now on bbc news — dateline london.line london, the programme that brings together some of british journalism's leading commentators to debate with internationaljournalists whose dateline is london. this week: high noon in the chiltern hills as cabinet ministers finally agree on brexit. now they just have to persuade the eu. and donald trump's european tour, via windsor castle, nato hq and tete—a—tete with vladimir putin. with me to discuss those stories are, david aaronovitch, columnist for the times newspaper, jef mcallister, an american writer and broadcaster, maria margaronis of the nation, and the british conservative commentator alex deane. good to have you with this on an interesting weekend. i said it was high noon at chequers, the british prime minister's country residence. perhaps i should have said high tea. this was the moment when theresa may had to corral her disputatious, at times disloyal, cabinet colleagues to accept a single uk negotiating position on brexit. we'll be out of the single market, but will

all analysed in dateline london in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning.operation has begun to rescue the 12 boys and their football coach

that's in dateline london. good afternoon.billion—pound project to install smart energy meters has been heavily criticised by a group of mps. they've warned it's likely to save customers just £11 per year. the report says the programme risks falling behind schedule and ending up heavily over—budget. our business correspondent, joe lynam, reports. malcolm got a smart meter. so every year, he could save enough energy... it's the biggest infrastructure projects you've probably never probably heard of. costing £11 billion, the mass roll—out of smart meters into 30 million homes throughout the uk is designed to cut our bills and make our lives easier. but things aren't going to plan. the mobile phone mast isjust there, it's touching distance. warren lives in london, and he's having problems with his smart meter connection. this so—called smart meter wasn't so smart after all. i'm finding my bill still comes through as estimated, where i have to keep updating them, manually phoning them just to give them an actual reading. until the

now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london. llo and welcome to dateline, the programme in which some of the uk's most distinguished columnists lock horns with those who write for the folks back home under the dateline london. this weekend — has theresa may's brexit plan been trumped? and after the president practises his golf swing against his fellow nato leaders, will it be a case of straight down the middle with vladimir putin, or will he be heading to the bunker? with me, john fisher burns of the new york times, alexander nekrassov, a russian journalist, the documentary film maker and italian journalist annalissa piras, and the british political commentator adam raphael. overpaid, oversexed and over here, the wartime grumble of the british about the gis, us soldiers barracked here. boy, though, did we need them — and the rest of europe. that's still the calculation 70 years on, judging by the way in which prime minister theresa may lavished praise on president donald trump, hours after a newspaper interview was published in w

now on bbc news, dateline london. hello. a warm welcome to dateline london. i'm jane hill.his week we're discussing the british prime minister's summer charm offensive in europe and asking, what is the new deal in the middle east? we'll discuss syria, iran and the us's approach. my guests this week, the british politicaljournalist steve richards, with us before he heads off to the edinburgh festival with his one—man show, from germany's die welt, stephanie bolzen, the editor of the abu—dhabi—based daily the nation, mina al oraibi, and the american writer and broadcasterjeff mcallister. it's summer — school's out, and so is parliament. but there's no rest for senior members of the british government. theresa may says she has now taken personal control of the brexit negotiations, and she and her ministers are fanning out across europe on a charm offensive, trying to win over leaders to her vision, the chequers vision, of future relations between the uk and the rest of the eu once we've left the bloc. steve, it's been a bumpy few weeks — how many times have we discussed whethe

that's it for dateline london for this week. we're back next week at the same time. goodbye. the uk, developing areas of low pressure and bringing in cool a rat from the north atlantic. two such little centres through that area of low pressure as we go into sunday, both will be focused on some very strong winds. also heavy rain, particularly across the north—west highlands and islands of scotland first thing, developing quite widely across england and wales as well. we will see winds gusting as they have done for a while, 40 miles an hour or 50 miles an hour. persistent rain western areas, heavy on the hills in the 50 litres of rain, dry and parts of eastern england first thing. some rain to the east of northern ireland but generally a dry day he compare to saturday. turning wet across the south. much of central and northern scotland will be dry and after a windy and website for the hebrides for the early rises, it will be getting better, winds gradually easing. the range should ease as well. turning wet across a good part of scotland through the day. persistent rain spreadin

now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, and a very warm welcome to dateline london. i'm jane hill.his week, what do my guests make of the deal struck by european leaders around migration? how are relations between britain and the eu as we approach very difficult cabinet talks? and we'll discuss the direction of the us supreme court, as its longest serving justice announces his retirement. my guests this week: the british conservative commentator alex deane, the irish times correspondent, suzanne lynch, the guardian columnist, nesrine malik, and the american writer, and host of the frdh podcast, michael goldfarb. a warm welcome to all of you. at the eu summit this week, leaders reached an agreement, of sorts, around migration — to set up secure centres in eu states for migrants, in which their asylum claims would be processed. however, these centres will be established on only a voluntary basis, and observers are already criticising the lack of detail in the plans. the french president emmanuel macron said the deal struck the right balance between responsibility and solidarity — tho

with foreign correspondents whose dateline is london. this week: theresa may's pragmatic brexit receives the approval of mps by a whisker. does a no—deal exit from europe now look more likely? and did the president mis—speak, or is he trump the traitor? to discuss all that, with me agnes poirier of the french magazine marianne, polly toynbee, columnist with the guardian, iain martin, whose columns appear in the times, and the irish broadcaster brian o'connell. a warm welcome to all of you. living in brexitland does sometimes feel like being on the other side of the looking glass. how's this for starters — one of theresa may's ministers resigned this week because he wanted to support her chequers brexit plan, but said he was being ordered to vote against it. part of that plan was approved by a majority of just three in a house of commons of 650 — and then only because three mps from the labour opposition supported her, and the leader of the liberal democrats, another opposition party, told by his party managers it wouldn't be a close vote

to debate with internationaljournalists whose dateline is london.r, via windsor castle, nato hq and tete—a—tete with vladimir putin. with me to discuss those stories are, david aaronovitch, columnist for the times newspaper jef mcallister, an american writer and broadcaster maria margaronis of the nation and the british conservative commentator alex deane. good to have you with this on an interesting weekend. this was the moment when theresa may had to corral her sometimes disloyal cabinet colleagues. we‘ll be out of the single market, but will "harmonize" our trade in goods with eu standards, not on services where the uk wil go its own way, though even here, the uk wants "strong recipricol arrangements" with the european union. we‘ll be out of the customs union but in a new customs territory. the eu‘s freedom of movement is replaced by a mobility framework, so europeans can study and work here and we can do the same in the eu. the european court ofjustice won‘t have jurisdiction any longer

with foreign correspondents whose dateline is london.ook more likely? and did the president mis—speak, or is he trump the traitor? to discuss all that, with me agnes poirier of the french magazine marianne, polly toynbee, columnist with the guardian, iain martin, whose columns appear in the times, and the irish broadcaster brian 0'connell. a warm welcome to all of you. living in brexitland does sometimes feel like being on the other side of the looking glass. how's this for starters — one of theresa may's ministers resigned this week because he wanted to support her chequers brexit plan, but said he was being ordered to vote against it. part of that plan was approved by a majority of just three in a house of commons of 650 — and then only because three mps from the labour opposition supported her, and the leader of the liberal democrats, another opposition party, told by his party managers it wouldn't be a close vote, went off for dinner instead. iain, in alice in wonderland, the red queen likes to believe six impossible things before br

that's it for dateline london for this week — we're back next week at the same time. goodbye.mmer they are out there for most of us but not for all so let's take a look at where we have seen some beautiful weather so far. glorious across devon but this is indicative of much of england and wales but further north and west the cloud gathers and the rain has arrived as you can see in the highlands. this weather front continues to bring wet weather across the west of scotland and northern ireland. it is going to introduce fresh conditions and ahead of it predominantly dry and sunny. some of the rain has been heavy at times and we start to see moving further the least as it pushes into northern ireland and then to western scotland. we not expecting too much across eastern scotland and into the borders, just clothing over as they go through the day with the rain arriving later on. maybe more cloud in northern england and north west wales but elsewhere the light south—westerly breeze and the temperature set to soar. highs of 30 celsius. a little bit fresher behind that front, 17—20.

that's it for dateline london for this week — we're back next week at the same time. goodbye. ondon area, but parts of scotland and northern ireland reached 26. the lion's share of the sunshine and warmth will be in england and wales. scotland and northern ireland, there is a weather system that gave some cloud on saturday to highland scotland, and thatis saturday to highland scotland, and that is pushing further south—east. you can see here this weather system will bring more cloud and more rain across scotland and northern ireland, whereas england and wales, high pressure holding on for another day, and here comes the sunshine once again. cloud increasing for scotla nd once again. cloud increasing for scotland and northern ireland. patchy rain spreading east. not much in eastern scotland. it is all late in the day. maybe into the evening. until then, still some sunny spells. lots of sunshine to come for england and wales even though there will be some cloud building, especially the further west you are. every bit as warm or as hot as it was on saturday. a little bit cooler, w

now it's time for dateline london.

now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london.iscussing the british prime minister's summer charm offensive in europe and asking, what is the new deal in the middle east? we'll discuss syria, iran and the us's approach. my guests this week — the british political journalist steve richards, with us before he heads off to the edinburgh festival with his one—man show. from germany's die welt, stephanie bolzen. the editor of the abu—dhabi—based daily the nation, mina al 0raibi.

dateline london is coming up. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts.t. some nuisance and west where we have a weak weatherfront. some nuisance value rain and drizzle in the north and west of scotland and northern ireland. elsewhere the low cloud has been clearing and despite keeping a bit offair been clearing and despite keeping a bit of fair weather cloud it will be dry and bright with some strong sunshine. it will be warmer than yesterday. it should be fine for the golf. over night the cloud thickens in the north and west and the rain is heavier. but tonight it will be warm and humid. temperatures higher than the night just warm and humid. temperatures higher than the nightjust gone.

from all of us on the programme, until the same time next week, that is dateline london.brings plenty more dry weather with lots of hot sunshine. there is a bit of cloud around. some coastal cloud. sea breezes developing close to the coasts as well. more cloud generally into northern ireland and to the far west of scotland with the odd spot of drizzle. but for most of us, it isa of drizzle. but for most of us, it is a semi—story for the rest of the day. across eastern scotland, from aberdeen go to edinburgh, a of sunshine. temperatures in glasgow up to 20 ford celsius. a bit more cloud in northern ireland. further east, hot sunshine. 31 degrees in london. just a small transfer a shower across the south—east. big england match this afternoon. we dive under the clouds towards the arena. as you can see, there are some areas blue sky likely to be overhead. kick—off is at 3pm. temperatures around about 26 degrees. what about the forecast for wimbledon through the rest of the day? lots of hot sunshine. temperatures topping out at around about 30 degrees. only cooling off very s

coming up on dateline london, a further look at donald trump's visit to the uk, his advice for theresan brexit and a look ahead to his meeting with vladamir putin in helsinki on monday. hello, and welcome to turnberry, where president trump is spending the weekend at his golf resort. we continue to pick through the diplomatic debut of this visit. he made a range of differing statements on the trade deal that will be caught after brexit is completed. he has treated this morning, after arriving on his estate. while most things he says are contentious, on this one there are some things we can agree on. he described the setting here in scotland as beautiful. indeed, it is a gorgeous summer beautiful. indeed, it is a gorgeous summer day. he will be making the most of that by playing golf later on. we will focus as well on the protest. we know there are further protests planned in glasgow and edinburgh today. in a moment we hear from the man who organised that protest, as a paragliderflew towards the president. hotel yesterday. here is lorna gordon looking ahead to the day. scotland is a cou

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hello, a warm welcome to dateline london, i'mjane hill, and this week we're discussing the british primeuss syria, iran and the us's approach. my guests this week: the british politicaljournalist steve richards, with us before he heads off to the edinburgh festival with his one—man show; from germany's die welt, stephanie bolzen; the editor of the abu—dhabi—based daily the nation, mina al oraibi; and the american writer and broadcasterjeff mcallister. it's summer — school's out, and so is parliament.

most distinguished columnists lock horns with those who write for the folks back home under the dateline londont practises his golf swing against his fellow nato leaders, will it be a case of straight down the middle with vladimir putin, or will he be heading to the bunker? with me, john fisher burns of the new york times, alexander nekrassov, a russian journalist, the documentary film maker and italian journalist annalissa piras, and the british political commentator adam raphael. overpaid, oversexed and over here, the wartime grumble of the british about the gis, us soldiers barracked here.

all analysed in dateline london in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning.operation has begun to rescue the 12 boys and their football coach from the flooded cave in northern thailand where they've been trapped for the last for the last fortnight. these british divers are part of the international rescue mission which could take four days to bring all of the boys and their coach to the surface, and that is dependent on the weather. our correspondent sophie long sent this from outside the cave complex. for the past week, rescue workers have done all they can to prepare, and today is d—day. 13 international expert divers have started to bring the boys out. translation: there is no other day that is as right as today. if we don't start the extraction on the day we most benefit from, we may lose this window of opportunity. this whole operation is a war against water. it's monsoon season here and there is much more of it on the way. the boys are stuck in a cave deep inside that mountain, and look above, rain clouds. soon there could be water gushing down those sl

all analysed in dateline london in half an hour, here on bbc news.you did not know, the next step in england's world cupjourney is under way. millions of fans watch the team play sweden in the quarterfinal. england are leading the match 1—0 after a goalfrom harry mcguire in the 30th minute. these are the live shots at the moment. they're into the second half. there have been a couple of opportunities for more goals for england. many commentators saying that sweden are looking ponderous at the moment, but raheem sterling came up the moment, but raheem sterling came up with those chances following kane's header. —— maguire‘s header. this is england's biggest world cup game since losing to west germany on penalties in the semifinals at italia ‘90. they are taking place now. our correspondent sarah corker is in sunderland. talk us through what happened when that header went in? as you would expect, the crowd erupted. everyone was jumping as you would expect, the crowd erupted. everyone wasjumping up as you would expect, the crowd erupted. everyone was ju

. >>> and demonstrators protested his visit in nearby london as president trump meets with the queen. now back to "datelineback. i'm craig melvin. when ralph candelario's account of the home invasion was published, it became the talk of the town. everyone wondered, could this story be true? ralph said yes. and police wondered if the truth was in there, somewhere. returning to "tangled," here's keith morrison. >> ralph candelario appeared to believe that his 3,300-word letter about the murder of his wife would be the accepted true account of that terrible event. but here's what pam's daughter, shannon, thought. >> it felt overly dramatic and really just glamorous that he was the victim of this. and that wasn't -- that made me sick. >> and angry obviously. >> yeah. >> her sister kelsey's interpretation? >> i thought it was very strange. i thought that he had some work to do on a story because it sounded really phony. >> entitled to their opinions, of course. but then so were the cops. recovered memory? no, said the cbi's jody wright. more like a cover-up. >> nothing in his statement matched anything that i k