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's 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 there'll be further damage to the amazon rainforest, if president bolsonaro is re—elected.

welcome to the programme, we begin in london. borisjohnson has announced that he will not stand in the contest to choose the next conservative leader, and prime minister. he insisted he had enough support among mps, but said that putting himself forward was "not the right thing to do". nominations close on monday afternoon, with former chancellor rishi sunak and cabinet minister penny mordaunt the only declared candidates. our political editor, chris mason, has been following the day's developments. 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 sunak too, 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.

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 labor 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.

one—man rule with six loyal men in supporting roles. that's what has been effectively confirmed in china, 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. stephen mcdonell reports. 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 xijinping 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: 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.

xijinping and his xi jinping and his assertive foreign policy are here to stay and that has prompted big changes about how the rest of asia views china japan was always sceptical that china's rise would be peaceful and at the urging of the late shinzo abe penn has wrapped itself in the security blanket of the so—called quad, the alliance established explicitly to counter chinese military power in the military. but it is not clear how the quad would actually work in a military confrontation. the south—east asian countries see xi jinping's leadership has posed questions to which they have no answers. when they started contesting islands in the south china sea, asean tried to get a code of conduct and china

stalled. countries affected downstream have found they have little red dress and when the philippines won an international arbitration case against chinese claims in the south china sea, china simply ignored it. instead, china has had the famed consent this and unity of asean, picking off the smaller states like laos and cambodia with generous aid and development turning them into virtual client states. the other south—east asian countries are now dealing with china very much on their own interests. indonesia runs a china sceptic foreign policy but welcomes chinese and best with open arms. thailand, though, is more hesitant about such investment but willing to be much more accommodating of china's foreign policy concerns. vietnam has perhaps the most china phobic population and historic grievances against its giant neighbour but vietnam's world beating export industries depend on supply chains from china so the communist

leadership there manages its relations with china extremely carefully. all the countries in this region have been frustrated by the erratic interests of the united states and the focus now on military rather than economic engagement. they fear being drawn into a superpower conflict here. all countries here ideally would like to maintain good relations with both superpowers but in reality, they accept that china's dominance here is probably inevitable. the two core careers have traded warning shots according to both military. south korea's military. south korea's military said it 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. military tensions

on the korean peninsula have risen over the last few weeks. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: as more russian forces retreat from the southern kherson region, we pay a visit to some 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 no more suspicion, no more fear, no i more uncertainty of what each day might bring. . discovery, with six astronaut heroes and one american legend! we're enjoying the show. this is beautiful.

a milestone in human history. born today, this. girl in india is the seven billionth- person on the planet. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko oi in singapore. our headlines: borisjohnson has boris johnson has dropped borisjohnson has dropped out of the race to be tory leader and prime minister leaving rishi sunak and penny mrdant in the running. cementing his place at the top, xi jingping will have a third term in power, the first to do so since chairman mao. more now on the

conservative leadership contest, and i have been speaking to camilla turner, the chief political correspondent at the daily telegraph newspaper. i asked at the daily telegraph newspaper. iasked her what made borisjohnson pull out of the race. one explanation could be that he did not get enough nominations, and of course there is no way of knowing the certain that that was the case because the moment of truth would have been at 2pm on monday, when nominations close and everyone will have to be prepared to have the numbers of backers confirmed by a 1922 committee because borisjohnson pulled out this evening, he is saying he had over 100 votes but we will not know that independently because he has pulled out. another reason is as he says in his statement, he thinks even though he says he

still has a lot to offer, he feels it is impossible to govern without the support of the party, so even if he did have just over the party, so even if he did havejust over 100 mps backing him there is a real strength of feeling within the conservative party that some people really did not feel prepared to serve under his leadership once again, and let's not forget it was only a few months ago that he was forced from office, so perhaps this idea that the conservative party really would just be ungovernable and it would be very difficult to be at the helm of the party, well frankly a lot of the people didn't want to be there. rishi sunak seems _ didn't want to be there. rishi sunak seems to _ didn't want to be there. rishi sunak seems to be _ didn't want to be there. rishi sunak seems to be the - didn't want to be there. rishi sunak seems to be the clear| sunak seems to be the clear front—runner, will it be a contest or possible combination?- contest or possible combination? a , , ., combination? as things stand penny mordant _ combination? as things stand penny mordant is _ combination? as things stand penny mordant is saying - combination? as things stand penny mordant is saying she l combination? as things stand l penny mordant is saying she is absolutely still in the race, not pulling out, the fact that borisjohnson has gone back on his plans to stand does not change anything for her, and from her point of view, there

is not really much and enter pullout at this stage, she will be hoping she will be able to pick up a lot of mps who were behind borisjohnson, some of them could come over to her and will be able to get that 100 threshold to get onto the ballot paper on what we know about the summit leadership election campaign is that according to the polls penny mordant is actually very popular with the conservative party members, so she might be thinking if i can get down to the final two i could end up being prime minister and why when i throw my chances away of doing that, even if she does not end up being an active prime minister, she would still have a pretty good cabinet position out of it most likely severely for her, there is not much in it suddenly pull out at this stage when she is now so close to the final ballot. at least nine people have been _ ballot. at least nine people have been killed _ ballot. at least nine people have been killed and - ballot. at least nine people have been killed and 47 - ballot. at least nine people i have been killed and 47 others injured in an attack on a hotel injured in an attack on a hotel in southern somalia. heavy gunfire was heard in the

southern port city. the attack started with a suicide bomber rammed his car loaded with explosives through the gate of a hotel, blowing of the vehicle. several attackers rushed through into the building opening fire, security forces and machine and alfred barber has claimed responsibility for the attack. ukraine's army claims russian forces are continuing to retreat from the city of kassel and in the south. defending troops are continuing to launch counteroffensive is towards the west of the regional capital and is a invading forces are setting up new positions across the river. moscow has been accused of placing explosives on a key dam as it pulls out, which it denies. a ukrainian correspondent has been to some of the 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 has rejected claims by his russian counterpart that ukraine was planning to escalate the ukrainian conflict. in a rare call between the two men on sunday ben wallace cautioned against using allegations as a pretext for greater escalation. the russian minister said that he was concerned that ukraine might use a so—called dirty bomb, one mixed with radioactive material as provocation and blame it on moscow. russia is yet to have

any evidence to support the claim. he also made also as counterparts in other countries such as the us, france and turkey. anti—government protests continue in alignment and having more confrontation between students and security forces at several universities scuffles broke out at the prestigious university of technology in tehran as students broke through a security according around the gender segregated cafeteria where male and female students a together. at a university protesting students are trying to stop security forces filming them while gunfire was heard where female students were holding a rally. one of brazil's most prominent prestigious leaders warned of incredible damage to the amazon

forest if the current prime minister is elected again. former president lulu de silva said he will and illegal mining and deforestation, but that is widely believed to be a tough challenge. our south american correspondent reports from the well�*s largest indigenous reserve whether very future 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 it for now, thank you for watching. 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.

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