welcome to newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in london. the headlines: pomp and circumstance for the us president's visit to britain. protests lie ahead, but mr trump says he's not too bothered. injapan, fears of disease and more than 200 killed in the worst flooding in nearly a0 years. protests, there might be protests. but i believe the people in the uk, scotland, ireland, ithink but i believe the people in the uk, scotland, ireland, i think that those people, they like me a lot. the worst flooding in nearly a0 yea rs the worst flooding in nearly a0 years injapan. i'm rico hizon in singapore. also in the programme: the new research that says bad sleep could be linked to brain disease. and serena williams makes it through to the wimbledon final. she'll play angelique kerber on saturday for the title. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. it's one o'clock here in london,

where president trump is ending the first day of his long—awaited — and controversial —visit to britain. he's just attended a gala dinner at the birthplace of sir winston churchill along with prime minister theresa may — and a lot of soldiers in uniform. on friday, mr trump will have tea with the queen, even though it's not a full—blown state visit. that may or may not—be related to the protests that are expected in london. the bbc‘sjon sopel reports. all dressed up, and donald trump does have somewhere to go. not a state visit, this is meant to be just a routine work trip for the president, accompanied by first lady melania. well, you could have fooled me. the british are pulling

out all the stops. this may be a country in turmoil, as the president remarked, but it still knows how to put on a show. the bands of the welsh, irish and scots guards beat a retreat, and the setting for tonight's banquet retreat, and the setting for tonight's banquet was the magnificent blenheim palace, winston churchill's birthplace, and a hero of donald trump's. theresa may and husband philip waited patiently to greet them. when the turmoil of brexit is finally over, this is the man who she might be concluding a trade deal with, and the prime minister wants to make him feel welcome — a feeling not universally shared. at the gates of blenheim, protesters gathered to voice their displeasure at donald trump's visit, although this was middle england, and it was all a bit sedate. but tomorrow will be bigger,

when the trump baby blimp will float 30 metres above the thames. and protesters have promised to make their voices heard, not that donald trump, before he left the nato summit in brussels, seemed overly worried. protests, there might be protests. but i believe that the people in the uk, scotland, ireland — as you know, i have property in ireland, i have property all over. i think that those people, they like me a lot, and they agree with me on immigration. i'm going to a few hot spots. we have nato, then we have the uk, and then we have britain, and i said putin may be the easiest of them all, you never know. i'm going to a pretty hot spot right now, right, with a lot of resignations. any us presidential visit is an exercise in the projection of power, and though protesters

won't get anywhere near him, there are plenty who support donald trump being given the red carpet treatment as britain's most important ally. 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. 0ur long—standing relationship between our two countries will endure. when president trump arrived into britain today, he was greeted on behalf of the government by dr liam fox, the international trade secretary, underlining again the importance of trade, the pre—eminent issue on theresa may's agenda. but there are signs tonight that donald trump, farfrom coming to her aid, is doing his best to undermine the fragile truce she reached with her divided cabinet last friday. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the british government has published its blueprint for relations with the eu after brexit, amid chaotic scenes involving mps in parliament. it promises to build a "broad and deep economic relationship", while minimising disruption to trade, boosting jobs and ending the free movement of people to the uk.

this white paper sets out the right break the deal, delivering on the result of the referendum, taking back control over our money, laws, and borders, supporting the economy by maintaining a strong trade relationship after we have left, and in free movement, while avoiding a ha rd in free movement, while avoiding a hard border with northern ireland and ireland or indeed northern ireland and great britain. also making news today, north korean officials failed to turn up for talks with a us team on the repatriation of the remains of american soldiers killed during the korean war. it had been a commitment from the summit between the north korean leader, kim jong—un, and president trump in singapore. it's reported north korea has asked for talks to take place on sunday. the syrian government has re—taken control of rebel—held parts of the southern city of deraa, where the revolt against president bashar al—assad began seven years ago. government vehicles accompanied

by allied russian military police entered the area — hoisting the national flag in the main square. the thai navy seals involved in the complicated rescue of 12 boys and their football coach trapped in the tham luang cave have returned to their airbase just outside bangkok to a heroes‘ welcome. their dangerous, yet successful mission took three days and ended on tuesday. they were helped by a team of international divers. this man holds the world record for the longest fingernails on a single hand. but not any more. shridhar chillal, who's from india, has finally had them cut off — or rather sawn off. he'd been growing his nails for 66 years after he was told off at school for accidentally breaking off a teacher's fingernail. the fingernails will go on display in new york. as we've reported, us

president donald trump has been hosted at a dinner at blenheim palace this evening, before meeting with theresa may and the queen tomorrow. earlier i spoke with our political correspondent chris mason who told me mr trump had senior members of the british parliament nervous over what he might say next. he talked about the turmoil, as he described, in british politics at the moment. he talked about the uk being a hotspot. those two words might be undiplomatic prior to visiting a country, but they are also broadly true. where it has got particularly sticky is that president trump has given an interview in the sun newspaper, the biggest selling paper due to come out tomorrow morning in uk, friday morning uk time,

in which he has a very strong view about the nature of the white paper that you have just been talking about, the proposals from the british government for its approach to brexit. in his view it advocates a situation where the uk will be far too close to the european union after brexit and, crucially, he says, that could jeopardise the idea of a us—uk trade deal after brexit. something that britain cherishes the opportunity to pursue once it is no longer in the european union. an extraordinary thing for him to state so candidly and so bluntly in the hours immediately after arriving in the uk and ahead of those talks coming up in a couple of hours‘ time with the british prime minister, theresa may. indeed. as you say, you are talking about the sun interview. we have lines and revelations coming out from there now. it has been embargoed to literally the top of the hour. in it he says borisjohnson would make a great prime minister. he says the brexit negotiations are taking, unfortunately,

too long, among other things. it is not making him a popularfigure in the uk. huge protest planned in london, not far away from the bbc, at portland place. what is expected on the agenda tomorrow? what we have got is britain very delicately approaching this visit by donald trump. it isn't a state visit, yet, as we saw in the report a few minutes ago, there is a lot of the pomp and ceremony that would normally be associated with a state visit. there was also a keen awareness that while the british prime minister was very keen to have a close relationship with president trump, as any british prime minister would want to, but particularly in the context of brexit and seeking strong allies abroad, she was keen on this visit, but also conscious of all of these protests. they are trying to ensure the itinerary can keep donald trump as far away from the protesters as is possible. chris mason speaking earlier.

at least 200 people are now reported to have been killed in the worst flooding to hit japan in nearly four decades. rescuers are still searching for dozens of missing people and fears are growing about the spread of disease. 0ur tokyo correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, has been to one of the worst hit towns, mabi in 0kayama prefecture. the floodwaters have now gone from the little town of mabi, but they have left behind a fetid ruin. when the dykes burst here, the whole town was submerged under five metres of stinking, toxic floodwater. teruhiko watanabe and his wife yuki are still in shock, and lucky to be alive. inside, teruhiko shows me what the floodwaters have done to their home. nothing can be salvaged. the watanabes failed to heed the warnings to leave, and when the floodwaters came

they took refuge in their bedroom. but that was not high enough. so, there you go, you can see — there's the tide mark. that's how high the water came on the second floor... translation: it was horrifying to watch the water getting higher and higher. we didn't know where it would stop, and it didn't stop. we thought we were going to die there. at dawn, teruhiko and yuki were found by rescuers, on their roof. a few metres away in this house, three of their neighbours were not so lucky. at the end of the street, this family are trying to salvage the family photo albums. fumikazu's house has been gutted. it will have to be completely rebuilt. in 50 years, he has never seen anything remotely like this. "0kayama has a mild climate," he says. "we never get rain like this, so i never thought we would be hit by such a disaster.

i should've told my neighbours to evacuate. they didn't need to die. we've lost so many people here." the volume of rain was unprecedented. in one place, half a metre fell in 2a hours. across western japan, four times the averagejuly rainfall came in one week. the link between global climate change and extreme weather events is very complicated, but for many years now climate scientists have been predicting that across the northern hemisphere there will be more and more extreme rain events, where up to a month or even two months‘ rainfall can fall in just two or three days. that is exactly what happened here last week, and this is the result. japan is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, with some of the best flood defences, but they were not strong enough to withstand this onslaught that has left 200 dead and still counting. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in 0kayama, western japan.

you‘re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: new research that poor sleep could be a factor in developing dementia in older age. also on the programme: we are at wimbledon, where serena williams will play germany‘s angelique kerber to decide the singles title, after both won their semi—finals in straight sets. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup, and they pipped the favourites, south africa, by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated and celebration

parties were cancelled. the man entered the palace through a downstairs window and made his way to the queen's private bedroom, then he asked her for a cigarette. and, on the pretext of arranging for some to be brought, she summoned a footman on duty, who took the man away. one child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world. education is the only solution. this is newsday on the bbc. i‘m rico hizon in singapore. i‘m sharanjit leyl in london. our top stories: donald trump has been pressed to reach a new us trade deal with britain after brexit,

during his first visit to the country as president. injapan, at least 200 people are now reported to have been killed in the worst flooding to hit the country in nearly a0 years. workers at an italian fiat chrysler plant will strike over the signing of cristiano ronaldo tojuventus. the football club and the carmaker are both controlled by the agnelli family, who agreed to sign the portuguese star for over $130 million. the workers‘ union called the fee unacceptable, as fiat employees have made, quote, huge economic sacrifices. let‘s take a look at some front pages from around the world. there is continued coverage in the japan times of devastating floods in the west of the country. the paper says that over 200 people have died and rail networks remain crippled. in a separate front—page piece, the paper says officials are working to put in place mass evacuation plans in case of flooding in tokyo, where 1.76 million people

live below sea level. in london, the financial times has a photo of a group of protestors against president donald trump‘s visit to britain. but its main story is about the chancellor of the exechequer, philip hammond, defending government policy towards brexit. the paper says that city experts are calling the plans a real blow to london‘s financial service industry. in france, le figaro picks out extreme heat around the globe for its front page. it says that, due to global warming, there has been a month of record temperatures in the northern hemisphere, and it cites higher air temperatures during winter and summer, and at night and in the daytime. let‘s return to our story about the severe flooding in western japan, where nearly 200

people have been killed. a short time ago i was joined by mother and son junko and ichiro kaneto, who told me how they have been affected by the flooding. i returned back to 0kayama from tokyo last thursday. it wasn‘t heavy rain at all on that day. the river collapsed. i decided to evacuate to a designated shelter around a:00am, because the emergency alarm requesting us to evacuate went on my cellphone. if i hadn‘t known that emergency call was, like, an order from the city, i wouldn‘t have got out of my house. and ms kaneto, we‘re seeing currently video pictures

which you took during the height of the flooding, which basically damaged your home, where you‘ve lived for over a0 years. did you expect the flooding to really get this bad? no, i didn‘t expect that. i watched out for the takahashi river, but i didn‘t expect the river to collapse because i have never heard of or experienced the flood of the river. and ichiro, you study at a tokyo university, and you you just returned with your mother on thursday. tell us about the state of your health and what you saw

when you arrived at okayama? both of my parents, my parents and grandparents' house was heavily damaged. we can no longer live there. the water level reached up to the ceiling of my grandparents' house. and it, you know, flew over to the second floor of my mother's flat. so yeah, and all the stuff in the house was, you know, soaked. it was all wet, and we cannot use it, so it was devastating. it must be tough, ichiro, having lived in that home in 0kayama of your parents for many, many years, and now you can‘t even return to it because of the devastation in the area. yeah. yes, so it's...

it's a bit, you know, it's very sad that i cannot... i'm not going back to my grandparents'. so ichiro, what are the family plans now, if you don‘t plan to go back to your old home, briefly? we rent. we're going to rent a flat for my grandparents and my mother. you know, everyone else is thinking about the same thing, so moving to another new place. so we've got to make — you know, secure the new house. i‘m really sorry for the loss.

thank you so much for joining us on newsday. serena williams will face germany‘s angelique kerber for an eighth wimbledon singles title this weekend, after both won their semis in straight sets. the american former world number one overpowered germany‘sjulia gorges 6—2, 6—a. williams was in control from the outset against the 13th seed, who was making her grand slam semi—final debut. meanwhile, two—time grand slam champion angelique kerber reached her second wimbledon final with a commanding performance against an error—prone jelena 0stapenko. kerber beat the latvian 6—3, 6—3. did you have a good sleep last night, or were you kept awake, perhaps by someone snoring? well, researchers at the university of sydney have been investigating whether loud snoring might not only be linked to tiredness, but also dementia. they say screening and treating older people for sleep problems could help slow the onset of the brain condition.

professor sharon naismith is a clinical neuropsychologist at the university‘s brain and mind centre. she led this research. i asked her, given that i only sleep four to six hours a night and also snore, whether i should worry. the data shows there is actually a risk, rico. so data has shown that if people have sleep problems, even in midlife, there‘s a 26% increased risk of dementia. and i‘m currently 52 years old. when you say older age — when will people basically start feeling if they have this problem? well, that‘s a good question, because many people may not feel that they have memory problems, but what we know about dementia now is you actually have to start thinking about dementia 10—20 years before you even notice symptoms.

so everyone needs to start thinking about dementia in midlife. this is when the changes in the brain occur that do lead to dementia. and how is this preventable, professor? will sleep aid supplements help? so no, not necessarily. so we know about 50% of the risk for dementia is due to things that are modifiable, and sleep is considered to be the new risk factor for dementia. so sleep appears to clear our brains of toxins while we‘re asleep. some of these toxins are beta—amyloid, the key protein involved in alzheimer‘s disease. but, in our study, we actually showed that sleep disordered breathing due to sleep apnoea was critical in being associated with these changes in the temporal lobes of our brain, and these are key parts involved in alzheimer‘s disease. so the good news about that, rico, is you can treat sleep apnoea. there are gold—standard treatments, but it‘s not as simple as taking

a pill, unfortunately. so ifiam so if i am having problems sleeping, four to six hours of sleep, i snore, should i‘d b seeing a doctor? absolutely, anyone who is snoring, and especially if you have daytime sleepiness and problems with concentration and that kind of thing, should the go and see a doctor. preferably even have a sleep study if you notice snoring, because some episodes of apnoea, which is a com plete some episodes of apnoea, which is a complete cessation of breathing while we are sleeping, or a partial problem, are associated with these different problems and can only really be examined using a sleep study. my dad is currently 90 years old, professor, and has sleep apnoea. is this hereditary? well, it could be in that some components of sleep apnoea are due to the structure and the shape of our face, so some

structure and the shape of our face, so some of us are structure and the shape of our face, so some of us are more prone to structure and the shape of our face, so some of us are more prone to it than others. so people that have a short kind of chian or mandible can be more prone to it, which is why also some dental treatments can also be effective in the treatment of sleep apnoea is well. -- as well. you have been watching newsday. before we go, let‘s have another look at these pictures of president trump‘s trip to the uk. he hasjust he has just attended a gala he hasjust attended a gala dinner at the birthplace of sir winston churchill along with prime minister theresa may and a lot of soldiers in uniform. 0n theresa may and a lot of soldiers in uniform. on friday mr trump will have tea with the queen. what he didn‘t see were the thousands of protesters outside blenheim palace, and there are going to be more due tomorrow in central london. hello there. it‘s hotting up as we head on into the weekend, particularly across central, southern parts of the country. but there will be a few heavy

showers and maybe thunderstorms in the forecast for the next couple of days. thursday was a fine day for many of us, lovely sunsets around, but it wasn‘t dry everywhere. we did see some heavy showers across western england and parts of wales, even some reports of local flooding injust one or two places. now, these showers are likely to linger on to the first part of friday across some western areas. a bit of cloud tending to roll back in across eastern areas, but for most, it‘s going to be a dry and quite a warm start to friday, with towns and city values not falling any lower than 10—15 degrees. so friday, we start on a largely dry note. variable amounts of morning cloud, that should burn away, and we should see quite a good deal of sunshine around. but showers will develop once again, and we‘re thinking they could be a bit heavier, a bit more potent on friday afternoon. in a line again across some western parts of scotland, western parts of england, central, eastern wales and also this time the midlands, in towards

southern parts of england. so if you catch one, it could be really torrential, with the risk of some localised flooding. but again, hit—and—miss, some areas staying dry altogether, and it‘s going to be quite warm, top temperatures 26, maybe 27 celsius. this is the picture into saturday, then. we‘ve got more cloud, more of a breeze pushing into northern ireland, northern and western parts of scotland, maybe some outbreaks of rain here too. but the further south and east you are, generally drier, with more in the way of sunshine, just an isolated shower. but warmer — 28 or 29 degrees, potentially, across the south—east. the reason for the divide is this area of low pressure anchored to the north—west will bring more of a breeze and outbreaks of rain to the north—west of the country. but further south—east, closer to an area of high pressure over the near continent, we‘ll be swooping up that warmth, particularly in towards england and wales. could see warmth reaching eastern scotland, as well, but generally it‘s going to be cloudier for the west of scotland and into northern ireland, the odd spot of rain. england and wales,

a hot and a sunny day. you can see those deep orange colours pushing away even a little bit further northwards. so a hot afternoon, actually, mid—to—high 20s celsius for many, with some areas in the south—east seeing 30 or 31 celsius. so for the weekend, it‘s looking hot, certainly across england and wales, parts of eastern scotland. a few showers around, mainly on saturday, but always a bit cooler and damp and breezy in the north—west, with the odd spot of rain. as we head on in towards next week, though, we start off on a hot note, but then temperatures as the week wears on begin to fall and return to a more seasonal average. i‘m sharanjit leyl with bbc world news. our top story: britain‘s prime minister, theresa may, has welcomed donald trump with a lavish dinner on his first visit to the uk as american president. at the event at blenheim palace in 0xfordshire, mr may made a case for a new trade deal with the united states after britain leaves the european union. injapan, at least 200 people are now reported to have been killed in the worst flooding to hit the country

in nearly a0 years. rescuers are still searching for dozens of people missing in the prefectures of hiroshima and 0kayama. and this story is trending on bbc.com. workers at an italian fiat chrysler plant will strike over the signing of cristiano ronaldo tojuventus. the football club and the carmaker are both controlled by the agnelli family, who agreed to sign the portuguese star for over £99 million. that‘s all from me. another story making the news here in the uk: ministers have given their approval to rupert murdoch‘s bid to take