see bosses and there and had come to see bosses and sign treaties themselves, as well as the uk and the british press, is when emmanuel macron referred to in french, when he said "he when emmanuel macron referred to in french, when he said "be my guest" this was very much about the city of london having access to the single market if you are not a part of the the single market you cannot retain them in that way. that was a strong message. it is something that he has thought about a great deal. he repeated what the french president, the french government have said before, that there is great regret that the united kingdom is leaving the eu but it's a british decision and therefore, you need to see it through if that's what you need to do. i think it is interesting. then the reception was at the v and a. having come for the first time in my life with a presidential convoy with this amazing reception, to arrive with all of the guests who had been

waiting, i don't know if they had been doing very much drinking but so happy to see the leaders arrive. what was interesting, they made short statements and theresa may spokein short statements and theresa may spoke in french. i have tweeted it. she talks about how britain would be a poorer country if the french, and basically, she is saying the eu citizens were to leave. she had a slight pronounciation trouble on the word country but we can forgive her for that. trouble on the word country but we can forgive herfor that. but trouble on the word country but we can forgive her for that. but what the french president is consistently saying is that it is not an accident, it is geography, notjust history. he very much was emphasising, as indeed was the british prime minister, the bilateral relationship. brexit was not on the table but it will affect the bilateral relationship. and cani the bilateral relationship. and can i bring in pippa with the financial times which is presenting the other side of today's events. we

have had the pomp and the ceremony on the front page of the i but the financial times, talking about breaking hypocracy? yes. the ententes, and the deals done on defence, on security co—operation, borders and culture but brexit came up borders and culture but brexit came up at the press conference after. it is what everyone is thinking about, wondering be and emmanuel macron represents the most stable leader of one of the main eu powers at the moment and therefore is instrumental in what we do when getting out of brexit. everyone wanted to know what he thought. he made it clear to the prime minister that it would not be as repeating as michel barnier, the eu negotiators said, about cherry—picking eu negotiators said, about cherry— picking and eu negotiators said, about cherry—picking and bespoke deals. he

was obviously making a big deal of rolling out the red carpet to british bankers, desperate to have them there and pinch them from us. you can't blame him. not desperate. he referred to it. he said that this is healthy competition. that is, that our two countries have, and emphasised, as did theresa may, what the countries have in common, it was notjust defence and security, it was about science, it was about research, medical research and new advances there. and a young generation getting to know each other, so economy there as well. but an important sentence that came out very much in the press conference in response to questions was the french president and i had not heard the line in that way before saying: i am

not there to reward or to punish, i'm there, obviously, to defend french interests. it is very much as pa rt french interests. it is very much as part of the eu negotiation. he made that clear and military co—operation. it is significant it exists and intelligence agencies for the first time, all five meeting. that is important. whether it is here in the united kingdom, in the rest of the eu or indeed in africa. and there is more on that story replacing may with borisjohnson. getting on the front page of the telegraph, despite the fact that the focus was not on him. but let's have a look at this other story, the japanese flu strain running riot. there is a fear that within a couple of weeks we will have a flu

epidemic. britain has been badly hit this winter. we have heard of the warnings of the australian flu. a strain of inflew ansa which caused many deaths in australia and has arrived here and resulting in lots of deaths in the elderly and the young and has been a problem for the nhs. the telegraph is reporting there is a second strain of flu which is accountable for 60% of the cases in hospital. japanese flu. they are suggesting that it has been made worse by the fact that many doctors have made a decision to cut costs on doctors have made a decision to cut costs oi'i vaccines doctors have made a decision to cut costs on vaccines and many health officials are cut costs on vaccines and ended up vaccinating people for other strains of flu but not this one and in the conditions that the nhs is under, that this could be virulent and bad, facing epidemic

proportions. and the daily mirror head line has the similar story. flu epidemic in two weeks. yes, hits 8.3 million people and kills 149. and hospitals are struggling with high levels of admissions. so that is worrying. i get nervous as a broadcaster, especially sitting next to someone on public transport, coughing away. but these things are airborne. wash your hands, apparently. very, very important. thank you very much for reminding me! to the front page of the garde. a big splash, the interview with

jeremy corbyn, talking about carillion and pfi. the other story on the front page is about harassment at the un. yes, every day there has been a couple of big exclusives. there is the jeremy corbyn story and carillion and about outsourcing and using his opportunity to get away with using private partners. a nugget thatjeremy with using private partners. a nugget that jeremy corbyn brushed off concerns he would be too old to govern at the next election. and lots at westminster suggesting that he will be in his early 705 by lot5 at westminster suggesting that he will be in his early 705 by the next election if it is in 2022, that he may decide to stand down and talk about a successoi’. so he may decide to stand down and talk about a successor. so interesting to hear he is saying he is going to fight it and carry on. but a story also about hara55ment fight it and carry on. but a story also about harassment and sexual a55ault at the un. thi5

also about harassment and sexual a55ault at the un. this does not come as a surprise. a55ault at the un. this does not come as a surprise. we are going through the sectors, in5titution5 and organisations, one by one, and the truth is coming out about some of the behaviours that is going on. we started of the behaviours that is going on. we 5ta rted off of the behaviours that is going on. we started off with hollywood and the film industry, we5tmin5ter, 5exual the film industry, we5tmin5ter, sexual harassment there, there are other industries as well which we have been focu55ed on and the latest i5a have been focu55ed on and the latest is a big organisation like the u where they have issues of output all over the place where women can be isolated, outpost5 where women are isolated, outpost5 where women are isolated in remote locations and pa rt of isolated in remote locations and part of the story is how difficult it is, how few women are able to manage to report this kind of thing to the un. but it is interesting, will we see industry after industry, having this sort of story focu55ing oi'i having this sort of story focu55ing on them and this sort of story and behaviour going on.

0k. behaviour going on. ok. i will get through a council of front pages. back to the front page of the financialtimes and the story about the zimbabwe want leader, talking about open elections? yes, this is very much a new president when is trying to open a new chapter. to show notjust his potential voters and also the international donors and whether it is the former colonial master, as indeed the united kingdom, that he intends to do things differently. therefore inviting un monitors to come and assess the poll. this reminds me very much of his inaugural speech of course where he made a lot of very good sound bites and promises. but that costs nothing. so what, whether it is the united kingdom or other countries we are looking at,

he wants investment. zimbabwe is on its knees. and it is interesting, zimbabwe has dropped from the headlines ever since the resignation speech, that was not one, of mr mugabe. who know what is he is up to now. but he has his plush house and bodyguards. but a very sad, potentially rich country, completely run down, so of course it is important. . let's see if this is a new chapter. now to the daily express, page three of the daily express. it has two royal stories, one about al—megrahi had been and oned about prince william. harry and meghan have gone to wales and seen harry and meghan have gone to wales and 5eena harry and meghan have gone to wales and seen a rapturous harry and meghan have gone to wales and seen a rapturou5 reception. meghan mania it has been described a5. there she is in her stella

mccartney coat and welsh trou5er5. ye5, so everyone is delighted to have met her and she's obviously proving to be a bit of a hit as she goe5 proving to be a bit of a hit as she goes around the country. the second 5tory goes around the country. the second story is that prince william has decided to shave off what remains of his hairand to decided to shave off what remains of his hair and to go for sort of a cleaner look. which i have to say is much better. you look at donald trump and you think, face up to the fa ct trump and you think, face up to the fact that you are losing your hair. and deal with it. i think he looks much better. it is important. and bookmakers william hill are offering offers of 6—4 that william will go totally shaven head to harry's wedding. thank you very much will go totally shaven head to harry's wedding.

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 — 7 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 pippa and benedicte. goodbye. after the damaging winds and snow as the day began it seemed a different world in stratford upon avon. but some of us have had fine weather. of course on the cold side, and we are not done with the weather hazards on the brisk cold north—westerly flow. there are more snow showers on the way. through to tonight and into tomorrow. some heavy. adding to the snow on the hills. and at lower

levels and a few centimetres of snow in places. frosty and icy. as we start the day there are more to come over northern ireland. running into scotland and the western side. pushing into the central belt. to the borders. much of north—east scotland fine. the showers running into the north—west of england. into the pennines if you are on the coast, maybe sleet and hail. inland, falling of snow in places. rain, sleet, hailfrom the showers, to the midlands of east anglia and south—east england a fine start, cold and frosty but staying fine throughout the day. the odd shower in wales and the south—west but the more seg enough can't showers into the pennines, especially northern ireland and into western, central and southern scotla nd western, central and southern scotland where there could be further difficulties in travelling as the snow showers move through frequently, it is heavy. they are

cold, colder than the temperature suggests with the #wi7bd as that is still a feature of the weather. through friday and into saturday we have to watch the weather system to the south. the showers over parts of northern ireland and scotland will ease into saturday but we start over the south. rain, sleet and wet snow over the hills. clearing away and then a fine saturday afternoon. on sunday another weather system is coming in, the wind is picking up. coastal gales around. then rain and sleet and snow and heavy snow in places for a time. so keep a check on the weather if you are travelling on the weather if you are travelling on sunday. don't be fooled by the fine weather on saturday, we still have something significant on sunday. this is bbc news.

i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at 11: closer military and security co—operation between france and the uk. the prime minister and president macron sign a new treaty on border security. we will reinforce the security infrastructure with extra cctv, fencing, an infrared technology at calais and other border points. the treaty also agrees to speed up the processing of migrants at calais. translation: i think this treaty will very much enable us both to have a more human approach for these people. the uk is in the grip of the worst outbreak of flu for seven years, say health officials. patient safety in wales is being put at risk because of cuts in services — a group of doctors claim in a letter to the first minister. prince harry and megan markel make their first official