a poll on allegations of tax fraud. a poll on the front of the metro suggests that theresa may is britain's most popular leader of the last forty yea rs. popular leader of the last forty years. the prime minister is pictured on the front page of the daily telegraph — greeting the president of the european commission in downing street this evening. the paper reports that britain will be tied to europe's human rights laws for another five years. the times leads with a warning from the pharmaceutical industry that the world's biggest drug companies could abandon britain unless the nhs receives an extra £20 billion a year. and finally, the guardian reports that large numbers of foreign fighters are abandoning islamic state and depleting the ra nks islamic state and depleting the ra n ks of islamic state and depleting the ranks of the terror group. we will look at some of those in more detail. jane takers to the telegraph with theresa may keeping britain tied to human rights laws. the telegraph are saying the manifesto when it comes which we are expecting

inafew when it comes which we are expecting in a few weeks will make no mention of the uk pulling out of the european convention on human rights. this is something she spoke about last year, the right of the party wa nted last year, the right of the party wanted this wrapped up in the brexit hill but i think the reality of this is that it'll be too much of a distraction to have to go through that as there is an election going on and she has the capital to do this. she has a huge poll lead and she needs to appeal to voters in the centre so she can irritate the right—wing. centre so she can irritate the right-wing. how do you see the destruction argument martin? right-wing. how do you see the destruction argument martin7m right-wing. how do you see the destruction argument martin? it is a valid argument, there is an electoral tactic here, trying to keepa very electoral tactic here, trying to keep a very simple, that is a clear strategy that they are adopting but secondly there is a straightforward practical issue that when it comes to delivering legislation this was a

manifesto commitment by david cameron to replace the human rights act which is all silent to what would theoretically happen if we pulled out, they would have to have some sort of replacement in the domestic law and it's a very complicated thing to do. whether it is right or wrong is a different debate but on a practical level it is complicated and the government has to devote an enormous amount of energy to the deal. i think they simply want have time to do this. the photograph implies that her and her counterpart are getting along very well. this is our so-called great enemy of europe are having an almost clinch there. heaven forbid. ta kers to takers to the front of the metro which takes us to the popularity of theresa may. this is a poll from my

paper that they are stolen. basically what it says is that she is the most popular leader, 6i% basically what it says is that she is the most popular leader, 61% of votersjudge is the most is the most popular leader, 61% of voters judge is the most capable candidate ahead of tony blair, who had 52%. margaret thatcher 40% and now this is the most capable of the leaders who are available so i suppose you might posit that against jeremy corbyn who is not well rated i suppose. you measure it against that's where the other leaders are measured against... clearly the comparison between thatcher and major something people have made so this will be delightful reading to tory essential officers who were playing on theresa may's strengths as the leader. they will be happy. we heard in the house of commons

today and she was repeating this line and we can see why she is, strong and stable leadership and she repeated i don't know 12 times. we we re repeated i don't know 12 times. we were talking about the repeating of lines earlier and how much it gets to the point when people do get thoroughly sick. they'd do but a home that cuts through and i think people only take away one line and that will be what they have done today as well as her coalition of chaos. i suppose if you think back to the brexit debate and the referendum then there was the take back control which was repeated ad in the martyrdom but it does cut through and resonate. maybe that strategy is right. in terms of policies you spoke about the triple pension block whereby the pension will go up by three different determinants and we are not quite sure where they are going with that at the moment? yes she was asked by

angus robinson to scrap it and she didn't so it is clear that it is on the table. it's possible this could bea the table. it's possible this could be a positive argument, she could say we're just going to ease this slightly, it doesn't have to be taking so much money away from pensioners but she can make the argument that money is needed for social care and as she said earlier she has the political capital to do this i think it would be a tough choice. pensioners do vote in large numbers. they do but the question would be whoever going to vote for instead and it depends what they come up with. i know they are assessing different options but if they increase inflation and this is close with that level anyway so it wouldn't make a huge amount of difference that would give them more flexibility in terms of finances coming forward. the front of the times has a very ominous photograph with north commune missiles in range

of us. this is very concerning and it has been for a few weeks but there is this terrifying rhetoric from admiral harry harris is the top us commander in the pacific saying if it flies it will die, that sort of rhetoric and we hear it from donald trump but from other people in the administration, i think what is needed is a cooler talk and it is very worrying that i think maybe they see if they step up the strong rhetoric it will terrify north korea but i'm not sure it will. also they are trying to pressurise china which is the big strategy and when donald trump keep saying this is a problem which has to be resolved, of course there is a danger that he talks itself into a corner and gets the point where he has to do something because he is so committed to saying we have to this out. clearly his whole strategy which is a high risk one. his strategy is to hope that

the chinese can exert leveraged on north korea and i'm not sure why really because to remove the threat altogether would be an enormous step and unfortunately while they still have weapons and while they are developing weapons is problematic because you still have an unstable leader causing danger. one of the north korean arguments featured last evening here was they took one look at colonel gaddafi got rid of his nuclear weapons and look what happened to him. yes. that is where they come from. the front page of they come from. the front page of the guardian, martin and this is another huge international foreign affairs. with particular reference to the so—called islamic state. affairs. with particular reference to the so—called islamic statem is good news in a sense that islamic state is being depleted, on the retreat it seems in iraq and syria and so on. that is broadly a good

thing and reduces the appeal and becomes harderfor thing and reduces the appeal and becomes harder for people to go there and much less appealing and our people on the back foot seemed to not be as successful as they once were. the flip side is that people are starting to leave and from a domestic point of view they talk about britain who have been arrested by turkish authorities on the turkish syrian border having been in syria and apparently they are facing charges there and could face charges here if you came back. there is a big concern here among domestic security about people from their coming back. it is unclear how many people how many will, there is a theory that some people just want to martyr themselves and therefore not many will but anybody who does who has had any battle experience for example is going to be highly problematic. i'm not entirely clear if we're talking about people whose

mindset has been changed as a result of leaving and that is different. yes they can live syria and iraq and have they left the islamic state completely? every time there is an attack in europe, isis loves tojump oi'i attack in europe, isis loves tojump on it because it knows it is being weakened in syria and iraq and wants to appear strong in europe terrify people in cities in europe. this does show that they are being severely depleted in this countries but as you say it is whether they are leaving islamic state mentally as well as physically. some people have certainly as well as physically. some people have certa i nly left as well as physically. some people have certainly left that area but haven't left that ideology behind and the role. .. haven't left that ideology behind and the role... the role turkey plays once they arrive in turkey will be interesting. that is positive because they have been more robust at closing the borders and try to pick people up. time to squeeze to morin. let's talk football. the taxman tackles football. the taxman tackles football elite. in regards to west

ham in newcastle today. this will continue to evolve over the coming few months where this extensive road we don't know the rights and wrongs of this. clearly there is a major investigation which could end badly for the people in these clubs and on other clubs as it widens. badly for the people in these clubs and on other clubs as it widensm is widening as you say. i think football is going to a terrible time with repeated scandals. they are having an incredible management issue and financial issues. it's not

a new thing unfortunately, in spain you had messi being convicted therefore tax offences or a tax offence i should say. this is trying to minimise these people who are well paid in a rich industry who are allegedly trying to minimise tax in ways that according to the fifa may not be legitimate is quite concerning i think. difficult if you are a newcastle fan who has just been promoted to the premier league. they shouldn't be worrying about things like this. we have one minutes less to discuss the sponsorship of the m1 motorway. minutes less to discuss the sponsorship of the m1 motorwaym is quite a strange suggestion. sponsorship of the m1 motorwaym is quite a strange suggestionlj sponsorship of the m1 motorwaym is quite a strange suggestion. i had to check the date on the paper. the head of the aa is suggesting you could have sponsorships of motorways, the story he is proposing

is morrison's and other supermarkets to get investments for road. the thing is when you drive up the motorway you see adverts for lots of things for service stations and it is one step. i find it depressing. they don't want to attach themselves to the monotonous prospect of driving along a motorway. the sale of public assets and the sale of the name, ifind it of public assets and the sale of the name, i find it is up to them of public assets and the sale of the name, ifind it is up to them of a football clu b name, ifind it is up to them of a football club but certain things should remain free. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — 7 days a week at bbc dot co uk forward slash papers — and if you miss the programme any

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brighten up, similar in london and for cardiff. looking ahead to friday it is reasonable for many people showers are few and far between and the winds are quite nice. this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 11pm: us senators are briefed at the white house about the deepening crisis involving north korea and how president trump plans to handle it. theresa may refuses to guarantee the so—called triple—lock on pension rises at the final session of prime minister's questions before polling day. tax officials have raided newcastle united and west ham football clubs, as part of an investigation into suspected fraud. and coming up on newsnight,

we've heard a lot about labour and the conservatives in this election campaign. tonight we'll be out and about with ukip — they are in single digits in the polls. is there life after brexit and losing nigel farage as leader?