‘ blair... it's not sounding like tony blair... it's not sounding very futuristic. basically despite la st very futuristic. basically despite last week's attempt by may to say that she will go on and on ad infinitum, no one is buying it, and this is positioning again within, but i think as helen said, the bigger issue is people's doubts and criticism, critiques of the government policy. but why is she being clobbered in this way when she is not the one handling the brexit negotiations? it is david davis, liam fox who are supposed to be dealing with trade when it can finally happen. they are all members of her government, and people look to the prime minister for leadership. i think her injecting clarity from the very top, that style of leadership is incredibly important. she is supposed to be the first among equals, but that is the

idea of prime minister, she is the first lord of the it, and apparently she is also geoffrey boycott. yes, let's look at this on the guardian. theresa may bowled over by boycott. i think you had better set out what has been happening. where did she appear? she appeared today on test match special, which is an interesting place... is she a cricket fan? if she is, she stopped in 1982 when geoffrey boycott last played. this reminds me of whenjohn major talked about old maids going across the lawn on their bicycles and all the sort of thing. it was spinsters cycling to evensong, please get it right! but if it is trying to prove that you are current

and not living in the past, why would you go back to someone who stopped playing 35 years ago, or he was a very fine player. he has been a big figure. but the funny thing was, she baked her rome brownies. apparently a nigel slater recipe. but that is a big thing, to bring cake. she was asked about her style, and her response was, i get frustrated, people use the term robotic about me. i don't think i'm the least robotic. well why are you say in it, then? you are bringing it up say in it, then? you are bringing it up again! don't talk about what things aren't. but jonathan up again! don't talk about what things aren't. butjonathan agnew asked, didn't he bore you to tears, geoffrey boycott? he stuck to his guns, i'm sure she is trying to make an analogy, that being boring is not the point, it is about getting the job done, but it is quite an odd person to hold up as your leadership

figure. he was also at the heart of the ructions which destroyed yorkshire cricket for many years because of the chaos, the divisive camps that he was one side of in that. but he did introduce us to the idea of the corridor of uncertainty. we have a lot of those in this building! let's move on to the i. this is the picture on the top of the eye, irma's path of destruction. just tinder made out of buildings in the caribbean. many of them are territories linked to the uk, and it links back to the last story about leadership, and showing that we are connected and our people there feeling supported in the way that they need to be through what is an absolutely terol time, the pictures are shocking, and i think that we as

british territories, we do have a duty of care to the people there. and borisjohnson duty of care to the people there. and boris johnson has duty of care to the people there. and borisjohnson has defended the response tonight, because there has been criticism that there was too little, too late, perhaps not enough but to reactive. i do suspect that this sheer scale of this disaster meant that any response would have been too little and may be too late, but there does seem to be a genuine concern in the caribbean islands about the lack of response from the government. the french and dutch have been praised. matt cromwell on the dutch prime minister as well, and we haven't really seen the same response. . . and we haven't really seen the same response... i understand that the french and dutch have far more troops based in the region, whereas we are having to find people, so it is in we are having to find people, so it isina we are having to find people, so it is in a way easier to be there more quickly, but still, what is the level of support? it is great to see that there are now playing is nearly

there, there is a frigate. but it could take a couple of people to get their —— couple of weeks for people to get their biplane. to get there, by aeroplane. and they had to make sure it was safe before they went, safe to land unsafe to deliver the goods. on the other aspect is what is going to happen in florida this weekend, the daily telegraph, thousands in florida exodus, something like half a million people on the move. at the moment i'm told that people in southern florida are being told to move, not the people in central florida. i have a stake in this one in my parents live in orlando, and they are staying put, despite my efforts to tell them to go. they have put duct tape on the windows, it is all fine! they do

know that this is an airborne phenomena? you might have thought that, but you never know, but apparently everyone else is staying, so apparently everyone else is staying, so it is ok, apparently. but i think the hope is that the more permanent structures they believe will be safer than the caravan parks which are obviously open to all sorts of elements. and the roads are clogged, because everyone is heading north, so they can't get up people are spending hours and hours not moving, and do you really want to be on a motorway in a car of this thing happens? and then of course we have jose out in the atlantic, not likely to hit florida, but the other islands that have already suffered. it does seem to be a constant barrage of natural disasters at the moment. we have not seen much of it coming through in the papers, sure the whole issue around climate change and how much this is affecting, bringing about these scenarios is going to come into

play, because there have to be some longer term solutions, however prepared we are, however much we have our disaster recovery plans and put into place all the good practices around that... i'm not sure what you can do about 200 mph winds. sea temperatures are function of global warming. staying with the daily telegraph, 44 million britons caught ina daily telegraph, 44 million britons caught in a us hack. this is customers for companies like bt, british gas. have you not got that? you have got it. there you go. please pay attention! customers have had their personal data taken, not directly from these companies, but something else. this is another trust issue, and we would all feel more cottrell with bt and british gas, but this data is held by

another company, a us company, equifax, so it is all about how our data is used, the integrity of the data, and it is still not clear what exactly has happened. the information commission is looking at it. this is 143 million customers in the us. this took place in may, and we are onlyjust hearing about it. this is the thing that people are fearful of giving information, because they don't trust these companies, they don't trust computers, and when things at this happen, it reinforces that thinking of is this safe, and my vulnerable here? they don't know. let's move on to the guardian, desmond tutu break silence to attack aung san suu kyi, and we have had malala yousafzai also expressing consternation that

aung san suu kyi seems to be presiding over these military led operations against the rohingya minority in the wacky —— rakhine state. teller macro the difficulty of aung san suu kyi being in this position, it is challenging to all of us, we have held up as a heroine for the stand she took for democracy and the sacrifices she made for myanmar, but i think the really big questions are being raised about how she is tackling this issue. it was an issue raised before she was elected, and she batted it aside, and suddenly it is real, and it is disconcerting to discover that the people you set up as heroes have feet of clay. and

desmond tutu saying he is breaking his vow to remain silent on public affairs out of sadness. and it will cause affairs out of sadness. and it will ca u se co i'it rove rsy affairs out of sadness. and it will cause controversy as well that he has been breaking ranks almost amongst the nobel laureates, but you can see the pain and anguish on so many faces, it is quite heartbreaking to witness. finally, the times, sport on the front page. this is good! i thought you would approve. james anderson celebrating 500 test wickets, the only englishman to do that. the only englishman, sixth person in the history of test cricket, and he wants to go on and on, and he is in the perfect place to do it, at lord's, the home of cricket, massive swing ball, taking the middle peg out of the west indies opening batsmen, great delivery, and he has beena batsmen, great delivery, and he has been a fantastic bowler. he has also learned to control his body as well

as he controls the ball. because his pace has slowed down. he started off tearaway quick, and at 35 years still bending it round corners. the top spot is 800 wickets. so he has got a way to go, but you think he has the time? he isn't going to get that far, courtney walsh is at 519, and mcgrath, the aussie is at 563. that would put in third, fourth. morillas in and worn other next —— shane warne are the next. robert alan, who is producing tonight, advises that the spinsters cycling to evensong was from the clergymen's

daughter in orson welles. 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. and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. palin, i hope you will come back thank you forjoining us. martin, thank you forjoining us. martin, thank you forjoining us as ever. coming up next, the weather. low pressure is written all over our weekend weather, one which is gradually moving away but another one coming in for sunday, although that coincides with saturday night, thenit that coincides with saturday night, then it will be dry and clear. tonight we keep the showers coming in across western parts of the uk. to the east we lose many of the showers, many of us turning drier and clearer, and away from town and city centres we will dip down to single figures. showers from the

word go across western parts, not too many in scotland. many of us getting off to a fine start, lots of showers for the morning. the afternoon looks drier, and it is wet into parts of north—western england. to the east of all of this, from the east pennines to the east midlands, south—east england, many starting the day dry with some sunshine, although cloud will build into the afternoon, showers become more widespread, and as ever some places will miss them and stay dry. they use through northern ireland, whole band of the working south. it stays windy across western and southern parts, and it really isn't very warm at all, most of us around 17 or 18 degrees. the showers will die away as we go through saturday evening, and through saturday night i mention the gap between weather systems, thatis the gap between weather systems, that is looking at k. clear, chilly, sunday morning the next area of low

pressure has brought rain into parts of scotland, edging south eastwards across the day, tending to weaken as it does so, but further heavy showers will follow, blustery out that towards the north—west of the uk on through the afternoon, bright oi’ sunny uk on through the afternoon, bright or sunny spells, but if you catch a shower it could be heavy or thundery weather of hail. wet and windy at times, could be called macro, possible severe gales in the south—west through sunday night into monday. the big weather stories with three hurricanes at the moment, katia is heading into mexico, and hurricane jose heading katia is heading into mexico, and hurricanejose heading to barbados, so hurricanejose heading to barbados, so another dangerous situation here after hurricane irma. this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall.

the headlines at 11:00pm: overwhelming destruction in barbuda, as hurricane irma continues its deadly rampage across the caribbean. and now, there is another hurricane coming up behind it. britain's relief effort is under way to the british overseas territories affected. irma is now heading for florida, where those who can are leaving. others are hunkering down and hoping for the best. and on newsnight, downing street defends its response to hurricane irma, amid criticism it did not do enough for its territories in the caribbean.