and the japanese cartoon characters being recreated for the stage by the royal shakespeare company, breakingffice records in the process. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in europe, the leader of the far—right brothers of italy party, giorgia meloni, has been invited by the country's president to form a government, after winning elections last month. she will be italy's first ever female pm and her cabinet will be sworn in on saturday. tom brada has this report. delivered to the presidential palace in a classic italian car. giorgia meloni has now formally accepted the job of forming italy's next government, and in doing so, she will preside over the country's most right—wing administration since the second world war. translation: we agreed about the need to give - the country a new government as soon as possible, because we have many urgent issues to tackle at both national and international level. her coalition government includes the far—right league party led by matteo salvini, as well as forza italia led by former prime minister silvio berlusconi. and there

and the japanese cartoon characters being recreated for the stage by the royal shakespeare company —x office records in the process. and coming—up on the bbc news channel... scotland are on the brink of elimination at the rugby leaue world cup after losing heavily to favourites australia in their second match. good evening. in a week's time or less, the uk will have a new prime minister — and penny mordaunt, leader of the house of commons has become the first conservative mp to say she is running to replace liz truss. no other mp has declared yet — but both borisjohnson and former chancellor rishi sunak have nominations from other mps. mrjohnson, who left office just over six weeks ago following a series of scandals, including infringing the law, has told an ally tonight — "we are going to do this, i'm up for it." other mps, such as suella braverman, who quit as home secretary this week, and the international trade secretary kemi badenoch, are also considering whether to run. they each need the backing of at least 100 colleagues to do so. whoever wins becomes conservative leader and

cartoon characters - japanese cartoon characters being re—created for the staged by the royal shakespeare companyking box office records in the process. hello and welcome to bbc news. very good to have your company. in a few days the uk will have a new prime minister following the resignation of liz truss on thursday. penny mordaunt, leader of the house of commons, the first conservative to say she wants the job. no other mp has declared an interest in being a candidate but both borisjohnson and former chancellor rishi sunak have had nominations from other mps. sources have told the bbc rishi sunak has received the backing of 100 mps to become conservative leader. johnson left office just over six weeks ago, forced out over a series of crises and scandals. however becomes the next conservative leader also becomes the next british prime minister but opposition parties are calling for a general election. rw political editor vicki young has this report. i will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen. thank you. once again, there is a vacancy at the top of government. liz truss' re

and — the japanese cartoon characters being recreated for the stage by the royal shakespeare companybox office records in the process. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. in a few days�* time, the uk will have a new prime minister and penny mourdant, leader of the house of commons has become the first conservative mp to say she is running to replace liz truss. no other mp has declared yet — but both borisjohnson and former chancellor rishi sunak have nominations from other mps. sources have told bbc news, rishi sunak has now received the public backing of 100 mps in the contest to become conservative leader. mrjohnson left office just over six weeks ago, forced out after a series of crises, including infringing the law. whoever wins becomes conservative leader and the next prime minister — but opposition parties are calling for a general election. our deputy political editor vicki young has this report. i will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen. thank you. once again, there is a vacancy at the top of government. liz truss�* resignati