hello and welcome to our look ahead to at the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. the westminster editor and rachel from the cda and, welcome to you both. tomorrow's front pages as you both. tomorrow's front pages as you can imagine there is one story thatis you can imagine there is one story that is very much dominating. theresa may tells the defence secretary that you leaked, you are fired. that is the lead on the guardian. after gavin williamson was sacked. the daily mail reports of the former defence secretary swore on his children's lives that he was not responsible for the leak about the chinese firm, while way. facing

a criminal investigation over claims the exposed classified information. they also report on the us attorney general hitting back a criticism of his handling of the investigation. and princess charlotte turns four. images caught by her mother on the daily express. there will be no argument as to where we start, other we started the evening, i think you we re we started the evening, i think you were at westminster talk more with all your in for were at westminster talk more with all your infora were at westminster talk more with all your in for a fairly quiet evening, at six o'clock it all went crazy in the daily mail sums it up. theresa may, you're fired, gavin williamson, i didn't do it. the standoff that has resulted in him going. she was, we thought it was this possible deal with labour and the customs union all the time. she talked to her defence minister and

five to six when the whole thing blew up and it is a bombshell story. it isa blew up and it is a bombshell story. it is a huge story. and the word brutal has been thrown around a lot. according to the council and the newspaper, she offered him a chance to resign, he he completely denied that he had been the source of the leak. he admitted he spoke to the journalist but admitted that he speak to journalists all the time. and out he went and there you go. a big clash. and that is particularly stand out about this, all of the sudden stories. he seems to be coming out fighting and pushing back very hard. i think when the news broke, the first reaction for

political journalists was, broke, the first reaction for politicaljournalists was, we all suspected, of course it was gavin williamson because he has a kind of reputation. but immediately after that, he's come out and said no, it absolutely wasn't. his letters have been published between him and the prime minister, pushing back strongly sink you will not resign because it was not him. there are reports that he would welcome a police investigation because it would exonerate him. here he is swearing on the life of his children that think of theresa may was hoping this would show that she was finally getting control of her cabinet, putting some sort of disciplinary action among her members, and as sort of backfired and whether or not you think it was him, it has shown a subsequent lack of control. and it looks like there will be a police inquiry, labour demanding it, the snp are demanding it. the lib dem leader yes. she has written to the

police, demanding this and this is the beginning of a huge scandal. this is day one of the huge scandal. at the moment, not investigating but of course, it all comes to how significant this particular national security council is and why it stands apart from other bodies of government. this is been the biggest leak in our recent history, the confidentiality has been a bit of a joke for me think about brexit and other issues facing cabinet but this was not that, this is national security. the first leak ever from that particular council and on something potentially very serious which has thrown our diplomatic relationships with various countries into flux and in response to that, what leaked last week, which are getting from a lot of national

security experts was the fact that this had leaked, shows how important theissue this had leaked, shows how important the issue was about this chinese firm potentially helping to build. there is a sensitivity of the chinese company, while way, running the uk 56 chinese company, while way, running the uk 5g infrastructure which america doesn't want, australia does and what in new zealand does not wa nt and what in new zealand does not want —— does not want. and the security establishment says in part, that that cabinet table on the politicians, the democratic masters, but they can't keep confidence and it was deadly serious when it happened but no one really expected it to end with a cabinet minister being sacked. because theresa may is considered weak. we have got several papers to go, we have to do the front of the metro, go while way and

shut up. one of his finest moments when the government told them to go away. he keeps a pet tarantula called cronus, he uses fireplaces,... called cronus, he uses fireplaces, . .. the called cronus, he uses fireplaces,... the other headline is... leading on this, fires williamson for huawei leak, starting to outline some of his more quirky, touched away in the article there is a quote from the senior military official who said that he had praised mr williams and sankey was usually positive for them. he really championed the armed forces and one of the reasons why he's got this is because he was a bit of an army guy, he got the more money, which is very good for them. but he was also a very close ally of theresa may. he

helped broker the deal with the dep, her chief whip. he was naive and overplayed his hand, the ones want to be pleased, they'll think one less guy to deal with. the defence secretary said you leaked, you're fired. we draw a line under it, that's the end of it. but before we leave the story, the suggesting is this may run on, particularly if the call for a police investigation is picked up. it definitely will and there is an angle to put into the there is an angle to put into the the story, his claims that he been the story, his claims that he been the victim of a kangaroo court. a witchhunt from the start and others we re witchhunt from the start and others were conspiring against him so they are ready get on and it will run on. and 38 the person to have left the government in 12 months and at least

cabinet minister. 42 have come and gonein cabinet minister. 42 have come and gone in total. this is not a great day for her although she feels she has taken decisive action, it leaves her embattled. more questions than a nswe i’s. her embattled. more questions than answers. and then the pattern of losing people, it is a highly u nsta ble losing people, it is a highly unstable government, but now it is a shredded government. the secretary of defence is sacked for giving away secrets allegedly in you that you can trust the defence. he probably is likely to be prime minister. he is likely to be prime minister. he is being pushed forward as a leadership position. you'll make a house of cards going forward. let's stay with the guardian after legal defeat, caster semenya, the elite runner, olympic medallist has had a real blow today. she has a

long—distance runner, androgynous, and abnormal hormone level which for years, gave her an unfair and abnormal hormone level which for years, gave heran unfairadvantage they believed, she has lost a court case and will have to take hormone suppressants. in order to compete, andl suppressants. in order to compete, and i think that is a very whirring president. elite athletes are by definition, have abnormal physique. they are. the scientists say that because of her heightened testosterone because she has male and female genetics that she has a 596 and female genetics that she has a 5% advantage over other runners and they simply do not want her to run that the distance of the longer distance or take drugs to reduce it. that is a very dangerous precedent saying that if athletes have abnormal to seek, have to take medication to change or they are.

it's not like she's taking drugs to get her to this point. there are male athletes that have abnormally high testosterone but we do not ask them. they talk about level the playing field with genetics and what is already a very small subsection of society that have these things to allow them to compete at that level. it isa allow them to compete at that level. it is a worrying precedent. and another political debate about trans rights, and... i think it is another political debate about trans rights, and... ithink it is an issue of how someone was born and there genetic makeup it is not the same as this and i think it is being challenged by a human rights issue. because he heard some of the human rights organisations coming out with serious misgivings about this and even the governing body which is taken the position to say that these changes need to be made. it sounds like they don't really... how do you e nforce like they don't really... how do you enforce it? how do you ensure that

the athletes are safe they are being forced to take medication? that is not the end of the story either. the us attorney general hits back of the claim that he sold confusion over the mueller probe. you will be confused. so the person who investigated this, complained to ba rt investigated this, complained to bart who was in charge that he redacted and altered the report clearing trump too much and now he is hitting back and say get off my blonde basically. he is a donald trump appointee and summarising the findings very much and donald trump's favour and there is a line in ended where mueller explicitly says it does not exonerate donald

trump on the obstruction ofjustice, this was over 400 pages a very nuanced report and there's a lot in there that he sort of brushed under there that he sort of brushed under the carpet and compared this to how the carpet and compared this to how the attorney general reacted with bill clinton and the monica lewinsky report which arguably the president having an affair far less of an issue, then obstruction ofjustice. and mueller is a republican this is not a... and he was appearing in front of a senate committee tomorrow which was predominantly republican dominated and house of representatives are going to have more questioning from democrats and the parties and alignments weather will get any more light thrown on this. and trump cells through the meeting in marches on. and coming to

london. no doubt one of the subjects of our reviews in the future. in the meantime, we've got the front of the metro. we've got some pictures being released of princess charlotte, the official royal birthday pictures because she is about to turn four. four and forth in line. very gi’owi'i—up four and forth in line. very grown—up cardigan for a four—year—old. grown—up cardigan for a four-year-old. quite traditional, isn't it? the mum takes of the picture —— all of the pictures. member of the photographic society andi member of the photographic society and i think it is rather unfortunate that she has been given lifetime honourary membership of the society which recognises quote, her talent and enthusiasm. is that kind of faint praise. she's doing a great job as far as i can see. it is a

personal touch that she takes in herself, turning one last time stop yelling if you know the subject loan you can tell who shouted. and we have another royal baby on the way, eminently, do you think the interest is still in the royals? i always get a bit nervous about lots of pictures of small children when they are not really sure what's going on and whether they asked for this life style, whether they asked for this lifestyle, but he seems quite happy that. lots of countryside ones of their estate in cambridgeshire if you want to see these, there are more of these pictured in the summer dress, grass and images taken and the queens great grand.|j dress, grass and images taken and the queens great grand. i don't want to taken in the same day because thatis to taken in the same day because that is an interesting weather choice. it's a british summer. we end with something a little bit more uplifting but we will wade our way again in an hour through all of that

gavin williamson malay, but that is it. half past 11 with another look at the papers, do not forget he could to the front pages of the papers on mind and the bbc news website seven days a week, he decide to go do bbc news. you can watch us later on the iplayer. goodbye. hello. while we did see some showers breaking out yesterday, the weather was predominantly fine. today, a different story. i think will be harder to dodge the showers across the uk, some areas on this it, but the uk, some areas on this it, but the showers will be pretty heavy and intense. he could even have a few rumbles of thunder as well. through the afternoon, particularly as the midlands in northern england. this is how our day starts, if you

showers across eastern england but there should be early sunshine, showers from the irish sea wells in the northwest in the area of scotla nd the northwest in the area of scotland and is akin to the afternoon, little bit of cloud and then start to see the showers developing as i said, you can catch when almost anywhere. most likely across the midlands in northern england. it is a different beast bringing this rain into the east of scotland, this is a weather front for some more solid cloud around here and some are persistent rain but it is this front and its journey south that is the big story for the end of this week, many of the showers clear overnight and into the front, this is a wait almost nothing on friday, some thicker cloud around and some light rain but nothing too significant in that respect coming behind it and showers across northern scotland are white and wintry and much colder air. only really at higher levels but it will

be greatly different. 20 degrees northern scotland earlier this week and add—on that went to the 7 degrees in aberdeen, they will feel closer to freezing. on friday and into saturday, the corridor continues its journey further south, making its way a good way into the continent as well. it is going to stay with us through the bank holiday weekend. clearing skies on saturday could mean a frost so if you very put out some of your young plants, that is worth bearing in mind. saturday daytime should bring some pleasant sunshine and temperatures barely recovered to just 11 degrees in london. through the course of the bank holiday weekend, it should start to feel a little bit milder, not because the weather set up changes too greatly. there is a lot of dry weather and that pressure will keep things fairly steady but when she did easter sunday and for bank holiday monday.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11pm colin gavin williamson is accused of leaking information to a newspaper about a government decision regarding the chinese telecoms firm huawei. he has been replaced as defence secretary. the prime minister told mr williams and her enquiry found compelling evidence he was responsible for the leak. he replied with a strong denial. a government minister backs the pm. they have a lot of confidence in the process that he will have conducted, and they have a lot of confidence in the prime minister, and i am sure that they made the right decision. meanwhile, opposition politicians are calling for a police enquiry into whether the former defence secretary reached

the former defence secretary reached the official secrets act. also tonight colin