currently there are three names, boris johnson, penny morden, and rishi sunak.that those three will go for it, and is it likely that no one else will come forward? the reason that we are only talking about these three is because there is the maximum of three candidates that can go forward, because each will need to get 100 mps to nominate them. that is why we are talking about a maximum of three. they are seen as the three most realistic chances to be able to cross that high bar. in terms of, well they all do it, that is what all the frantic phone calls and the shoring up of support is intended to do this weekend. sources close to the rishi sunak campaign suggest that he has already got the 100 names, so is already got the 100 names, so is already in our position to proceed to the ballot on monday. penny morden, from her publicly declared backers, seems to be quite a way off that from those who have publicly declared so far. borisjohnson, there is a thought, having spoke to mps over the last couple days, certainly his supporters think it is possible for him to g

penny morden is still in the race. she is still in. of the key question is where will the support of those who were going to back boris johnson land? some might be happy to switch to rishi sunak but others might be unhappy with that, they might think anyone but rishi sunak, given that he helped to bring down or stops in as prime minister in the first place. it has been weakened of incredible intrigue, watching the tallies and the rate at which these contenders it to 100, you need 100 mps to back you if you want to be in the running at 2:00 today. that is the deadline to watch for. they need 100 mps, penny morden looking to get to the 100, she still has far from that publicly declared. but as i said, where the boris johnson backers go is crucial, 2:00 is when we find out how many have made it to 100. is it just rishi sunak? that will dictate the timing, whether there are votes in the party or if rishi sunak just gets it. manus: as you are talking, we are showing the u.k. papers, the sun, often looked at as a bellwether, bojo, it is a no

penny morden's who was third.nd, in what would be an extraordinary comeback, but not entirely unforeseen, boris johnson, the man who left office as prime minister in the summer. what seems to be the case is that johnson is flying back from a holiday in the caribbean, gathering support, donors, the same team that helped him win the 2019 election. already doing the rounds. he seems to have 40 mp's or so willing to back him in this race. johnson has an ongoing investigation around him over whether he lied to parliament around lockdown parties during the pandemic. that might not put him off, though many in his party think he is unfit to govern, they may think he is their best chance at beating labour in a general election with conservatives trailing in the polls. in terms of how candidates will be elected, it is a higher bar than the election during the summer. each has to receive the backing of 100 mp's to go to the final round which means a maximum of three. there will be a lot of soul-searching with m.p.'s deciding

kyiv time, after rych and sunak's rival penny morden withdrew her candidacy tonight, mr.ak had to meet and perhaps already met with king charles the third, i wonder what he means , mr. sunak was supported even by those members of the conservative party who voted against him earlier, but for us the main thing is that the new prime minister will continue to support ukraine and help in the fight against russia with an aggressive rush, also some interesting facts of the decision pike perch was born in a family of punjabi hindus who emigrated from east africa, he became the third conservative prime minister of great britain in the last seven weeks and the fifth in 6 years the youngest head of the british government since 18 12, the first black and possibly the richest, the richest well, that's how he will be officially sworn in tomorrow great britain will have a new head of government." and added that and i really liked that only ukraine should also decide what n- concessions it is ready to make. i am sure that you also think that there are none, but let's return to mr. presid

k, the former defense minister, penny morden, has become the 1st candidate to enter the race replace las crosses. leader of the conservative party form of finance minister richie sumac is also thought to be in the running. but momentum is building subarus johnson to make a come back with 4 senior ministers throwing their weight behind and whoever wins will be the case, 3rd prime minister in less than 2 moms police reports now for london. not long after the last leadership contest ended. bet. so now being taken on, he will fill the old, you prime minister's shoes in the frame to replace lead trust, who resigned after just 6 weeks is former chancellor risky. so you're not the leader of the commons, penny morton, under certain bars. johnson, i think it is pretty chaotic. i think the conservatives more interested in their own personal gain than they are in what's right for the country. they're saying that johnson is going to run the get. it is still a silly veins. everyone saying bring forest back night. speak to everyone you see on the news. bring boris back. so this bringing back the m

so he's by far and the lead bud. penny morden hasn't really. i'm step back yet. a lot of people are expecting honda, conservative m p 's even for me because of her are urging her to step back and to let his so called unity candidate reaches soon. ok, take over, but we're not there yet. and there was an hour left to really i'm yes sir, show down here in downing street and westminster. i'm going to calls from opposition. park is on from the conservatives themselves for a general election. is that likely to happen? so the conservatives are almost patty points behind the leading opposition party. the labor party say they will, most of them really try the utmost not to have to go into a general election because they know that they would really be pounded and many of them would, would really lose their seats. and they are saying, well is a parliamentary democracy, and it can happen that the party elects the prime minister and not the whole country. but then again, it's the 3rd prime minister within just 2 months. so there are really many in the country, and we know als

sarah, this only the former chance lariche used to not laughed under former defense secretary penny morden. however, sooner is definitely in the lead at the moment. so there are chances that actually benny more than might either drop out or possibly she doesn't got the backing of enough and piece to put her on this ballot for the party member. so it is a strong possibility that actually britain will have a new prime minister even today. so it would be the fed prime minister within 2 months. what would that mean for the country barrett that would mean. well, some form of stability, which is what re, she's seen. ugh, as saying is his strength. so the country has been going through extraordinary tom . oh, really, since breck said and much of it was homemade. there was internal struggle within the conservative party about the direction of the country, and that of course, has been exacerbated by the worn ukraine by the energy crisis by inflation. so those are factors that other countries are battling with t. but in britain you have really the ada tamayla true, breck said, and that is also not g

be a simple matter, but i'm not sure that is the case, people have talked about rishi sunak and penny mordenbut that depends on one of them agreeing to be the deputy for the other and i'm not sure either of them are too clear on that, and then of course there may be other crown princes or princesses that want a crack the leadership once again, just as they did in the summer. for a while they seemed to be popular among tory mps and indeed some members, so it might be hard to agree on a coronation, but there are other ways of doing it, even if several people decide that they want to go for it. the home secretary, suella braverman, has announced plans for a crackdown on the kinds of protests used by some environmental groups. ms braverman said she wanted to stop protestors holding the public to ransom. activists say they won't be intimidated by changes to the law. there has historically been a right to protest in this country which has been used by all kinds of campaigns, and the climate nature crisis is so serious that anything this government does to clamp down on it will not stop it, it may

i the only other declared candidate is cabinet minister, penny morden. she has backing but as yet not enough to hit the magic mark of 100 m p. supporting her to get into a runoff election. i am very confident about the progress we're making and i will say to you that i am in this to win it. i think it's important for our party. we have a contest. i am very confident about our numbers. and it's i, the reason why i'm doing this is because i think i'm best place to bring the party together. both had been waiting to see what bullish johnston was going to do. he flew in from holiday the weekend to rally support for a political combat. his resignation almost 4 months ago led to las trust being elected as conservative party leader and prime minister. i missed the speaker. i can, i can tell, but in a statement late on sunday, much as he admitted there would be no political resurrection for him. seeing i believe i am well pleased to deliver a conservative victory in 2024. and to night i can confirm that i have cleared the very high huddle of 102 nominations, incl

you're watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program. penny morden becomes the 1st candidate to enter the race to be christians, next prime minister. but meant him is growing for a baris johnson. come by, president zalinski calls for action from the west to stop russia blowing up a damn. that would flood a huge part of southern ukraine. and donald trump is safina, just as his former advisor is given 4 months in prison for a fusing to cooperate with lawmakers investigating the u. s. capital attack. ah, italy's 1st female prime minister is put together a government a 1st to be led by a far right policy since the end of the 2nd world war, georgia, maloney and her cabinet will be formerly sworn in on saturday. her brothers of italy, party, which has fascist routes, got the most votes in last month's general election. but the new political block is raising and sons among some western allies of the audio emerged of one of our allies, boasting of his friendship with russia's president got to lopez her diane reports. she will begin her term as italy's prime minister in challenging types

should do not, but there was still anger in the policy of his part in bringing down boris johnson . penny morden leader, the house of commons to also last the previous leadership campaign that may have convincing members she has enough experience. and as the country is facing a change of prime minister for the 3rd time in 3 months, the opposition is calling for a general election. we can't have a revolving door of tails. we can't have another experiment at the top of the tory party, but is an alternative, but that's a stable labor government of the public retitled to have their say. the hunt for the latest. conservative leader and u. k. prime minister is underway, sunny diego, alger zara. or i, charlie angela is outside parliament at westminster for so charlie, in hearing calls from the opposition for a while now for a general election. how is that call echoing now, amongst them pays off the list. trust his resignation in that building behind you? well, it seems to be reverberating around this building. my, me not just from the labor party, the liberal democrat party of most their m p 's and a l

jeremy hunt to put things right now, it's all a hard to actually take in, but, but the attempt by penny morden to address the points put to it really, really weren't answered with effect. it has to be said she, she, as she said that she respected at least trust for her courage in sacking her friend and ally. so but then she did also apologized when questioned by others about the situation in that the, that the, everyone not had not realized how volatile the global economic climate was. so the really, it was, it didn't satisfy the house of commons. there's a lot of unrest here. it's the 1st opportunity in 4 days for parliament to actually put questions to the government. and there's a lot of concern about that, but how the democracy in the u. k. is going up because of the, the moves that are being made against this prime minister, who as far as the opposition parties are concerned doesn't really have a mandate now. and is a lame duck prime minister. she really is under a lot of pressure to step down. indeed, very uncertain non political situation there for less trust andrew simmons lifeless the

next prime minister, cd cabinet minister penny morden is now his only challenge at all. to formally divorce johnson drops out, at least 60 people have been killed in a military asked ry, give me on last ruled and corruption stays the victims. last event. celebrating the anniversary of the cut to ethnic groups and mystical way focused on a journalist on shots sharif has been shot dead in the canyon capital, nairobi sure he was an outspoken critic of pakistan's government and had recently received death threats from ukraine says russian allegations that it may use an explosive laced with radioactive material, absurd and dangerous ashes defense minister. so gay show you is reported to have voice concern during phone calls with his british, french and turkish defense ministers. oscars provided no evidence to back. the accusations. sugar also spoke to the u. s. defense sector. eat, lloyd austin, in their 2nd phone call in 3 days. as case a harry force it who joins me now from keith. harry, so it looks like ukraine has now invited the u. n. body, the i. e. a, to investigate th

at penny morden is another name on people's mips. today we've had since classes resignation say, keep, come and carry on. we've even bleed and keeping an eye on sue at abraham and the outgoing interior minister who also was in the original leadership contest and so on the saying that maybe her resignation was a sign that she was putting in at very ha ha, back in the rank and even the times newspaper is saying that forrest johnson might be considering a comeback. who thought we would be? can't? well, with me now is gibbons. honda? he is from the new economics foundation. how has it come to this? well, the construct this charles paused to budget that was probably the worst you've ever seen in bordered british history. that led to k off not kale switch properties poorer before interest rates rise, that we've mortgage payment go buy hundreds of pounds for those people looking at bills, a boat at the re body that voltages even thousands of pounds. but of course, that called plot told a decade of this concern to god, but having spread the

the house of commons, penny morden, has officially entered the freight to become the new prime minister in the u. k. she's one of the 3 top candidates emerging to replace the very short lived leader. liz truss former chancellor richey soon act reportedly has the backing of more than 50 m p 's so far, and that would put him halfway to the nomination. as for former prime minister boris johnson, he's also gathering supporters, including including defense secretary ben wallace, that you really have to wanted is a prime minister. and to do that job, you have to really, really think it, it's the job for you. for me, i feel that i can add the best value in keeping people safe at defense by being the defense century is the issue of the mandate. this with will be our potentially our 3rd prime minister since the general election to the 19. that means we have to think about that legitimate legitimacy question that the public will be asking themselves, and also about who could win the next election that obviously important for any political party at the time. so in, at the moment i would lean towar

johnson penny morden leader, the house of commons to also locked out the previous leadership campaign that may have trouble convincing members, she has enough experience. and as a country is facing a change of prime minister for the 3rd time in 3 months, the opposition is calling for a general election. we can't have a revolving door of tales. we can have another experiment at the top of the tory party, but is an alternative, and that's a stable labor government. and the public are entitled to have the hunt for the latest conservative vida and u. k. prime minister is underway, so i go al jazeera. all right, so who's rumored to be in the race to be the conservative party's new leader in the you case, next prime minister, you heard some of the murray 1st. there's where she su neck is los angeles. trust in july's contest, but just over 20000 party member votes. soon ac was finance, chief under former prime minister boys johnson and his viewed by many of the party as a responsible steward of public finances. he had warned that trust his policies would lead to major economic problems by th

party prepared to elect a replacement for prime minister less trust a former defense secretary. penny morden has been the only one to formally announce i candidacy form of finance. chief richey soon act is also for, it's been running. whoever wins will be the case at 3rd prime minister, in less than 2 months. you quite in russia accusing each other of planning to blow up and dam is forces from both sides for path. what's hanging out to be one of the most crucial battles of the war. ukrainian president says that the russian forces are planted explosives in the nova. halls cut down in harrison and warning that its destruction would be catastrophic, but a russian installed official and harrison is also accused ukraine of striking down with miss styles. the congressional committee investigating last year's attack on the u. s. capital, as formerly issued a subpoena to donald trump and is demanded, he testified by november 14th the january 6 panels. as the former us president was the central cause of efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. well the bottom line is coming up next, hiki

be a simple matter, but i'm not sure that is the case, people have talked about rishi sunak and penny mordenof them agreed to be the deputy for the other and i'm not sure either of them are too clear on that, and then of course there may be other crown princess mary princesses had to want a crack the leadership once again, just as they did in the summer. for a while they seem to be popular among tory mps andindeed seem to be popular among tory mps and indeed some members, so it might be hard to agree on a coronation, but there are other ways of doing it, even if several people decide they want to go for it.— it, even if several people decide they want to go for it. good to get our they want to go for it. good to get your analysis _ they want to go for it. good to get your analysis and _ they want to go for it. good to get your analysis and thoughts, - they want to go for it. good to get your analysis and thoughts, as - your analysis and thoughts, as always, thanks forjoining us. china's president, xijinping, has said his country will not renounce the right to use force in order to take contr

be a simple matter, but i'm not sure that is the case, people have talked about rishi sunak and penny morden ticket but that depends on one of them agreeing to be the deputy for the other and i'm not sure either of them are too clear on that, and then of course there may be other crown princes or princesses that want a crack the leadership once again, just as they did in the summer. for a while they seemed to be popular among tory mps and indeed some members, so it might be hard to agree on a coronation, but there are other ways of doing it, even if several people decide that they want to go for it. let's get more on this from the conservative home's andrew gimson, author of borisjohnson: the rise and fall of a troublemaker at number 10. you know plenty about what it is to lead and then be kicked out, but first of all your reaction to crispin blunt, one backbencher, the first man to break cover and say he thinks liz truss should go, what do you make of that?— you make of that? there are many other backbenchers _ you make of that? there are many other backbenchers who _ you make of that? ther

hunt, former finance minister who became second to trust in the last leadership contest and then penny mordenen as a, quote, consensus candidate. the contest will take place over the next week on the first ballot next monday and whoever takes over will have to stabilize the tory party in disarray after trust -- liz truss's forced the bank of england to intervene and we can the british pound to record lows. all the time the opposition labour party licking its chops calling for general election immediately. conservatives have a 2025 deadline on the next general election so they don't want to do it anytime soon because the latest opinion poll suggests the tories will suffer a landslide defeat. to prevent that they have to reach consensus vote on a future leader as quickly as possible. let's not forget liz truss has been under so much pressure a viral video asking if she could last longer than a head of lettuce had become a national obsession. today thousands returned to the site to see the lettuce celebrate its victory. politics is cruel, especially in the uk. neil: just amazing. we saw british

are not sure about her and if we look to the general public, most people don't really know who penny mordenyou have two ways you can go. as more people get familiar with you, you can get more popular, but equally, it could be the more you are exposed to the public, the less popular you become because they look at you and say, we are not fond of what you have to offer. so penny mordaunt has to work on getting out there and convincing more mps to back her because at the minute, she is the furthest out of the three of them. find minute, she is the furthest out of the three of them.— minute, she is the furthest out of the three of them. and when you look at olls the three of them. and when you look at polls across — the three of them. and when you look at polls across the _ the three of them. and when you look at polls across the parties, _ the three of them. and when you look at polls across the parties, we - at polls across the parties, we still have labour, there is only 2% in some of the polls i looked at, but yougov has labour out on 56%? yes, there is a huge polling loop for the labour par

presumably this will now give penny morden a scott as well of reaching that 100 vote mark. >> reporter: correct, if she can reach that 100 vote mark is the key phrase here, and she as pretty big uphill battle to do that, at least if you consult the british press and what they're reporting shows her well behind that 100 mark at this stage in the game. she's billed herself as the great uniter between the rishi sunak camps and boris johnson camps. if she can get to 100 that will determine whether this is a coronation. he didn't formally ever declare himself in the race but did come back from vacation in the caribbean to feverishly start hammering up support. he says he has more than 100 mps behind him, and he says he could have won. but in a statement he put out last night he says but over the course of the last days i had sadly come to the conclusion this would simply not be the right thing to do. you can't govern effectively unless you have a united party in parliament, therefore i think the best thing i not allow my nomination to go forward and commit my support to whoever succeeds. i

the race to replace her will take place next week with former defense secretary penny morden to form a finance chief wishes to knock in even former p. m. boris johnson considered possible contenders. britton's 5th prime minister in 6 years will be chosen by next friday. violence has broken out, am sedans, blue nile state would reports more than a 150 people have been killed around 90. more have been injured in the conflict triggered by land disputes, the militarization of tribal groups fighting over rival land claims between the hausa and bertha tribes. and july left dozens of people dead and thousands more displaced. at least 30 pro democracy protests as have been killed in chad. violence broke out after the demonstrators barricaded roads and torched the ruling parties. headquarters in the capital and jemina police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse crowns. charred has been on the edge since the death of president interest debbie last year. ukrainian or sources of impose power restrictions and blackouts for the 1st time since the war began. as russian strikes hammer criti

the explanation why, but he was almost humorous to begin with saying that penny morden, serb, leader of the house will everybody seems to get 15 minutes trying to be the prime minister or pretended to be the prime minister, or was that effect onto it? show? there wasn't much laughter, but so then he got into that the main message of the labor party to the government . he was saying that long term damage had been cause to the economy by the prime minister. it was like crashing a car at a 100 miles an hour. there's lasting damage. he said that so where is the prime minister? is she scared of her shadow? he demanded to know why this had happened, and he said she must be honest about major mistakes. and he also said that there was a vacuum. now in the u. k. government, he wanted to know further details of what was going on. i had a modern sir, though, didn't really get into much detail than to say that sir. the prime minister acted in the national interest and you can agree with it or not. but it took courage to do it. she said, of course he quit back about that, but not being the case a

race set need i think we can safely say that this is a 3 horse race, although as you say, only penny morden has so far come out saying that she's officially go to take part in this dash to be the next, a prime minister, although and the last arrow. so we gather the boys. thompson has said quote unquote, he'd be up for it. what we're waiting to see to whether or not to richie c 9 decides to make it official. but looking at the momentum that's building behind the 3 candidates from prominent figures within the conservative party, we can safely say that the race is very much on within these 3. can there's a, have that she heard there, of course, from ben wallace, the defense secretary and man who at that money and speculated could be in the running himself throwing his weight behind boss johnson. you got other key figures like such a chevy, the former chancellor saying that he's backing richie see not if you look at what the the cookies are saying though they putting the where she seen. i firmly. i had bought johnson 2nd and any more than. but the question is whether all this could be wrapped u

first mover in the race now to be conservative i in the race now to be conservative leader so penny mordeniver the next general election and uniting the country and party she has. and that might be her pitch and she might want to push the idea that on one hand you have borisjohnson and if he chooses to stand and has considerable backing from some mps but also visceral opposition from other mp5 but also visceral opposition from other mps in the party. and at the same time you have rishi sunak who has a large body of support, clearly but also opposition in the party, vertically from some who view him as the one figure responsible for precipitating the withdrawal of support for boris johnson amongst ministers. support for borisjohnson amongst ministers. whether that is fair or not, that is the view some hold. but it will be interesting to see if penny mordaunt has to hit that number of 100 declared supporters by monday lunchtime. and she now has clearly thrown her name in the ring. the latest there after penny mordaunt threw her hat in the ring. let's talk to andrew bowie, the conservative mp

ben wallace, the defence secretary, kemi badenoch, who stood last time, penny morden, who stood lastry to get the economy back on track, and then restore some political stability to the highest office in the land. it's an extraordinary, extraordinary moment. it certainly is. and i extraordinary moment. it certainly is- and i was _ extraordinary moment. it certainly is. and i was talking _ extraordinary moment. it certainly is. and i was talking to _ extraordinary moment. it certainly is. and i was talking to sir - extraordinary moment. it certainly is. and i was talking to sirjohn i is. and i was talking to sirjohn curtice about how much damaged all of this has done to the conservative party electorally, whenever there is an election, and of course sir keir starmer once one right now, it doesn't seem likely he will get it. but whoever is the leader of the tory party has a huge challenge economically but also politically to try to win back the trust of the british people.— try to win back the trust of the british people. totally. and the calls for a _ british people. totally. and the

senior cabinet minister penny mordant, is now his only challenge out to for melinda boris johnson to walked out under simmons is in london. he says it's still unclear. petty morden has the support to run. there seems to be some division within her camp right now. about whether she should actually call it in and quit ahead of the deadline, which would mean an automatic movement which would make a re she sooner. prime minister, more or less right away, we could see the whole process riding out on monday for closing the day or with his position confirmed. possibly even going to king charles referred us to actually be invited by him, of course to, to actually accept the prime minister's role. that is quite a, a fast moving process. it's more likely perhaps to be tuesday. a well known pakistani journalists are sod, sharif has been killed in kenya. police say was shot in the capital nairobi. sharif had recently received death threats, prompting him to leave boxed on. he was an outspoken critic of the government and political stablish mint. at least 60 people have been killed in a military air strike in me on mars. northern cotton stays the victims were aston events, c