president trump praises the relationship between america and the uk, saying it is the "greatest alliance the world has ever known." speaking after talks with theresa may at downing street, he said a "phenomenal" post brexit trade deal was possible, which might include, the national health service. i think everything with a trade deal is on the table. when you are dealing in trade, everything is on the table. the nhs or anything else, a lot more than that. the point about making trade deals is that both sides negotiate and come to an agreement about what should or should not be in that trade deal. as thousands demonstrated against the president, mr trump revealed he'd refused to meetjeremy corbyn. but the labour leader, addressing the crowds, said he's willing to talk to anyone.

i want to be able to have that dialogue, to bring about the better and more peaceful world that we all want to live in. president trump described mr corbyn as a "negative force." we'll have the latest. the other main headlines this evening. a court hears how investigators were not told that one of the london bridge attackers had been reported to an anti—terror hotline. six mps abandon the new party change uk. how they predicted the tides for d—day. in sport, all smiles asjoe konta goes into the quarterfinals at the french open, the first british woman to do so for 36 years. —— jo.

good evening. we're at buckingham palace on the second day of donald trump's state visit, with the us president praising the relationship between america and the uk, saying it was the "greatest alliance the world has ever known." speaking at a news conference, side by side with theresa may, he said washington was committed to what he called a "phemonenal post brexit trade deal," insisting everything, including the nhs, would be on the table. mrs may, who stands down as conservative party leader on friday, spoke of the "precious and profound" alliance between their two countries, but said friends could also be open and disagree. and mr trump revealed he'd turned down a request from jeremy corbyn for a meeting while he was in the uk. today the labour leader addressed thousands of people, protesting mr trump's state visit. let's get more from our

political editor, laura kuenssberg. he always draws a crowd. but does not always please them. when the president comes to town... controversy is never far. the president comes to town... controversy is neverfar. the prime minister was his first international guest at the white house. this kodak moment for the mays and the trumps will be one of her last. a grand leaving de ford theresa may. clear from the niceties of the two have sometimes clashed. i have always talked openly with you. i have a lwa ys talked openly with you. i have always believed cooperation and

compromise are the basis of strong alliances and nowhere is this more true than in the special relationship. for any british and american pair, this relationship matters but nothing ever knowingly undersold by donald trump. prime minister may it has been a true honour. i have enjoyed working with you. you are a tremendous professional and a person who loves your country dearly. thank you very much. the american and the british people, it is the greatest alliance the world has ever known. thank you, prime minister. thank you. as the uk stu m bles towards prime minister. thank you. as the uk stumbles towards leaving the eu, the president has questioned the approach of the prime minister. president has questioned the approach of the prime ministerlj seem to remember the president suggested i skewed the european union, which i did not do. we entered negotiations and came out with a good deal. i would have sued

and settled, maybe. you never know, she is probably a better negotiator thanl she is probably a better negotiator than i am. i think we are going to have a great trade deal, a very comprehensive trade deals that when you are dealing in trade, everything is on the table. nhs and everything else, a lot more than that. that is one of the things spasms in westminster would rail against. these protests were not fake news as the presidents claim —— the president claimed. leading the charge, then labour leader, who refuse last night to go to the queens dinner in honour of donald trump. together we can make a big difference. together we can change this world. together we can bring about peace and justice and, by our demonstration here today, we have shown just how determined we, all of us, are, to achieve that better place and that better world. then it

emerged from the lips of the president mr corbyn had asked to see him after all. i do not knowjeremy corbyn, never met him, never spoke to him. he wanted to meet today or tomorrow and i decided i would not do that. i think that he is, from where i come from quests and what of a negative force. i think people should look to do things correctly as oppose to criticise. i really do not like critics as much as i respect people who get things done. it is not all straightforward. tensions over iran, climate change fa ct tensions over iran, climate change fact is his next opposite number will have to confront but who?” know boris. i like him, i have liked him fora know boris. i like him, i have liked him for a long time. i think he would do a good job. i knowjeremy, i think he will do a good job. i do not know michael. would he do a good

job? tell me. all too much, finally for job? tell me. all too much, finally foer job? tell me. all too much, finally for mr may. always an unlikely pair, perhaps, when seamus got one shy. time is nearly up on this particular duo. —— one shameless, one shy. theresa may and donald trump are very different characters, buried different leaders. —— very different. personal choreography cannot mosque the fact is in difficulties between the united states and the united kingdom. this relationship a matter for longer and last for longer than the two occu pa nts last for longer than the two occupants will stay in office. some of the contenders for number 10 might meet donald trump while he is here that he was snapped on the way to see him burst tonight? an old friend, nigel farage, whojust like

this president, glories in billing against the grain. —— going against. as we've been hearing, demonstrations have been taking place against president trump's visit. thousands of people gathered in westminster, as our special correspondent, lucy manning reports. as president trump drove by, if he was looking out of his car window he would have spotted something that looked a little familiar. he admitted he had seen a small protest, undoubtedly this one, but dismissed others as fake news. it definitely got inside his head. he was reported after last year saying, "i used to love coming to london but when they put out blimps to make me feel unwelcome, i guess no reason to come to london." yeah, but he has come back again and he has got a state visit so it hasn't worked, has it? he has been invited by theresa may in her infinite wisdom. you are fake news. protesters came armed with humour, mocking rather than welcoming the president. i'm a very stable genius.

it was thousands rather than hundreds of thousands who filled trafalgar square and marched down whitehall, the sounds of protest drifting into downing street as he met the prime minister. why are you marching today? i'm just sick of donald trump getting special treatment. the biggest problem with him is that he is racist and the fact that the queen of england stood next to an open racist yesterday was absolutely and utterly disgusting. what about other leaders that have come to this country? i would have the same response with regards to someone like china and saudi arabia. i understand he is the president of the usa and we have to interact with him and perhaps have him here but i really don't think it warrants a state visit. the crowds are substantial and they are noisy but what they haven't done is stop donald trump coming to the uk, coming to central london and having his state visit,

and meeting with the queen. the labour leader had boycotted the chance to dine with the president but not the opportunity to protest against him. why did you decide to boycott the state dinner last night? you went to other state dinners with the chinese leader, why did you boycott this one? mr corbyn, you met with hamas, why wouldn't you meet with the american president? later, president trump revealed that mr corbyn had asked for a meeting which the president turned down. we love trump! there were pockets of tension between the few pro—trump supporters among the thousands of other demonstrators. there have been state visits where controversial political figures have come before and hundreds of thousands of people haven't protested so there is a little bit of hypocrisy and double standards

in that. so i think trump does deserve a state visit. the president claimed there were thousands on the streets cheering him. he got the numbers right but their message wrong. lucy manning, bbc news. ina in a moment we will hear from our political editor that firstjohn soper les here. mr trump, if you said about the special relationship and talking about how important it is. some might wonder how much he means it. i thought he was in a good mood today, playful and generous. i thought there was a twinkle in his eye on the way he answered questions as well. he was very upbeat in the language about this phenomenal trade deal that could be struck. that will simultaneously really pleased british ministers and terrify them, the idea that everything is on the table, the americans would say we will have a bit of the nhs market,

the national health service and do some deals there, agricultural products and anything else that those things might be a bit worrying. another thing which is interesting is the deal with huawei. there is talk about limiting defence cooperation. he claimed that dan and i would be welcomed by british ministers. —— played that down. he will not be dealing with theresa may over this deal in the future and he was looking at jeremy over this deal in the future and he was looking atjeremy hunt, boris johnson and michael gove. they will have to land there is trade deal in the future and have their wits about them because he is a tough negotiator. america will not give anything away. their slogan is, make america great again, not make britain great again. laura, kind and generous words from the president.

theresa may is leaving as conservative party leader on friday and soon will not be prime minister. number 10 will be relieved the big moments went up today without a hitch. as for any foreign government, trying to handle donald trump is like trying to handle a grenade with the pin pulled out. they will be pleased the body language was warm but we are on the verge of a much bigger change in our politics and a new relationship, a new partnership between the existing american president and the next british prime minister. also an awkwardness forjeremy corbyn tonight, having refused the invitation to see mr trump at the invitation to see mr trump at the invitation of the queen for the state dinner last night, it was then revealed today he had asked for a meeting after all. slightly embarrassing for mr corbyn, a slightly confusing message coming from him. does he really want to have co nta ct from him. does he really want to have contact with donald trump or not? he says he is always interested

in trying to have dialogue. the sense tonight, for better or worse, their about to be turned. people are focusing and concentrating on concentrating on westminster on which leadership contender will see donald trump in the next 2a hours. we expectjeremy hunt to have a meeting, possibly michael gove. at this stage borisjohnson has said he just cannot fit it in. if anything that does underline the fact we are almost at the end of theresa may's time in office. she got three today without many bumps. as for most people watching here, we are about to turn the page and have a different landscape. thank you for that. that is all from us here at buckingham palace. back to the studio. six mps have defected from the newly formed change uk just six mps have defected from the newly formed change ukjust months after

it was born. it follows the party was make disastrous performance at the recent european elections. our deputy political editor is in westminster for us now. pretty devastating blow for the new party. yes, chains uk, this small new party made up of centrist pro—european mps from labour and the tories just got a whole lot smaller, down to five mps, including their new leader, anna soubry, the other six with their leader heidi allen broke off to go independent after those bad results in the local and european elections. some of them are expected to be considering joining the lib dems, others less interested in doing that, but in the end, there are still the after—shocks of the brexit crisis being felt at either end of the political landscape. meanwhile, on the tory party leadership contest, news of a significant withdrawal. amongst

senior tory mps and leaders of the volu nta ry senior tory mps and leaders of the voluntary party they agreed the ground rules for choosing the next leader and prime minister. the number of contenders is now 12 and thatis number of contenders is now 12 and that is afterjames cleverley the brexit minister pulled out because he realised he had no chance. soon others will realise the same thing. but voting starts next week. there will be voting to eliminate candidates as they go through the process. the second round io%, 32, and in the end there will be two candidates and it will be up to the mass membership, 120,000 or so to choose the prime minister and that should be done by the end ofjuly. the time of 60 minutes past six, our top story this evening. on the second day of his state visit donald trump says that everything including the nhs would be on the table in what he calls a phenomenal post brexit trade deal with america. still to come, writing herself into

the history books, johanna konta becomes the first british women and over 35 years to reach the semifinals of the french open. coming up on sports day on bbc news, the wickets continued to fall as the party continues at the men's cricket world cup as two outsiders, sri la nka world cup as two outsiders, sri lanka and afghanistan battle it out in cardiff. it was one of the most momentous and difficult operations in military history. 75 years ago, over 150,000 troops were waiting anxiously in britain, ready for the long planned d—day invasion of german occupied france, codenamed operation overlord, and after five france, codenamed operation overlord, and afterfive months france, codenamed operation overlord, and after five months of planning five beaches had been chosen on the coast of normandy but the critical decision of when to

launch the assault relied on accurate intelligence of german defences, the tides and most importantly, the weather. robert hall reports. the beaches of normandy. in 19114, scene of the largest seaborne attack ever mounted. allied commanders put the final plans in place at southwick house, hidden from public gaze in the hills behind portsmouth. the decisions that were taken here, injune 19114, marked the end of the first chapter in the d—day story. the men who made those decisions did so on the basis of intelligence gathering and science. 100 miles from allied headquarters, the codebreakers of bletchley park had been building up their picture of german readiness for over a year. in these offices, lights burned through the night as analysts trawled enemy radio messages, data that was compared with aerial photos and information from agents in france. so what we are trying to do

here is tell the story of d—day in a film. those efforts are marked by a new exhibition which captures the complexity of the operation. intelligence is in proportion to the size of the operation. you need information on the same scale as you need troops and tanks. so, the fact that the normandy campaign is such a large project means it needs an enormous intelligence effort as well. along the beaches others were risking their lives to gather information on physical conditions. landing thousands of men safely here posed special problems. they were solved by a man and a machine in a cellar on the wirral. this is arthur doodson's tidal predictor. using information from normandy, codenamed position z, a series of cogs calculated the state of the tides for the d—day period. so, this machine still works.

our modern day models just do it, more times, faster and quicker with more variables, but doing the same mathematics, and this machine can still do it to a very high standard. surviving members of arthur doodson's team remember his total dedication. the predicting machines where his pride and joy. but it was more than that. he had the ability to analyse the tide and come up with the values to put on his machine in order to make predictions. back at southwick house, anxious eyes had turned skywards. on the eve of d—day, the leaders of this great venture gathered for last—minute discussions. storms in the channel were threatening the entire plan. onjune the 4th, the landings were postponed. troops at sea had an uncomfortable 2a hours before general eisenhower's chief weather adviser arrived with news that there was a brief window of opportunity. after a good many cross questions about details of the weather, cloud, wind, visibility and so on, he turned round to me as i was going out and said,

well, stag, if this thing comes off, there will be a case of good whiskey waiting for you in a day or two. eisenhower reportedly launched overlord with the words, "ok, let's go." intelligence and science had played their part but in the end, his final decision was a leap of faith. the inquest into those who died in the london bridge attacks has heard that investigators will not hold one of the killers had been reported to the anti—terror hotline. a senior police officer identified as witness m said it was very unsatisfactory that his team was not informed about the core that had been made by his brother—in—law. daniel sanford reports from the old bailey. the three men who carried out the london bridge attacks refuelling the higher than two hours before heading for central london and killing eight people. koran but their leader was

under investigation by m15 and counterterrorism police. he had been for more than two years initially as a man who might plan an attack. in that time, but was brother—in—law had called the hotline but the police officer who investigated him said he had never been informed about that call. witness m said... more than a year before, but had

featured in a channel 4 more than a year before, but had featured in a channel a documentary called the jeff featured in a channel a documentary called thejeff hardy is next door, and again no one told the counterterrorism officer in charge of investigating him. the officer was aware that, later that year, but had started working for london underground. jonathan hough asked... witness m told the coroner that whilst it was a concern that but had started working at westminster underground station, he and his team did not tell but‘s employers transport for london because there was no intelligence to suggest that he planned to use the job to carry out an attack. in the days before the london bridge attack, neither are stretched m15 or the police spotted but‘s meetings with the other killers, nor did they notice him hiring a van, the van used to run down and murder the first two of

their victims. daniel sanford, bbc news, at the old bailey. the welsh government has scrapped plans to build a six lane motorway south of newport. the first minister announced that the £1.11 billion relief road would not be built because of its cost and impact on the environment. our wales correspondent is in newport. these plans have been highly controversial. plans to ease congestion on the m4 date back to the 1990s. this latest scheme would have seen a bypass of the green grass panels. they have been described as one of the worst bottlenecks in the uk and at busy times you can see miles of tailbacks. business leaders were lobbying for improvements because they were saying that all of this congestion was costing the welsh economy millions of pounds in wasted time and in money. but this new 1a mile stretch of proposed road south

of newport would have gone through and area known as the gwent levels, and area known as the gwent levels, a site of special scientific interest, and there was a great deal of opposition. there was a public inquiry held over the course of the year, but arguments put on either side, but the decision came down to the first minister of wales, mark draper, and today, he scrapped the scheme. he said he had given significant weight to the environmental impact, how these gwent environmental impact, how these gwe nt levels environmental impact, how these gwent levels would be affected and together with the cost, he said that this scheme could not go ahead. in tennis, johanna konta has become the first british woman since 1983 to reach the semifinals of the french open. the british number one beat the american sloane stephens 6-1, 6-4, beat the american sloane stephens 6—1, 6—4, as joe beat the american sloane stephens 6—1, 6—4, asjoe wilson now reports.

the courts of paris are clay, but they are like a motorway if you serve like this. jo konta just overpowered sloane stephens, 6—1 in the first set. that's great from jo konta, and it is another break. whatever lies on the court surface, it is what lurks in the players' mind that matters. konta here was certain that every ball was gettable, every point winnable. stephens chased and missed. jo konta won all ten consecutive points on her own serve, in the second set. her opponent, a former grand slam champion, was out of ideas. becausejo konta, at her will, could make the tennis ball do anything. 6—4, the set finished and konta even spotted that stephens' final forehand was out. the umpire checked the clay and agreed. it is right! the impression that konta has made in paris is indisputable. someone is going to win the french open. why shouldn't it be her? joe wilson, bbc news.

lets see what the weather is doing. here is chris fawks. it has been a wet day today. these guys sheltering under this big oak tree to have the best chance of any shelter from that reign. but for most, it has been pretty wet. there is some dry weather working its way into southern england. across scotland it has been a day of sunshine and showers, and elsewhere it has been pretty wet. that rain continues its journey northwards as we go through this evening. slowly clearing out of wales and northern england. then the front slows down across northern ireland and scotland. here it will be raining for much of the night. further south with those clear skies coming in, temperatures around nine celsius, something like that. looking at the picture for wednesday, we have rain for much of the day for scotland and northern ireland, perhaps a bit lighter later in the day, but pretty soggy, nevertheless. england and wales, brighter with more sunshine bit with

heavy showers falling in a line across south—west england into the midlands, turning heavy and fun and slow—moving in nature. there is a small chance that a weather front could clip parts of south—east england and east anglia. we will have low pressure moving from france into the north sea for thursday. if this moves further east, the rain won't reach eastern coast of england but instead will bend into the north—east of scotland where we are most likely to see rain. elsewhere, sunshine and showers, heavy and fun to nature. turning cooler temperatures around 15 celsius, and a little bit cooler than that for northern scotland. elsewhere, remaining unsettled with rain across england on friday moving into scotla nd england on friday moving into scotland and northern ireland heading into saturday. staying on the cool side. that's all from the bbc news at six. time now for the news where you are.

hello, this is bbc news with me, rebecca jones. the headlines. president trump hails the relationship with britain as the greatest alliance the world has ever known but reveals he refused an invitation to meetjeremy corbyn. never met him, never spoke to him, he said he wanted to meet today or tomorrow and i decided i would not do that. meanwhile the labour leader led anti—trump demonstrations in london as hundreds of people took to the streets. the health secretary matt hancock hit back at the president after he suggested the nhs was on the table in trade talks. and nigel farage had talks with president trump at winfield house ahead of tonight's banquet. in a moment sports day but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. at 7:30pm we