President of zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, despite a low turnout at his funeral. Former wales rugby captain Gareth Thomas reveals he is hiv positive, saying he wants to break the stigma around the condition. I want to empower so many other people who are in exactly the same position as me. A man has been arrested after a solid gold toilet worth millions of pounds is stolen from blenheim palace. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, political commentator jo phillips and nigel nelson, Political Editor of the sunday mirror and sunday poeple. Stay with us for that. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. Former tory minister sam gyimah has become the latest mp to defect to the liberal democrats. The mp for east surrey was kicked out of the conservative party after voting against the government over no deal brexit. He had previously resigned as universities minister after opposing theresa mays withdrawal agreement. Liberal democrat leaderjo swinson announced the pa
An historic tragedy. At least 25 people have died after a diving boat caught fire off the california coast nine others are still missing. In tennis, the defending womens singles champion, japans naomi osaka, is knocked out of the us open after losing to Switzerlands Belinda Bencic in the last 16. The bbc home and forces programme. Here is the news. And 80 years on since the outbreak of World War Two, we look at the contribution Radio Broadcasts made to the war effort. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Theres a momentous day ahead in westminster as tory rebels join forces with Opposition Mps to try to block a no deal brexit on october 31st. If defeated, downing street officials have warned of a third general election in four years tentatively pencilled in for the monday the 14th of october. Lets take a look at where we are. Tory rebels are expected to join labour to seize control of the commons agenda and bring forward a bill designed to stop that no deal exit at the end
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
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
A straight sets victory. And in half an hour here on bbc news, sian lloyd goes on a road trip across wales to see what the heir to the throne has done for the country thats in Charles Prince for wales. 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. It is pretty unprecedented to see the scale of information that has been leaked and the frankness of the language. These date from 2017 to the present, among the comments made by Sir Kim Darroch he says the Trump Administration is inept, insecure, incompetent and he says about donald trump, for a man who has risen to the highest office