isolated showers. lots of sunshine in scotland and northern ireland. a beautiful afternoon. we've seen numerous weather watcher picture sent in. they were all stunning. here isjust one sent in. they were all stunning. here is just one to illustrate the point. really the place to be there. it will be a different story tomorrow. i can guarantee you contrasting weather conditions to what you've had today. that means we will see rain pushing to into scotland, first signs starting to show its hand now and also strengthening winds. we keep the clear skies further south. so the green tones denoting temperatures are likely to fall away. already they are below freezing in one or two rural spots. low single figures, widely across the country. a krill chilly start to sunday. a touch of fast. for scotland, you haddy, wet and wind —— cloudy, wet and windy, with in excess of a0 to 50 mills per rain. northern ireland will be cloudy. not that much in the way of significant rain. and then for england and wales after a beautiful

start oh the morning, yes, chilly. we keep the sunshine all day. a contrast to what we had today. temperatures will respond in the sun as well. it would be nice indeed, perhaps could be warmer, but ia—16 is the high. not so what arm in scotland. as we move into monday, england and wales under this influence of high pressure. but the front is going to stay in the extreme north—west, this conveyer built of rain ploughing its way through northern ireland and scotland. there is a potentialfor localised flooding before it eases through. not very pleasant here on the monday. further south, we keep sunshine, particularly in sheltered eastern areas and temperatures a degree or so up. if that is music to your ears, you will be very pleased, perhaps, to hear that it will get even warmer still — we could see temperatures into the low 20s across southern parts of england, but into the high teens across much of scotla nd the high teens across much of scotland as well. so, maybe even an

indian summeras we ended hello. this is bbc news with sophie long. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines. united states senators approve president trump's supreme court nomination, despite protests over allegations of sexual assault against him. toxic air pollution is much worse in eight areas of england than previously thought, a government review reveals. one week after the indonesian earthquake and tsunami, officials say more than 1,000 people could still be missing beneath the rubble. ray galton, one half of the writing duo behind hancock's half hour and steptoe and son, has died at the age of 88. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be

bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster john stapleton and the associate editor of the times, anne ashworth. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the independent leads with the us senate voting to confirm brett kavanaugh as a supreme courtjudge. the observer carries a letter from the prime minister calling on labour voters to give the conservatives a chance. the mail on sunday reports the army is offering recruits thrown out for taking drugs £10,000 to come back at the same rank. the sunday telegraph says brexit supporting conservative mps would support eu officials being stationed at uk ports if it helped unlock a brexit deal. the sunday times leads withnews that the uk security services have war—gamed a cyber attack on moscow. the paper also reports the sandwich chain pret a manger is investigating the death of a second customer who may have suffered an allergic reaction to its food. so, a varied set of front pages

there — let's take a look at some of the stories in more detail. let's look at some of those stories in more detail. 0nly let's look at some of those stories in more detail. only one story to start with, those dramatic events tonight in washington. extraordinary. like watching a film on fold in front of your eyes. trump as his man on the supreme court, thatis as his man on the supreme court, that is brett kavanaugh, who has faced allegations of rape or attempted rape as a teenager. there have been in events which probably deepen social divide in america, but trump has his man in the supreme court, which is notjust any old court, but the senior, the top law, social policy forming body of the us. and this man can stay there until he is eight —— until his 805.

he could be in there until he almost dies. they tend to retire, or do they die? it is a job for life. at they die? it is a job for life. at the important thing is, it is the first time in decades the supreme court has had a right—wing majority. trump has been trying to do this for some time. they are the ultimate arbiter, you are quite right, in all those things like immigration, gun control, abortion, et cetera. so it potentially has a massive impact on affairs in america stop and it has divided america in a way that i cannot remember it being divided. divided america in a way that i cannot remember it being dividedm has been so polari5ing. and it has re—energised the republicans, which i5 re—energised the republicans, which is not what we expected, who see this as another attack from minorities, from the elites. it is a mixture of minorities and the cli nto n5 mixture of minorities and the clintons getting together to do down america. and on the other hand you have the democrats, who like the re st of

have the democrats, who like the rest of the world, saw what i thought was compelling evidence given by doctor ford. i'm not taking sides or saying who is right or wrong, but it was absolutely riveting to watch a given that evidence. her problem, of course, is from a judicial point of view there we re from a judicial point of view there were holes in her story. she didn't know when or where, you never proceed in a criminal case unless you can determine those facts, at least. having said all that, there was a massive amount of support for her. the front page of the independent is just a her. the front page of the independent isjust a sample of that today. droves of women and men actually protesting about this whole process. and i suspect there could bea process. and i suspect there could be a backlash, with the mid—term elections coming up, there could be a backlash, especially from women, who are appalled by what has happened. the way this was conducted, the way that brett kavanaugh, according to them, lied during some of his testimony. and the way it was handled by the fbi. the whole process has been unseemly. he does not seem to me to have the

demeanour or the patience we would require from somebody in his role, who is key to the lives of 350 million americans. it is a different system, a political system with political appointments. i suppose you cannot expect them to have the same balance and temperament that the erratically, at least, our judges have. we have venus interested in this as any of those legal dramas we watch on netflix. —— been as interested. let's look at the front page of the independent, some of those women protesting outside capitol hill today. you touched on the mid—term elections. they are still a month away, in eternity in politics. but the battle may have been lost by these women, but a lot of them were carrying banner5 5aying, november is coming. they could still win the war. interestingly, tho5e they could still win the war. interestingly, those are women lawyers, that picture on the independent. women lawyer5 going up against the senior lawmaker. that ta kes a against the senior lawmaker. that takes a certain amount of gas. against the senior lawmaker. that takes a certain amount of gasm

really does, yeah. —— guts. we certainly haven't heard the last of about. let's move on to the times. they have a different story they are leaning on. a very different story. it goes back to some of the things we have in talking about through the week. a very interesting story. something many major analysts were completely unaware of. defence chiefs have wargame to a massive cyber strike to blackout moscow in case of vladimir putin launches a military attack on the west, after concluding that the only other way of hitting back would be to use nuclear weapons. they have in playing war games to see how they could literally blackout the capital of russia. and apparently they are doing this because of recent events, obviously, and because defence chiefs have been ashen, literally ashen, at the prospect of how quickly this sort of thing could escalate. the circumstances in which

they might do this are interesting. the circumstances which might prompt this include if russia was to seize a small island off estonia, if it was to use the regular forces to launch an attack on british troops, well, obviously, if it was to intervene in libya to grab oil supplies and unleashed a new migration crisis. and meanwhile, while they are playing war games, in the desert this weekend there are five and a half thousand troops playing war games. £100 million, it is costing. the biggest in ten years. it also is to me that we are getting the wind up about the prospect of russia taking some catastrophic action. quite rightly. i know the underling of the gru security service and all the m ista kes security service and all the mistakes they made this may be just a front for the other at the veggies that russia is pursuing to weaken nato and weaken the eu. —— bungling

of the gru. to weaken the west. and indeed, as my pet newspaper reported this morning, they even put youtube channels for teenagers to watch where they spread dissent, cau5e them to question what they have been told by their teachers. it is in5idious. it is happening everywhere. and because it has been so everywhere. and because it has been so ham—fisted, we have been sneering at it, but this is deadly serious. so ham—fisted, we have been sneering at it, but this is deadly seriouslj think the ham—fi5ted nurse may have been intentional. becau5e while we are focusing on guys lying about whether they went to salisbury on holiday, lots of insidious and clever things have been happening in the background. that is very james bond, if i may say so. the background. that is very james bond, ifi may say so. i am not given to conspiracy theories but do you find that story rea55uring, then, given what you said? i think it was one of those stories where there is that moment of a sharp inta ke there is that moment of a sharp intake of breath, tho5e extraordinary exerci5e5 intake of breath, tho5e extraordinary exercises of all our troops. there is a worrying phra5e

here, that cyber i5 troops. there is a worrying phra5e here, that cyber is the only way, because the west no longer has small battlefield nuclear weapons. it is another insight into the way in which our armed hor5e5 another insight into the way in which our armed horses and which out of a nts which our armed horses and which out of ants seem5 which our armed horses and which out of ants seems not to have had the expenditure perhap5 of ants seems not to have had the expenditure perhaps that it needed. —— which our defence. expenditure perhaps that it needed. -- which our defence. story, another saying that the army, allegedly, is offering £10,000 to bring back into the army people who have been convicted of drug offences, because we are desperately short of troops. but are they recruiting instead people who know how to code, people who know how to play cyber game5? people who know how to code, people who know how to play cyber games? it i5a who know how to play cyber games? it is a new kind of soldier that we wa nt is a new kind of soldier that we want nowadays, somebody who is actually a tax specialist. -- tech. the front page of tomorrow's 0b5erver, there5a may has written an article for the observer. mrs may, out fighting. she appeared much

better than everybody thought she would in her speech. she danced. she claimed the centre ground. she lifted the cap on local authority spending to ensure there would you more housing. and now she is even trying to borrow from the language of labour. the tories are going to be the party of the many. i suppose it is positioning on the basis that we will not get the centrist party many people thought we would be formed by, and she is going to try to win back those voters from labour whom she sees as natural conservatives. who knows whether it will happen. yeah, she says, you know, the party is not driven by —— the party is driven by decent belief that most people in this country uphold and consider good. i wonder if she is a bit scared. maybe she is thinking an election is actually on the horizon. that is what labour want, ultimately. do you think she i5 want, ultimately. do you think she is feeling scared, confident?” think confident. i was at the party

conference and somebody 5aid think confident. i was at the party conference and somebody said she could have come out to the chin5 of i will survive rather than dancing queen. —— tune5. she seems to have got the confidence that she can prevail against the right wing of her party who are doubtless 5till plotting against her. who knows? a week is a long time in politics. let's have a brief look at the sunday times, brexiteer5 threatened to sabotage the budget. an interesting story. we have got brexiteers in another paper saying they are willing to make some concessions on brexit. to have eu offices on the side of the channel looking at the requisite tariffs being paid, at looking at the requisite tariffs being paid, et cetera. this story on the sunday times, saying they have issued a last—ditch threats to vote down the budget and destroy the government unless theresa may takes a tougher stance with brussels. this, again, is supposed to be

members of the european research group. jacob rees—mogg and people of that ilk. it quotes bernard jacob in this story, saying, make no mistake, ifa this story, saying, make no mistake, if a soft or non— brexit, sorry, make no mistake, ifa if a soft or non— brexit, sorry, make no mistake, if a soft non— brexit push by the conservative establishment but with the help of labour support will look like we are abandoning our supporters and remove any sense of obligation amongst conservative supporting brexiteer mps to support the government. so maybe he is behind it, to vote down a budget of error in prime minister because they are not happy with the terms of brexit. it is anixter lachine story, but it is true. how widespread that healing is in the conservative party, i have no way of knowing. it is written by tim shipman and caroline williams, who do know what they are talking about. you wonder how that plays with the average member of the public. this i5 average member of the public. this is the sort of story that explains to you why people have such a low opinion of politics. good grief.

what a fuss about nothing. i know all this rhetoric seem5 what a fuss about nothing. i know all this rhetoric seems so brave to them, but i think the average member of the public think5, them, but i think the average member of the public thinks, will you just get over yourselves? we are almost out of time, but let's take a quick look at the front page of the sunday telegraph tomorrow, because, i mean, thatis telegraph tomorrow, because, i mean, that is what everybody look5 telegraph tomorrow, because, i mean, that is what everybody looks like, don't they? melania trump i5 that is what everybody looks like, don't they? melania trump is in each of. —— egypt. probably 33 degrees. she is the most fascinating per5on. she is the most fascinating per5on. she has taken the strangest wardrobe on this trip. she has had all kinds of extraordinary outfits. she has gone deaf in the knile with the type and the white linen5 and the strange target.