:00:18. > :00:24.President Obama has told BBC News it could take up to ten years
:00:25. > :00:27.for Britain to negotiate any trade deal with the United States if it
:00:28. > :00:32.The President flew out of the UK this morning,
:00:33. > :00:35.ending what's expected to be the final visit to Britain
:00:36. > :00:39.of his presidency, as he headed for Germany.
:00:40. > :00:41.On Friday, Mr Obama infuriated Leave campaigners when he said the UK
:00:42. > :00:44.would be "at the back of the queue" for trade deals should
:00:45. > :00:50.Speaking exclusively to the BBC's Huw Edwards before he left,
:00:51. > :00:57.the President also said Britain risked having less global influence.
:00:58. > :01:03.Mr President, thank you very much for talking to us. It's wonderful to
:01:04. > :01:09.be here. I think it is fair to say that your visit, even more than
:01:10. > :01:12.usual has created a bit of a stir. People say we have a special
:01:13. > :01:16.relationship and that special relationship could involve going to
:01:17. > :01:19.the back of the queue. How does that work? Actually the special
:01:20. > :01:25.relationship is not contingent on any particular issue. There are
:01:26. > :01:29.emotional and cultural and commercial and strategic bonds
:01:30. > :01:33.between our two countries that are unmatched by any two countries
:01:34. > :01:38.around the world. As a practical matter, what we are doing with
:01:39. > :01:42.respect to trade is negotiating with big blocks of countries, because
:01:43. > :01:46.negotiating trade deals are a heavy lift. They are challenging, they are
:01:47. > :01:52.difficult. It is the phrase isn't it, back of the queue, which has I
:01:53. > :01:56.suppose offended some people and alarmed or scared some people. Was
:01:57. > :02:00.that the intention in No, as I said it was simply a response I think to
:02:01. > :02:08.the argument I've heard from others who are proposing to leave the EU,
:02:09. > :02:12.that somehow America would be able to do things more quickly with the
:02:13. > :02:17.UK than if they were in the European Union. I was simply indicating that
:02:18. > :02:22.that wouldn't be the case in this narrow issue of trade. The UK would
:02:23. > :02:29.not be able to negotiate something with the United States faster than
:02:30. > :02:35.the EU. We wouldn't abandon our efforts to negotiate trade deal with
:02:36. > :02:43.our largest trading partner, the European market. But rather it could
:02:44. > :02:47.be five years from now, ten years from now before we were able to get
:02:48. > :02:50.something done. So maybe not right at the back of the queue, towards
:02:51. > :02:55.the back of the queue, is that right? I think the broader point is
:02:56. > :03:00.that if you're interested in trade, we are on the cusp of getting a
:03:01. > :03:08.trade deal done with the European Union. If if I am a business person
:03:09. > :03:15.or a worker in Britain and I'm looking at the fact that I already
:03:16. > :03:19.have access seamlessly with a massive market, one of the
:03:20. > :03:26.wealthiest market in the world, that accounts for 44% of my exports, the
:03:27. > :03:32.idea that I'm going to be in a better position to export and trade
:03:33. > :03:38.by being outside of that market and not being in the room setting the
:03:39. > :03:42.rules and standards by which trade takes place I think is erroneous.
:03:43. > :03:46.You've been very clear, the special relationship, you just said it, is
:03:47. > :03:52.much more than trade. Of course. It is much more than that. Exactly.
:03:53. > :03:55.We've been focusing on lots of things, including intelligence
:03:56. > :03:59.sharing, given the very real threat from terrorist groups around the
:04:00. > :04:04.world. Right. Is it possible to say today if there were an exit from the
:04:05. > :04:07.EU, those elements of the special relationship wouldn't be affected?
:04:08. > :04:15.What is your sense of that They wouldn't be affected in the sense
:04:16. > :04:19.that our services work closely together. Our military works closely
:04:20. > :04:24.together. Our ability to do things together will not be changed. What
:04:25. > :04:29.we do believe is that the United Kingdom will have less influence in
:04:30. > :04:33.Europe and as a consequence less influence globally. Since we rely
:04:34. > :04:38.heavily on the UK as a partner globally, on a whole range of
:04:39. > :04:41.issues, we would like to have more influence. President Obama.
:04:42. > :04:43.The leading contender for the Democratic nomination to be
:04:44. > :04:45.the next US President, Hillary Clinton, has echoed
:04:46. > :04:51.She said she valued a strong United Kingdom in a strong EU.
:04:52. > :04:53.A spokesman for the Vote Leave campaign said Mrs Clinton's comments
:04:54. > :04:56.were "hollow" because she wasn't standing on a ticket of handing
:04:57. > :04:58.control over America's borders, economy and trade policy
:04:59. > :05:06.Meanwhile the Ukip leader, Nigel Farage, who is campaigning
:05:07. > :05:10.for Britain to leave the EU, rejected Mr Obama's comments.
:05:11. > :05:13.I think the American President is coming up with the same rubbish
:05:14. > :05:15.that David Cameron is coming up with - basically, the line
:05:16. > :05:18.is Britain isn't good enough, Britain isn't capable
:05:19. > :05:23.of negotiating its own deals in the world.
:05:24. > :05:25.Well, little countries like Switzerland have more free
:05:26. > :05:31.And if Australia, with a tiny population in relative terms,
:05:32. > :05:34.can from start to finish conclude a deal with America in 10 months,
:05:35. > :05:43.The Home Secretary, Theresa May, has admitted that the free movement
:05:44. > :05:46.of workers within the European Union makes it harder to curb immigration.
:05:47. > :05:49.But in her first major intervention in the Brexit battle,
:05:50. > :05:52.she insisted the task was not impossible.
:05:53. > :05:54.The Vote Leave campaign said it was clear the Home Secretary had
:05:55. > :05:59."given up" on the Government's promise to control immigration.
:06:00. > :06:01.The BBC has been told that the struggling high
:06:02. > :06:03.street retailer, BHS, could file for administration
:06:04. > :06:10.11,000 jobs would be under threat if the company were to collapse.
:06:11. > :06:12.Our business correspondent, Joe Lynam, is here.
:06:13. > :06:18.What more do we know about this, Joe?
:06:19. > :06:23.Last month Bhs secured a deal with landlords that cut the rents they
:06:24. > :06:27.would have to pay. But that was part of a much wider mix of financial
:06:28. > :06:31.solutions for the company. Now we've learned this weekend that a
:06:32. > :06:37.financing deal worth ?60 million is not going as well as they had hoped.
:06:38. > :06:41.In parallel, Bhs is this talks with Sports Direct to take over part or
:06:42. > :06:45.all of the business, but we understand that any buyer would not
:06:46. > :06:47.want to take on part or all of the half a billion pound pension
:06:48. > :06:53.deficit. You can see the issue there. All the while you've got
:06:54. > :06:57.11,000 staff at Bhs. They were very worried about their jobs. 164
:06:58. > :07:02.stores. I've been told they will be paid in pull on Friday for the month
:07:03. > :07:03.of April. But it is a worrying time and it looks as if administration
:07:04. > :07:07.beckons. Joe, thank you. The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,
:07:08. > :07:10.has rejected a plan to try to avert the junior doctors' strike this
:07:11. > :07:12.Tuesday and Wednesday. The proposal from the Royal College
:07:13. > :07:14.of Surgeons, Labour and other opposition parties, is that
:07:15. > :07:17.new contracts should be tried out first at a limited
:07:18. > :07:18.number of hospitals, rather than imposed
:07:19. > :07:24.on all of the profession. Police have begun a murder
:07:25. > :07:26.investigation into the deaths of two men who were found
:07:27. > :07:29.in a garden in Hull. The bodies of Daniel
:07:30. > :07:31.Hatfield, who was 52, and 49-year-old Matthew Higgins,
:07:32. > :07:32.were found on Friday. Two women and one man
:07:33. > :07:43.have been arrested. The County Councils Network,
:07:44. > :07:48.which represents 37 largely Conservative local authorities,
:07:49. > :07:52.says there's a serious risk that the Government's plans
:07:53. > :07:54.to compel all schools in England to become academies won't raise
:07:55. > :07:56.standards, and could prove But Ministers say the changes
:07:57. > :07:59.will result in a more responsive and dynamic system,
:08:00. > :08:01.with fairer funding. Family and friends of the pop star,
:08:02. > :08:04.Prince, have held a private memorial service at his home in Minneapolis,
:08:05. > :08:07.where he was found dead on Thursday. His publicist said
:08:08. > :08:17.he had been cremated. where Kenyan athletes won both
:08:18. > :08:22.the men's and women's races. Eliud Kipchoge secured victory
:08:23. > :08:25.in the men's with a course record time of two hours,
:08:26. > :08:27.three minutes and five seconds - His compatriot, Jemima Sumgong,
:08:28. > :08:33.won the women's, despite falling Our sports correspondent
:08:34. > :08:40.Joe Wilson reports. The London Marathon
:08:41. > :08:42.is a great expression of mass achievement at a time of deep
:08:43. > :08:44.doubt in athletics. Kenya's Government has finally met
:08:45. > :08:46.anti-doping standards, hoping to be allowed to compete
:08:47. > :08:49.at the Olympics. There was nothing to doubt
:08:50. > :08:53.the integrity of their runners here. Eliud Kipchoge and Stanley Biwott
:08:54. > :09:02.pushed each other until Kipchoge So smooth, he wondered if he should
:09:03. > :09:05.have broken the world record. Jemima Sumgong, another Kenyan,
:09:06. > :09:14.showed extraordinary resilience to get to her feet and win the race,
:09:15. > :09:18.matching any feat of David Weir, in white sleeves,
:09:19. > :09:24.was trying again to win a record Marcel Hug of Switzerland
:09:25. > :09:28.broke the tape. If the Marathon demonstrates that
:09:29. > :09:34.distance is no barrier, on the International Space Station,
:09:35. > :09:37.strapped to a treadmill, Tim Peake was doing the 26 miles
:09:38. > :09:48.to finish exactly where he started. You can see more on all of today's
:09:49. > :09:51.stories on the BBC News Channel. The next news on BBC One is
:09:52. > :09:54.at 6.30pm.