this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. shock across the world follwoing the assaination of japan's longest serving prime minister shinzo abe. i pray that somehow his life could be spared but unfortunately, he passed away despite those prayers. this is truly unfortunate. the suspect has been named by police as 41 year old yama—gami tetsuya. he's thought to be a former member of the country's navy. us president biden signs an executive order to help safeguard american women's access to abortion.

resigns as chancellor on tuesday — now rishi sunak sets out his stall to become british prime minister to replace borisjohnson. and novak djokovic reaches another wimbledon final beating britain's cameron norrie. we begin with the shocking news out of japan. we begin with the shocking news out of japan. japan's former prime minister shinzo abe has been shot dead in the street while giving an election speech. he was the country's longest serving post—war prime minister. he served in office twice in the beginning of the 1990s. he served in office twice

in the beginning of the 1990s. according to police, mr abe's attacker used a home—made gun and fired two shots. world leaders have reacted with shock. us presidentjoe biden said he was "stunned, outraged, and deeply saddened" and india's prime minister narendra modi declared a day of national mourning. it all happend in nara, a city south west of tokyo. mr abe was shot near the railway station and flown by elicoper to hospital, where he was pronunced dead several hours later. from nara, here's rupert wingfield—hayes. this was shinzo abe this morning standing on the corner rallying support from his parliament. but lurking a few metres away, this man was caught on camera by a local tv crew. then suddenly two very loud bangs rang out. mr abe's bodyguards are on the assailant in seconds.

lying on the street, a strange looking gun made of strange pipes and held together with black tape. the former prime minister is flown to a nearby hospital, but the news is bad. he's been hit in the back and the neck and his heart has stopped. this is where mr abe was brought and this is where doctors worked for hours to try to save his life. and it was from here at a little after 5pm that we got the news that mr abe had died. tonight, the whole ofjapan is in shock. there have been political assassinations here before, but nothing like this, certainly not in more than half a century. translation: i was really shocked, | i never thought a gun would be used. using a gun injapan? i've never heard of this. translation: it seems guns are becoming more common. i that makes me feel very sad. in tokyo, a tearful

prime minister fumio kishida could barely hold back the tears. translation: | prayed that - somehow his life would be spared, but unfortunately, he has gone. this is a terrible day, and i have no words. this evening, police began searching the suspect�*s home, reportedly finding more home—made firearms. but no clear motives. the tributes have been pouring in from joe biden to borisjohnson to even his former golfing partner, donald trump. he certainly had his detractors too china's president. but he broughtjapan and america closer than ever before. he champion free trade in the pacific and served his country longer than any other leader.

for that, he will be remembered. i'm joined now by cecile shea, senior fellow at the chicago council on global affairs and former senior us embassy official in tokyo — she worked closely with the abe administration. she joins us from chicago. let me start by saying that this must be a profound shock for anyone, not only anyone who knew the former prime minister but also anyone who knows anything about politics in japan. this feels like an almost alien event.— alien event. absolutely. you're absolutely _ alien event. absolutely. you're absolutely correct. _ alien event. absolutely. you're absolutely correct. i'm - alien event. absolutely. you're absolutely correct. i'm still - alien event. absolutely. you're absolutely correct. i'm still in l absolutely correct. i'm still in shock personally because i had met the prime minister, seen him in action and respected him greatly. i'm in shock that something like this can happen injapan, a country where not only is there no violent

crime there's almost no crime at all. of course the idea that this larger—than—life character, this la rger—than—life character, this person larger—than—life character, this person who's been at the centre of japanese politics for over a decade and his family has been at the centre of japanese politics for 70 or 80 years that he could be assassinated this way by another japanese person. the entire day is still almost surreal, not just to myself but to anyone who has ever lived injapan. myself but to anyone who has ever lived in japan-— lived in japan. have you spoken to friends or acquaintances _ lived in japan. have you spoken to friends or acquaintances in japan | friends or acquaintances in japan since friends or acquaintances injapan since this news happened? i friends or acquaintances in japan since this news happened? i have not. i've spoken _ since this news happened? i have not. i've spoken with _ since this news happened? i have not. i've spoken with a _ since this news happened? i have not. i've spoken with a few- since this news happened? i have not. i've spoken with a few of- since this news happened? i have not. i've spoken with a few of my| not. i've spoken with a few of my former colleagues from the state department and they are just as shocked as i am. i was going to reach out to some of my japanese friends in the morning with the time change, it's a little difficult. yes, i know that even the folks that didn't vote for him are incredibly sad today. he was a larger—than—life figure and a man of immense charisma. we should also say his

wife is very popular injapan. so there are a lot of people upset about how terrible she must feel today also. about how terrible she must feel today else-— about how terrible she must feel toda also. , , , ., ., today also. give us a sense of how important shinzo _ today also. give us a sense of how important shinzo abe _ today also. give us a sense of how important shinzo abe is _ today also. give us a sense of how important shinzo abe is to - today also. give us a sense of how important shinzo abe is to the - important shinzo abe is to the country, more than identity ofjapan in particularfor the ldp. the impression that i get is whether he was in office or not, he was still the man who mattered. he certainly was. of the man who mattered. he certainly was- of course _ the man who mattered. he certainly was. of course he _ the man who mattered. he certainly was. of course he had _ the man who mattered. he certainly was. of course he had to _ the man who mattered. he certainly was. of course he had to redesign i was. of course he had to redesign because of failing health. the mere fact that he was able to stay in power for nearly a decade was extraordinarily important to japan. when you add the fact that he was very charismatic, he was liked, i saw teresa may's comments today and it was interesting that she stressed what a nice man he was and how hospitable he was. the other world leaders, they felt comfortable with him. and that is what he brought to japan's role in the world. japan is always been a power, the third largest economy in the world, the most advanced military injapan, a

world leader in official development systems to the world neediest countries. what he brought was a continuity and a comfort level with westerners and an understanding of how to get to where he needed to be. you certainly saw that with president trout. he was willing to do what other western leaders are not willing to do. he was willing —— trump. he was willing to play golf with the man. he gave the president a gold—plated powder. he was willing to do whatever it took to get along with donald trump because his strategic vision included the importance and the centrality of the us japan importance and the centrality of the usjapan alliance. he did whatever it took to maintain that alliance. i'm sure that chinese leadership would not condone or welcome his murder but his absence from the political stage and the absence of an equivalent figure of that kind of

weight and heft is presumably not unpleasing to china's view of that. he was one of the leaders who actually pushed back and pushed back publicly again some of the things that china was doing or contemplating doing in the south china sea. find contemplating doing in the south china sea. �* .,, , ., china sea. and he was the most vocal ofthe china sea. and he was the most vocal of the world — china sea. and he was the most vocal of the world leaders _ china sea. and he was the most vocal of the world leaders in _ china sea. and he was the most vocal of the world leaders in supporting - of the world leaders in supporting taiwan. you put those two things together, yes, i'm guessing there are mixed feelings in china. the other thing we should remember, prime minister shinzo abe, one of the things i respected it was his willingness to take huge political risks including pushing japan into the trance partnership, the area—wide free—trade agreement that the us eventually backed out of after twisting shinzo abe's arm to join. that took immense courage to stand up among other things to the agricultural lobby in his own country. it might be that without shinzo abe, japan, the most important democratic economy in the

region would not have joined the transpacific partnership. certainly tra nspacific partnership. certainly china transpacific partnership. certainly china is aware that he really has been immensely important in holding the democracies in the area together. the real question now is whether the prime minister can stay in powerfor more whether the prime minister can stay in power for more than the typical japanese prime minister which tends to be a year or year now. and whether the liberal democratic party will remain united, which is one of the things that shinzo abe accomplish. it's all the factions, targeted hold together and used a combination of fear and good politics and rewards injust combination of fear and good politics and rewards in just a really compelling personality to hold the party together and enable it to move forward.— it to move forward. cecile shea, thank you _ it to move forward. cecile shea, thank you so _ it to move forward. cecile shea, thank you so much _ it to move forward. cecile shea, thank you so much for— it to move forward. cecile shea, thank you so much for giving - it to move forward. cecile shea, thank you so much for giving us| it to move forward. cecile shea, - thank you so much for giving us your insight, as you say it's still hard to fully absorb this news and it will be interesting to see the

reaction continues during the course of the weekend. thank you very much. just want to bring you a bit of breaking news because tesla ceo elon musk has said he is terminating the $41; billion deal to buy twitter, musk is citing the breach of multiple provisions of the agreement. the announcement brings to an end the saga, after mr musk clinched a deal to buy the social media in april, but then put the deal on hold until the company proved that spam bots accounted for less than 5% of its total users. he was suspicious that it might be more. so the twitter merger with tesla is dead. president biden has signed an executive order to help safeguard women's access to abortion. this is in response to the supreme court overturning the landmark ruling that made the procedure legal across

the united states back in 1973. speaking at the white house, biden again condemned the supreme court's decision. what we are witnessing is not a constitutional judgment, it was an exercise in raw political power. 0n the day the decision came down, i immediately announced what i would do but i also made it clear that based on the reasoning of the courts, there is no constitutional right to choose only way to fulfil and restore that rate for women in this country is by voting. by exercising the power at the ballot box. let me explain. we need two additional pro—choice senators and part of friar to codify roe as federal law. your vote can make that a reality. let's get some of the day's other news. a city councillor in russia has been sentenced to seven years in prision

for criticising the country's invasion of ukraine. alexei gorrinoff had questioned whether it was right to hold a local children's art competition, while children in ukraine were dying. he also referred to the invasion of ukraine as a "war," which is illegal in russia — the moscow government insists it's a "special military operation." sir mark roley has been named as the new commissioner of the metropolitan police — he succeeds dame cressida dick, sir mark said he was "deeply honoured" to be appointed to the role. his predessor dame cressida dick was forced to resign earlier this year. a red weather alert has been issued in the indian city of mumbai, where heavy rain continues to cause traffic chaos. experts say monsoon rains have become more intense and unpredictable due to climate change. the list of potential candidates

to succeed borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party and therefore as british prime minister has grown. rishi sunak — who resigned as finance minister on tuesday says he wants the job. meanwhile, many conservative mps are calling for borisjohnson to leave downing street straight away. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth has the latest. the leadership race is on. will you be standing for the leadership? though this morning, potential candidates were keeping quiet. are you going to be the next prime minister? no answer first thing from the former chancellor. then this afternoon, there was this. i'm standing to be the next leader of the conservative party and your prime minister. rishi sunak, one of the first to quit borisjohnson�*s government, today launched a slick campaign on social media for his job. he's not the only one. tom tugendhat�*s announced he'd run this morning. the attorney general,

suella braverman, has already thrown her hat in. the possible contenders are piling up — some familiar, some less so. they'll be courting supporters, weighing their chances, and preparing their campaigns. and while some want a quick contest to replace the prime minister, others say it's got to be thorough if the party's to rebuild. the conservative party has a choice. it can fall into fractious infighting, whoever leads it, or it can try and get behind the new leader and prepare for the general election, a general election which, by the way, may be beyond any leader winning given the state of the economy and what's happened over the past few weeks and months. it's in here the first decisions will be made. mps whittle down the longlist to just two candidates. then, in theory, it's up to party members, though some have suggested that process could be cut out. not an idea welcomed by these young conservatives from around the country. there is more to a party thanjust

what happens in westminster. us people at grass roots level are the ones who perhaps feel the wrath on the doorstep a lot more than those in westminster. to restore the faith in the government, i want to see more integrity, more honesty from leaders. and i don't know, if you don't pass that onto members who are voting, whether you will get that. better to take a bit longer and have to sort of work something out - in the meantime than choose quickly and choose wrong. _ westminster has calmed after the high drama of yesterday, but away from the microphones, there is still manoeuvring. borisjohnson�*s been clear. he's staying on as prime minister until a new party leader's chosen even though some of his critics want him to go sooner. number ten says it will keep things running, but it won't announce new policy or make big economic decisions. so, the man in the highest office has only limited power. for now, though, he remains in residence behind the famous black door while his party wrangles over what and who comes next.

alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. stay with us on bbc news. know chuck edicts reaches another wimhledon— know chuck edicts reaches another wimbledon final— know chuck edicts reaches another wimbledon final beating _ know chuck edicts reaches another wimbledon final beating britain's l wimbledon final beating britain's cameron— wimbledon final beating britain's cameron norrie. _ 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 can change the world. education is the only solution. applause this is bbc news, the latest headlines... leaders around the world have condemned the assassination of japan's longest—serving prime minister. he has been assassinated after being shot twice on the street while giving an election speech. president biden has signed an executive order to help safeguard women's access to abortion. sepp blatter and michel platini — who were once in charge of world and european football — have been cleared of corruption by a court in switzerland.

prosecutors failed to prove that a £1.6 million payment made by the former fifa boss blatter to platini had been illegal — the two men insisted the money was payment for past advisory work. our sports editor dan roan reports. once the most powerful man in football, sepp blatter, arriving at a swiss court earlier, the former fifa president denying wrongdoing ahead of the verdict in his trialforfraud. i am not innocent in life, but in this case i am innocent. also in court, the man once favourite to succeed blatter, co—defendant and former uefa president michel platini. the two men were accused of an unlawful payment of £1.6 million between fifa and platini in 2011. they said it was backdated pay for advisory work the former french footballing legend had done a decade earlier. a panel ofjudges today ruling the pair's account of a gentlemen�*s agreement was credible and that doubts existed about the prosecution's claim it was a bribe linked to a blatter re—election bid, both men acquitted.

it'sjustice, but it's a victory for me, definitely. in the case of myjob, my work, 44 years working in fifa, for me, it's so important. it's so important that this case has been settled on the highest swiss level. the payment had emerged amid the corruption scandal that engulfed fifa in 2015, an fbi investigation sparking blatter's downfall, with both men then kicked out of football in disgrace and charged by the swiss authorities. platini, a man who both captained and coached his country, telling me afterwards how much it meant to have been cleared. so fifa never believed me. but the tribunal is a normal tribunal, they trust me and it's a great victory for me. despite his 17—year reign over an organisation that became defined by corruption, this case marked the first time that blatter had faced criminal charges. and the verdict here today will be a major blow to the swiss authorities who must now decide whether to appeal. dan roan, bbc news, in bellinzona.

novak djokovic is heading for state wimbledon final. the british number one cameron norrie took the first set but was beaten by djokovic on centre court. it was a two hour and 3a minute fight. 0ur sports presenter chethan pathak spoek to us shortly after the game had ended. time and time again when you think this could be the day that novak chuck affect is beaten he finds a way to power through —— djokovic. for the first set take a bite britain's cameron norrie, the fans behind me and the british bands on centre court really believed in upset was on the cards. camp nor his development has been extraordinary, playing just for the first time in his career, the second week of a grand slam. he showed us that brilliant lefties, the topspin forehand, that dead backend that is god that is flat and perfect for this service it was causing djokovic all kinds of problems he couldn't

deal with. all kinds of problems he couldn't dealwith. but all kinds of problems he couldn't deal with. but the defending champion as he so often does took a breath, reset, reconfigured and won the second, third and fourth set to reach in eight wimbledon final trying to win his seventh title here. the numbers are extraordinary. it's a 32nd grand slam final for djokovic. he's hoping to win 21 which would bring him within one of rafael nadal is a record of 22 for that waiting in sunday's final will be nick kyrigios who had friday off, ruffle now doubt will drawing on that abdominal injury means that the kyrgios didn't have to play on friday but three days off he will play djokovic on sunday. before that we have the women's final, chasing history, the third seat here, the world never too hoping to become the first african and arab player to win a grand slam in the open era. she'll be facing on also in herfirst a grand slam in the open era. she'll be facing on also in her first grand slam final at the age of 23,

whatever happens we will have a grand slam winner in the women's final at the moment it is too tough to call which way it's going to go. and goal is president has died and a hospital in spain. he was 79. nearly four decades in power but by nepotism and corruption his family became enormously wealthy. the bbc�*s level dzeko looks back at his career. he was one of africa's longest—serving leaders, his death marks and end of an era for the country the rules for nearly four decades. the son of a stonemason and immigrant was born in rwanda district in 1942. while at in the elite school during portuguese colonial rule he joined the guerrilla army of the people's movement for the liberation of angola. he went into exile and ended

up angola. he went into exile and ended up in the soviet union where he got degrees in petroleum engineering and radar technology. degrees in petroleum engineering and radartechnology. he degrees in petroleum engineering and radar technology. he took over power when and goal is first leader died in 1979. many angolans credited him for leaving the country to economic recovery following is 27 year civil war which ended in 2002. and oil boom saw the country become one of the worlds fastest growing economies. in the 2012 elections he won a five—year mandate, the president was becoming increasingly frail due to ill health and step down and handed over power to his former defence minister in september 2017. translation: in 2016 the central committee has elected that florencio to be presidential candidate for the next election. but

his rain was not without controversy. he was accused of presiding over one of the most corrupt regimes in africa. his eldest daughter was listed by forbes magazine as a richest woman in africa, appointed by herfather to be the head of the countries state oil company. she has since been accused of significant corruption. the us has placed her on a sanctions list and banter for coming the us has placed her on a sanctions list and banterfor coming in the us has placed her on a sanctions list and banter for coming in the country. she is always denied corruption allegations. he was at times described as a shy president who loved music and football. the father of ten children was married three times. he is survived by his wife, a former model and air hostess. he leaves a legacy but a mixed one at that. former president of angola whose death has been announced at the age of 80. there is

more on end goal is political and economic development under his regime on our website. you are watching bbc news. it was a very warm day on friday. temperatures touched 29 celsius across south east england. this weekend more of the same. a lot of sunshine around. it's going to stay dry away from the far northwest of scotland. and it's all down to this area of high pressure, which will be sitting out towards the west of the uk to start the weekend, and we have a run of northerly winds. slightly fresher air mass, so i don't think it'll be quite as hot today as what it was on friday. most of the cloud will affect the north and west of scotland, northern ireland. some spots of rain for northwestern scotland. best of the sunshine in the north, across eastern scotland. we should see temperatures reach 21—23 degrees here, but for england and wales, dry and sunny. temperatures reaching the mid—20s, so not quite as warm as friday. it's going to be dry,

lots of sunshine at wimbledon for the women's final. lots of sunshine at wimbledon notice that — 29 degrees. lots of sunshine at wimbledon for the men's final on sunday, it's going to be even hotter. now, through saturday night, much of the country will stay dry. still some splashes of rain across northern scotland. we'll have more cloud, more breeze here. elsewhere, further south, under clear skies, light winds, could see the odd mist or fog patch. and for most of us, temperatures will stick into low double figures. then, for sunday morning, we wake up to one or two mist and fog patches for england and wales. otherwise, it's going to be another dry and sunny day here. more sunshine as well for scotland and northern ireland, away from the very far northwest of scotland, where we'll see further cloud. so it'll be warmer in the north, the low to mid 20s. but for england and wales, very warm indeed — high 20s, perhaps 30 degrees across the southeast. and sea breezes will start to pick up as winds will be light. into monday, our area of high pressure shifts towards the eastern side of the country. that will allow winds to come up from the south, so it'll be even warmer and sunnier for england and wales. we start to see some cloud

developing across scotland and northern ireland. this weather front will bring some rain into the northern and western isles later on, so turning a little bit cooler here. as you head further south, though, we see those temperatures mid to high 20s, up to 31 or 32 in the southeast. another very warm day on tuesday, but notice these weather fronts working their way in off the atlantic. barely anything on them as they work across england and wales, so there is no useful rainfall in sight for next week. some splashes across scotland and northern ireland. it will cool down a little bit as those fronts move in in england and wales, and then it's likely to warm up again by the end of the week.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. joining me, kevin schofield, who's the political editor at huffpost uk, and martin bentham, the home affairs editor for the evening standard. the home affairs editor welcome the home affairs editor back to both of you. let's bring welcome back to both of you. let's bring you up—to—date at home with the last of the front pages. the i says "the race is on" to pick the next tory leader — after rishi sunak announced his bid for the topjob. certainly the first to launch. a picture of the former chancellor

as a young boy features on the front page of the mail.