Now on bbc news wednesday in parliament. Hello, and welcome to wednesday in parliament. After criticising President Trump, our man in washington falls on his sword. I have told him that it is a matter of great regret, that he has felt it necessary to leave his position as ambassador in washington. A promise of action after a new report highlights Unacceptable Behaviour by peers and staff. Bullying and harassment have no place in the house of lords. And tougher sentences for people who abuse animals. And if we are to continue declaring ourselves a nation of animal lovers, this bill is necessary to send a loud and clear message, that we take animal cruelty seriously. All that to come and more. But first, just before midday, the uks ambassador to the us, sir kim darroch, announced his resignation. He said it was impossible for him to do hisjob after emails, in which he criticised the trump administration, were leaked to a sunday newspaper. In response, President Trump called sir kim a pom
Well talk to this mum from suffolk, who home educates her three children, who are eight, 13, and 11 year old ceri lee. Today, mps will debate the bullying and harassment of their own staff, following a report that its a widespread problem in mps offices. Months before that report, this young woman woman, told us exclusively that it had happened to her. I had one quite kind of old senior Civil Servant for a Government Department get right in my face, shouting at me. He called me stupid. I could almost feel kind of like the spit landing on my face. He was so angry. It was just so, you know. Id only been in the job a few months and it was so overwhelming and scary that ijust. I didnt know how to deal with it. And in our exclusive film today, we meet the surgeons in syria using Ground Breaking research to help kids whove been injured by bombs. What is said having today . What are these men doing with his legs . So, said currently is doing an adjustment for a newly constructed socket for hi
Prince harry played against singapore polo club, captained by the charitys ambassador and his friend nacho figueras. Prince diana pioneered efforts to challenge the stigma around the disease in the 1980s, and england have beaten colombia 2 1 to reach the semi finals of the womens world cup goals from lauren hemp and Alessia Russo helped the lionesses come from behind after colombia had taken the lead. England will now face the lead. England will now face co hosts australia on the 16th of august and fragments of meteors that could be as small as a grain of sand and travelling at 130,000mph will light up the sky tonight. Shooting stars. The annual summer meteor shower has been active since july and continues until the 24th of august, but it will reach its peak tonight. The royal observatory of greenwich is recommending watching the fireballs between midnight and 5 30 am. When Light Pollution will be at its lowest. This is will be at its lowest. This is gb news on tv , on digital radio, g
One thing is for certain there is more chance of Nadine Dorries being spotted in her constituency. Then there is the lot us agreeing on anything. Lot of us agreeing on anything. And of course we want to know your views as well. Please do get in touch emailing get in touch by emailing gbviews gbnews. Com. But before the starts, its your the chaos starts, its your saturday night news with Aaron Armstrong. Armstrong. Very good afternoon to you. Very good afternoon to you. Lets or evening i should say. Lets or evening i should say. Lets get you up to date with the headlines from the gb newsroom. The six people who died after their boat got into difficulties in the channel this morning afghan morning were all afghan men. Thats french thats according to french prosecutors whove said the majority migrants on majority of the migrants on board, some children , board, including some children, were afghanistan along with were from afghanistan along with several from sudan. A criminal several from
Weekend, after rishi sunak called on organisers not to let extremists hijack those protests. In his speech , protests. In his speech, delivered from downing street last night , delivered from downing street last night, he called for the nafion last night, he called for the nation to unite and warned that islamist extremists and far right groups are spreading poison, he said, and trying to tear us apart. If followed. Tear us apart. If followed. George galloways controversial win in the rochdale by election earlier this week , which the earlier this week, which the Prime Minister described as beyond alarming. The rochdale by election returned a candidate who dismisses the horror of what happened on october 7, who glorified hezbollah and is endorsed by nick griffin , the endorsed by nick griffin, the racist former leader of the bnp. I need to speak to you all this evening because this situation has gone on long enough and demands a response, not just from government, but from all of us.