is rain early on friday morning, the early hours of friday morning. all of this would have been over us overnight and then it slips out of the way. by the time we get a lunchtime the sun is out across the southern half of the uk. once again the shallows come in again. it is a seesaw, the weather going up and down. —— showers. all the while it looks cloudy in the north. the all—important weekend, a lot of us had plans for the weekend, very busy weekend. looks like we're in between weather systems. that means it looking bad at all. a weak area of high pressure will build, that means more sunshine around, yes, maybe showers in the north—west of the country. but on the whole, not a bad day on the way on saturday. 12 in london, ten in liverpool, nine in newcastle and glasgow. then on sunday the wedge of yellow colour that i showed you at the start of the forecast arrives, that mild air. with that also a lot of cloud, some wind and rain as well. so messy picture for many of us on sunday after that really nice day on saturday. sunday is downhill, you can see all the clouds. look at the

temperatures, 1a degrees, it would feel like it because of the cloud and rain. the north, however, hanging ona and rain. the north, however, hanging on a single figure temperatures, so we are getting closer to christmas now. this is monday, so christmas eve, low pressure, the leftovers of sunday's weather, clears towards the continent, the wind switches direction and we get a northerly, the air will tend to be a little bit colder, just a little bit colder, the sky is clear, so maybe some sunshine around eventually in the afternoon. and, with clear skies, monday night into tuesday, and what's tuesday? tuesday is christmas day, things could be a little bit needy in the morning. we will look at that in the second. most are summarised the run—up to christmas, changeable with wet and windy conditions. that is up until the 24th. 25th and onwards we have high pressure a cross 24th. 25th and onwards we have high pressure across the uk. this basically means clearing skies, that in turn means it will turn chilly at night, there could be some frost and fold in the morning, perhaps more

u nsettled fold in the morning, perhaps more unsettled in the north, but on the whole it might actually feel relatively festive with some frost. that's the best we do for now. hello. this is bbc news, with lu kwesa burak. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment, first the headlines: labour leaderjeremy corbyn denies calling theresa may a stupid woman during prime minister's questions. i did not use the words ‘stupid woman' about the prime minister, or anyone else, and am completely opposed to the use of sexist or misogynist language in absolutely any form at all. the european commission says it has started to implement its preparations for a no—deal brexit. the government sets out its immigration policy for the uk after brexit. ministers say it will be skills that matter from now on. all flights to and from gatwick airport have been suspended after reports of two drones

flying over the airfield. at least two dozens flights have been diverted to other airports. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are broadcaster david davies and kate andrews, associate director at the right—wing free market think—tank, the institute of economic affairs. lovely to have you both here this evening. we'll have a chat but first a quick look at those front pages. events today in the commons lead many of the papers. the times has that dramatic image

of conservative mps urging the speaker, john bercow, to watch the footage online of what the labour leader appeared to say. with only 100 days until brexit, the daily telegraph nicely sums up the day's events using pantomine cliches — "did corbyn mouth stupid woman at may?" "oh yes he did," say tories. the metro leads on mr corbyn's denial, saying he faced a sexism storm. on the front page of the daily mail, "read our lips mr corbyn — you're a liar". experts tell the paper that the shape formed by his lips could not possibly be stupid people, as the labour leader claims. the i calls it panto politics, and meanwhile the eu is warning that a no—deal brexit will disrupt air travel and leave brits abroad living with uncertainty. the guardian says parliament descended into chaos today. it also claims that rebellious ministers believe theresa may will be forced to back down on her curbs to immigration after brexit following the publication of the government's white paper today.

in other news, the financial times reports that the glaxosmithkline chief emma walmsley has launched a plan to split the group in two and launch a joint venture with us rival pfizer, creating the world's largest provider of over—the counter drugs. and "grey rage" leads the daily mirror, after calls from the royle family star ricky tomlinson for a pensioners' revolt to protect free tv licences. those are the papers pages. we're going to start with the telegraph. david, it's100 days and we're ending, says the paper, in some end of term pantomime. well, just about an hour ago i referred to the speaker, john

bercow, along with mr corbyn as the two ends of a pantomime horse. i thought i would just say, when i read the telegraph in greater detail, actually the concern about the speaker in all of this, and we're told mr bercow struggled to maintain control of the house of commons as conservative mps made ever angrier interventions, and then we have the labour mp, kate hoey, suggesting a good christmas present for parliament from the speaker would be to announce his retirement from thejob. you would be to announce his retirement from the job. you wonder after all this time, and we'll get to mr corbyn in a moment, but you wonder... kate might know this better than me whetherjohn bercow is in his last days. i can't say i have an answer to that, that's a very big questions, but there's certainly push for these to be his last days. he's frustrating both sides of the house, i'io frustrating both sides of the house, no question. as endearing as this

term pantomime is, so many people will pick up copies of the times and the macro ben baby independent —— i and they will think it is not as sweet and funny outside westminster as some of us will —— i. westminster in the heat and the height of this brexit debate is falling apart. when you watch politicians being described as pantomime characters, knowing in 100 days they're supposed to be getting an orderly, clean, well documented, well structured brexit over the line, this is going to strike fear into the hearts of remainers and believers alike. this is what happens when you have a country that's as divided as this country that's as divided as this country is at the moment —— levers. since the outcome of the referendum, which ever side you're on, who can put their hands up and say they have been trying to pull the country together? -- leavers. let's turn to the times. we don't

have confirmation whether he did or he didn't, but mr corbyn is under fire. certainly. the video that surfaced very quickly while he was still in the chamber, in which he appears to have said something like "stupid woman". he denies this. he says his remarks were "stupid people" that came in a moment of angerand people" that came in a moment of anger and frustration with the conservative government. either way, this is not the kind, gentle politics promised. this is a very bad moment for the leader of the opposition position. i also think it reminds us, you know, he says he didn't say "stupid woman", i personally think the video looks quite questionable, but regardless of what happened in that moment, it's an important reminder that women face these snubs and smears all the time and unfortunately we

cried sexism when we shouldn't, but in this very explicit moment, i think it will speak to a lot of women in particular who will have had a boss or a colleague or frankly a friend say something out of turn and in angerand a friend say something out of turn and in anger and we all need to be a bit better. the times story, in the last paragraph on the front page, says labour mps paragraph on the front page, says labourmps are said paragraph on the front page, says labour mps are said to be in despair over mr corbyn's handling of brexit and his botched attempt on monday, the no—confidence vote on mrs may's leadership. it remains to be seen... it seems astounding to some of us who've been watching the politics of this nation for a generation and more that according to the polls, if you ever believe any polls these days, the conservatives are still ahead of labour after everything that's happened. eventually you do think that question will come back

to mr corbyn's door. it was interesting listening back on tv and on radio as well, the thing that struck myself and a lot of people with this was the anger you could hear with the women who stood up could hear with the women who stood up in parliament and spoke, it was very clear in their voices and it came across, didn't it? yes, i think that's right. and the concern is, of course... and the anger was directed, yes, at mr corbyn, whatever he did or did not save. personally i don't have a view on that. it's that general discussion, isn't it? allowed the anger was also directed at the speaker. from where he was sitting, it was difficult to see what he would have seen. they were directing him to look at the recordings. the whole toxic atmosphere in our parliament at the moment... thank goodness, frankly, people are saying they should be sitting over

christmas and all the rest of it to sort this out but i think they need a break. i think there's a real issue in the sense that we're onto our second female prime minister. her gender has not been the focus of these brexit debates, thank goodness, it's been about the policy but a lot of women want to remove that altogether, don'tjudge women want to remove that altogether, don't judge them women want to remove that altogether, don'tjudge them on gender but merit. one of the other issues that came up in pmqs was immigration. the independent has picked it up as a clash between mrjaved and mrs may. this is a really interesting party divide for the conservatives, who have the old guard that is represented by the prime minister by theresa may, who is desperately sticking to the tens of thousands cap on migrants that she wants to hit to reduce the number of immigrants coming into the uk. then you have the new up—and—comers like sajid javid, the home secretary, who recognises many people in the brexit referendum voted to control immigration but wants to be more

liberal about this and wants to do what suits the needs of the economy and the needs of the uk overall. you have this divide were savaged javad in his new immigration plan he wants to scrap the cap and bring in high skilled tax contributors, but mrs may has said we're sticking to the cap. it's interesting to watch in the tory party because views on the immigration topic of them will also indicate your views on free and state control. we're going to see that divide as brexit ends and we go back to focusing on domestic policy. savaged javad will be delighted to hear you referred to him as up and coming —— savaged javad. that's what people are saying. —— refer —— sajeed javad. when theresa may put him into the home office, it was seen as him into the home office, it was seen as quite a controversial choice for her to have made. i mean, there

we re for her to have made. i mean, there were a host of issues that frankly she left behind. they still exist. no mention today of where do foreign stu d e nts no mention today of where do foreign students fit into all this new immigration policy when it finally emerges? is it just immigration policy when it finally emerges? is itjust about cutting numbers? or is it about helping the workforce of the uk? which is the number—1 priority? workforce of the uk? which is the number-1 priority? we're seeing the different aren't we? you know what, this story and these previous stories about the pantomime atmosphere in parliament is really very telling because, like you say, in the independent, i don't know if you watched this exchange, and when the question was directed at mrs may, her simple answer when questioned over those numbers was just yes. yes. i paused and went, 0k! she was quite fiery today. absolutely. no doubt about that. yes it was the end of term and all that

stuff, and even christmas, but the bitterness. there was a lot going on. a lot going on. they need a little break. what's going on in america as well and possibly, as we understand, has already started in syria, the front page of the guardian, dismay as the president says troops in syria are coming home. indeed, just recently he posted on twitter saying our troops, our boys are coming home and the report is that 2000 troops will experience a rapid withdrawal as the president claims victory over is a mixed. his own administration's assessment is that there are 111,500 isis fighters in syria. this raises a host of questions. number one, is the president once again making massive policy decisions without consulting his team ? massive policy decisions without consulting his team? half of them will find out through social media.

number two, when the us intervenes abroad, andi number two, when the us intervenes abroad, and i have simply for the president taking this stance towards foreign policy, but when we enter countries abroad, then we have a responsibility to make sure we don't leave them in a state that has become very disruptive, fall back into disarray, we have to finish the job, and his administration is saying you haven't finished the job. this is unjust policy on the hoof, this is dangerous policy on the hoof and when you presumably... i am told there is something called the donald trump team in the white house... theoretically speaking. it is very difficult. the team seems to change every week. anyway, there is. you worry about if this policy is thought through. who is the president listening to if he is listening to anybody?” president listening to if he is listening to anybody? i suppose it raises the question what then becomes sarah huckabee sanders

saying it moves to the next stage and people asking what that is. indeed. it seemed his administration doesn't know either. we are talking about many lives that could be sacrificed if the wrong decision is made. i must point out, checking the wording, asi made. i must point out, checking the wording, as i understand it from american media, it is the withdrawal of ground troops. yes. military air campaigns will continue. ok, the mail, we are going to the inside page, page number two, mail, we are going to the inside page, page numbertwo, energy giant's new year gift, £183 hike. page, page numbertwo, energy giant's new year gift, £183 hikelj was particularly interested in this story, having some two and a half years ago changing my energy supplier, shopping around, i did what i was told to do by the government, move to my energy accounts to a new company and there was great excitement. and then about a month and a half ago i decided i'd

had two years of that and decided i wasn't very happy with the latest price, so i moved again. literally one week later that energy company disappeared. what does it say for you then? we were all told to encourage all of this competition and yet so many of these companies have just disappeared, with everything else that's been going on, just disappeared from the news. 12 suppliers have tariffs ending on the last day of this year and, you know, hundreds of thousands of households face higher electricity bills of around £183. is this what the market was meant to be about? now, the cap is coming, will it change things as well from new year's day? probably not, the talk has been about the market, but the action has been to restrict the market, and as you say it is

difficult for the little guy to compete against big energy companies, and we see this all the time, we talk about the benefits of free market, we bring stringent regulations, that means energy costs go up, regulations, that means energy costs go up, so something has to be tackled on the regulatory side and u nfortu nately tackled on the regulatory side and unfortunately that cap might provide light relief but it might result in higher prices elsewhere so we haven't had this intervention. finally, a sporting story. goodness. i will hand it over to you. sit back and relax. there is a portuguese bloke called jose mourinho and he may have heard he lost hisjob. and yesterday it... here we are told on the front of the telegraph that manchester united are ready to pay a re cord manchester united are ready to pay a record fee for a new manager who they are talking about, pochettino, who is currently at tottenham. tottenham will have a very different view of that i am sure. it is quite interesting. alex ferguson was

manager at manchester united for almost 30 years. since he left in 2013, manchester united have had three managers in five years. so, actually, we shouldn't be surprised. i was always surprised that people didn't pay more for managers, because, to find a successful manager, to fight another alex ferguson, for manchester united it would be worth an unbelievable amount of money, but i mean the soap opera is quite extraordinary around jose mourinho. £42 million. half what they paid for a player, paul pogba, a few months ago. yes. here isa pogba, a few months ago. yes. here is a question, how is he doing at totte n ha m is a question, how is he doing at tottenham hotspur is? tottenham are in third place —— tottenham hotspurs? in recent times, not since 2008, something like that, they haven't actually won anything, what

he is the flavour of the month, with some reason. he's got to get co mforta ble some reason. he's got to get comfortable in the new grounds first, doesn't he? well, yes. i'm going to leave it there. happy with that? yes. thank you very much. thank you for that. before we leave you, we are going to say goodbye. all of this is online. 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. this is bbc news. there is an update on the breaking news from gatwick airport. and a spokesperson has confirmed that operations continue to be suspended. no flights are

coming in or going out of the airport itself. they go on to say that they are working with sussex police to investigate reports of drones flying over the airfield. there is major disruption for travellers trying to head to gatwick airport, whether they are flying in or out, and that will continue for tonight and, as we understand, tomorrow. the airport is saying you must contact the airport before travelling to find out the status of your flight travelling to find out the status of yourflight or travelling to find out the status of your flight or any friends or family. more, of course, on bbc news, but first hearing —— here it is sportsday. hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre. tottenham came out on top in the north london derby against arsenal to reach the semi—finals of the league cup this evening. they were 2—0 winners at the emirates with goals from son heung min and dele alli. but there was a nasty incident in the second half, when alli was hit in the head by a bottle thrown from the stands.

arsenal say they're examining cctv to identify the culprit. nick parrott has this report. in north london derbies this season of goodwill is limited to the bench. the managers convivial, players confrontational. their last encounter he saw a sending off as arsenal won 4—2. changes in personnel took some of the heat out of the encounter but not the entertainment. this atmosphere was experienced for the first time for the keeper but he wasn't intimidated. he went from tottenham saviour to create. this quick distribution leading to son heung min's opening goal. with few shots on target, harry kane came off the bench to make his first appearance in this competition in three years. just 68 seconds later he set up dele alli two double spurs' advantage.

moments later alexandre lacazette almost made a similar impact. that was as good as it got. defeat became more bitter when dele alli was struck by a water bottle. it was an ill fitting end to what had been an entertaining cup tie. chelsea are also into the semi—finals after beating bournemouth 1—0 at stamford bridge. the match had been heading for penalties, but substitute eden hazard scored a deflected goal to send his side through. pretty scrappy in the end. the draw for the semi—finals sees tottenham face another london derby against chelsea. meanwhile, league one burton's albion will face the might of premier league champions manchester city. both ties will be played over two legs next month. celtic have returned to the top of the scottish premiership after beating motherwell 3—0 at celtic park. as for rangers, they are now second after drawing 0—0 away at hibernian. rangers had the better of the chances, especially this from james tavernier but he couldn't get a strike on goal.

steven gerrard's side are a point behind their rivals and celtic have a game in hand. this is the picture at the top of the table. it's really tight. three points separate the top four teams. celtic back top, just a point above rangers, with kilmarnock and aberdeen close behind. gareth bale scored an 11 minute hat trick as real madrid progressed to the final of the club world cup. they beat the japanese side kashima antlers 3—1. bale got his firstjust before half time before adding two more. real madrid are hoping to win the tournament for the third year in a row. they'll face abu dhabi side al ain in the final on saturday. and he wraps it up there. ole gunnar solskjaer says it's brilliant to return to manchester united as the club's interim manager.

he'll take charge until the end of the season following jose mourinho's sacking. solskjaer is a legend at the club after his last—gasp winner secured the champions league in 1999. former united team—mate henning berg believes he can have a positive effect on the current squad. i think we will see some of the players happy, smiling, and back to more energy, playing closer to their best level, but again they have to find the best way of playing together with this team. the way gunnar likes to play is different to what it has been and is closer to what it has been and is closer to what united are used to from earlier. that's all the sport for now. good night. hello. you have probably heard it will be a very mild run—up to christmas. we are taking our air from the atlantic so it will be mile from the atlantic so it will be mile from the atlantic so it will be mile from the south—westerly winds feeding in variable cloud, spells of

cloud, so a mixture of everything. the state it looks like we will have low pressure influencing the weather. it will be anchored to the north—west of the country feeding in fairly brisk westerly winds and a scattering of showers. that's what we will see tonight. heavy showers for southern england, towards wales and western scotland. now there will be some clear spells in between where the skies are cleared in the shelter, temperatures below three degrees, with mist and fog. further south, in the breeze, with the showers coming along, typically five to seven degrees. tomorrow morning will be a mixture, starting off with showers and sunny spells. through the afternoon, for scotland, central and east england will be dry out with some spells of sunshine. most of the showers close to the area of low pressure will affect north—west scotland, northern ireland and north—west england. those temperatures are typical for this time of year. we look to the south—west thursday night, some wet, windy weather moving up. this next

frontal system will bring dusts of 40 to 50 mph across the south coast and a spell of heavy rain. it will also introduce a mild airfor england and wales with temperatures just touching the mid—teens celsius. it will be an atrocious start, heavy rain, the wind will be strong, it should clear off in the afternoon, so skies will brighten up, hanging back for northern england and northern ireland. to the north, fairly cool with sunshine. in the sunshine to the south, 11 to 14 celsius, very mild for the time of year. to the weekend, high pressure will bring dry weather for saturday. sunday will see the next sister moved in to bring cloud and rain for many of us. so i think saturday looks like it will be dry and bright. so the better chance if you are heading out to do the christmas shopping. plenty of sunshine around, showers across western scotland, still a breeze coming from the west,

but in the sunshine it won't feel bad at all, ten to 12 in the south, seven to nine further north. sunday is looking wet across the board. still mild for most of us, especially in the south. good night. i'm mariko oi in singapore. the headlines: us troops are pulling out of syria as the white house orders a complete and rapid withdrawal. we report on a sharp increase in violence in indian administered kashmir where more than 500 people have been killed this year. indian armed forces are fighting what are believed to be two perhaps three militants hiding in there. this gun exchange has just intensified, but the operation has

been going on all through the night for perhaps the last 12 hours. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: