21/05/2017 BBC Weekend News

President Trump has told the leaders of more than 40 Muslim nations

that they must join forces to defeat religious extremism.

Speaking in Saudi Arabia, he said the Middle East cannot

wait for American power to crush the enemy.

Drive them out of your communities, drive them out of your holy land,

And we're live in Edinburgh - where the Scottish party

leaders are preparing for their big campaign debate.

We'll be asking voters in the Scottish Borders

for their views on the calls for a second referendum

And we'll have the latest reaction to Conservative plans for reforming

social care and winter fuel benefit for pensioners.

President Trump has told the leaders of more than 40 Muslim nations

they must join forces to defeat religious extremism.

Speaking in Saudi Arabia, on the second day of his tour

of the Middle East and Europe, he said terrorists must find no

sanctuary, and he singled out Iran for criticism,

saying it represented "the tip of the spear of terrorism".

Our North America editor, Jon Sopel, is travelling with the President.

His report does contain some flash photography. The president has been

on a deep emotion into Middle East politics today, and a charm

offensive, meeting a host of Arab and Gulf leaders from across the

region. And one central geopolitical subject, the fight against Islamist

extremism, and how to make good on his pledge to destroy so-called

Islamic State. But after the trenchant and some would say

Islamophobic language of the Trump election campaign, the president

chose a much more moderate tone today. This is not a battle between

different faiths, different sects, or different civilisations. This is

a battle between barbaric criminals who seek to jobless rate human life,

and decent people, all in the name of religion. This is a battle

between good and evil. And he said that if terrorism was to be

defeated, it was up to the people in that room to do more. A better

future is only possible if your nations drive out the terrorists and

drive out the extremists. Drive them out. Drive them out. Of your places

of worship. Drive them out of your communities. Drive them out of your

holy land and drive them out of this earth. This speech was a far cry

from the language that Donald Trump and his allies used during the

campaign. No more talk that Islam hates is, no more mention of this

being a clash of civilisations, and the one phrase that he chided

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for not using, radical Islamic

terrorism, was not even mentioned. That was then. Donald J Trump is

calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the

United States. Radical Islam is coming to our shores. We have a

radical Islamic terrorism problem, folks. And this is now. Donald Trump

has made a lot of friends with this visit and this speech. A more

inclusive tone, a pledge of American help, combined with a strong attack

on Iran will stop exactly what his Saudi hosts were hoping for. John,

what do you make of this dramatic shift in tone from President Trump?

Was it inevitable? Well, I think it is as different as night and day,

Clive. I think it's a massive change of tone. But I think more

importantly this speech was bold, visionary, optimistic, in that it

sketches out a future where extremism is defeated and Donald

Trump wanting to put himself at the head of that. I thought it was very

carefully calibrated for his audience that, with support from

America, that you can do whatever you like in your own back yard to

defeat extremism. And as you said in your introduction, that very strong

attack on Iran was the most striking thing for me. Ally in America firmly

with the Sunni nations against Shia is. It's hard to see what the future

of the run nuclear deal is with that. And in that sense it is a very

different speech from any that Barack Obama would have delivered.

The one thing that was said about Barack Obama's speeches is that they

were fantastically long on the vision thing, and incredibly short

on follow-through. This speech will be judged by the follow-through that

comes, not just by Donald Trump, but more particularly by the Arab

nations, who have made very big pledges today, here in Riyadh. Let's

see what happens next. John, many thanks, Jon Sopel in Saudi Arabia.

Now with the latest general election news, let's cross

live to Huw Edwards, who's in Edinburgh.

Here in Edinburgh, the Scottish party leaders are getting ready

It's expected to include exchanges on the SNP's demand for a second

But today's campaigning in England and Wales has been dominated

by reaction to the Conservative plans for reforming social

care and the winter fuel benefit for pensioners.

The party says it will not re-think the plans, despite claims

Our political correspondent Alex Forsyth has the latest.

Manifesto is lucky with election campaigns, packed with policy, a

pitch to voters. -- manifestos are key. One of her promises last week,

a fairer system for young and old. Record funding for schools, real

technical education for young people, and the first-ever proper

plan to pay for and provide social care. . But that two but there is

some disquiet about what social care changes will mean for traditional

Tory voters, pensioners and homeowners, on the doorstep Theresa

May was asked to explain yesterday. What do you have to say about old

people? The changes. I haven't seen the detail. So what do the changes

mean? Currently you pay for care if you have assets worth more than

?23,250. Under the new plan that will go up, to ?100,000. So nobody

with assets worth less than that will have to pay. But that new

calculation will include the value of your house, even for those cared

for at home. The Work and Pensions Secretary today defended the plan,

saying nobody would have to sell their house in their lifetime, but

ultimately, care costs would come from people's estates. ?100,000...

Among five children. Is a reasonable inheritance to have, and people who

are lucky enough to have had great rises in property value will still,

I think, decide that ?100,000 is a better way of doing it. But this has

to be put in the context of some funding the social care system. What

we're seeing this weekend with the Conservatives under increasing

pressure, because they've chosen a dementia tax, if you or your loved

one has or will get dementia, they are coming for you Labour is also on

the attack. They'd fund more public spending with some tax rises and cap

individual care costs, claiming the Tory plan is unfair. The reason some

people are calling this unfortunately is the dementia tax,

is because you don't know what condition you will suffer from, and

if you suffer dementia in your family, and I know what it's like,

what happens is the burden falls upon you. But to sustain a system

that is stretched, the Tories say there must be difficult decisions.

However, Labour is pitching hard for older voters, confident they can

gain some ground. Alex Forsyth, BBC News, Westminster.

Tonight's leaders' debate here in Edinburgh is also likely

to tackle the question of a second referendum on independence.

The SNP say they already have a strong mandate,

but the Conservatives claim they're picking up support in

Scotland because of their unionist credentials.

Our Scotland editor Sarah Smith has been to Kelso, a few miles

from the border with England, to see how voters view

In the 3:20 at Kelso, you can get good odds

The Scottish Tories are also feeling confident here.

They don't pretend they can overtake the SNP.

But they do believe they could come from behind to take second place.

I think the Conservatives will be quite strong in this area.

Well, I think a lot of people are getting sick of the SNP,

Going for independence is going to be a disaster.

Even SNP supporters worry there's too much focus on independence,

ever since Nicola Sturgeon demanded another referendum.

She keeps banging on about independence,

But you'll vote for her nevertheless?

Back at the track the jockey wearing the Saltire shirt

This constituency in the Scottish Borders

is where the Tories have the best chance of taking

They're hoping to elect up to a dozen Conservative MPs.

Across Scotland the political argument has been completely

redrawn, so that the main divide is no longer left versus right.

It's now nationalist versus unionist.

And the Scottish Tories have very successfully cast themselves

as the only party who can defend the United Kingdom.

The constitution is the biggest and most important and defining

For a large number of voters they are prepared to support a party

that they might disagree with on a number of issues,

provided that party is sound on the constitutional question.

That applies to SNP supporters and it increasingly applies

That's why the players at the Kelso Cricket Club believe

voting Tory could slow the SNP's demands for an independence

But this election will not settle the constitutional question.

If people are voting now thinking about the independence referendum,

they're being silly because it's a general election, not

It's not a referendum, but you can be sure the election

result in Scotland will be used by all parties to try

and justify their arguments for and against another

I've been joined by our Scotland correspondent, Lorna Gordon. This is

the first big leaders' debate of this campaign. I'm just wondering

what for you is at stake, and the context of the campaign in Scotland

and the big issues, what are the big things in the debate coming up? The

question of the second independence referendum dominates political

discourse here in Scotland at the moment, so inevitably it will be the

focus of much of the night's debate, not least because there's a sense in

this election is voters both sides of the divide may be thinking about

voting tactically on this issue. So for the parties, there's a lot to

play for. The Conservatives have made the union a central plank of

their campaign, opposing the SNP's stands on this. For the SNP, I think

they are more likely to be keen to focus on other areas, perhaps Brexit

and what they perceive as the possible consequences of Brexit in

areas like jobs and the economy. The SNP, then Lord -- their manifesto

launches on Tuesday, but they will position themselves as an

anti-austerity party and Nicola Sturgeon and other party leaders

tonight, I think it's possible, we'll try to use this debate as an

opportunity to take aim at Ruth Davidson, the leader of the Scottish

Conservatives, over what are seen as some of the more controversial

policies in the UK Conservative manifesto. Lorna Gordon, thank you,

our correspondent in Scotland, looking forward to the debates in

Edinburgh tonight. Polling day is on June eighth,

but the deadline to register The latest figures from

the Electoral Commission show there could be up to seven million

people eligible to vote Sophie Long has been speaking

to people in West Yorkshire, where both Conservatives and Labour

chose to launch their manifestos. There is some flash photography in

this report. In this barber shop in Leeds,

where every vote could count, Because basically I

don't understand it. Bev is assessing the

trainee barbers here. I have no real interest

in stuff like that. I don't really get all the politics

and stuff like that. Young people - that's under 34s -

are the least likely According to the Electoral

Commission, just I haven't yet, no, I don't think

I'm going to, either. As with so many things,

lessons can be learned from those Each and every member

of the sequence dancing group that meets here is not only registered

to vote, but really can't understand I fought for this country

in the Second World War so I think you should do,

to get everything sorted out. I wouldn't like to miss it really,

because especially this year, it's very important,

what's going on. For the young people,

they should vote as well, It's not really difficult.

In fact, it's very easy. If you haven't got the Internet,

just go to your local council office Either way you'll need your

national insurance number. And you find that on your payslip,

and if you're not working, it's on any correspondence

from the Department At the last general election nearly

half a million people left it The clock is ticking.

Tomorrow is deadline day. We'll have more from Edinburgh

on the BBC News Channel and on BBC One in Scotland at 7:30pm

with live coverage of the Scottish leaders' debate, and we'll be back

at 10pm tonight with the latest Onto football now, and in

the Premier League Manchester City and Liverpool have secured the last

two Champions League places, While Chelsea have been crowned

Premier League Champions. Today, they beat Sunderland

5-1 at Stamford Bridge, and after more than 700 appearances

it was the captain John Terry's Celtic have completed an entire

league season unbeaten, the first time that's happened

in Scotland since the 1890s. Today, they won their final

game 2-0 against Hearts. They finish the season

on 106 points, 30 ahead Celtic Park can seem

like its own world, rotating around the Scottish Premier League,

untouchable, invincible. With traditional respect,

Celtic were applauded onto the pitch by Hearts,

but many opponents have just been They had to wait until the second

half for their first goal here. History?

That surrounded the players. Displays to remember 1967,

when Celtic were the best team But here now an opportunity

for Stuart Armstrong, for Celtic's 106th league goal

of the season, a record in itself. Manager Brendan Rodgers' first

Premier League in Scotland unbeaten. Ambitions must lie in

the European Champions League. But with a cup final

to come, in Scotland, There's more throughout the evening

on the BBC News Channel, and we'll be back with the late

news at 10pm. Now on BBC One, it's time

for the news where you are.