being we think there is going to be a change to cloudier weather, a bit of rain at times and the pressure where pushing into western areas. —— fresh air. temperjust 17 degrees in glasgow and belfast, potentially, though, as i say, it could be quite warm still across eastern england. the uncertainty grows further into next week. what we are quite sure about, though, is the is going to be taking this diving southward pattern. this is the kind of pattern which will develop an area of low pressure which will probably be somewhere to the south of the uk or perhaps over the uk. the details of where that low ends up being determines exactly how much rain we get, but on the whole next week, it looks like it is going to be quite u nsettled. looks like it is going to be quite unsettled. temperatures will be easing back down to the high teens and low 20s, and it will become a little bit windier as well. so next week is looking much more unsettled. that's your latest weather.

hello, this is bbc news with carrie gracie. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines: borisjohnson is ordered to appear in court over claims he lied during the eu referendum campaign. he stands accused of lying about the uk giving the eu 350 milllion pounds a week. us special counsel robert mueller,

who investigated russian interference into the 2016 presidential election, says charging donald trump with a crime was never an option. new analysis shows much less is being spent on social care per head in england than in wales and scotland. an inquest hears the london bridge attackers used 12—inch kitchen knives bought from a supermarket weeks earlier. in azerbaijan, chelsea put in a dominant performance to thump london rivals arsenal in the final of the europa league. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are writer and broadcaster mihir bose and former pensions minister ros altmann.

many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the mirror leads with the story that tory leadership favourite borisjohnson has been ordered to appear in court over claims he lied by saying the uk gave the eu £350 million a week. the paper reports that mrjohnson‘s lawyers have accused the private prosecution as ‘a political stunt to reverse brexit‘. a government review of higher education which is released tomorrow will recommend that university tuition fees should be reduced to £7,500 to give students better value for money, says the telegraph. the times reports that the same review will mean that millions of graduates will still be paying back their student loans in their 60s, as new plans will see graduates starting to repay their loans sooner after leaving university and continuing to make payments for a full a0 years after completing their degrees. taking a different angle on the same

story, the i says that the report on higher education has recommended the return of maintanence grants to help poorer students at university. former cabinet minister and conservative party leadership hopeful esther mcvey is calling for a new ‘police covenant‘ and £3 billion a year to fight crime in a bid to help restore the conservatives‘ reputation as the party of law and order — that's according to the express. the guardian leads on us special counsel robert mueller‘s first public statement on the russia inquiry. earlier today mr mueller said charging president trump with a crime in his investigation of russian interference in the 2016 election was not an option. doctors have been told to warn patients about the severe side effects of antidepressants before prescribing the drugs — that's according to the daily mail. the financial times reports that europe's markets watchdog has abandoned plans to prevent investors in the eu from trading some of the uk's biggest listed companies,

including bp and vodafone, in the event of a hard brexit. i think that is enough of the front pages, how i think that is enough of the front pages, now let's talk to my guests. i think we will start with that tuition fee story. mihir, why don't you start us off? at the moment, tuition fees are £9,250, and that will be capped at 7500. that is a reduction, of course, but at the same time students will be required to pay back the loan over a0 years, which means they might well be in their sixties. this is actually going to happen, is it? no, this is a report that came out... it will be for the next prime minister to decide. i think this is theresa may leaving her legacy, it is notjust the withdrawal agreement but

education. she launched the enquiry in response tojeremy corbyn, who said he would abolish student tuition fees, to try to get the young vote. the return of the money of the loan should start at an earlier salary level of 23,000, instead of the present one, that is also been said. a bit of a handout for students, but at the same time money being taken back. the cost of this would be very high, as much as 6 billion a year, so whether the new prime minister would authorise that 01’ prime minister would authorise that or not is yet to be seen. as former pensions minister, you must have experience of crunching these numbers? that is a massive amount of money and no chancellor would do

that lightly, but there are some interesting proposals in the report such as rebadging this, calling them student contributions instead of student contributions instead of student loans. i think that makes a lot of sense as well as saying that interest rate must be much lower, a 6.3% interest rate is a really high rate. he is talking about bringing that down tojust rate. he is talking about bringing that down to just the rate of inflation. i think there are good reasons why we should look at reform. i must admit i would prefer to see a graduate tax rather than any kind of student loans, but certainly if we can help students have less debt when they leave university and be able to repay quicker, that is going to help. this story is also on the front page of the i, which is focusing on different aspect of the report, talking how scrapping maintenance grant has deterred the least well off students, and the maintenance gra nts off students, and the maintenance

grants are coming back. yes, the maintenance grant used to be given to those who earn less than 25,000 a year, they could get a grant of 3587, and that was removed by george 0sborne. the question here is, is it a good thing that everyone should go to university? that is an issue we haven't resolved. the report is talking about further education vocational training, isn't it? absolutely. we should be looking at how the germans go about their vocational training, and how we have so vocational training, and how we have so far lagged behind them, and this is the first such study since 1963, and hopefully some element of this report will be taken in, and in order to move away from the idea that in order to have a good working life you have to have a university degree. how hopeful are you, roz? i

think there are some interesting ideas here. only half of students who leave school go on to university. not all of people who leave school should even consider going to university, but there is a real need for technical and vocational qualifications, and i do think that the idea of bringing back maintenance grants, which were received by about half a million students in england and have been removed since 2016, does make sense. we want to help social mobility, we wa nt we want to help social mobility, we want people not to be put off going onto educationjust want people not to be put off going onto education just because want people not to be put off going onto educationjust because they haven't got enough money to live on. sol haven't got enough money to live on. so i think it is important that we look again at how we find higher education. education is so important. we have some of the top educators in this country, whether it is vocational, technical, or university. so it is really important that we help our children make the most of it. ok, let's move on. mihir, take us to the guardian,

and robert mueller comes out and talks for the first time in two yea rs "i have talks for the first time in two years "i have not exonerated trump". this is a remarkable statement, he says " if we this is a remarkable statement, he says "if we had the confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime we would have said that". you will recall that when the report came out, president trump tweeted that it was total exoneration. actually, robert mueller is saying we couldn't go down that road, we are part of the justice we couldn't go down that road, we are part of thejustice department and we can't even look at guarding the president, it is not part of our agenda. in effect, what he has done is pass the ball back to the politicians, particularly the democratic politicians, who have been thinking, or some of them have been thinking, or some of them have been thinking, or some of them have been thinking, of impeaching trump, and claiming that he actually committed a crime or crimes, something that meant he should have been impeached. and really, this is going to open up the whole thing

again. you think it will, roz? there is nothing dramatically new in it, is nothing dramatically new in it, is there? no, and quite honestly the wording used is so opaque and open to interpretation either way, that clearly there wasn't a total exoneration, but that doesn't mean there is something that is there to be prosecuted, or that there is a case for impeachment. there is nothing here that would make it clear that there is going to be any further follow—up, it is more of a kind of interesting story and yet another example where perhaps trump has over exaggerated in his own interest. yes, and i suppose eve ryo ne interest. yes, and i suppose everyone is going to be looking at this within the context of the 2020 election campaign. yes but it could also reveal a split within the democratic party, because the older democrats feel it would not be a goodidea democrats feel it would not be a good idea to try to impeach trump, it would distract the voters, and a nyway it would distract the voters, and anyway the voters don't care about

it. the younger ones have definitely been talking about how they would like to impeach. donald trump often feels that this kind of publicity can boost his success. he has often made the case that they are out to get me, it is a stitch up, and a lot of people do agree with him. he likes to play the victim. let's look at the independent, and coming back to political players in the uk. explain to us this independent story, johnson in the dock. basically, a private prosecution has been brought against borisjohnson, claiming that he deliberately and knowingly misled the public by claiming that we sent £350 million perweekto claiming that we sent £350 million per week to the eu. the initial statistics authority pointed out that that wasn't a correct figure,

but the prosecution has been funded by private donations, raised by crowdfunding, which is interesting. johnson's lawyers are saying this is a political gimmick, just trying to overturn the referendum. johnson was mayor of london and an mp at the time, so he was in public office, and the judge hasn't said, well we definitely haven't made any findings of fact, it isjust definitely haven't made any findings of fact, it is just that there is prima facie evidence for potential misconduct. this is going forward and has created an enormous funeral, but particularly the timing, in the middle of a leadership election in whichjohnson is the middle of a leadership election in which johnson is the favourite. secondly, a lot of the other candidates for the election have criticised this as well saying it is just trying to overturn the referendum —— furore. others say it is interfering with free speech. where do you draw the line? i

rememberthe where do you draw the line? i remember the churchill quote about politicians, and they are saying that you shouldn't take anything that you shouldn't take anything that politicians say totally at face value, and churchill's quote is that a politician is somebody who wants to sit, so he has to stand and is expected to lie. so clearly there have been embellishments of the truth always in politics, and i guess this case is about where the line gets drawn, how does the public need to be protected from this, or is ita need to be protected from this, or is it a question ofjust free—speech? is it a question ofjust free-speech? it is quite an interesting moment to ask that isn't it? mihir, looking at the independent peace, as roz says, some of the rivals for the leadership, dominic raab is quoted, warning of a chilling effect on democratic debate. michael gove, another candidate, talking about

criminalising free speech. but it is one thing for them to look like they are onside in one respect, but you can imagine that they are probably calculating whether they can benefit. absolutely. and of course johnson is a frontrunner. he is expected to win, the feeling is that if it goes to the larger tory party he will win, so whatever his opponents might say, and you would expect them to say that, i don't think this is unwelcome news. it puts him in that sort of spotlight, which is rather uncomfortable. some will argue that this might boost his popularity, because he is fighting against... it will probably boost his popularity in the larger tory party, but not with the mps have to initially decide whether he actually gets into the final... a fiendishly complex multilayered game. yes, anyway, let's not spend too long on

that, we don't want to get into trouble. the times has an interesting story on the problems of the labour party. explain this story for us. basically this is about whether or not in a way we want a second referendum, and jeremy corbyn's allies are now saying that anyone who is calling for a second referendum isjust a left—wing intellectual, and we shouldn't actually countenance that. they are just trying to fight for the majority of the a8%, when we wa nt to the majority of the a8%, when we want to appeal across both sides of the divide. and there is clearly this major split developing, or further developing, in the labour party, with some people calling for a referendum, saying that is the only way forward, and others,

particularly the circle around jeremy corbyn, saying that would be the worst thing we could do. and then on top of that you've got the sacking of alastair campbell, sorry, expulsion of alastair campbell, from the labour party, who is claiming thatjeremy corbyn's in a circle is a stalinist clique, while an amnesty has been called for anyone who is saying we can't support labour because they are not supporting a referendum. so it is quite a complex but deeply split position in labour, not that it's not a deeply split position in the tory party as well, but... and just to embellish on that, the problem is when you get these huge divides and then they go on for a period, they start kind of manufacturing or creating other divides, don't they, other ruptures and other fractious problems. absolutely, and what jeremy corbyn

has been trying to do is balance a party which is broadly remain, but especially in the north, has a lot of supporters who leave supporters. he has effectively described those calling for a referendum as left—wing intellectuals, and that is the sort of language that the leavers in the tory party and others have been using, so if you like, they are using the same kind of language suggesting this is a left—wing plot. and coming from someone left—wing plot. and coming from someone who is supporting jeremy corbyn, who was supposed to be surrounded by jeremy four left—wing people, it is interesting. slugging it out with stalinist cliques and left—wing plots. it out with stalinist cliques and left-wing plots. and it is having electoral consequences, the tories getting 9% in eu elections in labour just 1a%. so there are real issues that the parties need to deal with.

let us move to something very different. 0n the bottom of the telegraph, a little story, explain this one to us. we now spend 50 days a year on the internet, that is quite a bit of time. this is astonishing. 0fcom have done a study on usage of the internet and they are suggesting that on average last year, the use of the internet went up year, the use of the internet went up to 3.75 hours per day, which is an increase from just over three hours the year before. but the startling figures, people are spending a whole week of their... each year on facebook, and a whole week on youtube. got to play devil ‘s advocate, isn't this just like, well, in the old days people would have spent this time on the telly? absolutely, we live in an age when people walk the streets with their phones, they don't look at each

other. i'm surprised they don't have more accidents. the fact is social media, let's face it, has completely changed our society. and i think there is no way we are going to go back to the early days, when, if you like, television was on for a few hours and everything was limited and ordered in that way. the difference 110w ordered in that way. the difference now is that the internet is with you all the time. if you were watching television, you are sitting home, you had finished your work, that was a relaxing time. with the internet and all the online connections that there are, you are just never away from it. it follows you at work, and... but asking the music hall to come back, it is not going to come back, is it? this doesn't tell us about the additional time we spend on telly along with the hours on facebook and youtube, but let's not worry about it, because we are all

on the telly now. let us finish with a lovely picture of the queen. i think she is looking pretty sharp in this outfit, and she is talking cricket. she is talking cricket to the england one—day captain, eoin morgan, a very good irishman, but a very brilliant cricketer. and england's world cup is due to start tomorrow, england playing south africa, and for a change, england are favourites. they have the best one—day team in the world. nobody can beat them at the moment, and they are favourites. the queen, i think, is trying to find out from her captain what he is going to do to make sure that england finally win the world cup, because cricket, like many other sports england invented, it is a sport where england having invented the sport, everybody beats england. it is england's turn. do you think she is giving him some last—minute instructions on batting order? some friendly advice, it looks from the pictures as though they are enjoying some very good joke. she looks quite serious and they look like they are

having a good laugh. she looks quite anxious, you are going to win, aren't you? she is asking him what position he is going to bat. 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 is 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. thank you, ros altmann and mihir bose. goodbye. good evening. here is your latest sports news. well, it was a game that would have given arsenal a back—door route into next season's champions league. but they produced an extremely disappointing performance, as chelsea won this season's

europa league title, thrashing their london rivals a—1 in azerbaijan. 0ur correspondent david 0rnstein was watching. the final destination at the end of a long and controversialjourney. two clubs separated by aao minute drive across london meeting 3000 miles away in azerbaijan. arsenal new victory would bring the added bonus of champions league qualification. indeed, they made the better start, but couldn't find a breakthrough. on his right foot... and chelsea's superior european pedigree began to tell. as the local time ticked past midnight, the sparse crowd needed awakening, and 0livier giroud duly obliged. sparse crowd needed awakening, and olivier giroud duly obliged. planting header! for the former arsenal striker, returning to haunt his former club. pedro doubled the

lead. 2-0 chelsea. and when eden hazard extended it further, chelsea we re hazard extended it further, chelsea were in cruise control. arsenal perhaps scored the goal of the game, to briefly threaten the comeback. what a goalfor arsenal. to briefly threaten the comeback. what a goal for arsenal. though any such hopes were soon crushed by hazard, in what could be his final chelsea appearance. if it is, this wasn't a bad way to go out. arsenal humiliated, their dream finishing in tea rs. humiliated, their dream finishing in tears. the blues adding more silverware to the collection. their campaign has been turbulent, yet it culminates in glory. hazard's last game, it is u nfortu nate. hazard's last game, it is unfortunate. what does it mean for you to travel all this way to see your team when? the experience was visionary. what did you make of it asa visionary. what did you make of it as a final? as a final, the second half was good, i guess. the first half was good, i guess. the first half was good, i guess. the first half was a bit poor. and it is going

to feel like a bit of a longer journey home for yourself. what did you make of it? two well, it was our only way into the champions league. that's the worst thing, really. and...i that's the worst thing, really. and... i honestly thought if we could have scored in the first half, when we were on top, it could have been a whole different game. you look very upset. yes, i am a bit. chelsea fans smiling this evening. well, after the game, chelsea talisman eden hazard gave a strong indication he could be leaving the club after 352 appearances and 110 goals for the club. he told bt sport: johanna konta battled her way into the third round of the french open for the first time in her career.

she hasn't been keen on clay, but this season, she has reached finals at both the morocco and italian 0pens, and took the match against american lauren davis in three sets, 6-3,1-6, 6-3. she plays world number a6 viktoria kuzmova next. kevin pietersen believes england have the qualities needed to lift the cricket world cup. the competition begins tomorrow when england face south africa at the oval, and if training is anything to go by today, pace bowler mark wood may not feature. liam plunkett and sam curran could be in the frame to play instead. captain eoin morgan should recover from a fractured finger. pietersen was asked today who he thinks will win the tournament. i don't know who to win. i want england to win, desperate for england to win, desperate for england to win, just because they are ranked number one in the world, and the way they have changed the

dynamics of play, and having played in australia, i have played for the last four seasons, up to last year, in australia, and the way the aussies talk about the way that the english play one—day cricket, well, they are ticking all the boxes. that's all the sport for now. you can get the rest of our stories on the bbc sport website. hello. lots of cloud across the uk at the moment. i think you will have to wait until the weekend to see the best of the sunshine in the next few days, and then we could see some really warm weather on the way for some. we are pulling an airfrom the atlantic, but it is coming in from the south with a set of weather fronts. that is what is going to keep things cloudy for the next couple of days at least. some heavy rain to come from the north—west, before high—pressure settle things for saturday, allows the sunshine through, and some warmth as well.

for today, though, lots of cloud. and for the northern half of the uk, more in the way of rain as well, becoming increasingly persistent through the day. heavy at times for northern ireland, the south—west of scotla nd northern ireland, the south—west of scotland in the north—west of england. further south, over scotland in the north—west of england. furthersouth, over high ground, we could see some sunshine. some sunshine for the northern isles. easy across the board, however, and particularly gusty in the west. quite murky for many coasts and hills. temperatures up to 23 in london, just 11, though, in a very overcast aberdeen. through thursday night on into friday, more rain across the northern half of the uk. further south, hopefully rain across the northern half of the uk. furthersouth, hopefully the cloud within and break a little, starting to set us up for a slightly brighter day in southern on friday. by brighter day in southern on friday. by the end of the night, you could see the next batch of heavy rain waiting to move into the north—west. but at least mild enough start to the milder area and that covering of cloud. here we are on friday, and you can see how the funds draped

themselves across northern ireland and scotland, some really wet weather to come, i think, for the south—west of scotland in particular. further south, though, hopefully something a cloud, more in the way of sunshine, and the temperatures are pushing up into the mid—20s, possibly, in some spots. milderfor mid—20s, possibly, in some spots. milder for aberdeen, mid—20s, possibly, in some spots. milderfor aberdeen, but mid—20s, possibly, in some spots. milderforaberdeen, but still pretty grey here. by saturday, the high‘s influence spreads further north. we should see a brighter day across the board, i think, and potentially temperatures up to 27 celsius in the south and east of england. but a very short lived heatwave, because come sunday, the picture becomes more unsettled once again. showers become increasingly widespread across the uk. not all areas will see them, but we are moving into a more unsettled regime, so moving into a more unsettled regime, so our moving into a more unsettled regime, so our temperature start to ever way. still a very pleasant feel for sunday, but turning cooler as we look at next week.

welcome to newsday. i'm rico hizon in singapore, the headlines: us special counsel robert mueller breaks his silence on the russia investigation, but declines to clear president trump of obstructing justice. if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commita crime, we would have said so. we did not, however, make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime. a rescue operation is under way on the danube after a river cruise boat capsizes. hungarian emergency services say seven people have died.