who has died at the age of 81. former president george w bush described him as a patriot of the highest order. the celebrated american playwright and screenwriter neil simon has died at the age of 91. he wrote comedy classics such as the odd couple, the sunshine boys and barefoot in the park. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rob merrick, deputy political editor at the independent, and the author and journalist yasmin alibhai—brown. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. pope francis begging forforgiveness during his historic visit to ireland is on the front of the i. the same story is on the guardian, as the pope addresses decades of abuse and cover—ups.

the financial times reports that uber is focusing its long—term strategy on electric bicycles and scooters for shorter journeys. the daily telegraph claims a breakthrough drug specifically targeting middle age spread could help millions of people lose weight. it appears on the daily mail, too, as scientists claim the pill is three times more effective than dieting alone. the daily express leads with an interview with the daughter of the couple who died while on holiday in egypt. she speaks about their final hours. the times says a network of south american thieves are responsible for a string of burglaries. and the daily mirror reports the payday loan company wonga is on the brink of collapse. a variety of stories making the front pages. let's see what our reviewers make of it all. we will start with the i, and the

pope begging for forgiveness, we will start with the i, and the pope begging forforgiveness, his first visit to ireland in a0 years and the country has gone through huge changes in that time. and huge heartbreak as well. you remember what has been going on in those yea rs, what has been going on in those years, the child abuse scandals, the cover—ups, and the dreadful stories about the mother and baby centres. the mass grave they found just very recently thanks to some journalists, and mothers were looking for their children. and it seems to me that the pope begging forforgiveness is hardly enough, after the level of institutional scandal and cover—up. ina way, institutional scandal and cover—up. in a way, if i was one of the people involved, i would feel it almost insulting. we have spoken to quite a few people who obviously represent survivors‘ groups, and they feel, rob, that the future of the catholic church does not look that bright, as

far as they are concerned, because it has been exposed to be wanting. so you wonder what reforms they need to bring in in addition to these apologies, which many people will be pleased to have heard this weekend. yes, i don‘t think the pope has given many clues as to that. i have seen sniping from commentators in ireland this evening about the level of the apology that he has given. i think there is a suggestion that if he was really asking for forgiveness from the irish nation, the irish people, he would have delivered this at dublin castle rather than some would say in front of his own pilgrims. although having said that, the words on the page look pretty powerful, he asked for the forgiveness of abuses, the power of conscious mac conscience, and sexual abuse, et cetera. it isn't enough. some of these people are still alive. he should have promised absolute action, delivering them to justice. in australia, in south america, in america, deliverthem justice. in australia, in south america, in america, deliver them to justice rather thanjust

america, in america, deliver them to justice rather than just say sorry, surely. yes, because the other way it has been a tough day for the pope is the revelation this evening, the allegation, i should say, by a senior vatican diplomat in the us that the pope himself knew about some abuse and was party to covering it up. and i think that at the very least shows the scale of the enemies that he has within the vatican, whatever the truth of that allegation. let's look at the telegraph. may on a mission to sub saharan africa. yes, south africa, nigeria and kenya. we have mutual benefits and she is building trade links with those african countries. it isa links with those african countries. it is a long time since a british prime minister went on a trade mission to sub saharan africa, i was saying that macron had left him, and you are pointing out the chinese have more than leptin —— leapt in. i

should mention that i was reading about a ship called the ss mendy which was a shipwreck in world war i. which was a shipwreck in world war i, and it is the worst maritime disaster in south african history —— ss mendi. the bell from the ss mendi turned up, it was left in a plastic bag on swanage pier last year. there was a lot of talk about the centenary was a lot of talk about the ce nte nary of was a lot of talk about the centenary of the shipwreck and this bell was just left. it had centenary of the shipwreck and this bell wasjust left. it had been centenary of the shipwreck and this bell was just left. it had been lost for decades, stripped from the wreck. theresa may will be taking it back to south africa and presenting it to the president of south africa. the ss mendi tragedy is particularly significant in south africa because during the years of apartheid the government prevented any commemoration of what was a tragedy primarily for black south africans,

the majority of the victims were black. and i think gordon brown went not when he was prime minister, at one point, saying all the wrong things and made people very cross. i we nt things and made people very cross. i went to south africa once with, believe it or not, borisjohnson, as pa rt of believe it or not, borisjohnson, as part of a british council thing, and... to bea part of a british council thing, and... to be a fly on the wall! 0 my god, oh, my god. he behaved like he was cecil rhodes, and even said... and actually people walked out. i think if she can heal some of these words, no bad thing. think if she can heal some of these words, no bad thinglj think if she can heal some of these words, no bad thing. i suppose i must leap to the former foreign secretary‘s defence and say he is not here to explain himself. he was there with me on a delegation, i am not making any allegations, except he is no more cecil rhodes than he is churchill. let's stay with the telegraph. 0ther‘s heartbreak as she

is sent back to jail. this is the british iranian charity worker, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. to have this three—day release, and be reunited with her daughter who she has hardly seen at all. in this picture is so touching, when she is having to go back. part of me feels... actually, some of these negotiations about her release need to be happening quietly, not in the press so to be happening quietly, not in the press so much. because i was really anxious when this happened that it is already too much in the public eye, and the nazanin regime is so —— iranian regime is so odd, they get very wounded by all kinds of publicity. they are over proud, they are waiting for a reason to put her back in, and i think now thatjeremy

hunt is in thisjob, everything needs to be happening behind the scenes. with a different foreign secretary in charge, there could be a different approach, a different tone to it. jeremy hunt would have hoped to have made the progress that borisjohnson failed hoped to have made the progress that boris johnson failed to hoped to have made the progress that borisjohnson failed to make as he blundered through the whole thing, but it is incredibly murky. 0bviously nazanin was released for three days. because of eid, i think. and there is international politics at play, and iran is trying to establish some sort of warmer relations with the uk as the uk tries to maintain the iran deal that trump has dumped. there is also the issue of the arms deal in the 19705, and britain owing a00 million to iran, or something. and some friends

who live in iran have said to me that there are all kinds of awful things at play, and i think we need quiet. the british are very good at quiet. the british are very good at quiet diplomacy. that is what we need. let's look at the ft. another picture 5tory. politicians from both 5ides unite in morning john mccain. politic5 5ides unite in morning john mccain. politics in the united states immensely divided at the moment, and that did strike me, the tributes that did strike me, the tributes that were coming from all quarters forjohn mccain, is controversial figure as he has been. yes, and it is interesting, 0bama apparently will be speaking at the funeral, bush will be speaking at the funeral. and trump is not invited. and trump issued some kind of a twit, didn‘t he. he was a very interesting character, because he did take on trump, although he was a

republican, in a very straightforward, direct way. but then there are all these other things about him. he was compensated man, and he was important, i think, to the republican party. it is only ten years since he was defeated by 0bama, and yet he feels like a politician from a different age, doesn't he, because of the nightmare of trump and because of the same sort of political divide in this country over brexit. not everyone thinks trump is a knight, of course, do they? every sane person does. i give up. there was an extraordinary clip when he was running for president, and at a republican rally this woman takes on and talks about 0bama being an arab and a foreigner. and of course, mccain corrects her, and doesn‘t go gently. and very

skilfully points out he was decent, and afamily skilfully points out he was decent, and a family man. whatever their political divide. that seems like an attitude from a different age, considering the monster in the white house. you can't keep saying that! i am going to have to keep leaping to mr trump‘s defence. am going to have to keep leaping to mr trump's defence. well, i look forward to seeing you do that. not eve ryo ne forward to seeing you do that. not everyone thinks... he is lively and entertaining, and you have the economy doing well. gosh. the daily star, we don‘t feature the daily star, we don‘t feature the daily star very often, but they have the battle of portaloo. presumably the first time the daily star has had its lead story on brexit, but we

learnt today that one of the consequences of failing to reach agreement with the eu would be, because of the huge tailbacks which result because of the delays at borders, a 13 mile lorry park is being planned if the worst comes to pass, and these lorry drivers will have two relieve themselves somewhere, so it will be boomtime for portaloos, which will decorate the sides of our motorways. can you imagine a comedy show which does this story? you would hardly believe it, would you ? this story? you would hardly believe it, would you? if somebody did a comedy skit, look at the mess we're in. ican't comedy skit, look at the mess we're in. i can't sleep at night now, because of this. i have this image. if you get stuck on the road, you will be glad of them. it will be a nightmare, that we have... let's not

go there. our producer tonight suggests you don‘t count sheep, count loos. daily mail, the slimming pill proven to beat middle—aged spread. how does it work, do we know? until tonight, spread. how does it work, do we know? untiltonight, we thought spread. how does it work, do we know? until tonight, we thought that lots of exercise and a healthy diet was the secret to staving off middle age spread, but apparently you don‘t need to worry about any of those things any more, because there is a miracle pill coming from, surprise, surprise, america, which is proven, and it is underlined, to do thejob for you. we are both very sceptical of the idea they can be a miracle pill which. is having to stay away from some of the nicer things that we wa nt from some of the nicer things that we want to eat. nine pounds, three ounces in the first year, it costs £220 a month, and some people are saying it should be available on the

national health service. you know, i hate these... that is not a lot of weight to lose in a year, that is less tha n weight to lose in a year, that is less than a pound a month. and £220 a month per person. the idea is that the nhs would pay for this? you can‘t get a knee or hip replacement any more, but apparently there is going to be a miracle slimming. some doctors are offering the operation of gastric bypass, which is much more expensive, and give them the pills. don't give them the pills. losing weight is tough, you have to do it and you have to do it consistently. as you get older, you don‘t need as much food. you just don‘t, but you get used to eating it. and also the body changes, doesn't metabolises. you never think it will, and then it does. let‘s look at the guardian. and here we have a picture of carnival —goers,

very colourful in their plastic macs, but it is not the kind of whether you want for notting hill. it isa whether you want for notting hill. it is a wonderful picture, it really works to draw the eye to the front page, all the different coloured macs and beaming smiles. and the plunging temperatures have not done any damage to the notting hill carnival today. i love any damage to the notting hill carnivaltoday. i love the happiness on their faces, because most of the timel on their faces, because most of the time i am feeling so miserable in the country, and you see this happiness on a rainy day. it is lovely. if you have never been, it is certainly a treat to go. 0ur floor manager, becky, took her one—year—old daughter today. could you protectors on so she wouldn‘t be deafened. that‘s it for the papers tonight. don‘t forget you can see the front pages of the papers online