thursday. some slightly cooler air together with that area of low pressure and it will get close to the uk and certainly influencing our weather by the end of the week so we got showers, longer spells of rain, bands of rain rotating around the low pressure. it's difficult to get the detail right theme is there, u nsettled the detail right theme is there, unsettled with fleeting sunshine, heavy downpours and temperatures dropping with that cooler air. as we head into the weekend, still that area of low pressure, very big area, moving slowly across the uk but at the same time it's a bit pressure is rising. the law was not intense, the rainfall not as widespread, not as heavy, a bit more sunshine but rain is not too far away. bear that in mind even on saturday and temperatures 11—14. let's look further ahead. signs of change perhaps only briefly. low pressure over the weekend, the showers fading

away, pressurising. this ridge of high pressure coming up from the south across the uk. for the early pa rt south across the uk. for the early part of next week, maybe we will see a spell of drier, quieter weather. colder at night and mist and fog as well. the pattern in thejet spring jetstrea m well. the pattern in thejet spring jetstream is up—and—down and it's all over the place. unsettled weather coming in from the atlantic. how quickly? any dry weather may not last very long at all. but we will wait and see.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:30pm: president trump says he will redeploy troops in syria after their withdrawal sparked rising tensions on the border with turkey. in the queen's speech at the state opening of parliament, bills are proposed on crime, health and the environment. but the priority is securing brexit by the end of the month. it was boris johnson's first queen's speech as prime minister. but, without a majority in the house of commons, labour says it is unlikely the bills will become law. england's euro qualifier was stopped twice tonight after racist abuse

from the crowd during their 6—0 win against bulgaria. violent win against bulgaria. protests in barcelona after cata la n violent protests in barcelona after catalan independence leaders are given long sentences by the spanish supreme court. margaret atwood and bernardine evaristo are joint winners of the booker prize. the author of girl, woman, other shares the prize with margaret atwood for the testaments, the sequel to the handmaid's tale. hello and a warm welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lucy fisher, defence correspondent at the times, and polly mackenzie. welcome back. most of tomorrow's front pages are now in. the i leads on the queen speech which leads on

promises including attacks on single use plastic and easier access to medicine. it reveals borisjohnson‘s pledges to get the country moving again. the queen speech is on the front of the times. the paper says the raft of measures unveiled from crime to the nhs are part of a push by the prime minister to secure an early election. a different story in guardian, carries investigation about how to government is developing so—called welfare robots which the government claims could put the most vulnerable in society at risk. klisz is facing criticism for its decision to stop customers withdrawing cash from post offices —— barclays. withdrawing cash from post offices —— ba rclays. the withdrawing cash from post offices —— barclays. the sun reports on the england euro qualify against bulgaria, the same story making the front page of the mirror, which calls it football's night of shame.

a varied set of front pages. let's start with the sun, and euro 2020, bulgar off, you racists, a typical sun slats. england luckily thrashing the bulgarian team 6—0. at times it looked as though the game wouldn't necessarily be completed. the referee had to intervene on numerous occasions as racist sharing took place, hitler salutes, all sorts of absolutely despicable behaviour. do you think that the game shouldn't have gone ahead in the first place? thousands of seats were cordoned off because of behaviour in the past, this was a series of sanctions by uefa, but it didn't make any difference, did it? no, it didn't, and match officials discussed this with the england team and the england manager, gareth southgate, and they issued a warning to the

crowd that if the abuse didn't stop, the match would be forfeited by the home team. but they allowed play to continue while people like raheem sterling were facing abuse every time they touch the ball. it was horrific. i think the sun, which i rather like the headline, taking obviously a clear line, incredible rage and anger at what they described as vile fans, but what is surprising is the other newspapers have focused on pictures of the england team and gareth southgate in discussion, where is the big picture they have used is of these racists and these nazi salutes. i think it is an uncomfortable choice, actually. they need to be called out, that is the issue, but there is so out, that is the issue, but there is so much criticism of uefa for not being strong enough on this. this happens repeatedly, not just being strong enough on this. this happens repeatedly, notjust with england games but with other countries as well. and it is not clear why they have such difficulties with trying to take a tough line in a tough stance on this. i think that's absolutely

right. there needs to be better vetting processes in place. i am sure these are people who have perform on this kind of thing, and we may even see some form of cause for legislation to come in if those regulators don't take a firm grasp of it themselves. tonight we have seen of it themselves. tonight we have seen nigel adams, the sports minister, leading a growing chorus of mps condemning the behaviour of the bulgarian fans, engaging in this racism tonight and calling on uefa to really take action. yes, the football association also has to recognise, as gareth southgate does, that this country has its own issues with racism. so he is not trying to say it is other countries, it is not us. say it is other countries, it is not us. he is recognising that. absolutely, but the way you defeat racism is by being absolutely clear that you will not tolerate it. there needs to be a punishment, so if you are going to threaten to call off a match, call it off. don'tjust are going to threaten to call off a match, call it off. don't just allow this to go on, expecting players to continue in the face of that noise

and abuse. it is extraordinary that they played so brilliantly, scored they played so brilliantly, scored the six goals. and they are rightly proud of themselves, but you do wonder. we have heard footballers increasingly talking about the emotional toll it takes on them when they have to put up with this kind of awful behaviour. to hear monkey chance when you are going out to do your job, chance when you are going out to do yourjob, it is disgusting —— chants. on the flipside, if the match had been called off they would be question marks over whether it was a genuine victory. is it a case where you can't win? for me it was the right decision to push ahead, i think they should be rightly proud of themselves for managing to persevere under such pressure. let's move on to our next story. the front page of the i talking about johnson's wish list, and that is really what today was all about. no denials from the tory party, because the bills the queen put forward, but very few of them have any chance of

going through because borisjohnson does not have a majority. that's true, it is really quite a surreal day to day to see the queen and all her pond come into parliament, wearing her jewels her pond come into parliament, wearing herjewels and read out what is really only going to serve as a tory manifesto pledge sheet. boris johnson has a majority of —45 mps. nobody expects any of these bills to actually pass or the speech to indeed pass. but of course, this was about boris johnson indeed pass. but of course, this was about borisjohnson trying to position himself politically, talking about giving more resources and boosting the staff numbers of the nhs, talking about education, being tough on crime. he is very much trying to position himself as a centrist and a one nation conservative after brexit has seen him position to the right of the tory party. will it work, this positioning, trying to reclaim the one nation tory stance? it is a sort

of queen '5 speech in three parts. there is a group of proposed legislation that has solid cross—party legislation that has solid cross— party support and legislation that has solid cross—party support and you can imagine any government supporting, whether it is borisjohnson's or a government of national unity, even. attacks on single—use plastic, improved air quality, investing in the nhs. then there is a group of things which are really kind of hardline law and order policies, no evidence behind them, really, but a real agenda for the home secretary, priti patel. and then there is brexit where the queen committed to leaving the european union on 31 october. it is hard to see how that happens, but she said it, so perhaps it will now. without that majority it will now. without that majority it is hard to see how they make progress, but there are also rumours going around westminster that the labour party, the labour parliamentary party, have ruled out to the parliamentary chairman, ian labrie, that they will rule out a

referendum until there has been an election. so he could be stuck in a weird position with no majority and fio weird position with no majority and no ability to legislate anything controversial for months. it depends on what happens in the next few days, and if there can be a deal agreed, even if it isjust days, and if there can be a deal agreed, even if it is just a sort of wording, a communique that perhaps isn't going to be the final wording but it will put something down in writing at least that they can work on. is that looking increasingly likely? we are on a knife edge, 17 days until brexit. on sunday night we heard barnier give a very downbeat assessment. today the mood has been more positive. we have heard the irish deputy prime minister, simon coveney, talking about an emergency summit. it doesn't look like at the summit this thursday, that anything will be agreed in time for that. on the part

of the government, borisjohnson has cancelled tomorrow's cabinet meeting to prevent any cancelled tomorrow's cabinet meeting to prevent a ny lea ks cancelled tomorrow's cabinet meeting to prevent any leaks which could damage progress in the talks. so we could be getting into that landing zone that people talk about. ironically enough, it seems as though boris johnson is ironically enough, it seems as though borisjohnson is pursuing a dual customs territory proposal, something that theresa may... seems very similar to what theresa may came up with a few months ago. will it work? will it be agreed by europe? we heard the mood music more positive but extremely cautious. we don't want to be rushed into something we will have to live with for decades forever. know, and that's why, of course, the eu and theresa may came up with this idea ofa theresa may came up with this idea of a backstop, which wasn't supposed to be the final settlement. it was supposed to be a temporary holding position while the details were ironed out. it has been truly extraordinary to see brexiteers who refused time after time to back her

reasonable compromise deal and called it a surrender, a betrayal, that those who backed were traitors, and now, of course, just because it isjohnson putting and now, of course, just because it is johnson putting together a potentially reasonable compromise deal, they think it is all sunshine and happiness and they are willing to tolerate it. i find that kind of depressing and demoralising about the state of our politics, but if it does enable us to avoid the kind of wilful destruction of the no—deal brexit then it is worth it even if it is slightly laughable. and suggestions tonight that the dup are also in talks with the prime minister. they will be crucial in all of this, won't they? that's true, many moving parts here. i slightly disagree with polly that this is only brought through because it isa this is only brought through because it is a posh man who is leading it. i think perhaps we always needed to get to that brings mentorship where we had had many, many months of arguing and several different leaders taking the reins of this to try and see it through. are you

suggesting it is because he is a posh man, or because he actually has the personality, the charisma, people want to engage with him, that u nfortu nately people want to engage with him, that unfortunately somehow theresa may just didn't have? she didn't have the ability to really cut through with people on a personal level. or the credibility, in the eyes of many leavers, because she supported remain in the referendum. we wouldn't have got into such a mess if either borisjohnson wouldn't have got into such a mess if either boris johnson or michael gove had one in 2016, but absolutely, there is this outraged feminist in me who feelsjust so angry that they might sign up to something under boris johnson that is, you know, a bit of lipstick on something they described as a pig when theresa may was resenting it. but as i say, if it avoids the economic disaster of no—deal brexit, i will suppress the angry feminist. not too long, obviously. let's move onto the daily mail. 50 million

reasons to think again, barclays. this is about the decision to remove cash machines from post offices, and 15 million transactions carried out last year. what are they saying is the reason why? it is just not cost—effective, i guess? the reason why? it is just not cost-effective, i guess? that is the claim. it seems totally bemusing, coming off the back of atms being closed down in rural locations across the uk. i grew up in the countryside and i know how difficult it can be to get to a local cash machine. this seems the latest twist in the saga. it is a huge change that the whole banking industry is going through, closing down branches. it has been going on for 15-20 branches. it has been going on for 15—20 years now, and they are down toa 15—20 years now, and they are down to a kind of skeleton infrastructure of branches. so many banks have said don't worry because you can still access an increasing number of branch services at post offices, so it is truly extraordinary that ba rclays have it is truly extraordinary that barclays have decided to pull out of that. that is not because they will be opening a whole load of branches,

it is leaving people without that kind of access. aren't we becoming an increasingly cashless society? i know this is a lot of transactions that take place, but fewer and fewer people, certainly younger people, are carrying cash around. everyone is using their phones, cards, it is not something that increasingly people will want to use. that's absolutely true, and it is becoming more and more expensive to prop up the cash infrastructure, but the people who are relying on cash, which includes people in rural areas, people on low incomes, vulnerable people, pensioners, they do need to be supported. you have to have a managed transition away from cash. you can't just have a managed transition away from cash. you can'tjust turn off have a managed transition away from cash. you can't just turn off access overnight. i know that mastercard and visa have been trialing ways to give people cash back over the counter in shops rather than post offices. but that then does threaten the access that people rely on to the access that people rely on to the other services you get at post offices. so i really do hope that ba rclays offices. so i really do hope that barclays changes their mind. do you think it is something the government needs to get involved in? it is a private company. well, it could be.

i know that certainly there has been a lot of talk in the house of commons about the closure of local branches and cash machines, especially free cash machines as well. often we are seeing the village cash point replaced with one where you have to pay up to £2, even more, to withdraw cash. it is just an unacceptable penalty to levy on people, especially older, more vulnerable people, who rely on the cash economy. in my post office there is a cash machine, not the big one, the one that you can put your pin in and they hand the cash over the counter. it seems an obvious solution to me that is not that difficult. it is a service the post office provides. let's move onto the guardian's one page. the guardian has become a bit mad and historical about this. the dwp are deploying ai and data management systems and bolts to

prove the quality of customer services and accuracy of claims in dwp. it strikes me that is a good thing for them to do. we often hear complaints of innovative claimants ending up stuck on the phone, expensive phone calls for hours on end. if they can be dealt with by a chat about, that is fantastic stop there are risks to vulnerable people, especially those digital excluded. using technology to improve public services is not something we should worry about. triggering fears for the poorest. they are always afraid that the guardian stop in the past year, 1000 it staff have been hired by dwp and they won't have the same level of detail efforts are mechanised algorithmic formulaic way of processing claims. i'm glad to on the guardian front page because increasing proportions of the

workforce become digitised, ai is used increasingly frequently, we need to talk about some of the issues that come with a stick ology. it's this notion soft skills, something that robots are accused of not being able to possess. they are making algorithmic decisions rather than humanistic decisions because they are a robot. you are completely right but the way tran technology is transforming. stripping things that aren't human and doing it faster and more efficiently and freeing up people to be more available to do that. it's happening in accountancy, it's happening in law. it's really sensible to make the welfare system more efficient. free up job centre advises to have a cup of tea, have a conversation and engage. will it be fairer? that remains to be seen. we

will have to see further down the line whether that is the case but i'm not quite sure the technology works well. i found increasingly chat bots, and the private sector that i've used, they waste your time because they don't quite understand ina because they don't quite understand in a terribly sophisticated way what you're after. they are not nuanced enough so farat you're after. they are not nuanced enough so far at the moment so they prioritise getting rid of staff and salaries and robots don't have pensions. in order to make it... or children or parents or any of that. it will increasingly change as they become more sophisticated. last story, let's talk about the booker prize. two women and two winners remarkably because it goes against all the rules. tell us about the winners. happy to see the first black woman win. i have not read her book but look forward to doing so. obviously bernardine book but look forward to doing so.

obviously berna rdine evaristo book but look forward to doing so. obviously bernardine evaristo is a new name to the game and margaret atwood, big fan of the handmaid 's tale, look forward to reading the testaments as well. a great bit playing earlier from testaments as well. a great bit playing earlierfrom bernardine evaristo, saying this is going to be good for my career. just a little bit. it was lovely to see margaret atwood being so gracious and happy to share and shying away from the spot light and wanting to be an allied to this amazing novelist, berna rdine allied to this amazing novelist, bernardine evaristo. i haven't read her book either. none of us have read any of the book. i've read one page and haven't got much further. how significant is it that the first black woman is recognised for this hugely important prize? black woman is recognised for this hugely important prize ?|j black woman is recognised for this hugely important prize? i have to admit, iwas hugely important prize? i have to admit, i was surprised that accolade hadn't been bestowed on a black woman before so i'm glad it's finally happened and she said, she hopes she doesn't keep that title to

herself for too long. congratulations to them both. that is it for the papers tonight. you can see the front pages on line at the bbc website and of course if you miss the programme, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you and good night. good evening. england thrashed bulge area to move closer to euro 20 qualification but the game was marred by racist chanting and it england players. much was twice

halted with stadium announcements warning fans over racism. england players took to social media. he also praised the fans who got behind us and the most meaningful way possible tonight. northern ireland has one but the 3—2 defeat over the czech republic is far from easy. friendly matches are a chance to try out new tactics and faces. from the off, it looked like the czech republic had made too many

changes following their win over england on friday. northern ireland we re england on friday. northern ireland were quick to pounce on the defensive frailties, with patty mcnair opening the scoring inside ten minutes. both he and johnny evans played on thursday's euro qualifying defeat against the netherlands and were keen to make amends. a typical defensive goal was followed by a marvellous effort from the middlesbrough midfielder but that was as good as it got for them. the czech players made for changes at the interval. they were back in the rhythm and their fans celebrations had barely died down when they were singing again a minute later. the checks thought they had got an injury time equaliser but this was ruled afoul, not a slip. —— czechs. elsewhere, portugal lost to ukraine but cristiano ronaldo hit a milestone, scoring his 700th career goal. he

becomes the sixth player to do so. joining the likes of pele and romario. ireland's bundee aki will miss the rest of the rugby world cup afterfailing to have his red card against samoa overturned. the centre was sent off in their final pool match for a high tackle. he contested the red card at a disciplinary hearing today in a bid to be available for next saturday's quarter—final against new zealand but a 3—week ban has ruled him out of the rest of the tournament even if they got to the final. he has 48 hours to appeal against the decision. swedish golfers henrik stenson and anneka store and some will hold a match for the men and women. it is sanctioned by both the men and women's european tours, featuring 78 men and women in its field and the event has assisted at has a total

prize amount of £1.3 million. that is all your support for now. good night. some of us have had a real soaking in the last few hours but as we head towards dawn, the weather will be improving across the uk and we are in for some sunshine. the most of us on tuesday, it is dry. not completely, there will be one or two showers around, quite cloudy at times but the weather is looking better. in fact, times but the weather is looking better. infact, during times but the weather is looking better. in fact, during tuesday, will be in between weather systems, this gap in the satellite between the weather fronts, that is going to be over the uk on tuesday. we can see the weather front dying away. i think the most of it because it's not going to last. the second half of the week looks as though things are going downhill once again. tuesday, right from the word go, probably dry across most of us. the cloud is still lingering in the north—east to the could be some

light rain around the newcastle and edinburgh areas on tuesday morning but even that should quickly clear away and we are left with a bright day for most of us. some of us will end up having a sunny day but also one or two of us could catch one or two showers, may be south—west england or wales, central and southern england but the country should have a dry day with temperatures quite respectable in london, 17 degrees and not so bad in the north of the country. 14 expected in the lowlands of scott. more rain on the way. at fine weather won't last because tuesday to wednesday, yet another weather front heading our way. early on wednesday, pretty soggy once again in eastern areas but it does look as though once again, the weather with a warm “— though once again, the weather with a warm —— will improve temporarily on wednesday. this is around lunchtime, the middle of the afternoon. you can see clear weather and sunshine, with temperatures around the mid—teens but from wednesday or other thursday onwards,

the weather goes downhill. this big low pressure here just to the west of ireland, sweeps in. the wind strength we are talking about, gale force winds on the west coast, heavy showers but many eastern and northern areas should get away with some sunshine but by the time we get to friday, that low pressure is right across the country, strong winds and further showers in the forecast. goodbye.

i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: syrian government forces move towards the border with turkey, risking another dangerous confrontation. japan deploys more than 100,000 rescuers following the worst storm to hit the country in decades. i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: huge protests and violent clashes in spain after the supreme court jails nine separatists over catalonia's failed bid for independence. and fans mourn the loss of one of k—pop's biggest stars,