f‘mnn: _ 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 turn left and go

across to the right—hand side of your where there are aircraft waiting for them too. they do, you can see the bon accord in coming. sergeant major there, i guess, calling out the steps. coming to a standstill. there we are, very smartly done by the look of it. and everyone now waiting for the door to open. engines being shut down their own air force one, reducing the noise. commanding officer there barking out

orders to those men of his. and, gary, it is unclear whether we are going to have a swift exit from air force one. down those steps or not, the resident running a little bit behind schedule. because of additional meetings at the nato summit in brussels earlier today. i was just recalling, of course, summit in brussels earlier today. i wasjust recalling, of course, he wasjust recalling, of course, he was supposed to come to the uk before now to open the new us embassy when it changed location. he

decided not to. saying that he did not like the new building. this visit, of course, fits neatly between that nato summit and his meeting with president putin in helsinki. but do you think he is keen to come here? i think there was a certain reluctance, you will remember when the may visited washington very early on in the presidency, you will remember that she issued that invitation for a full state visit. an invitation by the queen to president trump and maligning a trump to make a full state visit to britain. we still don't have that. this is not a state visit. they are describing it as a working visit and i think that is in pa rt working visit and i think that is in part because america and britain we re part because america and britain were nervous about the reception the president would get if he was exposed to the kind of events and the public gaze that you get with a

state visit. a state visit would usually be to downing street in whitehall. it would normally be potentially a speech to both houses of parliament for example. it may be other events too. it could be an audience at buckingham palace in the centre of london. all really vulnerable areas where there could be large protests, where there will be large protests, where there will be large protests for the next couple of days. just without the president being anywhere near them. there was a good deal of purposeless about his trip through here. he does have... he says he has an affection for the have... he says he has an affection forthe uk, have... he says he has an affection for the uk, bearing have... he says he has an affection forthe uk, bearing in mind have... he says he has an affection for the uk, bearing in mind that his mother was born in scotland. he still has two golf courses in scotland. he plans to spend a lot of the weekend playing golf in one of those golf courses in ayrshire. he says he has an affection for the uk. it is not necessarily an affection that polling suggests the british people have for him. there he is now. you can see him coming down the

stairs. i don't know if you can see those pictures. yes, we can see donald trump emerging with his wife, melania trump. they are going down the steps that were brought to bear force one. just north of where i am at regents park. stansted airport to hear just at regents park. stansted airport to hearjust a short at regents park. stansted airport to hear just a short flight at regents park. stansted airport to hearjust a short flight by marine one helicopter. as you are mentioning, gary, amongst the party, the official greeting party there, meeting president trump and melania trump, that is the us ambassador, woodyjohnson. businessmen, a trump appointed who will be hosting the

president and first lady at his official residence in regents park for the next few hours and indeed the night. also among the party waiting to greet him that is the queen's official represented in essex. that is right, each a county has an official representative known as the lord lieutenant and that is who he was speaking to before. liam fox has been sent out to greet the president. they have also got there the chief operating officer of sta nsted the chief operating officer of stansted airport who is there to greet the president. no coincidence, perhaps, that the government has sent the international trade secretary to greet him?|j

sent the international trade secretary to greet him? i think that tells you a lot, doesn't it? about the priority that the government places on this visit. sure, there will not be a trade deal between the uk and us signage in this visit. nothing like it. what will be very important are some warm words out of the president's mouth on uk soil about a future trading relationship with the us. those things will be very important. you can see now that the president is about to get on marine one. that is about to get on marine one. that is for that short journey into central london. there are always two helicopters when marine one flies. they are not always the same helicopter, that is a designation

they got, callsign designation they get when the president is on board. when he is on board, it is called marine one. they will lift off pretty shortly. you will hear the roar off their en . ines and roar off their enines and the huge roar off their engines and the downdraught of their rotors from this distance away. he will make that very short journey across the essex countryside... i was just going to say that i will be expecting to hear the sounds of those helicopters above where i am very shortly. it is just a very shortjourney, very shortly. it is just a very short journey, isn't very shortly. it is just a very shortjourney, isn't it? yes, it is. it won't take long at all. they won't tell us precisely flying time. the president's flight path and those kinds of things are top secret really. landing times are top

secret. so we won't get any certificate details but it is a very short distance. across the essex countryside and across the north of london down to where you are over places like primrose hill in north london. coming down into... interference and i think we have a problem with the sound from stansted airport. we will pick up, we are continuing to look at these images from the airport in essex north of the central london location here at regenfs central london location here at regent's park. where president trump will be arriving imminently. of course, america first is president trump's key phrase, isn't it? i'm just talking to my guest here. with

me from chatham house. and an expert in american politics and international relations at reading university. in terms of trump's america first policy, how important are images, like the sort of images he hopes that people back home will see? how important are these sorts of images to him? the optics of these visits? the optics are the key bought these types of visits. i expect he is looking forward to meeting the queen. problem that's just above looking forward to the game of golf. it really really matters for the audience that is in middle america, in the heartland of the united states open lovely aren't exposed to quite the amount of international visitors as we would be over here in the uk. now, for

trump to be seen to have the hand and the earand trump to be seen to have the hand and the ear and the listening from world leaders is vital. letsjust pause as we watch this take—off. marine one preparing to leave sta nsted marine one preparing to leave stansted airport on its way to winfield house, the residents, the official residence of the us ambassador to the uk. that is currently woodyjohnson, you saw him greeting the president. formerly the home of the woolworths heiress. sold to the us government for the stately sum of $1. and first used as a us ambassador's residents back in 1955. president trump was speaking back in

brussels earlier about everything that american the exact america builds is better. america's defence industry... no doubt he would argue that the marine one helicopters are evidence of that. they certainly make a rather impressive site as they taxi along and prepared to take off. that is a stansted airport. and the us ambassador has said that president trump is well aware of the

protests there are going to be waiting here in the uk for him. whether of course the president chooses to watch images of those, we said we don't know. —— we simply don't know. so the president on his way very close to the location where i am standing with my guests. we should hear those chopper blades are very soon, i think. hear those chopper blades are very soon, ithink. and hear those chopper blades are very soon, i think. and those are a security cordon around regent's park, the expensive mistake that surrounds the us ambassador‘s residents. president trump is going to be pretty well integrated from these protests as we were discussing earlier today. i wonder, these protests as we were discussing earlier today. iwonder, will these protests as we were discussing

earlier today. i wonder, will he choose to watch any images of them oi’ choose to watch any images of them or not. your thoughts on that? i'm sure he will. another interesting pa rt sure he will. another interesting part of this is that his supporters will be watching images of the protests. americans, those who support him and those who don't will be seeing these protest is. we are anticipating about 150,000 on the street. aroma, the other part of that america's first narrative is that america's first narrative is that americans have been taken advantage of by the rest of the world. this is the image that he has been channelling back to his base. when they watch the protests, it will be interesting to see what the reaction is. i suspect that some of that reaction will be contorted by certain parts of the media to say, "look, he has gone over, spent time in the uk and people are on the street protest in. we have given to america, how dare they received the president in this way." the other image will be donald trump at buckingham palace, with the queen, with theresa may at chequers. that

is what the president would like to have captured. perhaps for him, as good as if not better than images of a full state visit. this of course isa a full state visit. this of course is a working visit. mark, donald trump we have heard him when he was on his way to the nato summit and indeed over the last 24—hour is also at brussels, criticising other nato members for, in his words, taking advantage of the united states. he has talked about the united believes that european union taking advantage of the united states. is down opportunity for theresa may as the prime minister or going towards brexit, to use that to the uk's advantage? she will have to be quick to get the word in in the narrative. donald trump build his own narrative very much. he is a headline president who says things ought tweaked things so they are picked up and reported at home. they then

create the news narrative. for theresa may, if she can get him to say some positive words for britain post—brexit. say some positive words for britain post— brexit. unlike say some positive words for britain post—brexit. unlike obama saying we would be at the back of the queue, if donald trump is saying favourable statements, saying he is looking forward to bilateral talks and to making a big agreement, that will play well for the prime minister. she absolutely needed at the moment. she absolutely needed at the moment. she is in a weakened position. just as we chat, we are going to look again at those images of air force one arriving and the president and first lady coming down the steps of air force one. we willjust look at these images again as we... and that is woodyjohnson actually. even the us ambassador wants to capture that on his phone as well. the man in the foreground of your picture there. mark and leslie, everyone wants to get their mobile phone out and take an image, don't they? in terms of the protests that we are going to

see tomorrow, what does that say about how the protest is a view the relationship between the us and the uk? i mean, this is mainly directed at donald trump as an individual. not at the office of president of the united states per se. that's right. the interesting thing of the processes is that it is almost a sign of how important they take this relationship between the united states and the united kingdom. and how much regard they pay for the united states. the exact asians are very high and they are asking for more. they are certainly not asking for a president who they associate with family separation and intervening and inappropriately in uk affairs. —— the expectations are very high. america has played a certain role, is important and people want that back. many people wa nt people want that back. many people want that and they are not seeing it. this is a way of making this

stick out. they will expect theresa may, not only to be diplomatic with him, to flatter him perhaps, but they will also expect her to be tough with him, what they? there will be looking to see whether she holds a line. the one thing to note about this president, especially with theresa may, is that he doesn't tend to disrespect or disregard her in public. i suspect that what we will see will be a uniting of the mines, they will be on the same page. will be an articulated commitment to trade. the concern with this president is what happens early in the morning, 12 hours after he has left. what will be tweet? what will he say? is coming off the back of a difficult nato meeting. he may see this as a chance to step back and reaffirm a positive relationship. ijust want back and reaffirm a positive relationship. i just want to bring into the conversation now the us

editor of the economist. who is in oui’ editor of the economist. who is in our newsroom i believe. i know the latest cover that you have on the economist talks about a rift between the us and its traditional allies. let's just reflect a little bit, if we can first of all, on what has been happening at the nato summit in brussels. i mean, does that represent a deepening of the rift in your opinion? what happened at the summit was pretty extraordinary. you have the president rating germany in particular in public for not paying enough for its defence. by the end of the summit there was a little bit more unity. the president affirming his commitment to nato. some of the nato allies were worried that he would storm out of the alliance. i suppose you could say that is progress. it is a very bumpy relationship at the moment. and leslie wasjust talking relationship at the moment. and leslie was just talking about the protests and here in london it is

worth remember in just protests and here in london it is worth remember injust how unusual they are. george w bush was not particularly popular in the uk but when there were marchers then they we re very when there were marchers then they were very much against the war, rather than against george bush himself. london is very keen on american president norway. there is a statue of george washington outside the national gallery and one of abraham outside the national gallery and one of abra ham lincoln outside the national gallery and one of abraham lincoln outside parliament. there are three or four others dotted about the place. the level of antipathy towards donald trump for being donald trump is pretty extraordinary. you think there is very much a threat though hanging over... let's talk about the nato alliance and it was more if we may. i am listening as i talk to you for helicopter... i'm listening for marine one helicopters. it is a busy road behind me as i am listening out. yes, i can definitely here, i think i am hearing helicopters. i will come back to you on that in a moment. is there still a threat

hanging over the nato alliance because, you know, we have heard reports that donald trump has been saying to certain countries, "if you don't increase your contribution to the nato budget, then actually america could do its own thing." yes, the white house said a series of letters to european allies along those lines. he certainly did. i think if you think back to the history of nato, it was formed to work as a kind of security alliance, a mutual security alliance against the threat of russia. from the russian point of view now, the idea that an american president might turn up and berate all the allies, for not pulling their weight is to refit. donald trump goes to helsinki oi'i refit. donald trump goes to helsinki on monday for his meeting with vladimir putin, i don't think ravinia putin could have wished for anything better than america rating germany for beating in the pocket of russia. there are certainly strains

and we hope those strains would be tested. clearly there are questions around the president's committed to article five, the mutual defence clause that underpins nato. as i say, we really never want that want to be tested. but i don't think that the summit has done anything to reassure people who were worried about that. 0k, bear with us. thank you very much, john. it has gotten rather noisy here. we await the arrival of donald trump. those marine one helicopters that we saw departing stands thatjust a few minutes ago due to land in the grounds of winfield house, the us

ambassador‘s residents. pretty extensive land surrounding the residents. and then beyond that it's self we have this security cordon in place, many roads blocked off in the area. asign place, many roads blocked off in the area. a sign of the massive policing operation that is going to be, that has begun to unfold here in the capital and at the other locations where the president will be over the next couple of days. john is still with us. for give the interruption, john, as we listen for helicopters. i was talking to my other guests about donald trump's america first policy, let's talk as well about the relationship between the uk and the uk. -- the

relationship between the uk and the uk. —— the relationship between the uk. —— the relationship between the uk and the us. the idea of a special relationship it is argued, is a manufactured one. what are your thoughts on the relationship between the two countries and on what donald trump briefings about the uk. the links between the countries are strong. taking politics out of the equation for a moment, lots of people play baseball and american foot ball people play baseball and american football in regents park if you go there in the afternoon. that is where donald trump was he helicopter will be landing. there are nba basketball games in london now and american football games. like the re st of american football games. like the rest of the world, we consume a lot of american culture through hollywood. there is a lot of warmth there, a lot of history. i think the politics are quite different at the moment. britain's government is quite preoccupied with brexit. donald trump is not hugely

interested in a lot of the foreign policy subjects that previous presidents have been interested in. normally ahead of a state visits like this, you would have particulars preparation on both sides working on things which might be deliverable out of the state visits like this. this white house is much more make it up as you go along. politically, at the top level, it is weak. if you go a little deeper, i think it still remains strong. not quite there yet with the arrivals at regions park. although the noise level, as you can properly here, is rising. john, specifically on the issue of trade, do you think donald trump will be minded to say the sort of

thing that's the reason may want to hear? i think it is quite possible that he says something along those lines. but there is a real question about how meaningful it is. number one, britain can't sign any type of trade deal until it has sorted out its relation ship with the european union. number two, the its relation ship with the european union. numbertwo, the politics of trade in america is not what it might be, what it has been in the past. donald trump is busy putting trade tariffs up. the idea that a free—trade deal with britain would be at the front of the queue to go through congress is, i think, slightly far—fetched. so, yes, you may get some words, i question how much importance should be to those words. and we heard woodyjohnson, the us ambassador, say that after the us ambassador, say that after the details of the check is agreed and emerged and the possible future trading relationship between the uk and the eu, woodyjohnson said that

that left discussions on a bilateral trade agreement between the uk and the us up in the air. perhaps not the us up in the air. perhaps not the most positive sounding comment from him? i suppose he has read, or his staff have read what have come out of checkers. it looks to make it quite hard to make britain go and strike up trade deals. that is not what the pro—brexit wing of the conservatives trumpeted as a bright future. i think those statements from woody johnson future. i think those statements from woodyjohnson are just reflecting reality really. in terms of the protest we are going to see here over the next couple of days, john, and protest politics, i guess, do you think that is going to have any kind of impact back in the us?” don't think so particularly. i think leslie is right when she says that

america is very divided into two camps. one camp will say one thing and the other will say the other. one camp will see a foreign country being resentful to their president and may feel resentful. another camp will see their president isjust as unpopular abroad as they feel he is at home. so i think this is not something that is going to change too many minds in america. though i think a lot of his supporters will enjoy the pictures of him hanging out with the queen and at windsor castle. the protest has an interesting history in that when theresa may one offered donald trump a state visit, there were discussions, more than one year ago, about how that state visit might go. and my understanding is that the president was, or at least his staff, they were keen for him to ride down the mouth in front of

buckingham palace in a carriage. the brits were rather worried about this vast protest so they suggested helicopter ring him into the queen's garden to avoid the processors. that didn't seem to please the president too much. —— to avoid the protest is. the noise you can here is another one of these huge ospreys overhead. they are carrying the president's security detail, secret service personnel who will be looking after him on this visit. although i guess from their perspective, the sort of locations he is going to are perhaps not the most difficult locations that a presidential visit might be faced with. they have been designed with that in mind. islamic strawberry thing but they visit of alex

chalk... -- it thing but they visit of alex chalk... —— it is an extraordinary thing. we believe the arrival of the marine one helicopters should not be very far away now, the shortjourney from sta nsted far away now, the shortjourney from stansted north far away now, the shortjourney from sta nsted north of far away now, the shortjourney from stansted north of here to read its pa rt stansted north of here to read its part in central london. —— regents park. a sense of anticipation as we await the arrival of those helicopters we saw leaving stansted. i still have my guests here with me. give us an overview on your thoughts

so far as we await the arrival of donald trump in central london, regarding this visit, that maybe we thought wasn't going to happen. mark? it will surprise a lot of people that this has actually happened as smoothly and relatively quickly as it has, although we are behind france, germany, italy and many other countries. in actually welcoming the president. many people won't welcome his arrival at all, my daughters are going on the protest tomorrow and i commend them for doing that and sticking up for their beliefs. i believe there will be 100,000 people in london doing this, but this will be a disney visit for donald trump. flying from castle to castle to castle and never actually seeing the real british people. we can achieve a lot diplomatically and we must support and enhance the

relationship and we must respect the office of the president and if these next two days helps that, that has to be that the good of this country. those images we can see on our screens. . . those images we can see on our screens... yes, that certainly is marine one. in fact their negotiations of those helicopters —— in fact there were two of those helicopters. we don't know which one donald trump is on, and that is the point. but after seeing the security detail coming in at france of the —— coming in advance of the president's arrival, here he comes now with the first lady melania trump. what are your thoughts on the description of a disney visit? it is a complex

visit and not what we would have imagined a couple of years ago, but if anyone is going to manage this visit well it is the uk, the protests will be there, theresa may won't have much to say about that. she will carry on. business leaders will carry on with their conversation. critical policy issues will be discussed. donald trump said he knew about the protest but he was pretty sure that the british people liked him. he seems to be keeping things in check at the moment. at the end of the day the uk and the us have a very deep long relationship that will outlive this president. it will take a knock. discussions in the next 18 days... the next two

days, will be an opportunity for theresa may and the queen and others to take a very certain line in terms of british interests. the helicopter dipping out of you. —— out of view. into town one, the official residence of the us ambassador. —— into regents park. donald trump said in the news conference that he believes the people of the uk like him and he believes they like his approach on immigration. he said he was coming to a hotspot, talking that the resignations —— talking about the resignations of the foreign secretary and the brexit secretary, borisjohnson and david davis. he was calling the uk a

hotspot. you also alluded to brexit not being quite what people had voted for —— he also. you were surprised by that? yes, it is uprising to hear a president interfering in the domestic politics of another nation —— it is surprising. we know barack obama did that in the run—up to the brexit referendum. donald trump, we know that he will stick his or in whether it is welcome or not, but i suspect he is slightly uninformed on the nuances of the situation and maybe theresa may can bring him up to speed. you can see another of the ospreys. and there is also the other marine one. maybe this is the one carrying president trump. or maybe

it is the one that has already landed. we don't know at this point. just travelling above the shard and the london city skyline. no doubt a great view of the city. it is not so long ago that the president said he did not want to come here when it was originally planned, to open the new us embassy, because he did not like the building. he didn't like the location. he blamed barack obama for the decision to move it from what he called a prime piece of real estate. but he must be impressed by the view beneath him now. if indeed he is in

this helicopter. you may have already landed. —— he made. this massive security operation involving not only his own people but the metropolitan police and police officers from virtually every other force. it is well under way as they look after the security of the president during his visit to the uk. the police federation says it will place a tumour in —— the police federation says it will place a tremendous strain on operation and they say this is the biggest policing operation they have had to undertake in a decade or more. partly of course because of

the huge protests that are planned. the democratic right to protest being exercised by maybe 100,000 people or more. the main demonstrations planned tomorrow. i'm getting a glimpse of theirforce one through the trees. —— air force one. i beg your pardon, marine one.

coming into land now. here in tampa one. —— here in regents park. clearly much cooperation between the us secret service and the police here. over the security operation for the next few days. the london eye, the bt tower. an amazing view for the president and the first lady as they come into

land. the other marine one helicopter has a woody landed, the decoy, effectively. —— has already landed. we don't know which one the president and the first lady are already on. as the second marine one dips from view, i can talk to leanne wood of plaid cymru. shejoins us now. people who know you will know that you are opposed to this visit. iam. what that you are opposed to this visit. i am. what we are likely to see is a massive suck up ceremony which will give credibility and credence to someone whose politics is dodgy to say the least. we have a right to protest against that politics, dangerous politics, and it is no accident that every right winger and fascist sympathiser we can think of

is supportive of donald trump. and that should tell us everything we ought to know. isn't there an argument though that is what is important is showing respect to the office of the president of the united states? i respect the people of the lighted states and it is u nfortu nate of the lighted states and it is unfortunate that they are represented by someone who has politics like this —— the united states. this has implications in terms of the whole brexit situation. the reason we have to be seen to be sucking up to donald trump is that after brexit we are likely to be more reliant on trade deals with the united states and it is called a special relationship but it is not an equal one. there is one side which has much more power than the other stop some of the developments

we have seen show exactly where the power lies in this relationship. i have been a remain from the beginning andi have been a remain from the beginning and i would prefer our relationship to be maintained with the european union and those countries rather than have to do what we are doing now this weekend in this very un—edifying spectacle to make sure that we have some sort of trade deal with the united states, but it won't be one that benefits us. you could argue that the uk has needed the relationship more. . . the uk has needed the relationship more... needed the us more than vice versa, for a long time now, but are you saying that if it wasn't the brexit that this visit wouldn't be going ahead? i don't know. there's been a relationship between the us and the uk for a long time and who can forget the time leading up to

the iraq war, for example, and how the iraq war, for example, and how the special relationship ended up dragging us into that. we should learn the lessons from the past. when we have sucked up in the past, to american president is hell—bent on military action, we have not endedin on military action, we have not ended in a good place, and be good have history repeating itself if we are not careful. —— we could have history repeating itself if we are not careful. you would probably like theresa may to be firm with him and tough with him. is that going to happen? no, i don't. that is not what we have seen so far, we have seen words, but from what i can see, the prime minister is keen to cosy up the prime minister is keen to cosy up to him... she has publicly disagreed with him on many issues? yes, but they have just been words.

we need to cds and notjust words —— we need to see deeds. she is giving him credibility with this visit. apologies, i lost the sound on what you were saying. we are going to just come away from the interview with leanne wood, the plaid cymru leader. we can see president trump and melania trump with the us ambassador to the uk, woodyjohnson. walking towards his official residence where the president and first lady will spend a few hours before the engagement at blenheim palace this evening. the birthplace of one of donald trump's heroes sir winston churchill. when he moved

into the white house and into the oval office there was redecoration going on, including the moving in of various images of winston churchill and other memorabilia. we heard from leanne wood the leader of plaid cymru, opposed to this visit. i can talk now to ian paisley, the dup mp who is very much in favour of this visit. why are you pleased that president trump is here? we need to say you are very welcome, mr president, and the first lady, as well, we hope this is the first of many visits and the ceiling of a very positive future relationship and growing relationship with the united states of america. america is one of our true world friends and

only a nutcase, a crank, a complete idiot, would say that everyone is supportive... who is supportive of the president of the united states isa the president of the united states is a fascist and this is crazy talk. we have the president of the most powerful nation in the world, we are hoping to trade deals and a number of things with the us and we should be welcoming them with open arms and making sure that this is a very successful and positive relationship and of course we will have all of the idiots of the day having their right to protest and inflating huge balloons. isn't it unreasonable to call the protest is idiots? —— protesters. they have a number of objections to the president.” protesters. they have a number of objections to the president. i have just been called by your last

speaker, "anyone who supports this visit is a right wing fascist", i will sue them if they say that again. you didn't pull them up on that. i lost some of the sound on the interview so i did not hear her say that. but in terms of what i could hear you saying to me, do you accept that people have a right to protest tomorrow and that they have grounds over which to protest? of course they have the right to protest at do they have rights —— but do they have rights to demean themselves, and i think they have made themselves totally laughable. if they have good reason to protest and object, that is fine, but to act the demean themselves and the entire kingdom by inflating a huge balloon —— to actually. i would be insulted by the way the protesters are going

about the protest if i was opposed to this visit. but thank you to making idiots of yourselves, that is what i would say to them. you are hoping donald trump will compton northern ireland ? hoping donald trump will compton northern ireland? —— will come to northern ireland? —— will come to northern ireland ? northern ireland? —— will come to northern ireland? i hope people get to visit england and also scotland and wales and of course he will be very welcome in northern ireland. there is an invitation to him. this is probably the first of a number of visits that the president will undergo... undertake. if he is unable to come this time, we have people come on other occasions because it is important we have this positive relationship. looking at his track record, he will be re—elected, and he will be here for a long time. those people who shut the door the president will end up trying to cause suffering to the people of the uk or will cause it.

in paisley mp, thanks forjoining us. “— in paisley mp, thanks forjoining us. —— ian paisley. we are with charlie wolf, a trump supporter. regarding the protesters tomorrow, what do you make of those?” regarding the protesters tomorrow, what do you make of those? i agree with ian paisley, they have the right to free expression, and if you listened to the president, he welcomed their protests, it is ok to expression stop, but you also get to judge what people say publicly and i think this is pretty idiotic —— it is ok to express yourself. president trump pointed out to angela merkel, why are you buying gas on the russians? when you should be in bridging yourselves —— enriching yourselves. or you have sadiq khan, who thinks the baby balloon —— you

has given the ok to the baby balloon which is a rather childish act. president trump also trades in insults, he expects them back? this is beyond an insult. usually you protest because you want policy change, but this is not policy, it is just change, but this is not policy, it isjust a change, but this is not policy, it is just a blancmange of he is a bigoted racist. it is essentially the old style of political correctness, i way of shutting people up, but he will not shut up —— away. the people he represents, who are not the elites, the institutions, he will not be shot at by them. —— shut up by them. charlie, i know you are going to stay with us. but let me remind you, in the last hour we have seen the

president donald trump and his wife melania trump arrive here at winfield house. the official residence of the us ambassador to the uk. he will spend a few hours before and in gauge went at blenheim palace, the birthplace of one of his heroes sir winston churchill —— an engagement. he will spend the night here before his day of engagement is tomorrow. we're expecting to see the big protest against this visit which some people thought would not happen, initially it was going to be a state visit, that is what theresa may first talked about when she was the first foreign leader to meet him after his inauguration at the white house, but this is a working visit instead and one which will largely keep him away from those protests. we will have courage of this visit, of course. continuing coverage on

the bbc news channel. you are watching bbc news. still with me here, the broadcaster and trump supporter charlie wolf. thanks for your time. did you think that people back in the united states will look at the images of the protests we are expecting and eu think they will differentiate between uk citizens protesting over the individual or the office of the president? —— do you think. the individual or the office of the president? -- do you think. the english usually have a bit more mouse, they have a way of being very cold and not saying anything —— mouse. instead we have all this noise and

thejuvenile dolls. instead we have all this noise and the juvenile dolls. you don't know why they are protesting the individual? no. he has made billions of dollars and contributed to society, he has had personal let downs but i don't think he's the only person. let he who is without sin cast the first ballot. they are protest in about his views on the environment will stop that is thatis that is his right, though. yes, of course it is his right, but there are many groups coming together tomorrow, and there are lots of reasons why people are protesting. yes, but i don't see the art events they are making, a lot of them are hangers on —— i don't see the arguments. the protesters idiots? they are good people, but some are

useful idiots, they are not studied down on the topic, you have people who build these cases emotionally. we have let our children down by not teaching them logic and how to understand argument so they hear these things that the sky is falling and they believe it and this is a way of gaining power. it is also protesters in the united states and members of congress who are increasingly trying to put the reins on president trump and some of his courses of action? i can't figure out why. it reminds me of when lincoln was searching for a general in the civil war and i think he wa nted in the civil war and i think he wanted sherman and someone said, that man is a drunk, and lincoln said, why do you find out what he is drinking and get a cast for the other generals. he has a way of

doing things, donald trump, but the economy is booming, and that will have a great effect over here. he is telling up the rule book and people —— he is tearing up the raw book and some people like that but some people have a problem. it is nice to have someone who is not constrained by the diplomatic... diplomacy is a way of telling someone that they should be looking forward to the trip. the president of the united states, shouldn't they have that attribute, shouldn't they be diplomatic and carry a certain dignity? i think he does and where he needs it, he will have it, like tomorrow when he meets the queen. he has great respect for the flag he and the traditions of the country

and the traditions of the country and that is the kind of diplomacy thatis and that is the kind of diplomacy that is important. i have notable with him taking on the football players who were kneeling during the national anthem —— i have no trouble. they have put their feet in their mouth and he has served them to tie their —— helped them to tie their shoelaces. charlie wolf, thanks forjoining us. it is a nice day here in london, we are under the shade of the trees. we can now have a look at the weather forecast. there is no doubt that the weather has turned more mixed over the last few days, some areas have seen a lot of cloud and there has even been rain. still some sunshine, this is how it looked in cumbria early on. shower clouds have been bubbling up and this is the earlier radar picture which shows that where we

have had a bit of cloud and down towards the south—west, we are prone towards the south—west, we are prone to seeing some hefty showers to go through the late afternoon and into the evening, many places avoiding those and staying dry. most places will be dry with areas of cloud. temperatures between ten and 16. tomorrow there might be if you missed patches, and a fair amount of cloud —— might be a view mist patches. some very dry places out there tomorrow but the rain is not reliable, if the showers do turn up across the north west and into wales and the west midlands and the south coast, they could be very heavy with higher land fund. —— with hail and thunder. enough to cause disruption. but most places will avoid the showers and in the sunshine it will

feel warm. plenty more to come on saturday, not as many showers, some in the south—east, but always more cloud for the far north and northern ireland and a cooler feel because frontal systems will be pushing in across the west of the country, not making much progress, but ahead of these frontal systems we will be drawing very warm air indeed across central and eastern parts of the uk. on sunday down towards the south—east it will feel very hot and humid, possibly reaching 30 or 31. pretty humid for the men's singles final at wimbledon. some cloud and splashes of rain at times in northern ireland. 22 in glasgow but will reach about 30 in london. plenty of hot sunshine but also a few showers and can be cool and damp

in the northwest. this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 3pm. touchdown for trump, the us president hasjust arrived in central london for his first visit here since taking office. across the uk, extra security has been put in place as demonstrations are expected in protest at the president's visit. we'll be live in london and at blenheim palace as the president's working visit gets under way. the other main stories this afternoon. the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, says the government has tried to come up with ‘a bold, innovative and pragmatic approach‘ as it publishes its long—awaited brexit white paper. people have to wait to read the detail on the white paper. i think it strikes the right balance, it is innovative, it is ambitious, it is pragmatic but we are looking for that win—win with the uk and our european friends. #so

# so sally can wait... and england fans don't look back in anger as 26.5 million people watch the three lions‘ world cup semi—final defeat to croatia. donald trump has arrived in london for his first visit as president of the united states. his visit comes straight off the back of a fractious nato summit at which the president has been pushing european allies to increase defence spending. tonight, the prime minister will host a dinnerfor mr trump and his wife melania — tomorrow he will meet the queen. annita mcveigh is at regent's park

in central london now. yes, president trump's visit in the uk book ended by that nato summit in brussels and of course in a few days' time his meeting with president putin in helsinki. so what can he expect here and what can the uk expect from him? well, he is going to get those protests, you mentioned that already. but the locations where he will be come he will be pretty much insulated from any of those sites or sounds. he will be hoping that the images that the audience back home in the state will see are the ones of him going to blenheim palace with the military ceremony, the birthplace of his hero, one of his heroes, winston churchill. he is hoping that the audiences back home will see images of him having tea with the queen. in

terms of the optics, those will all be very good for him. then on to what the uk can expect from this? well, i guess the big thing on the agenda for the uk government is perhaps some progress towards a bilateral trade agreement post brexit. really, that is what the uk wa nts to brexit. really, that is what the uk wants to secure from its relationship with the us. and the uk prime minister, theresa may, will be pretty much trying to shape in the frame of the us uk relationship as we head towards brexit here in the uk next year. and indeed post brexit. so the president arrived at sta nsted brexit. so the president arrived at stansted airport brexit. so the president arrived at sta nsted airport in brexit. so the president arrived at stansted airport in essex north of here short while ago. he was brought very quickly by the marine one helicopter to the home of the us ambassador to the uk, woodyjohnson. that is just behind ambassador to the uk, woodyjohnson. that isjust behind me, you might be able to see a glimpse of the security cordon that is in place. pa rt security cordon that is in place. part of the huge policing operation

thatis part of the huge policing operation that is going on for this visit by the president to the uk. let's take an overview of the day so far, this report is from richard galpin. more than 18 months after becoming president, donald trump is finally heading to britain for what has been described as a working, not a state visit. the preparations have included massive security measures costing millions of pounds. this is regent's park where he will spend the night in the us ambassador's residence. an opinion poll on the eve of this visit showed 50% disagreed with him coming here. and already, following a fractious nato meeting in brussels this morning, the us president has stirred up controversy here, wading into the vexed brexit debate. and whether the government's new approach was what people had voted for. i would say that, you know, brexit is brexit. it is not, like, i guess, when you use the term hard brexit, i assume that's what you mean.

the people voted to break it up. so i would imagine that is what they will do. but maybe they are taking a little bit of a different route. so i don't know if that's what they voted for. ijust want the people to be happy. he is also claiming his tough line with other nato members about meeting military spending commitments has worked. for years, presidents have been coming to these meetings and talked about the expense, the tremendous expense with the united states and tremendous progress has been made. everyone has agreed to substantially up their commitment. they are going to up it to levels that they have never thought of before. back here, activists opposed to his policies are getting ready to stage demonstrations in different parts of the country. in london there will also be this blimp with an image of trump as a baby floating over westminster. protest leaders accuse him of immaturity as well as racism and bigotry.

when racist and extreme right wingers are on the march, you don't sit back, you don'tjust sit there hoping it will all go away. you take to the streets, you mobilise and you fight back. we hope it will put pressure on the government that they will see, you know, the moral leadership that they are failing to provide is out there on the streets instead. but his itinerary, including a dinner with senior ministers and business leaders here at blenheim palace in oxfordshire ensures he will be kept away from protesters. the government is hoping the talks here and at chequers tomorrow will ensure relations remain strong. mr trump's supporters are confident. i think donald trump will have wonderful and fruitful conversations with the prime minister because, at the end of the day, it doesn't matter who is president or who is prime minister, the long—standing relationship between our two countries will endure.

it has endured for centuries and will do so for a time to come. this is going to be a challenging visit. frustration with mr trump at government level before he even arrived. let's talk more about what lies ahead for the next few days. joining here at richard the exact reasons park in central london... thank you for still being with us here on bbc news. there was just a clip on richard's package of the chair of the republicans abroad group saying that the long—standing relationship between the us and the uk, well, it's doesn't matter so much to the incumbents are. but i

guess we could argue that it matters a lot actually because we find ourselves in the situation that we are in with international politics as it is. theresa may is going to have a challenging discussion with donald trump, isn't she? she is planning to talk about trade, about russia, the difficult issue. especially with a president who has been so committed to fostering a personal relationship between himself and president putin. he is heading there shortly after he leaves the uk, after he dolls. but he has aligned himself with theresa may in response to the chemical attacks in salisbury but he has continued to have this commitment to really strike a bond with putin. it is hard to know where that will go but it will certainly be a very important conversation that he will have a checkers with the prime minister. of course, they will talk about the middle east— yemen, syria and they will especially talk about

iran's role in the region. despite the iran deal, there is a broader question about iran and foreign policy. donald trump at a news conference earlier asked whether allies have expressed any concerns to him about his discussions with president putin in helsinki that is coming up in a few days' time. he said that they said it was a really good thing that he was going to talk to vladimir putin. but do you think that he will bring up the issue of the novel jock that he will bring up the issue of the noveljock poisonings, for example? if theresa may raises that with him. i think she will raise that with him, another british citizen lost their life this week, probably through a russian operation. donald trump loves to be loved wherever he goes. he is going to sit down with putin, he is going to sit down with putin, he is going to have this very private conversation. i think it will be a mutual love in. i don't think that we should be relying on donald trump

to be raising the ideas of the poisonings in salisbury. he is not going to do that on our behalf. he isa going to do that on our behalf. he is a bit ofa going to do that on our behalf. he is a bit of a big strong man's club. he spent yesterday with president over one of turkey. he sees the putin meeting probably the easiest day that he will have this week. we saw canada being a prime example that we can't expect president trump to be kind, if you like, to his traditional allies. that's right, but if you look back to the russia issued,it but if you look back to the russia issued, it is actually very committed. despite the interest and personal relationship that the president backed up the uk very strongly in terms of this particular response to the... he took a hard line on sanctions, he expelled a number of russian google maps from

the united states. (shouting) perhaps the start of some protests? there were questions as to whether he would give a nod towards retreating in terms of america's commitment to nato's role in the baltic states. that is potentially very problematic conversation that would really divide the united kingdom and united states. silly people are worried about the putin... that's right clearly, people are worried... as i'm speaking to you, there is a small protest over to my right. literally just a couple of people at this stage with" free palestine" backyards. clearly tomorrow is the big day. let's talk about the

overall relationship and clearly it isa overall relationship and clearly it is a very injuring one between the uk and the us. tomorrow people will be wanting to protest donald trump as an individual for be wanting to protest donald trump as an individualfor many be wanting to protest donald trump as an individual for many reasons. whether it is for his environmental policies, his decision to pull out of the iran nuclear deal, whether it is about his relationships with women and his policies on women. (shouting) do you think that the relationship though transcends all of the difficulties that people have with this individual? oration shipped between the united and kingdom the united states is as strong as ever. the united states is a fantastic country. he is not making it great again, it is already great. it is good that we can share in that greatness. we need to divorce this deeply flawed individual from, not divorce this deeply flawed individualfrom, notjust divorce this deeply flawed individual from, notjust the office of the presidency, as representative of the presidency, as representative of the presidency, as representative

of the united states people. he possibly represent a significant portion of 62 million who voted for him. you think it is right that he is here? tie i think it is right that he could hear, he went to many countries around the world. we would have looked odd if he did not come. equally, everybody who comes onto the streets tomorrow is right to express their views about this president and all other things, like you say, his racism, his misogyny, the strange way that he handles foreign policy. all of these individual cases add up to somebody the possibly should be president but has been voted in and will be around for a while. you think we will see him stay on message while he is here, given those earlier brexit comments? i think he will. i think when he is with theresa may and the clea n, when he is with theresa may and the clean, i think he will. the majority of those individuals in the united kingdom don't think he should be

meeting with the queen, they think he should be visiting and not meeting. for donald trump, i think this is probably the sweetest spot in this particular visit. it is a grand visit. it is undoubtably compensated. people in the uk are differentiating, they are differentiating, they are differentiating between views of the american president and their views of america and americans. i think thatis of america and americans. i think that is very significant. nobody is quite sure what donald trump once. is he playing a hard game? does he wa nt to is he playing a hard game? does he want to upend the international order? is it a bargaining position? nobody is quite sure about this, it is the industry and settled. the protesters are unsettled about many things that are going on in america and the president by the bids adieu to given to... that is clearly what

is going on with these protests. it is going on with these protests. it is just is going on with these protests. it isjust age is going on with these protests. it is just age immensely, is going on with these protests. it isjust age immensely, located is going on with these protests. it is just age immensely, located visit is just age immensely, located visit is an important one. thank you very much your thoughts on visit. so the president is now at winfield house, the us ambassador's residents, beyond that security cordon. spending a few hours before he goes on to blenheim palace, the birthplace of sir winston churchill, one of his heroes. and my colleague christian fraser is there. christian, tell us what awaits president trump this evening. too we arejust on the president trump this evening. too we are just on the eastern edge of the cotswolds, just outside the pretty village of woodstock which neighbours blenheim palace. but the most glamorous backdrop that we have ever had but i think it underlines the extent of the security. all down the extent of the security. all down the a44 and have a policeman

standing guard every 100 metres, police drafted in from all over the country. we have not seen many processes here. what we saw half an hour ago was the entourage that follows president trump. don't think that because this is not a state visit but it is low—key, wherever he goes, there is always a large entourage. it is like the court of king henry rolling into town. we saw many vehicles going down the afalling into time. we saw the seven seater armoured limousine that he travels in when he is overseas. they tell me that there are around 750 hotel rooms that have been booked. also is the secret service and the bag carrier. the man who carries the nuclear codes. he is there as well. all of them going to blenheim palace which, as you say, is the birthplace of the winston churchill. no doubt

when the president comes here, he will see the library where winston churchill wrote some of his books and articles and the painting as well. we know that the bust of winston churchill has now been moved back into the oval office. i'm sure that mr trump will like the history of that. and properly some of the p°mp of that. and properly some of the pomp as well. it is not all the glamour that you would associate with a state visit but the household division will be there tonight and they will play a medley of songs that. there will then be a black—tie dinner attended, not only by the prime minister and the chancellor and the new foreign secretary, but also 150 ceos from some of the biggest companies in the world that also have trade links from the united states. the likes of the ceo

of ba rclays. united states. the likes of the ceo of barclays. the ceo of last—minute dot .com was invited but then turned down her invitation. she said that she understands that the government post donald trump but she does not have too. you talk about the president meeting business leaders later, no surprise that the international trade secretary was one of the party greeting him when he arrived at stansted airports. how much do you think theresa may will hope this evening's dinner will oil the wheels, if you like, for her dinner at chequers tomorrow morning with donald trump. clearly, she would like to get things moving and the towards a bilateral agreement post—brexit. the towards a bilateral agreement post-brexit. i think she will want the visitor ‘s leaders in the room the visitor ‘s leaders in the room the night the press how important free traders, particularly when it comes to steel and aluminium. bosses

of steel are not going to be here tonight. they are labouring under 2596 tonight. they are labouring under 25% tariff that donald trump have imposed. that bilateral trade you that they hope to secure post—brexit. one thing we have already seen during this trip to brussels that the president is highly under its will. he has already said on the margins of the nato summit that he doesn't think that what the government has put on the table, the common rule book, is in keeping with the spirit of the referendum. if he said that publicly tomorrow, that will be of some embarrassment to the prime minister who is already facing opposition from within her own party. and just briefly, where you are standing, where i am standing, it illustrates that during this visit, despite trump officials and despite uk government saying that the president isn't being deliberately kept away from protests, it suggests that the

locations where he is going to be are certainly intimating him from those scenes. yes, blenheim palace is set in 2000 acres. it is actually one of the most spectacular palaces in the country. they have the great la ke in the country. they have the great lake that which was designed and landscaped by capability brown. i'm sure he will see that when he comes in an marine one. will be a mile away from woodstock, without a backdrop of the palace and without a backdrop of the palace and without a backdrop of the palace and without a view of what is going on behind the gates tells us how low— key behind the gates tells us how low—key they would like to keep this. they want the cameras kept away from the protest is and the president kept away from them as well. i have just president kept away from them as well. i havejust found out that they have put us in this field, you know what it is called? it is called fraser's field. i've got my own field! christian fraser there in

fraser's field, close to blenheim palace. of course, the day began with the closing hours of the nato summit in brussels. it was a rather lively affair by all accounts. the president came away saying that nato was stronger than it had been two days ago. but he also left some rather disgruntled people behind him. that crossed my colleague. lisa, in terms of the report of a sort of threat or ultimatum issued by donald trump to certain countries to increase their spending, what more can you tell us about that? you are joining more can you tell us about that? you arejoining us at more can you tell us about that? you are joining us at this gleaming more can you tell us about that? you arejoining us at this gleaming new nato headquarters. the first nato summit here and the first of this new diplomacy by president trump. hardball politics. new diplomacy by president trump.

hard ball politics. some new diplomacy by president trump. hardball politics. some would even say bullying. yes, he was talking really tough to his nato allies. even before he got here, sending letters to the nato leaders, demanding that they increased their defence spending. tweeting it before they arrived. then, like the wind from across the ocean, he blew through here and basically what came to us from the reports inside is that he could go his own way. the united states could go their own way if his nato allies did not meet their commitments. we have heard from president macron of france who said, "no, no,, he didn't threaten to leave. " said, "no, no,, he didn't threaten to leave." there is no denying that he is really playing tough with his allies. just listen to what he has to say. not only is he playing tough, he's getting results.” to say. not only is he playing tough, he's getting results. i told people that i would be very unhappy if they did not up their commitments very substantially. the united states has been paying a tremendous amount, only 90% of the cost of

nato. and now people, countries are going to start upping their commitments. i let them know, yesterday actually, i'm surprised that you did not pick it up until today, i guess today i let them know that i was extremely unhappy with what was happening. and they have substantially upped their commitment. and now we are very happy and have a very powerful, very strong nato. much stronger than it was two days ago. and undoubtably all of the participants in that nato summit will be watching very closely inafew summit will be watching very closely in a few days' time when president trump meets president putin to see if there is any shift in the us president's position in what he says today. yes, this has really been a nato summit like no other. described as the most important in decades. certainly the most divisive in decades. never have you seen such tie raised by an american president

against their allies. on top of it, against their allies. on top of it, a nato summit which has a part two. parts two is going to helsinki on monday to meet president putin. don't forget that a lot of the discussion here behind closed doors is what nato allies think is one of the main threats to nato. certainly those on the eastern flank bordering russia think so. what will president trump say to president putin? at the press co nfe re nce trump say to president putin? at the press conference he said that he was not an enemy, not a friend, or not yet. i see him as a competitor. perhaps the way a former property mogul would speak. the president putin is also unpredictable but i should add that since president trump left for the united kingdom, the nato secretary—general has got this terriblejob of the nato secretary—general has got this terrible job of trying to juggle this terrible job of trying to juggle all this very difficult diplomacy with the different nato partners. he said that president

trump added some urgency to the summitand trump added some urgency to the summit and that there was a greater sense of unity. no wonder the president really admires the nato secretary—general. president really admires the nato secretary-general. banchory much. -- find you very much. the foreign secretary i spoke to this morning ward a few days ago that donald trump could wreck his own ambition to make america great again if he criticised nato to heavily. it would delight president putin if he did that. donald trump came away from that. donald trump came away from that saying that he thought nato was stronger than it had been two days ago and left in a pretty ebullient mood. certainly something that he can say to his supporters back home that he has achieved. whether that's everyone's view of course, it depends on what side you are on. he left brussels in that mood to come

here to london for the start of this visit to the uk. you're watching a busy news. thank you very much. annita mcveigh there in central london. in a few moments time we will have a look at all the sport and business news but first the weather forecast. the afternoon. there is no doubt that the weather has turned a bit more mixed over the last few days. some areas have seen a lot of cloud, there has even been a lot of cloud, there has even been a bit of rain around. there are some sunshine to be found. this is how it looks for a weather watcher in cumbria. shower clouds have been bubbling up. this is the radar picture. it shows that we have have some cloud, some rain and in parts of south—west scotland and northern england, wales and the south—west we are prone to seeing some hefty showers through the late afternoon and into the evening. many spots staying dry. some showers continue

through the night. many places staying dry with temperatures between ten and 16 celsius. if you are out and about early, a fair amount of cloud. that cloud should break up the reveals spells of sunshine. once again, we are looking at some showers of anything. rain is problem be good news for summer. some very dry conditions the summer. this rain will not be reliable, it will be hit and miss. showers turn up will be hit and miss. showers turn up where you are, they could be very heavy. they could have hail and thunder. very slow moving with light winds and there could be enough rain to cause disruption. most places will stay dry and avoid the showers and in the sunshine it will feel warm. more sunshine to come on saturday. eastern scotland, england and wales will get that. always more cloud for scotland and northern ireland. a cooler feel here because

frontal systems will be trying to push an across the north—west of the country, not making much progress. associated with this area of low pressure. the heads of these frontal systems a re pressure. the heads of these frontal systems are going to be drawing in some very warm air systems are going to be drawing in some very warm air in deed across central and eastern parts of the uk. in fact, central and eastern parts of the uk. infact, in central and eastern parts of the uk. in fact, in the sunshine on sunday, down towards the south—east, it is going to feel really quite hot and humid. it might get to 30 or 31 celsius. it will be pretty humid for the men's final at wimbledon. scotla nd the men's final at wimbledon. scotland and northern ireland are a bit cooler as you can see. some splashes of rain at times. 30 in the sunshine in london. for the weekend, lots of hot sunshine around. a few showers as well. cool and sometimes damp. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. donald trump has arrived in central london, in his first visit to the uk since he became the us president. he'll meet with theresa may today, and have tea with the queen at windsor castle tomorrow. extra security has been put

in place across the uk for president trump's visit, with thousands of protestors expected to turn out for demonstrations in london and glasgow. ahead of his visit, this morning president trump insisted that his country's commitment to nato remained very strong. he also said his nato allies had agreed to his demands for an increase in the amount they spend on defence. the government has published its blueprint for uk relations with the eu. the document says freedom of movement will end, but suggests eu citizens would be allowed to come to the uk without visas to do paid work in clearly defined circumstances. sport now. good afternoon. the world cup dream may be over for england, but amid the pain of exiting for the players, there's been a great deal to feel positive about. defender kyle walker believes england brought the nation together by reaching the semi—finals and proved

their critics wrong in the process. not many thought the team would get this far, and their action on and off the pitch earned them a new respect. walker was one of lots of players who took to social media afterwards. saying he felt the support from fans over the last month — that it felt so good to have that in russia for the team. and that it united them, just like it did the country. the man in charge, gareth southgate, has come in for lots of praise at this world cup. his leadership has been a big part of fans re—connecting with the team. former england women's defender alex scott was in russia — and she thinks, these players coming through the ranks with southgate — who previously managed in the youth set up, has made all the difference. the england team has become one team, not just the the england team has become one team, notjust the senior team, when the women's teams are there we are mixing with the men's team, and the

same with the youth team, you see a pathway and that makes it inspirational, you want to reach the top. there is a dna, investing in people, as well, reconnecting with the fans, that is what england is all about, and st georges has about the bonding element which means it gives the trust to gareth southgate, the players have the trust in him and vice versa. from the world cup to wimbledon — it's women's semi—finals day and all eyes are on serena williams, as she tries to keep her bid for an 8th title alive. john watson is there for us — how is she getting on? she is playing very well once again. after the disappointment of england's world cup exit, let's marvel at the dominance of serena williams, arguably the greatest of the women's game of all time. these

are the live pictures at the moment. serena williams is leading 5—2. she is looking to book her place in another wimbledon final. just her fourth tournament back since the birth of herfirst fourth tournament back since the birth of her first child. she has just taken the first set. the first semifinal was played out earlier, angelique kerber booking her place ina angelique kerber booking her place in a second wimbledon final. she came through 6—3, 6—3, after a couple of breaks in the first set and a couple in the second. we might see a repeat of the 2016 winnings singles final were angelique kerber lost against serena williams —— women's singles final where. i think

thatis women's singles final where. i think that is the final everyone will be looking forward to see. thanks for joining us. that's all the sport for now. we will have more in the next hour. let's return to our main story this afternoon. donald trump has arrived in london for his first visit as president of the united states. his visit comes straight off the back of a fractious nato summit at which the president has been pushing european allies to increase defence spending. tonight, the prime minister will host a dinnerfor mr trump and his wife melania — tomorrow he will meet the queen. annita mcveigh is at regent's park in central london for us now. thank you very much. the president is spending a few quiet hours at the official residence of the us ambassador to the uk before the event at blenheim palace later. it

follows a busy morning in brussels where there were pretty heated exchanges according to some reports at the nato summit. president trump said nato was on much longer position afterwards. —— was in a much stronger position. he is coming to the uk in a very positive mood, feeling he has something to say to his supporters back home in terms of what he has achieved, getting more of the members of nato to pay more towards their defence spending at nato. what he will expect here and what the uk can expect here? lots to discuss on that front. mark, thanks for joining discuss on that front. mark, thanks forjoining us. let's talk about what president trump is one thing from this, chiefly the queen? —— is wanting from this. this is a photo

opportunity par excellence, he goes from a stately home to a palace to another stately home and then the greatest castle in the world and then one of his own golf courses. this is trump be statesman, travelling the world and shaking hands and meeting the queen. —— the statesman. this will play well with his base at home and that is the main thing for him. what was the calculation for him to come here at this time? he cancelled a previous trip when he was opposed to open the new us embassy and he said that was because he did not like the building. but people said he didn't wa nt to building. but people said he didn't want to come here to meet protests. he didn't want to be in parliament square where he would be likely to risk facing the opprobrium of 100,000 people. easierto risk facing the opprobrium of 100,000 people. easier to move around by helicopter without ever actually really engaging with more than a handful of carefully picked british subjects. looking at the

latest polling around the visit, opinion has shifted since the idea ofa opinion has shifted since the idea of a state visit was mooted. people are prepared to accept a working visit rather than a state visit, a sign that more people are thinking about the importance of the nation ship between the uk and the us? —— of the relationship. setting aside their feelings. that is the crucial aspect, sunni will be gone in three yea rs or seven aspect, sunni will be gone in three years or seven years gone “— aspect, sunni will be gone in three years or seven years gone —— trump will be gone. another president will be long afterwards, so the uk has got to maintain a strong relationship with the united states, we have had a strong relationship across culture and language and economic outlook, and for the last 100 years that has happened, and that will not be broken by one

president. the main protests tomorrow, a coalition of different groups coming together the different reasons. what are they going to achieve? they will make trump look quite good in the eyes of his base. they have got to make it very clear that a lot of people in this country are very that a lot of people in this country are very unhappy with the individual, and the way the individual, and the way the individual acts, sexism and misogyny and the way he's treating immigrants and the way he's treating immigrants and immigrant children. all of this is not normal. the fact that he lies through his presidency and has normalised that is not normal and that has got to be challenged. but he will be appealing to his fan base and he will be saying, look how they are insulting america. we are not insulting america, though. those people have a particular aim, one person and that is donald trump.

mark, thanks forjoining us. there isa mark, thanks forjoining us. there is a huge policing operation unfolding around the uk to cope with the demands of the presidential visit. sarah johnson joins me from northampton — she is superintendent of the east midlands operational support service. we know many other forces are combining with the metropolitan police to police this operation, what are your involvement? my role is in the east midlands regions and we are one of the pubs who have coordinated the request —— we are one of the hubs. you are dead with —— dealing with leicestershire and nottinghamshire amongst others, how many officers are coming from those areas? i cannot comment on the number of officers to point but we have deployed officers like most forces across the uk —— deployed.

are we in a situation where leave has been restricted or cancelled? u nfortu nately, has been restricted or cancelled? unfortunately, there is significant operational demand on forces and when the requests are coordinated centrally forces are able to have their own considerations about the level of demand they are receiving and how they can manage that and that means officers are working 12 hour shifts and rest days have been cancelled and that is so we can meet the demand of the presidential visit and any other event occurring at the same time and making sure we have a response to local calls the service. —— local calls for service. response to local calls the service. -- local calls for service. the police federation have expressed concern that normal policing duties will be affected by the demands of this presidential visit. is that a

concern? there is huge operational demand and it is important we ask the public for their assistance in making sure that when they call they are doing the genuine emergency reasons and they don't use the football as an opportunity for disorder and obstructing emergency services. each forces able to manage the demand to make their decisions about the level of deployment they apply to mutual aid requests to manage both things at the same time in terms of the overall demand. we are expecting the biggest protests tomorrow, what are your hopes for the protests? people exercising their democratic right, what would you say to those people? this is a planned event with a very experienced command structure associated with it and i'm not part of that particular command dodger. —— particular command structure. this is a very well—planned event to

facilitate their democratic right to protest but also to allow people to go about their daily lives in peace. chief superintendent sarah johnson, thanks forjoining us. it is a bit quiet here now in regent's park after the arrival of president trump and melania trump, in the marine one helicopter. they came in to stansted and then here by helicopter. they will be going to blenheim palace, and a military ceremony after that. not the full state visit but these images will satisfy donald trump. the protest is hoping that the images of their objection to this

visit will be making their way back to the united states as well. for the moment, back to you in this together. studio: martine, take a breath, and i will do some work. the government has published more detailed plans for how it proposes trading with the eu after brexit. they involve what's being called a "common rulebook" with the eu on goods — and have already led to two cabinet resignations. but the new brexit secretary dominic raab has called the plan "credible" and "innovative". our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. only a few days into the job, the new brexit secretary has his first big moment. setting out the government's plan for life outside of the eu. in black and white and in the most detail we have seen so far. finally, plans put forward on trade, security, regulations and more. secretary dominic raab. mr speaker, the government is determined to build a new relationship that works both for the uk and the eu.

one grounded in our shared history but which also looks to a bright and ambitious future. but mps were not happy they did not have copies of the government's plans. chaotic scenes before the house was suspended. the point is to allow questions to be asked of the secretary of state and by proceeding in this way, is denied proper scrutiny of his white paper. —— this denies. we will take back control of our money, laws and borders, supporting the economy by maintaining a strong trading relationship after we have left, ending free movement while avoiding a hard border between ireland and northern ireland or indeed northern ireland and great britain. seizing the opportunity to forge new trade deals and maintaining cooperation with the eu in the many other areas

that we price. since ministers met to agree the plan at chequers last week, two senior members of the cabinet have resigned and many more conservative mps remain unconvinced. it seems to to me the approach of the government is, "we don't want to leave the european union, how close can we remain to them? how little can we deviate from the european union?" the prime minister has described this as a principled and practical set of proposals. it has been a long slog to get to this point that even now theresa may knows she can't please everyone in her own party when it comes to brexit. to that will be fights to come over the details of this plan with conservative mps and with the european union. we will stop selling vast sums of money to the eu every year. —— sending. we will bring an end to free movement, that is an absolute guarantee. free movement will end. expect talk of breakdowns and breakthroughs in the months ahead.

the government's white paper is the starting point for negotiations with the eu. ministers will hope their plan won't be written off too soon. now let's talk to our correspondent chris morris. shall we start with goods and what is in the white paper? it is a long document in four sections and the only one is the first one about the economic relationship and goods is an important part of that. it fleshes out what we heard from the statement from chequers on monday, that the uk will have a common rule book with the eu, which sounds very collaborative, and this means that the uk will agree to sign up to the eu rules when they are made and if they don't they have got to accept there are consequences from diverging from those at the main consequence is that frictionless trade will take a more friction.

that is the concern of brexiteers, it is us signing up to their rule book, without having a say in them. we are meant to have some very helpful graphics. let's move on to services. we know it is 80% of the uk economy. the uk is proposing a much looser relationship with the eu bennett wants on goods. —— than it once. any service provided the uk can sell its services anywhere in the eu, that could be financial services or architects, but that will come to an end, passport in, and what will replace it, uk said we need a system of mutual recognition where we recognise each other‘s standards, but the eu has said that won't happen. the white paper and

that won't happen. the uk says we need a new bold and innovative system and partly this will carry some weight because the eu can't afford to cut off the city of london which is as important for the eu economy as it is for the uk economy. the other important issue, immigration. the thing about immigration, it is supposed to be a separate white paper which has been delayed several times on immigration policy alone, so there is not a huge amount of detail in this white paper about immigration but there are hints that the uk will be somewhat i suppose generous in the way it interprets the end of free movement, it says free movement will come to an end, but is proposing the mobility framework which is fairly common in free trade agreements which could allow for example for eu citizens to come here, without a

visa, for example. the fearful brexiteers is that this is an opening bid and this is something the eu will push and push —— the fear for. the debate will be, do we end up with something which is basically free movement but with another name or something substantially different? it is a negotiation, after all. i don't know what has happened with the graphics. thank goodness you are here. i understand it much more. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. touchdown for trump as he arrives in central london for his first visit since becoming us president. the president earlier landed at stansted airport for a two—day working visit where he will meet the prime minister, theresa may, and the queen. ahead of his visit — this morning president trump insisted that his country's commitment to nato remains ‘very strong‘. in the business news:

the uk government says yes to 21st century fox‘s bid to buy sky for {24.5 billion. however, the news came after comcast raised its bid to £26 billion for the uk tv giant. the markets have reacted to the bidding war with sky shares currently up 2% in today‘s trading. disruption at ryanair after its pilots decide to go on strike. so far 30 flights between the uk and ireland have been cancelled with pilots demanding more pay and better working conditions. and an own goal for fiat chrysler! their italian workers plan strike action after the carmakers main investor, the agnelli family which own the juventus football club, splashed out almost £100m to buy cristiano ronaldo. the workers believe the money should have been spent on fiat investment instead. the government‘s new white paper outlines plans for how the uk can

continue frictionless cross—border trade with the eu in goods, set its own tariffs for dealings with the rest of the world and develop its own service sector, in particular financial services independently of the eu. financial services makes up around 8% of the economy, and the reaction from some in the sector has not been positive. catherine mcguinness, policy chairman of the city of london corporation, said: "today‘s brexit white paper is a real blow for the uk‘s financial and related professional services sector". while allie renison from the institute of directors feels reaction from the financial sector will be mixed. i think the reaction from the financial services industry will be mixed. i think there were many who were hoping for an arrangement based on mutual recognition that would allow the city too, in effect, replicate the effects of passport thing. ie you don‘t need to be present

in an eu member state to continue offering services to them. and i think equivalence is the clear way to go from the uk government‘s perspective. now that is particularly more realistic proposition according to the scope of the eu‘s current equivalence regime. i think it will be particularly an issue for foreign—based banks who, to some extent, are based in the uk, to be able to have that access to passport. but i think it is also worth noting that it is not necessarily something that a lot of the bigger companies have been waiting around for in terms of knowing what the arrangements are to make their contingency plans. there is a lot of those big banks and financial institutions who submitted their contingency plans some time ago. asos shares have plunged 10%. the company said sales in the four months tojune were 22% better than last year. even so, the online clothing giant said sales growth for the whole of this year would be at the lower end of forecasts. another company having a tough time on the stock market is dfs.

its shares were down over 2%, after the furniture specialist issued a profit warning. dfs warned that it expects "significantly lower than expected" orders in the fourth quarter because of the "exceptionally hot weather" and a disruption to some of its orders from asia. and the chinese tech giant zte has signed an agreement with the united states, which means it can resume business in the country. the firm was blocked from buying us supplies in april after the us found it violated trade bans with iran and north korea. it‘s got to pay a security deposit of £300m for the ban to be lifted. a quick look at the markets. the ftse has bounced back. the dowjones coming up strongly. that has what the limit row —— that is what has happened to sky shares, they are up. that‘s all the business news. let‘s return to annita mcveigh who is at regent‘s park in central london where president trump is staying

at the us ambassador‘s residence during his visit to the uk. thank you very much. let‘s talk to our global affairs correspondent, naomi grimley. the key part of the visit is the meeting with theresa may, from the perspective of the uk government, but they have at a seesaw relationship, from the handholding to the terse exchanges over some of what donald trump has said on twitter. yes, he retweeted islamophobic video on twitter in november and she had no option but to say publicly that that was wrong. he then came back at her on twitter and said, why don't you focus on islamic radicalism in britain rather than telling me what to do? that incident will have burnt her fingers goods because it was a reminder of

what a life why the president is and you don't know what he will say. —— what a live wire the president is. hard for theresa may to get a handle on in terms of what store she can said by anything he says. —— set. the british is one of the countries which is spending the 2% target on defence spending at nato, and so that gives them a good standpoint, and sochi might try to get him to temper some of his language when it comes to the nato alliance —— so she might try. that is quite as says ingvar the world aiders like emmanuel macron and angela merkel —— thatis emmanuel macron and angela merkel —— that is quite unsettling for world leaders like. what about the post—trade agreement after brexit?

the american ambassador has said thatis the american ambassador has said that is up in the air because we don't yet know what the future relationship with the eu will be and until that is sorted out there will be no actual negotiation on a uk us trade deal. thanks forjoining us. much more from here throughout the afternoon but right now we can have afternoon but right now we can have a look at the weather forecast. good afternoon. the weather has been much more mixed. most m ost pla ces most places will turn driver—macro with some clear spells. —— dry. into tomorrow. tomorrow there might be if a few mist patches,

and a fair amount of cloud. some very dry places out there tomorrow but the rain is not reliable, if the showers do turn up across the north west and into wales and the west midlands and the south coast, they could be very heavy with hail and thunder. enough to cause disruption. but most places will avoid the showers and in the sunshine it will feel warm. the north and west will be cooler with a bit of rain at times. this is bbc news. i‘m annita mcveigh, live at regent‘s park in central london, where donald trump has started his two—day working visit to the uk. the headlines at apm. hand in hand, the us president and first lady melania trump arrived at the us ambassador‘s residence here in central london just over an hour ago. iam i am christian fraser live in

oxfordshire, where president trump‘s entourage has arrived early ahead of tonight‘s black—tie dinner at blenheim palace. across the uk, extra security has been put in place as demonstrations are expected in protest at the president‘s visit. in other news, the government publishes its long—awaited brexit white paper. the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, says the government has tried to come up with "a bold, innovative and pragmatic approach". people will have to wait and read the detail in the white paper. i think it strikes the right balance. it‘s innovative, is ambitious. it is pragmatic, but we‘re looking for that win—win with the uk and our european friends. and england fans don‘t look back in anger, as more than 26 million people watch the three lions succumb to croatia in the world cup semifinal. donald trump has arrived in the uk for his first visit since becoming president of the united states.

his visit comes straight off the back of a fractious nato summit, at which he pushed european allies to increase defence spending. tonight, the prime minister will host a dinnerfor mr trump and his wife melania, and tomorrow he will meet the queen. he is currently at the residence of the us ambassador to the uk. this evening he will go to lenin palace, the birthplace of one of his heroes, winston churchill. —— lenin palace. -- lenin winston churchill. —— lenin palace. —— lenin palace. let‘s go to blenheim palace

and talk to christian fraser. 18 months after the invitation was first extended, the president is finally here. he has been to 17 countries before landing in the uk and perhaps not the visit he might have first envisaged. it is not a state visit, more aid to dave working visit. when he leaves the ambassador today, he will be coming here. this gives you an idea of the sort of security there is in oxfordshire today. police drafted in from all around the country and at various stages down the a44 behind me, you will see various police vehicles trying to keep protesters away from the president. tonight he will arrive by helicopter into the grounds. there will be a certain

p°mp grounds. there will be a certain pomp to it because the household division will be there, so the scots, welsh and irish guards will play a medley when he arrives. and then they will go to a dinner with 150 ceos from around the country, some of the biggest companies that have trade links with the united states. the chancellor, the prime minister and the foreign secretary will be there. and perhaps he will get a moment to savour the birthplace of winston churchill. he was born here in 1874, spent a lot of time here as a young boy, and spent time painting and writing in the long library, which i‘m sure president trump will see this evening when he visits the palace. now the home of the 12th duke of marlborough and his family. let‘s go to westminster now and speak to sir nigel sheinwald, who was the uk ambassador to the us between 2007 and 2012. good to have you with us. in his

time, sir winston was a bit of a disrupter. what do you think he would make of this president?” think he would want to see this president understanding not just think he would want to see this president understanding notjust the history and having notjust an emotionalfondness for history and having notjust an emotional fondness for the uk, history and having notjust an emotionalfondness for the uk, but recognising that the united kingdom is basically a team player that relies on its alliances and its place in the international system, and will work together with the uk in that way. i think that is what this is going to be about, explaining some of the enduring aspects of the uk — us relationship. certainly giving him a flavour of the history along the way, but i think he needs to see it is a two—way street, that we contribute a lot to that relationship, that americanjobs as lot to that relationship, that american jobs as well as uk jobs are enabled by that two—way relationship and then talk to theresa may when they have that private meeting tomorrow. i think there are limited

objectives from this visit. it has had its own history, as you mentioned. and i think it is a question of laying the groundwork for a better understanding of the uk and a better grounding in the realities of what the alliances are. just looking at the yougov poll that was published today, 50% of the public think the visit should go ahead. how important is this relationship, the fact it is of such national strategic interest to the country. it is an important relationship. it is not what it was in winston churchill‘s day. let‘s not kid ourselves. when he met with roosevelt, they had a lot more power than we do today. especially the uk, our role in the world has changed significantly since the 1940s. but it does count for something. it has

very deep roots in culture, education, trade and economy, as well as in the core political and defence relationship, so i‘m sure that he will come away from this visit with a better understanding of that. those things don‘t change overnight but one of the paradoxes about the uk is it is very sensitive to our perception, as members of the public, of the chemistry or absence of it between our two leaders. i think that is an important factor. the fact the president of the united states has such a big personality is a factor and that is something theresa may is going to have to deal with and has already had to deal with and has already had to deal with over the past 18 months. when you were in washington and looking after the visit of gordon brown and then david cameron, i imagine there was a script for how everything would go. the dangerfor this president, a lot of it is unscripted

and highly unpredictable. right at this moment, at a delicate time for the prime minister, that could be quite dangerous. of course, but that is the reality of president trump. he is practising a different type of politics. he is a different sort of individual, a different sort of politician, and i think everyone understands that. we all have to not exactly in off but something like it in the way that he goes about life and the way that he does business. but at the end of it, they will be a press co nfe re nce , but at the end of it, they will be a press conference , we but at the end of it, they will be a press conference, we will be listening to what he has to say about the uk, what he has to say about the uk, what he has to say about russia, what he has to say about russia, what he has to say about the other international issues they have been discussing, so it comes back to substance in the end. as for the rest of it, we will have to see when he is actually on our soil whether he makes further comments about our national life and so on. the paradox of this

president, and this will be impressed on him by some of the business leaders here tonight, is that he is passionate about free trade and yet he is the leader who is putting up trade barriers. what do you think they will be trying to convey to him this evening?‘ do you think they will be trying to convey to him this evening? a couple of things. that is a key point, that britain, as we leave the european union, as we try to strike deals with the rest of the world, needs a pretty sta ble with the rest of the world, needs a pretty stable trading order, and the person struggling that most of all is president trump. he will have his reasons for that, which no doubt our government ministers can debate with him, but there is no doubt this is not the ideal or benign atmosphere for the uk as it embarks on a new path after brexit. and second, on the uk- us path after brexit. and second, on the uk— us relationship, plainly on our future free—trade deal between the two, that is obviously on the table, but i would say a number one, a degree of realism is needed about its co nte nt

a degree of realism is needed about its content and about the length of time this is going to take, because this is not a panacea of the uk‘s problems and issues as we leave the european union. it is going to be a tough one to negotiate, it is good that the president wants to negotiate such a thing, but we should not be lulled into thinking this will solve all our problems because it will be very problematic to get it done. tomorrow he goes to windsor. the queen has met every president bar one. do you think she should be meeting him tomorrow? is it right that that has been set up for him? i think it is fine for him to call on the queen. it is right that the state visit which was talked about right at the start has been postponed to a later date. it would have been wrong for him to make his first visit to the uk with all that panoply. i think this has been weighted rather carefully so that the different elements of the relationship come through. a lot of other heads of government to call on

the queen briefly outside the normal format of a state visit so that seems to me to be a perfectly natural and correct thing to be done. good to have your company this afternoon. thank you very much indeed. plenty of history attached to this event. we should mention that this is the backyard of not only winston churchill but also theresa may. she was born or raised just down the road, just down the a44. her father was a vicar. and then she moved, and if you look from where we are standing, there are lots of wheat fields that you can did to run through if you were that way inclined. she went on to oxford university. maybe when she meets the president this evening, she will be sharing some of her memories of this particular area. thank you very much. i love the fact

you were standing in fraser field today. i am standing at regents park, orjust on the perimeter of it. the security cord and just behind me that leads to the us ambassador‘s official residence, where president trump and melania trump are currently, and where they will be spending the night tonight. we have just heard that since they arrived, they have met us embassy staff and their families. a couple of q u otes staff and their families. a couple of quotes coming from that exchange, although nothing on camera. staff saying it was in wonderful moment. another line is that he was being very complimentary towards the us‘s allies. you may remember that donald trump was supposed to come to the uk before now to officially open the us, the new us embassy, when it moved from grosvenor high school to a location in nine elms in london, and he didn‘t come. —— grosvenor

high school. he blamed the lousy location. a lot of people thought he wasn‘t coming because of the fear or the concerned about protests. but at any rate, he didn‘t need the us embassy any rate, he didn‘t need the us e m bassy staff any rate, he didn‘t need the us embassy staff at that point but he has met them and their families now. it has been a busy day so far. let‘s ta ke it has been a busy day so far. let‘s take stock of it with this report. more than 18 months after becoming president, donald trump flew into sta nsted president, donald trump flew into stansted airport this afternoon at the start of what has been described asa the start of what has been described as a working, not a state visit. from there he was taken by helicopter to london, flying over the city centre, before coming into land. he and the first lady, melania trump, being greeted by the us

ambassador. the preparations for this first official visit by mr trump to britain have included massive security measures costing millions of pounds. this is regents park, where he will spend the night in the us ambassador‘s residents. an opinion poll on the eve of this visit showed 50% disagreed with him coming here. and already, following a fractious nato meetings in brussels this morning, the us president has stirred up controversy here, wading into the vexed brexit debate and whether the government‘s new approach was what people had voted for. i would say that brexit is brexit. when you use the term ha rd is brexit. when you use the term hard brexit, isuppose is brexit. when you use the term hard brexit, i suppose that is what you mean. the people voted to break it up. so i would imagine that is what they will do. but maybe they are taking a little bit of a different route, so i don‘t know if thatis different route, so i don‘t know if that is what they voted for. i just wa nt that is what they voted for. i just want the people to be happy. he is

also claiming his tough line with other nato members about meeting military spending commitments has worked. four years presidents have been coming to these meetings and talked about the expense, the tremendous expense for the united states, and tremendous progress has been made. everyone has agreed to substantially up their commitment. they are going to update at levels they never thought of before. back here, activists opposed to his policies are getting ready to stage demonstrations in different parts of the country. in london, they will also be disciplined with an image of trump asa also be disciplined with an image of trump as a baby floating over westminster. protest leaders accuse him of immaturity as well as racism and bigotry. when racists and extreme right—wingers are on the march, you don'tjust sit there hoping it will go away, you take to the streets, you mobilise, and you fight back. we hope it will put

pressure on the government, that they will see the moral leadership that they are failing to provide is out there on the streets instead. but his itinerary, including a dinner this evening, as he ministers and business leaders, ensures he will be kept away from protesters. the government‘s hopes for talks here and at chequers tomorrow will bolster relations. mr trump‘s supporters are confident.” bolster relations. mr trump‘s supporters are confident. i think donald trump will have wonderful and fruitful conversations with the prime minister because, at the end of the day, it doesn't matter who president or who is prime minister, the long—standing relationship between our two countries will endure. it has in do it for centuries and will do so for time to come. and yet this is likely to be a very fraught visit. with thousands of people gearing up to protest and irritation at government level about mr trump‘s comments on brexit before he even arrived here. theresa may may have thought it was

not particularly helpful earlier today when donald trump referred to coming to the uk and said he was coming to the uk and said he was coming to the uk and said he was coming toa coming to the uk and said he was coming to a hot spot because of the political resignations this week and because he said people were not getting the brexit they voted for, and he seemed to be suggesting that the uk was moving back towards the eu again. we havejust got the uk was moving back towards the eu again. we have just got this clip of theresa may when that point was put to her. we are delivering on the vote of the british people to take back control of our money, our laws and our borders and that is what our proposal does. we are also ensuring that as we do that we protect people's lives, livelihoods and their jobs. people's lives, livelihoods and theirjobs. and we of course deliver on our commitment to northern ireland, that they should be no hard border between northern ireland and ireland. but brussels is not going

to buy this anyway so you are going to buy this anyway so you are going to have to make further concessions, which will only anger people in your party and those who voted for brexit. what we have it so far from the leaders and brussels is that this is a positive response on a proposal that we can sit down and start increasing the pace of the negotiations. at every stage to these negotiations, people have cast doubt on whether we would achieve what we have wanted to achieve, and at every stage we have done so. we did so with the agreement on the financial settlement and citizens' writes and we did so in march with the agreement on the limitation period. now we have set out a proposal that sets out our commitment for no hard border between northern ireland and ireland, but crucially delivers on the vote of the british people to ta ke the vote of the british people to take that control of our money, our laws and our borders. donald trump made those board —— comments about brexit and the uk being a hotspot in his words a

little earlier today when he was speaking at a news conference at the conclusion of the nato summit. that was a pretty fractious affair as well, according to reports, as donald trump urged other countries to increase their contributions towards the nato budget. our chief international news correspondent has been following events there. you arejoining up this gleaming new nato headquarters and hardball politics from donald trump. some would say it was even bullying. he was talking really tough to his nato allies. before he got here, sending letters to the nato leaders demanding that they increase their defence spending, treating it before he arrived, and then like a wind from across the ocean, he blew through here and basically what came from the reports inside, that he used a phrase that he could go his

own way, the united states could go their own way if his nato allies did not meet their commitments. we have heard from president macron from france who said no, he did not threaten to leave. so it is a question of interpretation. but there is no denying he is playing tough with his allies. joining us now is the leader of the liberal democrats, vince cable. thank you for your time this afternoon. i‘m sure you have had an opportunity to listen to what donald trump said at the conclusion of the nato summit earlier. he said that nato summit earlier. he said that nato was stronger than it was a couple of days ago. what did you make of what happened there? he has been trying to weaken nato consistently throughout his presidency. i don‘t know whether this is corroborating that he told a french that he was considering

american withdrawal. and it is part ofa american withdrawal. and it is part of a pattern, where he is trashing all the international cooperative relationships which we need is a country. the world trade system, the world trade organisation, international agreements on climate change, the un, nato, the european union. to have a world that actually works, we need cooperation, and he is systematically destroying them. he is becoming an enemy of this country. is he weakening nato if he is encouraging other countries to increase their contributions to the overall budget, which is something other presidents have tried to do as well? it is perfectly reasonable to expect member states to pay their contributions and britain does so. of course, america has global defence commitments as well as

defence commitments as well as defence commitments as well as defence commitments in europe, so it is not strictly correct. under his big tie—break against germany for having a gas pipeline to russia was absolutely nonsensical. this kind of trade in energy took place throughout the period of soviet government and was actively promoted by mrs thatcher when she was prime minister. this is simply creating division within the alliance. so how does this set the tone for the visit her and of course for his meeting, his discussions with theresa may at chequers tomorrow? what tone do you expect him to take? i hope the british government is a lot more robust with him. frankly, it has given the impression so far of being sycophantic will stop of just cuddling up to him. and he clearly shows no respect for that whatsoever. we should treat him in the same way... theresa may has taken him on over a number of

issues. she has spoken back when he directly tried to intervene to support a militant, racist organisation in britain, and that was the right thing to do. and i hope she will be equally robust about the many ways he is trashing the system on which we depend for a civilised world. we should treat him in the same way that we treat a visit from president putin, a working visit. you need to talk to these people but he is not a friend of this country and we should cease to regard him as one. thank you very much. professor inderjeet parmar is with me. he‘s a professor of international politics at the city university of london. what did you make of those comments? whether he is a personal friend what did you make of those comments? whether he is a personalfriend or not, the united states and the uk have had a strong relationship at least from 1941, embedded in a

number of big relationships like the un, nato and so on. so they are very strong allies. the united states obviously has a number of issues to do with his ideology and politics and his ideas about american identity, with which theresa may has taken issue and others have as well, and that has caused a lot of protests, but with regards to a relationship between the two countries, that is very strong. and it‘s bigger than any individuals who happen to be holding office at the time. absolutely, but what makes this one so different, is that there has been for a while now a change in the international system and a change in the character of the international order. i think that has started with previous presidents and a changing structure, and trump has come in and is thus abated some of those changes. basically, pushing them ina of those changes. basically, pushing them in a particular kind of directions. increasing levels of nationalism are beginning to emerge right across the world, including in

europe. and how much do you think that tone he has set is causing an impact in other countries? the tone obviously has an effect because it becomes a bit more acceptable. if the leader of the free world speaks ina the leader of the free world speaks in a particular kind of way. but if you look at the substance, then you can see that there is actually far reaching land to collaborate and cooperate within nato, right across the region, militarily. so that part is very strong still. thank you very much. do stay with us. you are seeing the tensions between those who support trump and those who don‘t, that will be clearest on the streets of london and the uk tomorrow when the main protests are planned. you are watching bbc news. there will be much more from here at

regents park. president trump still at the residence of the us ambassador at the moment, but right now let‘s take a pause and look at the weather forecast. our weather certainly has turned a little more mixed over the last few days. this is how it looked in stornoway this afternoon. there was some sunshine to be found in dorset. but where we have had the sunniest skies today, we have also started to trigger some showers across parts of the south—west england, into wales, north—west england as well. for the rest of the afternoon, we continue to see the odd heavy shower. if you catch when you will know about it, but most prisoners still will stay dry. —— most places will stay dry. temperatures between 13 and 16

degrees. not a cold night by any stretch of the imagination. tomorrow, quite a cloudy start. a little bit murky and places. like today, we are going to trigger some showers and some of these really will mean business across parts of south west scotland and particularly north—west england. some heavy, slow moving showers. very light winds so nothing to push the showers along across parts of wales. some of these showers really heavy with hail and thunder thrown in for good measure. if you catch one of these downpours, you could see a lot of rain in a short space of time. some poor travelling conditions. but many places will avoid those showers and stay dry. talking about warm, saturday bringing lots of sunshine across england and wales. some into eastern scotland as well. where we have those sunny skies, temperatures back into the high 20s across the

south—east. something different for northern ireland and scotland. the odd splash of rain. not a write—off but a little bit on the wet side for many. and on sunday, we are going to be drawing some very warm it up from the south, so temperatures towards the south, so temperatures towards the south, so temperatures towards the south and east continuing to climb on sunday. a lot of sunshine to be had in southern and eastern areas. for northern ireland, western scotland, more cloud, a bit of damp weather. something a little bit cooler. but down towards the south—east, temperatures of 29 or 30 degrees. so there will be some hot sunshine, a few showers around, but a lwa ys sunshine, a few showers around, but always a little cooler with a damp weather at times towards the north—west. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. donald trump has arrived in central london in his first visit to the uk since he became the us president. he‘ll meet with theresa may later today and have tea with the queen at windsor castle tomorrow.

extra security has been put in place across the uk for president trump‘s visit, with thousands of protesters expected to turn out for demonstrations in london and glasgow. the government has published its blueprint for uk relations with the eu. the document says freedom of movement will end, but suggests eu citizens would be allowed to come to the uk without visas to do paid work in clearly defined circumstances. more than 26 million people watched last night‘s broadcast of the world cup semifinal in russia. england scored early in the game, but were defeated by croatia 2—1 after extra time. sport now. hello, we will start with the breaking news that chelsea are set to pa rt breaking news that chelsea are set to part company with their manager antonio conte this afternoon. they

have refused to comment so far but it is understood that the napoli boss will replace him. antonio conte was appointed in 2016, leaving his role as italy head coach to take the job. he led the club to the premier league title in his first season. things went wrong last season on and off the pitch with the team finishing fifth. the world cup dream may be over for england but gareth southgate says they can come home after the third—place play—off match with their heads held high and he believes they have set a new benchmark. kyle walker said on social media england brought the nation together and proved critics wrong. nobody thought this team would get as far, but england have the second youngest squad at the world cup and exceeded expectations to reach the last four in the third time in their history. walker was

one of many praising the support of fans. the man in charge, gareth southgate, has come in for plenty of praise for his leadership in reconnecting the country with the team. alice scott was in russia and thinks these players coming through the ranks with southgate to manage them with the under 21s has made the difference. -- alex scott. the england team has become one team, not just the england team has become one team, notjust the senior england team has become one team, not just the senior team. england team has become one team, notjust the senior team. the youth teams are mixing with the member ‘s mac team. you see a pathway and that gives you inspiration, ok i want to make it to the top. —— men‘s team. the reconnection with fans, that is what the england team is about. st george‘s has allowed team bonding to

connect with people which gives the trust gareth southgate that the players have the trust and the manager and the manager has trust in the players. wimbledon, john, she has done it again. she is a machine, serena williams. into another wimbledon final. we can stop and marvel at the achievements of serena williams. into a tenth wimbledon final, nothing short of miraculous when you consider it is her fourth tournament back since the birth of her child and health complications that followed. she came through againstjulia goerges germany. she met her match in serena williams. serena wrapping it up 6—2, 6—4. 23 grand slam titles to serena‘s name

and she is chasing a 24th at wimbledon, which would see her draw level with the all—time record set by margaret court. it means she will face angelique kerber in the final on saturday. a former finalist, face angelique kerber in the final on saturday. a formerfinalist, in 2016, angelique kerber, when beaten by williams, she came through against the former french open champion ostapenko. two breaks in the first and second. for the wimbledon faithful, with all the top seeds tumbling out in the first week, that is probably the final most would have wanted. finally, the cricket, england struggling in the first one—day international at trent bridge. they won the toss. half centuries from joss buttler and ben stokes. then they crumbled. india have yet to reply and need 269 to win. we will have sport in the next

hour. let‘s return to our main story this afternoon. donald trump has arrived in london for his first visit as president of the united states. his visit comes straight off the back of a fractious nato summit at which the president has been pushing european allies to increase defence spending. tonight, the prime minister will host a dinnerfor mr trump and his wife melania — tomorrow he will meet the queen. annita mcveigh is at regent‘s park in central london for us now. you mention the nato summit. at a news co nfe re nce you mention the nato summit. at a news conference that followed he was asked questions including about his visits to the uk. he said he was coming toa visits to the uk. he said he was coming to a hotspot in the uk, talking about the political resignations of david davis and borisjohnson. he said he thought brexit was not quite what people had voted for, so perhaps not the most

helpful comment from theresa may‘s perspective. he arrived at stansted airport at lunchtime and was brought by the presidential helicopter to the home of the us ambassador behind me. i will move out of the way. we have seen this today, toing and froing of lots of cars, and police outriders. the president is not expected to leave winfield house for blenheim palace until later this evening for that dinner hosted by theresa may. with the loss of business leaders attending. there have been a lot of comings and goings here throughout the day. the fence behind me has been erected for

the visit, a security fence, a lot of roads in this part of london sealed off to create a security perimeter around the ambassador‘s residence. where the president and first lady are and where they will be staying tonight. we expect to see the president leaving here a little later. he will go to blenheim palace, the birthplace of his hero, sir winston churchill, you may know the story about when donald trump moved into the white house and oval office, a bust of winston churchill that had been removed during the obama presidency was swiftly put backin obama presidency was swiftly put back in place. i think we can cross close to blenheim palace. christian. i was reminded of my

visit to singapore and the summit with kim jong—un, just visit to singapore and the summit with kimjong—un, just how big the presidential entourage is. it is like the arrival of king henry‘s caught with 30 vehicles in the convoy. we saw it arrive at blenheim palace an hour ago and in that convoy, the beast, the armoured limousine that is bomb proved, sealed from chemical attack. that kim jong—un took an interest in when he was in singapore. the press crews travelling with him are here early as well. although this is more of a low— key as well. although this is more of a low—key visits than a state visit, it comes with everything you would expect of a presidential visit. tonight, 150 top ceos in the country, with business interests in the uk and us, there will be a black—tie dinner. and melania trump, she is recovering from kidney

surgery. she was not in singapore and has not been on some of his visits of late but is alongside him here and will be at the visit at windsor when he sees the queen tomorrow afternoon. we can get some thoughts on the visit and whether it isa thoughts on the visit and whether it is a good idea. we can talk to caroline lucus, co—leader of the green party. good to have you with us. 15% of the public think this visit is a good idea. it is good to talk to people, i have no problems with the visit in principle, it is the kind of visit he has been given and when you roll out the red carpet and when you roll out the red carpet and add team with the queen, —— te with the queen, it is more like a state visit. i think it is right people are standing up for values of openness, welcoming to refugees and migrants, the opposite to the hatred

he is peddling. on your twitter yesterday you called him a climate vandal, and you said the prime minister needs to call out his climate wrecking. exactly. this is a man who almost as soon as he got into the white house deleted references to climate change on the white house web page. he cut the funding that was going to climate organisations, including the green climate fund to help poorer countries adapt to climate change. he has trashed support for solar and power renewables and given the green light for more fossil fuel extraction and famously he withdrew the us from the paris climate agreement. when you have someone supposedly the leader of the free world is turning his back on the science and evidence and worse, being counter—productive by pursuing greater emissions of climate gases,

it is right we call that out and i hope theresa may will do that. this is what he said at davos. there is a cooling and heating. it used to not be climate change, it used to be global warming. that was not working too well because it was getting too cold. the ice caps were going to be gone by now but now they are at a record level, he said. is it incumbent on business leaders there to inform him what climate change actually is? i would be delighted if the business leaders inform him what it is and crucially, demonstrate by addressing climate change, you can ta ke ste ps addressing climate change, you can take steps that are good for business. it seems trump is locked in an old—fashioned idea that investment in green technology is bad for the economy but it is investment in green technology that can mean we leaders when it comes to the economy so i hope they tell him

about that. i hope theresa may passes to him a letter she received from climate scientists in this country, eminent professors writing to her saying please raise this issue with donald trump, because hopefully perhaps she might be in a position to put influence on him to think again about his climate wrecking position. caroline lucus. thank you. we are told is the focal points on trade and security. tomorrow there will be a demonstration, a uk forces and counterterrorism demonstration before he goes to chequers for a working lunch with the prime minister. i think tonight there will be pomp surrounding the dinner. the household division are here and the irish and welsh and scots guards will be playing when he arrives as surely they will show him around the

palace, particularly in those rooms winston churchill was photographed, in the long library, and in the grounds of blenheim palace, where he famously painted some of the paintings hanging on the walls. he is due to arrive in just under three hours. christian, thank you. looking at where christian is and where i am standing, it reminds us that eve ryo ne standing, it reminds us that everyone is being kept at a distance from the locations where the president will be. if you look at the latest polling around thoughts on the visit from yougov, attitudes seem to have shifted. more people saying they are ok with the idea of this as a working visit, not a state visit, that is where the difference has emerged. originally, this was supposed to be a state visit, that was the invitation theresa may extended last year. it has turned

into a working visit with a little less pomp and circumstance, although in that polling, interesting, a lot of people still were not happy with the idea of donald trump meeting the queen. i am joined the idea of donald trump meeting the queen. iamjoined by the idea of donald trump meeting the queen. i am joined by a supporter of donald trump, who went to meet him soon after he was elected as president. nigel farage. thank you. you have been vocal in criticising the protests we expect, especially the protests we expect, especially the big protests tomorrow, but presumably you would accept it is pa rt presumably you would accept it is part of the democratic right of people. the democratic right to protest, of course, but what is odd, the number who protest trump, who do not protest when arab leaders come. for the mayor of london, allowing a

blimp to fly in parliament square, i cannot think of any other country in the western world that would allow that to happen. that is poor. donald trump isa that to happen. that is poor. donald trump is a lightning rod for protests because of the way he himself behaves. he has made issuing insults almost a stock in trade. he is not a career politician, he is a businessman who says it like it sees it. iama businessman who says it like it sees it. i am a supporter but i accept he often is confrontational in his approach but what is interesting, he was elected on a manifesto and he is trying to carry it out. that is a contrast to almost every other leader in the western world who do not keep promises. i am not sure you heard what i was saying as you approached, the latest polling that is more supportive than last year of this visit because it is a working visit and not a state visit. do you

think more people are separating the office of president of the us?” think so and rationally they should. surely the grown—up position is whether you like him or not, the relationship between us and america is important. we of the biggest investors in each other‘s countries and need to have a good relationship. what do you think can be achieved in this visit? will there be progress towards a trade agreement post—brexit? there be progress towards a trade agreement post-brexit? how can there bea agreement post-brexit? how can there be a trade agreement? mrs may is signing is up to regulatory alignment with the eu. there is a big problem. we have an american administration, notjust big problem. we have an american administration, not just trump, big problem. we have an american administration, notjust trump, who are pro—british and probe the special relationship and it is us, saying i‘m sorry, we cannot do it. special relationship and it is us, saying i'm sorry, we cannot do it.” have just been told he went to the us embassy, or ambassador‘s house

and were turned away? is that correct? no, i came to see you. are you planning to meet the president? downing street made it a red line he is not to meet me on this visit. what about the private part, will you meet him in scotland?” what about the private part, will you meet him in scotland? i am not, i have met him many times. i am a supporter, i think he is reshaping the world, he may even have got nato to come to its senses over the last 24 hours. he made comments on nato saying the us, between 70 and 90% of the nato budget, which is more like 22% on direct spending towards nato. do you think he will undermine his own stated aim of putting america first and making america great again by tearing down some of these?” think you misunderstand this. he set out what america‘s global position is, america first but not alone. all

he is asking for is nato members to pay the membership fee. of the 25 members only five pay the membership fee. the same request obama made twice. as we have reported, but it is the way he does it. he's not going to change, that is who he is. he‘s a businessman who has come into politics from the outside and says it is he sees it, he does not care who he upsets but he gets things done. will the uk get anything from this visit? i would like to think the prime minister would say i am sorry, are not yet in a position to get our relationship closer but we will deliver brexit and move on a closer relationship. but i fear the reality is we have a confrontation between the american administration and trump and theresa may and her government, because the americans cannot believe what a mess we are making a brexit. asked about the

chequers agreement, the us ambassador a few days ago, when it was put to him what impact this might have on attempts to get a trade agreement with the us post—brexit, he said it is up in the so not the most positive air, so not the most positive comment theresa may could have hoped for. more from regent‘s park throughout the day. right now, back to you. thank you. the government has published more plans on trading after brexit. they involve what‘s being called a "common rulebook" with the eu on goods — and have already led to two cabinet resignations. but the new brexit secretary dominic raab has called the plan "credible" and "innovative". we finally have the white paper

agreed by the cabinet, which led to high profile resignations from david davis and boris johnson. high profile resignations from david davis and borisjohnson. the document is talked about as a principled and practical set of proposals and talks about the economic partnership between the eu and uk after brexit and as we heard before about accepting the common rule book on goods but not services. we can discuss this with the minister now. the idea services are not included, what is the thinking? anyone who reads the white paper will see there are suggestions for services and new arrangements between the uk and eu but we are saying the rule book on goods that has been built up over decades and remain static is something businesses in the goods sector depend on and is important for

allowing a frictionless border between northern ireland and the republic, it is something we hear clearly from businesses that they wa nt clearly from businesses that they want us to continue with. they want that continuity in supply chains which will be important forjobs. uk isa which will be important forjobs. uk is a world leader in services and we need the flexibility to remain so, to make our own rules and be able to trade with the wider world. we need new arrangements between the uk and eu, but support services allowing mutual establishment, but also recognise the independence of the two systems. immigration, the end of freedom of movement is being talked about. the suggestion here is that eu citizens might be able to come to the uk to do paid work in limited and clearly defined circumstances. this is the referendum result that was a decision we had to take

control of the immigration system and the uk should set the rules as to who is allowed to settle. what we need to then do is ensure that we set rules that meet the needs of the economy and what we have set out in the proposals is labour mobility frameworks which will allow company tra nsfers frameworks which will allow company transfers and key expertise to come to the uk when required and allow visa free travel for tourism, a benefit for the economy. what is clear is the uk will set the rules as to how eu citizens can come to the country and what rights they have with regard to settlement. that is not processed my department controls, that is something for the immigration white paper. what do you say to people like iain duncan smith who said this afternoon he had misgivings about this, because he voted to leave the eu, not to half leave ? voted to leave the eu, not to half leave? i would say to him is to read

the detail of the white paper and reflect on the fact it means we are taking control of laws, borders and money, the uk will be leaving the eu and forging a new relationship but we need to do so in a way that is practical that protects jobs and meet wider commitments, including the border with ireland. these measures achieves those things which is why it is a practical way forward. that is also why key leave campaigners are supporting it, such as dominic raab. throughout the document it talks about it being a compromise but the danger with a compromise but the danger with a compromise is you could end up with not pleasing anyone at all. our reality check correspondent chris morris is with me. the economic relationship is one four chapters that something people

focus on an goods people have spoken about a lot, it was in the chequers statement. we now have more detail with the uk saying we want a free trade area in goods, pretty close to membership of the single market but for political reasons they are not calling it that, because the uk is saying we would sign up to a common rule book, which in effect means we will agree to the rules the eu sets but when 27 other countries meet we will not have a say in making those rules because if you diverged from one or two rules on something like animal health, food safety, the way lorries are made, suddenly borders you have a problem and you do not have frictionless trade. i think there is a fear among brexiteers we are giving away too much but i think the government is arguing it is the only way it can be done. what is the

proposalfor only way it can be done. what is the proposal for services? that is interesting because it accounts for 80% of the uk economy and yet the government wants a looser relationship on services than on goods, partly because it thinks it can make deals around the world but the problem is how does it maintain this close relationship on services? notjust this close relationship on services? not just financial services but professional services and technical services, anyone who sells a service, how do you retain that relationship with the eu and what the government previously wanted was mutual recognition where you recognise my standards and rules and i recognise yours. this white paper admits that will not fly with the eu that it asks for a new relationship arguing it has to be special, bespoke, because the city of london is important to the rest of the eu. immigration? not a

is important to the rest of the eu. immigration? nota huge is important to the rest of the eu. immigration? not a huge amount on immigration. it says free movement will come to an end but does not same detail what will replace it and we‘re waiting for a white paper on immigration. it hints at what they see perhaps as generosity. saying that we would have a mobility framework, usually part of a trade deal, which would allow people coming for tourism or short business trips to arrive with no visa. chris, thank you. now time for a look at the weather forecast. there thank you. now time for a look at the weatherforecast. there is no doubt the weather has turned a bit more mixed. some areas have seen cloud and there has been rain around but still sunshine to be found. this is cumbria. shower clouds have been bubbling up. this picture shows where we have had cloud, and the odd spot of rain in southern scotland,

and down towards the south—west. we are prone to seeing hefty showers here into the evening. many spots avoiding those. showers continued through the night but most places try with cloud. tomorrow morning, there could be missed patches. cloud should break up to reveal sunshine. but once again, we are looking at showers developing. rain is probably good news for some but it will not be reliable, it will be hit and miss. if they turn up where you are particularly in north—west england, wales, west midlands and south coast, they could be heavy with hail and thunder and slow—moving. there could be enough rain to cause disruption. most places will stay dry and avoid the showers. plenty more sunshine on saturday, particularly in the england and

wales in eastern scotland. the odd shower in the south—east. always more cloud in the north—west of scotla nd more cloud in the north—west of scotland and northern ireland. feeling cooler here because frontal systems will try to push in across the north—west of the country. not making much progress. the head of the systems, we will have warm air across central and eastern parts. in the sunshine on sunday, towards the south—east, it will feel hot and humid and could get up to 31 degrees. humid for the men‘s singles final at wimbledon. northern ireland and scotland cooler. some splashes of rain at times. for the weekend, a lot of hot sunshine, showers as well, cool and sometimes damp in the north—west. this is bbc news i‘m christian fraser at blenheim palace, the family home of winston churchill, where president trump will dine this evening

with the prime minister and selected business leaders. the headlines. the us president and his wife melania arrived in the uk this afternoon for a total of four days. later they will meet the prime minister and tomorrow they meet the queen at windsor before leaving for scotland. and i‘m annita mcveigh at regent‘s park in central london. where donald trump will spend the night at the us ambassador ‘s residence. tens of millions are being spent on security — as large—scale protests are expected. i‘m reeta chakrabarti. the other main stories: detailed plans are published for the uk‘s post brexit