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Hello, this is bbc news. We will be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. First the headlines President Trump visits texas and ohio after the weekends mass shootings, amid continuing accusations his rhetoric has helped spread violence. British airways says flights are returning to normal after technical problems caused cancellations and severe delays for passengers. Derbyshire police say it is now safe for residents to return to their homes in whaley bridge, after the town was evacuated last week over fears of a damaged dam. The british Food Industry calls for Competition Laws to be relaxed to prevent Food Shortages in the event of a no deal brexit. Severe weather warnings for cornwall leads to a Music Festival for 50,000 people being cancelled at the last minute. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are sam lister, the deputy Political Editor at the daily express, and anand menon, who is director of the non partisan think tank uk in a changing europe. Many of tomorrows front pages are already in. Shadow chancellorJohn Mcdonnell has suggested he would send Jeremy Corbyn to Buckingham Palace to tell the queen the labour party are ready to assume power in an attempt to stop a no deal brexit, says the telegraph. The guardian reports that rebel mps are working on a new plan to stop borisjohnson pursuing a no deal brexit on 31 october that involves forcing parliament to sit through the autumn recess. Wish you werent here. The mail reports on a summer of hell for holidaymakers with passengers facing airport misery amid todays it failures and the threat of upcoming strikes. The i leads with the same story, suggesting that tens of thousands of passengers across the uk are likely to be affected by industrial action, with ryanair pilots looking to hold two strikes at the end of august. 0ns figures show that a million more young adults are living with their parents than 15 years ago, says the times. The metro leads with the story of the disappearance of a british woman in greece, and the news that a body has been found at the bottom of a deep ravine. The express reports on a study which says that keeping the heart healthy can reduce the risk of dementia in older people by 60 . And a colony of microscopic pigs is living on the moon. That is according to the sun. I will leave you with that intriguing thought and we will pick that up a little bit later in the paper review. Lets start with the daily telegraph. This picture of John Mcdonnell looking very tense. It isa John Mcdonnell looking very tense. It is a very grand seat he is in and a very grand message he is sending. He is looking very regal, and what he is saying, basically, is that he will not tolerate Boris Johnson should he lose a vote of no confidence clinging to power. He says he will putJeremy Corbyn in a taxi and sent him to Buckingham Palace and ask if he can form a government, which is all fine, but someone government, which is all fine, but someone needs to get a majority in parliament. And the ongoing brexit saga has been marked by the fact that parliament knows what it doesnt want very well. It doesnt seem to want anything, no deal, the deal, remain, but it is hard to get a majority for any outcome and if the government loses a vote of no confidence, they have to find a way to form government. Is it your reading of this that, given the lack ofa reading of this that, given the lack of a majority for apparently anything, that an election is now significantly more likely than it was just a few months ago . Significantly more likely than it wasjust a few months ago . Yes, i think we have been working on the basis that we would probably be having an ultimate election, many of us having an ultimate election, many of us hoping that that is not the case, but it does look increasingly likely. I think the thing is if borisjohnson lost a likely. I think the thing is if Boris Johnson lost a confidence vote, the problem is that you are not going to get tory mps, even most remainers, they are not going to fall behind. Even the man they call phil guevara. Even the most hardline remainers are not going to fall behind Jeremy Corbyn. The so called unity government, labour have said they will not get involved in the stop so youth if you look at the numbers, is this alternative government actually going to come from. And that leaves you with a general election. Boris johnson losing a no confidence vote, he has another two weeks and he and others can try and form government, otherwise there has to be an election. Absolutely, and in some sense you can feel the election in the air. In this guardian story, michael gove is getting a narrative out there that this is the eu being unreasonable, it is all their fault. And you can see the lines being rehearsed, in a way. Presumably in terms of the practicalities of this, if there were an election called, lets say for the sake of argument it isa lets say for the sake of argument it is a vote of no confidence on five or six september. Two weeks ta kes five or six september. Two weeks takes us to september, no one can form government and boris doesnt have a majority in the meantime. There has to be an election stop there is a minimum number of weeks, you cant have an election the next week, there is a minimum number of weeks. Effectively doesnt that push us weeks. Effectively doesnt that push us past 31 october anyway . Wouldnt that mean the no deal brexit would have happened by default . They are making a lot of assumptions that. 0ne making a lot of assumptions that. One of the problems is that many of the tory mps who might be considering bringing the government down to prevent no deal will want to give the government a chance. They havent seen this government in action yet, they wont want to vote borisjohnson down before he has a chance to do anything. We are moving into post 31 0ctober territory, and the calculation of these mps as if they do have a vote of no confidence, at a very minimum at the same time they have to find a way legislatively or otherwise to force the government to ask for an extension. Because otherwise the legal default, as you say, is we leave the European Union with no deal. And Boris Johnson can argue i have been forced into it, because parliament has defeated me. Have been forced into it, because parliament has defeated melj have been forced into it, because parliament has defeated me. I can see an election being fought even after an extension has been sought from the European Union on the platform of the European Union were stubborn and wouldnt negotiate, and parliament wouldnt give me a mandate. And exactly, with theresa may, look how that ended. Fascinating. Lets go to the front of the guardian. A photograph of a man lots of people wont recognise, but he has actually become in the last two weeks are significantly more important figure than he was before. He is the top paid in Boris Johnsons government, the brexit mastermind, whatever word you want to call it depending on your position. He is really driving through the brexit strategy, he is in charge of making sure this happens by 31 october. And Dominic Williams was the guy in charge of the vote leave campaign, and obviously so successful, absolutely surprised everybody by coming up with a successful strategy. Obviously he has been brought in to replicate that in downing street. But he is already proving a controversial figure. It is not often we get to know the names of these people outside of parliament, most members of the public wouldnt necessarily have name recognition for these senior aides. Alastair campbell was perhaps the most famous example. It took quite a long time before he became the story, and two weeks in, we already have Dominic Williams in the guardian. Certainly has top priority is making sure brexit happens on 31 october. So we will see what happens. And we are talking about the options to prevent a talking about the options to prevent 3110 talking about the options to prevent a no deal brexit and prevent Boris Johnson getting his way on brexit. Lots of people will say it is august, people are away on holiday, it isa august, people are away on holiday, it is a month where people speculate, often kind of aimlessly, trying to create front page headlines because they have to sell newspapers even in august. How much of this do you think is serious . Well, except that we have been speculating about this since last november. Since the Withdrawal Agreement came back and was about to start its passage through parliament. One of the things about this whole process is that it has taught us a lot about the parliament and the working of our system, and just how hard it is for parliament to stop the government doing something that the government wants to do, even if there is a majority against it. It is worth saying just on the Cummings Point that the dissension in the ranks is as much about style as about substance, because this talks about advisers talking about a reign of terror, because he has adopted a rather brutal style, it seems, because he has adopted a rather brutalstyle, it seems, in because he has adopted a rather brutal style, it seems, in telling people what to do and threatening people what to do and threatening people with a sack if they are disloyal and saying everything has to go through him. It will be interesting to see whether he can sustain that in the face of what looks like growing opposition from within both tory circles and other advisers. It raises questions about the position of the cabinet secretary, doesnt it . He is ultimately in charge of the civil service. He has before. I mean, there were stand offs in the new labour party, his predecessor had arguments with government over the extent to which special advisers should be able to instruct Civil Servants. There was a special status given to alastair campbell, which was then not repeated in future governments. Dominic cummings in a senseis governments. Dominic cummings in a sense is operating in the same way, saying that actually the only way we get this done is by having those kinds of political powers. But presumably that will be controversial with a lot of people. It is, and also special advisers on the whole is a very controversial area because it is a grey area, and Civil Servants are often quite upset at being told what to do by special advisers, or advised what to do. It has always been a grey area, i think they were introduced in the 1970s under labour, and it is a useful tool to communicate policy to the public, and also to feedback what the public think to Civil Servants, because Civil Servants can become very isolated. You do need that connection, i think, very isolated. You do need that connection, ithink, so very isolated. You do need that connection, i think, so it is a really important role, but it is a very grey area and it can be controversial. And there is also the question about hierarchies among special advisers, because originally eddie lester was touted as Boris Johnsons chief of staff. And he of course is a former politician. Eddie lister. There are a lot of grey areas, and it seems to me that one wonders what ministers will think about this. I wonder what the cabinet secretary thinks about having written a report that led to the sacking of the defence secretary and him being brought back in as education secretary, i kind of rebuke to the work he had done in conducting that enquiry. I think there are going to be some very interesting autobiographies and diaries. I am sure everyone is busilyjotting diaries. I am sure everyone is busily jotting away. Lets take a look at the mail. You can see this front page, you must be glad you have already had your summer break. The problem started pretty much the day i returned, and there but for the grace of god, and all that. It is really horrible, these pictures, all of these people have a precious two we e ks all of these people have a precious two weeks off on holiday. For some it is the only time they can go away. You have saved up your money, you are looking forward to this brilliant holiday, and what is interesting is the British Airways chaos which has been caused by it problems, British Airways have been looking into exactly how many flights have been affected, and you say hang on a minute, the problem is down to you guys, you should be upfront with passengers and be honest about the scale of this chaos. Of course, all of us now have apps on our mobile phones which can tell us what flights have been delayed. I get a message from the airport, saying i am sorry it is late, i say it didnt matter, we we re late, i say it didnt matter, we were tracking it. We knew when to set off. We do seem to get a lot of these it problems. And if anything else that points to just how awfully dependent we are on these systems, and if the slightest thing goes wrong, especially with Something Like air transport, it can cause chaos. I am like air transport, it can cause chaos. Iam not like air transport, it can cause chaos. I am not for a like air transport, it can cause chaos. Iam not for a moment like air transport, it can cause chaos. I am not for a moment going to suggest i know anything about this area, but it does strike me that it would be good if these things are stress tested before august. And of course, it raises the question again about the resilience of our infrastructure, and this stuff is not just of our infrastructure, and this stuff is notjust affecting commercial individual airlines, but the airports, and therefore internationally as well, plans coming in as well as going out. And as you say, one way in which a cyber criminal could have a big impact on the country is to attack systems of this kind. The i has more bad news for travellers. I always say get the train if you possibly can. Pilots now voting to strike at ryanair. M is more bad news upon bad news, isnt it . I have opted in the past to travel by train to parts of france, because i cant bear all the scales at the airport. You know, is your flight actually going to ever ta ke off . Your flight actually going to ever take off . You never know. The whole thing of having to hang around for three hours in advance, and it is not a pleasurable thing, it is not a pleasurable experience. And when you get strike problems, problems with it, you know, actually, if there was an alternative, i think take it. And perhaps stay in britain. I would advise. That being said, if you are advise. That being said, if you are a pilot and you are dissatisfied with your conditions, august is a very good time to suggest strike action. It is the ordinary man and woman who suffer, that is the problem. And as a father with young adults in your family, problem. And as a father with young adults in yourfamily, does problem. And as a father with young adults in your family, does this headline on the front of the times fill you with dread . Headline on the front of the times fill you with dread . I couldnt possibly say. Lots of social things going on at once here. Firstly, obviously, the rise in the number of adults living with their parents is partly down to the state of the housing market. 1 million more than 15 years ago. Absolutely, but behind the figures about young people still living with their parents are equally or more worrying figures about the numbers of People Living by themselves, especially elderly people, and it takes us back to infrastructure, in away. The threat of loneliness, people feeling isolated and cut off if are notjust routes into city centres and things like that. But the number of People Living by themselves has spiked, so the number of people over 65 living alone has risen by 500,000 since 2008. Now, 4 Million People over 65 living by themselves, and it is something we really need to think about, because this is a bit of a plague on society. You realise in a relatively short period of history, half a century or less, families have gone from being extended families in relatively close proximity to this level of isolation. Yeah. Youre both exiles from yorkshire so we both moved away from yorkshire so we both moved away from ourfamilies from yorkshire so we both moved away from our families and from yorkshire so we both moved away from ourfamilies and ipods make common now. You move the work, it is very common. People often dont stay and thats very common now, older people unable to look after themselves, all that infrastructure goes, doesnt it . And people get very lonely. I hate to say this, but men in their older years, over 40, lets say, they are actually quite badly affected by isolation because actually, when relationships break down, kids often leave with the mother and man and a living on their own. They can cause problems. There are all kinds of different issues that need to be addressed by the societal changes. There is an awful lot of change going on, isnt there . When you look at these, this is quite scary about how the society of structure of society is shifting. This is a striking image of a cruise ship, an enormous cruise ship in venice, and the venetians have managed to ban them. Its a fantastic photo. If you drove one of those small venetian taxis, you wouldnt want to see one of those things coming towards you. Theyve been successful in finally banning these things from docking in venice itself. There was a story they were going to try and build a new spoke place where these ships can stock away from the city itself, but it points to increasing frustration with tourism in some places. You know, we all know some cities in the world, the locals push back. This is an example. I had the good fortune to be in the caribbean injanuary, and seeing exactly that, sitting on the side of the harbour looking at this enormous cruise ship that towered over and cast a huge shadow. Its hugely important for the economy, but as i was going to the last hour, a lot of people three or four years ago, saying the cruise ships dont actually add anything to our economy because these people at most they come off, spend an hour and they may go to one place, but they arent having meals there, they are spending time there. Then there after the next island. You find that with a lot of local councils hearing tourist heavy towns, tourism taxes because coach tours will arrive, people will walk around town, yet a packed lunch and leave, so in a sense, all they do is clog the traffic. But councils extracting something from them, that is quite a lively debate. Certainly in oxford. We wont be extracting or havent been extracting a couple of coins from tourists from the sound of it. The penny is falling out of favour, so the penny is falling out of favour, so much so that the royal mint didnt produce any in the last year and to be coins were produced. The 10p since they were introduced in 1972 to 10p since they were introduced in 1972 to be. 10p since they were introduced in 1972 to be. Its because there is no demand, there is no need, no demand to circulate them, but it does reflect how we have changed as a society. I was speaking to someone who is a high tech fan, and he predicts we will go cashless in the next few years. I think that might bea next few years. I think that might be a little bit was ages, but actually most people do now rely heavily on cards and cashless. Actually most people do now rely heavily on cards and cashlesslj barely heavily on cards and cashless. barely use cash, i have to say, i love gizmos. I like paying on my phone, it feels like not spending money at all. That is the clever thing. It almost takes us back to the 80s story. The hidden elements of this is the risk of theft and fraud it story, and ifor one hopelessly ignorant about how these things work, but i do feel quite vulnerable trusting everything. And we do have to talk about the front page of the sun. Micro pigs on the moon. A classic story from the son. One small step or ham. Pointing out that it isnt the actual size. Eight that it isnt the actual size. Eight that would be scary. Zero say pigs might fly . Sorry for that. It is all. Check out the bbc news website, though maybe not now before you go to bed. Thanks forjoining us. Thats it for the papers tonight. Dont forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. Good evening, imjane dougall. Here is your latest sports news it was a tense night in romania for scottish champions celtic as they drew 1 1 away to cluj. At times their defence looked exposed, but they return to glasgow with an away goal advantage going into the second leg, after a James Forrest goal. Ben croucher reports. Champions league, the pinnacle of clu b champions league, the pinnacle of club football. If the caltex wanted to celtics wanted to show their chance against the big teams, they would need to take on the small ones. Mario finished a clinical counter attack to put the remaining is ahead. That is more like it. The celebrations hadnt had long to settle when James Forrest squeezed celebrations hadnt had long to settle whenJames Forrest squeezed a shot past a couple of cluj defenders, most importantly between keeper and posed. But they werent outside of the woods just yet. Post. Denying the homes in advantage to ta ke post. Denying the homes in advantage to take back to scotland, everything went over and out. Celtic very much still in it, though, a small step closer to lining up against one of those european giants. In culture, bbc news. Ben croucher. With the transfer window closing in england tomorrow, there has been plenty of rumour and speculation about players moving around. But lets cut through all the gossip and tell you the deals which have definitely been done. A fee has been agreed for the transfer of celtic left back Kieran Tierney to arsenal. After two rejected bids by celtic, it is understood the club have agreed a deal with arsenal, thought to be in the region of £25 million. The champions, manchester city, have completed the signing of portugal right backjoao cancelo from juventus for £60 million. The agreement sees full back danilo move in the opposite direction for a fee of £34. 1 million. The head of the premier league, richard masters, has spoken to the bbc for the First Time Since he became interim ceo. In a chat with out sports editor, dan roan, they spoke about a number of issues, including what football can do to tackle racism inside premier league grounds. We are determined to tackle discrimination. One incident is one incident too many and i think those incidents make you ask if you are doing enough and that is why we are working with the fa and the governments to work out where we can do better in this area. Rafa nadal has beaten british number two dan evans in the second round of the rogers cup in montreal. The world number two defeated evans in straight sets, but evans made the spaniard work for it, the brit winning a game either side of a rain break. It finished 7 6, 6 4. Andy murray will play in the doubles overnight. There was a world record at grace road this evening as leicestershire foxes captain Colin Ackermann claimed the best figures in any t20 match. The South African all rounder took seven wickets forjust 18 runs in his four overs, helping leicestershire beat the birmingham bears by 55 runs in the t20 blast. It is the first time anybody has taken seven wickets in a professional match. Jack nowell remains a world cup injury concern, with the england camp unable to put a timeframe on his return. The exeter player flew home from the Training Camp in italy last week, and doubts linger over nowells availability, with boss eddiejones naming his 31 man squad on monday. England play four warm up games in the coming weeks, starting with wales at twickenham on sunday. Thats all the sport for now. Thanks forjoining us. Hello there, well tomorrow is the calm before the storm. We cease hours today, theyve been moving away from the north east, a ridge of pressure builds, and here is what we have been talking about throughout the week, really, it is going to arrive during thursday. Over the next few hours we will see a few scattered showers continuing across scotla nd scattered showers continuing across scotland but during the hours of thursday morning, maybe some patchy mist and fog as well. Overnight lows of11 mist and fog as well. Overnight lows of 11 13 mist and fog as well. Overnight lows of 11 13 degrees. We start off relatively quiet with some sunshine coming through. Enjoy the day if you can, it will be pleasant out there for many of us. So is fairly isolated, mostly in the farthest lots of northern scotland the north east england. Highs of 24 degrees in the south. Cloud and rain gutters in the south west then by the end of the night, we will see this windy and wet weather showing its itself with go forth with starting to develop. This is 1am, we see the rain pushing its way steadily northwards across the midlands into the north of england. So by the Early Morning rush hour, it will be sitting across the northern half of england, stretching into ireland. Dont forget the green areas mean heavier pulses, that could be where we see a couple of inches of heavy rain. There will be some localised flooding. That front of system will linger in the far north of scotland with a trail of sharp, thundery downpours likely. Yellow force winds of 50 60 mild an hour. To the east of the pennines, well see some warmth and damages peaking around 34 degrees, so the mid 70s fahrenheit. The low pressure only drift its way northwards by the start of the weekend, focusing on scotland whether showers will be fairly heavy, merging togetherfor whether showers will be fairly heavy, merging together for long spells of rain. The gale force because the wind are likely to continue across england and wales, it isa continue across england and wales, it is a great summer weather out is it . This is of the sunshine does make the best of the sunshine will make the best of the sunshine will make it 24 degrees, but the rain makes it feel quite miserable. They stay with us saturday into sunday, frequent rush hour showers, bright, central south eastern england, staying largely dry, still windy, but isa 22 degrees. There you go. Take care. Highs of 22 im Sharanjit Leyl in singapore. The headlines President Trump visits the sites of last weekends mass shootings, as critics accuse him of stoking racial hatred. The us calls for calm and restraint over kashmir, as tensions between india and pakistan continue to escalate. Im ben bland in london. Also in the programme Canadian Police believe they have found the bodies of two teenage fugitives suspected of three murders. And vodka, with a twist. 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