Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Our headlines today the government warns ships to stay away from the persian gulf after iran seizes a british oil tanker. The foreign secretary sends a stern warning to tehran. We are absolutely clear that if this situation is not resolved quickly, there will be serious consequences. Tranquility base here. The eagle has landed. Events will take place around the world today to mark the 50th anniversary of when man first set foot on the moon. The mayor of new york declares a local emergency, as two thirds of the United States prepares for a dangerous heatwave. Good morning. Our weather is set to get hotter next week. In fact, very hot for some of us, but were not there yet. Still a bit of rain to come this weekend. Ive got yourfull forecast coming up. In sport, rory mcilroy falls agonisingly short at the open as he misses the cut by one shot in front of home support at royal portrush in Northern Ireland. Its saturd
Well be exploring the role the uk played, and how this observatory in cheshire captured the moment when the eagle space Capsule First landed on the moon. Dry and warm 50 years ago but today heavy rain spreading to the south west. Heavy rain spreading to the southwest. A full forecast into the weekend. The big Summer Getaway airports prepare for their busiest day of the year, but road congestion and train delays are also expected. Ill have the details and some top tips for your Holiday Travel a mclroy meltdown at the open for rory. The home favourite, says he felt the nerves after shooting an opening round of 8 over par, at port rush, and now faces a fight to make the cut. Its friday the 19th ofjuly. Our top story Public Sector workers are reportedly set to get a £2 billion pay rise. The times reports that several groups of employees, mostly in england, are in line for above inflation pay rises. But in almost all cases the money will have to come from current budgets. Bens here to tell
Dateline london discusses whether hong kong is losing the battle for hearts and minds following thejuly 1st protests. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The Trump Administration has been labelled inept, insecure and incompetent in leaked emails from the uk ambassador to washington. Sir kim darroch said that the white house was uniquely dysfunctional and divided under donald trump. But the ambassador also said in the memos that mr trump should not be written off. The Foreign Office says the leak of diplomatic cables was mischievous, but hasnt denied their authenticity. Speaking to andrew marr, the justice secretary said that ambassadors should be free to give frank assessments to their government. I think its very important that ambassadors give honest, unvarnished advice to their country and it is disgraceful that it has been leaked, but we should expect our ambassadors to tell the truth as they see it. Justice secretary, david gauke. Our correspondent andy moore has been at the us
Here on bbc news, its the 1,000th episode of click, and this week, its an interactive special. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Thejustice secretary, david gauke, has strongly criticised the leak of emails in which the uk ambassador in washington describes president Trumps Administration as inept and incompetent. In the messages, seen by the mail on sunday, Sir Kim Darroch says the white house has been uniquely dysfunctional undeertrump, but warns that he should not be written off. The Foreign Office says the leak of diplomatic cables was mischievous, but hasnt denied their authenticity. The justice secretary has beeen speaking to the bbcs andrew marr. I think its very important that ambassadors give honest, unvarnished advice to their country and it is disgraceful that its been leaked, but we should expect our ambassadors to tell the truth as they see it. And therefore the government should stick by him . As i say, i think ambassadors need to be able to make their honest assess
Administration, from britains top diplomat in the us, sir kim darroch. Two years of his secret e mails leaked. In one, he wrote. On Donald Trumps recent state visit to the uk, he said the president had been dazzled by the queen, but cautioned this is still the land of america first. And on foreign policy, trumps sabre rattling over iran, approving air strikes and then calling them off, was described as chaotic. Here, serious questions are being raised about the leak. The thing with diplomatic cables, and i used to work at the Foreign Office, id be quite careful about what you say which is on a personal basis in those cables, because its all very well talking about the substance of the relationship, the policies, but i think some of that may, in retrospect, be regarded as unwise. Put in a statement, the Foreign Office denied it would have any long term impact. As for the future, the ambassador compared it to a roller coaster which could lead to disgrace and downfall, but cautioned about