in london. we are live with pictures of the president on marine one heading to the military academy. this trip made headlines and it is just beginning. first the pomp and now the politics for the president in the uk. expect a rough road ahead made bumpy by comments the president made to "the sun" newspaper. the interview went online as the dinner with theresa may ended. >> he said may ignored his advice on brexit strategy. he said his proposal to maintain close ties to the european union would jeopardize any future trade deals with the u.s. >> if they do a deal like that, we will be dealing with the europe european union instead of dealing with the uk. it will probably kill the deal. if they do that, their trade deal with the u.s. will probably not be made. >> extraordinary criticism of the foreign leader of the trip to their own country. the latest example, the president is playing nice in person and getting tough in public. for the latest, let's bring in diplomatic editor nic robertson live in

they identify london. you know, when you see one of these vehicles you automatically know that you're in london. >> but a change is coming. to combat air pollution, london is phasing out diesel-powered cabs. as of 2018, only e-cabs arare issued new operating licenses. not to everyone's liking. >> if you lose the licensed london taxi, you lose part of london's identity. it is so iconic and recognizable. >> london's black cabs have cult status. but they're also major polluters. unlike these new cabs. they're quiet, and much cleaner than diesel-powered taxis. besides other advantages. >> we've got the door opening the completely opposite direction. passengers come from this way so they can get fit in between gaps a bit better, in traffic. usb port, here. wifi as well. it's all connected over here. controlled by the driver. you have the panoramic roof. on a good day seeing the sights of london. it's just been a revolution. a customer actually thought they were getting in a bentley because the badge, it looks a

i am a canadian who is also a student here in london.” london. i am a canadian who is also a student here in london. i am georgia. i am connie. a student here in london. i am georgia. iam connie. iam a student here in london. i am georgia. i am connie. i am also a londoner, but 20 years only, i am canadian originally. speak up a bit because it is quite loud with the traffic noise of central london. why did you guys decide to come out today and protest? we are here because we believe in women's rights. for them to be equal with men. and we think, we still see sexism in everyday life and we are from an independent girls' school so it is important to us. and we think on this day, whatever you think about donald trump's politics, he is still as a person representing a particular view about women and girls. and we are here to remind people i guess that women have full lives and we are happy to participate. lots of people have been getting in touch throughout the morning, viewers, telling us how they feel about this visit. lots of people supporting it.

vegan in london in 2018 is really, really easy now. there are so many cool places to eat, you can getjunk food, you can get healthy food, you can eat anywhere. it's super easy. the vegan market is growing, it's incredible. it's so exciting, what's happening. according to the vegan society, the number of vegans in the uk went up by 350% in 10 years, and that was before the huge trend in the last two years kicked in. it's particularly here in london where lots of the change has been happening. which might make this one of the best places in the world to travel to as a vegan. so, i'm going to take a fresh look at london as a tourist for the day and i'm going to enjoy some of those classic london travel experiences, but with a vegan twist. it all starts with a bus tour, of course, on one of these. and it's no ordinary bus tour. this is a vegan afternoon tea bus tour, offering a vegan version of the traditional british afternoon tea on an iconic red routemaster bus. what a way to see those sites. a fellow passenger on board today is dominic

i, london n. breed, do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state enemi foreign and domestic, that i bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that i take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i'm about to enter and during such time as i hold the position of mayor of the city a >> thank you so much, lieutenant governor. and now, ladies and gentlemen, i am thrilled to present to you the 45th mayor of the city and county of san francisco, the honorable london n. breed! >> thank you. thank you all so much for being here today. and i want to say thank you to the residents of the city and county of san francisco for entrusting me with this incredible honor. i want to thank my colleagues from the board of supervisors for being here and also i want to acknowledge my predecessors who are here today. mayors, jordan, agnes and

i, london n. breed do solemnly swear. >> do solemnly swear. >> they will support and defend... >> i will support and defend... >> the constitution of the united states! >> the constitution of the united states. >> and the constitution of the state of california. >> and the constitution of the state of california. >> against all enemies. >> against all enemies. >> foreign and domestic. >> foreign and domestic. >> that i bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> that i bear truth faith and allegiance to the same. >> that i take this obligation freely. >> i take this obligation freely. >> without any purpose of evasion. >> or purpose of evasion. >> that i will well and faithfully discharge. >> i will well and faithfully discharge. >> duties upon which i'm about to enter. >> the duties which i'm about to enter. >> and during such time i hold the position. >> and during such time as i hold the position. >> as mayor of the city and county of san francisco. >> as mayor of the city and county of san

but we have seen protests as in other parts of london and in other cities in the u.k. also expecting protests to take place in scotland which is the next stop on president tom trump's tour of the u.k. his visit here to the u.k. and the haywood joins us live now from trafalgar square in central london emma what's happening there. well merriam turner talked about it being a date at checkers than it has been anything but today in london from the morning when when those protests go from the way they have to protest by passion and i know but they have been peaceful despite the noise throughout the day we have people banging pots and pans to try to make their message very clear that donald trump is not welcome here in the u.k. trafalgar square the police have tweeted say that they are compared to twenty thousand people here we know who go through or many more people who've taken part in the protests but not here only from filling up a stop where it took a good hour for people to go past us all. but also here in the square it is very much a party atmosphere defy despite the b

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i'm john berman in london today. president trump set off a political explosion here in the united kingdom. she rolled out the red carpet, he pulled it out from right underneath her. at this moment they're meeting behind closed doors. the president not looking all that comfortable but the prime minister maybe trying to ease that a bit. they are meeting at this moment to talk about military issues, he says, and trade. it comes aft

london. metropolis. regents can now watches its way north of central london but it's surprising a tranquil canal runs almost parallel to the river thames. london author bill nash is interested in the more secluded parts of his hometown. in the past ten years. and in particular since the london olympics a lot of the canals around london of being revitalized cleaned up. life is being reintroduced and that's a lot of people living on house boats nash describes the lesser known aspects of the city in his book secret london. now daytrippers cruise along regent's canal from little venice to camden. but there are plans to use the canal for transporting freight cars in the past. along the banks people can shop for books on a houseboat all visit the house the venue strange and. one of the rooms is devoted to the patterns of the caesar's palace tree in the london underground. so the gallery is based in king's cross london which is undergoing this amazing transformation over the past few years and it's now a really

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london broo london breed enters the mayor's office on a razor thin win. she comes in because of an emergency. the death of mayor ed lee. and is expected to solve one. the homelessness issue that plagues our city streets. amy hollyfield is live for us at city hall. >> reporter: it is about to get started. set for 11:00 this morning and look at the impressive setup and crowd here. look at the stage, huge monitors, gorgeous flowers. and this crowd. a spokesperson tells me there are 2400 seats for general admission and 900 reserved. they are all about full and they are allowing obviously a standing room crowd to gather here. many of the guests tell us they are here because they want to witness history. london breed did pop out on to the stage this morning briefly to practice her speech. she appeared serious and calm. she will become the city's first african-american female mayor when she takes that oath. the ceremony is set to start at 11:00 a.m. on a wednesday, that is tough for some people to make obviously, people have to be at work, but those here tell me

in central london at the residence of the u.s. ambassador and it says already gathering outside experts to be the first in a series of protests against chants visit tens of thousands of people. the barker is outside winfield house in london's regent park regent's park so isn't carefully picked locations for this visit tell us about what's happening when you are. we're usually at the main gate so winfield house is the main point of entry for the waves and waves of police officers that have been going in here is nothing short of a ring of steel around the u.s. ambassador's official residence here in london we've seen an entire lorry load of police horses go in a short time ago we know that on the ground there are heavily armed officers there are dog patrols as well not to mention donald trump's own security detail who are very visible all over this area but we have also started to see the start of protests too modest for the time being we're talking about just under one hundred people or so gathered on the perimeter of winfield hous

to go to london to protest against his visit. and ten thousand officers involved in trying to police in. central london mainly to be avoided to during this trip some fifteen thousand people are expected to stage protests in the coming hours and days but to ensure the president's security in britain as i mentioned a massive security operation is in place not only is he going to be accompanied by a thousand of his own staff as well as backup from multiple helicopters to limos nicknamed the beast the total cost of this trip and that's a should cost between the u.s. and britain it's going to be some thirty million pounds is on this to see if. the day has come donald trump's first official visit to the u.k. starts this thursday could be wining and dining with theresa may and her ministers visiting scotland and meeting the queen one police will be avoiding for the next couple of days though is central london as thousands are expected on to the streets to protest his visit the number of police being mobilized is in the thousands to repo

as they have expanded their operations in london, creating jobs in london. it is important we distinguish the views of the protests against trump what he stands for and america and americans. i love america and americans. i love america and americans and i have spoken to many londoners, some of them who call themselves londoners who are americans, who will be joining themselves londoners who are americans, who will bejoining in the protest today. one of the things americans love about the city is the rates we have here, the right to protest a nd rates we have here, the right to protest and have free speech, the right to freedom of assembly and the idea we would cut those rights because it may cause offence to president trump or anybody else americans would find objectionable because their own constitution have enshrined in it the freedom of speech and the freedom to protest and freedom to assemble. reading the speeches from franklin to jefferson, the founding fathers, they talk about the freedom of free speech and freedom to protest. our own constitution has

it has made things awkward in london. dave. >> it has indeed. kaitlan collins live in london. thank you. >> awkward. >>> president trump is hop scotching all over the uk, but one place he is avoiding is central london. 50,000 protesters are expected. before they do, the infamous trump baby balloon has taken to the skies. for more, we turn to nick paton walsh. nick, you have been all over the baby balloon. what is the latest? >> reporter: obviously not many major stunning developments here. it has been up in the air for 35 minutes. it has been another hour and 25 under permission granted by london local authority. the london mayor kahn. there is a lot of political context around the balloon. to repeat what it is is donald trump in a nappy holding a mobile phone. that is his favorite weapon of war, twitter. this was given permission to be here for two hours and that is obviously made donald trump in the interview with "the sun" talking about how he feels unwelcome in london and he panned the mayor's record on crime and immigration and things not decided by the local authority, b

temperatures in london at the moment 20 or21, temperatures in london at the moment 20 or 21, but widely across the country we are looking at the mid—teens. they haven't fallen terribly low overnight. the forecast for this week continues to be hot and humid. there will be a few showers around, but by no means will we all see them. and temperatures this week especially in the south—east could hit 33 and possibly even as high as 34. so a few showers, not much more than that in the forecast. what we have today is a weak weather front crossing scotla nd a weak weather front crossing scotland and northern ireland. that is producing some rain, but it is not particularly heavy. so by 9am you can see across scotland a fair bit of cloud around, and that rain heading south eastwards. the same for northern ireland. cloudy start with the rain moving south—east. the eastern half of scotland and eastern northern ireland starting off on a brighter note. northern england has afairamount of brighter note. northern england has a fair amount of cloud around and some showers. across the isle of man, c

i am francine lacqua in london. you are looking at live pictures of protesters in front of parliament square in front of the house in britain, flying a trump baby balloon. he arrived in britain yesterday and is scheduled to hold more talks with the prime minister and then take tea with the queen a little later. we have been to speak to protesters on the ground. the giant balloon had been designed to speak to trump in a language he understands, which is personal insults. this is according to those who make the balloon. of course, a lot of people are against the flying of the blue, say even if we disagree, we should show more respect to the leader of the free world. apart from criticizing the prime minister, the prime minister also hit out at london's mayor, saying he was doing a terrible job at preventing terrorism and crime. spoke withedwards the mayor a few moments ago. president trump explained the things he does and the tweets he does. clear, we love americans and america, they contribute quite a bit to us. i hav

london's bricks and plan could kill a trade deal with the u.s. says i don't want to trump a small business in the united kingdom we get some analysis from london what trump is doing what he does best. also coming up soybean farmers in the united states graceful the loss of their main markets the trade route with china intensifiers. what to do business and starting with this new italy. will not ratify state of the european union's free trade agreement with canada that's according to the country's deputy prime minister luigi maior and that could shatter the biggest free trade accord india's the threats to the deal represents a further front to the ongoing global trade conflict a failure to deliver sita would be a huge setback for both sides who have been trying to ramp up trade amid growing u.s. protectionism now the meanwhile british prime minister to resign may and u.s. president donald trump holding talks on future trade relations between the two countries this after donald trump damning comments on mays breaks that approach saying it would prob

trump takes tea with the queen he and the first lady millennial will bump into windsor castle near london by the ninety two year old monarch trump has mostly of boarded the british capital where tens of thousands of people are protesting against his visit also coming up. controversy of an alleged former bodyguard of the late al qaeda leader osama bin laden first he was deported from germany but now a german courses all of him to be brought back from tunisia. and pakistan for primeness and of on sharif arrested on corruption charges within minutes of his plane landing in the country he told supporters i'm making a sacrifice for the future of pakistan. hello and welcome i'm without cheema u.s. president dollar trump is gone from briggs that controversy to rory pomp and pageantry on the second day of his visit to the u.k. trump began the day by criticizing british prime minister to resign ms briggs of policy little backpedaling on those remarks when he traveled to windsor castle and then he rented windsor castle radiate with the queen now trump and first lady melania trump put on a good thin

david, i know that you are in london. this is not where the president will be heading because there is a very active decision to keep him out of london and keep him in the countryside of the u.k.. talk us through what is going on here in terms of the tension etween theresa may and does -- president trump, especially as it relates to brexit. she has just unveiled this white paper, which is very different than the progressives had envisioned for the country. it is something the president had made reference to it the nato press conference. david: that is right. a big day for theresa may, with this very detailed brexit plan and the white paper. they published that, 90 eight pages long, and we have been pouring through the details all day. and then, donald trump throws a wrench into the process by making comments on it as he is leaving the nato summit, saying it looks like it is not the brexit the british people voted for. what he means by that is it is a softer version of brexit, meaning they will stay bound to the european u

we are live from across london at the u.s. ambassador's residence and outside the uk prime minister retreat >> i actually told theresa may how to do it, but she didn't agree, she didn't listen to me >> well, good morning, everybody. the uk has rolled out the red carpet for president donald trump. he, in turn, has told "the sun" newspaper there will be no u.s. trade deal under the current brexit plan. >> well, here in westminster, we're seeing the trump baby blimp protest inflate. due to go live at 9:30 local time this is up to 100,000 protesters could be seen on the streets of london today >>> meanwhile, european stocks open in the green led by technology after the nasdaq reached a record high boosted by facebook and amazon. >>> political tensions are rising and security is tightening around the uk as the country wakes up to u.s. president trump's visit. president trump has set an explosive tone for his uk visit. he has warned that theresa may's brexit plan could kill any deal. the british government's blue print for its futur

i'm christiane amanpour in london. the first full day of president trump's visit to britain lived up to its billing -- controversial, fast-pace action, pomp and protest. it began starting with an unprecedented interview in the "sun" tabloid in which president trump directly criticized his host the british prime minister theresa may. later, though, when standing beside her he tried to walk it back and make nice. >> i give it the highest level of special so we start off with special. i would give our relationship with the uk and now especially after this two days with your prime minister i would say the highest level of special. >> special or not, the president avoided central london and parliament behind me because of this -- tens of thousands of people packed trafalgar square and marched through the streets protesting his visits and his policies on immigration and record on women's issue. a blimp of trump in the diaper appeared over head then two bombshells dropped back home in washington. the deputy attorney general a

many thousands of protesters descending in central london and other cities here in the u.k. but here we can see that trump's approach to windsor castle being carefully orchestrated and choreographed in order to avoid many of those protests and you can see president trump just passing by. as he arrives to meet the queen. at a very busy day today he was with the prime minister to reason may at checkers retreat a rather awkward joint press conference a little bit earlier on in which president trump was backtracking all downplaying comments he'd made to britain's sun newspaper criticizing a treasonous breaks it strategy but then striking a very different tone with the prime minister earlier on in here we can see president trump and his wife melania thanking the queen. live live live . live. live live. live . so here we see president donald trump and his wife melania meeting the british want to for the first time they argue to have tea with the queen that meeting is likely to last about thirty minutes we know this is something that president trump has been looking forward to in h

the podium himself she wanted to make sure that the world that we're now joined by you get moss in london and barbara vessel in brussels barbara i'm going to start with you because the nato summit was just over the last couple of days and the similar situation where trump made some comments and them pulled back on them what do you make of his comments that he just made at the presser today about nato. it's pretty much the same that he. did during the two days at nato only that he still doesn't seem to have understood that nato is not a main cash box where the member countries put money in but we're talking about money that each individual country uses and spends for their own military. kid keeps on was the sort of repeat misrepresentation and after leaving nato leaders completely flux and totally sort of out of their understand range an area of understanding because they did know where they were at was the same. and we can only say that this is the course he has he is steering however in the back here because i'm in the center of london that the main demonstration against the people are r

good milling from bbc london news, i'm good milling from bbc london news, i' m charlotte good milling from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. commuters using south—western rail services face eight days of travel disruption due to industrial action being held by the rmt. the walkout which starts todayis by the rmt. the walkout which starts today is because of a long—running dispute over the role of guards on trains. the union says it is a safety issue. southwest trains says it's safety issue. southwest trains says its continuing to work with the rmt to the dispute. in other news, a high air pollution warning has been issued in london todayis warning has been issued in london today is the ongoing heatwave continues. the london mayor says the warning is due to high temperatures combined with the capital's toxic out. the met office says temperatures today may break the uk's all—time record. a cyclist is ina uk's all—time record. a cyclist is in a critical condition after a collision with a cement mixer lorry at old street roundabout. a woman in her 305 was taken to hospital wi

radio london from 7:00. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: the hot weather is causing problems forfarmers, we're looking at the impact the rising temperatures are having on livestock and crops. as the world's first ivf baby celebrates her 40th birthday this week, we'll take a look at developments in fertility treatment. we thought they'd never ever get back together, but ‘90s girl band all saints will be here on the sofa ahead of the release of their new album. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. at least 20 people have been killed in deadly forest fires raging across greece. more than 100 people have been injured and hundreds more evacuated near the capital, athens. most of the victims have died in the coastal area of mati, where people were trapped in their homes and cars. the greek authorities have asked for international assistance to co

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extending to you so konovalov protests in the heart of london for more feet so with barbara you know what to resolve this must have been a very very difficult visit for to resume but she was focusing on the positives when she addressed. yes she had to focus on the positives because this did not go. off to a good start before donald trump an even landed in the u.k. he given an interview to the sun newspaper in which he criticized theresa may over her break that plan saying that they would probably kill a free trade deal with the u.s. and that he had given her advice and that she hadn't listened so that touch if not go down well with theresa may but she had to play ball here she had to show that she could still get something out of this meeting she talked about the positives the military cooperation shared intelligence and pursuing a very ambitious free trade agreement and this time at checkers don't trump agreed but i also want to thank prime minister may for pursuing fair and reciprocal trade with the united states once the brics a process is concluded. and perhaps the u.k. has left

margaret thatcher deregulated the banks in london bill clinton did the same. later on wall street chancellor gerhard schroeder and germany then also bought into the deregulation philosophy money was to earn money and thereby create growth the global casino was open for business the liberalism half of liberalization was a mistake it's the wrong word too if you deregulate markets that need to be regulated then you create chaos you unleash an avalanche of money on to the world wonderfully policy or you can call that liberalization but it was a policy that benefited only a few people namely the rich it has caused a lot of problems for the world and at least israel started out. to liberalize ation or deregulation allowed the deals of the banks to explode they now acted internationally major banks have become investment establishment that fund huge deals more and more money goes into speculation that's where the big money is made this has less and less to do with the real economy other central banks alone responsible for this influx of money away and as they don't c