hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines: theresa may has been defending her brexit plans, saying they're a good deal for the uk, despite another resignation from her government. in paris, police say at least 80 people have been injured and more than 200 people arrested during violent protests over rising fuel prices. the former us president george bush senior dies at the age of 94. in tribute, his son, george w bush, describes him as "a man of the highest character". the chairman of britain's biggest infrastructure project, the h52 rail programme, says he expects to be sacked in the coming days due to concerns over the performance of crossrail. a major earthquake strikes the us state of alaska, causing people to run from buildings and briefly prompting a tsunami alert for coastal areas. hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are businessjournalist john crowley and anne ashworth, associate editor at the times. thank you both are joining us tonight. —— thank you both for joining us tonight. let's have a look at some of sunday's front pages. the observer leads on reports that centralfigures in labour are urging the party to be ready to campaign for a possible second referendum on europe. the sunday telegraph says the democratic unionist party willjoin forces with labour and other opposition parties in a bid to force the government to publish its legal advice on brexit — a move that could delay the crucial vote on theresa may's brexit plan. and it's a leak of that legal advice from the attorney general which makes the front page of the times. the paper says the government had suppressed geoffrey cox's warning that britain would be trapped "indefinitely" in a customs union with brussels if mps back theresa may's brexit deal. the sunday express says senior

government figures have told the paper that if mps throw out the prime minister's deal then the government is likely to put down an amendment that keeps britain in the customs union. the online independent continues the brexit theme, claiming a new poll suggests that the majority of the public want to see proponents of both no—deal and a second referendum join in any brexit tv debate betweenjeremy corbyn and theresa may. the mail on sunday splashes on news a high—level security alert has been issued at every military base in britain after a russian tv crew was caught "spying" at the uk's secret cyber warfare headquarters. so a mix of stories there but, as ever, brexit dominating. thank you both very much, it isn't great news for the prime minister if she is reading them on the way back from argentina at the g20 summit.

begin with the sunday times because she is talking about nine days to save my historic deal and has given an interview to the paper. john. every week we say this is the most important week in theresa may's career and this is the most important week in theresa may's career and if she survives to the end of next week when the vote happens, it will be the most important week, except rough. not surprising what she says that she is sticking, it is our little bit of a maybot, repeating herself, but the brexiteers‘s point of attack now this week is the legal advice that the attorney—general geoffrey cox has given. he is due to give a summary has given. he is due to give a summary of his legal advice on brexit to the house of commons on monday. the brexiteers wants the full legal advice to come out. why? because they think the uk will indefinitely be indefinitely tied to a customs union as part of the backstop a customs union as part of the ba cksto p if

a customs union as part of the backstop if a trade deal is subsequently not signed. are you with me? we are struggling to god only knows what the nation... well explained. the thing is they want jeffrey cox to come out and the line that has been given is the protocol would endure indefinitely so we would endure indefinitely so we would be, as we were saying before, we would be ruled takers but not rule breakers to the eu would be able to say, they would have the whip hand in a trade agreement because they have this hanging over us. because they have this hanging over us. as we mentioned in arrogance and we also have later and the dup to handle this. so there is a letter which local mps have seen which the cabinet have seen and somebody seems to have leaked, as it were, which contains this idea that we would never take back control because of the difficulties that would hence you from doing a trade deal with the eu. now, again, itend to you from doing a trade deal with the eu. now, again, i tend to feel it is the eu say about this? arts there is a very interesting piece towards the end of this story which suggests

that if mrs may fails, as looks as though she will do, in the vote on decemberii, then her though she will do, in the vote on december 11, then her reaction would be to call the general election rather than seeking to get a second vote on the current deal. isn't at the last thing the conservatives want? this is her plan b. she will warm them all and say well, you know, do you really want to general... do you think they will believe that threat because it is not in her interest? the sense of self—preservation, you know, if theresa may won't resign, she will actually go and — this is a threat. ido actually go and — this is a threat. i do not think she will do it but the threat of calling one may whip all of these kind of conservative mps into line and we have been wondering why she has been so callers a cucumber. she doesn't seem bothered like this. she will be voting herself out of office if she

does that. i think she feels she has nothing to lose and this is the last hurrah and she seems to be fired up by something we don't know about. she probably will try to intimate that the mp5 that 0k, vote against the deal. commit political kamikaze. because if we go to a general election who knows what they happen and do you really want to lose your seat? do you want to be unemployed formermp? seat? do you want to be unemployed former mp? of course conservatives will be as everyone will be governed by some degree of self—preservation. the telegraph and the sunday times have got but later story but we have also been talking about whether labour will go for a second referendum. that question is in — thatis referendum. that question is in — that is on the front page of the observer, isn't it? if she loses the vote, lots of speculation she could then bring me vote, some sort of amended deal back, amendments

potentially but whether there is a majority in the house and a lot of people are saying a second referendum, while it get majority support in the end because it will be the last choice short of a general election. weirdly momentum is gathering for people's vote, a second referendum, but nobody knows what shape it could take. what do they say about hollywood, no one knows anything? are they continue to make movies. it seems as though there are so many factions now but would prefer a second referendum but everybody is terrified of what it may prove. but it might prove that people actually, still more people, wa nt people actually, still more people, want to leave them did... the observer have a story that key labourfigures are observer have a story that key labour figures are urging the party for a new brexit poll. keir starmer obviously but tom watson, tony lloyd and others are in support of such a move. because jeremy corbyn is not a fan, well, he has never said it but i think what many people suspect by

his lukewarm support for the eu is he doesn't really like it, it is a big institution and goes against his political instincts and he is slowly being dragged kind of to this position. they want, weirdly, an election as well because they think through tory disarray they can get in. there are some feeling is that these are the sort of dying days of these are the sort of dying days of the conservatives as we know them but however, whenever i look at mrs may i keep thinking what she know? from where is she deriving this confidence that seems to be driving her? it is an extraordinary mystery and this is making this rather compelling soap opera. it is either go forward or stop. she has no choice other than to sell the deal because the whole political future rests on this. think of that quote, iamso rests on this. think of that quote, i am so steeped in blood i may as well continue on then go back. she is set on her part. gosh, we are going shakespearean! well, that is a paraphrase, but she has to keep

going, people ask about plan b and she doesn't like to talk about scenarios because it brings on her plan a side but... everyone is talking about westminster, aren't they, and the problem is people who we re they, and the problem is people who were previously in the same political position cannot agree on the way forward. people are split on micro details. but what are people out there thinking? i wonder whether the general public are coming to a really grudging admiration of the prime minister. she is almost a feminist heroine that she is deriving support from people who seem... deriving support from people who seem... have you heard people supporting her? yes, it is extraordinary, on twitter people who you would not imagine and my anything about the prime minister, they are astonished by her resilience and drive and that somehow, she seems to be summoning these forces. goodness knows what is these forces. goodness knows what is the woman on. how many flights, how many things has she done this week? well, we are fed up with...|j

many things has she done this week? well, we are fed up with... i think she did a little to do true on the plane for a break. she did a little to do true on the plane fora break. —— sudoku. she did a little to do true on the plane fora break. —— sudokulj think she is going over and above the 650 mp5 think she is going over and above the 650 mps because she is going direct to the nation and saying we we re direct to the nation and saying we were always going to not get the best deal, the eu will not going to give us everything and this is the best we can get, while the back me and put pressure on your constituency. we will see. well, we will see if they receive in a television debate. let's leave brexit, i think, for a moment and i wa nt to brexit, i think, for a moment and i want to talk about this very sad story we have been covering today in the express about a war he wrote aged 98 who was viciously beaten during a burglary and sadly died. and what did they take? a 15—year—old television. they beat the man practically to death. this

will actually cause people to feel a real fury about law and order that nobody seems to have been caught for this crime, despite the family saying to people search your conscience. if he knew somebody that was involved. and i think in all of this brexit discussion, i wonder if we are forgetting what really is interesting people, the rise of crime, whether we need to have more police. well, as has been said before, such intellectual energy or maybe not intellectual energy, is spent on brexit and then there is, you know, we cover lots of bad news stories and i'm afraid that is what a journalist does but this one you get a little bit in you and to adopt this one, this man was a fighter and he survived for three weeks but he succumbed to his injuries. tragic and terrible. rounding off with something a little light up. certainly a nice picture on the front page of the mail, and? remember, this front—page picture is

extraordinaire import, a lot of time and trouble taken into choosing the right image and this one not only matches the outfit, pink and blue, the two most interesting women after the two most interesting women after the prime minister in our country, thatis the prime minister in our country, that is the duchess says, megan and kate and as to whether there is quite a problem that has arisen between them and the husbands —— meghan. what i love is this story has been positioned so instead of saying recounting all the gossip they have said, there is a search on for the person who leaked it all and then they recount all of the gossip that has been in the rest of the papers. telling you all about it. christmas brings out christmas disputes in the best of us but this has been bubbling for days. the mail, hell warm hasn't been generally to a great three over the last few months in any case, we have no idea whether this is based on fa ct. no idea whether this is based on fact. it is all sources. but the

river drumbeat and there has been so many leaks river drumbeat and there has been so many lea ks this week river drumbeat and there has been so many leaks this week that you do begin to wonder other houses of cambridge and sussex splitting itself because obviously, harry has decided to move with meghan to their cottage in windsor and of course these poor boys joined, cottage in windsor and of course these poor boysjoined, brothers but joined at the hip even more so after what happened to their mother, and then they have to decidedly different women we have, you know, the american at dress and the upper middle—class english kate and just reading this piece, and this is what we are talking about, the soap opera brexit it will be interesting. people will pore over every single word and it is already beginning to be thought of taken on in american newspapers this evening. i think we are entirely fascinated with the windsors, whether we are interested in them or not. every certainly one of the headlines i have seen in the papers saying we've meghan a loan. there is one thing, they have it out

for her, somebody has, because a lot of stories out this week which have not put her in a good light, one in the daily mail today on saturday where she was complaining about she wa nted where she was complaining about she wanted to have air freshener is kind of put in to... st george's chapel. and of course we have no idea if it is true or not but of course the story is being leaked out. so perhaps the firm is biting back a little bit, who knows. people will think it is very sad if there is a division between the two boys. after what they have been through, yes. division between the two boys. after what they have been through, yesm would be quite sad but yes, fascinating. most unfortunate. let's hope the christmas season of peace and joy spread all around! and we talked about brexit all the way through up to december 25, thank you indeed both of you. 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. thank you. goodbye. hello there and welcome

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