but i think it looking more risky. but i think it would have done her more damage if she had you turned yet again and decided at the last—minute that she would be there. every single leader would be there. every single leader would have made the point that this is her yet would have made the point that this is heryet again would have made the point that this is her yet again not strong and stable, but just making is her yet again not strong and stable, butjust making another u—turn. stable, butjust making another u-turn. although it was a u-turn for jeremy corbyn. u-turn. although it was a u-turn for jeremy corbyn. yes, which never mentioned. he said he wouldn't take pa rt if mentioned. he said he wouldn't take part if she didn't, but then he did. the guardian had got the same debate story, jeremy corbyn confronting amber rudd over cuts, in a fractious debate, but that is what you would expect with the seven politicians arguing over 90 minutes. actually, jeremy corbyn did not confront amber rudd enough, he started off, saying, have you been to a food bank, and i thought he was going to act like this is a choice between him, the leader of the labour party who has turned up, and the underling who has

been sent in, and what he should have done, he should have ended with, but we don't know what theresa may thinks because she is not here to debate it, and he should have kept on persisting with that. he should have done that every time and thatis should have done that every time and that is what people should have taken away from the debate, that theresa may did not want the debate, andi theresa may did not want the debate, and i do think he did that enough.” don't think you're giving him enough credit. i have been accused of that before. i thought he did quite well, especially after the disastrous interview on women's hour. —— woman's hour yesterday. he was very calm about everything and he didn't go down to the level of the others and he was a bit above the shouting and he was a bit above the shouting and the squabbling. and i think, 0k, he did not hit as hard as he could have, but he would be hitting the prime minister's spokesperson and not the prime minister and that could have come across as too aggressive and too angry. this was

actually a gaffe free performance on jeremy corbyn which is quite impressive for him. do you think voters like zen in their politicians? that is irrelevant, i can't see anyone changing their mind after watching that debate. i can't see anyone watching a performance and changing their mind to many people are jeremy corbyn was a great leader, that will have convinced you and if you think theresa may is so competent that she doesn't need to turn up, that will have convinced you. but if you believe the times and their polling, and that is a big if, but labour had closed the gap to just three points, they are saying. metro newspaper here, this is quite a clever banner, the lady is not for turning up. paraphrasing the famous margaret thatcher thing, and the lady had been the turning on social

ca re lady had been the turning on social care and national insurance, and so i understand, if she had turned up she would have been accused of making another u—turn, but people would have remembered that she had turned up. she put herself into a corner and jeremy corbyn called her bluff, which was the right thing to do, buti bluff, which was the right thing to do, but i felt like he could have capitalised on it more. even though there were no gaffes, it was a bit like pmqs, when he could have taken theresa may apart, and it was all there for him, but he didn't quite get the ball over the line. that is because he is, as rachel said. laughter amber rudd's father died over the weekend and she was put in to do the possiblejob and weekend and she was put in to do the possible job and she knew she was going to get hammered for theresa may not being there. she held her owi'i may not being there. she held her own and did not go down to the level

of squabbling. i do not want to say she was strong and stable, but she was a little bit stable. i think she did really well in an impossible situation. we won't show this to you, but the financial times are saying that they have come out in favour of theresa may, which is quite interesting. they were against brexit. but they say that theresa may in their view has looked brittle but is best placed to lead brexit. may in their view has looked brittle but is best placed to lead brexitlj wonder how many people that actually speaks for, because the financial times were anti—brexit and they have ke pt times were anti—brexit and they have kept up that rhetoric but they have said she is the best of a bad bunch and many people on the doorstep, and i was speaking to tory mps who said exactly that. theresa may has gone from being a positive to being neutral at best. how has that happened? the social care thing was

a big thing, there's a perception that she has got it in for pensioners, which additionally boat story and that she changes her mind. —— which traditionally votes tory. and it is cutting through that she's not answering questions on television. she is dodging it too much whatjeremy television. she is dodging it too much what jeremy corbyn answers the question even if it takes a long time —— she is dodging it too much. he argues the question, even if it might bea he argues the question, even if it might be a different question. laughter and now to another story, ian paterson, the breast surgeon, who has been sentenced to 15 years, he was told he was driven by the material rewards which was brought from his private practice. shocking story. when you read the testimonials from the victims, what comes across, they say, he seemed

arrogant and i didn't like him, comes across, they say, he seemed arrogantand i didn't like him, but i trusted him because he seemed to know what he was talking about and that sums up how, when we interact with people from medical backgrounds, we have this kind of implicit trust in them. when it is abused it shows how long it can go on for, how many women, and one man, as welcomer subjected to these unneeded operation stack as well, —— as well, subjected to these and needed operations. yes, he said they could develop cancer, playing on their worst fears, for manipulation. the real question, why was it able to go on for 15 years? people raised concerns. was it that people did not see what they wanted to see? women we re see what they wanted to see? women were discounted for other reasons? it isa were discounted for other reasons? it is a great result that he has

beenjailed15 it is a great result that he has been jailed 15 years but troubling, the story, and more needs to be looked into this. there is still the compensation claim for those victims to be heard. that is down the road a little bit. the financial times, their main story is about, being widely expected in washington that donald trump is going to pull out of the paris time an accord. the financial times says china and the european union have done their own deal, their own climate pact because there is so much doubt about america's commitment. this is real evidence of donald trump's america turning its back on the rest of the world, and the rest of the world shrugging their shoulders and saying, we have got to get on with it. this goes with the quote from angela merkel about the nato summit la st angela merkel about the nato summit last week, that europe can't count oi'i last week, that europe can't count on others. there are new alliances being formed. now the united states

has left. donald trump is still saying on twitter he might go one way or the other, teasing, but this is not really an issue that you should take lightly. it is like it isa game should take lightly. it is like it is a game show, like the apprentice. it seems strange, he will give china ten in dollars to help them with developing a national mission training system —— $10 million. developing a national mission training system -- $10 million. and he got any doubt that he will pull out of the paris accord?|j he got any doubt that he will pull out of the paris accord? i can't see any reason why he wouldn't. he said this in his campaign and his advisers want him to do it and it will be a vote winner back home. he changed his mind on draining the swamp and changed his mind on his health care plans and about getting america involved in foreign conflict and his campaign promises if you look at what happened in the first couple of months, they don't seem to have been that important to him. i

have been that important to him. i have my things crossed that he will change his mind at the last minute, and the idea of him saving the planet, that will prevail and they will stay in, but i don't have much hope. he said in his suite about being on the verge of making america great again. —— in his tweet. and now to the story which is about getting close to the sun. that is right. they say this would be the closest a probe has ever got to the sun. a guy called professor parker, who turns 90, he has studied the

sun, and he has been proven com pletely sun, and he has been proven completely right. very small, the size of a car. the size of a car and it will slingshot around venus tavern times over seven years using the gravitational field —— seven times. this isjust the latest in incredible advancements in space technology and last week we had a new zealand company that launched a 3-d new zealand company that launched a 3—d printed reusable rocket and we have a long mask's space x —— elon musk's space x. he said he would pull out of donald trump's space council if he withdrew from the paris climate agreement, so that will be interesting. interesting and exciting things happening in space

technology, and whether that is getting close to the side or living on mars, this is the future and we are here. —— close to the sun. on mars, this is the future and we are here. -- close to the sun. the spacecraft will have to withstand images of 1373 celsius.|j spacecraft will have to withstand images of 1373 celsius. i would put the factor 30 on if i was going. maybe a higher factor, the factor 30 on if i was going. maybe a higherfactor, maybe the factor 30 on if i was going. maybe a higher factor, maybe factor 50! thank you very much. many thanks indeed. that is it. don't forget you concede the front pages —— 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 rachel and owen. goodbye. good evening. it was a decent day across large parts of the uk and it leads us into a quiet night. it is dry pretty much everywhere and it will be a dry night with patches of missed developing. this is what we saw earlier. reducing the odd shower in wales. this area is heading our way. the breeze is picking up and the cloud is for them all the while. the odd shower in northern england overnight. by the end of the night the rain is getting into the western side of northern ireland, and ahead of that, it's a mild night, 1344, some places 16 to start the day, so pretty warm air to start the day and it will be a warm afternoon. the warm aircoming up it will be a warm afternoon. the warm air coming up ahead of the main weather front which will be a slow—moving feature. northern

ireland, you can see it moving east, but the bulk of england and wales will stay fine and dry and after the grey start we will have a few patches of low cloud along the south coast, but that will keep the temperatures around 16, and further inland we have the low 20s and it could be 25 in the south—eastern corner. some good spells of sunshine to be had across much of england and wales. temperatures widely in the low 20s. fresh air from the atlantic, 15—16 in northern ireland and the shores of the murray firth. the main area of rain is very slow to make its way to northern england and wales through thursday evening and wales through thursday evening and it will be in a similar position early on friday. that is where you will have some rain in northern ireland and the west, but it could be warm again, 25, 26, and that might spark thunderstorms. at the

start of the weekend, the weather front start of the weekend, the weather fro nt m oves start of the weekend, the weather front moves to and it takes thunderstorms with it and so we are into the fresh westerly winds, and with those, we are going to see temperatures moving down into the low 20s in london but most places 16-17, low 20s in london but most places 16—17, sunny spells and a scattering of showers and that is how the second part of the weekend looks will stop a fresher feel to things. this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 23:00. one of the biggest election debates of this campaign taken place in cambridge, with politicians clashing over brexit, immigration, security and austerity. amber rudd seems so confident that this is a country at ease with itself. have you been to a food bank? have you seen people sleeping around our stations? ijust have to take on some of jeremy corbyn's fantasy economics. i mean, he has this money tree

wish list in his manifesto. meanwhile, the prime minister, campaigning in the west country today, defended her decision not to be in cambridge for tonight's debate. i think debates where the politicians are squabbling among themselves doesn't do anything for the process of electioneering.