rupert wingfield-hayes, fukushima.as we've been reporting, britain's prime minister boris johnson is defining calls to resign. at least 40 ministers and aides have left the government in the last 24 hours. helen cat, it seems to have been a dramatic day of upheavals, but is boris johnson trying to dig in and even fire back by firing a member of his cabinet? helen: what has been happening is different senior nesters have been in number 10 meeting with mr. johnson. some have said he should stay, but others, including people who have been staunch backers, like home secretary priti patel, telling mr. johnson his time is up, and i think it is clear which side of the debate oris johnson has come down on. he has been arguing with them that he s the a mandate from the 40 million people who voted for the conservative party, which he was leader of at the time he was elected in the 2019 general election. he does not believe any of his successors success, and if they get rid of him, the u.k. will be headed towards another general

rupert wingfield—hayes in tokyo and if you are just tuning rupert wingfield—hayes in tokyo and if youking news, news that's coming in the last hour, the japanese prime minister shinzo abe has been shot while delivering a speech in the japanese city of nara. reports were he was shot twice from behind, fell to the ground bleeding and we understand from local media that he is now in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest. he has been taken to hospital. this news coming in in the last hour or so. let's bring in mariko oi who is across the story and joins me now from singapore. rupert, in tokyo, was saying how shocking this is, the fact that there is no such thing really as political violence injapan and i know you spend a lot of time on the ground injapan and you know the country extremely well. how do you think the country is feeling right now? as you said, it is an utter shock. my phone has not stopped ringing ever since the news broke. all of my friends and family members are messaging about what the latest news may be. information is still very scarce. i was reading an article by nhk, japa

rupert: very little.olice released a statement last night saying the man had told him, he admitted the crime, and sold them during questioning he had a grudge against an organization that mr. abe was connected to. more than that, they have not said. we really don't know whether this was actually a politically motivated crime or whether this suspect is one of those sort of lonely men who have a grudge agains society, want to be famous, carry out a dramatic act in order to do that. we have to wait for more information from the police to find out what his motivation was. laura: rupert in japan, thank you. president biden called shinzo abe a champion of the u.s.-japan alliance. for more on his impact, we are joined by christopher john who served as director of east asia in the security council. i know when prime minister abe came here for the state dinner, you were part of that delegation. how will you remember the prime minister's impact? christopher: thank you for giving me the opportunity to be here today.

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he is the guy rupert has picked, and rupert owns the most powerful normative force in politics outside of trump. i do have a theory, though, ari, that eventually rupert's instinct to watch a car crash, a fight, he'll elevate trump again because trump will get back out in the fight. the reality is donald trump controls 30% of the republican base. the trump hotties will never break, and that's enough to win primaries. >> there's been many, many strategists like yourself, campaign veterans as well as political scientists who point out that what we call campaigning, much is designed for public and media consumption. the private parts, raise the money, but the public parts, people hold rallies to get them first on tv, and definitely on tv where they think their voters are watching. if ron desantis doesn't have to hold rallies because his sitdown interview beats an entire trump rally on fox, what does that do to the entire trump apparatus in this potential pre-campaign period? >> there were two giant driving factors in 2016, jeff zuker and rupert murdoch. trump could have done the open after

that's "the new york post," the tabloid owned by rupert murdoch that trump grew up reading, he lovesn the same weekend, "the wall street journal" also critiquing trump's actions on january 6th. it's significant, "the journal" is saying trump failed his test on january 6th. but it's important to note that murdoch's loudest megaphone of all is fox news and fox is not sounding the same way "the journal" and "the post" are. historically murdoch has made his own point of view clear through his newspapers, less so through fox. i would suggest if we see fox news stars saying these words on the air every single night, it would be more significant as a sign of where the gop is. but it's very telling to see the media elite like rupert murdoch sending these messages about donald trump. friday night, trump held a rally, fox didn't air the rally, instead they featured ron desantis. just looking at these tea leaves for clues about the gop media, fred. >> right, so that might be an indicator of where television might be following suit in terms of rupert murdoch's world. >> it sure might. if you add

rupert ring filled haze there with that report from tokyo. —— rupert wingfield—hayes.d for many. yes, at times, it's felt warm, but just take a look at suffolk yesterday afternoon. it was a fairly typical story right across the country. the cloud was widespread. this was the satellite picture from wednesday. in fact, there was some early morning rain in scotland. that cleared away and a brisk northwesterly wind dominated here. some brightness further south, some warmth, but over the next few days, it looks likely that we are going to see more sunshine and more heat developing. perhaps into next week, it's going to get a bit too hot for some of you. the jet stream is to the north of the uk at the moment. 0nce we're on the southern flank of the jet, we're in the warmerairsource, and this area of high pressure, well, that is keeping things quieter and allowing for more sunshine to come through. so we will start the day on thursday, for many, on another cloudy, grey note. early morning sunshine in eastern scotland, and then eventually the cloud will tend to melt away and t

rupert wingfield—hayes reports.t corner, rallying support for his party in sunday's parliamentary elections. lurking a few metres away, this man was caught on camera by a local tv crew. then, suddenly, two very loud bangs rang out. gunshots. mr abe's bodyguards are on the assailant in seconds. lying on the street, a strange—looking gun made of steel pipes and held together with black tape. the former prime minister is flown to a nearby hospital, but the news is bad — he has been hit in the back and neck and his heart has stopped. this is where mr abe was brought and this is where doctors worked for hours to try and save his life. and it was from here, at a little after 5:00 this evening, that we got the news that mr abe had died. tonight, the whole ofjapan is in shock. there have been political assassinations here before, but nothing like this — certainly not in more than half a century. "i was really shocked," this lady says. "i never thought a gun would be used. "using a gun injapan? "i've never heard of this. "it

david, these are two papers controlled by rupert murdoch that controls fox news. we've seen this happening for awhile. we've seen rupert murdoch distance himself from trump for awhile but i haven't seen "the new york post" up until now say trump is unworthy of being president. >> brian, i was really impressed by "the post" editorial. i wanted to almost cheer for that when i heard that line but, but, murdoch has done so much with his broadcast outlets and cable outlets and to create this char a character and he's such a slippery character that seems to have no regard for the life of america. >> murdoch or trump? >> murdoch. putting on whatever he thinks will get ratings. don't forget, those are great editorials, i'm happy to see them. don't forget, he got tucker carlson out there talking about what a disgrace this is and he still got his major megaphone of fox news not preaching this yet. when you know what? i'll be impressed when i hear the prime time hosts say something like that. >> yeah, so those editorials haven't been mentioned on fox. >> yes. >> except by li

i would be anxious to see if fox news moves in the same direction, another rupert murdoch property.he big indication. then i think we could maybe see a greater sea change. >> doug, do you think that's the next move for the rupert murdoch empire, that fox news might be next to, you know, snub its nose or be critical of trump? >> the honest answer is i'm not smart enough to know that, but we know there's a difference between daytime fox news and nighttime fox news, one is more news-based and one is certainly much more opinion based and more pro-trump. but it's very clear that republicans or at least a lot of republicans are starting to inch away from donald trump and are looking for other places to go. we certainly talk about a ron desantis, a kristi noem, nikki haley and so forth. to me the most significant thing isn't "the new york post" or "the wall street journal," those are significant, but it's that mike pence, not arizona, but mike pence was in washington, dc last week meeting with the house republican study committee, a group of conservative republican members of the congress.

>> as rupert goes, so goes the rest of the republican party? >> well, i think that, you know, rupert murdock's media has been so much the house organ of the republican party. we know when you watch some of these senators how frightened they are if they're criticized by anyone on fox, let alone in the "new york post" or "the wall street journal." i just think it was a very important break in the dam. and it just takes 10% or 15% and suddenly a man declared being unworthy of president will not be allowed to be president. >>> coming up next, more of the possibility of issuing the subpoena to the wife of a sitting supreme court justice and why the select committee is so interested in what she may know. >>> also the latest from the fire lines in california. unbelievable images and the hottest place on earth in the middle of a global heat wave. with a jitterbug? or returned from war, dreamingng of the possibilities ahead. ♪ where yourur dad waited for his dad to come home from the factory. is this where they gathered on their front steps, with fats d

but it is significant that rupert murdoch's publications would publish these editorials.among the republican reelectorate. night after night, murdoch's cable show is propping up trump, and i don't think you'll see an appreciable difference. just to make a note here, fox news had not reported on those editorials until liz cheney brought them up on fox news yesterday. so once again, liz cheney rather remarkable performance pointing out that the boss of the folks, the owner of the company, in fact has taken this particular position. but i wouldn't read too much into it in terms of the impact that it's going to have, except that we do have the drip, drip, drip of republicans thinking, you know, can we just move on from this freak show? >>> coming up, late last year, joe biden got a firsthand look at the future, touring gm's new factory zero electric car plant in michigan. he even test drove one of gm's new electric hummers which goes zero to 60 in three seconds, something the president put to the test. we'll talk to gm's president about the push to go green, straight ahead on

from nara, our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes reports.g, standing on a street corner, rallying support for his party in sunday's parliamentary elections. lurking a few metres away, this man was caught on camera by a local tv crew. then suddenly, two very loud bangs rang out. gunshots. mr abe's bodyguards are on the assailant in seconds. lying on the street, a strange looking gun made of steel pipes, and held together with black tape. the former prime minister is flown to a nearby hospital, but the news is bad. he has been hit in the back and neck, and his heart has stopped. this is where mr abe was brought, and this is where doctors worked for hours to try and save his life, and it was from here, at a little after five this evening, that we got the news that mrabe had died. tonight, the whole ofjapan is in shock. there have been political assassinations here before, but nothing like this, certainly not in more than half a century. "i was really shocked," this lady says. "i never thought a gun would be used. "using a gun injapan? "i've nev

rupert wingfield—hayes reports from tokyo.s a fresh—faced 52—year—old when he shocked everyone by becoming japan's youngest postwar prime minister. it did not go well. and in less than a year, he was gone. five years later, he plotted his return with a new hairstyle and a new slogan. and this time, he stayed, for eight years, longer than any other postwar japanese leader. today, japan is laying mr abe to rest. his life snuffed out in a way few here thought possible. the outpouring of grief that we're seeing here again today is in part because of the truly awful way in which mr abe died, but there's something more. it feels like japan has lost a truly significant historicalfigure. so, what is it that mr abe did that has left such an indelible mark onjapanese politics? those who admired mr abe say he dramatically changed the way this country deals with the world. he made new alliances with fellow democracies, from india to australia to great britain. he greatly deepened the alliance with united states. most significantly of all,

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.re's a new name on the women's singles trophy tonight, and that name is elena rybakina. in a year when russian players were banned from competing here because of the invasion of ukraine, a player born in moscow has won the ladies singles final. rybakina changed her nationality four years ago and represents kazakhstan. the 23—year—old beat the world number two ons jabeur in three sets as our sports correspondent joe wilson reports. in this famous corner of london it was kazakhstan versus tunisia, and a clash, seemingly, of tennis styles. ons jabeur is a conjurer of shots. what a shot! first set to her. but here comes elena rybakina. fast moving and fast improving. levelling the match. she's getting to them and putting them away. now, her power, we knew about, but she added touch and finesse. how could jabeur deal with that? she needed an answer urgently. she could not find one. third set, 6—2, the moment of victory seemed almost routine. of course, it was years in the making. rybakina's

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.y french sculptor rodin sold on thursday for almost $10 million. there are only 30 casts of this culture and only a head full in private ownership like this one. how long the new owner spent thinking about the new pricetag? one might ask. that's all for now on bbc news. hello again. well, thursday was a day of sunshine and showers. but the day's showers were a lot bigger, there were loads more thunderstorms around than we've seen over the past few days and whenever you see big cloud tearing upwards through the skies like these, well, you know someone is getting soaked. someone lived in south newington as those heavy downpours came through here. really hefty shower. the showers and thunderstorms that developed through the day have actually kept going for the first part of the night as well and they have tended to migrate towards the pennines, north—east england and will generally begin to fade away over the next few hours by the same time, will probably see some rain to spinning its way

rupert wingfield—hayes reports from tokyo.o abe was a fresh—faced 52—year—old when he shocked everyone by becoming japan's youngest postwar prime minister. it did not go well. and in less than a year, he was gone. five years later, he plotted his return with a new hairstyle and a new slogan. and this time, he stayed, for eight years, longer than any other postwar japanese leader. today, japan is laying mr abe to rest. his life snuffed out in a way few here thought possible. the outpouring of grief that we're seeing here again today is in part because of the truly awful way in which mr abe died, but there's something more. it feels like japan has lost a truly significant historicalfigure. so, what is it that mr abe did that has left such an indelible mark onjapanese politics? those who admired mr abe say he dramatically changed the way this country deals with the world. he made new alliances with fellow democracies, from india to australia to great britain. he greatly deepened the alliance with united states. most significantly

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.o round three. chethan partik was watching the action. the great champions have a habit ofjust finding a way to win. that's exactly what rafael nadal showed here on thursday on centre court. he hasn't played on grass for three years when you consider these championships were postponed in 2020 and he missed wimbledon entirely last year. but he's finding his feet underneath the grass. again, he may have dropped a set against ricardas berankis, but his hopes of winning a third wimbledon title continue in this extraordinary year, where he's already won the french open and, before that, the australian open. his biggest fan is the world number one, iga swiatek. she survived a big scare and also progressed to the third round. thursday's stand—out result here — for the british fans, at least — involved home favourite katie boulter. at 25 years old, her career plagued by injuries. she's now ranked outside the top 100. she knocked out last year's beaten finalist, karolina pliskova, the biggest w

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. let's get some of the day's other news...ened criminal proceedings against russia's military, accusing it of deliberately destroying crops in the kherson region. they claim russian forces used incendiary shells to set crops alight, scorching patches of forest and hundreds of hectares of wheat, barley and other grains. ukraine accuses russia of weaponising food supplies, targeting or blockading supplies in areas kyiv controls, damaging agricultural infrastructure, and stealing grain in areas under occupation. moscow denies the allegations. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is in thailand on the latest leg of a diplomatic tour aimed at shoring up washington's relations with southeast asia. mr blinken and senior thai leaders are expected to discuss how to restore democracy in neighbouring myanmar. hundreds of pro—gun demonstrators have been protesting in the brazilian capital, brasilia, to demand further relaxations to firearms laws. president bolsonaro's son, eduardo, who's a federal deputy, told the crowd that if peop

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. let's bring you some live pictures now from madrid.tal have been taking part in the annual pride march. the event had been cancelled for the previous two years because of the covid pandemic. marchers waved rainbow flags — and danced to samba and techno music — in searing heat. several ministers from spain's left—wing coalition governmentjoined in. homosexuality was decriminalised in spain in 1978, three years after the death of the military ruler, general franco. the country has since legalised marriage and adoption for same—sex couples. these are life pictures from madrid. ukraine has urged its allies to send more weapons to slow russia's military advance through the eastern donbas region. officials have reported towns and villages being shelled ahead of an expected push for more territory. in the uk, a special programme has begun offering both military and survival skills to new ukrainian troop recruits. simonjones reports. replace the tmh at the front, and make sure the pins... just days ago, these recruits from ukraine had never be

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in fukushima. just coming up to 45 on thursday morning in the uk.efore we go let's take a quick look at the newspaper front take a quick look at the newspaperfront pages take a quick look at the newspaper front pages this thursday morning. this is the guardian, desperate, deluded pm clings to power, that is the headline on the guardian. the mirror, running the headline just get exit done, playing on the prime minister �*s getting brexit done. the number down the bottom 42 tory mps quit, just goes to show how quickly things move today. the sun has the exclusive, defiant boris message tutorial rebels, you will have to dip your hands in blood to get rid of me, the message from the prime minister. the daily mail, boris stares down what it refers to as bitterness ministers, the daily mail this thursday morning. the daily telegraph, mortally wounded pm defies cabinet demands that he quit. and at the times, johnson fights for his life after more than a0 ministers and aides quit. grabbing all the front pages here in the uk this morning. much more on that on

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in fukushima.ionship with a 1—0 win over austria at old trafford. england's winning goal was scored by beth mead, in a match played in front of a record crowd of almost 70,000 people. the lionesses, who are in group a with austria, northern ireland and norway, are aiming to win their first major tournament. at wimbledon — rafael nadal is facing a battle to be fit in time for his semifinal against nick kyrgios on friday. nadal strained an abdominal muscle during his five set victory over the american, taylor fritz. chetan pathak rounds up all the action. if there is one man who knows how to win when he is injured it is rafael nadal. even warriors like him have their limit but my goodness me, did he pull off one of his great wins here at wimbledon on wednesday against taylor fritz, the american iith seat on an outstanding grasscourt season. taylor fritz won the first and third sets but rafael nadal does not go away and the final set tie—break was won decisively. rafael nadal has already won the frenc

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. this is bbc news. the headlines...p down after protesters stormed the palace and set fire to the prime minister's house. the uk defence secretary, ben wallace, rules himself out of the conservative leadership contest as the field starts to get crowded, with eight people now ruling themselves in. the foreign ministers of china and the united states have met for the first time in nine months. both have expressed concern about relations between their countries. after five hours of talks at the g20 meeting in bali, indonesia, china's wang yi said they'd agreed to work on improving ties, but listed numerous greivances, including over taiwan. earlier, us secretary of state, antony blinken, expressed concern over china's alignment with russia, saying beijing's professed neutrality over the invasion of ukraine did not stand up to scrutiny. i don't think that china is engaging in a way that supports neutrality. it has amplified russian propaganda. going back, even as russia was massing its forces, president xijinping has aligne

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in fukushima.t pages here in the uk. on the front page of the guardian, they describe the prime minister as "desperate" and "deluded" as they say he "clings on to power". meanwhile the sun describes the prime minister as "defiant" with the headline "you'll have to dip your hands in blood to get rid of me". the daily mail says borisjohnson "stares down "the mutiny" from his ministers. and the times describes the prime minister as having to fight for his life. much more on the main story of ours and other stories on the bbc news website. or, you can because the bbc news app. —— download. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @richpreston. see you next time. goodbye for now. hello there. so far, the weather story this week has been dominated by a lot of low, grey cloud for many. yes, at times, it's felt warm, but just take a look at suffolk yesterday afternoon. it was a fairly typical story right across the country. the cloud was widespread. this was the satellite picture from wednesday. in fact, there wa

it's other entities owned by rupert murdoch, it's the new york post.l" said the same thing after our hearing on thursday night, so i'm going to continue to be guided by making sure i do my duty and making sure that the american people understand the truth. >> liz cheney speaking on fox about this split. we're joined now by an em my award winning producer and writer and advocate, welcome back. >> thank you so much, ari. >> there's something happening here. what is it? >> um, it's possibly the signs of a republican crackup about to happen. i'm struck by one of the things that is not yet happening, which is prominent republicans, republican politicians turning on trump. that has not happened. and i think that they may want to ride this ride always way down. i'm curious, are they going to split out? >> tucker carlson, we showed that. here's a little bit more of mr. bannon and him. >> the democrats are completely lawless, and look how they've run the committee. there's no ranking member. there's no minority council. it's not like the traditional hearings th

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. the annual pride march in the spanish capital. the event had been cancelled for the previous two years because of the covid pandemic. marchers waved rainbow flags and danced to samba and techno music in searing heat. several ministers from spain's left—wing coalition governmentjoined in. homosexuality was decriminalised in spain in 1978, three years after the death of the military ruler, general franco. the country has since legalised marriage and adoption for same—sex couples. the foreign ministers of china and the united states have met for the first time in nine months; both have expressed concern about relations between their countries. after five hours of talks at the g20 meeting in bali, indonesia, china's wang li said they'd agreed to work on improving ties, but listed numerous greivances, including over taiwan. earlier, us secretary of state antony blinken expressed concern over china's alignment with russia, saying beijing's professed neutrality over the invasion of ukraine d

>> as a rupert goes, the rest of the republican party? >> i think rupert murdoch's media has been so much the house organ of the republican party, and when we watch some of the senators, how frightened they are, if they're criticize by anyone on fox in the new york post of the wall street journal, i think it was a very important break in the dam. i think it just takes 10 or 15%, and suddenly a mandate to declare and worthy of being president. he will not be able to be president. >> tom, thank you. >> you bet. >> the possibility of issuing a subpoena to the wife of a sitting supreme court justice. and why the select committee is so interested in which she may know. the latest in california. unbelievable images of what it's like in the hottest place on earth in the middle of a global heat wave. a multivitamin alone, you may be missing a critical piece. preservision. preservision areds 2 contains the only clinically proven nutrient formula recommended by the national eye institute to help reduce the risk of moderate to advanced amd progressi

and if you think about it, when rupert murdoch was ahead of fox studios in the '90s.e to cut costs. let me replace keanu reeves with jason patrick. that's what he did. turned out to be a disastrous movie. >> was murdoch involved in that decision? >> yeah, he was head of fox studios in the '90s. when they showed the movie, and it was a really bad movie, the first thing he said to everybody was, well, at least it's cheaper than "titanic." >> whether there's a low cost of trump and desantis is the point you're raising -- always learn thing on chai day. and you do have to public evidence. it's not nothing when "the post" and "the journal" pick the same time to turn on trump. the outlines of the problem, as you say, were there for a long time. then you combine what we just saw, fox hosts fighting about it. then mr. bannon, who found a lot of support from tucker carlson apparently either watches "the beat" or thinks that our reporting is accurate. so this is of course self-referential. this is a new post from bannon saying "the beat" lays out murdoch's assault on trump -- t

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in fukushima. to stay with us. we will have all the top business stories, but in particular, we will be looking at the new chancellor and what he said so far about his plans for the uk economy at a very critical time. and of course we will return to downing street to look at those who are hoping to perhaps become the new leader of the tory party. i will be back. hello there. so far, the weather story this week has been dominated by a lot of low, grey cloud for many. yes, at times, it's felt warm, but just take a look at suffolk yesterday afternoon. it was a fairly typical story right across the country. the cloud was widespread. this was the satellite picture from wednesday. in fact, there was some early morning rain in scotland. that cleared away and a brisk north—westerly wind dominated here. some brightness further south, some warmth, but over the next few days, it looks likely that we are going to see more sunshine and more heat developing. perhaps into next week, it's going to get a bit too ho

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. the headlines on bbc news...ary grant shapps announce they'll be standing for the conservative party leadership. the president of sri lanka announces he'll step down on the 13th ofjuly after protestors storm his official residence and set the prime minister's home on fire — it's over the handling of the country's economic crisis. the body of japan's assassinated former prime minister is brought home. police admit security flaws over his shooting. at wimbledon, elena rybakina has become the first player from kazakhstan to win a grand slam title. she dropped the first set, but then went on to triumph on centre court, beating 0ns jabeur of tunisia. rybakina was born in moscow, but switched allegiance to kazakhstan in 2018. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson reports. in this famous corner of london it was kazakhstan versus tunisia. a brand—new combination for a wimbledon final and a clash seemingly of styles. 0ns jabeur is a conjurer of shots. who, from there, could do this? gasps from crowd commentator: what a shot

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.re casting their ballots in upper house elections. the ruling liberal democratic party is widely expected to win the election, due largely to disarray among opposition parties. our correspondent mariko oi has more. it is only been two days since the shocking assassination of the former prime minister shinzo abe but the elections today and i'm standing outside one of the polling stations open since early this morning. usually the turnout rate is quite low, sometimes well below 50%, but since friday's attack, which happened during an election campaign, people have been calling on each other to go out and vote, saying that violence is not the answer to any political disagreements but also because some experts are predicting that the death of shinzo abe will give the ruling party a boost. high on the agenda, just like everywhere else, the cost of living crisis but here injapan things have not generally got more expensive for many decades, but now the country's experiencing inflation has go

rupert wingfield—hayes, reports. in isesaki, it is another blazing hot day. wife, and brother, working outside in these conditions isn'tjust hard, it's dangerous. masaya shows me the electric fans in his jacket, designed to keep him cool, but they hardly seem up to the task. "it went up to 47 degrees on the car's thermometer yesterday," he tells me. "is it dangerous?," i ask. "yes, it's dangerous. "we've never had temperatures like this before injune. "usually, it's raining now." a week ago, most people had never heard of the little city of isesaki, 100 km north of tokyo. now, it's suddenly famous. —— of isesaki, 100km north of tokyo. this is now officially the hottest place injapan. it's been above a0 degrees twice already this week and, according to my thermometer, it's well above that out there in the sunshine today. this has never happened before injune anywhere injapan. this should be the middle of the rainy season and it's causing huge problems forjapan's electricity—generating system. it's just barely keeping up with demand and if it fails, people are

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.s become the first player from kazakhstan to win a grand slam title. she dropped the first set, but then went on to triumph on centre court, beating 0ns jabeur of tunisia. rybakina was born in moscow but switched allegiance to kazakhstan in 2018. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson reports. in this famous corner of london it was kazakhstan versus tunisia. a brand—new combination for a wimbledon final and a clash seemingly of styles. 0ns jabeur is a conjurer of shots. who, from there, could do this? what a shot! well, only her. her opponent, elena rybakina, has stature and power but her touch initially was unreliable. oh, no. jabeur took the first set 6—3. but even in a three set match there's time to get better, to speed up. she's getting to them and putting them away. into the deciding set, rybakina retained her power but now she had the movement, the finesse. how could jabeur deal with that? well, she needed an answer urgently. she could not find one. third set, 6—2, the moment of vi

. >>> certainly, saying that donald trump is unfit for office, it's rupert murdoch, it's the wall street, saying the same thing after our hearing on thursday night, and i will continue to be guided by making sure i do my duty and making sure the american people understand the truth. >> republican liz cheney had a lot to say this weekend about former president trump and her work with the january 6th committee. we will have much more on that straight ahead. >>> meanwhile, more from mike pence that he is trying to break away from his former boss. the pair were on separate stages in arizona. >>> and no sick days for president biden at the white house while recovering from covid. we'll have the latest on his health. >>> a very good morning to all of you. welcome to "way too early." on this monday, july 25th. we begin this morning with the latest developments from the january 6th select committee over the weekend. vice chair liz cheney one of only two republicans serving on the committee went on fox news yesterday to defend the committee's work, she exposed the network's audience to former pre

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, nara, western japan.to help safeguard women's access to abortion. the move follows the supreme court overturning the landmark ruling that made the procedure legal across the united states. speaking at the white house, mr biden condemned the supreme court's decision. this has paved the way for individual us states to decide if and how they will permit abortions to take place. sir mark rowley has been named as the new commissioner of the metropolitan police. he succeeds dame cressida dick, who stood down in february. that came under pressure from the mayor of london who said he no longer had confidence in her leadership. sir mark previously served as head of the met�*s counter—terrorism unit. that is a nationwide responsibility that will remain with the mat under his leadership. petrol and diesel pricing will be further investigated by the uk's competition watchdog after it found cause for concern in some parts of the industry. the competition and markets authority said it had discovered a sharp rise in pri

a warning, this report from our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes — contains some flashing images.ere shinzo abe was gunned down on friday has now become a base of pilgrimage. many hundreds lined up this morning to lay flowers and pay their respect. it is an old cliche that japanese people don't show public emotion. not to date. at lunchtime the hearse carrying mr abe's body arrived at his home in tokyo. here, too, the emotion was palpable as a stream of friends and dignitaries came to pay their respects. it is striking to see the continuing outpouring of grief and anger today notjust here but around the world. it is hard to find anotherjapanese politician another japanese politician whose death anotherjapanese politician whose death would have inspired days of national mourning, in places as far away as india and brazil, there are also questions being asked about what happened in nara. this video shows how the government was able to approach mr abe from behind, completely unchallenged. the team of bodyguards are all looking the other way. the first shot misses mr abe but the gover