this is bbc news. i'm geeta guru—murthy. the headlines at five: president trump defies protocol, ahead of his state visit to britain, as he praises borisjohnson and his bid to become prime minister. i've always liked him. i don't know whether he's going to be chosen, but i think he's a very good guy, a very talented person. a call to expel peter willsman from the labour party, from formerjustice secretary and labour peer lord falconer. nine incidents of small boats carrying migrants off the kent coast are being dealt with by the coastguard. in madrid — fans gear up for this evening's all english champions league final — liverpool versus tottenham. it all takes place here at the

stadium and just three hours' time matata and him and live up all vying for club football's biggest prize. —— the tottenham and at liverpool. and in rugby union, saracens do the double — beating exeter in a thrilling premiership final. donald trump has broken with convention by commenting publicly on the conservative leadership race — saying that borisjohnson would do "a very good job." in an interview with the sun newspaper ahead of his state visit to the uk, president trump described mrjohnson as very talented. he also expressed his view about some of the other contenders, as our political correspondent, mark lobel, reports. it's not a diplomatic intervention, but donald trump doesn't seem to much care.

ahead of a three—day state visit, the president comes close, very close, to endorsing a candidate as our next prime minister. i've always liked him, i don't know that he's going to be chosen but i think he's a very good guy, talented person. he's been very positive about me and our country. and offers this teaser about the other contenders. other people have asked me for endorsements, i'd been asked for endorsements. other leadership contenders have asked you for endorsements? i don't want to say who, but other people have asked. there were harsh words for michael gove after he criticised donald trump for sabre rattling over iran. donald trump's team don't want this to overshadow his state visit and have insisted the president is not endorsing a candidate despite all appearances. the conservative party members will be left in no doubt that boris johnson has friends in high places. when the british government

and the white house fixed the date they probably thought this would not be such a critical moment when we had essentially a lame duck prime minister and an open field for the succession, in which case i think it was inevitable this was a president who will say what is on his mind. meanwhile the leadership race remains wide open. today the home secretary put no—deal firmly at the centre of his bid. speaking in singapore the defence secretary penny mordaunt, who is thinking aboutjoining the contest, was asked to allay us fears about the uk's relationship with the chinese telecoms company huawei. these are judgments to be made. there are vulnerabilities ofjust having one supplier. so, all nations facing these decisions have to look at the detail, they have to weigh that up. candidates have just over a week left to come forward with 12 standing so far. and expect a few more to enter the race and for others

to publicly back candidates, though not perhaps with the fanfare the words of support from this man gets. mark lobel, bbc news. mr trump also praised the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt. our correspondent glen campbell asked mr hunt for his reaction at the world news media congress in glasgow. what do you make of president trump offering warmer words for your leadership rival borisjohnson than he does for you, does that help or hinderyourcampaign? i think you have to ask boris whether that helps or hinders him, but what i would say is i am very proud as foreign secretary that we have the best relationship with the united states, and i am sad that some political parties have used this state visit when we are celebrating and remembering the normandy landings, the 400,000 american troops who lost their lives in the second world war, they are using it as a moment for virtue signalling.

this isn't about any individual president or prime minister, this is about a deep friendship between our two nations, the two nations that have done more than any other to stand up for liberty, freedom, democratic values, the rule of law, things we all believe in. a former government minister, philip lee, has lost a vote of no confidence, at his local conservative association. bracknell conservative association called the vote after 53 members signed a petition. the mp for bracknell said the move was linked to his decision to campaign for another eu referendum. dr lee was the first government minister to resign over brexit after citing the government's approach to withdrawing from the eu would damage businesses in his constituency. john rentoul, chief political commentator for the independent, joins us now. first of all, on this interview with

donald trump, a lot of things going on politically today. the big headline ahead of the state visit, no surprise that borisjohnson speaks out again but it is a state visit, it is not protocol to interfere in another country possibly politics. no. but protocol doesn't mean much to donald trump. he is blundered straight into this. actually, i imagine borisjohnson is probably more embarrassed than pleased to receive this kind of endorsement because it will go down very badly with conservative mps who are at the first stage of the leadership contest. i would imagine most conservative mps are being pushed in the last american election would've preferred hillary clinton to have one. so being endorsed by donald trump doesn't really help borisjohnson donald trump doesn't really help boris johnson that donald trump doesn't really help borisjohnson that much. donald trump doesn't really help boris johnson that much. jeremy corbyn has tweeted saying president trump attempt to decide who will be

next prime minister... laughter who chose him? he was chosen by admittedly rather more unrepresentative labour party members. conservative members have never chosen a prime minister before, they have chosen an opposition leader. absolutely true, but ifjeremy corbyn had won the last election he would have been chosen by his mps, he would've been chosen by his mps, he would've been chosen by his mps, he would've been chosen by labour party members. either you accept the party members to choose a leader or you think mps should do it but... jeremy corbyn is jumping on the anti—american bandwagon. donald trump is not popular in this country. so when he interferes in our politics, people do get up on the high horses. mr trump is also commented onjeremy

hunt, praising him i think for his commitment to increasing defence spending. mrtrump commitment to increasing defence spending. mr trump once all the europeans to give more money to nato. he also criticised michael go. do you think any of this affects how people vote? no. i don't think it does. it might make some conservative mps who don't really approve a boris johnson conservative mps who don't really approve a borisjohnson anyway, my strength in them and their conviction that he is a populist in the trump of mould. but no, maybe some conservative grassroots members who like donald trump are very pro brexit might strengthen their appreciation of abortion i said but i think it is a very small effects must also interesting he said in the interview that other people have been asking for his interview. -- their appreciation of him. but michael gove wasn't one of them. tom and asked if michael gove was one of

these people who had asked for an endorsement. he said no he wasn't. michael is in the clear. who might it be? i don't know. it is fascinating. who knows. it doesn't really matter. this is a bit of a fuss about nothing. i don't think donald trump that make he breaches protocol the time. i don't think this will have a huge effect on a british election. it is a key week in british politics because the number of contenders still ever—growing to huge numbers for the tories. the leading numbers are still talking about sirjeremy hunt, talking again about the dangers of no deal. sergeant david talking about he is committed to know there. talk about were ever bread who leads a pretty keep moderate group of tories whether she was support boris. —— sajid david has.

tories whether she was support boris. -- sajid david has. she had a meeting with boris this week. and try to get him to rule out a note to exit. he refused to do so. therefore she is not intending to support him. —— you no—deal brexit. reportedly forethought reportedly would be supporting jeremy hunt instead. i just don't thinkjeremy hunt has a realistic chance in the second stage of the contest because he voted remained last time and i think members are determined that they must have somebody who voted leaf us up must have somebody who voted leaf us up very briefly, philip lee, with his vote of no confidence, it doesn't mean he is suspended. how significant is it? it tells us more about the way that politics is being shaken up and realigned by brexit. he isa shaken up and realigned by brexit. he is a one of many conservative mps who are very anti—brexit, very keen to preserve our relationship with the eu, dominic grieve, nick foles, several of them have got into trouble with their associations and

nick actually left the party. lovely to see you. thank you for coming in. the formerjustice secretary, the labour peer lord falconer, says the party should expel a prominent party member who was suspended yesterday. peter willsman is accused of saying the israeli embassy was "almost certainly" behind complaints of anti—semitism. lord falconer is leading labour's inquiry into the claims. earlier today he spoke to the bbc about the current position of the claims and the process. well, first of all, my task is now effectively being done by the equalities commission, that are launching a full—blown investigation into allegations of anti—semitism in the labour party. the issue of peter willsman is an acid test for the labour party. peter willsman has, in this recording that was published by a radio station yesterday, said that the allegations of anti—semitism in the labour party are, in effect, orchestrated by the israeli embassy. that is a conspiracy theory which has absolutely no foundation whatsoever.

if you were a member of the jewish community, it would give you little hope that the labour party would deal fairly with allegations of anti—semitism, if somebody on its main ruling body — the national executive committee — had those views. it's right that he's been suspended, but the next step for the labour party is to deal with the disciplinary case against him as quickly as possible because, otherwise, people will have little confidence in our setting ourface strongly against anti—semitism. john mann, mp for bassetlaw and chair of the all party—parliamentary group against anti—semitism said he was horrified peter willsman had only been suspended. we expect the labour party to act decisively. he is a repeat offender. he is one of the key figures in the labour party. it happens to be i am in the labour party as well

of course and i'd expect jeremy corbyn to have already acted and expelled him. i am horrified that he hasn't done, that he has only been suspended. this man obviously should be out of the labour party already. this is about whether racism is dealt with or not. whoever the people are. after what he has done, it is not the first time he has done it, there is no ambiguity about the slander he has come outwith. it is extraordinary the comment and he gave the game away by very naively saying, "off the record," in other words, "let me try and get away with it, let me sneakily tell "you what i think, rather than be captured doing it." the uk border force has confirmed it's dealing with a number of boats carrying migrants off the kent coast. hm coastguard say they assisted the uk border force with nine vessels this morning. four have apparently been

intercepted with around 30 people on board. our reporterjohn mcmanus has been speaking to the local mp charlie elphicke. what is going on at the moment? as you say, nine vessels with the coast guard says it assisted in intercepting today, to force officials who have special vessels that patrol up and down the waters of the english channel behind me. we know these numbers appear to be climbing again, there are about hundred and 38 arrivals in december, when the weather if you remember it was very calm and relatively mild. the weather is mild warm and the sea is calm again today. we know that in may, 140 people made thatjourney successfully from france to the can cause. numbers which the government was to deter saying because the sea is calm, that doesn't mean that the crossing is safe, it is one of the busiest shipping channels in the world. it is extremely dangerous, it can be dangerous even for sailors

who know what they are doing. never mind migrants who are in inflatable dinghies often in very small boats and trying to make their own way across that narrow stretch of water. the government tried to get a grip on this, and the dover mp charlie l fick being campaigning around this 110w fick being campaigning around this now for several months says he secured a meeting with the home secretary sajid david and he declared a major incident back in december because of the large number the people arriving then and i think it is fairto the people arriving then and i think it is fair to say that some of the plans he put in place which included greater cooperation with french have not deterred at migrants as we can see from today but he says he has his own plan. what's needed is a compact between britain and france that anybody found anywhere in the channel should be returned back to france, anybody trying to get to britain though they have no hope of succeeding, that is the only way it will get the message to the migrants, to the traffickers and there needs to be a pact

between britain and france for more surveillance to see anybody setting off on the french coast and make sure they are picked up rapidly before they get too far in the channel. the weather can change so quickly in the channel, conditions can worsen, and we have to remember that it's important to preserve and protect life here as well. so as she heard mr elphicke said, he has a plan was to government to get a grip on this, one thing the government did not speck in the winter was they put two more border force vessels in the waters of the english channel, it doesn't seem to be having a huge effectjudging by last month numbers but mr elphicke says he is up with for the government to announce more concrete measures and says he will give us an update tomorrow after his meeting with the home secretary. thank you. the headlines on bbc news... president trump defies diplomatic norms, ahead of his state visit to the uk, praising borisjohnson and his bid to become prime minister. peter willsman, who's accused

of saying the israeli embassy was "almost certainly" behind complaints of anti—semitism, should be expelled from the labour party, according to labour peer lord falconer. nine incidents of small boats carrying migrants off the kent coast are being dealt with by the coastguard. 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. fans have been told they won't be able to watch the game on the big screens at the designed fan zones as officials have confirmed that they 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. our correspondents are in on the action — in a moment we'll speak to our sports correspondent, david orenstein who is at the stadium.

we also have gavin lee who is in madrid with liverpool fans and simonjones is at a pub in north london with spurs fans. let's go first to david who is at the stadium. this is a huge match, i confess i am slightly on the liberal foresight having been born there, but obviously, made the best team win. —— on the liverpool side. obviously, made the best team win. -- on the liverpool side. it should bea -- on the liverpool side. it should be a cracking spectacle regardless of which team you support. talking of which team you support. talking of support to make you estimates it could be up to 100,000 liverpool and totte n ha m could be up to 100,000 liverpool and tottenha m fa ns could be up to 100,000 liverpool and tottenham fans in madrid city centre. of course, only officially around 17,000 will be inside the metropolitan on no stadium behind me, but you can bet your bottom dollar that many more have got their hands on tickets some way or another. we even heard stories that some tottenham fans are still on the tarmac at airports like stan stead, and a race against time to make it here with what two and a half hours

until kick—off. you may be able to see in the background to a number of supporters are already gathering at the stadium, long before the gates have open. there has been a bit of activity involving the police but nothing from what we can see u ntowa rd nothing from what we can see untoward and also some players have been let off, but from what we know at what we've heard in the city centre, it is all good—natured as things stand. as for the mets, itself, it is a nine o'clock kick—off, local time, and a liverpool will be favoured for this. they reach the final a year ago, already won european cups, they finished at 26 points above totte n ha m finished at 26 points above tottenham and the premier league, they also beat them to hype and went away from home in september and at home at the end of march. they have got key weapons in their side and attack like my but it's a lot but also now crucially in defence, they bolstered with the signing of virgil van dijk and alison the goalkeeper. totte n ha m van dijk and alison the goalkeeper. tottenham don't have such pressure and that may work to their benefit.

harry kane has declared himself fit and will he lead the line or be on the sceptre to bench? tottenham have w011 the sceptre to bench? tottenham have won european trophies before, just not ina won european trophies before, just not in a final of the european cup, so this will he would be unexpected for them inglorious if they manage to pull it off. the fans here are gathering went to great excitement for what should be a great spectacle because whatever happens, the european cup is coming back to england, and the winners will celebrate with a victory parade tomorrow. we've already had one all english final this week, chelsea and arsenal meeting in the europa league, but this really is the big one, and underline the strength of the premier league and one team will be extremely happy at the end of tonight. indeed. thank you. our europe reporter gavin lee is with liverpool fans in madrid. gosh, it looks pretty messy already. i don't know what the alcohol consumption levels alike. where are fa ns consumption levels alike. where are fans going to watch the match? there

are no screens. yes, there are a lot and lot bars, they madrid authorities are talking about 60 million euros, about £35 million from this we can come all liverpool fans. spurs fans are spending their money but part of the reason is that this the plaza, the square, only about a mile away from the athletico madrid stadium, the situation on the ground, people say to me here, one of the best atmospheres of any european champion they've ever been to. the spirit between the spurs fa ns to. the spirit between the spurs fans in the liverpool fans is brilliant. our teams witness that, no real sense of trouble, talking about for arrest yesterday for violent conduct, some ticket lot there, the other thing is 70,000 people have managed to get in the stadium, a lot of people in this we re stadium, a lot of people in this

were just stadium, a lot of people in this werejust coming from stadium, a lot of people in this were just coming from a 20,000 estimated to be part of this come as you said, heading into the bars, if i walk a bit faster, you get a sense of what is the biggest spanish police surveillance operation they've ever had for any sporting event. this gentleman here, british police force, with a fan information team, working side by side trying to make sure this is a quiet event. spanish police there. 4700 officers. the biggest operation there has been and also drones in the sky to monitor the atmosphere. and able to disable and shoot them down with other drones. big operation before the police, a brilliant atmosphere, perfect for them come a few hours before leaving here now. it looks fantastic. it looks pretty messy. i don't know what the rubbish collection situation is like. have you heard about any of the fans stared being able to pick up tickets? we hear about extraordinary amounts of money. —— fans there being able to. massive amounts of

money. one family from texas that bought their tickets from stubhub, the second cellar website, technically illegal. the reselling website, $23,000 a plate. they got here for only for step up to say they had to cancel the tickets and they had to cancel the tickets and the authorities and sports teams involved in the companies have got them and make sure they can sell them and make sure they can sell them on but that there will be disappointed fans. i've met some whose fathers managed to get tickets to the stadium, others have to go to bars, — akamai pretty happyjust to be amongst us. it is messy, but come on, it is a football final! it a lwa ys on, it is a football final! it always happens. talk with these two. where are you from? shrewsberry. driven up here today to experience this. absolutely immense. what a your name? david murray. do you have tickets? no. we willjust soak up

the atmosphere. watch any bar. just to be here in the sunshine, absolutely immense. these bands are amazing. they really are amazing. who are you here with? my daughter, dina. we need to get your sense of being here. warning from the police, english man's cup with a reputation. what is your feeling about this app was very? i think we are all here for a good time. —— english fans come with a reputation. tottenham as well. it's not like we have any real big rivalry. ithink well. it's not like we have any real big rivalry. i think everybody is friends. everybody is friendly. the good thing also is that because it is to english teams within english fans come i think it is probably going to help the situation really. with it being tottenham and liverpool, there is no sort of rivalry between the two clubs, we flew out from luton, it was just full of tottenham fans and there we re full of tottenham fans and there were so full of tottenham fans and there were so good with us. on the flight

and everything. beautiful harmony. thank you. good luck. take care. a quick sense as well, looking around here, the police are hoping it will stay like this, a lot of people, hotels are full, £60 million is what the authorities will make from this. good look tonight. for both sets of fans. i feel like coming along with a broom and a sleep because i cannot believe how much mess is on the floor. anyway, i've never been to a football final. it looks amazing. enjoy. see you soon. our reporter, simon jones is at a pub in north london — tottenham's heartland. they were very noisy when we spoke an hour ago. have they run out of stea m yet? an hour ago. have they run out of steam yet? not at all. the countdown is on. if anything, the atmosphere is on. if anything, the atmosphere is growing. often here on bbc news, we strive to be balanced, but take a look down there. there is only one tea m look down there. there is only one team that people are here to win.

that is the spurs. i lot of pipes being drunk, people are going to be watching the game here on a big screen, others will be going down to spurs stadium to watch it. certainly, a real party atmosphere. let's speak to a few fans. stephan and jessica. how are you feel a? blessing. it is one big family. a mixture of emotions going on. i am really nervous and excited at the same time. will you do it? of course we are! i agree. what do you think the score will be? 2-1. i think we will do it. nerves are still there. i hundred percent i think we have more than enough to do it. many people thought the spurs wouldn't get this far. firstly, they almost didn't get out of their initial group. then there was that last—minute goal that wasn't against manchester city. then going three down. this is a story that shouldn't be happening. it shouldn't be

happening but we are here living at both are breathing it. everything. i think we have to take in our stride, we are in the final, one game, we can do it. can you believe it? i cannot believe it. i never seen tottenham get to a champions league final before in my lifetime. itjust makes it even more special today. big question? harry kane, captain, returning. what do you think? i want him to finish the game. being thin, not really. i think you will score today. the captain, but however, we need his presence on the field. he needs to start. get the guys going, his presence is needed. it has to start there. what about if he goes to penalties? not going to think about that. do not was a think about that. we will win into. bring atmosphere here today. brilliant.

absolute. i am buzzing. a big family here today. it is brilliant. in my lap to say good luck? we will take a look. —— am i allowed to say. two and a half hour so kick—off. fans down here, can't wait for even if they are rather anxious. go swears! good luck to everybody involved. —— gold spurs. we will bring you more coverage here on the news channel. you can see all of the build up to that massive game in a listen alive to the commentary on bbc radio five live at eight o'clock tonight. a team of eight mountaineers, including three britons, has gone missing on its way to the nanda devi peak in the himalayas. (oov)the expedition — led by experienced british climber, the expedition — led by experienced british climber, martain moran — failed to return to base camp yesterday after attempting to reach the 7,000 metre peak. a rescue team searching for the group have struggled to find them due to bad weather.

the former arsenal footballer, jose antonio reyes, has died in a car crash at the age of 35. the spain international signed for arsenal in 2004 and returned to spain after two years, going on to play for real madrid, as well as atletico madrid, and sevilla. in the united states, at least 12 people have been killed — and several injured — in a shooting at a government building in virginia. the suspect has been named by police as dewayne craddock, described by officials as a disgruntled city employee. he fired indiscriminately at the location in virginia beach last night. our washington correspondent, chris buckler, reports. some of the employees who were finishing up their work on friday afternoon never had a chance to go home. the police say one of their long—time colleagues walked in 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. the suspect, and this will be the only time we announce his name, is dewayne craddock. he was an engineer of public utilities, and was employed with that department for approximately 15 years. the suspect's family has also been notified. 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 is believed the gunman was a disgruntled public employee, based here at the offices at virginia beach. there will be a full investigation to try to determine what led him to commit these murders. but the wider debate once again will now about how easy it is to get guns in america. this is the 150th mass shooting in the united states this year. chris buckler, bbc news, virginia beach. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. the uk recorded its highest temperatures of the year so far today. but that heat has not been evenly distributed across the uk. the best of the sunshine earlier in the day where it has been hottest across east anglia and south east england. elsewhere, a fair amount of cloud around and it turns wetter later in the evening across northern ireland. overnight, rain spreading northwards across scotland and parts of wales in western england. really quite muggy where it has been hot overnight across the southeasternmost part.

everywhere it's going to a mild night. breeze picking up through sunday, we start with cloud and outbreaks of rain or showers towards the north and west, this area shower then moves further east during the day, weakening as it approaches easternmost part of england late on. the breeze continues to pick up from a particular close to low pressure towards the northwest of the uk, turns quite blustery here. sunny spells and some heavy showers and a big range of temperatures to end the weekend. most of us in the teens, but still ahead of that weather front in east anglia, some spots in the upper 20s. hello, this is bbc news. i'm geeta guru—murthy. the headlines: president trump defies protocol ahead of his state visit to the uk by praising boris johnson and his bid to become prime minister. i've always liked him. i don't know whether he's going to be chosen, but i think he's a very good guy, a very talented person.

peter willsman should be expelled from the labour party, according to formerjustice secretary and labour peer lord falconer. mr willsman, who's accused of saying the israeli embassy was "almost certainly" behind complaints of anti—semitism, was suspended yesterday. nine incidents of small boats carrying migrants off the kent coast are being dealt with by the coastguard. at least three british climbers are amongst a team that has gone missing in northern india during an attempt on the country's second—highest mountain nanda devi. rescuers are due to reach the base camp today to begin the search. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's azi farni. good evening. just the one big story today. there are nowjust two and a half hours to go until the champions league final between liverpool and tottenham in madrid. thousands more fans have been

arriving from britain today, many without tickets and some claiming to have paid tens of thousands on the black market as they try to get in to the first all—english final in a decade. our sports correspondent david ornstein is in the spanish capital. the managers have been coy about the starting line—ups, but it looks like roberto firmino will be back for liverpool. what about harry kane for spurs? you are right. roberto firmino the only real doubt for liverpool. he had a muscular injury toward the end of the season. we are told that he is fit to take part in the normal liverpool triumvirate up front with mohammed salah and sadi on monday. as for tottenham, you are right to study because certain is over and harry kane. he was injured in the first leg of the quarterfinal against manchester city, an ankle problem. he has declared himself that built the question is whether the manager decides to go with him or sticks with the hero from the semifinal away to ajax, lucas moura, who's scored a hat—trick there and

can buy so well with some young men but harry kane is such a integral pa rt but harry kane is such a integral part of the team, a very powerful presence in the dressing room and is their captain. last but not both managers address the media and both teams went to their final training sessions and let us here now from firstjurgen klopp and then emergency apostasy no. if he tells me the exact line—up that i will call you until you are lined up as well. but if not, i would keep at least a few question marks open, like this, but he is fit, and you see he is here and if nothing happens from the moment when he left to play until now because i did not see him since then, he should be fine. this is not going to be easy to take a decision tomorrow. it was difficult alaskan that we played them of the semifinals, the quarterfinals, the last 16. in every single came, he knew take a decision

but to be be another decision, a decision that is for sure that we have all the formation —— information, that we know everything will detail and we are going to take the decision to try to win. like always in football, it is so painful when this type of thing arrives and can only you use from the beginning only 11 players. that is the most painful situation. two and half hours to kick off at loads of fans behind you adding to the stadium. there are reports of thousands and thousands of fans. 33,000 official tickets, and we are hearing of tickets selling for tens of thousands of euros. some extraordinary sums being paid on the black market. first of all, the methods of transport to fight

belief, planes, trains, automobiles and people coming even a camper advance of the commitment to get here. fans of been driving since lunchtime, nine hours before kick—off and you may be able to see in the background that really they are starting to come in vast numbers now. officially 17,000, just under, in the stadium from both clubs. you can be guaranteed that many more will have gotten a hold of to tickets through some form of or another. in the city centre, it is another. in the city centre, it is an ocean of liverpool and tottenham fans. we are still hearing stories of some tottenham fans on an aeroplane from sta nsted of some tottenham fans on an aeroplane from stansted yet to take off it will be touch ago if they actually make it in time for kick—off. we heard one story of a fat he was a season ticket holder for liverpool for 20 years and agreed to sell his ticket for £10,000. quite extraordinary. he is quoted as saying he is going to take his family on holiday to florida and will be happy if liverpool wins and would not be so happy if they lose.

it is the hottest ticket in town, is extremely hot here weather—wise, to emilyjesse surely an incredible atmosphere when kick—off takes place. david, thank you very much for joining place. david, thank you very much forjoining us there. you can hear full commentary of the liverpool versus tottenham tonight on bbc radio 5 live. mark pougatch brings you all the build up from 6pm. former arsenal forward jose antonio reyes has died in a car accident in spain at the age of 35. another of his old clubs, sevilla, confirmed the news today. reyes spent three seasons at arsenal between 2004—2007, having arrived halfway through the club's invincibles season. during his time in england, he won the premier league and fa cup. reyes also had spells with real and atletico madrid. england's women have suffered a surprise defeat in their final warm—up match ahead of the world cup.

they lost 1—0 to new zeland at brighton's amex stadium. the lionesses begin their tournament against scotland next sunday. gemma collis—mccann reports. a final afinalwarm—up game a final warm—up game for the lionesses, a restaurant some buffer others a to stake their claim in the starting line—up for their opening world cup match in a week's time. the lionesses early chances came from new zealand mistakes. jodie taylor looking for her first international goal in 13 months but denied by the keeper. a penalty shout, taylor thought so but the referee said not. new zealand struggles continued at the back but repeatedly rely on the keeper to keep them in the match. frustration going for angling with each missed opportunity. chance after chance not quite taken. england's personal test came before half—time. thisjust

denied. a warning of what was to come. after the break, the deadlock broken, giving new zealand a 1—0 when. the lionesses looking for a good sendoff but instead it was new zealand who secured a shock victory, their against england. the disappointing thing is we had an unbeliever crowd here today and do not give them the win to get the sendoff. the crowd who have backed us sendoff. the crowd who have backed us for the last few games deserves. it isa us for the last few games deserves. it is a continuous in our development and improvement and the real thing starts next week. england face colour in their opening group game. they will need to improve it they are to realise their world cup dream. saracens have sealed a premiership and european champions cup double for the second time. having been 11 points behind in the second half, the defending champions pulled off a great comeback against exeter in the premiership final at twickenham to win their fourth title in five years. adam wild was watching.

these are the premiership's top two teams but in truth, these two have long been in a league of their own. for the season's big finish, this was quite a start. exeter chiefs forcing a way through just when he seven seconds gone. saracens would not take that lying down. having already conquered your coming out it was to prove they rule england as well. an extraordinary extra effort required, this took them back in front, and lead extended byjohnny hill in the first half breathless. the second, relentless. the chiefs charging and finally finding the space, sam skinner somehow finding henry slade and an 11 point lead. but exeter brought back down to earth with in moments. saracens taking the aerial route, the brilliant liam williams doing the rest. in a flash them of the league gone altogether, sean maitland

unstoppable and extraordinary into an extraordinary season. saracens champions again. adam wilde, bbc news. super league—leaders st helen's are through to the challenge cup semi—finals after a convincing win over wakefield trinity. saints scored eight tries with eight different scorers, including this final try of the game from winger kevin naiqama. they'lljoin hull fc and warrington in the semi—finals. saints haven't reached a challenge cup final since 2008. in the french open tennis, world number one naomi osaka has been knocked out of the french open in the third round. the reigning us and australian open champion was beaten in straight sets by katerina siniakova, ending her run of 16 consecutive slam match wins and dashing her hopes of a third straight glam slam title. the win for siniakova puts her in the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time in singles. in contrast, defending champion simona halep needed just 55 minutes to see off ukranian 27th seed lesia tsurenko.

she won in straight sets 6—2, 6—1 to book her place in the fourth round. in the men's draw, stefanos tsitsipas has become the first greek player to reach the fourth round at roland garros since 1936. the sixth seed was made to work hard again before beating filip krajinovic in four sets. new zealand have begun their cricket world cup campaign in some style, crushing sri lanka without losing a single wicket in cardiff. new zealand seamers matt henry and lockie ferguson took three wickets as they skittled their opponents out forjust 136. kiwi opener martin guptill then smashed an unbeaten 51—ball 73, while colin munro made 58 not out to help the new zealanders reach their target in less than 17 overs. australia are chasing 208 against afghanistan in their opening match of the cricket world cup. after losing both openers for ducks and falling to 5—2,

afghanistan recovered well. najibullah zadran top—scored with 51, while for australia, pat cummins and adam zampa took three wickets each. the aussies are now 55—0 in reply. let's take a look at some of the other sports news stories making the headlines today. anthony van dyck has won the epsom derby, giving trainer aidan o'brien a record—equalling seventh winner in the race. jockey seamie heffernan rode the 13—2 chance to victory on his 12th attempt. madhmoon finished in second, withjapan in third. pello bilbao won his second stage of the giro d'italia on stage 20 today. richard carapaz still has the leader's pinkjersey. the giro concludes tomorrow in verona with a time trial. defending world champion marc marquez will start on pole position for tomorrow's italian motogp.

the honda rider set a new lap record in qualifying at mugello. rookie fabio quartararo and danilo petrucci will line up behind him on the front row of the grid. it's a big night for anthonyjoshua, who's fighting in the united states for the first time in his his professional career. joshua will defend his world heavyweight titles against andy ruinr at new york's maddison square garden at around 3:30am tomorrow morning. the mexican weighed in more than 20 pounds heavier than joshua, although few people are giving him a chance against the man who's still unbeaten. 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 and the best man wins. that's all the sport for now.

it's time for the film review. hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is jason solomons. in his spring linens. so, jason, what do we have this week? i have a schlocky shocker from the blumhouse horror locker. olivia spencer and some gullible teenagers star in ma. a nuclear threat unleashes the titans again in godzilla. should i stay or armageddon out of here? laughter. europe on the brink of collapse. this is in 1913, in budapest and the return of the oscar—winning director laszlo nemes in sunset.

let's start with ma. as in mum or mother. one of the teenagers calls octavia spencer's figure ma. a slight racial overtone in this, and the film—makers have brought us get out and us. they have been gradually turning the horror genre on its head with the racial elements in there, and that is to the fore here. octavia spencer, who won the oscar for her supporting actress role in the help, that director that she re—teams here for a film that has very good credentials. juliette lewis stars in it. alisonjanney also stars in it. small roles, it's about octavia spencer, really, who plays a woman who agrees to buy some teenagers some alcohol because in the us they can't do it, so adults have to do it for them, provided they come back to hers and party in her basement. they do that, but then she gets a bit needy and they think we shouldn't do that and find another venue, leaving octavia spencer's ma feeling put out ofjoint and turning a little bit stalkery, as we can

see in this clip. phone repeatedly chimes. hey, this is ma. i got a new number. just picking up a few things. don't make me drink alone. and i don't want to hear any of this "i have homework" crap. don't make me drink alone. # don't make me drink alone... are you guys mad at me for something? i mean, i risked myjob so that you could have fun, and we definitely did. the least you could do is say thank you. don't keep your phone by your bed. that's the first thing. it's not good energy. you will not get good sleep. it is terrible for you.

it spirals and gets a lot worse. things get really strange between the teenagers and ma. it's a good idea, octavia spencer is great at this. people have talked about kathy bates in misery. it's that kind of role. or carrie, where something happened in her past and why she's wreaking some alcoholic revenge on these particular teenagers. so it's quite a clever little film, but it doesn't really reach get out or us levels, much bigger films than little horror films. this one has a old—fashioned ‘80s slasher movie vibe to it. that isn't quite scary enough to carry it through. is it aimed at teenagers? i would think so. don't drink, teenagers. certainly don't drink with ma. heaven forbid. what have we got next? i think it's godzilla. is it anything like the films that i saw? or the tv series?

they were invented in tokyo in 1954 as a response to the nuclear threats. releasing these titans, these dinosaurs. do you remember the chewits adverts? with the big monster? they said it is a long shot, but it mayjust work and give to him. occupied him. the dialogue isn't much better in this then it was in those adverts of the ‘70s. but the titans have been unleashed again because of a nuclear threat. charles dance plays an ecoterrorist, as only he could do. he wants to pit the titans against each other. with these, you want to wait till the monsters clash. you don't really care about the humans, even if they are played by vera farmiga or sally hawkins. if you remember from the shape of water, she is good with monsters and can even tap dance with them. she doesn't bother with that here. you really want the monsters to fight each other. what will godzilla do? will he beat mothra? will he get slammed down by rodan?

what i am waiting for is godzilla versus king kong. that is coming. it has to. that is the clash we are all waiting for. that's the big purse. is there enough of the monsters in this? sometimes, in the new godzilla movies, the monsters are so big. it's full of actors going like this... and you never get to see the full scale. in this one, you get to see the cg! monsters taking on each other at boston's fenway park. i have enjoyed a baseball game there. the dinosaurs were not appearing that night. sunset is next. a hungarian film. from oscar—winning director laszlo nemes. gave us one of the greatest holocaust films, son of saul. he is back with a film called sunset, easily the film of the week. terrific. but it is very confusing.

it stars a woman played by a newcomer, a woman called irisz. we see things through her eyes and watch her face almost continuously. she arrives in budapest in 1913, a flowering, great society full of inventions and industry, she wants to work in a hat shop that used to belong to her parents. it doesn't any more and she thinks herfamily has been wiped out, but somebody says your brother is living here. but he's gone to seed, he's gone bad, he's an anarchist, and she wants to investigate and find out more. very tense.

is it in the style that this director usually does? it's like he did in son of saul. he does that here. long snaking travelling shots. literally, like we should be gawking at godzilla. i was gawking at the audacity of this movie. i can't believe he is still doing the same shot. a horse will pull out of the blue and peasants will come with flaming torches and coachmen will come all snaggly—toothed. aristocrats will be randomly assassinated while in the same shot and you are like, "what is going on?" the point is you don't know what is going on. it is about the collapse of the austro—hungarian empire and about europe now and how that could come to the fore. at the height of intellectual sophistication, how does it turn bad and how do we turn on ourselves? why do we destroy our own societies? that's what this is asking. it does it brilliantly. great performance from the lead. she's in every shot. we are seeing it through her eyes. extraordinary.

for best out, you have chosen rocketman. taron egerton in his platforms. bursting through every door in a big outfit playing eltonjohn. in a biopic that really isn't a biopic. it is sort of about eltonjohn and his friendship with bernie taupin. it is fabulous. it is a neorealist musical. it uses the songs we know so well. and they reappropriate those lyrics, breathing new life into songs you thought you knew so well. we elton grow up with his mum and his dad. it also goes very dark and very deep into elton's past drug use and drug addiction and homosexuality. a very bold film in the way bohemian rhapsody wasn't bold, it was bright and good and fun, but this one is stronger and bolder. not a family musical,

but it is brilliant. eltonjohn said he didn't want a sanitized version of his life. i don't think he has lived a sanitized life. he is proud of the fact that he is still standing, as the song goes. i can't get it out of my head. he is still standing and he lived to tell the tale, a brilliant tale. if you remember the songs the first time around orjust heard them and wondered what they were about, this really adds another layer to rocketman and to eltonjohn himself and his legacy as a musician and the lyrics by bernie taupin are terrific poetry. best to stream. the blue angel. the name of the club. where marlene dietrich made her breakthrough. in her tights and stockings. it brings down a respectable school professor, played by the brilliant emiljennings. ruins his life because he is from head to toe in love. like the german song. i can do it in german. very good. falling in love again. university of modern languages.

idid. i have looked you up. a lot of people will not have seen this film ever, will they? but they will have seen cabaret. in that club. it is very much that atmosphere. about backstage. a weimar republic film. it's about that decadence that led to nazism. it's also just sexy and very funny and brilliantly performed. she sang the song all the way into the ‘90s through decades doing her cabaret show. all over the world. iconic piece of cinema and you can see it at home. you can see it in a few cinemas. you can see it on bfi player. my streaming choice for the weekend. an erotic masterpiece. i have to say thank you. nice to see you. that's it for this week, though.

thanks for watching. goodbye. hello. the uk recorded its highest temperature of the year so far. today, the strongest sunshine east anglia and the south east of england where it will remain very warm tomorrow. the air coming up from quite a long way south of the uk, it has been a hot one in madrid, that big soccer game taking place this evening. it has not been as hot as it was in madrid, but temperatures have soared for some today, but you have to have been to the south of this weather front to have a warm day. along the weather front and north of it, there has been plenty of cloud around, bit of rain in places, too, and there is some heavier rain on the way tonight. ending the day with plenty of sunshine towards east anglia and the south east of england,

a warm, muggy night to come. wetter over northern ireland tonight, rain into northern scotland and wales and western parts of england as well. a mild night wherever you are, but particularly warm and muggy where we have seen the highest temperatures of the day. into part two of the weekend, low pressure is close by, this is going to feed this cold front eastwards during the day so there is cooler air following on behind, it only moves very slowly eastwards and it may well be weakening as it does so. still quite vigorous to start the day, so plenty of showers along it, some outbreaks of rain, into scotland, dry in northern ireland, at least to start the day. showers replacing the sunshine across the east of england with more cloud and the chance of a late day shower. a breezy day wherever you are, quite blustery towards north—western parts, feeding in some showers, may be a few heavy ones, but also sunny spells as well. ahead of the weather front and in the sunshine in east anglia,

expecting temperatures in a few spots still to peek into the upper 20s before it turns cooler on monday. looking at monday, low pressure nestled to the north of scotland and low pressure is in charge for much of the week ahead, starting quite breezy, the wind is easing, plenty of showers developing, particularly into tuesday. light winds, so slow—moving heavy downpours as well. temperatures close to a little below average for the time of year but at least the chance of seeing a bit of useful rain on some of the gardens.

this is bbc news. i'm geeta guru—murthy. the headlines at six: president trump defies protocol ahead of his state visit to britain, as he praises borisjohnson and his bid to become prime minister. i've always liked him. i don't know whether he's going to be chosen, but i think he's a very good guy, a very talented person. a call to expel peter willsman from the labour party, from formerjustice secretary and labour peer lord falconer. nine incidents of small boats carrying migrants off the kent coast are being dealt with by the coastguard. tens of thousands of football fans are in madrid for tonight's champion's league final between liverpool and tottenham. here at the metropolitano stadium,

the gates open, two hours and so kick—off in the biggest match