front no surprise it is across the front pages. it is undeniably the biggest announcement of his presidency so far, the biggest foreign affairs announcement. however it is not a surprise. as you said in your introduction, he has been saying this all the time. he said it was richard, unworkable, rotten. —— wretched. we have seen foreign leaders imploring him not to go back on this deal, which is hugely significant. we have seen emmanuel macron, angela merkel, boris johnson. perhaps there is some method in his madness. he has made some inroads in korea. who knows? it isa some inroads in korea. who knows? it is a frightening time at the moment. he has pulled off some coups. what

does this tell us about the influence of europe? i am uneasy when a president of any country reneges on a huge agreement made by his predecessor, when his predecessor was not a lunatic of any sort at all. and, you know, i wonder if mrtrump makes sort at all. and, you know, i wonder if mr trump makes an agreement, that his successor then reneges on, what he will say. if you do announce quite flatly that you're going to renege on something, people shouldn't be surprised. but i agree. this isn't him pulling out of something that had not been signed on the dotted line. it had been. it isa on the dotted line. it had been. it is a legal quagmire now. he is confident it is the right thing to do. i have little confidence in him asa do. i have little confidence in him as a person. it has been fascinating watching him dealing with foreign affairs. he is not as hopeless as most commentators think years. we

have got here unusually a copy of that iran times —— her and... tehran times. this is crucial. what will happen in iran now. how is a president who is seen as somewhat softer in his approach his head to the iranians, go along with this steel and we'll the sanctions lifted and we will develop. now of course a major country in that agreement pulls out. i am not a regular reader of the tehran times. this is very interesting. this is the sort of stuff, and the american stuff you

would expect on this front page. it remains to be seen and it will be interesting to see what it said in this newspaper in the next few days. that didn't look very muted so far. iam quite that didn't look very muted so far. i am quite glad that it was only borisjohnson talking to president trump via fox news in the last 2a hours because it was clearly gone to make no difference whatsoever what our foreign secretary said so i don't remind that he did it that way. they are already talking about pushing the deal. one of trump's criticisms is that even with the deal they could still develop nuclear weapons by 2020, 20 25. the europeans account is said they could push that further. in some ways it is succeeding. fascinating to see whether the europeans can hold some sort of a deal together. there is still brexit. the daily express on

its front page. this is the latest series of defeats in the lords. is it really 14, the number of times that unelected peers have denied brexit voters? says the daily express. the upper house seems determined to make life as difficult as possible for a prime minister for whom life is as difficult, if not more difficult, then she could have imagined. you sense we are on the brink of a resignation or two from one of those senior levels of government. if you look at boris johnson, his focus has clearly been more on westminster than iran today. he is practically gearing the prime minister —— he has practically dared

the prime minister to sack him. it is getting out of hand. i don't often agree with the daily express andi often agree with the daily express and i can see i am now agreeing with trump and the express, unfamiliar territory! i find it trump and the express, unfamiliar territory! ifind it very trump and the express, unfamiliar territory! i find it very difficult to stomach that unelected second chamber pushing so many of these defeats down the corridor to the commons because if you think about what brexit was all about and who voted for brexit and why they did. yes, it was a dislike of the european institutions but it was also a general dislike of establishment figures and people not listening. ifind this establishment figures and people not listening. i find this an pleasant and uncomfortable to watch and i think an awful lot of those peers started off being quite careful in the language they were using and trying to appear respectful and i think they are enjoying their

rebellion so much now that they're running a great risk of disenfranchisement or irritating the hell out of a lot of wrecks it voters. but -- brexit voters. but how will the prime minister get involved with sorting out the house of lords? successive governments in my lifetime... she will do have to decide what to do about the defeats. the latest ones are about staying in the eu economic area, ruled out. they have taken the brexit date of some legislation. there was a thought today that the taking away of their march 2019 date, the labour party was going to abstain therefore it would probably not happen. and it did happen. the labour party is not

in as much of a mess —— is in as much of a mess as the tories. a rather surprising cure for baldness. hooray! a cure for baldness? i am amazed this hasn't happened in my lifetime. it is still going on and the figures are still around four in ten men suffera the figures are still around four in ten men suffer a pattern baldness by the end of 45 and two thirds by the age of 60. goodness knows where that leaves the rest of us. this is a cure which could be on the horizon after british scientists discovered that an osteoporosis treatment stimulates hair growth three times quicker than other drugs, which sounds good. people can say this is a vanity issue but actually for a lot of young men it is not. women was there as well. obviously people

after cancer lose their area. it is after cancer lose their area. it is a really serious issue for a lot of people that takes away confidence. that is fantastic. and there must be a lot of money in it. i can't believe they haven't found a cure before because imagine all the money invested. let's go back to the i. this is the idea that all 25—year—olds should get a nice dollop of cash. i am in favour of cures for baldness and i am a baby boomer. i am taking all the boxes tonight. for goodness' sake, our generation has got to do something about the fact that the next generation, that we are responsible for, is not as things stand going to

be better off than we were. surely it is the purpose of life, to improve the quality for the next generation. so they won't have to face things we had to face. i want my children and my grandchildren to have a better life and we are not doing enough work is basically we are selfish. i think there is also one of these great political no—go areas where you can't as a political party on either end of the spectrum say we are going to start taxing or punishing the older generation. partly because they vote so they will not suck punishing them. but you have to take some money somewhere to help the younger generation with the housing crisis. the ons figures i have seen don't support the theory which the resolution foundation says that the younger generation are no less. i do not think they do. —— earn less

money. but their disposable incomes have not gone down as much. the gap between rich and poor has got wider in our lifetime. the metro picks up on the woman leading the charge at the cannes film festival. the cannes film festival, still legendary film festival, glamorous and all those things. one of the papers, not the metro, has five female members of its feature film jury led by president cate blanchett, but still only three of the feature films out of 21 nominated for the main award we re of 21 nominated for the main award were directed by women. change will not come overnight, says cate blanchett. extraordinary those statistics in this day and age. the

statistics in this day and age. the statistics are terrible. so much of it is about role models and seeing the on—screen talent, seeing those roles for women. when i read a report recently about how many leading roles on tv cop dramas or whatever, the ratio is appalling of men to women for the big parts, or directing. you need to make a big change and i think we should start putting quotas. a quick word about sir alex ferguson. great news. a lot of optimism over the weekend that he was going to come through this. even more optimism tonight and tomorrow morning. the sun says he asked how doncaster got on. his son manages them. sadly they lost. the source of

this story says it is typical sir alex, he can't stop talking football. i interviewed him several times and! football. i interviewed him several times and i got to know him very well. he talks about loads of things. nothing to do with football. and he will get the chance to do it again and entertain people as he was has. i am also in our household of manchester united super fans so they will be delighted. thank you both very much. thanks to my guests and a bit ofa

a bit of a fresh start to tomorrow on the way because we have clearing skies overnight. the last of the daytime showers and eastern parts of england will clear away. mist and four 0 england will clear away. mist and fourq and england will clear away. mist and four 0 and there, cloud increasing into northern ireland and west of scotla nd into northern ireland and west of scotland as the breeze picks up. temperatures away from major city centres in single figures. a big change between the south and east. sunshine for much of england and wales to start the day. rain in northern ireland in the morning, turning headier in the middle of the day. using later. the rain goes into scotland, north—west england and west and wales. not as hot as recently but pleasant enough. rain moves east through the evening and overnight affecting most parts. thursday, a fine day, a few isolated showers. friday, bright start but rain in the south—west later. this is bbc news, i'm carole walker. the headlines at 11:00pm:

president trump announces the united states' withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal, and makes moves to reinstate nuclear sanctions. i will sign a presidential memorandum to begin reinstating us nuclear sanctions on the iranian regime. we will be instituting the highest level of economic sanctions. borisjohnson still has downing street's support, despite calling the prime minister's choice for customs controls after brexit crazy. rail companies begin a public consultation to make tickets fairer and easier to use, following criticism of the current fare structure.