the iranians's -- the as possible. the iranians's —— the people of iran have endured hardship and despairundertheir people of iran have endured hardship and despair under their leaders' pursuit of terror. until the arabian regime is willing to be a partner for piece, all nations of conscience must work together to isolate iran, deny it funding for terrorism, because it cannot do it. and pray for the day when the iranians people have the just and righteous government they so richly deserve. the decisions we make will affect countless lives. king solomon, i thank you for the creation of this great moment in history. and for your massive investments in america and its industries and itsjobs. i

also thank you for investing in the future of this part of the world. the fertile region. and it is so fertile. it has all of the ingredients for extraordinary success. ingredients for extraordinary success. in rich history and culture. a young and vibrant people. a thriving spirit of enterprise. but you can only unblock this future if the citizens of the middle east are freed from extremism, terror, and violence. we in this room are the leaders of oui’ we in this room are the leaders of our peoples. they look to us for answers and for action, and when we look back at the faces, behind every pairof look back at the faces, behind every pair of eyes is a soul that yearns

forjustice and pair of eyes is a soul that yearns for justice and yearns pair of eyes is a soul that yearns forjustice and yearns for peace. today billions of faces are now looking at cars, waiting for us to act waiting for us —— looking at us, waiting for us to act on the great challenge of our time. will we protect our citizens from violent ideology? will we let it then spread throughout our societies? will we let it destroy the most holy sites oi'i let it destroy the most holy sites on earth? if we do not confront this deadly terror, we know what the future will bring. more suffering, more death and water spear. but if we act, if we leave this room unified and determined to do what it takes to destroy this terror that

threatens the world, then there is i'io threatens the world, then there is no limit to the great future our citizens will have. the birthplace of civilisation is waiting to begin a new renaissance. just imagine what tomorrow could bring. glorious wonders of science, arts, medicine and commerce to inspire mankind. great cities, built on the ruins of shattered towns. newjobs and industries that will lift up millions and millions of people. parents who no longer worry for their children, parents who no longer worry for theirchildren, their parents who no longer worry for their children, their families, parents who no longer worry for their children, theirfamilies, and to no longer mourn for their loved oi'ies. to no longer mourn for their loved ones. and the faithful who finally worship without fear. these are the

blessings of prosperity and peace. these are the desires that burden with the righteous flame in every single human heart, and these are the just the man is —— just the man ands of people. i ask you tojoin me to work together, to fight together, because united we will not fail, we cannot fail. nobody, absolutely nobody, can be toast. thank you, god bless you, god bless your country heath and god bless the united states of america. —— nobody can beat us.

president donald trump receiving strong applause from the gathering here in riyadh. dozens of readers from across the arab and islamic world gathered to hear what has now been his first major foreign world gathered to hear what has now been his first majorforeign policy speech. in which he condemned the supporters of extremism. it was also a call for unity between muslim leaders and the united states of america in this fight, one in which he framed between good and evil. perhaps the most impassioned warrant of his speech was when he looked at the leaders gathered and said to them, drive the forces of extremism and terrorism from your places of worship. in return, he said, the united states would recalibrate its own actions. the president was at pains to say, i have not come here to lecture you, to impose an

american way of life. instead, he spoke rather grandly of history's great test. conquering, he said, the forces of extremism. he told eve ryo ne forces of extremism. he told everyone assembled here in riyadh, and far beyond, because this will be carried on television stations and social media around the world, today, he said, was the beginning of the end. he announced the establishment of a centre here in riyadh. this is a speech which has tried to reset the relationship between the united states and the muslim world, to recalibrate the strategy, but also to recast the image of donald trump. gone is the language of donald trump the candidate, where he repeatedly condemned what he called radical islamic terrorism. when he sold americans that muslims hate us, and

when he called for a total and absolute ban on muslim ‘s entering the united states. today, the american president instead page tribute to one of the world's greatest faiths, and notjust that but its culture and civilisation, from the ancient pyramids of egypt to the soaring skyscrapers of dubai. and more than that, he pulled this audience that and 95% of the victims of terrorism were muslims and in this region. he said that this was where the battle would begin. how will this speech go down here and in the muslim world ? will this speech go down here and in the muslim world? ijoined in riyadh by my colleague, long time saudi watcher, frank gardner. he did have tough messages. it was a tough message wrapped in a velvet love. he lavished praise on his hosts, pretty much the whole

arab world, but also painted a stark choice. you really have keane paths. if we continue on this path, we allowed terrorism, extremism and radicalisation to fester within these countries, then our children and our children's children will have a very tough future. one time he really got impassioned when he repeated himself and said, drive them out of your places of worship. he called on the muslim nations, muslim leaders to do more. that, i think, is probably... they will say, we are already doing so much, we are already victims. but he did pay credit to that, he went out of his way to praise all but one of the arab nations, he did not mention oman, because they remain very neutral. of course she also praised

saudi arabia and lebanon. but he absolutely stuck it to iran. more than once, he said exactly what his hosts wa nted than once, he said exactly what his hosts wanted to hear, that in his view iran is a sponsor of terrorism. he made no mention of the us led invasion of iraq in 2003, which in many people's dies in this part of the world has spawned enormous violence and death. surprisingly it. interestingly, we can hear king abdullah ofjordan. interesting that he has been the first to speak, long—time partner of the united states. he is saying, whether these leaders have any personal religious

suspicions, they have no choice but to say that they will stand together, it is the fight as well. that is the message that donald trump was trying to convey. this, by his standards, was incredibly conciliar tree. a totally different donald trump. you wonder about those who were with him, what they are thinking, the whole script has been rewritten. i would be very surprised if the whole speech was not sheared in advance with his hosts, they would be no surprises in there. the king gave a speech before this, they we re very king gave a speech before this, they were very similar, the from the same page. but there was a gulf of difference between the words being spoken and what goes on in because

the truth is, this is saudi arabia and there are people here who believe that non—muslims are going to hell and if you associate with them then you will go to hell as well. muslims are as much targets of extremism as westerners, but there are elements within society who will not be swayed by this speech one bit. so there is support from the leaders but there will be elements of society who will dismiss this. the history of this region, people will be remembering president barack obama's speech in 2009, when he spokein obama's speech in 2009, when he spoke in cairo, to the people of the middle east, such great hope then. even though people remember the iraq invasion in 2003, american involvement in this region, it has a

very strong presence in the way that people live. what drives people towards terrorism is certain drivers, certain stimuli. when they see things like, for example, the us led invasion of iraq by the demolition of palestinian homes on the west bank, bombing in gaza, things like that, it tends to sway people one way or another towards action. what he did not mention of course, and why would you, is that us actions themselves, in many people's dies, this is the way that it is perceived at street level. the us, and a lot of people's eyes, across the world, is responsible for extremism. that will be disputed year, but that is the street level feeling in much of the middle east. this is a different kind of speech.

beneath that will have to be new strategies. we do not know, for example, how president trump will approach the situation in syria. we do not really know how he is going to approach the arab— israeli conflict. the underground battles and how those are resolved will have and how those are resolved will have a great impact on what he and king solomon and others are calling for. donald trump did actually mention his missile strike of 59 guided missiles against president assad's regime in response to the gas attack a few months ago. that went on incredibly well here. saudis, even if they do not like america or its policies, they did like that action. funnily enough, the king, who back in 2013 was defence minister, i had a meeting with him and at that time he had rushed back from holiday in

morocco to take charge of what he thought was going to be the saudi effort injoining thought was going to be the saudi effort in joining america, thought was going to be the saudi effort injoining america, president obama's administration in punishing president assad for that gas attack. that, of course, never happened. he blinks, there was no support for it either in parliament in britain or in congress. but the fact that he did not go ahead with it shot him to be weak in saudi eyes. they like the fa ct be weak in saudi eyes. they like the fact that president trump went ahead with it. they want to see more of that sort of thing. but if you start military actions, people die. the president knows speaking, that is a reminder for president knows speaking, that is a reminderfor many president knows speaking, that is a reminder for many countries that this is existential threats to the rule and sometimes it is the way that the rule that has a profound effect on the ability to actually combat these threats. nobody had to tell them about how bad terrorism is, they know it and be with it every day. they felt president obama

did not do enough. they still feel that although they want to be in the driver seat, they want america in the front seat with them. there is an elephant in the room, and that is the arab spring. the fact is that —— the arab spring. the fact is that —— the factors that caused the arab spring are still there, it is frustration, the feeling that unless you have the connections, an uncle in the right place, someone who can get you a job in the ministry, you do not have a chance of getting on in life. there is a small coterie of unelected people at the top who are in charge. that is the thing that pushed people onto the streets during the arab spring. that has not gone away. the monarchies have weathered the arab spring a lot better, you could say that is because the repressive, autocratic, 01’ because the repressive, autocratic, or whatever, but the truth is that

people are far more loyal to the monarchies in these kingdoms than two authorities in libya, yemen and syria. that is why those countries have suffered these are —— these enormous upheavals and the gulf states have managed to survive them. president trump saying that if there was a need for reforms would be gradual reform, not dramatic interventions. you're watching special coverage on the bbc of president trump's first major policy speech here in the saudi capital riyadh. the place which is home to two of the most holy sites in the religion of islam. resident ron has made it absolutely clear that america will stand with them —— president trump. there was a repeated reference to sheared interest in common threats. he made it clear that his first priority was

american cisterns... cisterns and american cisterns... cisterns and american interests, but also that there was a shared interest in combating terrorism. then he goes on to israel and the palestinian territories. this is a speech which will be analysed and dissected across social media as the saudi citizens, especially the young people, our users as twitter, among the highest users of twitter and facebook and you tube in the world, and it will be continued to be discussed and most of all we will wait to see the impact of these words today. that is all from me and my colleague frank gardner here in riyadh. back to london. this is bbc news. the headlines at 4:17pm: tonight, the leaders of the six political parties in scotland are

gathering for a debate. what are we expecting this evening? it will be a challenge to have all six voices. the important difference with the uk election debates is that they will all be here, face—to—face, all debating each other. absolutely. welcome to edinburgh, you can see just behind absolutely. welcome to edinburgh, you can seejust behind me absolutely. welcome to edinburgh, you can see just behind me that this stage is almost set for tonight's debate clash. you can see that the final touches are being put to the set before tonight's debate. in a few hours's time, all of the leaders of the main political parties will be going head—to—head here in edinburgh. snp leader nicola

sturgeon, ruth davidson from the conservatives, labour's kezia dugdale, willie rennie from the liberal democrats, david coburn from ukip and patrick harvie of the greens. when you think of parliamentary election debates you might think of manifestos and battles of ideas and that kind of thing, but scottish politics in the last few years has been dominated by one big issue, and that issue is independence. on one side of the debate you have the snp looking to build support for a second independence referendum, possibly to the end of 20 team. on the other side, the conservatives have emerged as the big prounion voice in scotland, so much so that some have talked about a sort of tory resurgence, which we have not seen ina long resurgence, which we have not seen in a long time following many years of snp and labour dominance. the other issue with that is that the other issue with that is that the other parties, labour and the liberal democrats, has been squeezed

out to a certain extent because of this kind of binary issue with the snp for independence on one side and the conservatives for the union on the conservatives for the union on the other side. nicola sturgeon, her big challenge is to build enough support to hold another referendum and geta support to hold another referendum and get a yes vote, because the polls indicate that they are not quite there yet. the other parties who say that scotland had its say in 2014 in the last independence referendum, although nicola sturgeon says that the result of the brexit vote has made the case for scottish independence a lot stronger. it is not just about independence, independence a lot stronger. it is notjust about independence, a lot of uk issues have played out in scotland, for example uk wide changes to the welfare system. conservatives are proposing to downgrade, as you probally know, the

triple lock pension system to a double lock. that has been portrayed by other parties in scotland by the conservatives being demeaned party, imposing ideological cuts. the other parties in scotland are putting forward a much more, what they describe, as an anti—austerity agenda. a lot of meaty issues to get into tonight. you can see all of that live on the news channel from 7:30pm. thank you very much. we will look forward to that. that will be a lively evening, i should imagine. forward to that. that will be a lively evening, ishould imagine. a cacophony of leaders as well as the voices of voters who have turned up in that debate. seriousness will be cheering that debate. —— sera —— sarah smith will be chairing that debates. damian green told the bbc that

£100,000 was a reasonable inheritance when he was questioned about the move to reform social care. they may not be able to pass their homes onto their children. the burke and pensions secretary said it was a fairer system. £100,000 is a reasonable inheritance

to have. as people who are lucky enough to have had great rises in property value will still, i think, decide that £100,000 is a better way of doing it. labour has accused theresa may of stirring up a war between the generations. it is promising extra funding for social ca re promising extra funding for social care and to set a no more than £72,000 on how much someone should have to pay for their own care. the liberal democrats have meanwhile accused the tories of wanting to bring ina accused the tories of wanting to bring in a dementia tax. what we're seeing this weekend with the conservatives under increasing pressure because they have chosen a dementia tax, if you or your loved one has, or will get dementia tax, if you or your loved one has, orwill get dementia, they are coming for you. questioned about newspaper reports that the cabinet was not consulted about mrs may on the pants —— by mrs may on the plans, borisjohnson insists that they were.

so you were not asked your opinion? all sorts of plans you would not expect me to go into detail on, but we need to do something. the conservatives say that the system they are proposing would protect elderly people from the fewer that they would lose all of your savings in life. the the critics of running a skier campaign. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has said that a labour government will effectively end the freeze on welfare benefits with a package of new reforms. mr mcdonnell claimed the party's proposals would make the freeze irrelevant but refused to say if they would unfreeze benefits. we're putting £30 billion in over the lifetime of the parliament into welfare. we're reforming the whole process, universal credits, and the implication of that will be, the impact of that will be, basically, the freeze, the impact of these proposals, will make the freeze irrelevant because we will reform the whole process. you know what i've said about when the freeze was introduced. i am just interested,

interested that when i say are you going to end the freeze on benefits, you can't simply say yes. in effect, we will be doing, as part of the overall reform package we are putting forward, which includes the introduction of a real living wage as well, which includes the reform of universal credits, and a whole range of other aspects, including scrapping the bedroom tax, sanctions, etc. the ukip leader paul nuttall has claimed it doesn't really matter how many mps his party has after the election. speaking on the andrew marr programme, he said ukip was still strong in areas where it had previously received support, despite opinion polls suggesting the party faces the prospect of having no mps in the commons. it does not really matter how many mps you have. hang on, if you think back to 2013, we forced the then british prime minister, david cameron into offering a referendum that he never wanted to get. hang on. we did not have an mp at that time. what ukip needs to do is be

electorally viable, going up in the polls. i predict that after this election ukip will go up substantially and we will do very well indeed. time to take a look at the sporting action. celtic are now the new invincible is. they have completed an entire season is. they have completed an entire season unbeaten in the scottish premiership after beating hearts 2—0 today. parts kept them at bay until half—time. leigh griffiths with the goal. stuart armstrong scored the second to wrap up their league campaign. they are the first team to go whole season unbeaten in the scottish top—flight since rangers well over a century ago. they finished 13 points clear of aberdeen. but this team to have gone through the whole season, to have won 34 games and ron four, that is

remarkable achievement. delighted. it may not happen in the life him again for many people. the players, the work that they have put in to achieve that, it is absolutely phenomenal. they deserve all the plaudits and credit the get. chelsea will receive their title today. there was still plenty to play for in terms of champions league football. but it is now looking certain to manchester city and liverpool will finish third and fourth respectively. city i beating watford 5—0. arsenal, just a point behind liverpool, a 2—1 up against everton. it looks like arsenal will miss out in playing in europe's top competition for the first time in 20 yea rs. video technology looks set to be introduced to the premier league the season after next. the executive chairman has told the bbc that the aim to have it in place for the start of the 2018—2019 season.

we will probably never live to see another leicester from quite where they were to freddie got to in such a short place of time —— space of time. with all of those clubs vying for position, at the end of september, manchester city have big shia six, dallas —— have won six on the back. huddersfield beat catalan dragons eating— ten. salford city reds 24—12 up eating— ten. salford city reds 24—12 up againstand eating— ten. salford city reds 24—12 up against and unions. he started the day second from the bottom. the mortal duda moto gp circuit —— the

moto gp circuit has not gone well for valentino rossi today. he was just a few corners from the chequered flag when this happened. . fernando alonso will compete for pole position at the indianapolis 500 later today. he made it through the first qualifying day seventh fastest a nd 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 support from every body who has been amazing, everybody is stopping us been amazing, everybody is stopping us and saying thank you for coming, we are proud that you are here. it makes me proud to be here too, because this is the world, in motor sport, i want to experience this exactly as i am experiencing it now. that is all from me. you can keep up—to—date on all of those stories

on the bbc sport website. i will have more for you in the next hour. time for the weather. freed from extremism, terror, and violence. most finished the day with dry and sunny weather. some rain to the highlands and islands of scotland into the start of the evening. northern ireland, some showers, but most will fade away tonight. the showers in northern scotland apart, as well. that leads into a dry night almost across the board with plenty of clear skies developing. temperatures imrul areas will drop to single figures, but in towns and cities in the morning temperatures start the day in double figures and it'll be reasonably dry. outbreaks of rain to the morning rush hour over northern ireland, spreading to the west of scotland, but not as wet as this afternoon. northern england will turn cloudy.