my colleague lorna gordon, who is there at sta nsted colleague lorna gordon, who is there at stansted airportf greeting and arrival ceremony there at stansted before the president boarded marine one, as we have just seen. we could see woody johnson and jeremy hunt in the welcome party. yes, air force one touched down on schedule around nine o'clock this morning, just a quick taxi to this private area at sta nsted taxi to this private area at stansted airport. taxi to this private area at sta nsted airport. there taxi to this private area at stansted airport. there you see the doors of marine one going up a quick, smooth operation this morning, just a couple of minutes for air force one to taxi to a stop here in this area of the airport. a few minutes later, the doors at the front of air force one opened and then of course, that moment when president trump and his wife melania stood at the top of the steps. a quick wave before they headed down on to british soil to be greeted by the waiting dignitaries, amongst them woodyjohnson, the waiting dignitaries, amongst them woody johnson, the the wai

watch air force one about to come to a standstill at sta nsted about to come to a standstill at stansted airporttouching down in the last few minutes, bringing on board, of course, the a5th president of the united states, donald trump, along with the first lady, melania trump. as he was in the airjust before he touched down, donald trump tweeted about the mayor of london, the city in which he will spend the next two days, saying sadiq khan, who by all accounts

house because it was a loud noise and some people at sta nsted loud noise and some people at stansted airport nsted airport came loud noise and some people at stansted airport came out of the building and were worried that maybe a aircraft came down and people were asking what exactly happened and it turns out to raf fighter jets asking what exactly happened and it turns out to raf fighterjets were scrambled to escort an aircraft back into sta nsted airport scrambled to escort an aircraft back into stansted airport after a passenger on board a commercial flight passenger on board a commercial flight became disruptive. know what was that big bang, it was a sonic then which happens when one of the raf fighter aircraft went faster than the speed of sound. and it causes a sonic wave a bit like a large thunderclap and that is what caused the noise. that commercial aircraft was safely escorted back down into stansted and we were told to 25—year—old woman has been arrested on suspicion of two assault and endangering a aircraft and she remains in custody this evening and that large noise was not an ex

hearing a loud bang or explosion in the area around sta nsted or explosion in the area around stansted airportit or explosion in the area around stansted airport. it was heard in much of essex and even as far away as kent. many people we are told raced out of their house because it was such a loud noise, to see what had happened, some people at sta nsted ca me had happened, some people at sta nsted came out had happened, some people at stansted came out of the terminal, they were very worried, people thought may be an aircraft had come down. people were asking what exactly has happened? two raf fighterjets were exactly has happened? two raf fighter jets were scrambled exactly has happened? two raf fighterjets were scrambled to escort an aircraft back into sta nsted escort an aircraft back into stansted airport after a passenger aboard a commercial flight became disruptive. what was that big bang? it is something called a sonic boom. that happens when one of those raf fighter aircraft went faster than the speed of sound and it causes a sonic wave, a bit like a large thunderclap and that is what

but minutes before mr trump arrived in the uk at stansted airport this morning, he defied diplomaticon and resumed a feud with the mayor of london, sadiq khan. the president tweeted that he was "a stone cold loser," after the mayor said yesterday that he didn't believe the red carpet should be rolled out for president. well today, pomp and ceremony dominated proceedings, while tomorrow the president will have talks with theresa may, and then finally on wednesday, mrtrump will take part in commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the d—day landings. here's our north america editor, jon sopel. this report contains some flashing images. ona images. on a perfect english summers day donald trump arrived to a uk beset by political storms. this is a state visit only the third us president in the queens long rain to be given such an honour. but this is an american president who doesn't do much standing on ceremony. i'm sure enough before leaving washington he was again expressing his admiration for borisjohnson. was again expressing his admiration for boris johnson. i may meet with him

was waiting to greet the president on his arrival at sta nsted the president on his arrival at stansted airporten to echo that sentiment when they spoke after he arrived. jeremy hunt, the foreign secretary, underlining the fact that this is a visit by a president, and it is not about personalities. but obviously, it is meant to be very hard to avoid what is going on in terms of the personalities, because donald trump is donald trump, and has been tweeting controversial tweets already. he also tweeted about fake news and cnn. he or whether he tweets why is the palace, we will have to wait and see. but he is suddenly active on that all the time. the sun is now out at buckingham palace, and we await the arrival of president trump. let's speak to our royal correspondent who is here with me. quite interesting, the crowd behind us, because it does seem to have thinned since the trooping of the colour ended. there will be people here for trump's visit, but a lot of people here for the changing of the guard.” visit, but a lot of people here for the changing of the guard. i think you're right, i have be

some people are stansted airport came out of the terminal, they were very worried, they thought may betwo aria fighter jets asking what happened. it turns out that two aria fighterjets were scrambled to escort and aircraft back into sta nsted scrambled to escort and aircraft back into stansted after a passenger on board a commercialfright became disrupted. what was that big bang? it is something called a sonic boom. that happens when one of those aria fighter aircraft went faster than the speed of sound and it causes a sonic wave, a bit like a large thunderclap and that is what caused the noise. that commercial aircraft was safely escorted back down into sta nsted. we was safely escorted back down into stansted. we are was safely escorted back down into sta nsted. we are told was safely escorted back down into stansted. we are told a 25—year—old woman has been arrested on suspicion of to assault and endangering an aircraft and she remains in custody, but that large noise something called a sonic boom. churches could be encouraged to act as safe havens for young people at risk of becomi

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that president trump is due to arrive in the uk. 0ur news correspondent, lorna gordon, is at stansted airportill then taxied to a stop in the area behind me. a few minutes ago we saw a fleet of us military helicopters land here. there were at least three military helicopters as well as two that act as marine one. one will act asa that act as marine one. one will act as a decoy, one will take the president and his wife into central london. they will land at winfield house, the ambassador‘s residents. they will have a quick break and then go to meet the queen, who will officially welcome him at the start officially welcome him at the start of this three—day state visit. so president trump and his entourage are expected here in the next half hour or so. a considerable operation here setting up ahead of his arrival and considerable media interest as well, waiting for air force one to arrive. we will be back with you in the next half hour. 2018, when he last visited the uk, almost 10,000 officers were deployed for mr trump as my trip. this time around, £80 million has been spent. there will be pro

president is going to receive the full royal treatment today he shortly shortly ago here arrived in stansted airport he's making his way down now to buckingham palace where he will be greeted by almost every member of the royal family in the course of the day you're going to spend most of the day with the queen herself. on the agenda are a luncheon later on a visit to westminster abbey and they are going to look at a royal exhibition together tonight it's going to be the highlight of this state visit a dinner banquet where american some british are going to be attending and this is most likely going to create some of the glamorous images that trump wants to see and that he is appreciative off as we know trump has brought along all 4 of his adult children so that is the sign how much he is valuing this royal treatment and state visit here to the u.k. but he's going to be met with quite a bit of protest as. absolutely we are going to see massive protests are tens of thousands of people are due to descend on the capital in the course of today and tomorrow tonight the planning to be here in front of buc

air force one landing at stansted airport in england.o far from where i am in london for the three-day state visit. president trump will be here with first lady melania trump as well as his four children. we also suspect they'll be arriving in a separate plane. there will be, in terms of what we can expect the next few days, we'll also see president trump have a tour of westminster abby where he'll lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown warrior. he will then today, later on today -- very busy schedule, i may add, will meet prince charles as well as duchess of cornwall for tea at clarence house. later on today there will be a state banquet and he'll be joined by the duke as well as the duchess of cambridge. a very busy three days. hosted, of course, by royalty, but also by politicians. and president trump arriving at a time when the uk is really -- is really going for a bit of a political crisis. we'll keep an eye on those pictures. as soon as the president gets out of the plane, of course, we'll bring you those live images. i'm isa suar

mr trump was met at stansted airport by the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt.s being welcomed by her majesty the queen. this goes beyond the relationships between two politicians, between a prime minister of the uk and the president of the united states. it's actually celebrating the relationship between oui’ celebrating the relationship between our two countries. and why does that matter today? because this isn't just about history. we have a much more autocratic china, a much more aggressive russia. the world is looking at the uk and the usa as the two principal guardians of democratic values across the world, and they are saying, what are you going to be doing in this changed world order to stand for the values that matter to all of us so much. some of the candidates in the conservative leadership race have been urged to step aside by the communities secretary, james brokenshire. there are 13 mps in the running for the job, but mr brokenshire believes there should be fewer contenders, so the contest can be settled quickly and the party can move on. rescue te

an air india plane has landed at stansted airport due to a bomb threat.bai to newark — to the london airport so it could land as a precautionary measure. an raf spokesman said the typhoons were authorised to fly at supersonic speed. the plane is now in an isolated part of stansted airport, with the main terminal unaffected. the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, has said too many crimes in the uk are being left unsolved.during during a major speech about the future of policing in england and wales, she admitted national detection rates for some offences were "woeful". home office figures reveal that in england and wales last year only 8.2% of crimes recorded by police resulted in a suspect being charged or summonsed to appear in court. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw told me more about the commissioner's comments. if you look down the list of detection rates, right down the bottom you have sexual offences rates of less than 4% of those cases leading to a suspect being charged or summoned to court. for rape in particular it is less

yes yes absolutely he landed at stansted airport north of london early this morning on just what has been sticking a finger may air because marine one has just landed in the queen's back garden there buckingham palace about about 30 seconds ago so yes you see just about so meet the queen which i and many other people have been saying and in fact i think he said himself before he arrives really you know that the thing that he's such a complicated character obviously is a rebel. to his soul but also there's a lot of president from that seems to want to be accepted by all 40 and you know the the idea of him. probably was a marine one look i don't know if i can say this on the camera of a or. there's a. i think maybe marine one landing just now is different helicopter. but yes he needs he seems to need to be accepted as well and obviously back home in the united states the the optics as they call it's of him having an audience with the with the queen is absolutely brilliant for him it implies acceptance. and he's going to have lunch with the queen there's a state banquet this evening whi

well — he's here... and even before air force one had come to a stop at stansted airport — presidentump had launched a twitter tirade against london mayor sadiq khan. not perhaps the most diplomatic way to start a formal state visit to the united kingdom. right now the president is here at buckingham palace, finishing off a private lunch with the queen before he views a special exhibition in the picture gallery. today is very much about the ceremonial side of this visit — culminating in the state banquet here tonight. tomorrow it's all about the politics and as we've already seen with his tweet — that could prove — unpredictable. this report from our correspondent richard galpin. finally, three years after first being invited to make a state visit to britain, president trump and first lady melania arrived at stansted airport. everything apparently going to plan as they were greeted on the tarmac. but it emerged the president had in fact launched a ferocious verbal attack on the mayor of london just before landing. in a tweet he claimed sadiq khan had been a terrible mayor who had bee

air force one arrived at stansted airport at breakfast, and mr trump and his wife melania travelled laterrning to buckingham palace for lunch. there was a guard of honour, with gun salutes in nearby green park. later, they laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier, and had tea with the prince of wales. but earlier there was controversy after mr trump —before he'd even touched down at stansted, tweeted that the mayor of london, sadiq khan, was a "stone cold loser" — he was reacting to a newspaper which said that sadiq khan didn't agree with the visit. other than that it has been largely pomp and ceremony. mr trump now has two hours to himself before attending a state banquet this evening. this report from our correspondent richard galpin. finally, three years after first being invited to make a state visit to britain, president trump and first lady melania arrive at stansted airport. everything apparently going to plan as they were greeted on the tarmac. but it emerged the president had in fact launched a ferocious verbal attack on the mayor of london just before landing. in a tweet

victoria fritz is at their hub at stansted airport. world. tell us more. what is fedex saying about how they are being impacted by this global trade war? they are putting a brave face on it. 0f they are putting a brave face on it. of course they would do because they are the world's biggest airfreight carrier. this plane is a lease. every plane is named after the child ofan every plane is named after the child of an employee. they have 450,000 employees so they have a lot to choose from. plays like these can deliver a total of 15 million shipments across the world every single day. the big question is how full the planes are because of the rising tensions going on on the ground and how that is affecting the planes in the air. this is an expert on china's foreign economic policy. can you explain to us the impact of the donald trump administration on china's economics and politics. good morning and thank you for having me. one word could sum it up, disruption. donald trump single—handedly wants to somehow break up or decouple the interco

morning, president trump took to twitter to criticise the mayor of london, sadiq khan, from stansted airport'st be rolling out the red carpet for president trump. in a tweet, the president called the mayor of london a stone cold loser. mr trump also compared sadiq khan to new york city's mayor, bill de blasio, who he said was dumb and incompetent. in reply, mr de blasio said being compared to sadiq khan was a compliment. in the last hour, new york city's mayor, bill de blasio, has been giving his reaction to president trump's tweets to emily maitlis on newsnight. even for donald trump, this was extreme, to attack a major leader of an allied country. there is no question in my mind this was beyond the pale in so many ways. it's not— you know, we've seen so many things from president trump, but this one is just not normal, it's not acceptable. and sadiq khan to me is an exemplary leader, and he raised a very powerful concern, which obviously sparked trump's i, when he said that donald trump is part of this growing intolerant right wing movement around the country, around the world, i'm sorry, th

of two assaults and endangering an aircraft, after a plane was escorted by two typhoons into stansted airports have joined richard ratcliffe outside the iranian embassy to show solidarity with him as his hunger strike over his detained wife's plight enters its eighth day. and the government announces a new permanent memorial to mark the first national windrush day which honours the british caribbean community. now on bbc news, discussion on the challenges of avoiding short—termism in modern society, and how to prioritise the well—being of future generations. hosted by author and journalist linda geddes. hello, and welcome to bbc future's long—termism — how to think in deep time: bbc future at hay festival, where we are taking a longer view of the 21st and encouraging more long—term thinking and also encourage some of our politicians and policymakers to do the same. with me today we have some excellent panellists. roman krznaric, a public philosopher and author who is writing a book about long—term thinking and the challenges facing democracy. sophie howe, the future generations commissioner f

after first being invited to make a state visit, president trump and the first lady arrive at stansted airport. everything apparently going to plan as they were greeted on the tarmac. but it emerged the president had in fa ct but it emerged the president had in fact launched a ferocious verbal attack on the mayor of london just before landing. in a tweet he claimed sadiq khan had been a terrible mayor, who had been nasty to him, describing him as a stone cold loser. if you look at his tweet, he was not exactly saying he was going to be inviting sadiq khan for royal treatment in the white house anytime soon. as mr trump flew above the city over which sadiq khan presides, he knew he had exacted revenge for the mayor's earlier accusation that the president's far right politics were a threat to liberal democracies. the president is staying with us ambassador, who has also courted controversy, suggesting the nhs should be part of any trade deal with the united states. other controversies include the president's support for boris johnson to be the next prime minister, and mr trump's threat to limit

. >> you see the plane just touching down at stansted airport.down, he will be going to marine one where he will travel to winfield house, home of woody johnson. that's where the president will be staying, not buckingham palace. at 7:25 eastern time, the president and first lady will head over to buckingham palace for an arrival ceremony. expect great pictures out of that moment. the queen, president, first lady, will have a private lunch. the president will also go to westminster abby to lay a wreath at the grave of the unknown wa warrior later today. he will have tea with the prince and duchess. it will wrap up with a state dinner later tonight. i haven't seen the menu. i think the president will appreciate a steak. >> he does love a steak. besides the event that he scheduled, besides the pictures and things like that, there are many serious issues facing the president and facing britain and brexit is front and center. let's not forget, there's the prospect of a potential u.s.-u.k. trade agreement. iran is on the horizon and also the potential

just as he was landing at stansted airport outside of london, he tweeted about sadiq khan, calling himrtainly not the kind of language people here in the uk, are used to hearing, especially at this kind of a dignified event. now having said that, it's very clear that everyone in the uk understands this sort of epidemic s eccentricity of president trump so they expect this sort of thing, and they are laying on a major ceremony over the next couple of days. today he's currently taking a rest at winfield house behind me. that's the u.s. ambassador's residence. then he'll go to buckingham palace, a private lurcnch with e queen and prince harry, and given over the weekend, president trump speaking to the sun tabloid, said when he heard that meghan, the duchess of sussex, prince harry's wife had thought about moving to canada after president trump was elected, he said i didn't know she was that nasty. now, after that lunch, there will be a briefing at westminster abbey, a private tea with prince charles where the president says he hopes to raise his thoughts on climate change, and then of co

city car everything is pretty much going according to plan he made his way from the airport stansted airport here to buckingham palace this morning president trump his wife and his children 4 out of his 5 children for a grand formal welcome from the queen he will have caught a glimpse of course from the windows of marine one all of the protests going on but they'll be much bigger on tuesday some more of that to a wreath laying ceremony at westminster abbey at the tomb of the unknown soldier t. in the afternoon with prince charles and the duchess of cornwall camilla and he's resting up now ahead of the high point of this state visit the full state banquet here at buckingham palace in about an hour's time 113 of these that the queen has hosted the state visits 67 years on the throne she said plenty of experience dealing with all sizes manners shapes of world leaders donald trump in a sense would come as any surprise to her though even she will find it difficult perhaps dealing with the amount of controversy that he's able to generate in the courts everywhere he goes from insults hurled at the

one of the state visit, the controversy began even before air force one has touched down at stansted airports about the mayor of london sadiq khan. sadiq khan joins about the mayor of london sadiq khan. sadiq khanjoins me now. thank you for your time today. first of all, i wondered what the author box are. have you had the opportunities to see the images of the red carpet being rolled out on the steps of downing street? i know that although you don't object to being here, you object to it being a state visit.” think it is really important that we have good relations with the us and that includes the president. they are our closest ally and we have a special relationship in my objection is for him to receive a state visit, a state banquet, and all that it entails. we have to be careful about giving the impression that we condone some of the things that he has said and done over the last few yea rs, has said and done over the last few years, from separating children from their parents and mexican border to using racist derogatory and offensive language, to walking away from the paris climate c

airport after reports of a disruptive passenger on board. thejet2 flight had been travelling to dalaman in turkey when it was redirected back to stansted. en arrested. manchester airport has said an it failure prevented many passengers from checking in at all three of its terminals for several hours yesterday. long queues built up, with some passengers describing chaotic scenes. the airport says the problems have now been fixed. this is bbc news, the headlines: president trump has announced "major" new sanctions on iran. he says it's to stop the country obtaining nuclear weapons. climate change protesters have stormed a german coal mine as part a week—long campaign against fossilfuels. a foreign office minister is going to iran later today to call for an "urgent de—escalation" of tensions in the region. the situation also has a bearing on the case of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, a british—iranian woman imprisoned in iran on charges of alleged spying. both she and her husband are on hunger strike in protest over her treatment. richard ratcliffe is camped outside the iranian embassy here in london. certainly increased engines make it difficu