and let's start with the sun, and it doesn't necessarily reflect every newspaper but the majority.

these are the headlines. it is all the same language. and have a look at this. once again, borisjohnson on the brink. the pressure clearly on the prime minister now. downing street has announced that former education secretary nadim zahawi will become the uk's new finance minister. chancellor of the exchequer. and former brexit secretary steve barclay takes the post of health secretary for england. it has been a very dramatic 2a hours. 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. fairto fair to say no—one expected these two resignations and they

happened, it was all very sudden. the 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. 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. to the us now, where prosecutors in the 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 is alleged to have killed seven and injured dozens more after opening fire from a rooftop 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: pre—historic protest — the demonstrators in spain who say bullfighting

belongs in the past. 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 this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: i'm david eades. 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. it's nearly five months since russian forces carried out one of the worst atrocities of their so—called "special military operation". eight unarmed men were shot dead in a mass execution in the suburb of bucha outside kyiv in early march. they were among around 1,000 people who died during the month—long russian occupation in the kyiv region. but one man the russians thought they'd killed managed

to escape the infamous massacre. our special correspondent fergal keane has been to meet him. a warning — you may find his report distressing. in ukrainian, it means the place of the apple trees — yablu nska. to the world, it's become synonymous with cruelty. it happened here at 144 yablunska street, a nondescript office building, but a crime that defined a new age of atrocity in europe. this is the story of families shattered by a massacre... ..and ofa man, meant to be dead, but who lived to bear witness. distant explosion. it begins in the opening days of the war, when men on yablunska street joined the territorial defence. they were fathers, sons, brothers, neighbours. anatoly prykhidko joined up

to protect his home and family. translation: | just started. getting warm clothes for him. at that time, i felt there was nothing i could say to stop him. but by 4 march, the russians were combing bucha, searching for men of the territorial defence. anatoly and eight others were by now hiding here, at 31 yablunska street. by the following morning, the russians had encircled the hiding place. translation: on the 4th, at 10am, he sent me - a message saying, "we're still sitting tight." that was his last message.

this is what happened next. cctv recorded the moments just after the men were captured. this image, obtained by the bbc, shows them being led towards the russian base at 144 yablunska street. a neighbourfilmed the next moments through his window. the men can be seen being lined up in front of a wall. lucy moskalenko was a witness and was disturbed by the words of a russian officer. he told us, "don't look at those people "lying on the ground. "they are not humans. "they are absolute dirt. "dirt. "they are not human. "they are beasts." it is through the extraordinary testimony of one man that we know what happened next. ivan skyba, a father of four, was never meant

to survive his ordeal. translation: the conversation went like this - _ "what should we do with him?" the second russian says, "finish him off, butjust "take them away so that they won't be lying here." the men were led around the corner to a quiet courtyard. translation: we realised that we were being led - to execution and we simply said goodbye to each other, and that was it. then the shooting started. ivan was hit. but the bullet passed through his side, causing only a small wound. he pretended to be dead. translation: iwas lying there, not breathing. - it was cold outside.

breath was steaming up from my mouth, so i didn't breathe. i didn't move. and at the same time, i was expecting a shot. that was the most terrifying thing. they were telling jokes to each other. that is, they were in a jolly good mood. ivan lay among the dead until the soldiers eventually left. he dragged himself over a fence and escaped. but the dead are close in memory, for this haunted survivor and for theirfamilies. every day, olya prykhidko takes flowers and two cups of coffee — one for her, one for him — to her husband's grave.

translation: my younger daughter keeps saying, - " pa pa is near. "papa can see everything. "papa can hear everything." the older one, she gets distracted. like a child, plays. but then she remembers and starts crying. do you talk to him still, yourself? translation: yes, of course. all the time. when no—one can hear me, i call him by his name. in this grief, the crimes of war will echo for generations. fergal keane, bbc news, yablunska street.

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 fifteen 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. 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. as demonstrations go, it was not exactly subtle.

dozens of people are dressed up as dinosaurs — their message is clear, as, well, a red rag to a bull. translation: bullfighting is prehistoric. _ that's why we have done an obvious performance with dinosaurs running behind the bull runners to say, "this is out of fashion and we have to evolve." bullfighting in spain dates back hundreds of years. 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 isjust as bad. translation: the bullfighting is linked to the running - of the bulls because those bulls are the ones that are going to die — the ones that are going down

the corridor of death. the festival of san fermin will continue for the next week, but animal rights groups hope eventually it will go the same way as the dinosaurs. talking of which. a 76—million—year—old dinosaur skeleton will be auctioned in new york later this month. the fossilised remains are the first ever entire gorgosaurus skeleton to be offered for private sale. the auctioneers, sotheby�*s, say the fossil, standing three metres tall and nearly seven metres long, is in excellent condition. the gorgosaurus, described as "a fearsome apex carnivore" would have roamed the earth in the late cretaceous period — more than 70 million years ago. it is expected to fetch between $5 million

and $8 million, with that you are up to date on bbc world news. goodbye. 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 24, 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 4th ofjuly parade near chicago has been charged