The centrist Liberal Democrats are the surprise leader in a new poll asking voters in Great Britain who should lead Parliament.
The YouGov poll released Friday found the Liberal Democrats ahead of both the Conservative Party and the Labour Party, which have been the dominant forces in British politics.
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The Liberal Democrats held the support of 24 percent of voters, while the Labour and Conservative parties were tied at 19 percent each. The far-right Brexit Party came in second place, with 22 percent of voters' support.
YouGov's director of political research in the United Kingdom, Anthony Wells, wrote in a blog post that it was likely the first time the poll had registered two supposed third parties in the top two positions in a U.K. opinion poll.
"Realistically though, we’ve got several weeks of coverage of the Conservative leadership election ahead of us, followed by the media circus around the elevation of a new Prime Minister. The media agenda will move back towards Labour and the Conservatives, and I’d be surprised if we didn’t seem one or other of them move back into the lead," he wrote.
British adults' preference for prime minister was largely unclear in the poll, with 55 percent of respondents saying they were unsure which party leader they wanted to see lead the country. May was supported by 23 percent of British adults, while Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was supported by 15 percent.
Information about the poll's methodology was not immediately available.
President Donald Trump applauds while delivering the commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy's graduation ceremony in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S., May 30, 2019.
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U.S. President Donald Trump plans to tell the British government in person that Washington may limit intelligence sharing with the U.K. if it allows Huawei to build part of its 5G high-speed mobile network, the Financial Times reported.
According to American and British officials, Trump decided to raise the issue about Huawei after his aides had repeatedly failed to convince the U.K. government to restrict the involvement of the Chinese company, the newspaper said.
A person involved in planning the trip told the FT that Trump was ready to make his objections known both in public and in private: "The president is preparing to repeat the message that Chinese involvement in 5G could pose significant challenges for US-UK intelligence co-operation."
The White House did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment sent outside regular office hours.
Last month, reports said the British government will allow Huawei to build out parts of its 5G wireless networks, which would defy U.S. demands for a blanket ban on the Chinese tech giant's involvement in the latest digital infrastructure technology. 5G is set to bring faster internet speeds and lower lag times — it has tremendous potential to change the way people interact with new technologies.
Britain's National Security Council was said to have agreed to let Huawei provide "non-core" technology, like antennas, to the country's mobile operators for the next-generation networks. The U.K., however, will not allow the Chinese firm to provide so-called "core" technology that includes software and other equipment linking primary internet connections, according to reports.
Still, White House national security advisor John Bolton said on Thursday that the U.K. may not have made a final decision on Huawei yet, Reuters reported.
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On Thursday morning, BBC Breakfast had the UK's first live news broadcast over 5G.
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Many news channels currently link several 4G connections together in order to stream video over mobile networks.
But using the 5G network, the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones was able to broadcast in high definition using just one Sim card.
5G is not just about faster internet speeds. It also offers lower latency than 4G connections: that means less of a delay between sending a request and getting a response.
For Rory, that meant a shorter delay between hearing a question in his earpiece and answering live on TV.
One technical hitch delayed Rory's broadcast. Test transmissions had ploughed through the data allowance on the Sim card, so it needed a top-up before Rory could go live on BBC Breakfast.
That makes EE's 10GB data cap on its cheapest price plan seem a little bit limiting - although EE says the data cap was reached after several days of test transmissions.
Is 5G safe?
Analysis by BBC Reality Check
Some people have questioned whether there are health risks from 5G, but experts and regulators say there is no evidence of danger.
Similar fears were expressed around earlier mobile internet and wi-fi.
More than 200 scientists appealed to the EU to halt the roll out of 5G, saying that electromagnetic fields may be harmful to humans and the environment, and could increase cancer risks.
But the EU says exposure from 5G will be far below limits set by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).
"There has been no evidence to suggest that electromagnetic waves from mobile phones and networks are bad for your health," says Prof Malcolm Sperrin, Director of the Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
He says a causal link between mobile phone use and cancer in humans is unproven.
5G technology is new but experts believe it poses no greater risk than earlier mobile systems.
EE's lowest-priced deal is £54 a month plus a one-off £170 fee for a compatible handset. But this only includes 10GB of data a month, which can be used up quickly if you download lots of movies or games.
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Going live
On Thursday morning, BBC Breakfast had the UK's first live news broadcast over 5G.
Media playback is unsupported on your device
Many news channels currently link several 4G connections together in order to stream video over mobile networks.
But using the 5G network, the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones was able to broadcast in high definition using just one Sim card.
5G is not just about faster internet speeds. It also offers lower latency than 4G connections: that means less of a delay between sending a request and getting a response.
For Rory, that meant a shorter delay between hearing a question in his earpiece and answering live on TV.
One technical hitch delayed Rory's broadcast. Test transmissions had ploughed through the data allowance on the Sim card, so it needed a top-up before Rory could go live on BBC Breakfast.
That makes EE's 10GB data cap on its cheapest price plan seem a little bit limiting - although EE says the data cap was reached after several days of test transmissions.
Is 5G safe?
Analysis by BBC Reality Check
Some people have questioned whether there are health risks from 5G, but experts and regulators say there is no evidence of danger.
Similar fears were expressed around earlier mobile internet and wi-fi.
More than 200 scientists appealed to the EU to halt the roll out of 5G, saying that electromagnetic fields may be harmful to humans and the environment, and could increase cancer risks.
But the EU says exposure from 5G will be far below limits set by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).
"There has been no evidence to suggest that electromagnetic waves from mobile phones and networks are bad for your health," says Prof Malcolm Sperrin, Director of the Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
He says a causal link between mobile phone use and cancer in humans is unproven.
5G technology is new but experts believe it poses no greater risk than earlier mobile systems.
EE's lowest-priced deal is £54 a month plus a one-off £170 fee for a compatible handset. But this only includes 10GB of data a month, which can be used up quickly if you download lots of movies or games.
Media playback is unsupported on your device
Going live
On Thursday morning, BBC Breakfast had the UK's first live news broadcast over 5G.
Media playback is unsupported on your device
Many news channels currently link several 4G connections together in order to stream video over mobile networks.
But using the 5G network, the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones was able to broadcast in high definition using just one Sim card.
5G is not just about faster internet speeds. It also offers lower latency than 4G connections: that means less of a delay between sending a request and getting a response.
For Rory, that meant a shorter delay between hearing a question in his earpiece and answering live on TV.
One technical hitch delayed Rory's broadcast. Test transmissions had ploughed through the data allowance on the Sim card, so it needed a top-up before Rory could go live on BBC Breakfast.
That makes EE's 10GB data cap on its cheapest price plan seem a little bit limiting - although EE says the data cap was reached after several days of test transmissions.
Is 5G safe?
Analysis by BBC Reality Check
Some people have questioned whether there are health risks from 5G, but experts and regulators say there is no evidence of danger.
Similar fears were expressed around earlier mobile internet and wi-fi.
More than 200 scientists appealed to the EU to halt the roll out of 5G, saying that electromagnetic fields may be harmful to humans and the environment, and could increase cancer risks.
But the EU says exposure from 5G will be far below limits set by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).
"There has been no evidence to suggest that electromagnetic waves from mobile phones and networks are bad for your health," says Prof Malcolm Sperrin, Director of the Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
He says a causal link between mobile phone use and cancer in humans is unproven.
5G technology is new but experts believe it poses no greater risk than earlier mobile systems.
EE's lowest-priced deal is £54 a month plus a one-off £170 fee for a compatible handset. But this only includes 10GB of data a month, which can be used up quickly if you download lots of movies or games.
Media playback is unsupported on your device
Going live
On Thursday morning, BBC Breakfast had the UK's first live news broadcast over 5G.
Media playback is unsupported on your device
Many news channels currently link several 4G connections together in order to stream video over mobile networks.
But using the 5G network, the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones was able to broadcast in high definition using just one Sim card.
5G is not just about faster internet speeds. It also offers lower latency than 4G connections: that means less of a delay between sending a request and getting a response.
For Rory, that meant a shorter delay between hearing a question in his earpiece and answering live on TV.
One technical hitch delayed Rory's broadcast. Test transmissions had ploughed through the data allowance on the Sim card, so it needed a top-up before Rory could go live on BBC Breakfast.
That makes EE's 10GB data cap on its cheapest price plan seem a little bit limiting - although EE says the data cap was reached after several days of test transmissions.
Is 5G safe?
Analysis by BBC Reality Check
Some people have questioned whether there are health risks from 5G, but experts and regulators say there is no evidence of danger.
Similar fears were expressed around earlier mobile internet and wi-fi.
More than 200 scientists appealed to the EU to halt the roll out of 5G, saying that electromagnetic fields may be harmful to humans and the environment, and could increase cancer risks.
But the EU says exposure from 5G will be far below limits set by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).
"There has been no evidence to suggest that electromagnetic waves from mobile phones and networks are bad for your health," says Prof Malcolm Sperrin, Director of the Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
He says a causal link between mobile phone use and cancer in humans is unproven.
5G technology is new but experts believe it poses no greater risk than earlier mobile systems.
EE's lowest-priced deal is £54 a month plus a one-off £170 fee for a compatible handset. But this only includes 10GB of data a month, which can be used up quickly if you download lots of movies or games.
Media playback is unsupported on your device
Going live
On Thursday morning, BBC Breakfast had the UK's first live news broadcast over 5G.
Media playback is unsupported on your device
Many news channels currently link several 4G connections together in order to stream video over mobile networks.
But using the 5G network, the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones was able to broadcast in high definition using just one Sim card.
5G is not just about faster internet speeds. It also offers lower latency than 4G connections: that means less of a delay between sending a request and getting a response.
For Rory, that meant a shorter delay between hearing a question in his earpiece and answering live on TV.
One technical hitch delayed Rory's broadcast. Test transmissions had ploughed through the data allowance on the Sim card, so it needed a top-up before Rory could go live on BBC Breakfast.
That makes EE's 10GB data cap on its cheapest price plan seem a little bit limiting - although EE says the data cap was reached after several days of test transmissions.
Is 5G safe?
Analysis by BBC Reality Check
Some people have questioned whether there are health risks from 5G, but experts and regulators say there is no evidence of danger.
Similar fears were expressed around earlier mobile internet and wi-fi.
More than 200 scientists appealed to the EU to halt the roll out of 5G, saying that electromagnetic fields may be harmful to humans and the environment, and could increase cancer risks.
But the EU says exposure from 5G will be far below limits set by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).
"There has been no evidence to suggest that electromagnetic waves from mobile phones and networks are bad for your health," says Prof Malcolm Sperrin, Director of the Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
He says a causal link between mobile phone use and cancer in humans is unproven.
5G technology is new but experts believe it poses no greater risk than earlier mobile systems.
EE's lowest-priced deal is £54 a month plus a one-off £170 fee for a compatible handset. But this only includes 10GB of data a month, which can be used up quickly if you download lots of movies or games.
Media playback is unsupported on your device
Going live
On Thursday morning, BBC Breakfast had the UK's first live news broadcast over 5G.
Media playback is unsupported on your device
Many news channels currently link several 4G connections together in order to stream video over mobile networks.
But using the 5G network, the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones was able to broadcast in high definition using just one Sim card.
5G is not just about faster internet speeds. It also offers lower latency than 4G connections: that means less of a delay between sending a request and getting a response.
For Rory, that meant a shorter delay between hearing a question in his earpiece and answering live on TV.
One technical hitch delayed Rory's broadcast. Test transmissions had ploughed through the data allowance on the Sim card, so it needed a top-up before Rory could go live on BBC Breakfast.
That makes EE's 10GB data cap on its cheapest price plan seem a little bit limiting - although EE says the data cap was reached after several days of test transmissions.
Is 5G safe?
Analysis by BBC Reality Check
Some people have questioned whether there are health risks from 5G, but experts and regulators say there is no evidence of danger.
Similar fears were expressed around earlier mobile internet and wi-fi.
More than 200 scientists appealed to the EU to halt the roll out of 5G, saying that electromagnetic fields may be harmful to humans and the environment, and could increase cancer risks.
But the EU says exposure from 5G will be far below limits set by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).
"There has been no evidence to suggest that electromagnetic waves from mobile phones and networks are bad for your health," says Prof Malcolm Sperrin, Director of the Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
He says a causal link between mobile phone use and cancer in humans is unproven.
5G technology is new but experts believe it poses no greater risk than earlier mobile systems.
EE's lowest-priced deal is £54 a month plus a one-off £170 fee for a compatible handset. But this only includes 10GB of data a month, which can be used up quickly if you download lots of movies or games.
Media playback is unsupported on your device
Going live
On Thursday morning, BBC Breakfast had the UK's first live news broadcast over 5G.
Media playback is unsupported on your device
Many news channels currently link several 4G connections together in order to stream video over mobile networks.
But using the 5G network, the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones was able to broadcast in high definition using just one Sim card.
5G is not just about faster internet speeds. It also offers lower latency than 4G connections: that means less of a delay between sending a request and getting a response.
For Rory, that meant a shorter delay between hearing a question in his earpiece and answering live on TV.
One technical hitch delayed Rory's broadcast. Test transmissions had ploughed through the data allowance on the Sim card, so it needed a top-up before Rory could go live on BBC Breakfast.
That makes EE's 10GB data cap on its cheapest price plan seem a little bit limiting - although EE says the data cap was reached after several days of test transmissions.
Is 5G safe?
Analysis by BBC Reality Check
Some people have questioned whether there are health risks from 5G, but experts and regulators say there is no evidence of danger.
Similar fears were expressed around earlier mobile internet and wi-fi.
More than 200 scientists appealed to the EU to halt the roll out of 5G, saying that electromagnetic fields may be harmful to humans and the environment, and could increase cancer risks.
But the EU says exposure from 5G will be far below limits set by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).
"There has been no evidence to suggest that electromagnetic waves from mobile phones and networks are bad for your health," says Prof Malcolm Sperrin, Director of the Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
He says a causal link between mobile phone use and cancer in humans is unproven.
5G technology is new but experts believe it poses no greater risk than earlier mobile systems.
EE's lowest-priced deal is £54 a month plus a one-off £170 fee for a compatible handset. But this only includes 10GB of data a month, which can be used up quickly if you download lots of movies or games.
Going live
On Thursday morning, BBC Breakfast had the UK's first live news broadcast over 5G.
Media playback is unsupported on your device
Many news channels currently link several 4G connections together in order to stream video over mobile networks.
But using the 5G network, the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones was able to broadcast in high definition using just one Sim card.
5G is not just about faster internet speeds. It also offers lower latency than 4G connections: that means less of a delay between sending a request and getting a response.
For Rory, that meant a shorter delay between hearing a question in his earpiece and answering live on TV.
One technical hitch delayed Rory's broadcast. Test transmissions had ploughed through the data allowance on the Sim card, so it needed a top-up before Rory could go live on BBC Breakfast.
That makes EE's 10GB data cap on its cheapest price plan seem a little bit limiting - although EE says the data cap was reached after several days of test transmissions.
Is 5G safe?
Analysis by BBC Reality Check
Some people have questioned whether there are health risks from 5G, but experts and regulators say there is no evidence of danger.
Similar fears were expressed around earlier mobile internet and wi-fi.
More than 200 scientists appealed to the EU to halt the roll out of 5G, saying that electromagnetic fields may be harmful to humans and the environment, and could increase cancer risks.
But the EU says exposure from 5G will be far below limits set by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).
"There has been no evidence to suggest that electromagnetic waves from mobile phones and networks are bad for your health," says Prof Malcolm Sperrin, Director of the Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
He says a causal link between mobile phone use and cancer in humans is unproven.
5G technology is new but experts believe it poses no greater risk than earlier mobile systems.
Tory leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt has warned that his party will be committing "political suicide" if it tries to push through a no-deal Brexit.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the move to no deal would result in a general election, which could see Labour take power.
The foreign secretary is one of 10 people seeking to replace Theresa May.
Another contender, Esther McVey, said "political suicide" would be not leaving the EU on 31 October.
The UK's departure was pushed back to that date after the country missed the previous deadline of 29 March.
The official race to be Conservative Party leader gets under way in early June, after Theresa May stands down - but jostling between candidates has already begun.
The winner, expected to be named by late July, will also become prime minister.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Hunt said he wanted to change the withdrawal agreement that Mrs May negotiated with the EU - despite the bloc repeatedly refusing to re-open talks on the document.
He also pledged to create a new UK negotiating team - drawn from all sides of the Tory Party, plus members of Northern Ireland's DUP - to "give the EU the confidence that any offer can be delivered through Parliament".
Several leadership contenders, including Boris Johnson, have said they would be prepared to leave on 31 October without a deal with Brussels.
But, writing in the Daily Telegraph, Mr Hunt warned that a prime minister advocating that option would risk losing a confidence vote in Parliament - thereby effectively committing to a general election in which the Tories would mostly likely be "annihilated".
It would "probably put Jeremy Corbyn in No 10 by Christmas", he added.
Tory backbencher and leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg said Mr Hunt's proposal for a new negotiating team was a "very well intentioned offer", but there may not be time to put together such a group before 31 October.
Mr Rees-Mogg also said any Tories prepared to vote against their own government for pursuing a no-deal exit must understand they would be "putting Jeremy Corbyn into office".
The latest candidate to announce his leadership bid, Housing Minister Kit Malthouse, told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme he would like to "get some movement on the withdrawal agreement or a new withdrawal agreement" - and if a new PM approached Brussels "with the right tone" and negotiating team, there was "the prospect of getting a deal".
But he said the EU could refuse to play ball, thereby "effectively choosing no deal on our behalf".
And Mr Malthouse added: "Those people who say no deal would be a catastrophe and those people who say it would be a walk in the park are both wrong - it is somewhere in the middle."
Former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has also released a video, saying as leader he would focus on "fairness" - from cutting taxes for the lowest paid and lowering the cost of living, to increasing opportunities for young people.
"We live in an age when the actions of competent leaders and good government can and should go a long way to making the world a fairer place," he said.
"And that driving conviction, that things can and will be fairer, should be at the heart of what the future of the Conservative Party is all about."
As part of the plan, he would remove the requirement for them to provide proof of their right to be here - getting rid of the so-called "settled status" scheme.
A source close to the environment secretary said: "This is simply the right thing to do - honouring the promise of Vote Leave that EU nationals studying, working and living in the UK were welcome to stay."
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Meanwhile, International Development Secretary Rory Stewart, is promising a "listening exercise" on Brexit if he wins the leadership race.
And the Sun reports that rival contender Health Secretary Matt Hancock has written to ITV, BBC, Sky and Channel 4 to ask them to broadcast a live debate between those vying for the job.
An Australian man who raped a British backpacker during a month-long kidnapping ordeal in outback Queensland has been jailed for 10 years.
Marcus Allyn Keith Martin, 25, had pleaded guilty to charges of rape and deprivation of liberty.
He held Elisha Greer, then 22, hostage during a 1,600km (1,000 mile) road trip in 2017 - during which she was beaten and had a gun held to her head.
Ms Greer, from Liverpool, was rescued after police pulled over their 4x4.
Judge Dean Morzone told the Cairns District Court on Tuesday that Martin would be required to serve at least 80% of his sentence, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.
Rescue after fuel stop
The court heard the pair had begun a brief relationship after meeting at a party in January 2017, but Martin soon turned violent.
After embarking on a road trip, Martin held Ms Greer against her will and beat and raped her repeatedly.
The ordeal ended four weeks later in the town of Mitchell, after a service station owner called police.
The owner had witnessed Ms Greer driving off without paying for fuel. Police stopped the 4x4 a short time later and found Martin hiding in the back.
An Australian man who raped a British backpacker during a month-long kidnapping ordeal in outback Queensland has been jailed for 10 years.
Marcus Allyn Keith Martin, 25, had pleaded guilty to charges of rape and deprivation of liberty.
He held Elisha Greer, then 22, hostage during a 1,600km (1,000 mile) road trip in 2017 - during which she was beaten and had a gun held to her head.
Ms Greer, from Liverpool, was rescued after police pulled over their 4x4.
Judge Dean Morzone told the Cairns District Court on Tuesday that Martin would be required to serve at least 80% of his sentence, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.
Rescue after fuel stop
The court heard the pair had begun a brief relationship after meeting at a party in January 2017, but Martin soon turned violent.
After embarking on a road trip, Martin held Ms Greer against her will and beat and raped her repeatedly.
The ordeal ended four weeks later in the town of Mitchell, after a service station owner called police.
The owner had witnessed Ms Greer driving off without paying for fuel. Police stopped the 4x4 a short time later and found Martin hiding in the back.
An Australian man who raped a British backpacker during a month-long kidnapping ordeal in outback Queensland has been jailed for 10 years.
Marcus Allyn Keith Martin, 25, had pleaded guilty to charges of rape and deprivation of liberty.
He held Elisha Greer, then 22, hostage during a 1,600km (1,000 mile) road trip in 2017 - during which she was beaten and had a gun held to her head.
Ms Greer, from Liverpool, was rescued after police pulled over their 4x4.
Judge Dean Morzone told the Cairns District Court on Tuesday that Martin would be required to serve at least 80% of his sentence, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.
Rescue after fuel stop
The court heard the pair had begun a brief relationship after meeting at a party in January 2017, but Martin soon turned violent.
After embarking on a road trip, Martin held Ms Greer against her will and beat and raped her repeatedly.
The ordeal ended four weeks later in the town of Mitchell, after a service station owner called police.
The owner had witnessed Ms Greer driving off without paying for fuel. Police stopped the 4x4 a short time later and found Martin hiding in the back.
But while Trump met with only the queen in 2018, this time around, the heir to the British throne, Charles, Prince of Wales, and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, as well as Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, will also play hosts.
Also underscoring the personal nature of Trump's June trip is the fact that the president plans to bring all four of his adult children with him to the U.K. for the state visit, a White House official confirmed to CNBC on Friday.
The optics of Britain's royal family hosting the extended Trump family are likely to create just the kind of imagery the president is known to appreciate.
Below is an abridged list of the events Trump is expected to attend in the U,K. that will feature members of the royal family, according to the Buckingham Palace schedule.
MONDAY 3rd JUNE
The President of the United States of America and Mrs. Trump will arrive in the UK on the morning of Monday 3rd June.
Her Majesty The Queen, joined by The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, will officially welcome The President and Mrs Trump at Buckingham Palace. The President will receive a Ceremonial Welcome in the Buckingham Palace Garden and The President, accompanied by The Prince of Wales, will inspect the Guard of Honour.
The Queen will host a private lunch at Buckingham Palace for the President and First Lady, after which Her Majesty will invite The President and Mrs. Trump to view a special exhibition in the Picture Gallery, which will showcase items of historical significance to the United States from the Royal Collection.
Afterwards, The President and Mrs. Trump, accompanied by The Duke of York, will visit Westminster Abbey.
The President and Mrs. Trump will then join The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall for tea at Clarence House.
In the evening, Her Majesty The Queen will give a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace for The President of the United States of America and Mrs. Trump.
TUESDAY 4th JUNE
On Tuesday morning, The President and The Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon Theresa May MP will co-host a business breakfast meeting, attended by The Duke of York, at St James's Palace, with senior UK and US business leaders.
In the evening, The President and Mrs. Trump will host a return dinner at Winfield House, the Residence of the Ambassador of the United States of America. The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will attend the dinner on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen.
WEDNESDAY 5th JUNE
On Wednesday, The Queen, accompanied by The Prince of Wales, with The President and Mrs. Trump, will attend the National Commemorative Event for the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings at Southsea Common, Portsmouth, alongside over 300 D-Day veterans.
The Queen will formally bid farewell to The President and Mrs. Trump in Portsmouth.
But while Trump met with only the queen in 2018, this time around, the heir to the British throne, Charles, Prince of Wales, and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, as well as Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, will also play hosts.
Also underscoring the personal nature of Trump's June trip is the fact that the president plans to bring all four of his adult children with him to the U.K. for the state visit, a White House official confirmed to CNBC on Friday.
The optics of Britain's royal family hosting the extended Trump family are likely to create just the kind of imagery the president is known to appreciate.
Below is an abridged list of the events Trump is expected to attend in the U,K. that will feature members of the royal family, according to the Buckingham Palace schedule.
MONDAY 3rd JUNE
The President of the United States of America and Mrs. Trump will arrive in the UK on the morning of Monday 3rd June.
Her Majesty The Queen, joined by The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, will officially welcome The President and Mrs Trump at Buckingham Palace. The President will receive a Ceremonial Welcome in the Buckingham Palace Garden and The President, accompanied by The Prince of Wales, will inspect the Guard of Honour.
The Queen will host a private lunch at Buckingham Palace for the President and First Lady, after which Her Majesty will invite The President and Mrs. Trump to view a special exhibition in the Picture Gallery, which will showcase items of historical significance to the United States from the Royal Collection.
Afterwards, The President and Mrs. Trump, accompanied by The Duke of York, will visit Westminster Abbey.
The President and Mrs. Trump will then join The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall for tea at Clarence House.
In the evening, Her Majesty The Queen will give a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace for The President of the United States of America and Mrs. Trump.
TUESDAY 4th JUNE
On Tuesday morning, The President and The Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon Theresa May MP will co-host a business breakfast meeting, attended by The Duke of York, at St James's Palace, with senior UK and US business leaders.
In the evening, The President and Mrs. Trump will host a return dinner at Winfield House, the Residence of the Ambassador of the United States of America. The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will attend the dinner on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen.
WEDNESDAY 5th JUNE
On Wednesday, The Queen, accompanied by The Prince of Wales, with The President and Mrs. Trump, will attend the National Commemorative Event for the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings at Southsea Common, Portsmouth, alongside over 300 D-Day veterans.
The Queen will formally bid farewell to The President and Mrs. Trump in Portsmouth.
British broadcasters BBC and Channel 4 have revealed that the rise of SVOD services including Netflix and Amazon has lead to rising production and talent costs in the UK television sector.
The rising cost of drama production has been laid out by both broadcasters in their submission to the House of Lords Communications Committee Inquiry on Public Service Broadcasting In The Age Of Video-On-Demand.
C4 highlighted the fact that the average budget for its drama has risen by over 100% in the last few years from £725,000 per hour in 2013 to £1.5M in 2017. “This is particularly driven by an increase in costs of production crew, as a result of increased demand and high tariffs from other content producers,” it noted in its submission.
The broadcaster added that it responded to these increased costs by co-producing with international operators, including with the likes of Netflix. However, it added, “We do not believe it is appropriate for Channel 4 to develop co-productions for all its titles, given the likelihood for co-producers to want stories that are likely to have a more global appeal, and we believe it is important that UK-specific stories do not get diluted. We also know that longer-term concerns have been raised by high-profile talent such as Peter Kosminsky about whether we and the other public service broadcasters are becoming increasingly priced out of the market, particularly in genres like drama.”
Netflix and Amazon’s European growth has also caused issues with the demand for skilled production crew and studio space. C4 said that the SVOD services “should play their part in addressing” this and called for these companies to “commit to some level of transparency and reporting of their activity in the UK”.
Similarly, the BBC claimed that the SVOD services “may present long-term challenges to the established business models for producers” in the UK as well as an increase on talent costs. “The changes in the market have resulted in more fluidity across the sector in terms of talent. Talent development and idea creation is essential and, with the increased opportunities available from SVODs, the cost of talent, on and off screen, has inflated,” it noted.
The BBC has been increasingly co-producing its scripted slate with the SVOD with titles including Neil Gaiman’s forthcoming adaptation of Good Omens with Amazon.
“Co-production investment has been an important source of funding for the BBC’s programmes. It has helped us to continue to commission programmes which, due to significant cost inflation, might not be possible for the BBC to finance alone given constrained public service budgets,” it wrote. “However, working with SVODs presents the BBC with challenges, including the risk that the BBC and other PSBs are cut out of future opportunities as SVODs increasingly seek to fully fund commissions, working directly with established talent and producers.”
The issue of attribution has also come up again. Channel 4 has been particularly vocal on this topic with its Netflix co-production The End Of The Fxxking World, which it noted was “commonly perceived by both press and audiences as being a Netflix ‘Original’ show”. “The importance of retaining brand attribution is a key strategic focus for Channel 4 going forward, and we are investing significantly in marketing to ensure that our programmes and our brand cut through with audiences. Where we negotiate co-productions directly with the SVOD platforms, we are ensuring that our brand stings are ‘burnt in’ to the beginning of shows once they appear on these services and the programming tiles that viewers scroll through attribute the shows to us,” it added.
While series such as Derry Girls and Catastrophe are described as ‘original’ SVOD shows, “despite merely being an acquisition”, it noted that as a public service broadcaster it had to following formal reporting requirements as to what is original versus acquired content. “It would not be possible under this regulatory regime to classify acquired shows such as Homeland, The Handmaid’s Tale or The Good Place as ‘Channel 4 Originals’ just because we have the UK rights to show them,” it noted.
NEAR WELWYN GARDEN CITY, England — An old toilet and a rusty kitchen sink sit amid a massive heap of junk covering the floor of an ancient beech forest.
Mattresses, old fridges, asbestos, office chairs and even a pink children's slide are mixed in with household and construction waste — with a mansion on the historic Brocket Hall Estate just a short walk away.
An estimated 485 tons of trash were dumped in the greenery here over a five-day period last summer.
Dating to 1760, Brocket Hall has been home to two British prime ministers and describes itself as a "favorite country retreat of royalty."
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Michael Longshaw, the estate’s managing director, says "an enormous, almost like a military operation" was required to get so much garbage there in such a short time. He is now bracing for a cleanup bill expected to reach £200,000 ($258,000).
There is big money to be made in illegal dumping, and it can be made fast. And England's Environment Agency says "networks of career criminals" are increasingly getting involved in illegal dumping.
"They are not specialized waste crime criminals," North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Julia Mulligan told NBC News. "They are largely organized criminals looking at ways in which they can make and launder money. This is another string to their bow, if you like.”
Bluebells grow near piles of trash dumped near the Brocket Hall Estate, which is located around 22 miles north of central London.Susannah Ireland / for NBC News
The Environment Agency says criminals resort to intimidation and even violence to gain access to potential dumping sites.
Many victims are reluctant to go on the record about how they were targeted due to fear of reprisals.
But some like Stuart Roberts, vice president of the National Farmers' Union for England and Wales, recounted the steps being taken to protect their land from the gangs.
Trenches have been built around some properties, while others resort to installing reinforced gates and surveillance cameras or blocking access routes with slabs of concrete.
“We have to take defending ourselves into our own hands,” Roberts said.
At Brocket Hall, bluebells have bloomed around the garbage. A moat will be dug around the area once the waste is cleared.
“It’s almost like going back to the Middle Ages,” Longshaw added.
Michael Longshaw is the managing director of the Brocket Hall Estate.Susannah Ireland / for NBC News
Because of the huge profits and light penalties, the head of the Environment Agency has called waste crime the "new narcotics." Sir James Bevan compared the current situation to how Britain once struggled to tackle that illegal trade.
“It feels to me like drugs felt in the 1980s," Bevan added. "The system hadn’t quite woken up to the enormity of what was going on and was racing to catch up.”
While those convicted can go to jail, fines are often low in comparison to large profits that can be reaped. Few cases result in serious sentences, making the crime extremely lucrative and relatively low-risk.
The money-making model criminals use is relatively simple.
Legitimate waste carriers charge their customers a fee of several hundred pounds for the removal of each ton of waste. Almost half of that fee is paid to a licensed transfer station that then sorts and disposes of the waste.
But criminals are offering to take waste at lower prices and then dump it at farms, industrial sites or on estates, such as at Brocket Hall.
Brocket Hall Estate employee Andrew Scott surveys the junk he discovered last year. "It's disgusting," he said. "I still have no idea if it happens again, how we are going to stop it. It’s a nightmare."Susannah Ireland / for NBC News
They pocket the entire fee and leave landowners with hefty bills to remove the junk.
Based on anecdotal information about the rates typically charged by criminal operators, it's estimated the culprits who dumped hundreds of tons of waste at the Brocket Hall Estate made at least £20,000 (nearly $26,000) from that location alone.
"And we are just one of the sites selected on that particular day," Longshaw said.
The Environment Agency estimates illegal waste and the criminals behind such crimes divert as much as £1 billion ($1.3 billion) every year from legitimate businesses and Britain's Treasury.
Farmers are often the easiest prey. When security measures such as moats fail, Roberts says there is not much that can be done to protect themselves and their land.
“You don’t go near those people,” he said. “You basically just report it to the police and look the other way because you can’t confront them."
Roberts said even if someone is caught and prosecuted, the fines they face are often laughable. “So actually, for them it’s almost a commercial cost,” he said.
Lizzie Noel, who chaired the government's independent review into waste crime, said tracing criminals back to the waste they dump can be tricky for Environment Agency investigators.
"Part of the problem is that it’s not the police’s principle responsibility — the responsibility for investigating is spread across multiple agencies," Mulligan, who assisted Noel with the review, added. "That complexity causes problems."
A pink children's slide is among the piles of waste left on the Brocket Hall Estate.Susannah Ireland / for NBC News
The review also found it can cost anywhere from £10,000 to £500,000 ($13,000 to $660,000) to clear a single dump of waste.
And the criminals often return with more junk once a site has been cleared, repeating the cycle.
At Brocket Hall Estate, the area where the waste was dumped has now been fenced off and signs on trees advise that the site is being monitored.
Longshaw wants the culprits to be held responsible for the costs incurred to return the land to idyllic English countryside, but no one has been arrested in the case.
“I think there should be a mechanism put in place whereby the perpetrators of the crime pay for the cleanup. Simple as that,” he said.
There were two largely separate battles taking place in the European elections in the UK.
The first was for the support of those who voted Leave in the 2016 referendum, many of whom are disappointed that the UK has not yet left the EU.
The second was for the backing of those who voted Remain, many of whom are hoping that the decision to leave the EU might yet be reversed, perhaps via a second referendum.
The outcome of the first battle was decisive and widely anticipated. The second was rather messier, but might have just as important an impact on the debate about Brexit between now and when the UK is due to leave the EU on 31 October.
Leavers vote Brexit Party
Many Leave voters had previously supported UKIP under Nigel Farage's leadership, before backing the Conservatives in the 2017 UK general election.
They switched en masse towards Mr Farage's new organisation, the Brexit Party. With 32% of the vote, its level of support was as much as five points higher than that of UKIP in the last European elections, in 2014.
The Brexit Party performed much better in those areas that voted most heavily for Leave in the 2016 referendum than it did in those places that voted most heavily for Remain.
As a result, the party scored much less well in London (18%) and Scotland (15%) - where a majority voted for Remain - than in the rest of England (36%) and Wales (32%), which had provided the foundations of Leave's success in 2016.
A rebuff for the Tories
Because of this surge, the Conservatives fell to just 9% of the vote.
Governments often perform badly in European elections, as voters take the opportunity to express their disappointment with its performance without the risk that their vote might put the opposition into government.
Yet the rebuff suffered by the Conservatives was far worse than the previous worst snubbing to have been suffered by a government in a European election. That was the 15% to which Labour sunk in 2009, during the darkest days of Gordon Brown's premiership.
It was also easily the Conservatives' worst ever performance in a nationwide election. Its performance was weak everywhere - the party did not manage to come first in a single council area.
In sharp contrast to the position in the 2017 general election, when it was much stronger in Leave-voting areas than in Remain-inclined ones, the party did equally badly in both.
It is an outcome that would seem to confirm the message of the opinion polls that the party has lost the confidence of many Leave voters.
However, dramatic though it was, the outcome of the battle between the Conservatives and the Brexit Party had been widely forecast by the polls.
Indeed, politicians had already begun to react to it in the period between Thursday's vote and last night's count.
It arguably contributed to the downfall of Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday, while many of the candidates to be her successor are arguing that 31 October should be a firm and final deadline for the UK's exit from the EU.
The European election result will simply ensure that that debate continues.
The Lib Dems win Remain
The second contest in these elections was for the support of those who want to remain in the EU.
The polls had suggested that during the campaign Labour, which has been somewhat equivocal in its support for a second referendum, had been losing the backing of Remain supporters to the Liberal Democrats and the Greens.
However, there was disagreement as to whether the Lib Dems would challenge Labour for second place.
In the event, the Lib Dems won this battle hands down.
The party won 20% of the vote, its best European election performance ever, while Labour secured just 14%.
Sir Vince Cable's party not only beat Labour but managed to come a clear first in those places that voted most heavily for Remain including, most remarkably, in London.
There is no doubt that the party was the single most popular party among Remain supporters, a position that had hitherto been enjoyed by Labour.
The Lib Dems, who are themselves about to embark on a leadership contest, will hope the outcome signals that the party is finally recovering from the dramatic decline it suffered following its involvement in the 2010-15 coalition.
However, it was not the only party in favour of a second referendum to do well.
So too did the Greens, whose 12% of the vote was its best European election performance since 1989. However, in its case support was only marginally higher in Remain-voting areas.
In Scotland, the SNP, led by Nicola Sturgeon, won no less than 38% of the vote, its best ever European election result. It is an outcome that confirms its dominance of the electoral scene north of the border.
In Wales, Plaid Cymru also enjoyed some success with 20% of the vote, its highest since 1999.
Labour loses support
Though nothing like as devastating as the loss suffered by the Conservatives, Labour's poor performance could, in truth, also lead to a rethink just as important as that now going on inside the government.
The party's attempt to keep both its Remain and its Leave supporters on board seems to have resulted in a loss of support among both groups.
Although Labour's vote fell most heavily in the strongest Remain voting areas, its vote also fell, by as much as 11 points, in the most pro-Leave areas.
There have already been signals from Labour that it might now fall in more firmly behind the idea of a "confirmatory vote" in which whatever deal is eventually struck with the EU is put before voters in a second referendum.
It will hope that this stance will help reverse the loss of support to the Lib Dems and Greens, without losing it too much ground among its minority of Leave supporters.
Such a development would certainly ensure that the government and the opposition are further apart on Brexit than at any point since the EU referendum.
Inevitably, the outcome of the two battles led those on the Eurosceptic side of the Brexit argument to say the result showed that the electorate were willing to leave the EU without a deal.
Those in favour of a second referendum claimed the result indicated that voters wanted just that.
In practice, it would seem safer to argue that the outcome confirmed that the electorate is evenly divided as well as polarised between those two options.
Overall, 35% of voters voted for parties comfortable with no deal (the Brexit Party and UKIP).
Equally, 35% backed one of the three UK-wide parties (Lib Dems, Greens and Change UK) that supported a second referendum. If Plaid Cymru (1%) and the SNP (3.5%) are included, the Remain share of the vote is just over 40%, although the SNP is known to secure considerable support from those who voted Leave.
Far from providing a clear verdict, the result simply underlined how difficult it is likely to be to find any outcome to the Brexit process that satisfies a clear majority of voters.
Meanwhile, the poor performance of both the Conservatives and Labour will inevitably raise questions about the future of the country's two-party system. At 23% their joint tally was well below the previous all-time low of 43.5% in 2009.
European elections are, of course, not the same as a general election; voters have long shown a greater willingness to vote for smaller parties.
However, the issue that caused both parties such difficulties in this election - Brexit - is not going to go away any time soon.
In truth, both the Conservatives and Labour have been on notice that they need to handle the issue much better than they have done so far.
Otherwise, voters might yet turn elsewhere at the next general election too.
Dominic Raab has been making his pitch to become Conservative leader, as Michael Gove becomes the eighth MP to join the race to succeed Theresa May.
Mr Raab told the BBC he would fight for a "fairer" Brexit deal with the EU - but if that were not possible, the UK would leave with no deal in October.
Mr Gove confirmed he would run to "deliver Brexit" and unite the party.
Chancellor Philip Hammond said it would be a "dangerous strategy" to ignore Parliament, which has opposed no-deal.
On Friday, Mrs May announced she would be standing down as Tory leader on 7 June, saying it was time for another prime minister to try to deliver Brexit.
It came after a backlash by her MPs against her plan to get the withdrawal deal she had negotiated with the EU through the Commons, which has already rejected it three times.
The UK is now set to leave the European Union on 31 October, after the original Brexit date of 29 March was delayed twice owing to the parliamentary deadlock.
The delay has meant the UK has had to take part in elections to the European Parliament, three years after it voted to leave the bloc.
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Mr Gove, the environment secretary, confirmed on Sunday that he would run for leader, saying: "I believe that I'm ready to unite the Conservative and Unionist Party, ready to deliver Brexit, and ready to lead this great country."
He is expected to outline his pitch later on Sunday.
Former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and former Commons leader Andrea Leadsom revealed their leadership bids in the Sunday newspapers.
Mr Raab told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that the UK's previous negotiations with the EU over the withdrawal agreement had not been "resolute" enough, and a no-deal Brexit had been taken "off the table".
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"I would fight for a fairer deal in Brussels with negotiations to change the backstop arrangements, and if not I would be clear that we would leave on WTO [World Trade Organization] terms in October."
He added: "I don't want a WTO Brexit but I think unless you are willing to keep our promises as politicians… we put ourselves in a much weaker position in terms of getting a deal."
He said there was "no case for a further extension" past the current date the UK is due to leave the EU, 31 October, adding: "It is very difficult for Parliament now to legislate against no-deal, or in favour of a further extension, unless the executive, unless a resolute prime minister is willing to acquiesce in that - and I would not."
But Chancellor Philip Hammond called for compromise, saying the suggestion that it was possible to renegotiate the withdrawal agreement was a "fig leaf" for "what is actually a policy of leaving on no-deal terms".
That policy was clearly opposed by Parliament, he told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show.
"This is a parliamentary democracy. A prime minister who ignores Parliament cannot expect to survive very long," he warned.
Former work and pensions secretary Esther McVey told Sky's Sophy Ridge on Sunday: "31 October is the key date and we are coming out then, and if that means without a deal then that's what it means.
"We won't be asking for any more extensions. If Europe wants to come back to us, the door is open if they want a better deal."
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Asked if she favoured a no-deal Brexit, Ms Leadsom said: "Of course, in order to succeed in a negotiation you have to be prepared to leave without a deal, but I have a three-point plan for Brexit, for how we get out of the European Union.
"I'm very optimistic about it. My role as leader of the Commons means that I've had a very good insight into what needs to be done, and I look forward to setting that out once the campaign starts."
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They have joined Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, his predecessor Boris Johnson, International Development Secretary Rory Stewart, and Health Secretary Matt Hancock in the battle for the leadership.
Tory MPs have until the week beginning 10 June to put their name forward, and the party hopes a new leader will be in place by the end of July.
Members will have the final say on who wins, after the shortlist is whittled down to two by a series of votes by Tory MPs.
In the Sunday Telegraph, party chairman Brandon Lewis said the party membership had swelled by 36,000 in the last year - bringing the total to more than 160,000.
Mrs May will continue as prime minister while the leadership contest takes place.
Mr Gove had been supporting Boris Johnson to be prime minister - until he, "reluctantly but firmly" as he put it, concluded he himself should stand and Mr Johnson should stand aside.
This time, the two men will take each other on. But in these opening skirmishes of this campaign, what is emerging as the central fault line is the instincts of the candidates on a no-deal Brexit.
Some are willing to embrace it, others think it would be a disaster. The outlook of the eventual winner could shape our country for years to come.
Some candidates have stressed the need to get a Brexit deal through Parliament.
Mr Hunt told the Sunday Times he had the business experience to secure an agreement. "Doing deals is my bread and butter," he said.
And in a direct criticism of Boris Johnson, Mr Stewart said: "I would not serve in the cabinet of someone explicitly pushing for a no-deal Brexit."
Mr Hancock said Mrs May's successor must be "brutally honest" about the "trade-offs" required to get a deal through Parliament.
'Machiavelli' attack
Meanwhile, Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson told the Observer that his party must fully commit to supporting another referendum.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5Live's Pienaar's Politics, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said the "usual suspects" would blame leader Jeremy Corbyn if Labour performed poorly in the European elections.
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He said: "Tom Watson's already out, surprise surprise, trying to take on the role of Prince Machiavelli, but I've got news for Tom. Machiavelli was effective. He's a poor imitation of that. If he's trying to turn Labour members against Corbyn and in his favour, then he's going to lose disastrously.
"Now is the time to hold your nerve, because a general election - which is the only thing that will resolve this situation - is closer now than anything."
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