as you do news live from berlin very very strong that's how u.s. president doll trump has described his relationship with britain's prime minister tourism a visit to britain is marked by controversy after he cast doubt on the u.k. government's plan for leaving the european union trump says the plan may prevent a free trade deal between the united states and the u.k. from happening also coming up. pro-democracy campaigners gather in hong kong to mark the first anniversary of the death of the chinese dissident and nobel

laureate usual. and welcome to the program u.s. president is holding meetings with british prime minister theresa may her country retreat this hour at the start of the talks trump insisted their relationship is very good and strong the president's positive remarks come shortly after an interview was published in which he blamed trees a made for quote wrecking brags that he believes her plans to proceed with a business friendly exit from the european union would leave it too close to the blog also added quote i would have done it much differently i actually told to resume a how to do it but she didn't listen to me. the comments come after several day from a two senior ministers resigned in protest over her brag. plans to get more on these

comments let's bring in correspondent bigot mosse who's standing by in london barry good it's good to see you what has the fallout from this interview been. very very controversial really like. it's a house of parliament and many m.p.'s even from three's amaze own party are really on. a big visit by a u.s. president and an interview where you criticize almost everything that's reason may stands for and also shots is so far off a trade deal with the yes because this is obviously what reason may was hoping to get out of this visit lou so will a chance with the u.s. . if it chose to do it to trade deal with the u.s. when she leaves the e.u. with this mythical u.s. u.k. special relationship to revive it and then comes this interview where you know some

m.p.'s even said well the queen should consul the tea that she's planning to have with donald trump later so a huge fallout from this u.s. president didn't just weigh in on trees amaze brags of strategy he also had a suggestion for who may make for a great prime minister in an interview with a british newspaper the u.s. president praised the former foreign secretary boris johnson saying quote i think he would make a great prime minister i think he's got what it takes he also said he had a lot of respect for johnson and was very saddened that he had stepped down what's the atmosphere in this meeting going to be like tense we would imagine. we would imagine boris johnson being almost like a person let me up to visit me they want to tool to be prime minister has never really said in the t.v. with the european union this is how it is perceived by many in the u.k.

and not crazy a humiliating reason may at the same time it's just really it is definitely a very big blow for tourism. there are protests against trump in london today what more can you tell us about these demonstrations. the morning. activists want to protest again so that. you want to weigh in on this few of them appear in the sun newspaper so. immigration is here for the trade just the u.k. for the west very critical upset. so it's. very it gets down to trump and they split the wing or at least. they are not just in the but also. on the oh yeah they are going to trump it but

many here in the u.k. . correspondent in london and we do apologize for the sound quality of the interview now to some of the other stories making news around the world media reports say the former bodyguard of al qaeda leader osama bin laden has been deported from germany back to the man known as sami and was arrested at the end of june after a campaign against him continuing to reside in germany. several dozen migrants have been allowed to disembark from an italian coast guard ship in sicily they were initially held on the ship over suspicions that some had been involved in an attempted mutiny a number reportedly tried to take over fearing they would be returned to libya incident comes amid heightened tensions in europe on the issue of migration. pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif and his daughter mariam are due to return to their country thousands of police officers have been deployed in lahore to control

crowds both have been sentenced to jail terms over the family's finances back to galvanize their political party out of this month's general election. an explosion at a chemical plant in china has killed nineteen people and injured twa. according to state media the blast happened in an industrial park several hours southeast of shang to the capital of the southwestern sichuan province it's not clear what caused the explosion. hundreds of pro-democrat activists have held a memorial ceremony in hong kong to mark the first anniversary of the death of the chinese dissident liu xiaobo who coauthored a petition calling on the beijing authorities to reform china as one party system and went on to win the nobel peace prize he died of liver cancer in chinese custody while serving an eleven year sentence. for rape you remember lucia

that's what residents of hong kong are doing one year since the human rights activists died in a hospital bed under the watchful eye of chinese state security agents the protesters marched to mainland china as liaison office in the semi-autonomous chinese territory they held photos of lu and tied black ribbons to the perimeter security fence for them it was a chance to highlight the chinese government's assault on human rights. so what we want peace we need a release of all these. no active lawyer and also people fighting for democracy. lou who is bused gazes at passers by on a busy hong kong street began his activism efforts during the pro-democracy tenement square protest in one nine hundred eighty nine and two thousand and ten the nobel committee awarded him the peace prize for what it called his long and nonviolent struggle for fundamental human rights in china he was never able to

accept it in person that struggle he won the prize for is also what landed him in prison on multiple occasions his longest sentence would be his last detained in two thousand and eight for subversion the crime taking part in the publication of charter zero eight a human rights manifesto. in may two thousand and seventeen. lou was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer he died in chinese custody just two months later his ashes were buried at sea following a hasty funeral process heavily controlled by chinese authorities. now lou's widow lucia has been released from eight years of house arrest with conspicuous timing she landed in berlin on tuesday it's been labeled as a conciliatory gesture but the protesters in hong kong see other motives at play to soften the tension between the west and while poppy got a new role with china and an excuse for the european union to get more close

to china the chinese government has largely quassia events for lou's death on mainland china making hong kong a rare outlet for political speech. and joined by correspondent florestan chang in hong kong florence the chinese government has warned supporters of lose out well about commemorating the anniversary of his death what's happening in hong kong this hour. one hears the movie's grievance out of the sea and it just started to rain so strongly says of course that's not a sub for theft hong kong. people are all together bringing in front of the chinese east office which is to play at the beijing authorities are based on kong and keeping in mind that hong kong it's a very unique status within china because as they are special administrative region a. high degree of autonomy to run it for myself so when china see they won't tolerate any protests they don't completely intrude on kong and explains why we can

witness such protests in hong kong that you would never see another parts of china last year that was a very long black twelve protest also walking in silence and holding candles across the street supposed all schools of think race to go on your show people are responding to cassettes around me and we can expect. that the people of. florence we know the impact that his work has had on people outside of china what is the need to the people living in china. well i guess i shouldn't really comment about china because as i just said you know hong kong is quite different and yes in hong kong you shall go as physically seen the symbol of the fight for them and i think china and of course their school but they're not but the congo and he's repudiation goes back to john chinaman where he's been to nine hundred eighty nine

protests you go to towns and the full democracy students and even a blood shed and a treaty marked a turning point in china's recent history so when he told you shall be king famous well the wise noble peace prize you shall build was already a household name in hong kong the role model and a leader of the fight for democracy thank you florence the chinese from reporting from hong kong. while the players are having a well earned rest after the world cup semifinals this week the fans are out and about sightseeing in russia this can't be taken for granted as the country has been notoriously restrictive of tourist movements in the past but this world cup has opened doors and brought changes to everyday life. police patrol it's business as usual in moscow but this world cup has seen plenty of changes

gatherings aren't usually allowed here people are celebrating anyway the police keep everyone safe but there is training themselves and getting involved. always prepared to help the tourists. you can see everyone is in a celebrate three news. i'm really enjoying this atmosphere. by russians and foreigners coming together on red square a carnival of nations so to say well the police look on. the police to spot checks but we don't feel disturbed. because the world cup change russia or will this fairy tale of openness hospitality and enthusiasm for the beautiful game come to an abrupt end i mean yeah oh it will need has improved but we came here which tourists and we've really enjoyed

a simple. but of course the kremlin is using the world cup for its own agenda it's pushed through unpopular reforms such as increasing the pension age at the same time the government is trying to polish russia's image. we didn't. use in power sharing that can. because they want to improve russia's reputation abroad. three aren't seeing any real changes to the system which you wish to live out on a probably new earth you know in this previous world cups of showing that the host nation's fairytale ends when the final whistle is blown but memories always remain . at the tour de france arlen's dan martin has claimed victory on stage six a one hundred eighty one kilometer jot from brad. through the brittany countryside sprang to life in the closing stages the emirates rider pulled ahead inside the

final kilometer and managed to hold on to his lead as martin second tore stage when of his career meanwhile the belgians. kept hold of the leader's yellow jersey. serena williams is through to the wimbledon final after a straight sets victory over germany. the seven time champion cruised past six two six four williams will now meet in the cab in a rematch of the twenty sixteen final caromed the quick work of the penco winning the match six three six three in just over an hour it's the second time the german will go to the final at wimbledon. i remind her of the top story we're following for you approach house marked the visit of u.s. president donald trump to britain trump was holding talks with prime minister trees in may this hour earlier in an interview he said a british american free trade deal may be impossible if the u.k. government's current plan to leave the e.u. goes ahead. watching the news from berlin business of monica jones is coming up in

just a few minutes thanks for joining us. oh you think she's going to win the two thousand and eighteen world cup. everything on the open.