with me are martin bentham, the home affairs editor for the london evening standard, and martin liptonwho's shief sports reporter at the sun. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the sunday times says the prime minister's team has begun contingency planning for a snap general election in november. the sunday telegraph says a conservative donor is threatening to fund a breakaway party if theresa may doesn't deliver brexit. in the sunday express, the prime minister says britain must hold its nerve in the standoff with the eu. the observer says the deputy labour leader tom watson has told the party leader, jeremy corbyn, they must back a second referendum. the sunday mail says that an mp who's criticised jeremy corbyn needs an armed guard at the labour conference after receiving death threats. plenty to discuss with my two guests. let's begin with the sunday times. we didn't have this in the last hour, did we? basically, it is a brexit. it is interesting. what you've actually got is a good headline, which is may's team plots snap election to save brexit, and in the space of the

martin lipton and martin bentham, thank you so lipton and martin bentham, thank you so much for that.th us. you're watching bbc news. good evening. saturday brought us a day of mixed fortunes in terms of the weather. quite a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain over the southern half of the uk. this was the picture in rye in east sussex earlier today. this picture taken in east lothian, clear blue skies there. the cloud has been streaming in across the southern half of the country. we are set to see more of that cloud, with further outbreaks of rain in the south. let's fast—forwa rd to the let's fast—forward to the course of tonight. you can see the first batch of rain clears the south—east coast and the next works in to the south—west later tonight. colder under those clearer skies with a few showers, particularly to the north—west of scotland, but there could be a touch of frost. you can see the blue colours indicating the coldest temperatures in the morning. temperatures not far from freezing across scotland, northern england and northern ireland, too. let's ta ke let's take a look a

with our reviewers, martin bentham, the home affairs editor for the london evening standard, and martin liptons deputy head of sport at the sun. comcast has outbid 21st century fox for control of sky, in a dramatic bidding battle, after months of boardroom rangling. the auction, ran by the uk's takeover regulator took place this evening, and went to the maximum three rounds. comcast‘s bids of £17.28 a share, beat the smaller bid of £15.67 a share from 21st century fox. the deal values sky atjust over £30 billion. sky shareholders will still have to approve the deal. our business editor simonjack has been following the story. well it's probably the most epic, protracted boardroom battle i've ever witnessed. it has been going on for months. both of these companies want sky very, very badly for different reasons. if it was going to be very close, i would have expected fox and disney to carry on and fight this, but sources tell me now that comcast are offering 10% more than fox disney. fox is now predominantly owned by disney. and this is a knockout blow which will see comcast win this very big ba

guestsjoining me tonight are martin bentham, the home affairs editor for the london evening standard and martin liptont the sun. the foreign secretary has urged eu leaders to step back from the abyss of a no—deal brexit and engage with the british government's proposals. jeremy hunt said they had not given a detailed response to theresa may's plans. the so—called chequers plan was largely dismissed by eu leaders at the salzburg summit on thursday. last night, the european council president, donald tusk, said the british had already known about the eu's objections but he insisted a deal was still possible. 0ur political correspondent, matt cole, reports. international law, international commerce, and the media, what have we got to fear? at a rally today, the former brexit secretary david davis telling theresa may she's got it wrong and should seek a new way of leaving the eu. that we should only accept a clean and clear brexit. not some fudge, not some weak compromise. i have to tell you, i'm afraid that a weak compromise is exactly what i think chequers is. so, if leaders in europe have rejected her p

that was a quick look at some of the front pages. 1130 is outlawed in depth chat with martin lipton. brett kavanaugh of sexual assault will testify against him at a confirmation hearing next week. allegations from a university professor, christine blasey ford, emerged in the media last week. she gave details of an incident, which she says happened at a party in1982, as our washington correspondent, chris buckler, explains. i think it is extremely significant, and it sets up a potentially very sensitive, but nonetheless very high—profile hearing next week. whenever we expect to hear christine blasey ford give what her lawyer has described in a letter as first—hand knowledge of brett kava naugh's sexual misconduct. now, of course, judge kavanaugh denies these allegations that he sexually assaulted her 36 years ago when they were both teenagers. nonetheless, she continues to say that it did happen, and now she is prepared to say that in front of the senate judiciary committee. forjudge kavanaugh's part, he also wants to give evidence and is planning to do so next week, he says, in order