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this is bbc news. the headlines at 10:003m: theresa may meets donald trump at the 620 — the us president says he expects a trade deal with the uk ‘very, very quickly‘ and that he'll soon be coming to london. prime minister and i have developed a very special relationship and i think trade will be a very big factor between our two countries are thank you very much. protests against the 620 continued overnight in hamburg ahead of the second day of the summit. firefighers tell the bbc they didn't have the necessary equipment needed to tackle the blaze at grenfell tower. doctors apply for a fresh court hearing for charlie gard, as experts claim there's a treatment that could help prolong his life. police in england and wales describe a new io—page form they have to fill out after a use—of—force as ‘very bureaucratic‘ and will the lions roar in new zealand, as they try
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to create history in todays decider against the all blacks? this monster kick brought them within three points but was 20 minutes to go the lions have just drawn level. and the hunt for ships lost beneath the canadian waves — that‘s coming up at 10:30pm in the travel show. good morning and welcome to bbc news. president trump has said he expects a trade deal with the uk to be completed "very, very quickly" after brexit. he‘s been meeting theresa may this morning on the sidelines of the g20 summit of world leaders in hamburg in germany. mr trump also said he would be going to london. asked when, he said: "we‘ll work that out". leaders have all but agreed a final
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communique from the summit with climate change the only issue yet to be resolved. talks are continuing in the search for a talks are continuing in the search for a compromise. we can cross to hamburg now and speak to our diplomatic correspondent james robbins. first of all... just as i was about to embark on the conversation he disappeared but i‘m told he might be back with us. james, we can see you again. apologies for that confusion but you are now definitely in front of me on the screen which hopefully means you are in fact of the viewers. tell us about donald trump and theresa may. what has emerged? what donald trump had to say at the beginning of his bilateral one—to—one talks with theresa may, the prime minister, would have been absolute music to her ears. because she wanted every
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commitment, a new commitment from the united states that they were going to press ahead with the previous understanding they tried to fast—track a uk us trade deal facility could be ready for the moment written leaves the european union. a description or politically for theresa may and donald trump seemed to give her almost every thing she could have hoped for us was talking a little bit about the very controversial state visit which he has been invited to britain but for which no date has been set. this is what donald trump had to say. apologies, james. i know you were hoping, as i was, to hearfrom donald trump at that point but some reason we cannot ring that steve. i don‘t know whether we can still continue the conversation. james, i will carry on talking about events with you in absence of that clip from donald trump was not give us a wider sense of how things are
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looking at the g20 as a whole. we are stillaiming for looking at the g20 as a whole. we are still aiming for that communicate to be issued at some point in the coming hours? that is right. the summers, of course, customarily end with an agreed statement, a final key meaning k, some‘s summit conclusions. it is difficult if there are things that have not been resolved during the summit and this one is particularly notable for the good division between donald trump and the rest of the most powerful economies in the world simply because the president of the united states citing america first, has taken the states citing america first, has ta ken the united states citing america first, has taken the united states out of the global paris agreement on climate change, trying to limit rising temperatures. that has been catastrophic for the rest of the leaders of the big economies here who regarded as fundamentally undermining a global commitment. and they do not want any agreed language at the end which seems to undermine
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their collective efforts. so that has been a real sticking point. 0ne of the particular points is that the americans want an acknowledgement in the summit conclusions that it is all right, it is ok to go on pursuing the exporter of fossil fuels, or royal, coalfrom one country to another. that the trade and fossil fuels country to another. that the trade and fossilfuels is not country to another. that the trade and fossil fuels is not something thatis and fossil fuels is not something that is going to have to be based out as part of climates change. that isa out as part of climates change. that is a position the others do not want to acknowledge in that language so it isa to acknowledge in that language so it is a really serious sticking point. there was a lot of unhappiness and is as yet no agreement on that final text. that could even hold up the end of that summit as they continue to haggle about ways to square of those two positions. going back to theresa may and donald trump we‘re told that that is one of the issues she has faced with him at some point in the last little while. yes. i mean, theresa may was under enormous pressure to be pretty robust with president, over climate change. she says she is personally absolutely committed with all the others to the agreement made in
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paris and she was under pressure, she has been criticised by many for not signing up to collective eu criticism of donald trump when he first took the united states out of the agreement. she said that the uk had voiced its view privately and separately but that wasn‘t enough for the others. she has been under criticism at home in britain so this time she may clear going into the talks that she was going to raise it will donald trump and she was going to say that from her perspective, the paris climate change agreement was simply not capable of being renegotiated and she was president, to consider coming back inside the collective global envelope. thank you very much for that. james mentioned donald trump haven‘t spoken about the cameras in the last little while. we can now, i think, show you what the us president said. usually is.
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i would like to thank prime minister theresa may for being with us. without amanda 's talks —— tremendous talks. there are no countries that could possibly because of another countries for a long time and i'd does one say thank you very much. we are working on our trade deal that would be a great trade deal that would be a great trade deal, very powerful deal for both countries and people have that done very, very quickly. we have all of our trade people with us. and i had a tremendous meeting yesterday with president putin and we've had really great meetings with a lot of people today but prime minister theresa may and i have developed a very special relationship and i think trade will be a very weak factor between other two countries so factor between other two countries soi factor between other two countries so ijust want to thank you very much. applause so that is what donald trump had to
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say, eventually, when he met to theresa may a little earlier on. this is a series of meetings that a lwa ys this is a series of meetings that always go on on the sidelines of aged 20 ben. that one of many expected in the coming hours. theresa may has others scheduled later one. including one with the japanese prime minister. let‘s talk more on the g20. let‘s talk more on the g20. i‘m joined via webcam by sir christopher meter, former british ambassador to the united states. good morning. very, very quickly, says donald trump. this trade deal will be done. what you think? well, think first of all that is very signal from the united states as to its willingness to pursue free trade agreement with britain. we did have some doubts a little while ago many seem to be suggesting the eu might come before the uk. of course none of this today. of course, there are some technical issues such as, first of
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all, we have to leave the eu and leave a common external tariff for we can conclude an agreement but i don‘t see any reason now why we shouldn‘t step up the pace of our preparations for a trade agreement with the united states come the day when we finally leave. how much, though, of the problem, is america first? because the indication of that is that any trade deal that is done and is bound to favour the united states more than those that does the deal with. well, of course become philosophy is to put america first and to get our bondage for the united states out of any trade agreement. —— get at an advantage. this doesn‘t mean that there can‘t be a balance of advantages in any trade agreement. i‘m glad to hear the president saying he wants to do this very, very quickly because so long as he maintains that political impetus it will help great steel in negotiating
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some of the more difficult technical points that are bound to arise. interestingly make reference to maintaining the political impetus. he is regarded as a slightly unpredictable figure so how from outside pressure be put on to do exactly as you say? that political impetus. well, sometimes one has to say, given his record, with difficulty. but, his unpredictability is actually a general problem. it is a worldwide problem, it‘s a g20 problem at the moment and this goes way beyond the anglo—american relationship. there is no reason at the moment why the united kingdom would not be able to hold the united states to the president‘s indication he wants to do this as fast as possible. pressure, idon‘t he wants to do this as fast as possible. pressure, i don‘t think, is the right word here. it is holding the americans to something which their most important executive has said that he would do.
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what about encouragement, then? i wonder therefore if the bat that he is now said again he will become into london, though the details of that appeared to be as yet unknown, helen porter does that in all this, do you think? i think that will be very important on the day when it happens. i don‘t think we‘re talking about a lightning visit to the uk sometime next week, either before or after he goes to france. i think you still talking about the state visit for which the invitation has been issued and he has accepted it. so come the day when he does arrive in london, this will be, i think, irrespective of where we‘ve got two in the brexit negotiations, a very important moment to nail down further this commitment to a strong bilateral agreement. i mean, don‘t forget, already without this agreement trade between the uk and the us is enormous. it is gigantic. and don‘t forget either, and i think i am
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right in saying this, even without such an agreement we are still each other‘s largest foreign direct investors. seven is a fantastic bases from which to move forward when we are able to conclude the deal. we are showing some live pictures from hamburg of various world leaders. we saw anglo—american a moment ago talking tojustin trudeau of canada. there they are again in shot and various others around them as well in these discussions. how important, just in a broader point on the g20 in general, much though this is placed in this communique, help what is it given that inevitably it will be a barely baked document, isn‘t it? show me a g20 communique which is not been a barely baked document. is this what is called lowest commentor nominator diplomacy. in order to paper over the cracks and various policy issues between the member
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states shall have to to ascend to the page in order to camouflage the differences. the big differences this time round, no news here, between donald trump on the one hand and the other 19 on trade, and on climate danger. and the task for the d rafters of climate danger. and the task for the drafters of the communique is either to admit that is a problem with one of their members, the united states, and say so in the communique, all to come up with some form of words that cove rs come up with some form of words that covers the differences. there was a strong tradition in the g20 that communiques should be unanimous. the think angler michael and her german officials will do the utmost to try and maintain that unanimity. —— anglo merkel. the prices ambiguity. we shall look out for that windy
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waffle a little later on. thank you very much. firefighters have told the bbc that inadequate equipment and low water pressure are amongst the reported failings which hampered their efforts to tackle the grenfell tower blaze. the claims have emerged as part of a bbc newsnight investigation, which found that a so—called "high ladder" did not arrive on site for more than half an hour after the fire was initially reported. the london fire brigade has now changed its procedures, as john sweeney reports. firefighters say they experienced problems with water pressure and equipment that was either lacking or did not arrive on scene before the fire got out of control. they also described weak radio reception inside the tower and that they lacked enough of the extended duration breathing apparatus they needed, especially when reaching the higher floors of the building. 0ne firefighter described conditions on some floors as: newsnight has learnt the so—called aerial or high ladder did not arrive until more than half an hour
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after the first fire engines were dispatched, at 12:55 in the morning. an expert said having a high ladder available earlier would have given firefighters a better chance of stopping the blaze when itjumped from the 4th floor flat and began to race up the side of the building. i have spoken to aerial appliance operators in london who operate those appliances and who attended the incident, who think that having that on the first attempt might have made a difference because it allows you to operate a very powerful water towerfrom outside the building. the london fire brigade said that following the grenfell tower fire it had changed its procedures, and an aerial ladder would now automatically be sent to a fire in a tower. thames water said: it is a truth worth retelling,
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that firefighters rushed into harm‘s way on that terrible night. they were heroes, no question. but was their kit up to scratch, and did arrive in a timely fashion? we won‘t know the full answers until a public enquiry, but already it is safe to say that those in charge of keeping the capital safe from fire have serious questions to answer. great 0rmond street hospital has applied to the high court for a fresh hearing into the care of the terminally ill baby, charlie gard. judges had ruled against the child‘s parents who wanted to take him to america for treatment. but the hospital now wants the case reopened to consider new evidence about a potential treatment. an open letter was written before
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great 0rmond applied for a reconsideration. what is your reaction to this latest development? i think it is very interesting. i think it is a letter was written by certain medical professionals saying that in their opinion they had evidence that the proposed treatment had a greater chance of success than was previously thought to be the case. and in view of this, as things stand at the moment, the legal situation is the great 0rmond ‘s can‘t give any further treatment. it seems that this evidence will be considered. it has to go through the courts because of where things stand legally now. what i don‘t know is where this new evidence is, and what the evidence is based on. and i think it would be very interesting to hear what the court‘s view things are. in terms of the motivation of great or in here, what you think lies
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behind, what would be seen from outside is a change of heart? africanist be remembered that the doctors and nurses and all of the staff are doing what they feel is their very best and in the very best interest of charlie himself. some of the media coverage does seem to have portrayed them as staff who are uncaring and just want to withdraw without giving anybody chance. and think it is from important to remember that they are working in fairly intolerable circumstances because everybody has an opinion and those opinions are very polarised. think what they‘re doing is the right thing because if there is potentially new evidence that there isa potentially new evidence that there is a treatment that might work, it has to be considered. i don‘t see it asa has to be considered. i don‘t see it as a turnaround if this was evidence that wasn‘t necessarily available prior to yesterday. he mentioned the media pressure and obviously there has been international political pressure to a degree as well, interventions from the vatican, from donald trump. how difficult is it for even the most
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experienced of medical operators in the circumstances to try and put all that to one side? i‘m lucky enough never to have had that kind of pressure put on me and my clinical decision—making but i would imagine it is intolerable. because those views from these very high profile politicians and world leaders are given a lot of prominence but because of the rules around confidentiality the team at great tournament can directly give their argument is of use in terms of what they feel about that. and as a result, that silence can be interpreted as them trying to hide something they have to go to work every day and deal with the situation and don‘t get me wrong, i don‘t think that this is an... well, this is a horrible situation for everybody involved. not only as pa rents everybody involved. not only as parents but for the staff as well. i was about to mention that as a last autumn. throughout all this one has to feel so much for the parents
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here. i cannot begin to imagine what it is like for parents in charlie‘s situation and other children and parents have been in the situation before and will be in the future. i think what seems to be happening here is unfortunately we normally try to develop some kind of collaborative decision where the professionals and the parents can come to what is an agreeable evidence —based decision for everybody. it seems quite clear here that for whatever reason the relationship between charlie ‘s pa rents relationship between charlie ‘s parents and the staff at great 0rmond street hospital down, which is why it is had to go as far as legal intervention and think that‘s sad because ultimately, i think whatever the outcome is it will be probably unsatisfactory for everybody involved. thank you very much for coming on. theresa may meets donald trump at the g20 — the us president says he expects a trade deal with the uk ‘very, very quickly‘ and that he‘ll
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soon be coming to london. protests against the g20 continued overnight in hamburg ahead of the second day of the summit. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. here is holly hunter. good morning. we‘ve got quite a game on our hands in the deciding test between british and irish lions and the all blacks. zealand were ahead until the hour mark when the third penalty of the game it 12 all but the all blacks, they are back in front. 15—12 as the score now with just five minutes to go. we‘ll keep you updated of course. now to wimbledon and novak djokovic and roger federer will be looking to join anti—murray in the fourth round today. not quite plain
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sailing for the world number one yesterday. johanna konta is also through to the last 14. and then there were two. we started the week with 12 brits. 0nlyjohanna quanta and andy murray remain. ce ntresta g e quanta and andy murray remain. centrestage is andy murray‘s amphitheatre ratios of his finest work. he was the bowl like, him. his opponent with skulls and his bandanna and skills on his racket pushed him hard, though. murray‘s empire was not about to crumble, though. maria stood around for the tenth year in a row. hopefully, you know, i get myself in a good way of the weekend, to place on the tennis on monday but yeah, obviously happy to get to the first week and anything can happen from
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there. familiar territory for him. johanna konta was ready stepping into the unknown. she had never carried british hopes so far but you would not have known. ranked inside the work‘s top ten. she dropped just five games and showed why she is favoured to win the whole thing. i think everyone is a potential winner here so i'm here to hopefully be involved until the very end but one match at a time but i'm very happy to have come through today and i've definitely got another battle coming up next. if she wins that match she could meet the former world number one in only her fifth match back from having a son. it was the furthest the luxembourg player had been. but they are not our continued his solid form. he‘s yet to drop a set after beating his russian opponent
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but he did not drop a set from one of the french open either. 0ne face reduced to seeing in the second week of wimbledon is of course been this williams. she came through against japan‘s player. england‘s hitters arejust japan‘s player. england‘s hitters are just about on top heading into the third state of the first test at lord‘s. they took two wickets apiece as south africa‘s batsmen struggled in reply to england‘s a58 all out. and a late wicket from james anderson left them trailing by 2aa ru ns anderson left them trailing by 2aa runs of five first inning wickets left. 0ne runs of five first inning wickets left. one player could be heading to manchester united. they say they have agreed a fee of around £75 million with everton and he is said to have a medical. scotland‘s women going to the european championship
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in high spirits after beating the republic of ireland 1—0 in the final match. a goalfour match. a goal four minutes from time. scotland‘s opening match will be against england. final practice is now under way ahead of the austrian grand prix. lewis hamilton dominated just today but you are able to get pole and qualifying leader because he has been given a five place grid penalty after mercedes change the gearbox on his car. qualifying gets underway at one o‘clock. just before i go an update on the lions and it is all level at 15 all in the deciding test against the all blacks. that‘s thanks to an no—win barrel penalty. there was just a minute ago there and i‘ll keep you updated throughout the day. and on the bbc is what website as well, which will keep you updated on the test match as well as the choice of action between 15 courts of‘s at
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wimbledon later. and i will have more in the next hour. they thanks for that. police in florida say new evidence shows venus williams was driving lawfully when she was involved in a car crash in which a man died. an initial police report had described her as being at fault. a 78—year—old man, jerome barson, died in the collision. his family has filed a lawsuit against ms williams, alleging she was "negligently operating" her vehicle. police officers in england and wales now have to fill out a 10—page form every time they use any kind of force — including using handcuffs, cs spray or drawing a baton. the police federation has likened it to "writing an essay" — but the home secretary amber rudd says the new rules, which were introduced in april, will create "unprecedented
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transparency". we can now speak to simon kempton, operational lead on policing for the police federation — he joins us via webcam. good morning. what is your view of this form and what is involved here? my this form and what is involved here? my view is that this important information that can have real direct benefits to police officers on the streets and the public. but we have to be really careful about how we collated and begin to ask police officers to do this we can do itina police officers to do this we can do it in a really an bureaucratic way or the can do it in a bureaucratic way that takes us off the street for was out of our shifts. which of those two is the case at the moment, to argue? so, there are parts of the country where this form takes fibres and there are it takes 2030 minutes and that‘s not acceptable. as indefensible. so that would explain why some police federation cup and far more critical of this than others? absolutely. and they‘re looking after the interests on their part of the country, as they are absolutely have to. we all agree by collating
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this evidence we can dispel first of all some of the myths about police. we don‘t use force that often. 0ut of the millions of interactions we have the public is really rare for us to use force and when we do use force is much lower levels than the public believe at the moment for whatever reason so this information, for one thing, will make it much clearer that we can have their trust in the police because it‘s rare that we use force. and though april show as well as what equipment works and what equipment doesn‘t work. it will help show that where you have taser available we are far less likely to have to use force. it will help show that where you got double, so more than one of set the scene, the force we users that are much lower level than when it is one of cell on there. the ultimate aim of transparency, is a good thing. it is about how long it takes to deal with the bureaucracy. so have from your point of view to get closer to that five minute target?
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we follow some of the good that are seen around the country is a really smart technology. some parts of the country, so, save for example you go toa pub country, so, save for example you go to a pub brawl and use force against three people because there was a lot people fighting, some parts of the country that offers of up to spend 20 minutes per form country that offers of up to spend 20 minutes perform per individual. 0ther 20 minutes perform per individual. other parts of the country with god smart it that drags in all of that biographical information, the name, the date of birth, their address. repopulate that for the officer other than the 11 to sticking a few boxes. that has to be the way forward. i read what the home office is saying and it is a fairly brief comment. 0ur police reforms have overhauled the previous cumbersome regime of unnecessary rockers see. you might pick up on that i guess. when officers take the difficult decision to deploy forces is vital they can be scrutinised by the people you have served, which you made, this reinforces the fish model of policing by consent.
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the three sentences referring to unnecessary bureaucracy rehab aside argument for the government here? it is. every government survey joined the police are no doubt before had said we will be juiced brewer chrissy and i‘ll be honest, it rarely happens. i figured the government is going to ask us to collate data like this the first thing i would say that it is incumbent upon them to give us the resources to do it. even if this form takes me five minutes, while i am completing it, that is five minute i‘m not stood with my community helping them and protecting them. so if we‘re going to increase that burden, the government has to increase the resources that are gifted the police. i‘m not a young chap but today we got fewer officers than at almost any point in my life. so you have to get the balance right if you‘re the government. give us the resources to give them the stats that they want.
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