welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. there'll be a new british prime minister by the 5th of september with 11 potential candidates, with a first round of voting on wednesday. we expect 20 supporters for each candidate. 0n the first ballot, any candidate. 0n the first ballot, any candidate to proceed must have one at least 30 votes. sri lanka's political crisis, the president confirms he will step down on wednesday after protesters stormed his palace over food and fuel shortages. japan mourns former prime minister shinzo abe

at a vigil, three days after his assassination. and monty norman, the composer of one of the best known pieces of music ever, the james bond theme, dies at the age of 94 it's six in the morning in singapore and eleven pm in london — where it's been announced that the uk will get a new leader of the conservative party — and therefore a new prime minister — on the 5th of september. it will take that long to choose boris johnson's successor due to the way the party organises the contest. anyone who wants the job will have to first secure the backing of 20 of theirfellow members of parliament — and then make their way through a series of votes.

we begin our coverage with this report from our political editor chris mason. thank you all very much, thank you. from borisjohnson�*s resignation, to the emerging cacophony of voices trying to replace him. visions and videos, talks of their past and our future, promises and persuasion, and lots of it. is raising taxes during a cost of living crisis... _ mind you, this is all we saw of the former chancellor today. rishi sunak published his launch video on friday and currently has more publicly declared support from tory mps than anyone else. one of his biggest rivals is likely to be liz truss, the foreign secretary... morning. ..who posted her launch video this morning. to win the next election, we need to deliver, deliver and deliverfor the british people.

meanwhile, underground in the bunker of churchill's war rooms in westminster, two other wannabes seeking the spotlight. the current chancellor made a big promise on tax. as prime minister, i will cut the base rate of income tax to 19p in 2023, 18p in 2024, and that will give households back £900 a year on average. 0ne after another, candidates have been focusing on saying they would cut taxes and criticising the former chancellor rishi sunak for putting them up. he says he wants to cut them too, but only when it is responsible. suella braverman said tax cuts were needed immediately. don't vote for me because i'm a woman. don't vote for me because i'm brown. vote for me because i love this country and because i will do anything for it. this is what trying to become prime minister looks

like at this stage of the race. events here, there and everywhere, and those not seen as favourites at this stage making the loudest noises now, while they can. the former equalities minister kemi badenoch has picked up the endorsement of michael gove, and whilst some have gone for a snazzy launch video, others have opted for the home—made approach. i have decided to seek the nomination to be the leader of our party. the former health secretary sajid javid is also standing and he is worried about his party's future. sleaze, scandal internal warfare. we have seen this movie before and we know how it ends. 0ur leadership has to change. and the others to already declare so far, penny mordaunt and tom tugendhat. .. the experience i offer is not from whitehall — it's from the real world. it's from afghanistan and iraq. ..the transport secretary, grant shapps... i can help you win your seat. ..and the runner—up last

time is running again this time — jeremy hunt. they all want to replace this man, who will soon be looking for anotherjob. you need six months training. boris johnson's successor will be announced by monday the 5th of september. the business of whittling down the wannabes begins tomorrow. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. i'm joined now by our political correspondent ione wells. and what about borisjohnson — presumably he's in charge till then — what happens to him next? there's quite a long process between now and september when there's quite a long process between now and september when the there's quite a long process between now and september when the new there's quite a long process between now and september when the new prime minister and conservative parties will be announced first, they have until the end of tomorrow evening and any candidates that want to put themselves forward to get the right amount of backing to officially

nominate themselves, they need at least 20 of the conservative of parliament to back them and in order to officially do this. and voting begins. 0ther conservative mps and westminster will be able to vote in the first round and any mps who have put themselves forward will need at least 30 votes in the first round to get to the next round. these series of votes will continue among conservative mps and other distant candidates remaining. some of the reasons why these thresholds are introduced like the need to have 20 other mps is to try to speed up the process make it quickerfor those candidates to get whittled down to the final two and that's because mps go off on the summer holidays at the end of next week in the hope for some of the conservative party bosses was that the final two may have been reached, if not nearly reached by the time they go off on the summer break.

trying to speed things up, but what happens to borisjohnson in the interim? what is he going to do next? �* ., , interim? what is he going to do next? 1, _., interim? what is he going to do next? , .., next? boris johnson still in charge there aren't _ next? boris johnson still in charge there aren't any _ next? boris johnson still in charge there aren't any plans _ next? boris johnson still in charge there aren't any plans for- next? boris johnson still in charge there aren't any plans for a - there aren't any plans for a caretaker prime minister taking over in the meantime and you still going to be running the country for the next few months. he's made a pretty clear that there is not going to be any big new policies or changes of direction at this stage, it's very much a holding pattern until his successor is appointed in september and come september, what happens next is essentially at the moment, he will go back to being a normal member of parliament, just a normal sitting mp, rather than somebody who is front and centre of the government as he is now and what is unclear is what he may want to go

through with now, and i'll be the thing that determines the makeup of the parliamentary party going forward and what we do know is there will be new prime minister in place by the start of the autumn and when they return from the summer break for the next parliamentary term. thanks for keeping us up—to—date and there is much more on our website on there is much more on our website on the story for you, including the full run from all the candidates that they are just talking us through another procedure to choose a winner will play out. that is on bbc dot com and the bbc news app. let's turn to sri lanka, where the crisis appears to be deepening. after those extraordinary scenes we saw over the weekend with protesters storming the presidential palace, sri lanka's parliamentary speaker has said lawmakers will reconvene on friday before electing a new president the following wednesday.

president gotabaya rajapaksa agreed to step down following a wave of protests against his government's handling of the economic crisis. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan is in colombo and sent this report. "open to the public" reads the graffiti scrawled outside the prime minister's official residence. in colombo, the occupation continues. police powerless, as the people's movement picks up pace. well, things feel very different here to what they were a week ago when i was in the city, when you had armed police guarding the entrance to the prime minister's official residence. and now, as you look around, it feels like i'm in a public park, families here for a day out. as this nation tries to find a way out of an economic crisis, a moment to savour — the president they blame for their

troubles expected to quit this week. i'll feel better only after wednesday, after the president walks out. you know, still there is this question mark, right? so i still have goosebumps, but i can't celebrate because he has to walk out. he has to go. and what about the prime minister? all of them have to go. we just need 15 good, honest politicians who will run this house — the parliament, and the country. president gotabaya rajapaksa has already fled his palace after it was stormed by protesters at the weekend — his whereabouts still unknown. also in hiding, prime minister ranil wickremesinghe, appearing in a televised address for the first time after his ancestral home was torched by protesters at the weekend. this was your brother the prime minister's house? yes. and it's just a shell of a home now, isn't it?

yeah. we were shown around what's left of the family home by the youngest of the wickremesinghe siblings. ifeel very sad. he's a man who did a lot for this country, and now, if this kind of thing could happen, ifeel very, very sad. but back at the pm's official residence, they're happy. crowds here hopeful that both the prime minister and president will soon step aside to make way for new leadership. until that happens, they're staying put, continuing to make sure their voices are heard. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, colombo. away from the leadership race, let's take a look at some of the other stories in the headlines in the uk. train drivers at eight rail companies have voted in favour of taking industrial action over pay. the union, aslef, hasn't yet named any dates for strike action to take place.

a week of very high temperatures ahead, for much of the uk, as the met office issues an extreme weather warning for the weekend. the rare amber alert covering much of england and wales is used to warn people of potential health and transport issues caused by the heat. the former formula one boss, bernie ecclestone, is to be charged with fraud by false representation following an investigation into overseas assets believed to be worth more than 400 million pounds. mr ecclestone, who's 91, said he had yet to see the details and couldn't comment. parts of pakistan's biggest city karachi is under water — as heavy rainfall continues to lash the port city. showers over the past week have inundated parts of the city, flooding homes and shops. two more people have died in the flooding after being electrocuted. across pakistan, intense floods have killed dozens of people and left hundreds homeless. the heavy rains have also caused flooding across western india —

with the states of gujarat and maharashtra particularly badly affected. roxy gag—dekar sent this update. this region which is in the southwestern part of india. where we are right now in the district and this area has received 22 inches of rainfall in a short time. this entire area was submerged in water on sunday and as you can see, these are the houses in all these houses were completely submerged into the water, the people living here were rescued and boats from here and right now, these people would come back from their houses in they are trying to recollect there are things which are submerged. and these were trying to wash their clothes, this shows teddy my clothes were

completely submerged in the water and there are many such things which were entire households and things that were completely submerged and this is how they are trying to resume their lives right now. if you want to get in touch with me i'm on twitter — @bbckarishma you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. new figures from the un suggest india will soon surpass china to become the most populous country on earth after months of talks and missed deadlines, a deal has been struck to keep greece within the euro zone. the immediate prospect of grease going bust in the worst crisis to hit the euro zone

has been averted. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worst floods the century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the great white way by americans. but tonight it is completely blacked out. it is a timely reminder to all americans of the problems the energy crisis have brought to them. leaders meet in paris for a summit on pollution, inflation, _ and third world debt. this morning, theyjoinedl the revolution celebrations for a show of military might on the champs—elysees. . wildlife officials in australia have been coping with a penguin problem. fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on huge shows of their favourite foods, filtered. some had eaten so much they could barely stand. this is newsday on the bbc. in singapore.

0ur headlines. there'll be a new british prime minister by the 5th of september with 11 potential candidates, with a first round of voting on wednesday. sri lanka's president confirms he will step down on wednesday after protesters stormed his palace over food and fuel shortages. a private funeral will be held soon in tokyo forjapan�*s former prime minister shinzo abe, who died after being shot while at a political campaign event. a vigil has already been held for him at the zojoji temple, and other world leaders have paid tribute. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said mr abe did more than anyone to elevate the relationship between their two countries. rupert wingfield—hayes reports from tokyo. shinzo abe was a fresh—faced 52—year—old when he shocked everyone by becoming japan's youngest postwar prime minister.

it did not go well. and in less than a year, he was gone. five years later, he plotted his return with a new hairstyle and a new slogan. and this time, he stayed, for eight years, longer than any other postwar japanese leader. today, japan is laying mr abe to rest. his life snuffed out in a way few here thought possible. the outpouring of grief that we're seeing here again today is in part because of the truly awful way in which mr abe died, but there's something more. it feels like japan has lost a truly significant historical figure. so, what is it that mr abe did that has left such an indelible mark on japanese politics? those who admired mr abe say he dramatically changed the way this country deals with the world. he made new alliances

with fellow democracies, from india to australia to great britain. he greatly deepened the alliance with united states. most significantly of all, he broke japan free of its pacifist constitution, which since the war had made it impossible forjapanese troops to defend its allies. i think that abe was determined to get out from the postwar pacifist constitution. because the idea of this constitution, it was that japan should rely its security to the goodwill of the world people. it's a nonsense. so abe wanted to get out from this philosophy. but critics say mr abe's views on history put relations with china into a deep freeze. in south korea, he

became a hate figure. this anger driven by his refusal to accept japan's responsibility for the wartime comfort women system which forced thousands of korean women into sexual servitude. i think he comes off face—to—face with the fact of the history issues. i guess mr abe is a revisionist, particularly on the issue of the comfort women issue. i think it's become now a taboo to talk about in japan. but for most people, shinzo abe was simply the longest—serving prime minister any of them had known. after two decades of economic decline, he brought a sense of stability and security back to japan, and for that, his country is grateful. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. president putin has signed a decree

allowing all ukrainians to receive russian passports. up until now, the fast—track procedure applied only to the residents of occupied territories in the donbas and the south. european governments, markets and companies are worried that gas supplies to the continent may not resume following the annual shutdown of the nord stream i pipeline under the baltic sea. the pipeline's russian—backed operators say its standard maintenance work, but germany's concerned russia was using gas supplies as a weapon. the social media organisation twitter says elon musk�*s reasons for not going through with his deal to buy the company are �*invalid and wrongful�*. he pulled out of the agreement saying he had not been given enough information about fake accounts. shares fell eleven percent on monday. india is set to overtake china as the most populous country on earth next year — that statistic comes as the united nations predicts the world's population will rise above eight billion people in november of this year.

it means it's taken just 11 years to add a billion people to the total — the shortest time span for the number. but — the rate of growth is slowing — and the peak is now expected to come in the 2080s, at around 10.4 billion. looking specifically at the situation in india — here's our correspondent devina gupta in delhi. this data is not a surprise. if you happen to visit any of the markets like this one around india, it's filled with crowd and noise and street hawkers, and you get a glimpse of india's population. demographics — over half of india's population is under the age of 30, which means that there is a younger workforce in this country compared to other countries in this region. and this is a formidable challenge because this population needs to be skilled, educated, needs to be given sustainable environment and also needs to be given jobs. india is witnessing a high unemployment at this point of time. we're also seeing a widening income gap between the rich and the poor. and that means most of the budget of the government is spent on food

and energy security needs and also health services. and that's where the indian government has been trying various methods to control its population, including raising awareness about contraceptives, also making women more aware of family—planning and also trying some radical measures like two—child policies, where some states are proposing to offer incentives if a couple only has two children. but there's also a counter view where experts are studying the total fertility rate of the country, which is falling rapidly. women are having fewer babies here, and this means that india may soon be able to stabilise its population in the next two decades. the composer monty norman, who wrote the theme for the james bond films, has died at the age of 94.

norman began his career singing in big bands before forging a career writing for musicals and films. 0ur correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at his life and career. over the years, 007 might have changed, but one thing has remained constant. monty norman's james bond theme, decade after decade, exciting audiences at some of the secret agents' most thrilling and most action—packed moments. long before bond, he began in the music business in a rather different way. as a singer... at gentle ballads. he eventually moved into composing. what's your name? in the early 1960s he was asked to work on the first bond film.

the producers wanted a piece of music for the opening credits. i suddenly remembered something i'd written for a musical. became... the music was arranged by fellow composerjohn barry. nearly 40 years later, barry had actually written the theme and monty norman had taken credit. settling forever the dispute. underlining some of the movies' most nostalgic moments. in some of its most iconic ones. the films may never have had quite the same impact without monty norman's music. bond theme plays

monty norman, who's died at the age of 94. the first images from the james webb space telescope have been released — in a special ceremony led by president biden and his vice president kamala harris. the telescope is the most powerful ever launched into orbit — and can look further, and more clearly, into space than ever before. this was the moment the first image was released — showing entire galaxies with light spreading from behind them. some of the light dates back billions of years. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. a reminder of our top story today — britain's governing conservative party has set out the rules and timetable for the contest to replace borisjohnson as party leader

and the country's prime minister. to enter the race, each of the eleven candidates will need to be nominated by twenty fellow conservative mps. voting will start on wednesday, with a final result expected by september— the—fifth. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello again. we are seeing temperatures hit 32 degrees and he could be a bit more data that shows some slightly higher temperatures but for the time being, 32.7 the highest temperature of the year so far. looking at the weather picture of the next few days, it is going to get a lot harder than that as we the weekend and the met office has issued an extreme heat amber weather warning and he could have some impacts to health and also infrastructures temperature is set to search and temperatures will be in the low 30s across the part of the country on tuesday and a brief dip for much of the rest of the week before easter to see the temperatures and from monday if so, the peak of the heatwave is going to hit. now, we have been of rain in

scotland and northern ireland, the weatherfriend here scotland and northern ireland, the weather friend here from scotland and northern ireland, the weatherfriend here from monday evening and into such a hot day in england and wales, is mostly driveway and needs of the temperature still 11 o'clock at night and still 23 in birmingham in 20 oh for cardiff in 25 degrees in london. temperatures will start a subway later in the night. to still pick up on the weather fronts and working in across parts of northern england and very weak as we head into an area of high pressure and will be barely any rain that darted across england and northern ireland but here we have high teens and 20s by another hot day coming into parts of england and particularly across eastern areas were again relating a temperatures reaching the low 30s. that lets hot air will pushed onto the by wednesday and let it dry weather to on scotland and northern ireland but most areas here will have a fine day and across northern areas, not as hot but still pretty

toasty in isa 28 on wednesday and on thursday and friday, we will start to see temperatures heading into the weekend and back into the 30s come sunday, will start to see the high 30s and hotter air that has been building across spain and portugal now start to drift its way further north and that will start to see an extra chicken to the weekend. temperatures are on sunday probably monday and a reminder of the uk temperature record.

this is bbc news. the headlines — the uk's ruling conservative party has laid out the process by which it will choose a prime minister to succeed borisjohnson. nominations close on tuesday, with the first round of voting among party mps on wednesday. the new leader will be confirmed in september. 11 candidates have put their names forward. they'll need to secure the support of at least 30 conservative mps in the first round of voting if they want to stay in the race. sri lanka's president has confirmed he will stand down after protesters stormed his palace. they were demonstrating against the economic crisis, which has left the country short of fuel and medicines. a private funeral will be held on tuesday for the former

japanese prime minister, shinzo abe.