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this is bbc news. i'm carole walker. the headlines at 4.00 — the us president, donald trump, has left his turnberry resort in scotland this afternoon and is on his way to meet the russian president in helsinki. 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?! we're going into negotiations with them. 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. france are the favourites to win against croatia as the two teams go head to head in the world cup final in moscow.
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and this is the scene live in the moscow stadium as the world cup final between france and croatia kicks off. novak djokovic takes the lead with two sets against kevin anderson on centre court in the let's take you live to moscow now, where the world cup final is underway. 1998 winners france are taking on first—time finalists croatia. we can go straight there are, and let's just have a look at some of the action is that big match gets under way. croatia, for as long as
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they can, will press. their system is very reminiscent of the way manchester city play, ratty ditch one side and luka modricjohn the other. —— rakitic. one side and luka modricjohn the other. -- rakitic. we will keep you up—to—date with the goals, but the match is continuing of course live on bbc one. let's go to birmingham now, where the england team have arrived back from russia after their brave but ultimately unsuccessful world cup bid. we are hoping to see the team coming off that plane very shortly. the england captain, harry kane, it is due to have at least the consolation that he is likely to win the world cup's golden boot. he scored six goals. and of course, the team have won huge plaudits for their
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behaviour, their dedication, and having got a lot further than many people expected. after being knocked out in the semifinal, had to play in that play—off against belgium on saturday, where they went down to a 2-0 saturday, where they went down to a 2—0 defeat. gareth southgate's team clearly u na ble 2—0 defeat. gareth southgate's team clearly unable to bounce back from that loss in extra time against croatia, who are now out there in the final. but i think there has been wide recognition of their highly creditable performance. there has been some criticism from england fans, who were told not to go to the airport to welcome the england team are back. the airport authorities saying this included not have the capacity to deal with that sort of event. but undoubtedly, there will be some strong, warm feeling and
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warm words and praise from many who followed their world cup progress. let's go back to the visit by the united states president, donald trump. he has left his turnberry golf resort in scotland and is heading to finland for talks with the russian president, vladimir putin. there you can see the plane waiting at prestwick airport, where donald trump goes on to the next leg of a tour that has taken him nato, some pretty controversial remarks there, the united kingdom, where he stirred up the united kingdom, where he stirred upa huge the united kingdom, where he stirred up a huge amount more controversy over brexit, and of course, he will now be heading on to that meeting with the russian president vladimir putin. let's talk to ros atkins, who's at turnberry and has been following the president's visit.
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you can adjust to see behind me a helicopter landing just in front of the turnberry hotel, which is part of this golf resort which donald trump owns. the president is not here, as you just said, he is on his way... i think he is already an air force one or if he is not, he will be in it in the next couple of minutes and flying to finland soon. through the trees, still activity, some scottish police and the helicopter landing. i do not know whether that stays here the whole time or not but, it is clearly not involved in the main presidential entourage. i saw the motorcade leave the resort a few in it's a go, 30 vehicles and two bikes, and in one of them was the president. he waved to the small group of people who live here at turnberry who had guessed which exit he would lead by
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—— relieved by. and on the meeting with president putin, extraordinary to think that before he left, he was in fact saying that he thought that could be one of the most straightforward parts of this tour, an extraordinary, to make given that he was meeting is close at allies at nato and in the united kingdom. but this comes against a huge backdrop of the controversy over whether russia actually meddled in the united states election. and of course, on friday, we have those latest indictments from the murder investigation ink using —— accusing 12 russian officials hacking the democratic party and then seeking to give that information to people who could help donald trump win that presidential election. there has not been any evidence offered that donald trump was aware of any of that, i was asking for that information, but the allegations are
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piling up, not just information, but the allegations are piling up, notjust the murder investigation but from other american agencies as well, that the russians on a large—scale went about trying to undermine american democracy. the degree to which the president will raise that with vladimir putin will be fascinating to see. they are holding a press conference. you would expect them to get questions on this, but from what happened at the press conference on friday afternoon at chequers. the microphone went to cnn, and donald trump said, i will not take any questions from cnn and forced the microphone to the past to fox news, which is a much more some pathetic news network. we will see how the press c0 nfe re nce news network. we will see how the press conference plays out, and the degree to which the men will be exposed to tough questioning in that area. but whether they are or not, it is inescapable now that american intelligence believes beyond all reasonable doubt that russia, the
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state level, tries to undermine the election in 2016 in a donald trump's favour. and that reveals the context to the entire event. and the chemistry between these two leaders will be absolutely fascinating, want at? it will, i was at the g20 hamburg summer last year, and we we re hamburg summer last year, and we were all poring over the few minutes that we got to see. vladimir putin was sitting next to donald trump, and putin looks more uncomfortable of the two as i remember. we will be looking in great detail at how the two men react. one thing i know about donald trump is that he respects and reveres strain. when he talks about leaders who he admires are talks about leaders who he admires a re often talks about leaders who he admires are often he has been critical but still sits some continents for, he often emphasises strength. he said as much about kim jong—un and president the xi of china. he has
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also used the word strong a reference to president erdogan and vladimir putin. he hates to be perceived as weak himself, and he proceeds with us as others —— in others that something is not to be supported, but could be a reason to attack. and as such, in the context of this trip to the uk, i think some people would say that interviews are the sun that he gave which undercut theresa may's approach to brexit, perhaps he did it because he could see a prime minister who is in a relatively weak domestic political situation and felt able to do that without fearing for the consequences. i will be fascinated to see is, will there be an equivalent of that the sun interview for equivalent of that the sun interview foeradimir putin? equivalent of that the sun interview for vladimir putin? will he say things that are as directly critical as what he said of theresa may in the sun? perhaps he will, but he has not done up to this point. and one last point, when the president was tweeting from inside his hotel here at turnberry yesterday, about those
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indictments from the investigation, he criticised the obama administration for allowing russian agents to hack the democratic party. but at no point did he actually criticised russia for vladimir putin, even though the intelligence agencies are saying, these kind of actions could not have happened u nless actions could not have happened unless they had state—level approval. and just as we speak, looking at live pictures of air force one taxiing on the runway at prestwick airport, as it prepares to set off for the next leg of his tour, taking him as we've been discussing an to helsinki, but that comes at the end of a trip where he has made pretty clear his views on brexit, and on the prospect of a us trade deal. and of course, the real
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remark that sent sparks flying was when he told the sun newspaper that if theresa may went ahead with her plans for a common rule book on many goods with the european union, that that would make it pretty unlikely that would make it pretty unlikely that there would be much of a uk trade deal, because as he put it, if she goes ahead with that plan, effectively the us will be dealing with the european union, even after brexit. yes, this is the common rule book, which is being proposed by the prime minister as a way for the eu and the uk being able to trade without the uk formally being within the single market or formally being within the customs union. it is becoming absolutely central, depending on who you ask, you get a different answer, so theresa may would say that her proposals to not prevent the uk cutting a fresh deal with the us, and being able to dictate the terms. donald trump
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clearly has concerns about that, which expressed in that interview was the sun, saying the plan would like it would kill off the prospect ofa like it would kill off the prospect of a new deal with the us. he backtracks later in the day and said, nowi backtracks later in the day and said, now i have further details, it looks like maybe it will be possible. but i felt the most revealing comment on that press conference with reference to trade was one of the prime minister said, we don't mind how you do brexit. —— the president said. just make sure we can trade with each other without any restrictions, which was him tracking back in a slightly more polite way to the point that he made in the sun. he does not want eu regulations getting in the way of a deal that the uk and the us might decide after brexit. the prime minister said we can do that, but the president has concerns. until we have a finalise arrangements between the eu and the uk on brexit, all of this to some degree is theoretical.
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so this is part of the discussion, but certainly not the end of the discussion. many thanks, and as he saw there, air force one disappearing into the mist over prestwick airport. president trump has left scotland for finland, on to his next meeting, that all important summit with president putin in helsinki. during his four—day visit to the uk, president trump met with the queen and prime minister theresa may, but also batted off the protests against him that were joined by tens of thousands of people. theresa may has revealed that president trump's advice to her on brexit strategy was to sue the european union instead of negotiating with it. the prime minister made the disclosure as she defended her chequers plan for a deal with the eu. it's been widely criticised by members of her own party. here's our political correspondent, nick eardley. teeing off at turnberry in ayrshire this morning, president trump catching a quick round of golf on the last day of his uk visit.
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it began with him warning a post—brexit trade deal could be off the table. but he then said a deal will absolutely be possible, and revealed he'd shared his own strategy with the pm. i gave her a suggestion, not advice. i wouldn't want to give her advice. i gave her a suggestion. i can fully understand why she thought it was a little bit tough. and, today, we found out what that suggestion was. he told me i should sue the eu! sue the eu?! sue the eu! not go into negotiations, sue them, actually... no, you know, we're going into negotiations with them. did you think about that even for a second?! we're going into negotiations with them. the pm is getting advice at home, too. some believe we should stay close to the eu. others, that we need a cleaner break. and ahead of key votes in parliament this week, she had this warning. some people are saying that they want to vote in the trade bill to keep us in the customs union. i say, that's not acceptable, that's not what the british people voted for. others are saying, well, perhaps we can not have the bill at all. that would be damaging
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to our no deal preparations. so, let'sjust keep our eyes on the prize here. the prize is delivering leaving the european union in a way that is in our national interest. at chequers, the prime minister's country retreat, the idea was to reach a plan the government could rally around. but it's left some conservatives very unhappy. they don't want to kill key brexit legislation this week, but... the government unfortunately believes that brexit is not a good thing in itself. it seems to think it has to be tempered with non—brexit. brexit is enormously positive, a huge opportunity for the country, and i'm afraid the prime minister doesn't see that, and it's why i think she is a remainer who has remained a remainer. labour is warning it may not support the plan. the bottom line is, it is in a complete mess. and here we are just months away, weeks away, from trying to get some sort of deal, and it doesn't seem to be coalescing around anything whatsoever of any significance. the uk's brexit plan has
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often been hazy, at best. but as it becomes clearer, many questions remain. nick eardley, bbc news. 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, has left his turnberry resort in scotland this afternoon and is on his way to meet the russian president in helsinki. france are the favourites to win against croatia as the two teams go head—to—head in the world cup final in moscow. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon from russia, where the world cup final is under way, as croatia attempt to secure their first major international trophy against france.
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france the 1990s champions, and croatia, this is theirfirst france the 1990s champions, and croatia, this is their first world cup final. croatia, this is their first world cupfinal. in croatia, this is their first world cup final. in fact 1998 champions. croatia made their world cup debut in the 1998 world cup in france, where they lost to france in the semifinals. croatia unchanged from the team that knocked out england in the team that knocked out england in the semifinal. here is a little bit of what has happened so far. it has been croatia's game so far. we were looking to the french teenager kylian mbappe and all his attacking flairand kylian mbappe and all his attacking flair and strength. he had to make a very important tackle inside his own box to stop one of those croatian chances. this matches live on bbc one right now. these are live pictures, antoine griezmann hasjust won a free kick for the french. this is going to be their best effort, the closest chance they have had so far. we will probably stay with these pictures and see whether antoine griezmann can actually quit something into the box and try to
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create something. —— whip something. the french were runners—up in 2006 as well, and beat the belgians in their semifinal in st petersburg. and i think you can see what has just happened there! the french celebrating, antoine griezmann creating it, just a flicked header. i think it was raphael varane. i am not entirely sure. —— rafael varane. the french are ecstatic, and the croatian culture in bits there. might need to look at the are, actually. there might have been a hint of offside, or was it an own goal? all will be revealed. it was an own goal, a croatian goal has put france into the lead. a very good free kick from antoine griezmann, but the french have the lead.
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subasic there, the croatian keeper, not a what he could do about that. just past his outstretched hand. so france have an early lead after 17 minutes. i'm not sure if the england players will have caught that goal, because just as they kicked off here in moscow, they were just arriving back. they left their st petersburg training camp, and that was the plane that brought them back to birmingham international. the fa has said there will be no proper reception or anything like that, but those players just starting to come off the plane now after reaching their first world cup semifinal since 1990, falling short against the croatians. 2—1 in injury time. the croatians are chasing this game now, france leading 1—0 here in the world cup final. here in moscow.
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that is the england players waiting to get off the plane there. france leading here and we will have more updates on bbc news, but plenty of other sport going on. let's go to the bbc sports centre. let's get straight to the men's tennis final at wimbledon. just over two hours played there. novak djokovic was on top. he led kevin anderson by 2—0. djokovic made light work of the first two sets, winning them 6—2, 6—2 in underan hour. but anderson has shown much more promise in the third set, just failing to convert a couple of set points against the three—time wimbledon champion. we are still in that third set. let's look at some live pictures from bbc two. novak djokovic looking for a first grand slam titles and 2016. all have played epic semifinals. anderson lasted over six
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hours. djokovic serving to stay in this third set, anderson leading 6-5. both this third set, anderson leading 6—5. both players look pretty weary, especially anderson at the start of this final. but he is showing some fight now, just like he did against roger federer. we will keep you up—to—date with that. a bright future at wimbledon, but great britain's jack draper has lost the boys' singles final. chinese taipei's chun hsin tseng, the world junior number one, beat 16—year—old draper 6-1, 6-7, 6-4. greg van avamart has extended his lead over geraint thomas at the tour de france to 43 seconds. after a chaotic stage nine, australia's richie porte is out after this crash. many of the contenders for the overall win had a punishing day on the cobbles in northern france. chris froome was brought down by one of his own team—mates,
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but the defending champion managed to rejoin the race, and is up to eighth overall. van avamart, in the yellowjersey, pushed for the stage win, but was beaten across the line in roubaix byjohn degenkolb. it is1-0 it is1—0 to it is 1—0 to france in the world cup final against greater. the wimbledon men's's final looks like it might go to form accepts. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. a busy afternoon, as you say. france 1-0 a busy afternoon, as you say. france 1—0 up, and own goal by croatia. there are the scenes in... it says moscow, but you can tell it as paris because there is the eiffel tower. things have calmed down a bit now, but those pictures which have been coming into this live from paris shortly crowd going wild. as france
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went 1—0 shortly crowd going wild. as france went1—0 up in shortly crowd going wild. as france went 1—0 up in that world cup final. france, of course, the favourites. croatia in their first ever world cup final. there is the scene in zagreb. equally huge crowds. this is the first time that russia are through to the world cup final. we are seeing pictures that are alternating between the two capitals, i should explain, coming into us. there is the scene in paris. some french fans pretty happy to be1—0 up paris. some french fans pretty happy to be 1—0 up at this stage in the world cup final. fans all over the country following the game alive on big screens, in pubs, similarly right across asia. looking pretty crestfallen after that own goal which has put france a goal ahead. police in wiltshire are continuing their search for evidence after the poisoning of a couple with the nerve agent novichok. dawn sturgess died after
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she and her partner, charlie rowley, were exposed to the chemical last month. detectives say more than 400 items have been recovered so far. our correspondent keith doyle has been at salisbury district hospital, and has this update. 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.
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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 40 minutes to put on. they're working with limited visibility, limited movement. in this searing heat, it can get up to 40 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
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they're protected, as well. so, it takes another 40 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. let's go to birmingham now where the england team have arrived back from russia after their brave but ultimately unsuccessful world cup bid. there you can see the players who have just come off that flight from moscow as the final which they had hoped undreamed they could be taking pa rt hoped undreamed they could be taking part in an folds on the pitch and the moscow stadium. the england team there back on uk soil, just posing for some pictures with the photographers there. and of course,
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the campaign ultimately ended in failure, england knocked out in the semifinals. and then of course, having to face belgium in the play—offs on saturday, where they we re play—offs on saturday, where they were defeated 2—0. apparently unable to bounce back after the disappointment of missing out on a chance to be playing in the final today. but clearly, there have been huge plaudits for the team, the way they have conducted themselves, the way they performed on the pitch. and of course of the manager gareth southgate, who has remained, throughout. —— calm throughout. and captain harry kane could come away with the small consolation prize of the world cup's golden boot, having scored six goals. solid performance from the england team that really brought together fans and many who
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don't necessarily count themselves as huge followers of the game, but many united behind them, willing them on through that exciting contest. their campaign and now i an end, bloody huge amount of respect for what they have achieved, a huge amount exceeding the expectations of many. —— but a amount exceeding the expectations of many. —— buta huge amount exceeding the expectations of many. —— but a huge amount of respect. now an update from croatia, it is now 1—1. the match is being shown live on bbc one. you can watch all the action there. 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
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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. now it's time for a look at the weather, with sarah keith—lucas. hello there. sunday has brought some contrasts in terms of the weather. things have still been warm, humid and sunny towards england and wales. cooler, cloudier and some rain across scotland and northern ireland, all courtesy of this frontal system this evening that heads its way further eastwards,
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bringing spells of rain for eastern parts of northern ireland, central and western scotland, and some of those bursts of rain headed into north—west england and wales during the early hours of monday. still hot and humid overnight further south and east of that, but things will turn fresher from the north west. during the day on monday, as that front works its way further eastwards, we'll see more cloud, with some showery rain for england, wales, down towards the south—west of england, too. in central and eastern parts of england there could be an isolated shower, but i think predominantly dry, hot and humid once again. up to around 29 in london. 20 in belfast, though, with a return to fresher conditions, with sunshine and one or two showers. then through the week ahead, things gradually turning cooler and fresher for all of us, with a mix of sunshine and showers, but wetter weather to end the week. bye— bye.

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