:00:10. > :00:16.Theresa May becomes the first overseas leader to hold face-to-face
:00:17. > :00:28.PC leaders appear to be in step on major issues, including Nato and the
:00:29. > :00:37.deep bond between our countries. A free and independent Britain is a
:00:38. > :00:42.blessing to the world and relationship has never been
:00:43. > :00:47.stronger. We are united in our recognition of Nato as the Bill work
:00:48. > :00:52.of defence and today we have reaffirmed our unshakeable
:00:53. > :00:55.commitment to this alliance. Detox also focused on trade and relations
:00:56. > :01:10.with Russia. We will have all the details.
:01:11. > :01:17.At the end of his first week as US president, Donald Trump has held his
:01:18. > :01:21.first meeting with a foreign leader, hosting the British Prime Minister
:01:22. > :01:27.Theresa May at the White House. The two talked for around an hour before
:01:28. > :01:32.emerging to take questions from journalists, covering terrorism,
:01:33. > :01:37.trade, Nato and Mexico. Theresa May was greeted by Donald Trump as she
:01:38. > :01:41.arrived at the White House. The president then gave the Prime
:01:42. > :01:46.Minister a tour of the White House. At one stage, Mr Trump took her hand
:01:47. > :01:50.as they walked. Theresa May confirmed that the president has
:01:51. > :01:54.accepted an invitation from the Queen free State visit to the UK
:01:55. > :01:58.later this year. Their joint news conference was a chance for
:01:59. > :02:04.journalists talk about wives been described both sides of the Atlantic
:02:05. > :02:07.as a special relationship. The BBC's political editor was among the
:02:08. > :02:38.journalists to ask a question. Prime Minister, you've talked
:02:39. > :02:42.about where you agree, but you've also said you would be
:02:43. > :02:45.frank where you disagree Can you tell us where in our talks
:02:46. > :02:49.you did disagree, and do you think the president listened
:02:50. > :02:51.to what you have to say? You have said before
:02:52. > :02:56.that torture works. You have said you want to ban some
:02:57. > :03:00.Muslims from coming to America. You have suggested there should be
:03:01. > :03:02.punishment for abortion. For many people in Britain,
:03:03. > :03:04.those sound like alarming beliefs. What do you say to our viewers
:03:05. > :03:08.at home who are worried about some of your views and worried
:03:09. > :03:10.about you becoming the leader On the issue you raised with me,
:03:11. > :03:17.Laura, can I confirm that I have been listening to the president
:03:18. > :03:19.and the president has That is the point of
:03:20. > :03:22.having a conversation. We have been discussing
:03:23. > :03:24.a number of topics. We will carry on meeting
:03:25. > :03:26.after this press conference There will be issues
:03:27. > :03:29.on which we disagree. The point of the special
:03:30. > :03:32.relationship is that we are able to have that open and frank
:03:33. > :03:35.discussion so that we can make that But I am clear also
:03:36. > :03:38.that there are many issues on which the United Kingdom
:03:39. > :03:41.and the United States stand alongside one another,
:03:42. > :03:43.many issues on which we agree. As I said in my speech,
:03:44. > :03:46.I think we are at a moment when we can build an even stronger
:03:47. > :03:49.special relationship which will be in the interests not just of the UK
:03:50. > :03:52.and the United States, but in the interests
:03:53. > :03:54.of the wider world as well. We have a great general who has just
:03:55. > :03:57.been appointed secretary of defence, He has stated publicly that he does
:03:58. > :04:01.not necessarily believe in torture, or waterboarding or however
:04:02. > :04:03.you want to define it, enhanced interrogation, I guess,
:04:04. > :04:06.would be the words a lot of people I don't necessarily agree,
:04:07. > :04:24.but I would tell you that he will override because I am
:04:25. > :04:28.giving him that power. He is the generals' general,
:04:29. > :04:36.got through the Senate very quickly, which in this country is not
:04:37. > :04:39.easy, I will tell you. I have been open about that
:04:40. > :04:46.for a long period of time, but I am going with our leaders
:04:47. > :05:04.and we are going to Some of what happened just a short
:05:05. > :05:10.time ago. Our correspondent is at the White House for us. Just on a
:05:11. > :05:15.couple of specifics on the question of torture. Very interesting there.
:05:16. > :05:21.He seems to be ceding authority over this to the person who's going to
:05:22. > :05:25.take charge. Is that a surprise? Well, he has been very much
:05:26. > :05:29.supportive of the general who is the secretary of defence. He has always
:05:30. > :05:34.spoken very positively about him and the general has made it pity clear
:05:35. > :05:39.that he thinks torture or enhancement derogation techniques
:05:40. > :05:44.are not the way to go. But as you heard there, Mr Trump still believes
:05:45. > :05:48.it could work, but he will defer to the general. I have to say, I think
:05:49. > :05:55.that will be a great relief to people here, as well as to people in
:05:56. > :05:58.the UK that he is taking the journal so seriously, because the secretary
:05:59. > :06:04.of defence is seen as a safe pair of hands, somebody very experienced who
:06:05. > :06:07.has a lot of experience in terms of relationships with other armies and
:06:08. > :06:12.other defence departments. Not only on the issue of torture, which was
:06:13. > :06:17.important that Theresa May said something like that, given the
:06:18. > :06:22.criticism of comments back home, but also in terms of the general
:06:23. > :06:25.conversation he will have with the secretary of defence. To be talking
:06:26. > :06:31.to Russian, German and French leaders tomorrow by only told. His
:06:32. > :06:38.tone on Russia seemed a little different from what we have heard in
:06:39. > :06:44.the past. Hugh was noncommittal. He said he wanted to have a good
:06:45. > :06:48.relationship with valid Amir Putin. He put that into the context of
:06:49. > :06:54.other countries. He said, I hope the get along. He said that sometimes he
:06:55. > :06:58.thinks we will get along very well with somebody and when I meet them,
:06:59. > :07:07.I don't make them at all and sometimes it is the verse. He was
:07:08. > :07:11.also noncommittal about sanctions on Russia over Ukraine. You was asked
:07:12. > :07:16.about reports circulating that he might sign the report lifting the
:07:17. > :07:19.sanctions and he said it was very early to talk about that. He said he
:07:20. > :07:25.might consider it, which is something that Theresa May will have
:07:26. > :07:29.taken a tough, because Britain's position is that sanctions should
:07:30. > :07:37.only be lifted when Russia needs his obligations in terms of the conflict
:07:38. > :07:42.in Ukraine. What was the reaction to seeing the spread of images together
:07:43. > :07:47.in this press conference? Have conferred legitimacy on each other?
:07:48. > :07:53.They are both very new readers. -- leaders. The press conference went
:07:54. > :07:59.there as far as can be expected from that point of view. There was a lot
:08:00. > :08:05.of speculation about possibly awkward moments, but Mr Trump and
:08:06. > :08:08.his reputation for being unpredictable and erratic. He might
:08:09. > :08:13.embarrass her or say something and statesman-like. Was his first news
:08:14. > :08:17.conference and visit with a foreign leader and it turns out that they
:08:18. > :08:22.both seemed to handle it pretty well. He made a concerted effort to
:08:23. > :08:29.rein in some of those instincts, to present himself in a more
:08:30. > :08:35.professional way. It wasn't Bill Clinton and Tony Blair in terms of
:08:36. > :08:40.US and British leaders having a conversation. They seem to hold
:08:41. > :08:46.their own and that will have been noticed. Look I guess, he held her
:08:47. > :08:52.hand. One of the major points that came out of this of course is Nato,
:08:53. > :08:57.something that has been worrying many countries. Donald Trump has
:08:58. > :09:00.previously questioned the role of the US in this organisation. Theresa
:09:01. > :09:16.May seem to make it clear that she is confident of their commitment.
:09:17. > :09:24.You said your 100% behind Nato, but we are also discussing the
:09:25. > :09:28.importance of Nato continuing to fight terrorism and cyber warfare as
:09:29. > :09:31.it is to fight more conventional forms of work. I've agreed to
:09:32. > :09:37.continue my efforts to encourage fellow European leaders to deliver
:09:38. > :09:41.on defence of the bridge and is more friendly shed. It is only by
:09:42. > :09:45.investing properly in defence we can ensure we are properly equipped to
:09:46. > :09:49.face our shared challenges together. Theresa May speaking for the
:09:50. > :09:52.president there. The camera we had was not on his face, so I can see
:09:53. > :10:02.whether he was not deny shaking his head. He didn't deny wishy stated
:10:03. > :10:05.there. How crucial is that? Think I was pretty important. Britain and
:10:06. > :10:10.its partners in the two are quite worried about his statements about
:10:11. > :10:14.the alliance, that it is obsolete, that America might not be as
:10:15. > :10:19.committed to it as it had been and is over how to state in that way"
:10:20. > :10:24.him that he was 100% behind it, you are right, he didn't say the words
:10:25. > :10:32.himself, but he did not refute her. It is an important signal. He said a
:10:33. > :10:36.need to become more nimble in terms of more modern challenges like cyber
:10:37. > :10:41.warfare and making sure people pay their bills and their defence
:10:42. > :10:50.requirements for the alliance. Something he has stopped about a
:10:51. > :10:56.lot. I would also say that if he's going to defer to the general in the
:10:57. > :10:58.wake defer to him on the torture question, the general has been very
:10:59. > :11:05.clear that America is completely committed to Nato and two of the
:11:06. > :11:10.first three calls he made were to be head of Nato and the secretary of
:11:11. > :11:18.Britain where he made that point. Perhaps it will be reassuring for
:11:19. > :11:21.Britain. Because this is a slightly different Donald Trump that we have
:11:22. > :11:27.seen, do you think you will be more presidential in a way? Think he was
:11:28. > :11:34.making an effort to come across as more statesman-like, yes. The new US
:11:35. > :11:41.president at his inauguration spoke just one week ago of putting America
:11:42. > :11:43.first. Theresa May looking at Brexit, getting a good trade with
:11:44. > :11:53.the US is a priority. Trade between our countries is
:11:54. > :11:55.already worth ?150 billion a year. The US is the single biggest source
:11:56. > :11:58.of the inward investment to the UK and together,
:11:59. > :12:01.we have around $1 trillion invested The UK-US defence relationship
:12:02. > :12:04.is the broadest, deepest and most advanced of any two countries
:12:05. > :12:06.sharing military The president and I are ambitious
:12:07. > :12:12.to build on this relationship in order to grow our respective
:12:13. > :12:14.economies, provide the high-skilled, high-paid jobs
:12:15. > :12:27.of the future for working people Are North American business
:12:28. > :12:32.correspondent has been looking at the reaction to this. She is in New
:12:33. > :12:35.York for us. We didn't get a huge amount of detail from either the
:12:36. > :12:44.Prime Minister or the president. What has the reaction been? The kind
:12:45. > :12:50.of line which used there is what people want here. -- language. The
:12:51. > :12:56.UK still has to deal with Brexit, they have to disentangle themselves
:12:57. > :13:02.from that. No real concrete action can be taken. The fact that we heard
:13:03. > :13:10.Theresa May said the groundwork has started, is encouraging. You had
:13:11. > :13:13.that same positive language coming from President Trump as well,
:13:14. > :13:20.reiterating how important have a partner that the UK is and how
:13:21. > :13:23.important they are in terms of establishing bilateral trade
:13:24. > :13:28.agreements. Not like is in the conflict in the US position and
:13:29. > :13:31.President Trump has taken a very protectionist line? Theresa May
:13:32. > :13:37.needs a fast deal politically here. There is going to be very difficult,
:13:38. > :13:41.because traders are notoriously complex. In some ways, it does work
:13:42. > :13:47.in the way that President Trump has been talking about. He's very
:13:48. > :13:53.against these big, multi-country trade deals. Things they'd TPP which
:13:54. > :13:59.involve a dozen companiess countries, which is an agreement
:14:00. > :14:03.with Canada, the United States and Mexico. What he wants to put forward
:14:04. > :14:09.our bilateral trade deals. Trade deals with one individual country.
:14:10. > :14:12.He believes that is a better way for the United States to get a trade
:14:13. > :14:17.deal that is more beneficial with them, because really that is what
:14:18. > :14:21.Donald Trump has set with these trade agreements, the United States
:14:22. > :14:28.has not been able to get a very fair deal in his opinion. They have now
:14:29. > :14:32.parted ways, but the US president has continued with my engagements
:14:33. > :14:38.today. A short while ago, he arrived at the Pentagon, where he is
:14:39. > :14:41.introducing his new secretary of defence, here we have been hearing
:14:42. > :14:43.quite a lot about. The commander-in-chief police
:14:44. > :14:53.interrogation techniques like water boarding can be effective. He has
:14:54. > :14:57.said that he will allow the general to overwrite that view. That has
:14:58. > :15:03.been a big change, because has been a big political row over his
:15:04. > :15:08.statements on torture. Much more ahead on BBC world News. We will go
:15:09. > :15:12.to Pennsylvania, with the tradition of welcoming refugees, to see what
:15:13. > :15:25.the impact of his Executive order will be. The shuttle exploded soon
:15:26. > :15:29.after that tough, there were seven astronauts on board. All of them are
:15:30. > :15:32.believed to have been killed. By the evening, the heart of official Cairo
:15:33. > :15:33.was in the hands of the demonstrators. They were using the
:15:34. > :15:53.word revolution. Tonight the search for it survivors
:15:54. > :15:59.has an increasing desperation about it as the hours pass. The new
:16:00. > :16:05.Government is firmly in control of the Republic of Uganda. Moscow got
:16:06. > :16:09.his first taste of Western Ferries food as McDonald's opened the
:16:10. > :16:13.biggest restaurant. Hundreds of people queueing up today will not
:16:14. > :16:20.find a cheap, with a big Mack costing half a day 's wages for the
:16:21. > :16:27.average Russian. This is BBC world News today. The British by Minister
:16:28. > :16:31.Theresa May has become the first world leader to visit the new US
:16:32. > :16:35.President Donald Trump at the White House. The two leaders pay tribute
:16:36. > :16:41.to the special relationship between our countries and reaffirmed their
:16:42. > :16:44.commitment to the Nato alliance. Relations between Britain and the US
:16:45. > :16:50.are comparatively easy perhaps compared with those of US and
:16:51. > :16:51.Mexico. There could be progress there, too.
:16:52. > :16:54.We had a talk that lasted for about an hour this morning,
:16:55. > :16:59.and we are going to be working on a fair and new relationship.
:17:00. > :17:01.But the United States cannot continue to lose vast
:17:02. > :17:06.amounts of business, vast amounts of companies
:17:07. > :17:09.and millions and millions of people losing their jobs.
:17:10. > :17:15.We're no longer going to be the country that doesn't
:17:16. > :17:20.So we are going to renegotiate our trade deals and we're
:17:21. > :17:24.going to renegotiate other aspects of our relationship with Mexico.
:17:25. > :17:33.In the end, I think it will be good for both countries.
:17:34. > :17:41.There have been a number of developments since then. Talk
:17:42. > :17:46.through the last couple of hours if you can, because after that press
:17:47. > :17:50.conference, we had a statement from the Mexican Government. That is
:17:51. > :17:55.correct. The past 48 hours have been a blur. They don't know where to
:17:56. > :17:59.begin. I suppose the thing is that what stood out to me from the joint
:18:00. > :18:02.statement from both sides were but they have agreed to at least not
:18:03. > :18:09.publicly discuss the border issue, which is so controversial. At least
:18:10. > :18:15.that is to one side and of the two diplomatic teams can begin to find
:18:16. > :18:18.more common ground on these areas of trade, a cross-border migration,
:18:19. > :18:22.security. Some of the other key issues they need to talk about in
:18:23. > :18:27.which the wall has muddied the waters so much, the two men could
:18:28. > :18:32.not sit down and hold a summit, which was scheduled for Tuesday.
:18:33. > :18:36.That border tax question will carry through for many weeks and months
:18:37. > :18:47.and we wait and see if the White House comes up with a more concrete
:18:48. > :18:53.proposal. I gather you were there with a very interesting development.
:18:54. > :18:58.Yes, I came dashing back from that just now and it was interesting. He
:18:59. > :19:03.talked about Mexican unity a lot and about how he is not the Mexicans
:19:04. > :19:07.unified around a single class in the 1985 earthquake that left many dead.
:19:08. > :19:15.It's very interesting to have him compare this political and economic
:19:16. > :19:18.earthquake on a similar scale. In terms of Donald Trump, you could
:19:19. > :19:22.hear a degree of sympathy towards him. He was seen by Mexican
:19:23. > :19:28.conditions in the United States are very favourable at the moment, which
:19:29. > :19:36.echoes this line from Donald Trump and Mexico is taking advantage
:19:37. > :19:39.somehow the United States. Nevertheless, Mr Slim and his basic
:19:40. > :19:42.line was that he is there to support the Mexican people when it comes to
:19:43. > :19:48.the relationship of the United States. But there's anyone who
:19:49. > :19:53.outranks financially Donald Trump it is Carlos Slim. We'll have to leave
:19:54. > :20:01.it there. Let's catch up with some other newsletter. The US vice
:20:02. > :20:08.president has sold an anti-abortion rally in Washington that the tide is
:20:09. > :20:14.no turning with the president. Both houses of Congress opposed to the
:20:15. > :20:16.practice. Turkey has agreed to cancel you do with the European
:20:17. > :20:21.Union on taking back migrants who cross over to Greece. The policy
:20:22. > :20:28.decision by the Greek supreme court not to extra to date a group of
:20:29. > :20:32.Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece. More international help as arrived
:20:33. > :20:36.to help to refight the worst wildfire in modern history. Russia
:20:37. > :20:41.has sent a supertanker aircraft capable of carrying tonnes of water.
:20:42. > :20:46.One town has been destroyed by the police. Hundreds of millions of
:20:47. > :20:51.people across Asia and around the world are celebrating the start of
:20:52. > :20:55.the lunar New Year. The year of the Rooster officially began in China
:20:56. > :20:59.several hours ago the celebrations running into the evening. Fireworks,
:21:00. > :21:06.flowers, line dancing and lots of food are part of the celebrations
:21:07. > :21:10.for many. This extraordinary week has seen Donald Trump breaking his
:21:11. > :21:15.way to many of his campaign promises and is thought that another imminent
:21:16. > :21:19.one is a crackdown on immigration. He is expected to sign an Executive
:21:20. > :21:23.order restricting migrants from a number of countries in Africa and
:21:24. > :21:28.the Middle East, where Islamist militants have sparked violent
:21:29. > :21:31.conflict. He's also but be preparing to announce tighter limits on the
:21:32. > :21:37.number of refugees that US taken. For more insight into what it is
:21:38. > :21:38.like for it migrants in the years, we're been to Lancaster,
:21:39. > :21:55.Pennsylvania. We were initially tied to welcome
:21:56. > :22:05.refugees, because it is our heritage, that is how we started
:22:06. > :22:21.this state. Consider Lancaster to be the best place in the world.
:22:22. > :22:30.Mohammed and his wife and his four children arrived to Lancaster
:22:31. > :22:37.Pennsylvania last July. We left Syria because it was unbearable and
:22:38. > :22:41.we were not able to stay there. For long months we were not able to
:22:42. > :22:47.sleep. Not than four months, he found a job in a supporting his
:22:48. > :22:49.family and wife. A family of six can be self-sufficient within four to
:22:50. > :22:57.six months. We're really happy about that. Refugees are like any other
:22:58. > :23:00.human, looking for a better life friends and children. Education,
:23:01. > :23:07.looking for jobs, just like any other person. How does it make you
:23:08. > :23:10.feel that family, relatives, friends might not be able to come here?
:23:11. > :23:23.Disappointed. We had hoped that we would reunite
:23:24. > :23:45.again with the people that we know. Think a lot of people are nervous
:23:46. > :23:49.with the aspect of terrorism and we have to be extremely careful and
:23:50. > :23:53.that American citizens first and safety. That is the number one role
:23:54. > :23:59.of the Government. With any problem, we have to stop the bleeding. Cut
:24:00. > :24:02.off any refugees coming into this point, get a solution very quickly
:24:03. > :24:08.and reinstate refugees coming back the country. From a faith
:24:09. > :24:11.perspective, there is a moral obligation. Particularly talking
:24:12. > :24:25.about women and children, to try to bring people out of harms way.
:24:26. > :24:30.Well, there is much more on our website that the John presidency,
:24:31. > :24:37.including a look back at the events of his first week in power. Just
:24:38. > :24:41.time to bring you one last moment from his first news conference since
:24:42. > :24:45.becoming president, one journalist took advantage of the opportunity to
:24:46. > :24:47.ask him about the way his character comes over in public. Just listen to
:24:48. > :25:07.this. Have you found anything in common
:25:08. > :25:12.personally yet? We are not as brash as you might think. We're going to
:25:13. > :25:19.get along very well. I'm a people person. I think you are also, to
:25:20. > :25:22.reason. I can often tell how I'm going to get on with somebody very
:25:23. > :25:25.early and I think we're going to have a fantastic relationship.
:25:26. > :25:30.Donald Trump with Theresa May. Lots of pressure on many relationship.
:25:31. > :25:34.Let me just bring you one development on the last few minutes
:25:35. > :25:38.on all this. Donald Trump has been hosting his first foreign leader at
:25:39. > :25:44.the White House, Theresa May. He is due to hold talks tomorrow on
:25:45. > :25:48.Saturday, with other world leaders including Putin and speculation that
:25:49. > :25:54.he plans to recent sanctions against Marks boot Moscow. He has said that
:25:55. > :25:56.he opposes lifting any sanctions on Russia. Things are much for
:25:57. > :26:18.watching. Thanks for joining me. We'll give
:26:19. > :26:19.you a flavour of the weekends by the prospect in