A leak in criticizing the us administration. Protect society from the abuse of power. Helps release the full potential of a nation. Under global conference for major freedom is underway in london but our t. V. On the Russian News Agency sputnik from entry. Its just gone 3 am here in moscow watching national with me. And fussed a u. S. Federal judge has told washington it must stop alleging that a russian pharmac used all the election map and was funded by the kremlin or face a range of potential sanctions the court found that such unsubstantiated claims against the Internet Research agency which are not included in the 2800. 00 document against at risk prejudicing a jury. Reports. The mulu report the us investigation the media everyone accuses russia of carrying out a sweeping Systematic Campaign meddling campaign in the us election into in 2016 they did it via 2 methods the 1st one was. Intelligence Agency Hackers g. R. U. Haggis who broke into the d. N. C. Systems they allege stole a
Theres been an angry reaction in britain to the resignation of the ambassador to the United States, whos quit under intense criticism from president trump. Britains foreign secretary jeremy hunt, said the resignation is a black day for british diplomacy. His rival in the race to become Prime Minister, borisjohnson, has been criticised for failing to back the ambassador, although its emerged he did phone sir kim on wednesday, praising him. The head of the uks Diplomatic Service says hes not seen a situation like it, in 37 years. 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
Some breaking news this hour five boats believed to belong to the Iranian Revolutionary guards have approached a British Oil Tanker in the gulf, asking it to stop in iranian waters but reportedly withdrew, after a british frigate trained its guns on them and warned them over radio. This was in the strait of hormuz, that strategically very important stretch of water between the persian gulf and the gulf of oman, bordered by iran and the united arab emirates. More on this now from our north america correspondent peter bowes. Strategically important piece of water and currently very tense. Yes, extremely sensitive, as we understand it this tanker, this British Heritage tanker was passing through the area, it was just about to cross the strait of hormuz, when it was, at least there was an attempt to intercepted by these five iranian boats who were ordering it to change its direction but the boat, the british warship that was escorting the tanker, then trained its guns on the iranian boats
Now on bbc news the week in parliament. Hello and welcome to the week in parliament. As the race for number ten nears the finish line, mps start laying down the law. The ayes to the right, 294. The noes to the left, 293. Members of the uks Youth Parliament hear about the risks young people face from knife crime. We have to be very careful. I dont want to leave that Radio Station and weve got 20 young men that have just heard this track waiting outside the front with shanks and machetes and all sorts. And all change on the woolsack but the lord speaker knows his limits. And i have no ambition to do whatjohn bercow does and say that mr brown or lord brown or mr smith. All that to come and more from a week dominated by the race for downing street. Not so long ago, mps would spend their evenings voting. Frequently. Usually to reject Theresa Mays Brexit plan. Since that ran into trouble, votes in the commons have been rather rare. So, when relatively technical legislation on Northern Irelan
Some breaking news this hour five boats believed to belong to the Iranian Revolutionary guards have approached a British Oil Tanker in the gulf, asking it to stop in iranian waters but reportedly withdrew after a british frigate trained its guns on them and warned them over radio. The incident happened in the strait of hormuz that strategically very important stretch of water between the persian gulf and the gulf of oman, bordered by iran and the united arab emirates. Peter bowes is watching the situation from the us. As we understand it this tanker, this British Heritage tanker was passing through the area, it was just about to cross the strait of hormuz, when it was, at least there was an attempt to intercept it by these five iranian boats who were ordering it to change its direction but the boat, the british warship that was escorting the tanker, then trained its guns on the iranian boats and ordered them to back off, and they heeded that order, they did indeed back off, no shots we