hello. of the world. exactly what content on the glorious archive will be available welcome to bbc news with me, shaun ley. is still not clear. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first though, the headlines: president trump's former lawyer michael cohen testifies in front of a congressional nor is the price or launch date. securing a strong future for british committee in washington. television will require plenty more thinking outside the britbox. he says he wants to apologise amol rajan, bbc news. for helping mr trump, before laying into the president's character. now it's time for the weather with tomasz schafernaker. i am ashamed because i know what mr trump is. he is a racist, he is a conman, and he is a cheat. that is it. the warm weather has gone. we will probably have to wait quite a long time before we get mps have rejected a labour proposal temperatures in the high teens and on brexit which would have meant low 20s. from tomorrow it is back to the ukjoined a permanent be more useful whether we get at this time of year. having said that, customs union with the eu. temperatures will still be above the jeremy corbyn said the party average for the time of year. this will now back a public vote on brexit. is southerly airstream we have had for quite a few days now that has labour mp chris williamson has been been generating the high suspended from the party, temperatures will be almost washed pending an investigation into comments he made to activists about anti—semitism. pakistan's prime minister, away by this much cooler air stream imran khan, calls for talks with india after fighter jets originating from the atlantic. you have clashed in kashmir, can see the weather front, this cold in a major escalation

front, and behind it you have the of the conflict. cool at pushing in. all of these low pressure weather systems will be racing in our direction and bringing us racing in our direction and bringing us cloud, wind, some rain and much fresher weather. through the course of tonight and into tomorrow we have hello and welcome to our look ahead got clear skies. this is early in to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. the morning on thursday. temperatures around freezing or soak with me are the author in some of the towns and cities in and journalist rachel shabi, and the former trade minister, the east. but the weather is turning in the south—west, so perhaps rain lord digbyjones. getting into cornwall, devon, parts of wales, maybe the north to the. —— will continue both. north—west, and through because of the day that will push across the southern half of the country. it would be raining all the time, brightness here and there, but it dragon will be a loss friday, temporarily, many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the majority of the papers lead with the same story. the weather will improve. there will the financial times headline be some brightness around, perfectly is "trump labelled a racist, cheat and conman". gci’oss be some brightness around, perfectly across the western areas late in the it's according to his former lawyer michael cohen at his congressional afternoon, before later in the davis hearing in washington. the telegraph uses the same headline weather front slips ireland, and pictures cohen swearing under northern ireland, and reaches the oath at the start of his tribunal, rest of the country. still 14 where he denounces the president trump. the metro says the ‘truth

degrees. mahle for the time of year. about trump', reporting that michael cohen called the us it won't be like because of the president a racist and said he called black people stupid. as the hearing was about to begin, mr trump himself was meeting cloud, rain, and winter —— mild. the north korean leader, kimjong—un, in hanoi saturday is when the big change will for their second summit. the two men were meeting to discuss come in. the low pressure spins in, the potential denuclearisation of the korean peninsula gale force winds, up to 60 mph in and are pictured on the front of the guardian. for the daily mail, the main story exposed coasts and hills. the rain is ‘corbyn‘s hateful new low‘ — will sweep across the country. still its description of how the labour leader was allegedly forced mild. 40 will sweep across the country. still mild. a0 celsius. that is saturday's to suspend one of his mps, chris williamson, over remarks weather. sunday it a little about the party's handling of anti—semitism. the times talks about the economy, different —— ia degrees celsius. saying ‘world's top wealth fund puts this one looks like it will affect billions into britain'. areas to the south a little bit more. rain affecting wales, the norway's wealth fund is the largest southern counties, possibly the in the world and it says that the uk midlands. exactly how far north this will be stronger after brexit. rain gets, it could be here, it 0n the theme of brexit, the duke of cambridge urged people could stay even further south than to "come together for the common good" in a plea for brexit unity. the graphic syndicate. northern areas will probably have some his comments were against the backdrop of tory mps tonight sunshine. rebelling against the prime minister, in another round of commons votes. the duke also features on the mirror, but on a different story. the paper reports that he shamed football clubs for exploiting young players and not caring about their mental health. prince william is the president of the football association and said

"we've got to change the way we look after players." let's talk now the players this evening, rachel shabi and two digby jones, let's begin with the ft in the story that begins on many of the papers about the evidence that michael cohen gave the congress today. well, it is pretty compelling, and the fact that it appears in all the papers is a sign of the fact that it really does hit you straight, as i was saying earlier, it was on the standards midday edition when you look at it and think climbing, that is newspaper journalism at its and think climbing, that is newspaperjournalism at its best, this is not an opinion of a newspaper, this is verbatim reporting on what a witness said the camera, so reporting on what a witness said the camera, so there is none of this did he say this? it is hearsay, none of that. —— blimey. interestingly,

however, this meant as a convicted perjurer and it says on the front of the ft, they all carry at the ft has republican jim jordan said this the ft, they all carry at the ft has republicanjim jordan said this is the first time a convicted perjurer has been brought back to be a star witness in hearing, and in the 60s, there was a trial here in which a call girl, called mandy rice davies gave evidence, and the prosecuting counsel said you are a liar and she said, well, you would, wouldn't you? there is an element of cynicism not about the fact he said it, but the fa ct about the fact he said it, but the fact that is their veracity in its? it is interesting, the ft highlight this as a quote, that michael collins", since taking office, trump has become the worst version of himself. i can remember years ago, had a senior partner, we were caught on the government, he had great common sense in birmingham law firm, and he used as a digbyjones, people

do not change, theyjust get more like themselves. i was reminded of that tonight when i was reading this andi that tonight when i was reading this and i was thinking trump is almost becoming a caricature of himself, and of course, it will all fulfil the prejudice and a certain parties can the truancy, people will say this is the democrat, the establishment. the elite. the media elite having a go at this poor, defenceless president, who is only trying to do what we elected him to do. the billionaire defence. that is what they will say, and then on the other hand, you look at this i hope on as objective mutuals and you will say this is pretty compelling stuff and discos will bring the prejudice the other way as well. and the contrast is between the headline and the text of the story, and then the photograph of donald trump being presidential in hanoi with kim jong—un. presidential in hanoi with kim jong-un. well, i do not know of we will define that as being presidential. trying to bring peace.

well, that is the narrative that he would have you believe. i think that is the narrative that trump would like you to... if 0bama was doing this, i would criticise that as well because i would be consistent about it, unlike republicans who spent the la st two it, unlike republicans who spent the last two years making excuses for trump and they are still doing it today, we saw them doing it in the hearing. is no point having this this is trump being played by north korea. right, 0k, yeah. there is no point giving them a concession of a meeting, overwatch? what about the human rights record? if you did that, you would not talk to about two thirds of the world, would you? though, so the point is why choose north korea? is what i choose saudi arabia? the obvious reason that this quy arabia? the obvious reason that this guy was actually letting off rockets

into the south china sea, that is why. absolutely, and saudi arabia i'iow why. absolutely, and saudi arabia now involved in it, let's not played whaboutery here, i am only requesting some consistency. you're not going to excuse the one by talking about the other.|j not going to excuse the one by talking about the other. i am an expert on north korea but i do listen to what experts on north korea say, and that is this is an ill—advised meeting that is not going to yield any reward. we are going to yield any reward. we are going back to the mueller investigation, which is what this is about, providing a cover for. the republicans have spent hours trying to dismiss what michael cohen is saying, this is of a piece of republicans and trump ally is trying to minimise the entire mueller investigation, calling it a witch—hunt, investigation, calling it a witch— hunt, saying investigation, calling it a witch—hunt, saying it is not important, it is not significant. we do not know, as you say, the guy is

a liar, he said he was himself, michael cohen. —— trump allies. but what he is doing is either corroborating bits of the investigation that we already know about all pointing to areas that could be further investigated, that is what has been unfolding over the la st is what has been unfolding over the last few hours. it is not a character assessment that is the releva nt character assessment that is the relevant bit here, it is the bits of information that he is either confirming all pointing to in the la st confirming all pointing to in the last four hours. in other words, the headline may not be...|j last four hours. in other words, the headline may not be... i completely agree with that. and i think that is the purpose of his witness statement. you're quite right, is not actually to say i think it is that he is alive, it is to say look over their. and he did hint that there may be stuffy cannot talk about because it is subject to investigation. let's move on at another story, it is quite striking headline. india pakistan tension

worst in 50 years. i can remember what i was trade minister ten years ago, ican what i was trade minister ten years ago, i can remember asking a very, very senior person who deals with security and was at the time when, i hate to use the word unusual, but there were tensions in the middle east, and i said what is really exercising you at the moment, where are they looking at the trade peace around the world, have we got what you and i would call security issues? e without a moment's hesitation said india pakistan, and it was not at a time when you and i we re it was not at a time when you and i were talking about it. and i was reminded about today, this has always been a tinderbox. kashmir, in i9a7, india has always been a tinderbox. kashmir, ini9a7, india get independence, partition, at the brits... they draw a line on the map. they did a bit of that, and in the middle east. and in africa. it is not just the middle east. and in africa. it is notjust the brits, if i may use

the words indians and pakistanis, although the time i do not think they saw themselves as indians, i think pakistani saw themselves at that time as indians, india wanting a separate state. it was notjust the brits but the brits in boston and there was this point at which they said to this country almost, but stated kashmir, you can choose, you can say you want to be part of the new india or the new pakistan rays and they chose india, but it became of course, the only state in india with a muslim majority, so therein lay the seeds of what has happened ever since, which is that there is a sizeable part to do not wa nt to there is a sizeable part to do not want to do that may want to part of the of course, indian the other and of course, indian schoolchildren are brought up to be told it is part of india, pakistan is different. why is that important? they are both nuclear powers now, with conventional weapons in a bitter skirmish, these guys could have really serious problems with nuclear weapons and the other point, which is important to anybody from britain watching this tonight, ears,

andi britain watching this tonight, ears, and i say this as somebody from birmingham, but to be fair if anybody listening to this are watching this on any of the big cities with the south asia population of a sort, minority or majority, is that they played out here as well. there is a kashmiri tinderbox. i was very struck by that in the past you's covering politics and east london and other parts of the country as well, the east london particularly, we kashmir is a really significant talking point for many people and draws many people into political activism. yeah, among other places in the world to which, in oh, people may have family ties or historical ties. but what is interesting about this, this tension thatis interesting about this, this tension that is the worst in 20 years and it is about, you know, skirmishes, planes coming down on either side and there is currently a captive pilot in pakistan, an indian pilot.

—— you pilot in pakistan, an indian pilot. — — you know. pilot in pakistan, an indian pilot. -- you know. be they paraded on the television. really distastefully, but it is interesting to watch this pay—out. you are talking about east london that there is a dimension on social media which is, indians and pakistani people now going on the social media to try and urge people to de— escalate, to urge leaders to just tone it down and not the kind of lead into. and the two leaders are saying that, narendra modi and imran khan are both saying that. this latest started with a suicide bomb that killed ia indian soldiers, that came out of a community and that came out of a community and that translates around the world, as you rightly say. this is notjust on the border, but everybody has got to work on the escalating this because otherwise, it could actually be the... and people are saying that, whereas in the past, they would have beenin whereas in the past, they would have been in international community and

indeed 20 years ago, when there was tension, there was an international community and there was us president who could be escalate, that is glaringly absent now.|j who could be escalate, that is glaringly absent now. i do not think you can use the word trump in in the same sentence. let's move on to the daily mail. the suggestion thatjeremy corbyn was trying to prevent chris williams, his ally, from being suspended from the party, but plenty of labour mps is into a jet to that and he has duly been suspended today. he has been suspended. there has been an investigation. he was caught on camera saying, at a meeting in sheffield of, 80 momentum meeting. he said that the party had

been too apologetic of anti—semitism. not only deeply offensive but contrary to what the party was trying to say. people think that this is the only thing, but it really was the last straw. there is history here of someone who has consistently supported people who have made incredibly offensive comments, nipple who have been suspended from the party over making offensive comments. —— people who have been. there is a trail that has become increasingly a problem. this was the breaking point in a series. iama was the breaking point in a series. i am a failed anglican bromey. sol have no specific and i don't support jeremy corbyn, sol have no specific and i don't support jeremy corbyn, so i have no specific dog in its fight —— brummy. but i don't want to belong to a country that would allow a major particle political leader to tolerate this in his party. i don't understand why jeremy corbyn doesn't get on the front page of a newspaper, get onto your newscasts and say "i will weed

this out, every single person, i will have them into the police and out of the labour party before the sun goes down tomorrow night, this is not acceptable, as an anti—semitic organisation". i don't get how everyone is saying we will suspend somebody here, i will delete southerly bad. it is very difficult. at the end of the day it is disgusting. by the way, it is not much fun in this country being a muslim when you are a decent woman or man tried to bring up yourfamily in peace and there is a terrorist problem somewhere in the world... and there is a conservative party that has an institutional anti—islamic problem. that has an institutional anti-islamic problem. don't make it a... bingham usme, when you are having this happen, down your local you have... -- being a muzzle. people in political parties have to

stop being tribal and sara ray remain members of society. let us move are onto something that will please you as a supporter of brexit. that is the front of the times. norway, another country that rejected europe, but obviously has economic ties with europe, has this wonderful wealth fund from its oil money built up over the years, and it is going to invest a big chunk of it is going to invest a big chunk of it in britain. it is making a bet on britain. they are saying, always trying to be balance, they are saying that there is a bet is a 30 year bat. they take a long—term view. a loss of people like me, relu cta nt view. a loss of people like me, reluctant brexiteers, not ideological brexiteers, we say that economically this will not be a problem in the medium to long—term, in the short term there will be a problem —— lot. any brexiteer in the country are saying it won't was certainly misleading. much like remainers who said there would be deaf of the first bomb by friday.

here is the biggest sovereign fund in the world saying i will take my words, i will take a 30 year bet on uk having a strong economy in the next 30 years and i will carry on investing and putting my money into britain. that is heartening news. forget whether it is brexit or remain. it is heartening news for thejobs of remain. it is heartening news for the jobs of the country, the confidence in sterling, it isjust heartening news. i know it is not politically fashionable for there to be any heartening news. if it is nice whether it is because of remain, if it rains it is brexit. for once, we need to understand that it is not about brexit and remain, it is not about brexit and remain, it is not about brexit and remain, it is about the jobs in the country and confidence in our nation.|j agree with that. it is about jobs and confidence in our nation.|j agree with that. it is aboutjobs in this country. i would welcome heartening news about britain, the economy. i would embrace that an like that. i don't know why there is this assumption that people actually wa nt this assumption that people actually want bad things to happen to this country. but can we just point out... every day in the news... we are talking about assets. this is a

financial asset company. investment funds are going to bring a particular kind of wealth to the economy, one that doesn't create manyjobs, one economy, one that doesn't create many jobs, one that economy, one that doesn't create manyjobs, one that doesn't really give much of a boost to the economy, and one that cannot be compared... that is not true. you cannot equate that with nissan leading or sony or airbus. honda are leaving for reasons that are not brexit. we are talking about manufacturing jobs, manufacturing, where jobs are involved, as opposed to assets, which is the finance sector from which is the finance sector from which the majority of the population of the uk do not benefit. there is a difference. that is not... there is a difference between making motorca rs a difference between making motorcars on investing in regent street. that is right. where you are not right is that this is about

confidence. nissan when say they're not going to build the extra l in sunderland, they not building it anywhere but japan. when sunderland, they not building it anywhere butjapan. when honda say they are leaving, of course it hurts confidence and manufacturing.” check companies that want to... we will end on this. this is also about confidence. we will end on this difference of opinion. thank you both very much. the smallest baby, as you can see behind me, on a happier note, has gone home successfully. ten ounces to seven pounds macro. —— seven lbs. thank you very much. that is the papers. good evening. here's your latest sports news. liverpool kept their place at the top of the premier league. they were 5—0 winners over watford at anfield this evening. two from sadio mane in the first half.

his second an extraordinary goal, backheeling past the keeper from 12 yards. divock 0rigi added a third after the break, before two goals within minutes from virgil van dijk finished off the scoring. they remain a point above manchester city, who beat west ham 1—0 at the etihad through sergio aguero's penalty. these boys are outstanding. today they showed so much passion. but, as well, how smart they are, how good well, how smart they are, how good we are in the positions, how good we are making offers, and then scoring outstanding goals of the wonderful crosses , outstanding goals of the wonderful crosses, to be honest. you have to be there. especially when you make a change to send off inbee park and how sadio mane adapted to it. best in the park. scoring a brilliant goal. and chelsea put their league cup defeat behind them with a thoroughly

deserved win over tottenham at stamford bridge. no sign of the drama surrounding keeper kepa arriza balaga who was dropped to the bench, as pedro opened the scoring in the second half. but then spurs had goalkeeper problems of their own after kieran trippier attempted to pass the ball to hugo lloris. only for it to roll into his own net to make it 2—0 to mauricio sarri's side. so just confirmation of those results then. elsewhere, arsenal hammered bournemouth 5—1 at the emirates to stay fourth. manchester united are just a point behind them. romalu lu ka ku scoring twice as they won at crystal palace 3—i. fulham lost 2—0 at southampton tonight — the saints move out of the relegation zone but fulham remain deep in trouble down at the bottom. to the scottish premiership then and neil lennon has started his time as interim manager of celtic with a win over hearts — although fans were clear on how they felt about brendan rogers departure. they unveiled a banner before the game suggesting the new leicester city manager has traded immortality for mediocrity.

the game itself was probably a tad more stressful for celtic than they would have liked but 0dsonne edouard's last gasp winner in stoppage time gave them a 2—1 victory. england's women took a well deserved victory in their opening she believes cup game against brazil. after andressa alves's controverisal penalty in the first half, ellen white leveled things for england after the break with this low ball, but it was beth mead who scored the winner with this curling ball into the top corner. england were runners up here last year and will be looking to put on a performance here ahead of the world cup in france this summer. england have won a dramatic fourth one day international against west indies in grenada. they won by 29 runs but that doesn't tell the full story. a record—breaking performance from englands batsmen helped them reach a18 in their 50 overs. a huge century from bothjos buttler and one from captain eoin morgan put

the tourists well in control. in reply though, west indies were making a fight of it, thanks chiefly to chris gayle who hit a brilliant 162. they were on course for an extraordinary victory before their bottom order completely collapsed, losing their last four wickets without scoring a single run. 389 all out gives england a 2—1 lead in the five match series. that's all the sport for now. goodnight. good evening to you. this is the last sunset of the warm spell we have seen, this incredible warm speu have seen, this incredible warm spell we have seen through february, with a record—breaking temperatures as we head back to something normal tomorrow. 0nwards we have the more typical weather for the time of

year, that is raine and fairly strong winds this weekend. as the end the week we lose the yellow and orange colours. we start to see the blue colour in from the north atlantic, along with areas of low pressure. in the short term, quite a quiet night to come with clear skies. patches of mist and fog, low cloud developing. it changes across the far south—west, more of a breeze, outbreaks of showery rain. not as cool. chiles was likely further north and east. tomorrow morning we start off with them a turnaround, mist and fog, too. through the davi showery ran across the irish sea will push into wales and north—west england, other parts of england as well. some of it could be quite heavy and it could turn windy, particularly across the south—west. the best of any dry weather will be across scotland and northern ireland. temperatures 9— i2 degrees. that will bill kollar bohme have been used too. on friday, a ridge of high pressure —— that will feel cooler. variable cloud, some sunshine. the next weatherfront

will push into northern ireland late in the day with increasing rain and wind. temperatures ii—ia in the south—east. still above the seasonal norm. that rain will spread across the country friday night and then we say hello to this, something we have not seen for a while, a deep area of low pressure. saturday it will stay quite windy into sunday. it looks very unsettled this weekend. gale force winds developing on saturday as this low pressure sweeps in. it will bring outbreaks of pretty heavy rain, especially across the north and west. the east will see the sunshine for longest until the rain arrives late on in the day. those temperatures are just about double figures in the north, i3 temperatures are just about double figures in the north, 13 or ia in the south. a few degrees above the seasonal. sunday we have low pressure to the north of the country. this will bring wet weather to southern portions of britain. uncertain as to how far north it will be. look at a wet day across the south. 0utbreaks will be. look at a wet day across the south. outbreaks of rain, strong winds, and some snow returning to the higher ground of scotland. in

between, good to see a slice of dry weather with some sunshine. temperatures 9— i2 weather with some sunshine. temperatures 9— 12 degrees. with the rain and the strong wind it will feel a loss cooler than what we have been used too. the weather returning to the seasonal norm for tomorrow --it will to the seasonal norm for tomorrow ——it will fill a slot cooler. welcome to newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. the headlines: a series of bombshell claims from donald trump isa of bombshell claims from donald trump is a former picks up. michael cohen tells congress is ashamed of the ten years working for mr trump. he isa the ten years working for mr trump. he is a racist. he is a conman. and he isa he is a racist. he is a conman. and

he is a cheat. under oath he testified that donald trump new his opponent ‘s e—mails were being hacked. he then produced the cheque that he said was used to pay off the porn star stormy daniels. president of the united states thus wrote a personal cheque for the payment of hush money as part of a criminal scheme to violate campaign