this is bbc news. i'm carole walker. the headlines at 3.00 — the prime minister has revealed the advice she was given from us president donald trump about brexit. he told me i should sue the eu! sue the eu?! sue the eu! not go into negotiations, sue them. actually, no, we're going into negotiations with them. did you even think about that for a second?! theresa may also warned conservative mps they are putting brexit at risk by arguing over her proposals for how the uk will leave the eu. if we were going to find something that was in britain's interest, that delivered on the referendum and that was negotiable, we had to make what is a compromise, but is a positive in terms of the benefits that it gives us. meanwhile, the us president is playing one last round of golf before leaving scotland for a meeting with the russian president in finland. excitement mounts ahead of the world cup final this

afternoon, with france the favourites to win against croatia. novak djokovic wins the first set against kevin anderson on centre court in the wimbledon men's final. i have just strolled up to the role that one of the exits —— donald trump has just strolled. that one of the exits —— donald trump hasjust strolled. there that one of the exits —— donald trump has just strolled. there are a lot of police, press and some locals opening to get a glance of the president's car along with his motorcade. whichever route he takes out of turnberry, he will be going

to an airport nearby where air force one awaits, then on to that meeting with vladimir putin in helsinki. as ever, when president trump visits somewhere, he tends to lead more questions than he does answers. he is deliberately disruptive in his approach to many issues, and his approach to many issues, and his approach to many issues, and his approach to negotiations and policy. notjust approach to negotiations and policy. not just with countries approach to negotiations and policy. notjust with countries with whom he may have more difficult relations, but also with allies. we saw that at nato and we saw it here in the uk as well. and one of those moments was a couple of days back when the president gave that interview to the sun, saying i told theresa may what to do an brexit, but she decided not to do an brexit, but she decided not to ta ke to do an brexit, but she decided not to take my advice. it also came up in the press conference the two of them give at chequers on friday afternoon, but neither of them told us afternoon, but neither of them told us what that advice was. well, the prime minister spoke to the bbc earlier, and she finally cleared things up. the whole country wants

to know, prime minister, what was that brutal tough suggestion. he told me i should sue the eu! sue the eu?! sue the eu! not go into negotiations, sue them. actually, no, we're going into negotiations with them. did you even think about that for a second?! but he also said, do not walk away, because then you are stuck. i want to negotiate from a strong position. she had to win over her own party, clearly she has not done that com pletely clearly she has not done that completely because she lost two cabinet ministers over the plan. there are many in her own backbench who are unhappy with what is on the table. secondly, she needs to win over parliament, the uk parliament, so over parliament, the uk parliament, so she can get that plan through in the numerous votes that are taking place. and thirdly, she needs to

persuade the public. i think some in downing street are fairly happy with that theresa may has come out fighting for this plan this morning. she was adamant that it delivered on the brexit result, it would allow things like trade deals, but also protects the british economy and britishjobs. but as i say, there are some on her own side, in her own party, who are extremely unhappy you are right to make that unhappiness clear at every opportunity —— are going to make that unhappiness clear. and they will try to get her to change course, and that is all of course before she negotiates it with the eu. there is so much going on with british and american politics at the moment, it can sometimes feel as if they are warping time. member it is only a week ago that we thought the prime minister's chequers proposalfor thought the prime minister's chequers proposal for brexit had been accepted by her whole cabinet she had pulled off something of a political coup. there hours later, david davis the brexit secretary

resigned at a number of things played out from there. —— a few hours. one issue raised by donald trump's visit, not long after he arrived here in the turnberry, we stood here in a late evening sunshine, and a man in a paraglider flew over our heads with an anti—trump banner below him. and he flew towards the resorts just behind me here. the president had just arrived, he was cruising some guests in the hotel, talking to staff so on. and the paraglider was able to fly this sign to within a few meters of the president, you may have seen the footage. today, scottish police have told us they have arrested a 55 old man in connection with what they are calling a security breach. bear in mind there was a no—fly zone in place. scottish police say what he did was dangerous. the protest was organised by greenpeace who said it was not dangerous and the notified the police ten to 15 minutes before the police ten to 15 minutes before the protest happened. here's the

shots we have got off donald trump's turnberry golf resort. we are expecting the president to leave any moment. there has been some activity during the last hour, the white house never tells anyone exactly when the president is moving from a to b. but we know his departure is imminent, we know that air force one is waiting. and although the president said before he set off for a europe that arguably his meeting with vladimir putin would be the easiest of all the meetings he was good to have, there was no doubt about the importance of this head—to—head summit. bear in mind the relationship between russia and america plays into how the international community treats russia's annexation of crimea. it plays into the conflict in syria and the response of the death of a british woman killed, the uk authorities say, by novichok, a chemical weapon the belief was produced by the russians, that is just three examples, not to mention

the repeated accusations by american security services that the russians deliberately interfered in the presidential election of 2016, which donald trump won. it is good to be a fascinating summit, and of course, we will be covering it all here on bbc news. thank you very much. as we we re bbc news. thank you very much. as we were just hearing, theresa bbc news. thank you very much. as we werejust hearing, theresa may bbc news. thank you very much. as we were just hearing, theresa may said that president trump's advice to heart was to sue the european union instead of negotiating with it. —— advice to her. she made the disclosure while defending her chequers plan for a dealfor the eu, which has been widely criticised by members of her own party. earlier, i spoke to takis tridimas, professor of eu law at king's college london, about whether theresa may has any grounds whatsoever to sue the eu on. it's not... it's not obvious, it's not easy to see how the united kingdom government would be able to sue the european union. we are in negotiations. we are in negotiations, and these are a matter for politics, not really a matter

forjudiciary dispute. now, the united kingdom is still a member of the european union, it has rights and obligations, so if there was a suggestion that the european union has denied to the government a right or a power under eu law, then the government could sue. so for example, if the european union tried to regulate an area where it does not have any power to regulate, then the government could sue for that. but there is no suggestion to my knowledge that this has happened, so as far as the negotiations are concerned, there is a duty to behave with good faith. but again, i don't think there is any suggestion that the eu, or the uk, for that matter, has breached that duty. so when president trump made this suggestion, what sort of legal case do you think he had in mind? it is not easy to see. i can't really imagine any circumstances where it would be possible to bring a meaningful litigation against the european union.

we don't yet have an agreement, so there is no suggestion that the eu has breached that agreement. a government of an eu state can sue the eu before the european court ofjustice. i don't think it could sue it before any other international court, that would not be possible in law. so it is not easy to see what that possibility might be. a government minister has resigned for sending sexual texts to two female constituents. it's reported that andrew griffiths, who was ministerfor small businesses, sent more than 2,000 messages to the women. the married father—of—one has said he is deeply ashamed, and is seeking professional help. police in wiltshire are continuing their search

for evidence after the poisoning of a couple with the nerve agent novichok. dawn sturgess died after she and her partner, charlie rowley, were exposed to the chemical last month. detectives say more than 400 items have been recovered so far. earlier, our correspondent keith doyle gave us this update from outside salisbury district hospital. well, this is where charlie rowley is being treated, at salisbury district hospital. the hospital has said that there's been no significant change in his condition, which has been for the last few days described as serious but stable. i have spoken to a member of his family this morning, who said that they had spoken to charlie, he is able to talk, but he is obviously coming to terms with the death of his partner, dawn sturgess, and all that entails. now, the police have been giving us details about the investigation, and the scale of this investigation, which of course is now a murder investigation. and they've described the search process, in their words, as "one of the most complex and difficult that uk

"policing has ever faced". now, we do know that they found and recovered a bottle in amesbury, at the home of charlie rowley on friday. they do believe that is the source of the nerve agent novichok. and that is obviously a huge boost to their investigation. but the searches are continuing. they've said that they've collected around 400 items. now, those items include swabs and samples. and they have said that a significant number of these may be contaminated. that is obviously quite worrying. and they're saying that the searches that are going on at various locations could go on for weeks, and months, even. these are very meticulous searches. the volunteer police and scientists that are taking part in these searches, they have to wear protective equipment that takes a0 minutes to put on. they're working with limited visibility, limited movement. in this searing heat, it can get up to a0 degrees inside these sterile tents that

they're working in. and of course, they have to make sure there's no cross—contamination. they have to make sure that they're protected, as well. so, it takes another a0 minutes to take this protective equipment off. so, it is a huge, complex investigation. it is going to cover a wide area. it is covering a wide area. it is going to go on for some time. and it is, as i say, a very, very complex investigation. a man has died following a collision with a lorry on the m6 near stafford. it happened at around 12:30pm today on the southbound side between junctions 1a and 13. police say the entire southbound carriageway is expected to remain closed for a number of hours as investigations continue. motorists are advised to check theirjourneys before they travel. the troubled train operator govia thameslink is introducing its third major timetable change in two months. passengers on the company's lines, which include thameslink and great northern, have suffered severe disruption after an overhaul

of the schedule in may. a british teenager who fell 70ft from a balcony in magaluf has died. thomas channon, who was 18 and from rhoose, near barry in glamorgan, is the third holidaymaker from the uk to die at the eden roc apartment complex this year. he was celebrating the end of his a—levels at the spanish party resort. the foreign office are supporting the family. a 28—year—old man has died and a 5a—year—old man has been seriously injured in a stabbing in birmingham. the attack took place in yardley wood, in the south—east of the city, in the early hours of sunday morning. west midlands police have said inquiries are ongoing, but that both men were known to each other and they are not seeking anyone else in relation to the incident. the us president donald trump is

just leaving turnberry where he has played a final round of golf before heading off towards the airport to go to finland, where he has that historic meeting with president putin in helsinki. you canjust about make out in the distance the huge cavalcade their with the us president, of course, in the beast at the start of that convoy, the huge black armoured limousine that has been ferrying him around. and he has been ferrying him around. and he has now left turnberry after a pretty low— key has now left turnberry after a pretty low—key departure at the end ofa pretty low—key departure at the end of a visit that was anything but. making the headlines this morning was theresa may revealing that he had advised her to sue the european union, and a series of other

interviews, including of course the big news conference at chequers on friday, where he sought to somewhat smooth over relations after a p pa re ntly smooth over relations after apparently criticising her very strongly in an interview in the sun newspaper earlier. but he has now left the uk, saying that the relationship with the uk is the highest level of special. certainly downing street will be delighted with that. but theresa may still left defending her strategy for brexit. and indeed, defending concerns that it could affect a future trade deal with the united states. in less than an hour, france will take on croatia in the world cup final. france are the favourites, but croatia have defied expectations so far. our paris correspondent, hugh schofield, is in paris for us now. hugh, i'm sure the excitement is

mounting their on the streets of the capital. tension is mounting and excitement is mounting. we have come toa excitement is mounting. we have come to a cafe bar here, but we could have chosen any town, village or city in the whole of france, from the south to the north, you will have the same mixture of excitement, heat, alcohol, and generalfervour which is reaching a pitch which will beaat which is reaching a pitch which will be a at its culminating point in an hour or so when kick—off happens. it isa hour or so when kick—off happens. it is a phenomenally mass moment of excitement, and all i can say is that this far behind us, it is so full that everyone has had to pack out on the floor. everyone is absolutely convinced that france is going to win. it is fascinating, we

have been talking a lot how the england team really got a huge numbers all around the nation, people who wouldn't necessarily consider themselves huge football fans, since to get them involved in this historic event. so many exciting matches, england of course sadly not in that final today, but it appears that there is a similar fervour than france. well, certainly. the point about french football fa ns certainly. the point about french football fans is that they come out and support 13 when they are doing well, and the move away when the tea m well, and the move away when the team does badly. —— support their team. that has been the accusation made about french football fans. whatever the case, they are doing well now, so they are all out, they have come to love this team. i say that because it was not obvious throughout the qualifying period, even throughout the group stage matches, the team was not particularly exciting. the word lots

of doubts, and the headlines in the papers would cast suspicion on the capacity of the team to make it through. but everything changed in that match against argentina, and we saw that mass as you wish and around the world of kylian mbappe, the teenagerfrom the the world of kylian mbappe, the teenager from the north of paris who scored those two goals, he has come to symbolise both the immigrant origins of so many of the players but also the patriotic fervour they have as well. and that is what i think is very exciting about this team, it has combined those two things. in the past, there have been teams that have been heavy on people of immigrant stock, but accusations that, have they got the patriotic fervour behind them? there is no question that this team is com pletely question that this team is completely and utterly franco frankel franco. that has brought eve ryo ne frankel franco. that has brought everyone behind them, and they are behind the team and they are confident about this match, although

one adds the caveat that goes into a match against croatia as favourite is not necessarily a good thing, as england found out the other night. thank you, hugh. and our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford is in red square in moscow. iam now i am now outside the stadium where for the last couple of hours, the atmosphere has been building and the crowd is growing. a huge number of croatian and french fans, but also the majority of people here are a russian, because this is a vast stadium with 80,000 seats, and a lot of locals are here to enjoy the match. and we have found one man who looks like he might be supporting france. it that of a giveaway in your body paint! you are russian but your body paint! you are russian but you backing france. i am russian but

i live in france, and i feel i have to support the french team because they have performed very well. unfortunately, russia was kicked off, so me and my wife here together to support the french team, we hope they will win. lots of people are saying they are supporting france because croatia kicks rush out of the world cup. no, i don't think so, but all my colleagues and friends are supporting france. i am an ambassador of my french colleagues here in russia. you are clearly very committed to the french team. how long did it take you to sort that out? one hour, that was serious preparation. might take longer to ta ke preparation. might take longer to take it off. enjoy the match. a russian supporting france, and there area russian supporting france, and there are a lot of russians who are backing france, partly because croatia was that knocked them out of this world cup in the quarterfinal. there are other reasons, too, some politics behind it as well. but people are generally telling me that the much to see a fantastic game of

football, not just the just the russians, the french, and the croatians, there are people here from all over the world, people wearing the flags and shirts from the football teams from at least 32 countries that have been taking part in this world cup. an amazing carnival of football. and one person who will be here today who has not been here since the opening ceremony is vladimir putin, and if we are talking about who has had a good world cup, you would have to see vladimir putin has had an excellent one, because the refuge critics of this world cup before it kicked off. a lot of political criticism of russia, and concerns about potential hooliganism or violence here. the critics did not manage to stage a boycott, the hooligans were warned to stay calm, to stay at home, not to stay calm, to stay at home, not to cause any trouble. and by and large, that is what has happened. so i think, is vladimir putin looks back on the past month, he will be pretty pleased with himself. russians generally have had a great

month, and so have all the visitors, so month, and so have all the visitors, soa month, and so have all the visitors, so a positive occasion for many people here. an unusualface for russia, a showcase for this country. i think we are seeing the best of a country that has other sides as well. sarah in moscow, thank you for 110w. the headlines on bbc news — the prime minister has revealed that us president donald trump advised her to "sue the eu" in order to achieve brexit. the us president, donald trump, is playing one last round of golf he has now left scotland for a meeting with the russian president in helsinki. police say the search operation to find traces of the novichok nerve agent which poisoned dawn sturgess and charlie rowley is the most "complex and difficult uk policing has ever faced". and in sport — novak djokovic takes command in the men's final at wimbledon. he's one set up on kevin anderson, and on course to win the second. france have arrived. cool, calm, and the favourites to take football's greatest prize.

croatia have arrived, too. the world cup final kicks off in under a5 minutes. coverage for you on bbc one and bbc radio five live. and there's another crash on the tour de france. defending champion chris froome goes down, but he gets back up again. but his rival richie porte is out. i'll be back with more on those stories in an hour. one of the biggest car—buying groups in britain says more than half of its vehicles will be electric by 2025. the british vehicle rental and leasing association wants to increase its fleet of electric cars to 750,000, as our business correspondent, joe lynam, reports. noxious gases coming out of cars could soon be a thing of the past. now one of the biggest fleet—buyers in the uk says it's switching to low or zero—emission vehicles

within seven years. the british vehicle rental and leasing association is responsible for one in every five vans as well as one in every eight cars on our roads. and its members have pledged to turn most of their fleets into plug—in vehicles by 2025. a 15—fold increase in only seven years, from 50,000 to 720,000 vehicles. but it still needs government action. this is notjust about business investing. this is about the government helping these businesses to invest. we need support with infrastructure for electric vehicles. but most of all, we need support in terms of tax regime. the government said its road to zero strategy will help make sure the uk remained a world leader for investment in and uptake of zero—emission technologies. at the moment, there are just under 200,000 plug—in vehicles on uk roads. but as the taxes and charges mount on diesel vehicles, the number of plug—in cars is going to multiply rapidly

in the coming years. joe lynam, bbc news. we have just been reporting that donald trump has left turnberry. he is on his way to fly to helsinki, where he will of course have that historic meeting with president putin. we have some pictures of the convoy... heading to the airport. on its way there. causing quite a stir along the route. no sign of an electric car, i have to say. a pretty low— key electric car, i have to say. a pretty low—key departure after a visit that has been anything but. tourism the prime minister revealed this morning that the advice she had had from donald trump was to sue the european union. —— theresa may the prime minister. she said very

clearly she would not be doing that, she would negotiate with them, but he clearly wanted her to take a much tougher approach to the whole brexit process. but he also lavished praise on theresa may, saying she is a strong leader and that the special relationship was the highest level of special. he insisted that he had not intended to be critical of her, and apologised for reported remarks in the sun newspaper, where he appeared to suggest that her plans for brexit would prevent a trade deal with the us. he said they did wa nt deal with the us. he said they did wantan deal with the us. he said they did want an arrangement that allowed a trade deal to go ahead. —— he did want. but president trump now on his way from turnberry for the next historic leg on that trip, where he has been seizing the headlines, the disrupter sat in the living up to his name. the 12 boys rescued from flooded caves in thailand have been paying tribute to one of the divers who died while trying save them.

former navy seal saman gunan died when he ran out of air during an operation to deliver air tanks to the boys. the boys were assessed and deemed be in good mental and physical health before their families told them about the diver‘s death. residents of a village in greenland have left their homes after an iceberg weighing 11 million tonnes drifted inland, prompting fears of a tsunami. local officials warned the iceberg could split in two, forcing a huge wave onshore. 260 billion tonnes of greenland's ice is lost to the ocean each year. a group of six southern koalas are being brought from australia to live at longleat safari park in wiltshire, making them the only ones of their kind in europe. the southern koalas are known for their thickerfur — handy for a british winter. laura foster reports.

they are abandoning australia and moving to wiltshire. and when the five females and single male arrive, it will be the only place you can find southern koalas in the whole of europe and it's hoped, once this group settles into their new home in longleat, they will start to breed. it will be a very strict monitoring process of each individual koala and the koala as a group, so we can actually identify different behaviours and individualities and how it affects them. they are also brought being brought to the uk because wildlife experts want to raise awareness about the problems koalas are facing. although not classed as endangered, koalas are recognised as vulnerable. since the middle of the 19th century, millions have been killed for theirfur, and more recently, large portions of their habitat have been destroyed to build houses and roads. wombats have been chosen to keep them company on theirjourney and they will end up here, at a new indoor and outdoor australia—inspired enclosure at longleat safari park.

so, the koalas' new home isn't finished just yet. there are some eucalyptus trees here, perfect for the koalas to snack on between mealtimes, but they are still going to plant more trees. now, these have been picked especially from the longleat estate because they are perfect for koalas to really sink their claws into and scale all the way up. but they can eat up to 500 grams of eucalyptus leaves in a single day. that's one of the reasons the team here have been growing their own supply. we have faced some challenges. we had, obviously, the heavy snow back in march which has kind of set us back a little bit, but since this nice sunshine has happened, they have sprouted right up, so definitely become more positive. but when these six furry friends arrive in the autumn, it is hoped we will be able to learn more about how to help protect these iconic creatures. laura foster, bbc news, at longleat. now it's time for a look at the weather.

things have still been warm and humid in england and wales, but wetter and cooler in scotland and northern ireland. this weather system moving further north, some rainfor system moving further north, some rain for eastern parts of northern ireland and central and western england. —— scotland. still madly in the overnight to the south and east of that, but things will turn fresh from the north east. some showery rainfor from the north east. some showery rain for the north of england and wales, and is down towards the south—west of england, too. predominantly dry, hot and humid