Roger federer gets the better of his old rival rafa nadal to set up a final with Novak Djokovic tomorrow. All the support from here at 630. Good morning, it is a fairly settled weather weekend here in the uk. It will not be completely dry, there will not be completely dry, there will be a few sharp showers developing as we go through the day but equally, fairer amounts of strong july sunshine as well. I will have all the details for you in around 15 minutes. Its saturday, july the 13th. Our top story a criminal investigation has been launched into the alleged leak of diplomatic emails from the uk ambassador in the us, which were critical of President Trumps administration. The fallout from the data breach prompted Sir Kim Darroch to resign and has been a talking point in the conservative leadership race, as our Political Correspondent, nick eardley reports. Kim darroch, the uks man in washington. He will leave soon thereafter lea ked washington. He will leave soon thereafter leaked e m
Now on bbc news, click. This is click 1001 a space odyssey. In honour of the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing, weve got massive rockets, space station robot arms, and we bounce sound off the moon. Why . Because its there. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. So said president John F Kennedy in 1962. On july the 16th, 1969, three astronauts, Neil Armstrong, edwin buzz aldrin, and Michael Collins made ready to fulfil that promise as they prepared for apollo 11. The First Crewed Mission to land on the moon. Three men to represent the culmination of a dream. Here at nasa in houston, texas, Mission Control monitored every aspect of the moon shot. These days its used to monitor the International Space station, the actual control room used for the apollo 11 mission is undergoing a bit of a refurb in honour of the 50th anniversary. Marcos flores is one of the current Mission Controllers for the i
Handwriting expert be the key to solving the mystery involving Aretha Franklins estate . Trapped on the bus, the 911 call from the highway as a woman claims a bus driver purposely locked her inside the luggage compartment. And the shocking wakeup call as a bear greets these two men taking a nap. Good tuesday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We begin with the escalating trade war with china and the growing concern about its effect on the u. S. Economy. Asian markets are sinking after wall streets biggest loss of the year. The white house is now responding and Abcs Mona Kosar Abdi has more. Mona. Reporter good morning, janai. Good morning to you, kenneth. The move unexpected but the drop suggests the central bank of china is willing to weaponize its currency amidst this trade war. The latest chapter in the trade war between the u. S. And china, sending u. S. And asian stocks in a freefall. In its worst drop of the year, the dow jones plunged 767 points and the s p was down 3
Afternoon, is it not . Yes, be patient, it is coming. Serena williams goes in search of a record equalling grand slam title shortly, when she faces simona halep in the button final. Our man is in position for us. What chance some rain help can stop williamson claim her own title, john . What chance simona halep can stop williams . We have been talking about this for a while, the alyssa 24th glance demand title. We know that she has had titles. The 24th grand slam title. She reached the final of the us open, when she was beaten by osaka and dramatic scenes in new york. But here we are, and yet another opportunity for subs Serena Williams herself said has felt much calmer throughout this fortnight. She has clearly benefited from the exit, extra court time playing alongside and a murray in the mixed doubles and, perhaps finally, this is the moment she will draw level with that record. Although, arena millions, speaking ahead of this big match, has said it is not that re cord match, has sa
He claims the focus of the investigation is clearly on identifying whose response of the league, but they have been told that any further painting of any other documents currently inside collision with be a breach of the efficiency gets act and could constitute a criminal offence. So, another warning from the met police to newspaper editors and indeed broadcasters about publishing any more leak documents. We will have more leak documents. We will have more reaction to that, i can tell you, at four oclock. We will see what the legal side of things as well. Now, its time for click. This is click 1001 a space odyssey. In honour of the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing, weve got massive rockets, space station robot arms, and we bounce sound off the moon. Why . Because its there. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. So said president John F Kennedy in 1962. On july the 16th, 1969, three astrona