Good morning. Boris Johnson has resigned as Conservative leader in the UK, while Anthony Albanese meets with Jacinda Ardern again in the lead-up to the Pacific Islands Forum.
The UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, has resigned and blamed the “herd instinct” of Tory MPs for pushing him out of office, after a series of cabinet ministers told him he had lost the support of the party. In a statement outside Downing Street, Johnson acknowledged that “no one is remotely indispensable” and accepted that it was the “will of the parliamentary Conservative party” that he should leave No 10. But he also signalled his intention to stay on as prime minister while the party picks his successor, potentially until October, triggering an immediate backlash among Tory MPs.
