Call for an urgent meeting of the parties to the agreement plus the bill is stet hong kongs leader kerry says shes killed the extradition bill that sparked mass protests but fails to convince her critics and why flying out of france is about to get a little bit more expensive. In sports arena williamss through to her 12th wimbledon semifinal williams beating out of risk in 3 sets to start on course for a 24 grand slam tart. U. S. President on trump has ramped up his diplomatic row with the u. K. In his latest tweets he called british Prime Minister to resume a foolish and branded her ambassador in washington wacky and pompous this comes 2 days after the publication of leaked diplomatic cables which criticized the white house the British Foreign secretary jeremy hunt has hit back calling trumps comments disrespectful and wrong get more now from alan fischer in washington d. C. Alan its quite extraordinary especially considering how close a relationship the u. K. And the u. S. Have historically enjoyed so what is the actual status right now when it comes to the u. K. Ambassador in washington. Well this is not having real world implications there was a meeting due to be held it been planned for a very long time between the commerce secretary and liam fox is a Senior Member of the British Government i was due to take place the last couple of hours here in washington but the Commerce Department suddenly cancelled it because of the row over the ambassador know what kim data did is what ambassador is are meant to do theyre meant to deliver very frank assessments of the political diplomatic cultural social and Economic Situation in the countries where they represent the government and thats exactly what he did and there are bound to be other diplomats who have done exactly the same the problem here is that those cables were leaked know back in the u. K. Theres an investigation an inquiry underway to try and find out who leaked cables and why but here in the United States donald trump simply didnt want to hear what kim data thought about him or his administration. President friends it was a high profile dinner for qatars amir she brought together political and Business Leaders as well as washingtons top diplomats push missing the uki. Disinvited by the white house after the publication of leaked memos sharply critical of President Donald Trump conduct a career diplomat has been the u. K. s man in washington says 2016 part of his job is to file reports back to london its been revealed he describes the Trump White House as uniquely dysfunctional clumsy and inept he described u. S. Policy on iran as incoherent chaotic and his summary we dont really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal less dysfunctional less unpredictable i worked for the state department for many years and we were always encouraged to be direct and frank with our superiors here in washington about our interactions with the host Government Officials with no doubt so technically he did not do anything wrong but politically it probably would have been wise to be extremely cautious donald trump has said he will no longer deal with the ambassador and in a series of tweets on tuesday said the wacky ambassador that the u. K. Forced it upon the United States is not someone we are thrilled with a very stupid guy i dont know the ambassador but have been told he is a pompous fool came down and could have expected to move on from his position in the near future and its unlikely hes the only foreign diplomat sending back stock assessments of the u. S. Administration but if a new u. K. Prime minister was to decide he had to go because of Donald Trumps anger theres a what that would create a dangerous precedent of foreign leaders being able to veto countries ambassadors theres a lot of history here theres a lot of shared interests and values. This this is a relationship that can withstand you know an awkward period of time. Over these cables. Just last month donald trump enjoyed a state visit to the uki and talked of the historic and deep links between the 2 countries this diplomatic spat has undoubtedly damaged those links alan fischer dizzy to washington. Well for more on this story lets speak to star ivor roberts hes a former British Ambassador to yugoslavia arland and italy and hes editor of the diplomatic handbook south wales diplomatic practice he joins us now via skype from oxford survivor thank you so much for joining us here on out now many years ago you were involved perhaps in a similar spat where you ended up being quoted as saying that president george bush was his best recruiting sergeant just tell us a little bit more about that and the differences between what happened to you and what were seeing happen right now. Well my comments about george w. Bush were meant to be an entirely accurate portrayal of of who. The alqaeda would most like to see in the white house and i thought that faced with the choice of john kerry or george w. Bush they preferred to see george w. Bush who would be more like teacher prosecutes the war on terror but i made the mistake of making my comments conference with that was a strict rule but you could quote people ready but you couldnt attribute it and someone of that content broke that comment but broke that confidence and began Headline News with them fairly comfortable results from a difference with him and eric is that what you said was absolutely true that salute the it remain confidential because it was sent on diplomatic channels from but then simply through a very restricted number of people in london and that should have been no way that rang because that would have been repeated or reported and not just repeated and reported but picked up by the us president himself and weve seen that tirade of tweets said that inspired that study with the u. K. Reaction 1st of all what have you made all of the way that both leading politicians here and of course the contenders the 2 men that might become a one of them will become the next Prime Minister their reaction to all of this. I think it has to be seen in the context hesitate to use the words of bricks it i think whoever leaked it maliciously and mischievously to it it to undermine kim derek who they regarded probably as an arch. Euro file he was ambassador to the European Union for several years and they probably thought that having him in washington was not conducive to the store swashbuckling relationship between the u. S. That they hope to study. And i think the reactions of the. Jeremy hunt. Be supportive but the ambassador. And its just thats the worst thing because respectable to the u. K. Politically mrs mays handling of that negotiation. Boris johnson has boasted of. Close links to the white house and has made no comment that ive seen which could be read out at the expense of the ambassador i think its worth saying that if we could. Intercept the war but the telegrams from the American Ambassador in london reporting on the space of british politics they would make pretty unpleasant reading or on senior politicians and Prime Minister but these things shouldnt be revealed otherwise you have a many frank assessment so i think you know the fault is with the leak not with what the frank assessment of the best has come up with which is what hes paid to do and what do you think that we can read now into the position of kim that is it tenable for him to remain as the British Ambassador to the us and if it doesnt then do we create a situation where actually the u. K. Is allowing a foreign power no matter what the circumstances are no matter what their relationship is to effectively dictate who they send their dont send the to to be their top diplomat. Well it certainly makes his life a great deal more difficult if he is banned from interacting with the leading members of the administrations and alternately that could prevent him from doing his job properly. Which is fairly in from tyler reaction because as i said. The American Ambassador in london is probably making a quickly just. Uncomfortable and disrespectful comments about the ready British Administration over its mishandling of it over the last few months so that it is but complete misunderstanding what the ambassador was there for ready and so very briefly forgive me for interrupting you but if you were still an ambassador now what all of this change the way that you could munich 8 with the Foreign Office yes yes it would i think its very sad and its very bad for the history because the diplomatic record will be lost i would make most of my comments in a confidential call between myself and my capital and i think that could be very damaging for any historian trying to work out what people were thinking or doing in years to come so i have a roberts former British Ambassador to yugoslavia arland and italy as her thank you so much for having joined us and shared your expertise and hes with us thank you its a pleasure. Well the diplomatic spat with President Trump and bret said both featured in the final t. V. Debate between the 2 candidates vying to be britains next Prime Minister bias johnson and jeremy hunt are competing to replace terrorism a conservative party leader writes lee has more on the debate which wrapped up just over an hour ago. Given the seriousness of the situation is genuinely extraordinary that this is the very 1st time these 2 that face questions from the public there have been seen in advance as to what the next Prime Minister should do to get through the maze of bricks in it and yet again the same false promises that Boris Johnson arguing that the u. K. Would leave with no deal in october and then implement a trade deal with the European Union even though one wouldnt exist so the problems of the irish border where they properly belong in the context of the Free Trade Agreement that we will do after we come out on october 31st try to attack johns when this kind of thing he presented himself as the details man despite that not by his opponents being Prime Minister is about telling people what they need to hear not just what they want to hear and the difference between you and me is you are peddling optimism and im saying we can make a tremendous optimistic why dont you we thank the diplomatic war thats broken out between the u. S. And u. K. Came up of course once again demonstrating that gap huntin sisted he would stand up to trump and support his ambassador in washington sometimes things that you have to say to your friends that you rather not say like i said to President Trump today because i think its comments about treason may well acceptable and i dont think you should have made them. While johnson refused to promise to defend the ambassador and refused to say that he would keep him posts well im not going to be so presumptuous as to thank you i got a good position the program was called britains next Prime Minister much of it was excruciating to watch. Yes or yes i will i will get. You know is the question allow him to respond boris you havent answered any. Question about what it was you know both are to raise their hand if they believe the u. K. Will leave the European Union at the end of october well thats the spirit germany. Of course the one thing that both johnson and hunt both have in common is an insistence that through sheer force of will they can balance the European Union into coming up with a new deal before the end of october when those people in brussels understand that they mean business they will surely capitulates of course those people in brussels watch the television to a know perfectly well that that is the threat they now face and nothing has changed and both the kind of the snow as well even though they wont admit it that there is no time whatsoever to come up with a new deal before the end of october once come across is the more serious candidates but johnson remains favorites find out soon enough if hes telling the truth about his intention to say goodbye to the European Union leave without steady dont sleep. Well coming up on this hour from london china demands that the u. S. Cancel a 2200000000. 00 on the sale taiwan italys hardline interior minister officially closes what was once europes biggest vibrant Reception Center and this part of polo hits new heights part of an attempt to boost tourism in northern pakistan details. A commander in irans revolutionary guard has issued a new threat against u. S. Bases and aircraft carriers within range of its missiles america several military bases in the gulf including. The u. A. E. And rain the u. S. Moved a strike group to the region in recent weeks the commander warned that. Rands missiles with the story washingtons aircraft carriers if the us make an stink tensions between iran and the us have been escalating for weeks now iran recently began breaching the 2050 nuclear deal which the us withdrew from a year ago a french president manuel mccrone stopped diplomatic advisor has flown to tehran for 2 days as part of an urgent effort to deescalate those tensions e. U. Countries that signed the nuclear deal live issued a statement calling for an urgent meeting after tehrans decision to increase its uranium enrichment france germany britain and the e. U. Expressed deep concern that iran is pursuing activities inconsistent with its commitments under the deal they called on tehran to fully comply with the agreement well general is live for us in the austrian capital v. And us so the europeans have issued this communique explain to us what exactly theyre trying to achieve i guess are trying to play the middle ground but what incentives of any of they presenting tehran with. But what essentially as you say this is the response by the europeans to greece the j c p o a britain france and germany v p 3 theyre called collectively along with the e. U. Of course to irans upscaling of its uranium enrichment process is in excess of the limits set by the deal the europeans as you say calling on iran to come back into the deal urgently if as they say they do they want to remain in the deal and calling on all parties in terms of this joint commission that they want to see set up under the deal how to act responsibly to deescalate tensions now what is europe trying to achieve here where there are 2 things to point out i think the 1st is that this is not a triggering by the e. U. 3 of the formal dispute resolution process is under the j c p o way its considered that these breaches are not yet sufficient to take that step it could have the effect of escalating tensions it could also have the effect of shutting down what minimal room there is for maneuver at the moment remember the 3 the europeans that want to keep this deal alive they are as you say playing a rather delicate middle ground here on the one hand theyre compelled to express their concerns but on the other hand theyre holding on to some faint glimmer of optimism that they can talk around and find some bridge between washington and tehran faint hope admittedly and to the 2nd point therefore france effectively taking the lead here has dispatched this envoy to tehran for meetings on wednesday the hope seems to be that they can have some success in urging iran to take a backward step although as i say thats a fairly limited hope a french Government Official reportedly saying that what theyre really looking for at the very least are simple gestures of irans intent to remain within the deal joining you in vienna because actually theres a big meeting on iran taking place there on wednesday what are we expecting to come out of that. Well this is if you like the other arm of the International Response to irans latest move a meeting called this time by the United States of the full complement of 35 board of governors of the i thats the un body tasked with verifying irans compliance in terms of the deal the americans of course would love nothing more than for the i. A. E. A. To formally declare iran in full breach of the j c p a the americans in their Mission Statement calling on the International Community to hold irans regime accountable diplomats low say on what this meeting can but gee when you consider on the 183 arent ready to trigger this formal process to declare iran in full breach and russia and china the other signatories of course to the deal tend towards the view that iran is here acting in more or less legitimate response to the United States owed an unjustified unilateral withdrawal from the j. C. Last year of joining you be reporting on that means moving on wednesday and bring us the latest for the moment john howard well i thank you. China is the man being that the United States immediately cancel a potential 2200000000. 00 arms sales to taiwan it would be washingtons 1st big ticket military sale to the island in decades the move could worsen americas ties with china which considers taiwan to be a breakaway province when he reports now from beijing. Taiwans military is built on equipment from the United States its main supply of announcements from washington of sales are always met by an angry response from china and this was no difference its a crude interference in chinas internal affairs and a harms chinas servant and a security interest china is strong least dissatisfied and the thoroughly oppo