Thegn u. S. Reafter his undiplomatic remarks about trump leed. How his abrupt departure could impact the special relationship. Allegations of sexual hassment roil afghanistans government for the we hear from the women making the kinds. Bbc world is, this is Mission Control. A laura astronauts christchho and nick haguew was space tricks and talk about how the moon landing of 50 years ago still inspes the. We are here because of the efforts of so many people. It is a privilege to be onsociated with the long history of space explora. Laura for those and around the globe, welcome to world news america. S britainbassador to the u. S. Resigned today, saying the public row with the white house made it impossible for him to carry out his role. Sir kim darrochs description of the Trump Administration as inept and dysfunctional was leaked this week. Th president attacked him on twitter and started an inviting him from of uninviting him fromfficial events. R the view from london, here is our Diplomatic Correspondent james landale. James Sir Kim Darroch, 42 years of loyal public servant, who advised Prime Ministers, and until this morning, the ambassador to the united states. He resigned because his leaked remarks critical of donald trump made it impossible for him to carry out his role. At westminster, there was anger and support in equal measure. Prime min. May sir kim has given a lifetime of service to the united kingdom, and we know him owe him an indoor miss enormousebt of gratitude. Good government depends on Public Servants being able to give frank advice. I think the comments made m were beyond unfair and wrong. I think he has given honorable and good service and should be thanked for it. James at last months state visit, mr. Trump and sir kim were on good terms. Bu his private description of the dysfunctional white house prompted a wave of president ial insults and to deal with whom he called the wacky ambassador. I will keep him until he isir due to r mr. Johnson im not going to be so presumptuous. James but it was these words, the repeated refusal of Boris Johnson last night to defend sir kim, that prompted his decision to go, according to whitehall sources. Mr. Johnsons critics weres. Furi Boris Johnson, a former foreign secretary, and he hopes to be the future Prime Minister, has basically thrown our top diplomat under the bus. There are a lot of people in the commons who are very, very angry. James allies of mr. Joh ton sas was a shabby attempt to politicize the resignation, and that the position was untenable before the debate. N mr. Johne is a superb diplomat and i worked with him for many years. I think that whoever leaked his dodicta ha a grave disservice to our civil rvants. You said you were not going to back him. Mr. Johnson no, on the contrary. My view is that it is wrong to drag Civil Servants into the political arena. Thats what i think. James that did not assuage the fury of Foreign Office officials, nor did the fact that mr. Johnson chose to phone sir kim this afternoon to praise him for his hard work. N the resignats dealt a heavy blow to foreign diplomacy. Morale of the office is low. It makes britain look like a ley ship with the diplomats fearful in future of speakingia truth to polit who may not defend them if the truth were ever to leak. This afternoon, Foreign Office staff met to show thlidarity ir kim. Earlier, their boss said it was unprecedented for a friendly government not to cooperate with the british ambassador. What is morality in the front of what is morale like in the front office at the moment . I think people are shaken by what has happened. There is asked to see all my colleagues at 4 00 this afternoon. The basis on which we have worked all our careers suddenly feels as though it has challenged. James the question who will choose the next resident of the British Embassy in washington, theresa may or her l ccessor. Either way, they wve a big repair job to do. James landale, bbc news. Laura for more on the impact of the resignation, i spoke earlier with the former u. S. Ambassador to nato. Thank you for being with us. As a diplomat yourself, what is your reaction to this resignation of Sir Kim Darroch . Well, i think it is a sad day for britain and a sad day for u. S. British relationships. Kim darroch has been an extraordinarily good ambassador representing the u. K. In washington and representing washington back in the u. K. In an open and complete way. Having him resign six months before the end of his tenure and ending his career in this way is not good for him, not good for britain, and not good for the relationship. Laura what does the president s public bashingf o the man in washington say about the attitude towards the special relationship . I think the president is wont to las out when he feels he has been disrespected. It is kind of clear that this is a man who has a thin skin. I think this would have blown over b for the fact that yesterday in london, boris hnson indicated that if he is the next Prime Minister, he may notupport kim darroch in the current position. Under those circumstances, i dont think ambassador darroch had much of a choice but to resign given what was happening bo and washington and in london. Laura does this affect the diplomatin general, including american diplomats who may not want to write candidate cables home about what foreign leaders ink about President Trump . Nk we all learned our lesson. I was ambassador to nato went wikileaks happened, and hundreds of thousands of cables, including some that i had written, were leaked outme and beublic. We all learned at that point that there really isnt anything that if you put it onaraper you can tee it wont appear on the front page of the Washington Post or in this case the sunday daily mail. You have to beatareful about ou write and have a net es sent to your capital. Sometimes it is better orally or printed out, the oldfashioned way, bringing it in person rather than on a lock on a system. Laura what advice would you give to britains next ambassador to washington knowing e fate of his or her predecessor . Trying to establish an open relationship with the administration and the rest of washington, which is something that kim darroch did as well as anybody who has ever been in this positiomaking sure that you know what is happening on the hill, making sure whais happening washington up and down massachusetts avenue with your diplomatic collekues in the th tanks while trying to engage the administrepion, and thent back frankly and openly to your government, but be aware that this may leak. Laura thanks so much for those insights. My pleasure. Laura the u. S. Labor secretary elationship with th president is outstanding. This comes as he faces calls from capitol hill to resign. Ios handling of the prosec of Jeffrey Epstein for sex crimes in florida over a decade ago has been criticized. Epstein, a wealthy financier, only spent a year in prison dear a secret plea you now he now faces charges of sex trafficking in new york. Mr. Acosta says his actions back then were correct. Sec. Acosta we believe that we proceeded apopriately, that based on the evidence, not just my opinion, but ive shared ould fidavit based on the evidence, there was value to getting a guilty plea. Laura for more on ties i spoke ea with the bbcs anthony zurcher. Anthony, is that mr. Acostas main defense against the charge that he let epstein off to lightly . Anthony the first thing he did was point at the florida prosecution and said they were ilt going to give him any time. He gave the media someone else to blame and said i stepped in and i got jail time and i got him to register as a sex of nnder. I d want to roll the dice, he said. Risking a prosecution that may have been unsuccessful. He said times have changed and it is hard to look at it in the same framework as we were looking at back in 2008. De he laid out hinse in a legalistic, lawyerly way because he is a lawyer. Laura any word on whether mr. Fyacosta did enough to sathe audience one, the president , so he can keep his job . Anthony that is a big questiont he says donamp is supporting him fully, but we have seen in past instances where a cabinet secretary is under fire, you have the president s support right until you dont. Time will tell wheth this was enough to deflect the criticism and defend himself in the president s eye, reportedly wanted acosta to do the press conference. Laura do democrats want to hear from mr. Acosta on the h al even after wered questions for an hour . Anthony im certain they want him to come to the hill. They have said today they want him to testify. I think what they are going to ask him is why offer this plea deal when you did . You had evidence from er 30 underage girls saying he made sexual advances, assault against them. Why decide to let him off with 13 months in prison where he could get out six days a week and go to his office job and be back on the street . Laura anthony zurcher, thank you so much for joining us. In other news from around the world, at least 25 people have died in a flareup of violence between rival tribes in popular new guinea. Papua new guinea. Children and parents were among those murdered. It is one of the countrys worst outbreaks of tribal violence for years. Flights at Londons Gatwick airpor hours earlier today due to an issue with the air Traffic Control system. Nd28 flights were canceled6 were diverted to other airports. In december, flights were suspended for more than a day afr drone sightings caused chaos for tens of thousands of passengers. Rm chancellor Angela Merkel has been seen shaking for the third time in less than a month. It happened during a military ceremony in berlin marking the arrival of thin line finlands Prime Minister. After the meeting she said she was fine and insisted thtoe was no neeorry. Afghanistans government is facing allegations of sexual. Harassme it may, a former advisor to the prident accused powerful men of trading official jobs for sex. While the government reject the claims, a bbc investigation has heard from women who alleged they were sexually harassed by top officials. To protect the identity of some of the women in yogita lamayes rt, their words have bee voiced by actors. Yogita one of the worst countries in the world to be a woman. Life might be better than under a repressive taliban regime, bus freedom ll limited. Equality a distant dream. And every day here, they face the threat of violence, rape, harassment. Now there are disturbing allegations that even in government, women arent safe. Hat some men in positions of power are sexualassing them. We are in kabul to probe these claims. In a conservative maledominated society, it is hard for women to speak out. But our investigation has finall government employee. We are hiding her identity because she fears a backlash. Fo heer boss is a senior minister in the current government. He was asking me for sex directly. I told him i experienced. And i never thought he would say such things to me. I stood up to leav he grabbed my hand and took mehe to a room inack of his office. He pushed me towards the room and told me it will only take a few minutes, dont worry. I pushed him by his chest and said enough, dont make me scream. And did you file a complaint after this incident . No, i resigned from my job. T i dont tre government. If you speak out, everyone will blame the woman. Yogita she also told us two other women had come forward to tell her the same minister had raped them, claims the bbc has been unable to independently verify. It is nojust one individual ministry or department. Several women we have spoken to have told us that Sexual Harassment is widespread in the government. Too afraid to speak out. But now we are going to meet another woman whos willing to share her story with us. In fact, this is theirst time she is telling anyone about it. She haall but secured a government job when she was asked to meet a close aide of president ashraf ghani. Yogita do you want some water . Shali get youome . Last year, she contested parliamentary polls and says Election Commission officials also harassed her. Yogita the president s office declined the bbcs request for an interview. Ie eathey had rejected claims of Sexual Misconduct in government. The response that the government gave is defensive. I think the culture of impunity is one of the reasons that people who commit this dont get trial. Therefore the men, the perpetrators feel protec yogita democracy here has come at the cost of a deadly war. More women are in parliament and in government now. But if they are not considered safe places to work, thi progress could come to a halt. Yogita lamaye, bbc news, kabul. A laura than women daring to speak out. Youre watching bbc world news america. Still to come on tonights program, enjoying their lap of honor. The womens world cup champions are celebrateder with a tickpe parade through the streets of rknew yo city. Laura irans ambassador to the u. N. Says iran has breached the agreement on uranium and will take further action unless europe provides compensation for the heck of sanctions. The u. N. Watchdog held an emergency meeting toisss the crisis over the program. Here he is speaking to barbara plettusher. For the time being we are in the deal and we invite others to stay in the deal. Es apparentlyes the u. S. , the europeans have not been up to the job and have not honored all their commitments. Barbara what more are you expecting the ropeans to be able to do . They cannot give the economic benefits of the deal because the u. S. Sanctions are too strong. When President Trump decided to get outf the nuclear deal, we were approached by three european leaders encouraging us, insisting iran not to get out of the nuclear deal, and they promised us to do exactly what they were supposed to do to compensate what we have lost as a result of the u. S. Rawal. No it iacceptable to see that the europeans are not honoring their commitments. Barbara what happens if they are not able to compensate you in the way you want . Then you keep raisinthe level of uranium enrichment . For the time being we are in phase 2. If nothing happens in 60 days, we will have to go to the third phase, and the elements of the third ase are not known yet. We will announce what we are going to do. Laura President Trump nearly bombed iran la month. Do you think he wants a war . I dont think he wants a war. But those who are close to him definitely are looking after a conflict between iran and the united states. Whatever they have been doing is exactly in line with what they said. Barbara does an want war . No, we do not want war wit laura we always like to bring you newsrom around the world, but tonight we are going into space. We approach the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, we checked in with nasa to find check out the International Space station. I spoke with astronauts Christina Koch and nick hague from outer space. Thank you so much for jo from the International Space ikation, christina and nick. What is the viewfrom up there today . Nick breathtaking every time you look out the window. We arectually in a night pass getting ready to fly over the western part of australia. This is a favorite place we like to be because you can look out the window a see the southern lights, this green glow that dances around on the horizon. It is just it takes your breath away. Laura christina, it is almost 50 years since the first moon landing. There is another oneed by nasa. Could you be the first female astronaut on the moon . Christina gosh, it is a privilege to even have that question posed. I dont necessarily think about it from that point of view, but something i do think about is i will be privileged to know the person that is chosen for that, because coming out of our current astronaut corps, there are a number of a very capable, awesome, impressive, and inspiring people to choose from. We h all look to ooes from the Apollo Program when we move eforward, and train to be ready for anything. Laura nick, did it inspire you to become an astronaut, the first moon landing 50 years ago . Nick being here today, we are here because of the efforts of so many people. The long history, it is a privilege to be associated with that long history of Space Exploration and the advances th were able to make. We are also here because of the gigantic team it takes to support a mission li this. It is not just the two of us ofre, it is the two of us here and the thousandpread around the globe in different Mission Control centers. I think that is what inspired me theve most to get invwith Space Exploration, that sense of team. It is a team going out and trying to accomplish seemingly impossible things. Laura speakinof teamwork, are there any tricks you two have been working on in that rogravity environment . I see the microphone floating around. Perhaps you can show us what you can do. Christina we did recently come up with a demonstration of microgravity that we can show you would like. Laura we would love that. Laura oh, my gosh. That was ristina we call that ou double flip maneuver. It doesnt always go perfectly but it is something we have come up between the two of us. Laura that was excellent. What are your hopes for the next 50 years of Space Exploration . Nick i think my hope is fairly simple, that we continue to push the boundaries of what we know and what we think of possible. What we thinkre possible. That is to take us back to the moon and to go in a Sustainable Way and take what we learned there and push further and go to mars. Laura nick hague and Christina Koch, thank you so much for joining us from theat intenal space station. An