tonight at ten — after days of mounting pressure, britain's ambassador to america resigns, after the leak of his frank assessment of the trump administration. sir kim darroch said it was impossible to do his job. he'd been frozen out by the white house and personally attacked on twitter by president trump. there are claims the resignation was triggered by borisjohnson refusing to back the diplomat. allegations, mrjohnson denies. my my view is it's wrong to drag civil serva nts my view is it's wrong to drag civil servants into the political arena, that's what i think. he's basically thrown this fantastic diplomat under the bus to serve his own personal interests. we'll be assessing where the diplomatic row leaves transatlantic relations. also tonight...

lifting the lid on how labour deals with anti—semitism allegations. a bbc investigation is told jeremy corbyn‘s office interfered in the process. warwick university apologises over it's handling of rape threats towards female students. it is, it's over! one of the favourites, india, to lift the cricket world cup, are dramatically knocked out in the semi finals by new zealand. and the dream is over for andy murray and serena williams, beaten in the mixed doubles at wimbledon. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: roger federer gets his 100th win at wimbledon to make it through to another semifinal, where he will face rafa nadal.

good evening. after days of mounting pressure, britain's ambassador to the united states, sir kim darroch, has resigned, following a row over leaked memos that were critical of the trump administration. sir kim said he felt no longer able to do hisjob. the leak of the confidential emails, in which he assessed the trump administration as being "inept" and "incompetent", led to him being disinvited by the white house from official engagements, and insulted in tweets by mr trump. the row took centre stage today, in the battle between the rival camps in the conservative leadership contest, with supporters ofjeremy hunt saying sir kim's resignation came after borisjohnson refused to give him his full support. mrjohnson says he regrets sir kim's departure, and called him a "superb diplomat." here's james landale. sir kim darroch, 42 years a loyal public servant, the boy from the council estate who advised prime ministers and, until this morning, her majesty's ambassador to the united states.

he resigned, he said, because his leaked remarks, critical of donald trump, had made it impossible for him to carry out his role. at westminster, there was anger and support in equal measure. sir kim has given a lifetime of service to the united kingdom and we owe him an enormous debt of gratitude. good government depends on public servants being able to give full and frank advice. i think the comments made about him are beyond unfair and wrong. i think he's given honourable and good service and he should be thanked for it. at last month's state visit, mr trump and sir kim were on good terms, but his private description of a dysfunctional white house prompted a wave of presidential insults and a refusal to deal with the man he called, "the wacky ambassador". i will keep him until he's due to retire and i think we'd like to know if you would? 0k, well, i'm not going to be so presumptuous...

but it was these words, the repeated refusal of borisjohnson last night to defend sir kim that prompted the ambassador‘s decision to go. according to whitehall sources, mrjohnson‘s critics were furious. boris johnson, a former foreign secretary, and he hopes to be a future, the future prime minister, has basically thrown our top diplomat under the bus. and there are a lot of people here in the commons who are very, very angry. allies of mrjohnson said this was a shabby attempt to politicise the resignation, and that sir kim's position had become untenable before last night's debate. he was a superb, is a superb diplomat and i worked with him for many years, and i think that whoever leaked his diptels really has done a grave disservice to our civil servants. you said last night you weren't going to back him? no, on the contrary... my view is it's wrong to drag civil servants into the political arena, that's what i think. that did not assuage the fury

of foreign office officials, nor did the fact that mrjohnson chose to phone sir kim this afternoon, to praise him for his dedication and hard work. sir kim's resignation has wrought a heavy blow on british diplomacy. morale here at the foreign office is low and the risk is that it leaves britain looking like a leaky ship, buffeted by a foreign power, with its diplomats fearful in future of speaking truth to politicians who may not defend them if that truth were ever to leak. this afternoon, foreign office staff meant to show solidarity with sir kim. earlier, their boss said it was unprecedented for a friendly government not to co—operate with a british ambassador. what's morale like in the foreign office at the moment? erm, i think people are shaken by what has happened. there is a reason why i've asked to see all my colleagues at four o'clock this afternoon.

the basis on which we have worked all our careers suddenly feels as though it is challenged. the question now is who will choose the next president resident of the british embassy in washington, theresa may or her successor? either way, they'll have a big repairjob to do. james landale, bbc news. nick bryant is in washington for us. we are always hearing about this special relationship between the us and the uk, how special is it tonight? the special relationship has always been a lopsided relationship. the americans have a lwa ys relationship. the americans have always had the upper hand, ever since the winston churchill first coined that phrase after the war, a phrase that has always meant far more in whitehall than in washington. you sense that is especially true now because the trump administration knows that as britain exits the european union, it's more diplomatically isolated, it's more diplomatically isolated, it needs that trade deal with the

united states. add to that a president seeking revenge, a president seeking revenge, a president who loves flouting diplomatic protocol, a president who often diplomatic protocol, a president who ofte n s hows diplomatic protocol, a president who often shows more respect to authoritarians than allies and you have this extraordinary situation, unprecedented in modern times, where the white house becomes a no—go zone for the uk ambassador. now donald trump didn't use his famous catchphrase "you're fired!" in relation to kim darroch but those tweets essentially sent us a message. there was pushback from theresa may, there was pushback from jeremy hunt, there wasn't pushback from his favoured candidate, boris johnson. 0k, johnson. ok, thank you for that. nick bryant in washington. the former conservative prime minister, sirjohn major, has threatened to take legal action against borisjohnson if he wins the tory leadership contest and tries to suspend parliament to deliver a no deal brexit. he says "no serious

politician" should consider what he called the "totally unacceptable" idea of suspending parliament and bypassing mps. mrjohnson has dismissed the warning, saying it would be "very odd" to involve thejudiciary in brexit. this report from our deputy political editor, john pienaar, contains flash photography. wright democracy doesn't get more british than this. the queen opens and closes parliament, holding the prime minister and government to account, that's the job of mps. but the man at the back, the blonde one, borisjohnson hinted the man at the back, the blonde one, boris johnson hinted he the man at the back, the blonde one, borisjohnson hinted he might suspend parliament so mps can't block a brexit with no eu deal. past pms sometimes criticise success has like this. the queen's decision cannot be challenged in law but the prime minister's advice to the queen cani prime minister's advice to the queen can i believe be challenged in law andi can i believe be challenged in law and ifor one can i believe be challenged in law and i for one would can i believe be challenged in law and ifor one would be prepared to go and seekjudicial review to prevent parliament being bypassed.

sirjohn major has lit a fire under the question who will decide the shape of brexit? parliament is away suspended between sessions but a former prime minister threatening to ta ke former prime minister threatening to take a successor to court if he tries to shut the doors of this place to shut down opposition to a no—deal brexit, extraordinary. his case, abuse of the constitution. why elect mps if a prime minister can send them home if they are in his way? politics korea, boris! boris johnson pulling pints like the practice campaign he is today was having none of it. i think the idea of consecrating the decision to the judiciary is very odd indeed. what we wa nt judiciary is very odd indeed. what we want is for parliament to take their responsibilities, get it done, as they promised they would. but this issue is much bigger than an argument ina this issue is much bigger than an argument in a pub or a row between politicians. it could bring the queen into a messy political dispute. a legal battle over whether

she should ever be advised to suspend parliament and sideline elected politicians. the other candidate for pm has been clear, he wouldn't shut down opposition from mps. if you shut up parliament because you don't agree with what it's doing, in a parliamentary democracy, that is absolutely huge. i think if you were to do that, as pa rt i think if you were to do that, as part of the process of forcing through a no—deal brexit, the social and democratic consequences would be unimaginable. one expert can imagine judges deciding a legal challenge. it isa judges deciding a legal challenge. it is a case that could go to court. the courts would have to decide firstly whether they would hear it substantively. that would take certainly days, personally weeks —— might possibly weeks and nobody could say for certain how this case might turn out. like other possible crises, this one may never happen but it is another doubt over brexit that could affect all our futures, one that could take britain and

british politics somewhere wholly unexplored. some of the labour leader jeremy corbyn's closest allies have been accused of interfering in independent investigations into allegations of anti—semitism within the party. the bbc‘s panorama programme has seen emails which suggest labour's general secretary attempted to interfere in the selection of a disciplinary panel and that jeremy corbyn himself was copied in to the correspondence. the party rejects the allegations, saying the claims come from "d isaffected staff." just a warning, our political editor, laura kuenssberg's report contains some flash photography. they might not call me a dirtyjew, but they'll call me a dirty zionist. labour members abused by others... i do not think the labour party is a safe space forjewish people any more. ..meant to be their friends, their party comrades... labour isn't now an anti—racist party. was the party they loved, the party he leads, doing enough to protect them?

i say this to all in thejewish community — we are your ally! jeremy corbyn always vowed he'd do everything he could. tonight, accounts from seven former officials from party hq give a different impression. e—mails from mr corbyn's senior team on controversial cases. so, i'm jackie walker. jackie walker, a prominent corbyn supporter, was being investigated for comments she made aboutjews. the case was referred to the ncc, the party's independent complaints panel. but an e—mail last year from labour's top official, jennie formby, a close ally of mr corbyn, said the ncc cannot be allowed to continue in the way they are at the moment. "i will also be challenging the panel for the jackie walker case". friends, comrades, thank you. later in the correspondence, it appears she is aware what she's suggesting is dubious. she goes on to ask the others to switch to a different e—mail address, adding, "i've permanently deleted all trace of the e—mail.

too many eyes still on my labour address." labour says jennie formby temporarily stopped using her party e—mail because of concerns a political opponent had access to it. crucially, the correspondence was copied in notjust to mr corbyn's most senior aides, but to the leader's own private e—mail. labour says... the man who was in charge at party hq for years is iain mcnicol. the e—mails that you've shown me are really important. the issues that are raised within them should ring alarm bells across the party. to try to interfere politically within the ncc is just wrong. the people that she brought

in when she became general secretary overruled us and downgraded what should have been a suspension tojust an investigation, or worse, to just a reminder of conduct, effectively a slap on the rest. cheering. again, labour rejects those suggestions. but in another e—mail, seumas milne, one of corbyn's closest advisers, asked for a review of the disciplinary process looking at anti—semitic complaints. there was a risk, he wrote, of "muddling up political disputes with racism." sam matthews was officially in charge of handling complaints. this was the leader's office, requesting to be involved, directly, in the disciplinary process. the party told us this was not a request for any kind of formal review to take place, adding...

jeremy corbyn attracted thousands and thousands of new members to labour, but the number of allegations of racism againstjews grew too — a stain on his success rebooting the party. many staff overwhelmed, quit, including a jeremy corbyn backer, breaking legal agreements to keep them quiet to speak out tonight. it was so prescriptive in not speaking about anything that i had heard of happening in the labour party. but i wouldn't be able to live with myself unless i speak up about the horrendous things that i know have been happening. the thought crosses my mind as to whether i sent her my resignation and then do something that nobody should ever consider... in that i actively considered committing suicide. labour's promised again and again to take this poison out of the party.

we will do all we can to make it very clear to anybody who thinks that they can have those abhorrent views in our party and in our family, that they are not welcome. shame on you! mps and members of the lords have quit in protest already. many party members have left. and if labour can't get a grip on racism in its own ranks, what might they lose next? where do these latest allegations leave mr corbyn? well, i think it is a very serious and sensitive situation. the labour leadership is furious about what has come out of this programme, they're questioning the motivations of those involved, they say it is malicious misrepresentation, and they are clearly going to try to fight back very hard. and i think it will be quite a tory a few days to come. but the deputy leader, tom watson has said he is shocked, chilled and appalled by what he has seen, and

that there are very serious questions, which must be answered urgently. whatever happens in the next few days, and i am sure there will be more claim and counterclaim, one thing is beyond dispute, that this is a problem which has dogged the labour party underjeremy corbyn ‘s leadership notjust the labour party underjeremy corbyn ‘s leadership not just for a the labour party underjeremy corbyn ‘s leadership notjust for a few weeks or months, but for several yea rs, weeks or months, but for several years, and it has been a source of real agony and concern on the left for the widerjewish community. and jeremy corbyn has been unable, it seems, to crack down on it in the way that he has promised to do again and again. his team are adamant he is doing everything he can, he is trying his best, they have really taken trying his best, they have really ta ke n ste ps trying his best, they have really ta ken steps to trying his best, they have really taken steps to try to get a grip on it. but that is just not the impression that many people in the labour party have, and it is a different impression to that which was painted by those former labour staffers in that programme tonight. so, a lot of pressure on him. but i think there will be a real fight back. just referring to the

resignation of sir kim darroch as us ambassador, and the tory leadership race has been dragged into the row, how might the outcome of that race be affected by this? well, it has been a tory today all round and boris johnson's been a tory today all round and borisjohnson's decision been a tory today all round and boris johnson's decision not been a tory today all round and borisjohnson's decision not to explicitly back sir kim darroch in that tv debate last night has had huge ramifications for him today. there is dispute about how much his lack of backing for the former diplomat was really part of his decision, but it is absolutely clear to many of his critics, and there are plenty of people who are always willing to pile into boris that his failure to give that support to one of the country's most senior diplomats was a mistake, and it has been part of creating a very serious situation, and it gives the impression that he is willing to kowtow to the occupant of the white house. now, in contrast, what mr johnson would say that is that it is important for any incoming prime minister, which he hopes to,

although he doesn't have it in the bag, to have a good relationship with any occupant of the us presidency. but i think it's a sharp illustration for boris johnson, who hopes to be moving into no 10 a fortnight tonight, that his friendship with donald trump, his affinity with him, may be a source of anguish as well as an advantage. laura kuenssberg, at westminster, thank you. there's confusion tonight over the government's position on universal credit claimants, who've been targetted by fraudsters. this week the bbc revealed tens of millions of pounds of public money, may have been stolen by scammers. a work and pensions minister today told parliament that victims of fraud wouldn't have to repay the missing money. but tonight the department clarified it's position and said the minister, justin tomlinson, had misspoken, and that claimants would be expected to pay back any missing the money. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. this is a strange about—face, it seems? it is a bit of a mess and it

was caused by this minister, justin tomlinson, who was hauled before mps today to answer an urgent question after a report on this universal credit scandal. this is where people are offered free money, or government grants, by fraudsters who then secretly sign them up for universal credit, signed them up for a government loan and then walk away with a portion of the money. the minister came to the commons today and said, when a person has been a victim of fraud, we would not expect them to pay it back. that seemed to be an about—face from what the department of work and pensions were saying on monday, when they said they would pursue the money from these people. and lo and behold, a couple of hours later, the department caught up and said the minister had got it wrong, they would still expect the person who has been the victim of fraud to repay the money that they were left with after the scammer walked away with after the scammer walked away with their cut. the problem, of course, is that many of these people do not have £500, £1000, to repay. that is the reason in many cases the

appeal was of free money or quick money. so they're now faced with having to repay the money by having deductions made from their benefits. it isa deductions made from their benefits. it is a mess for the victims and for the government has well, who are losing billions of pounds because of this. the only winners at the moment appear to be fraudsters. michael buchanan, thank you. there has been a leak on board the royal navy's newest aircraft carrier, with water reaching neck—high in some compartments. the warship hms queen elizabeth had to return to port with water—damaged decks and bulkheads. it's believed the leak was caused by a burst pipe. the german chancellor, angela merkel, has been seen shaking for the third time in a month. the 64—year—old was seen trembling and shaking alonside finland's prime minister in berlin on wednesday. however, she said afterwards she was well and there was no need to worry.

the vice chancellor of warwick university has apologised for it's handling of complaints from two female students, who'd been threatened with rape by male undergraduates. it comes after an independent review found what it called a "legacy of mistrust" generated by the handling of the case. two women are suing the university for discrimination and negligence. larissa kenelly‘s report contains details some may find distressing. rape her friends, too. sometimes it's fun to just go wild and rape 100 girls. rape the whole flat to teach them all a lesson. a female student at warwick university found hundreds of violent messages like these, written by men she knew in a facebook group chat in march 2018. it was portraying it as funny to rape a girl. things that made us feel ill when we read them. the woman and another friend mentioned in the chat complained to the university, handing in around 90 pages‘ worth of explicit and distressing comments and threats. hundreds of students

protested in february, after the university announced that two of the men behind the chat group, originally suspended for ten years, would now be returning after just one year. the backlash led warwick to announce an independent review of their handling of the women's complaint. the report highlighted that... it also remarked that... we did get it wrong, and i do apologise and we are trying really hard, through an independent review, and also some work about values, which we need to discuss as well, to build something very different for the future. i need to apologise, but we also need to learn and make changes. much as i'm enjoying this conversation, i don't want to have

it with you again in this kind of context. that's what we're trying to build. build a system, based on values, which is going to deliver for us a much better outcome for all people involved in disciplinary processes in the future. but one of the victims told us that in may this year, even as the review was in its final stages, the university continued to makes serious mistakes with her welfare. i came in to sit one of my final exams, i came into the room where i was supposed to be individually sat. it's something i do for my own mental health, particularly after this case, and i'd been placed in a room with one of the boys who was involved in the case. so, it was just me and him in a room. a few minutes into the exam, he was moved. i was really shaken up for the entirety of the exam and i knew that i had further exams to sit, which i then had to contact the university and say that the trust was gone. yesterday, the university also apologised for this incident, calling it a miscommunication. warwick have accepted

the recommendations of today's report in full, but online campaigns, like me too on campus, have led to more students than ever calling out sexual misconduct at universities across the uk, and mean mistakes like those made in this case are not easily forgotten. larissa kennelly, bbc news. the government has been accused of having a "ramshackle, dad's army" approach to making sure we can cope with the impacts of rising temperatures. the committee on climate change says efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions are lagging far behind what is needed. the government said it had set a strong example for other countries to follow. one of the favourites to lift the cricket world cup, india, has been knocked out of the tournament, following a dramatic semifinal comeback by new zealand. the kiwis won in a tense finish at old trafford, and will face either england or australia in sunday's final. joe wilson has more. these are the faces that tell you india, world cricket superpower,

are out of the world cup. they only needed 240 runs to beat new zealand. they lost three wickets in the blink of a disbelieving eye. new zealand bowled and fielded exceptionally. oh, he caught it! look at this from jimmy neesham. india kept hoping when ravi jadeja kept swinging. now, new zealand's captain was under this. confident? he was. got it! ms dhoni, just turned 38, was still sprinting for the cause but when he was run out an inch short, the underdog had roared. so, new zealand are through to the final to meet, potentially, england. they play australia tomorrow, practised in birmingham today, led by their captain and this could be the crowning glory of the eoin morgan story, which started here in rush, just north of dublin, where cricket is the sport played through generations. they remember eoin morgan as the boy who out—batted men and was famously positive. my memories of eoin as a young guy going round here,

always a big smile on his face! you'd see this little ginger lad walking around, but there was never a smile missing off his face. he'd have a cricket bat in his hands, nine out of ten times you'd see him, and always a big smile, from ear to ear. now, the plan of the man is to remember thatjoy in the boy. i think sometimes, and i'm guilty of it, you can lose sight of the fact of the position you're in and the fact you're living your dream. i don't think it's impossible to play with a smile on your face tomorrow. keep smiling, even when the world is watching. well, they will be in county dublin. we're just here to wish you the very best of luck in the semifinals! all: good luck, eoin! joe wilson, bbc news. at wimbledon, three men with 53 grand slam titles between them, grand slam titles between them have all been in action. novak djokovic, roger federer and rafael nadal were all competing in the quarterfinals of the men's singles. meanwhile andy murray and serena williams lost out in the mixed doubles, to the top seeds, as andy swiss reports. when it comes to winning here,

they've turned it into an art form. the three towering figures of men's tennis, all hunting another title. first up, the champion. novak djokovic faced david goffin, and they served up perhaps the point of the championships — through the legs, not just once but twice. but while goffin won that, the match was emphatically djokovic‘s, through in straight sets. roger federer found things a little harder, but after going a set down to kei nishikori, he was back to his blistering best. commentator: 0h, brilliant! federer‘s 100th win at wimbledon, and guess what, he'll now face rafael nadal, after he showed sam querrey he hasn't lost his touch. for the big three, very much business as usual. the day's other big draw is here on court no. 2, the dream team of andy murray and serena williams, hoping for another win

in the mixed doubles. they faced some test, the top seeds, bruno soares and nicole melichar, and it was spellbinding stuff. commentator: wow! it went to a deciding set, but it wasn't to be. defeat for them, but for murray, simply playing here after his injury problems has been a personal triumph. andy swiss, bbc news, wimbledon. that's it. newsnight is on bbc two in a few minutes, but here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are.

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak — coming up on the programme his hundreth win at wimbledon. roger federer make it through to another semifinal. where he'll face rafa nadal. but the andy murray serena williams wimbledon partnership is over — as they lose in the mixed doubles and india are stunned at the cricket world cup. as new zealand reach their second final in a row.