the financial times leads with donald trump's attempts to weaken obamaair and hsbc‘s choice of new ceo. saying the eu bill could be in trouble because of back bench rebellion. looks like things are unravelling for theresa may, facing real difficulty with the eu withdrawal bill. i think it was the report that was scheduled for this week but it has been withdrawn because of a possible rebellion over a number of amendments, because of a possible rebellion over a number ofamendments, including the henry viii powers which a lot of mps have difficulty with in terms of allowing ministers to have so much legislative power without parliament scrutiny. the other issue, interesting issue, is right at the end of the report where it says ministers are increasingly convinced that mrsmay will soon reshuffle her cabinet to restore her authority. the tory infighting is continuing and it's being played out in front of the flagship tory press. this

goes back to herfailure of the flagship tory press. this goes back to her failure to get a decent majority at the election. well, of course. she has been running to standstill ever since. this shows us, it's a real mess. she doesn't seem to have a coherent strategy. in particular the henry viii clauses, it can be no surprise she's having so much trouble with those because it's an undemocratic thing she's been trying to do, it says in the telegraph that the remain mps are likely to cause trouble for this bill and that's why they've had to change the timetable. i wouldn't be surprised if there we re i wouldn't be surprised if there were mps who were broadly brexit who didn't like the idea of henry viii clauses either because they're profoundly undemocratic. the whole point of brexit was supposed to be you empower parliament, you can't ta ke you empower parliament, you can't take power away from parliament and give it to ministers. the brexit talks themselves, michel barnier was saying, well, deadlock. david davis

was saying significant progress. who do you believe on that, how do you think the talks are going? this is the front of the express who are in a state of outrage as the eu are put ago block on eu trade talks. they're reporting that michel barnier has essentially, the eu is demanding a multibillion pound divorce settle m e nt multibillion pound divorce settlement and at the moment he has warned the uk not to expect concessions so the michel barnier way of negotiation seems to be show me the money and when the reply is we can't give you everything you want, his reply is please can i have all your money. unsurprisingly, this is not going to go down well with david davis. he is the british people — he has the british people's interests at hearts and must guide money wisely, he is not there to offer the eu whatever they want. it is disappointing that things are at this stage and they haven't moved further on. is this to be expected, do you think? snoo i can't see why

there is outrage, we are where we thought we would be snoochlt we haven't been able to get to a point where we could go on to the next stage. it was said until you reach that stage then you will be pretty much, that we would be deadlock. we are where we thought we would be. much, that we would be deadlock. we are where we thought we would belj don't are where we thought we would be.” don't know who the we is in that particular sentence. the main thing is may has to be prepared to walk away and she has said she's prepareded to walk away. they can not accept a very poor deal on britain's behalf and it certainly is not an outcome anybody wants. a deal would be better but a no deal on the -is would be better but a no deal on the — is better than a very poor deal. if the eu want to force britain into that position, that is their decision. that's their choice.” that position, that is their decision. that's their choice. i am not sure they're forcing us into that position. i think that's the most worrying thing about this, the whole idea of no deal has almost been normalised, a few months ago, it was terrible, it must not happen, even david davis said that must not happen. this week the mood music is

quite different. well, we don't really wa nt quite different. well, we don't really want this to happen but if it did it wouldn't be so bad. is that not a bargaining tactic to prepare to walk away from the table, you have to be prepared to say that. well, if it is now, then why did david davis say what he said, what was seemed to recognise the gravity of the position. it's not, either the european union or britain's interest to not strike a deal. u nless interest to not strike a deal. unless the eu have decided specifically to sacrifice the interests of the rest of the member states to teach britain a lesson because they're worried things will unravel further down the line. let's move on from brexit. we have lots to get through. the metro focussing, like months of the papers on harvey weinstein. the line, two police forces investigating now. the new york police department and the metropolitan police as well. harvey

weinstein strenuously, unequiffally we are told denying allegations against him. two police forces investigating. yeah, it's when it becomes monumentally serious for him, until now a lot has been pursued byjournalists. now people have come forward and there are allegations that seem to be of sufficient gravity police forces can get involved. there were allegations from new york and some from london as well. we hear that it says here that the nypd and the met are probing both of those. i would be surprised if there isn't some formal case at some point because there seem case at some point because there seem to be so many different women coming forward. every day almost. there is also a bigger issue here, it's not just there is also a bigger issue here, it's notjust what harvey there is also a bigger issue here, it's not just what harvey weinstein has done, it's who knew, was there a conspiracy, was there a cover—up? were there actors who knew what was going on? he was mentioned in an oscar speech and featured — it was

ina oscar speech and featured — it was in a serious called 3030 rock, this abuse was referenced. i think a lot of people, well known actresses and actors knew in hollywood what was going on and instead of exposing that they choose to lecture us on lots of different issues from climate change to trump when they knew this person was seriously abusing younger women and it's not just the actors and actresses, will this touch any politician? hillary clinton, for instance, the federal election commission has reported she has taken i. election commission has reported she has takeni. 5 election commission has reported she has taken i. 5 billion in donations since 1999 —— i. 5 million. did the clippen tos know anything, will they return that money and accept money in the future? —— clintons. return that money and accept money in the future? -- clintons. the real question is did he molest women surely, that's the real question. that's a critical question. the second question is who knew? who covered it up and did any politician... they are still allegations at the moment. which he

denies. let's move on to the mail. they're talking about the energy cap on electricity and gas prices and theresa may's plan to cap energy bills running into trouble. well, yes. this has been a flagship policy for her. labour will say of course she stole it from ed millie ban. as pa rt of she stole it from ed millie ban. as part of her plan to —— miliband. as pa rt of part of her plan to —— miliband. as part of her plan to —— miliband. as part of her appeal to a wider electorate to say to ordinary working people that the tories are on your side, she's got this idea to cap energy bills. of course this is something that a lot of conservatives find very difficult. the line about marxist, that's what they said when ed miliband proposed something similar. it's why some conservatives would not want this to be done under their banner. it's against the free market.” be done under their banner. it's against the free market. i think it's good politics for her. but i can see why some conservatives would find some difficulty. it's notjust

an idea logical issue, the reason why people believe in the free markets is because things can go wrong if government decides to interfere with it. sometimes there are unintended consequences. the point about this story is that there might bea point about this story is that there might be a real danger that this energy cap could lead to energy firms charging all customers the maximum price for the same way that university fees... do you think the free market is working when it comes to the energy market, is it working well? it's not a complete free market because there is a regulator there. the key issue is will this policy bring down energy prices for ordinary families? it seems that even on this policy alone that will not happen and... what would you recommend? i am in the an expert in the energy market, it may be there is something happening in the background that needs further investigation. but the price cap here is risky, it's always been risky, and that's why — it will not make a real difference, it will not

bring down prices forfamilies. it may have the opposite effect. you need to consider... a cap is going to put up prices? a cap will put up prices if they choose, for families asa prices if they choose, for families as a whole, if all the energy companies choose to increase to that cap for all families. then yes it will increase prices. people could a lwa ys will increase prices. people could always switch. people could switch and maybe that's what people should be encouraged to do rather than interfering directly in the market. it will be difficult, one of theresa may's whole approaches is i will intervene in the market.” may's whole approaches is i will intervene in the market. i know. you will obviously find that painful and... it's not that i personally find it painful, the policy won't work. i find it find it painful, the policy won't work. ifind it painful that find it painful, the policy won't work. i find it painful that other families will be hit. that's the painfulness of it. the mail is our last story, the town that saves itself. yes, this is a town that where people got together and actually volunteered to try and replicate some of the services. it's

a town in the yorkshire dales, obviously like a lot of local authority areas they lost their services and are struggling to fund them. volunteers were able to keep them. volunteers were able to keep them going. the post office, the garage, the bus, the library. really heart—warming story. people think that in newspapers we like bad news is good news, but we do find a story that's as uplifting as that we like to give its much space as we can. is it heart—warming? to give its much space as we can. is it heart-warming? it is and it shows what civil society can do when the state isn't always the answer. obviously public services are important but civil society as well, can also come together and put together a good service in addition together a good service in addition to public services that should be rightly provided by the state. yeah and it must be in addition to of course. do you think other towns and cities should follow suit?” course. do you think other towns and cities should follow suit? i think it works well on a town basis. it

will always depend on the population and who is there but shawl market towns like this will, the story goes, they will know each other, there will be a huge amount of social capital there anyway. you a lwa ys social capital there anyway. you always must be careful expanding the state that you don't chip away at the private fear or indeed the social capital. there is always a cost to these things. i am looking for the phrase big society here.” am sure it's in there somewhere. david cameron's big society. yeah. many thanks to both of you. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you. if you happen to miss the programme any evening you can watch it again on the iplayer. thank you, hugh and laura. goodbye. good evening. it's been a decent

enough day, dry for most of us and good spells of sunshine this morning although the cloud did come in this afternoon. this was earlier. there was a touch of drizzle with this on the weather fronts but we will find more substantial rain coming in through the night here driven on by a near gale force wind. it will be much milder across the board tonight, even in the south, only ten oi’ tonight, even in the south, only ten orii. tonight, even in the south, only ten or 11. will be wet weather for the rush hour across scotland and northern ireland. we are concerned about the rain we will again see across the likes of cumbria and north—west wales. cumbria particularly where it was so wet yesterday there was a risk of further flooding. there are warnings out. a lovely afternoon once that rain clears across scotland and northern ireland. not bad at all. however, the rain persists, particularly over the hills across the southern uplands, into the lake district, to the dales, into snowdonia, not a great day here.

lots of misty low cloud as well. the best of the chances of dry and bright weather will be further east and it will feel quite warm. friday evening and overnight that weather front stays put weakening all the time. it will move northwards again into saturday. that weather front will be around for much of the weekend but you can see out in the atla ntic we weekend but you can see out in the atlantic we have another low pressure running along that weather system and it push it is northwards. as it pushes northwards it draws in the wafrmer air. where we see the sunshine this weekend we will see temperatures around about the mid—20s. it's going to take a while because there will still and bit of cloud saturday with that weather front before it pushes north again so front before it pushes north again so not all seeing that warm and dry weather but warm rain and brightness to the north of that initially. potentially more sunshine come sunday. that's where we could 23 or 24. but equally, saturday into sunday looks wet across the

north—west of scotland. still southerly breeze but nothing compared to what's heading our way. this will be the remains of hurricane oepliaia. we will seep you updated. there is more on the this is bbc news. i'm ben brown.

the headlines at 11:00. police in both london and new york are investigating claims of sexual assault made against the hollywood producer harvey weinstein who denies them. the eu warns of deadlock after the latest round of brexit talks — as the two sides still fail to agree on the uk's divorce bill. sally—anne jones — the british woman recruited by so—called islamic state in syria — is reported to have been killed in a drone strike. and on newsnight, we hearfrom emma thompson on harvey weinstein and endemic misogyny in hollywood.