welcome to bbc news. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: coming ready or not — donald trump is en route to the uk for his much—anticipated state visit. the search for eight missing climbers in the himalayas is due to resume, after being suspended due to bad weather. a 13—storey cruise ship crashes into a quay in venice, reigniting calls for a ban.

hello, and welcome. it's a visit the uk has been busily preparing for, and many will be watching intently. president trump has taken off and is on his way for his long—planned state visit. ahead of the trip, mr trump has already made news with his controversial comments about brexit and the contest to replace theresa may as leader of the governing conservative party. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more. donald trump hasn't even arrived for his state visit and already he is making headlines, staking out his agenda on brexit, china and iran, ruffling feathers ahead of protests that could match those he faced last year. he said britain should pursue a no—deal brexit, be careful before giving china access to technology, and go all out for a trade deal that his ambassador admitted would involve the nhs. your national healthcare service is the pride of the country. it is a highly, highly emotionally charged issue. do you feel that healthcare has to be part of the deal?

i think probably you know the entire economy would in a trade deal. all things that are traded would be on the table. which includes healthcare. i think so. over the next three days, president trump will get all the pageantry of a state visit — dinner with the queen, lunch with the prime minister, d—day commemorations in portsmouth. but the potential for disagreement looms large, over how to tackle the threat from iran, if a chinese telecoms firm should provide part of uk's 56 mobile network, and whether a future trade deal would mean chlorinated chicken in british supermarkets. such is the concern of some, they say the state visit should not even be taking place. some of the things donald trump has done over the last two, three years, londoners find abhorrent and offensive — rolling back the reproductive rights of women, separating children from their parents on the mexican border, introducing a ban muslim—majority countries.

we march down whitehall... and he is not alone. tens of thousands of people are getting ready to protest. i think lots of people are going to be taking the day off work and coming down to protest and just send a message both to donald trump, to our government and to the world that everything he represents is rejected by the people here. this state visit is designed to celebrate an old alliance — flags and heads of state standing together, commemorating a shared history and sacrifice. there's a whole list of things that we don't agree with the administration on, but it doesn't affect the fact that we have the most important partnership that there is in the world forfreedom, democracy, the rule of law, the things that really matter, and that's what we're celebrating. when donald trump arrives here tomorrow morning, he is going to get all the bells and whistles of a full state visit. but beneath the pomp, there will also be politics, and so for all the symbolic unity, there will be differences too.

james landale, bbc news. live now to newjersey, and time magazine contributor, jay newtown—small. thank you for your time. we have already seen headlines in terms of what donald trump has had to say. he hasn't taken off and he is on his way here. has he soured the visit already? this is the most contentious visit that almost any head of state has had going to great britain, at least for an american head of state. before he has even set foot on british soil. mostly due to the interview he gave last week, a few days ago, where one thing after another, he really tripped over himself. he talked about meghan markle, the american actress who is now one of the british princesses,

or whether he was talking about theresa may or borisjohnson. he just seemed to not be able to say anything that was actually diplomatic. but i wonder whether it really affects the uk and the us in terms of politics or what happens going forward. he has been president for two years, are we not immune to this now? it does take a lot of him to break through in a way that he can mistake things, claim fake news. we are so used to it that we kind don't bat an eyelid anymore, sadly, i have to say, because he does it so often. but this is actually such a strea m often. but this is actually such a stream of things that it was notable. it was notable that he does notable. it was notable that he does not usually involve other countries and these kinds of rants of his. usually those rants of fake news are

either related to twitter or limited to twitter or in his public state m e nts to twitter or in his public statements having to deal with the beulah investigation. —— robert mueller investigation. and the trunk campaign in the 2016 election. the station donald trump campaign. it still remains a huge controversy in the us and something that donald trump likes to rally against. but to have other countries, other heads of states brought in, obviously the queen or theresa may, soon to be the former prime minister, is really unusual. so flat-footed. things have already gone awry before he has arrived. can things get worse? that is the sort of scary thing. even

today, when he was leaving the white house he was asked about the mayor of london and he called him a shorter version of a builder bar show, someone who has spent a lot of time making fun of it. he seems to be on time making fun of it. he seems to beona time making fun of it. he seems to be on a street —— shorter version of the mayor of new york. interesting times ahead. i think it will be interesting. thank you for your time. a rescue mission to find eight mountaineers missing in the himalayas is due to resume. a separate group of four british climbers have been airlifted to safety from india's second highest mountain. officials say there had been an avalanche. yogita limaye sent this report from india's northern state of uttarakhand. it's one of the toughest mountains in the world to climb. not many have dared to take on nanda devi's jagged peaks. this is video filmed by a group of mountaineers a few years ago.

now, in these icy slopes, eight climbers are missing. they were being led by martin moran, a man well known in the climbing community. this is a photo of the team before they set out, three weeks ago. they were to return to base camp on friday. when they didn't, a search was launched. today, these four british climbers were airlifted to safety. they were part of the same group, but thought to have been on a different mission in the mountain. they are now helping with search efforts for the eight still missing. they were able to give us some inputs about the general direction in which these remaining mountaineers have gone. there seems to have been multiple avalanches in that general area. all 12 climbers had taken permits from the indian government for the nanda devi mountain.

they went through the eastern base camp and then appear to have split into two groups. the eight who are missing were trying to ascend an unclimbed summit of over 6,400 metres, possibly along this ridge. after searching from the east of the mountain, authorities have told us they are now looking from the direction of this glacier in the south—east. the moran family has asked for the search area to be widened. i'm still holding out hope, ‘cause people can go missing in the himalaya for a week. you can get trapped, and then might have to dig a snow hole and survive for several days. but the monsoon is moving in now, which is very heavy rain in the indian lowlands, and then it's dumping fresh amounts of snow and bad weather in the mountains. you know, and we are worried that there's an avalanche involved. but, as more time goes by, hopes of finding them are fading. today was the second day of the search efforts, but heavy rainfall and snow have been slowing things down.

helicopters couldn't fly beyond the afternoon because of bad weather, but they will resume operations in just a few hours from now, at daybreak. yogita limaye, bbc news, in uttarakhand. china has made a rare acknowledgement of the tiananmen square protests and following crackdown. students and workers held a massive pro—democracy protest in beijing's tiananmen square in the spring of 1989. many were killed in a brutal clampdown by the communist authorities. reporting on the event is heavily censored in china. but defence minister wei fenghe has told a regional forum in singapore that stopping the "turbulence" was the "correct" policy. translation: everybody is concerned about tiananmen after 30 years. throughout the 30 years, china under the communist party has undergone many changes. do you think the government was wrong with the handling ofjune the 4th?

there was a conclusion to that incident. that was a political turmoil, that the central government needed to quell. the government was decisive in stopping the turbulence. that was the correct policy. and one image stood out from that period: one man standing in the way of the government tanks that crushed a peaceful student protest. but 30 years later, chinese censorship seems to have erased the memory of one of the most brutal nights of violence in the 20th century. 0ur china correspondent john sudworth reports from beijing.

john sudworth, bbc news, beijing.

the italian government says it's ready to ban large cruise ships from the giudecca canal in venice after a huge cruise ship collided with a dock. the msc 0pera collided with a smaller boat at the san basilio docks along the giudecca, which provides access to the popular st marks square. its use by large cruise ships has been criticized locally. the environment minister sergio costa says they've been working on the issue for months and are now nearing a solution. katharine da costa reports. horns blaring and out of control, the cruise ship ploughs into the dock, ramming a small tourist boat, and sending dozens of people running for safety. on board, stunned passengers brace themselves for impact. someone else went in the water. that way! watch out! back, back, back!

it was just a massive shock and we were sort of trembling. we couldn't believe what we were seeing, and just to see this thing out of control, it was almost literally unbelievable. the collision happened this morning on the giudecca canal, one of busiest in venice, adding to growing pressure for large ship ts to be banned. translation: the accident that happened here today — in the end everything was fine, but it could have been a tragedy. the ship's owners, mse cruises, have blamed a technical issue and say they're helping the authorities with their investigation. katharine da costa, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: motor—racing meets agriculture — we'll tell you about tractor racing in russia. the queen and her husband began

their royal progress to westminster. the momemt of crowning in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower shall be shot off. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 7a. outspoken but rarely outfought, he transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times a world champion. he was a fighter and he fought all the way to the end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles album sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band, a record described as "the album of the century."

this is bbc news, the latest headlines: american president, donald trump, has set off in air force one for his official state visit to the united kingdom. the search for eight missing climbers in the himalayas is due to resume — after being suspended due to bad weather. the head of the german social democrats is resigning after the party's dismal performance in last month's european elections. andrea nahles said she no longer had the support she needed. the greens overtook the social democrats in the european vote, and opinion polls suggest the party has continued to haemorrhage support. ramzan karmali reports. andrea nahles, no longer the leader of the social democrat party in germany. she only took the helm of the sdp14 months ago from martin schulz. like her predecessor, her demise has been triggered

by poor election result. in a statement, ms nahles said that with after discussions with party members she no longer had necessary support to carry out her duties. the spd is a junior partner in germany's coalition government with angela merkel‘s christian democrats. last week they trailed third behind the cdu and a resurgent green party. their 16% share of the vote was an all—time low. despite this, ms nahles's resignation was a big surprise to her coalition partners and political analysts. translation: of course i also have respect for the decision the party must make in respect to the success of the sdp. regardless, i would like to say on behalf of the government we will continue the government's work with all seriousness.

the centre—left spd has been in coalition with the cdu since 2017 and that is due to last until 2021. but andrea nahles has been criticised by those from the left of her party for remaining part of the coalition. but the fear for many in the cdu is that the resignation of ms nahles could lead to the spd leaving, triggering a snap poll. translation: i assume the spd will undergo a quick succession without hindrance to the functioning of the grand coalition. in the cdu we believe that there is no time to play politics. we stand by the grand coalition. the most recent opinion polls put the spd share of the vote at 12%. but an imminent election could also be bad news for their senior coalition partners. for the first time ever, the greens have overtaken the cdu as germany's

most popular party. this week, commemorations will take place across britain and france to mark the 75th anniversary of the d—day landings — the allied invasion of normandy in 19114 which did much to change the course of the second world war. our special correspondent allan little has been been meeting people who witnessed the battle for normandy. what happened on these beaches changed the course of human history and helped liberate a continent.

desire dajon—lamare was 12 years old, and kept a diary. he lived near the beach, in the path of the biggest naval invasion force ever assembled. where the weight of battle had fallen heaviest, it was a scene of utter destruction. the battle to take the city of caen lasted weeks. allied bombardment destroyed most of it. 20,000 french civilians would be killed in the three—month battle of normandy. arlette varin—baudin was nine. she survived an american air raid. her mother and grandmother were killed, along

with her ten—year—old brother. were so many civilian casualties inevitable? after the war, the question would divide a france which had to live with the humiliation of defeat and occupation by nazi germany. michel pepin was 1a on d—day.

the suggestion outrages colette marin—catherine. she was a 16—year—old member of the resistance. her brother died in a nazi camp. she will hear no criticism of the allies.

but postwar france would be haunted by this — that boots that landed on these beaches had come almost entirely from the english—speaking world, and france would have to reconcile itself to the inescapable new reality of american global power. when you think of motor racing, formula one or nascar are probably the sort of things that come to mind. but in one town in southern russia, the need for speed takes a very different form, as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. # i drove my tractor through your haystack last night... who needs ferrari when you've got massey ferguson? why go with mercedes when you can opt forjohn deere? every year, thousands of people come here because they are big fans of tractors.

# i've got a brand—new combine harvester. # and i'll give you the key... and, if you thought this was a sedate kind of affair, think again. these machines can really move, flying around the track at speeds of 100 km/h. there isn't a haystack or puddle that can stop them — potentially dangerous for a few journalists who got a little too close to the action, although no—one was hurt. and how better to start a race than with a little light artillery? to be honest, this is not a particularly lucrative sport, but the winner did get, well, a new tractor. it seems in motor racing, as in agriculture, you reap what you sow.

stay with us on bbc news. hello. sunday was a real mixed bag of weather right across the british isles. for some, it was rain and puddles. elsewhere, particularly at weybourne in norfolk, 28.8 celsius was recorded, making it the hottest day of the year so far, and as ever, our weather watchers were right on the spot. now, that weather front eventually has dragged what was left of the rain into the near continent and up into scandinavia, leaving behind the big area of low pressure which will dominate scotland's weather for the next day or two. a lot of isobars on that chart, as well, so some pretty gusty conditions there. now, that weather front will have had the effect of dragging the heat away from the british isles, shovelling it into the continent, and our air will be coming from the atlantic, so a fresher feel to start the new day on monday. and showers right from the word go, gusty showers at that,

with the odd rumble of thunder in there, i don't doubt. and that's going to be the case for northern and western parts of scotland, northern ireland too. further south across england and wales, a dry enough day, but a speckling of afternoon showers running along on the breeze from wales and the south—west up towards the midlands and east anglia. from monday into tuesday, as the low pressure centre drifts just a little bit further north, away from scotland, isobars opening out, so we'll bring in this little secondary low pressure in towards the south—western approaches, spreading the threat of showery bursts of rain through the south—west, wales, the western midlands, eventually to northern ireland, northern parts of england, central and southern parts of scotland, too. and it's only really the far south—east and maybe the north of scotland that during daylight hours escapes the heaviest of the rainfall. now, i think we'll complete the journey of that weather front towards the north of scotland overnight from tuesday into wednesday. and then, if we've got the sums right, we'll be looking down towards the near continent, because it could well be that some

really moist, muggy air eventually drags the threat of some heavy, thundery downpours into this far south—eastern quarter of the british isles. elsewhere, it's a decent enough day, showers in the south—west perhaps, and still the remnants of that front a bit of bother across northern scotland, rather murky fare here. but in between, it's a pleasant enough day. then through the evening and overnight again, as i say, there's some doubt about this. it could well be that we drag meaningful rain through parts of the midlands up across eastern england. the bulk of it, i think, will be found out in the north sea. but there's just the chance that it could come a little further west. it's a pretty neat call, as you can see. so thursday could turn out to be a wet day. across the eastern half of the british isles, the best of the sunshine, i would have thought, for northern ireland and perhaps the north of scotland.

this is bbc news.

the headlines: president trump is flying to britain for a three—day state visit. on arrival later on monday he will be greeted by queen elizabeth. outgoing prime minister, theresa may, has described mr trump's visit as an opportunity to further strengthen the special relationship between the two countries. the search for eight missing climbers in the himalayas is due to resume. the indian air force had suspended the operation, due to poor weather conditions. four britons, two americans, an australian and an indian are missing. nanda devi is considered one of the toughest peaks in the indian himalayas. the italian transport minister has said the government is ready to ban large cruise ships from the giudecca canal in venice. he tweeted his comments after a giant cruise liner lost control and crashed into a pier, hitting a smaller sightseeing boat. the ship suffered engine failure. now on bbc news: dateline london.