welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: borisjohnson resigns as conservative party leader but will stay on as caretaker prime minister. not a word about his mistakes in his announcement — blaming his colleagues instead. as we've seen at westminster, the herd instinct is powerful, and when the herd moves, it moves. and, my friends, in politics, no—one is remotely indispensable. watched by his family and most loyal supporters, mrjohnson expressed regret that his premiership will end earlier than he'd hoped.

i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up the bestjob in the world. but them's the breaks. we'll take a look at who might replace borisjohnson as the list of potential candidates grows by the hour. also coming up on newsday — foreign ministers from the 620 meet in bali to discuss the disruption to global food and energy supplies caused by russia's invasion of ukraine, with both russian and chinese diplomats attending. and an injured rafael nadal withdraws from wimbledon, missing an opportunity to achieve a new grand slam record. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. borisjohnson is no longer leader of the conservative party, but he's still british prime minister following an extraodinary day at westminster. less than 12 hours ago,

he walked out of the door of number 10 to confirm he will resign as tory leader and that he intends to stay in charge until a successor is chosen. many of his colleagues along with opposition parties are deeply unhappy with that and have called on him to go immediately. remember this time yesterday, mrjohnson was insisting he would not stand down. but after the avalanche of resignations over the past 48 hours, everything changed. our political editor chris mason begins our coverage. at breakfast time, there was talk of a constitutional crisis, a prime minister who wouldn't budge, and more and more ministers resigning. butjust after nine o'clock, news boris johnson would resign today. this, the most powerful street in the country, suddenly packed. those arriving for work here capturing the moment, too. at lunchtime, a lectern.

those normally inside, outside — an audience awaits. and then a moment at once personal, political and constitutional. hi, everybody. it is clearly now the will of the parliamentary conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party, and therefore a new prime minister. so, i want to say to the millions of people who voted for us in 2019, many of them voting conservative for the first time, thank you for that incredible mandate. and the reason i have fought so hard in the last few days to continue to deliver that mandate in person was notjust because i wanted to do so, but because i felt it was my job, my duty, my obligation to you to continue to do what we promised in 2019. he fought hard and lost, his cabinet and his party

abandoning him, but listen still to his defiance. in the last few days, i've tried to persuade my colleagues that it would be eccentric to change governments when we're delivering so much. this was boris johnson forced to articulate that his imagined future here was being crushed. the boy who dreamed of being world king ejected. as we've seen at westminster, the herd instinct is powerful, and when the herd moves, it moves. and, my friends, in politics, no—one is remotely indispensable. i know that there will be many people who are relieved and, perhaps, quite a few who will also be disappointed. and i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up the bestjob in the world. but them's the breaks. that's life, mrjohnson acknowledging, a painful personal moment, a splash of history unfolding, too.

being prime minister is an education in itself. i've travelled to every part of the united kingdom, and in addition to the beauty of our natural world, i've found so many people possessed of such boundless british originality and so willing to tackle old problems in new ways, that i know that even if things can sometimes seem dark now, our future together is golden. thank you all very much. what a moment. a man who won a big majority at a general election just 2.5 years ago is going, humiliated by his party, the borisjohnson era will soon be over. liar! few are indifferent to borisjohnson. a primary colours prime minister provoking colourful reactions to the near end. a great man brought down.

that's all i can say at the moment, thank you. the country will rue this day. they'll regret it like i they did with thatcher. this will be a mistake. but plenty of others within the conservative party and beyond think borisjohnson should be standing down as prime minister pretty much immediately, and notjust as conservative leader. the former prime minister sir john major is among them. in a letter, he wrote... sirjohn suggested that the deputy prime minister could take over for a bit or a caretaker prime minister could be drafted in. would theresa may fancy it? laughs: look, i don't think... from everything i hear, i don't

think there is going to be a caretaker prime minister in the sense of somebody else coming into that role. and what does an opposition party leader do on a day like this? one option is to smile and go and watch some tennis at wimbledon, having said this about boris johnson. .. he needs to go completely, none of this nonsense about clinging on for a few months. he's inflicted lies, fraud and chaos in the country, and, you know, we're stuck with a government which isn't functioning. there will be an overwhelming and very widespread sense - of relief today that i borisjohnson's time as prime minister, which should probably never have been - allowed to happen in the first place, is coming to an end. l the problem is the conservative party, conservative mps, have stood by him for so long. they propped him up, they enabled him to fail to lead our country properly, and my heart goes out to the millions of families and pensioners who have not

been helped properly because his government has been so incompetent. attention now turns to those who aspire to come next in downing street, a fourth prime minister in a little over six years. are you going to make a bid for the leadership, sir? - there's the former chancellor. the foreign secretary liz truss is likely to be in the picture. and perhaps the former cabinet ministerjeremy hunt, too, among others. a beauty pageant to lead the country is onlyjust beginning. and after the intrigue and anguish, plotting and resignations, a leader departs, soon—ish. earlier, we heard from our uk political correspondent ione wells, who explained what happens next in terms of the leadership race for the topjob. that is certainly a possibility, and a timetable is

still yet to be confirmed really. we are expecting to have all that confirmed after next week after that powerful backbench committee of tory mps, the 1922 committee, meet to establish it. sit with the expectation is those initial stages will happen quite quickly. rememberfirstany quickly. remember first any hopeful leadership quickly. rememberfirstany hopeful leadership candidates need to get the support of tory mps and get to the first ages and in the crucial test once in the final two is getting the votes of tory party members. whoever wins that battle of course then becomes the new conservative party leader and by default then the new prime minister. now a new prime minister. now a new prime minister is fitted by september but the exact time frame though is still unclear. just we have heard of some of my colleague's reports just then, there are still some tory mps who were not particularly happy with how long this is still going to take. this is not the end of boris johnson's take. this is not the end of borisjohnson�*s discontentjust yet. they are some of his tour in p saying today that he should have been gone immediately and interim leader should have been appointed.

really all of this comes back to the fact that after days of extremes resignations both from mps and ministers across the board really, certainly there are some who feel he just does not have the authority to continue captaining the ship now that it has sunk. they're talking about whether or not indeed there is a mood for more shots into sticker and as a caretaker prime minister. chris curtis is head of political polling at the research agency 0pinium. what you think about the idea that people don't want him around any more or until october?— around any more or until october? , ., october? the first thing to know is the _ october? the first thing to know is the public - october? the first thing to know is the public have - october? the first thing to | know is the public have not want — know is the public have not want him _ know is the public have not want him around for quite a while if_ want him around for quite a while. if you look at opinion polls— while. if you look at opinion polls right back to the turn of 2022, — polls right back to the turn of 2022, we _ polls right back to the turn of 2022, we were noticing then that— 2022, we were noticing then that a — 2022, we were noticing then that a majority of voters wanted _ that a majority of voters wanted the prime minister to

lo. wanted the prime minister to go. those numbers got a little bit worse _ go. those numbers got a little bit worse this week but it's clear— bit worse this week but it's clear that for some time he has been, _ clear that for some time he has been. his— clear that for some time he has been, his career has been heading _ been, his career has been heading in one direction and the conservative party would have — the conservative party would have struggled, really struggled to have won the next general— struggled to have won the next general election with him as teader~ _ general election with him as leader. but obviously there is much — leader. but obviously there is much more to civic questions as well— much more to civic questions as well given— much more to civic questions as well given he is now on the way out watch that timetable be? most — out watch that timetable be? most of — out watch that timetable be? most of our polling has shown that in — most of our polling has shown that in the situation, voters will— that in the situation, voters will him _ that in the situation, voters will him out as quickly as possible for them they don't want — possible for them they don't want him to hold on until there is a new— want him to hold on until there is a new leader in place and a majority in _ is a new leader in place and a majority in fact what a caretaker leader in place to -et caretaker leader in place to get borisjohnson out caretaker leader in place to get boris johnson out and someone else to take over until a new— someone else to take over until a new leader is elected. and what do the _ a new leader is elected. and what do the polls _ a new leader is elected. and what do the polls tell - a new leader is elected. fific what do the polls tell you in terms of who people are likely to want to support going forward?— to want to support going forward? . , ., ., forward? tricky question that because most _ forward? tricky question that because most of— forward? tricky question that because most of the - forward? tricky question that because most of the people i forward? tricky question that. because most of the people that we are _ because most of the people that we are hearing came out this evening _ we are hearing came out this evening and it said they are going — evening and it said they are going to _ evening and it said they are going to run to be conservative party— going to run to be conservative party leader. most of the voters _ party leader. most of the voters i'm speaking to in the polls— voters i'm speaking to in the polls won't have heard of most

people — polls won't have heard of most people just because most people are hot— people just because most people are not paying as much attention to politics as you or i probably are. they have not heard — i probably are. they have not heard much about them and don't know— heard much about them and don't know much— heard much about them and don't know much but what they stand for. difficult distaste another kind — for. difficult distaste another kind of— for. difficult distaste another kind of conservative leader that — kind of conservative leader that will— kind of conservative leader that will go down well with the public— that will go down well with the public with some bit and probably better to start from a different — probably better to start from a different position and think what — different position and think what sort of outcomes are the public — what sort of outcomes are the public focusing on. what kind of person— public focusing on. what kind of person with them and what specific— of person with them and what specific person do they want? i think it's — specific person do they want? i think it's clear that they want someone _ think it's clear that they want someone who is going to bring calm _ someone who is going to bring calm track— someone who is going to bring calm back the situation and i think— calm back the situation and i think there is been too much drama — think there is been too much drama and politics and i think they— drama and politics and i think they want somebody he was going to unite _ they want somebody he was going to unite the conservative party for a _ to unite the conservative party for a big — to unite the conservative party for a big challenge in conservative mps individually conservative mps individually conservative members what to think— conservative members what to think about who they think will be trest— think about who they think will be best placed to do that. and 'ust be best placed to do that. and just briefly _ be best placed to do that. and just briefly what _ be best placed to do that. fific just briefly what would happen if there was a general election right now?— if there was a general election right now? labour party would win. right now? labour party would win- boris _ right now? labour party would win. boris johnson _ right now? labour party would win. boris johnson would - right now? labour party would win. boris johnson would be . right now? labour party would i win. boris johnson would be out win. borisjohnson would be out of downing street and his pleasant would be keir starmer,

he might— pleasant would be keir starmer, he might need the support of other— he might need the support of other parties and not get an outright— other parties and not get an outright majority but it is hard _ outright majority but it is hard to _ outright majority but it is hard to see the conservative party— hard to see the conservative party winning an election in the near— party winning an election in the near future as they have to really need to turn these numbers around in a couple of years — numbers around in a couple of ears. , , ., ., years. chris curtis, head of political — years. chris curtis, head of political polling, _ years. chris curtis, head of political polling, thank- years. chris curtis, head of political polling, thank you | years. chris curtis, head of. political polling, thank you so much forjoining us here on newsday. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... this year's wimbledon dream is over for rafael nadal as he withdraws from the tournament with an abdominal injury. 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 host of the 2006 football world cup. they pipped the favourite, south africa, by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated

and celebration parties were cancelled. a man entered the palace 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, who took the man away. one child, one teacher, one book and one pen i 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 resigns as conservative party leader, but will stay on as caretaker prime minister. in his resignation statement, he blames his colleagues.

attention now turns to who might replace borisjohnson as the list of potential candidates grows by the hour. let's stay with that story now. borisjohnson's premiership has been marked by controversy since he entered number 10. but his confused handling of allegations of sexual misconduct involving the former minister chris pincher was the final straw for many of his colleagues. and that seemed to have crystallised many of the questions about trust and integrity which have haunted mrjohnson during his time in office, as vicki young explains. i want to warn you, there are flashing images in her report. i want to talk to the crowd. riding high and doing what he did best, borisjohnson on the campaign trail, persuading millions to back brexit. crowd cheers. many credit, or blame, him for the victory that followed. the pasty of independence! he was a leading contender to replace david cameron when he resigned after the referendum, but a close

ally decided to publicly voice concerns about mrjohnson's flaws. i've realised that while boris does have those very special abilities to communicate and to reach out, what he did not have was the capacity to build and to lead that team and to provide the leadership the country needs at this critical moment. it was an early warning from someone who knew him well. he abandoned his campaign, leaving loyal supporters distraught. but his ambitions weren't thwarted for long. theresa may's brexit plans hit the buffers and tory mps saw him as the man to get it done. he entered downing street with a team willing to ignore the usual conventions of politics. at the time, many mps were determined to stop the uk leaving the eu without a deal. mrjohnson asked the queen to suspend parliament, a move deemed unlawful in the supreme court, and kicked more than 20 tory mps out of the party.

david gauke was one of them. he was prepared to adopt tactics that other prime . ministers would not have| adopted, prepared to use language that other prime - ministers would not have been prepared to adopt. basically, because he felt that the rules didn't apply to him. i the problem is that the . approach that he took over brexit is also the approach that he has taken over- other matters, personal as well as policy. - to break the deadlock, an election was called and the conservatives won their biggest majority in more than 30 years. for his new government, though, everything was put on hold when it was hit by the worst health crisis in modern times. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction. you must stay at home. the prime minister himself became seriously ill with covid. i still have a temperature... he was admitted to intensive care and spent three days in hospital.

a key ally throughout this time was dominic cummings, his unconventional style aggravated many. sorry i'm late. and within a year of the election victory, he had resigned after a bitter power struggle, clashing with tory mps and the prime minister's wife. he soon went on the attack, becoming mrjohnson's fiercest and most damaging critic. he doesn't have a plan, he doesn't know how to be prime minister, and we only got him in there because we had to solve a certain problem, not because we thought that he was the right person to be running the country. mrjohnson was criticised by his ethics adviser over the complicated funding of a lavish flat refurbishment. he infuriated colleagues by trying to water down standards on public life to help a colleague, only to u—turn later. what have you done to this place? a heavy by—election defeat to the liberal democrats was the first sign that voters weren't impressed. fundamentally, boris came to downing street without a ideology, without a strategy and without a plan, then chose the wrong

strategists around him, and i think that every time he got busted, rather than owning up to it, he did the usual boris thing, which is to say, "i'm not going to apologise or change, "we're going to ride it out," and he was tied down by his own character and, in the end, he proved quite inflexible. last year, stories started leaking out about rule—breaking parties in number 10 while the rest of the country was in lockdown. after a police investigation, mrjohnson was fined for a birthday celebration in the cabinet room. altogether, over 120 fines were issued to staff. a report by a senior civil servant blamed a failure of leadership and mrjohnson was accused of lying about what went on. the final straw was a chaotic response to allegations of sexual misconduct against the deputy chief whip, chris pincher. mrjohnson was again accused of not being up front about what he knew. for some, though, there is a legacy to be proud of.

i think we do need to recognise that he delivered on his promise to get brexit done and he got us through the pandemic with the most successful vaccination programme in europe, so there is much to be positive about. for many of mrjohnson's colleagues, though, his downfall is not a surprise. vicki young, bbc news. let's take you to bali, indonesia now, where foreign ministers from the g20 — the world's largest economies — are meeting to address disruptions to global food and energy supplies caused by the russian invasion of ukraine. russia's top diplomat, sergey lavrov, his us counterpart, antony blinken and the chinese foreign minister are all attending. 0ur correspondent jonathan head has the latest. this is the first time since the invasion of ukraine that the us secretary of state would find himself in the same room as his russian counterpart,

making for some awkward choreography. the us side insists there is no possibility of a formal meeting between the two. and, remember, this isjust a preliminary here at this gathering to the three big summits scheduled in this region for later this year, to which presidents biden and putin are both invited. and the us can hardly afford to boycott those meetings because it's struggling right now to regain the ground it's lost in recent years in influence to china, particularly here in the asia—pacific. so the talks scheduled between antony blinken and the chinese foreign minister, wang yi, are perhaps the most important part of this meeting. the us says it's hoping to establish what it calls "guardrails", to stop their currently fractious relationship from veering into outright confrontation. china, of course, has steadfastly refused to back the tough us stance towards russia over ukraine. 0ur south east asia correspondentjonathan head correspondent jonathan head there. well, correspondentjonathan head there. well, let's move to sports for you now. rafael nadal has withdrawn from wimbledon after failing to recoverfrom

an abdominal injury. it ends his chances of winning a third grand slam in a row. the spanish star, who won this year's australian and french open tournaments, was due to play in the men's semifinal on friday against australia's nick kyrgios. so what does this mean for his career? joining me from montreal in canada is mark dreyer, the founder of china sports insider and author of sporting superpower: an insider's view on china's quest to be the best. it is great to get you on the programme, mark. right away, what does this mean for nadal�*s career? i what does this mean for nadal's career? ~ , career? i think it is desperately - career? i think it is - desperately disappointing. career? i think it is _ desperately disappointing. he was so close, just two games away from potentially yet another grand slam victory, and another grand slam victory, and a potential showdown with djokovic or the home favourite cameron norrie looming in the final if you get your kyrgios, but if he feels he had to pull

out a day before a game, instead of living into the last minute, to see if you have recovered, there is no doubt he is not in physical shape to play, to disappointment for him and his fans but hopefully he will be back.— will be back. mark, i want to turn to another— will be back. mark, i want to turn to another issue - will be back. mark, i want to turn to another issue that. will be back. mark, i want to| turn to another issue that has beenin turn to another issue that has been in the headlines in some shape orform at been in the headlines in some shape or form at wimbledon, been in the headlines in some shape orform at wimbledon, and thatis shape orform at wimbledon, and that is the fact that campaigners at wimbledon have been confronted by security staff are wearing t—shirts, as i understand it, asking, where is peng shuai? 0urfears will remember it at the time —— our viewers. the tennis player essentially wasn't removed from the spotlight after accusing a chinese official of sexual assault. what is being said about her?—

assault. what is being said about her? nothing is being said about _ about her? nothing is being said about her _ about her? nothing is being said about her in _ about her? nothing is being said about her in china, - about her? nothing is being said about her in china, this is being heavily, heavily censored. hersocial is being heavily, heavily censored. her social media is still there. but it has not been written in months and months, it has basically been scrubbed from the internet. the reality is, it has died down and they campaigners are trying to keep this in the news because the situation has not gone away. the women's tennis association says they want some resolution to the peng shuai situation. that is going be very fickle because there is no in my mind china is going to investigate what they say has been a complete miskimmon kitchen and misunderstanding, but the wta had been persistent —— miscommunication. they are going to want to return to the chinese market. there are number of chinese tennis players, including a very exciting 19—year—old player, who is a potential star of the future, the next lien, if you

remember her. we are not expecting any resolution any time yet —— li na. expecting any resolution any time yet -- li na.— time yet -- li na. and 'ust briefly. fl time yet -- li na. and 'ust briefly. wiufi time yet -- li na. and 'ust briefly, will we * time yet -- li na. and 'ust briefly, will we ever i time yet -- li na. and just briefly, will we ever see i time yet -- li na. and just i briefly, will we ever see peng shuai in public? i briefly, will we ever see peng shuai in public?— shuai in public? i think we will see her, _ shuai in public? i think we will see her, but- shuai in public? i think we will see her, but not - will see her, but not imminently. is she free? she is not locked up. is she free to do what she wants to? probably not. it is a bit of relative term in terms of freedom of movement of freedom of what she can say. we will see her again, but i would not expect to see her travelling overseas any time soon. her travelling overseas any time soon-— her travelling overseas any time soon. ~ , , time soon. mark dreyer there, thanks for— time soon. mark dreyer there, thanks for keeping _ time soon. mark dreyer there, thanks for keeping us - thanks for keeping us up—to—date on all of those latest of elements at wimbledon. —— latest developments. before we go, a reminder of our top story for you. borisjohnson has resigned as leader of the conservative party, but he will stay

on as caretaker prime minister — until the party chooses his successor. that's it from us at newsday. thanks so much forjoining us. do stay with bbc news. hello there. despite cloud dominating the weather story this week, we've been promising you sunshine. well, we gradually got there in the end on thursday. after a cloudy start, we had beautiful blue sky and sunshine by the middle of the afternoon. not quite the case, unfortunately, in the far northwest, in highland scotland. still some pretty grey cloud around. and in actual fact, this weather front�*s still going to sit there throughout the day on friday. high pressure is building in and it will gradually drift its way a little bit further eastwards and dominate the scene over the weekend, but it does mean some drizzly rain first thing in the morning to the northwest of scotland and the far north of northern ireland. as we go through the day, there will be plenty of settled, sunny weather. with light winds, temperatures are going to respond quite

quickly, so highs of 21 degrees in eastern scotland, 2a perhaps into the midlands, 28 celsius the high — that's 82 fahrenheit — somewhere in the southeast. we now have to start thinking about uv, which will be high or very high. and we haven't seen that for some time, so that's certainly worth bearing in mind if you're going to be spending any time outside. now, as i say, that high pressurejust shifts its position a little into the weekend. and areas where we've seen some low, grey cloud stubbornly sitting in the far north and west, still there on saturday but slowly improving as the weekend progresses. perhaps the cloud just retreating to the extreme north. more sunshine coming through. again, light winds for all of us, and again those temperatures responding, likely once again into the high 20s for many. so that means a warm night to come through saturday night into sunday morning. it means a repeat performance on sunday — again, dry, settled and sunny. and once again, those temperatures responding. so we might see that cloud breaking up a little more into the far northwest of scotland. here, temperatures 16—20 the high, but highest values

likely of 29 or 30 celsius somewhere in the southeast on sunday. now, it looks likely that that high pressure is going to continue to stay with us for the next few days. again, still, those weak weather fronts a bit of a nuisance for a time, but then it builds in and settles things down quite nicely. so as we go through the week ahead, some cloud from time to time in the far north. dry, settled, sunny and still pretty warm for all of us. some people will see temperatures into the low 30s.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. china's treatment of the uyghur muslim minority living in xinjiang has stirred loud condemnation in the west. the us government uses the word "genocide" to condemn systematic abuse and repression, china calls that the lie of the century. my guest nury turkel

is at the centre of the uyghur