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For the eleventh week running the Prime Minister will go to germany and france next week to insist the uk will leave the eu at the end of october with or witout a deal. A suicide bomb attack on a wedding in the afghan capital, kabul, kills more than 60 people and injures two hundred others. The three remaining cooling towers at didcot power station in oxfordshire have been demolished this morning in a controlled explosion. And coming up in a few minutes well review the sunday papers this mornings reviewers are the political commentator james millar and the business commentatorjosie cox. Before that, sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres olly foster. Good morning. We could get any result on the final day of the second ashes test. England lead by101i runs with 6 wickets in hand as they look to level the series. It could be another day for the fast bowlers, a delivery from jofra archer struck australian batsman steve smith on the back of the neck yesterday, although he should be ok to bat again today. Our sports correspondentjoe wilson was at lords. Everyone at the words need the contest. England again steve smith. Australias outstanding batsmen reached his 50 before lunch and remained on a different level. Fast, aggressive bowling is perfectly legitimate. Smith took a blow to the arm which is painful, no fracture. The minutes later, it was farmer worrying for everyone. To see a batsmen in the state were where cricket suddenly remembers its context. As he turned his head, smith was hit in the neck. The australian batsman Phillip Hughes died after a similar incident. There is obviously some pretty rough memories of a blow like that, so. Yeah, there is no fun in it. Smith was led away from the playing field, cricket has concussion protocol. When the next wicket fell, literally came back out. The bravery was obvious to the majority who applauded, but apparently not to the minority who choose to do. Australia insisted smith was ok, but he did eventually make a mistake. Out finally lbw for 92. The steves comeback out having been hit the way he was, you know, does show some courage and character to do that. I think, you know, he has been incredible in the series of five. Steves individual performance certainly kept australia in the game. They finish their first ten in just eight runs behind england and then bowled over them. Australia took four wickets by the close, but also know they should have taken more. England lead by 104. Manchester city thought that theyd scored an injury time winner and there were no complaints from tottenham at the etihad stadium. But the cameras picked up a stray city handball that led to the goal and it was ruled out, 2 2 the score on the final whistle but the var debate goes on ben croucher reports. Be it confusion, acceptance, anger, eve ryo ne be it confusion, acceptance, anger, everyone has got their own angle on var. You can see why. Manchester city thought they had snatched a one day against tottenham. Did you spot anything wrong with that . This is the premier league turned back by the premier league turned back by the cameras everywhere. There is a lwa ys the cameras everywhere. There is always someone watching and they spotted this handball. What can i say . Spotted this handball. What can i 7 i spotted this handball. What can i say . I would like to win for the chances we create. City display about that they were headed for a 16th Straight League when. But totte n ha m 16th Straight League when. But tottenham tries came from behind to level the match. When all hope it seemed was leaving the stadium, along with some of the bands, jesus ppped along with some of the bands, jesus normed up along with some of the bands, jesus popped up in the most dramatic winner. Only for the more dramatic twist. I think. Because winner. Only for the more dramatic twist. Ithink. Because of winner. Only for the more dramatic twist. I think. Because of our handball rule, that should never on any playing field, any country anywhere be disallowed. It was introduced to prison and to the errors to clear up the debate. From any viewpoint, var and these new bills sent people talking. Only two teams have a 100 percent record, liverpool are top of the table after a 2 1win at southampton. Sadio mane and Roberto Firmino put them 2 nil up with 20 minutes left to play, before a howlerfrom adrian in the liverpool goal made things interesting. He hit the ball straight to danny ings, who scored against his former side and saints were unlucky not to get an equaliser late on. Arsenal are the other side with 2 wins from 2, the first time theyve done that at the start of the season for 10 years. Pierre Emerick Aubameyang scored their winner against burnley. 2 1 there, as well. Newly promoted norwich city have their first win, teemu pukki scored 29 goals in the championship last season and he scored a brilliant hatrick against newcastle at carrow road in their 3 1 win. There were also wins for bournemouth and everton, draw between brighton and west ham. There were five league cup ties in scotland, places in the quarterfinals at stake, four of the games went to extra time. One of them was at celtic park, where James Forrest scored the winner against championship side dunfirmline 2 1 there. Livingstone, hibs, kilmarnock and Partick Thistle also through to the quarterfinals. Two more ties this afternoon. Wales are top of the Rugby Union World rankings for the first time after they beat england in cardiff in the second of their world cup warm ups. The only try of the match came in the first half, george north scoring after a superb kick by dan biggar. England beat wales last weekend but went down 13 6 this time. That means new zealands ten year reign as number one is over. It is just it isjust a number, isnt it . It is kind of like people had their stance on such is that, you know, people are going to make a lot of it. We will probably left and go we went number one and about at some stage and that the nice accolade to have, but it is all about the next three months and backing that up by performing well in the world cup. With the world cup injapan just over a month away, theres a bit of work for scotland to do. They suffered a heavy defeat to france, 32 3 the score in nice. In super league, hull fc missed out on the chance to go second in the table after losing to salford 4422. And london broncos are still bottom, but there was a huge win for them in perpignan against catalans dragons. Alex walker scoring one of the tries in their 17 4 win. Broncos are now level with three other sides on 18 points the world athletics championships are coming up at the end of next month. Theres a Diamond League meeting in birmingham later today, britains Dina Asher Smith will be competing in front of her home crowd in the 200m. In the line up are five of the seven fastest athletes in the world this year. I was like the i am out here on my home turf. He brought a very fantastic female spent in the about birmingham. Which obviously is great. I birmingham. Which obviously is great. Lam birmingham. Which obviously is great. I am a competitive person, so it is when to make me raise my game and run faster. I rememberwhen i saw it, i was like everybody. Thats all the sport for now. Now on bbc news, heres the papers. Hello, and welcome to our sunday morning paper review. With me are political commentatorjames millar and business commentatorjosie cox. Lets take a look at the front pages. The observer goes withJeremy Corbyns plea to mps to back him to stop a no deal brexit. The sunday times warns of fuel, medicine and Food Shortages after obtaining a leaked government report which highlights the gaps in Contingency Planning for a no deal brexit. The mail on sunday leads on Boris Johnsons response to mps who want the pm to rule out a no deal, hes saying that they are undermining the uks position. The sunday telegraph follows the same theme, reporting that downing street is calling mps trying to stop the uk leaving on the 31st of october dishonest. And the sunday express looks ahead to the Prime Ministers tour of european capitals, it claims he will warn he is not bluffing when he says the uk will leave with or without a deal. Let us plunge straight in. Let us start with the sunday times, juicy. This is very interesting, operation chaos. It is pretty chaotic. A lot of these scenarios that are spelt out here for what is going to happen if there is a new deal brexit sound quite familiar. But only in so much as they used to be described in the comments are to have, worst Case Scenario reports that we saw coming out last year. But this is invite a p pa re ntly out last year. But this is invite apparently they most likely outcome now. You know, it is really damning. Talking of things like heart border in ireland, delays, massive delays at ports and borders. Massive disruptions, availability of fresh food to be we just, and then at the very end goes into things like availability of clean Drinking Water that might actually be compromised under a nokia brexit. That might actually be compromised undera nokia brexit. It that might actually be compromised under a nokia brexit. It is very shocking and it is rightly called unprecedented. I suppose, shocking and it is rightly called unprecedented. Isuppose, in shocking and it is rightly called unprecedented. I suppose, in the end, should not be that surprised. In terms of what is suggesting, james, do think this might almost be a strategic leak from government, that rather than somebody who is opposed to brexit it might actually be used to get the stuff out . Because if it happens, you cannot say you havent been wormed. And if it does not happen then the government can say hey, look, didnt we do government can say hey, look, didnt wedoa government can say hey, look, didnt we do a brilliantjob . Government can say hey, look, didnt we do a brilliant job . It is not really anything new in here. There isa really anything new in here. There is a podcast that had been putting out a pricing exactly this over and over again. The lovely people at they are, did not get the front page. It is the same stuff, so you wonder what is going on with the timing and what is different now. You hope, to be honest, that this will cut through. No deal is really bad news. Borisjohnson is coated on the front are saying that the negativity around a no deal brexit is wildly overdone for we are now talking about no clean water. We could develop entire slot with the list of things to do with nodal brexit. Nodeal brexit. Josie, a lot of supporters of brexit will say this is, we have heard the stuff before. It is a project for yourself that was in the referendum campaign. The moment we voted to leave the European Union everything will go belly up and it did not happen. Therefore a lot of the state to be taken with a pension salt. It may be sensible to prepare, but do not assume that the worst is when to happen. It is logical, its make sense that a particular point of disruptions and sports. If we have no deal, it is inevitable that this will happen. There will be alloys queueing up at the border is waiting for hours on end trying to get into the country are not being able to get in. We will not have agreements around getting Fresh Produce into the country and medicines etc. Like the country and medicines etc. Like the think tank reports, this is not just me saying that this might happen. These are experts, he know what they are talking about. It is all very well saying that as project fear,. When the history of brexit is written i suspect itll be a very important moment. Michael gove, in a sense, you so important moment. Michael gove, in a sense, you so what you shall reap. He is the man borisjohnson has put in charge of preparing for all of this. This has come from, not necessarily from him, but this is leaked from his people, as it were. Let us move on to the telegraph. This is an interesting alternative church. The telegraph is a strongly leave paper, leave supporting paper and has taken a very pro Boris Johnson line. Two interesting things, one things they like their photographs of people signing things. When Boris Johnson photographs of people signing things. When borisjohnson resigned, there was a photograph of him signing his resigning letter. This a p pa re ntly signing his resigning letter. This apparently is the signing of the instrument of commencement, meaning british lovable become supreme again. British law will become supreme again. British law will become supreme again. So, i mean, what is the ashley signing . He is signing a thing saying he will have weetabix for breakfast, but he might actually have porridge. Iwould not for breakfast, but he might actually have porridge. I would not suggest that the sunday telegraph is dishonest, but to have a headline like this on the front page is a classic august front page, theres not much here. Unfortunately for them they are up against the sunday times has a cracking splash any standard. Let us face it, i am sure he is an honourable man, Stephen Barclay is not as well known as borisjohnson. In terms of what it says, juicy, this is interesting. A lot about the language that is being used within the conservative party. A lot of conservatives say it is all exaggerated the sort of tension, but actually, when you talk about collaborators as the phrase was used earlier in the week, and now the dishonesty of people like philip hammond, who was only chance three weeks ago and others, and then on the other sites people like Dominic Grieve saying they do not trust borisjohnson. There grieve saying they do not trust Boris Johnson. There is grieve saying they do not trust borisjohnson. There is a real quite poisonous element that is entered politics. Yes, it has become theatrical. It does certainly feel like, i mean, the clock is counting down. So, yes, ithink that like, i mean, the clock is counting down. So, yes, i think that is definitely highlighted in the piece. Ijust do not think definitely highlighted in the piece. I just do not think there is that much new here. We knew about these dishonest rebels in the party, we knew about his frustrations about these factions in the party, have borisjohnson these factions in the party, have Boris Johnson feels about it. There is not much here. What is new is the Prime Minister is going to announce more support for hospices. That is very important, lots of people love hospices and the great work they do and yet it only gets one line in this book, because brexit is blowing away genuinely important stuff that actually affects normal peoples lives. However, there is another page on the front page which does provide a bit of that. Love this, pig heart transplants. We have had the stuff before about the potential for transplantation which is a cracking scrabble word. Have to remember that one. Terence english performed the First Successful transponder 40 years ago reckons the race and we will be able to do pig to human transplants. He reckons there is a kidney transplant taking place before the end of the year and he reckons heart transplants are coming down the track. He probably knows what hes talking about it is from injury inside. He waited until his height was away and then just sneaked a heart and sewed it into somebodys body. The nhs bosses were very upset. If fantastic injury, hopeful, happy. A good new story, which we definitely need. Heights are notoriously difficult organs to transplant. Kenny transplant is one thing, but a heart transplant is Something Different entirely. Kidney transplant is something. There are issues around at this is something that everybody would want, vegans, vegetarians but they want to be Walking Around they takes part inside the chest . But at the end of the day, if it does work it is a giant mental leap. We do not ever seem giant mental leap. We do not ever seem to have enough human organs to donate. The observer, josie, current pleated mps to back me now before it is too late. Jeremy corbyn pleads with mps. It would be interesting to see a pole at the moment, to see wherejeremy see a pole at the moment, to see where Jeremy Corbyn actually stands. Personally, i do not think he has what it takes to make a significant change to the country in the way that Boris Johnson change to the country in the way that borisjohnson is going today. He is, sort of, very idealistically saying, you know, handed over, i can sort this out. But i think all of a sudden agreed that the tory mps who are not in favour of borisjohnson which is not necessarily naturally swing towards a corbin leadership. This is very idealistic, he is calling on mps, he is calling on johnson to perform parliament and get mps back in the war room, so to speak. Which again, weird timing, why now . I do not necessarily think they should be on recess, but i think the time to recall them is probably a few weeks ago, rather than now. So this, to me, looks like last minute panic and a desperate attempt to try and salvage something. It is setting up, when parliament does finally get back there is one to be a lot of weirdness going around. I would any the speak thats the thing about borisjohnson and the speak thats the thing about Boris Johnson and the majority of one, is it is a majority. According to this, he is trying to do nothing when they did come back in september. Because if he introduces any legislation to rebels were trying to con brexit stuffed it. It is all a bit weird this government of National Unity stuff, it is not going to happen. I do not think johnson is going to lose a vote of iio johnson is going to lose a vote of no confidence as it is silly stuff. On the front of the mirror, a story thatis on the front of the mirror, a story that is a horrible story. But a brilliant to be given some publicity. Scandal of 63 kids killed by their pants. And how the lord let it happen. Absolutely remarkable. It isa campaign it happen. Absolutely remarkable. It is a campaign and part of a broader investigation into the 63 lives of young people that were lost. As a result of the failings of the law. There is no other way of putting it. They are outlining three demands to prevent this from happening in the future. Which are, we were both saying it is quite remarkable that these demands are not already in place. It is basically to prevent anyone who has a criminal record from having automatic unsupervised access to the children. Theyre also coy mandatory and my standardised training for anyone in a position of authority, and then finally, more funding. Support services for these victims of Domestic Abuse are dramatically underfunded and they are saying that that is putting more lives at risk of being ruined by this. It is a really important campaign, it is a heartbreaking front page. From a newspapers point of view, we are quite cynical call, but it is a really good piece of newspaperjournalism. It but it is a really good piece of newspaper journalism. It is but it is a really good piece of newspaperjournalism. It is a great sunday front page and anybody who has or does not have children cannot happen delays might help but look at that and have a physical reaction. It hits home, and as ever the three things they are asking for is pretty straightforward. Just remarkable that this is not already in place. O nto that this is not already in place. Onto the second story on the mirror, james. This is, for some people it will be good news, for others it might be terrifying. I suspect the reality is we will end up as something between where we are now and that idea. But is it possible that we would have to work until were 75 . This is a bit of more classic sundayjournalism. You probably will not because this is come from a think tank, but it raises questions about the pension age. It is going up all the time and we have got more pensioners and their living longer. Can the state for its current liabilities . Probably not going further. I do wonder how much thinking has gone into it, you know, there are parts of scotland where Life Expectancy doesnt even get close to 75, so what you have to work until you are dead . Thatjust what you have to work until you are dead . That just seems what you have to work until you are dead . Thatjust seems ridiculous. The boss of the centre of social justice says work is good for you. Work is good for you and working as a good thing and then you had a National Pension convention saying work makes gl, it is not good for you. So, pick your choice. Certainly raises, it is a good talking point. A lot of people wonder if theyre ever going to get to retire. It will certainly raise a few fears amongst people in my generation. Does it really was fear or delight . It fills me with dismay. I think this is a classic example of, you know, we know that there there is this massive state pension deficit and so many people are facing a retirement where they are fully dependent on a state pension which is wholly inadequate. And yet, the only solution seems to be that we just keep working. I think there are definitely other systemic ways of addressing this that might make more sense in the long run. Finally, the story in the sun on sunday. Megan and harry, again. They are in trouble over the latest foreign jolt. Really good sunday journalism. A great headline. It is interesting the numberof a great headline. It is interesting the number of times we see harry and megan, they clearly sell papers. The suii megan, they clearly sell papers. The sun is comparing the price of hiring a private plane, never mind the environmental cost, but the price of a ticket on easyjet. Cant harry and meghan and whatever the baby is called, archie, can they reallyjust she up and get on easyjet . I am not so sure. She up and get on easyjet . I am not so sure. This is difficult, because in terms even if they wanted to, i suspect because of security reasons, that they cannot. They have a very vocal about their commitment to saving the planet, both of their charity and through the other work that they do. But it destructive logistics, isnt it . It raises a good point, air travel is very badly planet. It is one way of making that point. They know better, but they cannot necessarily just hop point. They know better, but they cannot necessarilyjust hop on a train. They jack and touch of sussex. The chip and duchess of sussex. The chip and duchess of sussex. James and josie, thank you very much. Thats it for the papers. Dont forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. Its all there for you 7 days a week. And if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. Thank you, james and josie. I will be back with my news in just a few moments. The afternoon is looking a little next, particularly across scotland and northern ireland. But also, we have had a few showers across the south and at the moment it is still pretty cloudy in some areas. Some spots of rain, if you are up earlier on really was very overcast in central and southern england. This isa central and southern england. This is a weather front that has been living very overnight and is now clearing away towards the east. The arson heavy shower clouds in the wa ke arson heavy shower clouds in the wake of this low pressure that has been basically driving our weather all weekend. Look at the showers on the radar wrapping into the centre of the low across western scotland. Some showers across areas further south, but i think the overall message is south, but i think the overall message is across south, but i think the overall message is across the southern half of the uk you are least likely to run into the showers. Most fake ones will be across scotland and northern ireland, closer to the centre of a slow pressure. 16 in the north is the top capture and around the low 20s in the south. The lowest barrelling across uk overnight, the wind wrapping around into the slow pressure. Clear spells across many eastern and southern areas, but occasional clouds and showers there in the west and the north west of the country. About ten or 12 degrees overnight in most major towns and cities. Here is mondays weather map, the lows are close to us. Theres High Pressure is trying to creep in. There are signs that may arrive to any middle part of the week and bring some slightly warmer weather. As far as monday is concerned, more of the same. Showers in the north west, some of them could be heavy and in the south you are could be heavy and in the south you a re least could be heavy and in the south you are least likely to catch them. 21 in london until around 16 or 17 across the north of the uk. To say we change get a little bit, we see a south westerly wind developing. That means cloud and some drizzly rain across western areas. This is a sign that things are starting to turn in the atmosphere. As we had through wednesday and thursday into friday, perhaps at High Pressure in the south were built in and bring us in warmer weather. Currently the indication is that they should be a gradual rise in the temperatures through the week, notjust in the south, but Central Heights of the uk. Even in adam by the temperature is possible to which the low 20s. It is possible to which the low 20s. It is still a little well off, but were getting a little bit more certainty with weather is starting to turn for the better towards the end of the week. Goodbye. This is bbc news. Im shaun ley. The headlines at ten. This is the scene live in hong kong where around 100,000 people are gathered for more pro democracy protests for the eleventh week running. The Prime Minister will go to germany and france next week to insist the uk will leave the eu at the end of october with or witout a deal. The home secretary is examining how the families of Police Officers killed or injured on duty can be better supported after the death of pc Andrew Harper in berkshire. A suicide bomb attack on a wedding in the afghan capital, kabul, kills more than 60 people and injures 200 others. The three remaining cooling towers at didcot power station in oxfordshire have been demolished this morning in a