Booker, including its chains of Convenience Stores. And on newsnight, as theresa may becomes the first foreign leader to meet donald trump at the white house we ask what she is risking and what his most hoping for. What she is most hoping for. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Donald trump and theresa may have hailed a new era of relations between america and britain after meeting for the first time at the white house. Its the first face to face talks President Trump has held with any foreign leader since taking power. Donald trump said theyd agreed to strengthen their ties in commerce and foreign affairs. The Prime Minister said they both reaffirmed their commitment to nato and working to defeating the Islamic State group. It was also announced that donald trump has accepted an invitation from the queen to make a state visit to britain later this year. The president once again welcomed britains decision to leave the eu. The United States respects the sovereignty of the british peo
Booker, including its chains of Convenience Stores. And on newsnight, as theresa may becomes the first foreign leader to meet donald trump at the white house we ask what she is risking and what his most hoping for. What she is most hoping for. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Donald trump and theresa may have hailed a new era of relations between america and britain after meeting for the first time at the white house. Its the first face to face talks President Trump has held with any foreign leader since taking power. Donald trump said theyd agreed to strengthen their ties in commerce and foreign affairs. The Prime Minister said they both reaffirmed their commitment to nato and working to defeating the Islamic State group. It was also announced that donald trump has accepted an invitation from the queen to make a state visit to britain later this year. The president once again welcomed britains decision to leave the eu. The United States respects the sovereignty of the british peo
Minutes ago she pulled no punches at a Campaign Event if another battleground state, that being North Carolina. A new poll there now shows she is in a statistical dead heat. Look at those numbers. With donald trump. Now clinton today slammed trumps performance at that Commander In Chief Forum last evening, especially his praise of russian president Vladimir Putin. Its hard to forget what trump did last night. It was a test and he failed it. He trashtalked about americas generals, saying that theyve been reduced to rubble. Even i was shocked by this and i didnt know much could shock me coming out of his mouth anymore. He praised russia strong man, Vladimir Putin. Even taking the astonishing step of suggesting he prefers the russian president to our american president. That is not just unpatriotic, its not just insulting to the office and the man who holds the office. It is scary it is dangerous it actually suggests he will let putin do what putin wants, and even make excuses for him. Wh
that chaos in moscow he caused was not over. he led the most brazen affront to putin s rule in his 23 years at the helm. taking an armed rebellion, marching on moscow and turning around. the apparent reason, a deal brokered by belarus president plushenko. putin saved with a neighboring ruling he usually treated with contempt. the deal was opaque, with wagner moving to belarus. and then, prigozhin appeared, surviving a long time for a putin challenger, popping up in africa this week, saying he would expand russia s influence there. it would be another turn in his remarkable and sordid career. initially putin s chef, he became a military contractor supplying food. expanded into influence
officials said eight bodies have been recovered so far. prigozhin s body hasn t been a video posted on telegram appears to show the jet plunging from the sky with one of its wings missing. flight data shows it stopped transmitting around 6:00 p.m. local time. prigozhin was a long-time ally of vladimir putin. he led his mercenary forces in several key battles in the war of ukraine but turned against russian military leadership, staging a brief mutiny in june. president joe biden suggest ed the plane crash may not have been an accident. i don t know for a fact what happened. but i m not surprised. do you believe putin is behind this, sir? there s not much that happens with putin is not behind. i don t know the answer. let s go to clare sebastian. clare, a lot we don t know. but what more can you tell us at this hour? reporter: good morning, kim.