with me are journalist yasmin alibhai—brown and penny smith, who is a journalist and broadcaster.ice to have you both here. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. at this time of the night, you would hope so, hey? while the beast from the east subsides and the snow melts, the observer takes stock of the financial cost the wintry weather has taken on the country, suggesting it's cost us one billion pounds per day. the sunday times leads on an investigation in to how internet giants may be implicated in the trafficking of vulnerable women. the paper also looks ahead to tomorrow night's oscars with a picture of gary oldman, who has the best actor nod for playing the part of winston churchill. the actor also takes centrestage on the front of the telegraph, alongside the paper's top story which looks at the way bbc presenters‘ salaries are taxed. the top story for the mail is the latest gossip from within theresa may's cabinet. so, no clear consensus on a top story for the sunday papers, but a couple are looking ahead to tomorrow night's oscars ceremony. let's start with the ob

with me: yasmin alibhai brown, who came to the uk as a refugee from a hostile country and is now a politicalagnes poirier of the french news magazine marianne. stephanie baker, us journalist writing from here for bloomberg markets. ian birrell, columnist with the british newspaper the mail on sunday. a warm welcome to you all, good to have you with us again. the news that donald trump is to meet kimjong—un, the north korean leader, to discuss reducing the nuclear threat surprised many. only hours earlier he'd been posing as a warrior, at least in trade terms — signing into law tariffs aimed at repelling imports of steel and aluminium. "trade wars are good and easy to win", president trump tweeted. six months ago, the president warned he could unleash "fire, fury and, frankly, power" against pyongyang. perhaps the summit with kim suggest that's a war mr trump doesn't think he can win. ian, is it evident that his combination of mockery and threats has delivered? no, i think obviously the positive and optimistic hope of this is that two mavericks might make a deal. but i think it's highly unlik

at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight arejournalist yasmin alibhai—brown, journalist and broadcaster. in a moment we join bbc one and my colleague reeta chakrabarti for a full round—up of the day's news. an operation‘s been under way tonight to reach people at lynton in north devon, who've been completely cut off by huge snowdrifts. devon county council's warning of "treacherous" conditions on many roads on exmoor and dartmoor. meanwhile there are also nine flood alerts in place across devon and cornwall. andy birkett reports. unless you've got one of these, you're not going anywhere. while much of the south west returns to normality, lynton remains cut off. this is the a399 ten miles away. deep snow here means the roads are impassable. drifts up the road come to the top of the telegraph poles. so we're talking sex to eight feet. it has been a lock—in with a difference for this pub owner. he has not had a delivery here since wednesday. this is the a39, the main road. it goes from lynton on to the moors and up the top there, you can see the sheep in the fie

at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight arejournalist yasmin alibhai—brownnalist and broadcaster. three men have been charged with manslaughter and arson over an explosion in leicester which left five people dead and a number of people injured. the victims included three members of the same family, who died when the shop and flat were destroyed last weekend. reports from syria suggest government forces have gained more ground in an assault on the rebel—held area of eastern ghouta, near the capital damascus. once again, no aid was delivered during the daily five—hour humanitarian ceasefire in eastern ghouta and no civilians made it out. president assad's ally russia says rebels have prevented civilians from leaving. the rebels deny this. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, has said the prime minister's brexit offer showed that it is possible to get "frictionless" trade with the european union while leaving the single market and the customs union. theresa may's speech, which she made in london yesterday, has largely been welcomed by leave and remain supporters