Its newsday. Its eight in the morning in singapore, one am in london, and eight in the evening in washington where britains ambassador to the United States, sir kim darroch, has resigned, after a row about leaked memos critical of the Trump Administration. Sir kim said he felt no longer able to do his job after being frozen out and insulted by mr trump whose administation he described as radiating insecurity in confidential assessments leaked to a newspaper. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale has the story. Sir kim darroch, 42 years a loyal public servant, the boy from the Council Estate who advised Prime Ministers and, until this morning, her majestys ambassador to the United States. He resigned, he said, because his leaked remarks, critical of donald trump, had made it impossible for him to carry out his role. At westminster, there was anger and support in equal measure. Sir kim has given a lifetime of service to the United Kingdom and we owe him an enormous debt of gratitude
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latest. we re going to get to everyone there, but let s begin first this hour with cnn correspondent keira scannell, who s outside that manhattan courthouse. keira we start with you because we want you to walk us through what happens now. good morning, jim and jessica s so now we understand from sources that former president trump is expected to be arraigned on tuesday. that means he will surrender. they will work out of time because of the big security issues around a former president coming to appear in court, so there s going to be discussions about security. they will set a time for him to come and surrender and he will surrender to the building behind me around the corner where the d a s office is there he will be processed, just like any other defendant. he will have a mug shot taken. he will be fingerprinted. he ll be read his rights. then, at some point, he will be brought down to the judge and that courtroom where the judge will read the police the charges to him and
hours ago. you can see large explosions lighting up the night sky. be hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 9400 people have been killed in the territory. hamas is classed as a terrorist organisation by several western government. member, diplomatic efforts aimed at assisting palestinian civilians continue. arab foreign minister told us secretary of state antony blinken that there must be an immediately ceasefire in gaza. israel insists they will be no temporary truce until all hostages have been released. we start our coverage with a report from our reporterjon donnison and we warn there are distressing images from the start. four weeks into this war, the suffering is endless. and in gaza, no place is safe. the un says this school in jabalia in the north was hit this morning, killing at least 15 people. thousands had been seeking shelter there. god will take my vengeance, this young boy says. i was standing here when the three bombings happened. where should
the scene in gaza. you can see large explosions their lighting up large explosions their lighting up the sky. the health ministry in gaza says more than 9400 people have been killed in the territory. hamas is classed as a terrorist organisation by several western governments. meanwhile diplomatic efforts aimed ataiding meanwhile diplomatic efforts aimed at aiding palestinian civilians continue and at a meeting in thejordanian meeting in the jordanian capital, meeting in thejordanian capital, arab foreign ministers told us secretary of state antony blinken that there must be an immediate ceasefire in gaza. but mr blinken wants humanitarian forces, something that israel insists that there will be no temporary truce until all hostages are released. we will have more on the diplomacy shortly but we now start our coverage with a report from jon donnison in jerusalem. a warning that there are distressing images from the start. four weeks into this war, the suffering is endless. and