A record-breaking £150bn package of US investment into the UK has been announced during US President Donald Trump's State Visit.

The UK government is calling this the largest commercial deal of its kind and expects it to create more than 7600 "high-quality jobs" across the country.

A large majority of the money will come from Blackstone, the world's largest alternative asset manager, which has unveiled plans for a £90bn investment in the UK over the next decade.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the investments "are a testament to Britain's economic strength and a bold signal that our country is open, ambitious, and ready to lead".

"Jobs, growth and opportunity is what I promised for working people, and it's exactly what this State Visit is delivering," he added.

On Thursday, major UK and US investors will meet the Prime Minister and President Trump at Chequers to discuss how both countries can go further to deepen their economic ties and future collaborations.

Blackstone previously announced in June that it would invest £370bn in Europe over the next decade.

Earlier this week, Microsoft pledged to spend £22bn in the UK over the next four years, and Google pledged £5bn over the next two years to expand an existing data centre in Hertfordshire.

These investments will also help act as a powerful counterweight to the exodus of investment seen in the pharmaceutical sector.

However, the investments announced by Google and Microsoft are less than 4% of their annual spend, and the 7,600 jobs it is hoped to be created is a small number compared to the 160,000 payroll jobs lost since last year.

Where is the investment going?

Blackstone's large investment is in addition to the £10bn it previously announced for data centre development in the UK.

Real estate investment trust Prologis is also set to invest £3.9bn into the UK's life sciences and advanced manufacturing.

Palantir will invest up to £1.5bn in UK defence innovation and plans to create up to 350 new jobs.

American tech company Amentum plans to create more than 3,000 jobs and expand its UK workforce by over 50%.

Boeing has said it will convert two 737 aircraft in Birmingham for the US Air Force, which would be the first USAF aircraft built in the UK for over 50 years, and could create 150 high-skilled jobs.

US Engineering firm, STAX, has also committed up to £38m to expand its UK operations.

The 7,600 total jobs promised are intended to be in all areas of the UK.

This is set to include 1,000 new jobs in Belfast and 6,000 more roles from Glasgow to Warrington, the Midlands and the North-East.

Business and trade secretary Peter Kyle said the deal reflects growing confidence in the UK's industrial strategy.

"These record-breaking investments will create thousands of high-quality jobs across the UK," he said.

"It's a clear sign that our Plan for Growth is delivering for working people."

The government said it wants to give "real opportunities for working people", including apprenticeships in clean energy and careers in biotech and AI.

This comes ahead of the signing of the Tech Prosperity Deal on Thursday, which is a major new deal to accelerate the building of new nuclear power in both the US and the UK.

The Home Secretary has vowed to fight "vexatious, last-minute claims" after the deportation of an Eritrean man under the UK-France migrants returns deal was temporarily blocked.

On Tuesday, the High Court granted the man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, a "short period of interim relief" ahead of his deportation to France, which was sceduled for 09:00 BST on Wednesday under the "one in, one out" pilot scheme.

Speaking after the High Court decision, Shabana Mahmood said "last minute attempts to frustrate a removal are intolerable".

The man, who arrived in the UK by small boat last month, argued he was a victim of modern slavery in an appeal made just hours before his flight.

In the first High Court challenge to the "one in, one out" scheme, the Eritrean man's lawyers argued he needed more time to present evidence that he might have been the victim of modern-day slavery - and the decision to remove him had been rushed.

The injunction raises serious questions about whether other migrants allocated to flights will use the same grounds to delay or block their removal.

The Home Office is set to appeal against the decision and is reviewing the Modern Slavery Act to ensure it is not being misused.

Lawyers for the Home Office had argued that he could have claimed asylum in France. They added that delaying his departure could encourage others allocated to the return flights this week to make similar claims, and undermine the public interest in deterring lethal small boat crossings.

Mahmood said: "Migrants suddenly deciding that they are a modern slave on the eve of their removal, having never made such a claim before, make a mockery of our laws and this country's generosity.

"I will fight to end vexatious, last-minute claims. I will robustly defend the British public's priorities in any court. And I will do whatever it takes to secure our border."

The deal with France was seen by the previous home secretary, Yvette Cooper, as one of her landmark policy achievements. It is now the job of her successor, Mahmood, to make it work.

Ministers agreed the "one in, one out" pilot deal with France in July to curb record small boat crossings this year.

The latest setback follows reports that the first flights to France left empty on Monday and Tuesday. Despite this, the first removals of migrants to France under the pilot scheme are still expected to go ahead this week.

Under the deal, the UK will send asylum seekers who have crossed the Channel back to France, in exchange for those who apply and are approved to come to Britain.

France has reportedly said it will only accept a small initial contingent of deportations, while the UK has said it hopes to increase numbers over the course of the scheme in an effort to stop small boat crossings in the Channel.

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A man has been shot dead and a woman is in hospital following what police have described as a "deeply distressing incident" in a north London park.

Police and paramedics were called at about 19:00 BST on Wednesday to Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, where they found the pair, both in their 40s, with gunshot wounds.

The man was pronounced dead in hospital. The woman continues to receive hospital treatment but her condition is unknown.

Det Supt Oliver Richter said: "We are in the early stages of the investigation, but we believe the man and woman are known to one another and, at this time, we are treating it as an isolated incident and there is no wider risk to the public."

He added: "We understand this is a deeply distressing incident for those involved, the witnesses in the park and the community in the surrounding area."

The firearm has been recovered and a crime scene remains in place.

Police are trying to contact the relatives of those involved.

Hackney Council said the park would remain closed on Thursday morning and that it was "supporting the police with their investigations".

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It has been a brutal week in America and I'm not the only one wondering whether the country can pull itself out of this spiral of hatred and violence.

After one of the most searing assassinations in US history, the governor of Utah pleaded for Americans to turn down the political temperature.

But hardly anyone that I've spoken to since Charlie Kirk's death thinks that will be the path the country will choose. Not anytime soon, at least.

Recent history is full of examples where America has chosen not to come together after a tragedy. It didn't happen 14 years ago after a Democratic congresswoman was shot in the head in Arizona. Nor eight years ago, when a Republican congressman was shot during baseball practice.

Americans didn't even come together in the face of a global pandemic. In fact, Covid made divisions worse.

The reason is simple, yet hard to change. The incentives that fuel American political life reward the people and platforms that turn up the heat, not those who dial tensions down.

Around the country, you're more likely to get elected to political office if you run on policies and rhetoric that appeal to your political base, rather than the political middle (it's the depressing byproduct of gerrymandering - the original sin behind America's dysfunctional, divided politics).

Equally, in the media, people who opine about politics are rewarded for being more extreme and stoking outrage — that's the way to get more eyeballs and, ultimately, more advertising dollars.

This incentive structure is what makes Utah Governor Spencer Cox something of an American exception.

After Charlie Kirk was killed, he urged Americans to "log off, turn off, touch grass, hug a family member, go out and do good in the community".

He sounded so sane, so wholesome - an effort, in a sea of division, at reconciliation.

The 1960s and 70s versus today

Division and political violence are not new phenomena in America. Some 160 years ago, the country went to war with itself and it has never really stopped.

Over a period of five years in the 1960s, a US president was killed and then his brother was killed while campaigning to become president. In that same period, two of the nation's most prominent civil rights leaders were assassinated too.

In the 1970s, President Gerald Ford was shot at on two separate occasions. In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan was struck by a bullet while walking to his limousine.

And of course, just last year Trump was the victim of a failed attempt on his life by a gunman in Pennsylvania — and a second alleged attempt by a gunman in Florida, whose trial began the week Kirk was killed.

What makes this era so different from the 1960s and 70s, though, is what Governor Cox is worried about.

While he has carefully steered away from saying things that would further divide Americans, he hasn't been so gentle with the social media companies that he clearly blames for this tragedy.

"I believe that social media has played a direct role in every single assassination and assassination attempt that we have seen over the last five, six years," Cox said in an interview on Sunday.

He went on to say that "cancer" was likely too weak a word for what it has done to American society.

Most tech companies have stayed quiet in their official capacities. However, Elon Musk, billionaire boss of X, has weighed in, claiming that the "radical left celebrated the cold-blooded murder of Charlie Kirk," and adding, "unity is impossible with evil fanatics who celebrate murder".

He has also posted about the impact of social media, arguing: "While at times the discussion on X can become negative, it's still good that there is a discussion happening."

'This is like a bad marriage'

The pitfalls of this system that blends social media with politics concerns even those who are the most passionate about politics, regardless of who they support.

Earlier this week, Kaitlin Griffiths, a 19-year-old who is the president of Utah State University's chapter of Charlie Kirk's organisation, Turning Point USA, put it plainly: "Social media is definitely a really difficult thing for our society.

"You can't even hold a conversation with somebody who doesn't agree with your political beliefs — and I just think that's honestly tragic."

Tragic and ironic, since Kirk saw himself as a champion of free speech, even as his critics often disagreed with that framing. His death though may push the country further from civil discourse.

Within days of Kirk's death, the country's political camps had already retreated to opposing narratives.

Many on the left are eager to explore the ways that Kirk's killer might have been radicalised by internet subcultures and group chats. Many on the right prefer to unpack whether the suspect was part of a left-wing conspiracy.

Neither group seems particularly keen to prioritise reconciliation or healing.

The reality is that those who study extremism believe that left-right may not even be the most helpful way to look at the division of this current moment.

"It's better to look at what's causing people to be ungovernable," says Rachel Kleinfeld, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace who specialises in polarised democracies.

"It does take a desire to turn down the temperature… [and] requires people to have a little more courage than they're showing.

"I think it is more useful to focus on how we as a society turn a page and open a new chapter, because this is like a bad marriage. And like a bad marriage, you can only lose by pointing fingers."

What reconciliation would take

As for the question of whether America can break the hold of the algorithms that stoke the divisions, that would take a leader of enormous strength with an equally enormous commitment to reconciliation.

"I'm not sure how we pull out of this," the politics writer David Drucker told me. "It would help if both parties - and by parties I mean 'parties' not just political figures - agree to stop the recriminations and just say 'stop'."

"Usually only a president can facilitate that. Absent both sides agreeing there are certain lines that shouldn't be crossed, or absent the next president doing so, I'm not sure how we get there."

Trump is not that type of president. He often seems at his strongest, politically, when he has an adversary to fight against.

My understanding is that Trump does believe that people on the left want to destroy his Maga movement. And since Kirk's death, he has taken a very different tone from the governor of Utah.

"I'll tell you something that's going to get me in trouble, but I couldn't care less," he said, when asked how the nation can be fixed. "The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime... The radicals on the left are the problem."

And he went further in his Oval Office remarks following Kirk's killing: "Radical left political violence has hurt too many innocent people and taken too many lives."

The framing by the president - that this was not just the deed of a twisted individual but of the radical left more broadly - is being echoed by other White House officials.

"With God as my witness, we are going to use every resource we have... to identify, disrupt, dismantle and destroy these networks," said Stephen Miller, Trump's deputy chief of staff.

"It will happen, and we will do it in Charlie's name."

However, a number of studies into politically-motivated killings and violence in the US - over several decades - suggest that more cases were carried out by people with "right-wing" ideologies than with "left-wing" ones, though more data is likely necessary to draw a firm conclusion.

'People say history repeats itself - it never has'

Some people I've spoken to point to bleak times in US history as a source of comfort.

"Few periods in America have been more politically bleak or violent than the years [in the 1960s and early 1970s] shaped by Vietnam and Watergate," former Republican congressman, turned influential TV host, Joe Scarborough told me.

"But the country moved forward, celebrated its bicentennial, and moved beyond its violent divides. It will do so again."

Also among the optimists I spoke to was Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia, one of the country's most senior black officials. He condemned political violence as the most "anti-democratic" act, but also reminded me of the progress America has made on issues like race.

"The story of any family is always more complicated than the stories we tell ourselves at the family reunion," he told me.

"My father had to give up his seat [on a bus] while wearing his soldier's uniform to a teenager, but I now sit in a Senate seat."

Their hope is heartening - but I still don't see a clear path out.

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about a conversation I had earlier this year with historian and filmmaker Ken Burns, as America prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding.

"People say history repeats itself," Burns told me. "It never has."

Burns instead prefers a quote that many have attributed to the writer Mark Twain: "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes." In other words, even if the present looks like the past — things never happen the same way twice.

This moment of tension feels like it rhymes with so many other periods of discord in American history, but it isn't quite repeating them.

Yes, American history is full of anger and conflict — but I'm not sure this country's social and political systems were always so quick to reward the companies and people who stoke those emotions.

Meanwhile the United States will get weaker, not greater.

Former Defence Secretary Bob Gates once told me that the three greatest threats to America's national security were a rising China, a declining Russia and the country's own internal divisions.

America's adversaries certainly know how much its divisions damage this superpower. They work hard online to drive people further apart. And Americans make it easy for them.

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Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, are planning to present photographic and scientific evidence to a US court to prove Mrs Macron is a woman.

Their lawyer says the French president and Mrs Macron will present the documentation in a defamation suit they have taken against the right-wing influencer Candace Owens after she promoted her belief that Brigitte Macron was born male.

Ms Owens' lawyers have responded with a motion to dismiss the claim.

Speaking to the BBC's Fame Under Fire podcast, the Macrons' lawyer in the case, Tom Clare, said Mrs Macron had found the claims "incredibly upsetting" and they were a "distraction" to the French president.

"I don't want to suggest that it somehow has thrown him off his game. But just like anybody who is juggling a career and a family life as well, when your family is under attack, it wears on you. And he's not immune from that because he's the president of a country," he said.

Mr Clare said there would be "expert testimony that will come out that will be scientific in nature" and while he would not reveal, at this stage, its exact nature, he said the couple were prepared to demonstrate fully "both generically and specifically" that the allegations are false.

"It is incredibly upsetting to think that you have to go and subject yourself, to put this type of proof forward," he said.

"It is a process that she will have to subject herself to in a very public way. But she's willing to do it. She is firmly resolved to do what it takes to set the record straight.

"If that unpleasantness and that discomfort that she has of opening herself up in that way is what it takes to set a record straight and stop this, she's 100% ready to meet that burden."

When asked if the Macrons would be supplying pictures of Brigitte pregnant and raising her children, Mr Clare said they existed and would be presented in court where there are rules and standards.

Ms Owens, a former commentator for conservative US outlet Daily Wire who has millions of followers on social media, has repeatedly promoted her view that Brigitte Macron is a man.

In March 2024, she claimed she would stake her "entire professional reputation" on the allegation.

The allegation originated in fringe online spaces years earlier, notably through a 2021 YouTube video by French bloggers Amandine Roy and Natacha Rey.

The Macrons initially won a defamation case in France against Roy and Rey in 2024, but that ruling was overturned on appeal in 2025 on freedom of expression grounds, not on the basis of truth. The Macrons are appealing the decision.

In July, the Macrons filed a lawsuit against Ms Owens in the US. It alleges she "disregarded all credible evidence disproving her claim in favour of platforming known conspiracy theorists and proven defamers".

In American defamation cases against public figures, plaintiffs are required to prove "actual malice" - that the defendant knowingly spread false information or acted with reckless disregard for the truth.

In August, Emmanuel Macron explained to French magazine, Paris Match, why they had chosen to pursue legal action.

"This is about defending my honour! Because this is nonsense. This is someone who knew full well that she had false information and did so with the aim of causing harm, in the service of an ideology and with established connections to far-right leaders."

Ms Owens' lawyers have responded to the Macrons' lawsuit with a motion to dismiss, arguing that the case should not have been filed in Delaware, as she says it does not relate to her businesses, which are incorporated in the state. They claim forcing her to defend the case in Delaware would cause "substantial financial and operational hardship".

The BBC has approached Candace Owens' legal team for a comment. She has previously said she believes what she is saying is true and there is nothing more American than free speech and the ability to criticise.

The Home Secretary has vowed to fight "vexatious, last-minute claims" after the deportation of an Eritrean man under the UK-France migrants returns deal was temporarily blocked.

On Tuesday, the High Court granted the man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, a "short period of interim relief" ahead of his deportation to France, which was sceduled for 09:00 BST on Wednesday under the "one in, one out" pilot scheme.

Speaking after the High Court decision, Shabana Mahmood said "last minute attempts to frustrate a removal are intolerable".

The man, who arrived in the UK by small boat last month, argued he was a victim of modern slavery in an appeal made just hours before his flight.

In the first High Court challenge to the "one in, one out" scheme, the Eritrean man's lawyers argued he needed more time to present evidence that he might have been the victim of modern-day slavery - and the decision to remove him had been rushed.

The injunction raises serious questions about whether other migrants allocated to flights will use the same grounds to delay or block their removal.

The Home Office is set to appeal against the decision and is reviewing the Modern Slavery Act to ensure it is not being misused.

Lawyers for the Home Office had argued that he could have claimed asylum in France. They added that delaying his departure could encourage others allocated to the return flights this week to make similar claims, and undermine the public interest in deterring lethal small boat crossings.

Mahmood said: "Migrants suddenly deciding that they are a modern slave on the eve of their removal, having never made such a claim before, make a mockery of our laws and this country's generosity.

"I will fight to end vexatious, last-minute claims. I will robustly defend the British public's priorities in any court. And I will do whatever it takes to secure our border."

The deal with France was seen by the previous home secretary, Yvette Cooper, as one of her landmark policy achievements. It is now the job of her successor, Mahmood, to make it work.

Ministers agreed the "one in, one out" pilot deal with France in July to curb record small boat crossings this year.

The latest setback follows reports that the first flights to France left empty on Monday and Tuesday. Despite this, the first removals of migrants to France under the pilot scheme are still expected to go ahead this week.

Under the deal, the UK will send asylum seekers who have crossed the Channel back to France, in exchange for those who apply and are approved to come to Britain.

France has reportedly said it will only accept a small initial contingent of deportations, while the UK has said it hopes to increase numbers over the course of the scheme in an effort to stop small boat crossings in the Channel.

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The state banquet is the spectacular showstopper of a state visit, a glittering feast with speeches, royal toasts, trumpet fanfares and fancy food and wine.

It's diplomacy served up with fine dining. A cut-glass shock-and-awe approach to hospitality designed to make a visiting leader like President Trump feel special.

The setting in St George's Hall inside Windsor Castle is a remarkable sight, a mix of medieval banquet and Harry Potter film.

Elaborately uniformed staff around the hall are as drilled as the soldiers who have been on parade during the day. The table settings, five glasses per person, are terrifyingly neat.

For Trump's visit, the 160 guests, sitting behind 1,452 pieces of cutlery, will be eating from a menu, written in French, which translates as:

• Hampshire Watercress Panna Cotta with Parmesan shortbread and quail egg salad
• Organic Norfolk chicken ballotine wrapped in courgettes with a thyme and savoury infused jus
• Vanilla ice cream bombe with Kentish raspberry sorbet interior with lightly poached Victoria plums

Guests have a generous wine list.

• Wiston Estate, Cuvée, 2016
• Domaine Bonneau de Martray, Corton-Charlemagne, Grand Cru, 2018
• Ridge Vineyards, Monte Bello, 2000
• Pol Roger, Extra Cuvée de Réserve, 1998

After dinner drinks will be drowning in symbolism. It's a 1945 vintage port, in honour of Trump having been the 45th US president, although he does not drink.

There's a 1912 cognac, from the birth year of the president's Scottish-born mother.

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If that doesn't seem enough there's a special cocktail, the Transatlantic Whisky Sour, which blends Johnnie Walker with the bright citrus of marmalade, with pecan foam and a toasted marshmallow on a biscuit.

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President Trump's banquet in Windsor Castle is conspicuously missing celebrity faces or screen stars. Were there people in Hollywood, or even west London, who suddenly found they had to be somewhere else tonight?

There's not even a hardy royal perennial like Sir David Beckham or Sir Elton John.

Instead the guest list is heavy on political operators and tech bros. Apple boss Tim Cook is there, sitting next to the president's daughter, Tiffany Trump.

Press baron Rupert Murdoch is sitting next to Sir Keir Starmer's key adviser Morgan McSweeney. The small talk must be interesting when Trump is suing the Murdoch press for billions in the US.

Like at a wedding, guests must be checking the nameplates around the ornately-decorated table to see who they're sitting beside.

The "head" of the table is in the middle for the Windsor state banquet, with the King and president in the centre of a dining table that is 47m long.

President Trump, as the guest of honour, is placed between King Charles and Catherine, the Princess of Wales.

The nameplate for Trump says "President of the United States of America", although in capital letters, oddly reminiscent of his social media messages.

Facing them is the first lady, whose nameplate says "Mrs Trump", with Queen Camilla and the Prince of Wales on either side of her.

The seating arrangement throws some interesting groupings. There's the US ambassador Warren Stephens flanked by Princess Anne on one side and Chancellor Rachel Reeves on the other.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is beside mega-wealthy investor Stephen Schwarzman. If Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is searching for ideas, she's sitting next to Sam Altman, chief executive of the artificial intelligence firm, OpenAI.

Golfer Nick Faldo and athlete Dame Kathleen Grainger are among the more prominent sports stars at the banquet.

On the walls are royal portraits and suits of armour and the ceiling is studded with the coats of arms of Knights of the Garter.

St George's Hall was rebuilt after the fire of 1992. So perhaps like many stories about the royals, it feels new and old at the same time.

According to the travelling US press pack, the choice of music at the banquet reflects some of President Trump's favourites. Maybe they have their own messages to the politicians listening.

It includes Nessun Dorma, meaning "none shall sleep" and You Can't Always Get What You Want.

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US President Donald Trump will soon make an unprecedented second state visit to the UK.

Trump, who will be accompanied by his wife Melania, was hosted by the late Queen Elizabeth II in June 2019.

What is a state visit?

A state visit is a formal trip to the UK by the head of a country. They are usually arranged at the invitation of the monarch, acting on government advice.

As well as being grand occasions with lots of pageantry, governments use the visits to further Britain's interests.

Traditionally, US presidents serving a second term - such as Trump - are not offered a state visit. Instead, they are invited for tea or lunch with the monarch, as happened with former presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush.

However, in February Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer handed Trump an invitation from King Charles III during a White House meeting to discuss a UK-US trade deal. Sir Keir said the invite was "truly historic" and "unprecedented".

Trump said it was a "great, great honour".

When is Donald Trump's state visit to the UK?

Donald and Melania Trump will arrive in the UK on Tuesday 16 September and leave on Thursday 18 September.

King Charles will host the president and first lady at Windsor Castle on the Wednesday and Thursday.

The trip comes two months after the president spent four days in Scotland, where he met politicians and visited his golf courses.

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What will Trump do during the state visit?

On arrival to the UK, the Trumps will be met by the US Ambassador Warren Stephens. The Viscount Hood, Lord-in-Waiting, will welcome them on behalf of The King.

On Wednesday, they will travel to Windsor Castle where they will be greeted by the Prince and Princess of Wales, before being formally welcomed by the King and Queen. A royal salute will be fired in Windsor and at the Tower of London.

Following lunch, the president will visit St George's Chapel in Windsor to lay a wreath on the tomb of Queen Elizabeth II.

Later, there will be a flypast by UK and US F-35 military jets and the Red Arrows.

On Wednesday evening, a traditional state banquet will be held at the castle, during which both the King and president will deliver speeches.

On Thursday, the president will travel to Chequers to meet the prime minister.

They will view the Sir Winston Churchill archives before holding a meeting and a news conference.

Melania Trump will remain at Windsor Castle where she will tour the Royal Library and see Queen Mary's Dolls' House, a famous miniature palace built in the 1920s.

Mrs Trump will then meet Chief Scout Dwayne Fields with Catherine, who is joint president of the Scout Association.

She will then join her husband at Chequers before they return to the US.

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What vehicles and personnel will President Trump bring to the UK?

Final details about the equipment and personnel accompanying President Trump's second state visit have yet to be confirmed.

Trump arrived in the UK for his 2019 state visit on the customised Boeing 747-200B aeroplane known as Air Force One.

The presidential motorcade - including two identical limousines nicknamed The Beast and other security and communications vehicles - was flown in on US Air Force transport aircraft.

During the 2019 visit more than 6,300 police officers were deployed at a cost to London's Metropolitan Police of £3.4m.

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Are protests expected during Trump's state visit?

The Stop Trump coalition is planning a "Trump Not Welcome" demonstration in London on Wednesday 17 September.

It has called on the government to cancel the visit, accusing the US President of "denying climate science" and "siding with war criminals - in Israel, Russia and beyond".

The group organised protests in Aberdeen and Edinburgh during Trump's recent visit. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the two cities.

Trump was also booed by protesters who gathered along the perimeter of his Turnberry golf course in South Ayrshire, and a paraglider flew over the resort hotel with a banner criticising his presidency.

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said he would boycott the ceremonial banquet for Trump to "send a message" over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Which other state visits has King Charles hosted?

Since King Charles succeeded Queen Elizabeth in September 2022, he has hosted state visits from a number of international leaders and royals:

• July 2025: French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte
• December 2024: Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and his wife Sheikha Jawaher bint Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani
• June 2024: Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan
• November 2023: Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee

He and Queen Camilla have carried out state visits to France, Italy, Germany, Kenya and Australia.

ABC has pulled late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off air indefinitely over comments he made about the shooting of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live will be pre-empted indefinitely," a spokesperson for the Disney-owned network said in a statement to the BBC.

On Monday night's monologue, Kimmel said the "MAGA gang" was trying to score political points off Kirk's murder.

On Tuesday, a 22-year-old suspect appeared in court charged with aggravated murder over last Wednesday's shooting of the 31-year-old conservative influencer.

The announcement came after one of the biggest owners of TV stations in the US, Nexstar Media, said it would not air Jimmy Kimmel Live! "for the foreseeable future beginning with tonight's show".

Nexstar said on Wednesday that the comedian's remarks about Kirk "are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse".

"[W]e do not believe they reflect the spectrum of opinions, views, or values of the local communities in which we are located," said Andrew Alford, president of Nexstar's broadcasting division.

"Continuing to give Mr Kimmel a broadcast platform in the communities we serve is simply not in the public interest at the current time, and we have made the difficult decision to preempt his show in an effort to let cooler heads prevail as we move toward the resumption of respectful, constructive dialogue."

Representatives for Kimmel did not immediately respond to the BBC's requests for comment.

Kimmel said in his Monday night monologue: "The Maga Gang desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it."

The late-night host, who has frequently been in the crosshairs of US President Donald Trump, also criticised flags being flown at half staff in honour of Kirk, and mocked Trump's reaction to the shooting.

He spliced a clip of the president speaking with reporters about his reaction to Kirk's death and redirecting to talk about a ballroom being built at the White House.

"He's at the fourth stage of grief," Kimmel said. "Construction. It's demolition, construction.

"This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he calls a friend. This is how a four-year-old mourns a gold fish."

President Donald Trump has arrived in the UK for his historic second state visit, which will see a crowded mix of royal pageantry, trade talks and international politics.

Before making the trip from the US on Air Force One, Trump sent positive signals, describing the visit as an honour and saying: "My relationship is very good with the UK."

"They want to see if they can refine the trade deal a little bit… I'm into helping them," said Trump, with a multi-billion US technology investment deal being announced as the president's visit got underway.

But Trump said the main purpose of the visit was to see "my friend" King Charles: "He represents the country so well, such an elegant gentleman."

Landing at Stansted airport, President Trump received an official welcome from a line-up on the runway including Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper.

The president is spending the night in the US ambassador's residence, Winfield House, before a day of royal ceremony and lavish spectacle in Windsor Castle on Wednesday - with the president describing Windsor as "the ultimate" in settings.

Hosting him will be King Charles and a full line-up of senior royals, currently including Queen Camilla, who had to miss the Duchess of Kent's funeral on Tuesday because she was suffering from acute sinusitis.

Prince William and Catherine will be part of a ceremonial welcome, there will be a gun salute, military inspection and President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will have a carriage procession within the Windsor estate.

Such spectacles will be aimed at pleasing a president who on Tuesday evening at Winfield House once again revealed his enthusiasm for royalty, saying about the King: "He's been a friend of mine for a long time, and everybody respects him, and they love him."

On his feelings about the UK, President Trump said: "I have a lot of things here that warm my heart. I want to tell you. It's a very special place."

A key message from the UK government will be to encourage the United States to maintain its commitment to Nato and to support Ukraine and there will be a much bigger than usual military line-up for the state visit.

There will be 1,300 service men and women, from the Army, Royal Navy and RAF taking part in the welcome, creating the largest ever guard of honour for a state visit to the UK.

A joint US and UK flypast by F-35 jets and the Red Arrows will fly over Windsor, watched by Sir Keir Starmer alongside the president, in a display showing the closeness of the military relationship.

The centrepiece of the state visit will be the spectacular banquet in St George's Hall, where King Charles and President Trump will make speeches, with guests enjoying a menu that's likely to be a culinary representation of the special relationship, with UK and US food.

Along with the royal pageantry and photo-opportunities, there will be efforts to influence the US president over trade and international co-operation.

State visits are a form of soft power diplomacy, using the royal charm offensive to build relations with important international partners - with none more important than the US.

As the visit got underway, a major technology deal was announced with US tech firms investing £31bn in the UK, including £22bn from Microsoft.

This will see co-operation in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and nuclear power, in a tech deal which Sir Keir Starmer hopes will begin "creating highly skilled jobs, putting more money in people's pockets".

Ahead of the visit, the owner of Google, Alphabet, announced a £5bn ($6.8bn) investment in the UK's artificial intelligence research.

And an agreement is to be signed between the US and UK on accelerating the development of nuclear power.

But ambitions to remove the current 25% tariff on UK steel exports to the US seem to have been put on hold - although this remains lower than the 50% tariff facing many other countries.

Anti-Trump protestors have begun to gather in Windsor - and giant images of Donald Trump and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been projected on to the walls of Windsor Castle.

Thames Valley Police later said four people had been arrested following an "unauthorised projection at Windsor Castle", with a statement saying they "take any unauthorised activity around Windsor Castle extremely seriously".

A heavy security operation will be in place during the presidential visit, which ends on Thursday afternoon.

But unlike other recent state visits, there will not be any moments visible to the public, with all the events taking place behind the walls of the Windsor estate or at the PM's country estate, Chequers.

The high street in Windsor has US flags flying, but they won't be seen by the visiting president.

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ABC has pulled late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off air indefinitely over comments he made about the shooting of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live will be pre-empted indefinitely," a spokesperson for the Disney-owned network said in a statement to the BBC.

On Monday night's monologue, Kimmel said the "MAGA gang" was trying to score political points off Kirk's murder.

On Tuesday, a 22-year-old suspect appeared in court charged with aggravated murder over last Wednesday's shooting of the 31-year-old conservative influencer.

The announcement came after one of the biggest owners of TV stations in the US, Nexstar Media, said it would not air Jimmy Kimmel Live! "for the foreseeable future beginning with tonight's show".

Nexstar said on Wednesday that the comedian's remarks about Kirk "are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse".

"[W]e do not believe they reflect the spectrum of opinions, views, or values of the local communities in which we are located," said Andrew Alford, president of Nexstar's broadcasting division.

"Continuing to give Mr Kimmel a broadcast platform in the communities we serve is simply not in the public interest at the current time, and we have made the difficult decision to preempt his show in an effort to let cooler heads prevail as we move toward the resumption of respectful, constructive dialogue."

Representatives for Kimmel did not immediately respond to the BBC's requests for comment.

Kimmel said in his Monday night monologue: "The Maga Gang desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it."

The late-night host, who has frequently been in the crosshairs of US President Donald Trump, also criticised flags being flown at half staff in honour of Kirk, and mocked Trump's reaction to the shooting.

He spliced a clip of the president speaking with reporters about his reaction to Kirk's death and redirecting to talk about a ballroom being built at the White House.

"He's at the fourth stage of grief," Kimmel said. "Construction. It's demolition, construction.

"This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he calls a friend. This is how a four-year-old mourns a gold fish."

Five police officers have been shot in the US state of Pennsylvania, with three of them said to be in a grave condition.

A fourth officer shot in Wednesday afternoon's incident in rural York County is said to be in a critical condition.

The suspect in the shooting is believed to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, sources told the BBC's US partner CBS.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said he was travelling to the scene in North Codorus Township, about 100 miles (160km) east of Philadelphia.

"I've been briefed on the situation involving law enforcement in York County, and am on my way there now," Shapiro wrote on X.

"We ask those in the area to please follow the directions of local law enforcement," he added.

The incident happened just after 14:00 local time (19:00 BST). Images from the scene showed a police officer being airlifted out of the scene in a medical helicopter.

The shooting forced a nearby school district in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania - a small town of about 2,500 people - to briefly shelter in place. The district later said the school had not been affected.

Officials said there was no threat to the public.

Individual care plans for children with special educational needs, known as education, health and care plans (EHCPs), should not be scrapped, say MPs.

The Education Select Committee report also calls for new minimum standards of support for special educational needs and disabilities (Send) in schools, and more training for teachers.

The government is expected to publish plans on how to reform Send provision in England this autumn. They had previously refused to rule out getting rid of EHCPs.

In response to today's report, the Department for Education says it is listening to families as it puts together plans to "transform outcomes for every child with Send".

The Education Select Committee has spent the past eight months looking into how to achieve long-term sustainability for the Send system in England, and how to improve outcomes for children and young people.

In their report today they made several recommendations to the Department for Education, including:

• Keeping EHCPs and Send tribunals as a "backstop of accountability" for parents

• Establishing new statutory national minimum standards for what support schools should offer on special educational needs at all levels of need

• More Send training for all current and future mainstream school staff, including headteachers

• Investing in more state specialist schools

• Increasing per-pupil Send funding in line with inflation

The National Audit Office said last year that the Send system in England as a whole "wasn't financially sustainable" and was not delivering better outcomes for children and young people, despite big increases in high-needs funding over the last 10 years.

The number of children and young people in England with an EHCP has increased to 638,745, the highest number since they were introduced a decade ago. An EHCP is a legal document outlining the support for special educational needs that a child or young person is entitled to.

Nearly 1.3 million pupils are getting support for special educational needs in schools in England without an EHCP, but many parents value the legal rights to support that the plans set out and fight hard to get them put in place.

Helen Hayes MP, who is chair of the Education Select Committee, says a "root and branch" reform of the Send system is needed and that "a genuinely inclusive, well-resourced mainstream education system" will bring costs down.

"The government must develop a standardised, national framework for the support that children with Send can expect in school, long before requiring an EHCP, so that there can be confidence and clear lines of accountability."

Paul Whiteman, the general secretary for school leaders' union NAHT, agreed that all teachers should be trained in how to support children with special educational needs but said the responsibility shouldn't just lie with schools.

"There must be a collaborative multi-agency approach, with the onus not just on schools but on all health and child services to support children and young people with Send.

"There must be a recognition that funding for Send is currently insufficient and a re-thought system will need to be fully resourced in order to work."

Tracy Winchester runs the parent campaign group SEND National Crisis in Worcestershire.

She has been through three separate tribunals against her local authority to change the support in place for her son Rowan, who has had an EHCP since he was five.

She's worried that the government might make changes to EHCPs in their upcoming reforms.

"We won't stand for our legal rights being taken away, and the thought of it is horrifying. It's not to say everything is perfect right now, but without the legal rights I don't know where we would have got to.

"Local authorities have to be careful with their budgets but, ultimately, this is our kids' education. If we haven't got that legal protection, where do we stand?"

A Department for Education spokesperson said: "The report rightly highlights the need for actions we're already taking, to make sure that evidence-based support is available as routine, without a fight, for every child who needs it - from significant investment in places for children with Send, to improved teacher training, to our Best Start Family Hubs in every local area."

Interest rates are widely expected to be held at 4% when policymakers at the Bank of England meet on Thursday.

The Bank rate, which heavily influences borrowing costs and savings rates, was cut from 4.25% to 4% by the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at its last meeting in August.

It took the rate down to its lowest level for more than two years, but many analysts believe there will be no further cuts during the rest of this year.

The decision will be revealed at 12:00 BST and comes after official data on Wednesday showed prices were rising at nearly twice the target level, driven by the higher cost of food.

The rate of inflation remained at 3.8% in August, well above the 2% target. The Bank rate is policymakers' main tool for controlling inflation.

In theory, making borrowing more expensive means people have less money to spend, which slows prices rises. However, increasing borrowing costs can also harm the economy.

Closely-watched vote

The decision to cut the Bank rate in August was taken after an unprecedented second vote by the nine members of the MPC.

Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank, said the decision to cut interest rates was "finely balanced".

Analysts expect Thursday's vote to be more clear cut, with no change expected.

The relatively high rate of inflation means policymakers are unlikely to risk pushing that higher by cutting the Bank rate.

However, they do expect the inflation rate to start to drop soon, which leaves the possibility open of further interest rate cuts.

The Bank rate has a big impact on the interest homeowners face when taking out a new fixed-rate mortgage.

Lenders use the Bank rate to set their own rates. As a result, the expectation of interest rate rises can push up mortgage rates while the expectation of interest rate cuts can pull mortgage rates down.

Mortgage rates have dropped very slightly since the MPC's last meeting in August, but further moves are uncertain, according to Rachel Springall, from the financial information service Moneyfacts.

"Many will be waiting with bated breath for the Budget. This waiting game, alongside forecasts for inflation to remain above target, makes it less likely for the Bank of England to make further rate cuts this year," she said.

She said that savers had seen a downward trend in returns during the time when the Bank has been lowering the Bank rate.

"The average easy access [savings] rate has fallen further below 3%, so savers must act now and switch their variable rate account if it no longer pays a decent return on their hard-earned cash," she said.

Global picture

The government would be keen to see interest rates fall further, to boost growth in the UK economy.

The Resolution Foundation think-tank, which which focuses on those on low to middle incomes, said living standards needed to improve after a "lost" 20 years of growth.

But ministers will be aware of the inflationary risk that remains in the UK, especially as prices are rising slower in countries such as the US, Germany, and France.

Thursday's MPC decision will come after the US central bank chose to cut interest rates on Wednesday to a range of 4% to 4.25% for the first time since December.

Last Thursday, the European Central Bank chose to hold its interest its at 2%.

A record-breaking £150bn package of US investment into the UK has been announced during US President Donald Trump's State Visit.

The UK government is calling this the largest commercial deal of its kind and expects it to create more than 7600 "high-quality jobs" across the country.

A large majority of the money will come from Blackstone, the world's largest alternative asset manager, which has unveiled plans for a £90bn investment in the UK over the next decade.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the investments "are a testament to Britain's economic strength and a bold signal that our country is open, ambitious, and ready to lead".

"Jobs, growth and opportunity is what I promised for working people, and it's exactly what this State Visit is delivering," he added.

On Thursday, major UK and US investors will meet the Prime Minister and President Trump at Chequers to discuss how both countries can go further to deepen their economic ties and future collaborations.

Blackstone previously announced in June that it would invest £370bn in Europe over the next decade.

Earlier this week, Microsoft pledged to spend £22bn in the UK over the next four years, and Google pledged £5bn over the next two years to expand an existing data centre in Hertfordshire.

These investments will also help act as a powerful counterweight to the exodus of investment seen in the pharmaceutical sector.

However, the investments announced by Google and Microsoft are less than 4% of their annual spend, and the 7,600 jobs it is hoped to be created is a small number compared to the 160,000 payroll jobs lost since last year.

Where is the investment going?

Blackstone's large investment is in addition to the £10bn it previously announced for data centre development in the UK.

Real estate investment trust Prologis is also set to invest £3.9bn into the UK's life sciences and advanced manufacturing.

Palantir will invest up to £1.5bn in UK defence innovation and plans to create up to 350 new jobs.

American tech company Amentum plans to create more than 3,000 jobs and expand its UK workforce by over 50%.

Boeing has said it will convert two 737 aircraft in Birmingham for the US Air Force, which would be the first USAF aircraft built in the UK for over 50 years, and could create 150 high-skilled jobs.

US Engineering firm, STAX, has also committed up to £38m to expand its UK operations.

The 7,600 total jobs promised are intended to be in all areas of the UK.

This is set to include 1,000 new jobs in Belfast and 6,000 more roles from Glasgow to Warrington, the Midlands and the North-East.

Business and trade secretary Peter Kyle said the deal reflects growing confidence in the UK's industrial strategy.

"These record-breaking investments will create thousands of high-quality jobs across the UK," he said.

"It's a clear sign that our Plan for Growth is delivering for working people."

The government said it wants to give "real opportunities for working people", including apprenticeships in clean energy and careers in biotech and AI.

This comes ahead of the signing of the Tech Prosperity Deal on Thursday, which is a major new deal to accelerate the building of new nuclear power in both the US and the UK.

It's finally happening.

After months of economic debate and mounting attacks from US President Donald Trump, the US central bank is poised to cut interest rates on Wednesday.

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to announce it is lowering the target for its key lending rate by 0.25 percentage points. That will put it in a range of 4% to 4.25% - the lowest level since late 2022.

The move - the bank's first rate cut since last December - is expected to kick off a series of additional reductions in the months ahead, which should help bring down borrowing costs across the US.

But they carry a warning about the economy, reflecting increased consensus at the Fed that a stalling job market needs a boost in the form of lower interest rates.

Nor are they likely to satisfy the president, who has called for far deeper cuts.

In many ways, it is no surprise that the Fed, which sets interest rate policy independent of the White House, is cutting.

The inflation that ripped through the post-pandemic economy and prompted the bank to raise interest rates in 2022 has come down significantly.

In the UK, Europe, Canada and elsewhere, central banks have already responded with lower rates, while the Fed's own policymakers have said for months that they expected to lower borrowing costs by at least half a percentage point this year.

At the Fed's last meeting, two members of the board even backed a cut.

They were outvoted, as other members remained worried that Trump's economic policies, including tax cuts, tariffs and mass detentions of migrant workers, might cause inflation to flare back up again.

And it's true that the US in recent months has seen inflation tick higher. Prices rose 2.9% over the 12 months to August, the fastest pace since January, and still above the Fed's 2% target.

But in recent weeks, those concerns have been eclipsed by weakness in the labour market. The US reported meagre job gains in August and July and an outright loss in June - the first such decline since 2020.

"It really comes down to what we've seen in the jobs market - the deterioration that we've seen over the past few months," said Sarah House, senior economist at Wells Fargo, which is expecting rates to drop by 0.75 percentage points by the end of the year.

"The Fed knows that when the labour market turns, it turns very quickly, so they're wanting to make sure they're not stepping on the brakes of the economy at the same time the labour market has already slowed."

Though Trump has rejected concerns about economic weakness, the rate cut should not be unwelcome to him - he has spent months blasting the Fed's hesitance to cut rates, which he says should be as low as 1%.

On social media, he has called Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell "a real dummy", accusing him of holding back the economy by leaving interest rates too high for too long.

"Too Late" MUST CUT INTEREST RATES, NOW, AND BIGGER THAN HE HAD IN MIND. HOUSING WILL SOAR!!!" Trump wrote in a social media post this week, referring to Powell.

Trump's pressure is not just rhetorical. He moved quickly to install the chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers, Stephen Miran, on the Fed in time for this week's meeting after a short-term vacancy opened up last month.

His administration has also threatened Powell with firing and investigation and is locked in a legal battle over its effort to fire economist Lisa Cook, another member of the board.

To critics, Trump's moves amount to an assault on the Fed's independence that is unprecedented in recent history.

But whatever awkwardness in the air at this week's Fed meeting, analysts say they believe the Fed's decision to cut would have come regardless of his campaign.

"The president's policies are certainly causing the economic activity that is forcing the hand of the Fed," said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B. Riley Wealth.

"The president's jawboning of the Fed to lower rates I think has had zero impact whatsoever."

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has told the BBC in an exclusive interview that he has "no relationship" with US President Donald Trump.

Lula has frequently criticised Trump, but this is the clearest signal yet that he thinks communication between him and his US counterpart is now broken.

Even though the US has a trade surplus with Brazil, Donald Trump imposed 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods in July, citing the trial on coup charges of Brazil's right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro as a trigger.

Lula described the tariffs as "eminently political" and said US consumers would be facing higher prices for Brazilian goods as a result.

The tariffs imposed by Trump have hit Brazilian exports to the US, like coffee and beef, which Lula said would become more expensive: "The American people will pay for the mistakes President Trump is incurring in his relationship with Brazil."

The two leaders have never spoken directly to each other. When pushed on why he had not just tried to pick up the phone or form a relationship, President Lula said: "I never tried that call because he never wanted to have a conversation."

Trump has previously said that Lula can "call him anytime." But Lula insisted that members of the Trump Administration "do not want to talk".

He told the BBC that he had found out about the US tariffs from Brazilian newspapers.

Referring to Trump, he said that the US president "didn't communicate in a civilised manner. He just published them [the tariffs] on his portal - on social media."

When asked how he would describe his relationship with his US counterpart he simply said: "There's no relationship."

'He's not emperor of the world!'

Lula said that his poor relations with the US leader were the exception, listing how he had built relationships with former US presidents, UK prime ministers, the EU, China, Ukraine, Venezuela and "all the countries in the world".

The Brazilian president attended the World War Two anniversary celebrations in Russia this year and has not cut ties with President Putin. Asked who he had a better relationship with - Trump or Putin - he defended his ties to the latter, saying they had formed them when they had both been presidents "in previous times".

"I don't have a relationship with Trump because when Trump was elected the first time, I wasn't president. His relationship is with Bolsonaro, not Brazil," Lula responded.

He also said that if he passed Trump at next week's United Nations General assembly he would "greet him because I am a civilised citizen", but added that Trump may be "president of the United States, [but] he's not emperor of the world!".

The BBC approached the White House for comment on Lula's criticism of Trump but had not yet received a response at the tine of publishing.

He also spoke about his predecessor in office, Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted last week.

A 4-1 majority of justices on Brazil's Supreme Court found the ex-president guilty of plotting a coup after losing the election to Lula and sentenced him to 27 years in prison.

Lula told the BBC that Bolsonaro and his co-conspirators had "hurt the country, attempted a coup, and plotted my death".

Referring to the appeals Bolsonaro's lawyers said they would lodge, Lula said that he hoped that Bolsonaro would continue "to present his defence" but that "for now he is guilty".

He also criticised Trump for "inventing untruths" by claiming Bolsonaro was being persecuted and denouncing what the US leader said was a lack of democracy in Brazil.

Lula also told the BBC that if the 6 January Capitol riots had happened in Brazil rather than in the US, Trump would have been put on trial.

In the wide-ranging BBC interview, he also advocated for reform of the United Nations.

He criticised the fact that five countries - the permanent members of the UN Security Council - have the power to veto decisions and argued that this tilted the balance in favour of those who won World War Two, excluding nations representing billions of people like Brazil, Germany, India, Japan, as well as African countries.

The result, he said, was that the UN didn't "have the strength to solve conflicts" and the five permanent members made "unilateral" decisions about going to war.

He defended his continued alliances with Russia and China – two nations where unfair elections and human rights abuses have been documented – while calling for a more "democratic" UN.

Pressed on Brazil's continuing purchases of Russian oil while Russia wages war in Ukraine, he said Brazil was one of the first countries to condemn Russia's occupation of Ukraine and that "Brazil doesn't finance Russia, we buy oil from Russia because we need to buy oil just like China, India, the UK or the US needs to buy oil".

He said that if the UN was "functioning" then neither the Ukraine war nor the Gaza war - which he described as "not a war" but a "genocide" - would have happened.

The BBC also asked President Lula about November's COP30 climate summit, when Brazil will host world leaders in the Amazon city of Belém.

Domestically, the Brazilian president has faced criticism over his support for exploratory drilling for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River.

Brazil's state oil company Petrobas and other firms have bought blocks for exploration and are awaiting licenses.

His own environment minister, Marina Silva, has strongly opposed the plans and some conservation groups fear it could risk oil spills in waters close to the Amazon.

President Lula insisted Brazil was strictly following the law in its research and if there were any oil spills then "Brazil would be liable and responsible and take care of any problem".

He added that he supported a world without fossil fuels but "this moment has not come yet".

"I want to know of any country that is prepared to have an energy transition and capable of giving up fossil fuels," he replied. But the issue has proven controversial with left-wing voters.

Lula, who is 79, said he had not yet decided if he would run for re-election in the 2026 presidential elections.

He said that his health and his party would determine that – as well as whether it was politically opportune and whether he stood a chance of winning.

Lula slipped in the polls recently, but received a boost after Trump imposed tariffs on Brazil.

He concluded by saying that his legacy included reducing hunger, lowering unemployment, and the incomes of the working classes growing.

Five police officers have been shot in the US state of Pennsylvania, with three of them said to be in a grave condition.

A fourth officer shot in Wednesday afternoon's incident in rural York County is said to be in a critical condition.

The suspect in the shooting is believed to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, sources told the BBC's US partner CBS.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said he was travelling to the scene in North Codorus Township, about 100 miles (160km) east of Philadelphia.

"I've been briefed on the situation involving law enforcement in York County, and am on my way there now," Shapiro wrote on X.

"We ask those in the area to please follow the directions of local law enforcement," he added.

The incident happened just after 14:00 local time (19:00 BST). Images from the scene showed a police officer being airlifted out of the scene in a medical helicopter.

The shooting forced a nearby school district in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania - a small town of about 2,500 people - to briefly shelter in place. The district later said the school had not been affected.

Officials said there was no threat to the public.

Hats! Jewels! Dresses! Tiaras!

State visits are as much about what everyone is wearing as they are about what they’re saying and doing.

It is an exercise in fashion diplomacy - and there has been plenty of it on display as US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania visit the UK.

From the First Lady's hat, to the Princess of Wales's feather brooch, here are some of the most eye-catching looks so far.

Melania's hat and a British nod

What a HAT!

Melania is no stranger to impressive headwear - her white and navy wide-brimmed hat was a talking point at her husband's inauguration earlier this year. There was an awkward moment when Trump tried to kiss her and the brim of her hat made it a tricky task. Cue the internet blowing up.

The first lady has gone for a similarly dramatic flourish on day one of the state visit. She arrived at Windsor Castle wearing a wide-brimmed purple hat that seemed to obscure her eyes, which she paired with a timeless dark grey suit by Dior.

"Melania's hat is not by chance," said Kwei. "The hat with the wide brim that hides her face is pointing to a stance where she wants all eyes on her husband and his agenda while here," Kwei added.

She noted that it matched the exact colour of her husband's tie, in "a nod to her support for her husband's agenda during this state visit".

Dior is a favourite fashion house for Melania, and, for Kwei, her decision to wear it is a nod to America's support for Europe.

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On Tuesday, Melania stepped onto UK soil wearing the most British of fashion items: a Burberry trench coat.

She wore the honey-coloured, floor-length coat with the collar turned up, while flashes of its signature lining were visible underneath.

Melania, 55, completed the look with black sunglasses and boots.

Vanessa Friedman, chief fashion critic at The New York Times, said that wearing a British-made coat could be an example of engaging in sartorial diplomacy, which is something many first ladies have done.

For the Trumps' last state visit in 2019, Melania – a former model – also dressed in her British best, opting for brands such as Burberry, although she added a mix of European fashion houses too (think Celine and Dolce & Gabbana), as well as American designers including Michael Kors.

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It will be interesting to see how the choice of a British brand on this trip will be perceived back at home, says Marian Kwei, a celebrity stylist and Vogue contributor, given that Trump's message is about serving the interests of the United States before those of any other country.

King and Queen match in blue

The Queen was seen in a vibrant sapphire blue dress, a matching coat by Fiona Clare and hat by Philip Treacy.

She completed the look with a sapphire and diamond brooch.

Princess of Wales's outfit sends diplomatic message

The Princess of Wales wore a burgundy Emilia Wickstead dress and a matching hat by Jane Taylor.

From both the Queen and the Princess, it's a strong showing for British designers.

Catherine completed her look with a feather brooch.

Kwei noted it was interesting that, like the Trumps, the princess also chose to match her outfit to her husband, the Prince of Wales, who wore a burgundy tie.

"As with Melania, this is to show support and that she's at one with her spouse and home country's agenda," she said.

"Blue and red!", royal expert Victoria Murphy said of the outfit choices by the Queen and Catherine.

"This seems a clear example of coordinated diplomatic dressing to me, to reflect the US flag. It's an example of how the outfits can send a powerful diplomatic message."

Local residents and eyewitnesses say dozens of Israeli tanks and military vehicles have pushed into a major residential district of Gaza City, on the second day of Israel's ground offensive aimed at occupying the area.

Video footage shows tanks, bulldozers and armoured personnel carriers moving on the edges of Sheikh Radwan, in northern Gaza City. Thick clouds of smoke can be seen as Israeli forces fire artillery shells and smoke bombs to cover their advance.

The Sheikh Radwan district was home to tens of thousands of people before the war and is considered one of the city's most densely populated areas.

Israel says the aim of its Gaza City offensive is to free hostages held by Hamas and defeat up to 3,000 fighters in what it describes as the group's "last stronghold" - but the operation has drawn widespread international condemnation.

The leaders of more than 20 major aid agencies, including Save the Children and Oxfam, warned that "the inhumanity of the situation in Gaza is unconscionable".

Residents in Sheikh Radwan said Wednesday's incursion followed a wave of heavy airstrikes targeting buildings and main streets across the neighbourhood, in what appeared to be preparation for the ground assault.

Saad Hamada, a local resident who fled south with his family earlier on Wednesday, told the BBC: "The drones didn't leave anything. They hit solar panels, power generators, water tanks, even the internet network.

"Life became impossible, and that is what forced most people to leave despite the danger."

Sheikh Radwan includes the areas of Abu Iskandar, al-Tawam, and al-Saftawi, and is intersected by al-Jalaa Street, a vital artery linking central Gaza City with its northern districts.

Locals say Israeli control of the neighbourhood could open the way for forces to advance deeper into the city and reach its central areas.

The images of tanks in Gaza City's streets have caused widespread panic among residents, particularly those still living in the western and central parts of the city.

Witnesses said the sight of tanks approaching their homes revived memories of previous incursions, that ended with entire neighbourhoods being flattened.

The incursion into Sheikh Radwan has triggered yet another wave of displacement, with thousands of families fleeing south.

Long lines of cars and carts loaded with belongings were seen on the roads, as the Israeli army opened a route to the south via the Salahedin Road. Residents reported journeys taking hours and costing hundreds of shekels due to the scarcity of transport and soaring prices.

Before the war, Sheikh Radwan was one of Gaza City's busiest districts, home to dozens of schools, mosques, and marketplaces.

It had already been struck repeatedly by air raids in recent months, and there is widespread destruction, but the sight of tanks inside the area now marks a significant new phase in Israel's ground campaign.

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Wednesday morning that it had struck more than 150 targets across Gaza City in two days in support of its ground troops.

As part of its operations, the IDF is also reportedly utilising old military vehicles loaded with explosives that have been modified to be controlled remotely. They are being driven to Hamas positions and detonated, according to Israeli media.

Resident Nidal al-Sherbi told the BBC Arabic's Middle East Daily programme: "Last night was extremely difficult, with continuous explosions and shelling that lasted from night until dawn."

"Israeli vehicles advanced from Sheikh Radwan, Tal al-Hawa, and also from Shejaiya. It was a very, very frightening night."

Aid groups, UN agencies and others say the "humanitarian area" people are expected to move to is heavily overcrowded and insufficient to support the roughly two million Palestinians who are expected to cram into it.

Some who followed the military's orders to evacuate to the zone say they found no space to pitch their tents, so they returned north.

"Everyday leaflets are thrown at us ordering evacuation, while the Israeli army shells buildings in every direction," Munir Azzam, who is in northern Gaza, told the BBC. "But where can we go? We have no refuge in the south."

The IDF said on Tuesday that around 350,000 people had fled Gaza City, while the UN put the figure at 190,000 since August. Estimates suggest at least 650,000 remain.

Israel launched its war in Gaza in response to the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

At least 65,062 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since then, almost half of them women and children, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.

It said on Wednesday that 98 people had been killed and 385 injured by Israeli fire in the past 24 hours. Another four people had died from malnutrition, taking the total number of malnutrition-related deaths since a UN-backed body declared famine in Gaza City in late August to 154, it added.

The UN has warned that an intensification of the offensive will push civilians into "even deeper catastrophe".

On Tuesday, a UN commission of inquiry said Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Israel's foreign ministry rejected the report and denounced it as "distorted and false".

Four of Scotland's most high profile gangland figures have been arrested in Dubai.

BBC Scotland News understands that Steven Lyons, Ross McGill, Stephen Jamieson and Steven Larwood were taken into custody on Tuesday.

Police Scotland believe all four are linked to criminality ranging from drug importation to a feud between rival criminal gangs in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

The dispute has resulted in a series of assaults, shootings and firebombings since March.

It is understood detectives have been sharing intelligence with police in the United Arab Emirates, where the men are all based.

It is unclear if officers in Scotland were made aware of the Dubai raids in advance.

And it remains to be seen whether the authorities will press charges or whether moves will be made to extradite the men - who may be deemed a flight risk - back to Scotland.

Detectives working on Operation Portaledge, which was set up in response to the gang violence, have so far made 57 arrests.

Sources have told BBC Scotland News the significance of the Dubai arrests cannot be underestimated.

One said: "All four are operating at the highest level of organised crime, both at a UK and an international level."

Steven Lyons is the head of the Lyons crime group, which has been involved in a bloody feud with the rival Daniel clan for more than 20 years.

In 2006 he survived a shooting at a garage in Lambhill, in the north of Glasgow, which claimed the life of his cousin, Michael Lyons.

He later moved to Spain before settling in Dubai.

In May, Steven Lyons' brother, Eddie Lyons Jnr, and Ross Monaghan were shot dead in a beachfront bar in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol.

Both men had spent the evening watching the Champions League final before they were targeted by a lone gunman.

Michael Riley, 44, from Liverpool, has been accused by Spanish police of the murders with a full extradition hearing scheduled for later this year.

In the days after the double shooting a Spanish National Police detective said the suspect was a member of the rival Glasgow-based Daniel gang.

But Police Scotland have maintained there is nothing to suggest the murders in Spain are linked to the ongoing gang war or that it was planned in Scotland.

McGill first became known to police for his activities while a senior member of Rangers ultras group, the Union Bears.

But since March he has emerged as a key figure in the gangland feud which has been responsible for a wave of violence in the east and west of the country.

BBC Scotland News understands it was triggered by a fall out between McGill and Edinburgh drug dealer Mark Richardson, who is currently in prison.

Larwood is a known associate of Lyons and previously lived in Spain before relocating to Dubai.

Jamieson, who has lived in the desert city for a number of years, has links to Jamie "Iceman" Stevenson, who was last year jailed for orchestrating a plot to smuggle cocaine worth £100m from South America in boxes of bananas.

Police Scotland said it was unable to confirm the arrests.

It is understood the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office has not been approached for consular assistance.

Dubai Police referred BBC Scotland News to the UK Embassy in Dubai but it has yet to comment.

Artificial intelligence can predict people's health problems over a decade into the future, say scientists.

The technology has learned to spot patterns in people's medical records to calculate their risk of more than 1,000 diseases.

The researchers say it is like a weather forecast that anticipates a 70% chance of rain – but for human health.

Their vision is to use the AI model to spot high-risk patients to prevent disease and to help hospitals understand demand in their area, years ahead of time.

The model – called Delphi-2M - uses similar technology to well-known AI chatbots like ChatGPT.

AI chatbots are trained to understand patterns of language so they can predict the sequence of words in a sentence.

Delphi-2M has been trained to find patterns in anonymous medical records so it can predict what comes next and when.

It doesn't predict exact dates, like a heart attack on October 1, but instead estimates the likelihood of 1,231 diseases.

"So, just like weather, where we could have a 70% chance of rain, we can do that for healthcare," Prof Ewan Birney, the interim executive director of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, told me.

"And we can do that not just for one disease, but all diseases at the same time - we've never been able to do that before. I'm excited," he said.

The AI model was initially developed using anonymous UK data - including hospital admissions, GP records and lifestyle habits such as smoking - collected from more than 400,000 people as part of the UK Biobank research project.

The model was then tested to see if its predictions stacked up using data from other Biobank participants, and then with 1.9 million people's medical records in Denmark.

"It's good, it's really good in Denmark," says Prof Birney.

"If our model says it's a one-in-10 risk for the next year, it really does seem like it turns out to be one in 10."

The model is best at predicting diseases like type 2 diabetes, heart attacks and sepsis that have a clear disease progression, rather than more random events like infections.

What can you do with the results?

People are already offered a cholesterol-lowering statin based on a calculation of their risk of a heart attack or stroke.

The AI tool is not ready for clinical use, but the plan is to use it in a similar way, to spot high-risk patients while there is an opportunity to intervene early and prevent disease.

This could include medicines or specific lifestyle advice - such as people likely to develop some liver disorders benefitting from cutting back their alcohol intake more than the general population.

The artificial intelligence could also help inform disease-screening programmes and analyse all the healthcare records in an area to anticipate demand - such as how many heart attacks a year there will be in Norwich in 2030, to help plan resources.

"This is the beginning of a new way to understand human health and disease progression," said Prof Moritz Gerstung, head of the division of AI in oncology at DKFZ, the German Cancer Research Centre.

He added: "Generative models such as ours could one day help personalise care and anticipate healthcare needs at scale."

The AI model, described in the scientific journal Nature, needs refining and testing before it is used clinically.

There are also potential biases as it was built from UK Biobank data which is drawn mostly from people aged 40 to 70, rather than the whole population.

The model is now being upgraded to account for more medical data such as imaging, genetics and blood analysis.

But Prof Birney says: "Just to stress, this is research – everything needs to be tested and well-regulated and thought about before it's used, but the technology is here to make these kinds of predictions."

He anticipates it will follow a similar path to the use of genomics in healthcare where it took a decade to go from scientists being confident in the technology to healthcare being able to use it routinely.

The study was a collaboration between the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) and the University of Copenhagen.

Prof Gustavo Sudre, a neuroimaging and AI researcher at King's College London, commented: "This research looks to be a significant step towards scalable, interpretable, and – most importantly – ethically responsible form of predictive modelling in medicine."

The wife of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has said he was killed by poisoning while serving a prison sentence in an Arctic penal colony in 2024.

In a video shared on social media, Yulia Navalnaya said analysis of smuggled biological samples carried out by laboratories in two countries showed that her husband had been "murdered".

She did not provide details on the poison allegedly used, on the samples or on the analysis – but challenged the two laboratories to publish their results.

Navalny – an anti-corruption campaigner and Russia's most vociferous opposition leader - died suddenly in jail on 16 February 2024 at the age of 47.

In 2020 he was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent and almost died. Upon his return to Russia he was arrested at the airport.

At the time of his death he had been in jail for three years on trumped-up charges and had recently been transferred to a penal colony in the Arctic Circle.

Navalny's supporters and colleagues at his Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) have always maintained the Russian government was involved in his demise.

Navalnaya said that after her husband's death in February 2024 his team were able to "obtain and securely transfer" biological samples abroad and that two laboratories in different countries had concluded he had been poisoned.

She did not share the location of the laboratories - but she implied that they were not making their findings public due to "political considerations".

"They don't want an inconvenient truth to surface at the wrong time," she said.

Navalnaya also suggested she would get pushback on trying to investigate her husband's death further: "'You are the wife, of course, but there is no criminal case, there are no legal grounds to hand documents to you.'"

"But I have grounds. Not legal, but moral grounds."

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She added that Navalny had been her husband, friend and closest person – and "a symbol of hope for a better future for our country".

"I know he was a symbol to you too," she said over images of Navalny's Moscow funeral which drew thousands despite warnings from the authorities not to attend.

"I will not be silent. I affirm that Vladimir Putin is guilty of killing my husband, Alexei Navalny... I urge the laboratories which conducted studies to make the results public."

On Wednesday Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he was unaware of Navalnaya's statements.

In the video put out on Wednesday, Navalnaya also detailed the last days of her husband based on what she said was testimony by employees at the penal colony, which the BBC has not been able to verify.

According to her, on the day he died Navalny was taken out for a walk but felt ill. When he was taken back to his cell "he lay down on the floor, pulled his knees up, and started moaning in pain... then he started vomiting".

"Alexei was having convulsions... the prison guards watched [his] agony through the bars of the cell window," she said, citing the alleged testimonies.

An ambulance wasn't called until 40 minutes after Navalny became ill, his widow said, and he died shortly after. Prison authorities later told his mother Lyudmila that her son had experienced "sudden death syndrome". Later, state investigators said the death had been caused by a medical condition and arrythmia.

Navalny's associates have shared previously unseen images on social media purporting to show his cell on the day he died and the tiny exercise yard where he was allowed out.

Vladimir Putin, who studiously avoided naming Navalny while he was alive, briefly referred to him a month after his death by stating that a person passing was "always a sad event".

The Russian president also said he had agreed to a planned prisoner swap between Navalny and "some people" held in Western jails, on condition that Navalny did not come back to Russia.

"But such is life. There's nothing to be done about it," Putin said.

It is highly unlikely Moscow will issue any further comment on Navalny's death.

His popularity and internet savviness long rattled the Kremlin, while senior figures were irritated by his investigations into high-profile government corruption.

With Navalny's death Russia lost the last towering opposition figure who challenged Putin's rule.

Many of his associates have been jailed or have fled Russia. Navalnaya herself faces arrest, and she and her two children live abroad.

The crackdown on civil society ramped up further following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and punitive new laws leading to mass arrests have muzzled any opposition.

In both life and death Navalny managed to draw out huge crowds onto the streets. Thousands of mourners turned out for his funeral in Moscow in March 2024 despite well-founded fears of a police crackdown.

No large opposition gatherings have taken place in Russia since.

Wild chimpanzees have been found to consume the equivalent of a bottle of lager's alcohol a day from eating ripened fruit, scientists say.

They say this is evidence humans may have got our taste for alcohol from common primate ancestors who relied on fermented fruit - a source of sugar and alcohol - for food.

"Human attraction to alcohol probably arose from this dietary heritage of our common ancestor with chimpanzees," said study researcher Aleksey Maro of the University of California, Berkeley.

Chimps, like many other animals, have been spotted feeding on ripe fruit lying on the forest floor, but this is the first study to make clear how much alcohol they might be consuming.

The research team measured the amount of ethanol, or pure alcohol, in fruits such as figs and plums eaten in large quantities by wild chimps in Côte d'Ivoire and Uganda.

Based on the amount of fruit they normally eat, the chimps were ingesting around 14 grams of ethanol - equivalent to nearly two UK units, or roughly one 330ml bottle of lager.

The fruits most commonly eaten were those highest in alcohol content.

The research adds weight to the so-called "drunken monkey" hypothesis - the idea that the human appetite for alcohol was inherited from our primate ancestors.

This was first proposed by Prof Robert Dudley of the University of California, Berkeley, who is a co-researcher on the study.

Scientists were initially sceptical. But more observations of "scrumping apes" have emerged in recent years, said Prof Catherine Hobaiter, a primatologist at the University of St Andrews, who was not part of the research team.

"What we're realising from this work is that our relationship with alcohol goes deep back into evolutionary time, probably about 30 million years," she told BBC News.

"Maybe for chimpanzees, this is a great way to create social bonds, to hang out together on the forest floor, eating those fallen fruits."

Dr Kimberley Hockings, who studies primates at the University of Exeter and was not involved in the research, said it was important to note that the chimpanzees in this study were not consuming enough alcohol to become drunk. Had they done so, "this would clearly not improve their survival chances," she said.

According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, chimpanzees are endangered and the biggest threats they face include losing their forest homes to farming, logging and building roads or towns.

The research is published in the journal Science Advances.

Hats! Jewels! Dresses! Tiaras!

State visits are as much about what everyone is wearing as they are about what they’re saying and doing.

It is an exercise in fashion diplomacy - and there has been plenty of it on display as US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania visit the UK.

From the First Lady's hat, to the Princess of Wales's feather brooch, here are some of the most eye-catching looks so far.

Melania's hat and a British nod

What a HAT!

Melania is no stranger to impressive headwear - her white and navy wide-brimmed hat was a talking point at her husband's inauguration earlier this year. There was an awkward moment when Trump tried to kiss her and the brim of her hat made it a tricky task. Cue the internet blowing up.

The first lady has gone for a similarly dramatic flourish on day one of the state visit. She arrived at Windsor Castle wearing a wide-brimmed purple hat that seemed to obscure her eyes, which she paired with a timeless dark grey suit by Dior.

"Melania's hat is not by chance," said Kwei. "The hat with the wide brim that hides her face is pointing to a stance where she wants all eyes on her husband and his agenda while here," Kwei added.

She noted that it matched the exact colour of her husband's tie, in "a nod to her support for her husband's agenda during this state visit".

Dior is a favourite fashion house for Melania, and, for Kwei, her decision to wear it is a nod to America's support for Europe.

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On Tuesday, Melania stepped onto UK soil wearing the most British of fashion items: a Burberry trench coat.

She wore the honey-coloured, floor-length coat with the collar turned up, while flashes of its signature lining were visible underneath.

Melania, 55, completed the look with black sunglasses and boots.

Vanessa Friedman, chief fashion critic at The New York Times, said that wearing a British-made coat could be an example of engaging in sartorial diplomacy, which is something many first ladies have done.

For the Trumps' last state visit in 2019, Melania – a former model – also dressed in her British best, opting for brands such as Burberry, although she added a mix of European fashion houses too (think Celine and Dolce & Gabbana), as well as American designers including Michael Kors.

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It will be interesting to see how the choice of a British brand on this trip will be perceived back at home, says Marian Kwei, a celebrity stylist and Vogue contributor, given that Trump's message is about serving the interests of the United States before those of any other country.

King and Queen match in blue

The Queen was seen in a vibrant sapphire blue dress, a matching coat by Fiona Clare and hat by Philip Treacy.

She completed the look with a sapphire and diamond brooch.

Princess of Wales's outfit sends diplomatic message

The Princess of Wales wore a burgundy Emilia Wickstead dress and a matching hat by Jane Taylor.

From both the Queen and the Princess, it's a strong showing for British designers.

Catherine completed her look with a feather brooch.

Kwei noted it was interesting that, like the Trumps, the princess also chose to match her outfit to her husband, the Prince of Wales, who wore a burgundy tie.

"As with Melania, this is to show support and that she's at one with her spouse and home country's agenda," she said.

"Blue and red!", royal expert Victoria Murphy said of the outfit choices by the Queen and Catherine.

"This seems a clear example of coordinated diplomatic dressing to me, to reflect the US flag. It's an example of how the outfits can send a powerful diplomatic message."

President Trump was greeted by the King and Queen as well as other senior royals at Windsor Castle.

It is his second state visit to the UK and is accompanied by the usual pomp and pageantry.

The state banquet is the spectacular showstopper of a state visit, a glittering feast with speeches, royal toasts, trumpet fanfares and fancy food and wine.

It's diplomacy served up with fine dining. A cut-glass shock-and-awe approach to hospitality designed to make a visiting leader like President Trump feel special.

The setting in St George's Hall inside Windsor Castle is a remarkable sight, a mix of medieval banquet and Harry Potter film.

Elaborately uniformed staff around the hall are as drilled as the soldiers who have been on parade during the day. The table settings, five glasses per person, are terrifyingly neat.

For Trump's visit, the 160 guests, sitting behind 1,452 pieces of cutlery, will be eating from a menu, written in French, which translates as:

• Hampshire Watercress Panna Cotta with Parmesan shortbread and quail egg salad
• Organic Norfolk chicken ballotine wrapped in courgettes with a thyme and savoury infused jus
• Vanilla ice cream bombe with Kentish raspberry sorbet interior with lightly poached Victoria plums

Guests have a generous wine list.

• Wiston Estate, Cuvée, 2016
• Domaine Bonneau de Martray, Corton-Charlemagne, Grand Cru, 2018
• Ridge Vineyards, Monte Bello, 2000
• Pol Roger, Extra Cuvée de Réserve, 1998

After dinner drinks will be drowning in symbolism. It's a 1945 vintage port, in honour of Trump having been the 45th US president, although he does not drink.

There's a 1912 cognac, from the birth year of the president's Scottish-born mother.

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If that doesn't seem enough there's a special cocktail, the Transatlantic Whisky Sour, which blends Johnnie Walker with the bright citrus of marmalade, with pecan foam and a toasted marshmallow on a biscuit.

Rupert Murdoch and Tim Cook

President Trump's banquet in Windsor Castle is conspicuously missing celebrity faces or screen stars. Were there people in Hollywood, or even west London, who suddenly found they had to be somewhere else tonight?

There's not even a hardy royal perennial like Sir David Beckham or Sir Elton John.

Instead the guest list is heavy on political operators and tech bros. Apple boss Tim Cook is there, sitting next to the president's daughter, Tiffany Trump.

Press baron Rupert Murdoch is sitting next to Sir Keir Starmer's key adviser Morgan McSweeney. The small talk must be interesting when Trump is suing the Murdoch press for billions in the US.

Like at a wedding, guests must be checking the nameplates around the ornately-decorated table to see who they're sitting beside.

The "head" of the table is in the middle for the Windsor state banquet, with the King and president in the centre of a dining table that is 47m long.

President Trump, as the guest of honour, is placed between King Charles and Catherine, the Princess of Wales.

The nameplate for Trump says "President of the United States of America", although in capital letters, oddly reminiscent of his social media messages.

Facing them is the first lady, whose nameplate says "Mrs Trump", with Queen Camilla and the Prince of Wales on either side of her.

The seating arrangement throws some interesting groupings. There's the US ambassador Warren Stephens flanked by Princess Anne on one side and Chancellor Rachel Reeves on the other.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is beside mega-wealthy investor Stephen Schwarzman. If Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is searching for ideas, she's sitting next to Sam Altman, chief executive of the artificial intelligence firm, OpenAI.

Golfer Nick Faldo and athlete Dame Kathleen Grainger are among the more prominent sports stars at the banquet.

On the walls are royal portraits and suits of armour and the ceiling is studded with the coats of arms of Knights of the Garter.

St George's Hall was rebuilt after the fire of 1992. So perhaps like many stories about the royals, it feels new and old at the same time.

According to the travelling US press pack, the choice of music at the banquet reflects some of President Trump's favourites. Maybe they have their own messages to the politicians listening.

It includes Nessun Dorma, meaning "none shall sleep" and You Can't Always Get What You Want.

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Spanish police say they have arrested 19 people suspected of murder and torture after more than 50 went missing from a migrant boat that was travelling from Senegal to the Canary Islands.

Police suspect some of the victims were accused of being "witches" after several incidents during the journey, including engine failure, bad weather and food shortages.

The wooden vessel was rescued south of Gran Canaria on 24 August with 248 survivors on board, the Spanish National Police said.

But officials believe that about 300 people were originally on the boat, and that some had been thrown overboard.

Survivors told police that some of their fellow passengers began "attacking dozens of people, beating and abusing them in various ways", a police statement said.

"In some cases, they threw migrants into the sea alive and refused to rescue those who fell in by accident."

Suspected killings were also documented "simply because some people protested or expressed their dissatisfaction with the conditions of the voyage", the statement said.

One male passenger died in hospital after being found seriously ill when the vessel was intercepted, according to police.

Those on board included people from Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea-Bissau, local media reported.

All 19 suspects are in pretrial detention facing charges of facilitating irregular immigration, homicide, assault and torture.

Spain is one of the frontline entry points for irregular migration into Europe, with most entering via the Canary Islands.

Almost 47,000 migrants reached the archipelago in 2024, setting a record for a second year, but numbers have been far lower so far this year, the Spanish Interior Ministry said.