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sunday, with showery rains. rain through scotland and northern ireland. it should be quite pleasant. ahead of the cold front for the east midlands and the south—east, another warm day. again temperatures could reach 27 degrees. that is the last of the heat for a while because cooler air is coming in behind that weather front and if this is a pool of colder at likely to get swept across the uk as the jetstrea m to get swept across the uk as the jetstream dives its way southwards. it isa jetstream dives its way southwards. it is a much more buckled pattern to the jetstream. low pressure dominating. cooler air drawn down. temperatures are dropping after all that heat that is going to be building up over the weekend. next week is cooler, more unsettled but whether rain is needed most is probably going to be largely dry.
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hello, this is bbc news. we will be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first the headlines: contenders for theresa may's job are split over whether to leave the eu with or without a deal. she says she still wants an orderly exit. i've always taken the view that the best option for the uk is to leave the european
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union with a deal. alastair campbell, tony blair's former spin doctor, is expelled from the labour party for voting lib dem in the european elections. the family of the ringleader of the london bridge attackers say they reported him to the anti—terror hotline two years before the killing spree. more trouble for the high street, as boots considers shutting up to 200 stores to cut costs. two people including a 12—year—old girl have died in a knife attack on a group of schoolchildren at a bus stop injapan. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejessica eglot, chief political correspondent at the guardian, and henry zeffman, political correspondent at the times.
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many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the i pictures alastair campbell, who is taking legal advice after he was thrown out of the party today for voting lib dem in european elections. the telegraph reports that labour grandees have dared jeremy corbyn to expel them from the party after they too admitted voting for other parties. the daily mail brand it labour's day of shame after a formal inquiry was launched today into allegations of anti—semitism. the financial times leads on the news that china's largest online retailer has selected hong kong rather than new york for its next fundraising round, amid an increasingly broad trade war with the us. the metro pictures formerjls singer oritse williams, who has been cleared of raping a fan, ending an ordeal his ex—bandmate described as three years of hell. the guardian suggestsjohn bercow risks the fury of hard—line eurosceptics after he said he plans to stay in his post as speaker of the house of commons. and the times claimsjeremy hunt is losing support to michael gove in the conservative leadership race because mps believe
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he is flip—flopping on a no—deal brexit. well, let us begin with the mirror, which we didn't have for those headlines, but the daily mirror says it has a brexit exclusive, jeremy corbyn two second referendum. is this true? i think what we have seen isa this true? i think what we have seen is a real shift in language from a lot of people in the labour party, from diane abbott this morning, where she said we are supporting a people's vote strongly now, the way thatjohn mcdonnell said there should be a public vote on any deal rather than a sort of damaging tory brexit as it has previously been characterised, and then went on to say his preference was for a general election but admitted he didn't think the party would get there. and thatis think the party would get there. and that is prompted by the election results which we saw, which were very damaging to labour, we saw the
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lib dems overtake them in the elections. but i think it is quite... if labour doesn't signal a shift to the electorate, thenjeremy corbyn will have to at some point come out and announce that that is what they are doing, that there is a change of policy and now labour will campaign furiously for a second referendum. and he is still not quite doing that, people reefing behind the scenes that things are changing, but the electorate need something a bit more obvious than that. yes, and they are quoting the welsh labour leader here saying we will know more about it this week. and there are divisions within the top of the labour party between various key figures and it might be that more of these key figures are trying to brief and put pressure on the carbon cycle. absolutely. but we don't know whether colburn himself is behind it ——jeremy don't know whether colburn himself is behind it —— jeremy corbyn circle. since the election results,
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they have pretty unequivocally come out and back to second referendum, but they are —— there are absolutely still splits, including jeremy corbyn's allies, so len mccluskey, the general secretary of unite, is still pretty anti— referendum, is talking about how remain should not be on the paper if there is one. other members suggesting labour must not become the party of remain, and one of the interesting splits is between jeremy corbyn's one of the interesting splits is betweenjeremy corbyn's powerbrokers and the membership, who are much less factional, much less steeped in decades of labour politics, who admired jeremy corbyn, were engaged by him in 2015 when he first one the labour leadership, 2016 when he saw
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off the challenge by owen smith, and a very pro— europe and can't understand why he is not. managing that tension has proved to be very difficult forjeremy corbyn, but it looks like he is finally choosing one side. and it wouldn't surprise anyone if he doesn't completely come out completely for a referendum on any deal, because he has fudged it so any deal, because he has fudged it so much, hasn't he, until now, saying there would be a referendum potentially if there wasn't a general election, but only on a damaging tory brexit. the question is whether he would put any potential labour deal to a vote on whether remain would be on the ballot as a choice. these are certainly questions people want answered, i think whatjeremy certainly questions people want answered, i think what jeremy corbyn has prioritised for a lot of his political career is party democracy. he feels very keenly that the policy he is pursuing is not the one that the members want him to pursue, necessarily, and that is one of the things to sway his mind, it is certainly something that has swayed the mind of the founder and director
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of momentum, a close ally ofjeremy corbyn's very pure leftists in the party, and he has been persuaded to back a second referendum, to argue for it within labour's ruling national executive committee, because of the feeling that this is what the membership wants and labour should be led by its members. and looking at the daily telegraph, corbyn is under pressure over the second referendum question in particular, but also over the expulsion of alistair campbell today, and this enquiry into anti—semitism —— alastair campbell. as we were saying earlier, all the tensions involving jeremy corbyn's leadership are boiling up at the moment. we shouldn't lose sight of what a big deal the equalities and human rights commission's investigation into the labour party is. this is the uk's statutory
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watchdog, it's previous to go into organisations where it thinks members of minorities might be being discriminated against and looking into it and sorting it out. they have only done this for one party before, that was the bnp. this is a big problem for a party that because itself is antiracist, and has a history of antiracism, and also, the ehrc has pretty expensive powers of enforcement, they can take the labour party to court. and they force the labour party to hand over e—mails and servers? force the labour party to hand over e-mails and servers? yes, they can, as part of the investigation, and we don't know how long the investigation is going to take. clearly the brexit question is going to hang overjeremy corbyn for the coming weeks, but he is going to have to address it at some point, in some way. this is a slower burning for the labour leader and the labour membership more generally, which could explode into something really serious. and the daily mail,
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labour's day of shame, tom watson talking about his utter shame, truly disgraceful day, others saying, because of this enquiry. they also had the expulsion of alastair campbell. whether that was done to try and distract from this, of who knows? that also sent a signal that labour is very hard on... new labour activists perhaps not as hard on those who have been accused in the past of anti—semitism and other misdemeanours. some instances of people making serious threats against mps have taken a long time to resolve, and alastair campbell saying he has voted lib dem, and there seems to be some discussion within the labour party, including deputy leader harriet harman, as far as she can see within the rules, there are none being broken. if you
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mention you voted for another one after the polls closed, you are not encouraging anyone else to vote for it, because the polls have closed. it seems to be a bit of a spartacus moment of other senior labour figures from that era, including former cabinet minister charles clark, who also said they voted lib dem, effectively daring the labour party to expel them as well. it is not a happy position to be in and not a happy position to be in and not a happy position to be in and not a good look for those members, many of whom may have voted lib dem themselves in a way to pushjeremy corbyn into a different position on europe. of course, just one final thought on labour. ifjeremy corbyn does not move towards a second referendum completely does not move towards a second referendu m com pletely clearly, does not move towards a second referendum completely clearly, how likely is it that you will get a big parliamentary split away? if you are
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approaching a general election, how many people within the moderate section of the labour party will say they are going to back him and support him as leader, et cetera, especially against a hard tory?” still think a split is very unlikely, we saw the opening salvo with change uk, and they didn't do very well, that is an unavoidable fa ct of very well, that is an unavoidable fact of people thinking about splitting the labour party rather thanjoining the splitting the labour party rather than joining the liberal democrats, with a history as a social democratic party, striking out on their own. the other thing is, lots of mps said before the 2016 election, albeit that was a snap election, albeit that was a snap election, i could never asked voters to vote forjeremy corbyn to be prime minister, and the election was called and they went out and did just that. so i am never particularly swayed by the idea that dozens and dozens of labour mps are going to suddenly become profiles encouraged. but certainlyjeremy corbyn needs to storage this brexit word, otherwise it is going to become a problem —— stanch. word, otherwise it is going to become a problem -- stanch. times headlines with michael gove returning from a run, everyone is
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running, obviously, these days. jeremy hunt's f boosts gove's did for leadership. —— gaff. jeremy hunt's f boosts gove's did for leadership. -- gaff. quite a few people in westminster tonight are quite confused about whatjeremy hunt's strategy is to win the tory leadership. he has been for the last few months battling some of his more moderates in the party by his kind of staunch support for a no deal brexit, his bullishness about how great britain could be even if it left on wto terms and had no trading relationship at all. suddenly yesterday in the telegraph said actually it would be political suicide because parliament wouldn't let it happen, it would have a general election, and taxed to the other side of the party, which has confused people who saw him as a born—again brexiteer, which has made people think actually this guy is not very good at politics, maybe he
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is more kind of a theresa may type figure, he is trying to position himself as the kind of sensible consensus candidate but actually isn't able to play that role. strategy, i presume, is he is trying to distinguish himself off from raab and johnson and others and to say evenif and johnson and others and to say even if no deal is not possible, you do end up with a general election and votes of no confidence, and all the rest of it. you can keep no deal on the table and also distinguish yourself from raab and boris johnson, because he is someone who stayed in the cabinet and has been foreign secretary and has actively tried to pursue leaving the eu with the deal. and someone who said that they feel they have the negotiation skills to renegotiate the deal. there are ways to differentiate yourself. this just looks like something that... a few people in westminster have said it looks like something that was kind of made up on the spur of the moment. and he
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was doing quite a good job over re ce nt was doing quite a good job over recent months of picking up support from that wing of the party. we have the story on the front of the times christian blunt, a tory mp, saying he had been asked to be taken off the list of supporters on the website because of jeremy the list of supporters on the website because ofjeremy hunt's newfound opposition, as he sees it, toa no newfound opposition, as he sees it, to a no deal brexit. he says newfound opposition, as he sees it, to a no deal brexit. he sasteremy hunt as the best personal skills to be prime minister, but as he sees it, there is no point being the leader of the party with just ten mps, which is what he thinks would happen if they opposed no deal brexit. so what is strange about it not necessarily jeremy hunt's brexit. so what is strange about it not necessarilyjeremy hunt's you on ano not necessarilyjeremy hunt's you on a no deal brexit now and three weeks ago, but it is the same person saying both of those things in such a short space of time, and that really does risk leaving him stuck in the middle with such comic very few supporters and in such a crowded leadership contest, you can't afford to be losing support. michael gove one of the key people
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at the end of the day, refused to back david cameron originally. not seen as a back david cameron originally. not seen as a centrist figure by many on brexit. i think that view of michael gove has changed a lot. particularly he saw particularly when it came to regulations in that department would do to regulations in that department would dotoa regulations in that department would do to a no—deal brexit. although he is not taking it off the table and he is seen by quite a few moderates in the party is someone who has done good things on the environment and someone good things on the environment and someone who has tried to find a compromise and tried to reach out. he made an announcement which we ran yesterday that he was going to grant free citizenship to eu citizens which is something the vote leave campaign promised it would do and that he wanted to deliver as prime minister. that is kind of tipping
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the hat both ways. he is showing his liberal pretensions and reminding the brexiteers what a key figure he was in leave and a positive figure. he is full of ideas in government and always has been. a metropolitan liberal. his wife has written about him tomorrow in the mail. she said he cannot load the dishwasher but onejob he could do. he cannot load the dishwasher but one job he could do. there is a concerted effort to remind people in the way it did not happen in 2016, which came off the back of a referendum and he was a divisive figure and he knifed borisjohnson in the front and took over the campaign. but this around... you might say serve the nation... he might say serve the nation... he might say serve the nation... he might say that too. i wonder if we come down to the final two as
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michael gove and boris johnson come down to the final two as michael gove and borisjohnson if he comes back down to that but he is a different figure to what he was betrayed as in 2016. one thing that was lost in 2016 referendum is that michael gove is a straight down the line man. he is also identified with brexit. it was shocking for people who did not understand why he went against david cameron, a great friend although no longer. i think he is trying to run as the candidate both of the cameroon left of the conservative party. and also saying to brexiteers more generally on the right, the not exclusively, i can deliver brexit also. if he can keep them both happy it can be quite potent. trust is always key for all
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these people. borisjohnson is the target of matt hancock's latest attempt to raise his head. explain this, delicately. hancock is heading out at some comments borisjohnson made at a private function but still in front of a number of people but he used the phrase f business. about the catastrophic effect of no deal. hancock says now, in this interview, to those people who say f business i say f to those people who say f business i sayff to those people who say f business i say f f business which is quite an extraordinary thing. obviously an attack on a leadership arrival but also sounds a bit silly. plausible
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from hancock? everybody is trying to get headlines, clearly. you need to confound people's expectations. he is the youngest candidate in this race. some people say he is lightweight. this just exacerbates that problem rather than telling tory mps may be considering backing him that he may not be the more substantial figure. the guardian, of course parliament is still going to be key as john course parliament is still going to be key asjohn bercow has reminded us. be key asjohn bercow has reminded us. he has done a speech in washington today and he has said that parliament is not going to be sidelined over the next few weeks over brexit but also he says he will stay on as speaker. we were so consumed by the leadership contest but one of the things that does not
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change at all is the arithmetic in parliament and the fundamental problem that still remains about getting any brexit deal let alone renegotiating one with the eu. particularly, i think a right wing candidate like boris johnson particularly, i think a right wing candidate like borisjohnson will find a more hostile parliament. john bercow is a key part of that. he is someone bercow is a key part of that. he is someone that when mps have wanted to use pretty radical parliamentary processes to try to block no—deal brexit or take control of the day ‘s business away from the government which in a way is unprecedented, he has allowed parliament to do that. he will argue that what he does is put mps wishes above all else and therefore he has to do certain things that there is a majority for in the house. he is suggesting that he wants to stay on through that because he wants to preserve that
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tradition. let's just finish because he wants to preserve that tradition. let'sjust finish on one non— politics story. the daily telegraph about malaysia sending plastic rubbish back to britain. hundreds of tons of it. people saying it should not be treated as the world ‘s dumping ground. saying it should not be treated as the world 's dumping ground. people have been much more aware in recent months and years is plastic ways. in fa ct, months and years is plastic ways. in fact, michael gove have done a lot within the conservative party... but malaysia... this is not totally clear. it is a nuanced position. in any case, there is lots of plastic off the coast of malaysia and they have singled out the uk saying that they have offered to return it to they have offered to return it to the countries from which it came. obviously, that would be a very provocative move but also a really
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distinct reminder of all the plastic waste that does drift over from this country and europe to totally different parts of the world.” think it is extraordinary and many people are not aware of how much waste we literally export to other countries. it is to be to china but we are sending tons and tons of plastic waste across the sea rather than deal with it ourselves. it might bea than deal with it ourselves. it might be a reminder that we should ta ke might be a reminder that we should take responsibility this and maybe seeing ships with of tons of plastic could be a good symbol for people to see. it is the one area that is gaining headlines in the last few weeks alongside domestic politics. jessica and henry, thank you very much indeed. 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. 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.
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thanks again to henry and jessica and we will see you next time. sport is up next. bye for now. good evening, i'm will perry with your latest sports news. we'll start with the news that maurizio sarri stormed out of chelsea's training session ahead of tomorro night's europa league final against arsenal. it was initially belived to be connected to an incident where his players gonzalo higuian and david luiz were involved in a row after a challenge in what was their last training session in the stadium ahead of tomrrow‘s game in baku. chelsea have since denied that and claim it was because they couldn't practice set peices because it was an open training session. n'golo kante meanwhile is a major doubt to feature for chelsea. sarri rated his chances of playing as 50/50 ahead of tonight's training session of which the frenchman managed just 25 minutes on his own away from the main squad.
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kante finished in deep discussion with the chelsea team doctor. here's what sarri had to say about his star midfielder ahead of training we have only three midfielders or three positions. we are in trouble. the only defensive midfielder that we have is really very important. we are trying to recover him. we will try tomorrow morning. i hope to recover him because without n'golo for us is a problem. scotland's women beat jamaica 3—2 in theirfinal warm up match ahead of the women's world cup in france and jane dougall was at hampden park for us a record—breaking attendance tonight what has scotland been maker 3—2. the previous record had just been
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over 4000. the home crowd watches on quality goals from scotland as well including a superb strike from chelsea's aaron cuthbert. she has been the best player at the club. she promises to be key for her country as well next month. there we re country as well next month. there were some concerning moment for the manager. jamaica were powerful and dangerous on the break going ahead after 15 minutes against the country who are the lowest ranked going into the well month scotland would be disappointed about not having a more convincing win. they start into the world cup. scotland need to be more clinical, especially in the final third otherwise they will be punished, especially against england, their opening match in the campaign. harry kane has been named in england's 23 man squad for their nations league semi—final against the netherlands despite not having played since injuring his ankle in early
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april. tottenham's keiran tripper, who starred alongside kane at last summer's world cup misses out. no room for southampton duo nathan redmond and james ward—prowse — they've been dropped for the game but will remain with the squad for training. it is massive, not only for me before the nation. to win a trophy for england since 1966 so that is a massive for us as a nation and the players are fully aware of that and we are looking to go out there and do the business. tennis and british number one kyle edmund is through to the second round of the french open after completing a marathon match in just seven minutes this morning. eventually winning the deciding set againstjerermy chardy after it had to be suspended late last night due to bad light at roland garros. meanwhile dan evans has just lost in four sets to spain's fernando verdasco. evans came back from a set down to level the score before eventually losing 6—3, 6—7, 6—3, 6—2. earlier, cameron norrie
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was also beaten that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. we will have more for you tomorrow. see you then. very warm for some of us. a chilly start to wednesday but already cloud and outbreaks of rain to western england heading to southern scotland. early sunshine in eastern england but with building cloud maybe a shower. for some of us it looks like the best of us will be in northern scotland. a few showers will be heavy. nowhere particularly warm especially with the stronger breeze. still quite breezy on wednesday night. humid with cloud and patch of rain particularly through parts of northern england, wales and southern and central areas
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of scotland. a much warmer night as we go into thursday morning. on thursday, humid with plenty of cloud around. patchy rain. warmer sunny spells developing across central and eastern parts of england.
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hello and welcome to newsday on the bbc. iam rico hello and welcome to newsday on the bbc. i am rico hizon in singapore. they headlines coal in america's epidemic. now a they headlines coal in america's epidemic. nowa major drug they headlines coal in america's epidemic. now a major drug company goes on trial in a landmark court case. we are not a dumping ground. malaysia says it is sending back thousands of tons of imported plastic waste to the countries of origin. i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme coal and european leaders meet to thrash out who gets the eu's top jobs and already there is disagreement. and torn apart by the islamic

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