today at five: labour suspends a member of its ruling national executive committee, peter willsman, over allegations of antisemitism. jewish groups and some senior labour figures are calling for peter willsman to be immediately expelled from the labour party, after he is recorded making anti—semitic remarks. one of those mps calling for his expulsion in a few minutes. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. business lobby group the cbi warns conservative leadership candidates that a no—deal brexit would cause "severe" damage to british business. president trump says he'll impose a 5% tariff on all goods coming

to the united states from mexico unless the country does more to stop illegal immigration. the reds have arrived — liverpool touch down in madrid ahead of tomorrow night's champions league final showdown with spurs. thousands of fans are arriving for what is the first of all england championing spinal in more than a decade. and at 5:45pm, the film review. i'm joined by jason solomons as he tells us about this weeks releases including ma. he'll also share his best out and best film to stream. it's 5pm, our top story: the labour party has suspended a member

of its national executive committee after comments he made about anti—semitism. in a recording made injanuary, peter willsman is heard saying that claims of anti—semitism made againstjeremy corbyn had come from the israeli embassy.

the person peter willsman was speaking to in that clip is the author, tuvia tenenbom. he's been speaking to the bbc. he said it off the record only for one thing, the other thing is i told him i'm a journalist. one thing, the other thing is i told him i'm ajournalist. he one thing, the other thing is i told him i'm a journalist. he knew that. he knew that from the top, i told him this is a photographer, i actually one of the things we talked about i asked him to get me to interview to open the door to interview to open the door to interviewjenny coleman and he actually as he sat he wrote in —— wrote him a note asking him to meet me. he knew me as a german journalist. he did not know me as a due, he knew me as a german geneticist, according to english, as i understand it by a lawyer, i did

seek legal advice, is it a breach of trust and they said no it is not a breach of trust. our political correspondent wess parker is in westminster: the recording emerging today we were hearing from the author earlier met with mr wells men back injanuary, suggesting that the recording was potentially about to emerge over in the us and therefore it seems right for it to be released in the united kingdom, but a for it to be released in the united kingdom, buta bit for it to be released in the united kingdom, but a bit of context here. mr wills men, a kingdom, but a bit of context here. mrwills men, a member of kingdom, but a bit of context here. mr wills men, a member of the ruling national executive committee of the labour party he has a pretty important role in the labour party, he has attracted some controversy before. you may remember last year there was a row about another recording that emerged where he seemed to suggest that as he described eight jewish seemed to suggest that as he described eightjewish trump fanatics were behind some of these activations of issues of anti—semitism in the party. now, we have not heard today from mr wills

man himself, he has been contacted for comment, we have heard however from the labour party, they say they think all complaints of anti—semitism extremely seriously, they committed to challenging and campaigning against it in all its forms and of course what we learned today after that statement emerged was in fact be development was being suspended pending an investigation. however, there are calls for the party to go substantially further, a number ofjewish community leaders have written to the party general secretary calling for pete wells meant to be expelled from the labour party and dismissed from the national executive committee, this letter from the board of deputies jewish leadership council and the community security trust. they say they met with jeremy corbyn community security trust. they say they met withjeremy corbyn and his top team last year, they say that was ina top team last year, they say that was in a sincere attempt to stop the labour party seemingly inexorable side into institutional racism against dues, they say that leadership has done almost nothing to address the specific points and a request be made at that time or

sense and as i say they think mr wills men should be expelled from the labour party. now, this all comes of course in the same week that we learned that the quality and human rights commission is launching an investigation into the labour party, looking into whether the party has in any way discriminated againstjewish people. party has in any way discriminated against jewish people. the party has in any way discriminated againstjewish people. the labour party has refuted those claims, it also comes the same week as well you will remember that we learned that alyssa campbell, tony blair's former spin doctor has been expelled from the labour party for voting liberal democrats admitting he built a liberal democrat in the european parliamentary elections. and some people draw and comparisons to that including in that letter i mentioned there from jewish community leaders, they are saying it is clear that the labour party does take swift action when there is a little to do so. thank you very much. we can speak to the labour mp ruth smeeth who is in stoke on trent. thank you very much forjoining us. what is your view on what should

happen to peter wells may now? he has been suspended by the party. he needs to be suspended and he needs to leave with immediate effect, the mec is our governing body but it also has a clear role in the dispute process. this man has a pattern of behaviour of saying anti—semitic remarks, this is the second time in the last 12 months where it's hit the last 12 months where it's hit the national news. it's repeatedly bringing the party into disrepute. and given that as of this week we are now under investigation for anti—jewish skates and how we treat oui’ anti—jewish skates and how we treat ourjewish members by the equality and human rights commission. and that this man represents the governing body of the labour party, he has no role going forward, he cannot if we are truly serious about tackling anti—semitism in the party. you do have a process and the party? surely he should be put through that at least? the process which can take up at least? the process which can take up to three years as he had seen

with recent cases, it tookjackie walker three years to be expelled from the labour party. this simply is not good enough but it is a much more concerned not just is not good enough but it is a much more concerned notjust about his comments but the position he holds. he is in the position of other people anti—semitic comments, the fa ct people anti—semitic comments, the fact that he is suspended simply is not good enough, he needs to be removed from immediate effect on the mec. i know he can't attend meetings while he is suspended, but that is really —— here nor there, he has been sitting and arbitrating him cases about his antigenic is in during his tenure as a mec member and will continue to do self with such a clear pattern of behaviour, he should not be in my party at all. and he definitely, definitely should not be on the mec any more. jeremy corbyn said he is getting to grips with anti—semitism but a little earlier i was re—watching a clip of you speaking in the house of commons from just over a year ago, we can talk about some of the anti—semitic abuse you had received. as far as

you can see, what has changed in that time? that relate to. i made a com plete that time? that relate to. i made a complete mistake this week i went back onto it there for a period of 24 back onto it there for a period of 2a hours before i had my team change my password again because it's a cesspit. people who are defending jeremy corbyn, who are defending people like pete, on social media as well as the e—mails i've received of the last 48 hours since the hrc announced their investigation. very has changed, these people feel empowered to say whatever they want to see and honestly the labour party has done nowhere near enough and this week has been shameful for the labour party and for those of us who have spent our lives campaigning for it. given that we are now literally being investigated for institutional racism only the second political party to do so. this is just heartbreaking and devastating for all of us. and the party have got nowhere near to grips with it and we are going to see week and week out

now as the hrc investigation continues of more stories and more testimony and unfortunately more incidences as we have seen today. the confederation of british industry has issued another warning about leaving the european union, this time in an open letter to the next conservative leader and prime minister. the cbi tells the candidates in the tory leadership race that a no—deal brexit would cause "severe" damage to british businesses, and urges the next prime minister to reach an agreement with brussels. it says smaller companies can't afford the necessary preparations for leaving without a plan. we have written to all 12 and the i think i think to very simple things, first of all, there could be such opportunity for this country if business and government work together. back in business and we can rescale the nation and tackle climate change and tackle inequality. let the second really important message is that's only possible if have a deal that protects the economy as many of the

european union. the cost of no deal is so great, so severe, across companies of all sizes that this is something that should be absolutely a last resort, not a penne or plan b. brexit party mep lance forman joins us now. you run your own business. you don't think no deal is a problem? why are you right and the cbi which represents hundreds of thousands of businesses across the country thinks it will be damaging? well, there is a huge difference between the sites of businesses cbi represents and my business. we are a small business, 99.9% of all businesses in the uk are small businesses like mine and playing 60% of all the people that work in the uk. and for us, many of us, 92% of our businesses don't do any business with the eu at all, we don't do any trade at all that the

eu and what we do is we suffer —— siphon off the regulations that come on and there's no benefit. my own business has been going for 115 euros for the first 70 of those yea rs euros for the first 70 of those years we were never in the eu, our business went perfectly well, for the 20 years the phoenix. and there was no great benefit and for the 40 yea rs was no great benefit and for the 40 years he were in the eu, there was no benefit, tonnes and tonnes of cost. but now we are in the eu and trying to get out of the eu and the right way. you say no deal would be fine, we will operate on wto rules, how long would you want to operate on wto rules? we can operate on wto rules immediately. at some point you made a deal. all of the deals. you don't need a deal actually, this is what people don't understand. businesses don't depend on trade deals you know, most of the trade we do, we do more trade than the usa

than we do with the eu, we don't have a trade deal with the eu, you don't need a trade deal to trade. you are in the eu. that you automatically are covered by all of the speculations. we trade with the usa, and there's no trade deal that the usa, we still trade. we will be outside the eu, to trade with the eu, what sort of tariff would you wa nt to eu, what sort of tariff would you want to have with the eu? it does not matter. you may say that trade with the eu than we do and they are not in it, they are not in the single market or in the customs union and in fact they do more trade with the eu than britain does. you might not need to be in it but you need to have a deal with them at some point. you don't have to. it would be great if there was a free trade deal, of course it would be, it would be great for both parties. that would mean they will be no ta riffs that would mean they will be no tariffs at all, and it means that they will be mutual recognition of oui’ they will be mutual recognition of our standards. under wto rules if you have no tariffs with one trading partner, you can't have tariffs with anybody. it is a blanket coverage,

that's the wto rules according to stea rate that's the wto rules according to stearate the conservative leadership, candidates, it is the worst of all trade deals. because it means. . . worst of all trade deals. because it means... that is nonsense actually, that's not how it works. he said, he was talking a lot about this over the weekend, he is not anti—brexit but he is antilabor without a deal because it means if you don't impose ta riffs because it means if you don't impose tariffs on one trading partner, you can't impose on anybody. that leaves britain open to a flood of cheap imports which affect agriculture, affect the car industry. cheap imports would be brilliant for british consumers. not for other home—grown producers. british consumers. not for other home-grown producers. even if we had the average tariff that the eu has against products from all over the world, that 4%, that would cost britain about £5 million, but we are saving, billion, every yearwe britain about £5 million, but we are saving, billion, every year we saved 13 billion and the fees that we are paying for the eu to do all this

trade we are not actually doing. i mean the great thing about no deal, the absolute great thing about no deal expressed of all, it crystallizes the whole brexit discussion overnight, it removes the uncertainty, business keeps saying it needs this uncertainty removed, no deal does that immediately. it needs this uncertainty removed, no deal does that immediatelym would be fantastic. we could talk all night, we have not got time. thank you very much for being here. a lawyer for relatives of victims of the london bridge attacks has told the inquest into their deaths that police had "opportunities

the italian authorities didn't say anything about using to get this area until after the attack had been carried out at london bridge. and he said to that the three had been extremely careful about the way they communicated, not a lot of telephone conversations between them and the court heard that even after their various devices or recover, there we re various devices or recover, there were no messages at all about london bridge or a tax of any kind. the qc, the lawyer for the metropolitan police asked him was there any evidence of any other tax planning in the months leading up to the attack and the dci replied not that we uncovered. thank you. the headlines and bbc news.

labour suspends a member of its ruling national executive committee, peter willsman, over allegations of antisemitism. business lobby group the cbi warns conservative leadership candidates that a no—deal brexit would cause "severe" damage to british business. president trump says he'll impose a 5% tariff on all goods coming to the united states from mexico unless the country does more to stop illegal immigration. i had ihada i had a customer plus plus champions league final, the players say they have learned from last years defeat indefinable, we will hear from their opposition tottenham and the next hour or so. the west indies thrash pakistan in the world cup reaching their victory target under 14 overs to win by seven wickets at trent bridge. roger federer is through to the fourth round of the french open, the fourth round of the french open, the 20 time grand slam champion beat casperin the 20 time grand slam champion beat casper in straight sets, he is yet to dropa casper in straight sets, he is yet

to drop a set this year. i will have more on those stories just after half past. president trump says he'll impose a 5% tariff on all goods coming to the united states from mexico unless the country does more to stop illegal immigration. financial markets have fallen in response to the move, the president has criticised it and called for talks, from washington chris buckley reports. donald trump has long claimed that mexico could do more to stop migrants from illegally crossing over into the united states. he has done nothing to hide his frustration. even taking pictures of large groups being apprehended by border patrol agents as they try to speak into america. but, it is not

just people who cross his partner every day. it is a huge amount and the president believes that opportunity to put pressure on the mexican government. in a post on twitter, he said onjune the 10th the us would impose a 5% tariff on all goods coming into the country from mexico and he warned that tariff would gradually increase to up tariff would gradually increase to up to 25% by the 1st of october. they have one it will respond vigorously. of course, if this debt is carried out it will be great, very serious, extremely serious. but iam sure very serious, extremely serious. but i am sure this is something that is not destined to happen. if this is put in place in my opinion, we must respond very strongly. tariffs have become a favourite weapon of president trump he has used them in his ongoing trade battle with china.

and there are firms rattled about this latest dispute including several of the worlds largest car manufacturers and a huge market in america. they are not alone. some in the white house have said to be worried about the potential wider economic impact and what this could mean for the us and ca trade deal between canada, america, and mexico. as president trump is finalizing his plans, the us—based president mike pence was north of america's of the party to discuss the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau. the prime ministerjustin trudeau. the prime minister and i discussed the whole process of ratification here in canada and the united states and they assured him that the president andi they assured him that the president and i are absolutely determined to work with rank and file in the congress and the leadership, to move the us and ca forward and to move it forward this summer. but it still has to be ratified by each of the

countries. these tariffs could put that in ballots. that any mexican officials are whining they will retaliate and that i should is a cross border relationships once again. what is the reaction been at home? they trade groups are unequivocally opposed to this. one of them describe it as a colossal mistake in the us chamber of commerce said it was exactly the wrong thing to do. and that this is effectively a tax that will be picked up by american families and american businesses while doing absolutely nothing to stand in the very serious problem of migrants coming illegally into the us, there's also been a reaction from congress, lawmakers are across both sides of the aisle are extremely concerned about it, the i worried about the effects on global trade, the american economy, and the two

senators from iowa, republican senators from iowa, republican senators from iowa say this is a misuse of presidential tariffs authority and are urging the president to reconsider. iowa is of course a state that president trump will need to win in order to regain the white house in 20 and it is a state that's already feeling the effects of the growing trade were not just with mexico effects of the growing trade were notjust with mexico but effects of the growing trade were not just with mexico but also effects of the growing trade were notjust with mexico but also with china. the deputy leader of the liberal democrats has confirmed that she will stand for the leadership of the party. the former energy secretary, sir ed davey, has already announced his candidacy to replace sir vince cable, who meanwhile a new opinion poll has put the liberal democrats ahead of both the conservatives and labour for the first time since 2010. jonathan blake reports. it looks like a good time to be a lib dam, celebrating seven sacks at

their recent european elections with their recent european elections with their career anti—brexit message. the leader says it's time for a change at the top, time to find a new cheerleader in chief. getting to work on her campaign hit a tech sta rtu p work on her campaign hit a tech startup in london today. arguing they have let them down. there is a factoring of support for the two parties, they are failing our country. and there is a need for a better alternative and that's what the liberal democrats can provide and rally people to that cause and that's what i'm determined to do as a liberal democrat leader. so far it isa a liberal democrat leader. so far it is a two horse race and the other candidate made his speech yesterday along with stopping brexit once climate change to be a priority. yes we have the crisis of brexit which liberal democrats are coming —— committed to stopping and i believe i have the track record and the abs to tackle that huge problem for our

country and our world. a quick look at the scorecards. making the most of this would be the big challenge for whoever is chosen teasing support from running filters of brexit is one thing and getting into government is another. i think there before and likely coalition partners with the conservatives where broken promises and uncomfortable compromises live long in the memory for some. unlike the other leadership contest happening here at westminster at the moment the winner of this race will not of course automatically become prime minister. there may be signs of rising support for the lib dam is but a lever that comes their new leader will have to make the most of a limited presence in parliament. liberal democrat party members will decide the winner but now this race is under way both candidates will try to spread their message as far as possible before then.

the seven—year—old fell at least 15 feet from that to stare right at the right what they're about a theme park. he let's take into the hospital with head injuries. an investigation into what happened is continuing. the hungarian and south korean ministers visited the river in budapest where a sightseeing boat sank on wednesday killing at least seven south korean tourists. 21 people among them 200 carrying crewmembers are still missing. please have said they captain of the boat which struck the smaller toy both was arrested and has been allowed suspected of reckless misconduct. ajudge has ordered the return of materials belonging to two generalists in northern ireland after ruling a police raid as inappropriate. last year they were detained and questioned after having been involved in a documentary examining the police handling of the 1994 that island atrocity at eric with —— we're six people were

murdered and that allegations of collusion with police. this time tomorrow we will be just a couple of hours away from a champions league final and they trade. fans of liverpool and tottenham hotspur have been arriving in the spanish capital, as the two teams prepare to take part in the first all english final in over a decade. anna holligan is there for us and, anna, what is the atmosphere like? the atmosphere must be building already. it certainly is. the fans are flooding into the city. some of them taking southeast with this giant replica trophy just them taking southeast with this giant replica trophyjust behind us here in the spanish capital, we are expecting around 70,000 of them, watching this competition, to english sites competing for the biggest trophy in european cup football. we have just received a warning though, from naifa put out the fans urging them not to buy tickets on the black market. they say there's a high number of fake tickets out here, some don't even

have the tickets for sale, they say they do, and they also said some people are coming here thinking that they have bought the tickets, that don't actually exist. in fact, we we re don't actually exist. in fact, we were afraid one for three and half thousand pounds last night for a single seats, but there were many others coming who are happy to just soak up the atmosphere here. the police are of course on the streets, this is being treated as a high—security event, more than find a half thousand officers keeping watch. terror alert level remains at the second highest level. this is not taking away or distracting from any of the anticipation. just over 24 hours to go now. we have been speaking to fans who have been travelling for three days, supportive to have come here despite its difficult to overestimate how much this means to both sides. passions are running high but there

is despite the rivalry a great sense of camaraderie. he had seen fans singing with bibles, supportive and i think the fact that they both came from such remarkable runs comebacks in the semifinal, that has helped to voice the sense of unity may be able to hear the police force isjust behind us here. so lots of fans expected in the central squares watching on the big screen around the city. capacity inside the stadium 68,000. half of those have been allocated to the both sides and many others of course hoping to soak up many others of course hoping to soak up the atmosphere here in madrid. for those who don't have a ticket, i never thought they would get one but just want to be there. this is interesting. because there are two friends zones that have been set up and there is a festival happening in

the chanting has just calm down, and there is a festival happening in the chanting hasjust calm down, we have stepped back the we can hear ourselves. there are two separate funds owned by what the police have decided to do is disperse those actually just before decided to do is disperse those actuallyjust before kick—off because they think this will help to disperse the passions in some way and make it easier to control. there is some question inside the mayors office about whether that was the best move, i think they were quite keen to have people controlled in certain areas but that's the decision that's being made. i mean they are not unfamiliar with hosting these types of events. what is different this time is that for the past decade they have had spanish clu bs past decade they have had spanish clubs in the spinal and the irony of course is it's taking place in madrid and it's an all english final in this champions league. thank you very much. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes with the forecast. over recent hours, the clouds have

been breaking up really nicely across england and wales. we are seeing increasing amounts of sunshine and you can see that process happening quite quickly. some evening sunshine here further north and west we have had thicker crowd and a pretty dismal day, heavy rain particularly for northern ireland and across that much of scotla nd ireland and across that much of scotland as well. as the process of the crowd breaking up, some sunshine coming out over the last couple of hours and as we go through this evening and overnight, keep those clear skies across england and wales the same time the rain eat off across northern ireland and scotland there could be a bit of weather around coast and hills and westin scotla nd around coast and hills and westin scotland perhaps toward the northwest of wales as well. otherwise we are looking at a ride to the dry night and quite mild as well, temperatures nine through 13 degrees. tomorrow we have got to whether frontier is really pushing its way northward to bringing a risk of patchy rain to northwest england and northwest wales and scotland and northern ireland cloudy but bright, went right to spots of rain that the kind of rain, eastern england with some sunshine here. a hot day,

temperatures climbing to 28 celsius. that is your weight —— latest letter. this is bbc news. the headlines... labour suspends a member of its ruling national executive committee, peter willsman, over allegations of antisemitism. business lobby group the cbi warns conservative leadership candidates that a no—deal brexit would cause "severe" damage to british business. president trump says he'll impose a 5% tariff on all goods coming to the united states from mexico, unless the country does more to stop illegal immigration. time for a look at the sports. hey. thank you. jurgen klopp insists he isn't an unlucky manager as he prepares for another final. having lost his last six. the liverpool boss has been speaking ahead of the champions league final against spurs tomorrow in madrid. where we canjoin david ornstein.

david, a lot of talk about how much bearing last year's defeat will have on the gamee tmorrow. on the game tmorrow. last year was a bitter blow for liverpool and jurgen klopp with his run of final defeats but liverpool have had a much better season. much more mature, and settled and push manchester city far more strongly than they did a year ago. finishing a point behind them, 97 points in the premier league, they also come into this match as favourites where asa into this match as favourites where as a year ago against real madrid, they were the underdog. they finished 26 points above tottenham and the premier league and beat them to— and the premier league and beat them to — one at home and away. they really are very confident coming into this match where i must say it is blisteringly hot, so they could bea is blisteringly hot, so they could be a factor in terms of the intensity of the match tomorrow evening. it will have cooled a bit

by the 9pm cook off but it could also go to extra time and penalties. in the last hour, jurgen klopp has been speaking and let's have a little listen to what he had to say. ifi little listen to what he had to say. if i would see myself as a loser or whatever, then we all would have a problem, but i don't see that. i see all of the other things, the rest is for the outside world that you think afterwards i'm a winner. but that is not an interesting to me to be honest. that is why we are here. we wa nt honest. that is why we are here. we want to win it. that is the liverpool manager. we'll hearfrom mauricio pochettino later before their final training session. he has some interesting selection issues to consider. foremost among them is that of harry kane, who has been injured since the quarterfinal first leg against manchester city with an ankle problem. he has declared himself it come he is the tottenham captain and their talisman has great influence

within the dressing room. he will be pushing to start but with that mean mauricio pochettino trop and lucas moore who scored a dramatic hat—trick to lead tottenham to the stage in the amsterdam arena. there are issues, will he bring carrie back into the mix who's been suffering from an injury and totte n ha m suffering from an injury and tottenham scott is a lot more stretched over the course of the season there liverpool. but the three week break since the end of the premier league seats and the mightjust prove the premier league seats and the might just prove crucial, the premier league seats and the mightjust prove crucial, so this is a building up nicelyjust over 24 hours ago and two of the all english final, liverpool trying to win a six european cup, tottenham appearing in the european cup final for the very first time. thank you. the second game of the cricket world cup was over a lot quicker than the first. west indies beat pakistan before two o'clock this afternoon at trent bridge. pakistan struggled to deal with the windies pacemen. oshane thomas took four wickets

as they were bowled out for 105. chris gayle made 50 before nicholas pooran hit a six to secure a seven wicket victory for west indies. roger federer has become the oldest man to reach the french open fourth round in 47 years by beating norwegian casper ruud. federer was playing a record 400th grand slam match today at roland garros. and beat ruud in straight sets. winning the third on a tie break. next up for the third seed is nicolas mahut or leonardo mayer. earlier women's number two seed karolina pliskova was knocked out. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. and more on sportsday. thank you. president trump is due to arrive in the uk on monday for a three day state visit, the third us president

to make such a trip. theresa may has said the visit will allow the uk and us to strengthen their "already close relationship". our correspondent katharine carpenter has been looking at the preparations being made for the president's arrival. regents park, a sense of deja vu. nearly a year since the president possible class visit, the protective barriers around the us ambassador residents are back mussed up with one local celebrity describing it as a trump's law. we hate it because we asa a trump's law. we hate it because we as a firepower. it is exercise interrupted for us. we are very peeved. —— for our power walks. laughter he used one of the house as its base. but one of the most senior us diplomats who helped oversee the trip says the pump of the state visit comes with added security challenges. having him on the streets in london makes it a much more complex security operation. both from the perspective of the british metropolitan police and from the american security side. the secret service of the military is very involved. a lot of communication equipment. flying over

his vehicles. and helicopter. it is a massive operation at the peak of a presidential visit, anywhere overseas, there are roughly 750 or 800 support staff on the ground supporting the visit. he hopes donald trump might find time visit the new us embassy. and except the presidents the raggedy comments about this location and social media spats with the mayor might have contributed to the level of protest. —— derogatory comments. contributed to the level of protest. -- derogatory comments. this is a president who obviously stirs strong passions and his supporters and detractors. so not a surprise at all there are a large protest among them. in policing that involved nearly every force in the country. 10,000 police officers work to extend that shift and had a rest days cancelled so they can perform over 26,000 shares. the overall cost was just over £14 million. although

thames valley police and the met eventually got back nearly 8 million from the government. and there are warnings that next week's visit could be even more challenging. 10,000 officers will be required. a lot of mutual aid coming from other forces because we just don't have the resilience required. and also on the resilience required. and also on the back of what my colleagues have done previously in the last few weeks, the extension. increasing the met overtime built, that demonstration against climate change have forced a rethink how resource draining peaceful protests should be police. the capital is preparing for all eventualities. former uk ambassador to the united states sir christopher meyerjoins us. thank you forjoining us. we hear all the time about the importance of this special relationship. how significant is a state visit like this for mr significant is a state visit like this foertrump? significant is a state visit like this for mr trump? a state visit by

an american president is extremely important for a set of reasons. one is the united states of america is our single most important bilateral relationship. commercially and offence wise and intelligent life you name it. secondly, because... hello? iam you name it. secondly, because... hello? i am sorry. we seem to have had a bit of a laptop malfunction there. we will see if we can get him back. cannot promise. do not know what happened. our apologies. gp closures have reached an all—time high. 55 gp closures have reached an all—time high. ss nearly 140 surgery shut last year up from 18 in 2013. affecting an estimated half a million people. nhs england said this is often because i practise this is often because i practise this emerging. every year, millions

of people are treated by their local gp. but over the past year, the nhs has lost more than 400 fully qualified gps in england. in surgery closures a cross qualified gps in england. in surgery closures across the uk are at all—time high. according to new numbers released by the medical magazine pulse, in 2013, just 18 surgery shut across the uk. by last year, that number had increased to 138. nhs england which runs the health service said it refuted the pulse figures. according to their data, which only covers the past financial year, it has seen fewer closures and patient dispersal. the investigation also revealed that gps felt increasing workloads and recruitment difficulties meant practises were often forced to close at their last resort. how can we help today? speaking earlier this month to the bbc, doctor carmel who

works implements that something has to change. there is a crisis in general practise. it is very well. the worst crisis in 1948. the future is injeopardy. the worst crisis in 1948. the future is in jeopardy. —— the worst crisis in 1948. the future is injeopardy. —— it is very real. asa is injeopardy. —— it is very real. as a result of the surgery closures, the research revealed that more than half a million people were affected. let's return to president trump state visit which starts on monday. i think we have regained contact with the former british ambassador to the united states or christopher. thank you. i don't know what happened. thank you for bearing with us. we have you now. we were talking about the importance of this state visit. the third american president to come here. he is a very controversial figure. to come here. he is a very controversialfigure. there's to come here. he is a very controversial figure. there's a to come here. he is a very controversialfigure. there's a bit of resentment that all this effort is being made for him. how does the

authorities here and the politicians and the government handle that animosity towards him?|j and the government handle that animosity towards him? i think there are two big arguments to mount against that resentment. one is the importance substantively other relationship with the united states. which is our closest bilateral partner in a whole range of areas from defence to commerce to culture. and the second thing is people have got to try to separate the man from the office. the officeholder who sits in the oval office at the president of the united states is a figure of very great admiration and respect in the united states and you do not want in any way to show disrespect or insult a man who is for all his controversial characteristics, somebody to be revered by millions of americans. so

this is a very important event and should it be seen in that light rather than through the personality of the man although that will affect i'm sure the nature of the visit when it takes place. jeremy corbyn and severance cable, leaders of two of the main party in this country have declined their invitation. —— circumvents cable. how does the government manage that? he must be aware there are people who do not wa nt to aware there are people who do not want to be part of that spectacle. —— vince cable. i shouldn't think president trump gives a damn whether vince cable orjeremy corbyn are at the state banquet. i doubt he even knows who they are. i don't think many tears will be shed there. i don't think the british government will have a problem handling trump disappointed and upset because the two opposition leaders won't be present. not at all. that is not a difficulty. there will be on a different scale probably significant demonstrations against them. they're

all kinds of and means of ensuring they are visiting dignitaries understate state tribbett that they have to actually see much of the demonstrators. what will matter to trump is the fact that he and quite a large number of family members will meet the royal family, a large number of family members will meet the royalfamily, will a large number of family members will meet the royal family, will be received by the royalfamily, taking into their buzz him if you like, and that will even with a very good feeling. —— their buzz him. that will even with a very good feeling. -- their buzz him. we understand mr trump wants to meet borisjohnson understand mr trump wants to meet boris johnson and nigel for understand mr trump wants to meet borisjohnson and nigel for rise. does he have a choice on who he meets? he can be stark later if he wa nts to. meets? he can be stark later if he wants to. in his private time on a state visit. —— he couldn't meet darth vader. we have to see. there isa darth vader. we have to see. there is a convention of diplomacy that you do not interfere in any imprint or politics of another country. now, donald trump is arriving here at a time of great british