this is bbc news. our top stories: protests across the uk as tens of thousands of people demonstrate against president trump and his policies. more are planned over the weekend. there was more pomp and pagentary, as queen elizabeth welcomed the president for afternoon tea at windsor castle. mr trump rowed back on his criticism of theresa may's brexit strategy, praising her instead as an incredible woman. as the visit draws to a close, president trump is now at his his golf resort in scotland. a suicide bombing at an election rally in pakistan has killed at least 120 people. more than 150 others were hurt by the blast in the south—western province of balochistan. back home, we speak to the british volunteer divers who helped save 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a cave in thailand. hello and welcome to bbc world news.

president trump has arrived in scotland, where he's spending the weekend at his luxury golf resort in turnberry. here he is with melania emerging from air force one at scotland's prestwick airport. it comes after an extraordinary day of meetings. he's had tea with the queen at windsor castle, and held talks with the prime minister at her country residence, chequers. at a news conference, mr trump heaped praise on theresa may in stark contrast to an interview published in the sun, in which he said she'd ignored his advice on brexit and that her current plan for leaving the eu could kill off a trade deal with the us. with a roundup of the day's events, here's our political editor, laura kuennesberg. you don't need to count the helicopters to know how much this visitor matters. president trump's entourage blasted through the countryside as subtly as he warned this week that his host might not get the trade

deal she covets. for theresa may, herjob was not just to grin and bear it today but, more importantly, to try and change his mind. when first the tricky question was asked, he left it to her. reporter: have you had a chance to talk about the interview this morning? we've got a lot to discuss. we're going to discuss our special relationship... the question repeated, this time he made a face, rather than answer. reporter: thank you. but after talks, back to the choreography around the stately home, exactly where she brokered her brexit compromise this time last week. the prime minister appeared to have taken hold of president trump and predicted he's now on her side. we agreed today that as the uk leaves the european union, we will pursue an ambitious us—uk free trade agreement. the chequers agreement reached last week provides the platform for donald and me to agree an ambitious deal that works for both countries right across our economies.

was he quite so convinced? once the brexit process is concluded, and perhaps the uk has left the eu, i don't know what they're going to do, but whatever you do is ok with me, that's your decision. whatever you're going to do is ok with us, just make sure we can trade together, that's all that matters. mr president, you seem rather to have changed your tune from what you said earlier this week when you said that, on the current brexit plan, that would probably kill the possibility of a trade deal with the uk. our countries are meant to have a special relationship yet you publicly criticised the prime minister's policy and her personally for not listening to you this week, is that the behaviour of a friend? i didn't criticise the prime minister, i have a lot of respect for the prime minister, and unfortunately there was a story that was done which was generally fine, but it didn't put in what i said about the prime minister, and i said tremendous things. to be accurate, it did.

she's going to make a decision as to what she's going to do. the only thing i ask of theresa is that we make sure we can trade, that we don't have any restrictions. i read reports where that won't be possible, but i believe, after speaking with the prime minister's people and representatives and trade experts, it will absolutely be possible. and, prime minister, isn't the problem for you, that some of the things mr trump has said about the brexit plan are right, it will limit the possibilities of doing trade deals easily in the future? there will be no limit to the possibility of us doing trade deals around the rest of the world once we leave the european union on the basis of the agreement made at chequers, and that i've put forward to the european union. and as you've heard from the president, the united states are keen for us, we're keen to work with them, and we will do a trade deal with them and others around the world. he said he'd suggested she should be tougher on brexit, but never pull the plug on the deal. and that brexit is a very tough situation, that's a tough deal.

you can't walk away, because if she walks away, that means she's stuck. you can't walk away, but you can do other things. what about that oft—quoted special, if today surreal, relationship? i would say the highest level of special. am i allowed to go higher than that? i'm not sure, but it's the highest level of special. i would much rather have her as my friend than my enemy, that i can tell you. and we are friends, mr president. where he leads, the prime minister is certainly not always willing to follow, but had the president not calmed his tone on brexit, this vital moment would've been humiliating. for years, british prime ministers have strained to show that they matter to the united states. they want to be listened to, they want to be respected, but with characteristic smash—and—grab style, donald trump has made that tricky, very tricky for theresa may just at the moment when she needs friends and reliable allies. goodbye to chequers, then for the president to move

to call on one of the few people in the world whose status rivals his. the queen has now met a dozen american presidents. this spectacle a product of that shared history. these images perhaps the ones donald trump truly desired. but the politics between our two countries are fraught, the lines less precise. and as both our countries change, so diplomatic decorum is far from guaranteed. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, chequers. across the uk, tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest against president trump's visit. in glasgow's george square, thousands of protestors gathered ahead of mr trump's arrival in scotland. while in london, tens of thousands of people marched through the streets to trafalgar square. our special correspondent, lucy manning, has this report.

all chant: say it loud, say it clear, donald trump's not welcome here! his name echoed round the streets of london. all chant: donald trump has got to go! it was on the posters they carried, the t—shirts they wore. they were loud and they were certainly many, but as tens of thousands came to protest against president trump, he wasn't even in the city to see or hear the anger. the relationship normally a special one, the "highest level of special," said the president, but they weren't lining the streets for the american president — but against him. i think his policies are awful, i think the way he talks to people, the way he talks about women, the way he talks about disabled people, policies on climate change... the list of things he does wrong... you are not going to stop trump, are you? i think peaceful protest is a beautiful thing. what do you make of so many people coming out against your president?

it is really nice that they care that much. the day of protests started with london's newest tourist attraction, flying outside parliament, the trump baby balloon, not huge in size, but big in impact. i think it's brilliant, it is the epitome of british humour, trump doesn't get that, but i think it stands for the way we deal with things we don't like. then this peculiarly british day of protests took to the streets, the women's march started the demonstrations, armed with song, pots and pans, wit and anger. he is the worst thing to happen to the world right now. i have a daughter, i'm a mother, i'm a woman, he is not... we did not deserve him on this world. he has done nothing but wrong. and she does not like him! it is for anyone to say it, because we're citizens of the world.

we're not telling him he should not be here, we are protesting some of the policy decisions he's made. america is our closest ally, so... this is not against america, this is against trump. then the main anti—trump protest of the day, filling central london. no presidential motorcade here, the streets instead taken over by the mass of protesters. well, the american president might not be in london to see and hear these protests, but he's certainly aware of them, saying he wasn't spending more time in the capital because he had been made to feel "unwelcome." but as donald trump said, he believes the real british people love the american president. but across the country, there were protests. in glasgow, as he landed in scotland tonight, and in other cities. all chant: hey hey, ho, ho, donald trump has got to go!

meanwhile, trump's supporters toasted his arrival. i don't think it's the most hospitable welcome. i think it's a bit shortsighted of some british, those that have protested, and a bit of wasted energy on their part. they were saying, "keep trump out of the uk." i mean, i don't know where to start with how you are leaving the european union and now you are trying to shun away the us? but with every corner of trafalgar square taken up with those against the president, it wasn't the welcome he wanted. lucy manning, bbc news. a federal grand jury in the united states has charged 12 russian intelligence officers with hacking into the computers of the democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton and her party. the indictment was drawn up by special counsel robert mueller, the former fbi director who is looking into russian interference in the election in 2016. here's the us deputy attorney general rod rosenstein outlining alleged russian state involvement.

the indictment charges 12 russian military officers by name for conspiring to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. 11 of the defendants are charged with conspiring to hack into computers, steal documents and release those documents with intent to interfere in the election. one of those defendants and a 12th russian military officer are charged with conspiring to infiltrate computers of organisations involved in administrating elections. for more on the hacking of the democratic national committee's emails during the 2016 campaign, we spoke to kayleigh mcenanay, spokesperson for the republican national committee. well, he has said, at least thus far, that he will bring up the meddling to putin. i believe he'll be very firm with it, certainly much firmer than his predecessor, who knew about the meddling

all the way along and apparently just had a chat with putin. i do think president trump will be harsher and has been harsher in action, dispelling diplomats from the united states, levelling sanctions, he has done a lot and i think he will bring this information to vladimir putin, no doubt about it. uk counter—terrorism detectives believe they have identified the source of the nerve agent which poisoned two people, one of them fatally, in south—west england last month. they say scientists have confirmed that a small bottle found in the home of one of the victims contained novichok. police are now trying to establish whether it was from the same batch used to poison the former russian spy, sergei srkipal, and his daughter in march. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: more on the uk tour. we follow the first lady melania trump as she meets the chelsea pensioners on her visit to london with the president. the flamboyant italian fashion designer, gianni versace,

has been shot dead in florida. the multimillionaire was gunned down outside his home in the exclusive south beach district of miami. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worst floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the great white way by americans, but tonight it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans of the problems the energy crisis has brought to them. 200 years ago today, a huge parisian crowd stormed the bastille prison, the first act of the revolution which was to topple the french monarchy. today, hundreds of thousands thronged the champs—elysee for the traditional military parade. finally, fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on huge shoal of their favourite food, pilchards. some had eaten so much they could barely stand. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines:

tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of london, manchester, glasgow and belfast united in their rejection of the visit to britain of the us president. president trump has arrived in scotland, at his turnberry golf resort — the last stop on his trip to the uk. he was welcomed earlier by the queen at windsor castle despite it not being a full state visit. at least 120 people have been killed at an election rally in pakistan, and more than 100 others were hurt. the incident is the deadliest militant attack in the country since since gunmen attacked the army public school in peshawar in 2014. the islamic state group said it carried out this latest bombing. lebo diseko has more.

just to warn you, there are distressing images from the start of her report. a community group by shock and grief, as victims arrive in hospital, caught up in what is the worst militant attack in this country for nearly four years. more than 100 were killed in the suicide warming atan than 100 were killed in the suicide warming at an election rally in the province of woolwich style. —— baluchistan. translation: we reach the blast site and found the people scattered, there was hardly a person ina good scattered, there was hardly a person in a good condition. we alerted our vehicles and sent 30 ambulances to help the wounded. the army had claimed that militants had been cleared from the region near the afg ha n cleared from the region near the afghan border, which has been marred by ongoing violence and instability. ina by ongoing violence and instability. in a separate incident four people we re in a separate incident four people were killed in a bomb blast in the north of the country. another politician's campaign convoy was hit. it is less than two weeks before pakistan goes to the polls, and these attacks could trigger a new set of tensions ahead of an election already marred by

controversy. pakistan's former prime minister nawaz sharif has been arrested after returning to the country. he faces a 10—yearjail term for corruption. mr sharif flew from london to lahore, where large rallies were held in his support. after his arrest, mr sharif and his daughter maryam, who was sentenced in the same case, were taken to the capital islamabad in a special plane. the bbc‘s anbarasan ethirajan says tensions are high, with the return coming so close to pakistan's upcoming elections. nawaz sharif and his daughter maryam sharif, both travelled from london to lahore. as soon as they landed, the authorities first confiscated their passports. they were taken into custody. as we speak, they are being taken to islamabad, according to local media reports. this was expected but it created a lot of emotional scenes outside

this airport, where thousands of supporters of nawaz sharif had gathered, his pakistan muslim league nawaz faction are holding a big rally. many parts of lahore are in lockdown because police have blocked the roads. are there is a lot of tension there — what is going to happen next now he is sent to jail. the most important thing is all these things are happening two weeks before the country's crucial election. the country is getting ready for this election. mr nawaz sharif cannot contest because he was barred from contesting elections in the corruption case. his party is contesting. there are many reasons why he came back. first of all, if he wants to appeal against the sentencing he needs to be present in the court and then ask the court to set aside the conviction and apply for bail. second, it is hoped his arrest might trigger a sympathy wave for his party in the coming election. more than 200 people are now confirmed dead from the flooding in western japan. 70,000 rescue workers and soldiers have been deployed to dig through the rubble as dozens of people remain buried a week

after record rainfall hit the region. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has travelled to hiroshima prefecture, where a series of huge landslides have buried whole neighbourhoods. the sun blazed down on this flood hit town today, but the danger has not gone. well, we've just arrived in this little town and you can hear the alarms have just gone off again. the evacuation, the search teams, the military, everybody is being ordered out of this area, because we think, we not quite sure, we think there's a risk now of a secondary landslide just up the hill here. for young and old this is now a gruelling ordeal. it's 36 degrees and the local school offers few comforts. it's like a war zone, these ladies tell me. it's so chaotic we don't know where to start, and it's too hot.

the death toll is now 204. three of the latest bodies were found in the village of yoshiura. this couple take me to the spot their neighbours died. so this is where the bodies were found. apparently all this mud and debris was right up against these houses here. they dug it all out over the last few days and this is where the bodies of the dead were found, down by this door here. yoshihiro says he was woken by the sound of huge boulders thundering down the mountain and smashing into their neighbours' house. translation: my house was shaking, it was really horrible. i've never seen anything like that. translation: i never thought this would happen to a friend of mine. but across the world extreme weather events like this are increasing — and so is the death toll. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in hiroshima, western

japan. the british volunteer divers who helped save 12 boys and their football coach who were trapped in a cave in thailand have arrived back at heathrow airport. they said the they weren't heroes, just a group of people who had a unique set of skills. one of them, john volanthen, who was responsible for bringing up to half the boys out, has been speaking to the bbc about the rescue, as robert hall reports. they had spent days in the total darkness of a flooded cave system. this morning, blinking in the flashlights, the seven rescuers arrived to applause from the crowd of well—wishers, who had shared a drama, replayed around the world. the skilled cave diving team you see before you are in a class of their

own. when rick stanton and his colleague, john volanthen emerged from the inky water a mile from the cave entrance, they could hardly believe what they saw. how many of you? 13? brilliant. today, for the first time, john spokein today, for the first time, john spoke in detail about that moment. you are swimming along an underwater passage, wherever there is an airspace we surface, we shout, and also we smell. and... in this case, we smelt the children before we actually saw them. slowly and carefully, preparations were made for a rescue which the thais dubbed mission impossible. both rick and i we re mission impossible. both rick and i were aware of the enormity of the task. the visibility in the water is very low so down to a few inches, there was also a lot of debris in the cave from previous attempts. at last, supported by thai

colleagues, the british team began their operation. one by one, they inched the children and their coach to safety. we essentially packaged the children with a buoyancy compensated, which is a kind of diving jacket, excellent on their chest, and this buoyancy compensated, we have made it into a harness and that allowed us to have a single unit, for want of a better word, that was completely self—contained. it was very low so you had to carry them to decide. sometimes was very narrow and you would push them in front. it'sjust depended on what the cave was doing and where they had to be in relation to you to pass that particular passage. john and his team say they are no heroes, just expert cavers doing theirjob. so today they left quietly, to resume their normal lives. but across the world, their effo rts lives. but across the world, their efforts will not be forgotten. the us first lady, melania trump,

has met some chelsea pensioners during a visit to the royal hospital in london. accompanied by philip may, the prime minister's husband, mrs trump helped veterans and local schoolchildren assemble poppies for the royal british legion. the first lady also spoke to the schoolchildren about her be best campaign, as our correspondent sian lloyd reports. hello. a smile as melania trump arrived at the home of the famous chelsea pensioners. good morning, how are you? to receive a lesson in poppy making, with the help of local schoolchildren. and she'd done a pretty good job, according to the prime minister's husband, philip may. that's very impressive. the audience was chosen to chime with her be best campaign, which champions children's well—being initiatives. there was no speech from the first lady. she chatted and listened to the experiences of two different generations. did she win you two over?

she came across magic, absolutely magic. didn't she, john? the first lady's visit to meet the chelsea pensioners was shrouded in secrecy, and there's been tight security surrounding this event. while her husband has certainly made waves, this was an opportunity for melania to show a softer side of the partnership. whisked away by her entourage, the first lady had made an impression on the children she'd met, who go to a school a stone's throw away from the us embassy. she gave me a hug, and she shaked my hand. and what did you feel about that? i was actually really happy. i was — i don't even want to wash my hands. nana sat next to melania trump and said he was honoured to meet her. it inspired me. i've learned that i should try my best and be the best i can be, even in hard times, i should be the best that i can be. the aim of this visit was to show a lighter touch, and while this was a tightly controlled event with no opportunity for media questions, those who met melania trump said

she was a good sport. sian lloyd, bbc news, chelsea. protests in the uk to donald trump's visit took many forms, but the most daring perhaps was one by greenpeace which saw a member fly a paraglider close to the president's turnberry resort with a banner message saying "trump well below par," a golfing pun on the president's low popularity with many british people. ben stewart, from the campaign group, said "theresa may should not have dignified trump with a visit to the uk. the vast majority of british people are appalled by his words and deeds. he is, simply, the worst president ever. that's why we flew over him with a message branding him well below par." hello. welcome to the weekend,

which will offer a bit of cloud and some rain to parts of scotland and northern ireland, whereas much of england and wales will stay dry. here's the rain—maker — this weak weather front coming in. for saturday, it is just towards the far north, north—west of scotland. it will affect more of scotland and northern ireland on sunday. for many over the weekend there will be sunshine, there will be warmth. in fact, building warmth particularly across parts of england and wales. sunday looking even hotter in places. a range of weather this weekend. this is what it will look on saturday morning. the cloud, some outbreaks of rain, far north—west of scotland, maybe to the west of northern ireland later in the day. yes, cloud increases ahead of that. but the further south and east you are in scotland and northern ireland there will be some sunny spells to be had. some cloud building in england and wales. you can see from the colours, warm to hot sunshine to be had. a range of temperatures, quite breezy as well with the cloud and some outbreaks of rain in north—west scotland. maybe isolated showers popping up across eastern parts of england.

most will avoid that and stay dry. here is how it is looking for the wimbledon finals this weekend, the men's final could be one of the hottest for decades, coming up on sunday with temperatures around 30 celsius, if not slightly above in south—east england. heading out and about on saturday evening, a lot of fine weather to come. but through the night some outbreaks of rain moving into northern ireland and western scotland. stay dry in england and wales. these are the overnight temperatures going into sunday morning. on sunday, scotland and northern ireland, more have cloud, more have outbreaks of rain. gradually pushing further east. it mayjust reach into the far north—east of england later today. elsewhere across western england and wales there could be showers popping up here and there. most will avoid them and stay dry. most in england and wales will hold on to the very warm to hot sunshine. temperatures will be a few degrees higher in the sunshine compared with saturday, 17 in stornoway. this weather front is taking some cooler and fresher air south eastwards across the uk. it willjust take its time. on sunday evening, not a great deal of change for the position of that front, if you are heading out and about. it will gradually slide further south—eastwards monday and tuesday, but it is a slow process.

any rain on itjust becomes a few showers. we are left with something, eventually, into next week, cooler and fresher, with more cloud around and than some of us have seen recently. a greater chance of picking up one or two showers around. enjoy your weekend. hello. this is bbc world news. i'm ben bland. the headlines: tens of thousands converged on central london in protest at president trump's visit to britain. there have also been demonstrations in other cities around the country, and he is now facing fresh protests in scotland as he continues his visit to the uk. earlier, he met queen elizabeth at windsor castle

and described the relationship between the us and the uk as the "highest level of special". president trump is now in scotland at his turnberry golf resort — the last stop on his trip to the uk. and three days before mr trump meets vladimir putin, a grand jury in the us has decided to charge 12 russian intelligence officers with hacking into the computers of the democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton and her party.