India had a chance but they choked. They choked live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its seven in the morning in singapore, midnight in london, and seven in the evening in washington where britains ambassador to the United States, Sir Kim Darroch, has resigned, after a row about leaked memos critical of the Trump Administration. Sir kim said he felt no longer able to do his job after being frozen out and insulted by mr trump whose administation he described as radiating insecurity in confidential assessments leaked to a newspaper. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale has the story. Sir kim darroch, 42 years a loyal public servant, the boy from the Council Estate who advised Prime Ministers and, until this morning, her majestys 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
Weekend that saw popular protests against him and an ultimatum from his own party. In a live address to the nation, widely expected to include his resignation, saw him pledge instead to oversee his Party Congress next month. But the party has already replaced him and given him until midday on monday to resign orface impeachment. Heres our africa editor, fergal keane. Marimba music. The very music seemed designed to drain any drama out of the moment. And perhaps the geniality of the encounter was a giveaway. Robert mugabe did not look like a man about to walk into the wilderness. And his words, delivered 15 minutes into a rambling address, confirmed that he intended to stay as leader of the country and party, at least until the Party Congress in december. The congress is due in a few weeks from now. Ill preside over its processes, which must not be prepossessed by any acts calculated to undermine it, or to compromise the outcomes in the eyes of the public. He praised the military and ac
While the 1,600-kilometer border between India and Myanmar has seen waves of Burmese refugees fleeing to India as the civil war and air strikes have intensified, the Chinese government has been vocal about its support of Myanmar's military junta. Inevitably, already tense relations between China and India
On this day in 2012, Kim Jong-un was officially appointed as the Supreme Leader of North Korea and given the rank of Marshal in the Korean People's Army by the Workers' Party of Korea, the ruling party in North Korea.