has died at the age of 83. he was seen as the last strongman of latin america. a key ally to the united states in the 1980s, noriega was helpful in washington's battle against the spread of communism before being toppled when american troops invaded. our world affairs editor, john simpson, looks back at his life. he may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch. american politicians used to say of leaders like manuel noriega — he may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch. they selected him, trained him, encouraged him to be a bulwark against communism, but noriega went too far. the cia used him to get information about fidel castro in cuba, then found he was giving information about the cia to castro. they decided not to turn a blind eye to his large scale drug dealing any more, especially when he started attacking america openingly. "i say to the north americans, stop threatening because i'm

not afraid of death." by 1989, president george h w bush had had enough. general noriega's reckless threats and attacks upon americans in panama created an imminent danger to the 35,000 american citizens in panama. noriega hid in the vatican embassy in panama city, but the us army bombarded the building with heavy metal music at unbearable levels. in 1990, he was flown to miami and charged with drug—trafficking, and although the defence argued that the cia had known all about this, he was sentenced to a0 years jail in 1992. pineapple face, as he was known from his acne scars, was finally humiliated. at home the crowds rejoiced, some waved teddy bears because,

weirdly, noriega used to collect them. he spent the rest of his life in prison in the us, france and panama. two years ago he asked for forgiveness from all the people he'd wronged. his death draws a line under the old latin america of corrupt, military dictators, and under one of america's worse policy failures in supporting him. john simpson, bbc news. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. tonight, a special election debate from newsnight and newsbeat in newcastle on the generation gap. an audience of under—305 and over—60s will challenge each other and politicians. join us now on bbc two. here, on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. have a good night.

hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm hugh woozencroft. our main headlines this evening. ‘arsene wenger — we want you to stay‘ — he signs a new two year deal to continue as arsenal boss. fans line the streets to pay tribute to huddersfield town after their premier league promotion. and the british number 0nejohanna konta is out of the french open — stunned by the world number 109, well, whether you sit in

the ‘wenger in‘ or the ‘wenger 0ut‘ camp the news remains the same. the arsenal manager won't be leaving. arsene wenger has signed a new two year deal to extend his 21 year stay at the club. an official announcement will be made tomorrow. however, it has been a season of ups and downs in north london as our sports editor dan roan reports. he's already the longest serving manager in british football and now we know, arsene wenger‘s ten year at arsenal will extend the 22nd year. this season ‘s longest—running saga finally concluded after a meeting of the board amidst fierce debate amongst the fans. there will be an

element to so angry —— who will be so angry. element to so angry —— who will be so angry. they already showing their feelings. and then there will be as many if not more who will save you know what, you might get a better manager than arsene wenger. the pressure on arsene wenger has intensified in recent months, whilst he mulled over the idea of a new contract, many fans lost face as arsenal were humiliated in europe. arsene wenger we wanted to go! arsene wenger we wanted to go! arsene wenger we wanted to go! arsene wenger making clear the criticism hurts. the lack of respect at some stage for me has been a disgrace and i would never accept that. i believe there is a difference between being criticised and being treated in a way that a human being doesn't deserve to be

treated and i will never forget that. having arrived in 96 to headlines of arsene who, he silenced the critics by revolutionising arsenal on and off the pitch, three league titles followed following seven fa cups, the most recent came on the odds on saturday against chelsea. a triumph that may have proved crucial and the frenchman agreeing a new two—year contract along with the support of the club's owner. he needs to spend, that's what he needs to do, he needs to be given fans and he needs to use the funds because we keep hearing there are fans and he seems to not go in for the big players, for the players that are earning astronomical money. it's become hard to imagine arsenal that the most successful manager and the 67—year—old will be reassured he is the man in charge despite

frustrations of recent seasons, the arsene wenger years are set to continue. huddersfield town have been celebrating their promotion to the premier league this evening. thousands of fans lined the streets of the west yorkshire town after they returned to the top flight of english football for the first time in 45 years. david wagner's side beat reading in a penalty shootout and earn themselves a reported minimum £175 million over the next few seasons. riyad mahrez has informed leicester city he wants to leave during the upcoming transfer window, saying he's ‘fiercely ambitious‘ and that ‘now is the time to move on.‘ the 26 year old joined leicester from french club le harve in 2014. helping them to a championship title in his first season. he won the premier league with the club in 2016, being named pfa player of the year. in his statement, mahrez says it was then agreed that he would stay at the club for one more season. they finished 12th in the league this term and reached the champions league quarter—finals. the algerian says he hopes foxes fans ‘will understand and respect his decision.‘

world number one andy murray is seeking to build some good form after a poor season so far on clay. last year‘s runner—up beat unseeded russian andrey kuznetsov in 4 sets to ease through the first round at the french open as hannah lupton reports. time to put injury, illness and bad for behind, andy murray arrived in paris still as world number one and attempting to master the famous red clay for the first time. the scots plan seemed to wait for unforced errors from andrey kuznetsov, the russians seem to be happy to oblige despite losing his serve, murray broke back to take the first set 6-4. broke back to take the first set 6—4. kuznetsov has had a good clay season and made the geneva open semifinals last week, here at roland garros he was showing what he was capable. marie wasn‘t helped by

misfiring serve, it was broken three times as the russian won the second set 6—4 to level the match. murray changed gears for the third and now it was kuznetsov making the mistakes, murray breezed through the set 6—2 to take a 2—1 lead. a minor bump avoided, murray cruised through the next, 6—0, he moves into the second round when he will play martin cleves and slovakia. i was looking forward to getting going today, i didn't need the extra time on the practice court and by getting the tuesday starts it allowed me to get some good practice and after missing a couple of days with the illness so i was action quite happy to wait until tuesday, obviously ended up planks of his staff. also through to round two is kyle edmund reaching the second round for the third successive year. he beat portugal‘s gastao elias taking the match in straight sets. edmund will play eitherjo—wilfred tsonga or renzo 0livo in round two. in the women‘s draw,

british number one johanna konta suffered a shock defeat by world number 109 sue—way—shay in the first round of the french open. the seventh seed took the first set 6—1 with her power too much for her opponent, but the match swung around with konta eventually on the losing side and is still yet to win in the main draw at roland garros after three successive first—round losses. former world number one tiger woods his arrest yesterday for ‘driving under the influence‘ was not alcohol related. reports in the us media suggest woods was found "asleep at the wheel" with the engine running when he was arrested. the 1a time grand slam champion blamed "an unexpected reaction to prescribed medication". he is currently recovering from a fourth operation on his back. norway and lyon striker arda hegerberg has been crowned the bbc women‘s footballer of the year 2017. she was surprised by her sister andrine, a midfielderfor birmingham city

in front of her lyon teammates in france. they are are hoping to win successive trebles when they face paris st germain the women‘s champions league final in cardiff on thursday. that‘s all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are ben chu economics and business editor at the independent and dave wooding, political editor of the sun on sunday. tomorrow‘s front pages, starting with.

the metro leads with what it calls a car crash interview — wherejeremy corbyn stumbled over the cost of labour‘s free childcare plans in an interview with the bbc. the daily telegraph says it has seen leaked documents showing a labour plan to allow thousands of unskilled migrants to enter the uk after brexit. the same story is in the mail adding that proposals also include axing rules which limit foreign spouses living here unless they can show they will not be a ‘burden‘ on the taxpayer. the guardian focuses on theresa may saying jeremy corbyn‘s policies would leave him "alone and naked“ in the negotiating chamber of the eu, they call it her strongest personal attack on the labour leader. the times refers to a yougov poll suggesting the conservatives could be in line to lose 20 seats and labourgain could be in line to lose 20 seats and labour gain nearly 30 in next week‘s election. the daily star‘s

top story is the american pop star ariana grande returning to the uk on sunday, for a benefit concert for the victims of the manchester arena attack — the line up includesjustin bieber, coldplay and take that. and one of the stories on the financial times is a plan by london mayor sadiq khan and transport for london for people to be able to use their phones on the tube. not sure if we welcome that, we‘ll discuss that a bit later on. first of all, i‘m sorry i haven‘t a clue is the metro‘s headline over the interview with jeremy corbyn. stumbling a little in his woman‘s hour interview. there have been so many car conditions of use during the general election and i‘m thinking of going into the motor repair business. we had diane abbott with two pranks, she‘s probably

right about this stage and jeremy corbyn has this absolute pilot today we re corbyn has this absolute pilot today were he was being interviewed on woman‘s hour on bbc radio whereby emma barnett he asks him the price, the cost of his childcare policy which is about £5 billion, even i need that. he was bearing and the pauses were excruciating. he has apologised but he should know the sort of stuff, it is a minor detail in yet again it calls into question whether he is a competent enough and b has the financial knowledge to deliver. labour supporters have reacted on twitter and elsewhere saying at least the proposals the party has costed and saying the tory proposal and costed. which is a fair point. the conservatives had no numbers in their manifesto tall and labour had this detailed list of how

it will be paid for but it does you no good unless you remember the numbers when it comes to the natural follow—up where people ask about individual policies. it's pretty sad really because he did pretty well la st really because he did pretty well last night on the debate, he came across competence , last night on the debate, he came across competence, knowing his staff, you could disagree with him but he was a far cry from the stereotype of a guy who knows nothing and crash lands as david sets today in vicinity. it is like a scene out of the thick of it and you think why not have a little back of an envelope, a couple of schools with the numbers. the thing now is the modern world of media, where you just hear it on the wireless, now that our video cameras in the background and the whole thing has gone up background and the whole thing has gone up on background and the whole thing has gone up on websites where you can see him fiddling around, getting his ipad out and looking flustered. the interesting thing between the two leaders, jeremy corbyn is coming through style and substance, not on top of the figures and details and