from russia after scientists said the russian opposition campaigner, alexei navalny, was poisoned with the nerve agent novichok. the kremlin says it's willing to talk to the german authorities. britain's prince harry and his wife meghan have signed a production deal with the streaming giant netflix. the couple, who moved to california after stepping back from royal duties, said they wanted to create content that informed, but also "gives hope". and researchers have observed a black hole that is so big that it shouldn't exist according to the current theories of physics. it's around 80 times the mass of our sun. 1a people have gone on trial in paris charged with supporting the terror attacks at the french magazine, charlie hebdo, and a jewish supermarket in 2015.

hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are caroline wheeler, deputy political editor at the sunday times, and staff writer at tribune magazine, grace blakeley. great to see you both again. so let's have a look at some of the front pages we've got in already. the guardian leads with the german government's statement that they have evidence kremlin critic alexei navalny was poisoned by nerve agent novichok, as world leaders press vladamir putin for answers. the financial times carries a warning from borisjohnson about difficult economic times ahead and rishi sunak‘s admission that tax rises will be needed to cover the impact of coronavirus. the metro's front page states school exams cancelled due to lockdown could have been held — as the chair of quual said the body had warned ministers

a calculated grades system would be controversial. the government's drive to encourage workers to return to the office has been postponed, as firms struggle to meet social distancing guidelines — that's according to the daily telegraph. the newspaper also features the duke and duchess of sussex after they sign a production deal with netflix. the times reports on a study which it says shows that the home office is failing to tackle illegal immigration, as a record number of migrants crossed the channel yesterday. and the daily mirror features an interview with former england footballer and presenter gary lineker, on why he is taking a refugee into his home. so lots to talk through, it's good to have you both with us here on the papers. let's start with the guardian, the pressure being placed on vladimir putin with germany saying that president's putin's

rival poison with no talk. they're pointing the finger at russia, with scientist saying it was another chalk and adding to a very complicated situation. it's very much stages of —— deja vu, where we saw the poison used to poison sergei skripal and his daughter on british soil. we see at this time with the russian opposition leader who was on a flight to go between siberia and moscow when he became ill, and much to many peoples surprise, he made his way to berlin where he is in an induced,. toxicology reports have confirmed that he's also been poisoned with this incredibly powerful nerve agent. and much like in the case in britain, prompt an

international response. we saw that there were diplomats that were expeuedin there were diplomats that were expelled in response to that attack on british soil, and i'm sure as angela merkel indicated in her statement today, she's appealing to the un and nato to respond unilaterally to this particular crisis. and of course we've already seen some condemnation coming from this site as well with borisjohnson and dominic raab also expressing great shock and disappointment that this appears to have happened again stop by and it'll be interesting to see with this international pressure how he'll react, because ultimately it feels like nothing the international community does puts him in the corner. but we touched upon the situation in russia in terms of the economy, because they could actually put a lot of pressure on the russian president. russia has

been deteriorating economically for a while now, living standards have not been good since the financial crisis. the covid—19 pandemic is obviously not helping things, especially in economies that were already weak like russia. with this international pressure of sanctions being imposed on the regime, those have not helped things, with these pre—existing issues with the russian economy anyway. i think you cannot really disaggregate what's happening here from those wider constraints because this isjust here from those wider constraints because this is just the here from those wider constraints because this isjust the sign of a very weak leader. either he's gone ahead and actively ordered his political opponent to be killed effectively, or this has happened without his knowledge and that would be him losing his control. either way it is a sign of a very weak

president, although you obviously wouldn't think that given his continuous attempts to show strength — whether it be by poisoning his enemies or invading foreign territories. but i think an underlying the legitimacy of the regime is weak, and now it will become a problem for an authoritarian regime like putin's. will be watching forward with what's going on there. let's move to the financial times, which is headlining borisjohnson financial times, which is headlining boris johnson and rishi financial times, which is headlining borisjohnson and rishi sunak warning of tough economic outlooks and rising taxes. we've had the spending, the furlough scheme — that will be coming to an end and ultimately taxpayers will have to pay for it. talk us through their take. coming to the surprise of a bsently take. coming to the surprise of absently no one in some ways, obviously there is an enormous economic cost to the measures

they've taken that you use the impact of the current pandemic on lots of sectors of the uk economy. there's been a war going on the last couple days between the treasury and number ten about the types of measures the government might introduce to claw back some of that money. lots those measures have been to the absolute horror of the conservative party backbenchers were largely in favour of low taxation, suggesting they might hike fuel duty for example or increase the inheritance tax. but today we've seen a inheritance tax. but today we've seen a breaking of the honesty, if you like, in terms of what the government talks about, with rishi sunak talking to this backbenchers and saying very clearly that there will be some difficult times ahead. but he promises it will not be a horror show of tax rises, indicating there may be some temporary tax

rises but with most administrations, they'll still be keeping an eye on they'll still be keeping an eye on the general election looming in four yea rs the general election looming in four years time to ensure that it's not too punishing for voters. and of course, borisjohnson also weighed in saying that there would be tough times ahead. we have a budget in november where we will be expecting the government to set out those measures — most of the ideas that have so far been put forward have been approved by either number ten oi’ been approved by either number ten or the treasury because they've been so or the treasury because they've been so unpopular. by not choking off... but at the same time that massive black hole in the public finances. we have lots to get through, so putting to the financial times to the moment dashed to the site for the moment dashed to the site for the moment, the metro looks at the exa m the moment, the metro looks at the exam situation. loads of schoolchildren back at school over the next few days today in england.

the exams could have been held — so lots of finger pointing going on here? yes, thisjust looks like another disaster for the government. it looks now as though the government knew not only that exams could have been held, but also if they went ahead with using this algorithm that boris johnson wanted to grade exams, that the outcome would be potentially quite negative. and obviously we've had horror stories when we initially thought the algorithm would be used to give people their final grades. the government ultimately you turned on that and allowed students to have their predicted grades —— did a u—turn on that. but that was a real source of trouble in the government over that. we were not sure what would happen next. there was obviously a huge pushback from

students and many backbenchers on that. ultimately the government did a u—turn, they've made a u—turn upon a u—turn, they've made a u—turn upon a u—turn, they've made a u—turn upon a u—turn upon a u—turn, and you can say that those demonstrate that they're not trying to push through their own unpopular policies, their listing to their criticism, but it shows a level of incompetence. in a delicate time for students getting their grades and going into a very, very offjobs their grades and going into a very, very off jobs market. what is your sentiment? going forward, how does the government reacted now that kids are going back to school to make up for that lost time, five or so months of not being in formal education? how does the government make sure that this code of situation doesn't happen again? that's a really tough question we don't know the answer to at the

moment. lots of kids are going back to school this week, i've got friends with children who are not back until next week, some are not going back full—time, my son goes to a local primary school, and that's a question he's been asking all the time, "how do we ensure that our children can catch up after half a year of no learning?" particularly when there exams looming for those in those particular your groups going into those exams. i don't think there's been that many answers coming from the government as of yet as to how exactly you catch those children up. we've already seen the opposition talking about delaying exams again next summer, but i think what you will see is lots of people now really pushing to make sure that there is a much more robust system in place in terms of exams, because this year has been really incredibly stressful for those students that have taken those exams. as grace was

saying, quual said that there was a range of options put forward that gavin williamson could've chosen, with exams going forward ends socially distance conditions. the government this time needs to come up government this time needs to come up with a robust plan really early on so up with a robust plan really early on so everyone knows where they stand, because otherwise you will have thousands of students, particularly secondary level and a level students, wondering what will happen in the next year. understandable concerns amongst all those pupils going back. moving to the daily telegraph, we have a new school year in september but also people going back to work — or not, as the case may seem? obviously the government has expressed some concern that many businesses are guiding their workers that they may

not be returning to work full—time, even... those who plan to come back are pushing the date to which people return to the office given ongoing concerns about the potential spread of the coronavirus, and just a lack of the coronavirus, and just a lack of clarity as to what is and is not safe, which has not been helped by the government must make messaging on this. there's an issue here, the government seems to be very focused on making sure that people return to work, they're claiming that has to do with the impact this will have on the high street, which is understandable given the retail sector is one of the hardest hit by the pandemic. but obviously they are being given grants and loans supported by the government. but the proactivity in the u activity has been low for quite a long time, and if companies think that workers working from home can potentially more productive if they work from home a few days a week while saving

those costs on office space and making the centre of the city more liveable for many people with lower prices in the real estate supporting housing, that could be a good thing. it's obviously good not to have people commuting every day in terms of the environmental impact, which people should be focusing on in the wa ke people should be focusing on in the wake of this crisis. so it is interesting that the government is trying to push this returning to work narrative, it is understandable why many companies and workers are pushing back against it. indeed, the paper will move away from coronavirus, but staying with the daily telegraph, the paper is of prince harry and meghan markle, signing a deal with netflix. we don't know exactly how much they'll be doing, but it will be for a lot of money? i'm sure, and nope paper has put a finger on it. but we knew something like this was on the either when it was announced in

january that they were going to be becoming independent of the public purse, and when they would move to the us, we know that meghan markle, who rose to fame in that series of suits, this would also be lucrative to netflix. we learned during the lockdown, people are watching a lot more series on netflix. we don't know how much of a role they will have in front of the screen. several papers say they will not have any role whatsoever, where others say they may make cameo appearances. they want to have a role in terms of making creative television for children, they are very involved in inspiring that younger generation, so it'll be interesting to see what programmes they make. they also appear on the times as well, a lot of papers very interested in what

harry and meghan do next. the times also talking about the home office and its failings on immigration, but and its failings on immigration, but a paper that is taking a slightly different look at it is the daily mirror. gary linkeker is taking a refugee to come live with him. what's he doing here? well he's doing what it says, providing space in his home for a refugee to come and stay with him. this is one way of reporting the story. i think as you said, the times is leading with this point that there are more migrants crossing then have been in quite some time. to be honest, in the context of the wider crisis we are facing, this story does seem like somewhat of a distraction, and it's not as though the numbers of people crossing the channel are significant enough to be posing any real threat. whether it's to the uk economy or whatever the government

thinks these migrants will be threatening. but there is a humanitarian crisis for those christ sing the channel, so the fact that mr linkeker is offering this space is nice, but it doesn't affect the structural problem which is people are fleeing, and there's a question around the legality of providing them with the refuge that they need when they seek it out. he certainly has captured the headline. let's end ona has captured the headline. let's end on a story in the daily mail. he's back, david blaine is back with a new. . . back, david blaine is back with a new... it looks like a disney film, as the paper suggests. what's he up to? this is absolutely extraordinary. the latest feet that he attempted was to fly basically up into the sky around 52 helium balloons. when you look at the

issue, you think he hasn't got very far. but actually he managed to go as far as far. but actually he managed to go as farasajet far. but actually he managed to go as far as a jet plane in terms of the height that he achieved. and as he was ascending, all the time he was dropping sand and going faster and faster. and he was doing incredible feats of temperatures of —— —34 celsius. he got his parachute to launch as he was reaching a part where his body would start disintegrating. it sounds like an absolute horrific scene, but looking at those photographs and comparing it to the disney film up, it brings a wry smile. but it sounds incredibly dangerous to me. the big question is why? but typically we are out of time, so we will leave that hang in the air, pardon the pun. great to have you both with us to talk us through some of the papers. many thanks to our viewers for joining papers. many thanks to our viewers forjoining us here on this edition

of the papers. hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins with the bbc sports centre. british number two kyle edmund has come up short against the world number one and i7—times grand slam champion novak djokovic in the second round of the us open. edmund started well and produced an ace to take the first set on a tie break. djokovic though rediscovered his touch and took the next two sets 6—3, 6—4. he broke edmund straightaway at the start of the fourth and duly wrapped the match. djokovic will face germany's jan—lenna rd struff in the third round. in the women's draw, the number six seed petra kvitova came through against ukraine's kateryna kozlova

in straight sets, while the 2016 champion and 17th seed angelique kerber beat fellow german anna lena friedsam 6—3, 7—6. great britain's adam yates has taken the overall lead at the tour de france in controversial circumstances. this morning's leader, julian alaphilippe, was penalised 20 seconds for illegally taking a water bottle in the last 20 kilometres of stage five, and slips to 16th overall. drew savage reports. adam yates says it is not the way he imagine himself taking the podium at the tour de france. but nevertheless, he will stop tomorrow morning as the ninth british writer to wear the yellow jersey. this was supposed to be a quiet day for everybody except the sprinters. not even so much as a breakaway as the race cruised down the valley. only highlight, sam bennett winning the intermediate sprint to take

the provisional lead in the green jersey competition. julian looked comfortable in the leaders yellow like most of the peleton, saving his legs for tomorrow. the first sign of excitement came at the sprint team line—up for the big finish with the former cyclo—cross champion van arce took the stage one, third—place gave sam bennett the green jersey. that looked like it — until the commission era saw this. julian on that right hand of the road, the yellowjersey, taking a water bottle inside of the last 20 km. that cost the frenchman 120 seconds and with it the race lead. drew savage, bbc news. manchester united have signed netherlands midfielder donny van de beek from ajax for 35 million pounds, plus five million in add—ons, on a five—year contract. van de beek scored 41 goals in 175 matches for ajax and helped them to the 2018—19 champions league semi—finals. he's united's first summer signing and will be available for the club's opening game of the season against crystal palace on 19 september. everton have agreed a deal

with watford for french midfielder abdoulaye doucoure that could be worth up to £25 million. doucoure will have a medical before signing a four—year contract with the merseyside club. everton are also reported to be closing in on deals for real madrid's james rodriguez and lazio's brazil international allan. england's re—arranged match against the barbarians at twickenham on 25 october could be played in front of 20,000 fans — that's 25% of the stadium's full capacity. increased safety measures would be in place including digital tickets and mandatory face coverings, and supporters would only be able to sit together if they're from the same household or support bubble. tickets have been made available today for those who had booked to attend the original fixture injune, but the match is yet to be approved by public health england. tickets are also going on sale for the british and irish lions tour

of south africa next year. some very sad cricket news now — the former northamptonshire and england all—rounder david capel has died at the age of 57 following a long illness. he had an operation to remove a brain tumour two years ago. he spent his entire county career at northants, scoring over 10,000 first class runs and taking a67 wickets. he played in 15 tests and 23 one—dayers for england between 1987 and 1990. the ecb today have called him one of the finest all—rounders of his era. david was a very, very popular cricketer indeed. and much admired for his tenacity, really. he was a great competitor, fought really hard, he played at a very difficult time. i think that was the problem with other cricketers notjust david capel, but at that time

when england were searching for another ian bothem — and david was in that category. he was just a fine cricketer called david capel. there were a few like him in that same generation who look back on that time and think they had it quite difficult. finally, stephen hendry is targetting the uk championship at york in novemberfor his return to the professional snooker tour. the seven—time world champion retired eight years ago and is 51 now, but he's accepted a two year invitation to play on tour. earlier he told us about his decision. working as a pundit, when you're out at the arena, the crucible, i always wished that i had it in my hand. i'm jealous of the two players playing when i'm working as a pundit. in the back of my mind, i think it would be great to be back out there again doing this.

i'm not saying i will be in the world championships but if i get to walk down the stairs and things get back to normal and it is packed to each side and going back to whatever table you player, that would be an incredible feeling. and that's all the sport for now. good night. hello, thanks forjoining me. time to get a check on the weather for the next week or so. and in the short—term, the weather's looking fairly cool, breezy, some showers around, but by the time we get to the weekend, i think it will settle down, at least somewhat. but not immediately — weather fronts are crossing the uk, heavy rain—bearing cloud, and in fact it's been pretty wet in northern ireland, scotland, the lake district, wales, too, but by the early hours of thursday morning, most of the heavy rain will be in the north sea, and the weather front leaves a legacy of cloud, and bits and pieces of rain, mist, murk, hill fog, that sort of thing, very damp weather around. but mild — 16 celsius in the south, 1a celsius in glasgow early

on thursday morning. here's thursday's weather map. there is the big low, close to iceland, quite far away, but at the same time, close enough, because a weather front is crossing the uk. here it is, this area here, that's the cool front here, moving across the country, bringing cloud and some spots of rain in the south. but in the north—west of the uk, closer to that low, we've got the blustery conditions, with showers in scotland. but notice that, in eastern parts of scotland, could get up to 20, 21 in hull, so actually, there will be some sunshine and some decent weather around on thursday. now, here's friday's weather forecast. the low‘s still quite close to iceland, which means that the breeze will be fairly strong there in scotland, western scotland especially, with some showers. and probably bits and pieces of cloud and rain at times, at least, in the south. but on the whole, not a bad day. so, over to that high pressure, and things are settling down, then. so here's the azores high, this is why we call it the azores high, because it's close to the azores there.

so it builds in, but it's mostly dominating the weather across this corner of the country here, so wales, the south—west, midlands, and the south—east. the north of the country is more under the influence of the low pressure, so we have showers and more of a breeze, quite a noticeable north—westerly breeze keeping things cool. and the reason why it's north—westerly is because the winds tend to blow around the high pressure like so, so you can see that wind blowing out of the north—west here. so another cool day, i think, for scotland, and actually that breeze will push some of the showers a little bit further south, so pushing them from here down towards east anglia and the south—east. so norwich and london could catch a spot or two of rain on sunday. and 15, 16 celsius, so nothing spectacular as far as the thermometer goes for this time of the year. now, here's monday, the jet stream is to the north of us, but close enough to send another weather front in our direction. it'll clip northern ireland and scotland, so here, an increasing breeze, and also a bit of rain. but crucially, the really cool air is actually going to stay to the north of the jet stream, so this is where the

really chilly air is. even though temperatures are still around 16, 17, 18 celsius, this is still classed as relatively, relatively warm air. but talking about warm air, this is next week, so monday next week, tuesday, wednesday, thursday friday, look at the weather — it's tending to settle down a little bit, and i wouldn't be surprised if, in the south of the country, the temperatures actually hit the mid 20s. so we will have some of that sort of summer warmth still lingering into the middle of september. so, anyway, here's the summary. so showery for now for the next two, three days. the weekend is looking drier across most of the uk, bar a few showers, and then next week is looking a little bit warmer. bye— bye.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm kasia madera. the german government confirms the russian opposition politician alexei navalny was poisoned with novichok. experts say it's clear who is to blame. this is directly leading to the russians. they are the only ones who have ever made this stuff. they are the other ones we've ever known who have used it before. 111 people go on trial in paris— charged with helping the gunmen who carried out attacks on the french satirical magazine, charlie hebdo what happens — when two black holes collide — scientists may have found the answer — and it's challenging the laws of physics. and as prince harry and meghan markle strike a deal with netflix, what are the programmes they'll be involved with?