hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and sally nugent. president trump will arrive on his first foreign trip since taking office, amid growing controversy back in washington. just hours before he lands in saudi arabia, there are reports in the us that he described the fbi director he'd just sacked as a "nut job" to russian officials. good morning, it's saturday the 20th of may. also ahead: tighter restrictions on tobacco come into force this morning, with plain packaging and smaller packets no longer on sale. microchips for humans: we'll hear why some people are having them installed to perform every day tasks. in sport: a power struggle at arsenal. arsene wenger‘s biggest backer, rejects a £1 billion bid for control of the north london club. it's fast and furious and i found it

a bit of a struggle. i've been trying out water polo ahead of the british championships. and philip has the weather. good morning. for some the weekend is starting looking like this. but at the same time others are looking at the same time others are looking at this. i will tell you who gets what and where and why in a few minutes. good morning. first, our main story. there are fresh questions over why president trump fired the director of the fbi, following reports he told senior russian officials james comey was a "nutjob" whose sacking had "relieved great pressure" on him. the claim, not denied by the white house, has emerged as president trump is due to arrive in saudi arabia at the start of his first foreign trip. president trump is off on his first foreign trip.

he might be glad to leave washington behind for a while. he tweeted he will be protecting american interests. "that's what i like to do". but the president has had one of his most tumultuous weeks in the white house yet. it started with allegations that he leaked top secret information to the russians. then came reports of a memo claiming he asked the fbi director to drop an investigation into his former national security adviser. the next day it was announced a special counsel would lead an enquiry into russian meddling in the presidential election and look at alleged links between moscow and the donald trump campaign. the washington post is now reporting someone close to the president is of interest in that investigation. and just as air force one took off, the new york times published this. not only did mr trump call fbi directorjames comey a "nutjob", he said with him gone it would "relieve pressure" over the fbi investigation.

it seems we are learning disturbing new allegations about president trump, notjust every day, but, ladies and gentlemen, every hour. the white house said mr trump was acting in the interests of the nation by firing james comey. earlier this week, mr trump described the russian enquiry as a witch—hunt. james comey will now give his side of events in public in around ten days‘ time. donald trump is embarking on an eight day ambitious foreign trip, but will it be over —— overshadowed by the prospect of more trouble when he gets back home? new rules for cigarette packaging come into force this weekend. all packs must be greenish—brown, withjust a small space for the brand name and include a graphic warning of the dangers of smoking. the measures, aimed at discouraging young people from taking up the habit, also include a ban on selling packs of ten. tom burridge reports. persuading young people not to

smoke. that's what the government hopes this new rules will do. from today, all cigarette packets have to bea today, all cigarette packets have to be a standard green design, similar to this. health warnings must cover two thirds of the front and back of the packets. and you can no longer buy packets of ten. there will also be restrictions on e—cigarettes and on rolling tobacco too. public health campaigners say the number of people smoking in britain continues to fall and this is another positive step. it is too early to say how many will avoid taking up, even if it is just many will avoid taking up, even if it isjust a many will avoid taking up, even if it is just a few % that will have a big an effect in 20 or 30 years time. but the tobacco industry says greater restrictions will only push people to buy cigarettes elsewhere. we are seeing people actually not quitting or giving up smoking but basically buying cheap tobacco from the black market. it has never been so the black market. it has never been so expensive to smoke. the government wants to emphasise the

possible health costs. and persuade more to stop the habit out. —— stamp the habit. two members of the labour shadow cabinet have had a public disagreement over the party's policy on renewing the trident nuclear weapons system. the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry suggested the outcome of a defence review, promised in the party's manifesto, could result in support for trident being dropped. but labour's shadow defence secretary told the bbc‘s newsnight programme that her colleague was wrong. the chief secretary to the treasury, david gauke, has insisted the conservatives are right not to set a timetable for achieving their ambition of reducing annual net migration to the tens of thousands. he told bbc radio 4 the number of people moving to the uk would vary over time, depending on employment prospects. the commitment was announced by the party in their manifesto on thursday. wikileaks founderjulian assange remains in the ecuardorian embassy in london this morning, despite sweden dropping a rape investigation against him without charge.

mr assange is trying to avoid extradition to the us, where he's wanted over the leaking of military and diplomatic documents. scotland yard also says he will be arrested if he leaves the embassy for failing to attend court in 2012. home ownership among younger families has fallen by nearly two—thirds in some parts of the uk since 1994, according to new research. the resolution foundation, a think tank focussing on living standards, says outer london, the north—west and parts of yorkshire were most affected. our business correspondent joe lynam has the details. it is usually assumed that soaring house prices in central london would have the greatest impact on affordability for a younger households. at the resolution foundation says the north of england and outer london have been affected the most. it says home ownership amongst young families has fallen 63% in outer london towns, like carol and croydon. in west yorkshire ownership fell by 52% among families

with adults 25 and 34. while the fall in greater manchester was 51% between 1994 and last year.l fall in greater manchester was 51% between 1994 and last year. a lot more families are living in the rental sector, which is expensive, insecure and often not to live. but it also matters longer term. we seen in the debate around social care this week that having a home is a key way that many people build up an asset over their lifetime. it really matters when you get all if you own a house. they also say pledges by labour and the conservatives to build 1 million new homes lacked the required detail on how that might be achieved within five years. votes are being counted in iran's presidential election. early reports suggest incumbent hassan rouhani has been re—elected. polling stations were forced to remain open for longer than planned after a higher than expected turnout of around 70%. 0ur reporter siavash ardalan has been following the story. what do we know at this stage? about

half an hour ago a spokesperson for the iranian interior ministry announced that out of 25 million casted votes, which have been certified, 14 million went to hassan rouhani and 10 million to his conservative rival, ebrahim raisi. we are expecting the official results to be announced sometime this afternoon or maybe on sunday. it seems like the interior ministry officials have already counted most officials have already counted most of the votes, but they have not certified it yet by the other bodies, which needs to certify it. so it remains to be seen whether hassan rouhani can carry on with these plans of opening up iran's international relations with the west, absorb more investment and kickstart the economy, which has been his promise four years ago. it seems like the people in iran are willing to give him another chance

for another four years. thanks for the moment. prince george and princess charlotte will act as page boy and bridesmaid when their aunt pippa middleton marries james matthews today. the event is being dubbed the society wedding of the year. there's been speculation over whether prince harry will bring his girlfriend, the american actress meghan markle. iam sure i am sure you all can't wait to find that out. we will be talking to our correspondence outside the church later this morning and so far the weather is looking 0k. it would be fair to say there is quite a bit of fuss about that particular wedding. and excitement. as is reflected in some of the papers. the sun, a play on words. the front page of the daily mail. a picture ofjulian assange from yesterday. there are headline in is, what a creep.

0n the times, an image of donald trump as they were setting out on their first trump as they were setting out on theirfirst foreign trump as they were setting out on their first foreign trip. a lot of interest in him, partly because of the foreign trip, because this is his first official foreign trip as president. also about more of the story is emerging to do with the sacking of his former fbi chief. the story we will be looking at in more detail throughout the morning. the daily telegraph also mentions that here. their main story is the fa ct that here. their main story is the fact that scottish pensioners are to be allowed to keep the winter fuel allowa nce, be allowed to keep the winter fuel allowance, according to conservatives, because it is colder in the north. so a universal winter fuel benefit. those are the main stories this morning. we will have a full review later this morning. also coming up later this morning. also coming up later this morning. also coming up later this morning, heroes come in all shapes and sizes, from all walks of life. we have a real hero this morning. this is from the tough

mudder event, when people challenge themselves to run through mud and it just looks awful. i've watched one and thought, those people are really brave. we have a very special competitor coming in who has challenged it in the most difficult of circumstances. we have a film of him taking on some of the challenges. he has become a real internet sensation. it has gone around the world. we really look forward to talking to him and his dad, coming in later in the morning. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: as president trump embarks on his first foreign trip since taking office, he leaves behind more controversy over his sacking of the fbi director. tighter restrictions on cigarette packaging come into force this weekend aimed at discouraging young people from taking up the habit. also coming up in the programme: finger prints to unlock phones, voice recognition to access your money. click will be looking at whether biometric security

is keeping our data safe. it is saturday, the weekend. philip can tell us how the weather will treat us. iam treat us. i am starting with the acceptable face of the weekend. 0ur weather watchers have been up bright, i say that, that's the way it is in cambridgeshire. you don't know where the horizon is, where the sky is, where the water is and that's because you are that much closer in scotland to the low pressure. we have quite a band of showers at the moment lurking in the north channel, the irish sea, parts of the south—west. this is the way it is shaping up first up. we have the cloud and rain which is dominating the scene are certainly north of the central help. we will

get the showers later. they will be out of northern ireland for a time, he said many singly! in wales and the south—west there are showers. —— menacingly. things do change, things do move. the showers will eventually drift ever further towards this. one 01’ drift ever further towards this. one or two sharp ones and a rumble of thunder. the raining scotland's drifting towards the northern quarter. they will be there all day, doing nothing for your temperatures. the scottish premiership, fairly. perhaps getting dry in parts, but you will have to wait a while. the rainy still there into the evening. showers eventually tending to quit the scene if you are stepping out later this evening. this is sunday. much more cheery for many. we still have the weather front pushing up through the western side of northern ireland and eventually into the western side of scotland, but it

looks like we will have a day of about 20— 21. it could be warm work for the crucial decisive premier league fixtures. we don't think the weather will get in the way they are. just a sense about monday. the low pressure out towards the atlantic. high pressure towards the continent. that's going to draw in some pretty warm air away from the western shores, where you will have afairamount of western shores, where you will have a fair amount of cloud and heavy bursts of rain at times. further east, there could be a bit of a warm one. not a scorcher but not for monday. not bad, that's what we like. imagine if you could unlock doors or control your phone using a tiny chip implanted in your hand. it sounds like something out of a sci—fi thriller, but for a growing number of people in the uk it's becoming a reality. so—called "bio—hackers" are installing microchips into their bodies and programming them to perform everyday tasks. but will it catch on?

danny savage went to meet some of them. this is a hack space, where people into their tech build stuff or take things apart and start again. a few of them, though, have technology implanted inside them. they have been chipped, fitted with near—field communication. buried in their hand, it can do tasks for them. this one isa it can do tasks for them. this one is a key. it will open the door for me so is a key. it will open the door for mesoi is a key. it will open the door for me so i can get in. it is the same technology we have been chipping cats and dogs with for the past 30 yea rs. cats and dogs with for the past 30 years. it is entirely benign. if anyone wanted to change it, they would have to be within one centimetre of may and i have a password on it as well. -- me. it cannot be turned into a cyborg

assassin? nothing that exciting. my chip goes to my facebook outpage as a digital business card. the chip in holly's hand directs people to her webpage. she sees a medical use as well. it could be a hospital nametag. it could help of someone is passed out on the floor and you have no idea of their medical history. scan their hand and you have their history and details. something like thatis history and details. something like that is where this technology go. and this is the size of the chip that hackers have inside them. would you want one? i have sent you a text message. tanya does. she's a tech

expert at a university, and believes it is important to be a pioneer human with a chip. in the future they could be more person related and versatile. there are only 200 in the uk at the moment with a chip. we think nothing of them in cats and dogs. is putting them in people the next logical step? danny savage, dogs. is putting them in people the next logicalstep? danny savage, bbc news. hopefully it wouldn't move within you. how would you open your door then? it is not a worry i have to think about just yet. now it's time for the film review with mark kermode and simon mccoy. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's

cinema releases is mark kermode. mark, what do we have this week? it's the definition of a mixed bag. we have king arthur, legend of the sword, guy ritchie's take on the arthurian legend. we have a drama set in tehran, called inversion. and colossal, anne hathaway meets godzilla. well, we start with king arthur. we saw in the very brief clip there one david beckham. we better start and just say, is he an eric cantona? no, he isn't. this is guy "lock stock" ritchie taking on the legend, if you are old enough to remember 19805 novelty records, king arthur daley is not all right. bored of the rings. charlie is the young hero whose wicked unclejude law has seized power, leaving him to grow up

ducking and diving and he is keeping a low profile until david beckham no less tells him to, and i quote, he says, "put ten fingers around the blunt end of that sword and give it a tug." he does, blimey, wouldn't you know it, it comes out. next thing he is having to be answerable because it turns out he might be the rightful heir, here is a clip. you've got the wrong man, sire. i was born in a brothel on a bridge in londinium. the sword can only be drawn by uther pendragon or his direct heir. you felt it, didn't you? the power. it's what pulled you out. you just don't know how to control it. so what happens now? you know what happens now. you're quickly becoming a legend. there's a surprise from guy ritchie that the baddy is well—spoken

and posh and jude law. here is the weird thing. arthurian legend is rich and magical, i have rarely seen a film lacking in magic. and spectacular things happen. stuff happens, big snakes, swords, huge cgi and you think this is dull. there are times it looks like outtakes from a ramstein video. the rest of the time, it's just reminding me of other franchises i would be rather be watching. iquite like... guy ritchie, i think he did a terrificjob with sherlock holmes, he took a small element of the source text about fighting and turned it into something that made the movie action—packed. the problem with this is itjust looks like a bunch of cg! effects thrown together around the ropiest of scripts with the broadest of performances, the whole film, nudging and winking at the audience all the way through. i really ended up thinking, where is john boorman when you need him?

it's so heavy on its feet. it's the fault of the script and the execution of the story. it's a thudding sword and sorcery film which i spent large portions thinking, why am i not excited by this, and not laughing at thejokes? why am i not thrilled by the set pieces and why are there so many mythical beasts that look like someone knocked them up on a home computer? it's really not good. there is nothing more to say. there isn't! we will move along. actually, a change of gear. total change. inversion, a story about everyday life in tehran about the issues facing a young woman. absolutely. this has a fantastic performance, a young woman in polluted tehran. her mother is suffering respiratory failure. her bullying brother and older sister say you have to move with her out of the city,

what have you to lose? however, she has a full life. she works in a tailor shop she runs. she has ambition and employs a number of women. she has ambitions of a life for herself. the film is about the way in which a character is caught between what society decides and family demands of them and what they want for themselves. it's a very, very low—key film. to the point that i read reviews that said it's a film that never catches fire, it never takes off. i disagree. i was really moved by it. the reason i was is because i believed in these characters. it's a sort of neo—realist, handheld style, long lens so we see her through traffic and the constant hubbub of society. there is no music other than the sound of phones ringing. you really believe in her life and you come to absolutely side with her and her dreams of independence and ifound it very, very moving. some people have said too low—key for them. i just found it convincing. i thought it was a film about people i believed in and cared about with a fantastic central performance and very well moderated. a country we still know

relativelily little about, did we learn more? it's producing extraordinary cinema. and more and more we are seeing that this demonstration that films made with some limited resources to some extent can be much greater canvases than a film like king arthur, in which there is endless cgi and nothing going on. we have done that! in that case, shall we move to... colossal. it's anne hathaway, a lot of people love her, and a monster, godzilla—like creature and they're linked. this has been described as rachel getting married versus godzilla. anne hathaway has fallen into alcoholism and her life has fallen apart. her boyfriend kicks her out, she goes back to her home town and takes up in her parents‘ empty house and meets up with jason sudeikis who runs the local bar.

that means more drinking. one morning she turns on the television and realises a monster has attacked seoul. a massive kaiju. she thinks there is a connection between that and her. meanwhile, her life continues normally. here is a clip. when they started downsizing i was the first to go. oh, you jerk, you already knew. yes, i'm sorry. ah, what? why didn't you tell me? why are you letting me like... ..my past. i didn't want you to think i was creepy, like i'm some sort of stalker. well, it's too late for that. yeah. so have you been following me all these years? of course i have. somebody actually made it out of here and did something special for once. hell, look what had to happen for things to get interesting around here. giants attacking south korea.

no, i mean you. and that relationship is important. yeah, that's a lovely indication of the way in which the movie is juggling two different things. this us indie picture rom—com that's shaping up. 0n the other hand this monster movie playing out far away. yet, she comes to believe somehow she is controlling the monster or there is a link between them. the film becomes a metaphor for the way in which addiction and self—destruction causes harm that we are totally oblivious to. it's a really, really strange concept that works surprisingly well. i came out and somebody said that fell apart, didn't it? i said, yes, but isn't it fascinating how long it didn't fall apart? for how long it managed to keep this idea that a story about somebody‘s small scale personal problems may be playing out in some horrible grand style somewhere far, and it becomes a film about addiction and about alcoholism and about abusive relationships, about spectatorship and the way in which we watch things on rolling news. this is a great bit.

this is where they realise something is up. she's dancing in the park and there is the monster doing exactly the same. except all the way through the film is holding this idea that maybe this isjust a paranoid delusion. what a strange idea. i think what the writer and director manages to do is, he wrote this originally as a low budget spanish language film to which anne hathaway became attached and it opened it up to a wider audience. the problem — people got baffled and walked out. however, if you want something that's strange and adventurous and isn't not scared to fail this is really interesting. it's far from perfect, there are places it starts to fall apart, but for a good two thirds it is smart, intelligent, funny, and somehow that thing about massive monsters and tiny small scale problems, there is a connection and the metaphor works surprisingly well. 0n the positive side anne hathaway

fans may like monster fans and monster fans may fall in love with anne hathaway. to be honest, i am not sure it's going to change attitudes. it's an adventurous and hard to market film but i liked it. 0k. let's move on. yeah. the levelling. this is... wonderful. somerset levels after the floods and an emotional story. it is, it's about family secrets, fantastic performances. brilliantly directed by hope dickson leach. it's her first feature film. it is weirdly something like ten years ago she was named as a rising star by screen international, like a decade ago. i think she's really made good on the promise of short films. it's a rich emotionally powerful film, superb sound design. great score. and again very, very low—key but very powerful. i really liked it. david troughton to plays her father. he does and between them they investigate family secrets that

have been buried but refuse to stay buried. best dvd. mulholland drive. yeah, it's coming to blu—ray overseen by david lynch. i flagged this up as you probably know, twin peaks is coming back. i always found david lynch a fascinating director. this was voted, there was a bbc poll of something like best films of the 20th century. this came out on top. it started life as a tv pilot and didn't start as a film. it is a david lynch classic. it's lovely to have it in a beautiful transfer and to revisit it. i don't think it's lynch's best film but all of lynch's back catalogue is best having in the best possible format. we have had a mixed bag. we have, yes. the only thing i take away

is see whatever you want, but king arthur... we are there. we got the message. did i make that clear? always good to see you. and you. thanks, mark. a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/markkermode. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week, though. thanks for watching, goodbye. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and sally nugent. coming up before 7am, philip has the weather. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. president trump will arrive in saudi arabia this morning, but he leaves behind more controversy in washington. the us media is reporting that he told senior russian officials james comey was a "nut

job" whose sacking had "relieved great pressure" on him. the claim, not denied by the white house, emerged as he set off for his first foreign trip since taking office. new rules for cigarette packaging come into force this weekend. all packs must be greenish—brown withjust a small space for the brand name and include a graphic warning of the dangers of smoking. a ban on selling packs of ten will also come into force. but the tobacco manufacturers association says greater restrictions will push people to buy cigarettes on the black market. back on the election campaign, two members of the labour shadow cabinet have had a public disagreement over the party's policy on renewing the trident nuclear weapons system. the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry suggested the outcome of a defence review, promised in the party's manifesto, could result in support for trident being dropped. but labour's shadow defence secretary nia griffith told the bbc‘s newsnight programme that her colleague was wrong. the chief secretary to the treasury, david gauke, has insisted

the conservatives are right not to set a timetable for achieving their ambition of reducing annual net migration to the tens of thousands. he told bbc radio 4 the number of people moving to the uk would vary over time, depending on employment prospects. the commitment was announced by the party in their manifesto on thursday. home ownership among younger families has fallen by nearly two—thirds in some parts of the uk since 1994, according to new research. the resolution foundation, a think tank focussing on living standards, says outer london, the north—west and parts of yorkshire were most affected. there is quite a big wedding happening today. prince george and princess charlotte will act as page boy and bridesmaid when their aunt pippa middleton marries james matthews today. the event is being dubbed the society wedding of the year. there's been speculation over

whether prince harry will bring his girlfriend, the american actress meghan markle. and we will be live in the village where it is happening later in the programme, getting all of the latest news and excitement. 0ther weddings are available. yes. in fact, lots of people get married on saturdays. if you are getting married today, aside from that one, if you are getting married today and getting ready, maybe send a picture. we would like to hear from you! the weather is looking good for a wedding. i think it is mixed. you get the feeling this is a pivotal month ahead for arsenal. isn't it? in lots of ways. they could be set to finish outside the top fourfor the could be set to finish outside the top four for the first time in a generation. and then they need the money from the shareholders. the russian shareholder alisher us—manoff who owns a 30% stake in arsenal has made his move,

a bid of around £1 billion, to buy out stan kroenke's majority share. but it's understood this bid has been rejected, as he's been critical of kroenke's support of arsene wenger. the arsenal manager is still keeping everyone guessing about his future. his contract expires after the fa cup final next weekend, when the board are expected to discuss his position. arsenal's final league match is at home against everton tomorrow, so could that be his last match at the emirates? of the season, yes. ever? i can't tell you that. i think what's most important for us is to win a football game. after that, what happens to me is less important. i think i am here to serve the club and the best way to do it is to win the next game. a year after they were relegated from the scottish premiership, dundee united will have the chance to bounce back at the first attempt. they won their championship

promotion playoff against falkirk 4—3 on aggregate. paul dixon was their hero, scoring the winner with three minutes to go, his first goalforfive years. they'll play off for promotion against the side that finishes next to bottom of the premiership. talking of play offs, bradford and millwall meet in the league one final at wembley later today. there is full commentary on radio 5live. you've heard this before, an england team has gone out of a tournament on penalties. this time it was the under 17s at the european championship. they were just seconds away from a record third title, when spain equalised in stoppage time. england missed two of their three penalties and spain didn't miss any, so they took the trophy from the young lions‘ grasp. in rugby union, scarlets are into the final of the pro 12, despite having to play more than half of their semi—final withjust 14 men. scarlets scored three tries to leinster‘s one in the first half

but then had steffan evans sent off. they still held out though to set up a match against 0spreys or munster. they play their semi final later. meanwhile, cardiff blues won'tjoin scarlets in european rugby's elite club competition next season. they lost their champions cup qualification playoff semi final to stade francais. so the french side will play either connort or northampton for a spot in the competition. it's playoff time in the english premiership too. a week after retaining the champions cup, saracens face exeter hoping to move a step closer to the double double, while league leaders wasps host leicester tigers. they've got the home advantage and that's huge in the semi—final of knockout rugby. they were the best across the 22 rounds and they deserve that privilege. we will have to go and make sure we are accurate early in the game and we keep the creators as quiet as we can and we

do the things that keep us good as a team. if leicester come out with a fantastic performance and are better than us on the day you have to put your hand up sometimes. but we believe if we play to our potential and play like we have most of the season, the result should be ours. but anything can happen on the day. we've worked hard to play top of the table and to get a home draw, so we are determined to go and put in a performance of it we believe will be good enough to get the result. newcastle's st james' park has seen its goal posts replaced by rugby ones, because it's rugby league's magic weekend. this is when all the super league teams play over the same weekend, so today widnes face wakefield, hull in second play st helens and it's wigan against warrington. rafael nadal has been beaten on clay and knocked out of the rome masters. austria's dominic thiem was the first this year to beat the spaniard on his favourite surface. nadal had won 17 straight matches and had been going for an eight title in the italian capital. thiem will play either novak djokovic orjuan martin del potro in the semi—finals after their match

was delayed by rain. maria sharapova won't ask for a wildcard to play at wimbledon and will attempt to earn her place via qualifying. the former champion has relied on invitations to tournaments since she returned to competition last month, after a 15 month doping ban. the french open turned her down for a wildcard this week, but her world ranking is now high enough to get into the wimbledon qualifying draw at least. it's fast, furious and if the ref doesn't see it it's allowed. i'm talking about water polo, where two teams face off in a swimming pool to score the most goals. ahead of the british championships, which is like the fa cup of waterpolo, i've been to the home of the defending champions, cheltenham. 0n the surface all may look calm, but what lurks beneath can bring it tear to your eye. under attack from some of the most

fearsome and physical predators known to sport, trying to drag you down in the deep. it's the water polo player. anything goes under the water. if the rest can't see it, it's all legal. a lot goes on under the water. above the water you are always being pulled, kicked, shoved. then there's the swimming as well. you're either wrestling or going up and down. there's no rest. for a beginner it can be a bewildering experience, having no idea where the ball is in a whirlpool of water. we've got scotsman to them for this sport and it drains every ounce of your energy, because in 1800 when it started lakes and rivers saw them play rugby in the water. there is no weight—bearing, or smashing into people, so it is betterfor your bones. the fact that you can have the finesse of passing the ball so

eloquently and then the physical aspect, where you are just wrestling in the waterand aspect, where you are just wrestling in the water and getting the business done under it.|j in the water and getting the business done under it. i couldn't do the business even jumping business done under it. i couldn't do the business evenjumping on business done under it. i couldn't do the business even jumping on top of mike. he wouldn't go down! to get his level of the mistakes endless hours at the gym and also perfecting the bucket challenge, holding a full one above your head on surface while treading water takes some doing! at junior level as long as you can swim you can start at seven or eight and play competitive matches. even at this level, contact is allowed. play competitive matches. even at this level, contact is allowedm is just the physicality. this level, contact is allowedm isjust the physicality. and also when we are playing you don't think about anything else. it's really physical, a good way of taking your anger out possibly. you can sometimes get scratched so you have to be tough that way. they are following in the wake of some of britain's greatest 0lympians who dominated the sport a century ago, winning gold after gold, including at london 1908. what's in those days

they have been left behind, even if competing at post —— as host at london 2012 did give the sport a boost at club level. there have been too many leagues for the national league to cope with —— too many teams. but it is still a very small sport in the uk. it struggles to generate funds, swimming pool higher cost a lot, and amongst small numbers of people it can be prohibited. but the team spirit of the defending champions, cheltenham, isn't held back by funding. most have played together since they were eight and they have a repetition for making sure their opponents have that sinking feeling. i think there's a lot of water in an hour after i swallowed most of it. you were so brave! it is so turbulent, but they are incredibly fit, the way the tread water the whole time. i was impressed by the interviewing in the water. do you want to know the secret?

i was holding on to the side. thanks very much. it's been a controversial few weeks for donald trump's white house administration, but today the president will hope to leave domestic disagreements behind him, as he takes to the global stage. president trump and first lady melania will arrive in saudi arabia's capital riyadh today as part of his first international tour. we're joined now by afshin shahi, lecturer in middle east politics and international relations at university of bradford. good morning. we will talk about some of the things they may talk about ina some of the things they may talk about in a moment, but given the problems at home, this is quite fortuitous in a way because what better than to go to a place where you will really be pretty welcome? yes, but at the same time, remember, during his presidential campaign he had some really heated exchanges on twitter with a very kind of important saudi prince and he wants saudi arabia under a new regime. the

situation is going to be different and it will be a lot tougher with the kingdom. but now obviously the situation has changed and he has saudi arabia as his first kind of destination, to be set as president. despite all the controversies that trump has been facing, especially when it came to the muslim ban and some of the comments he made about muslims and the islamic world and so on, the saudi politicians have learned that actually they should notjudge the president by his words and by his actions. since he came to power, the saudi— american relations area power, the saudi— american relations are a lot stronger. the saudis are a lot happier with american foreign policy in the region, so probably it will get —— he will get a warm welcome. they were getting well with president 0bama at all. —— getting on. he has chosen saudi arabia as a place to start the trip. is this because he wants to make a big,

flamboyant, showpiece statement about extremism ? flamboyant, showpiece statement about extremism? it is actually very difficult to determine exactly why he kind of chosen saudi arabia as his first destination. but you have to remember that if you look at history, if you look at what's been happening over the past 70 years, saudi arabia played a very, very important role in every president's national security doctrine, from result to president 0bama. saudi arabia has been an important security and energy. for about 70 yea rs security and energy. for about 70 years the us relied on oil coming from saudi arabia and at the same time saudi arabia relied on washington for security partnership. at the same time, over the last two or three years, saudi arabia has boosted its kind of mechanism in washington. this isn't surprising at all, why president trump has chosen

saudi arabia as his first destination to visit. if you were to accept diplomacy as not necessarily his natural territory, doing deals and money is his thing. so do you think he will be obliged, you think he will coming back with quite a lot of business done? —— be coming back. this will mean different things for different parties. for the saudis this is an important opportunity to re— boost their position in the middle east and strengthen their position in the middle east, to strengthen their relationship with the most important security partner in the least, especially have to remember that the saudis have been under a lot of pressure, especially when it came to the war in syria, yemen and the situation in the middle east which hasn't been favourable for them over the past few years. so this is a good opportunity for them to redefine their position in the region. but for the american side, it means the different thing. i think president trump is not as interested in the

syrian war or the lebanese war. he is more interested in cutting new deals and, as we will find out in the next few hours, he is kind of presenting a new arms package, a new deal, to the saudis, which potentially can rally around $100 billion. so it's a big economic opportunity for the americans. thank you very much. we do expect donald trump's plane to land in the next couple of hours, so we will bring you the latest developments and i know we will be talking to you later. at its best, it looks as good as that. a number of weather watchers in the east are experiencing a glorious morning. nothing like it in the north. difficult to know where the north. difficult to know where the skies and water stops. that is

because we are close to low pressure dominating the scene. lots of cloud in scotland. a separate band of weather in northern ireland. it will eventually manifested self as a band of showers in the south of scotland. this is how we see it at nine o'clock. 0ne this is how we see it at nine o'clock. one or two showers ahead of that band. dry in fine weather to be had in central and eastern parts. at the moment, if you are making plans for the whole day, don't take it as if it will stay that way. that wet weather in the west will go east. heavy showers. especially in northern england. it will eventually get the of scotland to replace the wet weather there. that is there to stay. —— west. sunshine in short supply for the scottish premiership fixtures. slowly improving in

kilmarnock. showers tending to fade away in the evening. the rain is stuck there i am afraid, in the north of scotland. it clears away for parts of northern ireland and scotland. but if you have plans on sunday, a decent sort of day. top temperatures, 21 degrees or so. more work for the remaining fixtures in the premier league. some quite crucial for european qualification. as far ahead as monday, not a bad day either. low pressure towards the west. that will throw some weather into the northern ireland area and in the western scotland and maybe into wales. and then we are in for a warm one. humid. not as warm as it usually is this time of year, but at least it will be pretty good. thank you. now for click. talking about

cyber security. guards! welcome to the south coast of england, and the country's biggest fortification, dover castle. they say an englishman's house is his castle. this week, this castle is mine. like every other home in the land, it needs to be well defended, because these days, it is constantly under attack.

the walls may keep out burglars, but today's digital invader is wily, and can worm its way in through the smallest gaps. last week's global cyber attack on companies in around 150 countries shows just how vulnerable systems can be, even if you are not called into clicking dodgy links. so this week, we're looking at cybersecurity. it's me versus the bad guys out there. and they might be small, but there's a lot of them. so what can i do to shore up my defences? one thing is through biometrics. gadgets already recognise our fingerprint, and now banks are starting to identify us using our voices. so how secure is it? is it possible, for example, to fake someone's voice? we asked dan simmons to give it a go, or most precisely, to find the one person who might stand a chance at breaking into his bank account. thanks, ben. well, one of the things that you might not know about me is that

i am the only member of the click team to have a twin brother. hi. his name isjoe, and we kind of sound quite alike. we kind of do sound quite alike. but i came out first, and hejust copied me. yeah, well, for this report, it's going to bejoe trying to copy me... together: ..as we try to break into a bank. but first, we're going to need some help. yep, i really think this guy is going to help us. right, good, good. all right, nice to meet you. if you'd like to sit down... what we're going to do first is i have this little analysis tool here. and what this will do is just detect, first of all, the pitch of your voice. this system that you're trying to break in is analysing your voice in lots of different ways. so there will be about 100 different variables it is picking up on. hello, i'd like to access my

account, please, today... hello, i wondered if i could access my account today. you see there are pretty big differences between them. so who do you think is the bigger adam's apple, out of both of you? i can't see mine. together: yayayayahh. .. it's the first time i've tried to use the telephone banking service, and i'm not set up, so i am hoping... laughs how many — how long do you want to make this? a bit shorter, 0k, a bit shorter. that wasn't axactly the way you said it the first time. i'd like to take everything out, today, please. that was. i'd like to take everything out, today, please. that is — that is close. that's not true. that is not true. excellent, that is brilliant. thank you very much. no worries at all! what're you dressed like that for?

well, we're doing a job, aren't we? i've got a gun. you don't need a gun, do you? your voice is your weapon. take that off! erica is the voice of nice — nice is the voice security provider for citibank credit ca rd—holders in the us, among others. hi, nice to meet you, too. joe's going to try to break into my account, what chances do you think he has? very slim. what advice can you give me to try and break into his account? well, you've known him your entire life, so try to imitate his voice. she seems very confident about this — what — what why is it that you think that, maybe, my twin brother can't break into my account? voice biometrics is the most accurate form of identification there is for access into financial institutions. why? it registers over 100 different characteristics with voice. half of them personality and the half are physical.

and you do look a little bit different, and your voices are different, so you will have different vocal characteristics. so therefore, what percentage chance do you think i have? it would be one out of several hundred thousand. how do you make it so that i can access my account, even if, like, at the moment, i have a little bit ofa... coughs as i said, there's over 100 characteristics, and a cough or cold only affects about two. so we still have all those other characteristics to work with, and we can use those for identification. and has anybody fooled the system through the front door? basically, pretending to be somebody they're not? no. can i ask another question? it mightjust be a bit out the ballpark, but is this legal? i'm here to break into the account of dan simmons. joe, you really don't need the gun.

what do i have to do? let's give this a shot. 0k? hi, yes, i'd like to access my current account, if i can, please? yes, it's probably about £10, something like that. yeah. thanks very much. yeah, that's great. thank you. you failed — but close. wow, look at how close this is over here. look at that! if we come over here, it you can see there's the threshold level, and that — that is pretty close. that was not a bad first go. thatjust came out of nowhere. first go, very good. it came out of absolutely nowhere! very good. but that's how you test the system, isn't it? yes, we that's how we test the system. we test it with twins, and siblings, and imitators. you know, a fraudster wouldn't get three chances, and the reason a fraudster wouldn't get three chances is that we would register

the multiple failures, and it would dynamically increase the threshold on the third, and put a flag on the account. right, that is not to say, of course, that it's impossible, is it? it's not impossible, it's just very improbable. so, dan, your bank account is still safe, although your twin got away with some pretty cool stationery. yeah, the old fashioned way. were you surprised that the voice attack didn't work? yeah, iwas, actually. we really tried hard to match up our voices. you know, we used the voice coach and the rest of it, and itjust bubbled under what we needed and couldn't get in. what about the simpler stuff that we have been asked by banks in the last few years, like "my voice is my password," did you try that? oh yeah, we had a crack at that. to get into my account, my twin needs my sort code and my account number, things i have already

helped him outwith. he also needs to know my birthdate, but that's probably something he already knows. the question is, can my voiceprint give me any extra protection? secret bank, we're not getting any bank names away. good afternoon. welcome to hsbc. oh, it's... please enter your sort code, or... oh, i've got this one. now, interestingly,it‘s the pin number, and the account number, which, if you are from the days from the old cheque—book, then both of those things you'd use to print objects. so if you've got an old cheque from somebody you already know that. ..your date of birth. he knows my date of birth because we share the same date of birth. after the tone, please repeat the phrase "my voice your password". my voice is my password. i'm sorry, i didn't catch that.

after the tone, please repeat the phrase "my voice your password". my voice is my password. welcome to hsbc advance. the balance of your account is £1.21p credit. i'm off to the bank! for your available balance... i thought it would be more than that, dan. laughs evil twin was in. perhaps more surprising when you consider the service providers test their systems with twins to improve security. i can get into other accounts, apparently, dan, so... hsbc told us: major security know no man works at an undisclosed financial

institution. 0h. he manages innovation, because they have an innovation unit. so what's he been innovating? just watch the way he uses his phone, because his security system is doing just that. and even with all his login details, i'll need to replicate how he holds, taps, and tilts his device. ha, hi! chris, would you mind lending me that for a moment? no luck. it's beaten me. that'll be yours, then. thank you very much. brilliant security tips there.

unfortunately, i think they've arrived a little bit too late for me. still, there you go. thanks for watching and i really, really hope that i will see you soon! hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and sally nugent. president trump will arrive on his first foreign trip since taking office, amid growing controversy back in washington. as he left there were reports in the us that he had described the fbi director he'd just sacked as a "nutjob" to russian officials. good morning, it's saturday the 20th of may.