ah it's with, ah ah, this is g w. news live from berlin tonight, british prime minister, or is johnson agrees to step down just not right now. today, johnson admitted mistakes, which prompted a walk out by dozens of ministers, but he's not going quickly saying he staying on until his party chooses

a new leader. also coming up tonight, ukrainian forces hoist the national flag to reclaimed snake island while vladimir putin warrens. russia has barely started. it's action and dozens on trial over one of the worst disasters on italy's high wage. the collapse of the mirandi bridge in genoa killed more than 40 people. the defendants are facing charges of manslaughter . ah lou. i'm burned. gov is good to have you with us tonight. british prime minister boris johnson is finally agreed to step down. the announcement came to day 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. not yet. he's planning to cling on to power until his party names a successor. a moment's 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 in the app or a new prime minister. and i agree with the grey 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 it and passage through the corona virus pandemic. i know that there will be many people who are relieved and perhaps quite of 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 them 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 done of this nonsense about clinging on for a few months. his inflicted life fraud and chaos in the country. and, you know, we're stuck with a function of the government which isn't functioning in the middle of a cost of living crosses. 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 assistant. 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. i missed the tipping point, came after revelations about sexual misconduct within his party, leading to high level ministerial resignations. johnson remained defiance franklin interested in the job of a prime minister in difficult circumstances when he handed a can also mandate, is the key? no, i only for so long after quitting is conservative party leader. the clock is now ticking on johnson's period. as prime minister, johnson is saying he'll go,

but only when a successor is ready and waiting. i asked our london correspondent, bigger boss, where things go from here. 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? for us, 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? is there a favorite beginning to emerge? long time favorite for the party active is the conservative party. active is has been been wallace. he's the defense secretary and he's kind of the opposite of bras

. 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 mistrust the front secretary. she's made clear that she sees herself and the tradition of margaret thatcher. she had photos of herself and 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 a man it was just one lie to many as it seems brent. it's, it's, it's not the 1st 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 of, very almost disgusted. i would say by that i by the parties that went on in 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. and another m p who has faced allegations of sexual misconduct and bros 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 it did know that there 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 there can make all the difference figured, martin london, it's always been a good. thank you. now to the latest on the war in ukraine with the war now in its 5th month, president vladimir putin, as told leaders of russia's kremlin controlled parliament that russia has barely begun its action. meanwhile, ukraine's forces claimed to have recaptured snake island in the black sea and

raised the national flag. russia says it retaliated with missile strikes on the outpost. the blue and yellow a few green 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 god good will gesture. but that goodwill did not last long ogle a big deal about life a. m several ukrainian service man landed on the island and took pictures with aflac. little russian forces immediately launched a strike as a result of which some of their ukrainian soldiers that were killed. joe, currently one of worship belongs store alone, snake islands. it's a long way from the brunt of the fighting stills entered on the don boss to the

east. here, russia has grown, assault has slowed it's forces or regrouping. after taking 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 that 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 scores. their losses will only increase every week as will the difficulty of supplying them. despite the brief pause in russia's advance,

missiles are still bombarding the key cities of slogans and cramp dogs. for the civilians who remain here, the front lines anal creeping dangerously close. dozens of defendants have gone on trial over one of italy's worse transport disasters, the collapse of the moran, the bridge in genoa, 4 years ago killed more than 40 people, the accused face charges of manslaughter, and negligence for inadequate inspections of the bridge. they dispute the claims and the trial is likely to last, at least a year. this is the moment the mirandi bridge collapsed during a rainstorm in august 2018. most of the 43 people who were killed that day, plunged to their debts in trucks and cars as the ground dropped beneath them. it was later found that poor maintenance was the reason the most away collapse. the tragedy spoke nationwide anger here in italy and laid bare the dyess state of the

country's crumbling infrastructure. it cloudy, andrea example, city sister, claudia, her 2 children and new husband lost their lives in the accident. engler refused the compensation offered to victims. instead, she once accountability for you already pick where i would like to see these people pay for what they did act, or if this is the decision of the court. i would like to see them go to jail. when i la kendra, i would like this to be assigned the changes the course of what we're seeing, which is everybody acts like they want and it's fine. and the victim are the only ones who pay for because it, it keep ferguson, for a living to with and judging. genoa has ordered 59 people to stand trial over the collapse of the mirandi bridge, among them a senior executives of the company that overseas italy's roads. the trial is expected to last at least a year. and special arrangements have been made at the court to accommodate the

large number of people in the public gallery. his subject units are you guys will be crystal di, bowl? as far as i know, a case like this has never been seen initially. especially as far as the consequences and the number of victims are concerned that a lot of the human tragedy called the prosecution is pursuing charges of manslaughter. it due to the collapse of the bridge and also a series of violations regarding the maintenance of the bridge that led to the fall of the structural, blah, blah, blah, korean. so the model density and i would have the docket boyar corolla, the lester, dora, it's not just the families of the dead seeking justice in this trial. there are people who say they lost income because of the bridges collapse and they want to be compensated. this neighborhood board is the sides of way the bridge collapsed and the locals. europe told me it was a real nightmare getting in and around the area in the aftermath of that accident. as a result, some businesses were forced to close. many of them have never come back. the

more andy bridge was taken down and replaced by this new one, which was opened 2 years ago. while others have moved on egg puscetti says she hopes she'll get some closure when the trial is over. i sports is now in tennis, anja bureau continues to make history at wimbledon only a few days ago. 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 word number 2 is finally living up to expectations after beating rival and close friend tatyana muddy. at 623661 show face russian born cousin, player elaina rehab rehab. kina in saturdays, fine and in the men's tournament row, fiona dolls, hopes of winning old 4 grand slam titles in the same year have been dash the

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