In dunedin byjust one point. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Talks are underway in Downing Street, as theresa may tries to strike a deal with the Democratic Unionist Party which will enable the conservatives to continue to govern. The Prime Minister and Arlene Foster are discussing the detailed terms of the dups backing for her minority government, focussing on the upcoming brexit negotiations and their particular implications for Northern Irelands border with the Republic Of Ireland and trade. The conservatives are having to rely on the support of ten dup mps, after they fell eight seats short of winning an overall majority in last weeks general election. Heres our Political Correspondent chris mason. The sun is shining on Northern Irelands Democratic Unionist Party. Just ten mps and their leader who now wield huge powers. Are we looking at the real government . Big smiles and with good reason. The democratic unionists are crucial in propping up theresa may in gover
President trumps cabinet . People with small Bank Balances need not apply. And i love all people, rich and poor. But in those particular positions ijust dont want a poor person. Does that make sense . Welcome to the programme. Im Christian Fraser in london, jon sopel is In Washington. The European Commission supported theresa mays decision to call a snap election. They wanted reassurance the Prime Minister had a mandate for brexit and would be there to see it through to the end. Well, they have no such guarantees. So, the Dinner Conversation tonight might be somewhat strained. Over coffee, mrs may will be explaining to the other 27 leaders how the uk plans to protect the rights of eu and uk citizens once it leaves the union. The commission has already made its counter offer, some weeks ago. We will see how they compare. But president of the european council, donald tusk, stressed brexit wasnt the only thing on the agenda and had this to say about defence. Somebody needs to set up perma
To cancel his summit in helsinki with Vladimir Putin on monday in the face of this, new charges brought by the Department Of Justice. Whats your take on this . I agree, he never should have taken the meeting to begin with. I mean we have no idea what he would hope to gain from this. What we know quite clearly, these were not lowlevel operatives, ali, who were indicted. These are highlevel people who worked very closely with the Senior Leadership in russia. We know putin knew this. Donald trump is only enabling Vladimir Putin by coming to this meeting, by participating in this meeting. If he does do it, and, you know, it wouldnt surprise me if he did, what he ought to do is hand him over these indictments, demand the immediate prompt extradition of all the defendants involved, and thats what he should be doing. He is playing into the hands of putin right now. The world is turned upside down,
as your prior person said. Yeah. Putin wants to destabilize nato, he wants to sow discord among
conditioner, the fans cranking today and the warmth will spread, it is so chilly in chicago, and 90 degrees there by thursday, and we have the upper 80s by friday, in new york city, back into the mid 70s. that s about normal for this time of the year. and that area of low pressure, bringing that heat, it is also going to bring some gusty winds, and that s going to aid in the fire potential in the southwest, and 10 million people impacted by a fire danger today. and we re most concerned in the southwest as we are looking at parts of new mexico, colorado and texas for extreme risk of fire danger today. michelle grossman, thank you very much. still ahead, an historic election in northern ireland. the irish nationalist party has won the largest number of seats in the northern ireland assembly ever. and even though brexit wasn t on the ballot, it cast a long shadow over the campaign. we re back with much more of this on way too early. e back f this on way too early. lthy. we exercis
at the president s public suggestion asking for copies of these recordings. no response yet. but look, as you mentioned, the president and prime minister walked into that press conference hand in hand. the two praised each other s leadership. they said the u.s. and the uk would arrive at a trade deal just as soon as the uk exits the eu. it was by all accounts a perfectly choreographed press conference except for the fact that just 24 hours earlier, the president in that really incendiary interview he gave the sun, he undercut theresa may in really every way imaginable, suggesting that her plan for brexit wasn t good enough and that it would kill any hopes of a direct trade deal with the u.s. the president praising her rival, boris johnson, saying that he would make a good prime minister. the president also saying that mass immigration to europe has caused europe to lose its culture. that s a phrase that has its root in the tenets of white nationalism. at the press conference the pres