i mean, her with blue with this is debbie news live from berlin. british prime minister, boris johnson, agrees to step down following a slew of scandals. johnson admitted mistakes that prompted dozens of ministers to quit his government, but he hasn't formally resigned yet. he wants to stay on until his party chooses

a new leader, also coming up ukrainian forces, hoist the national flag to reclaim snake island. while vladimir putin says russia is only just getting started. and hopes of de escalating a conflict in central africa with thousands of people already displaced bewanda and the democratic republic of congo have agreed to ease tensions. but rebel fighters refuse to respect a ceasefire. ah, i my book rough welcome to the program. after 3 tumultuous years british prime minister boris johnson has agreed to stepped out a mass revolt from within his conservative party. prompted his resignation, ministers and party members had enough of a series of scandals and johnson's handling of them. johnson says he wants to stay

in office 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. and apple, 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 a westminster at 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 close as 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 lives, fraud and chaos in the country. and, you know, we're stuck with a function of a 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, so im 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 pricing interested to the job of a prime minister in difficult circumstances when handed to counsel mad is the key. no, i only for so long after quitting his conservative party lida, the clock is now ticking on johnson's period. as prime minister get more from the w, correspond bigot mass in london. johnson's doubtful or is johnson has always been

a polarizing figure here in the u. k. there are those who have loved him for his charm and for his wits and the conservative party have really loved him because he was able to reach out to parts of the country that they were never able to reach out to his delivered a huge majority for them, but for all this, he's been a very divisive figure and they have had problems. i've questioned his integrity for a very, very long time. it started really were the brakes at campaign when he and the vote leave campaign. when they claim that there were billions, basically that will be safe for breakfast and that can be poured into the health system. for example, when it's now clear that actually breaks it is a problem for the u. k. economy and actually cost the richest taxpayer money, at least the short and median term. in the end, it was the lies. it was the lies over the party gave the photos that had emerged that showed voice. johnson and colleagues in downing street drinking while other

british people, most of britain was complying with a very severe lock dine. but he and others in downing street were not, and he was fined in the end. and those lies accumulated. they ended up and in the end, conservative party members, the m p. 's decided that he wasn't going to be the vote winner. that he once was. and they decided to get rid of him. turn out to the latest in ukraine with the war. in its 5th month, president vladimir putin has told leaders of russia's parliament, which prudence party controls. this is just the beginning. meanwhile, the cranes forces claim to have recaptured snake island in the black sea and raised the national flag. russia says it retaliated with missile strikes on that outpost. the blue and yellow of ukraine flies above sneak 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 or will it be thrilled about life? i am several ukrainian service man landed on the island and took pictures with a flag. middle artist, russian forces immediately launched a strike as a result of which some of their ukrainian soldiers were killed electrical gradually . one of worship belongs to little known snake islands sits a long way from the brunt of the fighting stills entered on the dawn boss to the east. here russia ground assault has slowed its forces or regrouping of the deacon. 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 is july 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 it's 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, missiles are still bombarding the key cities of slogans and cromwell, dogs, for the civilians who remain here. the front lines are now creeping dangerously close. earlier we spoke to our correspondent and keith nik

spicer asking him about the capture analogical recapture of snake island is pretty murphy 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 this conflict. but i think is really the takeaway here is that the kremlin c snake on that is something really symbolic. because as we heard in

that report, it was where the soldiers held out, acted defiantly towards a russian war ship, 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 sort of put a new spin on events turn out of some of the stories making news right now. american basketball starboard greiner has pleaded guilty in 8 russian court to drug charges. the 2 time olympic gold medalist was detained at moscow airport, february 40 se vape canisters containing cannabis oil were found in her luggage. so called islamic status claim responsibility for a raid on a prison and i jeering capital. a boucher, the lease are searching for ram 5, a $400.00 inmates who are still on the run. official sate militants used explosives

to free fellow jihadists, the democratic republic of congo, and were wanda, had agreed to de escalate tensions. 2 countries had been a dispute since the em 23, robert resumed fighting against congress troops near the will. one and border rebels have killed scores of civilians and displaced tens of thousands of people. say they won't respect the cx. 5 d. w correspond. mario miller traveled to eastern congo for us and filed this report. the sound of a bomb blast made that amazon he, eddie de fear for his life. it exploded near his home in the village of ro, honda, eastern congo. he knew instantly that the n 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 in 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 grew 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 effect by rhonda. but kigali denies the accusations or more expertise of how do you explain the resurgence of m . 23. what would big caliber weapons with equipment which can destroy plains sale.

that is the m $23.00 capable of buying missiles and long range morters. thus 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, a ball, massey, or gutter to 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 gold trade is a major driver of conflict. people and gama, attired a violence since may anti round and protests have been held regularly across city or c, 5 in their tutsis from a wonder the m, the uniforms are a london,

the guns are a london, they are shooting indiscriminately, local activists and gama. 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. natalie 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 won't gain a bit that we can't pass a year without hearing that somewhere around go mal him enabled bimbry massacres or a ward take place or 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 let's finish up with something from tennis on your boy continues to make history at wimbledon. only a few days ago,

she became the 1st arab, i'm african woman to reach the semi final of the grand slam. now the tunisia 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 to close friend. tatyana maria, 623661. so face russian born casa player, alina a. alanna, rob tina, in saturdays, fine, that's all we have for now. next up is business with my colleague daniel winter. i'm lean bluecross. thanks for watching people and trucks injured when trying to free the city center. more and more refugees are being turned away. order families to these.