to tell the world they have started a constructive dialogue. a handshake signals what the us president says is a chance to do great things with russia. our relationship has never been worse. managers now. however, that changed of about four hours ago. but donald trump's decision to choose putin's denials over the fbi's allegations that russia interfered in the us election provokes outrage back home. also tonight: theresa may caves in to 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. the zombie drug affecting towns across the uk, and one project that says it's stopping the spread of spice. and after their success at the world cup, the french give their national team a hero's welcome. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news:

cristiano ronaldo completes his move tojuventus and says he wants to be their ‘lucky star‘ as they attempt to win the champions league. good evening. the first presidential summit between the us and russia in eight years has provoked a storm of criticism back in the united states. after talks between president trump and president putin, the us leader hailed what he called a new constructive dialogue with russia and greater cooperation between the two nations. president trump then went on to choose president putin's denial that russia had interfered with the us election over repeated assertions from us intelligence that he did. that has prompted outrage from,

unusually, many senior republicans, who've criticised the president's comments, calling them shocking and disgraceful. our north america editorjon 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... 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. 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, 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 their translators, for two hours, before the working lunch. i think it's a good start. 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 leaders 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.

of all the people donald trump has picked fights with vladimir putin is not one of them. which has led to questions whether the trump campaign couuded questions whether the trump campaign colluded with bodily putin in the run—up to the election. nonsense says putin. translation: can you name a single fact that would definitely prove the collusion? this is utter nonsense. nonsense said trump. nonsense said trumpi nonsense said trump. i did not know the president, there was nobody to couude the president, there was nobody to collude with. also this uncomfortable question. does the russian government have any compromising material on president trump or his family? translation: i heard these rumours that we heard... collected controversial information, idid not collected controversial information, i did not even know he was in moscow. i treat president trump with

utmost respect. but what about russian interference, something after a ll russian interference, something after all that 12 russian intelligence agents were indicted for last week by the us justice department. would you know with the whole world watching tell president putin, would you denounce what happened in 2016 and would you want him to never do it again? all i can do is ask the question, my people came to me, they said they think it is russia. i have president putin, he just said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. he ducked and afflicted all questions are blaming the fbi, the democrats, refusing to hold russia to account. the president has left helsinki and is on his way back to washington. if he had hoped at this summit would allow him to move on from questions of russian interference he's in for a nasty surprise when he lands back in dc. it was a pretty extraordinary press

conference, it's the last part you mention, allegations about russian meddling, trump wanted nothing to do with it and that prompted outrage back home? yeah, nobody will criticise donald trump are wanting to put relations with russia on a more even keel. it's the refusal to hold russia to account for meddling in the election which all the intelligence services believe happened. i will read a number of courts to give a flavour of what people are saying tonight, senator john mccain, republican, one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in history. republican senator lindsey graeme, a missed opportunity to hold russia accountable for 2016 meddling. the republican leader of the house paul ryan, there is no question russia interfered in our election. john brennan and former head of the cia it was nothing short of treasonous. and perhaps most admit can double the current serving director of national intelligence having heard the president say no russian

meddling, he said we have been clear in our meddling, he said we have been clear in oui’ assessment meddling, he said we have been clear in our assessment of russian meddling in the 2016 election and their ongoing pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy. in other words this isn't something in the past, this is something ongoing. donald trump seems incapable of accepting there was russian interference as though it would somehow invalidate his own election victory. but every time he does that it raises more questions about what russia did. so donald trump hopes to put this to bed have failed. while the summit is being criticised by many back in the united states, what does it tell us about us—russia relations from here on in? here's our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg. helsinki. for more than a0 years, it's been the go—to place for superpower summits. for east and west to vent and argue, and try to work through their differences. brezhnev and ford came in the cold war. then gorbachev and bush.

and remember boris and bill? but like their predecessors, yeltsin and clinton failed to cement a permanent partnership. helsinki may be summit central, but once the talking's over, us—russian relations always seem to come off the rails. and the reason for that has less to do with personalities and much more to do with deep—seated differences between russia and america. differences in values, in their worldviews, differences which traditionally have fuelled suspicion and rivalry and have ended up pushing these two great powers apart. but this is new, the us president siding with the kremlin against the fbi. an american leader more suspicious of america's allies than of russia's president. in helsinki, donald trump was full of praise for vladimir putin. it's his way of mending

ties with moscow. but backing the kremlin is making him increasingly isolated at home. well, i think the political elite is remarkably united. you've seen strong bipartisan legislation to enforce the sanctions, to tighten those sanctions. so the question is whether president trump is going to listen to the strong views coming from republicans and democrats that he needs to stick to certain principles, uh, not make one side a concessionist to putin. but the us and russia need to talk. east—west tension has sparked fears of a new arms race. and washington and moscow have been on opposite sides in the wars in syria and in eastern ukraine. the russians say there's no alternative to dialogue. i believe that most — probably all — the existing, relevant global problems are dependent on cooperation between russia and the

united states of america. the united states of america cannot solve these problems alone, russia cannot solve these problems alone, we need each other. in recent days, the us president has defended russia, he's criticised nato and labelled the eu ‘america's foe'. his world view seems more in line with moscow. it's starting to feel like donald trump's new world order. steve rosenberg, bbc news, helsinki. theresa may has caved in to pressure from tory brexiteers over her plan for leaving the european union — and narrowly 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. our 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, that the chequers plan is the right one. our proposal sets out the right dealfor the uk, honouring the democratic decision of the british people, protecting the integrity of our precious union. 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. i would not have gone through 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? it is time for people to put aside the ideology and the nonsenses invariably that come from not inhabiting the real world, face up to the reality is this white paper seeks to do, reject these two ludicrous amendments the government have agreed to. 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 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? i would 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. theresa may accepted the amendments bid in the last few minutes there has been a very narrow vote on it?l narrow escape of three votes, it's been some day here, earlier today the government forced to accept amendments from the brexiteers because they were worried about the embarrassment of losing a vote but by accepting the will of the brexiteers that made former remainers on the other side of the argument so cross that some of them then voted against the government and the government on the got away with it by three votes. really, really narrow escape and if it had gone the other way it only would have been the second time the government had lost in the commons on crucial brexit legislation. but it's been confirmed in the last few minutes, one government minister

felt so strongly he resigned in order to be able to vote against ministers denied. there is a clear reason why this looks very messy because simply it is. where does this leave theresa may with room to manoeuvre? she has very, very little capacity to be flexible to one side or the other, the simple reason is wherever she tries to find a compromise to fit one side of her party then the other, the other side gets cross and friends to do all sorts of dastardly deeds. what number ten would say is the prime minister has been working extremely ha rd to minister has been working extremely hard to try to find a sensible way through at a very difficult time. but the numbers are so tight, the feelings run so high, and in a battle of principle which is what this is for many people, compromise is almost like a dirty word. it feels in westminster like the prime minister they stuck any terrible traffic jam

minister they stuck any terrible trafficjam going minister they stuck any terrible traffic jam going nowhere. minister they stuck any terrible trafficjam going nowhere. she could not go forward, she cannot go backwards and she doesn't have the option to take any turn off. we learned tonight parliament is expected tomorrow to vote to leave early, to pack up the summer on thursday rather than carrying on for another few days into next week. is likely to happen but the fact mps might disappeara likely to happen but the fact mps might disappear a little earlier than scheduled does not mean all those problems would be waiting when they come back after the recess and have to get back to it then. laura at 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 101,000 more people arrived than left the country in 2017. our economics editor, kamal ahmed, has been finding out if the brexit referendum has changed people's attitudes towards coming to and living here. i came here because i started working on my phd in british

literature and then i met garrett, my husband. that was five years ago. i would never have thought at the time that something like brexit would happen, possibly. it was just unimaginable for me. and i also didn't think like, i am a foreigner moving to a new country. i felt like a european citizen just exerting my freedom of movement rights. when you're thinking, then, of the future, the future for your family, for your daughter, what did you think about what you wanted to do? we can choose. we chose germany, to go to berlin. yeah. because itjust seems more, there seems to more security. and also, there, we will be european citizens living in a european union nation, with everything that goes with that. the stephens 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. 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. here in bury — which voted leave — views are mixed. immigrants coming into the country are also spending money in the country, paying their taxes and all that thing, so i do think it's a good thing. 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. too many coming in, and not enough money to go around for our own. 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 ahmend, bbc news. shares in debenhams fell by 5% today, following reports that its suppliers are finding it difficult to insure themselves against the possibility they won't be paid. debenhams has already issued three profit warnings this year, but describes the business as profitable, despite challenging times for the high street. 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—comatosed state. one town ? wrexham, in north wales ? says its project to tackle the problem is yielding results. our wales correspondent, sian lloyd, has been to see 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'd say the majority of the homeless are on it, anyway. he's showing me some of the places he's bedded down for the night. you were smoking it, right? yeah, i know, i collapsed. lucky my brother was with me, eh? and he said i was like gone for, like, half an hour to an hour, like, yeah? 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 learnt to make soups. spaghetti bolognese. it's all giving me the skills what i've never had, or i've forgot to do, because i was always off my head, so... 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 who otherwise struggle to engage with traditional services. a gp, housing and health workers, drugs outreach teams, 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 the people i know is drugs, drugs, drugs. that's it. i've 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. you know, i'm proper scared of doing it, like, yeah. 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. 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. thameslink, southern and great northern passengers have faced delays and cancellations since since may. the train operator said the latest timetable, ‘once bedded in', would provide a ‘more robust and reliable service'. it's nearly two years since the islamic state group was forced out of its stronghold in the libyan city of sirte. but the orphaned children of some of is's foreign fighters were left behind. most of them are from egypt. but they are stuck in limbo, in a tiny charity shelter in the western city of misrata, as negotiations drag on about their return home.

our correspondent, sally nabil, has been to see the children in the shelter. these are the children the islamic state group left behind. stranded in a foreign country for no crime of their own. they survived the conflict, but with a lifetime of mental scarring. when i first met them, they barely spoke. they rarely get any visits. stigmatised by society, these helpless, innocent victims are confined to this orphanage. ijust can't imagine how the children have been kept in this place for more than a year and a half without having a chance to go out except three orfour times. the place is quite small, actually, only a couple of rooms here. it's hard, it's suffocating. faisal is now the only psychologist rehabilitating these children. he has spent months talking

to them about their past. he still remembers how they looked when they first arrived. translation: they had continuous panic attacks. they also suffered severe insomnia and they couldn't talk. jamana is ten. she lost both her parents and a brother in the conflict. like all the children, she was caught up in the fighting, as us and british—backed forces battled to take back control of the city of sirte. this is the moment she was rescued. she tells me she misses home. i have my grandmother and my grandfather and my uncle, she says. do you want to see them?, i ask. yes. the wider family of jamana and her brother live here, in neighbouring egypt. after weeks of research, we have

managed to track down their family. their grandparents and uncle tell me they haven't seen them or talked to them since they left egypt three years ago. translation: every time we hear a car horn, we think it's them, that they've come back. i wanted to take a car and go bring them back myself, but i've been told only authorities could do so. i show them a video we filmed of the children in libya. they finally get a glimpse. back in libya, the children continue to wait. talks to bring them back to egypt have stretched on for months. without an education or a future to look forward to, they don't know if they will ever return home. sally nabil, bbc news, misrata, western libya. 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. the victorious french football team has paraded the world cup down the champs—elysees, in paris, to the presidential palace. hundreds of thousands of flag—waving fans turned out to greet their open—top bus. lucy williamson was watching the celebrations. beneath the memorial to france's military conquerors

came its newest heroes, bringing their trophy fresh from the fight. world champions, turned national icons, recording the moment on their mobile phones. this team has reflected back to its nation an image it can be proud of. young, triumphant, full of hope — notjust an emblem of national beneath the memorial to france's military conquerors glory, but of all it means to be french. crowd chants: allez, les bleus! allez, les bleus! ifeel very, very proud to be french and i feel incredible. i'm so excited to be here with everybody else. it's unique moment to share with all the other french people and everybody in paris. we hope that this team can change the mentality of the country. but i think they can because, yesterday, white people, black people, orange people were together. so, er, maybe it's possible.

why not? team coach didier deschamps, who played in france's world cup win two decades ago, was honoured in moscow last night 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. tonight, at the elysee palace, the team were hosted by their most famous fan. just kids themselves when france last won this trophy, it was only right to pass the moment on. translation: thank you again to the whole of france. i hope we made you tremble, i hope we made you jump. they say a world cup win means popularity, for players and presidents alike, and among the names history