into a semifinal, and the four sets and that set up the tantalising prospect of that meeting with rafie in the semifinals of the first time they faced each other here and will begin since their epic final bout in 2008. rafael nadal, and straight sets, the other of the big three is also through after beating him and straight sets and he faces arguably the easier of those match—ups in the semifinals, he will play roberto. all eyes on the women semifinals tomorrow, simona will take on alina and serena williams, back in action here as she takes on barbara who knocked out you want the british number one in the last round. but it was the end of the road for andy muray and serena williams in the mixed doubles as they were beaten by bruno soares and nicole melichar — the number one seeds winning in three sets. joe lynskey reports this year, to champions of building up this year, to champions of building up in the bottom but whatever they are heading, plenty are coming with them. the court to us or andy murray and serena williams. this time, they're facing two experts and mixed doubles. but som

. —— rafi on the singles. —— rafael nadal is against some querrey.n. he came to his match today in straight sets beating david goffin, 2—0 out here and closed quite comfortably against his belgian opponent. he will face roberto bautista goo in the semifinals. so it looks as things stand as the roger federer will progress. whether or not we will see that dream semifinal, with roger federer against rafi on a document that would be some line—up. they haven‘t faced each other here at wimbledon since that epic final in 2008. -- wimbledon since that epic final in 2008. —— against rafi and adele. see you at half six. that‘s all the sport for now. more now on our top story. the british ambassador to the united states, who‘s faced a tirade of insults from president trump in recent days, has resigned. sir kim darroch said the row — prompted by his criticism of the president in leaked diplomatic documents — made it impossible for him to carry out his role. speaking at the foreign affairs select committee this lunchtime, sir simon mcdonald, head of the diplomati

the true threat in this part of the world before them and they will leave it there thank you save us rafi in teheran but let's get the latest from jordan in washington d.c. . so far there's been no comment from the u.s. government about the incident between the british and the iranians in the strait of hormuz however this would play very neatly into the trumpet ministrations narrative that iran poses an existential national security threat not just to countries in the middle east but to the united states and its allies and partners around the world the us has been trying to put pressure on terror by sending in thousands of additional u.s. forces as well as an aircraft carrier and additional military vessels to was send a message that it will not allow any iranian interference with what the u.s. says is an internationally guaranteed free flow of sailing through the strait of hormuz the u.s. is also trying to convince countries in europe in particular to contribute their own military aircraft and vessels to this effort called the sentinel program in essence providing an escort service to co