mikhailova, from the daily telegraph, and the economist and member of labour's policy forum, grace blakeley with us for that. good evening and welcome to bbc news. paris was always expected to be tougher for boris johnson than berlin, and so it proved today, as the prime minister encountered a friendly but firm approach to brexit from emmanuel macron. the french president said it should be possible to find a brexit deal without totally rewriting the existing agreement, but that any new deal wouldn't be far from that agreed already. and on the key question of the backstop, which guarantees no hard border on the island of ireland, mr macron said it was indispensable — a clear rebuttal to borisjohnson‘s wish to have it removed from the deal. our political correspondent ben wright reports now from paris. it's a short flight from berlin, but there is a long way to go. welcome to paris. yesterday angela merkel invited the uk to find solutions that might avoid a no—deal brexit but little more than that. and today's trip promised to be tougher still for the prime minister. president macron has long

thanks to anna milkhailova and grace blakeley. thanks for watching, goodnight.orts news. it was a day of rain and interruptions in the third ashes test between england and australia. but it was a much brighter picture forjofra archer. he took six wickets as australia were bowled out for 179 in theirfirst innings. archer took 6/45, five of which of which came in the final session. but he began with the wicket of marcus harris. either side of two lengthy delays for rain and bad light, australia reached 136—2 thanks to a third—wicket stand of 111 between david warner and marcus labuschagne. but archer, who made such an impressive debut in the second test, had warner caught—behind for 61, to spark a collapse of 3 wickets for 3 runs. at 173 for 6, honours seemed to be even, only for archer to return once again and run through the tail. the last four wickets fell for six runs. i guess it's a thing that you really dream of. you train hard and you should be rewarded eventually in the game. i thought that we brought that asa game. i thought that we brought that as a team

political editor at the daily telegraph and the economist, and member of labour's policy forum, grace blakeley. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. it's borisjohnson‘s trip to france which is monopolising many of the newspapers, and it's the thorny issue of the backstop which the independent has focussed on. a picture the fires in the amazon is on the front page of the financial times, alongside their main article which suggests the eu is planning a crackdown on use of facial recognition in public places. johnson demands fresh border plan. boris johnson's meeting with president macron also dominates the front of the daily telegraph. and it's a similar story on the guardian, the paper focuses on president macron saying the irish backstop is ‘indespensible‘. and the sun reports the duke of cambridge took a commercial flight with his family on a trip to scotland, that's after his brother's much criticised trip on a private jet for a holiday in the south of france. radius let's get on with the paper review and start with the i and the headlinejohnson review and start with the i and the

a look at tomorrow's front pages with the daily telegraph's anna mikhailova and the economist grace blakeley's all ahead on bbc news. now it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up on the tonight's programme: rain, rain and more rain at headlingly, but it doesn't stop archer from finding his target in the third ashes test. "a deadline is a deadline." we hear from the chair of the efl as bury‘s future hangs in the balance. you've got grandfathers, fathers, daughters, of course i understand and it's something i hate. celtic take on the swedish champions in the europa league. also coming up in the programme: as former england rugby union international james haskell reveals he's training to become a mixed martial artist, we ask his former teammates what they make of his new choice of career. there might be a few opposition members and a few team—mates they might want to give him a little slap! hello and welcome to sportsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with some rain, rain and some more rain. no, you've not tuned into the weather. but action at the start