Welcome to our live coverage of US President Donald Trump’s administration, including his state visit to the UK.

As we’ve previously reported, this is the president’s second visit to the UK.

Last night, Trump and first lady Melania Trump were greeted at London Stansted Airport by members of the Royal Air Force and British officials, including Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper. The Trumps then spent the evening at Winfield House, the residence of the US ambassador to the UK, Warren A. Stephens.

Guests traveling with the president included his daughter Tiffany Trump and her husband, chief of staff Susie Wiles, deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, and press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

Later today, the president and first lady will travel to Windsor for a ceremonial welcome, lunch with the royal family, an air force flypast, and a lavish state banquet.

Tomorrow, Trump will head to Chequers, the UK prime minister’s country retreat, for a bilateral meeting with Keir Starmer. Initially, the first lady will remain at Windsor, where she will carry out two engagements with Queen Camilla and Catherine, Princess of Wales.

She will later reunite with her husband at Chequers before they fly back to the US.

We’ll keep you up to date with all of the movements today, as they happen.

BEIJING (AP) — China’s coast guard accused a Philippine ship of deliberately ramming one of its vessels on Tuesday near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. The Philippines denied it, saying China’s forces used powerful water cannons that damaged its ship and injured a crew member.

A Chinese coast guard statement said more than 10 Philippine government ships coming from various directions entered the waters around the shoal, which is called Huangyan island in Chinese. It said it deployed water cannons against the vessels.

The encounter came six days after China announced it was designating part of Scarborough Shoal as a national nature reserve. The Philippine government, which calls the shoal Bajo de Masinloc, filed a diplomatic protest.

China and the Philippines have clashed repeatedly around outcroppings in the South China Sea, which China claims almost in its entirety. The two countries are among several that have competing claims to territory in the waters, which are of strategic importance and home to valuable fishing grounds.

The Philippine coast guard said two Chinese coast guard ships hit a Filipino fisheries vessel, the BRP Datu Gumbay Piang, with powerful water cannons for nearly 30 minutes “resulting in significant damage,” including in the captain’s cabin and the bridge. A glass window was shattered and injured a personnel while the deluge of water caused a short circuit that affected electrical outlets and five outdoor air-conditioning units, it said.

A Chinese navy warship also broadcast a radio notice “announcing live-fire exercises” at the shoal which caused panic among Filipino fishermen, said the Philippine coast guard.

The Philippine coast guard and fisheries ships were deployed to the shoal on Tuesday to provide fuel, water, ice and other aid to more than 35 fishing boats in the area.

Several friendly countries have backed the Philippines on the nature reserve.

A statement from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Chinese action “yet another coercive move to advance sweeping territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea at the expense of its neighbors.”

The U.K. and Australia also expressed concern, and the Canadian Embassy in the Philippines said it opposed attempts to use environmental protection as a way to take control over the disputed Scarborough Shoal.

Just two days after tying Mickey Mantle for the most home runs in a single season by a switch hitter (54), Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh has reset the record. With his 55th home run of the season, Raleigh stands alone among switch hitters, topping a record that had stood since 1961.

A historic 55th for Cal Raleigh!

No switch-hitter has EVER had as many homers in a season 🤯 #TridentsUp pic.twitter.com/AkI86KzCTA

— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) September 17, 2025

Facing the Kansas City Royals in a critical three-game set, Raleigh unloaded his 55th homer of the year in the third inning, a 419-foot blast to right field off starter Michael Wacha.

However, Raleigh wasn’t done making history just yet. An inning later, Raleigh unloaded a two-run homer, this time from the right side of the plate, to tie Ken Griffey Jr. for the Mariners’ single-season home run record (56). Raleigh’s 56 home runs lead MLB this season.

THE YEAR OF CAL RALEIGH NEVER STOPS

56 HR this season and TWO tonight! pic.twitter.com/tOfHFmV1r2

— MLB (@MLB) September 17, 2025

In all, Raleigh has 35 homers from the left side and 21 from the right.

Before resetting Mantle’s switch hitter record, Raleigh had already passed Salvador Perez’s record of 48 home runs by a catcher in a single season. His 57th homer will give him one more record as the Mariners’ single-season holder.

If that already wasn’t enough history, Raleigh also became the first switch hitter to win the Home Run Derby, outlasting Junior Caminero at Atlanta’s Truist Park in July. With 12 games remaining in the Mariners’ season (counting Tuesday night’s contest), Raleigh would need six home runs to match Aaron Judge’s record for most homers in a season by an American League player (62).

(Photo of Cal Raleigh celebrating his home run in the third inning Tuesday: Jamie Squire / Getty Images)