"x" ”luff saying his legal staff have contacted the uk authorities and hope to engage in a dialogue about what is the best way forward. whether we will see a change of strategy, i don't know. he could still be arrested by the british police if he leaves the embassy. that's the bottom line. there are arrest warrants issued for him. he is saying he has had seven years of not seeing his children grow up. i don't know what it must be like to spend your time trapped in a building. i alwaysjust think, does he secretly have a moustache and slinks out at night. but with the policeman guarding a the clock, i don't know. the situation last week with the nhs and the hackers, i'm not sure if he can perhaps offer some sort of help with his expertise in that area. he is sitting in the embassy with not so much to do. good point. the telegraph, lots of papers covering this, as have tv and radio today, this is the potential split in the conservative party approach

toa in the conservative party approach to a winterfuel in the conservative party approach to a winter fuel benefit, henry? the news on the tory manifesto that if you are in england and ui pensioner and you receive winter fuel allowa nce and you receive winter fuel allowance between £100 to £300 per year, that will now be means tested. rich people won't get it. but if you are in scotland that would be the case. it'll still be available universally. that tells us something interesting. it is doing so well amongst older voters that it doesn't need to keep giving them goodies like david cameron did. they can say, look, you are getting a great deal, you have a good deal over the past few years, so we will cut back on some of your benefits. but they still need scottish voters. there is still need scottish voters. there is still a strong independence campaign north of the border. the last thing theresa may wants to do in the middle of brexit negotiation this have that flare—up. middle of brexit negotiation this have that flare-up. it is a devolved matter. this is a decision, ruth davidson's scottish party manifesto. that is what they have chosen to do

with their money. they have chosen not to means test pensioners. that is her decision. don't confuse it, this is not a sweetie for scotland. they want people to vote for her. but it isn't extra money for scots and not extra cash for english pensioners. what did you make of... we saw ruth davidson and theresa may today, and both being asked about this, one of the suggestions about why the differences, it is mighty cold in scotland. welcome it is. if you live in cumbria, newcastle, they might have something to say. that is the decision theresa may has made. i suppose you can always move north of the border. chuckles nice advert for moving to scotland. the son have gone with a pun making headline, divide and fuel. tories feel the heat of hypocritical policy. is that fair in the light of

what lindsey has been saying?m might not be. but it goes the perception that many english voters have that scotland gets a better deal, that public spending is higher north of the border. this is something paul nuttall of ukip has tried to play on. let's get english people the same deal scottish people have. all sorts of reasons why public spending is different. this kind of thing does seem a political ploy. kind of thing does seem a political ploy, and won the tory party basically think they can get away with because they are doing so well amongst older voters and they cannot afford, really, ithink, to inflame the national sentiment. ten for the headline, by the way. it is right to pick up on this. but they cannot say this is bad politics. ruth davidson, the scottish conservatives are on the scottish conservatives are on the march. it is a two horse fight north of the border between the scottish tories and the snp. last week the scottish tories were... you

get free prescriptions in scotland. that was brought in by the snp. the scottish tories are against that, they have gone back on that and said they have gone back on that and said they would keep it. this is another sweetener for voters there. she said today, a bit more personality politics, theresa may is saying vote for me, give me a chance, ruth davidson said today in scotland, lend me your vote, vote for me, it isa lend me your vote, vote for me, it is a bit more of the personality politics. that is a great lead into oui’ politics. that is a great lead into our next tory. maybe carry on with that. the ft, not their main story, but down the left—hand side, control beats charm on may's rigid campaign trail. what do you make of the style of her campaign trail?” trail. what do you make of the style of her campaign trail? i have been on it over the last couple of weeks in wales, the south—west, and the north. it is controlled. you don't know where she will be until a few hours before hand. know where she will be until a few hours beforehand. you will rise, there are supporters there, she will

arrive at a community centre. —— you will arrive, there are supporters there. she gives the same speech everywhere. and with all of the proper slogans we have learnt off by heart now, strong and stable, etc. it is controlled. is it robotic, monotonous and lacking in imagination, but nonetheless exceeding brilliantly? —— are succeeding brilliantly? we will know ina few succeeding brilliantly? we will know in a few weeks. does anybody do it differently these days? in the light of the pain that has been caused in some past campaigns by run—ins with voters who have, one thinks of gillian duffy and gordon brown, and people said it cost in the election. you can see why the spin doctors close ra n ks you can see why the spin doctors close ranks around their leader and try and control it all. even the few performances we have seen from theresa may, the public, in the wild, as it were, there has been a risk of it going wrong. a woman with

learning disabilities asking her why she is taking away some of her benefits. it is an uncomfortable position for a prime minister to be in. she wants to look like a leader. people behind the polls, tim farron and jeremy corbyn, are having to play it differently. they cannot deny the media access. they have to do everything they can. she has such a big lead in the polls that she is effectively able to do what manchester united did when they will fall— zero up, play defensively, knock the ball around, keep it away from doing anything too creative. —— manchester united did when they were 4-0 manchester united did when they were 4—0 up. she is in government and she wa nts to 4—0 up. she is in government and she wants to stay there. is there anything in that idea that it is lacking in imagination, that it is so lacking in imagination, that it is so rigid there is nothing, sort of, spontaneous that could excite people? her advisers were worried about the idea she was being seen as robotic and boring. that is why we saw lights come into her in the one show appearance with her husband, philip. he came off slightly more

affa ble philip. he came off slightly more affable in that. in policy terms... there have been creative moves. she has lots of room in the selection to actually go out there and say i want actually go out there and say i want a mandate from my policies, these are my ideas. she is setting up the tory agenda in the centre ground. she has been bowled. taken ideas a lot of her colleagues would not agree with. let's move the times. whether she has or hasn't been controlling, there is a promise that she wants to control web giants. she has said that britain should be the world's internet policeman, what is that about? we cannot see the full interview yet. we had a trail of this over the last week. that these technology giants, facebook, youtube, so on, will be forced to erase data, pictures that have been

posted by children who are under 18. most people, i think, posted by children who are under 18. most people, ithink, most posted by children who are under 18. most people, i think, most bright minded people, are quite shocked to think that on youtube and google and facebook there are terrorist images. images of child abuse. nobody wants that kind of content to be accessible at all. now theresa may is promising, pledging, she will be giving people more power over controlling their own data and crackdown on how data is held. what do you think? the problem always seems to be that the companies themselves, so we are told, are not doing enough to do what right minded people want. these companies came from libertarian backgrounds, platforms of free speech, that is what users want to do, it is their decision, we do not want to be censors. they make billions in profit. they can decide elections. they have huge reach. they should be

in the eyes of politicians, inevitably. point is, nobody has worked out how to govern these things. theresa may, with everything else on a plate, is now promising to be the world's internet policeman. you know, good luck. quite an ambition. if you have had friends who have had a facebook account and had a picture removed because it contains nudity, you think, if they can do that, why not tackle these are the issues? that maybe the will of the companies rather than legislation. let's return to the daily telegraph. let's go overseas. there is a story that has been coming out tonight via the washington post and new york times... talking about donald trump calling his former fbi director james comey a nutjob. calling his former fbi director james comey a nut job. it is astonishing, isn't it? every instalment is like the next episode of, you know, house of cards, you don't know what is going to come out next. we heard earlier about how...

we are getting a bit more colour, in the lead up to james comey being sacked, what happened, and how will trump's behaviour changed, and how he was getting friendly with him, trying to embrace him. and james comey felt he was being compromised his position was being compromised, and he didn't want... he already knew the democrats didn't trust him and it was an awkward position for him. now hearing this language from trump... the white house's inspiration for sacking him has changed. —— explanation for sacking him has changed. now he's being explicit. the white house spokesman is being explicit. this was to do with russia. about easing the pressure on russia. james comey‘s investigation into the links between the white house and russia had caused problems and by firing him

they got rid of it. this story will run and run. plenty more on that. we cannot finish without looking at the sun. megan against pepper. —— megan against pepper —— megan against pippa. -- megan against pippa. megan is due to tie the knot. —— pippa is due to tie the knot. the entire's girlfriend might apparently upstage her. she is into yoga. it'll be interesting to see. maybe we will have another royal wedding. thank you both. that's the papers. you can see the front pages on the website. seven days a week. all there for

you. if you have missed the programme, you can watch later on iplayer. we have seen fairly unsettled and lively weather over the last few days. heavy showers and thunderstorms. here is a view on friday afternoon, taken by one of our viewers in buckinghamshire. the heavy rain coming out of the cloud. we have had hail, mining, and thunder. —— lightning and thunder. to the north—east, there has been cloud producing persistent rain. we will continue to see rain on the far north—east of england tonight and across northern scotland, too. most of the heavy showers fade away. by saturday morning, clearer skies, a fresh start to the date them into single figures, but it should be a frost free morning. the most places

there will be sunshine in the morning. across northern and eastern scotland, any brightness in short supply. for dumfries & galloway, into northern ireland, sunshine, some showers, light patches of rain into northumberland. the lancashire and across the border, down to wales, some sunshine to start your day. any showers will be relatively few and far between at this point of the day. you will be unlikely to catch showers in the morning. central and south—eastern parts, largely dry to start, but as the sunshine once things up those clouds will build and we will see heavier showers. almost anywhere, i think. the part of east anglia in the south—east, likely to stay dry. but we could see thunder and lightning and hailstones with the heavier showers. there will be sunshine in between any of those showers. sunday looks like the drier day of the weekend. the showers will ease away. light rain possible in the far north—west. elsewhere, lighter

winds, dryer, and a bit warmer, too, with temperatures up to 20 degrees. heavy showers on saturday, a bit of brightness in between. 0n heavy showers on saturday, a bit of brightness in between. on sunday, the showers should largely fade away. a drier picture by sunday and it'll feel warmer, as well. that trend continues into the new working week. on monday, low—pressure approaching from the west. bumping into high pressure in the east. still the chance of showers and parts of wales, northern ireland, scotland. further south should be largely dry. temperatures by monday, 0ctober largely dry. temperatures by monday, october 20 2 degrees. —— to riches by monday it up to 22 degrees. this is bbc news.

i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 11: the wikileaks founderjulian assange says he's ready to engage with uk and us authorities after claiming victory over a decision by swedish prosecutors to drop a rape investigation. seven yea rs seven years without charge. why did my children grow up without me? that is not something that i can forgive. it is not something that i can forget. as donald trump heads to saudi arabia on his first foreign trip as president, the white house is engulfed in fresh claims about links to russia. theresa may is forced to defend her election pledge to scrap winter fuel payments for some pensioners as divisions open up within her party.