this is bbc news. the headlines at eleven. sir kim darroch said it was impossible to do his job after president trump's very public attacks on him. he had 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 that it is wrong to drag civil servants into the public arena. he has basically thrown this fantastic diplomat under the bus to

serve his own personal interest. we will assess where the diplomatic rail leaves transatlantic relations. lifting the lid on how labour has dealt with accusations of anti—semitism — a bbc investigation is told mr corbyn‘s office interfered in the independent process. warwick university apologises over its handling of rape allegations that make threats towards female —— handling of rape threats towards female students. 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.

good evening. let's talk more about the political events that are going on at westminster and elsewhere with reference to, of course, the resignation of sir kim darroch as the uk ambassador to the united states. that announcement was made earlier. also political developments in the conservative leadership between boris johnson in the conservative leadership between borisjohnson and in the conservative leadership between boris johnson and jeremy huntand between boris johnson and jeremy hunt and political developments in regards to labour and accusations of anti—semitism which have featured in the panorama programme. let's talk also about the comments of sirjohn meijer that emerged this morning in reference to what he may like to do in the courtroom over rick set on what he says borisjohnson may be looking to do with regards to pro broking parliament, not something mr johnson says he will do but he is yet to rule it out.

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 he might suspend parliament so mps can't block a brexit with no eu deal. past pms sometimes criticise successors — never like this. the queen's decision cannot be challenged in law but the prime minister's advice to the queen can never 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 always suspended between sessions but a 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? post—politics career, boris? borisjohnson pulling pints like the practiced campaigner 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 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 in a pub or a row between politicians. it could draw 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 part of the process of forcing through a no—deal brexit, the social and democratic consequences would be unimaginable. one expert can imaginejudges 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, 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. after days of mounting pressure, so

kim darroch announced his resignation today after loud disapproval from the after loud disapprovalfrom the us president donald trump over comments in memos leaked. it has entered the debate here between borisjohnson and jeremy hunt over the tory leadership over accusations from some supporters ofjeremy hunt that boris johnson's refusal some supporters ofjeremy hunt that borisjohnson‘s refusal to support sir kim in last night ‘s debate has led to this decision. 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 met 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 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. our washington correspondent said that the resignation exposed the long—standing imbalance in the special relationship. the special relationship has always been a lopsided relationship. americans have always had the upper hand ever since sir winston churchill first coined the phrase after the war, a phrase that has always meant far more to whitehall than washington did and that is especially true now because the trump administration knows that as britain exits the eu it is more diplomatically isolated and need that trade deal with the united states. add to that, a president seeking revenge, one who loves flouting diplomatic protocol, a president who often shows more respect to authoritarians than allies and you have this extraordinary situation, unprecedented in modern times, whether white house becomes a zone

for the uk ambassador. donald trump did not use his famous catchphrase, you're fired, in relation to sir kim darroch. but those tweets, essentially sent the same message. there was pushback from theresa may and pushback from jeremy hunt. there was no pushback from his favourite candidate, forrestjohnson. nick brya nt candidate, forrestjohnson. nick bryant reporting there from washington. the bbc‘s panorama programme has seen washington. the bbc‘s panorama programme has seen e—mails from the labour party that suggests the general secretary attempted to interfere in the selection of a disciplinary panel and that jeremy corbyn himself was copied into the e—mails. the party rejects that accusation saying the e—mails were

from disaffected staff. 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 the jewish 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 jacqui walker. jacqui 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 jacqui 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 e—mails are simply about holding the complaints panel accountable for the amount of time they take to hear cases and protecting the party against any successful legal challenge on the basis of perceived bias if the same panel is used in high—profile cases."

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, seamas 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... "the leader's office did not intervene. these former disaffected employees sought the view of staff in the leader's office which was complied with in good faith. these disaffected former officials include those who have always opposed jeremy corbyn‘s leadership, worked to actively undermine it and have both personal and political axes to grind." 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 ourfamily, 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? laura kuenssberg said despitejeremy corbyn‘s efforts to reassure party

members many say they are concerned at how long it has taken the party to address allegations of anti—semitism. to address allegations of anti-semitism. it is a sensitive, serious situation. the leadership is furious about what has come out of this. they are questioning the motivations of those involved are saying it is full of malicious misrepresentations, and they are clearly going to fight back very hard. it will be quite a torrid few days to come. the dog —— deputy leader tom watson said he is shocked, chilled, and appalled by what he has seen and there are serious questions that must be a nswered serious questions that must be answered urgently. whatever happens in the last few days, though, today i'm sure there will be more and counterclaim, one thing is beyond dispute is that this is a problem that has dogged the labour party underjeremy corbyn‘s leadership, not just a weeks, underjeremy corbyn‘s leadership, notjust a weeks, notjust underjeremy corbyn‘s leadership, not just a weeks, not just for underjeremy corbyn‘s leadership, notjust a weeks, notjust for a few months, but for several years now. 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 he has promised to do again and again. his team are adamant he is doing everything he can, is trying his best. they have really taken steps to try to get a grip on it, but that is not the impression many people in the labour party have and it isa people in the labour party have and it is a different impression to that that was painted by the former labour staffers in that programme tonight. so a lot of pressure on him. buti tonight. so a lot of pressure on him. but i think there will be a realfight back him. but i think there will be a real fight back stop laura kuenssberg at westminster. the bbc revealed tens of millions of pounds of public money may have been stolen by scammers. the work and pensions minister today told parliament that victims of fraud wouldn't have to repay the missing money. but tonight the department clarified this position and said the minister, justin tomlinson, had misspoken and that claimants would be expected to pay back any missing money. our

social affairs correspond, he is michael buchanan. people are offered free money by those who sign up for universal credit and sign them up for a government loan and then walk away with a proportion of that money. the minister came to the commons today and said that when a person has been and said that 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 was saying on monday, saying we would pursue the money from these people. in low and behold a couple of hours later the department called up of hours later the department called up and said the minister has got it wrong, we will still expect the person who has been the victim of fraud to repay the money that they we re fraud to repay the money that they were left with after the scammer walked away with their cut. the problem, of course, is that many of these people do not have a £500, £1000 to repay. that's the reason, in many cases, that the appeal was of free or quick money. they are now faced with repaying the money by

having deductions from the ongoing benefits. it is a bit of a mess. a must for the victims, ms for the government as well. we are losing millions of pounds because of it. the only people winning at the moment appear to be the fraudsters. michael buchanan. 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 again been seen shaking amid mounting concern about her health. she began trembling as the national anthem was being played during a visit from finland's prime minister. concerns about her health were first raised after she was seen shaking during a ceremony with the ukrainian president last month. the chancellor has played down the issue, insisting there is no cause for alarm. translation: i'm good. they have recently said that i am in a phase of coming to terms at what happened

to the recent military honours ceremony in ukraine. that phase is not completely over. at this progress. i'm very well and there's nothing to worry about. a man has been detained after climbing over a fence onto the forecourt of buckingham palace. it's understood the intruder scaled the barrier to the side of the building in the early hours of this morning. he was arrested moments later. a spokesman said he did not enter the palace building at any stage. the vice chancellor of warwick university has apologised for its 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... "..there was a profoundly unsatisfactory outcome for almost

every single person involved." it also remarked that... "to the external eye...there were other very problematic features connected to processes and procedures, and the obvious lack of trust in them." 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. an inquiry has found that staff in the house of lords are being "bullied and harassed" by peers and other members of staff.

it says the abuse by known offenders has been tolerated because staff have tended not to complain for fear of reprisal. the inappropriate conduct ranged from "high—handed behaviour" to sexual harassment. the speaker, lord fowler, says the house of lords are determined to address the issues the report highlights. now it's time for the weather with matt taylor. changeable is probably the best weather word to describe the skies across the uk of the next day or two. low pressure moving on at the moment. it has been moving in of the atla ntic moment. it has been moving in of the atlantic steadily, brought a sundry into wednesday for some. could produce a few thunderstorms on thursday. —— thunder. through northern and eastern england and scotla nd northern and eastern england and scotland in particular. she was around. most of those will fade away. the cloud will break up.

sunshine for some time. then shower clouds will get going later. as will be most prominent across parts of central and eastern scotland maybe east england where we could see torrential thunderstorms into thursday evening. temperatures still humoured, 20— 25 degrees. it could bea humoured, 20— 25 degrees. it could be a stormy into the day across scotland, northern england. today will fade away off into the north sea as we go into thursday night and friday. following the centre of the low pressure system out there. when swarming anticlockwise, you will notice that the wind started to come from a north—westerly direction for friday. but more comfortable in the sunshine when you get it. more showers here and there. the heaviest of those will be converging along lines across eastern parts of scotla nd lines across eastern parts of scotland and the other eastern counties of england. you could be sitting under some of that rain for quite a while. others will stay com pletely quite a while. others will stay completely dry once again. even though it is fresh it will feel pleasa ntly though it is fresh it will feel pleasantly warm. as a pressure built into the west on saturday the winds go more northerly. —— high pressure. we will have not the north—easterly winds down eastern of the country,

north—westerly winds in the west. and probably down the spine of scotla nd and probably down the spine of scotland and england, this is where we could see showers through the day. not as potent as we will see in the next 2a hours or so. mainly light showers. either side of that, still a lot of dry weather and pleasa nt still a lot of dry weather and pleasant in the sunshine, especially as we ntzville pleasant in the sunshine, especially as wentzville later. they will feel late into sunday is the high pressure m oves late into sunday is the high pressure moves in across the uk more generally. most will have a dry day. one or two isolated showers popping up one or two isolated showers popping up during the day. increased amounts of sunshine. the top and tail of the day has the best sunshine. it is in the hills you are most likely to see an afternoon shower. temperatures start on the fresher side. they claim into the 20s for many as we finish sunday afternoon. sunday night it is the start of next week, the high pressure is still with us. it will stay in place for much of monday. a dry start for the vast majority. the outside chance of a shower pushing and across scotland. early morning mist or fog patches clear. long sunny spells, fair

weather cloud in the afternoon. the vast majority dry. strong sunshine overhead. temperatures will creep up a bit again. the atmosphere fairly static. we will see things warm up day by day. this is the big picture as we go into the start of next week. this is the rough line of the jet stream. a meandering pattern. under this big dome we have high pressure to the west of us, low pressure to the west of us, low pressure will form. it looks like we start with the high pressure in place. eventually we will switch to this low pressure system. different weather systems showers it going at different levels. while we start on a dry note next week with plenty of sunshine around, there will be an increasing chance of things turning showery as we go through the week. the big question is how quickly that change happens and exactly how wet it will be. probably some in the south could do with it.

hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first the headlines. the british ambassador to washington quits. sir kim darroch said it was impossible to do his job after president trump's very public attacks on him there are claims the resignation was triggered by borisjohnson refusing to back the diplomat, allegations, mrjohnson denies. lifting the lid on how labour has dealt with accusations of anti—semitism — a bbc investigation is told mr corbyn's office interfered in the independent process. labour reject the claims. end of the marina show as andy murray and serena williams have been knocked out of the mixed