donald trump says he won't come to the uk after all — he doesn't like the new us embassy. he tweeted he wasn't happy about the building's new location in a different part of london. but has the president pulled out of his visit because he was worried about the reception he might get? mr president, are you a racist? meanwhile, alleged comments by the president about african countries land him in hot water at home. and the un weighs in also, saying the president's reported comments are racist. also tonight... a report into the manchester bombing finds some relatives of the victims suffered from media intrusion. a fine of £10,000 for the surgeon who branded his initials onto his patients‘ livers. the government is urged to bring construction giant carillion into public control amid fears it could collapse. you can't look down to read this speech, you have to take the speech up, because if you did, your neck would break. and weighty reflections on the crown. the queen as you've

never heard or seen her before. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: exit alexis from the emirates. arsene wenger admits defeat in the battle to retain his star striker, starting a bidding war. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. president trump's visit to britain next month is off.

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for him at least britain is not a priority. so, for now, the closest we will get to seeing mr trump at the new embassy is this waxwork, as ministers say they look forward to a visit at some point in the future. well, it is for the us president to determine his travel priorities. 0bviously, determine his travel priorities. obviously, it's an important diplomatic partner for the uk. obviously, it's an important diplomatic partnerfor the uk. we wa nt diplomatic partnerfor the uk. we want the closest possible relationship with the us. tonight, as mrtrump relationship with the us. tonight, as mr trump honoured martin luther king, he was caught up in yet another row, having to deny making racist remarks about african countries. home or abroad, this president is rarely free from controversy. james landale, bbc news. nick bryant is at the whitehouse. let's talk about those comments james was referring to you at the end of his piece. what is the president alleged to have said. at a meeting in the oval office yesterday

with republican and democratic lawmakers about immigration, he is alleged to have used a slur directed against haiti and other african nations. mr trump denies using the slur, i will not use it on air, although he used strong language. a democrat present in the room said not only did he use that language, he used it repeatedly. in my mind, this is unprecedented. a sitting president in the west wing of the white house being asked if he is racist in that unfortunate and contradictory setting where he was signing in honour of martin luther king. and there has been quite a reaction to this, not least from the un? that has been a barrage of criticism. we have had african

countries like botswana condemning it and even contacting the trump administration saying, does that apply to us? but the white house, in the aftermath of the first reports of this alleged slur came out with a statement last night that didn't deny that the president had said it, indeed, it almost seemed to double down. some were telling reporters that the president believed this would play well with his base and that he was taking a victory lap in the west wing. it's another example of where this america first rhetoric often of where this america first rhetoric ofte n m ea ns of where this america first rhetoric often means that america is alone. nick bryant at the white house, thank you. families searching for missing relatives after the manchester arena bombing were subjected to intrusive media attention, according to a report. it's part of a progress review by lord kerslake into the response to the bombing in may last year in which 22 people were killed. 0ur north of england correspondent has been speaking to one of the

families affected. with in within moments of the with in moments of the manchester arena bombing, the attack was international news. phone footage we re international news. phone footage were shared immediately. camera ci’ews were shared immediately. camera crews and journalists provided round—the—clock coverage for days afterwards and there were countless posts on social media as well. there was huge interest in the stories of those most closely affected, including the family of martin hecht, one of those killed in the blast. martin had a large online following and had previously been on tv. his relatives quickly found themselves in the spotlight. breast reporters arrived at their house with —— press reporters arrived at their house before the family knew that martin had died. we had people ringing the bell, basically saying, sorry for your loss, but would you like to comment. he wasn't even officially dead yet. how can anyone be so cruel and say, sorry for your

loss ? be so cruel and say, sorry for your loss? we didn't find out officially until that evening that he was dead. the way the emergency services responded to the attack is already being reviewed by an independent panel. now it will also examine the role in which the media played in the aftermath. much of the media handled families in a very respectful way. what we have heard exa m ples respectful way. what we have heard examples where that wasn't the case and we feel that needs to be explored and understood. the families of those who died in the hillsborough disaster lost their relatives in very different but equally public circumstances. their struggle has inspired a chart of families bereaved free public tragedy. there are elements of the response that could have been better. the arena review asks organisations to sign up to it and put the needs of such families

before their own reputations. put the needs of such families before their own reputationslj put the needs of such families before their own reputations. i want anyone who works in our emergency services to know that they will be supported in coming forward to tell it exactly as it was, because that is what we need. we need the families to have the truth as quickly as possible so that they can take that on board and that will help with the grieving process. take that on board and that will help with the grieving processm march, the full review into the attack will be published, eight months after these 22 people died, as theirfamilies months after these 22 people died, as their families lives are still dominated by the tragedy. a surgeon who branded his initials onto the livers of two transplant patients has been fined and given a community service order. simon bramhall pleaded guilty to two counts of assault in december. his crimes — carried out at queen elizabeth hospital in birmingham — were discovered when the patients returned to hospital for further surgery as sima kotecha reports. reporter: mr bramhall, what's your reaction? simon bramhall, once a respected surgeon, now a convicted criminal. what would you like to say to the patients, mr bramhall?

today, he was fined £10,000 after pleading guilty to assaulting two patients by marking his initials on their livers. his victims were undergoing liver transplants at the time. in court, judge paul farrer qc told him: well, it was here at the queen elizabeth hospital in birmingham where bramhall committed his offences. he marked the livers in 2013 and it was a year later, after a disciplinary hearing, that he resigned from his post. another of his patients, who also underwent a liver transplant by him, says he shouldn't be punished. signing his work is just his way of showing the artwork he's done. the fact that he's saved so many lives through all the operations he's carried out, mine included, because without him i wouldn't be here, just makes me think he needs

to carry on doing what he's good at. bramhall branded sb on the organs with an argon beam machine, a heat projecting device usually used to stop any bleeding. the crown prosecution service compared its imprint to a minor burn. what happened was a crime. the rule of law applies equally to everybody, including doctors, so it's important to hold people to account when they commit a crime of assault, and that's what's happened here. the markings were discovered after other surgeons noticed them during operations. bramhall betrayed the trust of his patients and took advantage of them when they were at their most vulnerable. the general medical council, which has already issued him with a formal warning, will now decide whether to take any further action against the surgeon. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. over 60 firefighters have been tackling a large blaze at nottingham railway station, which is thought to have started in a toilet block early this morning.

the fire quickly spread through the station, which has been recently renovated. the flames have been brought under control but the station will remain closed. a joint police and fire investigation has now revealed they are treating the fire as arson. young women with the faulty brca genes who have gone on to develop breast cancer have the same survival chances as those who don't have the genes. a study of almost 3,000 women also found outcomes were the same whatever kind of treatment the young women had — including mastectomies. mutations in the brca genes can significantly increase a woman's chance of developing breast cancer. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh has more. diagnosed with breast cancer when she was just 35 years old and five months pregnant, laura faced childbirth and then cancer treatment. she carries a brca gene mutation and so, like many women in

her position, she opted to have both breasts removed. i decided to have a double mastectomy. my oncologist was keen for me to have it and i was as well because i was told that the risk of me getting cancer again was 50%, so it didn't seem worth the risk, really. a new study followed nearly 3000 women aged a0 or younger diagnosed with breast cancer in britain. it found no difference in survival between those who carried the brca breast cancer genes and those who didn't. and it found no survival benefit from a double mastectomy. after ten years, around seven in ten women survived in all groups. so what does this mean for women carrying a brca gene? i think the key message is that it allows them time to consider all of their options, so they may still need to go ahead and have a double mastectomy because of their risk and for long—term survival. but i think it encourages us to think that they can take their time and discuss and consider all of

their options and make the right decision for them. this study didn't look at prevention. one in a50 women carry faulty brca genes. it means they have a a5—90% chance of getting breast cancer, and many women with a strong family history of breast cancer opt for preventative double mastectomies, which almost eliminate the risk. like angelina jolie, the actress and campaigner who revealed she had preventative surgery, which led to greatly raised awareness of brca gene mutations. this study looked only at young women like laura. 97% of breast cancers are in the over a05. laura say5 of breast cancers are in the over a05. laura says if she had her time again, she might have delayed having again, she might have delayed having a double mastectomy, but she has no regrets. fergus wal5h, bbc news.

our top story this evening. donald trump says he won't be coming to london and he's accused of racism over alleged comments about african countries. still to come... music and taking the airwaves by storm — the 21—year—old from norway who's the bbc‘s sound of 2018. coming up on sport5day on bbc news. johanna konta carries british hopes at the first tennis major of 2018, but there's a row off the court about a court ahead of the first round of australian open in melbourne. it's the queen as you've never seen or heard her before. to mark the 65th anniversary of her coronation in 1953, her majesty has been giving a unique insight into the day and what it meant to her. she's been speaking to the royal commentator alastair bruce for a bbc programme. a key piece of advice for any would be monarch don't look down, as our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports.

she famously doesn't do interviews. this is probably as close as she'll get, a conversation with questions about the coronation, the crownjewels, and the imperial state crown worn by her and her father, king george vi. fortunately, my father and i have about the same sort of shaped head. once you put it on, it stays. it just remains itself. you have to keep your head very still? yes. it was huge then. yes. very unwieldy. you can't look down to read a speech, you have take the speech up because if you did, your neck would break, it would fall off. it's difficult to always remember that diamonds are stones, so very heavy. yes. so there are some disadvantages to crowns. but otherwise, they're quite important things. she rode to her coronation in the gold state coach. it weighs four tons. it's not built for comfort. horrible.

it's not meant for travelling in at all. it's only sprung on leather. so it rocks around a lot. it's not very comfortable. were you in it for a long time? halfway round london. really? we must have gone about four orfive miles — we could only go at a walking pace. the horses couldn't possibly go any faster. it's so heavy. 65 years after the event, a monarch talking about her coronation — the crown — the real one. nicholas witchell, bbc news. and you can see the coronation on sunday evening at 8 o'clock on bbc one. there's been a breakthrough in the talks aimed at forming a new coalition government in germany between the chancellor, angela merkel‘s christian democrats and their rivals, the social democrats. after the general election back in september, the two sides have at last reached a preliminary deal and are now expected to discuss a detailed programme for government.

it's expected to include a pledge to work closely with france to strengthen the eurozone. a sex offender is alleged to have carried out a serious assault in jail on a female officer he barricaded his cell. bbc news understands the prison officer was attacked during a routine cell check at littlehey jail. cambridgeshire police said a 27—year—old man was "under investigation". the government is being urged to bring contracts from the construction giant carillion back into public control amid fears it could collapse. it's a major supplier to the government and has contracts in the rail industry — including building hs2 — education and the nhs. it's struggled since reporting half—year losses of over £1 billion and a significant pension deficit. our business editor simon jack is here. if carillion goes under, so do many huge government projects. yes, carillion is no ordinary private company. it's got some very sensitive public service contracts

with prisons, schools and hospitals. it's in big trouble. the bbc has learned that the ministry ofjustice is drawing up plans to bring a £200 million contract for maintenance and prisons back under public control. perhaps unsurprising given the fact this company has been struggling for its life all week. on wednesday it met the banks to is sikh whom it owes money to detail plans, it was rejected. 0n owes money to detail plans, it was rejected. on thursday there was a meeting with the department for transport to look at the options if it got into trouble. today they talk to the pension regulators to look at what happens to the 28,000 pension scheme members who would receive reduced benefits if it fell into administration. the really bad news would be if it did go under, that army of subcontractors who rely on carillion for payment of supply. it also brings up the question of

farming out public sector contracts to the private sector. is carillion too sensitive to fail? no? will the government 11 he can to stop that happening? yes. facebook says it's changing its news feed to make users' time on the social media site more meaningful. here's our media editor, amol rajan. mark zuckerberg's social network has become of the biggest distributors of news in history. today the company went back to its social roots. he said he wants to make sure the time we spend on facebook is time well spent. facebook‘s founder admits users are being fed a heavy diet of news and adverts. together with the more personal posts from friends and family. in bristol today, many young facebook users agreed. it's full of adverts for shopping and baby things at the

moment, stuff i search on google. so i think it would be a lot better if it was just based around friends and family without any adverts. it was just based around friends and family without any advertslj it was just based around friends and family without any adverts. i just feel like i'm being sold to the whole time. people are making assumptions about my opinions, my tastes, things i'm interested in. mark zuckerberg says he's changing the goal to make you have more meaningful social interactions. that means meaningful social interactions. that m ea ns less meaningful social interactions. that means less news and more friends and family. this is the biggest change to facebook for many years. it follows controversy over the promotion of fake news with the of the platform is being used by foreign powers to subvert democracy. today's changes aren't being driven by those concerns but are clearly an attempt to restore trust in a global brand, and the impact on our news ecosystem could be huge. mark zuckerberg now accepts multiple news is of equal value but his changes could damage some reputable news providers who have come to rely on

his platform. the elephant in the rim is fake news and how they are trying to clean up the timelines. the fear for publishers like us is that the baby gets thrown out with a bath water and we lose the really important real journalism along bath water and we lose the really important realjournalism along with the fake news that they are trying to get rid of. google is often described as part of a duopoly that is swallowing the industries together with facebook. today in a rare interview, google's most senior british executives seem to see this as an opportunity. there's an upside to traditional media moving to the digital world. you can reach 5 billion people, you can use video. you know yourself as a journalist, there's a huge ability to tell the important stories in new ways and people are turning to the digital world more than ever before to understand the news. for facebook's young missionary founder, a

short—term hit in revenues is worth it to lay accusations that it's becoming the anti—social network. winning the coveted bbc music sound of the year prize can be an early predictor of chart success and critical acclaim. artists like sam smith and adele have won it in the past. this year, it's gone to a 21—year—old singer called sigrid, as our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba explains. music: "strangers" by sigrid. # like strangers # perfect pretenders...#. the infectious pop sound of sigrid. # we're falling head over heels # for something that ain't real # it could never be us...#. the 21—year—old norwegian singer has been writing and performing for years. # i don't want you, all you want is someone...#. now, she's won one of music's most important awards for new talent. what?! number one. what does it mean to

you to have won this? oh god, of course you're asking that question right when i'm about to cry! how to describe that? it means a lot. we welcome sigrid! music: "don't kill my vibe" by sigrid. she's been steadily gaining support for the last 12 months, gathering fans from jools holland... # 0h—oh—oh, ooh, ooh # don't kill my vibe...#. to thousands at glastonbury. # just like in the movies...#. like robyn and zara larsson before her, sigrid is another huge talent to emerge from scandinavia. i think scandinavian musicians are good at melodies, because english is our second language, and i think that creates that barrier where you have to concentrate a lot about the melody.

melodies that have helped her win this industry accolade. i'm very lucky and happy, and it's a great way to start this year. lizo mzimba, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. it just seems to itjust seems to have been graver days, is that going to change? yes it is. i'm fed up of the fog and grey weather. we are going to clear it away but by clearing it away we will get colder next week because it's windy. frequent showers will fall as sleet and snow and even later in the week there is a good chance we could see some snow further south. we have had some lovely pictures of sunshine in today where we've had it across parts of wales and southwest. for many it's been dreary and then we've got a more substantial weather front coming into northern ireland through the night. it will cross the irish

sea into western fringes of england and wales. there will be an awful lot of low cloud. misty grey weather tomorrow morning, fog over the hills. after the sunshine today we wa ke hills. after the sunshine today we wake up to some rather grey skies and some leaden skies with rain across the south west of england and the south—west of wales. for central and eastern areas, pretty much as today. there might be a bit of sunshine across east anglia but we have that week weather front around soa have that week weather front around so a bit of drizzly rain around. something more substantial than northern ireland, and western scotla nd northern ireland, and western scotland eventually. for most of scotla nd scotland eventually. for most of scotland it is a cold and frosty start. here we will see the lion's share of the sunshine across the highland region tomorrow. for most of us even though the breeze will lift the cloud to make it a bit less grey, it will still be a cloudy day for most. the rain starts to move a bit further east so it will be dumper by the end of the day for the south—west of scotland. then that weather front doesn't make much

progress further east. it tends to fizzle out. a bit odd smattering of snow in the scottish islands. we are seeing cloudier shies, largely frost free. 0nce seeing cloudier shies, largely frost free. once again on sunday we've got the remnants of two—week weather fronts. there's going to be a lot of cloud again. chances are we will see some brightness but not that much. if you look to the north—west, that's the sign of a change. this is quite a large area of low pressure dominating the north atlantic which will push a spell of wet and windy weather through into sunday night and monday. behind that will get the cold air in. quite a significant wind chill but at least we'll see some sunshine returning. a reminder of our main story. donald trump says he won't be coming to london and he is accused of racism over alleged comments about african countries. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me — this is bbc news. our latest

headlines: downing street has said president trump is still welcome in the uk, after he cancelled a trip to open the new us embassy in london. meanwhile, the president has been accused of repeatedly using crude and derogatory language to describe several african countries, as well as haiti and el salvador. the president denies the claims. here, a surgeon who branded his initials into his patient‘s livers, has been fined £10,000 and given a 12—month community order. families searching for relatives after the manchester bombing were subjected to intrucive media attention, according to a new report. a huge fire that closed nottingham railway station early this morning is being treated as arson by the police. ina police. in a moment, it will be time for

sportsday. first a look hat what else is coming up —— look at what else is coming up —— look at what else is coming up —— look at what else is coming up this evening: following his alleged racist comments about other nations and the cancellation of his uk visit, we're live in washington, where it's been another unusual day in the tenure of president trump. we'll discuss the research which revealed that young breast cancer patients with a certain strain of fa u lty patients with a certain strain of faulty genes have the same survival chances as those without. and joining me for a look at the front pages later will be from the evening standard and the deputy editor of the daily express. that's ahead on bbc news. time now for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm damian johnson.