we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment with penny smith and bonnie greer — firsthe headlines. some political drama in australia. australian prime minister, scott morrison, claims victory for his centre—right coalition government, in a shock result at the country's federal polls. tonight is not about me or it's not about even the liberal party. tonight is about every single australian who depends on their government to put them first. the shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, says to break the brexit impasse, the government should commit to another referendum in the withdrawal agreement bill. the austrian chancellor calls a snap election, hours after his far—right deputy resigns over corruption allegations. manchester city storm to victory in the fa cup final — thrashing watford 6—0 to complete a historic domestic treble. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are columnist at the new european, bonnie greer and the broadcaster and novelist, penny smith. are you a novelist as well? the observer's front p

we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers — broadcaster penny smith and bonnie greerthe new european and playwright. stay with us for that. good evening and welcome to bbc news. australia's conservative government has pulled off a surprise victory — in the country's general election — to remain in office. exit polls had suggested a narrow victory for the opposition labor party for the first time in 6 years. in the end, prime minister scott morrison's party edged ahead, prompting the leader of the opposition, bill shorten, to resign. earlier scott morrison thanked the voters. it's always been for those of you watching this at home tonight, for me and for my government, for all of my team, it's all about you. tonight is not about me or it's not about even the liberal party. tonight is about every single australian who depends on the government to put them first. and so, friends, that is exactly what we're going to do. our government will come together after this night and we will get back to workjust as glad as they did in new south wales. just a few months ago. and tha

i'm joined now by the american—born writer bonnie greer and anne mcelvoy, senior editor at the economistbaby is good news, but this is a baby that finds himself immediately headline news before he has done anything at all. he is already instantly interesting. because he was born in a feeble moment of the history of this country, it is not a great time! so it is an interesting moment for him. he is trying national already but at birth he can vote in two different places, he could be the head of state, that's never happened before, but even for me most interestingly is he is a direct descendant of enslaved african, and that is a very interesting thing to happen when we are in the moment of nationalism, a alsop moment. this little boy already straddles so much history. very interesting child already. and challenge for the parents. they could raise him like peter and zara phillips, which is almost as if they we re phillips, which is almost as if they were not royal. not with the farce of titles and the kind of pageantry wandering around, it will be a pull—back. meghan markle is associated wi