and in the uk particularly, world, and in the uk particularly, to see that space is somewhere that everybody can work in. a lot of little girls are going to see that yes, the space centre is not the male dominated place that it used to be an diversity is a great thing for it. it puts women at the table. it has only taken 221 spacewalk, why do you think there was that long delay? well, part of it is when you look at the number of female astronauts, they are growing. as to not selections are being gender balance, which is the way to be and it's great. but it's taken time. like many other areas, for us to go the grassroots people, to have the people applying to the astronauts, and spacewalk don't happen that often. when they do, we very often only had one female astronaut on the space station. it was unusual for us to have two female astronauts at the space station. so the question of

numbers on time and we're getting there. this won't be the last, we will see many more in the future, i'm sure. i'm sure. libby jackson speaking to libbyjackson speaking to me earlier. now it's time for the weather with nick miller. low pressure is close by and there have been having downpours for some of us. there has been a bit of sunshine to, in fact, much of friday brought some blues go to west yorkshire, as the gap by weather watcher rosie. we start that we can right across the british isles, it's going to head into the north sea and we can and there will be fewer showers, turning dryers that we on. that said, again saturday is not going to be a washout everywhere, in fa ct, going to be a washout everywhere, in fact, a large part of england under will have fewer showers than we have had recently. this area of cloud and rain will move out of scotland, finally across parts of northern england, taking a few showers in northern ireland, too. so is the northern scotland, south of that,

still a south—westerly so around 15 celsius. there you go, goodbye low pressure, into the north sea. it hasn't completely loosened its grip on the bitter showers, though, because closer to that there will still be a bit of rain through parts of eastern scotland and down the eastern side of england. variable car, some sunny eastern side of england. variable car, some sunny spells, perhaps the odd shower, most will be dry. the northerly breeze taking the cooler air further south across the uk this stage temperatures in northern scotla nd stage temperatures in northern scotland topping out at single figures. look at theirs. this is a ridge of high pressure coming in for monday. the low pressure in france may just monday. the low pressure in france mayjust spoil things into east anglia and south—east england with cloud and the chances in some outbreaks of rain here, still something to paper in the position of this rain, though. most places on monday are looking dry, variable cloud, sunny spells, if you fog patches to start the day add a touch of frost scotland. temperatures are the most votes deal 9— 12 celsius. papers are cleaned then on tuesday but a weather front is coming into northern scotland, a greater chance

of seeing some rain come back on tuesday. the wind is back to south—westerly so temperature is heading upa south—westerly so temperature is heading up a couple of degrees. and with high pressure holding on across most of the uk, most places will have a dry day, if you mist an fog patches to start the day and temperatures have edged up a little bit. so we're starting the week with high pressure and looking mainly dry, if you fog patches, a touch of frost as possible. but then, as we look at the picture into wednesday, low pressure will bring the chance of rain is more of us at this stage, pa rt of rain is more of us at this stage, part of scotland, northern ireland, north—west england and north wales two, while south of that pressure is still relatively high, it looks like it was a relatively dry. wednesday is shaping up against a south—westerly breeze, nothing is mostly chilly out there, but taking a look at the big picture, putting on thejet a look at the big picture, putting on the jet stream as well, that is going to carry low pressure away as we go through the rest of the week. but as it does so, we will get a good flow of air from the north—west. as it will be building so north—west. as it will be building so it will turn drier. and into the

following weekend and the week after that, a greater degree of uncertainty in the longer for customers that i mentioned in the last weather forecast, due to this amplified wavy pattern in the jet strea m amplified wavy pattern in the jet stream across the atlantic. at this dip in thejet stream stream across the atlantic. at this dip in the jet stream will take that low pressure towards us as we go through the start of the following week and things went again for some of us. but milder as the south—westerly air comes back, though. it may not resolve the way into scotland, in a hold onto the colder air there. while things are changeable, there are some drier daysin changeable, there are some drier days in this more customary change. hello, this is bbc news with me, lukwesa burak. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — but first the headlines. a race against time as the prime minister tries to rally enough support ahead of tomorrow's

crucial vote on his brexit deal. what matters is mps coming together across the house tomorrow, to get this thing done. the vote tomorrow afternoon is looking extremely close. the government hopes to persuade backbench conservatives, and some labour mps too. turmoil in barcelona: police fire rubber bullets and use tear gas at protesters angry at the jailing of catalan separatist leaders. more than 700 people arrested in a week as police crack down on drug gangs operating across the uk. hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster john stapleton, and associate director of the institute of economic affairs, kate andrews. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the times leads with tomorrow's parliamentary vote on the brexit withdrawal agreement — focusing on the amendment tabled by sir oliver letwin which could delay the departure date. the telegraph goes with the same story — describing the amendment as a "plot". the guardian reports that the letwin amendment is likely to pass. the financial times also leads with the brexit vote — describing the result as being on a "knife edge". the sun manages to make a pun out of the vote, calling the prime minister the "saturday night leaver". the mail carries an opinion poll — suggesting 50% of the public think mps should pass the deal. and the mirror goes with an appeal, based on new evidence,

by the man convicted of a multiple murder in 1985. so let's take a look at a few of them in more detail. let's kick off with brexit and the front page of the express. boris johnson saying today, and presumably oi'i johnson saying today, and presumably on the phone to mps and other representatives, he is really making the plea that this is the moment brexit has already been delayed, and delayed, we are in this perpetual cycle of kicking the can down the road, and it has to stop. in the sun, which we will come to, and at other times as well, he references the fact that the uk is made up of democrats, and people who respect results, people who go to the polls in value that. and that for him has been one of the leading drivers in

why this has to get over the line, to see the result of that referendum respect did, 3.5 years after people originally voted. and nevertheless as we all know, nearly half the nation, not have the government, more than half the government, half the house of commons area has said hang on, we didn't know this when we made that decision. there is the case for another referendum, there isa case for another referendum, there is a massive lunch —— march in london tomorrow, so alistair campbell is organising that, people say sorry, we did not know what was involved, with what we now know we should have another vote in a referendum. i think as part of this, we will come to the sun, boris is offering perhaps a deal to draw in those labour... the suggestion, the labour party has said that this will lead to a loss of rights for people in employment amongst other things, as more than a hint, there is a suggestion from the prime minister tonight that they will cover that in

some way 01’ tonight that they will cover that in some way or another, and improve people's working conditions and rights. but that is something that may or may not happen, depending on whether or not you believe the prime minister, which a lot of people don't. let's turn to the front page of the times, leading with brexit, anger over the decision to delay the brexit deal, and there will be angen brexit deal, and there will be anger, isn't there. people will be saying, here we go again. this is led by oliver latman, sarah lavelle latman amongst others, the amendment, to put it artist simplest, an insurance policy against crashing out. —— is a oliver letwin. others see it as a wolf in sheep ‘s clothing. but what's a oliver letwin is saying is that he is fearful some people will vote for the deal tomorrow, knowing that later on when the detail is discussed, they will withdraw their support in an attempt to crush britain out without a deal. that is

why he has introduced this amendment, but there will be consider —— considerable anger, borisjohnson consider —— considerable anger, boris johnson says consider —— considerable anger, borisjohnson says many of them are fed up to the back teeth with this. is there a place for this?” fed up to the back teeth with this. is there a place for this? i think we are starting to get more clarity on the intentions of mps who were saying for a long time they would consider a deal, but now when there isa consider a deal, but now when there is a deal on the table, with major concerns is a deal on the table, with major concerns addressed from theresa may's agreement, they are trying to kick the can down the road. and why do have sympathy for the fact that you don't want the legislation to come back, not be appropriate and therefore get a no—deal brexit, but it is concerning that this legislation could be used to attach a second referendum, attached a custom union with borisjohnson is using a lot of his political average to get away from. i understand the

desire for some kind of insurance, but the concern of the other side is extremely valid, and the other thing is, if it were to go through, it would be unlikely that we would leave on 31st of october, it would ask borisjohnson to leave on 31st of october, it would ask boris johnson to send that letter to extend yet again, i don't think this will play well with the public. if there is genuine concern about workers rights, the environment, legislation to protect the environment, if there is genuine concern about the impact of this on the nhs, if it means deregulation, they are right to be concerned and say that we should discuss this. but thatis say that we should discuss this. but that is different, this amendment is claiming that this is truly an insurance policy to make sure the legislation goes over the line, i think what you are suggesting and a few other mps are suggesting is that they want to keep talking about it, they want to keep talking about it, they want to keep talking about it, they want to keep amending it, they wa nt they want to keep amending it, they want a closer relationship with the eu, they want regulatory and good alignment, and they want a second referendum, and my theory is that this isn't really an insurance policy as you say, it is an opportunity to keep debating this. and i think the public are done

debating full —— done debating. let's turn to the guardian. we had in the past our the trg —— erg chairman, mark francois has said he will go with a deal, but if as the guardian suggests this extension, he is forced into this extension, from a meaningful vote becomes an indicative vote and it is meaningless. it becomes an indicative vote until legislation is passed, but yes, the move from mark francois is convincing —— interesting, because you may have seen him come out of downing street with —— after his initial talks with the prime minister, and he did not look happy, he was seething with angen look happy, he was seething with anger, but now he has been persuaded to go with this deal, apparently, thatis to go with this deal, apparently, that is what he has told the bbc. and if he actually has got along with it, that is a suggestion, you

can imagine that that gives boris johnson the 320... can imagine that that gives boris johnson the 320. .. some people can imagine that that gives boris johnson the 320... some people have indicated they are favourable to wa ke indicated they are favourable to wake up in the morning... a bit of a cliffhanger. it is quite exciting. there are indications that either many have not yet made up their mind. it is interesting to see where he would find his allies now, because many thought he would not be able to get a deal over the line without the dup, and now if he does get a deal over the line it will certainly be without them. the fact that he has managed to bring in members of the erg, to bring in those hardline brexiteers, while also bringing in some labour mps, and those tory rebels who lost the web, is an interesting collision he is trying to build. it will be interesting to find out what happens to those labour party rebels if they do vote for the deal, because the labour party have not made that clear. just on the subject of some of the players in all this, what do you make of the alliance coming out of the —— the lines coming out of

the eu, even the french president has said, maybe we have underestimated prime minister johnson, he is very strategic. surprisingly, emmanuel macron, it was tusk who said it was he —— he was tusk who said it was he —— he was surprisingly strategic.|j was tusk who said it was he —— he was surprisingly strategic. i think we have not been talking about is enough. boris johnson has we have not been talking about is enough. borisjohnson has played into the best thing you can say about him, the narrative he wants to portray that himself is that he has a good negotiate —— negotiator, he is friendly and charming, and he has actually been quite successful on the eu front. the other thing we are talking about is that if the letwin amendment way to go through and they we re amendment way to go through and they were divorced boris to ask that extension, people like macron have been saying, we are not going —— not sure we are going to grant it. that isa sure we are going to grant it. that is a big laughter call, because what if they don't? i have interviewed borisjohnson as prime minister, i have interviewed them all at some

stage, most of them as prime minister. what has surprised tusk and others, boris johnson minister. what has surprised tusk and others, borisjohnson is a very good performer. with a capital p. it is his official who did all the negotiating... that is true for the eu. he is not less than professional, but he breezes in and ta kes professional, but he breezes in and takes the credit, and that is what is impressive,... on the subject of performance, let's turn to the front page of the son. " saturday night lever". what did you make of it? this is one of those days, we are on a historic day, where a headline writer is thinking, will i be able to make a headline that wins the prize? this is not one of them, in my view. it is not a classic.

saturday night leaver, it is not the best. the article is a bit more serious, borisjohnson best. the article is a bit more serious, boris johnson references how that our people are, references the importance of democracy and in very brief and simple language talks about the new deal and what he thinks are the opportunities for a free trade deal, getting out of the customs union, and he talks about the highest possible standards for workers rights... that is easy to say. there is a lot of detail, there is not much here to get labour mps over the line. but the broader point, do you think the uk needs the european union in order to uphold workers rights or environmental standards, or do you think the uk is able to do that on its own? and do you think people would care about thoseissues you think people would care about those issues when voting to brinkin. .. those issues when voting to brinkin... there is those issues when voting to brinkin. .. there is a those issues when voting to brinkin... there is a genuine feeling it will lead to more deregulation across the board and i understand where that fear comes

from, but the key point is there is more control over the politicians who get to make their say in the future. it is not coming from brussels, is coming directly from the uk, and you can't blame brussels anymore, you can only blame our parliaments. we are going to turn to, ithink parliaments. we are going to turn to, i think it is a fantastic story covered in the huffpost online. and is the two massa —— nasa astronauts who have made history. the first two women, the first two women, because president trump made this mistake, not the first woman, first two women to spacewalk. a fairly mundane task, seven hours together, to the ladies involved, as indeed president trump said himself in a broadcast, congratulating them, saying it is

mars next, not for them, but for the united states. this is the first all woman team to do this together, and in the next visit to the moon, they plan to send a woman, so that will be historic first as well. yeah, it is great, i do not always say the nicest things about hillary clinton when she was running for the presidency, but she sent out the most lovely to eat, saying that when she was a kid, the feedback to women was that "we are not recruiting you right now, we are not interested in you being a part of the nasa space programme". it is lovely that little girls will see the story and realise they can do anything. girls will see the story and realise they can do anythinglj girls will see the story and realise they can do anything. i spoke to a lady who trained tempeh, and that narrative in the past was things like, "how will you deal with your hair? ——"? like, "how will you deal with your hair? --"7 it like, "how will you deal with your hair? ——"? it has taken 212 spacewalk, that is a long time, the first was in 1965. where do you think this will go?

well, female firearms officers, there is still a big problem in the police force, certainly in england, recruiting women into the force. one of these uses a lot of man in the force well, say it's a man's job, still to this day. the uniforms are essentially made for man. some of them now have their own tailored uniforms, the guns, although kind of stuff, which they do overcome quite successfully. but still, similar to this, it's not a women'sjob successfully. but still, similar to this, it's not a women's job and many women are perfect for it was that we should take the positive stories when we can, it is not all doom and gloom. there are so many positive stories out there about women's excess is positive stories out there about women's excess is about being just as good if not better in a man's world and this isjust one of them and we should celebrate it —— women's successes. let's turn, we are going to go back to the guardian. super furry animals.

whatever they are? whatever this very whatever they are? whatever this very rare whatever they are? whatever this very rare breed of monkeys is, it's adorable. but it's a slightly more oblique message, are chilly. sir david attenborough's new tv series called seven worlds, one planet, is that it called seven worlds, one planet, is thatitis called seven worlds, one planet, is that it is going to take a much more active approach in talking about the state of the planet, and especially inhale, you know, changes in the claimant are impacting on different species. deviously that was something that might come at the end, you know, talking about what you can do. this is going to be the crux of the new tv show. i've always thought if you really want to convince hearts and minds on a topic like this, this is how you do it, right? yes, you call david attenborough, right? yes, well, no, you so that there are things people can do in their lives to make a

difference — — can do in their lives to make a difference —— you show. can do in their lives to make a difference -- you show. he is a remarkable man, he is 93, sir david attenborough is 93 years old. at the amazing. still making tv programmes like this and within the influence he does, too. the narrative on climate change has gotten harder, hasn't it? look at greta thunberg, she really has been going straight for the jugular, she really has been going straight for thejugular, saying she really has been going straight for the jugular, saying make she really has been going straight for thejugular, saying make these changes or we are going to have more hard—hitting changes or we are going to have more ha rd—hitting events, changes or we are going to have more hard—hitting events, extinction rebellion in london and so on. hard—hitting events, extinction rebellion in london and so onlj much more sympathetic to the devon attenborough approach was does intentionally pull on your heartstrings realise the cute monkeys you see on the front page of the guardian are impacted by human activity. and also again you have to make people feel like they can do something about this. i think out of extinction rebellion, a lot of the extreme narrative and frankly

inaccurate narrative, you know, saying people are going to be experiencing mass starvation in the next few years, isn't helpful. i think it undermines a lot of the work climate activists have done over the years. this meeting people like me —— making people like me think about the environment. have you made the change?” think about the environment. have you made the change? i am by no means vegetarian but i am very conscious about how much meat i eat. i see conscious about how much meat i eat. iseea conscious about how much meat i eat. i see a lot of people saying band me, tax people out of it —— ban meat. have you made any changes? i.e. only half as much meat is used to, not much is my wife. —— i.e. —— jessica meir only half as much me as they used to. that's it for the papers tonight.

don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it'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. thank you john stapleton and kate andrews. goodbye. good evening. this is your latest sports news. the rugby world cup quarterfinals take place this weekend. three nations are still involved with england taking on australia tomorrow, followed by ireland facing the favourites and reigning champions, new zealand. wellesley france on sunday from japan, here is our sports editor. here in the south ofjapan, the pressure is rising. the volcanic town of ben fu, famous for its numerous hot springs is where england have been preparing for a

defining moment —— beppu. earlier they let off some steam themselves here in nearby oita where they will play their first world cup not game for eight years. commentator: stated the middle! england go into the match on a 6—game winning streak against australia, but there are painful memories, too, having been eliminated by them four years ago on home soil and nothing has been taken for granted. these are the best teams in the world playing in four games. so we've worked for four yea rs games. so we've worked for four years to get here, we have done a lot of hard work, the players have been absolutely brilliant in terms of their preparation on and off the field and we feel like we've prepared well for this game. but england aren't the only home nation in action here in oita this weekend. six nations champions wales also in town ahead of their quarterfinal against france on sunday. plenty of time, than, for the well spans two more friends in oita, having already tasted victory here in the

tournament. it a huge dealfor tasted victory here in the tournament. it a huge deal for us, we are confident, what they've done in the past, they are going to take france lightly, it's going to be a massive moment. grand slam champions, you must be very confident of victory against the france? confident of victory against the france ? you confident of victory against the france? you never know. but it's our lender who face the toughest challenge this weekend, taking on reigning champions new zealand in tokyo. but having beaten the oblast lies in the last three encounters, the underdogs will believe they can reach the semifinals for the first time. -- old black. the all blacks we re time. -- old black. the all blacks were always raising the bar, and eve ryo ne were always raising the bar, and everyone is chasing the bar and trying to get to the same height. so it is something we will generally find out on saturday was about the action starts here, 600 miles away,

where two world cup quarterfinals will provide a new attraction this weekend. and with the losers going home, the heat is on. dan roane, bbc news, oita was onto domestic matters now. bristol kicked off the rugby union premiership season with a thumping 7—1 win over bath. scoring the opening try in the opening two minutes. the bears started as they finished scoring in the closing seconds of the match to complete a 43-16 seconds of the match to complete a 43—16 win. andy murray is through to the semifinals of the first time since returning from hip surgery. the former world number one beat marius copil to reach the last four. he had to fight for it, having won the first is that, his opponent then took the first that —— closing the mass at 6—7, 6—4. kenny took silver

and the women's omnium, kirsten of the netherlands to gold, oliver took bronze in the men's, and britain's metals tally is eight so far. bulgaria's national football coach has resigned. he was in charge of the team for the 6—0 defeat on sunday night which was marred by racist chanting from home supporters. the bulgarian football association says he has left his role because of unsatisfactory results in recent months. the match, which was a euro qualifier, had to be stopped twice because of monkey chance and 90 salutes among the home support. after the first saying he didn't see any abuse he apologised to the opposing players —— nazi salutes. and that is all the now. good morning. another chance of seeing plenty of rainbows this

saturday. make the most of it because the showers are likely to ease for the second part of the weekend. we've still got low pressure with us across the country and this is what i have aunt will enhance the solar activity across eastern and southern scotland as we go through the day —— and this weather front will enhance the shower activity. the showers on the world go does make word go out of the west but not as many as we have seen recently. temperatures stopping at10-15 seen recently. temperatures stopping at 10— 15 degrees. as we go through the evening, those hours will slowly start to fade away in skies will clear in places. so it could be a chillier start to sunday morning as you can see quite clearly, low single figures in a few sheltered areas. but, without northerly flow taking over and the low pressure drifting further east, things were quiet and down. on sunday, a greater chance of staying dry but a little cooler. —— things will quieten down.

welcome to bbc news, i'm ben bland. our top stories: turmoil in barcelona: police fire rubber bullets and use tearg as at protesters angry at the jailing of catalan separatist leaders. what is clear is that they are becoming worse and worse, more violent, more protesters on the streets, and more response from the police as well, who tonight tried to protect the national police headquarters, which had us down here. too close to call: britain's prime minister goes all—out to get mps to back his brexit deal ahead of saturday's crucial vote. what matters is mps coming together, across the house tomorrow, to get this thing done. rare criticism of president trump's decison to withdraw troops from syria by a republican party heavyweight: