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day of his state visit. warm smiles on the steps but some difficult issues to discuss with theresa may. earlier mr trump said there was a great opportunity to do a deal. i think we'll have a very, very substantial trade deal. it will be a very fair deal and i think that this is something that your folks want to do and my folks want to do and we want to do. asjeremy corbyn prepares to address anti—trump demonstrators in london, labour defend his decision not to go to last night's state banquet. we don't think that it is appropriate for him to have a state visit and we never have. a state visit is an honour and we don't think that this president deserves an honour.
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and it's been announced that tory leadership hopeful michael gove has been invited for talks with donald trump. we'll have all the latest from westminster. also this lunchtime. police arrest a man in the australian city of darwin after a mass shooting that's left five people dead. remembering tianemen square. 30 years since the brutal crackdown that ended pro—democracy protests in china. and waitrose wages war on packaging. now customers can do the shopping with their own containers. in sport on bbc news, johanna konta has the chance to become the first british woman in the semifinals of the french open since 1983 as she takes on sloane stephens.
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good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. after the glitz and glamour — and the pomp and pageantry — of yesterday, president donald trump is getting down to business — political business. after talks with business leaders he's now in downing street — at a meeting that's likely to have touched on several potentially difficult subjects such as climate change, iran, and the chinese tech firm huawei. and after the warm welcome from the royal family yesterday, a different reception on this, the second day of the state visit — as protestors take to the streets. this report from jessica parker. stepping on to downing street, hand shakes and smiles. today's public demonstration of the special relationship. but in private, there will be talk of where that relationship is under strain.
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approaches to iran, climate change, huawei all up for discussion. on the move earlier, the us president puts on quite a display. donald trump a lwa ys on quite a display. donald trump always wa nt on quite a display. donald trump always want to make his presence known. this morning, the first appointment. a business breakfast. the president has been talking up the possibility of a post—brexit trade deal, saying, let's get it done. our folks want to do it, your fa kes wa nt to done. our folks want to do it, your fakes want to do it and we can do it. then he suggested a prime minister leaving office very soon might stick around. stick around for the deal. laughter to a ring that knows that's not likely. whoever ends up at the negotiating table, bill services such as the nhs be up for sale? everything is technically on the table but when it comes to things like the nhs, its accepted
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practice that governments retain the right to regulate public services. that will include the nhs and that wouldn't change a. the government has rolled out the red carpet for the us president, but some say this controversial figure doesn't deserve the honour. jeremy corbyn boycotted the honour. jeremy corbyn boycotted the state banquet, but is addressing anti—trump protesters in london. meanwhile, the city's mayor reacts to being called a stone cold loser in trump tweet. when i heard about it, i was a bit surprised. it's the sort of behaviour i would expect from an 11—year—old. he can choose to use twitter in any way he wants. kept away from his fiercest detractors, the us president won't catch those harsh criticisms from here. for number 10, catch those harsh criticisms from here. for numberio, there catch those harsh criticisms from here. for number 10, there is a fairly obvious cloud looming that threatens to dampen down the
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significance of these talks. theresa may has just days left in her role as conservative leader and just weeks left in herjob as prime minister. donald trump may be lining up minister. donald trump may be lining upfor minister. donald trump may be lining up for photos with theresa may, but his administration will have more than half an eye on who is set to succeed her. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in downing street. there is theresa may in the last weeks of her premiership, brexit not yet done. what could donald trump be hoping to achieve? i think he will wa nt to hoping to achieve? i think he will want to get through today with as few difficulties as possible, really. it's a bit of a nonevent for him because he knows theresa may is leaving. whereas normally this would bea leaving. whereas normally this would be a huge political moment, it feels a bit flat, a bit underpowered. although they will meet, they will be meeting as part of a broader
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team. it's not an eyeball to eyeball intense leader to lead a moment, it's a more discursive moment involving officials and other ministers, where no one really is expecting much to be decided. although president trump said at an earlier meeting he hoped mrs may would stick around to do the trade deal, he knows that's not going to happen. mrs may is standing down at the end of the week. it was almost a pleasa ntry the end of the week. it was almost a pleasantry saying it's been good doing business with you. and then we've got that press conference this afternoon. although i suspect much of the attention will be on donald trump and whether he goes off piste and says something outlandish about brexit, it is also a huge moment for theresa may because it is probably her last major news conference. her last major political event. you wonder whether she might feel in reflective mood, whether she might wa nt to
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reflective mood, whether she might want to defend the brexit deal that failed that she still stands by. this has raised some eyebrows, michael gove will be meeting the president later. a complete surprise, everyone thought it was borisjohnson who would be coming in to see the president. we are told they had a 20 minute phone call this morning but it's michael gove who a p pa re ntly morning but it's michael gove who apparently has been invited to see the president. interesting, because when the president was asked about michael gove and his leadership prospects and how he seemed to be doing well in an earlier interview, he responded by saying, while, and all the way from wales, as if michael gove came from wales. maybe he's not that in tune with whom michael gove is. it is a coup for michael gove is. it is a coup for michael dave and reflects how attention moves from the existing incumbent in downing street who is going to be next, and it could be a choice between borisjohnson and michael gove. thank you.
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protesters have converged on central london to demonstrate against mr trump. a blimp caricaturing the president as a baby is flying over parliament square. our correspondent, leigh milner, is there. just a few moments ago, the heavens openedin just a few moments ago, the heavens opened in trafalgar square. as you can see, it hasn't deterred the thousands of protesters who have come to see the baby trump blimp. it has disappeared for now but no doubt president trump will have seen it as he came along down this road towards downing street. how could you miss the 6—foot baby blimp? crowd chants: five, four, three, two, one. lift off. today the infamous baby trump blimp made a comeback at parliament square. the perfect place for president trump to catch a glimpse as he was driven past on his way to downing street for talks
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with the prime minister theresa may. i think donald trump is deeply disrespectful and i think his policies are deeply disrespectful and many other things too. this is a fun, humorous way of people in this country protesting against a president that some of us don't agree with. trump toilet paper! despite only rising eight feet from the ground, some are impressed. others not so much. it's fantastic. it's iconic in the united states and we all love it. we are here to say he's not that bad. everyone thinks he's the worst ever. we're not saying he's the best ever. but we're just saying he's not as bad as everyone thinks. he's done some really good things. i'm very against the way he speaks about women in such a derogatory and patronising mannerand i am quite angry there is someone like that in a position of power who can spread messages like that. personally i think that he just brings hate and disrespect and, you know he just brings out
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the worst in people rather than the best in people. within the next hour, politicians will take to the stage to give their speeches here at parliament square and over at trafalgar square. where this is a 16—foot robot version of president trump sitting on the toilet and tweeting. the truth is is that he has tried to close borders with muslim majority countries. he is caging small mexican children. he has grabbed women and boasted about it. he is a sexual predator. he is a racist. as more protesters descend on the capital, things get a little heated. but not too far away, officers are ready to step in. donald trump's state visit is not over yet. leigh milner, bbc news.
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as you can probably hear, it's getting rather lively at parliament square. i've been told it's the same in trafalgar square. overall, it's been a fairly peaceful protest. protesters have called this the carnival of resistance. with costu mes carnival of resistance. with costumes like this, they've taken the theme rather strongly! we are expecting jeremy corbyn to address that protest. if that happens we will bring it to you before the end of the programme. police in australia say five people have been killed in a shooting in the city of darwin. they've arrested a man who is suspected of having entered a hotel armed with a pump action shotgun, before firing into several rooms. our correspondent, hywel griffith, is in melbourne. what's the latest? the police are
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speaking now at a press conference. they said they were called when shots were heard in the cbd of darwin in the northern territory. they started to see people presenting with wounds. we understand this man is known to the police, they say he was released on pa role police, they say he was released on parole earlier this year. he is accused of having gone into the hotel with a pump action shotgun and started firing, walking from room to room. he is believed to have gone to way few other locations and they have five active crime scenes. they know that four people have been killed and one person has minor injuries. pump action shotguns are legal for people with a licence in australia, but this already seems potentially to have been one of the worst shootings since the port arthur massacre 20 years ago. police are still giving us details. we only
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know that the four deceased were male, we don't know their connection to the person. the one of information is they don't believe this was a terror —related incident. the gunman was apprehended and taken down to the ground, there is some dramatic footage showing him being possibly tasered. he has been arrested. the indication is that this wasn't a terror incident. thank you. the inquest into the deaths of eight people, killed in the london bridge attacks, has been hearing details about the counter terrorism investigation into one of the attackers. our correspondent richard lister is at the old bailey with the latest. richard. what's the latest that the inquest has been hearing? we've been hearing from a senior counterterrorism police officer who has been giving details about what was called
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operation hawthorn. this was an investigation into karon but with mis that investigation into karon but with mi5 that began in september 2015. it m15 that began in september 2015. it lasted all the way all the way up until the london bridge terror attacks were carried out —— khuram butt. this witness was called witness n in court today and he said that at the initial point of the investigation there was a risk assessment carried out about khuram butt and it determined his potential for operating a terrorist attack by himself was strong. intelligence suggested while he may have the intent, he didn't have the capability at that stage so it wasn't made more of a priority than it was. this witness talked about some of what was described in court as the opportunities missed. but on the 30th of september 2015 his brother—in—law rang the anti—terrorist hotline to say he was concerned about khuram butt, that he
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was becoming more radical, distributing extremist material. we heard that the details of the call we re heard that the details of the call were not passed on to operation hawthorn. we heard from witness m that he thought the assessment was wrong. he also said he hadn't been aware his team that khuram butt had been part of a channel 4 aware his team that khuram butt had been part of a channel a programme called the jihadis next door. our top story this lunchtime. president trump is holding talks with theresa may at downing street on the second day of his state visit to britain. but protesters have converged on westminster to demonstrate against him. and still to come. 75 years on, the man who fought to honour an american aircrew killed in sheffield, visits their graves. in the sport on bbc news, england captain eoin morgan blames his side's attitude and fielding after defeat to pakistan at the men's cricket world cup. they'll play bangladesh
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in cardiff next on saturday. 30 years ago today, the chinese government sent tanks and soldiers into beijing's tiananmen square, to crush a peaceful pro—democracy protest. it was a massacre that left hundreds, possibly thousands, of people dead. images of that night shocked the world, but discussion about what happened is strictly censored by the ruling communist party. even so, three decades on, it still shapes the country's political landscape, as our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. tiananmen square earlier this morning. crowds already in place regarding the moment. many of these people know little of what happened here 30 years ago, they have come for the daily raising of china's nationalflag. the authorities aren't taking any chances, security tight around the square.
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as the world remembers the horror of 1989, this is one place where memory is not allowed to intrude. the centre of beijing had seen weeks of pro—democracy protests. the communist party had been rocked to the core, sensing its grip on power was gripping. there were smaller protests going on right across china. newsreel: the noise of gun fire rose from all over the centre of peking. it was unremitting. finally, in the early hours ofjune the 4th, the crackdown began, soldiers firing over and then into crowds of students. in the mayhem that followed, hundreds, perhaps thousands of people were killed. this student leader hasn't been back to the square since that night. the authorities are vigilant the interview has to take place nearby.
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this pastor was a doctor at the time. he spent the night tending to the injured and he is still haunted by what he saw. translation: i am a doctor. i have seen death before when i worked in a geriatric ward, eyewitness death many times. but this is not the same. they were such young, vivid lives. many of them were students, right? i went home that day with blood on my hands. for the most part, such memories are taboo, except in hong kong where a vigil has been taking place. this is a city cling onto its own cherished freedoms. 30 years on, the massacre can
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still trigger a diplomatic row. china has reacted furiously to a statement from america's secretary of state. he said hopes of a more open, tolerant china had been dashed. a spokesman said these lunatic ravings were destined for the garbage heap of history. the searing images ofjune 1989 are impossible to forget, except in the place where they happened. with activists detained in the run—up to this year's anniversary, and internet searches blocked or redirected, it seems the state remains as determined as ever to police the past. one of britain's most high—profile asset managers, neil woodford, has been forced to suspend trading in his biggest fund, after investors asked to withdraw large sums of money. mr woodford is one of the country's most celebrated investors, controlling assets worth billions of pounds on behalf of individual savers, as well as pension funds
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and local authorities. but a spell of poor performance has caused investors to lose faith. our economics correspondent, dharshini david, is with me. tell us more about neil woodford. he's a really fascinating character. he's a really fascinating character. he originally wanted to be a fighter pilot and some people have described as looking like a nightclub bouncer and sounding like a rugby coach, but in money management circles he's known as a rock star. he built a reputation many years ago in the city picking the right stocks, often going against the he set up his own in 2014, offering investment funds to individuals and pension funds and his strategy was about picking stocks you thought would do well in the economy in the longer term. house—builders, for examples, biotech companies, but it's all gone wrong partly because he picked the wrong partly because he picked the wrong shares and partly because of things like brexit uncertainty so the value slumped, tens of millions of pounds was taken out every day
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and therefore they've said we are putting the gates on at the moment to safeguard the fund. so what happens next? this is the big question. many people were worried this could mean something like a run on the banks but this is a safeguarding measure. what it means there is the fund can shore up its finances, some of it is locked away in shares hard to sell quickly profitably, so they can make sure they are is money therefore when it reopens the gates but in the meantime however investors are still paying management fees and they won't be pleased. this has happened before particular after the referendum, other investment funds we re referendum, other investment funds were closed to safeguard their futures. they were fine in the long term but they could be some damage to the value of course his reputation. thank you. economics correspondent. waitrose has begun a trial aimed at reducing packaging by encouraging customers to use their own containers to buy food such as pasta, rice and cereals. the experiment at a store in oxford will see hundreds of products taken out of their plastic wrapping, and shoppers will be able to borrow
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boxes to take their food home. it's the latest initiative by supermarkets to tackle the impact of waste on the environment, as our business correspondent, emma simpson, reports. we've all become used to taking our own bags to do our grocery shopping, but what about taking our own plastic containers as well? in the corner of this supermarket, there's a refill station where you can pack your own food, from lentils and pasta to frozen fruit. no box? then borrow one or use an environmentally friendly bag. if some of the things that we're trialling here were rolled out across all of our shops and all customers switched to using reusable containers, it would have, it will save thousands of tonnes of plastic and other types of packaging, as well, but it also would completely change the way that we actually shop. is this commercially viable? that's what we need to find out through the test. buy their reusable bottles
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and you can do wine and beer too and lots of loose fruit and veg. plenty of independent shops offer food unwrapped, but no supermarket has tried anything as varied as this. it's nice being able to weigh the amount you want. it'sjust more flexible and it looks better. i think it's high time that there was less plastic and it's kind of going back to what you hear about pre—war, really. i'm not sure that it's enough but it's a really good start. our biggest supermarkets produce more than 800,000 tonnes of throwaway packaging every year. well, it's really important that the supermarkets are the ones who are taking the lead in this because that's where we really buy most of our plastic packaging on a daily basis. and it's a really exciting opportunity i think for us to consider starting to use reusable alternatives as opposed to using single—use plastics. waitrose says this is a genuine test
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to find out if shoppers really have an appetite for change. emma simpson, bbc news, oxford. 75 years ago, an american bomber crashed in sheffield, claiming the lives of the ten airmen on board. the b—17 flying fortress, known as mi amigo, came down in endcliffe park, watched by a local schoolboy, tony foulds, who was eight at the time. for years, he has tended a memorial to the men who lost their lives, and, after the bbc highlighted his story, a fly—past was arranged to commemorate them. now, ahead of d—day, tony has accompanied the us ambassador to visit three of the men's graves for the first time. graham satchell went with him. the american cemetery in cambridge and a service to remember all those who died in the second world war. 75 years ago, the world
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held its breath. alongside the american ambassador and military personnel, guest of honour tony foulds. the service ends with a special fly—past, a mustang, a thunderbolt, and a b—17 bomber. all of a sudden, this b—17 came over and, of course, i burst into tears, like i do when i see it. tony was just a schoolboy playing in a park in sheffield 75 years ago when he saw a badly damaged b—17, the mi amigo, overhead. the pilot waved, trying to clear the area, but tony didn't understand and waved back. moments later, the pilot brought the plane down in the trees. the first thing i do, of course, is i always kiss them first. tony has been tending a memorial to the crew of the mi amigo for decades.
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he counts them as family, blames himself for their deaths. three of the airmen are buried at the cemetery in cambridge. tony is visiting the graves for the first time with the american ambassador. as soon as you get there, it hit me straightaway, just as if they were there. i could do this all day. it's unbelievable. unbelievable to see it. i could stay. it wouldn't bother me if i sat down on grass beside them and stayed here all night. it'd be brilliant.
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hello. how are you doing? oh, grand. what a plane! duxford airfield and a special treat. the sally b is the only b—17 still flying in europe, kept operational by a charitable donations. the crew have kindly agreed to take tony for a spin along the runway. # wish me luck as you wave me goodbye. # cheerio, here i go on my way. it were meant to be, this. meant to be. # wish you luck as you wave me goodbye with cheer, not a tear. it's hard to put into words. it's so... the feeling to know that my lads were in a plane like this. # wish me luck as you wave me goodbye. oh, what a beautiful thing.
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graham such reporting there on the remarkable story. let's take you back to simon at buckingham palace. thank you very much, ben. the pump and the pagea ntry thank you very much, ben. the pump and the pageantry and the sunshine of yesterday seem a long time ago because president donald trump has replaced all the glitz and glamour with, well, politics and business. that's very much the theme of the day. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, is expected to address demonstrators in parliament square shortly, as president trump holds talks with theresa may nearby in downing street. let's go back to our assistant political editor, norman smith, in downing street. how will that play with the president, seeing the leader of the opposition here down the road protesting against him?|j opposition here down the road protesting against him? i suspect he may well be oblivious to it, to be honest, because although
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may well be oblivious to it, to be honest, because althoutheremy corbyn has had a long—standing sort of criticism of american foreign policy stretching back over the yea rs, really, policy stretching back over the years, really, he's been critical of american policy in the middle east, and latin america, it is kind of unusualfor and latin america, it is kind of unusual for the and latin america, it is kind of unusualfor the leader of and latin america, it is kind of unusual for the leader of the main opposition party notjust to boycott the state visit but also to address the state visit but also to address the main protest rally. a decision which has been backed by other labourmps, diane which has been backed by other labour mps, diane abbott is on her feet at the moment, i think, and mr corbyn has been supported by others in his party, but it is raised a question, where mr corbyn to become prime minister how on earth would he rebuild relations with donald trump because he couldn't just rebuild relations with donald trump because he couldn'tjust close the front door and refused to pick up the phone? he would have to engage with donald trump and mr trump is already suggested that he would want to get to knowjeremy
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speaking to anti—truck protesters, jeremy corbyn. thank you. -- mike speaking to anti—trump protesters. thank you each and everyone of you for being here today. look around this crowd, look at each other, we are young, we are old, we are black, we are white, we are disabled, we are lgbt, we are the hold down a coal at wonderful diversity. that we represent. we are the living embodiment of what a democratic society is about. where people come together not to exploit their differences, but to share the joy of learning something from each other. and from our experiences that

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