And our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9. 35 this mornings reviewers are sian griffiths, education editor at the sunday times and the journalist and author shyama perera. The Trump Administration has been labelled inept, insecure and incompetent in leaked emails from the British Ambassador to washington. Sir kim darroch said that the white house was uniquely dysfunctional and divided under donald trump. But the ambassador also said in the memos that mr trump should not be written off. The Foreign Office says the leak of diplomatic cables was mischievous, but hasnt denied their authenticity. Our Political Correspondent Jessica Parker is with me now. Not diplomatic language at all. Tell us more not diplomatic language at all. Tell us more about what has been said in these e mails. Us more about what has been said in these emails. Not diplomatic language but these memos were never meant for public consumption. It is pretty unprecedented to see the scale of information that has
Dateline london discusses whether hong kong is losing the battle for hearts and minds following thejuly 1st protests. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The Trump Administration has been labelled inept, insecure and incompetent in leaked emails from the uk ambassador to washington. Sir kim darroch said that the white house was uniquely dysfunctional and divided under donald trump. But the ambassador also said in the memos that mr trump should not be written off. The Foreign Office says the leak of diplomatic cables was mischievous, but hasnt denied their authenticity. Speaking to andrew marr, the justice secretary said that ambassadors should be free to give frank assessments to their government. I think its very important that ambassadors give honest, unvarnished advice to their country and it is disgraceful that it has been leaked, but we should expect our ambassadors to tell the truth as they see it. Justice secretary, david gauke. Our correspondent andy moore has been at the us
Up on individuals. Leading home a british 1 2 in south korea. There was no world when the police appeared record this time though, just the fourth fastest time ever. It was too late. Many of the attackers had fled, show you the race later. Leaving pools of blood and darren bett has the weather. On the train station floors, and that has left many in the chinese territory asking why it reportedly took the police an hour to respond to calls for help. Todayis instead, the Hong Kong Government today is flip flop weather, its all appeared to focus much about the heat this week and we of its attention on this angry protest that had congregated outside could be breaking records later in attlee week. We will have a look at the China Liaison Office hours why it is getting hot and how long before the train station attack. It will last lighter. Pro democracy demonstrators turned off of a police approved protest also coming up going up. Route on sunday and defaced this 50 years after the apollo 11
Thanks hugh and sarah has all the weather more rain to come. Also coming up a new streaming service to rival netftlix, the bbc and itv plan to launch britbox by the end of the year to show new commissions and classic programmes. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. Hundreds of thousands of Public Sector workers are set to get a pay rise above the rate of inflation. The treasury is expected to confirm the details on monday, but reports suggest that among those in line for rises are the armed forces, police in england and wales and teachers in england. The pay award represents one of theresa mays last Big Decisions as Prime Minister. But labour have dismissed it as insulting. Our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. On one level, its quite straightforward actually, Public Sector. Now an apparent victory for some of those in the government payroll. The treasury was going to announce an inflation busting increase next week, the figure to be leaked to the Times Newspaper today. T
All the sport with hugh ferris. We are watching the mens semifinals at wimbledon today, before roger against rougher later, Novak Djokovic is attempting to reach his six final, he is already set up in his match. We will have the latest just after 2 30pm. Thanks and ben rich has all the weather. Whether looking innocuous, sunny spells around, areas of cloud, one or two showers, but innocuous is not what we would say in the south of the usa, Tropical Storm storm barry bringing damaging the raid, the full lowdown just before 2 30pm. Also coming up englands women start their bid to win a first netball world cup this evening, with a match against uganda in liverpool. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. Britain is sending a second warship to the gulf as tensions with iran rise. Hms duncan will bejoining hms montrose, which earlier this week had to warn off three iranian gunboats that were trying to intercept a british oil tanker. Hms duncan, a type 45 destroyer, will operate alongside hm