[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin to night. british prime minister boris johnson agrees to step down just not right now. today, johnson admitted misstates, which prompted a walk out by dozens of his ministers,

but he's not going quickly saying he's staying on until his party chooses a new leader. also coming up tonight, ukrainian forces hoist the national flag to reclaim snake island. are russia vows to step up it's offensive in the eastern? don't bass breach, and hopes of de escalating a conflict in central africa with thousands already displaced were wanda, and the democratic republic of congo have agreed to ease tensions. but will rebel fighters will they respect the seas fought? ah, i break off. it's good to have you with us tonight. british prime minister boys johnson has finally agreed to step down. the announcement came today after 3 tumultuous years in power and

a mass revolt in the top ranks of his conservative party. dozens of ministers have quit his government in just the last 2 days. over a series of scandals, johnson says, being prime minister is the best job in the world and he says it's not over yet. he's planning to cling on to power until his party names a success a moment long delayed, finally becomes unavoidable. good afternoon, everybody. it is clearly now the will of the parliamentary, conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party and that for a new prime minister. and i agree with the grand brady, the chairman of our back bench empties that the process of choosing that new leader should begin. now without saying resign, johnson said he would stay on until a new leader is in place. he lamented his conservative colleagues. eccentric push to change, prime minister, i mean economic challenges, but as we seen at westminster,

the heard instinct is powerful when the heard moves. it moves, and by friends in politics, no one is remotely indispensable. watched by his wife and staff, johnson recalled his landslide election when in 2019 his completion of briggs and passage through the corona virus pandemic. i know that there will be many people who are relieved and perhaps quite if you will also be disappointed. and i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up the best job in the world. but then the brakes. thank you very much. johnson speech closes one chapter, but opens the door to a period of political uncertainty, the opposition and some in his own party say he should leave office immediately in his to go completely. none of this nonsense about clinging on for a few months. his inflicted life fraud and chaos in the country. and you know, we are stuck with

a function of the government which isn't functioning in the middle of a cost of living crisis. but johnson has made a career of hanging on to power and wriggling out of trouble. i've developed mile, his careless start to the pandemic, saw him hospitalized with cove at 19 a system. he survived that and later outrage at parties held in his office during lockdown. booze from the public at the queen's jubilee in early june were followed by a vote of confidence in parliament which he won, but was left damaged and missed. the tipping point came after revelations about sexual misconduct within his party, leading to high level ministerial resignations. johnson remained defiance franklin, to think of the job of a prime minister in difficult circumstances when handed to counsel mad is the key

no only for so long. after quitting his conservative party leader, the clock is now ticking on johnson's period. as prime minister. when join l y are very on big mass in london. good evening to you. be a good. so we've got to johnson saying he has agreed to go, but he's going to leave on boris johnson time. it seems. talk us through what happens next? well yes, he is still prime minister. he is even appointed a new cabinet who have agreed to keep him until a new party leader is elected. so this is what we're looking at now. the conservative party needs to decide, in what way they are going to elect a new leader, and also how long that will take. will it be? days will be weeks, will it be months for the moment boys, johnson is still prime minister, and there are many people, even in his own part. you think you should go sooner rather than later, but he's still there or who are the front runners to succeed him?

if there is a favorite beginning to emerge, long time favorite for the party. active is the conservative party. active is, has been been wallers, he's the defense secretary, and he's kind of the opposite of boys. johnson, at least he seems the opposite from, from the outside. he's not flashy at all. he's somebody who's our reputation as being competent, particularly during the ukrainian crisis. so he's somebody that for many months the conservative base aah! who is ultimately going to be choosing the party leader? he has a he has been of a clear front runner for them. however, i think for the general public it's, it's not so it's not so clear, there are others in the race, there's reaches sooner. for example, who was pros, johnson's chancellor, and those this trust, the foreign secretary. she's made clear that she sees herself and the tradition of

margaret thatcher. she had photos of herself and tanka attached her style, se, so there are several others who are also hoping to become prime minister, either bigger boys. johnson's political obituary has been written many times, but it appears that this is the fatal point in his political resume. talked talk us through this scandal. why was this scandal the one that did amend it was just one lie to many as it seems friend it's. it's, it's not the fast a time that boys johnson was accused of not telling the truth, but it just comes after, after these photos that showed him during locked down your drinking with his colleagues. that really was very, very many british people are very almost disgusted. i would say by that i by the parties that went on and downing street and that he knew off and or participated in,

but the latest scandal was maybe in itself. it doesn't seem like such a big scandal. but it was just the fact that boys johnson hadn't come clear of what he knew. it was another m p who has faced allegations of sexual misconduct and bras . johnson was question what he knew about his allegations when he appointed him to a major role in the political party. and he said he didn't know. and then he had to correct himself and had to admit that actually you did know that i was even an investigation in the foreign office. so he didn't tell the truth. and that for, for many conservative m. p 's just showed that day that there was a problem with his integrity. and also it showed his parliamentary colleagues that he was just not the one that they want it to lead the party into the next election . he's not been seen as the vote when that he once was dead, can make all the difference figured. martin london is always very good. thank you.

well, after winning a resounding majority at the last u. k. election, bush johnson lasted just 3 years as prime minister. now back then, he stood on a platform of getting bricks. it done, but long before he became leader, he'd made no secret of his desire for the top jaw. in hindsight, forest johnson's fate was predestined. as the maverick mayor of london, he relished chaos, getting stuck on a zip flyer, and barging his way around the world. this time, taking out a school boy in japan. it was all part of a carefully constructed image. the bird that he hoped would lead to beggar things. and when breton debated its membership of the european union, he seized his chance. flying the flag for the leaf campaign

a take back control of this country and our democracy and our economy. after that success downing street seemed inevitable, but he would have to wait another 3 years before opening theresa. may i have just been to see her majesty the queen. however breton were still fiercely debated over europe with johnson called an election and was back to his own stunts. the voters lapped it up, sending him back to downing street with an 80 seats majority. he promised to we make written one month later. hoover 19 struck i've developed mild symptoms over the corona virus. that's to say he was hospitalized.

and the pandemic forced him to get tough with the public. he don't follow the rules . the police will have the powers to at least remarked, he had to fight his own advice with allegations of numerous parties in his offices, including this garden get together. while the country was unlocked down, the pressure on him grew by the week. is he now going to do the decent thing and resign the name of god go. throughout his career, morris johnson played by his own rules. in the end, it was that which led to his downfall. are it from one l, one of pulling veteran political reporter, quinton peel. he is now with the london think tank chatham house. witness. good to see you. they have to wonder. you have to wonder what we're on witnessing right now on this announcement to day this delayed departure, if you will, by boris johnson,

is this a ploy to stay in power? is there any way back for him? no, i don't think there is, but it's typical johnson to sort of somewhat muddy the waters, the whole manner of his departure, the way that in the end he's almost really being dragged, kicking and screaming out of downing street. and the ear was because you had this hemorrhaging of ministers of from his government and he really was left with no government that could be cold that. and he, he really had to go. but having said that, he's not coping quickly. and it's really annoying, quite a lot of his back benches, who come out and said, look, you'll doing us as a party, far more damage than a by leaving in an inexpensive and decent manner. and i think they're angry about what will, how can he stay on ben? i mean, the term here is caretaker, prime minister,

but considering boys johnson's past it, it's hard to imagine him taking care of business the way that his fellow conservatives want him to take care of business. i mean, how is he going to get a business duck? well, i don't think he will get much business done and therefore it's pretty urgent that they find a successor to him as leader of the conservative party it more quickly than slowly and again to perhaps try and accelerate the process. but there's a real problem with that because as you were discussing earlier and there actually is no very obvious candidate for the succession. there are a, till 10 people in the running at that. and it may take a little time to sort them all out. so having said that, technically, johnson is doing the correct thing by saying that has to be a prime minister, and they can't be a new prime minister until as a new conservative party leader. because the conservative party still has

a very substantial majority in parliament. i heard in the united states earlier today, the comparison made donald trump now, boris johnson. is this the beginning of the end of some sort of trans atlantic populism that we've seen in recent years? yes, i don't think it's really worked out for the conservative party because johnson has given it a bad name. just the very fact that you call it populism, which is in many ways. right. johnson is an entertainer of the digital age. he amuses people, he makes them laugh, but when you're up against very serious problems like cove, it like the damage that breaks it is doing to the country like ukraine. joking about these things doesn't go down well with people and what's really annoyed

people. i think both within the conservative party and among ordinary electors is the perception that she's not honest, that he doesn't tell the truth. and he doesn't have a clear moral compass. he doesn't regard a bits of sexual harassment or a bit of corruption as very serious. so he sort of tries to forgive people very quickly and then he pretends that he didn't know about it, and then he gets other people to go out and defend them. and then he changes the story. that's what's really annoyed people. quinn pill with enchant amounts is always quick. we appreciate your time and your valuable insights to night. thank you. okay. well, here's the latest now on the war in ukraine. keeps forces claim to every captured snake island in the black sea and they have raised the national flag. russia says that it retaliated with missiles strikes on the outpost ukrainian. president

zalinski has welcomed the extra firepower of weapons supplied by western allies in the battle against russia. but moscow says it will step up its assault on the eastern dawn best reach. the blue and yellow of ukraine flies above snake island. once again, it appears this tiny strip of land became in famous after the outbreak of the wall . after ukrainian soldiers rejected an ultimatum from a russian warship, the gleam recapture of the island comes a week after russia drew in what moscow called goodwill gesture. but that goodwill did not last long. oh, go a bit about life. i am several ukrainian service man landed on the island and took pictures with a flag literally, russian forces immediately launched a strike. as a result of my play, some of their ukrainian soldiers were killed, joe grossly once more shibel orange stores alone snake island sits

a long way from the brunt of the fighting. still centered on the don boss to the east. here russia has grown. assault has slowed its forces or regrouping after digging. melissa jones, i had of an unexpected assault on the done yet korean. but the face of difficult road ahead, as ukrainian troops reinforced defensive positions with western weapons let asking each lie efficient, usable. finally, we can feel that the western artillery, the weapons we received from our partners, have started working very effectively yet the accuracy is exactly what is needed. losing our defenders inflict very noticeable strikes on depots and other locations that are important for the occupy as logistics. and this significantly reduces the offensive potential of the russian army sport. their losses will only increase every week as will the difficulty of supplying them. despite the brief pause in russia's advance,

muscles are still bombarding the key cities of slogans and crumb at dogs. for the civilians who remain here, the front lines are now creeping dangerously close or want to get more now from the dap evening spicer he is in the ukrainian capital. keep good evening to you, nick. so start us out with the capture and now the recapture of snake island is pretty murky. brent, you know the kremlin is communicating, i think symbolically here saying that they killed some ukrainian soldiers while they tried to plant the flag. the ukrainian defense ministry has provided video of the planting of the flag that the kremlin has made all kinds of claims before, rather implausible. for example, they took out a whole cadre of ukrainian generals and commanders in one fell swoop, and 10 of those m triple 7 american howitzers in the same strike. and we know they

have some targeting problems. and so there is a messaging from the kremlin, which is for a domestic audience that doesn't necessarily correspond to the facts on the ground . and i think it's fair to say that because there's no video evidence provided there's all kinds of video, but everything in, in this conflict, but is really the takeaway here is that the kremlin sees snake on and is something really symbolic. because as we heard in that report, it was where the soldiers held out, acted defiantly towards a russian warship, which was the moskva, the flagship of the russian black sea fleet, which was sunk by ukrainian miss heil a little bit later. so there's a lot of wild shame or embarrassment around the snake island story if you will. and so the kremlin seems to be coming back and trying to sorta put a new spin on events. and nick, we've heard it ukrainian, president zalinski talking about the positive effect that western heavy weapons are

happy. is it clear though, that these weapons are making a big difference? you know, again, there's the fog of war. nobody is really providing exact details about what weapons are deployed, where and which targets they are striking. but we know what weapons they are are being sent out into the field, particularly for american high mars mobile rocket systems. and just if you look at a specifics of them, those missiles are accurate within one meter with the ukrainians. and the russians have been firing at each other up until now are accurate to within 500 meters, which explains the scorched earth policies of the russians have been pursuing to this point what it means practically, for the ukrainians in this reflects what president celeste, he was saying in his statement, is that if they want to strike a weapons depot, which is what the, what he's been saying they're trying to do, they can take out all of the artillery shells, or many of their tillery shells that the russians have been using in, in their scorched earth sort of, you know, rolling ways of, of artillery barrage strategy. so it is entirely plausible that they are having an

effect. they're not having all of the effect of ukrainians with like they're still asking for more weapons we. they're slow and getting delivered, but they appear to be making a difference. certainly if we go by what the ukranian president is saying, he w spicer with the latest from keith to night. nick, thank you. here's a quick look now, some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world, a wash and flagged cargo ship suspected of carrying stolen, ukrainian grain, has been allowed to leave a turkish port. ukraine's foreign minister has expressed outrage and summoned turkey's ambassador. the kremlin has denied any wrong doing so called islamic state has claimed responsibility for a raid on a prison in that i jury in capital, a boucher elise are searching for about 400 inmates who are still on the run. officials say militants used explosives to free fellow jihad,

his protesters in sudan have held another night time sit in against military rule. the main opposition leader says he does not believe army promises that commanders will make way for a civilian. government. activists have kept demonstrating despite crackdowns by security forces will fighting a has broken out in the democratic republic of congo, despite hopes of an end to what is a simmering conflict. the d r c and rwanda have agreed to de escalate tension. the r c accuses were one to of backing mostly congolese m 23 rebels on its territory. it was hoped the breakthrough would end. a dispute, which has placed displays tens of thousands of civilians, but the rebels say they are not bound by the ceasefire. our very own mario mueller travelled to goma in eastern congo. she has this report. the sound of

a bomb blast made that amazon he at edi fear for his life. it exploded near his home in the village of the honda eastern congo. he knew instantly that the m 23 rebels were coming on my visit. it was around 2 am. we were all afraid because it was not small bullets. there were bombs where we knew it was an attack. so everybody started fleeing. he got shot in the crossfire between the m 23 rebels and the congress army. 650 families have found refuge at this school near gama. not cables. capital conditions are deplorable. people sleep in classrooms and they tell us, there is no food or medical care. 160000 people have been forced to flee since the clashes began in april. the m. 23 was pushed back by the congolese army, begged by you and troops, and surrendered in 2013. but in november last year, it re merged the militia group claims to protect the tootsie minority in eastern congo, and accuses the government of failing to observe

a previous p. still. kinshasa says the m 23 rebels are backed by rhonda. but kigali denies the accusations or more explicit also, how do you explain the resurgence of m 23 with big caliber weapons with equipment which can destroy planes. we disable that is the m. 23 capable of buying missiles and long range mortars that did the mot. apple render this alvin, we met a king. a claims round as goal is to occupy darcy's territory and exploit its mineral riches military music with others. all rwanda is among the biggest exporters of gold and colton for thought, but there is no grain of golden, rwanda one. they keep the insecurity in congo in order to get the minerals for a cheap price, or even for free. i bought marsey or gutted more, according to the us treasury, more than 90 percent of congress. gold is smuggle to regional states including

ronda. it also says that the goal trade is a major driver of conflict. people and gama attired a violence since may anti rondon protests have been held regularly across city or c, 5 in their tutsis from a wonder if the uniforms are a london. the guns are a london, they are shooting indiscriminately, local activists and goma feel let down by the international community. let them know that the international community doesn't say anything because they don't care about our insecurity. they don't care about our well being. for them, it's only important who's the guardian of fed geopolitical interests, engineers, and that is your pointed a sentiment shared by residence and gama. not only thought our country is rich, but we don't benefit at all. we can't really say we are rich as we don't see anything of it. no longer want going a bit. we can't pass a year without hearing that somewhere around go. mountain enabled been massacres or

a ward take place. was it was it done at amazon? he has had enough of war. he now only has one wish, and that is a safe home to return to i says force is now in tennis on your bureau continues to make history at wimbledon only a few days after a few days ago. rather, she became the 1st arab an african woman to reach the semi final of a grand slam. now the tunisian is the 1st to reach a final in the open air. the world number 2 is finally living up to expectations after beating rival and close friend tatyana. maria shall face causes player, alina river. kina in saturday's final and here is what your bird had to say about those breakthroughs for tennis, her nation and the continent and the crowd. canadian woman standing here today and i know into anita. they're going crazy right now. hopefully, you know,

it is. yeah. i had just try to inspire really as much as i can. you know, i want to see more more not just in need an arab african players on tour. i just love the game and i want to share, you know, this experience for them to her. his reminder of our top story boards, johnson, as announced that he will step down his british prime minister, following a mass walk out by more than 50 members of his government. johnson is planning to stay on until his party chooses a new leader. you're watching the w news to the point is up. next i will be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day i have to see that ah

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