on t.w. . this is g w news a long time from berlin tonight boris johnson is the new leader of britain's conservative party and the u.k.'s prime minister in waiting did the brits it unite the country and defeat generally cool bit of the. conservative party members overwhelmingly voted to place johnson at the head of their party today setting him up to become the u.k.'s next prime minister tomorrow also coming up a fresh misery for crisis ridden business way look a nationwide blackout plunges millions into darkness putting countless lives in

jeopardy and here in europe are bracing for another heat wave especially france on thursday the capital paris could see the mercury rise above 40 degrees celsius to hit a new record high. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us tomorrow at this time boris johnson will in all likelihood be britain's new prime minister earlier today johnson secured the place by winning the race to lead his country's ruling conservatives he defeated foreign minister jeremy hunt by a 2 to one margin johnson's rise to power was fueled by his pledge to take britain out of the european union breaks it with a deal or no deal his backers expect him to deliver on that promise after taking

the reins from theresa may tomorrow. 1st johnson was elected as the leader of the can said he was i the result came as no surprise boris johnson won almost twice as many votes as his rival jeremy hunt i was after a boisterous campaign has except in speech struck i consider trey note thank you very much was i think it was for you being friendly you've been a good take should you be the font of excellent ideas all of which i propose to steal oh we'll. and above all i want to thank. lida to resume. her extraordinary service to this policy and to this country the country johnson inherits is mired in deep political crisis his most important task and a major challenge will be delivering what his predecessor could not we're going to

get brits done on october 31st will take advantage of all the opportunities that it will bring in a new spirit of can do and we are once again going to believe in ourselves and what we could achieve much from slumbering joint we're going to rise and paying off the guy ropes so tight and negativity. the applause may have the night which johnson faces stiff opposition from many of his own m.p.'s finding a way out of britain's press it caught my eye maybe rather more difficult than he cares to admit. and our correspondent she is in london and she has voters' reactions and their expectations for their soon to be new prime minister we have seen a snap poll that has been done here in the last hours and it is astonishing because about half of the people that were being questioned said she could even be a char at terrible prime minister we don't really expect great things from him things might turn out quite badly so it is not the case that as boris johnson

always tries to project that he is sort of loved by a vast majority of the british public they have known him for too long they have seen him for so many years and they know that he is prone to gaffes and and can create more problems than he might be solving in the end we are some people for their opinion let's listen to what they had to say i don't think he's a good lead to and i don't think he's going to get. by halloween i think that's just a fantasy and i think he's going to be like a headless chicken running around westminster because he doesn't have the ability. to actually negotiate with these women potty let alone to be a much christ like this because i think we need a visionary leader we don't need to teach else that's what the civil service is we need we need you know there's thousands of them hiding around the corner in the early streets but what we need to sufficiently meet someone who is free to say what

they promised he's going to do which is to leave the so the 1st posts o'barr this is a problem. that's you know to have somebody. someone who's going to be a politician or the leader of a country that should be an outstanding person you know i mean. i really have a selfie in a certain way i went to speak very articulately not the way the. wrong person to be leading the country at least. this goes to show that he has a long way to go to really gain particularly the trust of the british people because that is one of his big problems people knows know that he likes to tell a fib that he sort of makes up stories as he goes along and that he sort of says in every sort of condition and surrounding what people want to hear and that is

something they don't appreciate the prime minister so many british people are not to mused at the moment that was barbara biggs the reporting from london where germany's chancellor angela merkel she congratulated boris johnson today in a tweet heard spokesperson said that the chancellor is looking forward to working with johnson there's also been reaction from the incoming european union commission president as well as from the french president today in paris. newly elected ursula for the lion and said that they are hopeful of a productive future relationship with boris johnson as prime minister there are many different and difficult issues to tackle together challenging times ahead of us i think it is very important to build up a strong and a good working relation because we have the duty to deliver something which is good for people in europe and in the united kingdom some looking forward to working with

and just to deal with them i'm looking forward to working with him as soon as possible not only on the european issues and the continuation of the negotiations obviously link to breaks it but also on the international issues that make up our daily lives and on which we have closely coordinated particularly with the british and the germans whether that's the situation in iran or international security issues on this and i don't get it it was. but here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world of the swedish based operator of that british flag to take your seized by iran last week in the strait of hormuz says it is still waiting for permission to visit the ship's $23.00 crew members none of the standing imperils crew are british citizens they are mostly indian and filipino but also include russian and laughing in nationals the u.s. senate has confirmed to president trump's nominee for secretary of defense after a 7 month delay mark esper an army veteran and former defense industry lobbyist won

the vote by $98.00 ending the longest period that the pentagon has ever gone without a confirmed leader students or no jury i have protested for the 22nd straight day calling for free elections and civilian rule the military has been the de facto ruler of the country since protests forced president. resignation back in april that ended his 20 years in office and the date has been set for a new election. in venezuela electricity is slowly being restored across the country after a blackout on monday plunged millions of people into darkness it's the latest a hardship to hit venezuela which has already been crippled by an unprecedented economic crisis president maduro has blamed a cyber attack on a hydroelectric plant for the outage it's the 2nd nationwide blackout to hit and

it's where you are this year. these people were trapped in an elevator when the electricity went out luckily they could be rescued here at venezuela's biggest airport we see just one example of what happened during the blackout on monday afternoon the traffic lights went out but that was just beginning an engineer reported that the blackout was country wide the telephone system nearly completely collapsed trains and subways were brought to a standstill caracas the country's capital has one of the highest crime rates in the world yesterday as night fell fear rose about one month on the market i can't find my car it is not here and not over there we can't find it i don't know what to do now but hopefully my family will come and look for me. what he wanted for. president nicolas maduro and his government think the outages could have been caused by sabotage when the 1st big blackout occurred in march blamed the us and

his opposition accusing them of mounting a cyber attack opposition leader one why don't counter by tweeting that government corruption and mismanagement were more likely culprits the 2 parties have struggled for power since the beginning of this year but it is the venezuelan people who are suffering. art some talk about the weather here in europe a heat wave is sweeping the cotton and it's predicted to calls record temperatures in several countries this week so monitors across the continent you can see right behind me they are already racing upwards with the highest temperatures predicted on thursday at the epicenter of this heat wave is france the capital paris could see the mercury rise above 40 degrees celsius to hit a new record residents in the city they're doing their best to keep cool you see right there with lots of water water even more water and as your bakes under yet

another heat wave both climate change and a teenage climate crusader well they're back in the spotlight in paris. people in powers trying to keep their cool with a full cost is think that the french capital could see an all time temperature high this week. exceptionally hot weather may be welcomed by some tourists with time to take a dip but swedish climate activist gratitude bug didn't come to paris for a holiday the teenager was invited to speak at the french national assembly by m.p.'s from across party group concerned about climate change. has highlighted the problem of global warming by instigating school strikes and the movement has taken off well why and speaking to the assembly to said the world had to come together to take urgent action. you cannot so a crisis without treating it as a crisis without seeing the full picture. you cannot leave the responsibility

to individuals politicians the market or other parts of the well to take. this has to include everything and everyone carbon dioxide turned back also turned up the heat on far right members of the french parliament who chose to boycott her speech and how do we do it without sounding some people have chosen not to come here today some people have chosen not to listen to us and that is fine we are after all just children. you don't have to listen to us. but you do have to listen to the united science the scientists and that is all that we are ask just unite behind the science away from paris in the southern city of bordeaux the temperature has already reached a record breaking 41.2 degrees celsius the united nations says the conditions

across france were already critical before the heatwave developed much of hands is warning that the heatwave will. the drought. hasn't rained in many parts of france since the end of the last heatwave at the end of june start of july. a number of places in france have set new records for the lowest amount of rainfall since records started scientists are cautious when drawing connections between weather patterns and climate science but they're increasingly confident that manmade climate change is driving up the length and intensity of heat waves meaning gratitude and bugs words of the haps more poignant than ever. well there are reports here in the german media that say only one it will step down as byron munich president later

this year the tabloid newspaper billed reporting that one us will not stand for reelection when byron choose their president in november he's also said to leave his position on the club's advisory board and his has been involved with byron in a management role for 40 years he served a prison sentence in 2014 for some tax evasion. these are. for some cycling in news now you would know won the battle of the sprinters on stage 16 of the tour de france the australian overcame both his sprint rivals and the sweltering heat to claim his 2nd stage when of this year's tour de france is a julian kept the yellow jersey finishing in the main pack with the other overall busy contenders and some sad sports news to bring you tonight to russian boxer might seem done to shed has died after suffering head injuries in a fight last week douglas have collapsed after competing in the united states on

friday he underwent emergency surgery for bleeding on the brain but succumbed to his injuries he was only 28 years old. you're watching the news of next to no one have v.w. business and much more work on boris johnson's windbreak sedan what it means for the british economy stick around for that. can that volume or not hard and in the end it's a me your not a latina more who was into that. are you familiar with this. when the smugglers would lie and sets up the what's your story ready ready. i'm a woman and women especially in victims of violence.