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 12am 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 insisted he had enough support among mps, but said that putting himself forward was not the right thing to deal. nominations close on monday afternoon with a former chancellor, rishi sunak and cabinet minister penny moudant the only declared candidates.

are you running for the leadership, mr sunak? could september's loser be october's prime minister? rishi sunak is a step closer to downing street tonight, beaten by liz truss just weeks ago, he could replace her as soon as tomorrow. declaring his candidacy today, he wrote... he also felt the need to say... throughout the day, the public support for mr sunak among tory mps has continued to tick up. this minister reckons borisjohnson would be a guaranteed disaster. what we can't do is have him in as prime minister in circumstances where he is bound to implode, taking down the whole government with him, and we just can't do that again. but equally, i am not willing to lay down my integrity for borisjohnson, i am not. and we willjust have to see what any vote is,

but really i want rishi to win. mr baker bercow had backed the former home secretary suella braverman for the job in the summer. today, she backed rishi sunaktoo, saying... borisjohnson said absolutely nothing publicly about whether he would stand, until an hour ago. instead he had a weekend of attempted telephonic charming. and then, at nine o'clock this evening, a statement. in the last few days, i have been overwhelmed

all weekend, the clock had been ticking, even the business secretary's personalised one. mrjohnson struggled to gain momentum, butjacob rees—mogg explained this morning why he deserved support. boris delivered brexit, he supported ukraine in standing up to russia, he was the first world leader to do that, and he got us through a pandemic. he won a majority of 80, he won hartlepool in a by—election, he has been

the greatest asset the conservative party has had in modern times. and here was the foreign secretary, james cleverly, endorsing mrjohnson this afternoon. this election for our next prime minister excludes the best part of 70 million people and currently involves around 360 people, conservative mps. and it has been rather noisy. rishi, in myjudgment, is the one candidate who is in a position to pull the party together. yes, i am supporting boris johnson in this election. that level of mp support, i which is growing by the hour for rishi sunak. .. i have not come down publicly, iam mulling things over privately. hopefully boris johnson will be the next prime minister. penny mordaunt is the one. and yes, enter the one candidate happy to face questions today, penny

mordaunt, although she was not particularly keen on answering many of them directly. yes or no? do you stand by that? you said it a couple of weeks ago. you are trying very hard, laura... she trails behind the others but she says it is important to keep going. i am very confident about the progress we are making, and i will say to you that i am in this to win it. some of the things we want to do... opposition parties say it is time for a general election. let the public in to decide. do they want to continue with this utter chaos or do they want stability under a labour government? tonight, the latest twist in the career of borisjohnson, after a weekend at the centre of attention, with this former prime minister out and off the stage, for now at least, are we looking right now at the next prime minister? rishi sunak could be walking through a rather different door very soon.

that reported by our political editor, chris mason. for more on this story, i'm joined by camilla turner, the chief uplifts that statement political correspondent of the daily telegraph and joins us live. thank you so much for joining us. firstly, what exactly happened, do you think you met with borisjohnson? what changed his mind? i you met with boris johnson? what changed his mind? i think one explanation _ what changed his mind? i think one explanation could - what changed his mind? i think one explanation could be - what changed his mind? i think one explanation could be that l one explanation could be that he actually just didn't one explanation could be that he actuallyjust didn't get the numbers after all. he did claim in his statement he picked out this evening that he had the nomination from 102 mp5, but of course, there is no way of knowing for certain that that is the case because at the moment of truth would've been at 2pm on monday when nominations close and everyone will have to be prepared to have the numbers of factors confirmed by the 1922 committee. but because boris johnson pulled out this evening, yes, he is saying that he had over 100 votes, but we don't know that he because he

has pulled out too. another reason is, well, as he says in his statement, he thinks even though he says he still has a lot to offer, he feels that it's impossible to govern without the support of the party, so even if he did have just over 100 mps backing him, there is a real strength of feeling within the conservative party that some people really didn't feel prepared to serve under his leadership once again, let's not forget it's only a few months ago that he was forced from office. so perhaps this idea that the conservative party really will just be ungovernable and it will be very difficult to be at the home of a party where, frankly, a lot of their people didn't really want you there. so rishi sunak seems to be the clear frontrunner. so rishi sunak seems to be the clearfrontrunner. will so rishi sunak seems to be the clear frontrunner. will it be a contest or possible coordination? ~ ., , , coordination? well, as things stand, coordination? well, as things stand. penny _ coordination? well, as things stand, penny moudant - coordination? well, as things stand, penny moudant says l coordination? well, as things - stand, penny moudant says she's absolutely still in the race, not pulling out from the fact that boris johnson

not pulling out from the fact that borisjohnson has gone back on his plans to stand doesn't change anything for penny moudant is what she is staying at the moment. i think from her point of view, there's not really mention it to pull out at this stage. a lot of mps who were behind borisjohnson, and of some of them, protect, maybe she will be able to get that 100 daschle to get on the ballot paper, then what we know about the sun leadership election campaign is that according to the puls, penny moudant is very popular with the conservative party members. she might be thinking if i can get down to the final two i could get to be prime in a standby but i throw my chances of a been doing that? even if she doesn't end up being elected prime minister, she would still get a pretty good cabinet position out of its most likely. servility believe eric may think there's not much in it for her to suddenly pull out at the stage when she is now so close to the final balance. now so close to the final balance-— now so close to the final balance. meanwhile, the opposition _

balance. meanwhile, the opposition parties - balance. meanwhile, the opposition parties have i balance. meanwhile, the - opposition parties have been calling for a general election. is there still a chance of fact? , ., ., ., ,., fact? yes, we have had labour callin: fact? yes, we have had labour calling for— fact? yes, we have had labour calling for an _ fact? yes, we have had labour calling for an election, - fact? yes, we have had labour calling for an election, also i calling for an election, also the liberal democrats, also some mps from within the conservative party saying the only way out if this is to call a general election. the problem is it's not really anyone's gift other than the ruling party and by that i mean the prime minister to decide when to call a general election. they've got until 2024, no matter how much people call for it sooner than that, it's just not really their choice. us to pick it up a situation where there is so much pressure to call a general election that the government feel there is no other choice, perhaps opposition parties feel that by urging their government to call, and might help build up that public pressure, but from the conservative party's point of view, and i would be a terrible time to have an election because they are ratings in the polls were absolutely awful and they would be almost certain to lose by a

really wide margin. so if they can they will try to delay it as long as possible, try to have a bit of stability, try to get the economy back on track and then call an election when their ratings aren't quite as bad as they are now. white camilla turner, thank you so much forjoining us on newsday today. 0ne—man rule with six loyal men in supporting roles. that's what was effectively confirmed in china today — as xi jinping was elected to a tradition—breaking third five year—term as the communist party's general secretary. china's most 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. applause. xijinping led out china's new leadership team in order of rank, with him at the top. it confirmed one of the world's

worst kept secrets, that he'd officially broken the mould in place for decades limiting party bosses to two terms in power, lest anyone become too strong. it would have taken a bold conference delegate to oppose this move, which leaves mr xi at the helm for as long as he likes. translation: china is embarking on a long journey filled _ with glory and dreams. the road map has been drawn and the bugle has been sounded. again, there were no women on the seven—person politburo standing committee, the group at the top of china's governance system, now stacked with xi loyalists. the appointment of li keqiang as premier will concern some. he oversaw the disastrous months—long shanghai lockdown with significant food shortages. now mr li is in charge of managing china's economy. i think the appointment of li keqiang as the premier shows that xi jinping is not principally interested

in the economy. he's never really been interested in the economy except as a political tool. china's new leadership faces exploding youth unemployment and a massive property crisis. they also have to generate economic activity while implementing strict zero covid lockdowns. xijinping and his team have pledged to tackle these problems with ideological unity and nationalist zeal. well, many will wonder if that's going to be enough. translation: '| don't care | whether xi is in a third term, so long as we have food." translation: "i don't care whether xi is in a third term, so long as we have food." translation: "putin has had four terms and 16 years. - now xi is imitating him." the mysterious removal of china's former leader at the end of the communist party congress led to speculation that this was a symbolic step to ram home the transition with xijinping in charge. it's also possible, though, that hu jintao may not be well. he appeared confused.

yet questions remain about the timing of this departure in front of the cameras. today, though, there was no sign of the influence of leaders gone by, and crucially, no identifiable successors to xi in this new group. another indication he could remain in powerfor a long time. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. 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. only yesterday, she had spoken of dying in the service of her 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 of what each day might bring. booster ignition, and lift—off of discovery with the crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. well, enjoying the show is 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 oi in singapore. our 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. 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 of kismayo now say

that they have ended this attack at the hotel in southern somalia. earlier reports indicate that several people have been killed, many 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 al—shabaab 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 then 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 and clan elders, have made huge significant gains in parts of somalia, retaking territories from the jihadist group. but even then, the al—shabaab group has continued to carry out attacks similar to this one

notjust inside somalia but across into neighbouring kenya and they do continue to pose a deadly threat for the peace and security of the region. some news just some newsjust coming into us, two koreas have exchanged warning shots across their sea border early monday morning according to both militaries, south korean military said it's navy fired warning shots to repel a north korean ship that had crossed into the sea boundary between the north and south. north korea's military said it responded by firing ten shots of artillery as a warning to south korea. there were no reports of clashes, military tensions on the korean canal peninsula have risen over the last few weeks. 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. our 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, i just 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.

antigovernment protests continued and i ran at several universities. scuffles broke out at the prestigious sharif university of technology in tehran as students broke through a security border around the gender segregated cafeteria where male and female students ate together on saturday. at a university in this area, protesting students try to stop security forces filming them while gunfire was heard in another region where female students were holding a rally. one of brazil's most prominent indigenous leaders has warned of further damage to the amazon rainforest if scheier bows and arrows reelected and this week's presidential election runoff. 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. our 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 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. hello there. we certainly have seen some lively weather over the past 24 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.

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to cyber attacks from china. my guest is the taiwanese digital minister, audrey tang.