he has been saying that he never seriously believe that the eu would be willing to use a treaty negotiated in good faith to blockade one part of the uk. mo does thatjustify his action? i don't think it does. this is not an ancient text we are talking about, this is something the government agreed to a mere matter of months ago and i think the issues with the substance and with this timings were known and this is what caused the fall of theresa may pots and governments of these issues have been known for a while but i think the telegraph piece is interesting because this is a prime minister talking to the core conservative photo and to conservative mps and members of the house of lords, this is not about the old remain leave to fight, these are people who are brexiteers who are unhappy with this because of the uk's role in the world, questions about how we can hold to account other countries like

china and russia for things they are doing that do not fit the international wall standards when we ourselves are going to break international law and our own words as well? i think it raises issues including about trade, you heard nancy pelosi talking about the possible us trade deal. there are bigger themes that this is connected to so bigger themes that this is connected tosoi bigger themes that this is connected to so i think the prime minister here is trying to talk to these core supporters to get their support because that support is not guaranteed and the conversation he had with them today i am not sure will have change many minds. right, the daily mirror, we have got coronavirus on the front page there, cases doubling in a week, it looks like we were getting back to some kind of normality but miatta these hopes are being snatched away, aren't they? they are and we knew the virus was still with us and we knew that there was quite a high risk that we would see another big spike or a second wave. and dr rate

is now over one spike or a second wave. and dr rate is now over one so spike or a second wave. and dr rate is now over one so it looks like we are headed that way facet —— the r number is now one. in the end i think the truth is we are going to be... it will not only be discovered but normalised and given across the population and even then we are not clear we would defeat this thing so we must find ways to contain and live with it and it comes back to i think the critical importance of test and tracing, it is very worrying that in the weeks as we are seeing the number of cases rising, the government is having genuine problems with access to testing and we are going backwards in terms of oui’ we are going backwards in terms of our contact tracing. we got to 80%, last week we were assured we were close to 69%. we have real problems and the government has a small window to get a grip on this because if it does not commit this thing will get out of control again and we

will get out of control again and we will go back to having really stringent requirements put on us. speaking of stringent requirements, let's turn to the times and mow if you could weigh in on this, these are plans to make a self—isolation law and start to have real consequences for people who could be fined if they are not staying indoors when they should be. yes and i think what we have seen, the vast majority of people have gone about their wives in the way that they have been told to and made sacrifices and stayed at home when they were asked to and not seeing family and friends but that is not the case of the way through and i think the government is really concerned about a lack of compliance and so they are looking at what else can be done? what other or stick approach can we take this up with that that is more money to try to get people to behave a certain way facet the background to this as miatta was saying is that the r number has gone up and there is no

i’ooiti number has gone up and there is no room for manoeuvre in terms of making more adjustments or easing the lockdown further. are the things will have to be found. there were some ideas in this that i do nothing will go down very well like this idea of a hotline that people can call in this that i do nothing will go down very well like this idea of a hotline that people can call or on the spot finds some of what if this doesn't seem to have been fully thought through in terms of how it can be implemented and it was like ideas that they want to have been fully thought through in terms of how it can be implemented and it was like ideas that they wanted tests on, there are points within government that more will have to be done to try to contain the virus is much as they can now. one thing that would be a game changer is of course a fact he seen. we look in the eye about the army being looked at to be helped with mass vaccinations. miatta can we dare to hope that this movement means that there might be some good news around the corner? —— we look

in the i. we can dare to help but we know we are still some way from a vaccine but it is important that there is planning taking place because even if we do get a vaccine, vaccinated the population at a scale that allows us to constrain the virus will be absolutely critical. it is right that they are planning, that they will have to think about massively ramping up their come past —— capacity to do so but going back to the times piece until we get there and we didn't know until it is six months to years or longer, it is really critical beget test trace and isolate right and that think that is the missing piece is most people wa nt to the missing piece is most people want to do the right thing but until people are able to afford to do the right thing... at the moment if you have to self—isolate, you are on statutory pay or are a lot of people don't even get that, that is £95 or nothing. a lot of people can't

afford to do the right thing even if they want to so if the government wa nts to they want to so if the government wants to fix the problem it has got to think about how it provides minimum income protection for those who have to self—isolate. if it doesn't do that, we will not get that right and we must get a bite before we get a vaccine in place. very briefly mo we have that after coming out, the covid app, how much ofa coming out, the covid app, how much of a difference to think that will make? if it works it will make a huge difference in terms of convenience and people using it and in terms of businesses and places where you have hospitality being able to use it quickly and easily. i think it will but we have had full stress on the so hopefully this will not be the thing that helps people because we must find ways of living with this virus. until there is a vaccine which may or may not happen for a while so anything that can help people get on with a symbols of their life, exactly. wonderful. i will see above very shortly.

that's it for the papers. if you're in the uk, mo and miatta will be back in just over half an hour to look at more of the stories being covered by newspapers and websites here. hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre. england have been beaten by australia in the first of three one day internationals in manchester. they got off to a great start taking the first five aussie wickets for just 123. but a century partnership between mitch marsh and glenn maxwell, helped the tourists to 294—9 off their 50 overs. and england struggled to get their chase going whenjos buttler was fourth man out they had just 57 on the scoreboard. jonny bairstow and sam billings did take them towards the target —

billings made his first century at this level. but when he was last man out they were still 19 runs short of the australian total. it is unfortunate that we have come up it is unfortunate that we have come up short tonight and we still have some areas of improvement but huge positives, he he has been in the waiting room if you like for the last four years with his opportunities which have come few and far in between but he showed character and resilience today and isa character and resilience today and is a real positive for us. disappointed i couldn't get the team over the line so unfortunately it is mixed feelings but it has been a long time coming in and out of the side but glad on a personal level to get a score. just a shame it wasn't

ina team get a score. just a shame it wasn't in a team performance. when you get a big partnership with that with sam and johnny presser through that part you know you have to keep taking wickets to win the game and you can do that by over attacking or defending. i think our guys got it spot on today. they were brilliant. it's men's semi—finals day at the us open and fifth seed alexander zverev is finding the going tough against pablo carreno busta. the spaniard has never reached a grand slam final before and he looked sharp taking the first set 6—3. zverev didn't get any closer to finding an answer in the second set — his serve has been misfiring all match. he lost that second set 6—2. zherev is leading and you can follow on five life and on the website. watford marked their first game back

in the championship with a 1—0 win over middlesbrough on the opening night of the new league season. defender craig cathcart scored the only goal of the game after 11 minutes, heading past boro goalkeeper marcus bettinelli. the hornets, who were relegated after five seasons in the premier league, are now under new boss serbian vladimir ivic. st helens have gone back to the top of super league with a golden point win over hull kingston rovers. the reigning champions were knocked off the top spot earlier this week after the rfl decided to change the standings to points percentage. they were held to 20—all after normal time, but this drop—kick from theo fages, the first of his professional career, sealed a one—point win, to keep the saints undefeated since lockdown. and it was another drop goal that separated leeds and huddersfield. they had been 10—0 down at time but luke gayle made it 13—12 to the rhinos with five minutes to go and it stayed that way. this weekend there's a new track in town for formula one —

and the drivers have been adjusting to it today in practice. valterri bottas of mercedes was fastest on the mugello circuit ahead of the tuscan grand prix this weekend. so let's get more on this new addition from f1 reporterjennie gow. it is an absolutely beautiful track ican it is an absolutely beautiful track i can tell you in the heart of tuscany and it is an amphitheatre. so many of these fi tracks are but it is deep in the hills and it is a gorgeous place for the front one in the old days where michael shoemaker would test the v i2 engine of his furry and it would echo around but you have new hybrid cars and not so much whirring but they look great there. they go super fast because this track is all about speed and we are hoping this weekend delivers on next —— an exciting race. are hoping this weekend delivers on next -- an exciting race. valtteri bottas was fastest in the two practice sessions, how much to be read into that? not a lot, friday and a brand—new track means there is

still a lot of question us for a lot of the teams facet they got on friday with practice and try to understand what is happening with the tyres and cars, how best to set them up to tackle this different circuit. and mercedes will always come out on top, hamilton on a friday, he doesn't turn himself up to 100% so let's see what happens when it comes to qualifying but i do think this is going to be a fascinating battle. it isn't going to be plain sailing. primoz roglic has extended his lead at the tour de france after daniel martinez won stage 13. martinez from colombia broke clear just before the finish to take the first tour stage victory of his career. slovenia's roglic got away from his rivals including defending champion egan bernal to extend his lead. britain's adam yates lost a0 seconds, but has moved up to seventh overall. meanwhile yates' twin brother simon now leads the tirreno—adriatico in italy after winning the toughest stage of the race. fellow briton geraint thomas finished second to move up to third

overall with three stages to go. and britain's lizzie deignan's trek—segafredo team won the opening team time trial of the giro rosa, as elisa longo borghini took the leader's jersey on the first stage. the io—stage giro rosa in italy is the only women's grand tour. and that's all the sport for now. hello again. we've got some warm sunshine on the way for this weekend. today we've had a band of cloud and rain heading its way southwards. that rain continuing southwards overnight becoming lighter and more patchy. further north, we'll have some clearer skies but quite a rash of showers blown into scotland and northern ireland. for the northern half of the country, may well be a little bit chillier than it was last night. further south, those temperatures remain in double figures and we've still got that band of cloud producing a few drizzly showers in the morning. that may struggle to finally clear away from the south—east corner

of england but otherwise a lot of sunshine follows on behind. showers across scotland, northern ireland before the cloud increases and the wind picks up later in the day with rain not far away but ahead of that in the sunshine, those temperatures should feel quite pleasant for the time of year. now for the second half of the weekend, more rain overnight across scotland in particular heading up towards the highlands threatening some flooding. elsewhere, we should be brightening up more in the way of sunshine and those temperatures continuing to rise, particularly across eastern parts of england where we could be into the mid—20s.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. bahrainjoins the united arab emirates in normalising relations with israel, a move which further erodes the arab world's boycott of the jewish state. this is now the second peace agreement that we've announced in the last month, and i am very hopeful that there will be more to follow. protests in lesbos against conditions on the greek island with migrants demanding to be allowed to travel to mainland europe. coronavirus is back on the rise in the uk, with the r number showing how many people each patient infects above one for the first time since march.