to address the way to address police reality but in this instance, the brutality comes from a society that seems to be another kind of counter society asa be another kind of counter society as a famous politician in france said. thank you for talking us through that as well. let's move onto the guardian, david marcus rashford forcing a u—turn on free meals, a lot of people asking why the government opposes in the first was it with an win from the start. it shows six urinary power in the uk and one might suggest in other countries too, i do not know about france but one suspects in france too extraordinary power of foot ball france too extraordinary power of football and top footballers. —— it's euros extraordinary power in the uk. if they choose to use that power. and the most extraordinary thing like a 22—year—old like marcus

rashford west spec 2.53 a goes —— to provide three years ago was not known in the public elsewhere. but you are right, this gives almost more power to those who say it isn't embarrassing for a government to make a u—turn on this? a u—turn on whether schools, primary schools we re whether schools, primary schools were all going to be back by the start of june? and were all going to be back by the start ofjune? and even on this free school meals, it is an extraordinary potent issue. 1.3 million children receive free school meals, and the idea that they were going to be taken idea that they were going to be ta ken away idea that they were going to be taken away in current circumstances. now the government said there would be other help available but again, the government seem to be not in control of offence at all. we will look at that in a bit more detail later on. can we go to the other story? the dismay for dle and the foreign

office, the department for international development. this stems from boris johnson international development. this stems from borisjohnson bonsai time and he was foreign secretary furious that dle seem to have more cash to throw around internationally than the foreign commonwealth office. what impact you think this is going to have in terms of britain as a global player and soft power? are you asking me? yes, sorry agnes. well, you know it is interesting because it looks as though it might because it looks as though it might be part of dominic cummings radical reform of the british government, the merging of departments such as this. and the reaction is interesting to see of a former prime minister such as david cameron is quite rare that a former tory prime minister actually criticises so much

his successor. so, i will see how it is developing but i would like to know what is the thinking behind it? david talk us through the thinking of it. sorry, we have lost your sound, come back. can you hear me now? i can. the situation is this, the government feels, the defence of this is the international development will be more closely aligned as a tool of british foreign policy as a whole. but one would have to say when three former prime ministers are opposed to what you are doing and they say that when your international aid is only part of everything else that britain prospect foreign policy is about, international aid will have to fight to bea to be a priority of our before to be a priority of our foreign policy. —— britain's foreign policy. it remains to be seen who is

right. number ten says it may make foreign aid more palatable if controlled by the fco and i think number ten wants to push the money into more green initiatives and may be in europe as well. let's go to the new york times, agnes facet business and china, businesses struggle to break the china habit. that is an interesting way to put it, hard to break the china habit because a lot of countries putting what money is left from the coronavirus pandemic into encouraging their businesses to pull away from china. that is a big story i think everywhere especially in europe where we all whack all this ppe and masks that are manufactured in china. president macron interestingly has adjusted to the french on sunday evening saying that we must do we must d: back we all ist d: back manufacturing- . . , .,

those on all those strategic goods like pharmaceutical goods but masks like he was sinking back, we must be west dependent on china but other countries like india for anything to do with pharmacy. —— —— must be west dependent for some but interesting, the french state has subsidised almost for french factories to suddenly completely change tact and start manufacturing masks. but the french apparently in the last three weeks, they would prefer chinese masks. it is used just once and then you put them in a bin, they are of course not environmentally friendly at all and they could buy cheaper french maid masks that you just clea n for french maid masks that you just clean for zah french maid masks that you just cleanforzah —— french maid masks that you just clean for zah —— french maid masks.

it is interesting we can change old habits even though we know that it would be better for us strategically to manufacture certain goods. —— french—made mass. and that would create jobs. french—made mass. and that would createjobs. somehow, we prefer goods from china. huge markets, david and washington talks pushing for that decoupling with china as is president trump. if you want to avoid a worldwide economic downturn and current circumstances, it is very difficult to see how you do it without some assistance from a country called china. i think that's the thought i would have. let's look at the main story, the photograph that the first war, no financial ruin. bashar assad has won the civil war, but he is now fighting a war that he cannot bomb his way out of. it's a very

important article from the new york times andi important article from the new york times and i am glad that it is the front page of the international addition because we almost have forgotten about syria with the pandemic in europe, everyone of us arejust pandemic in europe, everyone of us are just looking inwards and we know everything is terrible there but when you realise that 80% of syrians actually in poverty, that 40% are jobless, then suddenly something is really telling. but of course diplomacy, what next? we know what should be done but with russia as long as donald trump is president of the united states, or the un led missions and initiatives are dead in the water almost immediately when they were implemented, but it is important to be reminded of what is going on there. david we only have a

few minutes left, i want to go on to the ft and the clashes between chinese and indian troops high up in the himalayas, it is so cold up there that troops could barely operate all the all time record artillery and measurements change and even flying with thejets. talk about this because this is the first clash for several decades. when i was growing up many clash for several decades. when i was growing up many moons clash for several decades. when i was growing up many moons ago, in the 1960s, was growing up many moons ago, in the 19605, i was growing up many moons ago, in the 1960s, i do remember a war between india and china over their borders. since those days, there has been not exactly a piece but an uneasy truce, let's put it like that until it seems just uneasy truce, let's put it like that until it seemsjust recently uneasy truce, let's put it like that until it seems just recently when these — we are told that at least 20 indian troops have been killed in these clashes in the himalayas in

these clashes in the himalayas in these awful as you say icy conditions. but when india and china go conditions. but when india and china go to warorat conditions. but when india and china go to war or at least have these sort of violent and people die in these clashes, the potential for something worse and for it to escalate is very real for some although agnes i think most of the clashes that... there have mostly been fistfights and using sticks and stones. they don't often carry weapons because they keep on knocking into each other. but very briefly what does it say do you think about china's territorial aspirations in the new world perhaps under president xi? sheeting paying has made it quite clear what he stands for. just look at hong kueng. —— xijinping paying. i think taiwan can be read and across the himalayas the same. it is a very old story as

well. as long as she shing paying is in power, we know what he wants and he is here to stay. —— xijinping is in power. again, it is a question for the un in power. again, it is a question forthe un and in power. again, it is a question for the un and for europe and trump but it is very difficult for europe to exist when it has such an ally called trump. yeah, and it has got a massive border between these two countries as i say. but i think the actual conflict was deep frozen from 1962 as david davis was saying. that's it for the papers. for viewers on foi’ viewers on news for viewers on news channel, david and micron will be back in about a0 minutes' time looking at more of the front pages and deficit —— david and agnes. goodbye for now.

hello there. expect a storming spell of weather over the next few days not just for the uk of weather over the next few days notjust for the uk across much of central and eastern europe, we have seen sharp thundery downpours. we start off promising but in the shower years start off promising but in the shower yea rs are start off promising but in the shower years are likely to develop in the uk as we go through the day. after a sunny start, afternoon thunderstorms could be an issue and because we have light winds, the could be slow—moving so localised flooding not out of the question. we could start off with a little bit of low cloud, mist and fog that brings its way back to the east coast where its way back to the east coast where it may well inc. —— maker but elsewhere lovely smells of sunshine but as the heat builds, the showers will arrive. they should be few and far in between across scotland and northern ireland, the most frequent one through wednesday will be across england and wales. this is a snapshot of the afternoon, just the brighter colours denoting the

intensity of those showers. slow—moving, a wad of heavy rain in a short space of time, we will see hail, thunder and lightning mixed in there. it will be quite warm and humid out there, temperatures likely to peak at 22 degrees and 72 fahrenheit. the showers will continue through the early evening hopefully starting to ease away before during the night we could see a sophomore persistent rain pushing and through east anglia moving its way up to northern england. as a go through the day on thursday, rain to the north of england, that will be replaced by some pretty intense thundery downpours are crossing that and wales in the space of 2—3 hours, we could see a couple inches of rain. where the warnings have been issued by the met office certainly worth bearing in mind if you are going to be out and about. a slightly quieter day cotton, 17—22 degrees the high. as a go to friday, england and wales would see the quietest of the weather, fewer showers around but more frequent showers around but more frequent showers likely through north ireland and scotland, some of these will be

heavy and thundery. 17—23 the high, we may have quieter weather across england and wales for the start of the week and as high pressure builds but this area of low pressure could spoil the story able to bit further north and north—west. there was a chance this weekend of more rain to come across scotland and northern ireland but it is drier elsewhere with this heat said to build across england and wales as we go into week. take care. —— heat set to build.