this is bbc news, i'm sophie long. the headlines at 5pm. a grand welcome for donald trump in saudi arabia where the us president is making his first foreign trip. president trump and king salman of saudi arabia sign multi—billion dollar weapons contracts in riyadh. the white house described it as the biggest single arms deal in us history. mr trump is leaving behind fresh controversy in washington. over the firing the fbi chief james comey. jeremy corbyn insists his party is committed to trident after members of the shadow cabinet publicly disagree over the issue. the tories defend their aim 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 with a comfortable margin. also in the next hour. just married, the duchess of cambridge‘s sister, pippa middleton. prince george was one of the page boys while his sister charlotte was a bridesmaid.

and exeter are through to rugby‘s premiership final after a last gap try sees them beat saracens. that's all in sportsday in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. my colleague lyse doucet is in riyadh. welcome to riyadh, the first day of president donald trump's first foreign visit is slowly evolving.

he'll be soon going to a lavish dinner here, the guests of his saudi hosts who have given him a royal welcome. starting with the red carpet this morning at the international airport here in riyadh. and a day when he received many honours and signed many deals, a senior saudi official has said that already some deals worth a record $300 billion have been signed. in everything from engineering and technology, in the oil and gas sector, as well as an arms deal totalling 110 billion us dollars. that's a record sum in us saudi relations. there's much talk here of turning page. in other words, about a new partnership between the saudi kingdom and the united states with efforts from the strained religion should president 0bama, focused on a nuclear —— relationship with president 0bama, focused on a nuclear deal with iran,

the archrival of saudi arabia. we will discuss these crucial relationships and what is not on the agenda including human rights. but first let's see what has been happening today. arriving in the heat of arabia, and leaving behind the political heat of washington, president trump and the first lady had been welcomed with full honours by their royal saudi hosts. they were greeted by king salman, now in his eighties, and escorted to the terminal. 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 this 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, the collar of king abdulaziz. 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 still lies ahead. this us presidential trip to saudi arabia could still go either way. if it goes according to plan it will be judged a great success. but this is sensitive territory, islam, religious extremism and the need to combat intolerance. given his propensity to go off script there is a great deal that could go wrong. let's have a listen into the first press c0 nfe re nce let's have a listen into the first press conference of the day, the saudi spokesman and rex tillerson. something we will be closely together on.

—— something we will be closely working together on. this relationship is based on trust, trapped between the two nations that we are cooperating on a shared interest. the elements of this declaration that was signed today, thejoint declaration that was signed today, the joint strategic vision, there are many elements and there are a lot of work now to implement that. it is going to require significant ongoing engagement and dialogue between our two nations, so i think you will find we will meet regularly in order to review how the things are progressing, and that is only going to serve to further strengthen oui’ going to serve to further strengthen our corporation. and also sent a very strong message to our our corporation. and also sent a very strong message to oui’ common very strong message to our common enemies. it's very strong message to our common enemies. it's strange —— it strengthens the bond between us and will guide our path forward. at the co re will guide our path forward. at the core of our expanding relationship, really are our shared security interests. america's security at

home is strengthened when saudi arabia's security is strong as well. and the united states of america, and the kingdom of saudi arabia, are embarking on a number of new initiatives to counter violent extremist messaging as we have just heard the prime minister described. we are also going to be pursuing new approaches to disrupting financing of terrorism, and advancing defence cooperation. to date the united states and saudi arabia are conducting vital new expansions of security relationships, that really stands over seven decades. but i think one of the real hallmarks of today and the economic corporation. if you have strong economic cooperation between two countries, thatis cooperation between two countries, that is a foundation to a strong security relationship as well. as you heard the foreign minister mentioned, today we announced 23 foreign investment export licences leading to upwards of more than $350 billion of historic direct

investment. 109 billion of that is in arms sales to bolster the security of our saudi partners. these are going to result in literally hundreds of thousands of americanjobs that literally hundreds of thousands of american jobs that are created by the direct investments in purchases of american goods, american equipment, american technology, but also investment into the kingdom of saudi arabia as well. and i think it's important as well to note that this is the indication of the confidence of the kingdom of saudi arabia has in the united states investment plan. and i think as they evaluate the future investment climate of the united states, what they are seen already other positive impacts of president trump's actions to improve the business climate in the us for investment and job creation, and they intend to be a pa rt creation, and they intend to be a part of that with these investments. similarto part of that with these investments. similar to this is a great vote of confidence in the united states in the business environment, in the

kingdom of saudi arabia. as they continue to advance in their own reforms and seek new opportunities for their own people to create jobs as well. so strong economic relationships are the foundation for strong security relationships as well. the intended sales of the defence packages in particularfall into five broad categories. border security and counterterrorism, maritime and the security, air force modernisation, air and missile defence, cyber security and communications upgrades. and i think you can surely identify in all of these the importance that all of those areas have two us national security as well. along with this will go a lot of training and support to strengthen our relationship with the saudi armed forces... the us secretary of state rex tillerson outlining what are the fundamental pillars of the us saudi relationship, emphasising the shared security interests and then talking

about the economic corporation. but today will has resulted in a record number of deals, including export licensing which rex tillerson has said, those are the magic words for president trump, but it will create hundreds of thousands ofjobs in the united states. he described it as a vote of confidence in the united states. this whole trip is about the vote of confidence by both sides in their relationship. but will this be a strong relationship going forward? we're joined now from texas, from alm texas university, by the veteran ambassador who served for many years in this region. when you see the language coming out of riyadh, what the priorities are for president trump's administration, making it very clear it's going to be different from president 0bama's relationship, do you think this is the right way forward? relationship, do you think this is the right way forward ?|j relationship, do you think this is the right way forward? i absolutely do. i'm, as a professional in the

national security and international relations field, i think the president is doing just the right thing. secretary rex tillerson noted this, talking about going back seven decades. february 1945, this, talking about going back seven decades. february1945, on the this, talking about going back seven decades. february 1945, on the deck of the uss quincy in great bear lake, meeting between roosevelt and his counterpart set the stage for us engagement in the middle east. we got away from that in a 0bama presidency, i am delighted to see the president and secretary of state when it back. and does it worry you that they are talking about new military alliances that could america back in a new and more decisive engagement in the region, including taking more assertive, possibly aggressive action against iran? again, as the secretary said,

a bedrock of our relationship has been security. the formula since 1945 was oil and security. we provided the security, they provided the oil. while the united states is no longer dependent on gulf 0il, our allies are in particularly east asia. so i think we're getting back to the past and it has been largely productive past. that's what we've got to concentrate on. and i like the notion that the secretary and laid out, that we are not here to dominate the region, we are here to shore up ourjewish nor relationships, and move forward with partners. —— shore up our traditional relationships and move forward with partners. i'm afraid we have to move forward their... what do young saudis make of these new relationships that is being

strengthened here in riyadh? we're joined by a 25—year—old recent saudi graduate, who is graduated from st andrews university in the united kingdom, you are now a researcher here in saudi arabia. what you've been hearing about the shared interests, economic and security, is that the kind of future you are looking forward to as well in this relationship? i guess it really is about the stability in the region, especially in saudi. something we're very used to being, it is safe place to be usually. until the time i'll recently that's been happening in the region. —— until the turmoil recently. definitely economic and security interests are the two pillars, especially with the cancellation in saudi arabia, the —— the transformation in saudi arabia. this is a country where the majority

of people are at your age, very active social media, the highest per capita usage of twitter and youtube, is that a lot of excitement about this visit? i'm not sure about excitement, but there is high indeed city, but also an elephant in the room about what is going to happen. there is an excitement, the city is branded with this visit, it's not just a state to state visit, it is for the city. everybody is involved, the ceos are involved, social media community is involved, what do you think the elephant in the room?” guess what he has to say about islam. you worry about what he said before? i mean, he's always unpredictable. though you don't know his stance and the muslim communities, towards the muslim communities. his visit in saudi does

determine so much, butjust for the saudi society but for the muslim community in general. we will find out tomorrow. thank you forjoining us out tomorrow. thank you forjoining us here in riyadh. as they won of this first visit is coming to an end, you can hear the helicopters in the sky, very tight security here in riyadh, tight control as well over what kind of comments president trump will make. they want to make sure he keeps to the script, his speech tomorrow about islam and countering extremism has been very carefully crafted because as we have said, it is notjust the elephant in the room, it is elephant in riyadh. we will continue to watch the are releva nt we will continue to watch the are relevant here. —— the developments here. president trump and king salman of saudi arabia sign

multi—billion—dollar contracts in riyadh, described as the biggest single am still in us history. there's a disagreement within labour after shadow foreign secretary says the party could abandon its support for trident. meanwhile the tories defend their pledge to cut net migration after it's criticised by former chancellor george osborne. the wedding's taken place of pippa middleton, the sister of the duchess of cambridge. she married the financier james matthews, in berkshire. 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. but of course the background to this is thatjeremy corbyn for a lot of his political 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 renewal of the uk's nuclear deterrent. there's already been a vote in parliament in favour of renewing trident. and as mr corbyn said, the promise is now in the manifesto. the problem seems to be that when certain people are asked questions, they start to talk about their personal views or raise questions. emily thornberry, who is the shadow foreign secretary, suggested that if labour were to become government, it would need to have a strategic defence review and that would mean looking at trident. and that brought the criticism, as we've reported, from the shadow defence secretary who is basically saying, no, this policy has been decided, and what's more, it's myjob to be the shadow defence secretary, not yours. all of this was overshadowing the message that labour wants to get out at the moment,

and whyjeremy corbyn has been in birmingham today for an election rally, they are trying to double down on their criticism of the conservative manifesto and in particular the proposal related to pensioners. theresa may has says she wants to put the divisions caused by the eu referendum "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 referendum outcome but that it was important to come together. she also attacked the labour party 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. so let's. .. let's put the division behind, the divisions of the past behind us, and actuallyjust get on with the job of making a success of brexit. applause. and, 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. and we have seen yet again from jeremy corbyn's labour party today that labour led byjeremy corbyn would not be unequivocally committed to the trident nuclear deterrent, they would not be able to defend this country. a jeremy corbyn—led labour government could not be trusted with the defence of our country. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent alex forsyth who's with the prime minister on the campaign trail. theresa may has been here in west london doing a very brief campaign visit, she came to speak to conservative party activists.

she spoke to them for maybe three orfour minutes, and the themes, as you heard, from her were very familiar territory to what we've heard before, which is this big focus on leadership, on drawing parallels between her leadership and jeremy corbyn's, and she waited no opportunity to comment on the we've heard from labour today on the party's position on trident. because of course, theresa may thinks when it comes to defence and security, she's got the upper hand on that. but what is quite interesting is that this area of west london voted to remain in the european union. so we did hear from theresa may some language to try to cater to that today, when she said she understood that many people wanted to remain but now is the time to focus on getting on with brexit. but as you heard there, labour don't want to miss the opportunity to stick the boot into what they see in the flaws in theresa may's campaign as well. so their attack ads have been on policies around social care, on the plans to mean test the fuel payment for pensioners, and on plans to ditch the pensioners‘ triple lock

so there's just a double lock instead. i think we are now into this phase of the campaign because we've got the manifestos from the two major parties, where they're trying to retain the argument around where they can cut through and feel the most comfortable. so forjeremy corbyn it's a lot about domestic policy but for theresa may, as we heard from her today, it's a lot about leadership qualities. and i think in the next few weeks, what we'll see is really people picking over the detail of the policies that the policies have set out in the manifesto, trying to figure out exactly what it will mean for people and whether or not that will affect the way people vote. the liberal democrats have launched their new poster taking a swipe at the prime minister. the party says the poster highlights the similarities between the policies of the prime minister and the former ukip leader nigel farage. the green party has released its youth manifesto, with an attempt to appeal to young voters. among the commitments is a pledge to scrap tuition fees and cancel outstanding 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 but its mp douglas carswell has left the party. away from the campaign trail, the party has 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. in a tweet, he said 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, this is him in his first televised victory after his victory. translation: yesterday, you said no to all those who were inviting us to return to the past or remain stuck in that present. you have put iran back on the road to progress. almost all the votes have now been counted, more than 41 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. at the interior ministry in teheran, a sigh of relief that the election went peacefully. translation: mr rouhani won 23,549,616 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. jailed them, executed them, exiled them and drove them out of their jobs. 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. kasra nasri, bbc news. well, we can speak now to trita parsi, who is the president of the national iranian american council. he joins us live now from washington. good afternoon. thank you for being with us. he won a decisive victory, a record turnout, what are your initial thoughts? i think this is a very strong endorsement of iran moving into a more open direction, both internally as well as resolving

its tensions and its issues with the outside world through defenders say and through compromise. and i think it's important to note, particularly mindful of what has happening in europe and elsewhere, that iran is one of the few countries in the world where a message of moderation and anti—populism win to an election. it was a decisive victory against hardliners that they have not gone away, how much of an impact will it have on everyday life for people living in iran?|j will it have on everyday life for people living in iran? i think a lot of iranian to have been disappointed that rouhani has not managed to do more, particularly when it comes to the internal situation in his first term. now he has a strong mandate, he has got only one term left, she cannot have a third term. the expectations will be greater that this time he needs to deliver. this

having a strong mandate means he has less of an ability to say that he is constantly being stymied and sabotaged by the hardliners. so he has a second term, he's got a stronger mandate as you say, he's also got a time limit. realistically, how much can he achieved? well, change in iran is going to be slow, fortunately. but the important thing is that it goes on the right correction. and particularly seeing again in the region, having an election in this type in iran, the participation rate seeing that in the public, it is an indication that the society is doing what it can to pressure the irani government to move in the right direction. i think the outside world has a lot to do as well, if more interaction follows now to iran from the outside world and europe, that would encourage people in the country to try and move it in a more open direction. very good to talk

to, thank you very much indeed. the duke and duchess of cambridge are in berkshire this afternoon for the wedding of the duchess's sister pippa middleton. pippa married hedge fund manager james matthews at st marks church in berkshire. prince william and prince harry were in attendance at the ceremony, along with sporting and entertainment figures including former number one roger federer. the bride wore a dress designed by giles deacon. the wedding bells rang just after midday. the duchess of cambridge accompanied the page boys and bridesmaid strings ceremony. and prince george was one of the page boys while his sister princess charlotte was a bridesmaid. the guests included princess eugenie and her partnerjack broke back. and it looked beautiful and sunny

there although the heavens did have opened still left those pictures. let's have a look at the weather. some lively showers to end the day particularly across eastern parts of england and into eastern scotland, more persistent rain in northern scotla nd more persistent rain in northern scotland but towards the left of the country, fewer showers around this evening compared to what we have seen evening compared to what we have seen today, should be a fine end to the day for many. tonight the showers fade, the rain eases off in northern scotland, and many go into sunday morning dry and cooler compared to this morning. town to around three or four degrees in all parts. a bright start for many of you, founding over in northern ireland during breakfast, and into the afternoon cloudier in western scotla nd the afternoon cloudier in western scotland after a bright start, with the chance of rain. northern scotland, east midlands and wales, isolated morning showers, but foremost a dry day and it will feel warmer. to butchers could hit 21

degrees in the south—east. getting warmer through monday and tuesday, little bit of rain at times, particularly across western scotland and northern ireland. but dry and bright weather as well. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. president trump and king salman of saudi arabia sign multi—billion dollar weapons contracts in riyadh. the white house described it as the biggest single arms deal in us history. back home, there are fresh claims about his reasons for sacking james comey, the director of the fbi. jeremy corbyn insists his party is committed to trident after members of the shadow cabinet publicly disagree over the issue. the tories defend their aim to cut net migration to "tens of thousands" after it comes under fire from former chancellor george osborne. the wedding has taken place of pippa middleton, the sister of the duchess of cambridge. prince george was one of the page boys while his sister charlotte was a bridesmaid.

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we re interval as more clear—cut chances were spurned. m illwa ll were spurned. millwall had the extra motivation of avenging defeat in last year's play—off final and as it looked like there would be extra time they finally clicked, a half chance seized by steve morrison do is deliver a definitive blow. heartbreakfor deliver a definitive blow. heartbreak for bradford and at full—time delirium for millwall. they and their team roaring back to the championship two years after relegation. there's been a battle going on in the scottish premiership as the bottom two jostle for survival. but it's hamilton academical who get a stay of execution through to the play—off against dundee united while inverness have been relegated. here's how the bottom of the table finished after the final matches of the season. inverness needed a win and for hamilton to drop points but they lost 3—2 to motherwell. while hamilton beat dundee by 4—0. elsewhere, ross county beat

kilmarnock. the alloa v brechin championship playoff second leg kicked off at 17.15. brechin lead 1—0 on aggregate. in the women's super league one spring series, arsenal move up to second after beating fa cup runners—up birmingham city 4—2. they had to come from behind after england's rachel williams headed the blues into a surprise lead in the first minute. arsenal equalised before danielle van de donk‘s cool finish gave them a 2—1 lead. two goals from louise quinn then secured the win. liverpool play bristol city at 6pm. england under—20s have beaten argentina in their opening group game at the world cup. everton's dominic calvert—lewin got the opening goal seven minutes before half—time in south korea. and seven minutes after the break, newcastle's adam armstrong doubled the lead. it finished 3—0 as chelsea's dominic solanke added penalty spot in injury time. they face guinea next and then play their korean hosts. the tournament is trialling video

assistants for referees and this elbow on another chelsea player fikayo tomori was spotted on replays and argentina's lautaro martinez was sent off. their younger compatriots the under—17s lost the final of their european championship. a last—minute spanish equaliser took the game to penalties. england missed two of their three kicks, and spain didn't miss any, so they took the trophy from the young lions‘ grasp. exeter put an end to saracens' hopes of a double double. by beating them in a dramatic premiership play off semifinal. this year's champions cup winners saracens were hoping to retain both their european and domestic titles but a late exeter try means they're through to the final with an 18—16 victory. hannah lupton reports. saracens have a swagger in their

stride, back—to—back european champions and now moving in on the premiership title. at a stormy but welcoming sandy park. amongst their ra nks welcoming sandy park. amongst their ranks the european player of the year. as usual owen farrell accurate. 6-6, accurate. 6—6, all square at the break, exeter had the momentum, the wind behind them and with the force of jack nowell, a try at a crucial lead against a side who had beaten them last year in the final. yet salaries are supreme hunters as they chased the game and survival instincts kicked in. this imaginative embolisation left the reigning champions minutes away from twickenham. minutes turned two seconds and externally did one final push. sam simmons had the strength to get them over the line. the saracens dream of the double—double had disappeared

but this day belonged to exeter. the other semifinal between wasps and leicester kicked off around 15 minutes ago at the ricoh arena. the latest score is 10—3. hull against st helen's kicked off around 45 minutes ago. the latest score is 19—0. while wigan against warrington is a 7pm kick off. england fast bowlerjames anderson

is likely to miss the rest of lancashire's county championship rose's game against yorkshire due to a groin injury. the 34—year—old will have a scan on monday. england's first test this summer is against south africa at lord's on the sixthjuly. world number two novak djokovic is through to the semi—finals of the rome masters after beating del potro in straight sets. last year's finalist made light work of his argentinian opponent, taking the first set 6—1. it was a much tighter second set but the serbian showed his skills to advance to the semi—finals, winning the second 6—4. djokovic will play his semifinal against dominic thiem later this evening. number 16 seed alexander zverev is also through to the semifinals after he beatjohn isner in three sets. the german claimed the first set 6—4 but the american fought back to take the second 7—6 but it was zverev who held his nerve to take the decider 6—1. meanwhile in the women's tournament, simona halep is through to herfirst rome final after a straight sets win

over kiki bertens. halep will face garbine muguruza or ukraine's elina svitolina in sunday's final. they play later tonight. dutchman tom dumoulin has extended his lead at the giro d'italia to just under three minutes. britain's adam yates made up some of the time lost in last sunday's crash to go second in the competition for best young rider. while dumoulin was outstanding as he won a mountainous stage 14. he's now two minutes and 47 seconds ahead of his main challenger nairo quintana with seven stages to go. on to moto gp. and maverick vinales will start on pole position for tomorrow's race in le mans. britain's cal crutchlow set the early pace in the final part of qualifying before being bumped down to fourth. directly ahead of him will be vinales who powered his yamaha to pole ahead of championship leader valentino rossi. the big race of the day the lockinge stakes at newmarket was won by ribchester.

jockey william buick rode the 7—4 favourite from the front seeing off lightning spear and breton rock. it's the eighth time sheikh mohammed's godolphin stables have won the lockinge. surfing conjures up an image of sunshine, palm trees and exotic locations. but for british number one luke dillon it's not all glamour as he tries to make it on the world circuit. the sport is on the rise following its inclusion in the olympics, and next week's world championships marks the first step towards tokyo 2020. our olympic sports reporter david mcdaid has been to meet dillon in the wet and windy south—west a leap into the cornish swell. it's a far cry from hawaii or california, but newquay‘s fistral beach is the home to british surfing. this is special for me. it's the home to britain's best surfer. it got me into a really good rhythm for the 2016 season when i started

competing internationally. in that first senior year, he broke the world's top 150. he's now aiming even higher towards tokyo 2020. surfing will make its olympic debut. the upcoming world surfing games is the start of that journey. this is like a really big opportunity for surfers all over the world. i know some guys in the top 32 in the world are going to france to hopefully go to the olympics to get this olympic medal. now it's there, i want to do it and get it. the route to japan will not be an easy ride. unlike big surfing nations, such as america or australia, the uk pro scene is much less developed. i don't have a surf coach as such. i never have. the other guys have surf coaches, fitness planners, nutritionists. most of them are on six—figure contracts. ijust save all the money i can and try to work it out with the budget i've got. and that's why the olympic stage is so important for british surfing. we're definitely on the back foot. but we're getting better, the last few years. especially with it going to the olympics, i think it will rise. it's going to take

a little bit more time. then hopefully we'll get up there soon. so if dillon can make waves come tokyo, his own success may have a ripple effect for future generations too. that's all sport for now. president trump and king salman of saudi arabia have signed a defence deal worth $350 billion. the white called it the biggest single arms deal in us history. in a news conference in the last half—an—hour — the us secretary of state rex tillerson said the deal would make the partnership stronger between the two nations and sends a strong message to their common enemies. this growing partnership is really

grounded in trust. trust between our two nations that we are pursuing the same objectives. co—operation and a shared interest. the elements of this declaration that was signed today, the joint strategic vision, there are many elements. there is a lot of work now to implement those elements and put them into motion. that is going to require significant ongoing engagement and dialogue between our two nations and i think you will find we will be meeting with a great deal of regularity to review how these things are progressing and thatis these things are progressing and that is only going to serve to further strengthen our cooperation. and sends a strong message to our common enemies, strengthen the bonds between us, and charts this new pathway forward. at the core of our expanding relationship, are our shared security interests. america's

security interests. america's security at home is strengthened when saudi arabia's is strong as well. the united states of america, the kingdom of saudi arabia are embarking on a number of initiatives to counter violent extremists messaging as wejust to counter violent extremists messaging as we just heard the foreign minister described. we will be pursuing new approaches to disrupting financing terrorism. and advancing defence cooperation. today the us and saudi arabia are conducting vital new expansions of security relationships that really spans over seven one of the hallmarks of today is economic co—operation. if you have strong economic engagement between the murtagh countries that is a foundation to a strong security relationship. as you heard the foreign minister mentioned, today we announced a 23 foreign export licences leading u pwa rd foreign export licences leading upward to more than $350 billion of

historic direct investment. 109 billion of that is in arms sales to bolster the security of our saudi partners. there are number two map is significant events taking place in the region with president trump visiting saudi arabia and hassan rouhani winning a second term as president of tehran. least is set has been discussing the events. in terms of the language from saudi arabia and jerusalem, very strong condemnation of iran and what these countries see as aggressive actions across the region, destabilising actions. iran has re—elected its reformist president hassan rouhani. in the middle east two very important event which will shape the future of iran in this region.

let us look at these relationships. we arejoined from let us look at these relationships. we are joined from washington by the executive director of the arabia foundation, welcome. thank you. and an iranian expert, welcome to you. thank you. you are sitting in washington, why do you think saudi arabia has claimed this prize of being the first stop on president trump's first foreign visit? it shows the centrality of the relationship, the enormous importance saudi arabia has for american interests in the middle east. the need to work closely with saudi arabia to fight terrorism and to deter iran. his advisers, his security advisers, secretary of state, they are strong believers in

that. that is what has pushed the tremendous symbolism of this chip, for a president who had a lot of rhetorically on the campaign that caused people concerned. the fact he is making this tremendous gesture coming to riyadh now, addressing the muslim world, it is edge achievement for saudi arabia and shows this relationship is very strong and enduring. what do you think, is this causing worry in teheran? the us— saudi, it provides a more natural equilibria in the triangle and for decades we have seen containment of confrontation with iran. the president barack 0bama demonstration pursued a different

approach to engage with iran which was ultimately not successful. the trump administration is going back toa trump administration is going back to a traditional us policy to the persian gulf. what is likely to be the reaction of iran and the revolutionary guards who seem to be the fourth leading policy across the region, if there are more sanctions against iran, how would iran respond? iranian foreign policy in the middle east has been consistent, there have been three pillars, hostility towards the united states, rejection of ismail, and rivalry with saudi arabia. i don't think that will change president trump's policies. but if there is more confrontation

between america and iran in the middle east whether that is in syria oryemen, it middle east whether that is in syria or yemen, it could middle east whether that is in syria oryemen, it could indirectly middle east whether that is in syria or yemen, it could indirectly help to unravel the nuclear deal which would be a national—security concerns for the united states and the us partners signing the nuclear deal, europe, russia and china. talking to senior saudi visuals, they are obsessed with iran and its engagement in the region. it is not clear the neighbouring states in the persian gulf would put pressure on iran that saudi arabia wants to do. saudi arabia sees it as an existential battle. it is a status quo power, iran is a revolutionary power. despite all the moderate

noise as they make in english to the global media, the supreme leader and revolutionary guard who really run iran, irrespective of the elections they put together, seem, the regime isa they put together, seem, the regime is a revolutionary regime talking about taking down the saudi monarchy for the past 40 years. a lot of the gulf nations share that. they are closer to iran and feel more vulnerable so they have to be careful. there was a consensus among the gulf states it is an existential battle with this iranian regime. the fact this administration sees it the way saudi arabia sees it is reassuring. a very brief answer from both of you. what is the risk of confrontation? there will be strong language. is there a risk of more than that? when america is strong and shows its

deterrence, the risk of confrontation comes down. it pushes their regime back into its box. u nfortu nately their regime back into its box. unfortunately under the president barack obama unfortunately under the president ba rack 0bama days, unfortunately under the president barack obama days, the risk went up, they took their eye off the ball. the risk of confrontation has gone down a bit. i think that on one hand suddenly the iranian population does not want conflict and the american population does not want conflict. but there are so many does not want conflict. but there are so many theatres of potential conflict in the middle east that this is something we have to watch very closely because even if a conflict is pursued, we could be heading there. 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's usually assumed that soaring house prices in central london would have the greatest impact on affordability for younger households. but the resolution foundation says the north of england and outer london have been affected the most. it says home ownership among young families has fallen 63% in outer london towns, such as harrow and croydon. in west yorkshire, ownership fell by 52% among families with adults between 25 and 34. while the fall in greater manchester was 51% between 1994 and last year. a lot more families are living in the private rental sector, which is expensive, insecure and often not a very nice place to live. but it also matters longer term. we've 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 old whether you own a house. they also say pledges by labour and the conservatives to build one million new homes lacked the required detail on how that might be achieved within five years. whether it's french champagne or italian prosecco, the uk's love of fizz shows no sign of slowing down. but the technique for making it was first documented not by a frenchman or an italian — but by a 17th century scientist in england. nick higham has more. some call it "brit fizz," or simply bubbly. its proper name is english sparkling wine, and it is made like champagne. the french will tell you the method was discovered by a frenchman. a monk called dom perignon in 1967. but here in winchcombe, they know better. on monday, they will put up a plaque on his birthplace to a local,

christopher merritt, a pioneering scientist who recorded english winemakers using the technique in 1662, more than 30 years before dom. he described the way they were adding sugar and molasses to the wine which was making it "sparkling." he was the first person to actually use that word, "sparkling," in connection to wine, wasn't he? yes. at this gloucestershire winery, they use the technique. they make wine, bottle it, and add sugar and yeast to bring on what is called a secondary fermentation. we put the grapes into a vat, and we ferment them in the vats. that is the first fermentation. the second is in the bottle itself. from the first one you get bubbles, but we allow it to bubble off. then you get a secondary one

and you need to contain that within the bottle to give us the bubble in the finished sparkling wine. one reason, it's said, the english did it first is that english bottles were thicker and heavier. flimsy french bottles exploded when the fizz built up inside them. sparkling wine was a menace to french winemakers. english glass was much more robust. english sparkling wine has a long history. even longer than champagne. but it has a long and cumbersome name as well. at this small vineyard in the cotswolds, they have tried to come up with a snappier title, with mixed success. we have come up with balarry, which is what we want to call it. it's derived from the latin word for bubbles. we thought about the welsh version, which was swigot, but i do think

that quite had the ring to it. "would you like a glass of swigot?" italians have prosecco, the spanish cava, and germans, sekt. what is the english equivalent? perhaps we should call it winchcombe. time for a look at the weather now — here's matt taylor. hello. weather conditions for tomorrow will be a little more like those captured in cornwall this afternoon, dry with sunny spells, feeling warmer. a little less like here with a few nasty downpours. one or two around, a better end to the day across eastern england. fewer showers in the west. more sunshine but still wet across northern scotland but the rain will ease away tonight. showers becoming fewer. dry into sunday morning, cooler, down to three

degrees in rural areas, the vast majority around ten. into sunday morning, this is the view across the south. a dry start, sunny breaks, isolated showers in the west and wales and north—west england. a lot of sunshine around. the winds will be lighter. temperatures on the rise. a lovely start across scotland. northern ireland, thicker cloud spreading in after a bright start. patchy rain. starting with some sunshine, cloud amounts will increase bringing some patchy rain. we will see the odd shower across other parts of eastern scotland, northern england and wales. they will be few in number, mainly over the hills. a dry sunday in store, wherever you are, temperatures get in welcome boost, maybe up to 21 degrees

in the south—east. a fine end to the day, patchy rain across the north and west of scotland, outbreaks of rain spreading across northern ireland on monday. heavy bursts will push eastwards affecting northern england. more of a breeze and temperatures limited in the mid—teens across scotland. further south, into the 20s. whilst we will see some weather fronts push in off the atlantic through the coming days, producing some thicker cloud, patchy rain and drizzle, high—pressure firmly set for the midweek which means the week ahead will be a good deal trier and set to be warmer as well with temperatures quite widely into the 20s. bye for now. this is bbc news, i'm sophie long. the headlines at 6pm. president trump meets king salman of saudi arabia in riyadh. they sign what the white house calls the biggest single arms deal in us history. the president leaves behind fresh controversy in washington over the firing the fbi chief james comey. jeremy corbyn insists his party

is committed to trident after members of the shadow cabinet publicly disagree over the issue. the tories defend their aim 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 with a comfortable margin. also in the next hour. just married, the duchess of cambridge's sister, pippa middleton. prince george was one of the page boys while his sister charlotte was a bridesmaid.