appear to be borne out by photographs from the white house bathroom. tonight with the context, the international trade expert rebecca harding, and former adviser to president george w bush ron christie. hello, welcome to the programme. president biden is defying expectations, and earning a reputation as a president who gets things done. despite the toxic nature of washington politics or maybe because of it senate democrats have been working through the summer to bring about an impressive list of achievements and a lot of that has come with the support of republicans. first came the pandemic relief $1.9 trillion, otherswise known as the american rescue plan. then in november the infrastructure bill. injune the first bipartisan legislation in decades on gun safety. then came the chips act, to strengthen semiconductor manufacturing. then new health care benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. a bipartian agreement on nato expansion admitting finland
three candidates have been nominated by parliament to replace the outgoing gotabaya rajapaksa. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are natasha clark, who s a political and environmental correspondent for the sun, and eleanor langford, political reporter at politics home. welcome back to you both. let s take a look at tomorrow s front pages. burning hot britain is the headline in the metro which leads with the record breaking temperatures and fires across the country today. for the mirror, this was the hottest day in history. it shows the damage caused by fires in wennington where several homes were destroyed. the telegraph also leads with the devastation in wennington, describing how hundreds of people were forced to flee their homes. the i says the uk became a tinderbox as fire services as far apart as yorkshire and suffolk declared major incidents. the express leads with the tory leadership contest, and an i
forecast will have more detail on that. pick out those showers. higher temperatures are expected across south western areas, perhaps 25 in cardiff. but high pressure builds on bank holiday monday, quite a stiff breeze across the north sea pushing in the cloud to coastal areas. the best of the weather around western parts of the uk, lots of mid 20s easily, really pleasant weather but on the north sea coast it s going to be fairly chilly. aberdeen is a nippy 15, it s going to be fairly chilly. aberdeen is a nippy15, perhaps 15 or16 aberdeen is a nippy15, perhaps 15 or 16 in scarborough, may be a degree higher in great yarmouth. overall with that high pressure building across the uk, i think the week ahead is looking promising with predominantly dry weather, although of course we need the rain. but i think we agree it is not looking bad at all. thanks. and that s bbc news at six on friday 26th august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from t
more of his own mps call for him to resign. russia insists what it calls the liberation of eastern ukraine s donbas region is its unconditional priority , as eu leaders try to agree a ban on russian oil. the french government has blamed what it called industrial scale ticket fraud for the chaos at this weekend s champions league final. at this weekend s it comes after french ministers held emergency talks this morning with police and european football officials. there s been widespread condemnation of the tactics of french police, who used tear gas and pepper spray on thousands of liverpool fans as they queued for hours to get into the stadium in paris. our sports correspondent nesta mcgregor reports. pandemonium in paris. fall back! some of the images which marked the biggest night in european club football. french police using tear gas and pepper spray as liverpool fans waited to enter the stadium. even with a 35 minute delay to kick off, there were plenty of empty