ah ah ah ah, this is the news life of berlin, british prime minister, boris johnson, agrees to step down, follow a slew of scandals. johnson admitted mistakes that prompted dozens of ministers to quit his government, but he hasn't formerly resigned yet. he wants to stay on until his party chooses a new leader, also coming up ukrainian forces,

voice the national flag to reclaim snake island while vladimir putin has russia. only getting started and hopes of de escalating a conflict in central africa for thousands of people already displaced for wanda. the democratic republic of congo have agreed to ease tensions, but rebel fighters refused to respect the sci fi our correspondence on the ground at this report. ah, my good rough welcome to the program. after 3 tumultuous years british prime minister boris johnson has agreed to step down a mass revolt 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 meanwhile says he wants to stay in office until his party names

a successor 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 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 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. that 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. none 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 bunch 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 moral his careless thought 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 currently listening to the job of a prime minister in difficult circumstances when he handed the can also, man 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. earlier we spoke today, of course, my big must in london with more on johnson's downfall. horse johnson has

always been a polarizing figure. he and the u. k. there are others 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 others, 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 with the brakes that campaign when he and the vote leave campaign, when they claim that there were billions basically that will be saved for breakfast and that could 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 caused the british taxpayer money at least in the short and medium term. in the end, it was the lies. it was the lies over the party gave the photos that had emerged that showed boys, johnson and colleagues in downing street drinking while other british people,

most of britain was complying with a very severe locked 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 mpg just decided that he wasn't going to be the vote winner. that he once was. and they decided to get rid of him. now let's move over to ukraine with the war and its 5th month president vladimir putin told leaders of russia's parliament, which prudence party controls that this is just the beginning. meanwhile, ukraine's forces claimed to have recaptured snake island in the black sea and raised the national flag. russia says retaliated with missile strikes on the outpost. 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 war.

after ukrainian soldiers rejected an ultimatum from a russian warship. the claim recapture of the island comes a week after russia withdrew, in what moscow called goodwill gesture. but that goodwill did not last long. oh, go lip if you want about life. i am. several ukrainian service man landed on the island and took pictures with aflac. little russian forces immediately launched a strike as a result of waves. some of their ukrainian soldiers were killed like, yoko, currently ronald's portion will armstrong alone snake island sits a long way from the brunt of the fighting. still centered on the dawn boss to the east. here, russia has grown. assault has slowed its forces or regrouping of the deacon, melissa jans. 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 weston weapons, letters to me, july fish, endurable. 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 score. 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 flow vianza, and cram adults for the civilians who remain here. the front lines anal, creeping dangerously close. early re spoke to our correspond in keith nik spicer. we asked him by the fate of snake island. 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 warship, which was the moscow,

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. now take a quick look at my the stories making news right now. mac mask, while star britney griner has pleaded guilty in a russian court to drug charges. the 2 time olympic gold medalist was detained in moscow airport and february 30 se vape canisters containing cannabis oil were found in her luggage so called islamic state is claim responsibility for a raid on a prison. i. during capital boucher police are searching for around $400.00 inmates were still on the run, official se militants use explosives to free fellows the hottest the democratic republic of congo, and were wanda, have agreed to deescalate attentions. 2 countries have been in dispute since the m

. 23 rebel group, resume fighting against congolese troops near there were one border. the rebels have killed scores and civilians in this place. tens of thousands of people. they say they won't respect ceasefire. gave you correspond mario miller, travel. the chicago and filed this report. the sound of a bomb blast made that amazon. he, eddie 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 will bombs, but we knew it was an attack. so everybody started fleeing. he got shot in the crossfire between the m. $23.00 rebels and the congolese army, $650.00 families, have found refuge at this school. nigrama not keep us capitol conditions a deplorable people, sleep in classrooms,

and they tell us there's no food or medical care. 160000 people have been forced to flee since the classes began in april. the m 23 was pushed back by the congress 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 piece deal. kinshasa says the m 23 rebels effect by rhonda. but kigali denies the accusations or more explicit also, how do you explain the resurgence of m. 23. what with big caliber weapons with equipment which can destroy plains we, there's a or there is the m. 23 capable of buying missiles and long range mortars. thus, did the mot sick apple render this alvin, we met a king. a claims rounders goal is to occupy a d,

r c. his territory and exploit its mineral riches military music. whether the law, 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 marcy, 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 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 anywhere tutsis from a wonder them 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 their 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. i feel like i'm walking a bit that we can't pass a year without hearing that somewhere around go mountain. it would be 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 end on a tennis note. on your board 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 era. the world number 2 is finally living up to expectations

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