Roger federer reaches his first grand slam final in two years with victory over swiss compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka at the australian open. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Theresa may is expected to become the first world leader to meet americas new president this evening when she addresses republican congressmen in philadelphia. Tomorrow, she will travel to the white house for formal talks. The Prime Minister is expected to tell her audience tonight that a sovereign, Global Britain wants to enhance ties with its old friends. But some politicians here have reacted to the meeting with misgivings, after mr trump said he supported the use of waterboarding in interrogations. Heres our political correspondent, carole walker. Theresa may says her meeting with President Trump will be an opportunity to renew The Special Relationship, to discuss a Future Trade Deal and the importance of strengthening defence and security cooperation. But how will she respond to the new president s latest remarks . Some of his advisers do not agree with him but donald trump says he would consider methods such as waterboarding to tackle international terrorism. When they are chopping off the heads of people because they happen to be a christian in the middle east, when isis is doing things nobody has heard of since medieval times, but i feel strongly about waterboarding . As far as feel strongly about waterboarding . As farasi feel strongly about waterboarding . As far as i am concerned, we have to Fight Fire With fire. I want to do everything in the bounds of what we can do legally but do i feel it works . Absolutely, i feel it works. The Foreign Secretary says the governments stance is clear. The Prime Minister did answer that question in the House Of Commons yesterday and she was very clear that our principled position and our objection to torture remains unchanged. The Prime Minister has said she will not be afraid to stand up said she will not be afraid to stand up to the american president on issues where they disagree. Yesterday, a senior tory and the raised his concerns. President trump has repeatedly said that he will bring back torture as an instrument of policy. When she sees him on friday, will the Prime Minister make clear that in no circumstances will she permit britain to be dragged into facilitating that torture, as we we re into facilitating that torture, as we were after september 11 . |j into facilitating that torture, as we were after september 11 . I can assure my honourable friend that we have a very clear position on torture, we do not sanction torture, we do not get involved with that and that will continue to be our president. As the Prime Minister continues to negotiate britains the from the eu, she has spoken about the importance of loping of new global ties, the eu is our biggest trading market, with more than £500 billion annually but theresa may knows the progress of a future us trade deal would send an important signal. It is very important for britain and the United States we have better trade agreements, they could be even better with the right kind of deal and it is good that we Work Together on the main issues around the world. And the British Government has been very clear in its stance. The Prime Minister will speak in glowing terms about the importance of The Special Relationship when she addresses Senior Republicans later. She will say the us and uk working together to defeat evil have fulfilled the promise of freedom, liberty and the rights of man, but is under pressure to co nfro nt rights of man, but is under pressure to confront the american president over remarks which many believe fly in the face of those ideals. Theresa may knows that establishing a strong personal rapport will be hugely important. Downing street said there may be frank exchanges, but it is clear that renewing The Special Relationship will be the priority. Gary odonoghue is in philadelphia. Theresa may will address congressmen later today and President Trump is expected to attend, a big moment for the Prime Minister. Expected to attend, a big moment for the Prime Minister. What sort of reception is the Prime Minister likely to get . I think she will get a warm reception, the chemistry when she meets donald trump tomorrow will be fascinating, you could not really imagine two different characters in terms of their personal style. The Torture Issue is difficult because she will be under a lot of pressure to raise that. But what she needs to do when she comes here is the persuade congress to republicans when she speaks to them behind me and the president himself that britain can negotiate a good bilateral trade deal once it is out of the European Union. The difficulty for her is that donald trump is in favour of bilateral trade deals, he really likes them, he hates multilateral deals, but he likes bilateral deals because he believes america can always get the upper hand, the better deal. They can effectively get the best out of those bilateral deals because it is the more powerful country. She will have to come away from washington tomorrow with something to show, some positive words to give some sense of enthusiasm and some bite to her and her governments view that britain can exist properly in trade terms outside the eu. Thank you. Thank you. Our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. Her meeting with President Trump is certainly going to be a Balancing Act . Well, this was always a meeting which some people in westminster we re which some people in westminster were queasy about given the views of mrtrump on were queasy about given the views of mr trump on various issues, but his comments about torture have made it a lot more problematic. Because this morning, there has been quite a backlash following his remarks, not just from labour politicians, senior conservatives also unhappy about his remarks on using waterboarding, saying that is morally indefensible, legally unacceptable. But there are also Security Implications because the secured the concern is british spies cannot take advantage of american intelligence because we do not know if it is screened from using torture. So for theresa may, her people will wonder how to manage this, we want the best possible relations and yet we know mrs may has said she is quite prepared to be frank with mr dashwood mr trump. We will find out in the next couple of hours exactly how frank mrs may is prepared to be. Hours exactly how frank mrs may is prepared to be. And an important milestone reached in parliament today, regarding brexit. Yes, we have here the brexit bill to begin the process of taking us out of the eu. A pared down, stripped down, Fast Track Bill to be pushed through the commons, starting next tuesday, Done And Dusted by the following wednesday. A number of labour mps have said this is not acceptable, it is an attempt to muzzle mps and gag parliaments, not enough time. One of the Key Developments this lunchtime is Jeremy Corbyn is to order his mps to back this bill. A lot of anger among some labour mps over this, with suggestions it could prompt more resignations from Jeremy Corbyns team, including from the shadow cabinet, so there is the potential that this bill could lead to another Jeremy Corbyn leadership crisis. From westminster, thank you. Those comments were in the new president s first major interview since his inauguration last week. Speaking to the american broadcaster abc, he said protecting the us from terrorism was his top priority. Our World Affairs correspondent, paul adams, reports. It is a very sobering moment, yes. Donald trump is getting used to his new home, following his hallowed and not so hallowed footsteps. Five days after his inauguration, does the 45th president feel like a changed man . Perhaps even humbled. I want to make this a Great Success for the American People and for the people that put me in this position, so i dont want to change too much. So i can be the most president ial person ever, other than possibly the great abe lincoln, all right . But i can be the most president ial person, but i may not be able to do the job nearly as well if i do that. National security has loomed large in this first week. President trump promising once again to suspend the flow of refugees from several arab countries. Youre looking at people that come in, in many cases, in some cases, with evil intentions. I dont want that. Theyre isis. Theyre coming in underfalse pretences, i dont want that. Im going to be the president of a safe country. The world is a mess. The world is as angry as it gets. You think this is going to cause a little more anger . Donald trump says american interests will always come first. Listen to what he says he would have done in iraq. Well, we should have kept the oil when we got out. And you know, its very interesting, had we taken the oil, you wouldnt have isis. Because they fuelled themselves with the oil, thats where they got the money. So you believe we can go in and take the oil . We should have taken the oil. These are some of the pictures that were taken. This is the swearing in. And the first dance with melania. Last weekend, the white house was furious at the suggestion that Donald Trumps inauguration had not attracted record crowds. It still seems to rankle. When you look at this tremendous sea of love, i call it a sea of love, its really something special. That all these people travelled here from all parts of the country, maybe the world, but all parts hard for them to get here. Many of these people were the forgotten men and women, many of them. And they loved what i had to say. But more importantly, theyre going to love the result. Mr trump says it was only massive voter fraud that prevented him from winning the popular vote in november. Most experts say there is simply no evidence. But hes launching an investigation. Youve got people who are registered who are dead, who are illegals, who are in two states, and i will say this. Of those votes cast, none of them come to me, none of them come to me. Donald trump has been the most powerful man in the world for six days. A week of decisions and recriminations, able to start for his legions of fans, an unnerving guns of the future to many others. Paul adams, bbc news. The chancellor, Philip Hammond, says the uks economy is robust and resilient, but hes warned there may be Uncertainty Ahead, as britain adjusts to a new relationship with europe. His comments come as official figures show that the economy defied the expectations of some economists and grew by 0. 6 in the final three months of last year and by 2. 0 over 2016. Our economics editor, kamal ahmed, is at the microsoft headquarters in reading, where the chancellor has been visiting this morning. Yes, famously and rather sarcastically, it was napoleon that called britain a nation of shopkeepers. And frankly, Philip Hammond is probably pretty glad that we are a nation of consumers. It has been the Services Sector of the uk economy, 80 of the uk economy, that has really lifted those Growth Figures. Retail, restaurants and Travel Agents have all been contributing to those Growth Figures. As you say, there were lots of gloomy forecasts about what would happen to the economy if we voted to leave the European Union, which of course we did. I kicked off by asking the chancellor here in reading whether this was a pain cancelled or delayed. Of course, we recognise that as we go into this period of negotiation with the European Union and as we absorb the impacts of the depreciation of stirling last year, there will be more Uncertainty Ahead during the course of this year. But the fact the economy is so robust and resilient going in should give us and resilient going in should give us great cause for optimism about britains future. Of course, brexit and our negotiations for leaving the European Union are at least one of the Big Unknowns The Uk economy, the chancellor told me there were some concerns about Business Investment being delayed because of worries about that uncertainty. But i asked him whether that period of uncertainty was now seeming a little shorter than it had initially. I sense that the period in which our European Partners were wanting to chastise us has passed, has moved on, and actually what people are looking to do now is look for a practical solution that works for us, that works for the European Union and that will make all our people more prosperous in the future. I think now of course Philip Hammond will be looking towards his next big event and that is the budget in march. But Growth Figures for 2016 mean that the government will have a bit more money to play with because the government and its receipts will have increased from taxes, does not mean we are out of the woods, the Bank Of England saying growth for next year will be lower than forecast for this year, but for the moment, the uk economy is certainly continuing with that strong, robust growth that we have seen today. Thank you. The number of prisoners who committed Suicide Injails in england and wales last year has reached record levels. The Ministry Ofjustice says there were 119 suicides the highest number since records began in 1978. Our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, reports. Last year, the bbc was given rare access to one britains most troubled prisons. It didnt take long for our team to come across the Mental Health problems driving todays rise in prisoners killing and harming themselves. Do you need help . Yes, yes, yes. Help. This man had cuts across his body. Another inmate had smashed up his cell, painted its walls. He said his conditions had been diagnosed, had been diagnosed, but not well treated. I am asking for help, but the service seems to be so slow. From this picture of life behind bars to the figures which measure the problem. 354 deaths were recorded in 2015 16, up more than a third, a record number. 119 were self inflicted, another record. And there were more than 25,000 assaults, yet again a record. The governments focus has been on restoring numbers of Prison Officers, which had previously been cut. We are investing an extra £100 million, 2,500 extra Prison Officers across the estate, so that we are able to have a caseload of one Prison Officer for every six prisoners enabling us to give support and challenge to help them turn their lives around, but also making sure that they are kept safe while they are in prison. Is it a crisis . Its a very serious situation and ive acknowledged that. If shes going to be serious about saving lives and making prisons safer, and making prisons work better to serve the purpose and reduce crime, putting in more staff is only one thing. She has in the end to reduce the number of people in them. Prisons are overflowing, theyre rat infested, cockroach infested, and theyre festering with crime. Getting tough with prisoners is easy politics for the government. Increasing Officer Numbers is achievable, yet brings financial pressures. But cutting the number of people in prison, well, thats a real challenge. Tom symonds, bbc news. You can find out more online. At bbc. Co. Uk prisons. Our top story this lunchtime. The Prime Minister heads to the United States to become the first world leader to meet the new president. And still to come. The last of the dambusters a petition to honour georgejohnson is handed in to downing street. Coming up in sport at 1 30pm Will England Captain eoin morgan be made to rue putting india into bat in kanpur . Well have the latest from the first twenty20 international, as england look to take the early advantage. He spent 186 days in space on board the International Space station and the british astronaut tim peake says hes going back for more. The 44 year old says hes excited about returning, and looking forward to seeing the spectacular view of planet earth again. H