Ambassadors hand. But on twitter today, the president called darroch a wacky and very stupid guy whom he will no longer deal with. The ambassador has not served the uk well. I can tell you that. Were not big fans of that man. Reporter but tempers flared when the daily mail recently published leaked cables from darroch to the British Government describing the Trump Administration as dysfunctional, unpredictable, clumsy and inept. Ambassadors routinely send home candid dispatches from their posting, but rarely do they become public. The president s tirade grew the ire of jeremy hunt, who is vying to be the next Prime Minister. Hunt vowed to deep darroch on. If i am elected Prime Minister, the ambassador in washington stays because its our decision. Reporter in november, the ambassador described his role to cbs news. Diplomacy is about protecting and taking forward British National interests and objectives. And thats what i think every diplomat working for every National Government around
Exactly would my opponent be willing to delay . How about christmas . Climate advisors accuse ministers of a ramshackle approach to global heating reminiscent of dads army. The uk economy returns to growth in may, after shrinking in april, but fears of a slowdown persist. Ask alexa. Users of amazons digital assistant will now be able to get medical advice directly from the nhs. And a new deal to keep the british grand prix at silverstone is set to be announced, ensuring the future of the sports oldest race. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The former Prime Minister sir john major says hes prepared to go to court to prevent borisjohnson trying to force through a no deal brexit. Mrjohnson refused to rule out suspending parliament in last nights tv debate withjeremy hunt. Sirjohn, whos backing mr hunt, said denying mps their say was utterly and totally unacceptable. In order to close down parliament, the Prime Minister would have to go to her majesty the queen and ask for her p
Title, shes facing simona halep who is leading after winning the first set. The match attracts a royal audience the duchesses of cambridge and sussex are among the spectators. And in honour of the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing, click visits nasa in florida. Thats coming up in half an hour. Good afternoon. Borisjohnson and jeremy hunt have both defended the right ofjournalists to publish leaked government documents after police warned any further release of diplomatic cables could be a criminal matter. Yesterday Scotland Yard announced that it was launching an investigation into the leak of dispatches from Sir Kim Darroch. The British Ambassador in washington had been highly critical of the trump administration. The leak of sir kims comments led to his resignation. Andy moore reports. A man in washington, Sir Kim Darroch has resigned. But it is not the end of the matter. Now a Police Enquiry will try to get to the bottom of who lea ked will try to get to the bottom of w
The third in line to the throne is seen grinning in photos taken to mark his birthday by his mother, the duchess of cambridge. Cheering in sport, victory for irishman shane lowry, winning his first major at the open at royal portrush. And also coming up well have more on the full recall and apology four years after five million whirlpool tumbledryers were found to be a fire risk. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Its the final day of voting to decide who will be the next Prime Minister. Conservative Party Members have until five oclock this evening to decide betweenjeremy hunt or borisjohnson. The winner will be announced tomorrow, with the new Prime Minister in place at number ten by wednesday afternoon. Norman smith is in westminster for us. Another massive weight, norman. Huge wea k another massive weight, norman. Huge weak looming ahead, but i think most people here are calculating that borisjohnson, yes, people here are calculating that Boris Johnson, yes, its peop
The iranian president Hassan Rouhani says hes urged European Countries to save the International Nuclear agreement, during a phone call with his french counterpart, emmanuel macron. Iran says it will start to enrich uranium closer to a weapons grade level, if European Countries dont find a way to save the nuclear deal by sunday. Gareth barlow reports. The landmark deal was supposed to contain irans developments of nuclear technology. Europe felt it worked but donald trump disagree. am announcing today that the United States will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. In a few moments, i will sign a president ial memorandum to begin reinstating us Nuclear Sanctions on the uranian regime. Just over a year ago, the president upended the agreement. Iranian. They brought in harsh sanctum sanctions and now iran is pressuring europe to keep the deal and their economy alive. The europeans have failed to fulfil their promises of protecting irans interests under the deal, and our next step will be