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this is bbc news. the headlines at ten: deals and dancing for president trump in saudi arabia as he prepares to address gulf leaders, focusing on the need to confront extremism. labour renews its push to attract older voters, while the conservatives defend their plans to overhaul social care funding. more than 80 schoolgirls held captive by islamist militants in nigeria finally see their families after three years in captivity. also in the next hour, celtic look to book a place in the history books. they will be the first scottish team to go an entire season unbeaten in more than a century if they beat hearts this lunchtime. 500 people in a day, just gone. and the garden at the chelsea flower show, to remember those who served and died during the great war. and in half an hour, nick robinson sits down for dinner with a group of voters in nick's election takeaways. good morning and
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welcome to bbc news. president trump will today call on muslims to present a united front in the fight against religious extremism. we can see some live pictures now from riyadh, there is donald trump, he will be addressing a0 litres of muslim majority nations on the second day of his visit to saudi arabia. on saturday, the us signed trade deals worth 300 and 50 billion dollars with saudi arabia.
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0ur correspondent simon clemison reports. in business, sometimes, you have to do the dance. and having won billions of dollars worth of contracts for us firms, donald trump is more comfortable celebrating with the saudis than he might look. it's beautiful. it's certainly more comfortable for him here than it is back home, given the furore over his sacking of the fbi director investigating allegations his presidential campaign was tied to russia. but day two of this tour could be the beginning of a far greater challenge as he leaves the world of striking commercial deals he knows so well to try to strike political deals instead. one of his goals is to eventually do what no other experienced leader has managed and bring peace to the middle east. and this is the president who tried to ban visitors from six mainly muslim nations. but the amount of red carpet they have rolled out for him here tells a different story. his tough stance on iran has won him many friends in saudi arabia. always the right hand, right?
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always the right hand. if only teacup diplomacy were enough in a region where some disputes stretch back thousands of years. supporters believe donald trump has his own long history as a master negotiator. today, president trump will speak to more than a0 muslim nations, where he will talk of the need to address religious extremism and intolerant ideology — a message some here may find hard to accept coming from someone who is such a controversial figure in his own right. a little earlier, i spoke to our security correspondent frank gardner, who's in riyadh. he told me why donald trump making a speech on islam is gaining such worldwide attention. this is very sensitive, delicate territory. don't forget where we are. this is saudi arabia,
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the birthplace of islam, one of the three great monotheistic religions. it is also home to the two sacred sites of mecca and medina. for donald trump to come here in the first place is quite something, this is somebody who has been accused of being an islamophobe, who as mentioned in that package earlier tried to restrict visitors from six muslim countries. for him to speak in a few hours‘ time to muslim leaders on the need to root out extremism, he is go to have to choose his words through the careful here. i think the worry for both his hosts and the white house officials is, is he going to go off script? this is a man who tends to do exactly that. the clues we are getting from white house officials is that the speech will be uplifting, unifying, but also blunt.
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he's going to tell leaders there can be no room for aiding and abetting extremism. it all depends on the way he delivers this. if he does it in a kind of, we are with you, we're behind you, that's fine. if he lectures and uses phrases like, radical islamic terrorism, which people here absolutely hate, then that will upset his hosts and other leaders. and the fact that he is in saudi arabia so early in his presidency, is that a symbol of the fact he's taking a hard line against iran? because iran, of course, are saudi arabia's arch enemy. i think, in a way, this is it sort of perfect confluence of factors for him. donald trump is not particularly interested in human rights. he will not be lecturing people in the way president 0bama, perhaps lecturing is too strong a word, but he won'tr be raising the issue of human rights
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the way his predecessor did. and of course that is going down well in this part of the world. bahrain has already said that there would be ——won‘t be the same strains between the us and bahrain. there are worries about militias in the region, so saudi arabia is on a big arms spending spree which will translate to $110 billion over 70 billion pounds worth of arms deals signed yesterday. and those deals, financial deals which he is signing there, obviously cementing ties between saudi arabia and the united states? yes.
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it's not just about arms, though that tends to get most of the attention, it is about oil, it is about education, there are a lot of areas. interestingly, the entertainment industry is probably rubbing its hands at the prospects that saudi arabia is going to open more to public entertainment. this is an austere country, you know, you have been here yourself, there are no cinemas here, no concerts, no galas. and yet the king's favourite son, who is defence minister, is pushing a movement towards opening up saudi arabia to more public entertainment and they will get more hollywood investment. so there is a a lot of business to be done here by us companies. which has allowed donald trump to say, as he did yesterday, that it has been a tremendous day, billions of dollars worth of business and that means jobs for america.
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he needs this boost because back home, he has serious problems. at least 18 cia informants were killed or imprisoned in china after a spy network was dismantled according to reports in the new york times. it's not clear whether the cia was hacked or whether a mole helped identify the agents over a two—year period. it's being described as one of the worst intelligence breaches in decades. the cia has declined to comment. the conservatives have defended their planned changes to social care saying it will be fair everyone. the labour party has said it is an attack on the elderly. carbon has promised to protect the triple lock on pensions. we have been hearing some
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politicians talking on the antrim are programme, the issues in social ca re are programme, the issues in social care in the manifesto, central? pensions really do matter in that pensioners really do matter because they thought in larger numbers than young people so they are cold waters. what we have seen in the conservative manifesto this week is an anxiety among that her vote about what it will mean for them, because the proposal is that if you are worth more than £100,000, you would have two pay for your care beyond a point. what this would mean for a lot of people is that perhaps they wouldn't be able to give their children their homes after their death, that would be used, those
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assetss would be used to pay for that. and in addition to that, the idea of means testing winter fuel payments because the moment, every pensioner can get a payment of between 100 and £300 in the winter, and now the government is saying if you're a wealthy pensioner, you shouldn't get that. that is an issue labour has highlighted and said they wouldn't do that. we heard earlier from damian green, the work and pensions secretary, on the andrew marshall. he made the point that he's not £100,000, the amount you get to keep it out of social care changes, is a reasonable inheritance to hand to your children. and the issue with the winter fuel payments, labour has been approaching it in terms of scare tactics and actually, pensioners are not going to be worse off. we will consult so that everyone who isn't genuine need of the winter fuel payment will still
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get it, but we think that the money thatis get it, but we think that the money that is currently being spent on people who needed less, many of whom have come up and said to me over the years, really, should i be getting this? that money is best spent on a social care system that we all agree is facing challenges in this country. the main difference between oui’ country. the main difference between our document and the labour document is we actually deal with the challenges facing this country, there is isjust a wish list. can i put you that the main difference is that you have teams of people crawling through the labour promises and costing every single one, saying what it will cost, in your document, those clever people are saying nothing to pensioners watching this programme you need to know before election day whether they are going to lose their winter fuel payments, do they not deserve this? sarah—mac if they are in genuine need of the winter fuel payment, they will get that. that is what we are going to consult on, after the election. that
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is the sensible way to do it. that is the sensible way to do it. that is the sensible way to do it. that is the way a group government behaves. we say here is our proper puzzle, a proposal which causes interest among commentators... its commentators who are interested in this. there are pensioners watching this, wondering, ifi this. there are pensioners watching this, wondering, if i vote conservative is that mean i was my winter fuel payment? yes or no? they need to know that. it's not commentating. they will be able to contribute to the consultation. labour certainly seizing on this opportunity to push for older voters, so as well as talking about winter fuel payments, they are also popular but guaranteeing the triple lock it on payments, which the conservative manifesto said it will not do. pensions always increased it by 5% year—on—year. also, labour promised to boot extra money into the nhs and social care over the
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next five years, and in terms of what we should actually do with before and social care, they have said we should stick to the proposals laid out in the previous government, talking about how there isa government, talking about how there is a need for a cap. the man who made them has been critical of the conservative government in the last few days, saying it doesn't allow for a few days, saying it doesn't allow fora plan, few days, saying it doesn't allow for a plan, because if you have dementia, for example, you don't know how long you're going to eat care. so there needs to be a cap. that is whatjohn mcdonnell from the labour party has to say. he recommended a cap on which i agree with. how much? the cup recommended was about £72,000. the point that you made about the lottery, what condition you get, the reason some people are calling it a dementia tax is because you don't know what condition you will suffer from. if it isa
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condition you will suffer from. if it is a series one might imagine, i have been to visit my family, i know what it is like, the burden falls upon you. the proposal is to have a threshold, but he says this basic principle, which is the nhs principle, which is the nhs principle, you pull the risk. and that way people are not left on their own. john mcdonnell saying, where does this leave us in the opinion polls? labour have been doing well in the last couple of days and there are a number polls out, all of them showing a shrinking of the gap between the conservatives and labour. 0ne of the gap between the conservatives and labour. one of them, in the sunday times, shows that the conservatives are just nine points ahead of labour now. so some reason for labour to be positive but we have to remember that the conservatives have such a big week, around aa, a0 6%, even with this poll, labour are still at around
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35%. so it doesn't look as though this has been the game changer, but certainly, the issue of social care has changed the direction of the narrative. we are not talking somewhat about brexit, we are talking about social care. so you get the sense that the direction of the recession is moving elsewhere. 20 very much. and later on the bbc news channel — we'll bring you the scottish leaders debate. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, will chair the debate in front of an audience with a panel of six scottish party leaders — nicola sturgeon, ruth davidson, kezia dugdale, willie rennie and patrick harvie and david coburn. that's at 7:30 this evening. the leaders of the main parties are going to stop campaigning for an hour today to remember the mp jo cox, who was shot and stabbed in her constituency in west yorkshire last year. the initiative comes after a personal request from her widower brendan cox — the first anniversary of her murder is next month. in a moment of rare calm in this election, several party leaders, including the greens and the lib dems, are putting
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politics to one side. in a mark of solidarity, labour leaderjeremy corbyn is setto visit a community centre in liverpool, and theresa may has also given her support to the idea of downing campaigning tools. focus won't be on policy, but instead on visiting local community projects. parties have asked all of their candidates to do the same. they are coming together to remember jo cox, the mp who was shot and stabbed by the far right extremist thomas mair in her constituency of batley and spen last summer. he was later given a whole life sentence for her murder. her husband brendan cox has organised the great get—together to mark the one—year anniversary of her death next month. it will see events like picnics, street parties and coffee mornings take place around the uk between the 16th and 18thjune. jo would have been incredibly touched, both by the fact that all political parties are pausing for a moment, but also by the public reaction to the idea of the great get—together,
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the fact that people are jumping on this. jo went into politics because of community, she wanted to draw communities together, that is what motivated her. its aim, he says, in the words of his late wife, is to remind us we are far more united the deadline to register for next month's general election is tomorrow. it is estimated up to 7 million people who are eligible to vote haven't yet signed up, according to the latest figures from the electoral commission. in this barbershop in leeds where vote could come, most people haven't yet registered. have you registered to vote? no. will you register to vote? no. why not? because, basically, i don't understand it. i never have voted. just to dry that off...
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bev is assessing the trainee barbers here. not really interested in stuff like that. do you think you will bother voting? probably not. why do you say that? why would you not bother voting? i don't really get all politics and stuff like that. have you registered to vote? i haven't, actually. do you know when the deadline is? 22nd, isn't it? that's monday. oh, yeah. young people, that is under 3as, are the least likely to be registered. according to the electoral commission, just under a third aren't. i haven't yet, no. probably not going to either. why not? i don't know, it's something i should do, really, but i haven't got round to. students are generally quite politically engaged. but registration is still low. here in leeds, the university union is trying to change that.
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so, from next september, the union is working with the university to make sure that students upon registering with their course at the university also have the option to register to vote. so all the details they put in will be sent on by the university to the council and then they will be automatically registered without having to do anything else. as with so many things, lessons can be learned from those with a little more life experience. are you registered to vote? iam. always vote. lam, yeah. yes. each and every member of the sequence dancing group that meets in this village hall is not only registered but really can't understand why anyone wouldn't be. i fought for this country in the second world war so i think you should do, to get every thing sorted out. i wouldn't like to miss it, really, because i think especially this year, it's really important, with what is going on. and for the young people,
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they should vote as well because it is their future. it's not really difficult. in fact, it's very easy. it only takes two minutes online. if you haven't got the internet, just go to your local council office and they will help you. either way, you will need your national insurance number. you'll find that your payslip and if you're not working, it's on any respondents from the department for work and pensions. at the last general election, nearly half a million people left it under the last minute to register. the clock is ticking. tomorrow's deadline day. 82 schoolgirls who were kidnapped in nigeria three years ago have been reunited with their families.
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the girls were released earlier this month as part of a deal between the nigerian government and boko haram islamist militants who had been holding them. the headlines on bbc news: president trump continues his visit to saudi arabia, where he will address gulf leaders on the need to address extremism. labour criticised the conservatives for their planned changes to social care. party bidders will stop campaigning foran hourto party bidders will stop campaigning for an hour to commemorate jo party bidders will stop campaigning for an hour to commemoratejo cox, who was murdered in her constituency last year. sport now, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. it's all about the battle for the final two champions league spots on the last day of the premier league. one of manchester city, liverpool or arsenal will miss out on top flight european football next season. arsene wenger‘s side need a win against everton
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to keep their hopes alive — and even that may not be enough as they require liverpool or city to slip up. we just want everybody to play 100% in the ruskin as is traditionally been the case in england. we want to focus on ourselves, i think everton will be fine against us, i think thatis will be fine against us, i think that is what you want. champions league would be the icing on the cake, but that's it. and not more. it shouldn't sound negative stop if you're not qualified whatever, we
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are powerful any lot of parts of the game. we will be in the future. but we need the players, of course, and we need the players, of course, and we have very good players. this is how the race for the champions league places looks. manchester city have 75 points, they travel to watford today, liverpool are two points behind them with 73, they're at home to already relegated middlesbrough. arsenal have 72 points and have to rely on one of the other two slipping up. there's also the possibility of two of the teams finishing level on points, goals scored and goals conceded which would mean a play—off. it's the final weekend in the scottish premiership as well — treble—chasing celtic host hearts today and after the match they'll be presented with the league trophy. their unbeaten run this season already stands at a5 games — if they avoid defeat today they'll be the first title—winning side in scotland to complete an unbeaten league campaign in over a century. isa
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is a huge testament to the professionals, quality and mentality of the squad. so, yes, we want to finish thejob well. of the squad. so, yes, we want to finish the job well. we will be playing in front of a packed out stadium and we are hoping we can celebrate with another victory. boxer liam walsh fell short in his attempt to win his first world title, being stopped inside three rounds by american gervonta davis. davis, the ibf superfeatherweight champion who is promoted by floyd mayweather, made light work of walsh, knocking him down in the third round. and the referee stopped the fight not long after that knock down. novak djokovic plays in the final of the rome masters later after two wins on saturday. the world number two finished off his rain—delayed quarterfinal againstjuan martin del potro and then beat dominic thiem 6—1, 6—love. he'll play germany's alexander zverev, who at the age of 20 is the youngest player in a decade to reach a masters final. fernando alonso will
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compete for pole position at the indianapolis 500 later. the mclaren formula 1 driver made it through the first qualifying day seventh fastest and goes into sunday's ‘fast nine' to fight it out for pole position for next sunday's race. the dangers of racing on high—speed american oval tracks were emphasised as former f1 driver sebastien bourdais crashed into the wall. he was conscious as he was rescued from the car but has suffered multiple fractures. the frenchman is in hospital following surgery to his pelvis and hip. that's all your sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. and i'll have more in the next hour. it's one of the world's most popular flower shows — and as the blooms go on display at the royal chelsea flower show, one garden will be a place
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of tranquillity and reflection. david domoney‘s design for the commonwealth war graves commission, celebrates the 850 gardeners who maintain 1.7 million war graves for visitors. daniela relph has been to see the garden being built. it's not an obvious place to start. the war cemeteries of france and belgium. this will be a chelsea garden inspired by remembrance. designer david domoney is creating the garden for the commonwealth war graves commission. for him, this is both a working trip and a personal journey. his great—grandfather fought in the first world war for the somerset light infantry. he aims to create a garden that honours him and the sacrifice of millions. 500 people in a day, just gone. much of this garden will be made by
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people who work with the commonwealth war graves commission. letter from the back of the railings... many of the bricks used will come from belgium, the same bricks used in the cemeteries. local metalworkers have created these leaves to be placed in the garden. french stonemasons have created a centrepiece which was it at the heart of the chelsea design. and the grand wreath that will form the entrance to the garden, made in belgium. bringing visitors into a place for quiet contemplation. but back home, the actual construction of the garden is a noisy and surprisingly ruthless business. at this nursery in hampshire, this is the chelsea dress rehearsal. i think the trees need to be reversed, but i'm wondering whether we move
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the back one in a bit... each of the trees are carefully moved into place. this is where the design becomes a reality. what it's doing is coming round us, and it's almost like, giving the garden a cuddle. the construction of the garden is a nerve—racking business. however much you plan and you design, there are some elements that simply are out of your control. we have to grow about four times the plants we need just to get them to flower at the right time for the chelsea flower show. it's quite a brutal selection process? it's a brutal selection process to get into chelsea as a designer, but the plants go the same process as well. we have to get them looking good, no insect bites, no leaf damage. and with the changing weather, we are at the mercy of the climate. the garden will reflect a mood of tranquillity. purples, pinks and whites.
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there will be alliums, roses. for the past few days, the garden has moved into its new chelsea home. the final work is being done tomorrow. in so many ways, a garden to remember. a humpback whale has become trapped after summing into a humpback whale has become trapped aftersumming intoa a humpback whale has become trapped after summing into a southern california harbour. people receiving credit categories of the will. well let experts are trying to guide it back to the ocean by playing underwater sounds. much more dry weather on offer across the british isles today than was the case on saturday. high pressure trying to settle things down across the greater part of
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england and wales, but drifting away towards the north—west, we are wordy seen a towards the north—west, we are wordy seenafair towards the north—west, we are wordy seen a fair model cloud and in the afternoon i think there is a chance of that pushing up the western side of that pushing up the western side of scotland. the cloud may produce the odd spot of rain, would amount to much, to the south temperatures will be comfortable into the teens we re will be comfortable into the teens were many. between them under their cambridge, i think some could see 21 or even 22 degrees. no frost tonight, we are reporting mild air from the continent, which will push this weather front toward the western side of the british isles. it will be a bit of a player for northern ireland, and then some moderate bursts of rain across the top of scotland. but elsewhere, a very warm day.

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