it began on monday night or began. it began on monday night or sunday night... is famous to file his column at short notice. it has been going on for days and yet here we are right across the front pages and the other important part of dumptrump politics is you never back down and you never apologise, you love and embraced the foray in front pages and he got exactly what he wanted. do you think he could be under greater pressure to apologise if he was foreign secretary.” under greater pressure to apologise if he was foreign secretary. i hope in his most outspoken remarks as foreign secretary, he didn't do stuff like this but he has free reign and has no boss now, and you notice the back down quotes are attributed to a source close to borisjohnson attributed to a source close to boris johnson and i attributed to a source close to borisjohnson and i do not think i would be breaking too many traditions to suggest that is probably coming from borisjohnson himself. and he knows the game he is

playing. he knows this is going to bea playing. he knows this is going to be a top story across all the papers and he is gearing up for the election and the next year or two. we had the conservative party chairman during the day and we have the prime minister speaking in edinburgh and when it gets to that level do you have to sit back and think perhaps... if he was still in the cabinet absolutely and he would be apologising, and saying this as foreign secretary... pushing the limits. but as a backbench mp, there are backbench mps in the tory party who i've said more outrageous things than this and are still backbench mps. he sent out a clear message to the people who are going to choose, probably going to choose the next prime minister which is the hundred thousand or so tory party members who will pick a new premise or when

theresa may is forced out and sent a clear message that this is someone who is prepared... i say what everyone is thinking, and they'd see it in everyone is thinking, and they'd see itina everyone is thinking, and they'd see it in a jovial way. i suspect although a lot of people will not like it... there is aligning here, the prime minister, it for her minister, he is regarded as a threat by the government. i do not think thatis by the government. i do not think that is necessarily wrong, he is a problem for downing street and that is why he has to have the prime minister on the airways telling him to shut up please. grassroot members are not happy over the brexit deal where the checkers proposals and he knows that and is playing to it. this is part of that story as well. it definitely is. everything he does has to be seen with the prism of when not tory retreat... leadership

contest comes. what else is he therefore now. he resigned hisjob and trying to put himself in a position where he will succeed the prime minister. and he has a final shot because it does not get it this time... this is still in the telegraph. i get the feeling the headline was written by someone who is not a regular. it is... i do not know what a dope club is other than the chairman of the united kingdom cannabis social clubs as id claims it is 160 of them ranging from dundee to the isle of wight. i like the idea that everyone on the isle of wightjust the idea that everyone on the isle of wight just going the idea that everyone on the isle of wightjust going off into their local village hall... who knew there was a united kingdom cannabis social clubs. the official story, what the telegraaf. .. clubs. the official story, what the telegraaf... telegraphed clubs. the official story, what the telegraaf. .. telegraphed his clubs. the official story, what the telegraaf... telegraphed his thing, the police are not bothering to enforce or crackdown on these

things, people smoking weed in their own homes or sharing it around or that believe in current commissions are and they're saying if we let people smoke and drink —— drink booze, why can't they use cannabis recreationally? telegraphed readers will like their police to be responding to... and the truth is it is against the law and beirut should be prosecuting and if the government wants to change the law about is what they should do. there are a couple of bigger things there across the western world, people are changing these things. most of america now, it is legal to have a small amount of cannabis and canada is in the middle of changing the law and so the uk is miles behind best in treating something that you will be arrested and sent to prison if you do this. another thing interesting is police and crime commissioners are introduced to theresa may to be people's

representation. i think you pinpointed the seriousness in the next story, brussels tells firms... it isa next story, brussels tells firms... it is a massive clash until very recently the big two close allies, europe and america, once again it is fuelled by donald trump shredding the iran deal from fuelled by donald trump shredding the iran dealfrom america's perspective and wants to make sure that europe backs away from it as well in europe is having none of it and is encouraging businesses to keep trading with iran because it does not want the deal to fall apart and donald trump is issuing threats to the business is an incredible that these two great allies of 70 yea rs that these two great allies of 70 years a re that these two great allies of 70 years are going at it in this way so quickly. i do not know... if you are a business and your hearing the

president of the united states making threats like that and easy to people in brussels encouraging go out there and do this, what are you supposed to do? i would be more scared of us afford a mac of 30 used in brussels authorities. i would ta ke in brussels authorities. i would take the line on whatever the us says on this, they in force sanctions harder than ours. and in the middle britain is going its own way and leaving the eu so there... the fact that there was a united block of the eu, the us and britain obviously being part of the eu and 110w obviously being part of the eu and now you're sort of looking at three different groups going in there under action. it is interesting time for things like nato. it is part of the bigger picture, and loggerheads at trade and export in the retaliation from brussels, the whole alliance isjust retaliation from brussels, the whole alliance is just really

retaliation from brussels, the whole alliance isjust really falling apart in such a short amount of time since donald trump has really started acting in this way and what has been a year since he started acting like this. he would argue presumably if you look at events in north korea in the last six months 01’ north korea in the last six months orso, north korea in the last six months 01’ so, you use your north korea in the last six months or so, you use your word in that way but say i will still talk to you if you want to have a chat, i will still sit down. i am slightly worried about the thinking behind these moves, they feel ad hoc and sometimes i feel like going the guy is just making it sometimes i feel like going the guy isjust making it up sometimes i feel like going the guy is just making it up as sometimes i feel like going the guy isjust making it up as he sometimes i feel like going the guy is just making it up as he goes along, why not just is just making it up as he goes along, why notjust accept is just making it up as he goes along, why not just accept that. is just making it up as he goes along, why notjust accept that. and there is a bit of resentment and brussels being treated like north korea which is run by a crazed dictators. i can see why that might... it might upset people. the other thing with iran is what example would chinedu in terms of business with iran if america is putting more sanctions in and saying

don't do business with them, we would like your business to come out, what will the chinese do? judging by their approach to an expansion in africa and other parts of the world, trade and get involved and get stuck in countries that are willing to, and certainly... having travelled across ethiopia recently in seeing the amount of chinese investment there, it is extraordinary and all across the world china is going into places that other countries aren't willing to invest in. let's go over to the ft and you pointed this out first when we were outside. this is about elon musk and tweeted today and there was a financial impact as a result stop yellow he is an extraordinary character who spends his time trying to make electric ca i’s his time trying to make electric cars profitable and make reusable space rockets. he had never shy

getting into an argument on twitter and when the ft did an earlier report that the saudi government is taking a stake in his electric car company said in a casual tweet saying i will buy it for a third more money and take a private. however the price he named which is 420 is also an internet reference to smoking cannabis so whether or not he is evenjoking... no one is clear whether the front page is based on one man with a knife unmaking a joke 01’ one man with a knife unmaking a joke or he increased the value of his company by billions of dollars. an unexpected theme running through the papers tonight. a more certain... you're not allowed to artificially inflate your company, there are laws about that. he claims he is someone willing to take this off the public markets and help him on it privately

so markets and help him on it privately so he can try to make it profitable but all the things that have been fond of who you would expect to know if they were about to find out such a deal do not seem to know about any such deal. he makes great copy which is why you will always keep making the front pages. and he will continue to do that. until authorities can involve. thank you very much for your time today. that's it for the papers for the moment. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you, 7 days a week at bbc.couk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you to my guests arejim waterson, from the guardian, and jack blanchard from politico. we'll all be back for a longer look at the papers at 11:30. but for the moment goodbye. good evening, it is all changed for

the weather forecast as heat and humidity that has been holding on in the south and east are now easing away so things are turning cooler. this is how we ended the day, a beautiful sunset they're this is how we ended the day, a beautiful sunset they‘ re captured this is how we ended the day, a beautiful sunset they're captured by one of our weather watchers. further ease the cloud has been thick enough to produce really heavy showers and thunderstorms, they have been rattling their way up across the english channels the past three hours and will be easing later on tonight. still a few showers for parts of kent and essex and as we move through the middle part of the night, early hours of wednesday morning. heading through wednesday morning, most of the showers will clear away into the north sea. dryer sta rts clear away into the north sea. dryer starts on wednesday and showers packing into the far northwest of the country and certainly a fresher feel two things. overnight it is a little warm and muggy in the far southeast oak london temperature is around 17 degrees or so, and about ten or 12 celsius in city centres

across scotland and northern ireland. that weather pushes its way eastwards a cross ireland. that weather pushes its way eastwards across the uk and clearing off towards scandinavia with he waved pushing eastwards and rush whether for us through the day on wednesday so not a bad day at all. some showers around in scotland and northern ireland. across this patch, temperatures will be at least 10 degrees cooler than in recent days inafew degrees cooler than in recent days in a few spots. 23 or 24, top temperature across the southeast of the england and many places having a dry day with sunshine on thursday and a few showers on scotland and northern ireland and more persistent rainfor northern ireland and more persistent rain for the northern ireland and more persistent rainforthe far northern ireland and more persistent rain for the far southeast. there will be welcome rainfall across this patch that has been very dry for much of the summer. during the day on friday and we still have the fresh westerly breeze bringing a mix of sun and showers. fairly typical

01’ even a of sun and showers. fairly typical or even a little bit lower than what we or even a little bit lower than what we would expect for the time of year. into the weekend and next area of low pressure lining up, that will move its way west or east across the country, bumping into high pressure around the continent but that means through the weekend we have listerine wins. —— blustery winds. goodbye. this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at eleven: theresa may has backed calls for borisjohnson to apologise, for comments about muslim women who wear full—face veils i think boris johnson i think borisjohnson used language in describing people ‘s appearance and has caused offence to dig it was the wrong language to use and he should not have used it to get nothing to apologise for, blown out of all proportion by those who wish to cause him political damage.

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