crucial to state that. everyone. crucial to state that. well we are looking international papers let's look at the german frankfurter will move away from coronavirus for the time being and let's, let's talk about brexit. do we have to? yes we do. because of that you are going to start, what's the german stance on it was ray passing to see how it europe and especially germany see what the british government is doing. am i starting this, sorry? yes you are. european leaders have a meeting for the first time in several months today but don't forget this is according to boris johnson today but don't forget this is according to borisjohnson this was supposed to be d—day, the day that if it was not settled we would walk away but that has not happened, that's think it would be ignored by the european leaders meeting today. they are expressing as i understand that if throwing the ball back into britain because the court. saying but some pickets concessions must be made by britain before we proceed.

there's some argument about what level they will proceed whether it's a speedy sort of intense negotiation oi’ a speedy sort of intense negotiation orjust the pace there at the moment. semantics it seems to me. it's a word game as ever. the biggest problem of course is going to be fishing and the demand by the european leaders to continue fishing in our waters and for a out in this government to get in on that one that of course is one heck of a ripple to put it mildly up and down the coast in scotland where boris johnson won some very important seats. it is scotland of course with isa seats. it is scotland of course with is a growing move for independence. he has to tread rather carefully. that i think is the main stumbling block and that's what they will have to sort out in the next few days. were sent to me while still saying that if he does not get satisfaction he is going to happily walk away and i think you will make a statement tomorrow. friday is the day he has promised to announce the next move for the promised to announce the next move

forthe uk, promised to announce the next move for the uk, nor was he give it away but compromise john talks for the uk, nor was he give it away but compromisejohn talks about the word game, compromises a word we keep hearing about, something has got to give it some point. at will have to give but i don't think it's going to be, we are still seeing what he will say tomorrow but i don't think it's going to be seismic andl don't think it's going to be seismic and i don't think it's going to shift the dial dramatically. think what we are seeing is the eu classically trying to run down the clock and they are saying, you know we are not going to intensify talks, don't really want to do daily talks, which is think now it's best if we go and prepare for no deals. the eu is saying panic stations are on from our anterior resigned to the fact that it will be no deal, if you don't want that you to come back to the table with something. i guess we will see a statement from boris johnson that stewing about a power— play in trying to sam not going to budge and we might hear something else from the eu in a day

or two next week. i think we have seen this many times before it's a classic example of the eu retreating a little bit and trying to state as if it is not addictively bothered in the uk will have to come running. we will see how boris johnson deals with it tomorrow. friday indeed. the japan times now looking at thailand. protesters there in a cracked on these protesters. this is for people who may not as familiar with the rules, the fact that you cannot speak badly about the monarchy there. what is happening about the it's extraordinary people are out on the streets. in vast numbers. heck ofa the streets. in vast numbers. heck of a lot of people out there all of them of course threatened with incarceration for doing what they we re incarceration for doing what they were doing which is protesting about none of them semi—to care one jot about that. most of them out there coincided with the royal parade in that city. saying of course they are fed up of the cult of feudalism of

the current regime. in their being threatened with the most powerful sort of punishments if they say anything even online or publicly which is held in contempt of the royal family. which is held in contempt of the royalfamily. a which is held in contempt of the royal family. a big which is held in contempt of the royalfamily. a big issue and i think even harsher sentences promised in the coming days. and the king is right now in thailand, but he spends most of his time in germany in fact. their anger about the monarchy in its current state is really powerful and a lot of this is to do with the money and how much the country is having to pay for the royal family and the family at the moment which feels rather disconnected from the people. i would just say can you know, this is extremely unusual. if you visited thailand lots of people wear a yellow publishers are will wear yellow publishers are will wear yellow because that's the colour that shows loyalty to the monarchy.

they are very, very patriotic in that sense as a country. so to actually have these protest now people saying that what is happening with my taxes, where are they going, was the real family doing is really significant. in just in was the real family doing is really significant. injust in terms of how this people are there, there's one anecdote in the story and that says that for any politician given the audience with the thai king they have to frustrate themselves on the floor and pull forward in a sideways slipper. it shows the king in thailand has all the power and everyone else is to bow down, and we are seeing some really, really important protest at the moment in terms of people trying to fight back a little bit against the three entrenched system. and it leads us onto the british royalfamily, certainly don't need to do that in front of her majesty the queen. she has him on the daily telegraph and many of the uk paper is in the front page. shaanxi has carried out her

first public engagement outside of a royal residence in seven months, that's quite extraordinary actually. many people will block on the side of her out and about and will wonder why she's not wearing a mask but we are assured this was a secure area and all the people there have been tested and all tested negative. she was there with other members of the royal family was there with other members of the royalfamily for the was there with other members of the royal family for the day and good to see her out there. trust you just but she was not wearing a mask of a very well ventilated. but again i'm sure it will add coverage as so many people. she was at she, she was meeting scientists of the defence rides technology laboratories. thank you so much, jon and kate. we will be back with you for the next edition of the papers we will have more time to go through them at a little bit more detail. for the time being as always is lovely to see you and we will see you shortly. and to reviewers as well we will be back in hashtag is if would like to get

involved, at bbc papers. good evening. hello i'm tt and this is your sports news — the english football league has rejected the proposed 50 million pound bailout from the premier league. the offer would have helped teams in league's one and two, but not the championship. in a statement the efl said...

earlier i spoke with the tranmere rovers chairman mark palios and asked him why the bail out was rejected. i think to use the term rejected is slightly harsh, i think it has been politely declined. i think the first thing is that it's recognised that the problem facing the efl, and this is the efl as a whole is the size of about 250 million, and while it is respect lee understood that this then offer for leagues one and two, there's a real strong feeling of solidarity and the collective is 72 clubs. that's the first thing, it appears this divisive, i'm not so sure it was aims to be divisive but it could potentially be divisive. that's one of the reasons why at the end of the day the premier league rejected the suggestion to the top six clubs in terms of the big picture because at the end of the

day there were cognizant of the impact it would have on the pyramid, and i think equally to just go ahead with this type of scenario in leagues one and two, i would personally think that again start to reinforce differences and potentially fracture the pyramid. the efl‘s rejection of the proposed bail out comes after clubs in the top flight unanimously rejected the more radical changes proposed by ‘project big picture'. former fa chairman david bernstein is convinced that the governance of english football needs reforming will be taking and screaming into this and yes, history has repeated itself time and time again, football is not taking up the opportunities that it is had to fundamentally move forward and risking the consequences.

missing them front of us. everyone agrees something has to be done but people are different but it has to be. things are seeing potentially, either unworkable or destructive for the game. my think is just just try to keep this thing together, keep the base strong as possible because that is the glory of theenglish game. in scotland, two st mirren players have returned positive covid—i9 tests and another member of the first team is also self—isolating as a precaution. the cases were detected in routine screening on monday, and all three will miss saturday's scottish premiership match with motherwell. it is the second time this season the club have suffered an outbreak. salford red devils have been dealt a blow in the run up to their challenge cup final at wembley after two players tested positive for coronavirus. dan sarginson and jack ormondroyd will miss out on saturday's match against leeds after returning positive tests. it comes on top of a spate of injured players also being ruled out of one of the biggest games in the clubs history.

on the pitch this evening leaders st helens took the outright lead at the top of the super league with a comfortable 48—6 win over bottom side wakefield trinity. saints tommy makinson ran in a hat—trick of tries. they're two points clear of wigan, whose match against catalans dragons was postponed after several wigan players tested positive for coronavirus. and one rugby union line to bring you. ulster captain iain henderson will miss the remainder of ireland's six nations campaign after getting a three—match ban for his red card against ospreys in the proili. he was sent off for a dangerous tackle last weekend. ronnie o'sullivan has crashed out of the english open in the third round after a comprehensive four frames to one defeat to matthew stevens welshman stevens wrapped up victory with an impressive break of 116. since winning his sixth world title in august, o'sullivan has struggled — he also lost in the second round of the european masters. three days after winning

the women's french open, 19—year—old iga swiatek says she's still not recovered from the whirlwind of taking the title. the pole beat sofia kenin in the final at roland garros, becoming the only unseeded player to ever win the french open. actually, i do not have time to reflect. i didn't even have time to unpack from the whole trip. so really it's pretty crazy here in poland, and being around fans is also new for me, so i have to learn also new for me, so i have to learn a lot about that. and i'm still going to need some time to look at the whole tournament from a different perspective. finally chris gayle — the self styled universe boss — has been back to what he does best smashing the ball out of the ground. gayle hadn't played since january but showed no signs of rust hitting a quick 53 as his kings eleven punjab side beat royal challengers bangalore in the ipl holding the bat upside down while celebrating his fifty was just about the only thing he got wrong.

and that's all the sport for now. hello. most of us saw some occasional sunshine today through what was a fair amount of cloud, especially across the eastern side of the uk, and though high—pressure is close by that cloud is delivering a few showers, and you could still see a few of these dotted about across the uk as we go into the night and some patching and light rain and drizzle and this fairly thick cloud across northern and eastern areas of scotland. here's the western side of the uk, most likely to get any prolonged clear spells, temperatures may end up being a bit lower than this in the morning, some spots close to freezing perhaps. a touch of frost and one or two mist and fog patches. tomorrow variable cloud, some sunny spells, a few of these mostly light showers scattered about, it's like northern counties

of northern england, south wales, southwest england. sharing best throughout the afternoon sunshine. for the most partjust a gentle northeasterly breeze, but that is coming in from a rather cool direction of course, that means temperatures are a little bit below the average for the time of year, a little change in the weather with these temperatures into the weekend.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. donald trump and joe biden prepare for duelling tv appearances, as early voters flock to the polls. europe overtakes the us in the number of new covid cases — as the continent heads into a second wave of covid infections. in northern england, local leaders resist plans for the highest level of virus restrictions. riot police in thailand clash with demonstrators, protesting against the king and the prime minister.