hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first the headlines. us secretary of state mike pompeo says that saudi leaders strongly denied any knowledge of what happened to missing journalist jamal khashoggi. the cabinet meets before tomorrow's crucial eu summit on brexit as brussels tells theresa may she needs to come up with concrete proposals to break the deadlock. a further delay to the rollout of the government's flagship welfare reform — it says to prevent claimants suffering hardship and anna burns has been named the winner of this year's man booker prize — becoming the first author from northern ireland to triumph. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow.

with me are pippa crerar — from the guardian — and charlie wells — from the economist. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the pages are already in. front of the financial times is showing the front of the financial times is showing mike pompeo meeting with the crown prince after the disappear of journalist jamal khashoggi. also, black rock. also, the divorce of ant mcpartlin. the murder of two girls 32 years ago. the chancellor says britain will still have to pay the eu up to £36 billion even if the degrees that it won't go ahead with the trade deal. pro— brexit campaign is calling on those who plan to march in support of a further referendum to respect the original

results. the daily mail details the scale of the so—called county lines to trade. the paper says the number of gangs has doubled in under a year. in the guardian's front page, schemes that have allowed countries to sell citizenship could potentially dangerous individuals. also pictures of the booker prize winner. in the times reports that a worldwide register of suspected sexual predators working in the aid sector is to be pioneered by britain. let's have a look at least su btle britain. let's have a look at least subtle foes. the telegraph, and what philip hammond is warning. 3- hour cabinet meeting this afternoon before theresa may heads over to for this summit, yet another crunch summit. she is going to be at addressing the leaders at a dinner. she doesn't get invited for the

meal. the splash of the telegraph is on philip hammond's warning to his collea g u es on philip hammond's warning to his colleagues in cabinet that the uk will have to pay a substantial proportion of the $39 billion divorce bill even if it doesn't have a future trade deal with the uk. interesting because it is almost in direct contradiction to promises made injuly direct contradiction to promises made in july by direct contradiction to promises made injuly by dominic raab, the brexit secretary, who said the deal would be conditional on the eu fulfilling its bargain. this would come as a surprise to seasoned brexit watches that the british seem to have gotten the wrong end of the stick. the eu has said from the beginning that there are obligations that the uk would to abide by including projects which had already been started and committed to. and pension contributions for eu workers and that sort of thing. those who

support brexit have created an alternative narrative, some of them, that if we let the eu without a deal, if we crashed out, what are the benefits of that? what philip hammond has told his cabinet collea g u es hammond has told his cabinet colleagues this afternoon is that the legal advice see has received from the treasury shows that bil would have to be paid but respect of how we leave. whatever comes from philip hammond would raise the hackles of those who don't seek his way anyway. there had been allegations that he is being a remoaner here and there is another attempt by project fear to wrinkle the rug but is part —— reminding people in this country of the legal obligation. as we know it brexit, the process has gone political. it is all fine and well to make promises. but there is a legal element to this as well. where this

is this take things when it comes to brussels? they don't necessarily have a direct impact. i think tomorrow is going to be more about the prime minister. persuading the european leaders. donald task said this afternoon that he has concrete proposals. she is prepared to push a compromise through on the northern ireland backstop plan for what happens if we can't get a future trade deal. the insurance policy, if you like, through the commons. number 10 has made it clear that thatis number 10 has made it clear that that is not acceptable. the chief whip told cabinet this afternoon that the backstop plan, as it exists at the moment, through the house of commons, could not be done. we are

kind of in this impasse. it's really difficult to see how that could be broken on either side because the technical side of the agreement, the negotiations, has gotten as far as it can. in politics takes over. theresa may is between a rock and a ha rd theresa may is between a rock and a hard place. going forward, we are probably looking at the eu deciding that there won't be a special brexit summit in november or if there is, it's going to be based around preparing for no deal. and also tomorrow night, britain really wa nted tomorrow night, britain really wanted a future trade deal to be on the table. that's not going to happen. let's move to the guardian. it's an eu story but not a brexit story. today, the european justice commissioner issued something of an alert over golden passports. certain countries around the world, not just

in europe, often the caribbean, have been selling citizenship. which individuals can pay a £1000 to have citizenship in countries here in europe. those include malta and cyprus. the big issue here is that unsavoury individuals with a lot of money on countries like russia and china who think big customers of this industry have been finding loopholes in the problem is that members of the european union, their citizens can live and move throughout the union so effectively, these are holes in a fence that bad people can use to get through. there seems to be a centre that europe needs to have better security when it comes to citizenship for sale. in

terms of a sovereign trust fund, foreign nationals can become citizens of countries in which they have never lived. that will trouble people. it's notjust about cyprus and malta. cyprus and malta, you can get anywhere within the european union. this has all happened at the same time as the oecd has published a list. they published a list of 21 countries deemed to pose a high risk of tax evasion. that is obviously a problem. the figures overall are pretty phenomenal. the eu gained nearly 100,000 new residents and 600,000 new citizens in the past ten yea rs 600,000 new citizens in the past ten years according to transparency international through secrecy. given that we want to ensure the borders of the eu are absolutely secure, it

looks like this is a weak point and all that. interestingly, worth $3 billion and rising. high net worth individuals are willing to put up the money required to have these passports but of course, there are unsavoury people who come through but it's also important to remember some of the people who are buying these passports actually need to the countries. they are perhaps dissidents or out of favour with their governments. there are certain countries outside europe which do sell passports. they are important revenue raising means for smaller countries in the caribbean. the daily mail has this alarming the story about what is described as a cou nty story about what is described as a county lines national crime epidemic relating to drugs and drugs gangs and youngsters being used as drug mules. the daily mail has done a lot of campaigning work on this. the

phenomenon is basically kind of like a centralisation of drug gangs who are exporting drugs right across the country. and using pretty vulnerable individuals, sometimes people with learning difficulties, sometimes children, sometimes people that are maybe really lonely, getting caught up maybe really lonely, getting caught up in these drug distribution schemes. it's massive industry. the daily mail has got bigger here, £2.5 billion. it also covers and takes in hundreds and hundreds of vulnerable drug mules. the figures that the daily mail has come up with, 200 suspects arrested within a week. dealers as young as 13 were among those held by police. officers also

seized large numbers of weapons. this is a very real problem that the police need to address. for safeguarding reasons of youngsters but also primarily in terms of violence and tackling the drug trade here as well. when the work epidemic appears on the headline, but doesn't appears on the headline, but doesn't appear to be appears on the headline, but doesn't appearto be an appears on the headline, but doesn't appear to be an exaggeration. it's a huge number of people and a huge amount of money. £2.5 billion but the timing of the story is interesting. this week in britain, the story about county lines, in canada, it's legal to used recreationally. people who work in stores that are regulated the can sell the product in canada, italy have children as as 13 dealing a product that is not regulated and bringing ringleaders are huge amount of money without any tax revenue for the government. it poses some interesting questions. just to

clarify, the county line named, a term terry telephone lines. distributing the drugs. tv licences, this is the front of the times. this is relating to over 75 is currently have free television licences. they may lose them. it seems like a tricky shifting of responsibility. what it seems like, a potential cost savings. if older people are not given free tv licences. it seems like there are a number of policies that are being considered. being older than 75. our population is

getting older and there is an idea that older people are wealthier and could afford this. in my opinion, i know a number of older people and they are much less mobile. it's an important link to the outside world. it's important for all members of society to take part in some way. and this seems a bad idea. this decision was originally controversial. now, if the bbc decides to make a change in this area, that will be controversial. particularly an organisation like the bbc. i think the bigger picture is the generational divide. since

the benefit was introduced in 2001, pensioners are the least likely age—group to live in poverty. there's been a whole load of policy decisions made such as a triple lock on pensions and tax changes that penalise working age families. that have meant older voters, older populations have kind of escape some of the worst changes that happen in government policy. there is a real feeling that younger working people are missing out. they don't have the benefits of the baby boomer generation. now owning it outright. instead, they struggle to get a house in the first place. the bbc will probably have to consider the

specifics on whether they lose out of the income because there is a real sort of social challenge for any large organisation to make sure that generational divide doesn't get worse. if you are of pensionable age and you don't feel well off, you don't buy that. that's complicated. evenif even if people are better off financially, there are other areas of life where they are not at the rough. and television is an important way to deal with that. another really interesting point, andi another really interesting point, and i didn't know this, the benefit was only introduced in 2001. often with some of these storeyed institutions we can say it has a lwa ys institutions we can say it has always been like this, we have

a lwa ys always been like this, we have always got this particular benefit, but that is not the case. and to put the bbc in a position where it is an arm of the government's social policy... having to make controversial decisions around ministers. staying with the times, this is fascinating. we are told the truth about pompeii. so apparently we all thought vesuvius erupted on 24 we all thought vesuvius erupted on 2a august 709a.d. we all thought vesuvius erupted on 24 august 709a. d. we all thought! a p pa re ntly 24 august 709a. d. we all thought! apparently it happened several months later on october 24, and the reason they know this, and this suspicion has been around for a while, because there are various bits of evidence such as victims clad in heavy clothing and wood—burning heaters in houses, and wine sealed in jars for the harvest, and fruit injars

wine sealed in jars for the harvest, and fruit in jars which don't align with pompeii... with vesuvius erupting in the summer or the autumn, but they have managed to prove this because they have started excavating 50 acres of the city which have never been excavated and they found a wall in a semi— built house with some graffiti which puts the date at being 17 october. october 17, i had the date at being 17 october. october17, i had a the date at being 17 october. october 17, i had a great meal. it is the roman equivalent of someone going down the pub and having a great night out and scrawling on the cubicle wall. the key is putting the date on so people know what time it was exactly. it is really fascinating because so much is known about pompeii, but clearly not everything. this makes great reading, it is the kind of thing which will fascinate so many people. it is great reading, a great photograph, and graffiti might be

valuable. i think what constitutes art now or does not constitute art could be very valuable later. so we should bring that approach. starts crawling on the walls of the bbc before we leave. -- start scrolling. —— scrawling. apparently mediaeval monks transcribed this letter and that could be that they made a mistake and got october and august mixed up. my latin is not great, i don't know if any of you know august and october in latin? augustus? there you go, you know more than me. iam there you go, you know more than me. i am struggling with october, i wish he had not gone there. finishing with another bit of literature, this carries a photograph of anna burns, who has just in the last two or

three hours one the man booker prize. that is a huge honour, my understanding is she is the first northern irish man booker winner. i haven't read her book, it is called milkmen, but i know it is about a young woman who was sexually harassed. —— milkman. i know the hope was that it would resonate with people now that we are about a year into the #metoo movement and continue that conversation. and a striking photograph of her on the front of the guardian. obviously the fa ct front of the guardian. obviously the fact that she is the first northern irish winner is a big deal. i thought it was quite interesting that one of the judges, who is a philosopher, i think, that one of the judges, who is a philosopher, ithink, herself, suggested that the book isn't a very light read. she says it is a challenge. it is definitely worth it because the view is terrific when you get to the top. so stick with

it, it might be hard to manage. either other suggestion, this judge, the chair of the panel, was that you could actually just the chair of the panel, was that you could actuallyjust get it out as an audio book. so maybe we should wait until that happens and then we can all enjoy the book. in the book draws on her experience of living through the troubles and is written in first person by a nameless young woman, and watching an interview with our arts editor, there are very few na m es with our arts editor, there are very few names in it, apparently, which might be unusual. as you say, when you read it, you will find out. thank you very much indeed for that. 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. thank you, pippa crerar and charlie wells. good evening. here is your latest sports news. wales top their nations league group tonight after a 1—0 win over ireland in dublin. manager ryan giggs, who was without gareth bale and aaron ramsey, securing back—to—back victories over ireland to seize control of the group, with promotion to the top tier of the competition within reach. it could have been very different had cyrus christie done better with this chance for the hosts, the only real clear—cut opportunity in an underwhelming first half. it was left then to wales's youngesters to rally in the second period, harry wilson with this free kick, the same player who scored for derby with a similar effort against manchester united in the league cup. that proved the difference, ireland without a win in four matches. world champions france consigned germany to a sixth defeat in ten games, beating them 2—1

in league a in paris. germany's dismal defence of their world cup ended at the group stage in russia, but they went ahead after 14 minutes tonight through toni kroos. france struggled to reply, but after an hour's play, antoine griezmann found a way through for the equaliser. with ten minutes of normal time left, griezmann sealed victory for france with the second penalty of the match. they lead the group, with germany bottom, and also facing relegation. england have beaten scotland 2—0 in their euro under—21 qualifier at tynecastle in edinburgh. england went ahead in the second half by way of a superb free—kick from reiss nelson, who is on loan to german club hoffenheim from arsenal. the second goal was also quite special, scored by everton‘s kieran dowell. england had qualified for the finals before the match. the scots' hopes were already over. jose mourinho could face a touchline ban this weekend if found guilty of using inappropriate language

aimed at a tv camera in united's last premier league match with newcastle. he has been charged by the fa over comments made in his native portuguese as he walked towards the old trafford tunnel, having witnessed his side come from two goals down. it had been suggested defeat in the match would see the manager lose hisjob. he has until friday to respond to the charge. there is a big blow for the arsenal and scotland women's teams. kim little has a broken leg and will be out for at least ten weeks. it happened in a heavy challenge during the 5—0 win over the champions, chelsea, in the women's super league over the weekend. little helped scotland qualify for next year's women's world cup. warren gatland has recalled captain alun wyn jones, justin tipuric, george north and liam williams to the welsh squad for the autumn internationals, along with the uncapped leicester wing jonah holmes. originally from stockport, holmes qualifies through a welsh grandparent. wales will face scotland, australia, tonga and south africa next month. his form for leicester has

been pretty outstanding, in terms of the amount of tries that he's scored and the games that he's played. it's a position, the back three, in terms of trying to create more depth, which gives us the opportunity to have a look at him. he's fullback and he plays on the wing, he's quick and physical as well. there is yet another setback in england's preparations for the upcoming autumn internationals. chris robshaw is out with a knee injury, and joins a growing list of absentees that includes number eight billy vunipola and lock joe launchbury, while nathan hughes is facing a suspension. england play south africa, new zealand, japan and australia on consecutive weekends at twickenham. engand face sri lanka in the third odi tomorrow in kandy. the first was a washout, but they took a 1—0 lead in another rain—affected match in dambulla, with three left to play. the good news for england ahead of the world cup next summer on home

soil — moeen ali believes he is coming into the peak of his career. the mental side of the game, and just in general, i feel like the mental side of the game, and just in general, ifeel like i am very comfortable with myself, co mforta ble very comfortable with myself, comfortable with my game, the way i play, and i know... you know whether you have done battle you have done well, if you have made an impact on staff. they are the kind of things that i think i have got the experience a bit more now and ifeel like being part of this group that i feel like i am coming into my peak now, yes. good evening to you. it was a warm day yesterday. today we saw temperatures 21 celsius across the south—east. now, as we head into tomorrow it looks like it is going tomorrow it looks like it is going to be cooler, because we've lost that warm southerly breeze off the near continent. it will be notable across england and wales, not particular dry. a bit of rain with

his weather front slowly moving south eastwards, this one imparting some showers across northern ireland and western scotland. and this weather front will be very slow moving, bringing a band of cloud the parts of england and wales with outbreaks of rain as we had through the night. by around dawn it will park itself from lincolnshire through the midlands and down towards the south—west. clearer skies ahead of it and behind it, where we will see temperatures dropping to single figures. generally where we have the cloud to england and wales, for most places holding up into double figures. mist and fog in one or two areas under clear skies but we'll start off with that grey cloud across the south—east. a little bit of sunshine across kent but for most of the day, some sunshine. apart from a few areas across scotland, plenty of sunshine. temperatures across scotla nd sunshine. temperatures across scotland and northern ireland, similarto scotland and northern ireland, similar to what they were. england and wales a little cooler than what we have seen. temperatures 17 instead of 20 to 21 which we have seen widely. high pressure building and will bring the wind is lighter and will bring the wind is lighter and introduce some cooler air.

thursday we will start of quite cool across the northern half of the country. a bit of mist and fog. not so cool across the south, we will have a bit more cloud around, but thursday because of that ridge of high pressure it is looking like being a good—looking day across the board. a dry one with a bit of cloud in the south, scotland with more of a breeze, and temperatures 12 to 16 degrees. that is closer to the seasonal average. out of thursday into friday, it looks like high pressure will dominate the scene for england and wales. this weather system bringing more unsettled weather to the northern half of the country, so we will start to see the winds picking up. more cloud for scotla nd winds picking up. more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, a little bit of sunshine in between but the best of the sunshine will be across england and wales and the lighter winds as well. a good—looking day here, maybe a warmer. ten to 70 degrees, again 12 to 13 celsius in the north. as we had through the weekend, looking at the pressure chart, high—pressure holding on across england and wales soa holding on across england and wales so a fine day across saturday and

sunday. wetter, windy at lightly cooler weather for scotland and northern ireland and the far north of england. that is a quick peek into the weekend. have a lovely night. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: all smiles as saudi's crown prince meets the us secretary of state — but international pressure mounts over the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi. day two of the duke and duchess down under. harry and meghan's royal roadshow hits rural australia. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: searching for foods of the future. is this lab—grown nugget the answer? it is really tasty. it takes like chicken. it is chicken. and northern irish writer wins the man booker