a beautiful evening here in oxfordshire, on the eastern edge ofa in oxfordshire, on the eastern edgeinto the mid—20s, we will get warmer than that over the next few days. a few scattered showers notably across south wales in southeastern england. they will slowly fade away as we head into this evening. largely dry conditions overnight. temperatures similarto conditions overnight. temperatures similar to last night between 11-14d, but similar to last night between 11—14d, but most of us had a reasonable sleep in. similar weather on friday, brightening up with some sunshine. sunny skies to start their... we will see some showers developed, and those jars will turn heavy, thunder stretching down to western sides of england and wales into the south midlands and central southern england. showers and thunderstorms capable of bringing half a mile's worth of rain in the span ofan half a mile's worth of rain in the span of an hour. but it will feel a bit warmer later. hello this is bbc news. the headlines president trump has arrived in the uk for his first official visit since taking office.

he met the prime minister and her husband at blenheim palace in oxfordshire. that's all very serene. but meanwhile across the uk, a different kind of reception. these are some of the pictures coming into the newsroom. protests have been held in london and around the uk. this isjust outside blenheim palace, where mr trump is meeting mrs may. protesters also gathered at regents park where the us ambassador‘s residence is and where president trump is due to sleep this evening. people also gathered to demonstrate on whitehall, near the offices of the british government. and in cambridge, crowds also gathered to express their opinions. just a little snapshot of what is taking place. the president's already spoken about the protests earlier in the day, and he seemed unconcerned. ijust want the people to be happy. they're great people. and i do think i have, sure there'll be protests, because there are always protests. but i think they will protest the night of the election, both ways. it's been a busy day for the president. he made those comments there in brussels,

president on this visit therefore is anyone's guess jonah how al-jazeera plannin palace oxfordshire which i mentioned there were protests outside the u.s. ambassador's residence or. even larger ones are expected throughout his visit. today with demonstrators in central london this is what it takes to accommodate the u.s. president here in central london vast numbers of police have been deployed here to winfield house the official residence of the u.s. ambassador here in london and this ring of steel has been erected around the entire compound donald trump has been a relieving and leaving from here by a helicopter the biggest concern that the police had was that if he tried to get here by road huge protests well this is very much.

air force all spray aircraft making their way into the oxfordshire countryside now towards the first official engagement of this u.k. visit. with prime minister to resign may and business leaders at blenheim palace at the birthplace of winston churchill in an effort to press the u.k. government played on all the pomp and charm possible. its not a full state visit trump declined the offer of one reportedly because of public opposition to the idea and the threat of mass protests this then is build a working visit to. prime minister made his last two cabinet ministers this week over tortured bricks and negotiations what she and her government want most from trump now is indorsement both of the famed special relationship and hopes of the u.k. u.s. trade deal after breaks it in recent days he said may's government is in turmoil and question the government's preferred plan for brics it what they will actually get from the u.s. president on this visit therefore is anyone's guess jonah how al-jazeera blend empower us oxfordshire. i said i mentioned there were protests outside the u.s. ambass

. >> without interruption, our coverage continues of this dinner, the golden hour in oxfordshire, 8:00, british summertime, a spectacular spectacular evening and why don't we just enjoy this together. [ ♪ ] ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> shepard: dinner time now at glenheim palace, oxfordshire. the president's european tour where the government is no doubt in crisis. the prime minister facing pressure to resign as the united kingdom planned to split from the eu. the president said the united states is spending too much money to protect european allies from the russians. there were reports that president trump threatened to pull out of nato unless and until european friends started spending more on defense. the president now says his tough talk worked. >> tremendous progress has been made. everybody has greed to substantially up their commitment. they're going to up it at levels that they never thought of before. >> could you clarify, are you still threatening to potentially pull the united states out of nato for any reason and do you believe you can do that without congress' support and approva

there was a pantomime atmosphere playing up in the genteel oxfordshire countryside, but with a definedmr trump's presence. i think this is against misogyny and racism, but i'm against his politics generally. and the problem is, the man with the policies has absolutely awful policies that are only out to, well, really better himself. the president may have had his orchestra inside, but the protesters came organised as well. and, although one or two tried to slip beyond the reach of the huge security presence here, it stayed peaceful and passionate. well, many of these people here have been waiting six or seven hours for the arrival of donald trump. they know they're unlikely to see him and he's unlikely to see them. what they want to do here is vocalise their anger and their frustration at the president's visit. but, even in the midst of this, donald trump had a few supporters. i've come to show solidarity and support to our closest ally, and donald trump, and to show that he is very, very welcome. this process was ageless, diverse and energised. there'll be an even bigger one in london

i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in oxfordshire.trump says britain is a political hot spot but fortunately the british people like him a lot. polls suggest the former statement may be more accurate than the latter. the us president is on his way to dinner with the prime minister at blenheim palace at the start of an official visit that has been choreographed to keep him as far as possible from mass protests. here in oxfordshire, police have shut down the local town of woodstock and they are keeping our cameras far away from the dinner itself. that hasn't stopped the president making waves — he said he was happy to come here. before leaving the nato summit he inserted himself into the brexit debate, suggesting mrs may's new brexit plan isn't what the british people voted for. tonight we'll have comprehensive coverage and we start with the bbc‘s the moment president trump finally made it to britain. touched down at stansted. not for a still promised state visit, but a much scaled—down working visit. that reflects a country split down

we think something like 700 protesters are here to night in east oxfordshire.very noisy. very peaceful at the moment. —— here tonight. normally the kind of people you don't normally see protesting tonight. some of them telling us they have two objections to donald trump, firstly, they regard him as a racist and others regard him as a racist and others regard him as a racist and others regard him as a misogynist, somebody who has bad attitudes to women. in a sense, they are putting the policies of donald trump to one side and picking on the man himself. he is due to arrive in a couple of hours to have dinner with 150 business leaders. the people what to get a message to him loud and clear, that he's not welcome as he continues his visit to the united kingdom. they wa nt visit to the united kingdom. they want to come out here and make as much right as possible to send the message, "mr trump, we much right as possible to send the message, "mrtrump, we don't much right as possible to send the message, "mr trump, we don't want you here in the united kingdom. thank y

home of the us ambassador later today in central london, he'll come here to blenheim palace in oxfordshireived in the uk at lunchtime with his wife, the first lady, melania trump, following some rather fractious exchanges at the nato summit in brussels. more than 18 months after becoming president, donald trump is finally heading to britain for what has been described as a working, not a state visit. he was taken by helicopter to london, flying over the city centre before coming into land. he and the first lady have been greeted by the us ambassador. the preparations for this first official visit by mr trump to britain have included massive security measures costing millions of pounds. this is regent ‘s park where he will spend the night in the us ambassador ‘s residence. an opinion poll on the eve of this visit showed 50% disagreed with him coming here. and already following a fractious and nato meeting in brussels this morning the us president has stirred up morning the us president has stirred up controversy here, wading into the brexit debate. and whether the government ‘s new approach

dinner at a palace in oxfordshire but in the capital crowds who took to the streets to voice their outrage over the president's visit sasha citric and i reports from london the general mood here is that these people don't want donald trump to be visiting the u.k. at all in fact just earlier we saw this protest his helicopter was landing just behind us and things god's extremely loud here these people are forced just part of the pond protests that will be taking place in the u.k. for outside the next couple of days with massive protests expected to take place on friday and indeed this is donald trump's final official visit t.j. as he was president it's been granted really has official working visit as opposed to a state visit just takes out the level of problems that would otherwise be associated with the state leader coming to the u.k. and of course it was done well before he even arrived here the controversy surrounding his visit has been taking place with people protesting that he come here at all with even the m.p.'s discussing in parliament whether or not he should be allowed to do tha

you with us the president has been welcomed by theresa may to a black tie dinner at a palace in oxfordshire but in the capital crowds that took to the streets are voiced their outrage over the president's visit which is a necessity if you're going to reports now from london the general mood here is that these people don't want donald trump to be visiting the u.k. at all in fact just earlier we saw this protest his helicopter was landing just behind us and things got extremely loud here these people are forced just part of the pond protests that will be taking place in the u.k. throughout the next couple of days with massive protests expected to take place on sunday and indeed this is donald trump the first official visit to the cape. that it. really has our official working visit as opposed to the state to just take down the level of problems that would otherwise be associated with the state leader coming to you kate and of course it was done well before he even though right here the controversy surrounding his visit has been taking place with people protesting that he come here don't even

at the event at blenheim palace in oxfordshire, mr may made a case for a new trade deal with the united states after britain leaves the european union. injapan, at least 200 people are now reported to have been killed in the worst flooding to hit the country in nearly a0 years. rescuers are still searching for dozens of people missing in the prefectures of hiroshima and okayama. and this story is trending on bbc.com. workers at an italian fiat chrysler plant will strike over the signing of cristiano ronaldo tojuventus. the football club and the carmaker are both controlled by the agnelli family, who agreed to sign the portuguese star for over £99 million. that's all from me. another story making the news here in the uk: ministers have given their approval to rupert murdoch's bid to take control of the broadcaster sky. his company, 21st century fox, has agreed to sell sky news to address concerns about his influence over the uk media. the us... between time warner and at&t. and it's the deadliest natural disasters since the 2011 tsunami. we find out how long it will take for japan to rec

the prime minister has welcomed him, along with the first lady to bleinheim palace in oxfordshire, where down to dinner with 150 invited guests. protesters however gathered outside as he arrived. controversy has long surrounded this visit, and it's expected thousands will march against it over the next few days the uk parliament finally publishes its blueprint on brexit, amid chaotic scenes in parliament and we'll be covering the extraordinary rise of kyliejenner, from the kardashian clan, who's on track to become the world's youngest—ever self—made billionaire.

the president has been welcomed by theresa may to a black tie dinner at a palace in oxfordshire but in the capital crowds took to the streets to voice their outrage over the president's visit that he's honest which are kind of reports now from. the general mood here is that these people don't want donald trump to be visiting the u.k. at all in fact just earlier we saw this protest his helicopter was landing just behind us and things got extremely loud here these people are forced just up part of the final protest that will be taking place in the u.k. for outside the next couple of days with massive protests expected to take place on sunday. and indeed this is donald trump first official visit t.j. our president. really has official working visit as opposed to the state to just take down the level of problems that would otherwise be associated with a state leader coming to the u.k. and of course he was up well before he even arrived here the controversy surrounding his visit has been taking place with people protesting that he come here at all with even the ham he's discussing in parlia

being welcomed by british prime minister to reason may for a lavish dinner london palace in oxfordshire may is expected to use the event to press her case for an ambitious new trade deal with the us. but it's not all glitz and glamour thousands of protesters converged on the capital london to show their opposition to some of trump's more controversial policies. this is unacceptable and has the united states what's the intention is to keep awake make noise any way we can to let them know how happy we are about this. big guy is a racist don't like what he's done to the u.s. i just think that the majority of people here in america around the world we don't support him you know a racist bigoted billionaire who represents the economic interests of the billionaires the rich the one percent i think that's a message that we don't support those policies and you know what of syrian government forces and their russian allies have raised the national flag over there as an old city as a hugely symbolic moment in the seven year war they're always the birthplace of the uprising against president basha

those protests are happening a double trump will be taking in scenery culture blenheim palace in oxfordshire where the president is. right now is the birthplace of winston churchill trump will then spend the night the us. london residence it's done to business on friday out the p.m.'s country residence checkers for talks with the new foreign secretary jeremy hunt after the us president and the first lady will visit windsor castle on meet the queen finally they're expected to fly to scotland to spend the weekend at trump's turnberry golf course well central london will be largely avoided during the trip us further protests are expected over the coming days but to ensure the president's safety is security in britain a massive security operation is in place he will be accompanied by a of his own staff as well as the multiple helicopters to highly secure. as well some reports put the total shared cost of the trip up the figure thirty million pounds incredible stuff well journalist mike riley believes the protests will have very little impact on trump's visit and his talks with trees and me. he'l

palace the birthplace of world war two leader winston churchill don't know how joins us live from oxfordshire which is where brennan palace is or what the political expectations as this visit kicks off . well they begin these sort of political meetings here at lenin palace not far from where i'm standing about eighty kilometers to the west of london in the oxfordshire countryside he'll be helicoptered here for a dinner hosted by the prime minister at the birthplace of winston churchill attended by business leaders now this isn't a full state visit but no opportunity missed for pomp and pageantry where it can be there are military bands piping him in and out of all of his engagements he's having tea with the queen of windsor there is a huge and very expensive security operation underway it's all designed to impress upon the president the importance and strength of the so-called special relationship between the u.s. and the u.k. you may recall treason may was the first world leader to meet him at the white house after his inauguration she was widely criticised for allowing her hand to be held b

tonight, donald trump will have a dinner with leading business people at blenheim palace in oxfordshire. donald trump says he is fine about any protests during his visit, adding he thought britons like him a lot. the government has published its blueprint for uk relations with the european union. the proposal is aimed at ensuring trade co—operation with no hard border for northern ireland and global trade deals for the uk. and the british diver who helped rescue the 12 schoolboys and their football coach from a flooded cave in thailand says he doesn't consider himself a hero. in a moment, it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we're live at blenheim palace, where donald trump is dining with some of the uk's most influential business leaders. as the brexit white paper is published, we'll take a look at the likelihood of a trade deal with the us. and we'll take a look at tomorrow's papers — that's at 10:30pm and 11:30pm. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello, i'm olly foster live in moscow

plane and palace first off of the birthplace of winston churchill the grand state of the pile in oxfordshire. there he's going to have dinner with to reserve may they've not seen eye to eye on many things despite when the cameras are pointing at them with a lot of talk of collaboration and cooperation and occasionally you'll get a whiff of the mention of special relationship but in between separate thoughts on how bracks it should pan out trade tariffs nato the e.u. there's a lot of places that the reason may divert is right now donald trump by the magic is probably riding the crest of a wave in his mind anyway certainly over that nato summit where he believes he's got every other member on board to boost all of their defense spending your two percent from them eventually he wants something as big as four percent so he thinks that's all down to him but he's arriving in britain of course at a time of great and to my. politics in great britain it's been a tough week for to reason may at checkers which is the prime minister's country residence last week she had a lock in with the cabinet and in

the president's visit to britain, mrs may has been hosting a gala dinner at bleinheim palace in oxfordshiree birthplace of mr trump's hero, winston churchill. our north america editor, jon sopel reports. all dressed up, and donald trump does have somewhere to go. not a state visit, this is meant to be just a routine work trip for the president, accompanied by first lady melania. well, you could've fooled me. the british are pulling out all the stops. this may be a country in turmoil, as the president remarked, but it still knows how to put on a show. the bands of the welsh, irish and scots guards beat a retreat, and the setting for tonight's banquet was the magnificent blenheim palace, winston churchill's birthplace, and a hero of donald trump's. theresa may and husband philip waited patiently to greet them. when the turmoil of brexit is finally over, this is the man who she might be concluding a trade deal with, and the prime minister wants to make him feel welcome — a feeling not universally shared. hey, ho, racist trump has got to go. at the gates of blenheim, protesters gathered to voic

president on this visit therefore is anyone's guess jonah how al-jazeera plannin palace oxfordshire. alas we mentioned there have been protests outside the ambassadors are. saying an even larger ones are expected on friday and a baka has spent the day with demonstrators in central london. this is what it takes to accommodate the u.s. president here in central london vast numbers of police of being deployed here to winfield house the official residence of the u.s. ambassador here in london and this ring of steel has been erected around the entire compound donald trump has been a wrong leaving and leaving from here by helicopter the biggest concern that the police had was that if you try to get here by road. well this is very much just a stone's right louts of a colorful band of protesters have gathered on the perimeter of winfield house they say they'll make as much noise as possible throughout the night to make trump stay here as uncomfortable as possible you come armed with a call into their household we are down roots are in the ground our heads are saying this is an unacceptable t

at the event at blenheim palace in oxfordshire, mr may made a case for a new trade deal with the uniteded in the worst flooding to hit the country in nearly a0 years. rescuers are still searching for dozens of people missing in the prefectures of hiroshima and okayama. and this story is trending on bbc.com. workers at an italian fiat chrysler plant will strike over the signing of cristiano ronaldo tojuventus. the football club and the carmaker are both controlled by the agnelli family, who agreed to sign the portuguese starfor over 99 million.

protests are happening donald trump will be taking in some scenery on culture a blend them paulison oxfordshire where the president is right now is the birthplace of winston churchill triple then spend the night at the u.s. . london residence and then it's done to business on friday the pm country residence checkers for talks with the new foreign secretary jeremy hunt after all that the u.s. president the first lady will visit windsor castle on. meet the queen finally they're expected to fly to scotland to spend the weekend trump's turn golf course maybe get nine holes in as well well central london will be largely avoided during the trip as further protests are expected over the coming days but to ensure the president's security in britain a massive security operation is in place he will be accompanied by a thousand of his own staff as well as multiple helicopters and two limos some reports put the total shared cost of the trip out around thirty million pounds well journalist mike ruddy believes the protests will have very little impact on trump's visits and indeed his talks with trees and the

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after breakfast on china is outside ban in palace for us in oxfordshire i mention the trade deal there but rarely is this visit more about appearances then fleshing out policies with the u.k. jonah. i mean really so it's probably about both it's about appearances and the impression created hopefully by the government's reckoning contributing towards the useful advance of some sort of policy what they really want out of this of course is the endorsement of the so-called special relationship between the u.s. and the u.k. and for warm words at the very least from donald trump about breaks it in a possible trade deal as you mentioned there breaks it and so in the list of engagements well away from the protesters mainly in london you see these rather impressive locations planned in palace where they are tonight the birthplace of winston churchill breakfast with trees and checkers a country retreat and then tea with the queen at windsor all designed to create as much charm for the u.s. president short of a full state visit will it work well it's notoriously hard to read donald trump of cours

the american president will spend time in london, oxfordshire and windsor during the two—day workingo protest and forces from across the country have been asked to send officers to assist. the home office said other forces can be "recompensed by the hosting force". the summer is always busy, presidential visit will be busy, the walk—out will always give more the need for police and then salisbury, other incidents around the country. —— the bulk up. we have got the perfect storm that uk policing is struggling to cope with because of everything else they've had to endure. injapan, at least 50 people are reported to have been killed and dozens are missing after floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains. 118,000 police, firefighters and members of japan's self—defence forces are responding to appeals for help. more than 1.5 million residents have been ordered to evacuate their homes. andrew plant has the latest. from a helicopter, as far as the eye can see, parts of japan are underwater. mass evacuations are now under way. whole families are being floated to safety. others left

being welcomed by british prime minister tourism may for a lavish dinner and then in palace in oxfordshire many is expected to use the event to press her case for an ambitious new trade deal with the u.s. post breakfast but it's not all glitz and glamour thousands of protesters converged on the capital london to show their opposition to some of trump's more controversial policies. and this is only. interesting i think what's the intention is to keep them awake make noise any way we can to let them know how happy we are about to still sit down my mom is a big guy is a racist i don't like what he's done to the u.s. i just think that the majority of people here in america around the world we don't support him you know a racist bigoted billionaire who represents the economic interests of the billionaires the rich the one percent i think that's a message that we don't support those policies and you know what i'm. with her heading to the u.k. was at the nato summit in brussels where he declared victory in his go over spending but some nato leaders are disputing is claimed to have persuaded membe

conference but it was too recent may was standing with her husband philip way outside lennon palace in oxfordshire waiting to greet the president and his wife millennia that she was apparently informed of this interview with the sun newspaper in which donald trump said these very i could say unusual comments about to resume the prime minister of the u.k. before he was about to spend four days in the united kingdom and obviously the very controversial they've driven i would say a coach in horse through a normal u.s. u.k. diplomacy not to mention the fact that he has so blatantly criticized the way in which he has been dealing with bricks it and what she wants to get out of a deal with the e.u. once the u.k. has left the e.u. with him saying very clearly as we had that i would have done it much differently and that it will probably kill the deal any deal with the u.s. over trades and making it very very difficult for her and she's already dealing with huge turmoil within her own conservative party two cabinet resignations this week boris johnson david davis and the backbench tory m.p.'s up in arms f

the relationship i would say the relationship is absolutely special kate i live in london park in oxfordshire just north of oxford and last night the president was hosted by the prime minister and both of them by the mob are of course at lenin palace and business leaders from all over the u.k. were present and they got an earful from the president about what the opportunities could be for enhanced trade relationships between the u.s. and the u.k. and that to me is the essence of a special relationship. well in terms of let's have a look at what's been said before my how much will to reason may's version of brecht's that affect the u.k.'s chance of the trade deal donald trump said it will not cause it fake news but it's it's going to make things tricky at least as. well he's tweeted that he advised her how to handle breaks it and she didn't follow his advice now it was at least partly leg pulling on his part because he likes to troll people that he's tweeting about but there is more than an element of truth to that he thinks she ought to hew a little bit closer to the line the tories reporting

there was a pantomime atmosphere playing out in the genteel oxfordshire countryside, but with a definedsence. this is against the misogyny and racism, but i am against his politics generally. the problem is the man with the policies has absolutely awful policies that are only out to, well, really better himself. the president may have had his orchestra inside, but the protesters came organised as well. and although one or two tried to slip beyond the reach of the huge security presence here it stayed peaceful and passionate. many of these people here have been waiting six seven or hours for the arrival of donald trump. they know they are unlikely to see him and he's unlikely to see him and he's unlikely to see them. but what they wa nt to unlikely to see them. but what they want to do here is vocalise their anger and their frustration at the president's visit. but even in the midst of this, donald trump had a few supporters. i've come to show solidarity and support to our closest ally and donald trump, and to show a warm welcome. this protest was ageless, diverse and energised. there wi

at the event at blenheim palace in oxfordshire, mr may made a case for a new trade deal with the united states after britain leaves the european union. injapan, at least 200 people are now reported to have been killed in the worst flooding to hit the country in nearly a0 years. rescuers are still searching for dozens of people missing in the prefectures of hiroshima and okayama. and this story is trending on bbc.com. workers at an italian fiat chrysler plant will strike over the signing of cristiano ronaldo tojuventus. the football club and the carmaker are both controlled by the agnelli family, who agreed to sign the portuguese starfor over 99 million. now on bbc news — hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. president donald trump seems to value his gut instinct more than expert advice and appears to respect raw power more than traditional alliances. this is not a president ready to make nice with europe simply because of shared values. amid the constant churn of administration staff his informal advisers seem to know him best — like my guest today — long—time trump ally an

president of united states, getting a warm welcome in the united kingdom, meeting with theresa may in oxfordshire. teresa may a prime ministership is hanging in balance. our allies agreed to increase their defense spending to meet new nato standards. >> yesterday, i let them know i was unhappy with what was happening. they have substantially upped their commitment, yeah. now we're very happy, and have a powerful, very strong nato. much stronger than it was two days ago. lou: and joining us christian whiten former state deput is department senior adviser. president saying what was confirmed by secretar secretaryl of nato, there is a new effort to raise defense spending on part of all 29 nato member nations. >> this could be a big change. one that alluded previous presidents, not just donald trump who pressed for this. president trump saying and others confirming that leaders agree to spend perhaps 33 billion to 40 billion dollars more, that could increase security of nato or provide us relief. now the proof will be in the pudding, so far so good. lou: merkel, germany, singled out for if you will,

president trump will visit oxfordshire, the birthplace of winston churchill for a black high dinner. he will visit buckinghamshire to theresa may's country estate. for the highly anticipated photo op with queen elizabeth ii he will be at windsor castle. flun of those will take place in london, but they are downplaying the fact saying that president trump is not trying to avoid confronting that's protests. brook. >> sarah westwood, thank you. >>> president trump meantime takes a not so vailed swipe against not just one, but two republican icons slamming george h.w. bush and senator john mccain, and in the same event praising vladimir putin. also hear from the mother who walked out to the e.p.a. -- he has resigned this week. let's get her reaction. , are you okay? even when i was there, i never knew when my symptoms would keep us apart. so i talked to my doctor about humira. i learned humira can help get, and keep uc under control when other medications haven't worked well enough. and it helps people achieve control that lasts. so you can experience few or no symptoms. humira can lower

just spending a few hours in oxfordshire. what will the discussion revolve around?s not as if the president and theresa may have had the warmest of relationships. maria: that's right, and theresa may has been under some much pressure this week. she put out a white paper and has had a number of resignations this week. the one thing you can argue for go is that exit is just a no area. might be too late for that. trump said that this looks like a brexit that is not the brexit that the people in the u.k. voted for. the other big item is going to be trade. remember, theresa may put so much of her own political capital in get this huge trade deal with the u.s., but we have had no progress on that and trump is doing the opposite, just not taking part in international trade anymore. the conversation has shifted but maybe that is an area where theresa may want -- might want to get some clarity. mark: how significant is it that the bulk of his visit to the u.k. is taking place in historic sites of significance outside london? maria: i think it's pretty significant that he wil

on their arrival next thursday afternoon, trump will travel to blenheim palace in oxfordshire, the birthplacel. in the evening, theresa may will host a dinner for the president and the first lady at the stately home. invited guests will include around 100 business leaders. on friday, they'll travel to meet the queen at windsor castle, before heading to scotland for the weekend for the private element of the official visit. soldiers were drafted in to tackle the blaze on the moors in stalybridge. they have been at the scene of the fire for the last nine days. a police file containing personal details of paedophiles and their victims has been found dumped in a street in hartlepool. they were discovered by a dog walker. an investigation has been launched into the incident, which happened last month. and cleveland police has referred itself to the independent office for police conduct. a nurse, who was being held on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to murder another six, has been bailed. lucy letby was arrested on tuesday as part of a police inquiry into the deaths of 17 babies

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this gives you an idea of the sort of security there is in oxfordshire today.country, some of the biggest companies that have trade links with the united states. the chancellor, the prime minister and the foreign secretary will be there. and perhaps he will get a moment to savour the birthplace of winston churchill. he was born here in 1874, spent a lot of time here as a young boy, and spent time painting and writing in the long library, which i‘m sure president trump will see this evening when he visits the palace. now the home of the 12th duke of marlborough and his family. let‘s go to westminster now and speak to sir nigel sheinwald, who was the uk ambassador to the us between 2007 and 2012. good to have you with us. in his time, sir winston was a bit of a disrupter. what do you think he would make of this president?” think he would want to see this president understanding not just think he would want to see this president understanding notjust the history and having notjust an emotionalfondness for history and having notjust an emotional fondness for the uk

on their arrival next thursday afternoon, trump will travel to blenheim palace in oxfordshire, the birthplacepresident and the first lady at the stately home. invited guests will include around a hundred business leaders. on friday, they'll travel to meet the queen at windsor castle, before heading to scotland for the weekend for the private element of the official visit. our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins, is here. james, we have some details. what do you read into the details of the visit? the president will spend almost no time in london, in the capital. that is quite remarkable. you'll be seeing the prime minister at chequers. that is not unprecedented. downing street have pointed out that mr nixon and the presidents bush saw the prime minister at chequers and not downing street. they are denying it is anything to do with avoiding the protest which are expected in london but by overnighting at the official residence of the ambassador, a mansion in regents park, and by moving mostly by helicopter between these locations outside of london, i think it is very unlikely that donald tr

mrs may was at a black—tie dinner with president trump at blenheim palace in oxfordshire as news brokeofis interview. and the president also said that he was disappointed the pm didn't seem to have taken his advice on how to negotiate brexit. with anti—trump protesters gathering in central london this morning for a day of marches, we'll have all the latest on the president's visit, including interviews with politicians, protesters and trump supporters. hello. welcome to the programme. it's set to be another extraordinary day, to end a pretty extraordinary week. we're live until 11 this morning and for most of the next two hours we will be following president trump's visit. this morning protestors are gathering outside this building for an anti—trump march. we'll be speaking to some of them — are you one of them? you can see the live pictures of the helicopter which is just taking you can see the live pictures of the helicopter which isjust taking off, thatis helicopter which isjust taking off, that is that the us ambassador‘s residence at regents park, just a few hundred metres away from

he's got too much beauty and drama in front of him right in oxfordshire. he did have a late start by the way getting to the united kingdom due to an emergency meeting that nato leaders called after the president demands the countries increase the percentage of gdp on defense spending, so the goal which eight countries apparently will reach this year, five have already reached, it was set at 2 % back in 2014. well yesterday the president floated 4% to be hiked to 4% so can he claim victory today? we want to bring in former national security advisor to vice president dick cheney and foundation senior counselor john hannah. john, at the close of the nato meeting, all members including the u.s. restated the 2% commitment and on the surface, that's not a win. it's just status quo, but was there a more subtle victory that the president can claim that isn't so obvious? >> oh, i certainly think the president can claim real victory here. for the first time in a very long time, all the nato members are increasing their defense budget. it's clear that the president's

trish: the president, the first lady there, in oxfordshire in england. >> blenheim palace is one of thet remarkable buildings in the uk. the only non-royal residence to be called a palace by the way. one of the biggest homes in england. it was built in the early 1700s. a truly spectacular residence and area itself is absolutely beautiful. so tremendous setting for the president and first lady and of course theresa may there on the right. trish: really, you know, pretty -- i'm going to fall into the female trap here, just say that melania trump's gown is truly gorgeous there. >> yeah. trish: it's a spectacle to see her there, you see theresa may. of course our president, as they arrive at this dinner. what do you think that comradery is, right now, given england is historically, our very good friend but england is going through pretty tough stuff right now. >> yeah. trish: she is clearly coming under a lot of criticism, ashley, given that, you know, people, are upset. they don't think her willingness to get out of the whole european union is authentic as they would have wanted it to be.

palace in oxfordshire which is where so winston churchill was born and today he gets to meet the queen and he's already said that's just what his mother would have wanted but i think actually what's more interesting is what happens off to his left when he sent flying to scotland he's flying to temporary hotel which he owns on the west coast of scotland and that is then dumped a private affair we do not know who he's meeting who he will be playing golf with won't he will be discussing and i think that is very concerning probably not just for downing street safe for the u.k. but also i imagine for the white house because donald trump can be donald trump and do what he wants to do and that's nice to thank him correspondent alex forrest widing thank you very much for your insights now britain's prime minister doesn't appear to have a lot of economic options there hard. visit shows very clearly tourism is started several conflicting battles and wants ahead of the u.k. exit from the e.u. with different interest groups criticising her briggs's plans for vastly different reasons. some love it

. >> without interruption, our coverage continues of this dinner, the golden hour in oxfordshire, 8:00, british summertime, a spectacular spectacular evening and why don't we just enjoy this together.

winston churchill joins us live from oxfordshire joe what are the political expectations as this visit kicks off. the political aspirations of this visit include trying to demonstrate to the u.s. president. special relationship between the two countries to show that the u.k. has more to offer the u.s. than simply a conduit to the rest of europe and the hope of course that some progress can be extracted on a possible trade deal between the u.s. and the u.k. . a lot to achieve so there is a real effort in the engagement so they lined up the first two days to. visit dinner at the palace the birthplace of winston churchill with the prime minister with her country retreat checkers in the morning and then of course with the queen. as a president notoriously slighty with his favors he's professor support for the idea of a trade deal but on this visit has already questioned the direction of talks and negotiations saying he's looking forward as well to seeing.

they are due to arrive any moment at the palace landing zone in oxfordshire. agenda lined up for the next couple of days, including a big dinner tonight. julie, i know you were looking at the menu because it sounds delectable. julie: scottish salmon, strawberries and beef, and clotted cream ice cream. and then tomorrow, president trump and the first lady will be heading to london. president trump will continue to meet with may and her former secretary jeremy hunt. melania trump plans on visiting veterans and schoolchildren in london. by the way, what is philip may called? scarlet: mr. may. and julie, you were mentioning this earlier, blenheim palace is the 300-year-old birthplace of winston churchill. there are some of the attendees of tonight's event, who are awaiting the president's arrival as well. lots of talk sedo's there. we will keep you posted on when the president arrives. from new york, this is number. -- bloomberg. scarlet: and you are looking at live pictures of -- i do not know, it is called the beast, right? that is the limousine that carries the

dozens, i'm not actually sure how many vehicles are in the motorcades, but i can in oxfordshire and thego. in terms of what the summit might offer, both presidents have said we don't have very high expectations, playing down any hopes there maybe some sort of breakthrough coming out this summit. what it is is the first chance for the two of them to speak privately, face—to—face, just the two of them, with their translators. there will be those initial talks held between the two of them, we understand they will then broaden out, the talks, afterwards. there will be a news conference later, so an interesting day in helsinki. the finnish president has lent his palace for this occasion. in the run—up to the talks, president from has been on twitter, he has said our relationship with russia has never been worse thanks to many years of us foolishness and stupidity, and now that the rate witch—hunts, referring to what has been over indictments in the united states over allegations of russian meddling in the us election. there, the us president arriving with the first lady. heading straight in