test of that. he has made will be a test of that. he has made such a big play about how he admires putin in some sense and putin can put that pressure on assad. it will be interesting to see how he reacts, whether it is through military means ora whether it is through military means or a test of his diplomacy skills. whether it is through military means or a test of his diplomacy skillsi don't know what we do about this. we have the opportunity a few years ago to do it militarily and we decided not to do so. most people would have agreed with that because they didn't wa nt to agreed with that because they didn't want to repeat a rack. but as that cannot possibly continue to governess country, given what has happened, but how do you get rid of him?| happened, but how do you get rid of him? i don't have the faintest idea. john, let's go on to ken livingstone. you have a long history with him, you are telling us? yes, i have the dubious distinction of being the first person to put ken

livingstone on television and i think it was in 1971 when he was a new labour councillor before he came leader of the glc. i have known him a long time. rarely of the front pages. this business of him being in hot water. his remarks about hitler and xeon is. everybody expected him to be expelled, and he expected to be expelled, but it is a suspension. it isa be expelled, but it is a suspension. it is a suspension from holding office or representing the party at any level. he is still a member and can attend branch meetings and vote in ballots. his parliamentary collea g u es in ballots. his parliamentary colleagues are complaining saying it is making a mockery of the zero tolerance approach by the labour

party to anti—semitism. tolerance approach by the labour party to anti-semitism. ken livingstone said he is not guilty of anti—semitism and they did not find me guilty. it is a sensitive business, but the jewish community to grave offence? they really did. i would just say that the sanctions he has been given here make no difference to him, because i spoke to him recently and he almost indicated he has semi retired and doesn't want to hold office. i don't think he is pursuing to become an mp. the head of young labour in london has said, ken livingstone doesn't represent her views. she is a jewish lady. she was deeply hurt by it. if she is the future of the labour party, people her age and her generation say his views are not reflective of how they feel and you have the support people like that. they are the future of the party and they are putting their foot down and

saying it is not ok. one of the interesting elements about this, is jeremy corbyn should make his position clear on this. another example of the labour party emerging not too well from a highly controversial issue. jeremy corbyn in the headlines again himself when challenged by a reporter who said if you are that concerned about what the conservative government is doing, why don't you consider resigning yourself and give the labour party a chance? it didn't go down well. every day, the labour party is not getting good news for its image. there was confusion this evening whether this was a true suspension, a qualified suspension. it took a statement from him to sort it out. people are convinced this issue with ken livingstone will have an impact alecto orally and the

biggest indication will be the local elections coming up soon. another story, which a lot of newspapers haveit story, which a lot of newspapers have it in, we are going back to the daily telegraph. this is the business of diesel cars. kate, the headline says hand—outs for diesel ca rs headline says hand—outs for diesel cars hits by toxin tax, what is it about? a labour initiative to encourage people to buy diesel cars because they were deemed to be saved for environment. ten years on, it shows they are harmful vehicles and we have stacks of people in the country who own one. it is how we try and go forward with this. you work for the london evening standard and london has been picked out as being polluted? we have campaigned heavily on clean air. theresa may has said, she has hinted at some

sort of scrappage scheme might be on the cards. if you have bought a diesel car, you might get some compensation of financial help. my son has got a diesel van and he will be delighted, to get some compensation from the government. but how on earth will they work it out? how much compensation, for which vehicles and what will they do if drivers dispute it. one of the more interesting lines in the story, is in the times version, or the telegraph, someone suggested if we eliminated the bumps in roads we could do a lot to solve the problem of emissions. when diesel cars go over these bonds, and i bet you didn't know this, they emit more emissions. so if you get rid of the speed bumps, you can go some way to solve the problem. on the same day the london mayor says... he has this £24 charge, congestion charge and he is thought about extending it. going

back to this big economic argument about this, looking up the inside pages of the times, they say it scrappage scheme would blow the chancellor's budget. it must be so? absolutely, you cannot imagine the cost. the last thing the government needs now while it is negotiating brexit, and there is a huge percentage of diesel car owners, i have read somewhere 40% of car owners are diesel car owners. lorries are diesel, buses, some are green, but not very many. my son's van. a major polluter because he drives over those bumps! it is a problem. i wonder if the prime minister has said this off—the—cuff and not done too much homework on it. i don't know. very adventurous idea. let's go on. the financial

times, women still missing out on seniorjobs in the finance industry. john, what have they discovered?l survey done by the financial times has revealed when it comes to the topjobs in the has revealed when it comes to the top jobs in the financial services industry, the big banks, insurers, asset managers, only one in four of those positions are held by women. go down to the lower orders, 50% of their employees are female. 50% of their employees are female. 50% of their employees are female. 50% of their employees in total in female, but only one in four females get seniorjobs. i but only one in four females get senior jobs. i am but only one in four females get seniorjobs. lam not but only one in four females get seniorjobs. i am not amazed but only one in four females get seniorjobs. lam not amazed by this, there is a quote from one lady who was asked to describe her role that it was a huge advantage for clients from me being a woman, and a disadvantage internally. suggesting male chauvinism reigns inside these organisations. saying that, we

should be careful because it would be interesting to see what the results of an investigation into our own industry, into the media would reveal in this regard. your own newspaper, the editor has been replaced by a man. that is correct. does this surprise you, i presume the figures don't? later this week, the figures don't? later this week, the government is has got its gender pay regulations, it is requiring companies to explain what their gender difference is through the different layers of the firm and thatis different layers of the firm and that is happening towards the end of the week. that will be a cultural shift and it will shine the spotlight on how many women are employed at different levels. these are slow, incremental changes and they will have a positive outcome in they will have a positive outcome in the end. but we are in the 21st—century. the end. but we are in the 21st-century. it is outrageous. iam not happy about it, but you have to work with the baseline you have got.

but there are some things being done to help the situation. very quickly, the daily telegraph is starring the night, but peers call for an enquiry on bbc mumbling. i like it, i find it atmospheric. the bill, you had to listen hard to tom hardy speaking. —— the boot. listen hard to tom hardy speaking. -- the boot. and watching him at the same time. i was happy with mumbling. it drives me nuts. it is not just the mumbling mumbling. it drives me nuts. it is notjust the mumbling by the actors, it is something to do with the flat screens as well. and also we are getting old and we have got to admit that. i was watching one of my favourite programmes, line of duty

and when there is music in the background in particular, i hardly picked up a word. it has nothing to do with the house of lords. they have made their point. julian fellowes on downton abbey and also house of cards, lord dobbs. he is a bbc man. too much mumbling all—round. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you, seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers — and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you kate and john. from us all, goodnight good evening. things are looking

good over the uk for the next few days. high pressure building in and that will drive the weather front away from the south—east and settle things down for most places. lovely sunsetin things down for most places. lovely sunset in cornwall. we saw a lovely sunset in cornwall. we saw a lovely sunsetin sunset in cornwall. we saw a lovely sunset in the midlands, leamington spa, orange and red clouds earlier. this is the satellite sequence which shows did brighten it nicely. it stayed pretty grey in the south—east with a bit of rain. showers towards the north of the uk and gusty wind in the northern isles. 60 or 70 miles an hour. showers in the western scotland and maybe 12 into northern ireland ireland. cloud drifting south. in the south—west where the winds are lighter and the skies are clear, temperatures at the bottom end of single figures. it is windy in scotland and showers around

for the northern western isles and for the northern western isles and for the northern western isles and for the western side of the mainland. fair bit of cloud and maybe a spot of rain in northern ireland and a similar story from northern england. then we had sold into east anglia. a bright start to the day. chilly, but with the light winds and sunshine, it is a decent start to the day. make the most of the morning sunshine because cloud will be drifting down from the north and through the morning and it continues into the afternoon. we will hang on to some sunshine in the south—west. quite a bit of cloud elsewhere but very little rain to speak of. temperatures around ten or 11 across scotland and northern ireland. 13 of 14 for cardiff and london. for the evening, ireland. 13 of 14 for cardiff and london. forthe evening, cloud ireland. 13 of 14 for cardiff and london. for the evening, cloud mike vick and across eastern part of england for a few spots of rain. a few spots of rain in the north west of scotla nd few spots of rain in the north west of scotland but it will be a dry dry evening. cloud around and there will be styles of sunshine and both days

will be around 11 to 15 degrees. su btle will be around 11 to 15 degrees. subtle changes into the weekend as a high drifts away to the near continent. we start to pick up more ofa continent. we start to pick up more of a southerly breeze and that will bring relatively warm air. temperatures across england and wales and other teams and maybe the low 20s for some. will it last into next week? this is bbc news. i'm nicholas owen. the headlines at 11pm: at least 58 people are dead after a suspected chemical attack in rebel—held syria. what we understood it was a chemical attack and it came from the air. local reports say a hospital treating the victims was also hit by air strikes. the events have provoked strong criticism around the world. if proven this would be further evidence of the barbarism of the syrian regime. russian investigators say the explosion on the st petersburg metro was the result of a suicide bombing.

former london mayor ken livingstone has been suspended from the labour party for a year over controversial comments he made about adolf hitler and zionism. tonight on newsnight, the finger of blame is