US President Obama has arrived for a three-day state visit to the UK, as part of a move to strengthen what he and David Cameron have described as an "essential relationship" between the two nations.

North America editor Mark Mardell considers how far they really see "eye to eye".

And PJ Crowley, former assistant secretary of state and White House spokesman, speaks about their "shared experience" of global politics.

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