president trump and president putin stand together to tell the world they have started a productive dialogue. a handshake signals what the us president says is a chance to do great things with russia. our relationship has never been worse than it is now. however, that changed as of about four hours ago. and president trump refuses to back the fbi's allegations that russia interfered in the us election. theresa may caves into pressure from tory brexiteers over her blueprint to leave the european union. the number of people coming into the uk from the eu compared with those leaving falls to its lowest in nearly five years. blast—off from northern scotland, as it's chosen to be the site of the uk's first spaceport. and after their success at the world cup, the french give their national

team a heroes‘ welcome. and coming up on bbc news, a high point for england, but how much higher can they go? we discuss the legacy of world cup 2018. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. donald trump and vladimir putin have hailed a new constructive dialogue between their countries following the first us—russia summit in eight years. the two men pledged to improve relations and to cooperate on arms control. president putin denied he had interfered in the us election, though admitted he had wanted donald trump to win. and president trump pointedly refused to back repeated allegations by us intelligence that mr putin did interfere. our north america editor,

jon sopel, reports from where the meeting took place — in the finnish capital, helsinki. as befitting two self—proclaimed strongmen, there was a power play from the off, vladimir putin arriving almost rudely late into finland, leaving donald trump kicking his heels for nearly an hour. but then, against the constant whirr of camera shutters, they sat down at the presidential palace in helsinki to start their discussion. i think we have great opportunities together, as two countries that, frankly, we have not been getting along very well for the last number of years. i've been here not too long, but it's getting close to two years. but i think we will end up having an extraordinary relationship, i hope so. i've been saying it, and i'm sure you've heard over the years, and as i campaigned, that getting along with russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. the world wants to see us get along,

we are the two grade nuclear powers, we are the two grade nuclear powers, we have 90% of the nuclear — that is not a good thing, it's a bad thing. and i think we hopefully can do something about that, cos it's not a positive force, it is a negative force. translation: the time has come to talk ina translation: the time has come to talk in a substantive way about bilateral relations and the many problem areas of the world. with rather fewer cameras present, the two men met for the formal handshake. they then sat alone, just them and translators, for two hours, before the lunch. i think it is a good start, a very good start for everybody. that turned into a media scrum, until the secret service had had enough. and there was a small frack before the news conference

began — a man sitting next to me was evicted, he had planned to hold up placards. but then the two men appeared, and while not going as far as to claim it was a new dawn, the president was happy to say today had been a turning point. our relationship has never been worse thanit relationship has never been worse than it is now. however, that changed as of about four hours ago. i really believe that. a lot has been made of the unusual relationship between the two men. donald trump has never criticised his russian counterpart. was that because of collusion during the election? the russian leader was dismissive. translation: can you name a single fa ct translation: can you name a single fact that would definitely prove the collusion? this is at a nonsense. and then this question. does the russian government have any compromising material and president trump or his family? yes, i did hear

the rumours that we collected, rising material on president trump. when he was in moscow back then, i didn't even know he was in moscow. i treat president trump with the utmost respect. for his part, donald trump was again insisted there had been no collusion in the 2016 presidential election. just to say at one time again, and i say it all the time, there was no collusion, i didn't know the president, there was nobody to collude with. and with president trump praising vladimir putin for his handling of the world cup, the russian leader literally and metaphorically passed the ball to donald trump for how the relationship between the us and russia should develop. let's talkerjon in helsinki. i can't think that i've seen a press conference like that before, what has the reaction being? well, it was

an extraordinary news conference, and you would have to say that given that they do have 90% of the nuclear weapons in the world, the idea that vladimir putin and donald trump should build up a good working relationship, should look at areas where there can be co—operation, in flash points around the world like the middle east, then you'd have to say that was a good thing. i think the thing that really stood out for me was donald trump's utter refusal to acknowledge that there was russian interference in the presidential election. it's as if he's psychologically cannot accept it, as if it would invalidate his own victory, and this despite it being the unanimous verdict of us intelligence services, the us justice department, they unveiled the 12 russian intelligence officers had been indicted last friday. it is somewhere that donald trump wants to go nowhere near, and yet all the time he doesn't, the questions about what went on in that election will continue. jon sopel in helsinki, thank you. theresa may has caved in to pressure from tory brexiteers over her plan for leaving the european union,

and neutralised a potential rebellion by those mps who were looking to reject her brexit proposals. meanwhile, calls by a former cabinet minister for a second referendum to break the political deadlock over brexit has been ruled out by the government. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg, has been following the latest developments. oh, wow! objects might not be what they first appear. theresa may's carefully manufactured brexit compromise might now be missing some of its crucial parts. the prime minister is sticking to her script, but the chequers plan is the right one. “— but the chequers plan is the right one. —— that the chequers plan is the right one. our proposal sets out the right one. our proposal sets out the right one. our proposal sets out the right plan for the uk, honouring the right plan for the uk, honouring the democratic decision of the british people, protecting the integrity of our precious union, supporting growth, maintaining security, and safeguarding british jobs. it is notjust the resignation

of two senior ministers she has to worry about now, even if boris johnson is yet to move out of the foreign secretary's swanky pad. he and david davies both quit over the plan, believing it keeps us too close to the eu after we leave. do you regret resigning? no, not for a moment! but dozens of tories were ready tonight to vote against the government to protest, but facing defeat, ministers backed down on some parts. it is quite clear that chequers and the white paper that was published last week simply do not restate what the prime minister had committed, even something like ten days ago. downing street is trying to claim that they haven't given into the eurosceptic group.|j would not have gone to all the work idid to would not have gone to all the work i did to ensure that we reached that agreement, only to see it changed in some way through these bills. frankly, that is just not what many mps believe. one has to wonder now,

who is in charge?! who is running britain? is it the prime minister, oi’ britain? is it the prime minister, or is it the honourable memberfor north east somerset? i know where my money is sitting at the moment! confused about what is going on in there? well, it took months for theresa may to get most of ministers to agree the chequers compromise. it might not have been perfect, but it was a plan that number 10 would endure. some brexiteers were so ci’oss endure. some brexiteers were so cross with elements of it that they produced some of their own tweaks to try to force her to back down. it was a power—play and for today, at least, number 10 has let them have their way. but if parliament, day by day, finds it harder to agree anything should, in the end, the big choice come back to you?” anything should, in the end, the big choice come back to you? i would have liked it if parliament could have liked it if parliament could have reached a compromise, but it is clear that it can't, and you either put your head in the sand or recognise that reality, you are

pragmatic, and then you ask yourself, what is the way that we can still get through this and that we can still perhaps deliver on the brexit that people wanted, that we can still put the choice in front of the british people? politicians are miles away from agreeing that. having another brutal referendum, a fight that could be tougher on all sides than the last time round. but ideas about how to move forward are in short supply. and, fiona, if it looks like a mess in westminster tonight, that is because it is a mess in westminster tonight. the prime minister came up with chequers plan over many, many months, and she hopes that it would at least draw a line in the sand. number ten always knew that there would be grumpiness, there would be resistance, but tonight there's a different feeling — one that it seems they are really struggling to stay in control. laura, in westminster, thank you. the number of the people coming to the uk from the eu compared with the number leaving has fallen to its lowest level in nearly five years.

the office for national statistics says a total of a 101,000 more people arrived than left the country in 2017. the overall migration figures show the government is still a long way from achieving its target of cutting net migration to the tens of thousands. 0ur economics editor, kamal ahmed, reports. i came here because i started working on my phd in british literature, and then i met garrett, my husband, and i stayed, essentially. that was five years ago. i would have never thought at the time that something like the brexit would happen, possibly. it was just unimaginable for me. and i also didn't think, like, i'm a foreigner moving to a new country. i felt like a european citizen, just exerting my freedom of movement rights. when you were thinking, then, the the future for your family, for your daughter, what did you think about what you wanted to do? we can choose. yes. we can choose to go to berlin, yeah, because there just seems to be more security. and also, i mean, there will be

european citizens living in a european union nation with everything that goes with that. the stevens family in london, just one of many deciding to leave the uk for a new home where they think they will be more welcome. immigration to the uk is fundamentally changing. the numbers coming from the rest of the eu are falling, and the numbers from the rest of the world are rising. in 2010, 77,000 more eu migrants came to the uk compared with the number who left — that's called net migration. you can see how that figure then rose rapidly to 184,000 by 2015. as the uk economy outperformed the rest of europe, we became a bit of a magnet, and bulgarians and romanians were allowed to move freely across the eu. but then the brexit referendum,

and this massive, rapid fall o 101,000 people. let's look at the rest of the world. here, numbers did dip for a while, but over the last two years the numbers coming have risen — to a high of 227,000. in total, in excess of 280,000 more people came to the uk than left last year. that's still well above the government's target of tens of thousands. well, we've been very clear that we want to see migration headed towards more sustainable levels, but it's important that, at the same time, industry and our public and private sector can continue to attract the skilled people that they going to need, whether that be from the eu or indeed outside the eu. since the referendum, overall, people have become less worried about immigration. but like here in bury, views are still mixed. there's too many coming in and not enough

money to go around for our own. we've got people coming in from overseas helping us out with sort ofjobs that other people in the uk might not want to do and stuff like that. so, it's a good thing, i personally think. hello, we'vejust landed in berlin! for anna and her family, an unexpected move away. britain may still be a very popular destination for the rest of the world, which economists think is important for our prosperity. but for many, it's no longer the place they call home. kamal ahmed, bbc news. our top story this evening: donald trump and vladimir putin hold talks in helsinki — the first summit between us and russian leaders in eight years. and it's known as the zombie drug affecting towns across the uk, but we visit one project that says it's stopping the spread of spice. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: new haircut, new club. ronaldo greets his new army of italian fans. a peninsula in northern scotland has

been chosen as the site of the uk's first spaceport. rockets carrying satellites could be blasting off from sutherland in a few years' time, paving the way for space flights. the government is also setting aside money to develop sites in cornwall and gwynedd in wales. 0ur correspondentjon kay has more. it is not exactly cape canal ram but this quiet boggy land on the north coast of colt is set to become britain's first space port. smaller rocks like this could be blasting off from the a'mhoine peninsula in the next five year, after the uk space agency chose this site for development. for the local community it will be quite a change. there are people who are really really ha p py there are people who are really really happy and bring it op, can't happen fast enough and there are

people who are understandingibly cautious, what will the impact be and more than a bit worried. until now, this scottish company has had to send its satellites to endsia, china or kazakhstan to get them to to space, they say being able to lift off from the uk will rocket boost the domestic industry. the very north of scotland is a great location to be able to get to the right orbits for the satellites we do, because it is very far north and which can get into what is called a polar orbit so it will go round the poles of the earth. nearly 800 miles south this is knew key airport. they have announced ambitious plans today. this was only going to a few miles to the isles of silly but satellites could be launched from here too. not the kind of vertical lift offs planned for scotland but horizontal launches by planes. this afternoon cornwall council

signed a deal with richard branson‘s company. for this firm in bodmin it is all a sign that britain's space industry is on the up. this is a really carefully machines part. the precision parts they make here will soon be used in a nasa mission, to carry out the biggest ever survey of freshwater supply, they say today's announcement in northern scotland and here will mean the uk can play a confident, long—term part in a growing global business. there are companies here in cornwall that are like us, the best in the world at what they do, and getting those companies together, to produce stuff for space flight, is just such a fantastic opportunity. britain's space industry has waited a long time for today's announcement and while the news has been welcomed, experts say it is only a started, and the uk will have to act quickly, if it is going to stay ahead. long—suffering rail passengers

travelling on trains run by govia thameslink in south east england have been getting to grips with their third new timetable in less than two months. the company claims today's changes will improve reliability, after it's had to cancel hundreds of trains since may. 0ur correspondent tom burridge is at peterborough station. how has this new timetable gone down with passengers? well, phone that these buses tell pa rt well, phone that these buses tell part of the story tonight. they are simply on stand by, in case there are problem, and it tells you how nervous goveia thameslink is about the prospect of disruption with this new timetable. we have met a gentleman coming off a train that was delayed. 0ther passenger were going to have to get a bus for part of their journey and there was disruption on the line not far from here between cambridge and london. 0verall here between cambridge and london. overall it hasn't been a bad day for goveia thameslink, nothing like the disruption we saw in may when they tried to implement a more ambitious timetable back then, the company

knows it has to get its act together. a local mp said if it doesn't she will push for it to lose the franchise. spare a thought tonight for passengers in northern england. they are still waiting for new timetables, to increase capacity and alleviate some of the problems there. it's an illegal drug that's cheap, can be deadly, and its effects are seen in town and city centres across the country. spice has become known as the zombie drug because of the way it can reduce users to a semi—comatose state. 0ne town, wrexham in north wales, says its project to tackle the problem is yielding results. and our wales correspondent sian lloyd has been given exclusive access to it. spice is ten times worse than crack cocaine and heroin together. it's just one wicked drug. it's evil. wrexham in north—east wales. it hit the headlines last year with images like these. locals feared it was becoming known as "spice town".

yeah, it was in all the newspapers, weren't it. 34—year—old nathan started living on the streets when he was 15. everybody‘s on it down here, aren't they. i would say the majority of the homeless are on it, any way. he's showing me some of the places he's bedded down for the night. you were smoking it, right? yes, i know, i collapsed. lucky my brother was with me and he said i was like gone for like half an hour to an hour, like. i couldn't remember. i was gone, like. spice, or mamba as it's called here, is a synthetic drug. once a legal high, it was banned two years ago. drugs workers like martin gregory are particularly concerned that spice is constantly changing, and it's hard to keep track of what's in the drug. that would be enough for them to be stoned for half an hour. and how much would that cost? about £2.

i've learned to make soup, spaghettis bolognese. spaghetti bolognese. it's all give me the skills what i've never had or i've forgot to do because i was always off my head. last year steve williams was among those living on the streets of wrexham, on spice. with heroin and drink, to a point you can function, you can go to work on heroin, you can go to work on alcohol. but with spice, you just want to sit where you are and just smoke and smoke and smoke. steve's life is now very different — undergoing treatment in a residential centre funded by a task force, set up to respond to the issues in wrexham. it offers a fast track to detox and rehab for people who otherwise might never make it that far. this is where the process starts. a weekly drop in clinic, to reach out to people otherwise struggling to engage with traditional services.

a gp, housing and health workers, drugs outreach team, homelessness charities and the probation service are all available without an appointment. how you doing? craig is a regular here, but he doesn't yet feel ready to make the next step. all i know is drugs, all people i know is drugs, drugs, drugs. that's it. i got no—one else. are you scared to take that step to detox? uh-huh. you know, that's what's holding me back, that as well. i'm proper scared of doing it, like. supporting people into recovery is expensive. steve's treatment has cost £20,000. 19 have so far been helped by the fast track programme. we can all do it, it'sjust that we need that encouragement, that support, a kick up the bum when we need it. some lives are being changed. for others, like nathan, the journey has yet to begin. how many will be helped remains

to be seen, and there's still the huge challenge of keeping spice off the streets. sian lloyd, bbc news, wrexham. kensington palace has released a set of photographs to mark the christening of prince louis — the third child of the duke and duchess of cambridge. they were taken in the garden and morning room of clarence house following the service last week. the christening was the first time william, kate and their three children had been seen together as a family of five. southgate tube station in north london has been temporarily rebranded gareth southgate. transport for london says it wanted to show its appreciation to the england manager for his efforts in the world cup, where the team finished fourth. the station will revert to its original name after 48 hours. world cup winners france are receiving a heroes' welcome, arriving home this afternoon after yesterday's win over croatia. crowds of fans have turned out to celebrate the team, who have paraded down the champs—elysees in paris. lucy williamson was among them.

this is the road that turns world champions into national heroes. a moment for the world cup winner to baskin a moment for the world cup winner to bask in adulation. this team has reflected an image it can be proud of. young, triumphant and of hope. notjust an emblem of national grorry but all it means to be french. ifeel very, very proud to be french, and ifeel incredible. i'm so excited to be here with everybody else. it is a unique moment to share. i'm proud of this team of france, and it's very important for us to see them. the faces of france's young heroes were projected last night on to the war memorial, a rare showcase of multicultural france. in moscow last night, team coach didier deschamps, himself

a player in france's world cup win two decades ago, was honoured with a song and a bath of champagne. back home, they did things differently. a metro station that once began champs elysees, temporarily changed to honour his name. and president macron, who went to congratulate the players after the match, has invited them all to the presidential palace. leaving russia this morning, one of the team admitted it was all still sinking in. translation: when we reached the semifinals we started to think that maybe we'd take the cup home. the final turned out well, we could feel the excitement, and we made it. hard to process in croatia, too. the crowds here less jubilant, but still supportive. a country of four million honouring their team, placed second in the world. the last time france enjoyed this moment, some of these stars weren't even born.

now, a new generation is out to celebrate, a fraternity that represents all of france. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. we have add quite a contrast across the uk today. you weren't expected that. our weather is changing but it has been another hot and humid day across midlands, much of eastern england. we have had thess a high as 30 degree, a different story towards scotland, western scotland in particular, and also northern ireland, where temperatures have been nearer 19 degree, this is cooler fresher air been nearer 19 degree, this is coolerfresher air and been nearer 19 degree, this is cooler fresher air and this fresh irlair be chased across the whole of the country in the first minister's questions few hours or so. bringing the next few days of sunshine and a few shower, this is what we have seen earlier on you can see a difference, this rain has been heavy

across some northern and western parts of the uk, there is heavy rain to run—up to the south—east of scotland. further south, the rain is hit and miss and will probably miss the south—east of england. there is one oi’ the south—east of england. there is one or two heavily showers ahead of that in northern england but it becomes drier, skies will tend to clear, temperatures will drop, it will be more comfortable for sleeping but still heat for a good pa rt sleeping but still heat for a good part of the night for the south—east. you will no the change in the morning and you will start dry and sunny in most area, the cloud will bubble up. thick enough to give a scattering of shower, the odd one further south but these should be lighter and the south—east is dry, but temperatures will be more comfortable, 25 degree, it will be quite pleasant. it will feel fresher across the board. 19 for scotla nd fresher across the board. 19 for scotland and northern ireland. still high pressure in charge of the weather over the middle part of the week. at one stage it looked like it was going to drag rain down the whole of the uk on friday, that

doesn't look likely to happen. high pressure will tend to dominate. for wednesday one or two showers, not as many as tomorrow. a lot of dry weather, that will continue into thursday away from northern scotland where we will see some rain but notice in england and wales those temperatures are rising, once again. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. the first summit between the two leaders. president putin described the discussions as very successful. mrtrump said they the discussions as very successful. mr trump said they had been open, direct and deeply productive. the government boughs to the demands of conservative leave supporters and except for amendments to its brexit trade bill. the number of eu citizens leaving the uk last year was the highest on record according to new figures. a british driver involved in rescuing a group of boys

trapped in caves in thailand says he will consider suing the tesla car founder elon musk after he made disparaging remarks about the diver on twitter.