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borisjohnson used a newspaper column to describejeremy corbyn as one, but what is a mugwump? good evening and welcome to bbc news. police have arrested a man after another terror alert just yards away from last month s deadly attack in westminster. the man is being held under the terrorism act and a number of knives he was carrying were seized. it s now clear that the suspect who was captured on whitehall was under surveillance by scotland yard s anti terror squad. asjune kelly reports, there s been a high profile police presence in the area since khaled massood killed five people including pc keith palmer in march. under arrest in the shadow of government buildings in whitehall. the man was detained by armed officers near parliament square. this wasn t a random stop, search and arrest. it is understood the man was targeted by police as part of an ongoing operation by scotland yard s counterterrorism command. it was just before 2:30pm this afternoon that officer ....
a bit of a struggle. i ve been trying out water polo ahead of the british championships. and philip has the weather. good morning. for some the weekend is starting looking like this. but at the same time others are looking at the same time others are looking at this. i will tell you who gets what and where and why in a few minutes. good morning. first, our main story. there are fresh questions over why president trump fired the director of the fbi, following reports he told senior russian officials james comey was a nutjob whose sacking had relieved great pressure on him. the claim, not denied by the white house, has emerged as president trump is due to arrive in saudi arabia at the start of his first foreign trip. president trump is off on his first foreign trip. he might be glad to leave washington behind for a while. he tweeted he will be protecting american interests. that s what i like to do . but the president has had one of his most tumultuous weeks in the w ....
i ve been trying out wpter polo ahead of the british championships. and philip has the weather. good morning to you. for some, the weekend is starting looking like this, but at the same time, others are looking at this. i ll tell you who gets what, where and why in a few minutes. good morning. first, our main story. in the last few moments, president trump has landed in saudi arabia on his first officialforeign trip since taking office. but he leaves behind more controversy in washington. we can see some of the live images right now, coming from saudi arabia. can you see the flags of the official preparations, as the plane landed; three or four minutes ago. they ve been rolling out the red carpet, the steps are prepared. we re expecting donald trump to emerge any minute for what is a very important trip for him. they weren t quite ready with the aircraft steps because air force one touched down a tiny bit early, ten minutes earlier than expected. the us media is reporti ....
ahead of the british championships. and philip has the weather. good morning to you. for some, the weekend is starting looking like this, but at the same time, others are looking at this. i ll tell you who gets what, where and why in a few minutes. good morning. first, our main story. president trump has arrived in saudi arabia on his first officialforeign trip since taking office. but he leaves behind more controversy in washington. the us media is reporting that he told senior russian officials that the fbi director, james comey, was a nutjob whose sacking had relieved great pressure on him. our washington correspondent, laura bicker, reports. president trump is off on his first foreign trip. he might be glad to leave washington behind for a while. he tweeted that he ll be strongly protecting american interests, that s what i like to do. but the president has had one of his most tumultuous weeks in the white house yet. it started with the accusation he leaked clas ....
the hills. mostly a dry day and it will feel warm, temperatures could hit 21 degrees. set to get warmer on monday and tuesday, a little bit of rain at times. but a lot of dry and bright weather as well. goodbye. hello, look at main headlines. president trump and the king of saudi arabia sign multibillion dollar weapons contracts in riyadh, described as the biggest single arms deal in us history. back home, fresh claims for his reasons for sacking james comey, the director of the fbi. jeremy corbyn insists his party is committed to trident after members of his shadow cabinet publicly disagree over the issue. the tories defend their aim to cut net migration to tens of thousands after it comes under fire from george osborne. now it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. the headlines this evening. exeter dash saracens‘ dreams of the double double as a late try puts the chiefs into the premiership final. what a difference a year makes. after play off heart ....