last dictator. incredibly close to vladimir putin and part of making belarus effectively a client state of russia. they discontent me as sooi'i as of russia. they discontent me as soon as there with a chink in the armour, all of that is can suddenly bubble up and people can get there out on the streets and once there is a certain critical mass, gives confidence to everybody to say they would not put it with this any more. and they see alternative models of governance throughout eastern europe that have led to much more prosperity and much more open economies and much more personal and political freedom, and i think it is possible that we will see that and belarus. 0f possible that we will see that and belarus. of course the risk is of a huge security led crackdown, lukashenko is reported to have spoken to putin twice over the weekend and of course it all depends oi'i weekend and of course it all depends on how russia chooses to play his hand. it is been incredibly aggressive in their tactics. an extra irony that putin lukashenko, had fallen out recently but

geopolitically, belarus is so important for them. let's look at the figures. the facemask being made mandatory from september the ist. it seems there's a rebellion going in france about wearing mask. and also i think it was the right police enforcing them being worn at the marseilles. the use of mask is much more widespread in france and it is here still so le figaro is saying that the use of facemask is spreading some of the are being used on transport now and use in colleges and used in high schools in france was they certainly are not used here in schools. the guidance here is still they shouldn't be used in schools. even though some teachers do want to wear them. sol schools. even though some teachers do want to wear them. so i think it is interesting but is the same dilemma we see here as well. almost a culture war over facemask wearing and the ones that people who really

don't want to wear them, even where they are mandatory and those who kind of very annoyed with the people who don't have them minor places like buses and tubes. interesting that something that really, wearing a face mask in certain situations is supposed to protect us all. it is we kill leader that has become such a divisive issue. —— it is interesting that it has become. do you want to come in on that? they are horrid to wear. it is hard to see people in the sun with wearing sunglasses that make it especially if you wear glasses. i wear glasses normally. it stea ms glasses. i wear glasses normally. it steams up on your nose. they are dreadful. they are dreadful but of course, i will wear one and all other situations because what is much more dreadful is coronavirus writing and as having to really dramatically shut down the economy again. it is an annoying desperate price for freedom but it is one worth paying i think. one last look

ata worth paying i think. one last look at a paper here, the express. marks & spencer is announcing job losses today. 7000 staff over the next three months. this is where the chief executive at the beginning of the pandemic refused to take a pay cut but did trim the final dividend. it will be a pretty bleak autumn and winter, isn't it? yes. the retail sector, it is. 41,000 jobs already lost in that sector. every flex i think what it's been happening over the locked down, which is a real acceleration towards everybody buying things online. so people's shopping habits have shifted so much, it is notjust grocery shopping that people are doing online. it is nearly everything now and getting stuff delivered. as a result, the high streets are really suffering. if you going to the centre of london, the city, there is

nobody there. a bit like a ghost town still. briefly, pauly. this coincides with the ending of the originalfurlough coincides with the ending of the original furlough system. yes. coincides with the ending of the originalfurlough system. yes. i reminded that the recession has not been that bad yet because we have been that bad yet because we have been protected by huge amounts of government spending. the real impact is only now going to start to show. and absolutely, the impact is going to be devastating on peoplesjobs what we need to completely redesign what we need to completely redesign what a high streets of four. the idea basic retail on the high street isjust over. idea basic retail on the high street is just over. we will have idea basic retail on the high street isjust over. we will have a look at some papers in 35 minutes. for the time being, thank you both very much. that is our first look at the papers.

hello, this is your sports news where we start with football and paris saint germain are through to their first ever champions league final after a 3—0 win over rb leipzig. the result was almost assured by half time as marquinhos picked up the opener after 13 minutes before angel di maria got a slice of luck prior to half time allowing him to score the second and thomas tuchel‘s side added a third throughjuan bernat after the break to set up a match against the winner of the second semifinal between bayern munich and lyon. meanwhile qualifying has already started for the 2020/21 competition where former champions celtic and red star belgrade have progressed to next week's second round while northern ireland champions linfield have gone out to polish champions legia warsaw... the opening game of the new french season has been postponed because of four positive coronavirus tests at marseille. .. they were supposed to face st etienne on friday — before several members of their squad returned positive tests for covid—19.

it was the first of eight fixtures due to be played this weekend. no league football has been played since the last campaign ended early, back in april, because of the pandemic. tottenham on a free transfer. this is the announcement video from social media. he's signed a two year deal after leaving burnley at the end ofjune and will provide back up to first choice goalkeeper hugo lloris. ronald koeman has arrived in barcelona ahead of his expected appointment as their new head coach. the current boss of the netherlands has been linked to the post since the catalan side were thrashed 8—2 by bayern munich in the quarterfinals of the champions league on friday. barcelona sacked their current coach quique setien on monday evening. world cup winner rose lavelle says she's relishing the challenge of playing for manchester city as another of the biggest names in women's footballjoins the wsl. the united states midfielderjoined 0l reign from washington spirit this

week but immediately signed an agreement to play outside the united states, with city her club of choice. this signing by manchester city really speaks volumes going over seas was one of the things i wanted to do. they have a lot of resources at man city. i don't know much about the city. i do know the football is amazing. all of it was something he wanted to be a pa rt it was something he wanted to be a part of. i think the environment and support both in the club and the city as a whole was something that really excited me. england have named a 14—man squad for their upcoming t20 series against pakistan, with dawid malan, chrisjordan and lewis gregory included after missing the recent one—day internationals against ireland. as before, the white—ball squad will be entirely separate from the red—ball team in order to keep them in separate bubbles. national selector ed smith says its something they've been working on... we knew there were going to be times where we were playing, you know,

two separate bubbles running concurrently, and also times when a white ball tournament was going to start very, very soon after a test series as is the case in this instance. we are aware of all of that a while back and we planned for it. i know we are excited about continuing to play well across formats, even given the circumstances that we don't have access to every player. dutch cyclist fabiojakobsen says he's "glad to be alive" after his crash at the tour of poland which will require "multiple facial surgeries". jakobsen was pitched into the barriers at the finish of the first stage by his compatriot dilan grone—er—veygan. he spent a week in a coma and said earlier "the trauma doctors and nurses at the finish line in katowice saved my life, for which i am extremely grateful to them." jakobsen's statement comes three days after his team—mate remco evenepoel broke his pelvis crashing off a bridge during a race in italy. the 20—year—old belgian is now recovering in a hospital in his home country.

i'm doing very well for the moment. i've had a good transfer to a belgian hospital now. first, i want to thank all the people who supported me and helped me in the last couple of hours, starting from the moment of the crash until now, actually, and yeah, unfortunately my season is over so far, but we have no rush and we have all the time to plan a good comeback. in the nfl, jason wright has been speaking for the first time about his appointment as the president of washington. he's the first black president in the team's history — and takes over a month after they dropped their "redskins" nickname. in addition, the nfl are investigating serious and disturbing claims of sexual harassment at washington — but, despite such off field issues, he says it was too good a job to turn down... for me personally it is a really great moment to bring together two aspects of identity that i make sure it would ever come together. i'm an

american football player at heart. i have been playing since i was seven yea rs have been playing since i was seven years old. my fine memories are being got in southern california he trained with my pops who was my coach when i was young. and then i went on a football scholarship to northwestern and then toiled in the nfl for northwestern and then toiled in the nflfora northwestern and then toiled in the nfl for a bit. i was an undrafted player just trying to nfl for a bit. i was an undrafted playerjust trying to make it for a while. ended up having a longer career and became a leader and team captain and all of that. it was very court of my identity as a young person. and then for the last part of the last decade, i've been using my analytic mind and helping businesses solve the most complex problems at the key moments of need around the globe. and bringing those two things together, what otherjob it does that happen in? i'm grateful it does that happen in? i'm grateful it is happening at a moment and a franchise that has made a commitment to changing the culture. one quick result in the nba. the milwaukee bucks happen to beating by the orlando magic in the first of their playoff matches in the first run of the eastern conference. and that's all the sport for now.

—— have been beaten by. hello there. if this was autumn or winter, this weather forecast wouldn't look particularly unusual but, of course, it is summer. the winds over the next few days are going to be exceptionally strong for the time of year, it could cause some problems. low pressure is in charge, the centre of the low up here, this swirl of cloud. you can see these different lumps of cloud just being scooped up by the low and sent in our direction. this one is going to bring some very windy weather through wednesday night and thursday. this lump of cloud bringing rain into the southwest through the first parts of the day. ahead of that, some areas starting off with some mist and fog, but there will be a lot of dry weather, some spells of sunshine. however, this heavy rain will drift its way northwards across england and wales, getting into northern ireland, and perhaps into southern scotland by the end of the afternoon. the winds will be strengthening all the while, particularly down to the southwest. temperaturewise, 19—23 degrees,

quite a humid feel as well. then as we head through wednesday evening, we will see this band of rain continuing to journey northwards. more wet weather pushing in from the southwest, and the winds really will start to strengthen. now, this area of low pressure has been named by the irish weather service, storm ellen. see all of the white lines, the isobars on this chart, squeezing together, this shows that we've got a very deep low, which for the republic of ireland could well bring damaging winds, exceptionally strong winds for this time of year. but as you can see, those strong winds are also likely to affect western parts of the uk. not as windy as it will be for the republic of ireland, but as we head through wednesday night and through thursday, we are likely to see wind gusts of 40—50 mph, a little more than that in exposed spots in the west. the winds not as strong further east. we will see some outbreaks of rain clearing northwards across scotland, then some sunshine and some showers, temperatures between 21—26 degrees in parts of eastern england. some warm air being sucked up ahead of this area of low pressure, and the low stays with us into friday.

still plenty of white lines on this chart, plenty of isobars, so we will see some pretty strong winds continuing. in fact, for some of us, friday is set to be the windiest day of all. showers or longer spells of rain particularly up towards the northwest. largely dry the further south and east you are with some sunshine. top temperatures of 18—24 degrees. so, some unusually windy weather ahead.

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