UK ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch, has quit

Sir Kim Darroch has resigned as the UK's ambassador to the US amid a row over leaked memos that were critical of Donald Trump.

Sir Kim said the furore over the messages, in which he called the US president "inept", was "making it impossible for me to carry out my role as I would like".
According to Sky's deputy political editor Sam Coates, Sir Kim "decided the game was up" when Boris Johnson refused to guarantee that he would stay in position if he became prime minister. The frontrunner to succeed Theresa May in Number 10 has been criticised for his remarks, although he said in the wake of the resignation that he regretted the news because "he [Sir Kim] is a superb diplomat and I worked with him for many years".
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Mr Johnson's rival in the race for Downing Street, said he "profoundly" regretted Sir Kim's resignation and was "outraged" at the leak.