hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment, first the headlines. we developments to the east of us. we will continue to see showers moving borisjohnson launches his campaign to become the next conservative leader — with a promise to deliver brexit by the end of october. in. we will see temperatures in the mid to high teens. it's an unsettled sajid javid is the last of the ten candidates to set out his leadership pitch — calling the former foreign secretary ‘yesterday‘s news‘. looking, showery picture as we work the uk government promises to cut oui’ looking, showery picture as we work our way through the weekend. some carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 in a bid to places will escape showers. as we tackle climate change. sir philip green's retail empire has been saved move into the beginning of the new after landlords approved a plan week, the high—pressure close by to the south mightjust start to shut shops and slash rents. week, the high—pressure close by to the south might just start to migrate a little bit further. if it violent exchanges between police and protesters in hong kong as demonstration continue against controversial extradition laws to send does so, it means we will see fewer showers across the southern half of england and wales, the area of low pressure will be peppered with those suspects to mainland china. heavy, slow—moving, thundery downpours such as the energy and

atmosphere at this time of year. the high teens, low 20s in the sunshine. that is with us for a day or two. it hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be doesn't look set to last. we see low bringing us tomorrow. with me are the sun on sunday's political editor, pressure meandering and later in the david wooding and polly mackenzie, director of the centre—left week, possibly looking to think tank demos. we've been looking at the stories re—establish the drier pattern towards the end of the week but really, the atmosphere can't make up on tomorrow's front pages. its mind what to do next week. that the telegraph has borisjohnson‘s could be dry weather for a time. leadership bid, with him telling the tories we must remember our duty to the people. overall, it's looking rather in the times, sources claim boris u nsettled. overall, it's looking rather 00:01:30,364 --> 2147483051:37:30,244 unsettled. the warnings on the 2147483051:37:30,244 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 website. would consider suspending parliament to force through a no—deal brexit if he can't get it through the house. but the financial times says he eased off on the no—deal rhetoric in his speech, as a cabinet leak warns that the government is unprepared. the express says a victory for brexit as labour's move to take no—deal off the table failed in parliament today. the guardian also leads on labour's defeat, handing a boost —

they say — to hard brexit candidates in the tory leadership contest. something different in the sun, jo brand's facing criticism after a joke saying why throw milkshakes on politicians when you could use battery acid. and in the mail, a pay review for postmasters that may stop the closure of post offices in britain. a bit ofa a bit of a mixed bag but there is definitely one story that is leading all papers and that is the front runner in the tory leadership contest, boris johnson runner in the tory leadership contest, borisjohnson pictured there at the top of the telegraph saying it is our duty to the people. i saw this and i thought for a moment that boris had taken out an advertorial cover but i am afraid that this is their actual copy to the entire front page devoted to a hagiographic picture of boris johnson, a write up of his speech

and then i think allison pearson who has written a column about boris must be in love with him because she says the overwhelming sense of relief that this is a prime minister in waiting who can lift your heart. remember because boris johnson in waiting who can lift your heart. remember because borisjohnson is paid hundreds of thousands of pounds by the telegraph to be their star columnist he is on the —— they are on his side. perhaps there praise won't stop. he wrote several columns being rude about prime ministerial policies so maybe he willjust start writing columns that criticise himself. two newspapers have an entirely different take on what boris has said today. he has either promised a hard brexit or a soft brexit. we have no idea what the man stands for but it has been a successful launch. what did you make

of the launch? it was a controlled affair. we saw boris in a more prime ministerial manner. the off—the—cuff remarks, the slightly clever soundbites, we did not hear a lot of that. he stopped to the script. he answered a select number of questions, six were allowed and he stuck strictly to the script. he is being managed by somebody. he thinks he needs to get through this difficult period of this election campaign without any gaps and so far so campaign without any gaps and so far so good for him. interesting, there is no headline. picture is the headline with a big caption. there is no headline on the story, just a quote from borisjohnson. is no headline on the story, just a quote from borisjohnsonlj is no headline on the story, just a quote from boris johnson. i wonder if david was gracious there in saying that he answered six question

because much has been made of the fa ct because much has been made of the fact that he did not answer six questions. he took six questions. we are now a week and a half into the campaign and most of the other candidates have done interviews and a nswer candidates have done interviews and answer questions from hundreds of people up and down the country. these are the first six questions boris has taken publicly and he did not answer a single one. he used his characteristic method of bombast and rhetoric to evade them. and they we re rhetoric to evade them. and they were not trivial questions about whether or not he has taken cocaine but what did he mean when he said a rude word about this nurse. it was full of optimistic rhetoric, his speech, about business and entrepreneurship and unleashing our

potential but this was a man who said the brexit was so important that business could go take a running jump. in that business could go take a runningjump. in fairness, have you ever known a politician to answer a question properly. the old gag is that prime minister do you always a nswer that prime minister do you always answer a question with a question and the prime minister says who told you that? we've not heard from some candidates yet and it is mentioned here we have do not have detail on brexit policy. borisjohnson promised to provide the clarity of vision needed to deliver a result but we did not get detail and i suppose that will come next week. as we get closer, as people drop out and we get closer to finding out who the final two are they will come under increasing pressure in the hustings when people ask questions. the big problem they have is whether they can deliver brexit. they all

say they can get a better deal but time is running out. just over four months until the deadline. if they wa nt months until the deadline. if they want to meet that deadline, how can they reopen it, sort out the backstop, get a deal and leave and thenif backstop, get a deal and leave and then if they leave without a deal, how will they get through parliament? we don't know these questions. and if we leave without a deal and end questions. and if we leave without a dealand end up questions. and if we leave without a deal and end up with a general election, will they be able to win that election? conservative mps will have to decide if they want someone who can deliver brexit all deliver a general election when. someone who feels that he may have gotten short shrift today is sajid javid. he says the incompetent tories are not up to the incompetent tories are not up to thejob. he was harsh on his own party. it was a good speech and he isa party. it was a good speech and he is a thoughtful and intelligent, capable cabinet minister and secretary. unfortunately he injected

a bit more realism, i think, into his speech. he did not have a fully worked out plan because nobody does but he was more engaged with the complexities of the issue and as a result in this area that we are in in our politics, that telling truth to power of his colleagues will not stand him in good stead. people are much more up for being seduced by the excitement and big promises of a character like borisjohnson. the excitement and big promises of a character like boris johnson. he pitched himself differently. he said he was a new man, not a traditional tory. he is trying to contrast himself with borisjohnson tory. he is trying to contrast himself with boris johnson saying that boris is old news. he ran for the leadership in 2016 and failed. we need to move on from that. he is has an interesting position on brexit because we all knew he was really a brexiteer but from loyalty

to george osborne and david cameron he was on the remains side. he will be able to draw in some brexiteers as well as remain as. the other angle for debate is a lot of talk about living with no deal will we have to extend the period. the financial times says that boris johnson was easing off the no deal rhetoric was their suggestion. johnson was easing off the no deal rhetoric was their suggestionm may be wishful thinking that they're talking about the fact that when pushed he has given slightly less strong language about his enthusiasm for no deal and that comes in the context of yet another league cabinet paper talking about how unprepared we are for no deal. supposedly we ramped up no deal preparations in the run—up to the

original deadline. when that was taken off the table that we then cancelled some preparations and those of now been stepped up again. civil servants themselves are warning that they are 1 million miles away from being ready when it comes to stop piling medicine, for example. plans to nationalise ferries and start government rationing, the manufacturing industry, cars, food and agriculture we re industry, cars, food and agriculture were giving evidence to parliament today to the brexit committee saying that no deal would be catastrophic for them and so i think the financial times, which does have a business audience, is trying to tell themselves that this is what he has done to other papers are suggesting he is promising a no deal brexit. beautiful segue for us. the suggestion is there are secret

assurances from boris johnson that he will not rule out suspending parliament, this delightful prorogation. suspending parliament is the only way that the government can get through a no deal brexit if they want to stop mps voting it out. that does then bring the queen into the whole sordid affair because by stopping parliament you start a new parliamentary session and you can do it over the period when halloween kicks in, that big deadline day and then we crash out without a deal. the problem is that he has to say this if he is going to be serious about no deal. if he is seriously going to go to the eu and say we will leave with no deal then he needs this on the table. except there is a real question about whether it is possible for him to suspend parliament. the queen would

have to consent but also the speaker of the house has said it will happen over his dead body and we know he has been hunting around for any president —— precedents in order to give parliament it says. in fact, promising that he will do something impossible is yet another fa ntasyla nd impossible is yet another fa ntasyland unicorn promise impossible is yet another fantasyland unicorn promise around rex and which keeps us stuck in this world where we are not talking about reality, we talk about what sounds literally appealing to those 100,000 conservative party members who will choose our prime minister. the problem is that the position of borisjohnson or anybody problem is that the position of boris johnson or anybody else has been weakened over the last three years where theresa may said no deal is better than a bad deal and improved she did not believe that. where we stared at the eu and said we will leave without a deal and then said no, we are too scared. we don't have the stomach nor the

numbers because two—thirds of parliament want a deal. it will be difficult for a new part i minister convince the eu that they are ready to take britain outwith no deal and that they mean business. if they can do that, they may strike a better deal. finally, none of the things that have made theresa may's life hell for the past year will change with the new prime minister. will be still no majority for the conservative party in parliament, no deal will still be risky for all parts of business and the eu is not going to change its mind about the withdrawal agreement being the only option on the table. looking at the guardians headline, labour defeat on this issue and a boost to hard brexit candidates. do you think it is fairto brexit candidates. do you think it is fair to say that all has nothing much changed? this attempt by the labour to take no deal completely... 0r, labour to take no deal completely...

or, to take control of a parliamentary session in an attempt to stop no deal was defeated by 11 votes. effectively means that, yes, it isa votes. effectively means that, yes, it is a good boost for hardline brexiteers to say they can deliver brexiteers to say they can deliver brexit by threatening no deal. however, i don't think this will be the end of it if it went that way. parliament would have another vote, surely with a speaker biased towards remain in the parliament, that is two—thirds filled with remainer 's, probably they would take further steps of different sorts to stop this. as much as it decides anything, it is tricky for one day but we've seen that in fact the closer you get to the deadline, the more people are willing to take i guess extraordinary constitutional measures. at the moment, lots of people are just about willing to

give the conservative party in the new leadership the benefit of the doubt that they might be able to do something sensible. the vote was lost by 11 votes. eight labour party members voted with the government on this. another 13 labour members seem to have a stained. it means labour's attempt to take no deal off the table was bought it —— thwarted by labour party mps and there is no internal discipline in the labour party as there isn't in the conservative party. if it came to this, the choice between no deal or an election, i think mps in the end would start to change their minds because i don't think they really wa nt to because i don't think they really want to face an election at all but neither do they want to face constituents complaining about medicines for their kids or elderly pa rents. medicines for their kids or elderly parents. again, that is the big

laugh or staring competition. it is not between the prime minister and the eu, as it has been. it will be between the prime minister and parliament. the test of nerve. hugely interesting in terms of the democratic process. there we shall park brexit for now. will return to it many times. six weeks until the end of that conservative leadership contest. the son. joe's acid tongue. this is all aboutjo brand, some criticism. she came up with this quip about milkshakes, this trend of throwing milkshakes on politicians. nigel virage was daubed with a milkshake. she said, why bother with a milkshake when you can throw some battery acid at an mp. it has rightly caused outrage at the time when mps are being threatened during

the referendum campaign, the murder ofjo cox. the referendum campaign, the murder of jo cox. what the referendum campaign, the murder ofjo cox. what on earth is a comedian doing, finding funny or even suggesting in a jocular way that we should throw battery acid at an mp is so rightly, there are calls for her to be sacked from appearing on tv. nigel virage calling for a police enquiry. —— nigel farage. nigel farage is called for a police enquiry. it is not an active threat but it certainly was an extraordinarily misjudged thing for her to have said. that should be consequences for her. politics has become unbelievably frenzied and toxic and we have to find a way to disagree more politely if we are to bring the country back together because in the end, whatever happens

about brexit, we need to be together asa about brexit, we need to be together as a country in this idea that what you do, even opinions that you find offensive. threats against female mps systematically, i think right—thinking people should stand up right—thinking people should stand up for civility and not for violence. there has been a craze or a trend of people to use drain cleaner and corrosives in attacks. we wa nt cleaner and corrosives in attacks. we want campaign, stopping the acid maniacs and people are being badly scarred and wounded. it's just not funny. just before we finish, a totally different subject. they talk about a victory on post offices in

the daily mail, part of a campaign they've been running. they've done rather well on this and it's pleasant to see a change from brexit hogging the headlines. the business minister, kelly tolhurst, has announced she is going to look at the pay rates or some post offices and postmasters which will help struggling post offices. they need a lot more than that to help them. the government has been fighting to try and protect the post office against dwindling revenues for a whole load of structural reasons. basically make it front house of all government services. we have gone from brexit, conservative leadership contenders to something a bit more genteel, the post office. david and polly, great to have you with us. in a moment, we will have sportsday.

first, as i say, thanks to david and polly. good night from us. good evening, here's your latest sports news. four—time tour de france champion chris froome is in intensive tonight after fracturing his right femur, elbow and ribs in a high—speed crash. froome will miss this year's race after the collision, which happened before stage four of the criterium du dauphine. he was later airlifted to saint etienne hospital. team ineos general manager dave brailsford has been explaining what happened. it sounds like he was at the foot of the descent. it is very gusty today

and it looks like he's taken his hand off the bars to blow his nose in the wind has taken his front wheel and his hit a wall at 60 kilometres an hour. he's got a bad back show, he is badly injured and it sounds like he's got a fractured femur, to be confirmed, he is not in hospital yet. is going to get airlifted shortly. luckily, there was an ambulance, one of the race ambulance is parked very close to where he had the accident. they will ta ke where he had the accident. they will take care of him pretty quickly which is very fortunate. but like i say, they are just going to transfer him out to hospital. hosts france all but booked their place in the last 16 of the women's world cup with a 2—1 win over norway in nice. after a relatively quiet first half, valerie gauvin opened the scoring for france less than a minute after half—time. the hosts looked to be cruising up until this shocker of an own goal from wendie renard. but france were given a life—line after a var review deemed this challenge to be a foul

and eugine le sommer stayed calm to score the resulting penalty and give the hosts their second win from two. norway will now battle it out with nigeria for second spot in group a. this brilliant goal from asisat oshoala helped nigeria earn their first win — they beat south korea 2—0 this afternoon. germany top group b after maintaining their 100 per cent record with a 1—0 win over spain. bayern munich midfielder sara daebritz‘s scrappy first—half effort proved to be the only goal of the contest. the cricket world cup finally got back underway today after rain

washed out two matches earlier in the week, with a victory for australia over pakistan in taunton. david warner scored his first international century since serving a year—long ban for his part in the ball—tampering scandal, as australia posted a first innings total of 307. despite losing early wickets, pakistan looked like they might reach it after some big hitting late on from bowler wa hab riaz. but late wickets — including this run out — saw them fall 41 runs short. its a second defeat for pakistan as they prepare to take on arch—rivals india on sunday. australia are now level on points with new zealand at the top of the table. andy murray says he hopes to be back playing singles tennis by the end of the year. he's due to play doubles at queen's next week, his first proper competition since having that resurfacing surgery on his hip injanuary. he's ruled out being ready in time for the us open in august but says he's happy that his body

is feeling better. when you've been in pain for a long time, it's hard to remember what it was like beforehand and i'm back to being pain—free again and it's nice, ican go being pain—free again and it's nice, i can go back and enjoy things of the tennis court. you know as well, which i wasn't doing for a while, but when i'm in the gym and on the court, it's a lot easier to have fun and enjoy it when you are not in discomfort. that's all the sport for now. goodnight. our very unsettled spell of weather is set to continue with low pressure not going anywhere in a hurry. several days of heavy rain across many parts of the country. this was the scene in east sussex, a lot of dark cloud and rainbows around, heavy showers and some parts of the country, including lincolnshire, more than twice the expected june average rainfall injust more than twice the expected june average rainfall in just a more than twice the expected june average rainfall injust a couple more than twice the expected june average rainfall in just a couple of days. we had flood warnings which

are still in force. more persistent rain in the forecast over the next 24 rain in the forecast over the next 2a hours or so. this is what it's looking like the rest of tonight. lots of blue and green colours heavy persistent rain. particularly happy for the north midlands, north—east england and of scotland. far north—west and south—east of the uk, more likely drier through the night but with a cloud and wind, mild for most of us in double figures but the south—east of scotland, the met office have issued an amber weather warning for heavy rain which is like to cause trouble disruption and significant flooding. to the day on thursday, rainfall piling in heavy and persistent through much of the day, gradually easing as we head onto the latter part of the

afternoon but elsewhere, lots of weather the south—east of scotland but northern england, also wales and further south, some heavy showers, possibly thunderstorms in the south. a bit of sunshine across the far south—east and later in the day, parts of northern england could see sunny spells. northern ireland, mostly driver temperatures around 11-16 mostly driver temperatures around 11— 16 degrees, not great but this time of year. low pressure with us as we head through the end of the week, drifting towards the north—west into friday. but still, friday, another unsettled day, more rain on the map. not as heavy or persistent, so a showery nature. heavy showers for western scotland, northern ireland, and heavy showers through central england and wales but a bit more sunshine so it's not going to be a washout and temperatures will creep up to about 13-19 temperatures will creep up to about 13—19 on friday and further ahead, through the weekend, still expecting showers around, not a complete washout, a bit of sunshine but temperatures will start to gradually creep up, particularly in the south as we head through next week but do

be aware we've still got heavy rainfall which could cause further flooding on thursday. hello everyone. this is news day on the bbc. violence on hong kong's streets as the protests over a new plan to send suspects to mainland china intensify. the territory's leader defends her record.

translation: have i sold out hong kong? how would i do? i was born and raised here. i grew up here with all other hong kong citizens. hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated along parts of india's western coast as the region prepares for a powerful cyclone. i'm nuala mcgovern in london.