you're watching beyond 100 days. the american president says he has no reason to believe russia meddled in the us election. mr trump says he asked mr putin about it, and he takes the russian leader's denial at face value. all i can do is ask the question. president putin, hejust said, it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. the us president met vladimir putin one—on—one, with no staff, for over two hours — we may never know exactly what was said. mr putin is asked if he has compromising material on donald trump, and denies it. well, sort of. also on the programme: theresa may caves in to pressure over her brexit bill and helps neutralise a potential rebellion — for now, at least. and, it's party time in paris. french football supporters pack the champs elysees to honour their squad after a stunning world cup win. get in touch with us using the hashtag #beyond1000ays. hello, and welcome.

i'm katty kay in washington, and christian fraser is in helsinki. president trump has just sided with russia in the debate over interference in the us election. he has blamed america for the poor state of us—russia relations, and declined the opportunity to name a single act of russian aggression. for president vladimir putin, getting this one—on—one meeting with mr trump was a diplomatic victory in itself. but the softly, softly approach from the american leader has been widely condemned. the former cia directorjohn brennan said it was nothing short of treasonous. the german foreign minister said his country could no longer trust the white house. here's our north america editor, jon sopel. as befitting two self—proclaimed strongmen, there was a power—play from the off. vladimir putin arriving almost rudely late into finland... it was a bit late...

..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 great nuclear powers, we have 90% of the nuclear — and that's not a good thing, it's a bad thing. and i think we hopefully can do something about that, because it's not a positive force, it's a negative force. translation: the time has come to talk in a substantive way about our 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 working lunch. i think it's 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 fracas before the news conference began — a man sitting next to me was evicted, who'd 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 than it is now. however, that changed, as of about four hours ago.

i really believe that. a lot‘s 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 fact that would definitely prove the collusion? this is utter nonsense. and then this question. does the russian government have any compromising material on president trump or his family? translation: yes, i did hear the rumours that we did collect compromising material on president trump. when mr trump was in moscow back then, i didn't even know he was in moscow. i treat president trump with utmost respect. for his part, donald trump was again insistant there had been no collusion in the 2016 presidential election. just to say it 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. jon sopel, bbc news, helsinki. for more, let's cross to ron christie in london. he's a former adviser to president george w bush. ron, we didn't expect more trump to stand there and publicly forcefully, criticised russia for meddling in the 2016 american election, and yet, nonetheless, when we saw that press conference, i was pretty surprised by the president'shome, where you?

good afternoon, katty, yes, i was stunned by his tone. if i could think one word to describe this press c0 nfe re nce think one word to describe this press conference and discovering, i would call it reckless. it's reckless to be in a room with a foreign leaderfor two reckless to be in a room with a foreign leader for two hours without having staff present, it is reckless to actually turn your back on the american intelligence community and deny the fact that russia has influenced our election. through covert means. so, for the president to stand there and sound as if he had found a new best friend invited me armia putin, i thought that was extraordinarily poor form for the president —— a new best friend in vladimir putin. what has he done in terms of the us — russia relationship, how is it different going forward? if you look at what commentators have said earlier, i think we have actually set ourselves back several years. if you're not willing to condemn russia for their horrific actions and trying to interfere with our democracy, how i do going to have an honest

conversation with him about crimea and syria ? conversation with him about crimea and syria? i think this has actually set us back in terms of american diplomatic efforts rather than beefing us forward. wrong, you used the word reckless. let me show our viewers the reaction of a former cia director, john brennan, who said it was nothing short of treasonous. he is wholly in the pocket of putin, republican patriots, where are you? aside from the treasonous points, which we will come back to, where are the senior republicans? it seems to me that so far the reaction we have had on the hill from republicans who are already checking out? paul ryan put out a statement saying that our intelligence community knew the extent to which russia has interfered with our cuzzy. liz cheney, the daughter of the former vice—president and a member of the armed services

committee had a very strongly worded statement as well. you will find leaders on capitol hill over the course of the next 24—hour is coming and speaking out over what president trump has done in helsinki with putin, it is irresponsible, and i used the word again, reckless. and treasonous brazilian look, you know, no, brennan... to say it is treasonous i think is a bit above the pale from him. congress has the ability to determine what the high crime is, not the former cia director. ryan christie, you will stay with us. joining me now is bbc‘s diplomatic correspondent, james robbins. there were gasps on the democratic side in the united states, and from some republicans, as ron was telling us, what about the international reaction? there have been gasps in the capitals of europe and more widely about the outcome of this summit, a real unease and feeling

that president trump has given far too much ground to his russian counterpart, and i think that sense of unease is reflected most strongly by what has come out of germany, where their foreign minister has said that europe could no longer rely on the united states, that was a particular response to donald trump putting the european union as a phone, head of russia, over the weekend. —— as a foe. he said, "to maintain our partnership with the usa, we must readjust it. the first clear consequence must be we need to realign ourselves closely with europe". it is a sense of drawing in the europeans, saying that if donald trump is going to be hostile to our values and interests than we have to look after ourselves. obviously the elephant in the room or americans is the interference in the american elections, and they are making a big

way of that, but i do hear much in that press conference about the four—year anniversary of mh 17, which is tomorrow. i didn't hear much about their actions in crimea 01’ much about their actions in crimea or the condemn nation, what novichok and the use of it in salisbury. those issues, if they were mentioned at all, were glossed over, and there isa at all, were glossed over, and there is a very deep sense of anger in many european capitals that this lateral perhaps obsession within the united states about alleged russian meddling has obscured very profound, deep divides that needed to be examined and opened up and explored, and the sense that, actually, president trump is to some extent glossing over the difficulties. i mean, he doesn't deny that they're there, but the big elephant in the room, the whole issue of what mail may not have happened in the united dates in 2016 has overtaken some really, really pressing global issues that many leaders hope president trump would advocate on their behalf —— in the united states in 2016. james, coming after the

events of the last few days, the brussels meeting, the nato summit, the meeting with theresa may in the uk, has this meeting with vladimir putin left, do you think, the transatlantic alliance weaker than it was even before this meeting, are we going to see a further drifting apart of europe and the united states ? apart of europe and the united states? well, that's what the german foreign minister seems to be suggesting. now, you would imagine that a major repairjob would have to be done, because, after all, during this extraordinary past week we have seen the president of the they've come to europe, trash his traditional allies in the most outspoken terms so will the president of the united states. be directly insulting to germany's chancellor, angela merkel, effectively in accusing her of traitorous behaviour as far as american interests were concerned rather than acknowledging that germany has its own international

self interests, it is in the neighbourhood of russia and it is a different game. you can see that feeling taking hold right across western europe and the monks nato allies, amongst the european union in particular, —— amongst nato allies. putting the european union asa allies. putting the european union as a foe ahead of russia was simply an outrage and they didn't see that coming, it will take a while for them to recover from that shock. james robbins, thank you. and joining us now is danielle pletka, senior vice—president for foreign and defense policy studies at the american enterprise institute. daniil, thank you forjoining us. you listen to that press conference —— danielle. did donald trump say anything during the press conference, and result will matter here, did he say anything that will encourage vladimir putin and russia to act in ways, to act for the better? so, that's a really important question. you need to divide between what the lord trump

said and what the united states is going to do. —— what donald trump said. so, no, idon't think going to do. —— what donald trump said. so, no, i don't think there is anything that formal trump said that would have suggested to vladimir putin that he will need to rein it m, putin that he will need to rein it in, stop his interference in syria and cyber activities in the united states and elsewhere. none of that. 0n the other hand, we also made no commitment to russia, and i think that, thank god, is quite important. so, you have made the point that actually, during the course of the trump administration, sanctions have been ratcheted up against moscow, they are hitting people close to the president in ways that hurt. does it matter, then, that old trump stands there at a press conference and distances himself —— that donald trump stands there in moscow and distances himself from the finding of the us intelligence services, what does that have not much global importance? well, i think

u nfortu nately all of importance? well, i think unfortunately all of those things are true. what donald trump save and what his administration does not necessarily things that are closely related —— what he says. the united days has in fact been very aggressive in pushing sanctions against russian economic actors, russian intelligence actors, and others that have been, you know, played a bad role on the international stage —— the united states has in fact. at the same time, none of us can be sanguine that when the president of the united states likes to draw oral quibble —— draw moral equivalency between the head of his own intelligence services and the dictator of russia that that is a good thing. a bit of one and a bit of the other, the question is, how does the trump to manage that? daniil, for all those around well to look to the united states for leadership, to stay up for the rule of law, the human rights, what can you say to them after watching that

press c0 nfe re nce , you say to them after watching that press conference, where he raised, as james has just said, press conference, where he raised, as james hasjust said, very press conference, where he raised, as james has just said, very little about all of the aggression that we have seen from russia over recent yea rs ? have seen from russia over recent years? you know, honestly, that's the kind of accusation that i find the kind of accusation that i find the least sympathetic. the 0bama administration was completely indifferent to the suffering of the syrian people, including ryan —— when russia got involved, it was u ni nterested when russia got involved, it was uninterested in defending crimea from russia. the 0bama administration was indifferent to the fate of libya after the invasion that was led by nato and the united states. so, on human rights, i don't expect president of the united states to stand up and be tribune for human rights in the face of a russian audience any more than his predecessors. what i do expect is that he stands up for at least, at the minimum, and —— american

interests, and that is where he fell short. it was in his obsession with his personal narrative, american politics, his incorrigible desire to talk about what he calls the witchhunt of the investigation into collusion with russia, that's where donald trump. full so it's not only his failure to raise uncomfortable issues with the russians in public —— it's not only his failure to. danielle, thank you forjoining us. it is interesting as we watched to see what the reaction from here is. 0n see what the reaction from here is. on that point that daniel raised about whether this actually is in america's security interests, donald trump went to that meeting saying it's a good thing to have a relationship with moscow. there is an upside to having a better relationship with vladimir putin. there are many people here who would agree with that, talking is a good idea. butjust agree with that, talking is a good idea. but just having agree with that, talking is a good idea. butjust having a good relationship for the sake of having a good relationship is not enough, what matters is the outcome. does

russia now changed its behaviour in ways that help the united states and help the west? i think that's very much up in doubt at the moment, because donald trump has handed vladimir putina because donald trump has handed vladimir putin a gift by not criticising him in public, either on those substantial issues or on the us election meddling. those substantial issues or on the us election meddlinglj those substantial issues or on the us election meddling. i think everybody would agree that two countries that harbour 90% of the nuclear weapons talking is much better than standing aside from each other and threatening war, that goes without saying. but i think the problem, everybody watching this will have, is that the us president, he is practically undermining three intelligence agencies, a senate intelligence agencies, a senate intelligence committee that have all concluded that the russians were involved, and his teeth so, chief intelligence officer, dan coats, who said the other day that the red lights are flashing on the dashboard, the cyber threat is there threatening the 2018 elections and

beyond. i thought what was staggering was the final part of that press conference, where he seemed to say, well, we couldn't like the russians in, we could share with them the evidence to investigate their own wrongdoing —— we could invite the russians in. welcoming back and saying that is a good win, that was quite extraordinary —— welcoming that. let's see whether there is also, what the reaction is further from capitol hill, any republicans not leaving government deciding to step m, leaving government deciding to step in, and any members of the trump administration, the ambassador and the national security adviser, who make split with the president publicly from this in some way. 0k, let's move on. the uk government has ruled out the possibility of a second referendum under any circumstances. the statement from number ten is in response to a call from former cabinet ministerjustine greening, who says theresa may's current brexit plans are "a fudge" which don't suit anybody. in a bid to see off a rebellion by lawmakers

who reject her new blueprint, the british government said it will now accept a number of changes to its customs legislatio, proposed by eurosceptics. the appeasment follows a spate of high—profile resignations in her party. to remind you, foreign secretary boris johnson and brexit secretary david davis both resigned last week. but it wasn'tjust cabinet ministers on the way out. various tory party members also have stepped down from their posts, from more junior ministers to parliamentary private secretaries. let's pick this up with vicki young, who's in westminster. why don't you just set out for us, vicki, first ball, whether government has given away, where are the amendments and what has been the reaction to it? it's been another confusing day at westminster today. i think really this is the conservative brexiteers, the pro—brexiter conservative mps, really trying to flex their parliamentary muscles, trying to show the government, we have the numbers to get you to change your mind on your chakras deal, which

they don't like because they think it ties the uk far too closely to the european union after brexit. so, they put forward some amendments, and bizarrely, really, and out of the blue, the government decided to accept all of them. a couple of them, you can see why the government policy, not having this situation where northern ireland would be separated off from the rest of the united kingdom, you can see why the government would accept that. but another one was to basically say that to prevent the uk from collecting eu tariffs, unless there isa collecting eu tariffs, unless there is a reciprocal arrangement. now, many people, including those in labour, think that actually flies in the face of what theresa may is suggesting as her new customs arrangement, if the eu will accept it. theresa may today denied it, saying she wouldn't have worked as ha rd saying she wouldn't have worked as hard as she had to get this agreement if she was going to throw it away in these bills. but it's left lots of people scratching their heads, wondering what is going on.

but this is a trial of strength, the brexiteers in her party saying, we do have the numbers, if we choose to use them, to get you to change your mind. 0n the other side, of course, those on the remain side of the art and say, we are not going to let you row back on the chequers wheel. —— remained side of the argument. this is all before it even goes to brussels. if you had to take your massive bbc fortune and place it somewhere on the longevity of this brexit plan, it is nine days old already, is that the end of it?|j don't know, as i think we are staggering towards the recess here, the parliamentary recess, where the mps will go off for a couple of months. it is possible, if theresa may can get that far, that things can quieten down a bit. without mps being in here westminster, day in, day out, the propensity for plotting against her might go away somewhat. i think the next flash point will be once brussels has taken a look at it and react to it, if they then start

saying, this and that is not a cce pta ble saying, this and that is not acceptable and it will have to be changed, then you will get another flash point. you can't say that the definite. there are still rumours about forest johnson definite. there are still rumours about forestjohnson coming out and making a big resignation speech, possibly —— boris johnson, making a big resignation speech, possibly —— borisjohnson, possibly sometime in the commons, challenging theresa may. but they're still doesn't seem to be much of an appetite for leadership contest, so it is possible that this gets kicked again further away to september or 0ctober. again further away to september or october. ok, vicki, thank goodness for summer holidays! i think we are all in need one. not in paris, though. they are having a great time! world cup winners france are receiving a triumphant welcome as they arrived home this afternoon — after yesterday's win over croatia. a good match. these are live pictures from paris. i bet you wish you were there, christian. it looks beautiful. i bet you wish you were there, christian. it looks beautifullj know christian. it looks beautiful.” know it well, my office used to be just up there on the right—hand

side, but i've never seen it like that, i have to say. that is quite extraordinary. it was even busier little earlier. i was in heathrow airport last night, french fans were standing around the television two weeks of delight —— two words of delight before they had to run off for a flight. here are the pictures. here they are, look at that.” for a flight. here are the pictures. here they are, look at that. i had a son in croatia last night and a daughter in paris, so i couldn't lose either way! but i think it was my daughter who had the better evening of. there they go, team members on the bus. talk about heroes right now in paris! and that photograph, i don't know if we have that one, the flyover... look, they did the whole thing perfectly. the flyover of the artistry of all stop —— over the opted real. flyover of the artistry of all stop -- over the opted real. one of the outliers was wrong on saturday for

bastille day, but much better today. there is the team on the bus, fabulous scenes. my son went to a french school and was rooting for the french even when england were still in it! he was very pleased last night. i'm going to have to buy a proper shirt now, last night. i'm going to have to buy a propershirt now, i last night. i'm going to have to buy a proper shirt now, i can see it! christian, ourfavourite a proper shirt now, i can see it! christian, our favourite photograph from yesterday! —— a paul pogba shirt. talk about including joy, thatis shirt. talk about including joy, that is emmanuel macron tossing aside the jacket. —— exude enjoy. by the way, if i was his pr person, wouldn't you be... and a dap, there you go! oh, the gap, with -- the dab with paul pogba. if you whether pr person for emmanuel macron, you would just let those photographs go viral! it has restored the prestige

presidency, —— of the presidency, france fighting again on the world stage in football, you need to share them around a bit, don't you think? look, i think they are clearly on a bit of a roll. it wasn'tjust look, i think they are clearly on a bit of a roll. it wasn't just the world cup victory, he is starting to make inroads with economic reforms, he has a young and energetic leader at the time when other leaders are looking weekend, he goes and wins the world cup, it can get much better for the world cup, it can get much betterfor him this the world cup, it can get much better for him this summer. yes, it certainly would the country the last time they won the world cup, so we will see what happens with this —— it certainly avoid the country. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news, more analysis of the summit between donald trump and vladimir putin. why is the president siding with russia over claims of election meddling? good evening. today has been a day

of contrast, but for many across central and southern england is being another hot and humid day, but there is a cold front moving through bringing showery outbreaks of rain, and introducing a little bit fresher for a couple of days at least. that said, it does look as though that fresh appeal will stay with us, the rain not really amounting to much for the next couple of days, sunny spells and mostly dry. we have got a few showers around, but the highest values we have seen so far today, 30 degrees in cambridge and to the west of london. underneath that front, the kodacloud and out rigs of showery rain at times —— the kodacloud. —— outbreaks of showery rain. down across the north of england into wales, some of it heavy and thundery. very hit and miss, these showers. for the next few hours, the potential of sharp

showers and welcome rain for parched gardens, the heaviest of which looked likely across northern ireland and the pennines and the scottish borders. that's worth bearing in mind if you are going to bearing in mind if you are going to be out on the road during the early pa rt be out on the road during the early part of the evening. as we go through the overnight period, that front will continue to weaken and the showers will use just a little. something a bit more noticeable is that fresh appeal, a bit more co mforta ble that fresh appeal, a bit more comfortable for many others. we looked likely to seek temperatures at 11-14d -- looked likely to seek temperatures at 11—14d —— fresher feel. looked likely to seek temperatures at 11—14d —— fresherfeel. values looked likely to seek temperatures at 11—14d —— fresher feel. values of 16 still a little on the humid side in the south—east corner. the front moves through, and there will be a noticeable difference to the feel of the whether through tuesday. a few sharp showers across northern scotland, and maybe north—east england. elsewhere, the cloud will break up, decent sunny spells around, but it will be a bit more co mforta ble around, but it will be a bit more comfortable for getting outdoor jobs done. 16—19d in the north, 25 celsius in the south. then for the

next few days we will see this area of high pressure building, things quietening down once again. it does look likely in the south in particular that we will see things warming up. whether france threaten the far north—west, but as we go through the latter stages of the working week, it is largely dry, and temperatures in the south back to the high 20s —— weather fronts threaten the far north—east. this is beyond 100 days. with me, katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in helsinki our top stories. at the historic first summit between donald trump and vladimir putin, president trump defends russia over claims of interference in the 2016 presidential election. the british prime minister bows down to pressure from tory rebels over her brexit bill amid fears of a potential rebellion. coming up in the next half hour: euphoria in france as their world cup winning team return home after defeating croatia in the final. and here we go again...

hollywood a—listers are due on the red carpet in london tonight for the world premiere of the mamma mia movie sequel let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag. #beyond100days in one of the most strange moments of the putin trump press conference today, the us president said he had no reason to believe russia meddled in the 2016 american election. this despite the fact that his own intelligence agency has repeatedly said moscow did just that. president trump said mr putin had been quote "extremely strong and powerful in his denial" of any election meddling. but in reply to a direct question, president putin did say he had wanted mr trump to win. and then when asked who was to blame for the rocky relations between the two countries this was mr trump's response. the eye hold both countries

responsible. i think that the united states has been foolish. we should have had this dialogue alone time of go. a long time before i got to office. i think we are all to blame andi office. i think we are all to blame and i think that the united states has stepped forward along with russia and we are going to have the chance to do some great things. joining me now is former us defence secretary, william cohen. asked to name a concrete example of russian aggression around the world, donald trump could have spoken about crimea, he could've talked about syria, he could've talked about ukraine. he did not name one single thing. he didn't criticise russia's actions around the world. how damaging is that? i think president

trump has difficulty in analysing situations and calling them as they are. when the event took place in cha rlottesville in are. when the event took place in charlottesville in which a bunch of neo—nazis were marching and killed an innocent individual, the president said that those carrying the neo—nazi flags and shouting slogans were good people. this in thing here, here's looking at putin. if all of his top people, 12 of his top people have been identified in a very specific way of having, not muddled, but directly fired digital bullets into the heart of democracy, and yet the president denies that. he is siding with president putin who, had infact, done all of he is siding with president putin who, had in fact, done all of the things that you have mentioned, engaged in helping to bomb innocent

civilians, destabilising ukraine, trying to threaten baltic states and not to mention what he has done in this country and other european countries, to say that we are at fault, the united states are somehow to blame equally for this. you are close to general matters —— you are close to general matters —— you are close to general mattis, what would you do? i would look to see how much damage has been done. politically, we have been weakened. i think that lady liberty, we have been seen as a beacon of freedom throughout a world which is oppressed by and in darkness, in many places. that flame isa darkness, in many places. that flame is a lot dimmer today than it was one week ago. i just want to play you something which president trump said over the course of the weekend in an interview in which he spoke about the european union as the

american enemy. i think the european union is a foal. you wouldn't think of the european union, but they are a foal. russia is a foal in certain respects. china is a foal —— china isa respects. china is a foal —— china is a enemy. economic clue. they want to do well and we want to do well. we seem to have lost communications. we seem to have lost communications. we will try to restore that. he says that the european union is a enemy. where do transatlantic relations stand today? what you are witnessing isa stand today? what you are witnessing is a descent into an 0rwellian nightmare. i would advise everyone

to read 1984. where you can see where the distortion of language leads to a distortion of values. so that you can declare that war is really piece. that slavery is freedom. and that two plus two equals five. that is what is being done to date at the presidential level. taking truths and turning them into false art. this is an 0rwellian nightmare that has now borne fruit in this particular press conference and before. i think that everybody should be concerned about what it's doing to our values and that we can dismiss our intelligence community without our intelligence that we have, we are naked and to our enemies. the blind and we are deaf. if you see that our intelligence community does not have the information, but we are relying upon russian declarations of noninterference than we are basically naked onto our enemies. i

consider russia and president putin to be an enemy of democracy.” consider russia and president putin to be an enemy of democracy. i think we have the soundtrack. what struck me about the working lunch and the photographs that we got was that john bolton had put fiona hill, right in president putin's ally. you have got mike pompeo, the former cia director who has followed the wrong doings over the years. how do all of these people stay on donald trump byes staff after a press conference like that? apparently they would rather have the office thence dander up rather have the office thence dander upfor rather have the office thence dander up for the principles that they are espoused in the past. this is a situation which i am disappointed that the majority of the republicans believe that president trump is telling the truth and everybody else is lying about what russia has been doing. and believe that it is a

witchhunt. it is not only those who are standing by him, it is the basis of support that he has in the republican party, which then poses the question, what is the future of the question, what is the future of the republican party? thank you very much for your thoughts. we'rejoined by dr agnia grigas, who is in london. she's the author of "beyond crimea: the new russian empire". good to have you with us. the russian president on his way back to moscow, presumably popping the champagne corks tonight?m moscow, presumably popping the champagne corks tonight? it sounds like it. this summit was about optics and the optics have been grateful putin. i think he got everything that he set out to achieve with this meeting. not only achieve with this meeting. not only a photo opportunity, not only being seen as a a photo opportunity, not only being seen as a leader on par with american president, not only showing

russia as a superpower, again on the world stage, but frankly, having to defend president trump in some of those question and answer sessions. this is the point that concerns allies. 0bviously, putin does not wa nt to allies. 0bviously, putin does not want to be seen as a regional power. he wants to be seen as a global superpower on the level with trump. that has been giving to him without him even having to make any ajer concessions. does he now view what has happened this week as a reset in the relationship? i think you can certainly view it that way. the soccer ball that he handed, the football, was almost like the reset button that hillary clinton branded backin button that hillary clinton branded back in 2008, 2009. it is an effort to reset relations, to forget what has happened in crimea, to forget

what has happened in ukraine, to forget the casualties and the suffering of civilians in syria. 0f course, meddling in american elections, meddling in almost every single important european election and referendum since 2016. how does putin do this? he stepped off the plane in helsinki today and from the moment he left the aircraft, he looked like somebody who was income and, in control. he looked like the stronger partner. and yet he has a wea k stronger partner. and yet he has a weak economy, the oil prices are down. he doesn't have much going for him. how does he project strength like this? it is a question of the strength of the country versus the leadership. russia is a much weaker countries and the united states, and weaker than many european countries.

but britain is well experience, he knows the job, he knows the talking points. president trump has been in office for much less time and every american administration has come into office, often with a little bit of desire to reset and change relations. believing may be that their personal relationship different viewpoint will have an impact. how would he have prepared themselves going into that two hour—long meeting, behind closed doors with donald trump? he certainly knows the agenda. he knows the russian interests, which he has been pursuing over 18 plus years. that agenda, in the summit, when this meeting was shifted to me disarmament and mutually

proliferation issues, was quite clever from president putin. in a way it is going back to an older agenda that president 0bama tried to pursue, and it is an emphasis on russia is on the killer superpower. it was interesting watching the pictures, it is god in that convoy of cars, it was as long as the american convoy of cars. he arrived late. everything he did was a projection of his power over donald trump. this is the car that he travelled in. and it is bigger than the beast. there is the beast. and

the beast. there is the beast. and the one you saw before is the new russian cart that he travelled them. and he was 45 minutes late. and then there was as bizarre display, where mr putin practically slumped in his chair picking at his nails and looking at mr trump in a sort of disinterested way. he has met for us presidents now and seen them all. very much, but the working lunch today, it was mr trump who was the newcomer. everybody else has done this before. what an extraordinary day. a man accused of flying a paraglider over the turnberry golf resort in protest at donald trump's visit to the uk has been freed from custody.

the 55—year—old was released pending further enquiries, and did not appear in court. the aircraft, trailing a protest banner, was flown over the south ayrshire property on friday evening despite a high police presence. china has reacted to the latest round of proposed american tariffs by filing an official complaint at the world trade organisation. earlier, the president of the european council, donald tusk — speaking in beijing — warned that worsening global trade tensions could lead to violent conflict and chaos. the christening of prince louis has been marked by the release of a set of family photographs. the four images were taken by celebrity photographer matt holyoak following the baptism in the chapel royal at st james's palace. a further picture of the baby prince, alert and with a wide open—mouth smile, was taken by matt porteous, chosen by the duke and duchess of cambridge to be their private photographer for the day. this is beyond 100 days.

still to come: it's been a busy few days for president trump, from his trip to the uk to meeting with president putin. we'll take stock of the fallout. 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 government says it wants to cut overall net migration. here's kamal ahmed. 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. 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 to 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 people. 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're 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. 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 the 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. it's been 10 years since the abba movie mamma mia smashed box office records — defying mixed reviews from critics and delighting millions of viewers worldwide. a decade later. well, here we go again. the sequel comes out later this week, starring cher and andy garcia. the bbc‘s charlie stayt went to meet them.

mes enfants. je suis arrivee! # why, why, did i ever let you go? # mamma mia, here i go again. let's get the party started. grandma, you weren't invited. that's the best kind of party, little girl. # i should not have let you go #. are you both huge abba fans? i am now. it was so huge in the rest of the world, but it as wasn't as gigantic in america. yes, there were the songs, dancing queen and waterloo, there were those songs. yes. but after the play, and then of course after the movie, i mean, it's huge in america. what about you, andy? are you familiar with it? i was familiar with the hits when they came to america, i was really more into r&b and, you know, things like that that i used to listen to, and cuban music. but you really were bombarded with it, because it was on pop radio so if you happened to be on pop radio, you're going to hear

the songs over and over. what you do have to do of course in mamma mia is the two of you have to sing together. yes. you do a duet. yes. she sings, i chime in! # and we're closer now, fernando. # every hour, every minute seemed to last eternally. # we were so afraid, fernando. # we were young and full of life and none of us prepared to die. # but i'm not ashamed to say the roar of guns and cannons # almost made me cry #. your characters knew one another a long time ago. yes. and you are reunited. it's romantic. yes, we were in love. the love of our life. we're finally reconnecting. yes, he had his frown turned upside down. yeah! i'm trying to get in the mindset

of that moment when the song is coming up and you know you're singing with cher, and everyone knows she has this extraordinary delivery. well, you know, you first have to personalise the story, so you really are involved in it. and the stakes, and what it means to you, what she means to me in the story is a very profound, you know, love that's been lost. so you have to really honour that somehow. you know, and let the acting gods serve you with the inspiration to get there, you know? and you don't want to design it, you just want to prepare it so when it happens, it carries you through it. # there was something in the air that night. # the stars were bright, fernando #. full disclosure, i do we want to go and see that. i will be going to watch that. there is a upper reunion as well, right? yes, but aren't they

as well, right? yes, but aren't they a tiny bit old? it would be like me and you coming back in ten years' time. everyone would be like, they busted? time. everyone would be like, they busted ? can we time. everyone would be like, they busted? can we move on to president 0bama. he has been showing off his moves and 10—year. this video is of him dancing to traditional music in his ancestral home village during the launch of a youth foundation. tomorrow he'll deliver a major speech in south africa marking what would have been the 100th birthday of nelson mandela. he always had the moves, though, didn't it? he did, almost as good as abba. well, today's summit between president trump and vladimir putin wraps up a week of incredible moves in us diplomacy. yes, here in helsinki they are still going through some of the extraordinary things

were said and left unsaid. before we go — ron christie is back with us to help make sense of it all. how was that seats seating you? how was that seats seating you ?m is mighty comfortable. do the americans, should the americans be worried about what happens in the mid—term elections after two—day's press conference? has he given the russians carte press conference? has he given the russians ca rte blanche? press conference? has he given the russians ca rte blanche ?” press conference? has he given the russians carte blanche? i have to say, if i am a democrat who was on a swing state right now, you footage that we saw of the president today, is dream footage. refusing to criticise putin. it has got to have a lot of democrats feeling very motivated for the mid—term election. of course, they are now on air force

147 or eight hours. from what i have watched in the american networks, even on fox news there are some fairly ha rd—hitting headlines even on fox news there are some fairly hard—hitting headlines from fox news commentators. the managing director of fox business said that president trump's performance was disgusting. another commentator came out and said that the president disgraced himself. this press conference was a terrible, terrible display of what happens when you are not prepared and when you are not able to walk into a meeting with your adverse three and look at them not as your friend but recognise that they are the enemy of the united states. i'm sure the champagne is popping on air force 0ne. champagne is popping on air force one. but i can guarantee t that there is more champagne and caviar being popped and that amir putin's

plane going back to moscow.” being popped and that amir putin's plane going back to moscow. ijust wa nt to plane going back to moscow. ijust want to read you something, this is a reef confirmation of what has been said over the past few days that russia did medal in the american election. he says he has been clear about the fact that russia did metal and he says a direct rebuke, effectively, of what donald trump said standing next to vladimir putin today. how did he manage his own administration when he has members of his own administration saying that russians metal and he stands up and says, i have no reason to believe that they did. imt was to see what happens to the ambassador to moscow. do they stay in their current positions and back—up what

president robb said today, or do they resign and say, this goes so far beyond the pale that i can no longer serve. all, do we see, actually, the publican opinion continuing to evolve with more and more republicans think, actually, we think donald trump is right and we should get on with russia.” think donald trump is right and we should get on with russia. i don't think so, i think you can separate trump with what russia has done and what they continue to do. these people seem to undermine our democracy, they seem intent on doing it. it was a terrible performance. thank you.

iam going i am going to vote for this place for all summits from now on. they have amazing hospitality. do you know what else they have? saunas. look at this. look at the end of the day. i am waiting for the pictures of christian fraser in the sauna. i will send them a little later. judy has been a day of contrast. for many it has been another hot and humid day. more importantly, it is introducing something a bit fresher for a couple of days at least. that said, it does look as if that weather will stay with us. we have got a few showers around, but the highest values that we have seen

today, 30 degrees. underneath that front, we have seen thicker cloud. as you can see by this pretty impressive picture. the rain has been moving down across the north of england into wales. they are very hit and miss showers. the potential to see if few sharp showers. the heaviest of which looked likely across northern england and across the pennines. that is worth bearing in mind if you are going to be out on the roads during the early part of the evening. as we go through the overnight period, it looks as if that front will continue to weaken. something which is a little more noticeable is that more comfortable feel. temperature setting at around 11- feel. temperature setting at around 11 -14 feel. temperature setting at around 11 — 14 degrees. still a little on

the humid site into the south—east corner. there will be an possible difference to the feel of the weather as we go through tuesday. still the possibility of a few sharp showers. elsewhere, the crowd will break up. a little more comfortable for getting outdoorjobs done. 16-19d in for getting outdoorjobs done. 16—19d in the north. temperatures up to 25 degrees in the south—east corner potentially. for the next few days, we will see this area of high pressure building. things will quieten down. weather fronts threaten the far north—west, but generally as we go through the latter stages of the working week, it will be dry. temperatures returning in the south back to the high 20s. this is bbc news.

i'm christian fraser. the headlines at 8... a historic handshake. donald trump and vladimir putin hold face—to—face talks, the first summit between the two leaders. president putin described the discussions as very successful. mr trump said they had been open, direct and deeply productive. 0ur relationship has never been worse than it is now. however, that changed as of about four hours ago. today's negotiations reflected our joint wish, a joint wish with

president trump to address this negative situation in the bilateral