the welsh guards _ to stand, where to go. the welsh guards are — to stand, where to go.operly been in place now for— guards are properly been in place now for a — guards are properly been in place now for a good hour or so making sure _ now for a good hour or so making sure everything looks absolutely perfect — sure everything looks absolutely perfect. we have seen the presidential entourage arrived here. ithink— presidential entourage arrived here. i think we _ presidential entourage arrived here. i think we can probably see the president— i think we can probably see the president himself coming in on one of these _ president himself coming in on one of these helicopters, it will land on the _ of these helicopters, it will land on the east lawn, marine one and we will see _ on the east lawn, marine one and we will see joe _ on the east lawn, marine one and we will see joe biden come out and head into the _ will see joe biden come out and head into the quote of the castle ready for that— into the quote of the castle ready for that ceremonial welcome. those helico ters fo

we are seeing their welsh guards who have been rehearsing.lay the us national anthem. we will have full coverage for you here on bbc news. hello again. many of us started off with some sunshine this morning, but a lot of us will see some rain before the end of the day. what's happening is low pressure is in charge of our weather this week, so it's going to be cooler than last week. there will be showers or longer spells of rain, some heavy and thundery, and it's also going to be windy at times. we've got low pressure in the atlantic at the moment with this clutch of fronts. they're already bringing rain in across the south—west, pushing steadily north—eastwards through the course of the day. some of that rain is going to be heavy. it's moving out of the south—west of england, across wales into the midlands, northern england, clipping northern ireland and south—west scotland. in western parts of northern ireland, you can expect some showers. to the north of scotland, some showers. the driest conditions in the south—east, but then we've this go

between the two men as they completed their inspection of they completed their inspection of the welsh guardsten to the national anthem of the united states, then together they walk through into the castle to continue their meeting, some light refreshments, taking tea, i believe, and a 30—45 minute meeting between them and financial and philanthropic leaders to talk about climate change and climate finance, this is the first time that presidentjoe biden has met the king since the coronation in may, of course he did attend the funeral of the king's late mother queen elizabeth ii but this is the first time the two men have met since the coronation and of course jill have met since the coronation and of coursejill biden was sent to represent the united states at the coronation of king charles. king charles no stranger to us presidents. ten years old he met his first president, president eisenhower, who had come to visit his late queen elizabeth ii and the queen herself had met 13 us presidents during her incredible 70 year reign as i'm sure king charles would have learnt a thing or two about how

it follows the welsh guards. paid tribute to the special relationship . relationship. >> it's great to have you here back in downing street. >> i think you've been here a few times before. i know, but your first time as president. so we're very privileged and fortunate you here. fortunate to have you here. thanks for coming. >> be meeting a >> couldn't be meeting with a closer a greater ally closer friend and a greater ally and our relation ship is rock solid . solid. >> pressure is growing on the bbc over how it's dealt with. allegations a prominent male presenter paid £35,000 to a teenage heir for explicit photos. the corporation announced yesterday it had suspended the unnamed star after almost two months after that first complaint was made. the sun has reported the young person's family are unhappy with the bbc's response , claiming no the bbc's response, claiming no one from the corporation rang them for a proper interview after the initial complaint in may. the justice secretary has indicated there may need

the welsh guards. why don't they have the irish guards for the president?s interesting about these two even though he has only been king for a couple of months. these two have known each other for decades through washington, d.c. >> stuart: they have both been around for decades. >> brian: king always go to delaware, does the king vacation in delaware? >> ainsley: probably never. the queen hosted in 2016 and trump in 2018 and biden also had actually queen elizabeth at windsor two years ago in 2021. >> stuart: not just the relationship between thatcher and reagan. >> brian: thatcher was making decisions the king doesn't make decisions. >> stuart: that's true but the relationship between the two countries. >> brian: was a lot better when president trump was there. i know george bush had a than barack obama toured england. >> stuart: estranged at the moment watching with shall. >> what do you think prince harry appears at windsor castle. >> steve: politico has an article about what they might talk about the king and the president. probably won't discuss harry

but what could welsh guards. but what could have come from that? . knows. >> and that welsh team that 19705 >> and that welsh team that 1970s welsh team . it was quite 1970s welsh team. it was quite something, wasn't it? it is. >> and oddly enough, i've met an awful lot of them since and before tended several of them. they were, they were magical , they were, they were magical, you know, but it was very difficult to emulate what they did and the different rules and regulations and the fitness standards and the professional ism and the way they've brought in the defensive work that belongs in rugby league. you know, there's so many disciplines that have been brought into the game and they've changed it dramatically from what it used to be. when i played. but you know, we'll be right up against it. come the world cup with oh, absolutely. you know, with some of these. >> absolutely. but but big part of your culture now, you know, we've talked before this we've talked before on this program falklands and program about the falklands and everything happe

but what could welsh guards. but what could have come from that? and that welsh team that 19705 >> and that welsh team that 1970s welsh team . it was quite 1970s welsh team. it was quite something, wasn't it? it is. >> and oddly enough, i've met an awful lot of them since and before tended several of them. they were, they were magical , they were, they were magical, you know, but it was very difficult to emulate what they did and the different rules and regulations and the fitness standards and the professional ism and the way they've brought in the defensive work that belongs in rugby league. you know, there's so many disciplines that have been brought into the game and they've changed it dramatically from it used be. when from what it used to be. when i played. but you know, we'll be right up against it. come the world cup with oh, absolutely. you know, with some of these. >> absolutely. but but big part of your culture now, you know, we've talked before on this program about falklands and program about the falklands and everything but everything

the king , but even here he managed to annoy the british, looking around the formation of the welsh guards , the us president, in violation of royal protocol, walked ahead of the monarch , his predecessor and rival donald trump was forced to rush after him elizabeth ii on the eve of the london tabloids, referring to disgruntled politicians in the ranks of the ruling conservative party. they urged their prime minister to be with biden. tougher, defending the interests of britain but for such experiments time and effort. sunako was clearly not enough. yes, and biden did not show interest in dragging out his fleeting visit alexander khabarov ilya mordyukov. it is koshkina and maxim kolpachkovesti, london unity is now clearly not other members of the north of the atlantic alliance lack a number of particularly russophobic states, including, of course, the baltic states , obviously. would you like to immediately accept ukraine into nato well, or at least a guarantee of entry in the future, however, senior hawks. whether it is germany or the united states , similar ones intend to confine themsel

this wasn't a state visit, but there was a splash of pageantry courtesy of the welsh guards.he cat out of the way. the press pack, poised, cameras trained — the president is here. joe biden arrives here in downing street, his first visit here as president, to be met by the prime minister. are you pleased to be i here, president biden? this visit does coincide with a public difference between london and washington. america is going to supply ukraine with cluster bombs, weapons the uk and many others have banned. but today, both men wanted to focus on the bigger picture. joe, welcome. it's great to have you here, back in downing street. i think you've been here a few times before, i know, but your first time as president. so we're very privileged and fortunate to have you here. thanks for coming. couldn't be meeting with a closer friend and a greater ally. the two leaders talked of closer economic ties short of a trade deal, energy security, and the regulation of artificial intelligence. the president and the prime minister met for around 30 or a0 minutes, meeting on the eve of

national anthem, the american national anthem was played in the quadrangle of windsor castle by the welsh guard that show of soft power that is so important. double edged when on show in the uk. 0ften politics in downing street and the pomp and pageantry of the royal side at buckingham palace or as it was today at windsor castle. the two men are inside the castle for a private meeting. we are told they are taking tea for half—an—hour or so where they will have time to discuss issues important to them. some time to see elements of the royal archive linked to the united states here at the castle and an important meeting about the climate before president biden leaves later this afternoon.— the kremlin now says president putin met the leader of the recent armed mutiny in russia after it failed. it says mr putin had three hours of talks with yevgeny prigozhin and some of his commanders from the wagner mercenary group. according to the president's spokesman, they told mr putin they unconditionally supported him. let's get more on this from bbc monitoring's russia editor, vitaly shevchenko. 0ckenden

this wasn't a state visit, but there was a splash of pageantry courtesy of the welsh guards.way. the press pack poised. cameras trained. the president is here. joe biden arrives here in downing street, his first visit here as president, to be met by the prime minister. are you pleased to be i here, president biden? this visit does coincide with a public difference between london and washington. america is going to supply ukraine with cluster bombs, weapons the uk and many others have banned. but today, both men wanted to focus on the bigger picture. joe, welcome. it's great to have you back in downing street. i think, you've been here a few times before, i know, but your first time as president. so we're very privileged and fortunate to have you here. thanks for coming. good to be meeting with a closer friend and a greater ally. the two leaders talked of closer economic ties short of a trade deal, energy security, and the regulation of artificial intelligence. the president and the prime minister met for around 30 or a0 minutes, meeting on the eve of the nato summit starting

in pictures, they greeted each other quite warmly and that was followed by an inspection of the welsh guardt the two men entered into windsor castle and together they spent we believe a bit of time having afternoon tea or lunch and then discussing the subject of climate change and climate finance and there was a group of people who were financial and philanthropic experts and financiers who had been gathered to discuss the future for the environment and climate change and a bit later, the us special envoy was here but you will hear from him bit later, the us special envoy was here but you will hearfrom him in a moment or two. for now i want to talk to my colleague who is the royal correspondent and you've been across what is happening, do we know how the meeting went between the two? , ., ., , ., ., two? yes, we had a statement about the meeting — two? yes, we had a statement about the meeting saying _ two? yes, we had a statement about the meeting saying it _ two? yes, we had a statement about the meeting saying it was _ two? yes, we had a statement about the meeting saying it was between

his conversation when charles tried to get him to stop talking during their inspection of the welsh guardsthe middle of a welcome ceremony. hands on mr. biden aide grabbed 70 four-year-old charles arm as they embraced and shook hands and put his hand on his back during their lack of quadrangle. what do you think of that? what do the british people think of that? >> nile: honestly breaking with protocol and then quite a bit of criticism i think of the bidens' actions here. biden follows his own rules. he is not interested in playing by the rules of order protocol and also i think that king charles iii actually was very irritated by biden's behavior frankly. so biden really is very embarrassing as the u.s. president on the international stage. this does not bode well for his trip to lithuania for the nato summit. but biden is not actually really conducted himself with great dignity on the ground in london and his performance i think at windsor castle was actually quite atrocious. >> trace: newsweek says the following to joe biden's uk visit is all -- very awkward. disagreement on cluster bom

so you have the welsh guards here, they are actually based just down the road in windsor, they are involvedourse, so some people suggesting there is some tension because of that. i think actually king charles was very happy to have jill biden there and, you know, that he had the invitation, he wasn't able to attend. this is a moment where we can celebrate the bilateral relationship between two countries and ignore some of the tensions between the u.s. and uk which undoubtably set in over the situation in ukraine. >> alex, i want to ask you because you covered the president so closely during his time in the white house. we are looking at windsor castle right now as max was saying the guard of honor playing as we await the president coming in. you saw the two chinook helicopters carrying staff and press landing just outside so we should be seeing the president shortly. the president on the international stage, i think when you talk to advisers they made clear this is something that an mates him, he certainly likes this part of the presidency. behind the scenes for moments like this, what kind

there's going to be a special guard of honour provided by the welsh guards and the band of the welsh going to be playing the us national anthem for the president. then the king and the presidents will inspect that guard of honour and watch a military march past. but then inside of the castle there's going to be a strong emphasis on climate change because inside this morning, financial and philanthropic leaders from the us and the uk are meeting for the climate finance mobilisation forum , strengthening commitments forum, strengthening commitments to tackling climate change and the king and the president is going to hear the conclusions of that meeting. there's expected to be a strong emphasis on helping developing nations when it comes to climate to dealing with the challenges of climate change. the president in the past has expressed his delight and admiration for king charles for his previous work on tackling the climate crisis and environmental activism . they environmental activism. they have met previously at g7 in 2021 and at the cop 26 conference in glasgow . but of conference

with the king, but even here he managed to puzzle the british, examining the formation of the welsh guards of the royal protocol, walked ahead of the monk, he did the same at the time, his predecessor and rival donald trump was forced to rush after him elizabeth ii on the eve of the london tabloids , referring to disgruntled politicians in the ranks of the ruling conservative party. called on their prime minister to be biden. tougher, defending the interests of britain but for such experiments time and effort. sunako had clearly not enough. yes, and biden did not show interest in dragging out his fleeting visit alexander khabarov ilya murdyukov. precisely koshkina and maxim kolpachev, 200, london a few minutes ago biden's plane landed in vilnius where the nato summit starts tomorrow then. will the us president be able to get down the ladder without incident? dozens watched, the biden tv cameras managed to cope, but already on the ground there was a hitch. the head of lithuania had to explain something to the owner of the white house with gestures several times before he found the way to yo

a guard of the band of the welsh of honour.d of the welsh guards us national guards will play the us national anthem well. there'll be an anthem as well. there'll be an opportunity for both the king and president to inspect and president biden to inspect that of honour and they that guard of honour and they will watch a military march past as well . then the king and the as well. then the king and the president will go inside the castle for a cup of tea because, of course, we're british. so that's what we do here. and they are going to also be meeting financial and philanthropic leaders the uk and the leaders from both the uk and the us who are meeting inside windsor castle. this morning from the climate finance and mobilisation forum, which is looking at ways to help develop nafions looking at ways to help develop nations tackle the challenges of climate change and the king and the president is going to be heanng the president is going to be hearing about the work they have been doing. of course , it's been doing. of course, it

to windsor castle and met with king charles iii of the biden, welcomed the guard of honor, the welsh guardamerican anthem sounded in his honor. but judging by the frames of the biden. didn't like the reception. just look at joe's disgruntled face when he walks past the royal guards, not here, for this there was all this pale pr that biden arranged for his technologies right on the eve of the european tour, the president of the united states of the first league was taken for a walk under the camera to the public beach next to the estate first four in the state of an accident amer. a typical american long-liver appeared in a white t-shirt, a catherry cap, we were sneakers on the boss's leg around ordinary resting extras or not, i don’t understand, but muscular guys secret service agents on the frames are present, followed by sunbathing, the president of the united states, smeared with sunscreen with the help of his wife, pulled out a lounger from -under an umbrella and decided to take a nap. this is how it looks anyway, then he changed his mind. played with the phone, read a book, like an or

although it wasn't a state visit earlier, the us president was given a ceremonial welcome from the welsh guards and a warm greeting from his majesty. it's understood they discussed climate issues. it follows meeting with rishi follows a meeting with rishi sunakin follows a meeting with rishi sunak in downing street earlier , where despite recent tension over ukraine, both leaders paid tribute to the special relationship . relationship. >> it's great to have you here back in downing street. i think you've been here a few times before. i know, but your first time so we're very time as president. so we're very privileged and fortunate to have you for coming. you here. thanks for coming. >> meeting with a >> couldn't be meeting with a closer and a greater ally closer friend and a greater ally and our relationship is rock solid , precious, growing on the solid, precious, growing on the bbc over how it's dealt with allegations a prominent male presenter paid £35,000 to a teenager for explicit photos. >> the corporation announced yesterday it had suspended the unnamed star and says it's working as qui

welsh products such as beef , lamb joins other famous welsh products such as beef, lamb and leeks in getting protected status, which ensures it's guardedom aaron armstrong who does our bulletins here very often. he says, i'm supposed to fly to corfu tomorrow morning. the village last village was evacuated. last night spoke to easyjet this night i spoke to easyjet this morning asking them to switch the to marseille. the flights maybe to marseille. they're flights , but they're cheaper flights, but they waive £400 fee, they won't waive the £400 fee, even they're doing that even though they're doing that for flights are still for rhodes, flights are still going. he's actually in a little bit later it's difficult bit later on. it's difficult one, for the airlines one, isn't it, for the airlines . mean, can't keep sending . i mean, can't keep sending people out to a destination that's being evacuated. what to do? well, we'll catch up with him in a little while. >> the airlines attitude espouses we've scheduled this. we have paid for our slot. espouses we've scheduled this. we have paid for our slot . we we have paid for our slot. we are and