with me are kate andrews, news editor at the institute of economic affairs and sebastian payne, who'sical leader writer at the ft. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the times says allies of the labour leaderjeremy corbyn are planning to get rid of 50 labour mps. the telegraph — which leads with comments from the foreign secretary borisjohnson that the uk should welcome a visit from president donald trump. a poll in another newspaper suggests that we do not want that. the sunday express says that more than 100 tory mps will demand the prime minister end free movement and leave the single market as soon as we leave the eu in march 2019. the mail on sunday leads with a plot to target three ex—conservative cabinet ministers in — what the paper calls — "a cash for brexit scandal". with me are kate andrews, news editor at the institute of economic affairs and sebastian payne, who's political leader writer at the ft. we can start with this story about jeremy corbyn. i have the feeling i have read this headline before, but let's go through it. jeremy corbyn allies plot to oust 50

joining me now from central london is sebastian payne, political lead writer at the financial times.? more turmoil in ukip. it never seems to end. ever since the vote for brexit, the party has really been without purpose. it is called the uk independence party and it is getting independence for the uk, orat and it is getting independence for the uk, or at least how it sees it. it is not about henry bolton and what is going on in his private life, it is about a political force that does not have a purpose anymore cost of membership numbers have been dwindling, poll numbers are in the ground. the real issue is ukip is a pointless party now. no matter whether henry bolton stays or goes, there is no purpose in uk politics. henry bolton has said he wants to train the swamp. this political infighting and backstabbing at the top of ukip goes on. this is all about the national executive committee, the ruling body of ukip. they have all said henry bolton is not up to the task needs to go, as have most of his officials, have a lwa ys have most of his officials, have always signed from their po

with me are kate andrews, news editor at the institute of economic affairs and sebastian payne, who'sitical leader writer at the ft. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the times says allies of the labour leaderjeremy corbyn are planning to deselect 50 labour mps. the telegraph leads with comments from the foreign secretary boris johnson, arguing the uk should welcome a visit from donald trump. the sunday express says more than a 100 tory mps will demand the prime minister ends free movement and leaves the single market as soon as the uk exits the eu in march next year. the new look observer leads with a pledge from the prime minister to punish bosses who fail to protect their workers pension schemes. and the mail on sunday leads with an investigation carried out by channel four into three former conservative cabinet ministers, in what the paper calls a ‘cash for brexit‘ controversy. well, as usual a mixed bag of stories in tomorrow morning's papers — politics, celebrity weddings and donald trump so let's take a closer look with my guests. starting with the b new look obser

guestsjoining me tonight are kate andrews, news editor at the institute of economic affairs and sebastian payneel in the afghan capital, kabul. four gunmen are reported to have entered the intercontinental hotel and opened fire on guests inside. the bbcs zia shehreyar is in kabul. what is the latest that you‘re hearing? nick, the clashes between the security forces and the assail la nts a re the security forces and the assail lants are going on, the ministry confirmed that five people have been injured so far. they have been brought to hospitals. but there are possibly other casualties as well. because they have been able to clear the first and second floors of the hotel. but the clashes are going on, 01’ hotel. but the clashes are going on, or the clearing operation is going on on the third, fourth and fifth floors. two of the four assailants according to officials have been killed. two others are resisting and they‘re not sure which floor they are and whether they have taken some hostages with them as well. they suspect they probably have. and there are reports that the kitchen of the hotel o

guestsjoining me tonight are kate andrews, news editor at the institute of economic affairs and sebastian paynet. in afghanistan, gunmen have stormed one of the most popular international hotels in the capital kabul — opening fire on staff and guests. at least four men are said to have carried out the attack on the intercontinental hotel — two of them are reported to have been shot dead by afghan special forces. several civilian casualties have been taken to hospital. 0ur correspondent is in kabulfrom where he sent me this update. several hours after the attack started, it's still going on according to officials. two attackers are still resisting inside the hotel intercontinental, a very high—profile hotel in kabul. five people have been injured according to officials. but there are also unconfirmed reports of many people who have died. and the afghan security special forces have been deployed to the area and also the nato forces are said to be in the area helping the afghan security forces. the hotel was also attacked several years ago. and the responsibility was taken by the taliban. no group

guestsjoining me tonight are kate andrews, news editor at the institute of economic affairs and sebastian paynet. there have been reports of a suspected militant attack on a large hotel in the afghan capital, kabul. several gunmen are reported to have entered the intercontinental hotel and opened fire on guests inside. it's unclear if there are casualties. the bbc‘s zia shahreyar is in kabul. can you hear me? i can't hear you. can you hear me? i can't hear you. can you hear me? i can't hear you. can you hear me now? couldn't hear the first part of the question but i gather you were asking about the intercontinental hotel attack in kabul. the police officials in kabul, if you can hear me, they say they have killed, or specialforces have killed, two of the assailants, and they have cleared the first floor of the hotel, but the clashes are going on on the second, third and fourth floor of the flaws of the hotel. there are no match official figures on casualties so far —— on the floor of the hotel. we can see that the local tv press have been speaking to some eyewitnesses from there, who have manag

i have been discussing ukip's political turmoil with sebastian payne, a political leader right at the been without purpose. it's called the uk independence party, and, well, it's getting independence for the uk, or at least it's getting independence for the uk, or at least how it sees it. so this is notjust about henry bolton and what's going on in his private life and his leadership, it's about a political force that doesn't have a purpose any more. its membership numbers have been dwindling, its funds have been dwindling, its poll numbers are in the ground. so i think the real issue here is ukip is a bit of a pointless party now, so no matter whether henry bolton stays or goes, it doesn't really have a purpose in uk politics. henry bolton has said that he wants to drain the swamp. this political infighting and backstabbing at the top of ukip, it goes on. indeed, this is all about the national executive committee, which is the ruling body of ukip, and they have basically all said henry bolton is not up to the task, he needs to go. as have most of his officials, they've all resigned f