Him outand a nice guy but the truth is i called him out and i guess he is not very happy about it. Im reporting live from the luxury hotel where the nato leaders have been meeting, they have issued a joint communique and we are expecting a News Conference from borisjohnson expecting a News Conference from Boris Johnson any minute expecting a News Conference from borisjohnson any minute now. The white house accuses democrats of a witch hunt after they published a report which sets out the case for impeaching donald trump. Calls for more to be done to tackle the continued growth in oil and gas consumption amid signs global c02 emissions are still rising. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport withjohn watson, Jose Mourinho back to his old stomping ground. I know nothing about the sport but i will tell you all about the weather details coming up later on. Well recovered, john will be here with the sport. Jose mourinho prepares to return to old trafford for the First Time Since his sacking as Manchester United manager tonight. You know we liked to mix things up. Hello everyone,this is afternoon live. Borisjohnson has urged britains allies to stand together, amid tension among World Leaders meeting near watford. The Prime Minister said nato, the wests Central Military allianc, had helped to protect the lives of nearly a billion people, and he warned that it needed to stay united to confront new challenges. But the gathering, on the 70th anniversary of the group, has been overshadowed by disareements between Member States and strained exchanges among leaders. Ben brown is at the nato gathering. We are outside the luxury hotel by the leaders met for about three hours this morning. Those talks have finished, they issued a joint communique, a london declaration, it is pretty bland to be honest. There are cracks and this is the 70th year of the Nato Alliance. 70 years since it was founded in 1949 but rather than birthday celebrations, really there have been a lot of anger about tu rkeys there have been a lot of anger about turkeys unilateral offensive into Northern Syria and also we had Emmanuel Macron saying that he Nato Alliance is brain dead. He has repeated that since he has been here in the uk for this summit and that angered donald trump. He said that mr macrons comments were insulting and he didnt like them at all. So, lots of arguments. We are expecting borisjohnson to talk at a News Conference any minute now. We will bring that to you live. After that, in the middle of the afternoon, we will hear from donald trump himself but first lets get a report from the date of event so far. A new day, and another gathering of nato leaders. It has stuck together for 70 years, but for how much longer . Here at a luxury hotel, more watford than london, the message from the host was unity. At the heart of it is a pledge that we will come to one anothers defence. All for one, one for all. That is the core of the article five nato security guarantee. Though an acknowledgement from natos chief that there were divisions. It is nothing new there are differences in this alliance. When you think about the iraq war in 2003, the suez crisis in 1956, there have always been differences. Is that nato can overcome with these differences. The worlds most powerful military has criticised members for not paying their way, but surprisingly here has found himself defending the alliance and crossing swords with the french president who described it as brain dead. President macron, though, arrived on repenta nt. Translation i stand by my comment, yes, absolutely. In fact, it allowed us to raise some crucial debates. Those included how to create a durable peace in europe. Clarifying who was the enemy and how to act collectively it is true to say that nato is the most successful alliance in history and it now guarantees the peace and prosperity of 1 and it now guarantees the peace and prosperity ofi billion people around the world. In the 29 countries, it will shortly be 30 now that North Macedonia isjoining and there is solidarity in defence of out there is solidarity in defence of our values, freedom and democracy. The basic idea of all for one and one for all encapsulated in article five of the north atlantic treaty. We come to each others mutual defence. That is why nato works and thatis defence. That is why nato works and that is why it is so powerful and so successful. 0f that is why it is so powerful and so successful. Of course, the uk has long argued that you cant be complacent about that, you cant be remotely, take that for granted, you have to ensure that we continue to spend on our collective defence and thatis spend on our collective defence and that is why we have made the case for 2 of gdp as the minimum nato spend for every member and we have been successful in that campaign because of view of what has happened since the cardiff summit in 2014, there has actually been a substantial increase in spending by out substantial increase in spending by our european friends. 133 billion, it will rise to 400 billion by 2024 and at this meeting here today, country after country pledged or gave an account of how they were going to meet the pledge of 2 . I was able to sketch out some of the ways in which the uk leads in for instance the european contribution to the Nato Readiness Initiative and we are contributing, two squadrons of fa st we are contributing, two squadrons of fastjets, six major warships including the two aircraft carriers and several other delegations, several other nations also emphasise that they would step up their contributions to the initiative amongst other things and there was a mood of very great solidarity and determination and a willingness to push nato forward, notjust determination and a willingness to push nato forward, not just for the next few years but for the next 70 years. A real belief in the long standing value of this alliance and we also had good discussions on russia, how should we should collectively respond to russia, the need to be aware of russia but also the need to engage. We discussed cyber, the challenges of what is going on in cyberspace, the asymmetric warfare threat and threats that we face. They need to engage together is looking at the challenges of space and working together to develop a policy on space. We also agreed that we, we had a terrible account of the earthquake in albania and we also agreed that we would act collectively to help the people there to get back on their feet. That was the essence of the discussion that i think was extremely practical and extremely harmonious. If there are any questions i will be very happy to ta ke questions i will be very happy to take them but i have a list of people i will come to first. Im not sure why these have been nominated but i will try and take as many as i can. John of the bbc first. Prime minister, the president of the United States has spoken of his admiration for you. Do you believe that as a leader and as a man, that donald trump is good for the west and good for britain and if so, why . Well i certainly think that the united state is the guarantor, a massive contributor, to nato, has been for 70 years a pillar of stability for our collective security and if you want evidence of the willingness of the United States to stand shoulder to shoulder with us, i would to stand shoulder to shoulder with us, iwould point to stand shoulder to shoulder with us, i would point you to stand shoulder to shoulder with us, iwould point you back to stand shoulder to shoulder with us, i would point you back to what happened in the case of the poisonings in salisbury when, of course, poisonings in salisbury when, of course , you poisonings in salisbury when, of course, you may poisonings in salisbury when, of course, you may remember poisonings in salisbury when, of course, you may remember that country after country stepped forwards to expel Russian Diplomats in solidarity, russian spies, in solidarity with the uk and america, the United States actually expelled six and that was a fantastic testament to the transatlantic alliance. I draw an unhappy contrast with the posture taken by leader of the opposition who i seem to recollect decided that what we are best advised to do was comply with the wishes of moscow and send them samples for checking independently in moscow. America stood shoulder to shoulder with us and has done for decades and is an invaluable ally and continues to be so. I. Lets be clear this was under the Current Us Administration and they were shoulder to shoulder with us. Could not have been more supportive. Debbie of sky news. Thank you. You have been pictured in this Buckingham Palace reception with Prime Minister trudeau and others, a p pa re ntly Prime Minister trudeau and others, apparently having a joke, may be at mr trumps expense. Do you not to ta ke mr trumps expense. Do you not to take President Trump seriously . That is complete nonsense and i dont know where that has come from. Nine nato countries are now meeting the 296 nato countries are now meeting the 2 target, 11 still have absolutely no plans to meet it. Are you disappointed and what did you say to those 11 countries that still have no intent of hitting the target . President trump has just said that everybody he had spoken to so far will not go forward with who are way building theirfive g will not go forward with who are way building their five g networks and he spoke to you about it in number ten, did you decide you are not going to go ahead with huawei . On the other countries that are not meeting the 2 , there is a large measure of determination to do it and delegation of the delegation, leader after leader said that they did want to reach the 2 target by 2024 so we will see Real Progress being made. There is a pledge is for another 400 billion by eu countries by 2024. On huawei and 5g, i dont wa nt by 2024. On huawei and 5g, i dont want this country to be unnecessarily hostile to investment from overseas. On the other hand, we cannot prejudice our Vital National security interests but i ability to cooperate with the Security Partners and that will be the key criterion that informs our decision about huawei. Can ijust get clarification on debbies question, are you saying you werent discussing donald trump last night and has the issue of foreign fighters come up . Are you going to bring back the brits from syria . On debbies question and your question, i really dont know what is being referred to but i can tell you that on foreign fighters and bringing back foreign fighters from syria, it is of course i wont view that if people go to fight in syria, they are putting themselves beyond uk law, they are breaking uk law and they abdicate their rights to citizenship of this country. We have made that very clear. Gordon from the telegraph. Thank you. Are you concerned about the way in which the us, uk trade minutes made their way onto the internet . Have you asked the Cabinet Office to investigate and if not do you think they should be . Asi and if not do you think they should be . As i understand it, that stuff has been online for months and the answer is no. Harriet from pa. Did you discuss it with donald trump your to plans push ahead with the Digital Services tax and if so what did he say . My view about the Digital Services tax and that issue broadly is that we do need to be looking at the question of the vast revenues of big digital companies. They are not paying much tax in proportion to the huge sales that they make in this country and we need to address that and that is something that is obviously being raised with our friends in the us will stop. Im from turkish media. You hit many issues with our president , how was your meeting with him that . Can you please tell us a little bit, where issues solved between you and him . We had a very good discussion with Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and president ada won and we discussed the great complexity of the situation in Northern Syria. Complexity of the situation in Northern Syria. President erdogan. We recognise the huge pressure that turkey faces and the huge amount of refugees that they are accommodating, the terrorist threat, that must be acknowledged, the real threat that turkey faces andl the real threat that turkey faces and i think what we were all trying to do is understand techies plans for Northern Syria and what they wa nt for Northern Syria and what they want to do, and the way forward and i think what we want to do is avoid any misunderstandings between allies in nato about turkeys intentions. What we have agreed is that we will continue that forward and continue to have those talks and i think it is an illustration that e3 plus turkey format is a good illustration of how the uk will continue to pay a cardinal role in discussions material to our interests in the european region once we get brexit done. A forest of hands going up. The situation in iran is tense and a popular demonstration. Over 200 people were killed, have you discussed the situation in iran and inside iran with your counterparts or generally their role in the region. Of course, it it didnt come out much today but my own feeling is that this is notjust out much today but my own feeling is that this is not just about fuel prices, this is a sign of real. I am by no means surprised and i think iranians disruption in the region is a distraction from the failings of the iranian regime. You have committed a significant chunk of britains power to this initiative. These quadrants are about a third of ourfighterjets, a these quadrants are about a third of our fighter jets, a significant fight of our Service Fleet and all this at a time when in are men and women, forces are significantly in strength on manpower, will be forces be stretched too thin or will this be stretched too thin or will this bea be stretched too thin or will this be a rebranding of contributions . Obviously, we are going to keep our forces up to strength and we are putting a 2. 6 increase into defence spending, we are putting 2. 2 billion more into our defence budgets and the uk as you know exceeds the 2 target. As for the iranians to initiative, yes those forces will be deployed as part of that initiative but also the uk will have other deployments as well. There will be exclusive for that purpose, obviously not. That they will not be exclusive for that purpose. Obviously not. That they will not be exclusive for that purposelj wa nt to be exclusive for that purposelj want to ask something about china because china was on the agenda for this years summit. After the briefing from the secretary general, is china in the future the Strategic Partner or strategic enemy . There is rio partner or strategic enemy . There is no support for the second thing. I think what people felt was that we should build a Strategic Partnership with china but also be aware of the challenges that china presents and particularly when it comes to areas of high technology. I think that would be a fair characterisation of the discussion. Hi, just to clarify on foreign fighters. President trump has said that we should take more of them back, he suggested something about dumping them on our shores, you saying no, we went to do that or are you saying yes . One of the difficulties we have been taking these people back is that our Legal Systems make it very difficult for us systems make it very difficult for us to secure convictions and going back to what i said earlier, if people go out to break the law and fight in terrorist organisations then they have to face the consequences. Then they have to face the consequences. Back on huawei, when did you decide on the most important criteria and why was that. We are going to make a decision and we are going to make a decision and we are going to make it based on the paramount importance of protecting our Critical National infrastructure and our relationships and i dont think it had anything to do with the timing of the election. Just a follow up question on turkey, did the issue of techies purchase of the russian and Defence Missile system of the russian and Defence Missile syste m co m e of the russian and Defence Missile system come up in the meeting and what is the uks position on this . It didnt come out formally, i can tell you that. But, normally speaking there is a convention in the Nato Alliance that we purchase defence equipment from other members of the need to alliance as everybody knows. The Nato Alliance. The prime president didnt said yesterday the president said yesterday the president said yesterday that he didnt know prince andrew, do you think trump is a liar . I think that comes under the effort of something that is a com pletely effort of something that is a completely extraneous to our dealings today. This is about strengthening the Nato Alliance, we had a very successful meeting, a very successful meeting of nato leaders on the 70th anniversary of nato and none of those subjects, i can tell you with absolute confidence. None of those subjects we re conf