between demonstrators and police in hong kong, after another large scale protest against china s increasing control over the territory. the jodrell bank observatory in cheshire, which has been at the forefront of astronomical research, is declared a unesco world heritage site. the foreign office has begun an investigation, into who leaked emails from britain s ambassador to washington, which described the trump administration as being inept and uniquely dysfunctional. in the memos, obtained by the mail on sunday, sir kim darroch, says despite his shortcomings, president trump shouldn t be written off. here s our washington correspondent, nick bryant. inept, insecure, incompetent. in secret cables obtained by the mail on sunday, britain s top diplomat in washington, sir kim darroch, used the most undiplomatic of language to describe the chaos of the trump white house and the personality flaws of the president himself. he spoke of donald trump radiating insecurity and d
skirmishes have broken out between demonstrators and police in hong kong, after another large scale protest against china s increasing control over the territory, the jodrell bank observatory in cheshire which has been at the forefront of astronomical research is declared a unesco world heritage site. at half past eight, the travel show dresses up and heads to dublin to join the competitors taking part in the 2019 irish cosplay championship. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the foreign office has begun an investigation, into who leaked emails from britain s ambassador to washington, which described the trump administration as being inept and uniquely dysfunctional . in the memos, obtained by the mail on sunday, sir kim darroch, says, despite his shortcomings, president trump shouldn t be written off. here s our washington correspondent, nick bryant. inept, insecure, incompetent. in secret cables obtained by the mail on sunday, britain s top diplomat in washingt
and not have it put out in the public domain. skirmishes have broken out between demonstrators and police in hong kong, after another large scale protest against china s increasing control over the territory, international condemnation of iran s announcement that it s breached another condition of its 2015 international nuclear agreement. the jodrell bank observatory in cheshire which has been at the forefront of astronomical research is declared a unesco world heritage site. in the past five minutes, the united states have won the 2019 women s world cup. they beat the netherlands in lyon, 2 0. it s the fourth time america has triumphed. let s go straight to olly foster in the bbc‘s sports centre. and they are a very worthy champions. they simply overpowered the netherlands, the only oddity about this world cup final, which was a sell out, by the way, over 57,000 in attendance, to see the now four time champions, as it was goalless at half time but itjust turned on a co
from africa has been discovered. india s prime minister narendra modi is celebrating a sweeping victory. he s secured another five years in office. these are the results so far. mr modi s bjp you can see he has a commanding lead with 350 seats. his party has done even better than the landslide it secured five years ago in the last election. narendra modi has tweeted. narenda modi spoke from delhi. here he is. translation: since independence, many elections have been taken place but only in this election we have seen the highest turnout and that too in 42 degrees heat. this shows the commitment of all citizens. millions of indians have blessed us. my thanks to the people. and imran khan, the pm of pakistan tweeted. .. remember, there are tensions between india and pakistan over the territory of kashmir. earlier this year, both launched air attacks on each other during a military standoff. rahul gandhi, head of the national congress, has three generations of indian prime minist
theresa may has said she won t try to get the so called irish backstop plan removed from her brexit withdrawal deal with the eu when she holds new talks with european officials later this week. the backstop, under which northern ireland would still follow some eu rules even after brexit, is meant to be a last resort to avoid a return to a hard border between the irish republic and northern ireland if nothing else can be agreed. speaking in belfast, the prime minister re affirmed her commitment to keeping the border open. she said any brexit deal would have to contain a backstop, but that she would try to negotiate changes to the existing proposals. the eu says it won t re negotiate the agreement. here s our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. it s complicated, but you can make anything work, almost anything, if you try hard enough. search for any opportunity. so why not a brexit deal? at this electronics firm in belfast, they re saying uncertainty is bad for business, here