rupert wingfield—hayes. at wimbledon, it's women's singles semi—finals day, with serena williams going for her eighth title. katherine downes is at wimbledon for us. wimbledon is still reeling from the defeat of the defending champion roger federer. he was supposed to be through to the final to keep people tuned into tennis, instead of sunday's world cup final. he was dreaming ofa sunday's world cup final. he was dreaming of a record equalling ninth wimbledon title, but as england fans know, sport doesn't care much for fairy tales. if federer fell at wimbledon it was supposed to be to nadal. fans wanted a rerun, kevin anderson spoiled the story. a defeat that will take awhile to get over, right? it may take me a while, in may take me half an hour, i've no idea what it's going to be. the goal

is to come back next year, i wouldn't call it a unfinished business, i feel i wouldn't call it a unfinished business, ifeel i did a good business, ifeel i did a good business here in the past already, so... business here in the past already, so... so no match up with federer, but no doubt would make the final, surely? only after scrambling, battling, chasing every inch of the court covered and more. almost five hours of battle, at the end, only respect left out on the court. next, a semifinal against novak djokovic, who himself left no stone unturned. he lit up centre court while federer was falling on court one. well, one great champion is gone but serena is still standing, the biggest draw once again here at wimbledon on women's semifinal stage, and favourite for an extra special aids wimbledon title. i think she would be so emotional and we'll see some tea rs be so emotional and we'll see some tears but she would be so emotional just because her child will be on

tv, maybe in the stadium, she will have her child witnessing a grand slam and seeing the amazing woman she is and the world is ready for that as well. in the other semifinal angelique kerber takes on former french open winnerjelena ostapenko, who triumphs? wimbledon has shown it would be foolish to guess. katherine downes reporting. time for the weather, here's ben rich. a mixed outlook for the next couple of days, there will be some rain in a form of a few showers, a shower cloud in cumbria. you can see we've got a cloud in cumbria. you can see we've gotafairamount cloud in cumbria. you can see we've got a fair amount of cloud around and that cloud through this afternoon is going to produce some fairly hefty showers across parts of south—west scotland, into north—west england, down into wales, the south—west. some other parts of southern england as well, i wouldn't rule one out of wimbledon this afternoon. the best of the sunshine lifting temperatures to between

21-26. a lifting temperatures to between 21—26. a few showers will continue this evening but most places will be dry. there will be some clear spells around, equally some areas of mist and cloud and overnight temperatures between 11—16. tomorrow, we start off with a fair amount of cloud, some misty and murky conditions in places but spells of sunshine developing. some heavy thundery showers, south—west scotland, north—west england, wales, down to the south. if you catch one it could be disruptive with hail and thunder. away from the showers in the sunshine it will feel warm. that's all i've got time for for now. that's it from us, goodbye. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm, and here's your latest sport news. the world cup dream may be over for england, but there's a real sense that this has been the start

of something special for this group, rather than the end. while not many thought the team would get this far, that doesn't ease the pain, does it? all the players were heartbroken after the 2—1 loss in extra time to croatia last night. kyle walker, like many of the players, has plenty to be positive about. he's been thanking the fans on social media. he said this morning, that the support felt so good in russia, helping unite the team and the country, adding that it can be easier to be negative than positive, or to divide than to unite. lets keep this unity alive. the man in charge, gareth southgate, was very keen to praise his players, saying they leave with their heads held high. he's been a big part of fans re—connecting with the team. former england women's defender alex scott was in russia. she thinks these player coming through the youth ranks with southgate has made all the difference. ——these players.

the england team has become one thing, notjust the england team has become one thing, not just the the england team has become one thing, notjust the senior team. when the women's team is there, we are mixing with the men's team, and the youth teams as well. you see a pathway, that gives you the inspiration to want to make it to the top. fans are getting excited by the top. fans are getting excited by the football that you play, and investing in people as well, the reconnection with fans. that is what this england team is all about now. since george's has allowed the team bonding element to connect as people as well, which is sampled because of them gets the trust to gareth southgate, the players trust the manager and the manager trusts his players. let's head to wimbledon now, where it's women's semifinals day. john watson is there for us. john, it's not the line—up many would've predicted, is it? no, it isn't. after the disappointment of england's exit in

the world cup, and roger federer‘s surprise exit yesterday, hopefully the action today on semifinals day in the women's singles can lift the mood somewhat. let's go to some live pictures from centre court, where the first semifinal is currently under way. it is angelique kerber up against elena hosta pringle, the former french open champion. we joined this at a suitable moment, with angelique kerber having just broken hosta pringle —— ostapenko, and leads 4—3. and as you say, not the line—up perhaps we were expecting, with so many of the top seeds having gone out in the early stages of this tournament, it means that angelique kerber is the highest seed remaining. this is the 11th seed remaining. this is the 11th seed angelique kerber and up against the 12th seed, telling us to pringle. angelique kerber up with the early break—up in the first set. we have another mammoth match with

serena williams back in action, in yet another wimbledon semifinal, in another unlikely opponent across the net from her, julia goerges of germany into her first semifinal. and it is remarkable we are talking about serena williams as a contender once again after the time she spent away from the game following the birth of herfirst away from the game following the birth of her first child and the health care conclusions —— health publications that followed. a letter ina bad publications that followed. a letter in a bad state, so great to see her back, and remarkable that she is in another wimbledon semifinal. angelique kerber might potentially await serena williams in the final. with all of the seeds tumble in out in the early stage is, that is probably the final we would like to see. thank you, john, more from him throughout the day. england's cricketers made a strong start to the opening one—day international against india.

they were put into bat at trent bridge, and openers jason roy and jonnie bairstow put on 73 for the first wicket, before roy fell and joe root quickly followed for just three. jonny bairstow the latest man to go out for 38. a few moments ago, england were 82—3 off 13 overs. and there's live text commentary on that match on the bbc sport website, where you can find much more on all today's stories — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. president trump is travelling from the nato summit in brussels to the uk for the start of a two—day working visit. let's go live to annita mcveigh who is in regent's park, where president trump will stay with the us ambassador during his visit. welcome back to regent's park, where president trump is staying with the us ambassador tonight. we are waiting in the next short while to hear the sound of the marine one helicopters overhead,

bringing president trump from sta nsted bringing president trump from stansted airport when he lands to this location. just behind me, you can see the security cordon, and extensive security cordon that has been thrown around the location of the ambassador's residents, woody johnson, the us ambassador to the united kingdom. a trump appointee. it is here that president trump will come and spend a few hours at winfield house this afternoon before his engagement at blenheim palace later on today. it isn't slated in terms of keeping the president away from protest. the big protest we are expecting is tomorrow, but all of the locations where the president will be, they will be pretty far removed from those protesters, whether he chooses to watch those images on tv, we don't know, but clearly he will want the public back in america in terms of the optics of this visit to see him at the prime

minister's country residence, at chequers, to see him of course meeting the queen. those are the sorts of images he will want to be broadcast back home in the united states. in terms of what the uk can get from this visit, of course it is primarily a diplomatic visit. the protesters do not want president trump to be here, but there is a view that this visit to the uk is long overdue. theresa may was the first foreign leader, you will remember, to visit him at the white house after his inauguration. but especially on trade, the uk government will be hoping to make some progress and to talk about any potential bilateral arrangements on trade that can be set up a post. so it is really about shaping the uk — us relationship in the run—up to and after brexit. of course, all eyes now heading towards stansted for the

arrival of air force one from brussels. just a short flight, under an hourfrom brussels. just a short flight, under an hour from brussels. our washington correspondent, gary o'donoghue, is at stansted for us today. gary, i guess it is all in the eye of the beholder. we have had a lot of the beholder. we have had a lot of criticism of what donald trump has had to save the nato summit in brussels, but he certainly seems pleased with that meeting. willie becoming to the uk in a good mood? —— will he be coming? becoming to the uk in a good mood? -- will he be coming? i think so. he said before he set out on this trip, maybe this visit, the summit with president putin in helsinki, might be the easiest part of this trip. but he is a destructor, he has a lwa ys but he is a destructor, he has always been a disrupter, and he is proud of himself as being a disrupter. he has certainly done that in the nato conference today and yesterday, calling his german allies a captive of russia. and

today again demanding extra money, the potential for percent rise in the potential for percent rise in the nato contributions, something that has not been mentioned in any way, shape or form that has not been mentioned in any way, shape orform in the briefings in washington before the president kim on this trip. —— 4%. so he likes that sort of thing, he likes to turn things on their head. he has also done that with the brexit debate. he got drawn into the discussion about brexit just before he got drawn into the discussion about brexitjust before he left brussels, too. effectively aligning himself with the whole idea of a hard brexit. on the very day when theresa may is trying to publish and sell her new white paper, which talks about adhering to the rule book, the customs rule book, for goods, the trading of goods in europe. so an incredibly controversial visit, as we expected. he is not here yet, there was a bit of a flurry a few minutes ago, some activity on social media suggesting people had seen a plane somewhere in the vicinity.

that is not his, i can tell you that. but we are expecting him in pretty short order to arrive here. he will be taken by marine one, which you can see behind me, into central london. the rest of those on a force one that will pull up just behind where i'm standing, on the tarmac here, that is where it will pull up. the rest of those will go into three separate aircraft over to my left hand side which will also ta ke my left hand side which will also take his entourage into central london, the beginning of the strip. and of course later on, we have got this huge dinner at blenheim palace, the grandeur of blenheim palace, the birthplace of winston churchill. he will be given the full treatment there in terms of military bands, there in terms of military bands, the royal scottish regiment playing him out of that dinner. there will be the best and brightest of british business there to woo the president. we are told that the menus are being chosen to emphasise perhaps the president's tasting food. simplicity, things like roast beef

and lemon meringue pie might also be on the menu at some point. they are going all out in terms of trying to make this government a success, the uk government, and the one reason for that is that they need, theresa may needs, some really good, positive words on a post—brexit uk— us trade deal. that is the clincher, it has always been central to the argument about how brexit can be a success in the long run, and she will want to hear some positive words from the president here on that during this trip. and perhaps a little bit less of him stirring the pot on how the book of this. don't forget, just before he took off, he said the uk was in turmoil. gary, thank you very much. gary o'donoghue they are at stansted, will be keeping a close eye on the scene there to bring you the arrival images of donald trump on this

working visit the uk. but let's discuss this whole a bit more. joining me now is dr leslie vinjamuri, head of the us and the americas programme at chatham house. and also doctor mark shanahan, expert in international relations at the university of reading. gary o'donoghue wasjust the university of reading. gary o'donoghue was just saying that what theresa may is out of this visit is just a really good positive work that she can take forward in the months ahead as we head towards brexit. leslie, do you think she will get that from donald trump? visits to the guts to know with this president, butjust the visits to the guts to know with this president, but just the fact that the president is taking to the uk is a recognition that he takes this very seriously. —— it is difficult to know with this president. i suspect he will stick to message while he is here, certainly during his briefing, his public briefing with the prime minister. he takes the uk very seriously. how seriously

can the uk taken, mark? that is a very loaded question. ash mac how seriously can the uk take him's? the uk would love us to see him as the primary global relationship. we probably need him at the moment more than he needs the uk. however, whether it is protestjust nice happening over the two days here, he is coming to an english—speaking country, where the playback will be immediate to the united states. if it is protest, they will exactly what we are saying. if it is laudatory remarks come equally that will play well at home. it is a bit ofa will play well at home. it is a bit of a symbiotic relationship over the next couple of days, although an asymmetric one. we need him more than he needs us. and leslie, is

there a narrative, a thread, connecting this relationship at this office of the united states —— office of the united states —— office of the president of the united states that transcends the holder of that offers? that is the big issue for many of the people protest in. —— holder of that office. and just before you answer that question, let me draw our viewers' attention to our force one —— air force one, and let me now go back to gary o'donoghue. this is our force one we are seeing coming into land imminently at stansted airport. —— air force one. land imminently at stansted airport. -- air force one. just in the skies over sta nsted at -- air force one. just in the skies over stansted at the moment, just about to land. we are in a separate pa rt about to land. we are in a separate part of the airport, the old sta nsted part of the airport, the old stansted airport. part of the airport, the old sta nsted airport. it part of the airport, the old stansted airport. it is used for these purposes just because this pa rt these purposes just because this part of the airport can be isolated, security can be improved in that way. so what will happen on the

plane lands is it will come down the runway, it will come to a stop and then start to taxi. and it will effectively, as you are looking on this green, it will land from right come down that runway, and then circled back in a sort of s shape to come to a stop just behind where i am standing here. what quite often happens with air force one when the president flies is that the door doesn't open immediately, it can be ten or 15 minutes sometimes, before the door opens and he emerges with melania trump possibly. he will be greeted when he comes down the steps, by a posse of dignitaries. the cabinet minister liam fox will be here, as will a and of essex. and the lord lieutenant in county is the queen's representative. they will treat the president and the first lady when they emerge from air force

one. once those niceties are over, he will make his way across from the steps behind me over to the helicopter, marine one, where he will board that and start to make his way into central london to where you are. the rest of his entourage from air force one will get onto three planes to my left foot you cannot see from here. the can take off vertically, they can land vertically, but fly like a plane. the rotors effectively to hurt —— effectively tilted 90 degrees. that will take the rest of those on air force one into central london as well. very short flight from sta nsted well. very short flight from stansted airport well. very short flight from sta nsted airport into well. very short flight from stansted airport into central london, and the president will be with you pretty shortly. and of course, stepping onto uk soilfor the first time as president of the united states. don't forget, he has entered into the whole brexit debate. he was here the day after

the referendum. i was with him up in ayrshire in scotland at his turnberry golf course, the day after the referendum results, and we stood there in his son —— in the summer that day, and he welcomed the referendum result. we know he is keen on brexit and we saw him align himself this morning with a heart brexit position, effectively saying, brexit position, effectively saying, brexit is brexit. and that is what the people voted for. and that is just the time when theresa may the prime minister is trying to negotiate a difficult deal between the different parts of our party and the different parts of our party and the un terms of getting a deal. so she will be hoping that he effectively stays out of that argument while he is on uk soil, but she will want some positive words from him about a uk— she will want some positive words from him abouta uk— us she will want some positive words from him about a uk— us trade deal, because that is of course central to the argument about how brexit can be made to succeed in the long run. so asi made to succeed in the long run. so as i say, we arejust

made to succeed in the long run. so as i say, we are just awaiting the plane to finally arrive. there may bea plane to finally arrive. there may be a delay before the parties get off. that often happens. it is touching down as you can see, and it will come down the runway. and it will come down the runway. and it will circle back around and taxi around. and it should be around where we are in the next few minutes or so. and it's always a formidable image when you cf force one landing —— see air force one as a us president travels around the world. and there

you have the two marine one helicopters, waiting to take donald trump, melania trump, the entourage, here to central london. garay, we we re here to central london. garay, we were talking about the politics of the visit. in terms of the practicalities and the security, give us some practicalities and the security, give us some sense practicalities and the security, give us some sense of what the security operation is like their beleave there. we have been talking about the huge policing operation that will be in place for the duration of this visit, but that begins at stansted airport, doesn't it? apologies, we don't have gary at the moment. but we will continue to look at these images of the marine one helicopters that will bring president trump to the us ambassador's residence here at winfield house in regent's park in

central london. i still have leslie and mark with me. leslie, just before we went to gary o'donoghue at stansted airport, i was asking you about the sort of thread, the narrative that exists between the uk and the us. in terms of the uk government and the holder of the uk government and the holder of the uk government and the holder of the office of president of the united states. which probably transcends who that offers the present time. yes, it is a strong relationship that has been strengthened over the course of many decades. but this is a difficult moment. as president trump lands in the united kingdom, two thirds of brits polled think he is making

things worse for international relations. about 60% think that he should not meet the queen. so it is a very controversial visit. but nonetheless, it is clear with the case that the united states and united kingdom have many interestss that are very much in mind still. their values are in line, perhaps not always of the president and the united kingdom, but certainly of the united kingdom, but certainly of the united states and the united kingdom. so it is complicated, but i think that there is a recognition that regardless, this is a very significant relationship and this visit has got to take place, and the conversation will focus on some of those very key foreign policy issues, trade, russia, middle east, iran, so those discussions will be taking place and i think there is a very serious commitment to working with the united states. and mark, an important moment for protest politics, too, because there is a substantial section of society here in the uk that says, no, you have

got to look at who is in the office, not just the office got to look at who is in the office, notjust the office of president of the united states, but who is in that office. and as far as they are concerned, president trump goes beyond the pale on a number of levels and the think it is unacceptable that he is here. how powerful are these protests going to be? you have got to take this on two levels. tom has said he is aware of the protests and is quite happy with them. if you think of the situation in america, the first image of the constitution gives the right to free speech. —— trump is aware. even with the big boeing 747 coming down the runway, and note that this is not airbus or ryanair, we are getting a huge american presence here. a deeply flawed individual sets on that plane and will come down the steps shortly. but beyond that, this is about diplomacy and continuing to

cement relations between the two powerful nations. one commentator i saw recently talked about president trump engaging in diplomatic hooliganism, referring specifically to the trade was ongoing with china and other nations. on the issue of trade, leslie, do you think we can expect any significant progress on a bilateral trade agreement post—brexit? bilateral trade agreement post-brexit? i do not think we will see any deal is done understood that, but it is clearly the number one priority for theresa may that she wants to discuss with the american president that he is committed to ensure that commitment when the united kingdom has exited the european union. —— we will not see any deals done on this visit. tonight at blenheim palace, a number of leading business officials in the uk will meet with the president. they will be speaking about the importance of the relationship for economic exchange and trade remaining stable. they are serious

concerns, i think that is the priority in terms of concrete items coming out of this meeting, i do not think that is what this is about. but that conversation will be had over the course of these two days. it is central. leslie, mark, to stay with us, we're just going to go back to gary o'donoghue. gary, just waiting on that image of air force one to come into view again as it taxes along —— tais along —— taxis along. it is a sense of the security operation in place at the airport. you can cf was one ofjust making its final turn in its taxi —— you can see air force one, coming into this area. the marine one helicopter. the security has been

substantial, lots of police around the perimeter, lots of secret service men from the united states here running the show effectively. at this interchange, the moment when their president gets off the plane. they used stansted because it has this isolated part of the airfield that planes like air force one can come to. resident obama came here before, they can secure the much more easily than they can at other large airports. so that is why they are using sta nsted. large airports. so that is why they are using stansted. i can tell you that the president will be greeted bya that the president will be greeted by a cabinet members are —— cabinet minister, liam fox, and also the lord lieutenant governor essex, the queen's representative in this county, and the chief operating officer of sta nsted county, and the chief operating officer of stansted airport. when those greetings have happened, and

when him and his immediate entourage have got onto marine one just on the left—hand side of your picture, then they will make their way into central london to where you are. you can see it is pulling up slowly and very close now. starting to come to a stop. there are markings on the ru nway a stop. there are markings on the runway where the nose stops effectively. there is is. and it stops there, and the doors don't a lwa ys stops there, and the doors don't always open immediately. quite often when airforce always open immediately. quite often when air force wonderlands, there can bea when air force wonderlands, there can be a delay of ten, 15 minutes sometimes, before the doors open and the president and first lady come down the steps. getting themselves together, getting theirfinal

costu mes together, getting theirfinal costumes on, getting ready for the barrage of cameras and photographers that are here at stansted to mark their arrival. and when that happens, when the door opens, they will come down those steps, they will come down those steps, they will be greeted by those dignitaries. dignitaries. you can properly hear the engine is nowjust being starting to shut down. the plane just at a standstill now. they will come down those steps as i was saying and they will get greeted by those dignitaries and then they will make their way across to the left of your picture to wear those two helicopters are waiting. the other members on the flight, the other members on the flight, the other members of staff, the travelling press corps that goes with the president everywhere at the back of the plane an air force one, they will eventually come down those steps. they will