john hall, the dean of westminster.nt through all of the history contained within the walls of westminster abbey. we also have kate bennett with us. she covers the first lady, melania trump. kate, of course, melania trump at the president's side on all of these stops here. tell us about her role in this, only the third official state visit to the uk by a u.s. president. >> well, i think as usual, melania trump is comfortable on the global stage. sometimes we see her more relaxed and more at ease when she's traveling abroad with the president. clearly, she's given some forethought to this outfit of hers with the hat. again, we're seeing what she wore. she wore another white hat if you remember last year when the french president came to visit for a state visit in the u.s. part of melania's job is to study up on the protocol, get things right with the queen, past first ladies have always been a little nervous with the queen. i remember michelle obama famously put her arm around the queen, which michelle obama just wrote i

president trump has moved on to westminster abbey. the other images you've seen of the historic and important site in london. after this, president trump will head over and we'll see his motorcade leave westminster abbey and head to the clarence house for tea and, keir, traditionally an exchange of gifts and i hear you have some new information about that. >> that's right. this is a tradition that both the queen and whichever leader she is hosting exchange gifts. we are hearing of the queen's gifts to president trump. and very much, again, steeped in history. so, a first edition of the second world i from winston churchi churchill. so many messages in that. the message of the two world wars of the last century. what happens when politics is unbridled and how it tore europe apart. winston churchill, of course, british leader celebrated in the uk and in the u.s. equally. and then the book itself, i understand, is decorated in gold and with head bands and colors of the u.s. flag with all pages edge. another gift to the president, a three

that is our camera at westminster abbey.e of those elements that we often see during a state visit, where we see a member of the royal family take a visiting head of state westminster abbey and the laying of the wreath on the tomb of the unknown warrior, again, isa on the tomb of the unknown warrior, again, is a very traditional, regular part of a state visit. so this is very much part and parcel of what we would normally see without visiting head of state. but i wonder if it has particular residence this time round because of what is happening with the d—day commemorations. we can see now the president arriving at the front of the west door of westminster abbey the, just a couple of minutes away from buckingham palace.” the, just a couple of minutes away from buckingham palace. i don't know if the beast has windscreen wipers but it is a beautiful sunny day so they won't need them. it is worth mentioning that huge entourage that he has brought with him. secret service agents and security for everyone. we can just see the duk

john hall, the dean of westminster.aying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown warrior. the grave of the unknown warrior holds an unidentified british solder contains a warrior buried there in 1920. they're being received and will take their tour. >> to build on what john said yes, pomp, circumstance and some politics which donald trump talked about on his trip just before leaving and we heard from nigel farage at the top of this. he put his thumb strongly on the leave side of brexit and made clear he supports leave and nigel farage and boris johnson. many trump supporters also weighed in on the leave side as well. robert mercy and cambridge analytica. donald trump making very clear to everybody that he thinks britain should leave the e.u. and he has made that known for everybody to see. there will be more of that today as well. >> bill: many of us have been inside this abby. if you look want to at a slice of western civilization and its history you can find it in westminster abby. >> it will be an important bit of politi

let's bring injonathan blake at westminster.e numbers, what was the story of this, why did michael gove not quite make it in the end? he and jeremy hunt have been leapfrogging the end? he and jeremy hunt have been lea pfrogging each the end? he and jeremy hunt have been leapfrogging each other in the last two or three rounds of this race and jostling for second place, because for a long time it has been about who would join borisjohnson, who had the support in the end of more than half of conservative mps in this race to be the new leader of the party and with that the uk's next prime minister. but this morning it was michael gove in second place which just a handful of votes a nd second place which just a handful of votes and in the final round of voting jeremy managed to overtake him again and put into the post with just two votes, narrowly beating for the slimmest of margins, boris johnson's old rival tojoin the slimmest of margins, boris johnson's old rival to join the former foreign secretary in the final two. he is of cour

our deputy political editor is in westminster for us now. new party. yes, chains uk, this small new party made up of centrist pro—european mps from labour and the tories just got a whole lot smaller, down to five mps, including their new leader, anna soubry, the other six with their leader heidi allen broke off to go independent after those bad results in the local and european elections. some of them are expected to be considering joining the lib dems, others less interested in doing that, but in the end, there are still the after—shocks of the brexit crisis being felt at either end of the political landscape. meanwhile, on the tory party leadership contest, news of a significant withdrawal. amongst senior tory mps and leaders of the volu nta ry senior tory mps and leaders of the voluntary party they agreed the ground rules for choosing the next leader and prime minister. the number of contenders is now 12 and thatis number of contenders is now 12 and that is afterjames cleverley the brexit minister pulled out because he realised he had no

thank you, chris mason at westminster.iament, under devolution. and the intervening years have seen holyrood take greater control, including over some taxation. our scotland editor, sarah smith, takes a look now, at what the future could hold for further devolution. the scottish youth theatre actors rehearsing a special performance to celebrate 20 years of devolution. they‘re all about the same age as the parliament itself. ..it's all broken anyway, let's just bring it all to the ground... i‘m only 20 and ifeel that‘s very, very young. yeah, scottish parliament only being 20 is a very weird concept to me to grasp. the idea of life without it... it's kind of incomprehensible to me. i don't really understand it and i can't understand how it worked. you can‘t actually experience what needs to be done unless you‘re living in that system and living in that country and experiencing the services first hand. so, it‘s important to you that your politicians are nearby? yes! so important! over the last 20 years, the scottish parliame

laura ginsberg reports from westminster. thumping the table for, the tory equivalent of applause? votes in the ballot box would reveal the pair, one of whom will be our next prime minister. michael gove, 75. jeremy hunt, 77. borisjohnson, 160. michael gove, 75. jeremy hunt, 77. boris johnson, 160. we michael gove, 75. jeremy hunt, 77. borisjohnson, 160. we therefore declare thatjeremy hunt and boris johnson are going forward to a vote of the qualifying membership of the conservative and unionist party. they did it, just. the momentjeremy hunt found out he was through by a breath. just two votes put him ahead of michael gove, evidently delighted. jeremy hunt will be the one to take on borisjohnson. delighted. jeremy hunt will be the one to take on boris johnson. well, iam the one to take on boris johnson. well, i am the underdog in this race. i have been the underdog right from the start, and i like to prove people wrong. and the way that i am going to win this race is by showing that the best way to brexit is by sending the

we can cross to westminster and talk to our chief political correspondent vicki young.p candidates who will be there but nothing yet about boris johnson. that is right. we don't know if he is going to see the president at all or nigel farage. two politicians that donald trump talks about in very glowing terms. unlike the london mayor sadiq khan who over the yea rs has london mayor sadiq khan who over the years has got under the skin of the american president. even before he got off the aeroplane donald trump had taken to twitter with a very insulting tweets about the london mayor. when he got off the plane jeremy hunt the foreign secretary who greeted him said it was one of the first things he talks about. so this political feud that goes back three years, starting when donald trump first introduced a ban on people travelling from some muslim countries, that was described as sadiq khan as shameful and crawler, it has gone on from there with president trump challenging the london mayor to an iq test, accusing him ofa london mayor to an iq test, accusing him of a poor res

backward steps in some us states i predict most people would support the law being changed from westminster while there is no northern ireland executive so help break this down for us alyssa bit the issue being recognised what does he mean by that. well what he means is that trial long time abortion on that island has been and i s'posed continues to be a very controversial issue but we've seen a massive shift in public opinion over the last decade i would say. to a point where most people in northern ireland according to several opinion polls that have been conducted would support abortion in northern ireland very some people would only supported in cases of rape and fetal fatal fatal fetal abnormalities where some people would support our campaign for decriminalization for abortion but regardless it's absolutely true to say that public opinion has shifted and it now seems that people are that rather that the politicians are out of step with the public and northern ireland who want to see human rights for women actually delivered care why isn't over not and still operating a law that's over

westminster abbey, of course, another historical location.ace where william and kate were married. but so much more in british history has happened there. he will not, as other world leaders do, travel there on an open carriage. that has been something that all u.s. presidents have avoided, i think for security reasons. president obama didn't do it. president george w. bush did not do it. and then this afternoon, he will meet for tea with prince charles and the duchess of cornwell, camila, that will be another fascinating occasion. another moment where you'd love to be a fly on the wall because, of course, prince charles and president trump around the same age, but with very different views. we know about prince charles' views on climate change. how desperately worried he says he is about climate change. his belief in organic farming. those are not the views that are normally expressed by president trump. so, again, it will be a fascinating meeting. but again, prince charles is -- will be the diplomat, he will find his way through that meetin

a tour of westminster abbey. tea with prince charles.s the president and the first lady begin their long delayed trip to britain, but controversy and conflict never too far away. minutes from now, the trumps will pay respect at britain's grave at the unknown warrior. tonight, there will be a state banquet at buckingham palace where the toast will drown out any lingering whispers over the president's attacks on the mayor of london. happened just moments before he landed there, or the criticism of the outgoing british prime minister and brexit. >> our coverage begins with our max foster and abby phillip. max, let's begin with you first. we were speaking with you as they were touring the royal gift collection. what else can you tell us about all of this pomp and circumstance for this official uk visit for

he wants the pomp and pageantry of westminster. and pagea ntry of buckingham westminster. he wants the pomp and pageantry of buckingham palace, that plays very well with americans. having said that, in his pretrip interviews he has waded into the biggest political issues of the day about boris johnson biggest political issues of the day about borisjohnson succeeding theresa may, whether nigel farage should have a role in negotiations. so he hasn't been shy of the politics either. that is very much the hall mark of donald trump, that it isa the hall mark of donald trump, that it is a state visit, there will be all the bells and whistle, but it will be donald trump coming to town and that means it will be unorthodox. in public and all the ceremonial will be about the celebration of 75 years since those brave young men stormed the normandy beaches. but there are differences on iran and climate change as donald trump looks beyond theresa may to who will be the next prime minister. thank you. liverpool's footballers have been celebratin

the man a tour of westminster abbey.en there -- susan: beautiful. stuart: stunning, crammed with history. ashley: yes it is there. stuart: queens are buried there. kings are buried there. scientists. there is thing called poets corner remember that? ashley: correct. stuart: i'm sure he has seen it before, not being given a tour by the dean of westminster abbey. ashley: after this, prince charles is going to host the president, first lady at clarence house. they will have a 15-minute meeting. prince charles has not always agreed with the president on certain issues but i think it will be a warm meeting. then of course the big event tonight is the state banquet at buckingham palace. i believe the president is going to speak before they eat. there is much speculation because he is so, his own man and will say whatever he is going to say, there is a lot of anticipation how that speech will go. he will be very reverent and speak very highly of the special relationship. with donald trump you never know what you're going to get

our home editor mark easton westminster. our home editor mark easto n we nt westminster. ceremonial — the secrets of admiralty arch are now being unearthed. we've been granted exclusive access to see what's happening to one of london's most famous landmarks. inside, edwardian opulence and memories of old battles. the ghosts of navy commanders haunt the corridors. winston churchill, louis mountbatten, reminders that admiralty arch was the residence of the first sea lord when britain ruled the waves. it is also where ian fleming, working for naval intelligence, created james bond, and down in the basement one discovers a network of secret tunnels stretching beneath westminster, filmed for the first time. there are strange corridors, bunkers with heavy doors and combination locks. the spirit of the cold war lives on in the basement. little is known about who or what happened down here, but we do know about their subterranean billiards room. from the coronation of george v to the queen's diamond jubilee, the arch has spanned the state processional route for 100 years, but in

but now on bbc news: the week in westminster.oris johnson and jeremy hunt emerge as the conservative leadership contenders. the s&p launched a ferocious attack on mrjohnson‘s record. not only is the member racist, he is stoking division in communities, and has a record of dishonesty! also on this programme... order — questions to the prime minister! as he celebrates ten years in the chair, we weigh up john bercow‘s decade as speaker. in a great many respects, john bercow is very different to his predecessors, certainly over the past two centuries. and is it time to re—label veggie burgers and sausages, because their names are misleading? so instead of saying "mock bacon", you'd be saying a "wheat gluten shaped smoky paprika—flavoured lump that's sliced thinly"? but first: the final phase of the fight to be our next prime minister is under way. conservative mps have put forward borisjohnson and jeremy hunt as the candidates to face party members. they'll now take part in a series of hustings — with the winner announced in mid—july

chris, thanks, chris mason at westminster.ion for the white house in 2020, failed to shine in a televised debate with his rivals. the 76—year—old, in a stumbling performance, was told it was time he made way for a younger generation of politicians. our north america editor, jon sopel, reports. decision 2020... it's decision 2020. .. it's a white field but last night was being billed as the showdown between the two front runners and old war horses, the socialist senator from vermont, bernie sanders... we think it's time for change, real change. and the former vice president, joe biden. and i'd be going about eliminating donald trump 's and i'd be going about eliminating donald trump '5 tax cuts for the wealthy. but the evening turned out differently, thanks to an electrifying performance by senator kamala harris. she took the fight to joe biden over his past record with pro—segregation senators. joe biden over his past record with pro-segregation senators. you also worked with them to oppose busing and there was a little girl i

every head of state visits westminster abbey as pa rt of state visits westminster abbey as part of their. are you nervous at all about the prospect of any controversy?” are you nervous at all about the prospect of any controversy? i don't expect any controversy. what we will be doing in the abbey is first of all the president will be laying a wreath at the grave of the unknown warrior. that is a ceremonial moment. we pray for the president, we pray for the queen, of course, as well. and then i have maybe have an hour to give the president and the first lady a tour of the abbey. i will show them some of these special places in the abbey. obviously the grave of the unknown warrior, they will have seen, but they will also see saint edward the's shrine and the chapel from the 16th century. in the chapel from the 16th century. in the lady chapel is where mary queen of scots is buried. his connections to scotland... we also put stephen hawking's ashers in the abbey not very long ago and i think you might be interested to see where he is buried, between charles darwin and isaac newton. you say

the fact is that president obama was invited to address both houses of parliament in westminster hall, and that was very well received. he was a comparatively popular president in europe and, indeed, as far as my colleagues in the house of lords and house of commons could tell in the uk, and he also was of course the first black president of the united states. and he was invited to address both houses of parliament and westminster hall and it's a great source of pride for me to welcome him on that occasion. his address was very well received, and to be honest people to this day talk about how behind the scenes he behaved toward everybody. it was a very celebrated occasion. i think i'm right in saying that george bush senior did not address the houses of parliament in either of the venues that i have mentioned or any other. and george w. bush did not do so. i think one of them came during a parliamentary recess and whether there was a request made i don't know. i wasn't in post at the time. but certainly george w. bush didn't. so all i'm saying is it is not in any sense an unbreakable

boris johnson arriving in westminster.up before a private hustings of tory mps today and he's expected to take part in the bbc‘s tv debate tomorrow night. he might be in the back seat, but he's still leading the pack. jessica parker, bbc news. with me now is guto harri, who served as communications director for borisjohnson when he was mayor of london. thank you forjoining us. looking at the figures, can boris the unstoppable? he has more than the went in his sales. he seems to have it almost in the bag. a lot can go wrong. he pulled out of his own accord lasting but he is clearly the frontrunner. it is hard to see anyone pulling close enough behind to actually stop in. people have said that borisjohnson‘s biggest enemy is potentially himself. but we know him extremely well. we have known him for decades. the general public can see more of boris and we have any other politician almost. so the idea we are being deprived access baffles me. we have seen him be funny, serious, be grilled by firstly every political interviewer

vicki young there. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg joins us now from westminster.has been fired. what can we expect over the next few weeks? i think it is going to be pretty frenetic, and it could be quite stormy, like it has been in westminster. in terms of what they have in common, they are all conservatives, they all say they wa nt to conservatives, they all say they want to get brexit sorted. none of them are saying they want to stop brexit, in spite of the efforts of protesters in westminster. beyond wanting to live behind that shiny door, there are also lots of divisions between those people that wa nt to divisions between those people that want to move into number 10. they don't all agree on who should get tax cuts. they don't all agree on whether or not to ease up the squeeze on public spending. and this isn't just about brexit. squeeze on public spending. and this isn'tjust about brexit. this is also about the future profound direction of the tory party. do they wa nt to direction of the tory party. do they want to be a party that is moving into the middle

our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster.t is proving? it is, or will you have to say that politics tomorrow maybe a little bit underpowered, and maybe even dull. why? we know that theresa may is standing down as party leader and i in three days' time, where they might better the president will potential much time and effort to address the detailed relationship issues between these two countries issues between these two countries isa issues between these two countries is a question, but we know that the president doesn't do dul, where the night we know that they are viewing the prospect of a press conference at downing street with the presidents with some trepidation. the questions of how theresa handle brexit, could she have done better, would borisjohnson have done better? and we know the president has arrived in britain in pretty rumbustious plain speaking mode and the chances are he will have some fairly no—nonsense answers when it comes to theresa may and brexit, and on top of that, we don't know whether he is actually g

our first report tonight is from our political editor laura kuenssberg in westminster. hide in the wings any more. microphone on. time to talk. nervous? they all should be. this is nothing less than a public job interview for the biggest role in the land. job number one for all of them, how to clean up the brexit mess. can you guarantee you will be able to get your brexit plan through the parliament by october 31? we must come out on the 31st october because otherwise i'm afraid we face a catastrophic loss of confidence in politics. you sometimes have extra time in football matches in order to slot home the winner. my view is the most important thing is to win for britain and that means getting out, honouring the vote you gave. if there was a prospect, if we were nearly there, then i would take a bit longer because the conservative party is the party of business, the party of union and the party of hope. i would want to avoid the disruption of no deal. i do respectfully disagree with michael and jeremy on this because we have got to learn from our mistakes. one of the m

over with her borisjohnson westminster tonight over with her boris johnson supporters give westminster over with her borisjohnson supporters give their votes to jeremy hunt borisjohnson supporters give their votes tojeremy hunt because he was seen as votes tojeremy hunt because he was seen as an easy votes tojeremy hunt because he was seen as an easy arrival or a more palatable rival to them the michael gove may be different contest of michael gove made it to the final two, allied turned rival ofjohnson. —— an old ally. but it will be jeremy hunt and porschejohnson in the final two. giving his reaction to the result in the last few minutes. i have been the underdog read from the start and i like to prove people wrong in the am going to win this race is by showing that the best way to brexit is by sending the best way to brexit is by sending the european union a prime minister that he will engage with, a tough negotiator that has a bottom line and will not give up and we get what is right for our country. but as well as a sensible debate on brexit, the country and the party want to hear

nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster —beginning to think there ought to be some new duke of edinburgh award scheme for those of us edinburgh award scheme for those of us who complete so many tory leadership candidate launches, we had five yesterday, three today, two tomorrow, what did we learn? we learned there is only one big question in this campaign and it begins with the b so all the other ideas about tackling knife crime or social care art tax cuts really, they don't count for anything. the only thing tory mps and maybe even tory members are interested in, is brexit. and secondly, we learned just how profoundly split this party is over brexit with, for example, andrea leadsom this morning saying we have to lead by october the 31st and then at a nearby room, mark harper saying we can't leave by 0ctober harper saying we can't leave by october the 31st so whoever wins this faces a gargantuan task, not just in coming up with some new deal, selling it to the eu but then uniting this fractured, squabbling party. and norman,

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. with good morning britain on itv — the president was again asked about his comments regarding jeremy corbyn, he‘s been speaking to piers morgan. our economy is pretty much stalling in this country thanks to the brexit problem. jeremy corbyn spent most of today shouting and screaming about you and saying how awful you are. there is a chance that if this goes wrong for the conservative party, he could end up prime minister. could you imagine doing a trade deal with britain with someone ijeremy corbyn? it's always possible, anything is possible. i don't he wanted to meet, it was very tough to meet and probably inappropriate, to be honest with you. a lot of things are happening at the moment with respect to our country, your country and my country, let's call them almost the same. it is really a tremendous relationship. i don't think it was appropriate to meet him, buti think it was appropriate to meet him, but i would meet him, i have no problem with that. i think it is a long shot, i do

and that's it for me for another day at westminster.of lords, but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there. the recent warm, humid, thundery, weather across the south—east was just a little taster of what perhaps might be a bit more widespread across the uk as we head on into next week. more on that in the moment. this is the thundery front which brought those downpours to the far south—east recently, low pressure will be more the dominant feature as we had through thursday. and that will feed in some showers maybe to northern and western areas early on this morning. and also a cooler west or north—westerly wind. so it will be a fresher start to the day this morning, most noticeably across the south—east. at least largely dry with some sunshine. and today, in fact, will be a day of sunny spells and scattered showers. these heaviest and most frequent across northern and western areas. it will be quite blustery as well across scotland, wind gusts in exposure, 30 or 35 miles an hour. the showers here could be heavy and thund

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster.'ve been hearing, thousands of people gathered in westminster to protest against president trump's visit, with smaller demonstrations in other cities. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. as president trump drove by, if he was looking out of his car window, he will have spotted something that looked a little familiar... he admitted he'd seen a small protest, undoubtedly this one, but dismissed others as fake news. it definitely got inside his head. you know, he was reported after last year saying, "i used to love coming to london, but when they put out blimps to make me feel unwelcome, i guess no reason to come to london." yeah, but he's come back again and he's got a state visit, so it hasn't worked, has it? he's been invited by theresa may, in her infinite wisdom. protesters came armed with humour, mocking rather than welcoming the president. ..a very stable genius. cheering. it was thousands rather than hundreds of thousands who filled trafalgar square and marched down wh

jessica parker in westminster, thank you very much.t agrees with the assessment of the united states that iran was responsible for the attacks on the two tankers in the gulf. dozens of crew members had to be rescued after the explosions on both vessels. iran has denied being behind the attacks, which took place in one of the world's busiest oil export routes. news of the blasts sparked a rise in oil prices. here's our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. this morning in the gulf, a first oil tanker set ablaze, ignited by an explosion. crew members on this norwegian vessel were rescued by a passing cargo ship. these scenes filmed by iran's navy. an hour later, another tanker, japanese owned, also hit by an explosion. it's still not clear what caused these latest attacks in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. today in washington, unequivocal condemnation of iran. these unprovoked attacks present a clear threat to international peace and security, a blatant assault on the freedom of navigation and an unacceptable campaign

artie's sharia edward stasi outside westminster mike straights court joined by him patrick henningsen there they keep both. america's claim that iran attacked 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman has had doubt cast on it and there washington presented a video of what it claimed were iranians removing an unexploded mine from one of the vessels the tanks owner though says that his crew reported flying projectiles hitting at. more than a good day with the crew say they were hit by a flying object we don't think it could have been a bomb attached to the boat. as mentioned the u.s. military central command has released a video showing what it claims is an iranian military patrol boat removing an unexploded mine from one of the tankers. iranian leader hassan rouhani has accused the u.s. of destabilizing peace and security in the middle east secretary of state mike pump said washington's assessment that iran is culpable was based on intelligence adding that no one else in the region had the capacity to carry out such an attack islamic republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurre

earlier he had tea with prince charles and a tour of westminster abbey. but his tweet attacking london's mayor has thrown a carefully choreographed day off balance. cwe go istian fraser live outside buckingham palace. christian: yes, an s unconventionrted this three-base hit visit, which is almost come to an end. we are waiting for the president and first lady to depart buckingham palace. some of the choppers above buckingham palace this evening, and we think the dinner will be completed and perhaps the next 10 or 20 minutes. we will bring you the pictures as the the u.s. ambassador's residence this evening. it has been a day full of pomp and pageantry, and the president basking in all that comes with a state visit to the u.k. we see him i the company of the world family throughout the course of the proceedings -- honor guard this morning, tripped westminster abbey, and is evening, the glitz and r of the state banquet. here is are you a senator jon sopel -- here is our u.s. editor jon jon: the state banquet in the form of buckingham palace. metals commenc

vicki young, our chief political correspondent in westminster.ch up with the weather now, stan has the forecast. there was a cloud and wet day today with the heaviest rain towards western areas. 0vernight, the pressure will move northward meaning that rain will become confined to more northern parts of the uk. scotland and northern ireland were lots of rain for wilful here and parts of northern england. elsewhere, and will be a drier story for much of and wales with clear skies and a mr patch is developing. nowhere will be particularly cold. as we start wednesday off on a brighter note, much of england and wales will have sunshine and it will turn hazy. scotla nd sunshine and it will turn hazy. scotland and northern ireland holding onto the cloud, outbreaks of rain. the south—west of england will be quite heavy. drier weather further east where we could see 20 or 21 degrees. call in at the north. through friday, it looks like we could see another area of low pressure bringing rain to central, southern and eastern areas. into the weekend, it stays

let‘s get more on the race than from westminster.bring us up—to—date. about 15 minutes from now, about 20 metres from where i am in a room, we will see the 1922 committee reveal who has made the cut of having eight mps backing them. sam was one who was struggling quite frankly to get to that level. he backs another referendum on leaving the european union and that‘s a policy not hugely popular in the conservative party. he has pulled outjust before the

he will be leaving the palace by car to go to westminster abbey? that's right.ing in the picture gallery of buckingham palace on various items in the royal collection that have american link. and various gifts as well. we should get told what they are. we should know later what they are. perhaps a phone without twitter! then we will see the president on one of the few parts of his itinerary where he will ta ke parts of his itinerary where he will take a road trip, a short road trip, rather than going by helicopter, from buckingham palace to westminster abbey. he will be escorted by the duke of york. interesting that the duke of york has been selected for a number of different roles during this visit. he is somebody who already knows donald trump. they have had a number of readings before both because prince andrew, the duke of york, has a trade envoy, business envoy role. they are both great lovers of golf. there is a connection. he would have scored the president and the first lady to westminster abbey, where a wreath will be laid at the grave of the unknown wa

to westminster losing by just under 700 votes as a vanishingly small margin i think make no mistake and the other parties will now make no mistake the briggs's party has become and remains a significant feature new feature on the british political landscape britain's prime minister to resign is officially stepping down as leader of the conservative party she'll continue to. as prime minister while the party chooses her successor 11 m.p.'s are competing in the race they announced her resignation 2 weeks ago after parliament voted down her briggs the deal for a 3rd time al-jazeera is lawrence lee joins us now live from westminster in central london what it granted. an extension to britain's briggs's deadline the e.u. advised the country to use the time wisely lawrence and yet here we are about to embark upon a 6 week campaign for leadership of reason may's party. yes but of course when donald tusk in the people of the european union said that that was before the break suppose he really came into existence and i think one of the many things you could you can say about nigel farage in the b

he and the first lady headed to westminster in a few minutes. let's get you some high-frequency economic data. ism factory index is out. you can see that it is actually not beating estimates. .1 -- little weak, 50 do 50 do .1. economy -- 52.1. economists were looking for 53. construction spending came in flat. economists were looking for construction spending to rise in april. let's get to markets, a little over a half an hour into the first day in june. last week battered investors everywhere. the s&p 500 right now 2745. plenty of stocks lower, though, iva for one of the worst performers, this spin off from dow chemical and dupont. fedex, this is a sign of a trade war, down almost 2%. china lashing back, saying fedex is misdirecting huawei's packages, opening an investigation and putting fedex on the blacklist. the 10 year yield is back at got as lowut it as 2.07. we saw a massive change in the bond market on friday, guy. guy: the president has just departed buckingham palace, heading down to westminster abbey, and the last couple of seconds. w

boris johnson arriving in westminster.private hustings of tory mps today and he is expected to take part in the bbc‘s tv debate tomorrow night. he might be in the back seat but he is still leading the pack. jessica parker, bbc news. let's speak now to our assistant political editor norman smith who's in westminster now. just to pick up on that last point, it does seem as if borisjohnson‘s no—show tactics so far haven't really harmed him. yeah, i think the bottom line is the bojo no—show is working and it defies all the normal laws of political gravity because if you put in for almost any public office, even a lowly parish councillor, you have to put yourself forward foot fairly extensive public scrutiny. borisjohnson, instead, it's just scrutiny. borisjohnson, instead, it'sjust hiding scrutiny. borisjohnson, instead, it's just hiding away from journalists, and i think his team will console themselves with the fa ct will console themselves with the fact it means he's not putting his footin fact it means he's not putting his

that is another thing is thousands of westminster would rail against, though. these protests weren't fake news, as the president claimed, although there were pockets of support for him and the crowds much smaller than last time. leading the charge, though, the labour leader, who refused last night to go to the queen's dinner in honour of donald trump. together we can make a big difference. together, we can change this world. together, we can bring about that peace and justice and by oui’ about that peace and justice and by our demonstration here today, we have shown just how determined we all of us are to achieve that better place and that better world! cheering but then it emerged from the president has matt lipps, mr corbyn had asked to see him after all. i don't know jeremy had asked to see him after all. i don't knowjeremy corbyn, never met him, never spoke to him. he wanted to meet today and i decided that i would not do that. i think

well behind me at the westminster magistrates court supporters of julian assange and the media are hearing from his legal team following this extradition hearing that the magistrate presiding has decided that julian our sons will face a full 5 day extradition hearing in february of next year and remember that even the result of that hearing can be appealed by either side which indicates of course that it is many months now if at all before mr assad will actually have to answer any of the charges put to him by the department of justice in a u.s. court he was not in court to listen to those charges being read he did join via video link because of ill health we're told from belmarsh prison in southeast london where he's serving a 15 week for bail violations now what the charges that he was listening to were part of an 18 count indictment issued by the department of justice including charges under the espionage act among them soliciting and publishing classified information and conspiring to hack into a government computer those charges of course specifically relating to the publication back i

for the torture assessment science failed to appear in court due to ill health it was outside the westminster magistrate's court where the hearing was supposed to have taken place. extradition hearing isn't taking place any longer today the sound was actually meant to be here in person but he's not even well enough to buy a video 10 minutes on she's been moved to the hospital all belmarsh prison to a maximum security prison where he. said to expect. that he went into the ecuadorian embassy back in 2012 and which is. really. about the status of his health. the medical. system that may put him on the world speaks speaks. you know being a higher security. person it's difficult for anyone to spend 7 years confined in the ecuadorian embassy for. medical treatment but the medical treatment this is going to be the 2nd hearing on just the extradition the official start of it has been moved to around about the 12th of june we think we've already had a fuss terri earlier this month. consents to being extradited to the us the hearing the songs failed to show up was washington's extradition request if se

let's speak to our political correspondentjessica parker who is in westminster for us this morning.ure you watch that debate closely. if there are a winner? somebody was not there, but how about a winner? it was hard to a winnerfrom the debate about a winner? it was hard to a winner from the debate for a few reasons. one of which, it was a busy debate. five people there although as you say mrjohnson was notable in his absence. and while they clashed repeatedly over brexit, brexit again dominating the discussion, there we re dominating the discussion, there were some fiery moments there. overnight, as ben mentioned, a moment ago we had this fresh endorsement for boris johnson, somebody who was not at the debate, from matt hancock the health secretary. matt pulled out of the race himself on friday. no doubt the remaining candidates have been vying for his support over the weekend but he has plumbed for borisjohnson. interestingly writing an article in the times that he says interestingly writing an article in the times that he sastohnson is, in his view, almost certainly going to be t

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster.ore on the president trump's state visit, including all the latest pictures, head to our website bbc.com/news. you an also download the bbc news app. let's get some of the day's other news. tens of thousands of people have protested in the czech capital, prague, calling for the resignation of prime minister andrej babis. he's accused of fraudulent use of eu subsidies, although he denies any wrongdoing. 0rganisers say as many as 120,000 were at tuesday's rally. an armed officer who was criticised for the way he responded to a school shooting in florida last year is facing multiple charges, including child neglect. scot peterson was outside marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland when a gunman opened fire, killing 17 people. his lawyer said mr peterson believed the gunshots were coming from outside the building. the united states has announced new restrictions on american citizens travelling to cuba, including a ban on cruises. the us treasury said the measures were aimed at put

amazingly, he had still been allowed to work briefly at westminster underground station.were planning their attack, and the last few days, no one was watching. how could they miss him? the mi five, they didn't stop that guy despite all the signs that he was really ready for the worst. as they hired a van and drove it into central london, no one was there to stop them and despite their westminster i less tha n them and despite their westminster i less than three months earlier, there were no barriers on the bridge. lawyers for the bereaved family said police and mi five had failed to do theirjob. to protect the public. it's taken 20 years — but the european union and the south american ecomonic bloc, mercosur — comprising argentina, brazil, paraguay and uruguay — have agreed a trade deal. brazil's president jair bolsonaro called the agreement "one of the most important trade deals of all time". here's the eu trade commissioner cecilia malmstrom reflecting on the time it's taken. these negotiations had been two decades in the making and the fact is, today, exactly today, 20

borisjohnson is the bookies' favourite, but at prime minister's questions, the snp's westminster leadera may about some of the things he'd said in the past. does the prime minister agree with the frontrunner set to succeed her that the scottish people are "a verminous race that should be placed in ghettos and exterminated"? prime minister! can ijust say to the right honourable gentlemen that the conservative and unionist party takes the people of every part of this united kingdom not only seriously, but we welcome the contribution from people of every part of this united kingdom, because that is what makes the united kingdom the great country it is, and along the scotland remain part of it. ian blackford! well of course, mr speaker, words matter and actions matter. the man who published those words in his magazine, the prime minister thought was fit for the office of our top diplomat. and he hasn't stopped there. he said that scotts should be banned from being prime minister — banned from being prime minister, mr speaker! and that a pound spent in croydon was worth more than a pound spe

the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster.rvice, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower shall be shot off. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 7a. outspoken but rarely outfought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times a world champion. he was a good fighter. he fought all the way to the end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles lp sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band, a record described as "the album of the century." this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: president trump has praised "decades of friendship" between the us and uk, at a banquet which capped the first day of his state visit. the pomp is expected to give way to protests on day two, as anti—trump demonstrators converge on the capital for planned demonstrations. let's take a look at some fron