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
They are on the verge of a first world title. They know they are up against formidable opponents, they will be the underdogs. The usa have won the world cup three times, olympic gold four times, a team seemingly built to win. Their starforward on and off the pitch has been megan rapinoe. She scored five goals and is a social activist, an equal rights campaigner as well. She is expecting to be fit for the final and recover from a hamstring strain that kept her out of the england game. The netherlands star player is a former ballon dor winner, lieke martens, she is an injury doubt another reason why the odds seem to be stacked against the european champions. But they have belief. They won the European Championship two years ago, they are a great attacking side on their day. They know they need to raise their level to knock the usa off their perch. The final is on bbc one. Kick off in lyon is at lipm. Paul pogbas been included in Manchester Uniteds travelling squad for their pre season to
here, whereas in central and western scotland there will be clearer skies tonight so a little bit colder in the morning, around three degrees. so start off fairly overcast for the majority of the uk tomorrow, but the thinking is that as we go into the afternoon the skies will clear after afternoon the skies will clear after a damp start in east anglia and the south east, so there will be some sunshine for places like norwich, london, possibly southampton too, and also it may be 15 in glasgow. but for many of us it will remain fairly cloudy. saturday is the spring equinox, so the first day of astronomical spring. spring equinox, so the first day of astronomicalspring. high spring equinox, so the first day of astronomical spring. high pressure still very close by and that will hang around for quite a while. if you look at the outlook into next week, not a lot of change at all. fairly cloudy with that high pressure and temperature is around 11 to 13 degrees for most of us. thank
For west ham in the league cup. They came from two goals down to beat spurs, relieving some of the pressure on manager slaven bilic. In Flanders Fields the poppies blow between the crosses row on row. Well also be marking the launch of this years poppy appeal with one of the most poignant poems of world war i. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Some lovely pictures from last night of the aurora borealis. Today for scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of england, we are looking at a day of sunshine, showers and blustery wind. For the rest of in london and wales, a bit of cloud around and some of us are seeing some rain but i will tell you where in 15 minutes. Thanks, carol. Good morning. First, our main story. More than 300,000 people are leaving the workforce every year because of insufficient support for Mental Health problems. A report commissioned by the government says the human cost of this is huge and that the loss to the economy runs into tens of billions of pounds. No
Vladimir putin when he says russia did not meddle in last years us election, after the russian president again reiterated his. The us and russian president are among World Leaders at the apec trade summit which is taking place in vietnam. Theyve appeared alongside each other a number of times and after whats being called a brief chat, donald trump came out and revealed president putin had been very insulted by claims moscow meddled in the president ial campaign. It once again puts donald trump at odds with the findings of his own intelligence agencies such as the cia. From vietnam, Aleem Maqbool reports. Play a here to have been careful to not be seen together too much in eyes of media but donald trump says here and Vladimir Putin did have the few conversations. When asked if he had raised the interference, he said he had. He said he didnt medal, said mrtrump. You he had. He said he didnt medal, said mr trump. You can only ask so many times. Every times he sees me, he says i didnt do i