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also: the final week of campaigning is underway in the french presidential election, between marine le pen and emmanuel macron. police and protesters against far right candidate marine le pen have clashed in paris. a new picture of princess charlotte taken by her mother has been released ahead of her second birthday. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. downing street says it doesn t recognise an account published in a german newspaper of a supposedly fractious dinner between the prime minister and the european commission president, jean claude juncker, last week. the newspaper reported there were sharp disagreements about how quickly a deal could be reached over the rights of british and eu citizens and how much the uk owed the eu. number ten described it as a constructive meeting. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. no love lost between the prime minister and the european commission s presidentjean claude juncker last week. a chance to get t ....
singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where president trump has roped in global diplomatic norms by saying he would be open to meeting with north korean leader kim jong un. the president said he would be honoured to meet mr kim under the right circumstances. that may worry america s allies. japan has just sent its biggest warship to protect a navy supply vessel, a historic first for tokyo. a short time ago mr trump spoke of the danger posed by north korea to the region and beyond. i can say this. he is very threatening, he is a big threat to the world. how safe our troops in the world. how safe our troops in the demilitarised zone, and our ally in south korea, how safe are they with some of the defence systems we have provided, and what is the status of those? well, nobody is safe. the guy has nuclear weapons. i would like to say they are very safe. these are great, brave soldiers, these are great trips. and we know the situation, with 20,000 troops on t ....
annual met gala in new york where the stars of fashion are meeting up. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it is newsday. glad you could join us. in washington, dc, president trump has broken global diplomatic norms by saying he would be open to meeting north korean leader kim jong saying he would be open to meeting north korean leader kimjong on. he said it would need the right circumstances. they worry america s allies, japan, has sent its biggest warship to protect an easy supply vessel, an historic first for tokyo. i can say this. he s very threatening, he s a big threat to the world. how safe are troops in the demilitarised zone, and our ally in south korea? how safe are they with some of the defence systems we have provided, and what is the status of those? well, nobody is safe. imean, i mean, who s safe? the guy has nuclear weapons. i would like to say they are very safe. these are great, brave soldiers. these are great troops. ....
hello and welcome to bbc world news. president trump has now said he would be willing to meet the north korean leader, despite weeks of tough talk against the pyongyang regime. in an interview with bloomberg, mr trump said he would be honoured to meet kim jung un in the right circumstances. but then speaking to fox news, the president reverted to a stronger line, calling north korea s stance on its missile programme inflammatory and very threatening to the united states. he said he d take action if he had to. barbara plett usher reports. during the election campaign, donald trump said he might be willing to sit down for a burger with kim jong un. but he dropped that notion of burger diplomacy after the north korean leader declared he was working on a missile powerful enough to hit the united states. you do you have to do, and you don t talk about it. so when people say i was asked a question yesterday, exactly when would you go in? at what time would you go in? i mean ....
manchester united prioritise the europa league for the rest of the season as they look to qualify for the champions league. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. buckingham palace has announced that the duke of edinburgh will stop carrying out public engagements this autumn. prince philip, who will be 96 next month, made the decision himself with the full support of the queen. the palace says the queen will continue to carry out a full programme of official engagements. the duke of edinburgh is the longest serving consort in british history. the prime minister said she offered him the country s deepest gratitude and good wishes. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. arriving at st james‘s palace a short time ago, side by side, as we are accustomed to seeing them, the queen and the duke of edinburgh. but this, come the autumn, will be the exception. the duke has decided, finally, just a few weeks short of his 96th birthday, that it is time for ....