this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. to be missed. absolutely. eilidh barbour in augusta. inc. you very the headlines at 11... much indeed. now the big news in rugby the wikilea ks founder union concerns one of julian assange is arrested — 7 years after taking refuge australia's best players — israel folau. rugby australia has at the ecuadorian embassy in london. announced its intention to terminate his contract his lawyer says he's now facing after he sparked outrage over extradition to the us — an anti—lgbt social media post. charged with publishing state with more on the story, here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. secrets. in australian sport, this sets a dangerous precedent for no—one has displayed ability quite like this man... all media organisations in europe israel folau. and elsewhere around the world. he's represented his country in rugby union and rugby league, theresa may tells mps she wants he's played professional britain to leave the european union as soon as possible — australian rules football. after the eu delays the uk's he also thinks that departure until the end of october. gay people will go to hell. folau's recent instagram post urges celebrations in sudan as 30 years repentance for various behaviour of its dictator's rule that he deems sinful come to an end. or else "hell awaits". jack shepherd — the man who killed a woman australia's rugby authorities have said they have tried in a speedboat crash — in vain to contact him, is jailed for an extra six months but folau has been warned before about social media posts. now his career seems to be over.

today, australia and new south wales rugby released a statement. it reads... gareth thomas played 100 rugby union matches for wales. he's gay. he has used twitter to urge people not to be influenced by folau. ..thomas writes. australia, using that ball... israel folau is a sportsman with religion central to his identity in a diverse society. views folau shares as an expression of faith, his employers and sponsors call discrimination, and rugby, itappears, no longer has a place for him. joe wilson, bbc news. huddersfield giants held

on to beat castleford tigers in a thrilling super league game at thejohn smith's stadium. castleford had edged ahead, but alex mellor went over to complete a hat trick of tries late on, and the hosts held on for a narrow 20—18 victory. there was a surprise in the sixth round of the challenge cup tonight, as championship side halifax beat super league london broncos 24—16. in the other match, hull kr knocked out leigh centurions — who sit a division below them. it finished 14—10 in that one. it's been a mixed day for england all—rounder ben stokes in his latest match playing for the rajasthan royals against the chennai super kings in the ipl. stokes made a quick 28 runs and then took a stunning catch off the bowling ofjofra archer as the super kings collapsed chasing their target of 152. beautiful catch there. the super kings had the last laugh, though. they needed three off the last ball — bowled by stokes — and new zealander mitchell sa ntner hit it for 6. great britain's claudia fragapane qualified for the floor final at the european gymnastics

championships in poland. it's fragapane‘s first international competition in just over a year after snapping her achilles just before the commonwealth games and she finished with the top score in qualifying. alice kinsella and ellie downie qualified for the all around final. that is all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. we'll see you soon. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are jason beattie, the daily mirror's head of politics, and kate proctor, political reporter for the london evening standard.

welcome to you both. first, let's look through tomorrow's front pages. most of the papers lead with the same story, with the metro reporting on the arrest of wiki leaks founder julian assange. mr assange had his political asylum revoked by the ecuadorian embassy and the guardian says he now ‘faces five years in usjail‘. the financial times talks about his us extradition charges, saying his involvement in a computer hacking conspiracy led to "one of the largest compromises of classified information in us history." the daily mail features a picture of mr assange with the headline "that'll wipe the smile off his face." it reports that the judge in court today branded mr assange a narcissist. also featuring a picture ofjulian assange

is the telegraph, but it leads on brexit, saying that no—deal brexit plans are put on hold now there is a new date set to leave the european union. it also highlights the dup‘s to your confidence and supply agreement with the government is near to n. ‘mps need a break — we want brexit‘ headlines the daily express — as the prime minister urges mps to back her deal, just before they commence their easter break. let's start with the story dominating in the front pages, and endojason, dominating in the front pages, and endo jason, you've dominating in the front pages, and endojason, you've been following the story of julian endojason, you've been following the story ofjulian assange ‘s arrest. it is the male puts it, the being dragged out to face justice. arrest. it is the male puts it, the being dragged out to facejustice. i have to say, there is little sympathy for him in the daily mail. know, and we should remember why he's spent seven years in the ecuadorian embassy. he skipped bail and sought century there because the

british courts had agreed to extradite him to sweden the more he faced allegations of sexual assault, which he denies. which is a serious charge. the problem with a staunch —— julian assange, a very a mercurial person who divides opinion, he also has... when he helped expose us atrocities in iraq and afghanistan, it has made him some kind of folk hero. but at the same time, i think the most important thing here, and everything us important thing here, and everything us to my mind is secondary, is the fa ct if us to my mind is secondary, is the fact if you are charged with serious sexual assaults, you should face justice. and prove your innocence if thatis

justice. and prove your innocence if that is the case. because it's extraordinary disdainful to the victims of that. and i don't think you should excuse that behaviour just because of the other things he's done. but he has created a quite serious political row with a lot of people, and it was interesting today in the house of commons that diane abbott was sympathetic towards assange, and others saying, he is a demon and therefore he is getting justice he now deserves. interesting, kate, the jeremy corbyn was tweeting his support tonight. he is next really divisive person. be of some people who think he was seeking the truth all along and he has shown a light oi'i all along and he has shown a light on lots of different difficulties around the world, that he sought the truth, so there is that view that in

terms of whistle— blowing, truth, so there is that view that in terms of whistle—blowing, that sort of thing that should be protected and at the heart of it, what he was doing was sort of morally good. but i think the point labour made today is basically what might happen to him if he is extradited to america, what will happen when america gets their hands on him. will charges increase on him? that's kind of eye things have taken so long and think there's been a six months worth of wrangling to try and work out if he is, leave the embassy, leaves the ecuadorian embassy come is arrested, what are the next steps, and labour we re what are the next steps, and labour were trying to make the points that it is unknown what happens next if he goes to america. jason, moving on to the guardian. a slightly different take on julian to the guardian. a slightly different take onjulian assange, but they... assange faces five years

in usjailas but they... assange faces five years in us jail as standoff ends but they are concerned about the possible implications for journalism. are concerned about the possible implications forjournalism. look, go back here a bit. the guardian and assange worked very closely together back on the original investigation based on the wikileaks material. they will have a more some pathetic attitude in that respect. it's very important —— they will have a sympathetic attitude. our concerns, andi sympathetic attitude. our concerns, and i think they are quite legitimate concerns, are about protection of whistle—blowers, for whistle—blowers who expose wrongdoing for stub journalism is based on this, that you don't reveal your sources, you have based on this, that you don't reveal your sources, you have some based on this, that you don't reveal your sources, you have some sort of integrity of how you go about your profession. assange is not actually a journalist. he is a hacker. very

clever the us have charged him on a very specific issue, obtaining material for chelsea manning. the fear is, particular of donald trump in charge, who has taken a much more hard—line attitude in charge, who has taken a much more ha rd—line attitude than in charge, who has taken a much more hard—line attitude than obama, that they will, he will be x—rated and they will, he will be x—rated and they will, he will be x—rated and they will throw other charges that him which could them have a president to set repercussion for journalists. that is the fear. desh set a precedent. interesting here. donald trump was a big fan of wikileaks because donald trump was a big fan of wikilea ks because of donald trump was a big fan of wikileaks because of the wikileaks, and this is one of the things i find mysterious, because wikileaks was responsible for leaking the democratic material. today, he would had said he had never heard of wikileaks... there was short—term memory syndrome, or you could call it lying for someone of the things i

find odd about this —— and someone of the things. this a guy can he was visited by nigel for —— nigel farage. very curious... i can see why they want to rush to his defence on a journalism point of view am about as a political operator... we must move on to the b word, because i know you have been working on brexit stories all day. the telegraph headline is no deal plans asked after brexit put on hold. this is picked up on the front pages of several of the other papers. a lot of planning has gone into a new deal —— a no deal.

millions of pounds set aside and whitehall went into overdrive, and lots of stories about staff having to in the last few weeks work around the clock to try and make sure britain was prepared to leave the you. the costs wrinkle a lot of people. i think what it shows how brexit is, people say it is not going to play but when we are talking about £4 billion, such as numerous amount of talking about £4 billion, such as numerous amount of money and it is not entirely sure if we ever face a situation, a potential no deal scenario, can we... is the £4 billion investment going to come good at that point or is that money gone now? it was a really fracture us day in the commons today. the prime minister making her statement about this long extension that she has negotiated with the eu, and

there were open because from tory backbenchers for her to go, for her to resign, and we are not entirely sure what is going to happen with that but i think there are some reports out there that things look unlikely she is going to be prime minister beyond may. let's pick up on the other story in the telegraph £109 million for election sharad in inverted thomas. —— election charade. these are the european elections which are looking increasingly likely the uk takes pa rt increasingly likely the uk takes part in. probability! now you have the brexiteers kicking off on people's right to vote for institution they claim is undemocratic. if i were prime minister, and painfully i'm not, for the country, i may turn around and say... iam the country, i may turn around and

say... i am not taking them entirely seriously. just unhook lisa please in the front of the financial times. —— just time to quickly squeeze in. may pins brexit hopes on labour. is that suggesting the talks between theresa may and jeremy corbyn will bear fruit? is that somewhat optimistic? i find it hard to imagine they're going to come to anything. and purely for the fact that despite the fact they need to work together on this, they are still attacking each other. and physically the conservatives are attacking labour quite strongly in the commons —— and particularly. people of repeated legaljeremy corbyn a marxist. that is unhelpful if you want labour to get on board with you. they are talking and we hear every day, talks might reserve this evening. no one is getting ended at 8am in the morning for breakfast meetings. i don't think it

is going anywhere. it is good for both sites to be seeing to talk. it is not good for both sides to agree anything. there's too much at risk for both the conservatives and labour. in agreement would be almost impossible in my opinion. on that somewhat down assessment, i do have to apologise, we leave it there. that's it for the papers this hour. thank you, jason and kate. we look forward to you being back at half past 11. but for now, for all of us, bye—bye. good evening. this time of year, a little bit of shelter can make a lot of difference. and in fact, we saw that today in highland in scotland — some blue sky and sunshine and some warmth with 14 degrees. some lovely sunshine across the east coast again,

but with that nagging easterly breeze, another chilly afternoon. scarborough, just a maximum of eight celsius today. and that's because we start this influence of high—pressure driving in this easterly feed, a cold source, but at least it's keeping weather fronts out in the atlantic — for the time being, at least. and so over the next few days, we keep that colder theme going. and in fact, the air will come slightly drier and the winds will strengthen a little. so it may well feel a little colder still as we move into the weekend. but for friday, we start off with some clear skies overnight, and that's going to allow those temperatures through the centre of the country to fall close to freezing. a little more in the way of cloud and a few spots of rain into eastern scotland, and some thicker cloud down into the southwest. so it could be a chilly start for some. that's where we will see the sunshine coming through. still the risk of a few showers into eastern scotland, and maybe as we go through the day through east anglia and the southeast corner. there will be a little more cloud developing through the afternoon, and again on those exposed east coasts.

not going to feel very warm, seven or 8 degrees. highest values of 11, possibly 12. so as we move out of friday into the start of the weekend, as i say, the air comes somewhat drier. we keep that colder theme going and the winds will start to strengthen. so for some, it could feel chillier still. saturday should see a good deal of sunshine in the forecast, though. there's a risk of a few showers into east anglia and the southeast corner. and with that colder air, some of those showers could produce hail, maybe even a little bit of sleetiness in their as well. maybe even a little bit of sleetiness in there as well. so you'll need a couple of extra layers on if you're going to be out and about. it's going to be a chilly day. widely, those temperatures around seven to 11 degrees. for sunday, could be a little bit more cloud coming through. the winds strengthening. and by the afternoon, we could see an odd spot or two of showery rain into wales and southwest england. again, those temperatures struggling, eight to 11 degrees the high. but as we move out of sunday, well, things will start to get a little bit milder through the middle part

of the week. but unfortunately, a little wetter as well.