hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first, the headlines at 11:30. the president of the european council, donald tusk, calls on britain to lay its "cards on the table" and resolve the outstanding issues on brexit before an eu summit in october. if you want to reach a deal in october we need great progress. this is the last call to lay the cards on the table. after marathon talks at today's summit, a deal was struck to set up secure migrant centres in eu states. the match commander on the day of the hillsborough disaster, david duckenfield, will face trial for the manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 football supporters. a firefighter has broken down in tears recalling a "personal rescue mission" to save a 12—year—old from the 20th floor of the grenfell tower. my my guest on meet the author is

alison weir, talking about the wives of henry viii, with the haunted queen, the woman who brought him his only son, shortly before her death. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are claire cohen, who's the women's editor at the daily telegraph, and john rentoul, chief political commentator at the independent. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the daily mail continues one of this week's big stories, reporting that supermarket, asda, has restricted sales of fizzy drinks on its website amid the shortage of c02. the impact of the c02 crisis is also on the daily telegraph front page, as well a picture of andy murray ahead of his return to wimbledon next week. the financial times features news of this week's eu summit, and the deal struck by leaders to tackle migration. the i warns of the dangers of air pollution, with research suggesting

it causes 15,000 cases of diabetes each year. the times carries claims that hundreds of thousands of nhs patients will be denied operations deemed "useless," such as tonsil and back procedures, in an effort to cut costs. nhs spending is also the main story on the guardian's front page, with research showing more areas in england have stopped providing ivf services due to cost. the daily star leads on today's judgement that former police commander, david duckenfield, will stand trial over charges relating to the deaths of liverpool fans at hillsborough. the daily mirror reports on what it calls "britain's worst care homes," as the regulator criticises the standard of care in some homes. the newspaper also says thank you to eric, the footballer who inspired his grandson, harry kane, to follow his footsteps. those are the front pages. let's take a look at some of those stories in more detail.

c02, what have we learned about it this evening, class? we looked it up on wikipedia. this isjournalism. if in doubt, wiki it. dry ice is solid carbon dioxide. cardo's can't deliver as many frozen goods as they used to. it is used for carbonate in fizzy drinks as the mail has noticed. —— carbonating. fizzy drinks as the mail has noticed. -- carbonating. and it is used heavily in the making of crumpets! i forgot about your love

of crumpets! it is breaking news. a p pa re ntly of crumpets! it is breaking news. apparently it has something to do with the preservation, the packaging, of crumpets! it has caused issues with the manufacturers of such edibles and they are cutting production. factories are not working, staff are missing. it is difficult. the telegraph calls it a perfect storm, a heatwave, a couple of factories closing for maintenance with technical difficulties due to the demand. we saw the world cup coming. that one was in the diary. perhaps the heatwave we did not see. get your tin hats out! the british poultry council says they are living day—to—day because of the possibility they will not get enough

chicken. and abattoirs have had to close because they need the c02 to stu n close because they need the c02 to stun the animals going through. it is odd. it is one of those stories that just is odd. it is one of those stories thatjust emerges. is odd. it is one of those stories that just emerges. it's is odd. it is one of those stories thatjust emerges. it's not silly season thatjust emerges. it's not silly season yet but it's caught up. i have not noticed the shortage of beer. perhaps this weekend. we were just talking about it. normally we get headlines about the heatwave itself. a 30 degrees scorcher! we have had complacency in the past few summers about it. northern ireland has had a hosepipe ban. a slippery slope. unless thunderstorms are heavy. moving on. i hope c02 comes back next week. something else is haunting us, brexit. another summit.

many clear warnings and talks of timetables and get your cards on the table, britain. the ft reminding us, suggesting to us, david davies, the chief exec negotiator, spent four hours with mr barnier. —— brexit. most people think we have voted to leave so why have we not done it yet? they are surprised politicians are still talking about it two years later. but we just do not know if it will end later. but we just do not know if it willend ina later. but we just do not know if it will end in a horrendous crisis. it seems to be leading things to a late. we just heard donald tusk sounding like he is doing the last call for an airport checkin. no sign

of passengers. they will play hardball, why of passengers. they will play hard ball, why not? of passengers. they will play hardball, why not? they have nothing to lose. they the domestic position here is uncomfortable to say the least. exactly, the cabinet is still divided and they will exploit that. i think people are looking at... theresa may is having another special summit, this time next week, in chequers. they will be sat around the table saying how we not seen this before? sort it out. wasn't it crunch time last time? can she get the rabbit out of the hat? a week today, actually. she has to be able to. there is a draft of the white paper already in existence. i expect liam fox, boris johnson, paper already in existence. i expect liam fox, borisjohnson, michael gove, they all signed up to it. in

effect, there will be some agonisings over wording here and there. what if the eu just rejects it? then you have to get into proper negotiations where you actually talk about things of substance. at some point the british and had to take a position on, for example, the northern irish border, customs, and that position... interestingly enough, the immigration rules after brexit, the interim period, the transition period, that is actually still, that is still being kicked down the road by cabinet. we will not talk about that until september, we are told. the irish border we should find out about on friday. they have to crystallise at some point. time is running out. they thought it was as easy as that. a

couple of nhs stories knocking about. i referred when we went through them earlier about non—essential operations. and now ivf services, a number of 11.5%... down from 60% last year. —— ivf services, a number of 11.5%... down from 60% last year. “16%. this is tragic for people relying on it and hoping for a family of their own. a terrible thing, isn't it? it and hoping for a family of their own. a terrible thing, isn't mm is increasingly becoming a lottery. we have seen this before. three cycles for women recommended. many only doing one, and now many none at all. it is usually emotionally draining. 0ne all. it is usually emotionally draining. one in six couples in the uk has fertility issues. 3.5 million people. that is a lot! you might get

three cycles in a hospital here and two miles down the road, none at all. terribly agonising for people. this is what lies behind the much trumpeted announcement of extra funding for the nhs in the next five years. umm, but, that extra funding is basically to keep the nhs from falling apart, not to provide... that is what the opposition are saying, it is good to hear it, but it is not a way forward blew eve ryo ne it is not a way forward blew everyone wants an nhs that provides three cycles for everyone who wants it. -- three cycles for everyone who wants it. —— forward. but that is expensive and i do not think the government is prepared for that. this story and the other one about what are perceived to be non—essential procedures of various sorts, it is just an non—essential procedures of various sorts, it isjust an indication of this... there are difficult choices to make for anyone when it comes to trying to balance the books. you

know? that is no comfort to those people on the receiving end of those decisions. who is making these decisions? with increasing numbers of women waiting until over have their first of women waiting until over have theirfirst child, it of women waiting until over have their first child, it could become quite scary if we do not help people out. hmm, hmm, yes. that is another one where we will see more of those. umm... donald trump declares war on the western world, says the times. interestingly, he is not at all happy about nato. he is sounding off on the residential aircraft about various things. umm, i mean, i do not know what to read into this that the —— presidential. it is to do with his domestic audience, obviously. but... he is about to come to london. umm... sorry. i am trying to find something coherent in what he is saying. donald trump

continues to shock everyone by... you know, america helped build the whole post—war world, the un, nato, what else did he have a go it? the european union as well. you know, all of these bits of architecture of cooperation in the world, i think it isa very cooperation in the world, i think it is a very dangerous trend. he wants to take us back to, umm, countries looking after their own interests, trying to get an advantage at the expense of others. that leads to conflict and poverty, reversing the whole engine of prosperity and trade that has eliminated global poverty, almost. it is america first, isn't it? it is worse. a paragraph down here. on thursday night apparently eu leaders discussed here is this could lead to the worst scenario of

nato breaking up. the defence partnership in europe has been essential in the transatlantic relationship, hasn't it? it is worn in. he is off to see mr putin. —— worrying. vladimir putinjust in. he is off to see mr putin. —— worrying. vladimir putin just has to sit back and watch things develop. i am an informed observer in this. he believes america is being ripped off. he has had a go at angela merkel for not doing enough. it is ha rd to merkel for not doing enough. it is hard to know if he is just saying whatever comes to mind and seeing whatever comes to mind and seeing what sticks or if he means it. if he does, it is worrying. we will not go to andy murray on the times, we will go back to the front page of the telegraph, wearing the t—shirt

saying "i will." it suggests to the allog raft bald saying "i will." it suggests to the allograft bald overcome the injury to play at wimbledon. —— the telegraph. i think you will. andy murray was included on the list, giving a hint that perhaps he knows his intentions better than we do. that sends a strong message. it made me laugh. if you recall, his wife was recorded using some expletives during a match a few years ago when he was not doing so well. she then had a t—shirt with a parental advisory logo on it when she was next pictured. this is something they like doing. something about strawberries, wasn't it? what do you think? here is the big draw... well, no, he plays a match and has to pull out, and, you know, the damage is

his fitness. you know, that... that will still be a big story, but not what the media wants to show. he has said he is not even worried about the injury and he knows he can ove 1120 m e the injury and he knows he can overcome it, it is more about his standing on the world stage if he gets knocked out. it is not good. head up to all of those eating strawberries at wimbledon next week... just the one. i will keep them in front of the television. that is ok. some people get it and somejust that is ok. some people get it and some just watch it on television. thank you, both, very much indeed to be that is it for the papers tonight. don't forget, you can see it on the website at any time. if you missed the programme any evening, you can watch it any evening, you can watch it any evening on the bbc iplayer. next, though, it is meet the author.

the wives of henry viii still cast a speu the wives of henry viii still cast a spell that neither seem to hate. jane seymore, the haunted queen continues alison weir's series of novels. she gave henry the only son he ever had, a birth that brought about her own death. fiction from an historian that moves from the tutor era to the inner lives of characters that she can only imagine. welcome. —— tudor. everyone thinks they know quite a bit about all the six wives but jane seymour, from the pages of

this book, is somewhat we know surprisingly little, even now, after all the attention. that is absolutely true. bush either nick and willing tool of an ambition family and an ardent and powerful king or was she as ambitious as her brother and conspired to bring down the queen she served. a novelist has to come down from one view or the other and i went through the sources fore nsically other and i went through the sources forensically looking for clues as to her character and there is evidence, apart from saying... that she couudedin apart from saying... that she colluded in the fall. she was a woman of principles. she had moral courage. she was devout, kind and

also submissive. she put up with so much and died giving henry his only male child. she did, indeed. and the marriage seemed to have been happy. iam in no marriage seemed to have been happy. i am in no doubt that henry genuinely loved her. you talk about the sources and you are an historian of distinction and you are writing fiction here. the third your novels on henry ‘s wives. fiction here. the third your novels on henry 's wives. this series of novels was born out of new research i was doing. in 1991 published a book on the six wives and i have in updating and rewriting that. it is a long project. how would you describe the changes in scholarship that have

come about, the new thinks we know? a lot of work has been done on henry viii's court. howard was structured and function and that has a bearing on the lives on the individuals. —— how it was structured. 0n anne boleyn‘s for... how it was structured. 0n anne boleyn's for... who set her up... yes, that kind of thing. it also in the detail, you can tell a different story because we know so much for. how much did we know before about jane seymour and how much did you have to create? i inferred her character from the sources but created a lot of her early life. we have a fragment here and there and looking retrospectively from what came later. these books are about

the whole lives, notjust the period of kinship and they are written from each point of view. how did you go about trying to create the conversation that somebody like jane seymour would have. her style of speech, her habits, the way she would move, the social in the rate should? having studied the period from more decades that i would like to remember, it comes and you put yourself inside that person's head and that is the difference between writing fiction and history. how difficult is that to move between the two. you say historical sources are important to you fiction as they are important to you fiction as they are the foundation of the historical writing but you have to change on your perspective because, as you

say, you are getting inside her head. which is not a legitimate way for a historian to operate. it was easier converting the writing non—fiction to fiction. you need to come off the fence and start becoming a novelist. it made me go back to square one and learn my kraft from day one. i thought i knew all there was to know but you learn with every book. even so, i had to learn to show rather than tell say the reader experiences of what is happening. rather than just using fax where they occur. it has to spring from character rather than the source. you work really hard on character. after our first draft, the source. you work really hard on character. after ourfirst draft, i will go back to character of threads so will go back to character of threads so that the characters leave more

interestingly. having worked on a period of history for so long and 110w period of history for so long and now having spent a lot of time writing fiction about the period, how has your view of henry viii evolved ? how has your view of henry viii evolved? i had a certain amount of sympathy, not to say he was not a monster. but he did not have the son he needed and that covered a lot of his action and a lot of his life was overshadowed by frustration. the importance of that cannot be overstated. it cannot. he did not fall off a horse and changed his character. he was not out cold for two hours, it is a very bad source but you can see the gradual deterioration of the character, the frustration developing the star with his start to executing his opponents. you describe episodes

where he is furious with jane seymour for what he claims is an interference in politics but then he switches quickly to being a tender husband, really, despite everything. he does. by then at the king has become supreme head of the church and believes almost in his own divinity. when jane and believes almost in his own divinity. whenjane questions his policies, he will lash out verbally but as soon as she's back in her place, he could be the tender, adoring husband which he is for the rest of the time according to record. it is a tragic story. giving birth to his only male child and and dying from it. but the boy france through a regency for five or six

yea rs through a regency for five or six years and it is the beginning of a period of extraordinary instability and we get that flavour throughout this volume. the period is full of this volume. the period is full of this kind of element that no one knows what is going to happen next but there are so many sweeping changes, religious changes and under and ——"... changes, religious changes and under and --"... jane seymour is changes, religious changes and under and --". .. jane seymour is dead at the end of the story. and then you have a gap. and then henry marries another —— and i think the opening cha pters another —— and i think the opening chapters will be quite startling. thank you for that tantalising bid. alison weir the author of jane

seymore, the haunted queen. good evening, there were the story is not showing signs of change. friday will be the fifth consecutive day of temperatures above 30 degrees. 0ther day of temperatures above 30 degrees. other places not far behind. hot and sunny for the weekend with a chance of a downpour on sunday courtesy of this area of cloud, spinning around close to iberia. the clumps of cloud will reach shores by sunday introducing the threat of one of two showers before that happens plenty of warm area a cross before that happens plenty of warm area across western europe. turning increasingly wet. —— humid. the amount of cloud around. it will rack

up amount of cloud around. it will rack up quite quickly through tomorrow morning and then a familiar tale with long spells of hot sunshine. high uv with long spells of hot sunshine. high uv levels. a bit of a breeze in the south. wide highs of around 25— 29 degrees. the west coast could get up 29 degrees. the west coast could get up to 30 degrees. as we move into the early hours of sunday, we will hold on some of the warmth and humidity in the south. a few showers showing their hand. remember those clu bs showing their hand. remember those clubs of cloud i showed you, they are going to push north with an area of low pressure bringing showers to the south—west of england, wales, the south—west of england, wales, the midlands and perhaps northern ireland. this weather front threatens to bring a bit of rain to

the north of scotland. everywhere else sunshine and with the heat and humanity from the near continent, 31 degrees on sunday in the centre of london. further north, 30 degrees is on the clouds. the area of low pressure churning around without any real purpose. bringing the odd shower at times. high pressure is close enough to keep control of our weather and that means lots of dry, sunny weather and high temperatures as well. still the chance of one of two showers in the south—west. if you looking forward to a dramatic change or rain, there isn't much in the forecast. that's all for now. good night. this is bbc news, i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: hours after reaching a deal, european leaders disagree about who should take in and process migrants, coming into europe

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