few months, leading the west in standing up to putins aggression and ukraine. professor whitman boyce johnson claims, do you have got breaks it done and to have returned the power of law making to the british parliament? how much of that is true and how much of that is nonsense? unquestionably he remembered as the, it's a prime minister who did see the u. k that leave the u. n. and drove that process forward, which means that that's a mixed legacy because of course, a significant proportion of the, the public believe that that's a mistake. and therefore, will always view him critically, but for supporters of bricks that they will give credit to him for seeing that processed through. and i think that's the thing that will always attach itself to him as well as courses, is his behavior as prime minister. and he's conduct, which is seems to be an appropriate i think on the other issues that he mentioned. i think it's more complicated, you know, the vaccine question. i think many dispute whether it was conducted in the way that he suggests, if you look at, for example, the way that the, the lockd

this is debbie news live from berlin. british prime minister boyce 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.

before we go, let's get a quick recap of our top story and this, our british prime minister boyce johnson, is defying a growing clamor for him to stand down over a series of scandals. dozens of his ministers and senior aides have quit for the last 2 days. and she has update at this our coming up next is our documentary, a bittersweet deal. looking at the diabetes business. as of course, always more news and analysis. our website at www. dot com. i'm clear. richardson in berlin. thank you so much for joining us. ah. i just tried to use this with all say, well, great you mm mm. it is perhaps the most mysterious work ever painted by leonardo da vinci so mysterious, in fact, that he painted not one but 2 versions of the work. and then had his pupils make several copies as well. that is perhaps the greatest leonardo masterpiece in the collection of the louvre and no, it is not the mona lisa. it is the virgin of the rock. the scene is nowhere described in the gospels, an angel and a christ child, presented to mary and the young john the baptist. what does it mean? why did leonardo set this scen

parliament for the british, conservative party of just finished their 1st vote on who will replace boyce johnson, jeremy hunt, and the deems, aha, we were eliminated, or re, she's still not competitive, wouldn't old an advantage us inflation for june? it's a 40 year high of 9 point one percent, which is higher than economist predicted. prices of food and housing are increasing much faster than average us incomes we, black and hispanic americans, hottest it airlines have been forced to cancel thousands of flights across europe. you to strike action and staff shortages, the decision to limit the number of departing passenger this to a 100000 a day at london's busiest apple he throw it set to make matters even worse. a veteran, hong kong protested known as grandma wong has pleaded guilty to charges of unlawful assembly. alexander wong was known for waving a british flag while taking part the 2019 protest movement. those the headlines. the news continues here on out as they are off the inside story. don't go away. ah and bulking on a new relationship. joe biden promises to reset ties with the middle

the british conservative party of completed their 2nd vote on who will replace boyce johnson. 6 candidates made it on to the ballot for the next leader of the party. one has been eliminated. let's go to the bob floor and they sees in our london broadcast sent in the deep and the field is narrowing. that's right. need. the headline is virt term swell. abraham and the attorney general is now out of the race to become conservative party leader. and hence prime minister replacing bar as johnson, she only got other supports of 27 members of parliament. so the top 3 are the same . and in the same order out on top, where she sudak the out, the previous chancellor over a 100 m p 's backing him, then it's penny mordant, the she and it was recently a trade minister. and she's now been attacked by david frost, the government. so made bricks. it negotiated, saying that he asked for his johnson to actually side on her because she was so incompetent during brett's. it talks with brussels. well, she's been tweeting out thanks and saying that she's quoted, a red wool focus group who apparently said that t

of course we saw of extremely bruising prime ministers question sir, boyce johnson is now facing more questions that the liaison committee. i mean, had the government was accused by the opposition of being an ale as ed last class of nodding dogs and what, what is the feeling there are amongst opposition, m. p. 's and also members, the conservative party. how can the party force johnson out that's a key question. they have of course, been blow after blow. let's not forget that. and there was a vote of no confidence a month ago boys johnson won that, but with 40 over 40 percent of his. m. p. 's voting against him, then the party last 2 very important by elections and which, which by large margins, which were seen as a, a real turning point, a real moment where many of baris johnson supporters started to ask questions. he vowed to carry on saying there would not be a change in his psychological outlook. now all eyes are on the 1922 committee of bat, bench impedes which is going to meet later on wednesday it's clear that they're trying to push for a change to the rules which mean that a n

on many occasions, normally outside westminster, where i've repeatedly asked you whether or not boyce johnson can survive that particular scandal of the day. what do you make of this double resignation by these 2 prominent figures in his cabin? well under any new move back and that will be complete the, the end of johnson we've been in the past and bridges politics the when senior ministers and the chance there is the most senior managed in the cabinet office. if i minister, if they withdraw that competence, if they resign, then the prime minister cannot lead in britain, a prime minister. leave the cabinet because government alone. and so that would be to be beyond that or is don't, cannot continue. but we've seen that barrier extremely loyal ministers of not being dories as i've gone into downing street now, presumably talk about taking up the role of chancellor who held that tree there just been vacated. and so it's deemed that they junk that is going to try and carry on his best he can. but johnson is not god's is not some kind of immortal big. he is a human being with frailty. and eventua

critique boris johnson at all on, on british participation and support for nato, nor for the threat that russia represented as one of the differences. i think between donald trump and boyce john support. johnson had no illusions about vladimir putin and about russian a grinch aggression in eastern europe. i think sometimes many of us think that donald trump did have illusions about that. okay, we'll leave it there. steve clemons in washington dc. thanks for those insights today. my pleasure. thank you. was still the head hair on al jazeera, hung just as prisoners still on the run in nigeria, off the ice tillman was broke into a jail in the capital, a boucher and us basketball player. brittany greiner pleads guilty to a drugs charged in russia. ah, with hello welcome, saw the look at the international forecast. lots going on across north america at the moment. we have got some lively showers, longest bells of rain, some big and sundry down paws with some light. how just the round, central canada, just around the northern plains, the us pushing over towards the mid west and beyond actually into the eastern seaboard to heat, to the south of that temperature, getting up to $

and, you know, because he mentions are prime minister boyce dawson on, on wednesday, during a questions in parliament, boris johnson address the issue of his leaving are being forced to leave. take a look and it's certainly true. it's certainly true that i leave noted the time of my choosing. i'm absolutely true. i'm proud of the fantastic team. this is ashley and i didn't actually i'm, it's a speaker. i'm also proud of the leadership that i have given and i will be leaving here will be meeting with my own life his had held high. do you do you by it, kevin? ah, let i'm. i'm gonna try and be the professional political advisor. we are to clients panama. i don't buy that. boris johnson is a very tarnished brand, and he's doing everything behind the scenes. he can to stop richey soon, winning because he's properly unhappy with the role that richie soon had in his downfall. so let's, let's look behind that p r there, there's a lot of very divisive conflict of the marine, the conservative party, and they, they need to think very carefully because labor has its most impressive leader for years. and so he saw that. and on