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this is bbc news. i'm ros atkins in turnberry on the penultimate day of the us president's uk visit. he is visiting his golf resort and in the middle of a round of golf. we don't know how he is scoring but he has been booed by protesters, who got close enough to make themselves heard. i saw the president in his golf buggy a few moments ago with a security entourage. there are hundreds of police around the golf course, but protesters are making themselves heard. not only in turnberry on the west coast of scotland, we've also seen protests in edinburgh, and protests are also planned in glasgow. i'm chris rogers, with the other main stories on bbc news. investigations continue in wiltshire after a bottle containing novichok is found at the home of charlie rowley, one of the victims poisoned by the nerve agent. an explosive device has been thrown at the home of the former sinn fein president, gerry adams, in west belfast. serena williams looks to make
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history in the wimbledon ladies singles final this afternoon. she takes on germany's angelique kerber in what could be her 24th grand slam singles title. harry kane will start tonight's third—place clash against belgium as england go for their highest world cup finish since 1966. and... coming up in half an hour — breaking point — a special programme by bbc scotland which looks at a mental health facility that let down its patients with abuse and neglect, they say. it's a bright summer ‘s afternoon,
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and donald trump is out enjoying the golf course that part of this turnberry resort. we have a strong feeling he'd be doing that, and he confirmed earlier that indeed he'd be playing 18 holes. it's quite an activity watching a president to a round of golf. i walked down the road earlier and we were pretty close, about 75 metres away from the president. there were a number of golf buggies full of security personnel, other golf buggies ahead and behind the president as well, on top of hundreds of local police lining the course itself, and we also knew protesters would be doing their best to get as close to the president as they could. they've not been able to get particularly close, but they've been able to make enough noise that he would have been aware of them. from where i was standing, close to the first fairway, i could see the president and the sound of brewing could be heard drifting across the cause. the president has
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done his best to stay clear of the protests in the uk but he will definitely be aware they are happening. on the substantial matters of policy, there has been a flurry of tweets from the president this morning, presumably sent from within the turnberry hotel before he started his round of golf. no word whatsoever on that uk — us trade deal, which will need to be worked out after brexit. perhaps theresa may will be anxiously watching that twitter bead to look out for comments. the president has attacked cnn as fake news, so there is no doubt he is very much seen this trip within the prism the us media. on the big russia story of yesterday, the big russia story of yesterday, the robert mueller probe indicting 12 russian intelligence officials in saying that they had the democratic party in 2016, president trump has attacked president obama for not doing much to stop this, but he hasn't attacked the russians for allegedly doing it, and we'll have
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to see how those indictments play out. before we bring you more live coverage from turnberry, let's bring ourselves up debate on protests so far. —— up—to—date. protesters are calling today a festival of resistance, a national demonstration. here in edinburgh, more than 10,000 people are expected to gather on president trump's second day in scotland. the president had only been at his hotel for about 20 minutes last night. he was out on the terrace, admiring the sunset, when, in an astonishing breach of security, a protesterflew into view — breaching the no—fly zone, getting within yards of president trump. the reaction was to get him indoors, but even that was not immediate. police are still looking for the pilot. as a result of us doing what we did, trump actually saw a protester in the flesh, instead of having to watch them just on television. we thought it was really important, but we did tell police we were on oui’ way, we gave them a 10—15 minute warning.
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more than 5,000 police officers are on duty for the president's visit to scotland this weekend, and there is a highly visible presence. how could something so serious have happened? clearly that was a concern, it was a concern to us and to the security around the president, and there's no doubt that the individual responsible for piloting that powered parachute put themselves in danger as well as a result of that. there is an air exclusion zone in place, it is a criminal offence to breach that. they will be hoping there will be no repeat performance of this today. mr trump has a close personal bond with scotland, but disagreements over everything from his policies over migrants to renewable energy have led to a tetchy political relationship with the scottish government. he is not expected to meet the first minister this time. the protests that have happened so far do not impress the trade secretary, hoping to forge a free—trade agreement with america after brexit.
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i don't think that the protesters were an embarrassment to the government, i think they were an embarrassment to themselves. when you have the president of the united states, the leader of the free world, being greeted with signs that say, "go home, we hate you", i don't think that reflects the genuine good manners and hospitality of the british people. donald trump has tweeted that he hopes to be out on the golf course later. he has described this as one of his favourite places to relax. but inside the hotel, he and his senior advisers will be preparing for next week's summit with vladimir putin. in that report, we heard liam fox, the international trade secretary, saying that the anti—trump protesters are an embarrassment to themselves. but labour party leader jeremy corbyn has responded. i think his remarks are, frankly, embarrassing
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for a cabinet minister to say that. he lives in a democracy, where people have a right to free speech, a right to demonstrate, and a right to express themselves. there were hundreds of thousands of people on the streets yesterday — in london. what they were doing was asserting their diversity, asserting their support for women's rights, for human rights, their opposition to racism and misogyny, their anger at the way donald trump has described and treated muslim people and mexican children. i think they've got every right to say that and every right to do that. surely, we should be proud to live in a society where there is dissent. the idea that we should not say anything for fear of embarrassing somebody — how ridiculous is that? we live in a democracy! i ask liam fox, grow up! iam 400 i am 400 or 500 metres from turnberry beach, and on the beach is
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the golf course where donald trump is playing. frankie mccamley is an turnberry beach. what's happening there? it looks very different here to what it's usually like. in the distance, this is where turnberry golf course meets the beach, and it is heavily guarded. you can see sniper ‘s on that three tier temporary scaffolding, and they have been there since yesterday, and a lot of there since yesterday, and a lot of the roads from the cookhouse between the roads from the cookhouse between the roads from the cookhouse between the road connecting to the beach have been closed, and they have been overta ken have been closed, and they have been ove rta ke n by have been closed, and they have been overtaken by police officers, and we've been speaking to some of them, who have come from all over the uk, not just scotland, who have come from all over the uk, notjust scotland, but who have come from all over the uk, not just scotland, but wales who have come from all over the uk, notjust scotland, but wales and cheshire, and they have been lining the beach, and a few months ago we saw donald trump playing golfjust a few metres from here. as they did that, protesters started shouting and calling him racist. he came over and calling him racist. he came over and waved to some of the protesters
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as he carried on his golf game, and that happened just over the crest. you can't see the golf course at the moment. if we walk along, you can see more police officers all along the beach. they've been here for a number of days and they'll continue to stay here. speaking to some of the protesters there, you've been here for how long? about 15 minutes. not long then! why have you come down? what does your sign says? not long then! why have you come down? what does your sign say57m says bairns not bombs, because donald trump is an idiot. what you think that? i think everybody should be equal and i think he's making the world a bad place. thank you for joining us on bbc news. amanda, you are half american and you come down. why have you come down? what do you think of seeing donald trump a few
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metres away playing golf?|j think of seeing donald trump a few metres away playing golf? i think it's important to show trump that he isn't welcome here, scotland doesn't like him, we reject his misogyny and racism and we hate his policies and i don't think westminster should have shown him a warm welcome and i'm proud the scottish government didn't meet with him we don't want a trade deal with america if it means lowering standards on workers' rights and environmental standards, and we don't like him. a few dozen protesters here, and we have one young protest here who can play the bagpipes. over to you. bagpipes. thank you very much to you and your guests and the bagpipe player. we heard the bagpipes practising in
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advance of donald trump arriving, and they were playing as the presidential motorcade arrived. that switch from protesters on turnberry beach by the president playing golf to protesters in edinburgh. what's happening there? we've had music here. i'm in the meadows in the centre of edinburgh, and this is the finishing point for the protest you saw in the report earlier, the protesters setting off from the scottish parliament, where they marched through the city around two and a half miles before ending up two and a half miles before ending up in the meadows. there's been music. there is a police presence, but it's a more relaxed atmosphere than the one we were hearing about from frankie. on the stage behind me, we have politicians, activists speaking out, denouncing donald trump and his policies, and we have crowds of people speaking here watching —— standing here. the police assessment, the working estimate before the protest was that they thought they would be around
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12,000 people involved. from the stage, wejust heard 12,000 people involved. from the stage, we just heard there were 50,000 people, and that seems a bit— it's always difficult to tell but certainly, thousands and thousands have been involved in this protest. —— that seems a bit high. there are some familiarfaces, —— that seems a bit high. there are some familiar faces, the trump baby blimpjust some familiar faces, the trump baby blimp just floating behind me. some familiar faces, the trump baby blimpjust floating behind me. it had been, after flying blimpjust floating behind me. it had been, afterflying in the protest in london, the organisers brought it up here, hoping to fly it at turnberry, but permission was denied there, but it was allowed to fly here. this is expected to continue for another two hours or so. continue for another two hours or so. good—natu red, continue for another two hours or so. good—natured, created with the banners and things like that, but so far the mood is very much against donald trump. thank you. that was live from edinburgh. let's continue talking about donald trump's visit to turnberry on the west coast of scotland. i'm joined by christopher
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carman, a professor of politics at glasgow university. interesting to see the president tweeting about cnn, and a reminderthat see the president tweeting about cnn, and a reminder that everything he does in the uk is very much seen through the prism of his support base in america. yes, we have to keepin base in america. yes, we have to keep in mind that the president, as far as we keep in mind that the president, as faras we are keep in mind that the president, as far as we are aware, always has his eye on what is going optimistically, so eye on what is going optimistically, so he is looking at twitter, watching fox news, he tuned into other networks, and we know he's keeping his eye on it, and we are trying to be involved in these discussions. he has an important election in november, the mid—term elections, so he is constantly trying to make sure you signals back to his supporters to keep them energised, to make sure they want to support him in the november election, even though he isn't running in them, it's all about congress. in a tweet, he referenced the idea that he could lose the meeting against vladimir putin, and he often sees events in terms of
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winning or losing. what do winning would mean with regards to this uk visit? i think he's ready won with the uk visit. i suspect getting that photograph with the queen is a big thing he'll take away and remember and that he'll put out, come the elections, to show he is on the international stage, he is making his mark, and this follows on from the nato summit, where he went out, as he promised during the last election, to stand firm against nato. he's done that now and now he can go back to his supporters he's claimed success around bringing north korea to heal, he says. he says that was a big success, and that's achieved what he said, even though we haven't seen any concrete outcomes from that. thank you. that's christopher carman. now let's speak to drew liquerman from republicans overseas, live from the bbc newsroom in london. what's your
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assessment of your president's first visit to the uk since taking office? i think so far it's been fine. i think it's gone relatively smoothly, although everybody has loved to talk about that interview, but it's hard tojudge the visit about that interview, but it's hard to judge the visit right now. we willjudge it more in the coming weeks, seeing where the us and the uk stand on a trade deal, economic relations, what we see out of business relations coming out of trump's meeting with 150 business executives two nights ago, but i think the trip has gone smoothly and he looked like he was getting on well with theresa may. at the press conference, i think it's regrettable that he didn't meet with the scottish government at hollywood in scotland, although i don't think that's trump's fault. you mentioned the possibility of a us uk trade deal, but doesn't it concern you at all that mr crump said one thing in the interview with the sun and a com pletely the interview with the sun and a completely different thing in the press c0 nfe re nce completely different thing in the press conference with theresa may?
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in the sun, he said he was referencing the exact chequers deal, the white paper deal that would essentially put the uk half in the eu and half out. he is stating us policy, and it's difficult to negotiate with the uk pride trade deal if you are half in the eu, but at the press conference it was more accurate, we don't know what's going to happen, they might not even ba divorce bill, it might be the chequers agreement or a one, so we still need to work on the trade deal but the second comment was going at the angle that we don't know what's going to happen, but the first one was saying, if they go through with this current deal, a trade deal would be difficult. we know donald trump prides himself on being disruptive, he doesn't see that as a criticism but the positive. he has been disruptive both of the nato summitand during been disruptive both of the nato summit and during his visit to the uk. asa summit and during his visit to the uk. as a republican, do you agree with that approach?” uk. as a republican, do you agree with that approach? i think he came in with a similar standpoint to barack obama and george bush was
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obama opposed the german gas pipe, the german— russian gas pipeline, and george bush tried to get our allies over 2% on gdp spending, and both quiet residents tried to do that. they were nice and polite but if trump custom ruffle a few feathers, but if he gets countries in nato to foot their share of gdp spending, if he applies pressure on the russia— germany pipeline, something the obama administration opposed, i would say he's getting results whereas the last two presidents failed to. wedge thank you very much. on the issue of nato funding, a number of nato members have said, since the summit, we already have an arrangement in place to reach 2% of gdp by 2024 and, as such, nothing has changed apart from pressure from the americans, but they say they were planning to do that all along. . talk to somebody
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who knows a lot about what donald trump has done in this part of scotland, bill grant, the local conservative mp. thank you for your time. do you regret that nicola sturgeon has no plans to meet donald trump? i feel quite disappointment. it would be a good opportunity for both parties to come together and have a meeting in scotland and i'm disappointed it didn't take place but i don't know the reason for not taking place. tell us about the impact donald trump has had here? taking place. tell us about the impact donald trump has had here7m ayrshire, he's had a massive impact when he secured and purchased what we see behind us at turnberry hotel, and the brand and the golf courses. he made promises when he came here, improving the golf courses, extending the lovely ballroom, promising he would use local people for the upgrades, and he met all promises. but he made promises of levels of investment here and in aberdeenshire which have yet to be
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realised. he has met the ones here. i'm not familiar what is achieved in aberdeenshire, but he has moved on somewhat and had significant investment, and i think there are matters in the pipeline which will have to be negotiated with the local planning authority. what do you make of the conservative of the way he treated theresa may? he undermined her with that sun interview, he left her with that sun interview, he left her confused with regards to what he wa nts her confused with regards to what he wants from a trade deal by directly contradicting himself of what helpful to your party leader? they have a good working relationship. but he was very negative about the prime minister, but he resolved that within 24 hours, and he has a knack of changing his mind quickly, and i think the latest information on his views of the prime minister are positive views, positive about coming toa positive views, positive about coming to a trade deal with the united states. he has moved his position. i don't think it's a
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u—turn. i think there's a good relationship between the prime minister and the president of the united states. bill grant, the local mp in ayrshire. i think, although we can't be sure, that donald trump tends not to tweet while he's playing golf, which is what he's doing at the moment, so we are not expecting any diplomatic or political bombshells to land on twitter in the next couple of hours, but we are all watching notjust how he interprets this visit to the uk but also clues he gives us as to how he'll approach that all—importa nt meeting with vladimir putin in helsinki on monday. yes, he probably won't break the clubhouse rules on using the phone while playing golf! the bbc website is everything an trump's visit and his forthcoming visit to russia. let's bring you date with some more news. police in wiltshire are continuing their search for evidence in the poisoning of a couple with novichok. detectives say the substance which killed dawn sturgess
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and left charlie rowley in hospital had been in a bottle found at his house. scotland yard says it doesn't know where the bottle came from, and says it can't guarantee that there isn't any more of the substance left. our correspondentjon ironmonger is in salisbury. not very reassuring update from the police there. no, i guess you could say that, although it should be reassuring, really, because this is a significant discovery, this small bottle of novichok found that charlie rowley‘s house in amesbury, almost certainly the main source, probably the only source of novichok which led to this latest poisoning. it reduces the risk of further containers of novichok that could be in the area. of course, we must recap about the course of events that led us to this point. dawn
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stu rg ess that led us to this point. dawn sturgess and charlie rowley fell ill two weeks ago. they were admitted to salisbury district hospital behind me. dawn sturgess sadly died last weekend, prompting a murder investigation, which is now active. charlie rowley is in a serious but sta ble charlie rowley is in a serious but stable condition in hospital, but doctors say his condition is improving, and crucially he's been able to talk to police officers, and they will now be desperate to know, really, how he came into possession of this small container of novichok. they are working on the assumption that the substance, the novichok in this bottle, was the same substance that was smeared or sprayed onto the door handle of sergei skripal‘s home in salisbury four months ago, leading to the poisoning of the former russian spy and his daughter, julia. they will be looking for further evidence to support that theory. meanwhile, scientists at porton down laboratory would be
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looking to see if there is a scientific link between the two poisonings, which they will do by looking at impurities in both of the samples of novichok, the novichok found in this small bottle, and that which was found on the door handle. if they find a link, if it was from the same batch, that raises some pretty serious questions. it has huge diplomatic implications, because the uk government has always pointed the finger squarely at the russian authorities, actors working for the russian state, as those being behind the poisoning of surrogate and yulia skripal —— sergei skripal and yulia skripal. this reduces the risk to the public around here, although the police do say there could still be further containers of novichok in the area that are undiscovered, and public health england say, don't pick up anything strange, if you live in the area, including syringes, needles and cosmetics. thank you. the former sinn fein president,
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gerry adams, has appealed for people who carried out an attack on his home in west belfast last night to meet him. an explosive device was thrown at the house. it follows several nights of rioting in londonderry, which police have blamed on dissident republicans. our ireland correspondent, john campbell, reports. for six nights this week, young people from a republican area of derry have attacked the police. the chief constable said they were being directed by a group of violent dissident republicans who oppose sinn fein and the peace process. yesterday, a rally was held in the city, where sinn fein condemned the dissidents, saying they were using young people as cannon fodder. and this may have been the dissidents' response, a crude explosive device thrown at the west belfast home of gerry adams. it caused damage to a car parked on his driveway. today, mr adams called on his attackers to explain themselves. i would like them or their representatives to come and meet me. i would like them to sit down and explain to me
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what this is about. i would like those who are involved in exploiting children in derry to do the same thing. there was a second attack, not far away, at the home of another senior sinn fein member, though no damage was caused. dissident republicans are small in number. they have been heavily penetrated by the security services and have little capacity to mount attacks, but events here and in derry show they remain dangerous. john campbell, bbc news, belfast. football might not be coming home, but england are still in russia for one more match this afternoon, the third—place play—off against belgium. let's get the latest from st petersburg. yes, iam petersburg. yes, i am in st petersburg, just outside st petersburg stadium but in
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around 40 minutes, england take on belgium for the third—place play—off match of the world cup. not as many england fans here as there were in moscow for the semifinal, but i've tracked down if you england fans and some belgian fans, so let's speak to them. cheering we have kevin and... here we go! first of all, england fans, how significant is today's match? it don't mean a thing, really. it does, a win is a win! doesn't mean a thing. why isn't this significant to you? winning is winning. that's the one. i thought we was going to go all the way. what about the prospect of third—place? sam, you from birmingham. third—place is coming home, made! shouting. you are from belgium. how important
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is it for you belgian win? it would be amazing, the last time was in 86, we we re be amazing, the last time was in 86, we were fourth place, so this time, the golden generation, we have to do better. we've got to go for it. england fans booing. a bit of expectation for some england fans, not that important, just a bit of fun. we've also got tennis to talk about. john watson is at wimbledon. it's the women's final today. not quite as rowdy at the all england club, where the organisers have been forced into a change in schedule on what is ladies traditionally, the ladies final gets under way at 2pm, but that's had to be moved back after an epic clash yesterday, kevin anderson coming through againstjohn isner in five
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gruelling sets, the second longest match in wimbledon history god rafael nadal against novak djokovic, that match was suspended last night, but they resumed at lunchtime today but they resumed at lunchtime today but rafa nadal winning the fourth set here to force a fifth and deciding set. two former champions in action, and it's currently 3—3 in the deciding set, live pictures from centre court. it all depends when we will see serena williams and angelique kerber come out to face each other in what is a repeat of the 2016 wimbledon final, which will get under way a bit later. it's going to be an interesting contest between serena williams and angelique kerber, not least because serena williams spent a long period away from the game following the of her first away from the game following the of herfirst child away from the game following the of her first child last year. she suffered a lot of health complications after, and this is her fourth tournament back after having a baby, and incredible that we are
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talking about her in another wimbledon final, against angelique kerber, looking to recapture the form which saw her reaching wimbledon final in 2016. people who will not want to be waiting are the duchesses of cambridge in sussex, in the royal box today, arriving at the all england club in south—west london before the start of that men's semifinal when it resumed at 1pm. they will be in attendance for the ladies final to come. tournament organisers forced into a rethink in light of that epic match, which we saw yesterday between kevin anderson and john isner, but the ladies final is due to get under way when that second men's is concluded this afternoon. so much to look forward to this afternoon. let's find out if the weather is going to be fine. it's going to be and sticky debt
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wimbledon for the men's final and ladies final. —— a sticky day. for most of us, dry, blue sky and sunshine, especially in england and wales. parts of scotland and northern ireland clouding from the west. some spots of rain in the far north—west, dry and settled for the evening, and we are in for a warm and uncomfortable night, with temperatures in the mid teens for most places. it will feel quite humid to start sunday morning. tomorrow, similar to today, especially in england and wales. more blue sky warm sunshine, but more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, with a few splashes of rain at times. things stay dry the further south and east you are, with temperatures up to 29 or 30, low to mid 20s in the north—west. for next week, gradually things will start to feel all of us.
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