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to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sebastian payne, the whitehall correspondent for the ft and kate proctor, many of tomorrow's front pages are already in, and one man dominates. the financial times reports on borisjohnson‘s "do or die" pledge to leave the eu with or without a deal on october 31st — and shows him at a campaign rally in richmond. the telegraph leads with boris holding lucky the dog on a campaign visit to the surrey hills yesterday — and says hundreds of villages have lost their local gp surgery amid a deepening crisis across the country the mirror also has that campaign picture of boris — and says he has stayed "doggedly silent" on the personal photographs taken of him and his the guardian follows suit with that same picture of boris, and reports on how he has hardened his position on leaving

the eu. and ‘knifed 18 times for blocking the aisle‘ — the metro leads with a picture of it consultant lee pomeroy — who was murdered in front of his teenage sun by a fellow train passenger on 4th january. so yes, borisjohnson all over the front pages. yet again. and that do ordie front pages. yet again. and that do or die pledge, not least, sebastian in your paper in the morning. indeed, this came from an interview from ross on talk radio with boris johnson, and it was a fascinating interview for two comments he made. the first one was this pledge about saying, come what may, do or die, we will leave the eu on october the sist. will leave the eu on october the 31st. now even as recently as i think the interview with the bbc yesterday, mrjohnson was saying, well in fact, nobody wants a no—deal brexit, we are not going to aim for that, and it will only be our plan c, after various plan is into bees.

he's clearly toughened up that pledge now, and is really saying, we are going to leave, and if we don't get a renegotiation, which i think is probably the default outcome, we are going to have an ordeal brexit. the second thing from that interview with talk radio today, was this very bizarre exchange about what boris johnson does in his spare time, and remember, interestingly, theresa may, the naughtiest thing you've ever done, was running through a field of wheat, borisjohnson his spare time, said he likes to paint wine crates to look like buses. and anybody wanting to watch the clip, it's one of the most surreal things i've watched, and either he does do this, and was casting around to try and think of something to say, or it's just something that came to mind, but it was a very interesting interview, and it does show that mr johnson is still trying to get this thing back on pledge, and he's still speaking to the brexiters within the conservative party to try to get over the line at the end ofjuly. social media have loved the buses, of course, plenty of quips about

what you might be painting on the side of them. kate, this do or die pledge, clearly at something he will not be able to back away from. it's interesting, because that wasn't the intention of his interview, he didn't go in with that phrase, it was something that was suggested to him. he agreed, and repeated, but as we we re him. he agreed, and repeated, but as we were saying earlier, you know, this is a milestone around his neck i'iow. this is a milestone around his neck now. he's made this very dramatic pledge that written will be leaving the eu with or without a deal, and i feel like he's danced around this a little bit, you know, sometimes he comes out in his interviews, and it's all sort of guns blazing, and he's very firm about it, then he sort of dances around the detail of how that might actually happen. but he really has committed himself now i think he really has committed himself now ithink in he really has committed himself now i think in the firmest way possible, and he's going to be held to account oi'i and he's going to be held to account on it, and it's going to be so embarrassing for him if he isn't able to fulfil it. interesting, sebastian, the guardian has that same phrase, do or die. his team are

probably not going to be too unhappy about those sorts of headlines at this stage of the contest. not at all, because we know that the grassroots membership of the conservative party are overwhelmingly your sceptic, they wa nt overwhelmingly your sceptic, they want brexit delivered, and you know, mrjohnson has said this in various different ways before, saying you know, the party faces an existential threat if it doesn't deliver brexit by the state. we must come out, but i think being so explicit, kate is totally right, that delivering this is going to being readily hard. because if you look at the challenges behind leaving without a deal, so maybe mrjohnson does get a new deal, he goes off to brussels, has his renegotiation, and comes back with a new shiny deal that will looking awful lot like theresa may's deal, with a couple of tweaks on the backstop, i think it is heart of hearts, that's probably what he really wa nts, hearts, that's probably what he really wants, but he's not totally committed himself to leaving regardless of that. and we know that there are probably enough tory mps to bring down the government if that tries to happen. we heard from tobias allwood, the defence

minister, on monday, he was saying there is enough tories to do that. dominic grieve, via former attorney general, and the conservatives only have majority of the three at the moment, so it doesn't take that many to tip over the whole government. i feel like it's been a time limit on his own ability to make a success of this. yell back totally. we're talking about general election and speculation about it, when you start using phrases like this, you are literally saying. if i start using phrases like this, you are literally saying. ifi don't fulfil this, this is possibly the end for me, so i think is really sort of brought forward the timetable of his own success. raised the stakes in an already very difficult him a very difficult task. an interesting that the independent warning, picking up on that, but the former head of the civil service, now saying that he is facing disaster in the brexit negotiations. imean, kate, disaster in the brexit negotiations. i mean, kate, today, borisjohnson was insisting that the mood music had changed, and with a new person in charge, things are going to move. yeah, and this is, you know, a warning that we see fairly

regularly. the x civil service had saying that a new deal is impossible, sort of pouring cold water all over what boris johnson intends to do, but you thought it was quite interesting that he actually has given his opinion on this in general. it's not something that you would expect to hear. exactly, because he was head of the civil service, one of the most senior civil servants in the country, and traditionally there is no among student senior civil servants, coming that's begun to be broken down, so we saw lord o'donnell, gus o'donnell who is head of the civil service quite recently he said that he was voting liberal democrat in the european elections, and now lord has been advising the labour party on various different policy areas, and i do feel a bit uncomfortable about these farmers several servants putting forward party political views, because the idea is if you look at people like lord armstrong who is another form, i don't think he's ever uttered a

party political sentiment ever, and that was the way things used to be donein that was the way things used to be done in the civil service now i don't think he's coming out, and sort of really saying already that you know, mrjohnson you are going to come in, you are not good to go anywhere, is it really has business to be saying that? of course it is, he likens to mr johnson to a eschatology apologist two has put on a straight jacket, padlocked the door and started attack running. this is quite bonkers language. it's on a straight jacket, padlocked the door and started attack running. this is quite bonkers language. it's on—site some thing think it's like is turn to beat him at his own game, it's not the most extreme and rigorous thing we heard today, we had trains, painting buses, and wind boxes today from johnson. the point he's making though, isn't it that when the new prime minister, if it is borisjohnson takes up that role, later on in july, if it is borisjohnson takes up that role, later on injuly, with a lots of people away over the whole of august, we haven't got a new negotiating team in place. we don't know who's going to be leading the european union side of the

negotiations. actually, negotiating a new deal by the divine october is looking pretty tough. absolutely command you have the governor of the bank of england, also giving some very, you know extreme warnings about boris johnson's abilities to actually fulfil what he says. or what he will be able to do. you're getting enough and very many different areas, and people that are supposed have an external opinion on this they are concerned that boris can fulfil what he said he will do. ijust don't see he said he will do. i just don't see how he said he will do. ijust don't see how brexit is delivered without another democratic mandate from the country at this point. he is a second referendum, which of course paris is absolutely not having that, and it's not what he stands for, or a general election, because the fact is it's been proven over the last three yea rs, been proven over the last three years, there is not a parliamentary majority for any clear form of brexit. and i think that whether mr johnson likes or not, by making this pledge today, he has really confirmed that we will have a general election in the autumn, and that will be fought in the platform of him delivering brexit without a

deal, versus mr corbyn, probably on a much stronger remained platform, possibly even revoking article 50. so we will have that rerun of the referendum, and we will see whether all of those polls are rates command whether people have fundamentally changed their mind since 2016. even though everyone says they don't want to general election. but interesting, the telegraph pointing out that boris johnson has interesting, the telegraph pointing out that borisjohnson has now brought in iain duncan smith to get his campaign on track. in duncan smith is very well respected figure these days. he was of course for a party leader himself. didn't last too long in the job. he had two years. and he's not somebody, although he is really loved by the grassroots, that's why he's being brought in for this role. he's not someone you able to track out huge great big string of successes during his own time as party leader. so i don't really think that's why boris johnson has chosen him. it's not that side of

the campaign, but it's to try to connect better with regions right across the uk who have a vote. you know, he lost a vote of no—confidence in 2003, he was sort of pushed out the door by the party, so of pushed out the door by the party, so he knows how fragile things can be. but yeah, you know little bit more about ids and exactly why he's being brought back into the campaign. i think the key role is that it's been a very difficult couple of days for thejohnson been a very difficult couple of days for the johnson campaign. this been a very difficult couple of days for thejohnson campaign. this is not how it was meant to go, and ever since that guardian reports on friday about the police visit to his flat with his partner, it struggled to get back on track, to get the message out there, we've seen the media blitz today, there's been several broadcast interviews there are more policy announcements coming in the next couple of days, and you know, people on thejohnston campaigns that we were always going to have a transition from the first phase which is about parliaments, which is all about the grassroots command as kate says, ids is liked by the tories grassroots, and it's

the conscience of the conservative party in many respects. i think the fa ct party in many respects. i think the fact that this term and turnaround has happened so quickly is a reflection that they need to change things and up its gears somewhat. this big focus on brexit, and boris johnson has written tojeremy hunt to say i'm going to leave in october the 31st, will you do that. so i think on under his view, you will see a much more relentless focus on brexit. but as you said, i don't thank you will be seeing him on the tv cameras a lot trying to... probably not, but he's great, and he really, really... and today we have seen really, really... and today we have seen borisjohnson really, really... and today we have seen boris johnson and really, really... and today we have seen borisjohnson and kept away with being accused of being bottle of boris by some ofjeremy hunt's tea m of boris by some ofjeremy hunt's team out there on the campaign. it certainly more the front pages if you look at the daily mirror. no great fan of boris johnson. you look at the daily mirror. no great fan of borisjohnson. has the headline and slightly marking there. scruffy flirty scoundrel and outrageous public display of with

the little puppy, lucky the dog, who came out injuring him on the campaign trail today. but i mean that's the sort of headline they must be delighted with. i think so. it's a cheeky headline from the daily mirror, it's something that you would probably expect from them, it's essentially borisjohnson being licked by a dog, and it's quite a cute and sweet picture, and it doesn't really matter what jeremy hunt sighed today. boris has been able to steal all of these front—page pictures, and really, it comes down to him being jolly with a dog. so i'm sure jeremy hunt's campaign team are absolutely livid that they weren't able to transform their sort of big hitting interview into the front page coverage of tomorrow's papers. extraordinaire, he did this big interview with the bbc today, but hardly gets a mention anywhere. certainly not in the front pages. he's hardly mentioned in the ft story in the bottom, but this is the problem with this campaign, is that boris transcends all politics. if you look at focus groups are

polling. there's onlyjust politicians people can name, theresa may because she's prime minister, and boris johnson, and may because she's prime minister, and borisjohnson, and because he's great for photo calls, great for photo ops, i thank you will see more of that because he was kept away from media because of his campaign didn't want him to make gaffes, they didn't want him to make gaffes, they didn't want him to make gaffes, they didn't want him to say things that would cause issues later, and you could say with a do or die comment, that proves why they wanted to keep him away. upper conservative party members, fundamentally, this is a coronation, not a contest. they really decided that this is the guy they want to come injeremy hunt's best chances to challenge him, and to really say look, where are you on the details because make what we do about brexit? i think mr hunt has done a pretty good job of that so far. he's got much more aggressive against mrjohnson than i think a lot of people thought he would. a cutting through against this continuous boris coverage, which is and to end, it will go on for the rest of them of come is really tough for him. indicate, just very briefly, picture on the front page of the independent. heatwave hits

europe, picture from paris there and right across france, germany, other parts of europe braced for some really serious severe high temperatures. i temperatures. , really extreme temperatures are expected across europe and the next few days, so plus. france, you know have had some significant issues and how it's able to care for people during these heat waves in the past, so during these heat waves in the past, so although there's a picture here the eiffel tower, everyone is out, and looking jolly at the moment, when these temperatures hit, they can be absolutely deadly. so it's france, germany, spain, so i think we will be seeing a lot more, much more serious news about this very extreme weather coming out of europe. 0k, we have to leave it there, kate, sebastian, think about very much indeed. that's it for the papers this hour. 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. thanks to sebastian and kate. they'll be back at 11:30pm for another look at the papers. i'll be here at 11pm with the day's main news. next it's the weather. hello there. conditions are gradually turning drier across central parts of the country after today's rain starts to fizzle out. the weather front clearing away which brought all the rain today. high pressure building from the north—west which is why things are settling down but will also be bringing fresher and less humid air to our shores through the course of wednesday. dry and cooler air arriving across the north of scotland. further south we hold on to the legacy of cloud. still thick enough for a few spots of light rain and drizzle there. misty and murky in places too. here it will still be quite muggy. the mid teens in the south but single figures in the north. wednesday starts off on a rather grey note for much of england and wales.

that cloud will continue to be quite low hugging eastern coastal areas. probably the best of the sunshine across scotland and northern ireland and later into northern england. some brightness developing across the south and the temperatures lower than of late, 22 maybe 23 degrees there. low 20s in the central belt of scotland but cooler along the east coast. on thursday, high pressure still with us but a squeeze on the isobars across the south, a strong easterly wind across the channel coast and then towards the west country but lots of sunshine across the uk as you can see. cloud across eastern coastal areas where it will still be quite cool in that northerly wind. heading further west, warmer with more sunshine around, we could see 2a to 25. quite warm in the scottish central belt. in europe, a blistering heat wave, record—breaking temperatures are likely across parts of france for the next couple of days. looking like we will tap into that heat once again as we end the week as high—pressure draws up this air

from the south and south—east. right across the uk but very hot, potentially hottest day of the year so far across southern parts into saturday. the breeze coming up from the south will start to bring the heat into many areas. mainly across western areas. still some cooler air across the north sea coast, further west we could see 27 or 28 degrees. mid 20s across central scotland. into saturday could see the low 30s across the south with high humidity feeling unbearable but then it cools down for all as we head on into sunday.

this is bbc news, i'm carole walker. the headlines at 11:00pm: in the race to be prime minister, jeremy hunt says the next prime minister should be trustworthy, otherwise the uk risks a general election and no brexit. thejudgement is who the judgement is who is the person we trust as prime minister to go to brussels and bring back that deal. it's about the personality of our prime minister. how many more rows? no more rows, no, no, no. all quiet, all quiet. borisjohnson tries to put questions about his private life behind him as he challenges his rival to take the uk out of the eu by 31 october. a record penalty for southern water over shocking failures in some