welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko oi. the headlines... three become two — borisjohnson drops out of the race to be tory leader and prime minister — leaving rishi sunak and penny mordaunt in the running. the former chancellor is now the clear frontrunner , we'll be asking what is now more likely — a contest — or a coronation? cementing his place at the top — china's president xi will have a third term in power — the first to do so since chairman mao. and one of brazil's most prominent indigenous leaders warns that there'll be further damage to the amazon rainforest, if president bolsonaro is re—elected.

live from our studio in singapore — this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, and ”pm in london — ——it�*s 6am in singapore, and ”pm in london — where the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, has said he won't stand in the race to replace liz truss next week. he said will not run, despite claiming to have enough mps nominating him. inset 0n)it leaves the way clear for the former it leaves the way clear for the former chancellor rishi sunak, who today formally entered in the statement he says...

it leaves the way clear for the former chancellor rishi sunak, who today formally entered the contest, and who is presently the clear frontrunner. he joins the leader of the commons penny mourdant in the race. rishi sunak has tweeted after boris jonnson made that announcement, he says...

he added... damien has been following the story and joins us now. what exactly happened to borisjonnson? what changed his mind? happened to boris jonnson? what changed his mind?— happened to boris jonnson? what changed his mind? well, it seems ve clear changed his mind? well, it seems very clear when _ changed his mind? well, it seems very clear when he _ changed his mind? well, it seems very clear when he read _ changed his mind? well, it seems very clear when he read that - very clear when he read that statement that you get out there that the problem he had, he understood was that he simply did not have enough of his own mps and the conservative party backing him. now, the official tally, or the bbc�*s tally of publicly declared support to put him on about 55. he needed be able to enter the race on monday. but he says in this letter

that he had that number. a lot of scepticism about that. his campaign ever produced the numbers. but even if he had reached about 100. it seems very clear that rishi sunak, his big rival was far out ahead, more than 1110, now more than 150 mps supporting them. the problem boris jonnson would've had come even if he had been able to go through, even if he might have been able to win a vote of the party membership in a runoff, he would face a situation where the majority of his mps in parliament had not back ten and that is what he says come you cannot govern effectively and less you have a united party in parliament. he was not facing that and it seems that is why he has quit. 50 not facing that and it seems that is why he has quit-— why he has quit. so rishi sunak a- ears why he has quit. so rishi sunak appears to _ why he has quit. so rishi sunak appears to be — why he has quit. so rishi sunak appears to be the _ why he has quit. so rishi sunak appears to be the clear - why he has quit. so rishi sunak- appears to be the clear frontrunner. he wasn't without scandals when he was a chance later. is he able to reunite the party and more importantly repair the damage among the public? importantly repair the damage among the ublic? ~ ., �* ~ ., the public? well, we don't know. if this will be — the public? well, we don't know. if this will be rishi _ the public? well, we don't know. if this will be rishi sunak _ the public? well, we don't know. if this will be rishi sunak or - the public? well, we don't know. if this will be rishi sunak or the - this will be rishi sunak or the other person in the race, penny.

she's been trailing quite far behind in the number of declared support areas, but her campaign responded to mrjohnson�*s withdrawal saying that she is continuing in the campaign, they say that she believes she is still running, the unifying candidate who is most likely to unite a divided party that has been very split in recent weeks and they believe that she has an argument to make about how she could to be the best electoral assets for the conservatives. mr sunak, his supporters say no, he is the one who has the experience in managing the uk through the finances, through the pandemic, that he can be a serious capable competent reader that the conservatives need. we don't know whether there will now be a contest between the two from monday. it will depend when the final numbers are in. mr sunak, it's worth saying, is

already drying supporters from boris jonnson who where backing mrjonnson to mr sunak�*s side. a handful have already come across. will many of them go to penny and her campaign? she was saying earlier that she had a phone conversation with boris jonnson, claims were that he has tried to get her to back down and she told him no, he should quit the race because his supporters are come to her side. race because his supporters are come to herside. he race because his supporters are come to her side. he has now quit and we will see where they go.— to her side. he has now quit and we will see where they go. thank you so much for that — will see where they go. thank you so much for that update. _ i'm joined now by parliamentary journalist, tony grew thank you so much forjoining us on news day. your take on the latest, borisjonnson pulling out and all the statements that we saw from both from mrjonnson and rishi sunak and also miss penny. this from mrjonnson and rishi sunak and also miss penny-—

also miss penny. this is an embarrassing _ also miss penny. this is an embarrassing farce. - also miss penny. this is an - embarrassing farce. meanwhile, people in the united kingdom are facing rising food prices, rising energy crisis, people's mortgages are going up quite significantly. i imagine the country is looking on in horror as once again the conservative party play this merry—go—round game of who should we pick is our leader this week? seven weeks ago borisjonnson left downing street in disgrace. we then had liz truss, who in the space of 44 days, managed to completely destroy the uk's reputation as a place of safe and stable money. there is this huge hole in the uk's budget that will need to be filled because of the amount of borrowing the government has been doing. my point i guess is whoever becomes prime minister will still have to lead a fractious and unhappy party. you know, last week we had members of the ruling party in parliament and the voting lobbies shouting at each other. they have the same mps, they are still not fractious —— there are still fractions in the party. they are

still going to have to face the fact that there is a small but significant group of conservative mps who every time a new prime minister makes a policy announcement he still have the borisjonnson supporters in the background saying well, if boris had been prime minister, it would've been very different. itjust makes me think that the party here in the united kingdom is having a collective nervous breakdown. the people that will suffer are the british people, it is a very depressing thought, frankly. it is a very depressing thought, frankl . ~ ., it is a very depressing thought, frankl . ~ . ., , ., frankly. meanwhile, opposition arties frankly. meanwhile, opposition parties have — frankly. meanwhile, opposition parties have been _ frankly. meanwhile, opposition parties have been calling - frankly. meanwhile, opposition parties have been calling for i frankly. meanwhile, opposition parties have been calling for a | parties have been calling for a general election. is there still a chance of thatch? i general election. is there still a chance of thatch?— chance of thatch? i think it is possible- _ chance of thatch? i think it is possible- in _ chance of thatch? i think it is possible. in fact, _ chance of thatch? i think it is possible. in fact, i— chance of thatch? i think it is possible. in fact, ithink- chance of thatch? i think it is possible. in fact, i think it i possible. in fact, i think it is likely. we don't have to have an election according to the law until january 2025, but like i said, given the situation the country faces, and by the way, this is before the uk goes to one of the toughest winters we've had probably since the 19705. iju5t think we've had probably since the 19705. i just think it's we've had probably since the 19705. iju5t think it's unsustainable that the conservative party now on their third prime minister in seven or

eight weeks are going to be able to sustain that all the way through. i think there will probably be an election sooner rather than later, and that could be just because the party itself has run out of room, run out of ideas.— party itself has run out of room, run out of ideas. thank you so much forjoining us— run out of ideas. thank you so much forjoining us on _ run out of ideas. thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. - run out of ideas. thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. thank . forjoining us on newsday. thank ou. 0ne—man rule with six loyal men in supporting roles. that's what was effectively confirmed in china today — a5 xi jinping was elected to a tradition—breaking third five year—term as the communist party's general secretary. china's mo5t formidably entrenched leader since mao zedong appeared in beijing's great hall of the people with his new leadership team, which some observers claim prizes loyalty over experience. i'm joined now by christopher johnson, who is a china expert and president of china strategist group based in new york. the appointment of li qiang as the premier —

thank you so much forjoining u5 thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. firstly, the appointment as the premier infamous for the disastrous lockdown5 in shanghai, some 5eem for the disastrous lockdown5 in shanghai, some seem to for the disastrous lockdown5 in shanghai, some 5eem tojudge for the disastrous lockdown5 in shanghai, some seem to judge that this shows that he hasn't really kjaer about the economy while others seem to suggest that he's actually good news for businesses. what your assessment? i good news for businesses. what your assessment?— assessment? i found a very interesting _ assessment? i found a very interesting that _ assessment? i found a very interesting that somehow l assessment? i found a very| interesting that somehow in assessment? i found a very - interesting that somehow in his career has served as party secretary of corus served in those provinces and also in that town earlier in his career. all areas where the private sector of the economy is dominant and had a good reputation for promoting business suddenly has become an ardent statist in the narrative of the global community. in my mind, it's not necessarily bad news. i think the challenge is that he seen in some ways as upon whereas there was this idea that if it had

been another person, both of whom come from another leadership faction then perhaps they would have more independence and therefore the ability to suggest an economic policy changes need to be made such a zero covid. in my own assessment, it's just as likely that he will be more likely to listen to requests for those kinds of changes from people he actually trusts, and clearly he trusts him a lot giving his vaulting to the number two position in china's leadership are not even being a member of the committee previously. i not even being a member of the committee previously.— not even being a member of the committee previously. i want to ask ou about committee previously. i want to ask you about the _ committee previously. i want to ask you about the removal— committee previously. i want to ask you about the removal of— committee previously. i want to ask you about the removal of his - you about the removal of his predecessor, which really caused a lot of attention over the weekend, especially in social media with the video of that doing quite a lot of clicks. what is your assessment of exactly what happened? was it possibly a purge, or was it to poor health as china state media has since stated?— health as china state media has

since stated? ~ ., , �* since stated? well, it doesn't look like health, _ since stated? well, it doesn't look like health, if— since stated? well, it doesn't look like health, if you _ since stated? well, it doesn't look like health, if you watch _ since stated? well, it doesn't look like health, if you watch the - since stated? well, it doesn't look| like health, if you watch the video. i'm not sure it's a purge either but clearly there was some sort of dispute that occurred he looked like he was resisting leaving. he was chuckling over some papers they seem to be a scuffle over a piece of paper or to and my sense is that he didn't like the fact that suddenly all of his proteges were dropped from the bureau perhaps at the very last minute, so it appears that this was an effort to demonstrate not only his immense power, but also his ruthlessness in terms of embarrassing the former president of china terribly. it's not a coincidence that he was let out at the very moment that other press cameras were allowed in. this the very moment that other press cameras were allowed in.- cameras were allowed in. as you said, the president _ cameras were allowed in. as you said, the president of _ cameras were allowed in. as you said, the president of china - cameras were allowed in. as you i said, the president of china barely surrounding himself with his own loyalists. talk us through some of the top leaders and what it means for china �*s priorities going forward. i for china 's priorities going forward. ~ ., , for china 's priorities going forward. ~ . , , forward. i think what we see is the establishment _ forward. i think what we see is the establishment of _ forward. i think what we see is the establishment of a _ forward. i think what we see is the establishment of a new _ forward. i think what we see is the establishment of a new leadership j forward. i think what we see is the i establishment of a new leadership in the committee and in the bureau that

will carry out the imperative that he laid out in his speech to the congress last week in which talks about building what we might call a fortress economy in china and this is in response to what they see is a very hostile international environment with the united states seeking to choke off china's access to technologies, concerns obviously that the rent is becoming more unstable with the war between russia and ukraine and unrelenting hostility from the biden administration and their perception. we see these security and food, security and energy, security and supply chains. all of these people on the beer have a strong background in that regard. for example, members who worked in defence firms in china have worked in state scientific roles or who have participated in large national projects to focus on technological breakthroughs, in other words, technological breakthroughs, in otherwords, in technological breakthroughs, in other words, in china, the people

are the policy. so the vero and the new leadership is a reflection of these priorities to lockdown the country for what he presumes is a greater likelihood of conflict with the united states going forward. thank you so much forjoining us on newsday today. mr; thank you so much for “oining us on newsday today-h newsday today. my pleasure, thank ou. at least nine people have been killed and 47 others injured in an attack on a hotel in southern somalia. heavy gunfire was heard in the southern port city of kismayo. the attack started when a suicide bomber rammed his car, loaded with explosives, through the gate of the tawakal hotel, blowing up the vehicle. several attackers rushed through into the building, opening fire. somali police say security forces ended the siege and killed the attackers. al—shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack. bbc africa's emmanuel igunza has been following the story. it has taken them several hours, the better part of sunday afternoon,

but security forces in the port city now say that they have ended this attack at the hotel in southern somalia. 0ur reports indicate that several people have been killed, many of us injured, some critically, and authorities to believe that that number will rise even further as they continue the search and rescue at this very popular venue. the al-qaeda linked militant group has claimed responsibility for this attack. what we do know also is that local elders and security forces were holding a meeting at this hotel when a vehicle laden with explosives was rammed at the gates of the hotel and three gunmen jumped was rammed at the gates of the hotel and three gunmenjumped out, went into the hotel and started shooting people randomly. in recent weeks, the government forces backed by the african union troops and local militia have made huge significant gains in parts of somalia. taking

territories from the jihadist groups. even then, the auch a bob groups. even then, the auch a bob group has to continue to carry out attacks similar to the sun notjust inside somalia but across into neighbouring kenya and they do continue to post a deadly threat for the peace and security of the region. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... as more russian forces retreat from the southern kherson region, our correspondent pays a visit to some of the recently liberated villages. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. 0nly yesterday, she had spoken of dying in the service of a country and said, i would be proud of it, every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation. after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history.

no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty about what each date might bring. boost to ignition, and left off of discovery with the crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. he was right, this is beautiful. a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the 7,000,000,000th person on the planet. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko 0i in singapore. 0ur headlines... and then there were two. borisjohnson drops out of the race to be tory leader and prime minister —

leaving rishi sunak and penny mordaunt in the running. cementing his place at the top — china's president xi will have a third term in power — the first to do so since chairman mao. ukraine's army claims russian forces are continuing to retreat from the city of kherson in the south. defending troops are continuing to launch counter offensives towards the west of the regional capital — and say invading forces are setting up new positions across the dnipro river. moscow's been accused of placing explosives on a key dam as it pulls out — which it denies. 0ur ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse has been to some of recently liberated villages in the area. in the kherson region, there is activity, military movements back and forth from ukraine's counter—offensive, a logistical artery weaving

through recently liberated villages. after months of shelling, it's finally quiet. ukraine is back in control. but of what? communities like khreshchenivka looted and destroyed. there have been times when 69—year—old fedir thought he was going to starve to death. "we lived under explosions and shelling", he says. "those russians said they were liberators. in reality, they started robbing us. it's not why i'm crying. i'm crying because we spent half a year under explosions". outside the nursery, there are holes, one from a shell and more from shrapnel. all that's left of the pupils are their names. they left long ago.

translation: when i came here for the first time after liberation, | ijust stood here and cried. it is really hard. so there's nothing left? aliona's own home was looted after she escaped. they took almost everything. you learn a lot about the russian occupiers just by looking around. this school was their headquarters, supplies and rubbish scattered everywhere. not the footprint of a disciplined force, but of one fighting in squalor, which left in a hurry. there are endless moments when this war feels pointless, and this is one of them. whether villages like this are occupied or liberated, the result is the same. communities are destroyed. but there is relief here, and a belief that people can one day heal. and those are the reasons why ukraine continues to fight.

liberation in this region is fiercely contested. if achieved, it doesn't bring instant normality either. but in the words of one ukrainian soldier, what choice do they have? james waterhouse, bbc news, kherson region. the uk defence secretary ben wallace has rejected claims by his russian counterpart that ukraine was planning to escalate the conflict. in a rare call between the two men on sunday, ben wallace cautioned against using the allegations as a pretext for greater escalation. russian minister sergei shoigu said that he was concerned that ukraine might use a so— called �*dirty bomb' —— one that's mixed with radioactive material as a provocation and blame it on moscow. russia is yet to publish any evidence to support the claim. sergei shoigu also made calls to his counterpart in other countries including us, france and turkey

the novelist has lost the sight in one eye and use of his hand. the author was stabbed in the neck and abdomen and alive library event in western new york in august. he received death threats from iran in the 19805 after his novel the satanic verses was published. one of brazil's most prominent indigenous leaders has warned of further damage to the amazon rainforest if jair bolsonaro is re—elected in next week's presidential election run—off. under bolsonaro, deforestation has increased dramatically. his rival, the former president lula da silva says he will end illegal mining and deforestation — but that is likely to be a tough challenge. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson reports from the world's largest indigenous reserve in the yanomami territory, where the very future of the rainforest is at stake. the yanomami live deep in this pristine forest.

hunter gatherers, they're among the most isolated tribes in south america. but their land is becoming coveted, and their lives disrupted. this indigenous health centre has become a field hospital on the front line of illegal mining. malnutrition is growing as miners destroy the land around them. old and young, nobody escapes this scourge. outside, a makeshift ward is full of patients with malaria — yet another illness brought in by outsiders and making the yanomami sick. "they come so close to our community, the diseases don't stop," malarina tells me. "the machines work constantly, the smoke from them causing diarrhoea and illness. " her two—month—old grandson has pneumonia. he doesn't have a name. yanomami parents wait a few years to name them out of fear they may die. it's a very real anxiety.

the mercury used to extract gold in the mine upstream has poisoned these once crystal—clear waters. fishing and drinking here is now impossible. and this is the mine that is causing their pain. production in full swing, it has scarred the landscape and its people. there are as many as 20,000 illegal miners working in the region. it is part of one of the worst—affected areas in the yanomami territory. we couldn't land, the pilot said many of the miners are armed and he was worried they would shoot at the plane. the way of life for nearly 30,000 yanomami hangs in the balance. translation: if bolsonaro wins again, he will kill us all. - we are surrounded by big politicians who don't want to know us or respect us. nowadays, we are worried about people in the city. they don't want to stop,

they just want to rob our lands. maria works as a cook at the mines, she doesn't want us to identify her, she's scared. with the money she has earned, she has built a better house, but maria is worried for her kids and the lack of opportunities open to them. translation: i would prefer us to go l without than to have my children do | this, because it's illegal. you run the risk of being arrested. but we all go, my son doesn't have work, he has a family. in a region with huge resources, bolsonaro has many friends here, but lula says if he becomes president, he will put a stop to all illegal activity in the forest. but as long as inequality exists, so, too, will the challenge of protecting the amazon. katy watson, bbc news. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. thank you so much forjoining us.

hello there. we certainly have seen some lively weather over the past 2a hours, multiple bands of heavy rain, some thunderstorms for a while. things are beginning to quieten down by monday morning, but over the week ahead, we are going to stay in this very mild air, and that brings the potential for more rain, which could be heavy and thundery at times. now, we've got the overnight rain to clear away from eastern parts of england out into the north sea. we've still got some rain in the far north of scotland, but otherwise the west to south—westerly breeze will bring sunshine and a scattering of showers on monday. those will get blown into some eastern areas but there will be some sunshine between. we are still making a mild 15 degrees in scotland and 17, maybe 18 across eastern parts of england. now, this is the general weather pattern, really, over the rest of the week. this is the jet stream, the upper level winds, you can see how that is buckled

to the west of the uk, not really changing very much. within that buckle, you find areas of low pressure spinning around and bringing us most of the rain. but because of the orientation of the jet stream, we are on the warm side of it so we have got winds coming from a long way south bringing us those higher temperatures. as we head into tuesday, we started generally dry with some sunshine, there will be a few showers around first thing, one or two continuing in the west, and then as the southerly wind picks up, the cloud will thicken in the south—west and we will start to see some rain coming in here. a lot of places, though, will have a dry day, probably, on tuesday. it is still pretty mild, temperatures still reaching 17 or 18 degrees. still got low pressure sitting to the west of the uk, then, and around it, this weather front is focusing all the rain, that rain could turn heavy and thundery as it runs northwards overnight, sitting across more northern parts of the uk early on wednesday and then moving away. still got those brisk southerly winds, those will bring a mixture of sunshine and showers, and again, most of the showers will be towards the western parts of the uk. those temperatures beginning to rise a bit in that sunshine there across many eastern areas. we continue to run those winds from a long way south,

more areas of low pressure pushing more rain in, mainly across the western side of the uk. there will be a few showers around on thursday, some of them could be heavy and thundery, but more in the way of sunshine coming out across eastern parts of the uk. still with those southerly winds so temperatures still continuing to rise, could make 21 in the south—east of england. and those temperatures are about four or 5 degrees above the average.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. i haven't got my microphone on! that will beat why you can't hear me. this will make a difference, won't it? hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are parliamentary journalist, tony grew and chief political correspondent at the telegraph. a really difficult night for the papers because they haven't changed their front pages because everything is happening so fast, such as politics at the moment, it makes it all more interesting for us. the times is leading on the news we've heard this evening that borisjohnson has decided not to enter the race to be the next conservative leader, and says that decision has paved the way for rishi sunak to become prime minister as soon as tomorrow. the telegraph is also

claiming that rishi sunak is set to become prime minister after tonight's events,