hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are henry mance, political correspondent the financial times. for the first time, enjoying his momentous day, the first appearance on the tapers! it's supposed to be fun! and caroline wheeler, the political editor of the sunday express. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the telegraph reports jubilation as article 50 was triggered, but it reports immediate tension between britain and brussels. the metro reports on the prime minister's warning that failure to reach a deal with the eu within the two—year time limit could "wea ken" cooperation in the fight against crime and terrorism. the ft says theresa may's letter was seen in brussels as conciliatory and flexible. the mirror reports on the tension, with germany's angela merkel rejecting an early start to talks on a new trade deal. the i has a picture of britain's ambassador handing over the article and nigel farage beams from the front of the express

with a celebratory pint. the guardian says mrs may's comments on security cooperation were seen by many in brussels as blackmail. and nigel farage beams from the front of the express with a celebratory pint. so let's begin... beginning with the express, he looks very happy. no turning back on eu exit, 2316 days after the express started its historic crusade to free britain from brussels, theresa may insists there is no turning back. caroline, this is your sister paper. they have said this several times, once we get going we are not going to change our minds, and theresa may said the same. what they are drawing attention to is that the daily express and to a lesser extent the sunday express really led the agenda on brexit. if you look at that 2316

days, that is eight years plus it has taken them and they have been calling for the withdrawal of the uk from the eu from all of that period of time. today they see this as being in momentous occasion. we are scratching our heads and wondering what changes today other than the fa ct what changes today other than the fact that those divorce papers in effect have been delivered to the eu. this is the day we are all going to mark, some people are calling it brexit date. you know, fair play, campaigns are what newspapers live and die by and this has been a very successful campaign by the daily express which culminated in that vote on the 23rd ofjune. express which culminated in that vote on the 23rd ofjune. henry, let's talk about the daily telegraph, it says it is a magnificent moment, an interesting choice of photographs that have appeared on various papers, some of them showing that moment that the letter was handed over. others

showing donald tusk and sir tim heading in other directions. showing donald tusk and sir tim heading in other directionsm showing donald tusk and sir tim heading in other directions. it was an interesting performance by donald tusk. he is not a big federalist, not the kind of eurocrat that you might think of, like jean—claude junker or someone. his tone was a slightly sad one. the photos on the telegraph suggest that, even if the headline is triumphant, boris johnson at his most from bunker as! he has written a piece, it is time to back britain and go lowball. he has written a piece, it is time to back britain and go lowballm is very positive. we were just reading it. —— go global. we are going to blast off for an extraordinary voyage. he talks about it being historic and, as i see it, a magnificent moment. we can only see some of his comment piece, but he looks more balanced towards the end, acknowledging that not everybody in the country is voting for brexit. he talks about what we do now in terms of pulling together

and kind of achieving this great moment is future for the country. the i treats us to goodbye in many of the languages that are spoken across the european union. i won't even attempt to pronounce some of them! there we have the picture of them! there we have the picture of the moment that the letter was handed over to donald tusk, as theresa may got on her feet. handed over to donald tusk, as theresa may got on herfeet. she handed over to donald tusk, as theresa may got on her feet. she was talking for three hours. theresa may got on her feet. she was talking for three hourslj talking for three hours. i was impressed. it marked a week since the terrorist attack advertisements do. it was a really strange occasion this afternoon. theresa may took questions from 113 mp5. some of them are in the papers. she also went on to do interviews afterwards. it was quite an exhausting start to two years of negotiations. onto your paper, the financial times. donald tusk again looking forlorn at one point. he said, we are missing you already. do you think? we seem to relish the theatre of it. did they have the handover this letter in

full view of all the cameras was white of course they did, surely! they hand delivered it, they sent it on the eurostar on armed guard, it was quite theatrical. there has been lots of this, talking about missing you already, the treaty of rome celebrations overshadowing the negative, jean—claude junker talking about it being a tragedy, how he was heartbroken that the uk weren't there to celebrate with them. it is more of that kind of narrative. you have written a sketch piece here called, dear europe. such letters have a tainted history. what are you comparing this to? this has a couple of references, one to neville chamberlain's message to adolf hitler, a personal message. and also the nobleman surrounding henry viii, trying to ask for an annulment to his marriage from the pope. this is a very current situation and we have moved on but we don't always seek the world from the point of view of

europe. both neville chamberlain and henry viii were very optimistic about what they could achieve just by writing to europe and get their way. it is going to be wrote tough and there are going to be things that they don't like. we were told at one point this letter was consolatory and shows that civility and yet there are tensions emerging already, as you would expect. the papers have picked up on this notion that what theresa may is in effect saying is that, while we want to have a kind of nice divorce, a team zoeller to divorce, at the end of the day we have something that they want, which is that we are a key player in europol and we have a much more significant security service and we play a huge role in the fighting of crime and terrorism across europe. that point was made very much on the daily mirror. brexit battle begins, trading blows, security threat to eu if uk cannot secure a deal. theresa may did not make many speeches in the run—up to the referendum, but she did talk

about the importance of the eu and oui’ about the importance of the eu and our relationship for security. would she do anything that brilliant danger the lives of british citizens? i think it's unlikely, but this is a negotiation and you have to pretend you are willing. the counterargument is, why not show some goodwill? why not say, we definitely won't put in danger european lives, british lives, given what has happened in brussels, paris and london. let's talk about the westminster attacks which you mentioned, back on the i. thousands joined hands as the inquests hear how they die. a week on ordinarily from that her attacks it would have featured much more. but because of the timing of it it is only an very few of the front pages. but again, it is extraordinary that this only happened one week ago. it is extraordinary that this only happened one week agom it is extraordinary that this only happened one week ago. it really struck me, being there today, that it was just one week ago, because we we re it was just one week ago, because we were all there last wednesday. in a funny way, you know, the whole

brexit thing has overshadowed the attack story today in the same way that the attack massively overshadowed what the goverment‘s was expecting to be a full one week leading up into brexit being launched, certainly in the sunday newspapers we pencilled in that it would be a brexit splash across the board, aeons of pages on brexit on sunday, but actually what we did was beyond the pages on the para packs instead. the notion that everybody was in that packed chamber today, there was no room for anybody else to get in, as you say, more than 100 mps actually spoke. they were sat in the chamber where they have been locked for five hours just one week ago. i mean, it seems... it was reminiscent of when jo cox was murdered. we had a very sombre day in the house of commons, and then a few days later you could remember, given how fierce the debate had become. and here it is, if events ta ke become. and here it is, if events take their course and these guys are

very busy now. it was the point they made after the terrorist attacks. you know, as much as this was a terrible shock for those there are, ultimately it is the seat of democracy and life must go on. we cannot let the terrorists stop this very important occasions and discussions that politicians are having about the very future of this country on the future of the country inside and outside of european union. what is obvious is that the police of course and many members the public haven't forgotten that it was one week on and did turn out.|j think there are still questions to be asked about the attacker, about the impact it has on community relations, what happens to westminster security. those things are happening in the background. jeremy corbyn as the prime minister, are you sure the police have the resources, given the cuts that happens to budgets? it literally was

the thing before dinner, we were waiting from the historic announcement. contrary to the trail we showed before we came on air, we will be back with a much longer review, 2a minutes rob tells me, at 11:30pm. a bumper edition! coming up next, the weather. hello there, good evening. the winds are more from the south. that drags up are more from the south. that drags up some warm air to achieve high temperatures we need some sunshine. there wasn't a great deal of that today. this cloud is big enough to give us some outbreaks of rain, particularly across northern and western parts of the uk, heavy rainfall while coming in across scotland. later in the south—west, flirting with the southeast and heading to the midlands. a lot of cloud over night, a very mild night for the time of year, 11 or 12 typically. chilly in northern scotland. we may have a little early

sunshine here, and during the day it will be warmer in the north is of scotla nd will be warmer in the north is of scotland than it has been for some time because of the sub lee winds. rain notfar time because of the sub lee winds. rain not far away from northern ireland, affecting eastern parts, continuing around the irish sea and up continuing around the irish sea and up to dumfries and galloway were it has been wet recently. rain not far away from the west of wales. running up away from the west of wales. running up through the midlands and the ci’oss up through the midlands and the cross linkage. that will push away and already you can see brighter skies developing in the south—east. as the rain retreats back towards the north—west, mainly affecting areas near the irish sea, we will find more sunshine across england and wales. it will brighten up, the cloud will break, we will get some sunshine and warmth in the southerly wind. it could be the warmest day of the year so far, 22 degrees and out of the question. even further north west the temperatures are good for the time of year. with the cloud we will get more rain on friday, focused on the area of low pressure. it takes rain away from northern

ireland and pushes it into scotland. the weather front is very weak. behind it we get fresher air and more in the way of sunshine. it should feel quite pleasant again on friday afternoon. it is a weekend of two halves. saturday will see a little sunshine but we will also see some showers that could be almost anywhere, with winds knocked the degree strong, showers will be slow—moving. but in the sunshine it will feel quite pleasant. chilly night over night on saturday because the showers get pushed away by the developing rich or dome of high pressure that is building in from the south. keeping these weather front at bay from the time being. for the second half of the weekend it is going to be much drier and brighter. it will be bright for most of us, some sunshine, pleasant, highs of 16 or 17 celsius. this is bbc news. martine croxall. the headlines at 11pm. the prime minister has triggered britain's exit from the european union, say the government was following the

deal credibility people. britain is leading the european union. we are going to make our own decisions and our own laws. we are going to take control of the things that matter most to us. donald tusk said he missed the uk already and promised to defend the remaining 27 member states in the negotiations and had. —— ahead. there is no reason to pretend this is a happy day, neither in brussels, not london. a week on from the terror attack on parliament and a memorial was held in westminster bridge. stay with us on bbc news for a look at