Or confirm she had an affair with borisjohnson. Their friendship, she says, had nothing to do with the grants she got while he was london mayor. Hello and welcome im Christian Fraser in london, Michelle Fleury is in washington. Four years ago, the caliphate of the so called Islamic State stretched across a large swathe of syria and iraq. The group was busy murdering american and european hostages, its fighters had killed 138 people on the streets of paris. The americans turned to the kurds for help. And not only did they help to defeat the group, but today the kurds are guarding tens of thousands of defeated is fighters. But last night, President Trump turned his back on his kurdish allies, announcing that he is withdrawing the us soldiers from syria and will not be standing in the way of a planned turkish incursion into northeast syria. The decision has been slammed in washington. In recent weeks, the americans had persuaded the kurds to dismantle defensive positions, that were instal
European leaders are still saying theyll decide on his proposals at the end of the week. And thats not borisjohnsons only thing on the agenda. The american businesswoman hes accused of improperly helping while he was mayor of london has given her first tv interview. Well bring you some of what she had to say. And climate activists have taken to the streets of cities around the world demanding urgent action to stop global warming. Well report from london, amsterdam, sydney, paris and berlin. Donald trumps decision to pull american troops out of Northern Syria is proving politically incendiary. The move will allow turkey to launch an operation against kurdish led forces. The same kurdish led forces that America Armed in their successful fight against the Islamic State group. These pictures show american armoured vehicles pulling away from kurdish controlled areas. Turkey considers the kurdish fighters terrorists because of their close relations with the Kurdistan Workers Party which has
Title, shes facing simona halep who is leading after winning the first set. The match attracts a royal audience the duchesses of cambridge and sussex are among the spectators. And in honour of the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing, click visits nasa in florida. Thats coming up in half an hour. Good afternoon. Borisjohnson and jeremy hunt have both defended the right ofjournalists to publish leaked government documents after police warned any further release of diplomatic cables could be a criminal matter. Yesterday Scotland Yard announced that it was launching an investigation into the leak of dispatches from Sir Kim Darroch. The British Ambassador in washington had been highly critical of the trump administration. The leak of sir kims comments led to his resignation. Andy moore reports. A man in washington, Sir Kim Darroch has resigned. But it is not the end of the matter. Now a Police Enquiry will try to get to the bottom of who lea ked will try to get to the bottom of w
On bbc news. Anger as Scotland Yard asks the media not to publish leaked government documents. The warning follows the resignation of the British Ambassador in washington. It cannot conceivably be right that newspapers or any other Media Organisation publishing such material should face prosecution. The floodgates have been closed in new orleans in preparation for Tropical Storm barry, storm surges and heavy rain are expected later. Facebook is reportedly fined a record £4 billion to settle an investigation into violations of its users data privacy. At wimbledon, Serena Williams is chasing her 24th grand slam title she faces simona halep in the womens final. The match has attracted a royal audience the dutchess of cambridge and sussex are among the spectators. I wonder who they are behind. More on those stories at the top of the hour. Now on bbc news, amol rajan meets ted sarandos arguably the most powerful, creative figure in modern television, whose vision for netflix has revolution
John worboys, the black cab rapist who was almost freed from jail, pleads guilty to drugging four more women so he could sexually assault them. Campaigners win a legal challenge over the British Governments decision to allow arms sales to saudi arabia. And prince harry and meghan are to set up their own foundation after breaking away from the charity which they had run with Prince William and kate. Good afternoon. Borisjohnson remains on course to be the next Prime Minister. In the fourth round of voting by conservative mps for a new leader, he topped the ballot with 157 votes. Michael gove came second with 61 votes whilejeremy hunt secured 59 votes. The home secretary, sajid javid, was knocked out in the lunchtime vote, managing just 3a votes. Voting in the next round is now well underway, and the two mps with the highest number of votes will go forward to a run off of the partys 160,000 or so members. Were expecting the final vote of mps at 6 15pm, and we will, of course, be bringing