fog mist and fog which will linger to low cloud, the cloud breaks and sunshine comes through it will be quite warm again. there will be some rainfringing quite warm again. there will be some rain fringing that far north—west of scotla nd rain fringing that far north—west of scotland and that is a weak weather front that has to clear its way steadily south and east. it will do so steadily south and east. it will do so and we can offer as it comes into high—pressure and as we move to the early hours of friday we see that front is in a way. quite a lot of cloud across england and wales, clear skies to the final. that is where we are likely to see the best of the sunshine on friday through scotla nd of the sunshine on friday through scotland and northern ireland. it could day on the grey side england and wales, at the rear also cooler but not why much, 13— 15 degrees the high. as we move into the weekend, thatis high. as we move into the weekend, that is when we will really start to see more of the change as the wind swings around, this area of high pressure to the south—easterly flow, a cooler source and that will bring a cooler source and that will bring a noticeable difference to the weather. there will be a good deal of dry weather in the story, some sunny spells around, but it will be called by date and potentially

chilly by night. we could see some evening and overnight frost. it will bea evening and overnight frost. it will be a crisp start to saturday morning, that south—easterly flow driving in, plenty of sunshine across the country, it will be a cooler daily with temperatures of around 10— i2 cooler daily with temperatures of around 10— 12 degrees. almost a case of spot the difference between saturday and sunday, if anything, the wind will strengthen further and make it feel that bit cooler, it will feel dry and there will be lots of crisp sunshine around. perhaps weather conditions that will suit some of you, temperatures again 10— 12 degrees. as we move into monday, there is the potential for 12 degrees. as we move into monday, there is the potentialfor a 12 degrees. as we move into monday, there is the potential for a little bit more moisture to come in off the north sea, a little bit more cloud and that could be thick enough for the isolated shower and as we get cooler a little bit more wintry sedation to the higher ground. look at those temperatures struggling on monday. it looks like that thing will continue into the long—term trend for next week, but there is

still a level of uncertainty. the high—pressure drifts off into scandinavia, we keep that flow, but we need to keep an eye on the area of low pressure moving its way through central europe and that could cause one or two issues. there isa could cause one or two issues. there is a great deal of uncertainty as to what exactly will happen later next week we will keep that easterly flow and it will continue to feel pretty cool and it will continue to feel pretty cool. the most likely scenario is we see a return to sunshine and showers, the difference being that it will feel much cooler and with any height we could see some of the showers turning a little bit more wintry. take care. hello. this is bbc news, with julian worricker. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines: the cabinet approves theresa may's brexit plans after five hours of debate. the prime minister claims this is the best brexit plan on offer, urging mps on all sides to lend their support. i believe that what i owe to this country is to take decisions that are in the national interest.

and i firmly believe with my head and my heart that this is a decision which is in the best interests of our entire united kingdom. as ministers left downing street, opposing voices were being heard among conservative mps and among the government's parliamentary partners. i will vote against it, and i expect many others will. this does not meet either the result of the referendum, or indeed the conservative party's manifesto promises. she has stood up in this very place and said she will not break up the united kingdom, there will be no difference between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom. if she decides to go against all that, then there will be consequences, of course there will be consequences. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be

bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator, lance price, who was director of communications for the labour party, and the political commentator, giles kenningham, who was director of communications for the conservative party. welcome back. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in, and you guessed it, the brexit deal dominates the front pages. the telegraph's headline quotes theresa may, as she acknowledges the enormous task of getting parliament to back the deal. the paper says three ministers are considering resigning. the guardian focuses on the deep divisions on brexit among politicians, as well as across the nation. "ferocious brexit battle" is how the financial times describes the cabinet meeting, which led to ministers backing the deal. it says she is now facing a severe political backlash from conservative eurosceptic mps. the times says the prime minister is papering over the cracks saying she has forced her draft deal through a divided cabinet. the sun has a rather blunt take on the night's developments.

it says the deal threatens to blow her government apart. the express headlines the stark choice it says ministers faced after the five hour meeting — back this deal orface having no brexit. the metro has a message for conservative mps — back may or sack may. it says ministers may resign as rebels plot a no—confidence vote. the mirror goes with "government in crisis." it says 11 ministers rejected the deal and a0 eurosceptic tory mps are plotting to bring her down. that is a flavour of the front pages, let's go to them in more detail, and giles, treat that headline with caution. family programme, so headline with caution. family programme, soi headline with caution. family programme, so i won't say the headline out loud, the sun was one of the biggest leaders today after

the headline, independence day, clearly it has been blunt, it seems this deal is a disaster. now they say 11 ministers oppose the deal. we have seen different figures, around nine, ten or”. have seen different figures, around nine, ten or ii. there is not much nuance in the copy here. when some people in cabinet expressed concern, some people were violently opposed to it, it has a quote here, "this is the worst of all worlds" and she is gearing up for the worst of all worlds" and she is gearing upfora the worst of all worlds" and she is gearing up for a huge fight with the party. clearly not having the sun onside is not great for theresa may. they are not as powerful as they once were. downing street will rightly be concerned by this. yes. i wondered what your thoughts were on the sun clearly quite angry about this. angrier than almost any of the other papers and the tabloid papers, who traditionally shout and scream about these things. i think they

have gone a bit over the top. i don't buy the line that this threatens to blow her government apart. the government clearly is intact. the cabinet is intact for the time being. no one has resigned. remember, after the chequers deal it was 48 hours before the foreign secretary and the brexit secretary resigned. leaving to one side the main headline, which we won't repeat, the saab lines are significant. the first, may soft deal blasted by all sides. this deal doesn't have any friends —— sub lines. people are expressing criticism in different ways. people say we should vote for it not because we like it but because the alternative is so bad. so there are really... clearly theresa may has nobody who really likes this deal. the other sub head is the battle to get mps, that is the real issue for her. that is why the next few days

and weeks will be so difficult for her. getting cabinet behind it was nothing to getting it through parliament. let's explore that a moment. giles, back to you first. when you look at the way some conservative mps are speaking out. how does it look when you look at the parliamentary mathematics? parliamentary mathematics will be very tricky for them at the moment. you've got the dup, the conservative party chairman tonight said they have more work to do to get them onside. at the moment i don't think the numbers add up. the question is can they peel off any labour mps, jeremy corbyn said he will whip the vote, how many will rebel on this? washing is to do in the presentation of the deal is up the ante and take people to the edge of the cliff and say be careful what you wish for. if you vote this down you could trigger the general election and lose your seat. there is nothing like self—interest to focus people's minds and that's what they have to

do. they have to raise the stakes. what about the labour numbers, some on the back bench might vote for this? there are a few but the numbers are not that huge. they are more than outweighed by the number of tories who are going to vote against it. giles is right. there is i'io against it. giles is right. there is no way the bulk of the labour party can support this. i am sure the labour mps will be whipped to vote against it. and so that does make the arithmetic very difficult indeed. if theresa may can the government were hoping to get this through on the back of labour votes, that certainly won't happen. let's turn to the ft, as we continue the theme, ministers said to be divided, back on the figure of 7— i2 theme, ministers said to be divided, back on the figure of 7— 12 who might have raised questions about it, and the reference to the 48 names needed to trigger an imminent

"vote of no—confidence" with the suggestion that it might happen we speak. a lot of stuff on twitter tonight, brexiteers very bullish that they will get to the figure to trigger a leadership challenge. the big question is who would take over? there is no obvious contender. if she does win the leadership challenge, she can't be challenged for a another year. that is a calculation they have to make. there isa calculation they have to make. there is a lot of speculation that they are at the 48 number. we have been close to it before. so many times. does it look different this time?m does look different, people how on the —— now on the record, including jacob rees—mogg, and sir graham brady, the man whose job it is to collect the letters and come up and see if it gets to the magic figure of 48, he has been to see the prime minister this evening, although we are told it was to talk about the deal rather than any potential leadership challenge. but there are

stories circulating that he does have 48 letters now. what he has to do now is to go back to the people who maybe sent them in one year ago to see whether they still... how long do they remain current?” to see whether they still... how long do they remain current? i think they pile up on his desk. someone could say to him i would like my letter back. people can withdraw them. when i worked for david cameron andrew bridgen had a letter calling for his resignation. i think he did withdraw it. another interesting thing... sorry. he did withdraw it. another interesting thing... sorryli he did withdraw it. another interesting thing... sorry. iwas going to say people shouldn't run away with the idea that if the 48 letters are there that she is toast. she is not. she faces a leadership election. sorry, a no—confidence vote. all she has to do is get 50% plus one of tory mps and that is ultimately doable. another thing to pick up on the article is to get business behind the deal, trying to rally the city. a lot of people in

the city, people i speak with, they support the deal because they want stability. it will be interesting to see how many voices they get out and the variety of those voices as well. just on that subject, simonjack, business editor, has filed this, the bbc secretary and the chancellor philip hammond thanked business leaders for helping to highlight the economic damage of a no deal scenario to the economy. a telling contribution. and there was something from the imf which said that no deal would cause years of economic misery. that is something i think they have to highlight in the next few days. another point on the ft piece, a reference to michel barnier ‘s comments, we didn't talk about what brussels has said, much was made from katya adler about the fa ct was made from katya adler about the fact that his tone has changed. does it have a bearing on this? it is significant. it is significant because the european commission are

pleased with the agreement. and all the way a longer line lets be honest the way a longer line lets be honest the uk have been making more concessions than the rest of the eu have been making. so you would expect michel barnier to be happy. he is happy that the bulk of his work is done. and all the attention now is on westminster. the telegraph, giles, difficult days ahead, they quote what theresa may said outside downing street in reference to what she thinks might or might not happen behind the scene. the telegraph's take on this, what do you make of it? the telegraph are clearly no fans of the brexit... i think they highlight a couple of things i find interesting and really ram home the realisation of what is happening. it says agreement was only reached in cabinet when it was framed as it is this orjeremy corbyn. this idea that if you collapse the deal then you could trigger an election which

would be the back door to thejeremy corbyn government. another interesting thing, nick timothy, theresa may's former chief of staff, political brain, formerly closest political brain, formerly closest political confidents has slammed the deal and said political confidents has slammed the dealand said in political confidents has slammed the deal and said in the paper that theresa may never believed it would be possible to get a very good deal and that has become a reality now. what do you make of this orjeremy corbyn or no brexit at all? it is very interesting. she is using different arguments to win different sorts of people. she is saying to the hardline brexiteers, for the first time i think, that if you don't back of this there is a possibility of no brexit at all. we won't get the brexit you wanted. she hasn't very often aired that possibility. i don't think she ever has. she has always said brexit will happen. she has now opened the possibility... and she has said that there is a possibility that there would be no brexit. if all of the

thousands who marched through london and the uk, who have been holding meetings this week, who want to stop brexit through a people's vote, this will give them some hope because she has now said that is a possibility. and then she is using the threat of chaos, the chaos that would result from no deal, to try to bring the remain inclined members of the party on board, and to the whole of the conservative party, she is saying this could lead to a corbyn government, i don't think anyone believes it. clever tactics, well, i think... clever tactics. it will focus the mind. they will peel off mps by doing this. made papers over the cracks, that's the times' take on it, pm faces backlash from mps — a consistent line on the front pages about what might happen from people sitting behind her in the coming days. yes, it is pretty scathing. it

also says that esther mcvey had a showdown the prime minister where voices were raised. it feels absolutely extraordinary that you are having the prime minister's authority challenged in this way. this comes down to her running and leading a minority government and one of the reasons why the whole cabinet meeting went on for five, six hours is because there is that sense that she has to give way to people, she has to listen to the views of people copy which is no bad thing, but obviously, i have sacked cabinet ministers before and normally they don't take this long. i think it is a sign of the times. five hours cabinet meetings? almost unheard. they used to have them in the 605 and 705. even before my time. no, the5e the 605 and 705. even before my time. no, these days, she simply had to let everyone have their say and

that has been interpreted differently by different papers. some papers were suggesting that as many as ten or 11 cabinet ministers expressed total opposition to it. that is clearly not the case. has been lots of little briefings going on, people wanting to let other mp5 in the conservative party know that they expressed reservations. there isa they expressed reservations. there is a whole range of expressing reservations, asking difficult questions and clarification. so the times headline is probably the most accurate way of describing it, it wasn't a split cabinet, but a cabinet with a lot of reservations. five hours and a glass of wine at the end, we were told. no champagne. that go somewhere else entirely. no link between insomnia and early death. at ten to midnight, quite a nice story to be discussing. there isa nice story to be discussing. there is a lot of stories in the past which suggested that not getting enough sleep and insomnia have been

the cause of that, is very bad for your health. this is a quite large analysis, 36 million people around the world, suggesting that there isn't any link between insomnia and an early death and as it quite interestingly it is one of the biggest problems of insomnia is worrying about it. you are lying awake worrying about the fact that you are lying awake and the ants are seems to be don't worry about it. from somebody who suffers from insomnia, i take comfort in this. —— and so. —— answer. this is with reference to a phone call which apparently took place last friday between the prime minister and the president of the united states. as if things cannot get worse for theresa may. according to the mirror she phoned president trump to congratulate him on his success in the mid—term elections, but she was met with a vicious

attack, apparently. heath slater the prime minister over not doing enough to rein in iran and failing on brexit and us trade deals, also seen this week from take aim at emmanuel macron, over talk of an eu army. this whole trump phenomenon on, i think is interesting because no one has worked out a way of attacking him, holding him to account, a bit like nigel farage, very teflon, you stick people in america at the moment saying that they think it will win another term. there is no obvious opponent to him, the democrats have not selected their presidential candidate and the american system favours the leader who has no open a. he may well game another term and while their economy continues to prosper, he is in quite a state. if you are the pm and and expect to say well done, you don't

expect to say well done, you don't expect a difficult conversation. you don't expect to be rented at. he was an entire grump the whole time he was in paris. can tell from his body language and the things he said. it isjust further evidence language and the things he said. it is just further evidence the man language and the things he said. it isjust further evidence the man has no manners whatsoever, just doesn't know how to behave. on that note, thank you very much indeed. 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. a big thank you to my guest this evening, the political commentators, lance price, and giles kenningham, and from all of us, goodbye. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme:

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players should play a broad. he is playing for bruce edelman in germany. he has done so well there that he is expected to make his first start for england at wembley tomorrow and said the away from the premier league has given him or opportunities. -- more. personally, i think if you feel you are ready, you should take a shot. just try something different. 0bviously you should take a shot. just try something different. obviously if gemsthing diffgrgntg'gbeigusigif"'" , clu bs a re gemsthing diffgrgntg'gbeigusigif"'" , clubs are not and they and hopefully if you are ability and hopefully if you are good enough, you will get your chances. that is how i felt. full have been the first premier league clu b to have been the first premier league club to sack their manager this season. it has been confirmed that the former chelsea and leicester city manager claudio ranieri will ta ke city manager claudio ranieri will take over at craven cottage. he led leicester to the premier league title in 2016, he arrives with full and bottom of the table. england

posted a competitive score on the first day of the second test against shrub anchor. —— sri lanka. sam curran hits 6 sixes on his way to another half century, which put england on top in the second test against sri lanka. england were all out for 285. a former england bowler says the visitors are on top. i think they will be really pleased with the school. 285 is a serious school. you look tonight, the spinners rolling the last 6—8 overs, he was spinning profoundly, turning bounds, zach leach was getting serious spin, that delivery is a serious delivery. novak djokovic looks on course to win another 80 b victory, winning over alexander spero today. his last title came back in 2015. ——

alexander zverev that. one other tennis line, poland's agnieska radwanska has announced her retirement at the age of 29. she never won a grand slam, but reached the final at wimbledon in 2012 when the she lost to serena williams. she said after 13 years of tennis, her body cannot train the way it used to. the british olympic showjumperjim stockdale has died one month after being diagnosed with cancer. he wrote for great britain more than 50 times, could —— competing at the beijing politics where he narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing fourth in the team event. it at the world crashing games in 2002 and the european championships in 2009. and that for now is all from the vc sports on. we have got a largely dry, settled thing to the weather, a bit of rain in the north and west during the day

on wednesday but for most of us it was dry. this is the picture as the sunsetin was dry. this is the picture as the sunset in 0xfordshire. as we head to the day on thursday, things will stay mostly mild and dry, but that will be more cloud that we had over recent days, but also some sunshine breaking through that cloud, but equally later on in the day. have a weather front sitting to the far north—west bringing a few spots of rain but for much of the uk we are under a big pressure. rain but for much of the uk we are undera big pressure. some rain rain but for much of the uk we are under a big pressure. some rain for the pilots of northern ireland, northwest scotland, but for much of the country it is dry. quite a lot of missed, low cloud and fog, especially across central, southern and eastern parts of england for the north—east and eastern scotland, sunshine breaks through and again it will feel mild, 13— 18 degrees for most of us, higher than we would expect. a bit of rain for scotland overnight into thursday, on friday dry across the board but we will see missed, fog and low cloud, especially for southern and eastern

parts will be frost free and for many of us in the south temperatures double figures from the word go on friday. weather front sitting double figures from the word go on friday. weatherfront sitting out double figures from the word go on friday. weather front sitting out in the atlantic but they are not making their way across the uk down to a big area of high pressure that is really in the driving seat into the weekend too. some missed, fog and low cloud especially for central, southern and eastern parts, that should tend to break up many of us to today. sunny spells developing but you'll fairly grey impresses by the afternoon. —— in places. a su btle the afternoon. —— in places. a subtle change into the weekend, it should stay dry and settled but thing should feel a little cooler. for saturday, a dry start to the day. some missed, fog and low cloud which should clear quickly as we see clearer conditions working from the south—east and with that change in wind direction it would be quite as mild, temperatures 10— 12 degrees on saturday. a colder night saturday night into sunday, a touch of frost. 0n the word go, clear skies. low

cloud around north sea coast. temperatures by sunday afternoon not quite as mild, 10— 12 degrees. — now. “— quite as mild, 10— 12 degrees. — now. —— bye for now. i'm kasia madera, in london. the headlines: after hours of study and difficult debate, britain's cabinet ministers back their prime minister and her plan for brexit. and i firmly believe with my head and my heart that this is a decision which is in the best interests of our entire united kingdom. the european union's chief negotiator has given his approval, opening the door to the next phase — talks about a trade agreement. i'm rico hizon, in singapore. also in the programme: we have a special report from thailand, where the military government is using a crackdown on fake news