the world of fantasy. the prime minister's hand has been strengthened. no it has not. she has gone into the european council weaken. immeasurably weakened. she we nt weaken. immeasurably weakened. she went to the country for a mandate for her hard brexit. she lost her majority. she is going to have a lot of trouble getting any measure through the house of commons. and thatis through the house of commons. and that is before any conversation that is beforeany mmefl‘fiflfifl! about. house of lords. sheg ini she she i she she is 1 she she is - she because 2 -ie european union, that is playing with statistics and away we were told not to do so at school. we there was a

massive vote in the direction of softening the brexit. —— in a way. we have not have a second 3 us: 5 w, acomuple’te “a? 53;an make. , . , acomuple’te remuo'walz’t make. , . , acomple’te remoaalfrom make. , . , a complete remoaalfrom the ake. , . , - , a complete remoaalfrom the eu? , . , - , it a complete removalfrom the eu? if theresa may had been returned to the house of commons with a bigger mandate the jihad, and the house of commons with a bigger mandate thejihad, and i the house of commons with a bigger mandate the jihad, and i was one of the people predicting that she might get a landslide, then she might have had more authority to impose her version of brexit on parliament. she does not have a majority. —— bigger mandate than she had. it is go to work in any way, she need to bring other people in and have a broader discussion about how the uk will proceed. the guardian. where is the impetus

coming from? it will be discussed by the national police chiefs council, it comes after a difficult couple of months for the police. i'm opposed to the idea every police officer in the uk should be armed, i can't make any sense of that. this has also beena any sense of that. this has also been a difficult couple of months but our company spent months researching this and doesn't see the need to arm every police officer, when they are on it changes the relationship between police and the public. i grew up in northern ireland where every police officer has a ireland where every police officer hasa gun, ireland where every police officer has a gun, it changes that interaction, it changes the terms of discussion between you and the police officer when they've got a weapon. i wonder how much public appetite for this there would be?|j think appetite for this there would be?” think tony has expressed that eloquently, the nature of the interaction. as a child when you went to the continent and you spotted a policeman with firearms, it jars spotted a policeman with firearms, itjars and you realise how different we are and how it taps

into the culture and social wiring of this nation. this has been one of the biggest differences between us and the states, the great argument the nra has, if in doubt then an everybody, so many people have said this isn't the answer and the way to achieve peace, keep changing the goalposts about who has what weapons. times have changed, they have to be seen to be talking about something, they can't be seen as they are but perhaps another route? bola police officers should be armed if they need it but maybe a specialist unit. let's finish with the daily mail, pages four and five. a bit ofa the daily mail, pages four and five. a bit of a dig at the bbc, that may surprise you. jeremy corbyn is going to speak and cynically hijack the crowd, which is a bit strange when he sounds like he's been invited. this isn't a bbc event. the bbc televises it, as it does every year,

comprehensively, as many events as possible across many platforms i believe is how it is billed. the bbc broadcast what it is deeming editorially appropriate, if anything inappropriate happened they would cut away. i'm sure it would have that option. riddled with left wing bias says the mail of the bbc, which isa bias says the mail of the bbc, which is a bit strange because we were accused of not holding the conservatives to account during the run—up to the last election. conservatives to account during the run-up to the last election. the daily mail have been in the sun a bit too long in the last two days, they've come to the end of their tether on several issues. it would be wrong of the bbc to broadcast a public event. is it going to be a political thing? his presence is highly political as a parliamentary journalist. what happens if the p.m. turns up before the opera at glyndebourne? turns up before the opera at glyndebourne ? that turns up before the opera at glyndebourne? that is effectively what happening. hijacking is a too

strong word but the bbc, i'm not sure how you cynically hijack something, but that being said the bbc would be wiser to not broadcast this and be cautious.” bbc would be wiser to not broadcast this and be cautious. i wonder if the head of editorial policy is listening to this. i'm sure not. they might be, very nice people, very easy to talk to and very supportive. 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. if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you tony and caroline. goodbye. coming up next it is sportsday. good night. hello and welcome to sportsday with me, will perry. the headlines tonight: "i made a mistake and i must face up to it,"

the words of british number three tennis player dan evans after announcing he's tested positive for cocaine. it's a matter of hours until the lions face the all blacks in the first test in auckland. and it's all to play for in cardiff on sunday after south africa beat england in the second t20. we start with that big news from the world of tennis tonight, britain's dan evans has announced that he failed a drugs test in april, testing positive for cocaine. the 27—year—old, who has played for britain in the davis cup was last on court at surbiton earlier this month, and retired with a calf injury before withdrawing from events in nottingham, london and eastbourne. the british number three made a statement at a press conference this afternoon and didn't take any questions

i was notified a few days ago that i failed a drugs test in april where i tested positive for cocaine. this was taken at a competition and the context completely was taken at a competition and the context com pletely u nrelated was taken at a competition and the context completely unrelated to tennis. i made a mistake and i must face up to it. i do not condone for one second to anyone that this was a cce pta ble one second to anyone that this was acceptable behaviour. idlette a lot of people down, my family, my coach, my team, sponsors, british tennis and my fans —— idlette. i can only deeply apologise from the bottom of my heart —— i've let. the clock is ticking down on one of the most eagerly anticipated sporting events of the summer nearly upon us. the first test between the british and irish lions kicks off in the morning and our sports correspondent katie gornall‘s in aukland hello, auckland still waking up at the moment here and these are the headlines they are waking up to, the

front page of the herald, this is how they have described it. that underlines what a challenge this is for the lions, the biggest in world by for the lions, the biggest in world rugby you have to say. this is a tea m rugby you have to say. this is a team that's only been together a few weeks, they are about to take on the world champions in their own backyard but they received a motivational boost last night from brian o'driscoll, legendary irish centre, a four—time tourist, he handed out the testjerseys to the lions and his talk was cruelly ended 12 years ago against new zealand in the opening minutes by a controversial tackle and he spoke about what it meant for him to be a lyon and those words would be powerful for peter o marney, lyon and those words would be powerfulfor peter o marney, the text captain, such a remarkable rise from him when he couldn't get into the ireland team three months ago it. we spoke to his father yesterday and he described it as mind—boggling but no one said it will be easy in auckland but there a positivity and momentum about this lions side

although whether that will be there come the final whistle is another question. katie, thank you, katie gornall in auckland. england's twenty20 series with south africa will be decided in the third match in cardiff on sunday after the tourists levelled it up at 1—1 with a narrow win by three runs at taunton this evening. it was england's first game there since 1983. our reporter henry moeran was at the ground. it's not often international men's cricket comes to taunton and the 12,000 strong crowd were going to make the most of an exciting day for this part of the cricketing world. england against south africa in the second of 3t20 internationals and it proved a thriller. paddy kilmurray has the story of the day. the last time england played important, coloured kit was revolutionary, 20 of international is outputting a camera on the umpire would be unthinkable. much is new, like tom curran, the second ball in international cricket he delivered, not usually so simple! taunton is a notoriously good place to bat, ab de

villiers is notoriously good at batting, boulders head for the hills. new ball leaves, de villiers went next, tom curran returned and got two more, south africa 17a, once a tarin kowt all, not these days. not with england striking it like this, roy was meant to be out of form but he nearly put it out of the ground and going to 50 but then he changed path fatefully while running south africa claimed he deliberately got in the way of their throw, the umpire gave him out, obstructing the field. momentum lost, england needed four from the final ball, south africa didn't allow them one. not that many remember england's last game in taunton, few will remember this one. patrick gearey, bbc news. after a thriller in taunton, we go to cardiff for the finale of this t20 series. eoin morgan has said there will be changes, another

opportunity for someone to make a name for himself in this england limited overs side. the series set up limited overs side. the series set up beautifully, 1—1 after the second match in taunton. southampton have appointed the former alaves coach and liverpool defender mauricio pellegrino as their new manager. the argentinlian replaces claude puel, who was sacked after one season in charge earlier this month. pellegrino stood down as alaves boss in late may, after losing the spanish cup final to barcelona and finishing ninth in la liga with a club that had been promoted the season before. castleford have extended their lead at the top of rugby league's super league to seven points with a 23—12 win over leeds at headingley. zach hardaker scored a superb individual try as cas bounced back from their challenge cup quarter—final defeat against hull. it's castleford's eighth successive super league victory, and the third time they've beaten leeds this season. that's all from sportsday with me will perry. good night let's see what the weather is up to

this weekend and it is looking a little on the mixed side, the clouds have been rolling off the atlantic over the last couple of days bringing fresh or conditions to many parts and the heatwave we had a few days ago is a distant memory. right now we have a weather front slicing the country in half, what does this mean? a weather front normally separates two masses of air, to the south of that we have a weather front, mild air and south of that we have a weather front, mild airand mild south of that we have a weather front, mild air and mild conditions overnight, 16 or 17 with a few spots of rain. to the north of that a lot fresher in scotland around two, around ten. that weather front will bea around ten. that weather front will be a bit ofa around ten. that weather front will be a bit of a nuisance for us the course of saturday. also to an extent course of saturday. also to an exte nt 0 n course of saturday. also to an extent on sunday, it will bring showers at times. also it will be quite breezy, especially across scotland, let's start with scotland at around scotland, let's start with scotland ataround 9am, scotland, let's start with scotland at around 9am, not to emphasise the strength of the wind through the day, especially north—western coasts, maybe gale force and blowing

ha rd coasts, maybe gale force and blowing hard at times through the lowlands, breezy in northern ireland then the rest of the country, not windy here but at times thicker cloud and spots of rain that will come and go, literally fleeting, nothing too heavy. most of the time it will be absolutely fine. not an ideal weekend on the way but isn't enough. as far as glastonbury is concerned, not anticipating a mud bath, at least not just yet. not anticipating a mud bath, at least notjust yet. should be dry most of the time and there will be sunshine around as well. this is what the rest of the morning and afternoon on saturday looks like, a bit of a mix, fair bit of cloud across the country, again emphasising the strong winds in parts of scotland. temperatures, the best as you'd expect in the south—east and east anglia, temperatures around 23, for most in the teens and a cool 1a in glasgow. the low pressure that's bringing the breezy weather to scotland is with us breezy weather to scotland is with us through saturday night into sunday, really windy for the time of year eve n sunday, really windy for the time of year even for scotland, blowing a

hooley there over the north—east of scotland, also strong through the lowlands. elsewhere breezy. the good news is that strong wind will push away the cloud, so second half of the afternoon on sunday looks quite a bit brighter. 22 in london, so still on the cool side, more like the mid—teens across northern areas. to summarise, the weekend's not ideal but i think many of us wouldn't want that tremendous heatwave either. bye—bye. this is bbc news. i'm kasia madera. our top stories: around 4000 people are being evacuated from five tower blocks in north london because of safety concerns over cladding in the aftermath of the grenfell tower disaster. i know it is difficult, but grenfell changes everything, and ijust don't believe we can take any risk with our residents‘ safety, and i have to put them first. not realistic or reasonable. qatar response to demands put to it by

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