Together, america and the United Kingdom are a beacon for prosperity and the rule of law. That is why the United States respects the sovereignty of the british people and their right of self determination. A free and independent britain is a blessing to the world and our relationship has never been stronger. Both america and britain understand that governments must be responsive to everyday working people, that governments must represent their own citizens. Madam Prime Minister, we look forward to working closely with you as we strengthen our mutual ties and commerce, business and foreign affairs. Great days lie ahead for our two peoples and our two countries. On behalf of our nation, i thank you forjoining us here today. It is a really great honour. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, mr president. Can i start by saying that i am so pleased that i have been able to be here today and thank you for inviting me so soon after your inauguration. Im delighted to be able to congratulate you on what was a stunning election victory. As you say, the invitation is an indication of the strength and importance of the Special Relationship that exists between our two countries, a relationship based on the bonds of history, family, kinship and common interests. In a further sign of the importance of that relationship, i have today been able to convey her majesty the queens hope that President Trump and the first lady would pay a state visit to the United Kingdom later this year, and im delighted that the president has accepted that invitation. Today, we are discussing a number of topics, and there is much on which we agree. The president has mentioned foreign policy. We are discussing how we can work closely together to take on and defeat daesh and the ideology of islamist extremism wherever it is found. Our two nations are already leading efforts to face up to this challenge, and we are making progress with daesh losing territory and fighters, but we need to redouble our efforts. Today we are discussing how we can do this by deepening intelligent today we are discussing how we can do this by deepening intelligence and Security Cooperation and by stepping up our efforts to counter daesh in cyberspace. We know we will not eradicate this threat until we defeat the ideology that lies behind it. Our talks will continue later. I am sure we will discuss other topics, syria and russia. On defence and Security Cooperation, we are united in our recognition of nato as the bulwark of our collective defence. Today, we have reaffirmed our unshakeable commitment to this alliance. Mr president , you confirmed that you are 100 behind nato. But we are also discussing the importance of nato continuing to ensure it is as equipped to fight terrorism and cyber warfare as it is to fight more conventional forms of war. I have agreed to continue my efforts to encourage my fellow european leaders to deliver on their commitments to spend 2 of their gdp on defence so that the burden is more fairly shared. It is only by investing properly in our defence that we can ensure we are properly equipped to face our shared challenges together. Finally, the president and i have mentioned future Economic Cooperation in trade. Trade between our countries is already worth £150 billion a year. The us is the single biggest source of inward investment to the uk and, together, we have around 1 trillion invested in each others economies. The uk us defence relationship is the broadest, deepest and most advanced of any two countries sharing Military Hardware and expertise. The president and i are ambitious to build on this relationship in order to grow our respective economies, provide the high skilled, high paid jobs of the future for working people across america and the uk. So we are discussing how we can establish trade negotiation agreements, take forward immediate high level talks, lay the groundwork for a uk us Trade Agreement and identify the steps we can take now to enable companies in both countries to do business with one another more easily. I am convinced that a trade deal between the us and the uk is in the National Interest of both countries and will cement the crucial relationship that exists between us, particularly as the uk leaves the European Union and reaches out to the world. Todays talks are a significant moment for President Trump and i to build our relationship and i look forward to continuing to work with you as we deliver on the promises of freedom and prosperity for all the people of our respective countries. Thank you. Very nicely stated. Steve holland 7 thank you. You will be speaking tomorrow with the russian president. What message would you like to convey to him . How close are you to lifting some of the sanctions imposed on russia over its ukraine incursion, what would you expect in return and Prime Minister may, do you foresee any changes in British Attitudes towards sanctions on russia . Well, i hear a call was set up and we will see what happens with sanctions. Very early to be talking about that. We look to have a great relationship with all countries, ideally, but that will not necessarily happen. Unfortunately, it probably will not happen with many countries, but if we can have, as we do with Prime Minister may and the relationship we have developed and even the short relationship that we have just developed by being with each other, having lunch, we have had some interesting talks and very productive talks. But if we can have a great relationship with russia and with china and with all countries, i am all for that. That would be a tremendous asset. No guarantees, but if we can, that would be a positive. As far as the uk is concerned on sanctions for russia in relation to their activities in ukraine, we have been clear that we want to see the minsk agreement fully incremented. We believe the sanctions should continue until we see that agreement fully implemented and we have been continuing to argue that inside the European Union. Laura . Laura kuenssberg, bbc news. Prime minister, you have talked about where you agree, but you have also said you would be frank where you disagree with the president. Can you tell us where in our talks you did disagree, and do you think the president listened to what you have to say . And mr president. We will see what she says you have said before that torture works. You have praised russia. You have said you want to ban some muslims from coming to america. You have suggested there should be punishment for abortion. For many people in britain, those sound like alarming beliefs. What do you say to our viewers at home who are worried about some of your views and worried about you becoming the leader of the free world . This was your choice of a question . There goes that relationship. On the issue you raised with me, laura, can i confirm that i have been listening to the president and the president has been listening to me, that is the point of having a conversation. We have been discussing a number of topics. We will carry on meeting after this Press Conference and discussing topics. There will be issues on which we disagree. The point of the Special Relationship is that we are able to have that open and frank discussion so that we can make that clear when it happens. But i am clear also that there are many issues on which the United Kingdom and the United States stand alongside one another, many issues on which we agree. As i said in my speech, i think we are at a moment when we can build an Even StrongerSpecial Relationship which will be in the interests notjust of the uk and the United States, but in the interests of the wider world as well. We have a great general who hasjust been appointed secretary of defence, generaljames mattis. He has stated publicly that he does not necessarily believe in torture, or waterboarding or however you want to define it, enhanced interrogation, i guess, would be the words a lot of people would like to use. I dont necessarily agree, but i would tell you that he will override because i am giving him that power. He is an expert. He is highly respected. He is the generals general, got through the senate very quickly, which in this country is not easy, i will tell you. So i am going to rely on him. I happen to feel that it does work. I have been open about that for a long period of time, but i am going with our leaders and we are going to win, with or without. But i do disagree. As far as putin and russia, i dont say good, bad or indifferent. I dont know the gentleman. I hope we have a fantastic relationship. That is possible, and it is also possible that we wont. We will see what happens. I will be representing the American People very strongly, very forcefully. And if we have a great relationship with russia and other countries and if we go after isis together, which has to be stopped, that is an evil that has to be stopped, i will consider that a good thing, not a bad thing. How the relationship works out, i wont be able to tell until later. I have had many times where i thought i would get along with people and i dont like them at all. And i have had some where i didnt think i was going to have much of a relationship, and it turned out to be a great relationship. So, theresa, we never know about those things, do we . But i will be representing the American People very strongly. Thank you. How Aboutjohn Roberts from fox . Mr president , thank you and madam Prime Minister. It is my understanding that you had an hour long phone call this morning with president Enrique Pena Nieto of mexico. Could we get an update on where the relationship is . Further to that, what do you say to critics who claim you have already soured a relationship with a very important us ally . And madam Prime Minister, are you concerned about the state of relations between the United States and mexico . I think the Prime Minister has other things she is much more worried about than mexico and the United States relationship. But i will say that we had a very good call. I have been very strong on mexico. I have Great Respect for mexico. I love the mexican people. I work with them all the time. But as you know, mexico, with the United States, has out negotiated us and beat us to a pulp through our past leaders. They have made us look foolish. We have a Trade Deficit of 60 billion with mexico. On top of that, the border is soft and weak. Drugs are pouring in, and i am not going to let that happen. General kelly is going to do a fantasticjob at homeland security. We swore him in yesterday. We have a very good relationship, the president and i. We had a talk that lasted for about an hour this morning, and we are going to be working on a fair and new relationship. But the United States cannot continue to lose vast amounts of business, vast amounts of companies and millions of people losing theirjobs. That wont happen with me. We are no longer going to be the country that doesnt know what its doing. So we are going to renegotiate our trade deals and we are going to renegotiate other aspects of our relationship with mexico. In the end, i think it will be good for both countries. But it was a very friendly call. I think you will hear that from the president and i think you will hear that from the people of mexico that represent him. I look forward to, over the coming months, we will be negotiating and we will see what happens. But i am representing the people of the United States and i am going to represent them as somebody should represent them, not how they have been represented in the past where we lose to every single country. As the president has said, the relationship with the United States and mexico is a matter for the United States and mexico. Tom . Mr president , you said you would help us with a brexit trade deal. You said you would stand by us with nato, but how can the british Prime Minister believe you . You have been known in the past to change your position on things. May i ask this question to both of you, people are fascinated to know how you will get on with each other. You are so different, the hard working vicars daughter, the brash tv extrovert. Have you found anything in common personally yet . I am actually not as brash as you might think. And i can tell you that i think we are going to get along well. It is interesting, because i am a people person. I think you are also, theresa. I can often tell how i will get along with somebody very early, and i believe we are going to have a fantastic relationship. Brexit. And i dont change my position very much. If you go back and look, my position on trade has been solid for many years since i was a young person, talking about how we were getting ripped off by the rest of the world. I never knew i would be in this position where we can do something about it. But we will be talking to your folks about brexit. Brexit was an example of what was to come, and i happened to be in scotland, at turnberry, cutting a ribbon when brexit happened. And we had a vast amount of press there. I said brexit is going to happen. And i was scorned in the press for making that prediction. I said, i believe it is going to happen because people want to know who is coming into their country and they want to control their own trade and various other things. And lo and behold, the following day, it happened. And the odds were not looking good for me when i made that statement because, as you know, everybody thought it was not going to happen. I think brexit is going to be a wonderful thing for your country. When its ironed out, you will have your own identity and you will have the people you want in your country and you will be able to have free trade deals without somebody watching you and what you are doing. I had a very bad experience. I had something in another country, and getting the approvals from europe was very tough. Getting the approvals from the country was fast, easy and efficient. Getting the approvals from the group, i call them the consortium, was very tough. But i think brexit will end up being a fantastic thing for the United Kingdom. It will be a tremendous asset, not a tremendous liability. On the question you asked me, tom, as the president himself has said, we have already struck up a good relationship. But you asked what we had in common. I think if you look at the approach we are both taking, one of the things we have in common is that we want to put the interests of ordinary working people rightat the centre stage. Those people who are working all the hours, doing their best for their families and sometimes feel the odds are stacked against them, it is that interest in ensuring that what we do, our economies and governments actually work for ordinary working people, work for everyone in our countries. We share that. Thank you very much, everybody. That was the Press Conference in its entirety. Chris mason is here. We have a lot of the usual phrases, great days lie ahead for our two people, a deep bond, we were expecting that. Theresa may said, of america, that they are 100 behind nato, and we were not expecting that . That really left out from what we heard from the Prime Minister. She didnt have to say that. It is clear she was very clear to ram home publicly that one of their conversations in private was a commitment to nato. President trump said repeatedly on the Campaign Trail that he said that the north Atla Ntic Trail that he said that the North Atlantic Alliance is obsolete, a word he has used, and in particular he is very concerned about the funding formula. He thinks america has to bail out other countries that dont pay enough into the pot. The uk has long maintained that it meets the nato spending commitment on defence, as does the United States, but a good number of other members dont. The Prime Minister has acknowledged it is understandable, on that basis, that there might be a difference. There was clearly concerned from her and from loads of british politicians that if america we re british politicians that if america were to go soft on the idea of nato, the very existence of the alliance would be called into question. At a time when president putin had been flexing his muscles with the eyes asian of crimea and the fear from some of the with the annexation of crimea, and the fear from the baltic states, it was interesting that the Prime Minister wanted to publicly pen his colours to the mast. We did know if that was a surprise, or if it was something they had agreed that she should say. Lam they had agreed that she should say. I am actually very confident that President Trump and the administration, they are strongly committed to the transatlantic bond. They see a strong nato is not only good for europe, but good for the United States. Two world wars and a cold war have taught us that stability in europe is important for the United States. They know the only time that nato has invoked, article five, the defence clause, was after an attack on the United States, and Hundreds Of Thousands of soldiers, including money from United Kingdom, have been fighting in afghanistan in an operation that was a direct response to an attack oii was a direct response to an attack on the United States. In the United States, they know that nato is important. Making it really quite clear, his opinion. Moving into other aspects of the Press Conference, one thing that came out was that there is to be a state visit, that the queen has invited donald trump. We know he is an anglophile and a supporter of the royal family. It would anglophile and a supporter of the royalfamily. It would be anglophile and a supporter of the royal family. It would be a anglophile and a supporter of the royalfamily. It would be a big deal to him . A huge amount, there has been a sense in whitehall, the Foreign Office and amongst diplomats, as soon as they knew it would be donald trump as president , a Terrific Card britain could play was to tap into his anglophile history, the fact his mother was born on the isle of lewis, he was in scotla nd born on the isle of lewis, he was in scotland the day before the referendum, and his mum was a real royalist. He has talked in the past about how she would regularly reflect on her love for the queen, even though she spent a good number of decades of her life living in the United States. To give him the chance to meet the queen, be looked after and hosted by the queen, stay in Buckingham Palace or windsor castle, it is a tremendous thing for the uk to be able to offer the president. We expect that was going to come, but we got confirmation that the invitation has been sent, theresa may carried it over the atlantic, the president has accepted. That is going to happen later this year. It would be an extraordinarily colourful moment. I guess it is one with controversy as well. Those that think that President Trump is great will point to loads in this News Conference which they think proves that, in terms of the strengthening uk us relationship. Those that do not like him will no doubt have plenty of opportunity, during the state visit, to make their views very well known. That will be quite a spectacle, when it happens. A lot of journalists are posting about what their opinion this press release. From the guardian, saying perhaps donald trump was acting, and his tone was quite restrained, he perhaps was not as gung ho, clock sure as he normally is . Yes, he was pretty calmly spoken. We are so used to shots of him on the Campaign Trail. He is almost shaking the lectern, shouting, it is a very particular style of tub thumping rhetoric. It was quietly spoken. He was attempting to be that bit more reflective. He took a question where it was suggested he was quite bombastic, he said he was not. Occasionally he would get flashes of the campaign trump. He had a bit of a pop, halfjoke, half notjoke, laura kuenssberg, when she asked pointed questions about his views on torture. Why publicly said to theresa may, you asked for her to ask the question, you answer it it is an insight into how he has a frosty relationship with the media and is open to saying it publicly. He made a virtue of it on the Campaign Trail. What about the Body Language . I know neither of us are experts, but you cant help not look at it. Here is a sequence when they we re at it. Here is a sequence when they were walking to the white house. He grabs her hand. Who removes whose hand . Those pillars have a lot to a nswer hand . Those pillars have a lot to answer for. We dont know if it was answer for. We dont know if it was a proactive theresa may or donald trump, i guess he was trying to be courteous as she made her way along the rather posh gangway. It is inevitable that we focus on the Human Relationship in the first meetings. It is difficult. Think of it from their perspective, they are both new in office. This is the first time President Trump has had a foreign leader visiting. He has only been there a matter of days and it is the first time the Prime Minister has been to washington since she took on thejob. Has been to washington since she took on the job. You are bound to has been to washington since she took on thejob. You are bound to be nervous and probably wouldnt. I thought what was quite interesting was when they were specifically asked about their similarities, theresa may went for a political similarity, as she saw it bold of them to campaigning to s. R d p. similarity, as she saw it bold of them to campaigning to s. R d p. 522 e 2a. Them to campaigning to s. R d p. 522 e 24. U she went for a very human comparison. We are starting to see a gradual change to conditions coming off the atlantic. We still had some freezing fog. We did see some sunshine in places, but it has come and gone through the day. On balance, we had a lot more cloud around, and it is cloud that we have to tank, the direction from which the wind is blowing, which means it will come much milder. We have been pulling in cold airfrom much milder. We have been pulling in cold air from continental europe, now we have milder air coming from the atlantic. Still quite a bit of cloud around, through the day. It was not wall to wall cloud for many. Now, through the evening and overnight, the cloud is producing some rain. It will fall onto frozen surfaces. There will be some winteriness, sleet and snow over the hills. It will not be as frosty as it has been. Temperatures close to freezing, quite icy on some untreated roads and pavements, the likes of northern ireland, and scotland, potentially. Iwould likes of northern ireland, and scotland, potentially. I would not lie to rule it out in northern england. The best of the sunshine is coming through across southern and Western Areas into the afternoon, where temperatures are up to eight oi where temperatures are up to eight or nine. Still a few showers around, and a blustery breeze. It will still feel cold, even though it is milder air across eastern areas by the afternoon, just because it is covered by cloud and grisly bits of rain. There could be a few heavy showers towards the north west of scotland. Equally, a good few spells of sunshine to go with it. Those showers tend to keep going in the north. Then we have a Question Mark about sunday. It certainly looks like from the M4 Southwards it will be wet, and for much of scotland it will be dry, bar one or showers. It is the areas in the middle, the likes of northern ireland, northern england, wales, even east anglia, there are concerns about which zone it will be in. At the moment, it looks like they will see some rain as we move through the day and into the afternoon. With a fairly brisk wind pushing the rain in, it is still the far north, we think, mostly dry. For many it will be cloudy, wet and milder than it has been for some time. The milder, more u nsettled been for some time. The milder, more unsettled weather, with westerly wind of the atlantic, continues into the beginning of next week. Not so cold, but cloudier, certainly. This is bbc news. The headlines this hour welcome to the white house. Theresa may becomes the first overseas leader to hold face to face talks with President Trump. Trade was top of the agenda, as well as strengthening the Special Relationship between the uk and the us. A free and independent bulletin is a blessing to the world. A free and independent britain is a blessing to the world. The relationship has never been stronger. Im convinved that a trade between the two countries as of the National Interest on both. Not the President Trump says he will visit the uk this year as the two