this is bbc news. 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 meet jeremy corbyn. the president said he is happy to meet the labour leader. ididn't i didn't think it was appropriate to meet him but i would, i certainly would, i would have no problem with it. meanwhile the labour leader led anti—trump demonstrations in london as hundreds of people took to the streets. i want to be able to have that dialogue to bring about the better and more peaceful world. the protests also had some violence, one trump supporter was hit with a milkshake and had to be

escorted to safety by police. also coming up: in the tory leadership race, conservatives have agreed changes to speed up the contest to succeed theresa may as prime minister. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the writer and columnist christina patterson, and the associate director at the institute of economic affairs, kate andrews. stay with us for that. president donald trump has praised 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 ‘phenomenal post—brexit trade deal‘, insisting everything, including the nhs, would be on the table. today he also held meetings with leading brexiteers in the conservative party, and nigel farage. but mr trump revealed he turned down a request for talks from jeremy corbyn, with the labour leader, addressing thousands of people, protesting mr trump‘s visit. here‘s our political editor, laura kuenssberg. he always draws a crowd. but doesn‘t always please them. when the president comes to town, controversy is never far. the prime minister was his first international guest at the white house. this kodak moment for the mays

and trumps will be her last. a press conference with donald trump on a momentous occasion, a grand leaving do for theresa may. clear even from the niceties, the two are sometimes clash. i‘ve always talked openly with you donald, when we have taken a different approach and you have done the same with me. i‘ve 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's been a true honour and i've greatly enjoyed working with you, you are a tremendous professional and a person who loves your country dearly, thank you very much, really an honour.

the american and the british people, it's the greatest alliance the world has ever known. thank you, prime minister, thank you. as the uk stumbles towards leaving the eu, the president has questioned the prime minister‘s approach. i seem to remember the president recommending i sued the european union, which i didn‘t do, we went into negotiations and i came out with a good deal. i would have sued, but that's ok. i would have sued and settled maybe, but you never know. she's probably a better negotiator than i am. i think we're going to have a great trade deal, yes. i think we're going to have a great and very comprehensive trade deal. when you're dealing in trade, everything is on the table, so nhs or anything else, or a lot more than that. that is one of the things thousands in westminster would rail against, though. these protests weren‘t fake news, as the president claimed, although there were pockets

of support for him and the crowds much smaller than last time. leading the charge, though, the labour leader, who refused last night to go to the queen‘s dinner in honour of donald trump. together we can make a big difference. together, we can change this world. together, we can bring about that 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! cheering. but then it emerged from the president‘s lips, mr corbyn had asked to see him after all. i don't knowjeremy corbyn, never met him, never spoke to him. he wanted to meet today and i decided that i would not do that. i think that he is, from where i come from, somewhat of a negative force. i think that people should look to do things correctly, as opposed to criticise. i really don't like critics as much as i like and respect people that get things done.

it‘s not all straightforward between the tories and mrtrump, though. tensions over iran, climate change — factors his next opposite number will have to confront, but who? so i know boris, i like him, i've liked him for a long time. i think he would do a very good job. i knowjeremy, ithink he would do a good job. i don't know michael, would he do a good job, jeremy, tell me? all too much finally, perhaps, for mr may. always an unlikely pair, perhaps. one shameless, one shy. time is nearly up on this particular duo. the motorcade, of course, as always, will roll on. theresa may and donald trump are very different characters, very different leaders and even the careful choreography of a state visit like this can‘t mask the fractures and the difficulties between the united states

and the united kingdom. but this of course is a relationship that will matter for longer and will last longer than two occupants will stay in office. some of the contenders for number ten might meet donald trump while he‘s here, but who was snapped on the way to see him first tonight? an old friend, nigel farage. however straight the line—up tonight, though, this president glories in going over the edge. whoever is the prime minister next will encounter an ally who might love appearing proper, but is properly unpredictable, too. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. after the press conference, in an interview with good morning britain on itv — the president was again asked about his comments regarding jeremy corbyn, he‘s been speaking to piers morgan.

our economy is pretty much stalling in this country thanks to the brexit problem. jeremy corbyn spent most of today shouting and screaming about you and saying how awful you are. there is a chance that if this goes wrong for the conservative party, he could end up prime minister. could you imagine doing a trade deal with britain with someone ijeremy corbyn? it's always possible, anything is possible. i don't he wanted to meet, it was very tough to meet and probably inappropriate, to be honest with you. a lot of things are happening at the moment with respect to our country, your country and my country, let's call them almost the same. it is really a tremendous relationship. i don't think it was appropriate to meet him, buti think it was appropriate to meet him, but i would meet him, i have no problem with that. i think it is a long shot, i don't think it is going to happen. would this allow the uk

to happen. would this allow the uk to effectively sell the nhs in a trade deal. would you see that as a dealbreaker if none of the nhs was on the table? i don't see it being oi'i on the table? i don't see it being on the table? i don't see it being on the table. someone asked me a question today and i said it is possible, but that is not something i see as part of trade. the president‘s comments aboutjeremy corbyn was one of the main talking points of the day , and to discuss that i‘m joined by ayesha hazarika, former advisor to harriet harmann and ed miliband. let‘s start with jeremy corbyn addressing those anti— trumpet protests today. was at the right approach? wasn‘t very prime ministerial. i think we feel we are ina bit ministerial. i think we feel we are in a bit of ministerial. i think we feel we are ina bit ofa ministerial. i think we feel we are in a bit of a post— protocol here at the moment with the president of the united states. i thinkjeremy corbyn was right to decline the invitation to the state banquet, i don‘t think there is anything ignoble about him requesting a meeting with donald trump, because as the clip we just watched said that there is a big

chance that he could end up being prime minister. i did think it was a bit weird to find out that then that had been rejected, and to then go to the protest. but you have to be honest about who jeremy corbyn is. he loves a protest, he is at his happiest when he is at a protest, andi happiest when he is at a protest, and i actually don‘t think this will play that badly for his bass, because there is an ironic parallel between donald trump and jeremy corbyn and their base. the more one looks like they are being attacked, that stimulates their base. there area that stimulates their base. there are a lot of people out on social media, jeremy corbyn supporters saying that the fact donald trump was horrible about jeremy saying that the fact donald trump was horrible aboutjeremy corbyn, that makes me liejeremy corbyn even more. that is a tactic donald trump users, saying there is a witch—hunt against him. you say he was right to decline an invitation to the state dinner last night. why is that?

surely it is in the national interest for the leader of the opposition to be at that?” interest for the leader of the opposition to be at that? i think it would be very difficult for him to be at the dinner, because he has been such a vocal critic of donald trump, and also, if you look back at his political career, he is very anti—american in memory of his sta nces, anti—american in memory of his stances, whether they be military or commercial. i think it would be quite hypocritical of him to go. therefore why try to meet him today? i think for a start, i think these big dinners are something that opposition leaders are increasingly going to start saying no to. when i worked for ed miliband, one of the most difficultjobs of persuading the leader of the opposition to dedicate five hours to get dressed up dedicate five hours to get dressed up in dedicate five hours to get dressed upina dedicate five hours to get dressed up in a penguin suit, involving six people to figure out how to get into this costume, and then sit and make small talk with some low ranking dignitary. it is kind of a waste of time for them in many ways. i think vince cable also rejected that

thing, but the critical thing is, if jeremy corbyn wants to be leader of not just his party jeremy corbyn wants to be leader of notjust his party but the country, he will have to engage with donald trump on some level. that willjust have to be a grown—up relationship. what i would likejeremy corbyn to be doing, if he really wants to protect britain from the excesses of donald trump, particularly on the nhs, there is one very simple thing he could do. it doesn‘t involve going to a rally to make himself feel good. there is one thing he could do — and that is to stop this position on exit, to pick aside and be on the side of remain, or certainly a people ‘s vote. that is the one practical thing he could do if he was really serious — i‘m really worried about donald trump and what this will mean for britain, thatis and what this will mean for britain, that is what he could do. isn't there a lesson here that if you snub donald trump there will actually only be one winner, and that is donald trump? i think donald trump

loves conflict, he loves having a i’ow loves conflict, he loves having a row with people. he would have a row in an empty room. as i said before, i‘m not sure this one plays out that badly forjeremy corbyn. he hasn‘t done anything absolutely egregious, all he has done is ask for a meeting, the meeting was rejected, and then the president of the united states briefed that to a journalist‘s press conference. then he went and spoke at a rally. in the league table a bad things to do, thatis league table a bad things to do, that is not really a big deal, and asi that is not really a big deal, and as i said before, a lot of his fans will say good onjeremy corbyn. as i said before, a lot of his fans will say good on jeremy corbyn.|j would like to know what you thought of the press conference, and donald trump saying the uk in the us has the greatest alliance the world has ever known. at the moment it feels like there is a great alliance for the united states of america. he also said we could have one of the most phenomenal trade deals. he doesn‘t exactly hold back, he is not a man of underspend, not a man of

restraint. i think there was a few things ina restraint. i think there was a few things in a press conference, the fa ct things in a press conference, the fact that he went as far as to attackjeremy corbyn, fact that he went as far as to attack jeremy corbyn, and fact that he went as far as to attackjeremy corbyn, and there was another big attack on sadiq khan, which i thought was misguided and demeaned his office, but by far and away the most interesting thing he said was about the nhs. the fact that he said the nhs would be on the table for a trade deal was absolutely fascinating, because that laid bare the truth of what lies ahead in terms of brexit. particularly if we are going to crash out with no deal from europe, and however we try to frame a deal with america. he said something that is not quite accurate in that clip, he said he doesn‘t count the nhs as trade, but if we were to get a trade deal that would include services, and a big part of services are health services. it is a huge, multibillion—dollar industry, and in terms of how procurement rules would work, if we did a trade deal we

would have to open contract up to american companies. that would be the whole point of doing a trade deal, so it is not true to say that health wouldn‘t be on the table. it would very much be — the opening would very much be — the opening would be their. unfortunately we have to leave it there, but others would argue that you can pick and choose with what you decide to negotiate about. sadly we have to leave it there. president trump said the nhs would enter into any free trade deal between the uk and the us. earlier i spoke mark diane, a policy analyst at the nuffield trust think tank. ifind this a

i find this a slightly strange discussion, because the reality is, and your listeners will know from the debates over this in the bladder and cameron government that the nhs is already up for private companies to come in and start providing services to them, including american companies. so regardless of whether oi’ companies. so regardless of whether or not it is in the table in a trade deal, really we put it on the table ourselves long ago. so in what way are american companies already invested in the nhs? american companies can bid for almost any contract going on the nhs. some of the services that they provide

already include general practices, diagnostic services, and help with it systems in hospitals and general practices. really? ok. so when the health secretary, matt hancock, says the nhs is not for sale, essentially that‘s meaningless. the nhs is not for sale, essentially that's meaningless. well, i imagine what he may be getting at is that we will continue to have a publicly funded health system, which we pay forward taxes and which is free to use. forward taxes and which is free to use. and i am sure not many people in the uk would want to see a change toa in the uk would want to see a change to a fully private system like they have in the usa. but that‘s a slightly different question from whether or not bits of it are being outsourced, and we have a lot of that at the moment. i suppose we could also break it down perhaps into services and outsourcing, which is perhaps what you have been referring to, and drugs, which have beenin referring to, and drugs, which have been in the spotlight today. whether perhaps american pharmaceutical companies will have more access to selling drugs here in the uk, and whether or not that might mean a rise in prices. what are your thoughts on that? well, that's very interesting, because of course american companies already have access to the pharmaceutical market. they sell us billions of dollars worth every year. but what american pharmaceutical companies often don‘t like is the way the nhs uses its size and all the money it‘s got for itself to keep prices down, and to refuse to buy less efficient drugs. now u nfortu nately refuse to buy less efficient drugs. now unfortunately i think there are signs that us trade negotiators might try to break down that system of it so prices can be pushed up, meaning really the nhs gets a worse deal. i would want to see that, and i hope that matt hancock or his su ccesso i’s i hope that matt hancock or his successors would also have that on the list of things that they would

really rule out. so day two over, one more day to go. this is the plan for tomorrow. the queen, the prince of wales, president trump and the first lady will travel from central london to portsmouth, where they will attend the commemmorations at southsea common to mark the 75th anniversary of the d—day landings. they will be joined by 300 d—day veterans. the queen will formally bid farewell to the president and mrs trump in portsmouth, who will then depart later in the day and travel to ireland. let‘s turn to some of the day‘s other news now, and the conservative party has agreed changes to the mechanism to find theresa may‘s successor. ii mps are now still in the running for the leadership. official nominations need to be in by tenjune, and candidates must have eight mps backing their campaign. a series of ballots will then whittle down the field to just two candidates across a number of dates this month. for the final two, hustings among the tory membership start on 22 june.

a new leader will finally be elected the week beginning 22july. our deputy political editor john pienaar is at westminster for us tonight. the senior mps of the party and the ruling board of the national party have agreed the ground rules for electing their next leader and britain‘s next prime minister. ii candidates still running as things stand, and that‘s after two pulled out realising they had no realistic chance. meanwhile, here, we have seen the candidates touting for votes at a private hustings meeting, among them boris johnson. votes at a private hustings meeting, among them borisjohnson. he told mps he was the one to bejeremy corbyn, to put nigel farage back in his box, as he put it, to deliver brexit, and save the party from, as he described it, the threat of extinction. meanwhile, the field will come down very quickly when

voting starts to take place, rounds of voting starting next week. in the first round, they will need 5% of mps, that‘s 16 mps. in the second, 10%, so 32, and it will go on until the field is reduced to two. then something over 120,000 tory members will choose the next prime minister. as far as the rest of us are concerned, we will just as far as the rest of us are concerned, we willjust have to watch and wait and see what they decide, but the hope is there will bea decide, but the hope is there will be a new prime minister in place towards the end ofjuly, when the house raises for its summer break. the inquests into the deaths of eight people in the london bridge attacks two years ago have been hearing that investigators were not told one of the killers, khuram butt, had been reported to the anti—terror hotline by his own brother in law. a senior police officer identified only as witness m said it was very unsatisfactory that his team weren‘t informed. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports now from the old bailey. on their way to murder eight people

in the london bridge attack, the three killers refuelling the hired van that became one of their weapons. his wife, and his english, he can go... khuram butt, their leader, was under investigation by m15 and counterterrorism police at the time. he had been for more than two years, after intelligence that he was planning an attack. and, while butt was being investigated, his own brother—in—law had called the anti—terrorist hotline. but the police officer in charge of investigating butt said today he was never informed about that call. he was giving evidence anonymously at the inquest. witness m told the court... for the coroner, jonathan hough qc, asked...

more than a year before the attack, butt featured briefly in a channel 4 documentary called the jihadis next door, and again, no—one told the counterterrorism officer in charge of investigating him. the officer was aware, however, that later that year butt started working for london underground. jonathan hough asked... witness m told the coroner that, while it was a concern that khuram butt had started working at westminster underground station, he and his team didn‘t tell butt‘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 the next year,

neither a stretched m15 nor the police spotted khuram butt‘s meetings with the other two killers. nor did they notice him hiring a van, the van used to run down and murder the first two of their victims. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. topshop owner sir philip green has agreed to put an extra £25 million into arcadia‘s pension fund ahead of a crucial vote to secure the future of the retail giant. our business editor simon jack described the move as a vital lifeline for arcadia. sir philip green‘s retail empire, which includes the crownjewels topshop, now, there was a very real possibility that this entire empire, with its 18,000 employees, would go into administration as soon as tomorrow. crucial to this was the support for this crucial restructuring of the pension regulator and the pension protection fund, and what we found out in the last hour and a half is that they

have agreed to accept a £25 million extra payment into the pension fund by sir philip green, which has secured their support. now, they could have killed this restructuring stone dead. now, does that mean the future is secure for the arcadia empire? not necessarily. the future of this empire now relies on the landlords, who are being asked to accept landlords, who are being asked to a cce pt very landlords, who are being asked to accept very significant cuts in the rents they get. so not only that, but also sometimes cvas are just a halfway house, a steppingstone, to ultimate administration. but for tonight, a crumb of comfort for the 18,000 employees of the arcadia empire that the pension protection fund, the pension regulators, have given their backing to restructuring. the voters tomorrow. —— the vote is tomorrow. tens of thousands of people have taken part in a candlelight vigil in hong kong to mark the 30th anniversary of the tiananmen square massacre.

there were speeches and songs to remember those killed when the chinese military opened fire on pro—democracy demonstrators in the heart of beijing in 1989. the organisers say the annual commemoration attracted far more people this year than usual. now it‘s time for the weather, with stav. hello there. there‘s going to be quite a lot of rain in places this week, thanks to a series of low pressure systems which could graze the country or even move right across the uk. there remains some uncertainty to proximity for these areas of low pressure, and the rainfall. she was a wet one thanks to low pressure which brought rain too much of the country. on wednesday could be confined to scotla nd wednesday could be confined to scotland and northern ireland, another wet day here particular for northern ireland, rainfall totals really mounting up. for england and wales not a bad day on wednesday, there‘ll be plenty of sunshine around. some showers for western england in towards wales, some of these could be quite heavy, and temperatures in the sunshine

reaching 20 or 21 celsius, but it will feel cooler further north—west. across the south—east, though, the cloud and outbreaks of rain will start to build—up into the evening, and that‘s because we will see this developing area of low pressure over the near continent which will move northwards. now, the current thinking is most of the heaviest of the rain, potentially, could stay out at sea. but it‘s likely to graze the eastern side of the through wednesday night and into thursday, the rain eventually parking itself across the northern half of scotland, it‘s going to bring a pretty wet day here with some heavy and persistent rain, and quite a cool and persistent rain, and quite a cool, strong, north—easterly wind. but elsewhere across the country we should see some sunny spells, but also a scattering of showers, some of which could be heavy and hungry. those temperatures 15 to 17 or 18 degrees, a little below the seasonal average. as we head onto thursday night into friday, low pressure slowly moves away from the north, but we look at another one that‘s going to arrive across the south. now, this one could mean business, could have some fairly strong winds with it, and some areas could see a lot of very heavy rain. some uncertainty to it but it does look

at the moment central, southern and eastern areas could see some of the heaviest of the rain throughout friday, whereas further north, throughout much of the day, we should see some sunny spells, just a few showers around and it‘s going to feel cool for all. temperatures generally around the mid—teens celsius. for friday night into saturday, that area of low pressure will drift further northwards, taking a heavy rain into parts of scotland, so it could be a thoroughly wet day here, quite breezy as well. further south, blustery winds blowing in from the north—west, so it could feel quite cool north—west, so it could feel quite cool, with sunny spells, but some of the showers could turn out to be quite heavy, perhaps again even thundery. in those temperatures ranging from around 1a to around ten 01’ ranging from around 1a to around ten or 18 celsius. so that our saturday is looking on into sunday, that area of low pressure tends to drift northwards. we do see another one, perhaps, arriving into biscay. but high—pressure starts to build from the east. looks like pressure. to build out to the atlantic, as well. so we are in between weather systems, we think on sunday. a few showers or outbreaks of rain across the far north of scotland, an area of low pressure there, but

elsewhere, lighter winds, some good spells of sunshine, but again a few showers could develop as those temperatures reach either 17 or 18 degrees, pretty much across the board. but there will be a few cooler spots as well. so for this upcoming week it will be unsettled, low pressure bringing some really wet weather to some areas, and it‘s going to feel rather cool for the time of year. now, into next week, we got a couple of scenarios going on. scenario one, most computer models are going this, we think high—pressure across the atlantic i showed you will build in across uk and kill off all the showers, so we should see drier and brighter conditions and it might feel warmer. however, there is the possibility of another scenario, where high—pressure might arrive across the uk and allow low pressure to continue to dominate, bringing further rain and showers, some of which can be heavy and thundery. so you have to stay tuned to the forecast, we will update you again, same time same place, tomorrow.

hello, this is bbc news with rebecca pike. we‘ll be taking a look at tomorrow morning‘s papers in a moment. first, the headlines: president trump hails the relationship with britain as the "greatest alliance the world has ever known", but despite turning down an invitation to meetjeremy corbyn, the president insists he‘s happy to talk with the labour leader. i didn‘t think it was appropriate to meet him but i would, i certainly would, i would have no problem with it. meanwhile after boycotting monday‘s banquet, jeremy corbyn led anti—trump demonstrations in london as hundreds of people took to the streets. i want to be able to have that dialogue to bring about the better and more peaceful world. and in the tory leadership race, conservatives have agreed changes to speed up the contest

to succeed theresa may.