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
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