melania trumps the daily mail! america s first lady gets an apology and damages from the newspaper s publishers over allegations about her work as a model. and breaking the speed limit the first time a steam train has hit more than a hundred miles an hour in half a century. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the russian president, vladimir putin, has said trust between moscow and washington has deteriorated since donald trump took office. mr putin s comments came as his foreign minister, sergei lavrov, was holding talks on syria with his us counterpart, rex tillerson, in the russian capital. opening the talks, mr lavrov warned the us not to adopt an us or them approach regarding russia s support for syria s president assad. mr tillerson wants russia to withdraw that support following last week s chemical attack on a rebel held town which killed more than 80 people. our north america correspondent barbara plett usher is travelling with mr tillerson and she sent this r