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
Following thejuly 1st protests. Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. And this week threats of tanker tit for tat after an Iranian Oil Tanker is seized off gibraltar. Hong kongs protests turn ugly. And balloting begins. Will Boris Johnson be britains Prime Minister before the end of this month . My guests today iranian writer amir taheri, political commentator adam raphael, Isabel Hilton of the website China Dialogue and greg katz of the associated press. Welcome to you all. Over recent weeks weve talked a lot about rising tension in the gulf, with western powers blaming iran for attacks on half a dozen oil tankers. This week the action moved to the mediterranean, when British Royal marines seized an Iranian Oil Tanker off the territory of gibraltar. In the same week, iran carried through on its threat to breach the limit for enriched uranium in the 2015 nuclear deal. Amir, you start us off on this. Coming to the oil tanker tit for tat, seniorfigures in iran say we sh
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
Iran says it has breached yet another condition of its 2015 International Nuclear agreement. Protesters in hong kong are marching in another large demonstration against chinas increasing control over the territory, greeks are going to the polls to elect a new parliament, with opinion polls suggesting defeat for the left wing government. The Jodrell Bank Observatory in cheshire which has been at the forefront of Astronomical Research has been declared a unesco World Heritage site. Now on bbc news its time for click. This week, its our birthday. We are 1,000 episodes young, and to mark it, we are making the bbcs first interactive, multi choice tv show. There will be flowcharts, elephants, flowcharts, data, flowcharts, and wizards. Theme music. A warm welcome to click. Welcome to click. Welcome to click, im spencer kelly. Finally we have reached a very special milestone. We have been on air every week of every year, without a break, since we launched in the year 2000, which means this wee
Online petition against it. Recent polling suggests that a majority support keeping the monarchy in wales. I want to examine the nations relationship with the prince. So ive come on a trip through wales, through the past five decades, in this 50 year old motor to find out what marquee has left on the country. A lot has changed since the country. A lot has changed since the prince was crowned. In fact, the story stretches back even further. I hereby declare this festival open. Charles was nine years old and already heir to the throne when an announcement was made to the empire games in cardiff. Is a cliche, but i was there. I was 25 years old, working for the bbc. Then, of course, we had a recorded announcement, because the queen wasnt there. I intend to make my son of the prince of wales today. Wasnt there. I intend to make my son of the prince of wales todaym went crazy, on and on. One teenage boy heard the news at cardiff train station. The announcement came on the roof went off. We