today at 5pm — the repeal bill is published — a key part of the government's brexit strategy. the brexit secretary urges all mp5 to work together — but the bill faces opposition from other parties. theresa may — who called june's election to strengthen her brexit hand — tells the bbc she became tearful when she learned the result. devastated enough to shed a tear? yes, a little tear. at that moment. yes. we'll have more of that interview — and be assessing the scale of transferring powers from brussels to the uk with the former head of the civil service. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. an american doctor tells the high court there is a chance terminally ill charlie gard could benefit from experimental treatment in the us. donald trump is in paris for talks with president macron — with joint action against is top of the agenda. disappointment for british fans —

asjohanna konta fails to become the first british woman finalist at wimbledon for a0 years. our main story at five — the brexit secretary, david davis, has urged mps to work together to pass the repeal bill — which he described as a major milestone in the process of withdrawing from the european union. the government has today published the bill — which converts eu laws into british legislation. but labour is calling for significant changes, and the liberal democrats are warning they will make life "hell" for the government. here's our political correspondent ben wright. power is shifting.

brexit will end the supremacy of eu law in the uk. but untangling a0 years of rules and regulations will be complex and contentious. the bill published today will eventually repeal this — the 1972 european communities act. it will also copy and paste existing eu law into uk legislation. we believe that to deliver a smooth and orderly exit from the eu, we need to ensure people know they face the same laws and rules and regulations on the day after we leave as they did the day before. so there's no step change. people can be confident the law will continue to operate, but parliament, crucially, will have control. so this new bill is crucial and without it there would be legal chaos on the day that britain left the eu. but the task is huge. thousands of existing eu rules and regulations will be copied across into domestic uk law. parliament needs to pass this bill by the time the uk leaves the eu in march 2019.

and because time is short, ministers plan to change some laws without a vote by mps — and that is controversial. is the government reallyjust sticking to what it said it would do, using the powers to make technical changes, or is it changing the law importantly by using these powers? that will be one flash point in this bill. presentation of bill, mr secretary davis... but the government's job will be made harder because it doesn't have a majority in the house of commons, and opposition parties are clear they plan to battle the government over this bill. we want to bring eu law into british law and we would do it properly. this bill, at the moment, doesn't do it properly. so we find that the government intends to make changes behind closed doors. they may put sunset clauses or deadlines in, they are not being reasonable with the devolved administrations. we don't know how they intend to deal with disputes through this bill. they need to answer those questions. this morning, the labour leader

jeremy corbyn and his team headed for brussels for talks with the eu's negotiators, clear the party would derail the government's new bill unless changes are made. the liberal democrats, too, have warned ministers the government faces hell trying to get the repeal bill through. in the months to come, some tory mps may be tempted to vote with opposition parties to significantly shape the way brexit happens — through this bill and others. it's parliament where theresa may's weakened position will now be tested. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminster. how much of a headache could this be for the government? if people didn't realise how much the government had on its plate you will today. if you look at next week, the negotiations, rounds to carry on in brussels,

meanwhile here they have this repeal bill which will take months if not yea rs bill which will take months if not years to get through parliament and then beyond brexit they have to get legislation and new laws in place for any new systems we might have on immigration, a whole new immigration system, a border system annual raft of legislation on things like fisheries and farming and then you look at today, just the concerns raised all ready by conservative mps and by the opposition, we know from labour they do not agree with that in its current form, they will be searching for compromises and have said they're searching for compromises and have said they‘ re upset searching for compromises and have said they're upset the charter of fundamental rights is not within that, we had from the snp saying there is not enough in there about there is not enough in there about the kind of powers that will go back to edinburgh and cardiff after brexit. there is concern about what some people have called a power grab by ministers trying to change laws without proper parliamentary scrutiny. the big question here is how far

scrutiny. the big question here is howfar in scrutiny. the big question here is how far in particular those conservative mps willing to go, they have said they are unhappy and will be loyal critics throughout this process but will buy in the end be willing to vote against their own government to get changes but what we will see in the coming months is mps really trying to get their version of brexit into law. joining me now from westminster is lord kerslake, the former head of the civil service between 2012 and 2014. he's now a cross—bench peer. thank you forjoining us. in your view, how big a task is this moving of eu laws into british legislation? it is an enormous task and i have to say this has every prospect of being an arduous, difficult and contentious journey without a lot to show for it at the end because essentially all we are doing is taking eu law and converting it into uk law, it will not improve the

laws, that will come later. and most importantly here is we are embarking on this quite riskyjourney without really being clear about the destination, there are fundamental differences between the parties and within the parties and indeed within the government on key issues, normally you would sort those out before the bill came into parliament but the timescales are so tight that two things will have to run together. the head of the national audit office spoke earlier today. what practically the problems? there are three big areas which you have touched on in your summary, firstly, we are doing this whilst the negotiations are going on so it's pretty evident that changes will happen during the passage of the bill and there was a real concern

about those changes and how they will be properly handled possible alongside that, there are issues about the statutory instruments of which there will be thousands and proper scrutiny of those, the second issueis proper scrutiny of those, the second issue is various big interest to satisfy here, the devolved nations of scotland, wales and so on will all be concerned of whether the powers will come to them. with the united kingdom government. and of course, and this is an important point, we are in a situation where a lot of the core issues as i touched on earlier are not fully resolved so people will be worried about what is happening on workers' rights, the labour party concern, what happens toa labour party concern, what happens to a set of things that are not eu law but our charters and other things and whether they will be properly reflected in what happens so properly reflected in what happens so there are some big issues, this is not simply a cut—and—paste job

so there are some big issues, this is not simply a cut—and—pastejob in reality. it will throw up some big and important debates. from the government point of view it does not wa nt to government point of view it does not want to set everything out because it wants to have some negotiating power but are you saying that these things are effectively not really compatible? it is very hard because you are taking a bill through which will have a lot of debate on the detail but at the same time you're having negotiations which will affect that detail quite profoundly and that is quite unusual and as i said earlier there are some fundamental issues around brexit that have not really truly been bottomed out in the debate and that, in turn, will have an impact so you are trying to hit a moving target here. in what shape is the government to deliver all of this, theresa may help of selection, she didn't get the majority she needed, she is weak politically as a result,

does that practically affect this whole process? i think it does because clearly if the government has the authority of the house to clear, the clear authority with a big working majority they are in a much stronger position to see legislation through both the commons and the lords but in a situation where they have not got an overall majority and why things may get changed, of course that will create an opportunity for things to be debated and amended both in the commons but in the lords when it comes to us sometime around november. i think on the whole people will want to be constructive, they will want to have a proper debate and it is in my view important that debate happens but inevitably when a government is less strong, the opportunity for change and the opportunity to alter things ina way and the opportunity to alter things in a way they are not comfortable

with this much greater. we must leave it there. thank you for your time. in a candid interview with the bbc, theresa may has said she "shed a little tear" on hearing of the exit poll on election night, predicting that she'd lost the conservative majority she'd inherited from david cameron. she said she'd known the campaign hadn't been going — in her words "perfectly," and said she felt devastated on hearing the result. the prime minister declined to say how long she will stay in power, and reissued her call for opposition parties to work with the government to deliver brexit. she's been speaking to bbc radio five live's emma barnett. it started so well. all of that talk was about how much you are going to win by, how big the extra majority would be. when did you first have an inkling it might not be going according to plan? i think as the campaign was going on, i realised everything wasn't going perfectly. but throughout the campaign the expectation still was that the result would be a different one, a better one for us than it was.

we didn't see the results that came coming. when was the moment of realisation? it was when i heard the exit poll. to be honest, i didn't watch the exit poll myself. i'm superstitious about things like that. my husband watched it and came and told me. and i was shocked at the result in the exit poll. it took a few minutes for it to sink in, what that was telling me. my husband gave me a hug. and then i got on the phone to gchq, to the conservative party. when you had a hug, did you have a cry? how did you feel? i suppose i felt devastated. enough to shed a tear? yes, a little tear. at that moment? at that moment, yes. you had no idea this was going to go like this.

just say to me now, sitting in this office, you have been on a long journey to get to this point. what would you say to your younger self? oh, gosh, this is one of those, "what would i write to a 16—year—old theresa may?" a theresa may who's always been interested in politics. i think what i would write to my younger self is, "believe in yourself. always do the right thing. and work hard to tackle injustice when you see it." the parents of the terminally—ill baby charlie gard briefly walked out of the high court this morning, on the second day of a hearing focused on the treatment of their son. doctors at great 0rmond street hospital, where the little boy is in intensive care, say the therapy won't work. 0ur correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. arriving at court this morning,

parents connie yates and chris gard determined to continue their fight to keep their son alive. charlie gard has been in intensive care at great 0rmond street hospital since october last year. he has an extremely rare genetic condition. it's left him severely brain—damaged and unable to breathe without the help of a ventilator. ever since his birth 11 months ago there have been numerous legal battles, escalated to the highest level in the uk and europe. all the courts have agreed that the baby is so ill he must be allowed to die. but his parents have persuaded the originaljudge they should be permitted to present what they say is new scientific evidence today, suggesting an experimental treatment could help their son. my understanding is they've got letters from up to seven doctors and scientists, and it demonstrates that there's up to a 10% chance of this ground—breaking treatment working,

and they would know within a period of two to eight weeks whether or not baby charlie is improving. and the treatment is noninvasive — it's not an operation. it's actually a food additive into his food. charlie's parents have received offers of help from the vatican and the united states, but thejudge, mrjustice francis, has made it clear any new evidence must be presented swiftly, due to concerns about prolonging the little boy's suffering. 0ur correspondent sarah campbell is at the high court in central london. bring us up—to—date with what has happened in court? yes, evidence in court this afternoon from the american doctor who is a doctor proposing to carry out this experimental treatment on charlie gard. we cannot name him or the

institution he works for but let me give you an idea of the exchanges. he was asked about what new evidence he is bringing forward, why this hearing is taking place and he says that the estimated chance of clinically meaningful success of at least 10%, the figure you heard in the report, that is based on reports from nine patients who have been given a from nine patients who have been givena similar from nine patients who have been given a similar treatment and one of them was taken off a ventilator, thatis them was taken off a ventilator, that is why this 10% figure comes from. he admitted however that none of those patients had exactly the same condition as charlie gard and the council on behalf of the hospital did say that you are trying to use one experiment and tried on a child with a different condition and charlie would be the first experiment and he agreed that was the case. he also agreed with that lawyer that he had not seen charlie's for medical notes or read the ruling from the original court case in which she gave evidence and he had not seen the charlie. the

judge interjected at that point saying if we adjourned court for a few days would you be prepared to come overfrom america few days would you be prepared to come over from america and few days would you be prepared to come overfrom america and examine charlie and the doctor said that he would. a little later he was questioned by the lawyer representing charlie gard's interests and he was asked why at an earlier hearing he had said charlie's brain damage was irreversible because the new evidence suggested it might not be the case and the doctor said he previously overstated the position and that new evidence suggested the treatment might be able to improve his brain function describing it as a small but significant chance. just in the last few minutes, the council on behalf of the parents got a question again and they said how can you tell how much of the brain dysfunction is permanent and the doctor had said, the lawyer said, is the logic that if charlie is allowed to die will never know if his condition was reversible and the doctor said yes, that is a

reasonable assumption. de videolink for america has now been ended so thatis for america has now been ended so that is the evidence over for the day and the judges deciding on a timescale because clearly the new evidence has been heard today and there will be more to come see this case is very much ongoing. the headline a key pa rt a key part of the governments brexit strategy, the repeal bill is published. the prime minister has revealed she became tearful when she found out june's revealed she became tearful when she found outjune's general revealed she became tearful when she found out june's general election result. the high court has heard evidence from an american doctor that terminally ill charlie gard could benefit from experimental treatment in the us. and johanna konta is out of wimbledon, she was beaten in straight sets by venus williams who will now play gabrine muguruza in saturday's final. chris froome loses the yellowjourney at

the tour de france. he was down in seventh. manchester city are close toa seventh. manchester city are close to a £50 million dealfor the totte n ha m to a £50 million dealfor the tottenham defender kyle walker. the england international is expected to have a medical and complete the move tomorrow. i will be back with more no stories of 5:30pm. johanna konta has been beaten in the wimbledon semi—finals, by the former champion, venus williams. konta lost in straight sets, 6—4, 6—2. let's get some reaction to the result with former british number one, annabel croft. it was not to be. sadly, it wasn't to be. it was such an incredible atmosphere out on centre court today, it was electric, you could have heard a pin drop and it was very intense between the two players at the start of the match right up

until three all and then johanna konta had a couple of opportunities, a break point, an opportunity on a second serve of venus williams and she wasn't able to capitalise. she then had another couple of break points at 4—1; and was not able to capitalise and venus williams banging down some big serves and aggressive play and after that she got broken and her level just dropped off as venus williams level seem to rise to the occasion. it was a fantastic contest but 37 yea rs of it was a fantastic contest but 37 years of age, venus williams was spectacular. it is an amazing achievement. johanna konta has made the semifinal and she is the first british woman to do so in nearly a0 yea rs british woman to do so in nearly a0 years and we must not lose sight of that fact. absolutely not. she should look back on this wimbledon with great pride at the tennis she has put out there and given us some of the most spectacular moments of this years wimbledon, not least the match previously and a quarterfinal

where she came through in three tight sets and the level of playing was quite extraordinary. i think people took to her tennis because it is such an intense level of aggression she played, she moved so beautifully, she had great serving and this mental strength she brought out onto centre court so there was a new love affair with johanna out onto centre court so there was a new love affair withjohanna konta andi new love affair withjohanna konta and i am absolute sure she'll back next year maybe even better. and i am absolute sure she'll back next year maybe even battenm and i am absolute sure she'll back next year maybe even better. it is interesting that until now all the pressure has appeared to be on andy murray's shoulders and johanna konta has got farther into the tournament. no one would have predicted that at the start of the event or though we did think she would do particularly well. she had been past the second round before. the tennis she has played over the last couple of yea rs, played over the last couple of years, her improvements have been absolutely mesmerising. she was 126 in the world a couple of years ago and now this year she is one a

couple of big tour titles and has beaten many of the worlds top ten along the way and we all felt she was in the mix and we'll feel now after this years wimbledon and she is definitely in the mix for some big events left during the course of this year. certainly not when to be underestimated, great experience, the people have taken to her and they now know more about her than they now know more about her than they did before and there is more to come from her. what sort of boost does this give british tennis?‘ huge boost but not the fact it did not necessarily need a boost because what andy murray and his brother jamie murray have done over the yea rs jamie murray have done over the years leading the way and all that they have achieved but certainly for british women's ten is it has given itan british women's ten is it has given it an enormous boost and it is really captured our imagination. it is the first time i have covered wimbledon that the women's event has really given us something to cheer about because of the level of play thatjohanna about because of the level of play

that johanna konta about because of the level of play thatjohanna konta has put out there and now venus williams at 37 into another final. it has on a fantastic tournament for the women. good to talk to. many thanks for your time. some breaking news from great greater manchester police, 19—year—old man arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences in connection with the attack on manchester arena has been released without charge. there was a search ata without charge. there was a search at a property in the fallowfield area of the city, it has been concluded and the cordons have been lifted. the man was arrested onjuly the 7th at the airport in liverpool but that man has been released without charge. donald trump is on a two—day trip to paris, where he's holding talks with president macron and attending bastille day celebrations. the two men are expected to discuss joint action in syria and iraq against the so—called islamic state group. despite differences between the two leaders, mr macron has indicated he will work to reaffirm longstanding ties between the two

countries, as wyre davies reports. the two most talked about leaders on the world stage, the only thing missing at theirfirst the world stage, the only thing missing at their first awkward meeting in may was an arm wrestle as donald trump and emanuel macron gripped each other‘s hands so firmly their knuckles almost turned white. a very complicated relationship with disagreements over trading climate change seems to have gained grudging respect by the time they met again at the recent g20 summit. respect by the time they met again at the recent 620 summit. hillary clinton said in the campaign in 2016 that trump was a big bully and you needed to be treated as such. it sounds to me like someone listens to that sentence of hers and advised macron to act as a bigger bully them

trump. as britain did over whether to host the american president this year, the french leader has been all too pleased to jump year, the french leader has been all too pleased tojump in inviting year, the french leader has been all too pleased to jump in inviting the american president and the first lady as guests of honour for bastille day celebrations. and today, these two different leaders appeared more than relaxing each other‘s company as mr macron and his wife welcome to donald and milani to the french capital. as the president arrived in paris, more potentially damaging video emerged at home. schering then business and trump in 2013 meeting some of the same russians accused of colluding with his election campaign last year. anxious to reset the agenda, donald trump and his french host are expected to focus on international terror and defeating so—called islamic state, year after the devastating nice attack in which 86

we re devastating nice attack in which 86 were killed and hundreds injured. this is, above all, a feel—good visit with milani trump all ready playing a high—profile role. and with american soldiers marching down the champs—elysees as part of the bastille day parade, the hope in paris is a donald trump will be charmed by the occasion, the pomp and the honour returning home with a much more positive feeling about france. let's cross live to david eades who's in paris. this is obviously a useful trip president trump, escaping controversy at home, and what ways are useful for controversy at home, and what ways are usefulfor president controversy at home, and what ways are useful for president macron? good question, we will wait to see whether he has left controversy at home because they're waiting for a press c0 nfe re nce home because they're waiting for a press conference of sorts in the next few minutes and we can get a gauge from that. from president macron‘s perspective, this is an opportunity to be seen to be the person who reaches out to donald

trump from this side of the water and perhaps the person who can work with him, cajole him and bring him further around onto their way of thinking. that would be a huge coup for a new world leader like emmanuel macron and to be honest he is not short on self—confidence that he could be the best person to do that city has brought the field in a way the uk it is difficult at the moment, perhaps angela merkel might not think she can do something like this either at this stage but as an example as to what macron can do, opinion polls suggest 60% of the french people welcome this visit, bearing treat if not captivated but they seem generally quite glad he has come. and during the day, the first lady and mrs macron have been doing their bit to try to cement the relationship. yes, it is clear they are doing the right things, they are finding the right occasions, milani has had a classic american tourist

trip so far, she has been up and down the river cern on a boat, the cathedral of notre dame and the couple are ending the evening on the second floor of the eiffel tower having a meal at thejules verne restau ra nt, having a meal at thejules verne restaurant, spectacular views. that is an opportunity to cement the relationship not just of is an opportunity to cement the relationship notjust of the wives but of the couples and they see these sorts of moments as symbolic but nonetheless important because let's bear this in mind, they are both effectively pretty new kids on the block, they will have to work together over the course of the next few years and this would seem to be a good cementing opportunity. david, many thanks. the two presidents are due to hold a press conference very shortly. everybody is waiting for them. we will be bringing you that

press c0 nfe re nce them. we will be bringing you that press conference live as soon as it happens. but, in the mean team, time for the weather. a quiet day for many places, dry, some sunshine but we have this afternoon hats and heavy showers working across northern ireland but as a clear way, brighter skies following on but clearing into scotland, spreading east and on across northern england as the night goes on. south of that, it stays mainly dry and the temperatures overnight, they are higher, compared to last night which we re higher, compared to last night which were quite chilly for many of us. we start tomorrow with a few showers, parts of scotland and north—west england, and the midlands but by the afternoon most of those have died out, lots of cloud, sunshine, not too much but some sunny spells coming through the cloud, high teens to late 20s but another weather system bringing rain battered parts

of northern ireland scotland late afternoon. this is have the weekend shapes up, lots of cloud on saturday, outbreaks of rain pushing east, brighter on sunday and throughout the weekend getting warmer in the south—east. this is bbc news at five — the headlines... the brexit secretary urges all mps to ‘work together‘ as the government publishes the repeal bill, but it faces opposition from labour and the liberal democrats. the prime minister tells the bbc she became tearful when she learned she was going to lose her majority afterjune's general election. an american doctor tells the high court there's a chance terminally ill charlie gard could benefit from experimental treatment in the us. donald trump is in paris for talks with president micron, withjoint action against is top of the agenda.

—— micron. time for the latest sports news now, with will perry. good afternoon. johanna konta has lost her wimbledon semifinal against venus williams. konta was hoping to become the first british woman to reach a wimbledon finalfor the first time in a0 years. adam wild was watching the action. all smiles forjoanna can't do this morning. relaxed. hard to believe she was about to play the biggest match of her life. still the training ground is rather different to centre court. met with a growing tide of hope and the glare of expectation but also by venus williams. 0ne expectation but also by venus williams. one of the best the modern game had seen. that is a pressure under which konta is learning to thrive, matching the five—time champion and the game. but as so many opponents in the past, when williams is playing like this one can we stay with her for so long. the oldest semifinalist for nearly a quarter of a century still with the

power that can keep our above the rest. the break did eventually come and with it the at williams, met with a moment of stunned silence on centre court. but the british number one it would be a long way back from here. konta would need all the support and encouragement. there was plenty to cheer but now her brilliance coming only in flashes, thatis brilliance coming only in flashes, that is all williams would allow. faced with service like this... it was all do tojust faced with service like this... it was all do to just get out of the way. even for the most optimistic hope getting a little harder to find. a flawless display by williams and very few can live with that. konta couldn't. there it is this time! the arms aloft and the celebration. it is venus williams who is back in the wimbledon final after so many years. so wimbledon over the big great british pub, the mark—up on this tournament but the smiles now all williams.

i thought the crowd was very nice to me, even more boisterous, i know they love jo and me, even more boisterous, i know they lovejo and she gave her all todayit they lovejo and she gave her all today it is a lot of pressure and she handed a 12. i think may experience helped a lot. and venus will play garbine muguruza in saturday's women's final. the spaniard who lost to serena in the 2015 final beat magdalena rybarikova 6—1, 6—1 to take her place in a second wimbledon final in three years. these are live pictures from wimbledon on bbc one where there are three brits in action. jamie murray and his partner martina hingis of switzerland are taking on ken skupski and jocelyn rae in the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles. murray and hingis have taken the first set on centre court. they are a break up in the second set as well. gordon reid's defence of his wimbledon wheelchair singles title ended in the first round as he lost to

sweden's stefan 0lsson 6—2, 6—3 who goes into the semi—finals. chris froome has lost the yellow jersey after stage 12 of the tour de france. fabio aru now leads him by six seconds. after easing their way through nearly 200 kilometres, both riders came off the road and were lucky not to have a serious crash. but the real drama was saved for the end. frenchman romain ba rdet leaving the leading pack behind as he took the stage victory. aru wasn't too far behind him — but froome just ran out of gas. a full 20 seconds behind the italian aru, who takes the yellow jersey. and manchester city are close to a £50 million dealfor tottenham defender kyle walker. the england international is expected to have a medical and complete that move tomorrow. walker, who joined tottenham from sheffield united in 2009, will notjoin up with spurs for the start of their pre—season training on friday. instead, he'll with city on monday to start their tour of the usa. that's all the sport for now.

wimbledon sports day will be at 6:30pm. idid. let's get more on donald trump's two—day trip to paris — where he's holding talks with president macron and attending bastille day celebrations. they're expected to discuss joint action in syria and iraq against the so—called islamic state group. we're waiting for a news conference to get started. in the meantime let's speak to french journalist nabila ramdani. he is here with me now. thank you for coming in. in your review as significant as the meeting? i think it isa significant as the meeting? i think it is a very important meeting for both of them actually. the newly elected president macron i think is far more interested in the institution of the american president and he is an donald trump himself. he realised that he overdid the trump bashing at the g—7 summit in brussels a few months ago and he 110w in brussels a few months ago and he now wa nts in brussels a few months ago and he now wants to get on with what is the

most powerful man on earth and this highlights the pragmatic nature of emmanuel macron also realises it is a good way to start his own term in office and is is a huge achievement to attract donald trump to france. of course donald trump is a hugely divisive figure who has said some very unpleasant things about france in the past, not least that it was overrun by immigrants and muslims for whom he is particularly unpleasant towards. remember last year he also said that his friend tim had to shorten his holiday because paris had turned into a very unpleasant place indeed and he also said that there were no go areas with the police, which are in fact quite ridiculous claims so i think president macron will try to prove to his counterpart that paris remains a very beautiful civilised and generally speaking very safe place and will try to put the silly claims... you make it sound like both men in a sense have had to cool

ita both men in a sense have had to cool it a little bit, president macron being less masculine and aggressive towards president trump and president trump i suppose accepting the hospitality of his french counterpart and visibly saying paris isa counterpart and visibly saying paris is a good place to come. yes, i think there is definitely an attempt from president macron to try and make the visit as pleasant as possible for his us counterpart and thatis possible for his us counterpart and that is why the entire visit is primarily designed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of america's entry into the first world war in 1917 and indeed to commemorate also american troops the bridging fronts and indeed paris in the second world war along with the french and will be huge emphasis of course on bastille day tomorrow with the military parades in honour of both the french and american armies. remember that these two heads of state are also commanders in chief of their respective armies, so there will be huge emphasis on the military aspect. and the official welcome ceremony started at a very symbolic

place for french martial glory, where napoleon bonaparte is buried and the two men have been reviewing the armies. so it will be quite a significant part of the visit. we will leave it there for the moment, but the two men give the press conference don't go far away because we will be going back to you. thank you very much. let's go back to our top story, the publication of the repeal bill. the government's long—awaited plans which will pave the way for eu law to be translated into british law. laura coombs berg spoke to the brexit secretary david davis. this bill as it stands would give ministers like you sweeping powers to change and get rid of bits and pieces of regulation that you don't like. without mps having a guaranteed vote and debate. firstly the source powers we are talking

about changing the regulator from the european regulator for about changing the regulator from the european regulatorfor british regulator, that sort of thing, or if you are a council, once but something to competitive tender it has a something to competitive tender it hasa in something to competitive tender it has a in de roon you're peering journal albert adomah government website, these are hardly massive changes, technical changes to make the law work. it is a stuttering estimate, if it is waiting for the has a commons committee has, decides. but they're guaranteed. this is the point. leaving the european union that you campaign for alongside many of your colleagues was meant to be giving parliament more control and part of this bill is giving ministers like you more. statutory instrument doesn't give ministers absolute control. bear in mind we are bringing into law, or a0 yea rs of mind we are bringing into law, or a0 years of law, its butting into british law but was european law, after that we can change it if you wa nt after that we can change it if you want to. if we are to materially change anything like immigration

policy that will be an act of parliament on that, and the whole thing will be debated at great length, the second reading, committee stage, report stage, and mentored by the commons that. and then the commons will decide the outcome. any material change will be an brambly insulation, it is only technical matters that will go to such of the instrument and even then has house of commons will have its say. the system for deciding how quickly ambulances in england should reach patients is being overhauled. currently a quarter are stood down after setting off, because several are sent to the same 999 call. nhs england says its new rules will lead to quicker responses for the most serious calls, and fewer long waits. 0ur health correspondent jane dreaper has the details. a vital emergency service working under a broken system. some patients with less serious problems are having to wait many hours for an ambulance. and too many crews are being sent to the same 999 call, only to get turned back. so the rules are changing.

the new way of working will mean that we can identify and get to the sickest patients faster. all patients will get the best response, rather than just the nearest. and importantly those unacceptable long delays will be reduced. now the most serious calls, when people aren't breathing, for example, will need to be reached within 15 minutes. but it's expected these patients will actually be reached in an average time of seven minutes. patients with less serious problems, like chest pain, will wait longer — an average of 18 minutes, and possibly up to a0. this is the biggest shake—up of england's ambulance service in decades, and it's being introduced before what is bound to be another busy winter. it's happening because the old targets weren't being met, and patients were having to wait too long. the new system has been tested, and there were no safety problems found across 1a

million ambulance calls. leading charities agree that the current targets have been bad for patients. some stroke patients were sent a motorbike, which is clearly inappropriate. and then another vehicle needed to come out to take them to hospital. and actually some were classified as non—urgent, in which case there was no target for the response time. and we know with stroke, it is a medical emergency. every second counts. wales has led the way by classing fewer 999 calls in the life—threatening category. scotland updated its system last year. ambulance services remain stretched, but these changes are designed to help their most important task — saving lives. an aristocrat who offered money on facebook are anyone to run over and killed the active brexit campaigner

gina miller has beenjailed. the fourth viscount for david offered £5,000 but someone to run over miller who he called a troublesome first—generation immigrant. he then went on to make several recent comment that a racist comments. we will cross now to paris and the news conference between president macron and donald trump. he speaks french. studio: president macron welcoming

president trump and his wife melania to paris. he speaks french. studio: nabila ramdani is in the studio with me. the usual pleasantries at the beginning of this press conference but they think you're saying earlier that this visit although short has a lot of symbolic value. indeed. it is primarily designed to get along the side of donald trump but as the person himself but president macron realises he is the most powerful man on earth and he needs him as an ally, so again it had led president macron's pragmatic nature. he wants

to get on with everyone and get things done. i think i am the agenda will be the focus on the military parade, notjust for bastille day which is of course france's national day, to commemorate the storming of the bastille prison at the beginning of the french revolution, but also to celebrate as president macron we re to celebrate as president macron were saying at the beginning of his press c0 nfe re nce , were saying at the beginning of his press conference, the 100th anniversary of america's entry in the first world war alongside the french, which of course was a turning point in the war, so there will be an awful lot of emphasis on the military celebrations, also to commemorate america's help in the second world war and there will be of course remembrances of the american soldiers who are buried in france. aside from that there will be not a lot of emphasis on the world's major issues which are faced by all countries in the world, not least of all the fight against terrorism and the ongoing war on

syria, but i think what mr macron would want to bring high up on the agenda is, change agreement —— climate change agreement. he would wa nt to climate change agreement. he would want to try and change donald trump's view on this particular subject. we can now go back to that press c0 nfe re nce subject. we can now go back to that press conference because we now have translation. translation: to take any necessary measures in order to root out terrorism and eradicated the matter where, particularly the narrative. 0n the internet we agreed to strengthen our action and cooperation in fighting against propaganda. we want to get all the major operators to limit the propaganda and also tackle cyber criminality, these topics i believe ourfundamental criminality, these topics i believe our fundamental and i do criminality, these topics i believe ourfundamental and i do hope that we can strengthen cooperation between both countries and it is with a lot of satisfaction that i

heard from president trump, the very same channels and services will be working together in the coming weeks and months to have a solid action map for that. regarding the situation in iraq and syria, here again we agreed to continue to work together in particular in order to be able to lunching together some diplomatic initiatives to put in place a road map for what will come after the war. we talked about our role, our post—conflict role, but initially we want to put in place a contact group in order to be more efficient in order to be able to support what is being done by the united nations in order to support the political road map, particularly for syria after the war. it is important to put in place some inclusive political solutions for that period of time. we know where

destabilisation comes from. the road map will take care of that and cover it and we will ask our diplomats and staff to work along those lines so that in the coming weeks some initiatives can be taken. and i supported. we also shared the same intention regarding libya and like i told president trump i very much wa nt to ta ke told president trump i very much want to take a number of diplomatic initiatives, given the situation that we know and which requires more stability and better control over the region, be it libya, i think we can say we have the same vision, a very coherent understanding of the situation in the region and the same willingness to act very clearly against any form of terrorism and the stabilisation. next, climate, here we know what our disagreements

are. we had this expressed them on occasion and we think it is important to date about it. i respect the decision taken by president trump. —— important to talk about it. he will work upon blunting his campaign promises and as far as blunting his campaign promises and as faras i'm blunting his campaign promises and as far as i'm concerned, i am at touch to the paris accord and make sure that step—by—step we can do everything that is on the accord. ladies and gentlemen, this is in summary ladies and gentlemen, this is in summary what we have been talking about. we will continue with a friendly tone, an informal one this evening, regarding trade and security for both our countries, the fight against terrorism, stability, middle east, libya, i can say that we have a shared determination. the

united states is extremely involved in the iraq war and i would like to thank president trump anything that has been done by the american troops against this background but i would like him to know that i am fully determined to act together with him in this respect. fully determined. i very much want both our countries in these matters to increase cooperation in the dying months, because the threat we are facing is a global one, our enemies are trying to destabilise us by anyway, but this is at very much the heart of the historic alliance between our two countries and which fully justifies the president trump being here. thank you, dear donald, thank you. thank you very much, president macron. melania and i are thrilled

tojoin you macron. melania and i are thrilled to join you and misses macron. this isa to join you and misses macron. this is a wonderful national celebration and we look very much forward to it. it will be spectacular tomorrow, bastille day. we are honoured to be here in your beautiful country and it certainly is a beautiful country, with its proud history and magnificent people and thank you for the tour of some of the most incredible buildings anywhere in the world, i was very, very, incredible buildings anywhere in the world, iwas very, very, it incredible buildings anywhere in the world, i was very, very, it was a very beautiful thing to say, thank you. when the french people rose up and stormed the bastille, it changed the course of human history. our two nations are forever joined the course of human history. our two nations are foreverjoined together by the spirit of revolution and the fight forfreedom. by the spirit of revolution and the fight for freedom. france by the spirit of revolution and the fight forfreedom. france is america's first and oldest ally, a lot of people don't know that. ever since general laff riotjoined the american fight for independence our

fish —— our fortunes american fight for independence our fish —— ourfortunes have been tied. there was a long time ago but we are together. i think together more so than ever perhaps. this visit also commemorates another milestone, one century ago the united states entered world war i. when the president called me he had mentioned that fact. 100 years ago. i said, mr president, i will be there. that is a big important day, 100 years. we will remember the tens of thousands americans who gave their lives in that valiant and very difficult struggle. he also paid tribute to the heroic deeds of the french troops whose courage at the battle and troops whose courage at the battle a nd cou ntless troops whose courage at the battle and countless other battles will never be forgotten by us. more than

1 million french soldiers laid down their lives in defence of liberty. their sacrifices and eternal tribute to france and to freedom. french and american patriots have fought together, bled together and died together. in the fight for our country and our civilisations. today we face new threats from rogue regimes like north korea, iran and syria and the governments that finance and support them. we also face grave threats from terrorist organisations that wage war on innocent lives. tomorrow will mark one year since a joyous bastille day celebration in nice turned into a massacre. we all remember how horrible that was. we mourn the 86 lives that were stolen and we prayed for their loved ones. we also renew our resolve to stand united against

these enemies of humanity. and to strip them of their territory, funding, networks and ideological support. today president macron and myself discussed how we can strengthen our vital security partnerships, wejust had strengthen our vital security partnerships, we just had a strengthen our vital security partnerships, wejust had a meeting with our generals and representatives and it went very well. france has excellent counterterrorism capabilities. the french troops are serving bravely in places like marlene to defeat the forces of murder and destruction. the united states and our allies are committed to defeating terrorism. we are making tremendous progress earlier this week with the strong support of the united states and the global coalition, iraq forces liberated mosul from global coalition, iraq forces liberated mosulfrom isis control. now we must work with the government

in iraq and our partners and allies in the region to consolidate the gains and make sure the rectory stays a victory, unlike the last time. last week the g20 leaders also reaffirmed the right of sovereign nations to control the borders. we must be strong from within to defend ourselves from threats from the outside. the nations of the west also faced domestic challenges of our own creation, including vast government bureaucracy that saps the strength from our economies and from our societies. but this reason i applaud president macron on his courageous call for that less bureaucracy, it is a good chance, s berry chrissy. we can use it to. an europe that protects citizens. we cannot become great through regulation. and the united states,

mr president, we have also cut regulations that level we have never seen regulations that level we have never seen before, so we are very proud of that, over the last six months. by allowing our people to follow our dreams, that is what it is all about. to achieve these games however we must also confront unfair trade practices that hurt our workers and pursued trade deals that are reciprocal and fair. but president micron and i understand our responsibility to prioritise the interests of our countries and at the same time to be respectful of the same time to be respectful of the world in which we live. we live ina very the world in which we live. we live in a very complex world and we have to respect it. the united states remains committed to being a leader in environmental protection. while we advanced energy, security and economic growth. the friendship between our two nations and ourselves i might add is unbreakable. 0ur occasional

disagreements are nothing compared to the immortal bonds of culture, destiny and liberty that unite us so strongly, also. as long as we have pride in who we are, where we have come from, how we got here and what we have achieved, is free and democratic nations, then there is nothing we cannot accomplish together. france helped us secure our independence. a lot of people forget. in the american revolution dozens forget. in the american revolution d oze ns of forget. in the american revolution dozens of french soldiers fought alongside american troops so that as was said, liberty would have a country. ever since then courageous heroes from both nations have fought with the same noble values and the same with the same noble values and the same righteous cause. tomorrow the

french trickle will once again —— tricolour will once again wive —— wave alongside the american stars and straps. we will all be inspired to protect and ensure the birthright of freedom that our ancestors won for us with that swept and with their blood. president macron, thank you for inviting melania and myself to this historic celebration, and to you and your spectacular country, may god bless france, and may god bless america. thank you very much. studio: i think the two presidents will now be taking questions from journalists. stay with us. if you wa nt journalists. stay with us. if you want more from this we will stick

with this press conference on the bbc news channel. if you want to watch the six o'clock news with soapy redworth that is over on bbc 0ne, but here on the news channel let's hear more from the two presidents. he is getting the first question, the president. translation: do you still hope that president trump or do you still hope that president trump could change his mind about the paris accord and now president trump ——, his mind about the paris accord and now president trump --, is his mind about the paris accord and now president trump ——, is it possible for you to go back to the unchanging mind. regarding your relation, how would you describe it today? will it be a dinner between france? translation: we have a number of disagreements which are in particularjudah the commitments

taken by president trump. during the —— that the present campaign. so did i.iam —— that the present campaign. so did i. i am aware of how important that is but we talked about or disagreement. we discuss the matter before president trump reached the decision. should that impact on the decisions we are having on other topics? no, absolutely not. this is the reason why we share the same views and some major common goals on many other topics, all other topics which we have been discussing today and which we shall move forward together. of course the president trump will tell you about it but he has made a number of commitments