isome rain waiting in the chance of some rain waiting in the wings if you are still hoping for the garden to get a little bit of a downpour. that will start to push its way in as this low pressure closes in more widely on thursday. showers possible anywhere. greater chance in the south compared to what we've had but even here, rainfall amounts vary widely, many places will be dry and quite humid, especially in southern and eastern areas and central and eastern scotla nd areas and central and eastern scotland and northern england could see severe thunderstorms into thursday night. they will pull away as our low thursday night. they will pull away as our low pressure thursday night. they will pull away as our low pressure system east and with winds flowing anticlockwise, we get the winds from the north—west, clearing the humidity and a slightly fresher day and very nice where you have the sunshine. plenty of it in southern and eastern areas, a few showers here and there and eastern scotla nd showers here and there and eastern scotland and eastern england most prone, if you isolated ones in the rest of england and north wales.

pleasa nt rest of england and north wales. pleasant with the sunshine, into the 20s but not as warm as it has been. into the weekend, high pressure will start to build in and still a northerly airflow on the eastern flank and that will bring cloud to eastern scotland and eastern england with a few showers. further west, a sunny start, the cloud will build up and spread through the day so the sunshine will be best in the morning. afternoon, a bit cloudier with winds falling later in the west, pleasantly warm once more, temperatures around where they should be for the time of year. high pressure building in more widely on sunday. a north—easterly flow in east anglia and the south—east bringing cloud, and i won't rule out a shower. overall, much more sunshine on sunday, light winds and any showers you see will be very few in number. many back to the watering can through this weekend with temperatures creeping up more widely, in the low to mid—20s. next week, looking at the position of the

jetstrea m, week, looking at the position of the jetstream, it is taking a big meander. we are in the southern flank of it, high pressure builds under that and here we will see an area of low pressure. because there is no vigorousjet, it area of low pressure. because there is no vigorous jet, it will only slowly creep towards us. high pressure takes charge for the first part, but it will go south, bringing warm and thundery air and then go back to square one to the north with widespread showers. next week, the dry and sunny weather continues on the weekend but the pressure might not be strong enough to stop all showers, but later in the week that slow change could produce more widespread showery rain, which in the south could be thundery. i'll keep you updated. hello. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — first the headlines. britain's next prime minister. the two men vying for the job clash over brexit in a live tv

debate, arguing over the details of when and how it can be achieved. he has once again been escalating the fears of a no deal brexit when what we should be doing is getting ready and encouraging the people of this country to believe they can do it because they can. being prime minister is about telling people what they need to hear not just what they want to here. the difference between us is you peddle optimism. president trump is accused of being disrespectful as he steps up his attack on theresa may and the british ambassador to washington, calling him ‘a stupid guy'. jeremy corbyn calls on the next prime minister to hold a second referendum before taking britain out of the eu — and says labour will campaign to remain. and more success for andy murray and serena williams at wimbledon, but the dream's over

for briton johanna konta. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are anna mikhailova, the deputy political editor, at the telegraph and broadcasterjohn kampfner. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the telegraph reports on the big political story of the day — the televised head to head leadership debate — with foreign secretaryjeremy hunt accusing borisjohnson of caring more about getting into number 10 than tackling brexit — and peddling optimism to get the top job. the financial times leads with mr hunt telling donald trump

to treat the uk with respect after he called kim darroch, britain's ambassador to the us, "wacky and stupid" and said theresa may was "foolish" over her handling of brexit. following suit, the times — it says borisjohnson has put the future of kim darroch in doubt after refusing to say whether he would keep him in hisjob if he became prime minister. the express reports that labour leaderjeremy corbyn betrayed the brexit vote by has caving in to the remainers in his party and backing a second eu referendum. in the metro, british number one tennis playerjohanna konta looks to the floor after crashing out of wimbledon. it also says patients are being told by gps to ask the virtual assistant alexa to diagnose their symptoms rather than go to hospital. more tennis in the guardian — it leads with a triumphant serena williams and andy murray

who are both through to the third round of the tournament — and mps voting to extend same—sex marriage and access to abortion in northern ireland. and the sun says the queen gave a masterclass in royal etiquette after the 93—year—old used a spade to plant a tree during a ceremony at the national institute of agricultural botany — and compares her to the duchess of sussex, who it says was grumpy with onlookers at wimbledon. 0k. ok. let's begin. will start with a top story and that is that debate. anna, take us away. wejust top story and that is that debate. anna, take us away. we just had the tv debate wherejeremy hunt finally got borisjohnson to faze him in a one—on—one and really came out with some punchy lines. he essentially accused him of not answering

questions, accused him of not being clear on his policies, of having tax cuts for the rich. it was certainly a punchy performance. interestingly, the line in the paper is that boris johnson is raising pressure on sir kim by not defending him. this has been the story of the last few days since the league in the mail on sunday of the stash of missives, what used to be called telegrams, from the uk ambassador to the us who is one of those classic foreign office diplomats, straight as a die but diplomats do right pretty spiky... that is theirjob. it is their job. spiky... that is theirjob. it is theirjob. that was put tendentious

lee to maximise the damage. it is a very political act. therefore it has become a political story. and donald trump... let's dwell a second, become a political story. and donald trump... let's dwella second, i become a political story. and donald trump... let's dwell a second, i am sure viewers have acquainted themselves with donald trump's latest tweets which are all how can i put latest tweets which are all how can iput it... latest tweets which are all how can i put it... colourful? undiplomatic. i was going to say other words. the wacky ambassador that the uk foisted upon the united states is not someone we are upon the united states is not someone we are thrilled with, a very stupid guy. he should speak to his country and prime minister may about their failed brexit negotiation, blah, blah. itold their failed brexit negotiation, blah, blah. i told theresa may how to do the deal but she went her own fully swayed. at any level, even by trump standards, as low as it is humanly possible to reach for a

leader, it is outrageous staff. and so leader, it is outrageous staff. and sojeremy leader, it is outrageous staff. and so jeremy hunt leader, it is outrageous staff. and sojeremy hunt and borisjohnson we re sojeremy hunt and borisjohnson were both invited to defend britain's ambassador to the united states. jeremy hunter did that straight up and down and boris johnson declined to do it. he did not answer many questions at all, he tried to bluster his way through the evening. let's turn to the mirror. we have it here. there are two extremes, however. jeremy hunt, the foreign secretary, is in an official position to respond and today he sent a punchy tweet for a foreign secretary saying that you have to respect our position, the uk will decide. we defend our ambassador and the us cannot tell us who to put into washington. he went further in his language because everything is

framed within the leadership context. whereas borisjohnson, when he was asked about this said he mildly criticised donald trump ultimately declined to say he would keep the ambassador in his place and he declined to say anything. i must say, looking at this i thinkjeremy huntjust say, looking at this i thinkjeremy hunt just saying i say, looking at this i thinkjeremy huntjust saying i have nothing to lose, iam huntjust saying i have nothing to lose, i am the underdog and i am going to go for it. we have seen this and he has become much more punchy. whereas borisjohnson is most likely going to be dealing with donald trump. so his language is possibly more restrained because of that. and journalists, please don't call us cynics, but whenever a politician says something we always think, well, what is he out to get? what is that politician's gameplan? people like matt hancock and george

osborne have completely and bizarrely fallen in and become cheerleaders for boris johnson and other so—called conservative moderates as well. so jeremy hunt, he clearly will not win this. the opinion polls show him at a distinct disadvantage what is his calculation? is he banking on boris not lasting long and he will be the antidote candidate? with this kind of spat now it will be difficult for borisjohnson to of spat now it will be difficult for boris johnson to keep of spat now it will be difficult for borisjohnson to keep him as foreign secretary. so we were discussing this privately earlier, what exactly willjeremy this privately earlier, what exactly will jeremy hunt be this privately earlier, what exactly willjeremy hunt be in a boris johnson cabinet. the daily telegraph, that question about journalists being cynics and what are they after. jeremy hunt says he wa nts are they after. jeremy hunt says he wants number 10. more than brexit. this was the killer line. boris johnson made a big statement on the

day that theresa may announced her resignation and boris johnson day that theresa may announced her resignation and borisjohnson said it was do or die on october 31. now, jeremy hunt today said it is do or die for the country. but for boris johnson it is more about him getting into number10. johnson it is more about him getting into number 10. and that was very punchy. so boris johnson refused, again, to answera punchy. so boris johnson refused, again, to answer a good question, an early question that he was not prepared for, would you quit? and there is so much speculation. the only thing nobody speculates on is who will win the contest because it seems like a slamdunk. this debate is taking place and deliberately borisjohnson did not is taking place and deliberately boris johnson did not want to debate jeremy hunt early on in the contest before conservative members, and there are barely 100,000 of them,

0.25 of 1%, a tiny group of people selecting our new prime minister. many of them have already voted. so in some way there is an element of going through the motions on all of this but the johnson tactic, all the way through has been to not answer direct questionsjust to way through has been to not answer direct questions just to use the force of personality. on the one mistake jeremy hunt made tonight, and you played the clip at the top of this sequence, is accusing him of peddling optimism. that isjust the sort of accusation that boris johnson wants because he is an inveterate optimist. but many people say... a story here in the financial times, a warning that a no deal brexit contains a of breaking up the union. whoever does become prime minister will be either a sincere or, you know, very lucky and some

say that boris johnson is or, you know, very lucky and some say that borisjohnson is only or, you know, very lucky and some say that boris johnson is only a brexit prime minister but surely he wa nts to brexit prime minister but surely he wants to stay in their past that time. we're just talking about members, 160,000 members and you are right, and many of them are likely to vote for him. but the polls going out and coming back are interesting because many of them say they think jeremy hunt would be a better prime minister. but would still vote for borisjohnson. some was saying earlier today that there may be an element of, well, you are mr brexit so let's get this done. you started it, you deliver it. and in delivering it there is a risk according to the financial times. and borisjohnson

according to the financial times. and boris johnson and all candidates have been asked several times, if you had to choose between delivering brexit, so—called, well, that is always a misnomer because all you are doing is starting ten years of negotiations. leave that one side to delivering brexit or keeping the union. if you had to keep, if you had to do only one of those two things what would you do? they are all forced into the position of saying obviously keeping the union. but the dup, the unionists in northern ireland who are absolutely foursquare behind the exit ahead of the first of march deadline, they began to get squeamish about the consequences for northern ireland through the backstop and all that. and their leader was saying unequivocally we are first and foremost for the union. so you could end up with a situation of both

northern ireland ending up with some form of united ireland although there is a good argument to say the south would not want that anymore. and more to the point, scotland going its own way. nicola sturgeon wanting a second scottish referendum and if there were, particularly a no deal brexit, that would be hard to resist. now to the express. take us through the development in labour. it has been a big day for news and a big day for news from labour. we appear to finally have movement from jeremy corbyn on brexit or at least thatis jeremy corbyn on brexit or at least that is how it is being presented. jeremy corbyn has been in discussions for the past few weeks to see whether or not the party can move to a remain position. first of

all, yesterday there was significant movement with glenn mccluskey signing up an hourjeremy corbyn appears to have finally signed up although, as always with labour, there is a fudge element to everything. and if you are looking at the small print, the discussion that they will turn down a new conservative deal and are no deal and a new conservative deal would have to come to the country, a second referendum, when you look at the small print, it looks similar to what they said six months ago. the small print, it looks similar to what they said six months agom has thrown up more questions. what they said six months agom has thrown up more questionsm what they said six months agom has thrown up more questions. it is about creating your own story and narrative, that is what politics is. and remi corbyn has failed to do that on many but particularly on this issue. no matter which end of the brexit spirit from you come from, the one thing everything

agrees on is that it has been mayhem from start to finish. —— end of the brexit spectrum. it was an own goal for labour. apart from the fact that a significant number of his shadow cabinet rn leave seeds are against a second referendum. the numbers are not that great in terms of the numbers who would actually rebel. and have rebelled. and there's been movement on the leave seats but that is why there is this tussle in this debate. turning to the guardian. another big story that came in late today. rights to same—sex marriage and abortion for all of the uk so they have been extended to northern ireland. while, they will be in three months time if stormont, if that deadlock does not resolve

itself. essentially this is something that mps in westminster have said, you know, we have had talks collapse for 2.5 years now and we really need movement on this issue. we really need to bring northern ireland up to the rest of the uk with abortion extending... and ireland as well. absolutely. so you have mps who voted by an overwhelming majority on both issues, it is significant and cabinet ministers saying that... advocating advocating this change. the big question is, obviously, the dup in the conservative party depending on the dup for the coalition and the more principled question of devolution that can force this idea of westminster mps... it is very contentions. --

contentious. the paradox is that this is only happening because london is running northern ireland which is exactly not what people wanted and the fact that northern irish parties have been unable to agree for several years now and there are so many paradoxes. the dup topping up the government and the dup are staunchly leave yet northern ireland voted to remain. so there are many rep rentals wrapped in enigma 's. —— riddles wrapped in an enigma. now this picture, the queen saying that she can do this herself. and in heels. what did you make of this? absolutely wonderful. do we know what type of tree it is? we failed. i love the bubble quote. i'm

perfectly capable of planting a tree. she was asked to supervise the planting and then her majesty said, hold on, hold my bag, i will do it myself. she knows what she is doing. soa myself. she knows what she is doing. so a nice story to end with there. those are the front pages. thank you to both of you lovely to have you here and to have you at home watching. 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.

good evening. here's your latest sports news: she was hoping to reach the wimbledon semifinals for a second time, butjohanna konta's singles run is over after she was knocked out by ba rbora strycova of the czech republic in straight sets. at 4—1 up in the first set the british number one was cruising, but it all went wrong thereafter. and in the press conference that followed she wasn't happy with some of the questions. john watson reports from wimbledon: disappointment 42 mac who was assumedly —— disappointments for johanna konta. 3a unforced errors cost her the match and afterwards when questioned by a reporter in the post match press conference having listed a series of errors she was clearly frustrated with the line of questioning. there were key points when you could have done better.

questioning. there were key points when you could have done battenm that in your professional tennis opinion? no, just as a spectator. 0k. opinion? no, just as a spectator. ok. again, i think... opinion? no, just as a spectator. ok. again, ithink... ok. i mean... i don't think you need to pick on me ina harsh i don't think you need to pick on me in a harsh way. i think i am very open with you guys and i say howl feel out there and if you don't want to a cce pt feel out there and if you don't want to accept that, you don't agree with that, i am sorry but that is fine. i still believe in the tennis i play and in the way i competed. yeah, i don't have much else to say.|j and in the way i competed. yeah, i don't have much else to say. i was just asking, you presumably want to go on from here and learn from this and wina go on from here and learn from this and win a grand slam one day, is it not something... please don't patronise me. you in the way you are asking your question you are being quite disrespectful and patronising me. i quite disrespectful and patronising me. lama quite disrespectful and patronising me. i am a professional competitor who did her best today and that is

all there is to that. frustration there forjohanna konta. she was the favourite coming into this against barbora favourite coming into this against ba rbora strycova favourite coming into this against barbora strycova but will certainly feel now it was an opportunity missed. serena williams needed all of her experience to edge past fellow american alison riske and make it into the semi—finals. she dropped a set but dug deep in the decider to set up a last four match against barbora strycova. it was a good day for serena who also reached the last 16 of the mixed doubles with andy murray. the former world number one simona halep is into the last four after a straight sets win over china's zhang shuai. she'll play ukraine's elena svitolina in the semis on thursday. it's been a frustrating day at old trafford, with rain interrupting the first of the cricket world cup semi—finals. india were on top when the heavens opened. they had new zealand on 211 for five with just under

4 overs remaining. they'll resume play at 10:30 tomorrow. the winner plays either england or australia who play their semi—final at edgbaston on thursday. now we're barely intojuly, the start of the football season is a month away, but three british clubs started their european campaigns today. celtic came from behind to beat fk sarajevo 3—1 in bosnia, in the first leg of their champions league first qualifying round. johnston scoring a brilliant equalizer in the first half. odsonne edouard got the second before scott sinclair made it three with this cheeky back—heel. so celtic take a 3—1 lead back home where they'll play the second leg next wednesday welsh champions the new saints drew 2—2 with feronikeli of kosovo in the first leg of their champions league qualifier at home. aeran edwards had put the welsh side 2 goals ahead. but the kosovan champions hit back twice with an equalizer from the penalty spot in the 93rd minute. so the scores are level heading

into the second leg next tuesday. and rangers comfortably beat stjosephs of gibraltar 4—0 in the first leg of the europa league first qualifying round. summer signing sheyi ojo with the pick of the goals in his first game for the club. the second leg in glasgow is next thursday. that's all the sport for now. the weather is a mixture for the next few days, you cannot rule out a shower but as a rough rule of on the further north you are the more likely you are to be caught in more rain. physically warm weather to come in the next few days as the temperature lifts and most of us will see sunshine as well. here we are overnight with rain piling into scotland, heavy rain in the north for a scotland, heavy rain in the north fora time, scotland, heavy rain in the north for a time, scattered showers across northern ireland. gave few for england and wales, mostly possibly parts of south wales through the

midlands, maybe one or two in eastern england by the end of the night. overnight lows 13— 16 degrees. so wednesday don't sweat for scotland because we have a weather front sweeping through here but that showery signal continues in the next few days as the low pressure works way across the northern half of the uk. you may have noticed high pressure hanging into the south, that bodes well for wimbledon on wednesday but i cannot entirely rule out the chance of a shower at some stage during the day. leading a little close to asw 19 there. there is a risk anywhere across england and wales to have to showers for scotland at the moment we are looking at some thunderstorms for the east of scotland on wednesday. persistent rain making a return to northern ireland through the afternoon. reaching 25 in the south, 19 in aberdeen. a light breeze does not sound important that if we get showers with a light breeze there is nothing to move them on so the rainfall starts to totter up. that could make for a

on so the rainfall starts to totter qy scenario in some spots with showers grinding toa scenario in some spots with showers grinding to a halt. similar on thursday, just a little more of an eastern influence where we will see the showers as low pressure starts to move through. north—eastern scotland, north—eastern england are being flagged as moments that —— areas that could see in ten showers and thunderstorms to towards the west becomes quieter and that is the case by friday. still the risk of thunderstorms in the east and in the west perhaps an isolated shower with patchy cloud. generally things are coming down with more of a guarantee of dry conditions because as we return to the pressure chart, high pressure starts to come in from the atlantic. the lowers off into the continent, taking showers within and here we go for saturday and sunday with the high—pressure belt. that should give us a decent amount of hot fine weather. —— fine weather. in the sunshine it should fill pleasa nt in the sunshine it should fill pleasant for most of us with light

wind and temperatures reaching the mid—20s.

welcome to newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. the headlines: the two contenders to be british prime minister face each other in a head—to—head debate, clashing over brexit and trump. protestors in hong kong threaten more mass rallies, saying a new concession on the extradition bill doesn't go far enough. i'm rico hizon in singapore. also in the programme: no let—up in the diplomatic row between the us and uk, as donald trump calls the british ambassador to washington a very stupid guy. and meet the robot who could be bringing you the news in the not too distant future! welcome to the bbc stop i'm erica. —— welcome to the bbc. i'm erica.