hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — first the headlines. 32 british and irish tourists arrive at a quarantine centre in the wirral — after being evacuated from a coronavirus—hit cruise ship. fears about the spread of the virus — as the number of new cases in south korea more than doubles

in one day. a 29—year—old man appears in court in connection with a stabbing inside london's central mosque during afternoon prayers. water levels fall but the misery continues for thousands of victims of the floods. harry and meghan will stop using their sussexroyal brand from spring following their decision to step back from royal duties. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster and psychotherapist, lucy beresford and the sun's chief sports reporter, martin lipton. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. let's have a look at some of them.

the observer goes with a warning from sir keir starmer, who is running to lead labour, calling for the party to unite or face its longest period out of power since the second world war. the daily telegraph says the prime minister wants to replace a series of senior civil servants over claims that they are at odds with tory ministers and advisers. the daily mail raises questions about prince andrew's "alibi" for the night he is alleged to have had sex with virginia roberts — claims the prince has strongly denied. and the express goes with a downing street warning ahead of trade talks with the european union. no 10 says that the eu appears distracted, divided, and not focused on trade issues. and the sunday mirror says police investigating the disappearance of madeleine mccann have quizzed a british barmaid about her german ex—boyfriend. well, let's get straight into some of those stories now. my guests lucy and martin are here. let's start

with the telegraph piece. civil serva nts with the telegraph piece. civil servants are meant to be protected from these kinds of changes in political appointments by virtue of the fact they are there permanently. it seems that the new government isn't keen on some of them. yes, a p pa re ntly isn't keen on some of them. yes, apparently there is a hit list, which as you can imagine has been dubbed something else, which i can't repeat on national television, whereby top civil servants are in the firing line to be removed as a result of boris wanting perhaps to harmonise things. it's interesting because he did speak in the election talking about blob and needing to get rid of people who are perhaps getting in the way of the mission and may be reducing the size of the blob is a good thing but the problem is that actually ministers now are often in place for very little time. in fact, it has now been identified that some ministers are in place on average for less than two years,

which in some cases is less than some foot mould managers, which you would know about! who will be providing continuity —— football managers. and intelligence? we look to the civil service to do that so maybe this is an own goal. it is interesting because it sort of reflects the american way of doing things, when a new administration comes in there as a whole clear out and a whole new team comes in and they don't have this sort of idea that, as you say, they have a continuity. one of the things the civil service has always been about has been the cultivation of a sense of impartiality and better conserve any political masters because it is therefore a reason, it is constant, it evolves but it doesn't need revolutionary change. the problem with this policy, i think, is it is all well and good wanting your people in but what if you don't win next time? and then there is another whole swathes of politicisation and people who are supporting this will be moaning about it being on the other foot. i think it is a somewhat retrograde step. i understand the idea you may want to change your

advisors and may want to shake up some positions, it may be one or two of these mandarins are a bit too comfortable in their roles, but to decide that they are there to stymie and block you isn't what i think is their job and block you isn't what i think is theirjob to do stop they are there to ask difficult questions of ministers. one of the things they have talked about, and boris and his tea m have talked about, and boris and his team have talked about it in the past, is creating something called a red team whereby you would have 10-15 red team whereby you would have 10—15 senior civil servants whose job it was to scrutinise and perhaps challenge as well. so i think there isa challenge as well. so i think there is a civil no understanding of the civil service has a role to actually challenge the thinking of the government of the day. but also to try to make sure that the ministers have more of an attachment to their supporters, to the civil servants working under them. let's turn our attention to the observe and the warning by sir keir starmer to labour as part of the process to pick a new leader, saying they must

unite, orface pick a new leader, saying they must unite, or face a pick a new leader, saying they must unite, orface a generation out pick a new leader, saying they must unite, or face a generation out of power. —— observer. unite, or face a generation out of power. -- observer. they must also sort out where they are going to go. labour's meltdown over the last few years has been comically embarrassing, i think, years has been comically embarrassing, ithink, forthe labour party from top to bottom and it has got worse and those in the party seem determined to not be in power. keir starmer seems like a serious politician. i think he will expect to win but now he's trying to form his support base within the party. he has enough union support and a huge number of endorsements from constituency labour parties as well as mp5. he from constituency labour parties as wellas mps. he now from constituency labour parties as well as mp5. he now has to prove that he has the ability to unify. he is talking in the language of unity because he recognises that if he does win he has to keep some of the corbynite side of the party on site. it is wrong to caricature boris johnson as a clown. it is easy for

labour. that's been their default position. you can't take him seriously. but borisjohnson is a very serious politician. that's why he has a majority of the size he has, why he has got us to this position at the moment and if labour asa position at the moment and if labour as a party cannot find a way of challenging the ideas as opposed to challenging the ideas as opposed to challenging the ideas as opposed to challenging the created myth about the current prime minister they are never going to win the argument. in that regard, keir starmer has a point in this. that's the slightly weird thing about the interview he gave to the observer, because he appears to be complaining about the analysis that is currently going on. he says, everybody is trying to find out why we lost the last election. well, yeah, isn't that a good thing because you've kind of lost the last few elections? when you have a situation where for example lisa nandy was talking about celebrating or defending free movement, but that was an argument that had clearly been lost in the two previous elections. if you don't actually knuckled down and do the basic work

of trying to work out where it went wrong you're just of trying to work out where it went wrong you'rejust in of trying to work out where it went wrong you're just in danger of repeating the same mistakes over over again. it's interesting because if we look at the independent‘s front page they have a sort of different focus on the message from sir keir starmer and his attempt to try and win over some of the votes from the hard left. yes. it says labour needs a radical package to win elections. i think a radical idea was win some votes. that's pretty radical, they've not been very good at that over the last 15 years. there are serious issues with the party and at the moment it is not fit for purpose and not fit for government. it begs the question as to whether people vote on policies or whether sometimes they just vote on personalities. so that is a situation where you get people who are dyed in the wool labour voters and their whole families have never voted in any other way and then somebody like boris comes along and they think this person is someone i can respond to. i might not necessarily be able to relate to them but i respect who is and what

he says and in a way labour needs to come up with somebody who has the personality to the voters with them, not just the personality to the voters with them, notjust the policies. it also has to bea notjust the policies. it also has to be a realistic candidate for the premiership, because the last leader wasn't. in truth. and therein lay there huge problem and that has left them ina there huge problem and that has left them in a position where they have been enfeebled and emasculated by the decision of the british public. let's move from politics to royals. the mail on sunday has this exclusive, thoughts from one of the personal protection officers, unnamed in the article, but casting some doubt over prince andrew's claimed that the night he was alleged to have had sex with virginia roberts he said he was at the pizza express in woking and some doubt is now being cast on this. this is a particularly troubling story, i think, this is a particularly troubling story, ithink, for this is a particularly troubling story, i think, for prince andrew. if his protection officer is saying he is not telling the truth this is a very significant issue. even

though it is a little bit up in the year. it is quite nuanced. it may be a day that this is a day that he didn't stay where he said and in fa ct didn't stay where he said and in fact he went back to buckingham palace, only a mile away from the alleged residence where the meeting with virginia roberts and maxwell took place. the thing that has always struck me as he has made a big thing of this visit to pizzaexpress. maybe it's just big thing of this visit to pizzaexpress. maybe it'sjust me, but there must have been other people in this pizzaexpress. because he made such a big song and dance of going to that place, it would have beena going to that place, it would have been a one—off, do you not think that if he had gone to this place other people might have not only seen him but remembered this? there has been no corroboration of this whatsoever and its deeply problematic, i think. whatsoever and its deeply problematic, ithink. here whatsoever and its deeply problematic, i think. here we whatsoever and its deeply problematic, ithink. here we have an office going semi on the record

and the mail on sunday so he has not been paid for this, but he insists that he believes the story, the alibi which was put forward but been that emily maitlis interview, which was one of the most captivating hours of broadcasting we saw last year, in truth, may not have been terribly accurate. i suppose we should underline the fact that prince andrew all along has denied doing anything wrong when he has been asked about all of this. but it's interesting that the mail on sunday has that exclusive. but also, the mail on sunday is also looking at another story. it's been a very difficult week for the royals and if you have got an e—mail put out by meghan and harry talking about their response to the removal of their ability to use the word royal, it's ability to use the word royal, it's a very difficult year, another difficult year. i'm glad you picked up difficult year. i'm glad you picked up on that one because it does feature on the front page of the mail on sunday and there is a reference to a spiteful swipe at the

queen by the sussexes. i think what they are referring to the article, there was a statement that went up on harry and meghan's website and in pa rt on harry and meghan's website and in part of it they point out while there is not anyjurisdiction by the monarchy or cabinet office over the use of the world royal overseas, the duke and duchess of sussex do not intend to use that or any iteration of the royal in any territory after the transition. it is not clever, is it? you are picking fights with your grandmother ina it? you are picking fights with your grandmother in a public environment. if there is one member of the royal family who i think has uniform and universal respect it is the queen. i'm not sure everybody else has the same level of respect. i think this is becoming an increasingly ugly spat which benefits nobody except those who would wish to see the monarchy disbanded. there is going to bea monarchy disbanded. there is going to be a growing move to republicanism. 20 odd years ago with harry's mother there seemed to be a

sense of the monarchy being under genuine threat and i'm wondering if we are going back to where we were. they will definitely survive this. i fully applaud meghan and harry actually saying to themselves, this environment isn't working for us and is making us unwell. we celebrate harry championing mental health in other people and encouraging people to talk about their mental health, but the minute he decides that the workplace he is working in isn't healthy for him and he wants to step aside, suddenly then all the hives are out. i think it's absolutely fine. personally, if they want to be not part of the royal family that is a perfectly legitimate position to be in. you can't have the money and you can't have the privilege, and you can't have the privilege, and you can't have all the perks without taking the flip side of that. you can't be a little bit pregnant. i'm sorry, you can't. but he is born royal, that's the other thing, he is actually of royal blood so this is really semantics and it's a bit of a shame we are dancing around the head ofa pain shame we are dancing around the head of a pain around certain words because fundamentally he is a real

person. fundamentally meghan and harry are a brand themselves and do that you need to worry about the use of the word? that will be the interesting thing because they have so interesting thing because they have so much more to offer. while we still have time, let's have a look at the story about artificial intelligence will stop this is on the front page of the telegraph. just the other day i was reading a piece about artificial intelligence helping to discover a new antibiotic and the amazing things that can do but of course it does come with these concerns about the accuracy. and the algorithms as well. some research came out a couple of days ago talking about how hard it is for computers and ai ago talking about how hard it is for computers and al to do the really basic things of sort of looking at a smiley face and being able to work out what is actually going on. i think people are really worried, even that the police will be using ai even that the police will be using alto even that the police will be using al to identify future criminals. are those algorithms really accurate? how reliable is this information? there could be some really serious

consequences. this is it, it's about identifying the future criminals. that's the potential. before they commit an offence. the intro to the piece says the police are using artificial intelligence to predict which youngsters could be drawn into violent crime, which is why i said minority report, because that film was about convicting people of murder before they committed the act. it is a truly remarkable... if it is that accurate i will be really very excited about this. i am unconvinced that you can really be certain. i think there are other factors that might lead to people committing crime. i'm not sure we should be using artificial intelligence to determine who is going to commit a crime. that's a bit different. it's interesting and i think there is a long way for the technology to go before it can be used. for any of us to be co mforta ble used. for any of us to be comfortable about it being used because one day it could be used on anybody. i think they have brought in the music which is there a little hint for us to wrap up. lucy, martin, thank you. we will go

through the papers again in just underan through the papers again in just under an hour. thank you to you both. next on bbc news, it's the the travel show. the wide open spaces of hokkaido. at any time of year people come here to be outdoors, but especially injanuary and february — the height of the ski season. the resorts on hokkaido are globally renowned, partly because of the quality of the snow. but also there's a real diversity in the landscape which provides fast black runs, gentle nursery slopes, and loads of backcountry off—piste skiing. but this year there's been a problem. it's the lowest snowfall on record

injapan since 1961. and at this resort here they had to delay their opening by one month because there just wasn't enough snow. so do you think skiing as a pastime, a winter pastime, might be in danger? all of this is difficult to hear

if this is the highlight of your sporting year. but the weather's had an even bigger impact at the bottom of the hill. this is the sapporo snow festival, held every february, right in the heart of hokkaido's capital. laughter. wooo! music plays. it's a big deal and famous internationally. about 2 million visitors come every year. most people come for the incredible snow sculptures. it started in 1950 as a way for high school students to publicly display their sculptures, but now it's grown into something quite different. teams come from all over the world to compete and, for me, watching them sweat is just as much

fun as seeing the final result. gosh, this is serious business. look at this man here, he's even got a sculpture, a mini version. hi. what's it going to be? it's going to be the legend of pele... pele? 0h. ..the fire goddess on the big island, the volcano killer whale. they say that when the flames would go to the heavens she would do a hula to the gods. her spirit would be inside the fire. wow. so this is the australian entry. and it is going to be, eventually, a waratah, which is an indigenous bush flower. because we've had the bushfires over the summer and the flower is like a beacon in the australian bush and it's got to regenerate after the fire. so we're going do this beautiful flower with a beautiful flower head and it's going to regenerate and it's an ode to the bushfires

from summer and our country, australia. great. this is our team up on the top. hi, guys. hello! hi! konnichiwa from japan. so how long have you got? tell me the logistics of the snow festival competition. there's 11 international teams. we're all, equally, given the same amount of tools and we've got four days. so we work from nine o'clock in the morning until nine at night. we can have breaks whenever we want. basically today we're marking out and each day we'll progressively remove the snow and then start to put the detail and then finish off the beautiful flower of the waratah. so what are conditions like this year compared to last year? there's a lack of snow this year. it's been reported that the snowfall is a0 days late, they said. wow. so there should be a lot more snow. and in past years we've been standing against the sign and the snow‘s been up to the bottom of that sign. so we're actually standing... wow. so we're really low. with the good quality snow,

it's really easy to cut and carve. the snow quality is a bit less than what we've have, but it is snowing now, which is great. as this year's festival opens, the hills around the city were measuring snowfall of about 60 centimetres. normally it's close to a metre. so where did all the materials come from? well, a massive logistics operation sprung into action. thousands of lorries scooped up snow from around the island and brought it into sapporo.

let's hope next year doesn't show a further decline. and, by the way, if you're interested in how the australian entry turned out — here it is. he waratah flower, symbol of the country's resilience following those forest fires. and the winners, well, for the third year in a row, first place went to thailand for this mother and baby sea turtle.

up next, it's time for another of our incredible journeys. michael fiala and his best buddy, a siberian husky called sox, are part way through a truly amazing road trip through america. their aim is to take on all 50 states and 6! national parks and, as you can imagine, they're turning quite a few heads as they do it. we caught up with them as they arrived in florida. my name's michael fiala and this is my dog, sox, and we are currently travelling all over the country. we're trying to visit every single state and every single national park in the country — all on a motorcycle. this all started when i actually went on a trip abroad and i wasn't able to bring sox with me and when i got back the greeting that he gave me, it was really heart—warming, but it also made me feel kind of bad cos i knew that he was really upset that i was gone for so long. so i kind of rearranged my bucket list to do all the things i could do with sox. his safety is my absolute most important thing. i know that my eyes are on the road at all times, that i am fully

attentive to what's going on. at this point in time, he's now got almost 3,000 hours on a motorcycle. and so i'm not concerned with sox falling off, because he knows how to shift his weight, he knows how to hold onto me. every national park has blown me away, just the cosmetic beauty of it, looking across a landscape that you've seen nothing that looks like that in your life. it's really impressive. and then of course the fact that every single time i'm there and i'm enjoying some sort of view i look down and my dog is doing the exact same thing, he's taking in the experience just as much as i am. my best memories with him was when we were actually

in big bend national park in texas and we were driving on a highway and a deer actually ran across the road. i saw the deer run across and then run into the woods. but when i actually looked back on his go—pro you could see that he watched the deer run into view and then traced it as it was running off in the woods. i'm enjoying all these moments, but when i look at film like that and see that he was seeing the same thing i was, to me that's really special. i get a lot of people who say, well, you should strap him down so that he's secured to the bike. but it's a common misconception. truly, the safest thing for a motorcyclist is to be able to get away from the bike, so god forbid if anything ever did happen, the best case scenario is for us to be away from the motorcycle, away from the accident.

don't go in there! buddy, you are going to be cold tonight. i'm doing this because there's too many people that say, "i wish i did" in their life. and i don't want to be one of those people. i want to say i did the things i wanted to do and i don't want to wait until i'm much older to say, ok, now i can life. ——now i can go live life. to me, you don't know how long your life is going to be so you should just live it, and i have to include him, because he's living it too.

sox! heavy rain and flooding seems to be a recurrent theme this very wet february and we have more troubles on whether on the way. at the moment there are over 100 flood warnings in force with the increasing markedly across parts of northern england and scotla nd across parts of northern england and scotland in the last 2a hours. and look at this, we have a 4000 mile long weather front coming our way underneath all this cloud two areas of low pressure, one on sunday and one on monday, both of these have the potential to cause further problems. first of all, tonight's area of low pressure. cloud will quickly increase, outbreaks of rain forecast to spread in and some of

the wettest weather heading across wales and northern england. areas that have already completely saturated ground, another 20—40 millimetres of rain and perhaps more ofa millimetres of rain and perhaps more of a higher ground, millimetres of rain and perhaps more ofa higher ground, we millimetres of rain and perhaps more of a higher ground, we will likely see further flooding issues across these areas and perhaps more so into parts of the midlands. through sunday, the rain eventually pulls away southwards, the sky is brighten up, so it's an improving weather picture. sunshine and showers in scotla nd picture. sunshine and showers in scotland which continue to be wintry and over higher ground there will be more snow. windy but not as windy as it has been in recent days. cool air in the north and milder conditions in the north and milder conditions in the south. heading into sunday night and into monday, the next area of low pressure is set to steam in. this one also likely to cause some problems but for different reasons. it's going to be cold before that area of low pressure arrives, and the rain likely to turn to snow, perhaps for a time in northern ireland and northern england before turning back to rain but in scotland the snow may stay with us longer and potentially push down to lower levels for a time as well as the

risk of snow as we head into monday, there will also be some very strong winds across the northern half of the country that could also bring some transport disruption. it looks like the worst of the conditions on monday will be targeting scotland and perhaps more particularly monday morning's rush hour with some heavy snow causing problems here. there will be some more heavy rain for northern england which could also lead to further flooding issues. elsewhere, the weather does slowly improve through monday but it's going to be blustery even into the afternoon when there will be further showers flowing in on the strong and gusty wind. beyond that, for the rest of the week, low pressure firmly in charge, and it's often going to be very windy with rain or showers coming along, some heavy rain particularly on thursday and at times it will be cold enough for some of that rain to fall as snow.

this is bbc news, i'm ben bland. the headlines at 11:00pm: 32 british and irish tourists arrive at a quarantine centre in the wirral after being evacuated from a coronavirus—hit cruise ship. fears about the spread of the virus, as the number of new cases in south korea more than doubles in one day. water levels fall but the misery continues for thousands of victims of the floods. a 29—year—old man appears in court in connection with a stabbing inside london's central mosque during afternoon prayers. bernie sanders takes an early lead in the iowa —— nevada