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 relationship with the eu. it strikes the right balance, its innovative and ambitious, it is pragmatic be are looking for a win—

win between uk and european friends. 26.5 million people watch england's heartbreaking world cup semifinal defeat to croatia. and serena williams cruises to her tenth wimbledon final after dispatching julia gorges in straight sets. our main story this evening is president trump's arrival in britain for a four day visit. he flew in from a fractious nato meeting in brussels at lunchtime. later he'll attend a dinner with theresa may, and politicians and business people at blenheim palace. christian fraser joins us from there now. yes, welcome.

18 months after the invitation was first extended, the president is finally here. he's been to 17 countries before landing in the uk, and perhaps not the visit he had first envisaged. it isn't the full state visit, but rather a working visit. none of the trappings, none of the state dinners or the procession, there will not be an address to the commons. when he leaves the home of the us ambassador later today in central london, he'll come here to blenheim palace in oxfordshire. he arrived in the uk at lunchtime with his wife, the first lady, melania trump, following some rather fractious exchanges at the nato summit in brussels. 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. he was taken by helicopter to

london, flying over the city centre before coming into land. he and the first lady have been 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 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 and nato meeting in brussels this morning the us president has stirred up morning the us president has stirred up controversy here, wading into the brexit debate. and whether the government ‘s new approach is what people had voted for.” government ‘s new approach is what people had voted for. i would say that brexiters brexit, it's not like, i guess you use the term hard brexit i assume that is what you mean, people voted to break it up.

soi mean, people voted to break it up. so i would imagine that is what they will do. but maybe they take it a bit of a different route. i don't know if they voted for. i just want people to be happy. he is also claiming his tough line with other nato members about meeting military spending commitments has worked. frea rs spending commitments has worked. frears presidents have been coming to these meetings and talked about 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. and yet this is likely to be a very

fraught visit with thousands of people giving up to protest and irritation at government level about donald trump ‘s comments on brexit before he even arrived. there is an absence of a structure behind me, no sign of blenheim palace, a roundabout only a 44 is not the most picturesque background but this is the state of the cord, it isa but this is the state of the cord, it is a mile outside of woodstock which tells you how tight security is going to be. every 100 metres there is a policeman on guard. police drafted in from around the country. but we were treated a little earlier to the entourage of the president which arrived in good time, about five hours before him, dirty car is in the convoy. don think because this is not a full state visit of is not all the

paraphernalia that comes, the beast is there, the armoured limousine he travels in when he is in a convoy. they tell me there were 750 rooms booked for his entourage, with henman the secret service and also one of five rotating military personnel which carry what they know as the football, the nuclear chords the president takes wherever he goes. tonight he will be here for a dinner with a of the top businessmen in the country but at the moment he is resting at winfield house, the home of the us ambassador in regent ‘s park. anita mcveigh is there for us. just as there is no sign of blenheim palace from line due, there is no sign of winfield house, behind me.

you can see the nine foot high fence which has been erected around this area, many roads closed while the president is here. just a small sign ofa president is here. just a small sign of a huge security and policing operation, the biggest policing operation, the biggest policing operation in the uk for more than a decade. the president is spending a few hours here and we'll be heading off to blenheim palace a little later this evening, while he has been here he has been meeting members of staff from the us embassy and their families and this follows the rather fractious engagement with nato allies at the summit in brussels over the last 2a hours or so. with me now is the journalist owenjones and sarah elliott, owenjones

we know you are not in favour of this visit that he is here, is it time to be pragmatic? we are protesting what he represents, the racism, bigotry and misogyny. he has legitimised so much of that, the far right is on the rise across europe, from italy to germany to austria. in this own country this saturday fascists will march in london many with trump placards, he himself retweeted racist propaganda from british burst a fascist organisation. it's important we stand against racism. he is one of the most striking example is. at the same time we make it clear we have no intention of allowing this government to turn britain into a puppet of donald trump. we did it with george w bush many years ago and it ended with iraq. there are those around donald trump who want war with iran. they are marching out

of the paris agreement on climate change and they are the biggest polluter in history and that is a threat to all of us. there are so many reasons why we have to protest, not just against donald many reasons why we have to protest, notjust against donald trump but about what he represents. so when people say the relationship between the uk and the usa transcends individuals who happen to be in the office of prime minister or president at any given time do you accept that? you have answered your own question, the special relationship is not with donald trump it with the united states of america and its people, the majority of people did not vote for him. millions in america stand in a different addition, the tradition of america that took on slavery and fought the civil rights movement and fought the civil rights movement and fought for women's rights. those are the people on a different side of america... but he was elected. but that does not mean if you are elected nobody can protest or criticise or scrutinise you. what we

will see is people including americans, we have been barred it with americans living in britain, as well as messages from solidarity across the continent. it's easy to get lost in the theatre and the pantomime of donald trump as the individual, we've had the pantomime for two years. what we need to stand against is the values he represents andi against is the values he represents and i think the majority, i know from the polling they regard his sexism and racism and bigotry as anathema to what they believe in and it is right that people, if he is going to be here and have the red carpet and own government will not offer moral leadership it's right that we show moral leadership in the streets. otherwise what we have is donald trump using britain as a pr coup, a pr spectacle to show his own people work how respected we are, look how great we have made america. instead we make it clear that actually we stand against what he represents and will confront what he represents. thank you, we will get another point of view. justjoining

us and joining us sarah elliott, the chair of republicans overseas uk. what is your response? it sounds like it is more of a pr stunt for him to get attention for himself. the president of the latest eight is coming, he is the head of state of the uk's greatest ally and the uk's single biggest investor here in the uk. sol single biggest investor here in the uk. so i think it's very appropriate for the president to be here. i think these protests are a distraction, a sideshow. at the end of the day the special relationship will endure because regardless of who is president are prime minister we will have so much in common between our countries. so a danger zones by god but not because of donald trump as a lot of people would say —— it endure is in spite of donald trump. we did not start

off as the best of friends in 1776 dan butler we are now. i think president trump comes at a pivotal time in the uk's history, the uk is about to leave the eu and a couple of months' time and i think he would like to walk away with free trade deal the uk. like to walk away with free trade dealthe uk. you like to walk away with free trade deal the uk. you say the like to walk away with free trade dealthe uk. you say the us is like to walk away with free trade deal the uk. you say the us is the uk's greatest ally that the personal relationship between theresa may, him and theresa may has been rather seesaw, they held hands famously, infamously that they have a public clashes notably over theresa may's criticism of him retweeting the comments of a far right group here in the uk. do you think something tangible is going to be achieved here on trade with even the us ambassadorjust here on trade with even the us ambassador just a few here on trade with even the us ambassadorjust a few days ago says the notion of a trade deal with the us is up in the air because of the

chequers agreement? that is why it is up in the air, not because of president trump but because the uk and this government needs to decide if it wants to separate from the re st of if it wants to separate from the rest of the eu and the global britain or do they want to stay in a customs union? do you welcome that there will be protests tomorrow? of course, absolutely. everyone has the of speech and expression. it's part of being ina speech and expression. it's part of being in a free country. thank you very much for your time, a lot of people watching with great

trusts paws interest in what donald trump says over the next few days and what he thank you, donald trump is expected here around 7:30pm. there will be guard from the welsh guards, the scots guards and the irish guards who will play him in as he arrives and there will be a black—tie dinner with 150 of the top ceos in the country. not much sign of the protests here at woodstock, let's speak to jack straw. i was thinking, not the first american president to face protests like this, in the

teeth of the iraq crisis in 2003 george w bush came and faced similar protests, how did you handle that?” was in the middle of those, i was on the inside of the cordon, not the outside. president bush came in november 2003 and there were quite significant protests. but the visit went off really without incident. that was a formal state visit. president bush and the secretary of state: power were staying at buckingham palace. my sense is that the protests although they were very strong for understandable reasons because ‘s feeling about the iraq war, they were more muted than it appears these protests are likely to be. where do you stand on this visit, are you in favour of it, honouring the office rather than the man who occupies it?” honouring the office rather than the man who occupies it? i am in favour of diplomacy and if you are in

favour of diplomacy you cannot pick and choose the different countries who elect different leaders. i heard owenjones sing president trump was not elected by a majority of voters, that happens to be a true statement but he was democratically elected by their system. if i was theresa may 01’ their system. if i was theresa may orjeremy hunt, would i be in favour of this visit? i would be because i think the idea you should simply turn your back on britain's closest ally and one with whom we trade for 20% of our global trade and have huge investments both ways, the idea thatis huge investments both ways, the idea that is nonsense. on the other hand people are fully entitled to protest both here and as they would be in the united states, these are not incompatible. absolutely, taking

brexit out of the equation for a moment, this is a delicate time for theresa may, if you are currently foreign secretary you would be nervous of a visitor like this prone to the unpredictable statement and perhaps the more embarrassing state m e nts perhaps the more embarrassing statements when it comes to what he just been saying? i think we are now predicting the and predict ability of donald trump. the most certainly is he will say something left field. i think that is, to use a bit of jargon it's in the share price, eve ryo ne jargon it's in the share price, everyone knows that is what will happen. in jeremy hunt everyone knows that is what will happen. injeremy hunt we have someone happen. injeremy hunt we have someone pretty sober, stable, an ally of the prime minister. it's worth seeing those things. i think he will take the visit in his stride. there is a huge amount to talk about as there always is with american presidents but we do root i don't think you can put brexit to one side unfortunately. the

consequence of that and the absence ofa consequence of that and the absence of a conservative majority, any majority for the government means we are in the predicament, the mess we are in the predicament, the mess we are in the predicament, the mess we are in with i am afraid i gravely weakened british government and spacing national humiliation. i was saying in the square in blackburn yesterday, watching the game on a big screen, and i was struck by the number of people who came up to me who voted for brexit who are now worried about the consequences. trying to straighten our relationship with the united states is important in how we go forward. jack straw, always good to get your thoughts, thank you for being with us. thoughts, thank you for being with us. some of the people on the invite list tonight, you will see the european boss of goldman sachs, the

head honcho from facebook uk, the chief executive of barclays, that tells you a certain element of the finance world involved to have ties with the united states but also food and rent, high—tech, defence, the search of industries which have a lot of state and no doubt they will be trying to impress on the president has important free trade across the atlantic is. the paradox is that this president is a firm believer in free trade but he is putting up the barriers in his ongoing trade war not only with china but also the european union. it'll be interesting to see what reaction he gets tonight. there was one, the founder of last—minute .com who said i can quite understand why the uk government has do entertain donald trump but i don't have to and has turned down the invitation. let's cross to duncan kennedy on the outskirts of blenheim palace, closer to it than i am.

i'm right at the front gate of blenheim palace, you might be able to see it over my shoulder. this beautiful palace in the oxfordshire countryside, built in 1705, the ancestral home of the churchill family. donald trump has got a bust of winston churchill in the oval office and this is the birthplace of winston churchill. but people do not wa nt to winston churchill. but people do not want to discuss history, they want to discuss the present, the here and now. they reckon 200—300 people have gathered here, this is the main protest site for this visit by donald trump. use here in a couple of hours but already people are getting their voices heard, shouting at traffic and making their voices heard, music, a semi—party atmosphere if you like. we have plucked two from the crowd to get their views on why the year. let's start with you, what is it about donald trump, why are you here to

protest? everything essentially. he is very egotistical and i think he's incredibly self promoting, does not believe in any policies but on top of that the way he is portrayed everything is making america backward country and it's moving against everything we have moved towards. is at the man or the policies? definitely the policies against women here started promoting and immigration policies but also him asa and immigration policies but also him as a person, the way he goes about things i think is counter—productive and old—fashioned, it counter—productive and old —fashioned, it is counter—productive and old—fashioned, it is awful. counter—productive and old-fashioned, it is awful. on immigration, i listen to public opinion and i reversed the idea of splitting up parents and children, i am more sensitive than people think. that is not the case, he's promoting himself rather than anything like that because you cannot say that. it's not true. barry you're holding up it's not true. barry you're holding upa banneras it's not true. barry you're holding up a banner as well, do you share that view? definitely. what he says

i find racist and i am opposed to anything he says in terms of that. as faras anything he says in terms of that. as far as the children go, he only changes when he spots the popularity or the lack of popularity of what he says. he is a populist. supporters will say he is doing all right on north korea, getting nato to spend more money, does he not have some things going for him? as far as north korea goes, i don't believe what he's doing is doing anything in the interest of peace, it's the interest of donald trump. thank you very much. christian we came across a campbell trump supporters, lost in the crowd at the moment, they say people misunderstand the man, he should be given more credit, people are mistaking his personality for his policy and on things like north korea and the whole trump idr nato spending more money, people should listen and take more notice. the

majority say nicked to donald trump there are plenty of people on twitter who say he is very welcome here. he's divisive but there are plenty of supporters that point should be made. lots of history at blenheim palace and a lot of focus on winston churchill to night we should make a point about the fact that if you go dhoni a 44 you go to where theresa may grew up as a young the new brexit secretary dominic raab has been outlining

the government's brexit plans to mps. but there were chaotic scences in parliament as the session had to be suspended when copies of the white paper — which is more than 100 pages long — were not disctributed to members ahead of the statement. 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. a relationship which delivers real and lasting benefits to both sides. this after shambles denies proper

scrutiny. it sets out the right brexit deal, delivering on the result of the referendum, taking control supporting economy maintaining relationship ending free movement whilst avoiding a hard border between northern ireland and ireland are indeed between northern ireland are indeed between northern ireland and great britain, restoring sovereignty over parliament and the authority of the uk supreme court, seizing the opportunity to forge new trade deals around the world and maintaining cooperation with the eu and many other areas we prize. since ministers met to agree the plan at chequers last week, two a senior members of the cabinet have resigned and many more conservative mps remain unconvinced.

it seems to to be at the approach of the government is, "we don't want to leave the european union, how close can we remain to and? 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 the reason 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 sending vast contributions to the eu every year, we will ensure the european court of justice does not have jurisdiction in the uk any longer and we will ensure we bring an end to free movement, that are guaranteed not to be negotiated, free movement will end. expect talk of breakdowns and breakthroughs in the months ahead, the government white paper is the starting point for negotiations with the eu, ministers will hold the plan is not written off too soon. our chief political

correspondent vicki young is at westminster for us now. we saw some of the reaction to these plans in that piece but more broadly speaking how have they gone down? talking about if she cannot please eve ryo ne talking about if she cannot please everyone the question is if she can please anyone. she has had a succession of her own backbenchers raising their concerns about all of this. iain duncan smith for example saying they voted to leave and has deep misgivings. he said i voted to leave, not to have to leave. concerns are many, the european court ofjustice, they think this plan means they still will have jurisdiction over the united kingdom, they are worried about the idea of a common rule book. they are still going to have to follow all of the regulations when it comes to goods and they are questioning whether parliament really would have any kind of power to reject them. when it comes to immigration, the

very powerful subject during the referendum, they are worried there will be more concessions and in the end the government is not ruling out giving special treatment to eu citizens. another conservative mp said the problem all along has been the government treating brexit as a problem, something which has issues needing mitigated, not something thatis needing mitigated, not something that is a huge opportunity for the country. at the moment theresa may has a massive problem because the labour party say they don't agree with that for one reason, for the opposite reason there are many on their own side who say they don't agree with it, next week she faces more problems in the house of commons when the customs bill comes before the house on monday and yet again conservatives on her own side, brexiteers threatening to defeat her. thanks. hans—olaf henkel is a german mep for the european conservatives and reformists and is in our berlin studio for us now. thank you forjoining us on bbc news, donna how much time you had to study these plans hopefully you

have, have a bad that first of all is one of your commentators said it's not ideal, it's a proposal by the british government and it has to be approved of course by the united, the european union. write frankly as you perhaps know i think brexit is a loose ivan lewis situation anyway for both britain and we had three options for brexit, like a hard brexit, a free trade agreement or a customs union, and the proposal from the agreement or a customs union, and the proposalfrom the british government is in the middle. so it is less harmful for british and european business i think compared toa european business i think compared to a hard brexit but not nearly as good as a customs union would be. may i just good as a customs union would be. may ijust add that, before ijoined

politics, four years ago i was in german industry? i was also the president of the german federation of industries for six years, roughly the equivalent of the cbi, and i have not met a single business person on the continent and hardly any in britain who does not think that brexit is actually a bad deal. you asked trump and putin, they are both in favour of a hard brexit, we heard that from trump today, and every british person should ask themselves, why are these two people in favour of a hard brexit? it is very clear for in favour of a hard brexit? it is very clearfor me, in favour of a hard brexit? it is very clear for me, they want a week britain and a weaker european union. you said at the beginning this is not a deal, and you are right, this isa not a deal, and you are right, this is a proposal. it is the negotiating basis for the government's position with brussels. our disco down in brussels? the first reaction was

silence. they should be silent because michel barnier, the chief negotiator on the european side, and the representative of the european parliament, have been treating the british with a high degree of arrogance. that was one of the reasons why your new brexit minister who has become a brexiteer, i have some understanding for that, because they have treated the british with arrogance. they are now well advised to make sure that the british get the best deal possible because the best dealfor the best deal possible because the best deal for british industry is automatically the best deal for european industry. the impact of bricks on europe has not been understood. the british have started to understand it. not china or the united states, but britain will become the largest cost of the european union. it is about time

that the negotiators in brussels recognise that. really interesting and very good to talk to you. we will have to leave it there. good afternoon to you. it has turned mixed weather—wise. we have still got sunshine but there have been showers around today. some of those on the heavy side. most of those showers will fade through the night, one or two will continue for a time and then is largely dry with a mixture of clear spells and patchy cloud. mist an developing in places as well and temperatures no lower than 10-16dc. as well and temperatures no lower than 10—16dc. tomorrow, a bit of mist and than 10—16dc. tomorrow, a bit of mistand murk than 10—16dc. tomorrow, a bit of mist and murk to start in places and the amount of cloud as well. we should see spells of sunshine but showers getting glowing and particularly east wales, down into

the midlands, southern england, hit and miss, not shower but if you do it will be heavy. if you stay dry and in the sunshine, it will feel warm and warmer still. plenty of hot sunshine, a few showers, cooler with damp weather at times in the northwest. this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump has arrived in the uk for his first official visit since taking office. he'll meet both the queen and theresa may during his four day trip to the uk. the government has published its blueprint for uk relations with the european union. the proposal is aimed at ensuring trade co—operation with no hard border for northern ireland and global trade deals for the uk. we'll start at wimbledon, where serena williams has cruised into wimbledon final number 10.

john watson is there for us. john, she's certainly become a fan favourite at the all england club and now going for an astonishing 24th grand slam singles title. it seems astonishing, doesn't it? we we re it seems astonishing, doesn't it? we were talking about serena williams as the content once again but we are in the tenth quarterfinal. she spent time away from the birth of her first child in the health complications that followed but she has been unstoppable in this tournament. she came her marriage in straight sets as well. —— match. 6-2, 6-4 this straight sets as well. —— match. 6—2, 6—4 this unfinished. serena williams the favourite to go on and lift and eight wimbledon title when she competes in saturday's final, which would draw her level with the

record of 2a slams one. she will be facing a familiar face on saturday's final. this is a repeat of the 20 16th final, kerber coming through also in straight sets. 6—3, 6—3 this one finished. remember, kerberthe highest seed remaining in these championships. we saw so many of the top seeds fall away in the opening week of these championships but it is fairto week of these championships but it is fair to say, for the wimbledon fa ns is fair to say, for the wimbledon fans here, they will be delighted with the prospect of seeing kerber against serena williams, two big hitters in the women's game, saturday's final could well be a classic one. it wasn't one of the best kept secrets this summer. chelsea are set to part company with their manager, antonio conte, after two years at the club. it's understood that former napoli boss and fellow italian maurizio sarri will replace him and is edging closer to signing a deal. conte was appointed as chelsea boss in the summer of 2016, leaving his role as italy head coach

to take the job at stamford bridge. he led the club to the premier league title in his first season in charge, but 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 their manager gareth southgate says they can come home after the 3rd place playoff match against belgium with their heads held high and belives they've set a new benchmark for the national team. southgate has come in for plenty of praise for his leadership and re—connecting the country with the team. former england women's defender alex scott was in russia — she thinks the players coming through the ranks under southgate — who previously managed many of them in the under 21's has made all the difference. the england team has become one team, it is notjust the senior team. we are mixing with the men's tea m team. we are mixing with the men's team and the youth team at mixing. that gives you inspiration, i want to make it the top. there is a new dna forfans to make it the top. there is a new dna for fans to get excited by the football you play, the people, that

re—connection with fans. that's what this england team is all now. they have allowed that team bonding element to connect its people as well which is so important because it then gives the trust is gareth southgate, the players have trust in the manager and the manager have the trust with the players. let's bring you up to date with the cricket. england really struggling in first one day international against india at trent bridge. india won the toss, they decided to put england into bat, but after half centuries from jos buttler and ben stokes they completely crumbled, bowled out for 268. kuldeep yadav took six wickets for 25 runs. in reply, india have lost the wicket of shikhar dhawan but look comfortable on 88—1. and it was a great day for irish cycling at the tour de france, as dan martin won stage 6 in brittany. the birmingham—born irishman broke away on the last climb of the 112—mile stage, and held off the field — including race leader greg van avamart, and team sky's geraint thomas who's up to 2nd place overall.

it's martin's first stage win for five years. we'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. now to christian fraser at blenheim palace. i have just been watching the traffic here in the tailbacks have been outstanding. it is the control is going to blenheim palace. buses are dropping of protesters. there is one behind me. the numbers of protesters outside the gates are starting to grow as we wait for donald trump who will be here at about 7:30pm. i have been looking at the list of business people attending. there are two very prominent names. one of the miss sir richard branson who wrote a book called finding my virginity in which he said this president has a vindictive streak. the other one is lord alan sugar, entrepreneur and star of the programme we know well, the apprentice. burma tramples on the apprentice. burma tramples on

the us version of that. i am told you are on a yacht somewhere, lord sugar? that is right, in croatia. when you took over the apprentice, donald trump said you were not rich enough to be an nu had quite a row with him. most people would understand that donald sometimes says stupid things. he is obviously known the talking a lot of rubbish sometimes. i do not know what criteria there was to be rich enough to be on the apprentice, but there you go, that was his opinion. the sunday times has a different opinion of how rich i am anyway. did you not watch challenge him to write a £100 million bank cheque and you said you would not be able to catch his? something like that. it was talk about how much money people have. i

gauge it by the fact whether you can write a cheque of £100 million. a lot of people said that was stupid but if you had that can money lying around you would not have an cash. anyway, there you go. president trump, it surprised me that he became the president, it surprised a lot of people, i guess, and i suppose one has to respect the fact he is president now. allegedly, he is getting on with things. from what ican hear is getting on with things. from what i can hear from is getting on with things. from what i can hearfrom some american people, they are happy with what he is doing, and he has made a few enemies with europe at the moment, talking about paris and china, in order to protect his own home industry, which is all good fighting

talk. i am just wondering whether the president has an understanding that the european union is a much larger consumer based in america. i think you must be thinking an old—fashioned terms that the european union is just old—fashioned terms that the european union isjust england or france or something like that but he does not understand the combined european union is a much bigger industrial target market and, if they reciprocate with some of his punitive measures on tariffs, it could hurt the american economy as well. but you would not let personality and sentiment get in the way of business, would you? you would be in favour of them coming to the uk and being shown a good time here and blenheim palace this evening? you have to respect the fa ct evening? you have to respect the fact he's president of the united states. the american public voted him in. one thing we have to do is

show respect. if our prime minister went to america, they would show her respect. he is here and we have got to show him respect. what more can we say? you might have a grievance with some of the things he says but he is the president of the united states. it is good of you to interrupt a holiday for some good of you to hear your thoughts this evening. let's crossover to regents park. from where the president will be heading in your direction a little later this evening. he is currently at the us ambassador‘s official residence in regents park which is behind that security code and you can see over my shoulder. joining me to discuss this visit and everything about it and what

president trump has been doing at nato and what he will be doing when he talks to president putin is professor of international politics at the city university of london. first of all, on what president trump said on nato, you would argue there is a disconnect between his words and what he has signed up to. he is talking to a domestic audience which wants america to withdraw from the world system. but what he signed up the world system. but what he signed up to was a massive expansion to nato power including this programme which means more warplanes and more warships and more shoulders to deploy the russian border. he creates narratives that can be opposed to one another but is talking about but things at the same time. on the subject of the eu, you think it feels more ambivalent about the blog? i would say he sees a

benefit transaction league with negotiating with a block which is not divided. that is why he supports a hard brexit and there are reports that even with france he has been encouraging a possible withdrawal from the eu as well. i think that makes it then for the us to make trade deals with separate countries much more easy and therefore they have more advantages. so could theresa may take advantage of that in her talks tomorrow? extremely unlikely. it means the united states, a far bigger economy, with far more trade negotiators and experience, will drive a very hard bargain with britain alone, not the eu. i think they will try to open up the nhs, financial services and so on with a deregulated market which is likely to come from a hard brexit. thank you very much. it is ha rd to brexit. thank you very much. it is hard to second—guess what the president will do or say next, but

thatis president will do or say next, but that is the way he likes it. he likes to keep all those around him guessing what his next moves will be. as jack straw was telling us earlier in the programme, that is probably baked into share prices. he was supposed to come here injanuary to open the new us embassy, but he does not like the embassy, he thinks it isa not like the embassy, he thinks it is a lousy location, a bad deal, and since then, since he was first invited, there has been the retweeti ng of invited, there has been the retweeting of that far right video and the criticism of theresa may and the way she's handling islamic terrorism. so how was special relationship? with me is the author and academic drjames d boys, who is an expert in us political history. good to have you here on the

roundabout with me! let's talk about the special relationship. when you consider winston churchill was born here, the special relationship has also been here. very much show. it is also important to note that ancestral home of george washington is only 30 miles up the road as well. so a good location to be having donald trump here. people often write off the special relationship and have been doing so for many decades, going all the way back to the birthplace of the special relationship. it was not expected to prevail but here we are, still talking about it. it is baked into the national interests of both the us in the uk in terms of defence, export, trade and politics. this president have been very critical of president obama. this venue has been carefully chosen because of winston churchill. there was an awful row of the boss of the oval office. the chewing of that is that there are two buses in the white house, one is a permanent

exhibition within the white house itself and the second was actually loaned to george w bush as president by the british government for the duration of his presidency. when you left, barack duration of his presidency. when you left, ba rack obama duration of his presidency. when you left, barack obama was totally entitled to redesign his own white house, oval office, and decided instead to have a boss of martin luther king. so the idea came in and out was in no way of a reflection of president obama's view of the special relationship.” president obama's view of the special relationship. i know you will be with us through the evening. i will enjoy your company and hearing about all the stories. but for now, as we wait for donald trump toa for now, as we wait for donald trump to a writer, i will hand you back to retail. let's get more now on the news that the government has published more detailed plans for how it proposes trading with the eu after brexit. our reality check correspondent, chris morris, is with me.

quite a lot in these plans. they run to many pages. let's look at a few individual themes. more than 100 pages in the white paper compare the three after the chequers meeting so a lot more detail. on goods, the government has taken account of the concerns of business that rely on manufacturing processes, when things have to arrive at factories. it is also taken have to arrive at factories. it is also ta ken account have to arrive at factories. it is also taken account of the need to avoid the imposition of a hard border in ireland. they are proposing a free trade area in goods. if you like, it is staying in the single market in goods in all but name but for obvious reasons they do not want to call it that. but the uk will sign up to a common rule book with the eu. what that means is that the uk will take on the eu's rules without having any say in how they are made. as we will not be part of the eu, the uk parliament would have the right to refuse to take on certain rules but,

of course, as soon as you refuse to take on certain rules but, of course, as soon as you do not have certain rules the same, that is when you're frictionless trade takes on friction and that is what brexiteers fear, we are giving up this idea of taking back control of sovereignty in order to stay very close to the eu when the single market. let's look at another area covered in these plans, services. they are being viewed differently. it is pretty much 80% of the uk economy and yet the government's proposal is we want a looser relationship of services. when we talk about services, not just financial services, and anyone who wa nts to financial services, and anyone who wants to sell a service across the border, hairdressers, architects, lorry drivers, the guy driving a lorry drivers, the guy driving a lorry is providing a lorry, and at the moment you can cross borders with your service without any problem at all but that will come to an end. the uk initially said let's have a system of mutual recognition,

i recognise your rules and regulations and you recognise mine. the eu said you can only do that if you sign up to the jurisdiction. the white paper is saying, we need a new bold imaginative solution, more than you have with other third countries because our economies are so intertwined, particularly the city of london. there are some good arguments to be had for the uk side there that the city is really important for the whole eu economy, not just the uk. important for the whole eu economy, notjust the uk. but that important for the whole eu economy, not just the uk. but that will be pa rt not just the uk. but that will be part of the negotiation to come. the eu will play hardball on this because it has only said you cannot split up the four freedoms. why can't we have freedom of movement of services as well as goods? and freedom of movement of people? immigration, key issue during the referendum, what are the plan say about that? the one thing it does say several times, not quite in bold letters, freedom of movement of

people will come to an end. what it does not do is set in any detail what will replace it. we been waiting a long time for a separate white paper on immigration which would initially be released late last year then this spring then this autumn. we're not sure when it will come out. there is not that much detail about future immigration but there are hints in there. one of the things it suggests is a mobility framework which is a fairly standard thing in trade agreements. for the uk perspective, it is a generous offer, saying if eu citizens want to come here as tourists or short business activity, they would not need any visa, they can come freely. the eu may say that is not that generous because if you want a proper trading relationship, you need for freedom of movement. that will be a big part of the debate to come, how hard for the eu push on freedom of movement of people and how much would the uk have to concede on things like services

instead ? concede on things like services instead? really interesting, thank you. charlie rowley, the man who was poisoned by the nerve agent novichock, has been visited in hospital by his family. he is still in a critical condition after being found collapsed with his partner, dawn sturgess, more than a week ago. she has since died. his brother, matthew rowley, spoke to the bbc‘s alexandra mackenzie. i was quite taken aback and i walked in. idid i was quite taken aback and i walked in. i did not recognise him, really. he gave me a big smile as i walked in but he was not how i remember him like. he could barely talk, really, but he was communicating. we had a good old conversation. even though i was only allowed to talk to him for certain amount of time because the nurses did not want to wear him out of making tired because he is very wea k of making tired because he is very weak at the moment. what was it like for you to walk in the and see him?

horrific, ijust for you to walk in the and see him? horrific, i just wanted for you to walk in the and see him? horrific, ijust wanted to cry. what was it that struck you all stood out? was at his appearance at oops? the whole setup, there was so many machines. i could not get close to him. he had so many tubes coming out of him and wires. it was horrific watching it. i could not even get to shake his hand or anything, ijust wiggled his toes. you talked about having a protective suit on. can you post described the precautions that we re post described the precautions that were taken for you and for him before he went into the room?” were taken for you and for him before he went into the room? i had to put on a plastic apron and then another suit on top of that and weblogs. you mentioned wiggling his toes. what kind of physical contact we re toes. what kind of physical contact were you able to have with him? that

was the only physical contact. the machines were in the way and i was ina machines were in the way and i was in a wheelchair myself, so i could not get too close to the bed. "we're not heroes." the words of a british diver who helped rescue 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in thailand. john volanthen was called in by the thai authorities after the football team went missing, and his was the first voice the boys heard after their many days trapped underground. he has now arrived back in the uk and spoke to the bbc soon after he got off the plane. slipping quietly back into heathrow this morning, one of the british cave divers at the heart of the rescue effort in thailand. john volanthen is modest about his role. he says anyone else would have rescued the children if they could. of course, he actually did. we were very, very pleased it worked out quite so well. it worked out, the results speak for themselves. how many of you? 13?

brilliant! john's was the first voice for boys heard from the outside world after being trapped in this cave for nine days. it was a big moment for him too. we were very relieved that they were all alive but i think, at that point, we realised the enormity of the situation and that's perhaps why it took a while to get them all out. john and another british diver, rick stanton, on the far left, helped prepare the thai navy seals for what would be an ambitious and dangerous mission to retrieve all 13 of those trapped. obviously, flooded, dark, poor visibility underwater, so a lot of difficulty but, with a strong international team, we were able to overcome this difficulties. it was just a lot of hard work and a very large team that provided results. right, guys. i've made a comment now. you've had your word. and with that, john went back to the dayjob — he's an it consultant in bristol.

richard lister, bbc news. time for a look at the weather with ben rich. things have turned a bit more mixed over the last few days. there has been sunshine but some of us have seen more been sunshine but some of us have seen more cloud. some blue sky to be had in dorset bert shower clouds not too far away. where we have seen those showers develop across western and central areas, some will continue into the evening but will fade away through the night. dry weather and clear spells and patches of cloud, mist and murkier in there, and temperatures 10—16dc, not a cold night. into tomorrow, starting off cloudy and misty in places but stick with it because there will be good spells of sunshine through the day. however, once again, we will see showers popping up as the afternoon

wears on across parts of southwest scotland, north—west england and wales, the west and south and midlands and southern england. hit and miss showers and thunderstorms. some places will not get them. this is not reliable rainfall for eve ryo ne is not reliable rainfall for everyone but, if the shower turns up, very heavy rain with that, thunder, lightning, hail and slow—moving showers with light winds. if you stay clear of the showers and you get the sunshine, 26 celsius looks likely. those temperatures will climb further on saturday. still a small chance of a shower, perhaps a shower on wimbledon, but temperatures climbing, 28 celsius in the south. pick a cloud in northern ireland. the odd splash of rain here because weather fronts pass close to our shores. an area of low pressure d rifts shores. an area of low pressure drifts to the north. a bit of rain at times but, ahead of those weather

fronts, we will draw very warm air inindeed fronts, we will draw very warm air in indeed from the south. he will return. this sunday's forecast, a lot of sunshine, a small chance of a shower, bright for eastern scotland. north—west and northern ireland, cloud, cooler for you but north—west and northern ireland, cloud, coolerfor you but down towards the south—east, temperatures of 30 or 31 celsius. a mixed bag. if we ta ke of 30 or 31 celsius. a mixed bag. if we take a look at the weekend forecast. what sunshine, the risk of sunshine anywhere, but cooler with damp weather at times across the northwest. today at 6pm, president trump arrives in the uk for his first

visit since taking office, as thousands plan to protest against his policies. it's the start of a four—day visit to the uk, when he'll meet the queen and the prime minister. there's a very heavy security presence in london, and at other venues on the president's route, but mr trump says he's not concerned about the protests being planned. protests, there might be protests, but i believe that the people in the uk, scotland, ireland, i think that those people... they like me a lot. and they agree with me on immigration. and before the visit even got under way, the president suggested that theresa may's approach to brexit might not be the best one... this on the day the government published its long—awaited blueprint