nick bryant, bbc news, washington.ard a little of whatjeremy hunt said in nick bryant's report — but let's hear more now of the foreign secretary's reaction to that diplomatic leak. it's a very important part of what the do, to send frank opinions of what's going on in their country. in that sense our ambassador was doing hisjob. it's also important that sense our ambassador was doing his job. it's also important to say this was a personal view, it is not the view of the government and it is not my view and we continue to think under president trump the us administration is not just under president trump the us administration is notjust highly effective but the best friend of britain on the international stage. the headline words were inept and dysfunctional cot that will anger president trump, will it not? it is thejob president trump, will it not? it is the job of ambassadors to give frank and personal opinions about what's going on in the countries they operate and our ambassador was doing hisjob. those are personal

nick bryant, bbc news, washington.ore, let's go live to new york and speak to max kutner, a freelance politicaljournalist. max, in the last few hours, nick brya nt max, in the last few hours, nick bryant has been reporting that sir kim has been disinvited from a dinner at the white house. so it looks like the administration is acting upon the president's tweets. yes, it certainly does. those are the latest reports, that the ambassador was disinvited from this event, that was from the emir of qatar, so yes, it seems that the fallout from this is happening immediately. this is notjust twitter rhetoric, this is actually happening. and i did speak to an expert in diplomacy from stanford university, and he told me, sure, the president does have this power. the president can say we're cutting and then follow through with it. a receiving country, as it is called, does not have to honour and welcome the ambassadors of another nation. it doesn't say much about the special relationship, then, does it? well, it doesn't, and as yo

let's go to nick bryant in washington.ows a thai rate of insults on twitter from the president directed at sir kim. will president trump feel that he has got his man? president trump could wake up this morning and think he has veto power over who the uk appoints as its ambassador in washington. and it wasn't so much those insults, that mockery, that it did for sir kim darroch, it was the president's digital edict on monday night about his administration would no longer deal with him, that he would be persona non grata at the white house and that came into immediate effect. there was a banquet on monday night that sir kim darroch was this invited from. the next day, he was supposed to accompany liam fox, the international trade secretary, in a meeting with a banker trump at the white house. sir kim himself decided he wouldn't go along —— ivanka drum. it was not certain he would be welcome. it was very clear he was frozen out by the trump white house and foran frozen out by the trump white house and for an ambassador, access

nick bryant starts our coverage. nick: donald trump was at the home of a made in usa business event showcasing the economic nationalisthat has become a selling point of his america first presidency. but it is his white nationalism that has caused the latest political storm. a racist twitter attack on four congresswomen of color, three of whom were born in the united states. >>un the president of thed states. nick: "go back to where you came from" was the message of the tweets, words he repeatefrom presidential podium with the white house as his backup. pres. trump: if you are not happy here, you can leave. that is what i say all the time told that is what i said in a tweet which i guess some people think is controversial. a lot of people love it, by the way. a lot of people love it. but if you are not happy in the u.s., if you are complaining all the time, very simply,ou can ave. nick: these are the women he took aim at, dressed in suffrage it white during the state of the union addres the muslim congresswoman ilhan o

here is nick bryant. nick: a lavish banquet in washington last night, where the president gladhanded diplomats from qatar but cold-shouered the u.k. ambassador, sir kim darroch disinvited after mr. trump announced to the white house with no longer deal with him. juis morning, another twitter tirade that was no incendiary, but borderline thermonuclear. "the wacky ambassador that the u.k. foisted on the united states is not someone we are thrilled with, a very stupid guy, and on brexit, i told her theresa may how to do the deal, but she went her own foolish way and was unable to get it done. a disaster. i don't know the ambassador but have been to fool." a pompous sir kim darroch, the man entrusted to preserve the special relationship, is in thep midst of amatic whirlwind. while the u.k. embassy this morning was said to be in keep calm and carry on mode, hisnc resifeels besieged. sir kim was set to be in a meeting with ivanka trump and liam fox. we understand he decided not to attend because he did not want

our correspondent nick bryant has more. nick: th is a rally that will be talked about for decades to come, after the racism of donald trump's original tack on the 4 congresswomen of color and the kind of racial demagoguery we have not heard or seen from a modern-day american prt. first he singled them out by name. pres. trump: representative ilhan omar. [boos] pres. trump: representative alexandria ocasio -- [boos] nick: "go back to where you came from" was his message to the congresswomen earlier this week, 3 of whom were born in the usa. his latest advice, if you don't like america, leave. h pres. trump:e a suggestion for the hateful extremists who are constantly trying to tear our country down -- they never have anything good to sa that is why i say, hey, if they don't like it, leave. >> send her back! send her back! nick: "send her back" was the shout, and donald trump made no attet to calm the crowd. for 15 seconds, presidential silence. today, though, he tried to dit.ance himself from the ch earlier, republican leaders

nick bryant has more. nick: the white house put out this video today, in a week when -- easy listening patriotism in a week when donald trump's branh of nationalism been more strident and at times races. -- racist. "proud to an american" was the anthem days after he told 4 congresswomen of color, 3 of whom were born in the usa, to go back to where they came from, remarks formally condemned on capitol hill. >> i know racism when i see it. i know racism wh i feel it. and at the highest level of govement, there is no room f racism. rep. pelosi: these comments fror the white housdisgraceful and disgusting and they are racist. nick: the republicans tried to get nancy pelosi's rebuke struck from the record. >> i make a move that the words be taken dn. nick: such was the mood of acrimony that the acting chairman of the house put down his gavel and left. >> we want to just fight. i will abandon the chair. nick: the vote went along rty line only 4 republicans condemned nald trump. these are the four democratic congr

nick bryant, bbc n washington. laura: in other news from western and regional powers are to many immediate end to the battle for control of the libyan capital, tripoli. s.the france, britain, egypt, and the uae are calling for renewed negotiations under the united nations. prosecutors in new york say no police officers will face criminal charges over the death of a black man, eric garner, during an attempted arrest in 2014. the family of mr. garner have rejected the r wing. his lastds, "i can't breathe," became a rallying cry for black lives matter protesters and other campaigners for police reform. congolese authorities say a pastor who was the first confirmed victim of ebola has died. the provincial government has called for calm, saying that the case was detected quickly and isolated immediately. president trump sofd today a lot rogress has been made with iran and he is not looking for regime change there. but iran says the missile program is not up for negotiation. this back-and-forth comes as iran is enriching

the bbc's nick bryant has the latest. nick: race has alwaybeen the most volcanic fault line of american politics, and one that has run right througthe nation'nes capitol. bur in the modern day has a sitting u.s. president used such deliberately divisive language. donald trump prides himself on defying norms and manufacturing outrage, and he has intensified ors attacks on the four congresswomen of c pres. trump: i have a list of things said by the congresswomen that is so bad, so horrible, that i almost don't want to read it, what they say about our countr it is my opinion they hate our country, and that's not good. it is not acceptable. thank you very much, everybody. nick: last night, the four nonwhite congresswomen targeted by the president's racist twitter onslaught stood shoulder to shoulder in a tableau of american diversity. rep. omar: he is launching a blatantly racist attack on four duly elected members of the united states of house of representatives, all of whom are women of cor. this is the agenda of white natio

nick bryant has more. nick: at a personal level it has looked more like a special relationship. the reserved vicar's daughter alongside the brash manhattan tycoon. although this is not the first time donald trump has criticized theresa may, it is his most brutal assault yet. "i've been very critical about the way the u.k. and prime mister theresa may handled brexit," he fumed on twitter. "what a mess she and her representatives have creed. told her how it should be done, but she decided to go another way. i do not know the ambassador, but he is not liked or well thought of in the u.s. we will no longer deal with him. the good news for the wonderful isited kingdom is they will soon have a new prime mr. while i thoroughly enjoyed the magnificent state visit last month, it was the queen i was most impssed with." the ambassador he is referring to is sir kim darroch, whose leaked secret messages the -- describe donald trump and his administration as inept, insecure, and incompetent. yesterday the president singled out the ambassador for criticism. pres. trump: he has not served the u

the bbc's nick bryant one along. -- went along. nick: in a week that haste highlithe deep divisions in washington and america, a gigantic reminder of a unifying national omission.oj apollo 11 ted on the national monument for this back to the future celebration. at a grand level, coming together of generations.e >> i want to astronaut one day. nick: you want to go to the moon? >> yes. nick: you think you will ever get there? >> i don't know. it has been pretty cool to see it. see it through youtube, so to be here, it is brand-new to me. it is just as exciting as when we didfi it tht time. >> it was beyond remarkable. almost the type of thing you didn't think uld come to be. >> liftoff. we have liftoff. nick: co as always been an essential part of the american spirit. sobut it was conquering thet union that made the space race such an urgent national priority. in those cold war years, soviet cosmonauts outpaced american astronauts.mo th mission was about a global ideological battle. >> the space race was all about the cold war. the wh

nick bryant has this report on an eventful day on capitol hill. nick: democrats were hoping usese hearings would not j provide the audiobook version of the mueller report, but a summer blockbuster movie. but the former special counselan did not evento appear on capitol hill and stuck closely to the script and main findings of his 400-page report. mr. mueller: the investigation did not establish that members of the trump campaign conspired with the russian government in its election interference activities. mr. mueller: but the report did -- nick: but the report did not clear prident trump of obstruction of justice, of interfering with the russian meddling investigation. >> the report did not concd de that he t commit obstruction of justice? is that mr. mueller: that is correct. >> what about total exoneration? did you actually totally exonerate the president? mr. mueller: no. nick: mr. mueller was monosyllabic, but under republican questioning, stated that guidelines prevent sitting president from being investigated, it is possible after they leave

ok, nick, thank you, nick bryant in washington, thanks, nick.final and the netball world cup, which kicked off today. first this evening, andy swiss reports on a thrilling day's action in the men's semifinals at wimbledon. it is surely the game's most glittering rivalry — 15 years after they first played each other, 11 years after their epic wimbledon final, time once again for roger against rafa. you could hear the anticipation. remarkably, roger federer and rafael nadal haven't met here since. and what followed was predictably tantalising. he might now be 37, but federer‘s guile and grace seem utterly timeless. while nadal was also scaling the heights of his skills. he has not made that! it was magical, mesmeric stuff. almost inevitably, the first set went to a tie—break and, thrillingly, it went to federer. a long way to go, but it's living up to its billing. earlier, champion novak djokovic had faced the most surprising of challenges — roberto bautista agut was meant to be on his stag do in ibiza today, and for the first set probably wished

nick bryant, bbc news, washington. laura: the british government has just said in a statement that sir kim darroch engine to have the prime minister's full support. in other news from around the world, the leader of the center-right party increase, kyriakos mitsotakis, has been sworn in as prime minister after a snap election on sunday. he says he wants to lower taxes and privatize more public rves and renegotiate a deal with greece's creditors to allow greater investment. deutsche bank has begulaying off some of the 18,000 staff they announced lose jobs on as sunday part of aajor shakeup. staff in london, new york, in oland tokyo weretheir posts were going. a spokesperson said the changes would make the bank leaner and stronger. it is not clear where all the jobs will be lost. iran is raising its levels of uranium enrichment, breaching the terms ofhe nuclear deal. the eu has urged iran to verse the decision, while the u.s. administration which with the deal says it has launched the strongest pressure campaign in histo

nick bryant, bbc news, washington.last few hours, we have been hearing that sir kim has been disinvited from a dinner at the white house. more on this from freelance journalist max kutner. it certainly does. those are the latest reports, that the ambassador was disinvited from this event that was for the emir of qatar. and so yes, it does seem that the fallout is happening immediately. this is notjust twitter rhetoric, this is actually happening. and i did speak with an expert on diplomacy at stanford university, and he told me, sure, the president does have this power. the president can say we're cutting ties, and then follow through with it. a receiving country, as it's called, does not have to honour the — and welcome the ambassadors of another nation. yeah, it doesn't say much about the special relationship, then, does it? well, it doesn't. and as, you know, your programme said moments ago, the us and england have had this, you know, hot—and—cold relationship. certainly president trump and prime minister may have h

here's our north america correspondent, nick bryant. washington last night, where the president glad—handed diplomats from qatar, but cold—shouldered the uk ambassador. sir kim darroch, disinvited from the dinner, after mr trump announced the white house would no longer deal with him. this morning, another twitter tirade that was notjust incendiary but borderline thermonuclear. and on brexit: sir kim darroch, the man entrusted to preserve the special relationship, is now in the midst of a diplomatic whirlwind. and while the uk embassy this morning was said to be in keep calm and carry on mode, his elegant residence feels besieged. sir kim was supposed to be at a meeting today between ivanka trump and the international trade secretary, liam fox. but we understand that he decided not to attend, partly because he didn't want to put the president's daughter in an embarrassing situation. liam fox and ivanka trump were renewing an acquaintance made in happier times, during the recent state visit to london. and during their 45 minute meeting i

nick bryant, bbc news, washington.nior advisor at the state department during president obama's administration — and he's the author of the peacemakers: leadership from 20th century statemanship. hejoins us now from virginia. picking up on the words of the title of the book, anything statesmanlike about what we have seen over the last two days? it is surely not high—quality leadership, we look to leaders to vote — i could guide the ships, and make big decisions and help us work through difficult situations. the president ‘s response is taking the controversy to another level. when you put it in the context of the special relationship, churchill and ronald reagan and margaret thatcher and tony blair, it is more consequential that if it was to other dealers or to other countries going at it stop you mentioned the special relationship, those are two words that are used so often hear but i'm often doubtful whether they really felt, on your side of the athletic, is it really a thing? and where does it leave this? historical

nick bryant, bbc news, washington. jane: laura, after several hourf hearings, what did we learn that was not in the report? laura: we learn from robert mueller how concerned he is about the facthat other countries saw what russia did, how they interfered with our democracy, and robert mueller fears that other y untries will do the same. he said that russia right now is trying to interfere in our next election. he also described as problematic th president praising the anti-secrecy group wileaks. remember, they obtained hillary clinton's emails and distri ted that went beyond what we already knew. but otherwise, it was a public airing of everything in the mueller report. fo many americans who have not read the 448 pages, re is all on thrd. jane: what about clarification of some of his decision-making? democrats particularly wanted to know why he couldn't charge or exonerate president trumpruver obion. laura: there was confusion on that, and robert mueller h. to clarify he said that because there is ao opinion from tice

nick bryant, bbc news, seoul. let's go live to our correspondent, mariko oi, who is in seoul.raordinary. it has been the reaction in south korea? before south korea, i can actually tell you in the past our north korea's stage broadcaster reported about that historic meeting between president trump and kim jong—un as well as north korea's main newspaper carrying out 35 pictures from that historic summit. or meeting i should call it. it goes to show that pyongyang was probably pleased with how it went. you might be thinking, iemma, of course they would report about it. in fact, in north korea, it usually takes a lot longer for the public to actually find out about these assignments, so that is quite extraordinary. of course there remains some criticism that it was just a photo opportunity, notjust for president trump, but also for kimjong—un, for president trump, but also for kim jong—un, that it legitimises north korea as a nuclear state, ignoring issues like human rights abuse, but nevertheless, there is a lot of attention and focus on this summit, and you can imagine, south k

the bbc‘s nick bryant reports.nd america, a gigantic reminder of a unifying national mission. apollo 11, projected onto the washington monument for this back—to—the—future celebration. and at ground level, a coming together of the american generations. i want to be an astronaut one day. you want to go to the moon? yes. do you think you'll ever get there? i don't know. it's been pretty cool to see it through youtube. so to be here and be alive, it's brand—new to me. to me, it'sjust as exciting as when we did it the first time. it was beyond remarkable. it was almost the type of thing that you didn't think could possibly come to be. lift—off! we have lift—off. conquering new frontiers has always been an essential part of the american spirit. but it was conquering the soviet union that made the space race such an urgent national priority. in those cold war years, soviet cosmonauts had outpaced american astronauts. the moon mission was also about a global ideological battle. the space race was all about the cold war. t

our correspondent nick bryant has this report. "meet me at the dmz," said the president.mpromptu invitation on twitter to the north korean leader, like a diplomatic form of online dating. donald trump was savouring this moment, a smile of satisfaction as his choreography came together, because the chance of this brief encounter had kim jong—un almost skipping down the steps. and from the lips of this brutal dictator came almost starry—eyed words of welcome, delivered in english by his translator. this place is where the armistice in the korean war was signed, the line that divides the north from the south — a threshold no american president has ever crossed. president trump: i thank you as well. chairman kim: you're the first us president to cross the border. so this time, it wasn't a handshake that made history, but a footstep. donald trump leaving his security detail behind and striding out alone into what, for decades, has been enemy territory, a country that less than two years ago he threatened to totally destroy. his visit lasted just over a minute, more than enough

nick bryant, bbc news, washington.during the 0bama administreation — and is also the bestselling author of the memoir the art of diplomacy. he told me thsee types of leaks aren't normal. it's unusual. it's the job of the ambassador, the ambassador needs to give his own personal, accurate, honest assessment of the country and the leadership of the country his serving in, and that's what he did here. what does it say about the person or persons who lead this, given they would have known what is at stake and knowing donald trump's propensity to potentially retaliate? that is what is unfortunate about this. ambassadors need to have a channel of communication back to the government to give these assessments and we all know that cellphones are now tapped and e—mails are leaked, the cable method has been a method for ambassadors around the world to have private communications back to their home country. if this is injeopardy, other ambassadors may be more reluctant going forward, not just uk ambassadors, but others around the

from washington, nick bryant.ide the audiobook version of the mueller report, but a summer blockbuster movie. but the former special counsel didn't even want to appear on capitol hill, and stuck closely to the script and main findings of his 400 page report. the investigation did not establish that members of the trump campaign conspired with the russian government in its election interference activities. but the report did not clear president trump of obstructing justice, of interfering with the russian meddling investigation. so the report did not conclude that he did not commit obstruction of justice. is that correct? that is correct. and what about total exoneration? did you actually totally exonerate the president? no. mr mueller was monosyllabic, but under republican questioning stated that, although justice department guidelines prevents sitting presidents from being prosecuted, that would be possible after mr trump left office. could you charge the president with a crime after he left office? yes. you beli

nick bryant, bbc news, washington.ry much more, and that is what robert mueller told us would happen. he said, my report is my testimony and that proved to be the case. this afternoon he went a bit further, he talked about how concerned he was that other countries around the world would learn the lessons of russian interference in our election and try to do the same. he also said it was problematic that donald trump had been so full of praise for wikileaks basically for doing something illegal, which is distributing hacked e—mails of hillary clinton. really, this was a day in which democrats got the report on the record, so they could use that in their districts to fund raise and campaign against the president, and republicans tried to undermine the basis of the probe itself. what is next after this testimony on capitol hill? there is about to be a congressional recess. all of the lawmakers are going back to their districts, and they will be taking the temperature. what democrats wanted to do with this hearing is allow

nick bryant, bbc news, washington. let's take a look at some of today's other news.s, according to the office for national statistics. wages in the uk grew by 3.6% in the year to this may, the highest growth rate since 2008. germany's outgoing defence minister ursula von der leyen has secured parliamentary approval to become the first female president of the european commission. the german conservative, who will replacejean claudejuncker on 1st november, has said she would support a further brexit extension. flooding has forced more than three million people from their homes across large parts of northern india as the monsoon season continues to bring heavy rain to the region. acros india, nepal and bangladesh, 130 people have been killed. president donald trump withdrew the united states from the nuclear deal with iran last year and has imposed ever tightening sanctions to try to stop iran developing nuclear weapons. iran denies that that's what it's doing. 0ur correspondent martin patience has been given rare access to the country. as with all foreign media, the te

here's our washington correspondent, nick bryant. "inept, insecure, incompetent. " in secret e—mails 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 delivered a withering assessment of an administration that was uniquely dysfunctional. in one of the messages, sir kim wrote: on his recent state visit to britain, donald trump had been dazzled by the queen, but sir kim predicted self—interest would continue to determine uk—us relations. "this is still the land of america first," he wrote. 0n the escalation of tensions with iran, he said it was unlikely that us policy was going to become more coherent anytime soon, and that mr trump did not want to reverse his campaign promise to avoid american in foreign conflicts. —— american involvement. the foreign office has now launched an inquiry into the leak. it's obviousl

our north america correspondent, nick bryant, reports. at a personal level, it's always looked more like an awkward rather than a special relationship. the reserved vicar‘s daughter alongside the brash manhattan tycoon. and although this is not the first time that donald trump has criticised theresa may, this is his most brutal assault yet. he fumed on twitter: the ambassador he is referring to, of course, is sir kim darroch, britain's man in washington, whose leaked secret messages to london described donald trump and his administration as inept, insecure, and incompetent. yesterday, the president singled out the ambassador for criticism. now he has broadened his attack. his tweed tirade came just hours after theresa may said she had full faith in sir kim but did not agree with his views. her spokesman described the leak as absolutely unacceptable and said downing street had made contact with the white house. meanwhile a whitehall whodunnit as the foreign office mounted an investigation to find out who leaked the e—mails and just as impo

nick bryant has been watching the day's events.uld notjust provide the audiobook version of the mueller report, but a summer blockbuster movie. but the former special counsel didn't even want to appear on capitol hill, and stuck closely to the script and main findings of his a00 page report. the investigation did not establish that members of the trump campaign conspired with the russian government in its election interference activities. but the report did not clear president trump of obstructing justice, of interfering with the russian meddling investigation. so the report did not conclude that he did not commit obstruction of justice. is that correct? that is correct. and what about total exoneration? did you actually totally exonerate the president? no. mr mueller was monosyllabic, but under republican questioning stated that, although justice department guidelines prevents sitting presidents from being prosecuted, that would be possible after mr trump left office. could you charge the president with a crime after he left offic

nick bryant, bbc news, seoul. let's go live to our correspondent mariko oi who is in seoul. korean state media and south korean state media? as you can imagine, it is the top news story here in south korea. showing you one newspaper here with that picture of the historic moment when president trump became the first american president to enter north korea. this particular newspaper dedicated seven pages to that story but there has been some debate about whether that was a gigantic photo opportunity. but also, south korean media has been somewhat divided about president moonjae—in of south korea focusing too much on this north korean issue while other main issues for the local community here such as the economy, youth unemployment, remain un— tackled. but as you mentioned, surprisingly, north korean state media also reported this story this morning, both on television as well as on the front page of the main newspaper. it actually had 85 pictures of that historic meeting between the two leaders. that goes to show that pyongyang was probably pleased with how it went because usu

nick bryant, bbc news, washington.nnounced a further breach of the nuclear deal it signed with western powers in 2015. iran announced earlier that it will begin enriching uranium beyond levels set by the deal. paul adams explained more about iran's moves and the reaction. (tx next) this is the second of two threatened actions by the iranian government so it is no surprise. the foreign office says the uk remains fully committed to the deal and also adds ina committed to the deal and also adds in a statement today, iran must immediately stop and reverse all activity is inconsistent with its obligations. we have heard similar comments from eu members today. as for the united states, as you say they pulled out of the deal a year ago saying it was a very bad deal. they may be hoping that as time goes on, the european backers of the deal, britain, france and germany start to see things through american eyes. i'm start to put pressure on iran to do a new deal that includes other aspects, not just iran's nuclear behaviour, bal

nick, many thanks, nick bryant at the white house.t of the conservative leadership contest, the two candidates have taken part in the final hustings of the campaign in east london. borisjohnson said he would take action if the eu refused to compromise on the brexit withdrawal agreement. and the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, insisted that the withdrawal agreement needed major changes. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports. tories queueing to hear the last appeals. the audience tonight part of the party that will decide the future for all of us. other votes really still up for grabs?|j future for all of us. other votes really still up for grabs? i think i voted for boris within about 30 seconds of the ballot coming through my door! nervous but excited. we will just have my door! nervous but excited. we willjust have to wait and see. from the start, it was his to lose.|j willjust have to wait and see. from the start, it was his to lose. i am not counting my chickens! but his rival has fought hard for a chance to win. they are

live to washington and our correspondent nick bryant.cial temperature in this country all week. tonight, he tried to cool things down a little, amidst concerns within his own party that he's been playing with political fire. this is a rally that will be talked about for decades to come. after the racism of donald trump's original attacks on the four congresswomen of colour came the kind of racial demagoguery we've not heard or seen from a modern day american president. first he singled them out by name. representative ilhan omar. crowd boos. representative alexandra ocasio—cortez. go back to where you came from, was his message to the congresswomen earlier this week, three of whom were born in the usa. his latest advice — if you don't like america, then leave. and i have a suggestion for the hate filled extremists who are constantly trying to tear our country down. they never have anything good to say. that's why i say, hey, if they don't like it, let them leave, let them leave. crowd chants: send her back. "send her back" was the shout.

nick bryant, bbc news, washington. said that labour would support remaining in the european union if there's another referendum on any tory brexit deal. he said he'd press the new prime minister to put theirfinal proposal to the people, whether its a new deal, or a no deal brexit. but he did't explain labour's position, if there was a general election. here's our deputy political editor, john pienaar. he looked relaxed, but smile or no smile, jeremy corbyn's bowed to pressure inside his party. labour's new pledge, to fight the next prime minister's brexit — deal, or no deal, to demand a new referendum and campaign to stay in. is labour now a party of remain or leave? labour is a party which says we will take no—deal off the table. the people will have a choice in the future as to whether to remain in the european union or accept what will be very, very damaging no deal exit from the eu with consequences for food prices, medicine supplies and industrial investment. what about at the next election, if there is no brexit

nick bryant, bbc news, washington. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich.ext week. you might not believe it after the weather we had. today it felt like the summer weather had gone on holiday for the day. we had a lot of wet weather across the uk. this is the radar picture. you can see pulse of rain putting across most parts of the country. northern scotland saw a fairamount of dry the country. northern scotland saw a fair amount of dry weather, but at the moment we have some heavy downpours and flashes of lightning and rumbles of thunder. this evening, most parts of the country will see rain at some point or another, particularly northern ireland and the far north of england. and this band of heavy rain is pushing southwards across the southern half of england. quite a muqqy southern half of england. quite a muggy night. at the weekend is an improving story for most of us. sunshine and showers tomorrow and for the majority, a more dry day to come on sunday. here is the frontal system bringing the rain for the rest at night. behind the low pressure still in

nick bryant, bbc news, washington.sident's outburst is likely to be raised this evening when the conservative leadership candidates, boris johnson and jeremy hunt, go head to head in a tv debate. our political editor laura kuessberg is in salford. dealing with president trump is likely to be one of the big issues? it certainly will, and strangely even though one of the contenders for number ten is the current foreign secretary and the other one borisjohnson foreign secretary and the other one boris johnson used foreign secretary and the other one borisjohnson used to be foreign secretary, apart from brexit there has been precious little discussion of how britain should run its affairs with the rest of the world in the weeks of this leadership contest so far. i think that will change tonight with this enormous controversy about president trump's outburst and for once and we will hear more of the same tonight, jeremy hunt, normally seen as the more cautious of the candidates, he is the one speaking much more plainly and

nick bryant, bbc news, washington.cellorjohn mcdonnell has called onjeremy corbyn to get on with changing labour's brexit policy. he says the party should come out and support a second referendum, and that he'd campaign to remain in the european union. it's believed labour lost support to both the liberal democrats and the brexit party in the recent european elections, because of confusion over its position on brexit. here's our political correspondent, ben wright. they'd been comrades for years, but nowjohn mcdonnell says they'd been comrades for years, but now john mcdonnell says it's they'd been comrades for years, but nowjohn mcdonnell says it's time forjeremy corbyn to quickly and decisively commit labour to another referendum and then campaign for remain. we need to express a view now which is clearly, as i said, i will vote remain, i want remain. now which is clearly, as i said, i will vote remain, i want remainlj say let's just get on with it, jeremy's much wiser, actually. he says let's talk to people, bring p

nick bryant, bbc news.ge reaction — in congress on thursday, chuck schumer, leader of the democratic minority in the senate, criticised senior figures in the republican party for their silence about president trump's comments. this is a moment to their is nojohn mccain anymore. when this kind of reader racism emerged at his town hall meeting he rejected it, publicly. when somebody used it against then candidate obama. it went down as one is his finest moments. where are the fine moments of my colleagues? 53 of them on the republic side and not one of them has spoken out strongly enough. not one. but some republicans have spoken out against donald trump. republican adam kinzinger, said the chants were "ugly". there is not a racist bone in this presidents a0. what he is trying to say is that if you do not appreciate this country you do not have to be here and that goes for everyone of us. here and that goes for everyone of us. that has nothing to do with your race, your gender oi’ your us. that has nothing to

nick bryant, bbc news, washington.former us ambassador to canada and bestselling author of the memoir ‘the art of diplomacy‘. ambassador, thank you so much for your time. i have to ask how unusual is it to see leagues like this? it's unusual if not —— it's unusual, it's u nfortu nate, unusual if not —— it's unusual, it's unfortunate, but it's not unique. wikileaks had leaked messages from a number of ambassadors. it's the job of the ambassador, the ambassador needs to give his own personal, accurate, honest assessment of the country and the leadership of the country and the leadership of the country his serving in, and that's what he did here. what does it say about the person or persons who lead to this, given they would have known what is at stake and knowing donald trump cosmic propensity to potentially retaliate? that is what is unfortunate about theirs. ambassadors need to have a channel of communication back to the government to give these assessments and we all know that cellphones are now tapped and e—mails i l