effort on the part of the authorities here to get this moving. we we re authorities here to get this moving. we were told by number ten this morning that it was sajid javid in concert with boris johnson, morning that it was sajid javid in concert with borisjohnson, so morning that it was sajid javid in concert with boris johnson, so a joint effort, though it was sajid javid who sent the letter. downing street would not go so far as to say the prime minister agreed initially, when asked if she agreed with it they would not say that. but she changed her chin so by the end of the afternoon she agreed, so they got themselves into a bit of a frankel, because it is a central tenet of a political and legal syste m tenet of a political and legal system here that we don't support the death penalty. and this is essentially britain if you want to say turning a blind eye almost what happens to these guys right up until execution, as long as they go to the united states, it gets them off our hands. what is also interesting is that sajid javid clearly for me has

an eye on becoming the next tory leader, there will be a leadership contest probably sooner rather than later, and this is the type of foreign policy. it weakens britain's position, you can't turn a blind eye to potentially the death penalty being exacted on your citizens, although they have been stripped of british citizenship, and then call for that not happen to perhaps other british nationals who find themselves in that situation the us. it isa themselves in that situation the us. it is a very strong decision but i think it will be very hard to justify as the years go by. and curiously, if there is a decision by the american authorities to send these two chaps to guantanamo bay, a p pa re ntly these two chaps to guantanamo bay, apparently we would not offer intelligence that might help the authorities if they do decide to

send these characters to guant namo. so it seems as though the british are ok about these two guys perhaps getting executed but not going to gwent and obey. and being tortured or interrogated. so we draw the line at culture but not execution? yes, there is not a great deal of consistency and they say it is not a precedent, it has apparently happen before when david cameron was prime minister. apparently it was a sip similar situation where britain did not seek a no exemption agreement, we will let you have these guys but they cannot be executed, so apparently it has happened before. but there wasn't as much of a row about it. i think itjust didn't come out. the authorities didn't wa nt come out. the authorities didn't want this to come out and it has. this has come out because of a leak and the suggestion was was from the united states, potentially, allegedly, the attorney general‘s office in the us. it was the

telegraph who broke the story and it was their us editor, correspondence, who broke it, which would suggest it did come from america. that story will run and run, continuing with the theme of islamic state, the guardian front page, very interesting, the warning of threat from isis women, the suggestion is that far more women and children we re that far more women and children were members of this organisation than had previously been informed. obviously this is a very big issue for security services, they have radicalised british individuals coming back to this country and potentially posing a major threat on the streets of great britain, and the streets of great britain, and the assumption has always been that they are far more likely to be men than women. and this research from kings college london has suggested while men are in the majority obviously the number of radicalised women coming back with associations with isis in iraq and syria is higher than initially thought. the

clearly these women and miners as well under 16—year—old kids, who are not being watched potentially, to the same degree that men are, so there is a potential blindspot thereby the security services. the figures and justin, 30% of foreign citizens who became affiliated with isis and iraq in syria, at a particular date, were women and 12% we re particular date, were women and 12% were minors. you don't really want to question every report or research thatis to question every report or research that is done, but i wonder how do you measure whether someone is affiliated? what is their allegiance? do you ask them? i don't quite understand. anyway, the figures are there, 13% of women and 1296 figures are there, 13% of women and 12% of minors, and as kevin said these people have very much not been on the radar. certainly a headache for the security services. the

financial times, talking about headaches, brexit, for everyone! a headaches, brexit, for everyone! a headache for remainers and leave as it would seem at the moment. the financial times, cut tax or face brexit exodus, treasury warned by wall street banks. is this wall street banks think they have is over a barrel, do they? it is interesting, they are saying do this oi’ interesting, they are saying do this orface banks interesting, they are saying do this or face banks leaving the interesting, they are saying do this orface banks leaving the uk interesting, they are saying do this or face banks leaving the uk and setting up in america, less regulation except because of donald trump's policies. is this a story about brexit or the current situation, because a lot of the stuff they complain about already exists, that avowed corporation tax, there is a surcharge in this country, corporation tax has been cut in america and generally there isain cut in america and generally there is a in america under donald trump for looser regulation of banks. i do know how much of this is to do with brexit and how much is to do with the current situation. when you put

uk and america against each other, which is a softer environment for banks? it would appear to be america. i suppose this is about getting regulation and red tape, kevin, but in a post—brexit world, these banks think we are a bit weak and they have got is over a barrel because we are desperate for anything. absolutely, and this report will be music to the ea as the likes of borisjohnson, jacob rees—mogg, who see brexit as an opportunity for deregulation, lower tax, and it is interesting as well that it tax, and it is interesting as well thatitis tax, and it is interesting as well that it is philip hammond, the chancellor, it remains a port, seems to bea chancellor, it remains a port, seems to be a bit ofa chancellor, it remains a port, seems to be a bit of a roadblock to the type of form is hard brexiteers want to see, the one coming under pressure. saying this is potentially out pressure. saying this is potentially our biggest trading partner outside the eu, laying down the law essentially, saying if you want to

continue being a financial centre you will have to be a bit more competitive, and that is what they think should happen, but philip hammond is a bit more cautious. he has also said don't worry, though, because of certain multinational giants desert us, we can always rely on the emerging markets. that is his answer. who knows? quite a gamble. who knows? talking about brexit, jeremy hunt, brussels must change tack or we will stumble into a no—deal brexit. apparently we have time running out, the clock is ticking, according to mr barnier but when you take the summer out of the calculation, it is a matter of weeks before we have got to have a deal. yep. what is interesting here, it is the new foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, really the first strong words we have had from him, and he of course, i suppose he would, has blamed brussels for the impasse and

say they need to stop being so inflexible. obviously people on the other side will say it is not really about brussels being inflexible, it is about the fact that you haven't really got your act together. you have had a long time to work this all out and what you have come up with has not pleased anyone. you could argue as you can with all brexit stories, you could argue either side. what is interesting, this is very much in contrast to the kind of stuff that boris johnson would have said, because boris johnson obviously would have said don't worry, no deal, we will deal with it, there is no danger of no deal. jeremy hunt is very much saying if there is no deal, we don't wa nt saying if there is no deal, we don't want there to be, but if there is no deal, we have contingency plans in place. it is a very different kind of tack. jeremy hunt were saying all of tack. jeremy hunt were saying all of this while he was in germany, i think it was, that day, and i think the germans probably thought he would be going there with rather

more emollient language on a bit of a charm offensive but in fact he has gone over there and said if we get a no deal, it is your fault. yes, it looks like the blame game has started and we are running out of time. august, traditionally not a lot of work gets done. the french aren't back until september. quite. the october summit is coming up, which is the one where the deal is meant to be done, because they need six months to get it ratified through all the national parliament and the european parliaments, so we don't have a lot of time, and it looks like it is about expectation management. if there is no deal, it is not our fault, it is those guys. he said that in his beach, then he we nt he said that in his beach, then he went on twitter and said the only person rejoicing if there was a no—deal brexit is vladimir putin, so he isjacking that in as no—deal brexit is vladimir putin, so he is jacking that in as well. the poor old germans, oh dear!

telegraph, britain's first red light zone is a failure apparently. telegraph, britain's first red light zone is a failure apparentlym started in 2014, i have to say i was unaware, holbeck in leeds, and what it meant, pretty much what it says on the tin, that men looking for prostitutes were able to curb crawl between the hours of eight o'clock at night and six o'clock in the morning without these women, without there being any risk of them being arrested. but it looks like, especially from the people who helped set it up, that it has failed, because there has been an increase in violence, a lot of children and parents of children have complained about what is going on, reporting of crimes has increased, it doesn't seem to have worked. it looks like it might be curtains for the first red light zone. red-cell, velvet curtains, you mean? daily star, take the week. that is an order, kevin. music my

ears! there is an amber heat warning from the met office. who knew? sound advice, if it is going to be that hot, that is virtually the same temperature as the sun. laughter i would stay indoors with a fridge open! laughter some sort of metal radiogram grill around your house, if it is going to be as hot as the sun, because we all going to work. but we're not going to work. you will be back for the west end final in about 40 minutes, and our‘s time, something like that. good to see you, don't forget, you can see all the front pages of the papers online come on the bbc‘s news

website. if you missed the programme any evening, there is always iplayer. we will have another look at the papers in a few minutes' time. thank you for watching. good evening, the summer shows no sign of letting up just yet. the hottest day of the year so far today, 33.3 degrees recorded across parts of east anglia. that heat has been drawn up from the south, particularly into central, eastern and southern portions of the uk. further north and west, something a little bit different, you can see from the recent satellite picture, whether fronts that have been drifting in from the atlantic bringing a little bit of rain, still some showery rain to come through tonight but the rain tending to fizzle away. bands of cloud across parts of eastern and southern

scotland, northern ireland, moving into parts of wales as well. to the north—west, a touch pressure, towards the south—east and other very warm and sticky night. into tomorrow, these frontal systems, cold fronts, make some progress south—eastwards, weakening all the while. you can pick out some bands of cloud on our chart but not an awful lot of rain, just the odd shower moving along these weather fronts, towards the south—east, hot and sunny once again, just the small chance for a shower, further north and west some good spells of sunshine, the odd shower into the western isles of scotland but those temperatures a little bit lower, when the degrees in glasgow, some showers available, but a little bit cooler. the further south and east you look across wales particularly england, those temperatures up to 33 ora england, those temperatures up to 33 or a bit higher, england, those temperatures up to 33 ora bit higher, a england, those temperatures up to 33 or a bit higher, a small chance for an afternoon thunderstorm in the south—east. on wednesday, again they could be a shower in the south—east but most places will be dry. a bit of patchy rain into northern ireland and western scotland later in the

day, temperatures again creeping upwards again especially across england and wales, 3132 degrees down towards the south—east. the heat keeps on coming across central and eastern areas on thursday, but this frontal system pushing into the west will eventually bring some rain into northern ireland, western scotland, the front though actually will help to exacerbate the process of scooping up the hot air from the south and bringing it in our direction. temperatures in london, 32, maybe 33 degrees, birmingham, even sheffield not too far behind but it does cool off a little bit as we head towards the weekend. further north we will also feel the effects of that cooler fresher air. could be a bit of rain at times as well, but the heat will begin to build again next week. this is bbc news.

the headlines at 11pm: as the hot weather continues, the met office has issued a health alert, urging precaution in all the heat. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has warned the uk could crash out of the eu without a deal by accident unless officials in brussels change their approach. the home office says it won't oppose the use of the death penalty if two british men suspected of being islamic state militants are put on trial in america. labour mps will be balloted on whether the party's rules on anti—semitism should correspond with internationally—recognised norms. also coming up: president trump threatens to revoke security clearances belonging to critics of his administration. the white house targets former intelligence and security chiefs including ex—cia directorjohn brennan, and former fbi chief, james comey.