women will be allowed into sport stadiums for the first time to attend football matches. with me is wall street journal's nina trentmann the donald trump decision to cancel his visit. we have had a treat within the hour saying he did not agree with moving the embassy in the first place. what do you make of his decision? he was offered a state visit just decision? he was offered a state visitjust under a year ago but this was a working visit. it was an interesting development. we have seen all sorts of speculation around this. could it be he would be met with protests in the uk which could have been true because we have seen a lot of opposition since his plan became public that he would come to the uk this year. it seems now it is more about the un embassy being openedin

more about the un embassy being opened in battersea, the new district in london and criticism by mrtrump against his district in london and criticism by mr trump against his predecessor to move the embassy there. it will be interesting to see what commentators make of this given the relationship between the uk and the us is a crucial and important one that has seen strains with theresa may criticising the us president on several occasions. it will be interesting to see how that develops and whether there will be a new date for his official visit to the uk.m he was wary of protests that is justified. nearly 2 million people signed a petition saying he should not come here. there was a debate in parliament. a lot of people do not wa nt parliament. a lot of people do not want him here. do you think it will have an impact on the relationship is that theresa may went to the us

shortly after he was inaugurated. with president trump, we see a lot of things happen in a short amount of things happen in a short amount of time and thinks that would not have expected beforehand. if this is a sudden pullout of the visit, there could be another quick announcement of another visit any time soon. in the long run, it is difficult for the long run, it is difficult for the uk given it is negotiating its exit from the eu. it needs to show it has strong atlantic ties... exit from the eu. it needs to show it has strong atlantic ties. .. that is part of the reason why she went over there so quickly to secure a trade deal. it is important for the uk government to say it is as strong as it has ever been and we are working on a trade deal with the us after leaving the eu. and getting a date into the diary even if that is faced with more protests and demonstrations from the public who are demonstrations from the public who a re clearly not

demonstrations from the public who are clearly not keen on having mr john coming to london or anywhere or else in the uk. —— mr trump. john coming to london or anywhere or else in the uk. -- mr trump. in the gulf news, a decision expected to be made in the next few hours about fresh sanctions on iran. this is about the nuclear deal donald trump has criticised. whether or not he says that the sanctions should continue or not. mr trump is expected, as the news reports, to extend waivers on nuclear sanctions on iran, reinforcing the existing deal but at the same time also asking congress and european partners to improve the deal otherwise the us could pull out and thatis otherwise the us could pull out and that is something expected to happen sometime today, it during the day. mrtrump has sometime today, it during the day. mr trump has been highly critical of the deal, saying it is the worst

deal ever. he is also expected to release a new sanctions on several iranian officials in relation to corruption and human rights violation so i think it will remain an issue which is very tense work for europeans interested in keeping the deal in place as well as mr trump who has shown he is not a supporter of the deal. reuters reported it is expected president trump will expand the sanctions to iran but the fact that it is up to the bait, or talking about the relationship between the us and uk but what about the relationship with europe? it is the only issue that europe? it is the only issue that europe and us are currently at odds. from germany, my chancellor, mrs merkel, has been clear invoicing the criticism of mr trump. i think, yes,

it is important because, of course, it is important because, of course, it is important to keep iran in place and to have... see some limitations of its nuclear programme but i guess with regards to the relationship between europe and the us we will see if there will be improvement over the course of the year because they have been quite a number of areas where there has been strong disagreement. historically it has not been the case and not in the public domain that much. a story here about a fukushima water decision. a decision that is due sometime later this year. japanese regulator saying that water stored at the fukushima won plant can be dyed looted and released into the sea. it is faced with criticism by

fishermen in the area who are saying they fear there could be some sort of impact on fish and environment even though the regulator is saying this is harmless once the water is dyed the looted —— diluted. the ta nks dyed the looted —— diluted. the tanks at fukushima will be leaky because of groundwater so the issue is you either release it into the sea or do something else with it. the water cannot stay there forever will not other countries do release water contaminated so we will see what happens with that decision. major threat to elite forces, cutting down the number of people serving in the armed forces in this country. a story that the times

reported. around 14,000 jobs could go and also we could see the unification of pa ratroopers go and also we could see the unification of paratroopers and royal marine units and that comes on the back of an expected 20 billion shortage of funds for the defence in the next decade and we have seen over the past couple of years, the british army and forces of trying to reduce while at the same time keeping its strong international presence. that is one of the concerns voiced. this could lead to an overstretching of the army. reports that you have the choice between ugly, ugly and more ugly. reports that you have the choice between ugly, ugly and more uglym course the armed forces want to protect themselves but what nobody knows is what potential future threats are out there so they are prepared and they have enough people to plan and prepare for. it is also

difficult because threats to emerge quickly and, at the same time, it ta kes a quickly and, at the same time, it takes a while to adjust your army to the potential threat occurring to 5— ten yea rs the potential threat occurring to 5— ten years from now. it takes years and years to build and have a new helicopters and other things. as the government you do not want to be seen government you do not want to be seen at a time of major threat not to be prepared because you do not have the right people or material. big decisions to be made. the arab news, and a big weekend for women in saudi arabia. they will be allowed into football stadiums. they can drive themselves to the football stadiums. saudi arabia is following through on its mission to ease restrictions on women and participation of women in public life. this also comes after the crown prince came into office last

july and he said from june this year, women will be allowed to drive so year, women will be allowed to drive so they could be driving themselves to one of these stadiums. they have made this cd ready to receive a women. i guessing it might be toilet facilities. and whether they will actually go. thank you very much for taking us through all of these stories and we will see you later. thank you for watching the briefing. from me and the rest of the team, thank you for watching. hi there. i'll be the first one to admit the weather has not been exciting in the last few days. take yesterday, many of us had cloud, mist and fog. just a few cloud breaks,

the best of these in south—west england and wales and across western scotland. they could remain there for friday. the cloud was low enough to touch the top of the tallest buildings in london. more of the same for friday. here's the picture. low pressure in greenland, high pressure near finland. a long way away from the uk. and that means, for us, there is barely a breath of wind. that is why the weather is not changing a great deal. for many of us, a cloudy start. yes, there will be a few mist and fog patches dotted around. some of the worst of these in northern ireland and the somerset levels. poor visibility. down to below 100m in a few places. hill fog elsewhere. don't expect any major changes elsewhere. a few sunny spells coming through. i think the best of these in parts of south—west england and wales and running up into western scotland. perhaps northern ireland as well. but across central and eastern england, that is where the cloud is likely to be rather thicker. there could be occasional

brighter spells. but on the whole, quite a cloudy day. it could even be thick enough for the occasional spot of drizzle from time to time. heading through friday night, little overall change, cloud in central and eastern areas. to the west, there is a change. this atlantic front begins to slowly move through bringing rain towards the end of the night towards northern ireland. that takes us to saturday. the start of the weekend. this is a slow—moving weather front. stuck underneath this band of rain, it could rain most of the day. some coming and going. further east, cloud. bright and sunny spells. perhaps more of these in east anglia in south—east england than we have seen. sunday, another pretty cloudy affair. this band of rain eventually will swing south and eastwards as we go on through sunday night and into monday, clearing out of the way. then, the weather gets more exciting next week,

you will be pleased to hear, as cold air comes surging back in. it could be turning much colder. it could be windy, perhaps very windy at times, quite early on in the week. and cold enough for some snow, especially in the north, on the hills, and especially on northern hills. that's your latest weather. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. donald trump abandons his plans to visit britain next month. the us president had been due to open the new american embassy in london, with protests planned by groups opposed to his administration. in the past hour, he's tweeted that he has no intention of cutting the ribbon because the building represents a bad deal for the united states. tributes are paid to an 18—year—old woman who's died after catching

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