winemakers say global warming is helping them thrive. when they haven't had to look for water all winter. .. some crops are struggling with the dry conditions. their roots don't run deep enough to access water. this season could prove disastrous for some arable crops, especially later drilled crops. grapes are different. most established grapevines have root systems which go down five or six metres, maybe twice that in hotter countries, so the established vines have had their roots in water all the way through. monitoring the colour of plants from above is just one way to assess how grapes are doing ahead of the autumn harvest. we have had vines that have grown astronomically, there seemed to be loads of bunches compared to last year. so a bumper harvest? i hope so. this is one of the most northerly

vineyards in britain but it's making the most of the heatwave and a changing climate. now it's time for a look at the weather. you may well be looking for rain by now, after this prolonged dry spell. a few of us had some rain today in the form of scattered showers, most of those have faded away and the evening looked like that. as we had on through what is left of the night, there could still be one or two showers night, there could still be one or two s howe i’s a cross night, there could still be one or two showers across the far north of scotla nd two showers across the far north of scotland but otherwise it is dry with clear spells, temperatures are not dropping farfor with clear spells, temperatures are not dropping far for london, cardiff or plymouth. further north, aberdeen and newcastle, more like 10 degrees and newcastle, more like 10 degrees and some rural spots in the north—east could get down to eight 01’ north—east could get down to eight or nine. into tomorrow, a fine looking day. spells of sunshine but just like today, the shower clouds

tend to bubble up, not everywhere, if you are looking for rain this will not be reliable but some spots in northern scotland will see showers and some of the showers in the south are likely to be heavy and showery. a few showers for northern ireland and lots of dry weather through north—east england, wales, the south—west again, a small chance ofa the south—west again, a small chance of a shower, further east looking dry and sunny. temperatures towards the south—east on the —— corner getting up to 26 or 27. even further north—west, around 2a degrees. he had to thursday, again a lot of sunshine around and that sunshine will build the heat. just a small chance of a shower. 0r cloud into the north—west cape keeping things cool the north—west cape keeping things cool, but without the orange colours on the charts at these temperatures. to 29 in london, a bit cooler when we have that extra clout in the north—west. cloud comes ahead of this frontal system. if you are

looking for rain, this may be because for optimism. watch what happens as the front sinks southwards and eastwards on friday. some heavy rainfall scotland, northern ireland and england but as it pushes down, the front will sizzle. very little rain getting into the south—eastern corner, friday is another day of hot sunshine, further east, more cloud and a slightly fresher feel. that dying front continues to move out of the way is again to the site of the weekend and high pressure will still be just about in charge. that means things for the weekend to look generally dry, some spells of warm sunshine, patchy rain but not a lot. hello. this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first, the headlines at 11:30pm:

the government narrowly survives an attempt by pro—eu conservative mps to change its post—brexit trade strategy. in an apparent u—turn, donald trump says he misspoke at yesterday's news conference with vladimir putin, when he appeared to defend russia, over his own intelligence agencies, regarding claims of russian meddling in the 2016 us presidential election. as the dry weather continues, seven million people in north—west england are preparing for a hosepipe ban. the chilling 999 call made by former suffolk ukip councillor stephen searle, who's been found guilty of murdering his wife. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be

bringing us tomorrow. with me are sebastian payne, who's the political lead writer for the financial times, and the editor of the politico london playbook, jack blanchard. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the daily telegraph reports that theresa may was saved by four labour mps as she avoided a critical commons defeat on brexit by a narrow margin. similarly, the ft leads on may restoring herfrail grip on brexit by seeing off pro—europe rebels. the guardian also leads with the prime minister seeing off a commons rebellion. the i reports relief in downing street following another close vote. the times says theresa may threatened tory rebels with a general election if they didn't back her over brexit. the daily mail leads on employment figures in britain being at a record high, with 1,000 people a day finding jobs.

the daily mirror reports on the fling that wrecked a family, as ex—ukip councillor is found guilty of murdering his wife. and, finally, the daily express says police are failing to investigate so—called low—level crimes, including card theft. so that is a flavour of the front pages and inevitably we will talk initially at least about brexit. take us to the front of the ft. may sees off pro— europe rebels. take us to the front of the ft. may sees off pro- europe rebels. another day of drama in the house of commons today and getting tired of saying theresa may faced a big showdown vote and that was what was happening. they don't come much closer than this. the rebels in her party, the remain supporting rebels we re party, the remain supporting rebels were basically trying to tie your hands in the negotiations to force

to keep britain in the customs union which would have been a really big deal and it would have blown apart the compromise plan that theresa may agreed at chequers that does not involve staying in the customs union. it would have changed the dynamics completely and it was by a tight margin that she avoided it, just six votes, so three the other way and that would have happened, she would have been defeated and it would have triggered a bigger crisis for the leadership and we have seen in anything that has happened in the last two years and she has had a view over the last two years. so it was a real" squeaker for the government. " that is your take on it as well. despite what has happened. absolutely. theresa may's weakness seems to be her strength. ever since the general election last year when she lost her majority in the house of commons and her vision ofa the house of commons and her vision of a hard brexit, having a clean break with the eu, she has stuck by that and she has survived by acting

a bit like a crab, moving from side to side, not really moving forward, making little compromises and ever so making little compromises and ever so slowly edging towards a deal and bringing her party with her. but the fa ct bringing her party with her. but the fact is, those who voted against, they have another vote in the commons this evening, which the government lost, on remaining tied to the eu on medicinal issues, that vote was one that had wider support than the customs union thing. and the rebels don't have an alternative. there is no clear alternative. there is no clear alternative vision. no clear alternative vision. no clear alternative prime minister or even i'io alternative prime minister or even no clear alternative plan to get rid of theresa may as the prime minister. there is a lot of huffing and puffing about showing the government and defeating, but she always imagines to get through and survive this crisis. but this won't be the last. there might be more this week, next week. even if parliament goes to recess over summer, when we parliament goes to recess over summer, when we come parliament goes to recess over summer, when we come back in autumn there is going to be a crunch point

when it will be accepted or not by parliament and that will be a real squeaker i think. and among them john major. he has given another interview this evening talking about the threat that the brexiteer rebels on the other side of the party poses to her. he is a man with a lot of experience of this. a lot of them are the same people who brought down his government or had it clinging on by its fingertips. he knows what it is like and he probably has sympathy with theresa may. the brexiteers would say, this is yourfault, you put a stop to this, which they now feel that they have to undertake. it is amazing, this row which has divided the tory party for my lifetime is still going on and being played out with the same people having the same arguments 20 or 30 yea rs having the same arguments 20 or 30 years on and it feels it will never go away. you are right and the eu, i'io go away. you are right and the eu, no matter what happens, no matter

what brexiteer we get, there will be people agitating over the same concerns about money, sovereignty, borders. they speak to the fundamental questions about what britain is about as a nation. its role in the world and the eurosceptics, their views have evolved. they have hardened since the mastrick days. sirjohn major is trying to get to the core rump that caused him problems are still there today. and how much do they reflect wider public opinion? the move to the telegraph. we have talked so far about divisions in the conservative party. it would be wrong to suggest labour is entirely harmonious as well and they highlight that in their headline. yes. the reason the government got through the vote tonight was thanks to four labour mps who are long—term eurosceptics and these mps come from the same tradition asjeremy and these mps come from the same tradition as jeremy corbyn and john mcdonald who believe the eu is a capitalist club that is helping big

corporations in avoiding tax and all that sort of stuff and those of the people who campaigned for brexit all we re very people who campaigned for brexit all were very reluctant remainers, jeremy corbyn represented that. if they hadn't voted with the government tonight they would have lost this and we would be in a very different world talking about leadership challenges immediately and that sort of thing. a lot of people in the labour movement are angry with these four mps because the labour party and the trade union movement is very pro—eu and they see it as helping jobs, the economies, and if they had said, yes, we have these strong eurosceptic things, but we could defeat the government, then why didn't they do it? ultimately, opposition is around to oppose, not in through the government plans and i have sympathy with the argument that these people were putting their convictions first over what could have been putting themselves into power. and it takes us to the dilemma that a lot of labour mps faced, isn't it, jack, if they say

that remain, or a soft brexit, a lot of their constituents don't, they voted to leave. and this is what is a massive problem for every mp and there are tory mps, you don't hear about it, some of the remain brexit campaigners in the tory party support remain areas and so you see the real disconnect. people have such strong opinions on the issue thatis such strong opinions on the issue that is not in line with the areas that is not in line with the areas that they represent and i agree with sebastian that the labour mps have an awful lot of stick online tonight with labour supporters and jeremy corbyn supporters to get more about anything else, not the customs union, or the british relationship, it is getting labour into power and the tories out of power and these labour mps fought against that tonight and there is a lot of anger. i don't thinkjeremy corbyn will do much about this because of the reason that i think fundamentally in his heart he would vote with them if he was the labour leader —— if he

wasn't the labour leader he would be in the voting lobby for the same reason that he wants to get out of the eu as quickly as possible and seized theresa may's plan. jeremy corbyn cannot be too harsh because how many times did he rebelled against labour? 500 times. so, you know. and in terms of how close to the brink things are. just a word about the times' take. they are talking about what the prime minister told the soft brexit rebels. there will be an election if you vote against me. i think the house of cards book was opened tonight and every single mechanism and threat and cajoling was used to get mps to the lobby is this evening and essentially the conservative whips in charge of disciplining the party said to the mp5 that if you vote for the customs union thing we will bring forward a no—confidence motion and if we have that than the whole government could fall over. it is all very complicated thanks to

the fixed term parliament act brought in under the last government so no one brought in under the last government so no one is sure how to fall into a general election. essentially they we re general election. essentially they were playing a big game of chicken by saying if you vote against it it isa direct by saying if you vote against it it is a direct challenge to the pm. she survives this but they are not out of the leadership would just yet. the other thing is having issued the warning, if 12 of them decided they would vote against what the government wanted, that again shows how serious things are. that is exactly right and it shows how absolutely knife edge everything is and how little authority she has over the fringes of her party. having got through the vote this evening she is probably going to be 0k evening she is probably going to be ok now you would imagine. parliament goes to recess on tuesday. there are not any big moments coming up for that. the mps go away on the fancy holidays in summer. chances are not much will happen before september so she lives to fight another day. as sebastian says, she has kick the can

down the road again. there is another crisis looming when they come back again, without a shadow of a doubt. boris johnson might speak tomorrow, there is no suggestion he will say anything particularly... we will say anything particularly... we will have to wait and see. he probably has two speeches. the nasty one and a friendly one and he will make the call a few minutes before. 0r make the call a few minutes before. or he will make the wrong one. if you look at his debut back into life was the column in the daily telegraph where he returned as a regular commentator after leaving the foreign office and that column was classic rhetoric talking about believing in britain, we can do this, but it did not tackle the substance of the real challenges here and a little complexity of what we are trying to achieve. everyone looks at this famous moment where geoffrey house in the house of commons completely maltman over at thatcher, described as being mauled bya thatcher, described as being mauled by a dead sheep and people wonder if borisjohnson might by a dead sheep and people wonder if boris johnson might do that to theresa may — — boris johnson might do that to theresa may —— completely mauled

margareth thatcher. so if he did it right you could imagine getting just the perfect clip that goes out there to speak to the fears about the prime minister's plan, but boris has become a bit of eight ditherer i think over the last six months. i wonder whether he will go there or if we hear the same stuff that we have heard or whether people just go over, boris we have heard all of this before ——a ditherer. over, boris we have heard all of this before --a ditherer. lets get into donald trump. russia did medal, trump forced to admit, he basically saidi trump forced to admit, he basically said i misspoke. not a great look, the biggest press conference of your life and according to trump, when he said would, he meant wouldn't. 36 hours later he has realised that mistake and it is time to backtrack. it is completely implausible and nobody will believe this apart from

his rabid supporters. the truth is we all know how he feels that vladimir putin and it is plain to him in that press conference because it wasn't just one him in that press conference because it wasn'tjust one word in which he made this point about leaving him over his own intelligence agencies, he said it repeatedly in several different ways with several different ways with several different phrases and it was obvious to run watching what he meant. it is not a treble thing but this is how he works. he will say black is white and white is black and it has got him all the way to the white house puppy him all the way to the white house punpy is him all the way to the white house puppy is there anything to suggest that this is different from what has gone before? i think there is a slight difference in the twirl about this, what is different about this particular instance and i think yes, you have the whole fake news things that we saw when he came to the uk this week when he said borisjohnson would make a fine prime minister and a couple of hours later said the complete opposite. america takes its role very seriously on the world stage, the guardian of the rule of law, liberal democracy,

international relations and allies and that sort of thing. the fact that donald trump went out there and didn't have an understanding of that really hit home in dc and some of the people, the former speaker of the people, the former speaker of the house who was eight supporters said he must clarify this and the criticism has gone beyond the usual critiques. is adviser for ten days is that he has got to reverse this immediately. there were many others saying this as well so clearly he did turn around because he had no other choice and the real question is going to be, how much does any of this ultimately matter? is called voting base, they see him on the world stage doing a lot of things he promised and i think where it gets tricky for him is when he doesn't look like a strong, decisive leader, which is his macho image that he has created, that is only start to get

into danger. it shows the staggering ineptitude in terms of his strategy. he is under so much pressure over his relation with russia, he is now being investigated by the most powerful prosecutor in the us over his relationship with russia, he goes out to meet light emitted in and ignores all of his advice and cosies up to him. it will be the very last thing that you would do at a press co nfe re nce very last thing that you would do at a press conference and itjust shows that the guy is not operating in any normal sense. it is amazing, really. meanwhile, his processor, on the front of the guardian, has been speaking in johannesburg. —— predecessor. he is talking about an array of issues that we might be talking about, but he didn't mean it. he was talking about people can just make stuff up now. you could say he was talking at about xi jinping or say he was talking at about xi jinping oeradimir say he was talking at about xi jinping or vladimir putin, clearly

0bama knew exactly what he was doing. he gave his big speech, talking about the multilateral world is falling apart and all the processes he put in place in terms of cu ba processes he put in place in terms of cuba and nuclear deals, all of thatis of cuba and nuclear deals, all of that is being undone the. you can see he is a little bit sore about the state of world relations. when i saw this speech, it was such a long time ago, president who came in and acted in a traditional way, i don't know if that can happen again because things have changed so much in the geopolitical relations that yes, i think barack 0bama is right but it feels a bit irrelevant. we can't pretend that politicians only started telling porkies two years ago. that is true. this is on a scale we have not seen before. of

course, they tell lies and we catch them out. normally there is a big apology and somebody to resign, with donald trump, he will continue telling frequent and truths every day, things we know that are inaccurate and he carries on and what does anybody do about it? must talk about one other story. this is only here three casuals, a waste of money. —— a meagre three. —— omega. people i know in my family have taken these capitals for years, if not decades, it has been a common thing. when this review went over 100,000 people and it seemed to say it was essentially no better than a placebo. and it is one in a long line of thing so the health advice that we have been given suddenly turns out to be wrong. the problem

with this sort of story, it plays into this thing of people not really knowing. we have seen the whole thing about not eating sugar and fats and i think the key really is a fa ct fats and i think the key really is a fact —— —— effect. -- effect. here we are sitting in a television studio. 0bviously millions of viewers glued to our every word, however, according to the front of the telegraph, those viewers may be of a certain age. the age of streaming is really taking over. the telegraph is reporting that the under 35 is our shunning traditional broadcast tv to watch netflix and all the rest of it, which is a huge challenge for all broadcasters and a challenge that the print media has faced as people move to websites and the question

about what you do and don't pay for. the same thing is coming to broadcast television now and there we re broadcast television now and there were comparisons broadcast television now and there were comparisons around the licensing fee for netflix and what you get between the two back and the programming and as you can see what some generations can say forget the licence fee. i think things to just evolve and i spent years working in print journalism evolve and i spent years working in printjournalism and evolve and i spent years working in print journalism and newspapers evolve and i spent years working in printjournalism and newspapers and that industry is now evolving and i now work for a website and those things barely existed when i started out. but things move on and we work in different ways and people get their news and entertainment in different ways. it is a big challenge for the bbc because if the bbc wants to continue justifying how it is funded, it is a serious problem if those under 30 fires are not watching any more. if you look at these players and some of the applications the bbc has done, amazing innovations over the past decade that really reach out. there

are people who purely interact with the bbc through the applications, it is clearly it's clear in —— exploring new ways, the fundamental question is is there a basis for a national broadcaster when have all of this and competition? he is right that it will adapt and change, everybody has to be on the offensive for these disruptive technologies emerge. will have to leave it there. thank you both very much. 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. a big thank you to my guests sebastian payne from the ft and jack blanchard from politico, and goodbye. hello there. well you could say

eight few lucky gardens have seen some very much—needed rain during the last couple of days. today, most places were dry, lots of sunshine and a little bit cooler and fresher thanit and a little bit cooler and fresher than it has been, sunset photos up and down the country. this one coming from sue in wakefield. a few showers, some heavy ones across northern parts of scotland. these will tend to fizzle out over the next hours, certainly as you head into the early hours they should clear a wake, except for the odd one across the west. variable cloud. fairly warm in the south and cooler spots were scotland and northern england. we start the day off on a fine, dry and good spells of sunshine that will last into the afternoon, most places having another dry day but a few shower that will develop into the afternoon. we think the heaviest ones could be across the north of scotland, into the south, some lucky gardens of seeing water. sunny spells, a few showers for northern

ireland and a few showers for western parts of england, wales, into the midlands, but isolated and generally light indignation. to the east, dry and a bit warmer. 25 or 26 degrees here and a little bit higher elsewhere. as we had only to thursday, another fine, dry elsewhere. as we had only to thursday, anotherfine, dry day thanks to the high pressure. seeing the breeze and pick —— picking up across scotland and a little bit cooler here, but are just the deep oranges for england and wales, it is com pletely oranges for england and wales, it is completely warm one. averages in the mid— upper20s, we completely warm one. averages in the mid— upper 20s, we could see 29 or 30 across the south—east. this is the weather system i was talking about pushing onto north—west parts of the country, could give substantial parts of rain but as it moves south, it will tend to weaken, so there won't be that much on it. cloudier day across the northern half of the country on friday, some showery burst of rain spilling southwards by the head of it it will bea southwards by the head of it it will be a fairly warm one with sunny spells, could seek the odd heavy

shower moving into the south—east. top temperatures could be seven or 28, a bit more fresh for the north. this is the weather i was talking about, weakening features as it moves southwards across the country on saturday. could bring cloud and patchy rain first thing of the weekend, but generally speaking it will be high pressure in control. i think most places, largely dry. some spells of sunshine and a little bit of patchy rain here and there but nothing that substantial for the gardens. hello everyone and welcome. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: president trump's backtracks on his comments about russia. just a slip of the tongue, he now says. my sentence should have been i don't see any reason why it wouldn't be russia. sort of a double negative. with some of the boys from the thai cave about to be released from hospital, a mural thanking their rescuers is revealed.

i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: shocking footage of another aboriginal deaths in custody. the court sees footage of the victim pinned down and unable to breeze.