Our man in washington, Sir Kim Darroch, has resigned, but that is not the end of the matter. Now a Police Enquiry will try to get to the bottom of who leaked his e mails. The memos, published in the mail on sunday, called president inept and insecure. Mail on sunday, called president ineptand insecure. Mrtrump responded by calling the ambassador wacky and pompous and said he could no longer deal with him. Last night scotla nd no longer deal with him. Last night Scotland Yard launched is enquiry and the assistant commissioner gave this warning to the rest of the media. He said. In may, Gavin Williamson was sacked as defence secretary after being accused of leaking secrets from the National Security council, a charge he denied. Scotland yard were called on them to launch a criminal enquiry but they declined, saying there is no evidence of a crime had been committed. The whole question of press freedom is now becoming a major issue in the battle to become the next Prime Minister. This morning, jeremy hunt tweeted. Mr huns rival borisjohnson has been accused of throwing Sir Kim Darroch under the bus, but today he defended press freedom. Whoever has done it must be prosecuted, hunted down and prosecuted. But, but, i have to say that it cannot conceivably be right that newspapers oi conceivably be right that newspapers orany conceivably be right that newspapers or any other Media Organisation, publishing such material should face prosecution. The media generally are worried by this latest intervention from the police. It is ironic, this week we have had the government staging the first global conference for press media freedom, supposedly to other countries to be more transparent and to protect their media, and now here we have scotland ya rd media, and now here we have Scotland Yard making threats against the press in this country. Before this latest intervention by Scotland Yard, the journalist who wrote the original story about Sir Kim Darroch had hinted there might be more to come. A battle of wills between the police and the press could be looming. Our Political Correspondent peter saull is here. This is of course borisjohnson, a professional journalist, this is of course borisjohnson, a professionaljournalist, defending press freedom. But he is in a leadership contest and wants to be Prime Minister. It is a fairly striking criticism of a Senior Police officer. It is very striking indeed of one of the countrys top police officers. Borisjohnson will have worked with him quite closely when he was london mayor and says he holds a in high regard. But this statement by neil bassi warning Media Organisations that if they published leaked information that could be criminal proceedings. Boris johnson said that could not be right. Jeremy hunt, the other contender in the leadership race, defending again the right of journalists to publish information they see as being in the national interest, and other politicians have weighed in. The Health Secretary matt hancock coming out on the side of press freedom. Whoever becomes the next Prime Minister will have to get to grips with this growing trend in recent months of a leaked government information, notjust memories and private e mails, but from cabinet meetings and the National Security council. The defence secretary Gavin Williamson was sacked from the government over allegations he leaked information over 5g and huawei. Allegations he leaked information over 56 and huawei. A lot of focus on borisjohnson over 56 and huawei. A lot of focus on Boris Johnson in over 56 and huawei. A lot of focus on borisjohnson in part because of what he said about Sir Kim Darroch earlier this week. He said he was misquoted. Nonetheless people say he was not forceful enough in his defence of Sir Kim Darroch before he resigned. He has been under pressure, he admitted last night that he was less than full throated for his support of Sir Kim Darroch and Boris Johnson felt for his support of Sir Kim Darroch and borisjohnson felt his comments had been misrepresented to the ambassador. But here we see a much clearer Statement Today from the front runner in this contest and it is perhaps a reflection that team borisjohnson dont quite feel yet that this contest is one. Thank you. Thank you. Regulators in the United States are reported to have approved a four billion pound fine for facebook because of its mishandling of users personal information. The social media giant has been hit by a series of privacy scandals, including one involving the british political consultancy cambridge analytica. If confirmed, it would be the largest ever fine against a tech company for failing to protect peoples private data. A man has been stabbed to death in birmingham in what police say may have been a targeted attack. Officers were called to the sparkhill area of the city last night. The man, who was in his 30s, was confirmed dead at the scene. Financial pressures on private and independent day nurseries are creating a workforce crisis in england. Thats according to the National Day Nurseries association, which says people are leaving forjobs in areas like retail where they can earn more. The association is calling on the government to provide more money to support Free Childcare places. Our business correspondent, katy austin reports. This private day nursery in east manchester want as many of its staff as possible to be experienced and highly qualified. The manager, anne marie, says finding and keeping those staff has recently got much harder. We havejust had two members of staff that went travelling. One of them went three years ago, one of them has gone recently. I asked them if they would like to come back and they both said that they were going to go and work, one in a supermarket, one in a bar, because it was more money. Was that the only reason . That was the only reason, yes, and i couldnt better the wages they were on. She says that is because most children here are eligible for government funded places. Day nurseries have been warning for some time the government pays less than the market rate, causing a financial shortfall. Now one group is warning that is increasingly affecting the type of staff they can afford to employ. What we have seen over the last three years is government funding stay com pletely stag na nt but at the same time theyve got rising staff costs, rising business costs, rising business rates, and other things like pension contributions all pushing the costs up which leaves them much less money at the end of the day to cover staff wages. The department for education told us more children, including from low income families, are now benefiting from Free Childcare and it is investing in training early years staff, but it is monitoring the sector closely, including workforce and costs. Katie austin, bbc news. President trump has declared a state of emergency in the state of louisiana as Tropical Storm barry heads towards land. The storm has been gathering speed over the gulf of mexico in recent days and may reach hurricane strength by the time it makes landfall. All eyes are on wimbledon as Serena Williams faces off against simona halep in the womens final today. If williams wins, itll be her 24th grand slam victory. David ornstein is there for us. It is hard to believe it is 20 years already. Two decades since Serena Williams won her first grand slam title at the 1999 us open. Three yea rs later title at the 1999 us open. Three years later she collected her first title here and the rest is history, and a lot of it. She is bidding to win wimbledon for the eighth time in singles. She will go within one of Martina Navratilovas all time record if she does that. She would surpass her as the oldest womens singles winner here and crucially draw level with Margaret Court on an unrivalled 2a grand slam singles titles. Record spanned the amateur and professional era. Standing on the other side of the net to serena is simona halep. She is a fellow former world number one, she has never reached the wimbledon final before now and has won only one grand slam title at the french open last year. Since then she suffered a slump inform last year. Since then she suffered a slump in form but has regained it here. She says she can beat anyone and this is a real opportunity for her to show that she has improved mentally. Lets hear from her to show that she has improved mentally. Lets hearfrom both of the players. Lets hear from both of the players. So many amazing memories of wimbledon. Gosh. So many finals here. So many doubles championships here with my sister. So many great memories. And its always special, obviously, holding up that trophy at the end of the two weeks and just, you know, doing the best out of everyone else in the tournament. Now i know the feeling of winning a grand slam and im more relaxed, but at the same time im very focused and very motivated to win every match i play. Imjust enjoying. Im happy on court, and the fact that im in the finals of wimbledon makes it an amazing feeling. Watching the action will be some very special guests, including the duchess of cambridge, who has already arrived here at the all england club alongside her sister pippa. They have been meeting some young, aspiring tennis players, who we re young, aspiring tennis players, who were all very happy to be greeted, as you can see. And we could see even more royalty watching on, supporting the queen of wimbledon. It could be her best friend, the duchess of sussex. We will be watching out from the royal box to see what happens there on centre court. It is fair to say serena has the overwhelming support of the crowds inside centre court and on the hill behind us. It should be a very exciting and potentially historic spectacle. Then tomorrow of course is the mens final and that sees Novak Djokovic against roger federer. Thank you very much. Coverage on bbc one of the ladies singles final is on at one oclock. The next news on bbc one is at 6 35. Goodbye. Hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. As weve been hearing, the conservative leadership contender borisjohnson has criticised police over a warning to journalists that they could face prosecution if they publish any further leaked cables from the British Ambassador to the us, Sir Kim Darroch. Speaking at a tory leadership hustings in bedfordshire, mrjohnson said that the onus should be on the person behind the leak, not the leaks publisher. Whoever has done it must be prosecuted. Hunted down and prosecuted. Hunted down and prosecuted. But i have to say, it cannot conceivably be right that newspapers or any other Media Organisation publishing such material should face prosecution. Because in my view there is no threat to National Security implied by the release of this material, or it is embarrassing, but it is not a threat to National Security. It is the duty of Media Organisations to bring new and interesting facts into the public domain. That is what they are therefore. I think that a prosecution on this basis with ashley amount to an infringement of press freedom and have a Chilling Effect on public debate. Actually amount. Well, that hustings event is still going on, jeremy hunt is yet to take to the stage. Well be bringing you all the latest from the event in the next hour. Ministers are playing down the significance of sending another warship to the gulf. Hms duncan will join the british tanker that was threatened by iranian gunboats earlier this week. Iran has already warned the uk its playing a dangerous game. Meanwhile, politicians in america have voted to restrict president trumps ability to attack iran after he claimed he didnt need their approval for such an action. A little earlier, the former defence secretary sir Michael Fallon said britain had to protect itself. It isa it is a worrying situation, and the government is right to reinforce our presence there. This matters to us asa presence there. This matters to us as a waterway, it has the waterway through which our island the gas tankers pass, so we will need more presence there. We will also need to work closely with our allies. We cannot leave it to the United States to protect our ships. We will need to protect our ships. We will need to work with france and other allies to work with france and other allies to ensure that this International Waterway is safeguarded and that our ships do have the right of passage which they enjoy under international law. What iran has been doing is attacking western shipping. There have been mines placed on norwegian and japanese tankers and so on, and we have got to make it very clear to the regime that we do not want to escalate the situation on the contrary, we would like to de escalate the tension. But equally there has to be a red line. We have to be prepared to protect our own ships. At least 26 people, including one briton, are now confirmed to have been killed in an attack at a hotel in somalia. Gunmen rammed a car containing explosives into the asasey hotel and then stormed the building in the southern port of kismayo yesterday. Regional politicians and clan elders were holding a meeting inside. The Islamist Group al shabaab said it carried out the attack. Scuffles have broken out and police fired pepper spray during another demonstration by the people of hong kong. Thousands of hong kong people marched in a town near the border to protest against mainland chinese traders. Its the latest in a string of demonstrations that has roiled the former british colony for more than a month. More now on the news that financial pressures on private and independent day nurseries are creating a workforce crisis in england. That from the National Day Nurseries association, which says people are leaving teaching to work in retail where they can earn more. It blames the government for under funding Free Childcare places. Ive been speaking to neil leitch from the early years alliance. And the reality is that it has never been worse. We have known for several years that we are in decline when it comes to actually recruiting people to come into the sector. As your report clearly showed, there is a major problem particularly at this point in time. We operate some nurseries in areas of deprivation. We had to temporarily close some of those nurseries because we cannot recruit staff. It is absolutely critical at this point in time. There is a reason why staff are choosing to go to supermarkets and other sectors. That is because we we re other sectors. That is because we were singled out by the low paid commissionjust two were singled out by the low paid Commission Just two years ago as being one of the worst payers in the country. That is because we do not get enough funding, as again your report alluded to. You are saying that because the amount of money that because the amount of money that has made available from the taxpayer to provide this service to to support the provision of early ca re to support the provision of early care for the youngest children is not enough, your members cannot pay staffed efficiently at the staff are voting with their feet. Exactly. Most providers, i talk to, they want to do more, want to pay more, but when you have got funding rates that we re when you have got funding rates that were calculated on data that goes as far back as 2012, 2013, we are now having to see a massive increase occurred in minimum wages, etc. You have a major problem. You cannot keep doing this. With poorfunding, now ina keep doing this. With poorfunding, now in a critical position, and it is disingenuous that governments can play the game of paying more into the system than ever before, because more money does not mean enough money. New zealand has been holding its first public firearms collection event in christchurch as part of the governments response to the citys mosque shootings in march. High powered semi automatic weapons were banned after the atrocity in which 51 people were killed. Licensed owners who hand in their weapons will be compensated. Phil mercer reports. Dozens of people came to a racecourse in the south island city to hand in weapons that are now illegal. We are really proud of what we have achieved today. We have had 169 people come through today, we have had handed over 244 firearms, 217 parts, and 153,000 had been paid out to people handing over firearms. The engagement with the public from the firearms public in canterbury has been stunning. New zealand has been forced to change its attitudes to firearms. Gun ownership has been high, but the mosque attack four months ago in christchurch prompted a ban on military style semiautomatics. More than 130 million has been set aside to compensate owners of prohibited weapons. They have until december to hand them in. More than 250 buy back events will be held across new zealand. Some owners are complaining that the amount of compensation they will receive is inadequate. But in christchurch,