The transatlantic row has domestic ties with brexit and the conservative Party Leadership race all entangled in this resignation. Also on the programme. The us labor secretary comes under fire for his role in a plea deal reached with a financier now charged with sex trafficking. Alex acosta will soon speak out. And thousands cheer on the Us Womens Soccer Team and their fight for equal pay at their ticker tape parade in new york. Hello and welcome im katty kay in london, Michelle Fleury is in new york. British diplomats are supposed to be able to tell their bosses in london what they think, without those thoughts becoming public. They are supposed to be able to give candid analysis without fear of losing theirjobs. Today, Sir Kim Darroch, britains ambassdor to america learned that neither of those things still hold. Sir kim resigned today after leaked emails printed in a uk newspaper revealed his less than flattering assesment of the us president. The resignation is highly unsusual and
Potentially a very embarrassing one for the french government because the french government have always said that they are not supplying any weapons or to libya that would be in breach of a u. N. Arms embargo and over the Years Campaign is and critics have accused france of supporting. In the sense that france perhaps feels after is someone that they can partner with in the fight against fighters in the region but france has always denied that theyve denied that support and said that they backed publicly the u. N. Peace process. Now the International Atomic Energy Agency is going into emergency session in vienna to discuss Irans Nuclear Program Washington has accused iran of Nuclear Extortion but says it remains open for talks without preconditions hours earlier irans president said the decision to increase its uranium enrichment is still within the framework of the nuclear deal and house and rouhani warned the u. K. Of consequences after it seized in the Iranian Oil Tanker off the coa
As they happen, and hes got common sense that tells him this is right and this is wrong. And he acts on it. By the way, thats why the American People voted for him. Theyre so tired of the slick politicians. They are slick. But they dont do anything. David President Trump is now jumping in with this tweet quote a truly great patriotic and charitable man, Bernie Marcus, the co founder of home depot who at the age of 90 is coming under attack by the radical left democrats with one of their often used weapons. They dont want people to shop at those great stores because he contributed to your favorite president , me. These people are vicious and totally crazed, but remember, they are far more great people, deplorables in this country than bad. Do to them what they do to you. Fight for Bernie Marcus and home depot. Home depot says marcus retired from the company more than 15 years ago and it doesnt endorse any president ial candidate. Thats its standard practice. What message is this boycott
Heart of government lawrence lee aljazeera in london. Always good to have Bill Schneider with us Public Policy professor at George Mason University in our washington new center hi bill this is pretty serious stuff the more i think about it the more information that comes out and when you consider the socalled special relationship which these 2 countries have and basically President Trump has decided. The future of a diplomat something thats never really been done before bill its come out here and im not sure if youre hearing me. Not thats a shame ok we will come back to Bill Schneider shortly on technical crew will reconnect with washington there in the meantime. Speaking of President Donald Trump he has issued another threat to iran over its Nuclear Program hes done it on twitter. That iran has long been secretly enriching. In total violation of the terrible 150000000000. 00 deal made by john kerry and the Obama Administration remember that deal was to expire in a short number of year
Government Lawrence Lee Al Jazeera in london. To other news and President Donald Trump has issued another threat to iran over its Nuclear Program he tweeted iran has long been secretly enriching in total violation of the terrible 150000000000. 00 deal made by john kerry and the Obama Administration remember that deal was to expire in a short number of years sanctions will soon be increased substantially as only earlier this week the terror on announced it would be exceeding the limits on your aim and richmond set out under the nuclear deal which the u. S. Pulled out of last year same bus ravi has more from tehran. As the 2050 nuclear deal continues to fall apart the task of trying to save it now falls to france in meetings in tehran the french president s top diplomatic adviser walk the line between American Economic pressure on iran and iranian diplomatic pressure on europe to ignore u. S. Sanctions if they want to keep the Nuclear Deal Alive but if emanuel baan had hoped he could con