this is bbc news, i'm julian worricker. the headlines at seven: a sea of red — as hundreds of thousands of liverpool fans come out onto the streets to welcome home the champions of europe. it's the sixth time liverpool have won europe's top club competition. their victory lap of the city is still continuing. it is unreal. you have got to be here to feel it and experience it to know what it means. what he has achieved is brilliant. just unbelievable. liverpool have brought the european cup back to merseyside and something like three quarters of and something like three quarters of a million people have turned out to see it.

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through the city. hundreds of thousands of fans turned out to welcome the team home from madrid, where they beat spurs 2—0. it's the sixth time liverpool have won europe's top club championship. andy swiss sent this report. talk about painting the town ed red — for liverpool's players and fans a day of unbridled celebration as they brought the city to a glorious standstill. stars and supporters united in euphoria as they paraded the trophy through the streets. whatever it took, you just had to be there. we are so proud. once you love liverpool, you love liverpool. i don't know. fabulous. love liverpool, you love liverpool. idon't know. fabulous. if love liverpool, you love liverpool. i don't know. fabulous. if we are doing this now, the future's looking very bright for us. it is looking amazing. we have waited years for this. let's face it, we wanted the

premier league but this will do. the players had landed with some extra luggage. a reward for a night when winning was all that mattered. origi with a chance and surely that wins it for liverpool. the victory over totte n ha m it for liverpool. the victory over tottenham was not pretty, but they didn't steam to mind. as —— seem to mind as the celebrations continued to the dressing room. a case of singing when you're whipping. -- when your winning. but might this be the start of something very special? so now we won something and we will carry on, we want to win things. 100 hn% carry on, we want to win things. 100 hn % this group, i said it, it is only the start for this group. they have the best times ahead of them. for me, i'm really happy. and for

klopp and company today was a chance to revel in their glory. if you wondered what it means to liverpool fans, just take a look at this. they're clinging to trees and lamp posts, anything vantage point will do for the chance to cheer home their heroes and thousands upon thousands are still doing that as the bus crawls through the throng. a sea of red and a wall of noise, a home—coming like no other. liverpool's spectacular season ending in spectacular celebration. stuart flinders is in liverpool for us. that open top bus is close to its final destination at liverpool waterfront. that is the scene from above where thousands of people have been gathering for many hours in anticipation of the scenes. you can

see the various police officer on either side of the bus as it crawls through those streets, where so many people have been wanting to come out and congratulate the team on its sixth champions league victory. stuart flinders has been watching events in liverpool throughout the afternoon. bring us up—to—date this terms of where you are and what you can see? we are on the waterfront just near peer head, looking towards the albert dock and the beatles museum. a lot of these people have been standing here since about 12, one o'clock. 0nly been standing here since about 12, one o'clock. only now are we told that the bus maybe about five or ten minutes away. it is coming from pier head and will come past all these fans. look how many there are. they reckon there could be three quarters

ofa reckon there could be three quarters of a million, maybe more. people trying to get a good vantage point. there are people on top of traffic light posts, road signs, scaffolding, you name it, they have got the best vantage point possible and just listen to the singing... the flags, people have come from all over europe to be here — from germany and from france and this party didn't only start ed last night the moment that second goal went in to clinch the tie and all through liverpool last night there we re through liverpool last night there were people walking around draped in liverpool banners, cheering, smiling, big broad beams every where and that went on all night. there we re and that went on all night. there were people sleeping next to lime street station waiting for the first train home. but you can bet even after a couple of hours sleep they're back here now. this team had

a fantastic league season, but until last night would have had fear they might end the season empty—handed. and wouldn't that be cruel, a team that finishes with 97 points in the premier league and fails to win it. to end up with nothing wouldn't seem right. particularly after last year when they were in the premier league final and blew it with two goalkeeping errors. yet within 12 months they got a second crack at it and good for them, they have done it and good for them, they have done it and they're showing the fans the trophy here. there are few cities that would have a turnout like this. it is incredible that crowd. they have been so patient, they have been kicking balls in the air, we have had a mo salah look alike coming down and that cheer you can hear is because i think they can see the bus in the distance. we quite see it. there is a building just blocking oui’ there is a building just blocking

our view, but i think the people on the far side of the road have had their first the far side of the road have had theirfirst glimpse the far side of the road have had their first glimpse of the bus. so it is not far off now. it is probably just now approaching it is not far off now. it is probablyjust now approaching pier head and you can imagine what will lap, the crowd will —— will happen, the crowd will raise the roof. if there was a roof they would raise it. a word about the managerjurgen klopp and not only the success he has been presiding over, but the way he and this city have some sort of relationship going which makes him so relationship going which makes him so popular with the fans. it is strange, he has been here three yea rs. strange, he has been here three years. until last night he hadn't w011 years. until last night he hadn't won a trophy with the club, yet there is something about that relationship with the club, with the whole city, he has a mural on a wall near the ground. people really respect him. he is very calm. he doesn't seem to have put foot wrong,

doesn't seem to have put foot wrong, does he? he is always very respectful of all his players and miz previous teams. he was asked before the final, at the press conference, it was put to him this was the best set of players he has managed. but he said all the players at all the clubs were good. he obviously respects them. so good for them, they have won a trophy, they did so well this season, but it would have been cruel to get nothing. a word ok they have won this, fantastic for them, they didn't quite win the league, does he look to improve that squad? what is the thinking on that? or is it too early to go down that road? i'm sure he will look to improve the squad. there are already transfer rumours about players that may be coming in. you have to say the first team he has got now it quite young. there is

lots of room for them to improve and go on to greater things and having w011 go on to greater things and having won a trophy like this and there aren't any bigger troefives in club football in europe, you would think this would help them going into next season this would help them going into next season when surely they will want to win the premier league. but of course, manchester city will have something to say about that. i'm looking to see if i can see the bus. i can't. people are straining to see if its on their way. it can't be far off. we can see the police outriders, that is a sure sign the bus can't be far behind. this is where the bus will end up. this is the climax of the whole journey. what a moment this will be for the players as they see this crowd. we have the advantage of showing different pictures from the ones that you're looking down that street live in search of the bus. we can see something from behind. it

suggests it is not a great deal of a distance from you and you mentioned the police officers we can see walking along with this sound vehicle with giant speakers to help things along. so it won't be long before it reaches you. i know this parade began at four o'clock. my understanding was it was going to reach you by now, but it was never going to keep to time. no it started at four and was supposed to be here by six. it is now ten past seven. it has made slow progress. people have been patient and they have come out and invested a lot of time and money in the club over the season and they wa nt to in the club over the season and they want to get a fred good luck at the trophy. there is no big speeches or set piece at the end. it is their chance to see it. fireworks are

going up! fireworks going up on the top of the... oh look that you, our camera is trying to give you a shot. 0n camera is trying to give you a shot. on top of liver building there are fireworks and flares going off. that isa sign fireworks and flares going off. that is a sign the bus must be reaching pier head, there is that famous liver bird on top. all that smoke colling out. part of celebrations here. we got the fireworks for sure. iam going here. we got the fireworks for sure. i am going to come away from you for a moment and give a chance for the fa ns a moment and give a chance for the fans you have been talking about to hear what they have been saying and then we will come back if the bus wis you. —— is with you many fans at the parade were still overwhelmed from last nights win, we asked them how they were feeling today. . a .abit . a bit hungover, but all right. nothing wrong with that. got to be done. what does it mean to

everybody? somebody else asked me that, it is unreal. you can't put it into words. you've got to be here to feel it and experience it to know what it really means to us. it is great. everyone in liverpool should come out tonight, because what they have achieved is brilliant. nuts. it hasn't sunk in yet. 0h... after last yeari hasn't sunk in yet. 0h... after last year i didn't think we would bounce back this quickly. even when we play a bad game, we still win 2—0. it is incredible. 0ur a bad game, we still win 2—0. it is incredible. our team is something special right now. everything. it is me 18th birthday on tuesday. means everything to me. i really appreciate this moment and they have got it. unbelievable. some of the fa ns got it. unbelievable. some of the fans speaking to us earlier on.

prior to these extraordinary scenes 110w prior to these extraordinary scenes now by the liverpool waterfront as stuart flinders was saying, liverpool council put the estimate of the numbers at half a million. i don't know how they managed to count them. it may well be that that figure goes higher in the coming hours. stuart, you see them from where you are yet? i can see some more flares and fireworks as far as ican more flares and fireworks as far as i can see and i guess that is a sign that the bus is there. more fireworks were going out over the albert dock. obviously, people have planned this in some detail. a lot of smoke there now. i guess that must be the bus coming. it is definitely still moving. you can see it? good. more fireworks going off! it isa

it? good. more fireworks going off! it is a remarkable achievement, six european cups, the most successful clu b european cups, the most successful club in europe in our country. liverpool have won more european cups than the rest of the premier league teams put together. that is saying something isn't it? i can see a cloud of smoke in the distance. that must be the bus. the bus must be close to you. the aerial shots we are showing put it not a great distance from you. you talked of sixth european crown, i know real madrid have 13, but liverpool's record in that competition compared to any other teams in the premier league is quite outstanding. that bus now passing the liver building which you may see in one side of that shot. yes. the famous building on the liverpool waterfront, where those first fireworks began to appear. i sense from a moment you can now see it? we can now see the

bus and i think if our camera just turns around, we mightjust be able to see it. i'm just seeing the bus appearing flaw cloud of smoke! real madrid are top with 13 european cup wins. that is impressive. milan seven. but then come liverpool. that is not bad. the people who are holding scarfs is not bad. the people who are holding sca rfs and is not bad. the people who are holding scarfs and banners, the workers have added to other years of rome 1977 and 84, wembley 78, paris 1981. what a record. we can see the bus now. here it comes. it is shrouded in smoke! there are flares and fireworks. and you see probably in front, where that smoke is, you can see arms being waved. those people are on top of traffic lights would you believe. some very perched

there for about four or five hours. remarkable. i was listening to the radio coverage and references were made to people climbing on the top of roofs and not where you had a flat roof, but something difficult to sit on on the top, but still they we re to sit on on the top, but still they were there. yeah, i mean there is a building not farfrom were there. yeah, i mean there is a building not far from here, were there. yeah, i mean there is a building not farfrom here, it is a bidding site and some —— building fa ns bidding site and some —— building fans and some fans have got on there and worked their way along the ska ford. i don't know what the safety situation is there. i hope they're all right! people have decided it us all right! people have decided it us a once in a lifetime moment and they wa nt to a once in a lifetime moment and they want to be here. this is something you want to be able to tell your friends about, take a photograph of it, put it on your facebook page. everyone wants to be here. it, put it on your facebook page. everyone wants to be herelj it, put it on your facebook page. everyone wants to be here. i thought crosses my mind about how you prepare for this afternoon. clearly, nobody knew for sure they were going to win last night. but somebody had

got the bus ready and planned the route. everything was in good order, it was just a question of whether the team won. i guess they must have been on stand by and the plan was in place. they have done this before. we talk about it being a long wait for liverpool to win this trophy, but it was only 2005 when they last w011 but it was only 2005 when they last won it and i was here when the home—coming parade happened. it was midweek. there was a lot of people here. but i wonder whether it has made a difference the fact that todayis made a difference the fact that today is a weekend. it is dry and sunny. and not just today is a weekend. it is dry and sunny. and notjust liverpool, as i came in, i could sigh people driving in from outside the city and people have flown in here. i spoke to a german guy who flew in yesterday. him and his friends had tried to get tickets, they are big liverpool fans, although they live in germany.

they flew into liverpool and watched the match in a pub, staid over and 110w the match in a pub, staid over and now they're going to get to see the trophy itself. in fact i can see that guy. i spoke to him about 12 o'clock. he has been standing in the road waiting for that bus since. he will be relieved it has arrived more than anybody. i thought the shot we are showing. here they come. it is definitely coming into shot i think. yeah, i mean now i'm starting to get a clearer view of it. can't make out the personnel from here. just coming past pier head and you will see that road sign with some people seated on it. making sure they get a good view and the big cheer you can hear as people see it as it comes by. more

fireworks! what must it like to be on that bus and to see this sort of reception. really, you are playing in front of a crowd week in, week out and you know the fans care a lot about you. when you see this, this must bring it home to you that this is a special club. we will take a shot from above to allow that bus to edge closer to you, stuart that, shot offers, you were describing the fireworks in terms of sound and the smoke, from above you can see that smoke, from above you can see that smoke clearing, the bus still making their way through the street and to their way through the street and to the left all the people who are still running to join those crowds on one side of the street and make sure they get a better view. i saw a figure of crowds ten to 20 deep being mentioned when it was outside the city centre. it is more than ten

01’ the city centre. it is more than ten or 20 deep in these scenes. it is hundreds, thousands of people with flags, albeit through some quite hazy vision, because of the smoke. hopefully the players can still see the crowd and vice versa. it is a big tricky for us now. i don't know how it is for you? it is just big tricky for us now. i don't know how it is for you? it isjust a fog of smoke. i can see some fans running along. they have seen it further back and thought, let's get another look further up. the crowd is particularly dense here. i'm not sure how it has been elsewhere. the local authority put out a notice about two hours ago saying that the strand, the name of this street, is full. so they were discouraging any more people from coming down here. the bus is almost alongside us now. it isa the bus is almost alongside us now. it is a little dense that smoke. i can't make out any of the players from here! i canjust see them bouncing along. they are really enjoying this and waving their flags

and joining enjoying this and waving their flags andjoining in the enjoying this and waving their flags and joining in the songs the fans are singing. i think that at the front of bus, is that andy robertson, the full back, banging his hand on the front of the bus. he said after the match, i know from a neutral‘s point of view it wasn't the best of finals, but he said for eve ryo ne the best of finals, but he said for everyone involved with liverpool, it will be remembered for a long time. and he is dead right there. i'm trying to help pick out the faces i can see. for the same reason as you, iam can see. for the same reason as you, i am struggling. i can see lots of sca rfs i am struggling. i can see lots of scarfs re—taiting. —— rotating. i'm struck by the number of people on that bus. that is more people than we re that bus. that is more people than were in the liverpool squad!|j that bus. that is more people than were in the liverpool squad! i think so! they're all wearing red shirts. i can't... there is so! they're all wearing red shirts. i can't. .. there is mo so! they're all wearing red shirts. i can't... there is mo salah. i can see mo salah and the cup. that

helps. mo salah must be particularly pleased, if you remember last year, he limped out of final and the whole match was a day the remember for liverpool, but this year of course he is the man who started the ball rolling for liverpool within two minutes, with that dramatic penalty kick after the handball very early in the game. that settled liverpool's nerves. that is mo salah at back near the trophy. he has his hand on the trophy. there it is. they're lifting the trophy in the airso they're lifting the trophy in the air so that the fans can see it. more fireworks. raising it again. scarves being thrown into the air. a and the crowd saluting the liverpool team. they are wonderful scenes.

there is no end destination for this. there is no final moment, it just carries on until the crowd has had enough, which could be around thursday by this reckoning?” had enough, which could be around thursday by this reckoning? i think so. thursday by this reckoning? i think so. at the end of it, i imagine the adrenaline coursing through the players, it must be like playing a match this. they must be on an absolute high. after the match and today they will probably sleep for a week after it! great, for some of the players like virgil van dijk, he signed for liverpool, a record price for a defender and he will be glad to get his first trophy with the clu b to get his first trophy with the club and the first trophy too for jurgen klopp. to whom this club means so much. we jurgen klopp. to whom this club means so much. we are jurgen klopp. to whom this club means so much. we are taking the aerial shots now and we can see, you're a little distance away now. because the buses have moved past you. but the scenes from above are

still spectacular with a combination of the smoke and the fireworks and the crowds and they're so close to the crowds and they're so close to the waterfront and you can see the water there at the top of the picture. but still people chasing to try and get a view before this bus comes to a halt. although we are not clear as to what is going to happen at the end of this process. if you we re at the end of this process. if you were planning to have a quiet stroll along the liverpool waterfront tonight, you may have picked the wrong evening. there is actually another events going on here today, the river festival. i'm another events going on here today, the riverfestival. i'm sure another events going on here today, the river festival. i'm sure they didn't bargain for this. anybody trying to get to the river for that, will wonder what is going on if they're not football will wonder what is going on if they‘ re not football fans. will wonder what is going on if they're not football fans. they're just, they're now passing the albert dock, which some of you may recognise, because that is where the beatles museum is, it is a famous pa rt beatles museum is, it is a famous part of water fronts. yont. beyond

that they are going to take a left turn and end up in a quiet street. otherwise they won't be able to get the players off and home. they will be lucky to find a quiet street. one thought crosses my mind. where are the everton fans? if they have any sense they have probably stayed in bed today! everton fans are good natured, it is a good relationship between the clubs and i'm sure many will wish liverpool well and hope their club will continue to progress and will be in the same boat in a few years. there is no real animosity between the clubs. be are you —— but you won't see many people in blue shirts today. stuart flinders was your man on the spot in

liverpool. hundreds of thousands, possibly half a million in liverpool city centre. now some other matters. president trump arrives in the uk tomorrow for his state visit, but the build—up to his visit has been dominated by controversial comments from him on brexit and the conservative leadership contest. the foreign sercretaryjeremy hunt said donald trump would still get a warm welcome, calling it "the most important partnership in the world". here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale. this visit is designed to celebrate an old alliance. flags and heads of state standing together. but even before the ceremony begins there is controversy with president trump intervening on brexit. even seeing who he thinks borisjohnson would be a good prime minister.

a breach of diplomatic protocol that left his ambassador picking up the pieces. he has known boris for a long time so he is commenting on his knowledge of boris as a person and all the meetings he has had with boris. it is not an endorsement. president trump will get all the pageantry of a state visit. dinner with the queen, lunch with the prime minister and d—day commemorations at portsmouth. there is a list of things that we don't agree on, but we have the most important partnership that we have in the world. not everyone shares that view. london's mayor described mrtrump asa that view. london's mayor described mr trump as a global threat and thousands are getting ready to protest. lot of people will take the day off work and protest to send a message to donald trump, to our

government and the world that everything he represents is rejected by the people here. this visit is designed to emphasise britain's long relationship with the united states. the risk is that it also highlights britain's differences with the current administration. differences that may be played out here on the streets, but also in the corridors of power. state visits are about symbols and imagery and not all may be to the president's liking. four british climbers have been airlifted to safety from india's second highest mountain. they were spotted early this morning at base camp. but four other britons — in a separate group — are still missing. officials say there were signs of an avalanche on the mountain. our correspondent yogita limaye sent this report from