this is bbc news. the headlines at 3:00pm. a grand welcome for donald trump in saudi arabia — where the us president is making his first foreign trip. he was greeted by king salman at riyadh airport. mr trump is leaving behind fresh controversy in washington. there are claims he said firing the fbi chiefjames comey, relieved him of "great pressure". jeremy corbyn insists his party is committed to trident after members of the shadow cabinet publicly disagree over the issue. the tories defend their pledge to cut net migration to "tens of thousands" after it comes under fire from former chancellor george osborne. hassan rouhani is re—elected as iranian president, defeating his conservative rival by a comfortable margin. and here comes the bride — the duchess of cambridge's sister, pippa, marries in berkshire.

president trump has arrived in saudi arabia at the start of his first foreign tour as president of the united states. we can speak to our correspondent. the day continues to u nfold correspondent. the day continues to unfold beginning with the most loyal of welco m es unfold beginning with the most loyal of welcomes this morning —— most loyal of welcomes. —— they are doing everything to make him feel at home.

they are doing traditional rituals including a coffee and then talks between trump and the saudi king salman, one report suggesting that king salman said that syria used to used to be such an advanced one and has now been destroyed. the us and saudis have been involved in helping the opposition to take on the forces of president assad. i lot of deals being signed to the tune of billions of dollars. military deals, engineering deals and industry as well. let's look at what has been happening, with frank gardner. into the blazing heat of the saudi summer, and away from the political heat of washington, president trump and the first lady emerged from air force one to a red carpet welcome.

they were greeted by king salman. they have a lot to discuss, specifically iran, the threat of terrorism and the problem of religious intolerance. the us president is due to address over a0 muslim leaders on the subject. going on past performance many here will be watching closely to see if he goes off script. inside the king's palace, president trump was given a token of the high esteem he is held in by his hosts. accompanied by his wife and much of his white house entourage, the president seemed at ease despite his troubles at home and the gruelling schedule that lies ahead. this us presidential trip to saudi arabia could still go either way. if it goes according to plan it will bejudged a great way. if it goes according to plan it will be judged a great success. but

this is sensitive territory, religious extremism and the need to combat intolerance. given his tendency to go off script there is a great deal that could go wrong. very sensitive and it has been scripted, most of all the speech tomorrow against islam and the fight against extremists —— speech tomorrow that islam and the fight against extremism. there will be no time for some pointed questions from the journalists who have accompanied president trump from washington. here's a taste of what president trump has left behind with laura becker. it started with the accusation that he'd linked classified information to the russians, then reports of a memo claiming president trump asked the fbi director to drop an

investigation into his former national security adviser. the next day it was announced a special counsel will lead an enquiry into russian meddling in the us presidential election and look at possible links between moscow and the trump campaign. the washington post has reported that someone close to the president is of interest in the investigation and just as air force one took off, the new york times published this, not only mr trump calling the fbi director a nut job, he felt that with him gone it would relieve the pressure on the investigation. it seems that we are learning disturbing new allegations about president trump, notjust everyday, but, ladies and edelmann, everyday, but, ladies and edelmann, every hour. the white house has said mrtrump was every hour. the white house has said mr trump was acting in the nation's interests in firing james comey and earlier this week trump described the enquiry as a witchhunt. james comey has agreed to give his account of events in public in ten days'

time. donald trump is embarking on an eight ambitious foreign trip but it may be overshadowed by the prospect of more trouble when he gets home. the saudi hosts and president trump, thoseissues the saudi hosts and president trump, those issues aren't going to surface on this agenda but there is one issue on which they agree, at least in terms of the kind of language we will hear coming out of saudi arabia and the next leg, jerusalem, very strong condemnation of iran and what these countries see as its aggressive actions across the region. incidentally, iran has re—elected its reformist president, hassan rouhani. in the middle east this weekend, two very important events, in riyadh and iran that will shape the future of iran in this region. let's have a look at these relationships. i'mjoined by

region. let's have a look at these relationships. i'm joined by the executive director of the tent to tent —— of the arabia foundation and i'm joined by tent —— of the arabia foundation and i'mjoined by an tent —— of the arabia foundation and i'm joined by an expert on iran. you are sitting in washington, why do you think that saudi arabia has claimed this prize of being the first stop on president trump's foreign visit? what was it about the relationship? it shows the centrality of the relationship, the enormous importance saudi arabia has for america's interests in the middle east, the need to work closely with saudi arabia to fight terrorism and to deter iran. the gentleman around the president, his advisers, national security adviser, secretary of state, are strong believers in that. that's really

what has pushed the symbolism of the trip, it is very symbolic for a president who said a lot of rhetoric on the campaign that caused concern but the fact that he is making this gesture, coming to riyadh now and progressing the muslim world and muslim leaders is a tremendous achievement for saudi arabia and shows that the relationship is very strong and enduring. what do you think? is this causing worry in teheran? i think that the us saudi reset is the more natural equilibrium in the triangle. for three and a half decades, us policy has involved cooperation with saudi arabia and containment or confrontation with iran. the 0bama administration tried a different approach, to engage with iran and

bring about reproach meant, which was ultimately not successful. the trump administration in many ways is going back towards a traditional american policy in the gulf. what is likely to be the reaction of iran and in particular the revolutionary guard seem to be the force leading policy across the region? if, as we expect, there are more sanctions against iran, and possibly other actions, how would iran respond? as you know, iranian foreign policy in the middle east has been remarkably consistent for the last 40 years, essentially three pillars, hostility towards the us, the rejection of israel's existence and rivalry with saudi arabia which has intensified. i don't think that's going to change. trump's policies will change the strategic pillars but if there

is more confrontation between america and iran in the middle east, whether it is in syria, yemen, it could indirectly help to unravel the nuclear deal which would be a real national security concern not only for the us but the us partners in signing the nuclear deal, europe, russia and china. talking to very senior saudi officials you have to say that saudi arabia is obsessed with iran and its engagement across the region. but it's not clear that even a neighbouring states in the persian gulf would be ready to put the kind of pressure on iran that saudi arabia wants to do. what's your assessment? saudi arabia sees this as an existential battle, it isn't a normal rivalry, one of them isn't a normal rivalry, one of them isa isn't a normal rivalry, one of them is a status quo power and iran is a revolutionary power. despite the moderate noises the iranians make in

english to the media, the supreme leader and revolutionary guard who really run iran, irrespective of the elections that are put together, it has been a revolutionary regime, talking about taking down the saudi monarchy for the last a0 years. a lot of golf nations share that. they are closer to iran and they feel more vulnerable, so they have to be careful. there is a consensus that it is an existential battle with this iranian regime. the fact that america sees it the same way is extremely reassuring. what is the risk of a confrontation? strongly and which, but is there the risk of more than that? when america is strong and shows its deterrence, the risk of confrontation comes down because it pushes the regime in iran

back to its box but unfortunately under the 0bama days, the risk went up under the 0bama days, the risk went up because they took their eye off the ball. so i think the risk of confrontation to a certain extent has gone down a bit. well, i think on the one hand certainly the iranian population doesn't want conflict and the american population after conflict in the middle east doesn't want conflict but there are so doesn't want conflict but there are so many theatres of potential conflict in the middle east, this is something we must watch very closely because even if neither side would like a conflict, we may be indirectly heading there. thank you for joining indirectly heading there. thank you forjoining us. those kind of assessments resonate right across the region. at the moment in riyadh,

it isa the region. at the moment in riyadh, it is a decisive moment, a turning point. trump has come here notjust for a bilateral summit with the saudis, he is meeting the leaders of the gulf cooperation counties, six litres, and presidents and prime ministers from across the arab and islamic world. a lot of talk about new alliances, even reports that some arab states. steps to bring down the walls of his stolid —— the walls of his stolid —— walls of hostility towards israel. that's all from us for now. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has insisted his party is "committed to trident". it comes after shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry suggested the party could abandon its support for the nuclear deterrent after a review. but shadow defence secretary nia griffith said ms thornberry was wrong and that labour's position on trident was settled. speaking in birmingham, mr corbyn said the party's manifesto was decisive on the issue.

the manifesto makes it clear that the labour party has made a decision, it is committed to trident and we are going to look at the real security needs of the country on other issues such as cyber security which the attack on the nhs proved, there must be a serious re—examination of our defences against those attacks. just to be clear, because there was a different view from emily thornberry saying that it was a review and things could change. i've made it clear, i've included it in the manifesto, a commitment given by the party and by me that we will also pursue multilateral disarmament through the nuclear non—proliferation treaty and that is the position that has been held for a long time. you are committed to renewing trident? it is clear what is said in the manifesto. earlier i spoke to our parliamentary correspondent sean curran about the labour trident row.

this is an issue that labour would like to see settled once and for all. they say that their policy isn't going to change. of course the background to this is thatjeremy corbyn, for a lot of his career has been a well—known opponent of nuclear weapons and that put him, when he became leader, in conflict with his party's policy which was to support the real newell of the uk's nuclear deterrent. —— the renewal. there has been a vote in favour in parliament and the policy is now in the manifesto. the problem seems to be that when certain people are asked questions, they start talking about their personal views or raise questions. emily thornberry the shadow foreign secretary suggested that if labour became the government it would need to have a strategic defence review which would mean looking at trident which brought

criticism, as we reported, from the shadow defence secretary who said no, the policy has been decided and what's more, it is myjob to be the shadow defence secretary, not yours. this was overshadowing the message that labour would like to get out and whyjeremy that labour would like to get out and why jeremy corbyn that labour would like to get out and whyjeremy corbyn has been in birmingham for this election rally, they are trying to double down on their criticism of the conservative ma nifesto their criticism of the conservative manifesto and in particular the proposals relating to pensioners. theresa may has said that she wants to put the divisions caused by brexit "behind us" and "get on with the job of making a success of brexit. speaking to party activisits in west london — she said she knew that people in the city were disappointed with the eu referendum outcome but that it was important to come together. she also attacked the labour party for the party's internal disagreement over trident. but i think now is the time to put that division behind us because in this country when we have a vote, we

respect the result. let's put the divisions of the past behind us and actually get on with the job of making a success of brexit. applause of course, if we're going to do that we need strong and stable leadership and a strong and stable government to be able to deliver on that success for us all stop —— for us. we have seen from jeremy corbyn's labour party today that a labour government led byjeremy corbyn would not be unequivocally committed to the trident nuclear deterrent. they would not be able to defend this country. jeremy corbyn leading the labour government, could not be trusted with the defence of our country. theresa may speaking earlier. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth is in west london following the prime minister

on the campaign trail. tell us more about what happened there today. theresa may has been here in west london doing a brief campaign visit, speaking to a number of conservative party activists and the themes were very familiar territory to what we've heard, a focus on leadership, conservative harrelson between her leadership and jeremy corbyn's. —— parallels between her leadership. she compared their position on trident. theresa may things that on defence and security she has the upper hand but what's interesting is that this area of west london voted to remain in the european union. we heard from theresa may some language to try to cater to that when she said she understood that many people wanted to remain but now is the time to focus on getting on with brexit. as

you heard, labour don't want to miss the opportunity to stick the boot into what they see as the flaws in the theresa may campaign so they have attacked around social care, the plan to means test the winter fuel payment to pensioners and on plans to ditch the triple lock, so there is just the double lock. we now have this phase of the campaign where we are trying to retain arguments where they think they can cut through and be the most co mforta ble. cut through and be the most comfortable. forjeremy corbyn it is most about domestic policy and four theresa may it is a lot about leadership qualities. 0ver theresa may it is a lot about leadership qualities. over the next few weeks we will see people taking over the detail of the policies the parties have set out in the ma nifesto, parties have set out in the manifesto, trying to fathom what it would mean for people and whether it would mean for people and whether it would affect how people vote. thank you forjoining us. the liberal democrats have launched their new poster — taking a swipe at the prime minister. the party say the poster is a direct attack at the conservative

leadership and the closeness between the policies of the prime minister and the former ukip leader nigel farage. the green party have released their youth manifesto, attempting to appeal to young voters. among the commitments is a pledge to scrap tuition fees and cancel existing student debt. the party also promises stable housing for what it calls "generation rent". ukip have been campaiging in clacton. it's the only seat ukip won in the last election under douglas ca rswell until he left the party. away from the campaign trail, the party have suspended one of its general election candidates, because of a series of social media comments which have drawn allegations of racism. paddy singh will continue to be listed as the ukip candidate, but the party will no longer endorse him. he has denied being racist. hassan rouhani has been re—elected president of iran for another four years. mr rouhani won 57% of the vote, easily beating his conservative challenger, ebrahim raisi. he's tweeted that the "people are

the real winners of this election". kasra naji has this report. president hassan rouhani, the winner of the election by a wide margin. he had promised not to let the hardliners take the country backwards. he had promised to steer the country towards moderation. almost all the votes have now been counted, more than ai million of them. the iranian people have said a resounding no to the islamic hardliners by voting in droves for president rouhani, running for a second term in office, in a landslide. and the interior ministry in teheran, a sigh of relief that the election went peacefully. translation: mr rouhani won 23,5a9,6i6 votes, representing 57% of all votes. therefore he is elected the next iranian president. today, for many, a day

of celebration, a big victory against the islamic hardliners who had intimidated them. this, just before the final results were announced. translation: i'm glad he was re—elected. of course, if, by the end of today, they announce it as a certain result i would be very happy. turnout was unprecedented, more than 73%. here in teheran more than 5 million people voted, twice that of 2013. many ran out of time while they waited in long queues although the authorities extended voting by five hours. there were indications that the hardliners had pulled all the stops and organised all their resources to oust president rouhani. that spurred the supporters of president rouhani to come out in big numbers. iranians have given president

rouhani a big mandate for change, greater freedoms at home and engagement with the outside world. but islamic ha rdliners are not done yet. they will fight tooth and nail at every turn to frustrate his efforts. two men have been arrested after a woman went missing in hull nearly a month ago. renata antczak, who's 29 and originally from poland, hasn't been in touch with her family since the 25th of april. police are searching a number of addresses in the city. more now on donald trump's trip to saudi arabia, the start of his first foreign tour as president of the united states. the eight—day trip, which started in riyadh, will also take in israel, the palestinian territories, brussels, the vatican, and sicily. we can talk to daniel benjamin who

travelled extensively on air force one as bill clinton's foreign policy speech writer. he joins us from new hampshire. thank you forjoining us. this is a pretty major trip for any new president but give us a sense of the preparation that would have been involved in head office. normally for a presidential trip you are planning for a—6 weeks, the advance people are doing it for months and it is an enormous amount of meetings and planning to get the policy message right and figuring out all of the little touches that will make a trip like this successful. a enormous logistical undertaking and it requires the intense engagement from the presidential bureaucracy. how well prepared that you think he

can be given what has gone on in the run—up? can be given what has gone on in the run-up? the scandal related to russia and the administration's contacts and campaign's contacts, firing the fbi director, must have been enormous distraction especially for a president who isn't famous for his attention span. what's more, if you look at the list of people who are travelling, it isn't clear that they took a lot of regional experts, which is going to be a challenge for the team on the road. i think expectations are very low for this trip but it is a very perilous undertaking for the president. you say that expectations are low, but it's a pretty important trip, isn't it? it is hugely important. trump has a litany of and delete —— of anti—muslim statements and saudi arabia is his first stop. giving a

speech in saudi arabia that won't offend anyone is a challenge on its own. he's going to go to nato and he has said one thing after another that disparages nato and that will be another problem. the israelis are angry because he has started signalling that he wants movement on the settlements and his advance people have irritated the government with changing plans, a refusal to spend more than 15 minutes at the holocaust memorial. it is a big trip and also unprecedented to start out and also unprecedented to start out a presidency with a trip to the middle east. it is unheard of in the past. he has been given a warm welcome so far, it seems to be going well, a big speech tomorrow. you say that it well, a big speech tomorrow. you say thatitis well, a big speech tomorrow. you say that it is perilous, he won't have been the first president of the united states to go off protocol and cause united states to go off protocol and ca use co ntrove rsy united states to go off protocol and cause controversy on a foreign trip. what will success look like? most

commentators expect success will be an absence of major gaffes and an ability to not be troubled by the bad news at home because we have hearings coming up this week involving a number of people involved in the scandal, i think james comey, the former fbi director, will testify. the news doesn't stop here. i've had this experience, the president must be able to multitask in a very deft way. i think that the bar is low, but gaffes happen when you are very tired and that happens on these trips. and when your staff is as inexperienced as this one is. thank you forjoining us. be watching carefully. —— you will be watching carefully. —— you will be watching carefully with everybody else. the duke and duchess of cambridge are in berkshire this afternoon for the wedding of the duchess's sister pippa middleton. prince george was one of the page

boys while his sister charlotte was a bridesmaid. our correspondent alexandra mackenzie is in englefield in berkshire for us now. those celebrations are continuing, no doubt. tell us more about what you saw, the dress, the excitement. yes, all very exciting here, the celebrations are continuing. i don't know how much you can see behind me but the guests are just leaving englefield house, those who were at the church service. they have been at the reception and now it looks like they are continuing those celebrations on to the middleton family home which is just six miles from here. if you joined us a few minutes earlier we got a particularly good view of the newly married couple, pippa middleton and james matthews. there was a lot of cheering behind us, something is going to happen and we saw an open top car rolling down the road past us and indeed it was the middleton

and matthews in the car. the photographers were delighted and we got a good view of the newly married couple. a lot of excitement here and thatis couple. a lot of excitement here and that is likely to continue for the next few hours. we've got to leave it there. we will be back with you hopefully later. the weather now. some showers to end the day especially across eastern parts of england and into the eastern scotland. persistent rain in northern scotland but to the south, fewer showers compared with so far today, should be a fine end to the day. showers fading tonight, the rain in scotland easing off and sunday morning will be dry, a bit cooler compared to this morning, around three or a degrees. should be lovely, a bright start for many of you. quickly clouding over in northern ireland, some patchy rain

and drizzle, and after a bright start in western scotland, cloudy with a chance of rain. northern england and wales, isolated showers through the afternoon. mostly a dry day and it will feel warmer, temperatures in the south and east may it 21 degrees. it is set to get warm on monday and tuesday, some rain around, especially western scotla nd rain around, especially western scotland and northern ireland but dry and bright weather as well.