this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 11:00: ahead of his state visit to the uk, president trump defies diplomatic norms — he praises borisjohnson and his bid to become prime minister. i've always liked him. i don't know that he's going to be chosen, but i think he's very... a very good guy, a very talented person. spurs versus liverpool — players and fans gear up for the all—english champions league final in madrid tonight. iamon i am on the edge of the spanish capital as the final preparations ta ke capital as the final preparations take place for tonight's showpiece event. and i am in the heart of madrid where thousands of fans are congregating for what is the final

stage of two incredible journeys. # you'll never walk alone! # oh, when the saints go marching in both sides in fine voice ahead of the big match, but who will be singing the loudest later? good news for tenants in england, as a ban on letting fees — including credit checks and viewings — comes into effect. in the us state of virginia, 12 people have been shot dead, after a gunman opened fire in a local government office. and coming up on bbc news — carrie gracie looks ahead to president trump's state visit and the race for number 10 with a panel of guests — that's in dateline london at half past eleven.

good morning. president trump has defied diplomatic norms by intervening in the conservative leadership race, saying borisjohnson would be an ‘excellent‘ prime minister. in an interview with the sun newspaper, he also said he liked the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, but he said environment secretary michael gove had been wrong to criticise his approach to iran. tom newton dunn, the political editor of the sun, who conducted the interview, told me the comments didn't surprise him. let's first hear what the president had to say about mrjohnson. i've always liked him. i don't know that he's going to be chosen, but i think he's very... a very good guy, a very talented person. yeah. he's been very positive about me and our country. but, no, i do like him. again, i don't know who is going to get it. i'm not, you know, it's something that i find very interesting, but... yeah.

and i actually have studied it, i think, very, very hard. i know the players, i know the different players. but i think boris would do a very good job. i think he'd be... i think he'd be excellent. i like him very much, but i haven't gotten to any point where, you know, it's early in that process. yeah. tom, it's clearly furnished your paper with its headline this morning! were you at all taken aback by what he had to say about boris johnson? not really, if i'm being brutally honest. we've known his views on borisjohnson for a little while. we know he's a big fan of boris johnson. he said as much last year, on his first visit here. and, you know, they are slightly kindred spirits. i think he'd be delighted if borisjohnson was in downing street and was his opposite number across the ocean. that said, i suppose it was quite surprising that he would say so much so vehemently again, at this critical stage in the tory leadership contest. and remember, mps start voting next

week on who their preferred candidate of the 12 currently in the race at the moment, so it is... unprecedented doesn't really even come close to describing the tremendous breach of protocol. visiting foreign leaders — certainly, visiting heads of states, which boris... i should say donald trump, of course, is, of the united states — really shouldn't be playing domestic politics. trump, of course, doesn't play by any of the normal rules, so he really does whatever he thinks is right. the political editor of the sun. let's get more reaction now from kevin maguire, associate editor of the daily mirror. he has been treading the westminster boards for many a long year. you are ina boards for many a long year. you are in a sense used to this. are we right to see donald trump as having slightly over stepped the tradition by getting involved in domestic politics in this way? we are, and this us president is very much a loose cannon, you could not imagine

barack obama, george w bush, coming and doing the same. but he speaks his mind. he shoots from the hip and he doesn't really care about conventional systems in politics. i think the endorsement of donald trump is double—edged, though. it is not just straight plus. trump is double—edged, though. it is notjust straight plus. trump is popular in britain, despite he claims. 67% of people have a negative opinion of him and on the 2196 negative opinion of him and on the 21% were in favour of him any yougov of pol. but borisjohnson wants to appear to be of pol. but borisjohnson wants to appearto bea of pol. but borisjohnson wants to appear to be a serious player. in the world stage, after a disastrous two years as foreign secretary. and also, the electorate borisjohnson is aiming for those 160,000 conservative party members and the mps, he is not thinking about the country as a whole and he will be hoping that trump's endorsement is

positive for him. i suppose it is showbiz, two very well established known by lots of people who are not interested in politics, people will catch that, these two know each other and they like it to the. you made the point about borisjohnson ‘s time as foreign secretary, there is no indication that boris johnson's friendliness towards donald trump helped in terms of persuading him on our point of view on anything. no, certainly not, trump pulled out of the international climate change treaty, he pulled out of the very carefully build treaty with iran to stop the development of nuclear weapons. so he does his own thing, trump, he is america first, he is a nationalist, he will do britain no favours and that will apply whether he is in downing street. but if trump learns what boris johnson downing street. but if trump learns what borisjohnson has said about him in the past, you may withdraw his endorsement, because in 2015,

borisjohnson as london mayor, after trump wrongly claims there were no go areas created by muslims in london said he was unfit to be president and he was out of his mind and he had stupefying ignorance. and borisjohnson is and he had stupefying ignorance. and boris johnson is quite and he had stupefying ignorance. and borisjohnson is quite capable of going back on what he said, just as donald trump is. but it could come back, those words could come back and haunt boris johnson back, those words could come back and haunt borisjohnson yet. back, those words could come back and haunt boris johnson yet. talk about where is coming back to haunt people, a recording of a prominent labour party activist and big ally ofjeremy corbyn, he appeared to suggest the us embassy was behind at least some of the anti—semitism allegations against labour, it has been a rotten week for the labour party, how do they pull this around? absolutely, the equalities and human rights commission launching an investigation into allegations of anti—semitism into the labour party and the party says it will cooperate

fully and is cooperating. it is shaming fora fully and is cooperating. it is shaming for a party on the left preaching tolerance, that these allegations are made and the investigation is going ahead. it seems it has not been, asjohn mcdonnell the shadow chancellor, very close to jeremy corbyn, mcdonnell the shadow chancellor, very close tojeremy corbyn, says today in the times, didn't act quickly enough and was not ruthless enough. it is very hard for a lot of people to have confidence in the disciplinary process in the labour party if peter willsman, or as he called himself in that recording red pete, stays in the nec and he will be under huge pressure to resign. vince cable is going, theresa may is going, jeremy corbyn has 1070, is there any thought in his mind it might be the right time to retire?|j know might be the right time to retire?” know from people in his inner circle he is feeling particularly low because he is caught between these two competing pressures on brexit.

he is showing no signs of going but it has to be said his support has been undermined and some of the activists who have backed him in the past now because of this question of europe, they want the labour party to ta ke europe, they want the labour party to take a much firmer and he brags it fare to take a much firmer and he brags itfare —— to take a much firmer and he brags it fare —— fresh referendum because he is losing support. it depends on the next general election, i suppose, can you see him there in 2022? possibly not. kevin maguire, associate editor of the mirror, a great pleasure to speak to you and i'm glad we got to speak to you because you will be probably tied up with the football this evening. thank you. around 70,000 liverpool and tottenham hotspur supporters will be in madrid tonight for only the second ever champions league final to feature two english clubs. without a ticket, fans won't be able to watch the game on the big screens as officials have confirmed that fan zones will shut

before kick—off for safety. if tottenham win, they'll lift their first european cup. liverpool will be hoping they can win their sixth. hugh woozencroft is already at the stadium in madrid, where tonight's match will take place, and anna holligan is in central madrid, where fans are beginning to gather. let me ask you about the prospects for this match, there are a lot of reasons to think it should beat liverpool's comfortably today, but what are the pundits saying? well, i think when you ask fans, journalists and pundits in madrid over the last few days, how they think the match will go, many say it is difficult to call. everyone admits liverpool are the firm favourites. they have got the firm favourites. they have got the pedigree in this competition, they have won five times and going for their sixth title, they were finalists last year beaten by real madrid and it is a completely different story for spurs. they were the first british club to win a

european trophy in 1963, but the last, the cup winners cup, came in 1984 and they have never played in the european cup final and that means that many think liverpool will have the better of the game, especially given their primary performances. liverpool may have finished second but they accrued a massive 97 points, finishing 26, head of marketing. they beat them both home and away in the premier league as well this season, so you have to say liverpool are the firm, firm favourites. well, if there is to be any, i guess, good omen for spurs, it is that they beat atletico madrid two in that last european trophy. and of course, that is the homejust behind me, we're in the spanish capital. it has been a fantastic atmosphere for fun so far, it would be pinching themselves later by the final whistle, remains to be seen. i would not put any money and it, these big international events can throw up

great and unpredictable results. anna holligan in central madrid, where i know you well fastidiously be getting view of fans in a balanced way, but it is difficult because presumably it is partly influenced by the numbers and who you meet and partly by the enthusiasm of those who have travelled all that way to catch the match. what sort of stories have you heard about the heroic efforts to get there? people who have been travelling for days, people who have given theircars all travelling for days, people who have given their cars all the way from the uk, flown in from australia —— driven. they have taken any mode of transport to be here for what they consider to be an unmissable occasion, two english teams in the final for the first time in more thana final for the first time in more than a decade. and it is less than nine hours now, all over the city in the centre, you see people checking their watches constantly. this sense of anticipation and trepidation, it is really palpable. huge, huge

excitement. two comeback kids on the back of those incredible semifinals. they are feeling invincible on both sides, but they are also vulnerable and we have been hearing from uefa, and we have been hearing from uefa, a warning there may be people posing as officials, stewards, in an effort to try to steal tickets. it is a high security occasion as well, so i wa nt high security occasion as well, so i want to show you here part of the police presence. about 5,000 office rs police presence. about 5,000 officers on the streets here. plenty officers on the streets here. plenty of fans of course everywhere. down here, one group, pauland his friends have travelled over from the wirral. so this is, it is an away game and it doesn't get much bigger than this. how did you guys get here? it has been a long track, my son matthew, we flew from manchester to lyon, in france, then we had a hired carand we to lyon, in france, then we had a hired car and we stayed in gerona in spain and we stayed in thursday night and we drove to saragossa and

we stayed there last night and got the train into madrid this morning. it has been a great trip and hopefully worthwhile. tickets are like gold dust, do you have one? no, season ticket holder for 40 years like many other people and i got lucky on the ballot, i was in kiev la st lucky on the ballot, i was in kiev last year and everyone was asking, i have got loads of contacts in madrid and at the moment, nothing is coming off at all, totally. and so many fakes, you have to be careful. we we re fakes, you have to be careful. we were offered one the other day for £3000. it has been rocketing ever since. butjust being here, you have got your fried prawns. is that enough, to be here and feel this amazing atmosphere, with two english sides in the final for the first time in such a long time? yes, definitely, we have been here a few hours now and the atmosphere is really good around us and exciting so definitely worth it, yes.

football, the champions league is so difficult to predict, but if you had to? as liverpool fans! the big question, 2—0, liverpool. to? as liverpool fans! the big question, 2-0, liverpool. sadio mane a. thanks, guys. the other thing to say, as you mention, no big screens in the fan zone so the police strategy is to divide and conquer, or at least control some of the 70,000 we're expecting here in the city, the atmosphere extremely positive so far. no big screens and the buzz will do well tonight! from madrid, thanks very much. and you can see all the build—up to the game here on the news channel, and then listen to live commentary on bbc radio 5 live at eight o'clock tonight. the uk border force is dealing with several migrant boats off the kent coast this morning.

unconfirmed reports suggest eight boats — possibly carrying up to 30 people — were intercepted in the channel. this would make it the busiest single day this year. the mp for dover, charlie elphicke, has called on the home office to better control the situation as record numbers of migrant boats arrive in the country. a ban on "unfair" fees charged by lettings agents in england comes into force today, two—and—a—half years after the plan was first announced. it means tenants will no longer be billed for things like viewings or credit checks. but there are warnings rents could be pushed up as a result, as landlords try to make up their lost income. our business correspondent, katy austin, reports. kirsty is happy to call this rented house in coventry home. when she and her partner signed the tenancy, though, there wasn'tjust the first months rent to pay. application fee was 300, deposit 895, i think it was, and then we were put on a six—month contract initially, so £120 to then renew the contract to stay

for another 12 months. that's a fairly typical amount, but there have long been complaints about some agents charging far more. there's already a ban in scotland and, from today, there is one in england too. charges like application and referencing fees are now banned. deposits are capped at five weeks' rent. some things can be charged for, including replacement keys, but only reasonable costs. the new rules don't apply to contracts that have already been signed. campaign groups have warned some tenants have been pressured to renew early, locking fees in for another year. for many letting agents, the lost income from fees will be a problem. it will have a massive effect. some of them will have to sell the properties they're in, and it will be the smaller ones, the independents, that will suffer more. agents say they're already charging

landlords more instead, and that landlords will have to put up rents. kirsty is having to move in a few months‘ time, she's just pleased she won't pay fees on her next rented home. the headlines on bbc news... ahead of his state visit to the uk, president trump defies diplomatic norms, he praises borisjohnson and his bid to become prime minister. players and fans gear up for the all—english champions league final in madrid this evening — as tottenham take on liverpool. good news for tenants — as a ban on letting fees — including credit checks and viewings — comes into effect in england. at least twelve people have been killed in a mass shooting at a government office in the us state of virginia. the gunman died in an exchange of fire with police. he's been described as a disgruntled employee of the city of virginia beach. 0ur north america correspondent, chris buckler, reports. some of the employees who were finishing up their work

here on friday afternoon never had a chance to go home. the police say one of their long—time colleagues walked into this local government building and started shooting indiscriminately, killing a dozen people. they said to stay and wait until the cops got there and let us come out. there was probably about 20 of us in an office, crammed in. we barricaded the door. did you hear any gunshots? yes, we did. several people were wounded and had to be airlifted to hospital. the gunman is said to have made his way from floor to floor, shooting wildly, before being killed in an exchange of fire with police. an officer was also struck, but he was saved from serious injury because he was wearing a bullet—proof vest. this is a horrific day for the commonwealth of virginia. our hearts ache over

the senseless violence that has been inflicted upon the virginia beach community today. my deepest condolences and prayers go to the families of those who left home this morning and will not return tonight. behind the cordons, police teams, the fbi and forensic officers are examining the scene and trying to piece together the background to this country's latest shooting. it's believed the gunman was a disgruntled public employee, based here at the offices at virginia beach. there will, of course, be a full investigation to try to determine what led him to commit these murders. but the wider debate once again will be about how easy it is to get guns in america. this is the 150th mass shooting in the united states this year.

sport, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's... will perry. good morning. the countdown to tonight's champions league final is on. it's a second successive final for liverpool — who were beaten 3—1 by real madrid last season. it's the first time tottenham have reached the final, with the bookmakers considering them to be underdogs. former spurs midfielder steffan freund believes his old side can cause an upset. you can never be 100% sure that liverpool will beat spurs because in the league, it was really tight, both games. and i think the first goal is important. and to the supporters, enjoy the time here, to have the possibility to win the champions league. maybe it is the last time, you never know. you can hear full commentary of the liverpool v tottenham tonight on radio 5 live. mark pougatch brings you all the champions league build up from the wanda metropolitano stadium from 6 o'clock — kick off is at 8.

england women's manager phil neville will get one more chance today to look at his squad ahead of the world cup which starts on friday. they face new zealand in their final warm—up match live on bbc1 from 1 o'clock at brighton's amex stadium this afternoon. after beating denmark 2—0 last weekend, england will be hoping to head to the tournament in france in a confident mood, ahead of their first fixture against scotland a week tomorrow. day seven of the french open is barely an hour old but, already, simona halep is through to round four. the defending champion needed just 55 minutes to see off ukranian 27th seed lesia tsurenko in straight sets. 6-2, 6-1 two matches in the cricket world cup today. afghanistan face defending champions australia later but first, sri lanka are taking on new zealand. in cardiff, matt henry has picked up all three wickets for the black caps so far. he took one with the second ball of the match, then got two in two balls, making the most of bowler friendly

conditions at sophia gardens. latest score. sri lanka 52 for 3. you might be pulling an all nighter after if you're staying up after the champions league final for the boxing because at around 3:30 tomorrow morning, anthonyjoshua will defend his world heavyweight titles against andy ruinr. the mexican weighed in at more than 20 pounds heavier thanjoshua, although few people are giving him a chance against the man who's yet to be beaten in his professional career i know the support in britain right now is phenomenal and i know thejob at hand, so i approach my training, my lifestyle towards the sport very seriously, and it's about delivering time and time again. as i said, tomorrow night, i put the titles in the air and they're up for grabs and me and him go to war, so the best man wins. should joshua beat ruiz in the early hours of the morning in new york, he'll be expected to face fellow champion deontay wilder, or set up an all—british fight against tyson fury. however, both of those potential bouts look unlikely, after wilder tweeted that he's signed an agreement to face fury in a rematch. it comes just days after wilder announced he'll be fighting luis 0rtiz in another rematch,

expected to take place in september. any announcements about future fights will be in due course. huge match in madrid later, and it's a massive day at twickenham as well, with exeter taking on saracens in the premiership rugby union final, a repeat of last year's showpiece and the 2016 version too. between them, they have won the title every year since 2014. exeter‘s director of rugby, rob baxter, knows beating saracens is no easy task. being current premiership champions, they are a good side. i have heard them described as may be once in a generation team and i can understand that because teams tend to become cyclical around groups of players and you can really see they have a strong pain group at the moment. that's it, i think we are a strong pain group and on our day, we have beaten saracens before in important games, and that is what we have got to try to do today. and finally, back

to madrid to finish — and before such a big game, the two teams and their managers normally keep themselves out of the public eye. so imagine liverpool supporters‘ shock when jurgen klopp walked through the streets of the spanish capital. it will take you a few more seconds. yes, that is the angle. just kidding — it's a klopp lookalike! but it's debatable whether some fans realised or not. he is absolutely swamped! i love that, in the streets of madrid. loads going on including the derby at epsom, where dragon net is the favourite. that is all this but for now, the weather now. you could be forgiven for thinking it is the med, glorious blue skies, but it is our own beautiful st ives in cornwall this morning. some sunshine and mediterranean warmth across the southern half of the uk. in the first part of the weekend, at least, that one feeding up from iberia. to the north, you can see the paler colours on the chuck

behind me. rather more average temperatures. and by sunday, we see cooler weather pushing into the west asa cooler weather pushing into the west as a low pressure begins to take an increasing influence. however, this afternoon, plenty of sunshine for south wales, midlands, increasingly even into the north east of england. and the temperatures shoot up in that sunshine, perhaps up to 27 across eastern england in the afternoon. that makes it quite hard hottest day of the year so far. further north, much more clad, drizzly rain, showers for the north west of scotland and temperatures capped in the high teens. not a bad evening. the cloud thins and breaks before our next area of low pressure feeding from the atlantic, bringing quite heavy rain into scotland by the end of tonight. a pretty muggy night, those in some spots of 16 degrees. sunday, as this front pushes into the west, it will introduce some fresh air. but ahead of that, in the east, another warm

day, with sunshine, temperatures across eastern england could easily get up into the mid 20s. further west, showers from the get—go. more persistent rain clears from scotland, perhaps heavier showers for scotland and northern ireland with thunder later in the day. and a breezy day, quite gusty where we get heavier showers. cloud fills in across eastern england later in the day. but still, temperatures possibly into the mid 20s. more widely, around the high teens or the low 20s across the uk for sunday. by monday, the front is on the continent, we are all into fresh air and for the start of the new week, we are opening our doors again to the atlantic, feeding areas of low pressure. so unsettled for the weekend, quite changeable weather, sunshine one day and showers the next, and temperatures return to much more average values.

hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week: the beast is here — and i'm not talking about anyone on the panel. no, the beast is the nickname for the armoured limousine of the president of the united states and it's in london this week because so is he. protocol says state visitors avoid expressing a view on the internal politics of their host, but donald trump has already waded in on the tory leadership contenders and we shall follow him. my guests today, ian martin of the times, thomas kielinger, author and longtime correspondent of die welt, stephanie baker of bloomberg news and marc roche of le point.

thousands of police officers on call up, londoners bracing for traffic gridlock, protestors blowing up their trump baby blimp and protocol officers reminding themselves to breathe. the 45th president of the united states is coming to see the queen on monday. and while the planners have gamed out every other conceivable risk, there is nothing much they can do to plan against the protocol risks presented by the man himself. stephanie, starters. what are the risks? in addition to his interview in the sun where he was critical of theresa may and her handling of brexit, there will be another intervention of some sort, some other protocol problem with the queen. he is coming here to push his america first agenda but really for himi america first agenda but really for him i think the focus is about basking in the glory of the royal family. the optics of this are great

backin family. the optics of this are great back in the us where the royal family is