the then at the time when jack straw the then foreign secretary was confronted with the idea it might be the case and he called it a conspiracy theory. today theresa may has written to fatima boudchar. the wife of abdel hakim belhaj, she has a half million pounds settlement. she apologise. he said he had only wa nted apologise. he said he had only wanted an apology. and he said compensation could be limited to £1 as far as he was concerned. there is more to come out? we will have to see what happens with this deal. it shows you how quickly foreign policy can change. at the time britain was an ally of gaddafi and has a role of handing them over. it is one of those stories that shows you how quickly foreign policy can change. more questions about what was involved about how many others this might have happened to. there are

other cases that have been settled in the past, where there is a similar situation but the next stage will be the intelligence and security select committee is supposed to look at it again. we do not know if jack straw will have to a nswer not know if jack straw will have to answer questions from them and we have yet to hear from tony blair, prime minister at the time. in the letter theresa may sent saying sorry for britain's role in this, there is no legal admission of liability by jack straw. and the m16 chief of the time, so what happens next in terms of that will be interesting, about whether people can pin down who took the decision when. michael you say it shows the changes in foreign policy but i suppose nobody would wa nt policy but i suppose nobody would want a foreign policy that meant people were delivered to be tortured? there are question marks.

the british public will think who is this guy, what was the group he was linked to? what was going on? i suspect the money is stopping a lot of the details coming out about what we nt of the details coming out about what went on and who else is involved. i think there are legitimate questions from the public as to why they are giving this person £500,000 when they are only asking for £1. but it is wife. but it seems odd to me when they are only asking for £1. the telegraph. green light for grammar school expansion which is interesting because its back on the front burner. this was one of theresa may's problems, she is often seen not to stand for much but grammar schools was something she stood up. she had been disastrous election result and we had a u—turn and now it looks like we are getting

another. a fund will go into a selective schools expansion fund. not for new grammar schools but to expand existing grammar schools and the condition will be they will have to prove to take in more children from lower income backgrounds. there will be opposition to it but if the government can make the argument ultimately it will lead to better education for people from deprived backgrounds, they are on a strong footing. some grammar schools do that, the king edward ‘s foundation in birmingham does that. on the same story, the daily mirror has the same story. it spin is different. it says it isa story. it spin is different. it says it is a scandal. you might expect the daily telegraph and the mirror newspaper to take a different approach. the counterargument that the £50 million injection, i suspect pa rents the £50 million injection, i suspect

parents with children at comprehensive schools will be saying my school could do with a slice of that cash. and grammar schools, which statistically are more likely to have wealthier families which statistically are more likely to have wealthierfamilies in which statistically are more likely to have wealthier families in them, and yet this extra cash injection goes to them. it is true this is not quite what theresa may promised in terms of delivering a new strategy probably because she could not get its near a parliamentary vote. this isa its near a parliamentary vote. this is a way to deliver on expanding grammar school places and also trying to counter the argument it will only benefit richer families by saying schools will be made to prove they are targeting lower income families. damian hinds is not clear how they will be made to prove that or held to account if they don't. £50 million, when divided between

160 odd grammar schools. somebody said its 300,000 each. if that is correct it is not a huge amount. said its 300,000 each. if that is correct it is not a huge amountm isa correct it is not a huge amountm is a symbolic gesture. perhaps it will kick—start a new policy grammar schools and this is the first way of doing it rather than being more radical and opening for schools. maybe it is the first step to that ultimate aim. the front page of the times newspaper, a big story with donald trump meeting kim in the singapore summits. an extraordinary week from the white house. unbelievable. it is not long ago you think about north korea and donald trump and people talking about big trouble ahead and it was becoming dangerous and the turnaround, extraordinary. the amazing scenes with kim jong—un with the south korean president and now prisoners that came back with tramp on the play. now we have a meeting, june 12

in singapore —— donald trump. regardless about what you think of donald trump but i am a fan, it is a moment that will go down in history. who would have thought you would have a us president meeting a north korean dictator. the north koreans have wa nted korean dictator. the north koreans have wanted to meet the american president over the years and it is a political gamble for donald trump. it is not the way things have been done before. usually you might start a dialogue with officials and then lower—level officials and secretaries of state and build it up and leave the head of state meeting until the end. donald trump has decided to go in and try to make a deal and his pitch to be president was he was the deal—maker president. he hasjust said i will see if i can

broker one. it is... singapore is an interesting destination, a neutral zone. it has an embassy from washington and pyongyang. one titbit in the reporting which is funny a p pa re ntly in the reporting which is funny apparently one of the reason singapore was picked is because of the secure aircraft but north korea's flight cannot go far and so singapore is about the limit of where they can go. fascinating. the front page of the financial times and a story about bt slashing 13,000 jobs. in order to modern eyes. what caught my eye is it is part of an effort to strip £1.5 billion in costs and i remember bt, they have invested heavily in sport and outbid sky in the rights to football about

£400 million a season, just for european rights which does not include the domestic league. huge investments on that side and perhaps this is the counterbalance to that. bt had a tough time. it has the accounting scandal in italy and fails to meet targets and it seems to be they have decided to do a radical restructure. 13,000 jobs. they want to free up cash to invest in 5g and faster into that. they said they want to reinvest in hiring more engineers. that these jobs that are going our administrative and managerial. it is an incredibly concerning time for families of people who work there. let's go to the daily telegraph. to a story on the daily telegraph. to a story on the inside pages. a poignant story about barbara windsor admitting

through her husband she has alzheimer's. it is one of those stories, she is raising awareness and there is a quote from christopher biggins, a close friend, saying barbara will be brilliant. she will do this with good grace and a sense of fun. she is an icon in our culture and country that everybody loves. she brings a smile to the face. obviously this is sad, but the fact you get something like this and people talking about it, and their families or friends, that is positive to take out of it and she is a great lady. some of the details her husband is saying, they are heartbreaking. he said when she got the diagnosis, she mouthed to him,1 got the diagnosis, she mouthed to him, 1am so got the diagnosis, she mouthed to him, i am so sorry. and yet it is an illustrative moment of what many couples go through will stop

eve ryo ne couples go through will stop everyone of us will know someone touched by this disease and i guess thatis touched by this disease and i guess that is why he wanted to speak about it and he said he that is why he wanted to speak about itand he said he is that is why he wanted to speak about it and he said he is desperately concerned that she would not encounter members of the public who could see she was perhaps behaving differently and worry about her and he wanted to ensure they could tell the story in the right way and it has been told in a moving way. sensible move as well as a brave one. we can end on another story in the express president bans bru. donald trump owns a golf course in scotland, being the home of irn bru, scotland, being the home of irn bru, scotland, and it has caused problems because they have just had to hundred million pounds face—lift but people keep spilling irn bru on the carpets and so they banned it, deciding the orange drink is a

hazard. what i love, donald trump will always have his critics and they accuse him of declaring war on scotland by banning the country's favourite soft drink. he cannot get a break! over irn bru, who would have thought! 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. thank you, michael heaver and jessica elgot. goodbye. hello, today felt cooler and fresher, but it was fine in most places. showers chiefly in scotland but many had fairweather cloud like this in cornwall. quite lucky

because we were between an area of cloud that brought rain yesterday and this area of cloud that will bring rain in western areas tomorrow. it is running into an area of high pressure that has been building and seen the loss of showers across the north and with clear skies and light wind, temperatures falling away sharply. in the west, cloud increasing. a cold night ahead of that. down to 2-3 cold night ahead of that. down to 2—3 in rural parts of eastern scotla nd 2—3 in rural parts of eastern scotland and north east england but a bright and fairly sunny start on friday. rain staggering in from the atlantic. the rain band narrowing. not making much progress and in most of scotla nd not making much progress and in most of scotland it remains try that in the western isles and the western mainland, rainfor the western isles and the western mainland, rain for most of the day and in northern ireland. and in the south—west of england. eastern

england will have a fine day and probably warmer than today. you can see the rain will narrow and moves slowly eastwards. that is the problem this weekend, the weather front because it is moving slowly, it may grind to a halt and perhaps bring rain in the eastern side of the uk before moving into the north sea, allowing showers to come in with the area of low pressure getting closer to the south—west. details may change but this is how it looks at the moment. showers in eastern scotland and eastern england, perhaps turning wetter in the south—east. in sunshine before showers mainly affecting the south—west of england and south—west wales. colder than it has been. the rain probably clearing from the north sea coastal areas on sunday but lingering across parts of

scotland, allowing thundery showers to develop in northern ireland and more widely in wales and perhaps the south of england but it is worth stressing that details could change. this is bbc news. i'm rico chakrabarti. the headlines at 11pm: the government apologises for britain's role in the detention of a libyan man and his wife in 2004. abdul hakim belhaj was later tortured after their forced return to the country. translation: it's been six years of prison and six years of waiting, which was a continuation of the suffering for me and my family. hopefully today it represents the end of all that. fatima boudchar, who was pregnant at the time of her capture, said the apology by the attorney—general was historic. on behalf of her majesty's government, i apologise unreservedly. we