news live from berlin the u.s. president has hailed relations with the united kingdom despite his attack on britain's brags it plans donald trump praised prime minister trees a man and said bilateral relations have never been stronger that's after blasting her strategy for leaving the european union we'll go live to our correspondent in london where tens of thousands took to the streets in protest at his visit also coming up.

we'll look ahead to today's battle for bronze out of the world cup st petersburg is gearing up for belgium against england with both sides hoping to salvage some pride with one more win in russia. and welcome to the program u.s. president is now in scotland as he wraps up his four day visit of the united kingdom he's insisting that bilateral relations between the u.s. and britain have never been stronger and says he looks forward to a free trade deal between the two countries but that's in sharp contrast to comments he made to britain's most widely read newspaper on friday in an interview with the sun tabloid he blasted may's broad strategy and suggested it would ruin chances of a trade deal between america and the u k. a giant balloon taking to the

skies over london kicking off a day of protests against u.s. president donald trump's visit. but trump did receive a warm welcome from the u.k. prime minister. after talks with theresa may send heat back whatever strategy her government wants to pursue you whatever you do is ok with me that's your decision whatever you're going to do is ok with us just make sure we can create together that's all that matters. and with that the president completely backtracked on comments published just hours earlier and a u.k. tabloid in an explosive interview trump trashed the prime minister's breck's that plan. i would have done much differently i actually told to resubmit how to do it but she didn't agree with she didn't listen to me now but it will definitely affect trade with the united states unfortunate negative way. despite criticising his host

the president was later welcome to windsor castle. in a minor breach of protocol trump walked ahead of the queen but he got the pomp and pageantry he wanted. the president's trip has been choreographed so that he largely avoided coming face to face with more than one hundred thousand demonstrators in london. what do we know. correspondent barbara vessel is in london and has been covering the events for us barbara the conflicting comments that trump has made can this meeting be characterized as a success for prime minister to resume. this meeting to say it bluntly was a disaster for prime minister mr kerry some may because it was a roller coaster off a right one minute trump insults her and sometimes her breakfast plans the next

minute he turns around and says oh yes she's such a great leader then he praises for his johnson as being his favorite u.k. politician and then he turns around and says as we heard whatever you do is ok with us so it makes no sense is the typical trump yes and no conflicting. sort of conflicting messages message and that is not going down very well british people because what they see is their prime minister desperately trying to cozy up to trump to sort of get on his good side to give him the royal treatment and give him the state visit treatment at the state dinner he held for him she held for him and then trying trends around and the next minute he just sort of trashes everything so it's not good for her because now she looks even weaker than she did before and many voters from both sides of the rexx divide don't know where they stand anymore with her barbara the formal part of this visit is over trump is now

in scotland for a private visit and right now it's not clear who he may be needing with how concerned are british and even european leaders about this. we don't know but it couldn't get any worse truly because the images he has created here you know walking in front of the trina queen and just being insulting one british commentator wrote today in the mirror that's one of the local newspapers here and he said trump has given the u.k. the dog posed treatment and that's pretty rough so in scotland they've already also greeted him was really harsh editorials telling him he was not welcome in scotland and so he's going to be there and there are rumors that he's going to probably meet some off to reason may's worst enemies nigel for rajesh and boris johnson and talk a bit more about brecht's that for instance and that would really cut the mustard for the british public because then it shows that come the trump has really come to

divide and rule over britain and that's not something that goes well down well with people here. correspondent barbara vessel in london thank you very much barbara. now some of the other stories making news around the world the u.s. justice department says twelve russian spies have been charged with hacking into democratic party e-mail accounts ad of the two thousand and sixteen presidential election u.s. officials say they were aiming to harm hillary clinton's campaign russia denies the charges saying they're an attempt to influence monday's meeting between russian president putin and donald trump. british police say they found a small bottle containing the military grade nerve agent nobody chalk in the home of one of the two people who fell ill authorities are investigating how the substance ended up in the home of charlie riley the other victim don sturgis died in england on sunday. the death toll from friday's suicide bombing at an election

rally in pakistan has killed has climbed rather to more than one hundred thirty and local officials say the number of dead is likely to increase the so-called islamic state group has claimed responsibility for the attack and below just on province officials fear even more violence in the run up to elections on july twenty fifth. belgium take on england at the world cup later today to see who will be crowned the third best team in the world already from d.w. sports joins me now from moscow all e i'm going to ask you both teams are certainly hoping to play in tomorrow's final and not today's third place match but surely they're looking to leave russia with a win. of course i think this third place playoff is one of the weirdest events in sports you know these players have just missed out on what would have been the biggest game of their careers. because of that you

actually get often quite entertaining game in these third place playoffs because there are some real motivating factors like professional pride and simply not wanting to end what has been a successful world cup campaign on a lot of note by losing two games back to back and so the question really is who will be more affected by those motivating factors and who will be more affected by the disappointment of losing their semifinal well let's get some insight into that now by having a look at how both teams have been preparing i belgium where demoralized after front stopped them from reaching their first ever world cup final but just four days later the red devils need to shake off their disappointment and get ready for saturday's third place play off. this if you could simply feel it so. that's what. you have to do to restart every time. it's

just part of the life. you know you lose you speak you win so. we didn't put them to play for the. belgians best performance of the world cup was in one thousand nine hundred eighty six when they finished four but this time they want to go one better and only england stand in their way. and the three lions manager is raring to go. well not scared. away from the big boat really we have five motivation to perform we have the chance to read a medal. at the world cup which only one other english team has ever done the england manager is not planning on making many changes in saturday's clash so with both teams almost at full strength fans can expect a cracking match in st petersburg. now will be leaving it all on the field as they try to get this when all in no matter the outcome well belgium and england see this as a successful tournament i think england certainly this

is the best they've done at the world cup the furthest that they've progressed since one nine hundred ninety. and they weren't expecting to get this far either i think a lot of people thought it might get to the round of sixteen of the quarter final so the semifinals and now the third place play off is is a real bonus also there's a feeling in england the times of change that the negativity is gone and that this young team is actually heading in the right direction now head of future tournament for belgium it's a bit more complicated they are a better side than england so perhaps we're expecting to make it this far at least and hoping to make their first ever world cup final they also love their players at the peak of their powers right now and when they beat brazil in the quarter final there was this real feeling that this was their time obviously it wasn't to be but they have given their fans a lot of great moments that win over brazil that i just mentioned and also that last minute victory against japan it was a real electrifying moment so i think both teams certainly although they haven't made it to the big day itself they can go home feeling very proud of what they've

achieved now looking ahead to the final which will take place behind you on sunday what's the mood like in moscow before france plays croatia. well surprisingly the atmosphere hasn't quite been the same since russia went out of the world cup quarter final stage and i think just generally the lots of stages of the world cup not quite the same as the the football festival that you have in the group stages simply because a lot of teams have gone home and the fans have followed them but that being said we've got more and more french and croatian fans now turning up in moscow for the final the french fans were brilliant at the semifinal and some petersburg that made a lot of noise although there weren't a huge number of them and of course croatia fans after the semi fun the extra time semifinal victory over england were absolutely ecstatic so i'm expecting a great atmosphere here at the luzhniki stadium to fit the occasion of the world cup final. sports reporter all the movie in moscow thank you very much just

ten months after a complicated childbirth serino williams will seek to win her eighth title at wimbledon later today standing in her way as eleven seed germany's angela there in the men's draw it took the longest match in tennis history for kevin anderson to advance to sunday's final he defeated john isner in a truly epic battle that lasted six hours and thirty six minutes but it's not yet clear who anderson will face novak djokovic how the advantage over rafael nadal in the other semi but that match with suspended due to wimbledon is curfew last night play will resume today with djokovic just one set away from victory. and there was an exciting finish to the tour de france on friday as dutchman dylan kuhn of vague and soft the favorites to burst to the front of the peloton and win stage seven let's have a look at how we did it. the two was seven the stage was also its longest taking the ride is the two hundred thirty one kilometers from flu sharon brittany shot to

the temple wasn't particularly high attempts to break away from the pellets on swards the end of the stage will cost and the leading riders pulled back. at this point the sprint specialists got ready for a dash to the finish on the home stretch fernando governor in blue tried to slow but doing going to vegas in the black and yellow how his way to the front to win the stage just ahead of the real. key to zog and finish third to retain the green jersey. it's going to vegas second stage when. belgium's great front of him out keeps his lead and retains the yellow jersey. now to a new mega radio telescope that scientists are hoping can provide answers to some of life's most profound mysteries like how is our galaxy created and how did we come to be here in the cat has just launched into action in south africa one of its

first images a rare glimpse at a massive black hole a dying star around twenty five thousand light years away the photo was taken by the super telescope which is comprised of dozens of dishes and as many times more powerful than any other on earth. i remind her of the top story we're following for you u.s. president. relations between the u.s. and they have never been stronger unleashing criticism of trees amazed strategy in a newspaper interview protest in the united kingdom in response to his ordeal. you can always get news on the go just download our op from google play. that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world push notifications for any breaking news and also used to send us photos and videos. are watching the news more coming up at the top of the hour and all the latest news

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