money, tourney $5 others to raise money, tourney $5 million they raised, to help build a wall on the border with mexico, and it's alleged that mr bannon said he wouldn't take a penny out of its come and took $1 million out of it for his own purposes and some of his collea g u es for his own purposes and some of his colleagues did similar things. not a good day for mr trump, who, very very quickness on television this afternoon had distanced himself from him and said, yes, he did work for me for a short time at the beginning of this administration, but he was actually his chief strategist, the architect of the election if the truth be told, than they fell out as you rightly said, they fell out and mr bannon went his only. mr term very keen to distance himself from mr bannon on this issue, saying that he thought this whole idea of this fund was a bad idea, it was mr bannon showboating and if you're going to start a fund like this, it has to be done through government, and of course, it wasn't done through government because congress refused to finance it. jessica, it is so hard to predict how this may

01’ is so hard to predict how this may or may not affect president trump ozment populated, but, of course, we are ozment populated, but, of course, we a re less ozment populated, but, of course, we are less than 80 days to that presidential election, democratic convention this week, republicans next week, how do you think this plays into the presidential race, if at all is blue i think itjust adds to another of these kinds of things that have played to the president throughout his term. lulac there has been so many now if his associates who have actually been prosecuted, palmetto ford was in his campaign chair, his lawyer, michael cohen, his formal national security adviser, there are so many now that have been associated very closely with the president, these people are not several times removed or short—term associates of people he might have bumped into in new york, these are people who were once very very close to the president. it hasn't necessarily dented his popularity. yeah, and what i was

going on to say is at the moment, thatis going on to say is at the moment, that is the kind of thing that doesn't even really seem to take the shine off of him, the polls are looking like it'sjoe biden's to win and what he says about 80 days' time, but we've got a really big shock last time, so whether that we shouldn't underestimate in this time around. 0k, a couple more stories we can probably squeeze in, let's go to frankfurt or, this is another kind of spy thriller in real life again, but it's a story of an outspoken critic of vladimir putin who says he was poisoned. i mean, his aides say he was poisoned, i believe he is in a coma at the moment is that right, john? a coma at the moment is that right, john? that's what we are being told. it's one of those you can't even make it up stories, he gets people out on the streets protesting about vladimir putin, he campaigns against corruption within the regime, he has

been sent to prison for fraud, he says that was a political decision. he has been, there was another attempt to poison him in the past, he has been sprayed by his appointments with nasty spray all over his face. a brave man many would people would say, he'd been in siberia apparent we talk into opposition parties, gets on a plane to fly home to moscow, drink the cup of tea and his supporters say was poisoned as a result. now, coming from russia, we have got evidence, not evidence, but certainly allegations regarding saulsberry poisonings, you can't tell thinking that someone within the putin regime is behind this, of course, they deny it, in fact, they wish the gentleman well and hope he recovers. as i say, you couldn't make it up. dr, jessica, asjohn said there, the kremlin wishing him a speedy recovery, what kind of repercussions might this have for russia and the global community? i mean, there were

some very interesting tweets from gary casper oh about this incident, which many viewers on those the former champion, also a very big critic of vladimir putin just saying you know, this keeps happening to put in's opponents, and you know, it's not right to even talk about rogue elements or that it's people who are acting without the russian president's permission, he doesn't ca re president's permission, he doesn't care how this makes him look, he only cares that it gets rid of his opponents, that it instills fear in people, and rbc those are quite strong allegations, but, you know, he is listing all of the people who have been strong critics of vladimir putin and have either been murdered or there has been serious attempts oi'i or there has been serious attempts on their life. and also as john said,... ok, just got them after stop either, butjessica, john, you will be back later with christian, thanks forjoining will be back later with christian, thanks for joining you will be back later with christian, thanks forjoining you now. that's

it for the papers. john and jessica will be back in over an hour, so if you are in the uk, you can watch them then. hi there, i'm here with your sports news. we start with golf and the solheim cup captain catriona matthew, who rolled back the years earlier to tame royal troon and raise hopes of a second women's open victory. 11 years after winning her sole major title, she carded a brilliant level—par 71 in very windy conditions in scotland to lie four shots off the lead held by america's amy 0lson. 0ur golf correspondent ian carter was watching. amy 0lson has managed to come through the worst of the weather and absolutely brilliant round. she has completed a four under par 67, so she's three shots clear of the field

of the american and an absolutely superb performance from her. other notable performances, marina elex, another american round one under par 70, sophia popoff, also in the clubhouse with a one under par 70. i think the standout performance has been katrina matthew. at the age of 50, champion in this event back in 2009, she managed to put together a 71 today, level park, she was absolutely delighted with that, first decent return she said she has had for a very very long time. delighted with that score, it was a real battle out there. i mean, even coming back downwind is no bargain. so, yeah, had i taken even park, definitely before i started. this is a huge event and i think the way that it is being conducted, the negotiations with the scottish government, all that has gone on to put this on, yes, there are a few south koreans who have been made the journey, but it is still a very very international and strong field.

liverpool will begin the defence of their title against newly—promoted leeds united in one of the stand—out games of the opening weekend of the new premier league season. it gets under way on the 12th of septemeber, with the fixtures released earlier. after playing leeds, the champions will face chelsea and arsenal in what is a tough start forjurgen klopp's side.