, and the journalist and broadcaster, james rampton. before the papers, sport. and for a full round—up, let's go to the bbc sport centre. good morning. england have made it through to the semifinals of the rugby league world cup. they beat papua new guinea by 36 76 in melbourne. tim hague has the details. england have strolled their way through the world cup so far, but with sam burgess back, could they march through their quarterfinal against the colourful and physical papua new guinea? we got an indication after 90 seconds. david mead flattened. he would not return. it summed up the first half. england ahead through a familiarfinisher. it is yet another try forjermaine mcgillvary! the watkins—mcgillvary double act did the damage again a while later. same corner, same result. there was the odd bump on the road. it didn't bother kevin brown or his team—mates. alex walmsley going over before half—time. ben currie after that. papua new guinea got some reward for their efforts. watkins no longer the provider as he scored twice himself. is he going to be caught? no! another leeds rhi

journalists james rampton and martin bentham, home affairs editor at the london evening standard. good evening. we can look at some of the front pages. the metro leads with a story about five people hit by a car in south london. the paper also marks the oscars 2017 with a picture of actress emma stone. the financial times reports on the tensions between some american banks who employ thousands of people outside the us. and the new president, who‘s promised to bring jobs back to the us. the express claims that millions of us will be forced to carry on working into our 805, following a warning from a former pensions minister. the daily telegraph features a photo of the british actress naomi harris ahead of the oscars. we can start with the times newspaper. this story about the scots demanding a new referendum. curious because i thought it had gone away. referendum. curious because i thought it had gone awaym referendum. curious because i thought it had gone away. it is a ticking time bomb not going away. seniorfigures in the ticking time bomb not going away. senior figures in the gover

sunday times foreign editor, peter conradi, and the journalist james rampton. before the papers, sport, and for a full round—up, over to the bbc sport centre. scotla nd scotland were leading 2—1 against england yesterday before harry kane struck late on it and park to snatch a draw. in the end, it was heartbreak for scotland. from joy to despair, denied a famous and incredible victory by england. the newest instalment of international football's oldest rivalry, one that goes back to 1872, each encounter laced with anticipation. security was increased after recent terror attacks. there was a minute's silence in memory of the victims before kick—off. this was a match scotland had to win, something they had not done at home to england in 32 years and which looked unlikely as the visitors applied the pressure. that pressure told after half—time, alex oxlade—chamberlain came off the bench to make an immediate impact. scotland were bruised but not beaten. they equalised in the closing stages. they were invigorated. the drama was far from over. three minutes later, unbelievab

us tomorrow. with me are the journalist james rampton and henry zeffman, political reporter for the times. thank you both for coming in. the front pages. the metro questions whether that cctv image there on the front page shows the person who put a bomb on the london tube on friday. the sun has the same image with a similar question. the financial times leads with the statistics authority questioning boris johnson's arithmetic over that £350 million a week claimed. the guardian ta kes million a week claimed. the guardian takes the same story, saying he is facing growing pressure over what is being called a misuse of official figures. the foreign secretary is also the lead in the telegraph which reports that he told tories a £30 billion divorce bill would be unacceptable billion divorce bill would be u na cce pta ble to billion divorce bill would be unacceptable to more borisjohnson in the times saying he has been left isolated after michael gove refused to back his intervention. and plans to back his intervention. and plans to change the way compensation is paid to prisoners is on

the journalist james rampton. let‘s kick off by looking at the front pages. the observer leads on the situation in zimbabwe, with a picture of one of the thousands of anti—mugabe demonstrators in harare yesterday. the mail on sunday‘s story is an apparent altercation between two labour mps in the commons chamber. the sunday express claims that in wednesday‘s budget, the chancellor will announce support for britain‘s tech industry, which could mean we‘ll have driverless cars on our roads by 2021. the sunday telegraph also leads on a pre—budget announcement, reporting that nurses are in line for a pay rise. and the sunday times says that the chancellor will use wednesday‘s budget to announce plans to build 300,000 homes every year. let‘s begin and katie, can you kick us let‘s begin and katie, can you kick us off? budget? budget day, wednesday and we just had philip hammond appearing on the andrew marr show and he has managed to get into trouble talking about unemployed people. they don't exist! apparently. there is better news for employed people, we think. in the

reviewers are the journalist and broadcaster james rampton, and prashant rao, deputy europe business editor at the new york times. first a full sportsround up. geraint thomas will wear the yellow jersey as the second stage of the tour de france gets under way later. no welshman has had that honour before. just to warn you, there is some flash photography coming up. he won this year's first stage in germany, a 14 kilometre time trial through dusseldorf in a time ofjust over 16 minutes. his sky team mate and defending champion chris froome came through the day unscathed, finishing sixth and well ahead of his main rivals. thomas says he'll support froome‘s bid for a fourth tour title — but is looking forward to a stint in the yellowjersey himself. amazing. it's the stuff of dreams. the tour is what got me into cycling. i remember as a ten—year—old i used to run home to watch the last ten k. to be on the other side of the camera and take thejersey is incredible, really. it is my eighth tour and to finally win a stage, and then the yellow jersey is a bonus. sean o'brien c

us tonight are the broadcaster penny smith and the journalist james rampton. stay with us for that. the parents of charlie gard — the ii—month old who has a fatal genetic disorder — handed a petition to great ormond street hospital today asking for him to be allowed to travel to the united states for experimental drug treatment. more than a quarter of a million people signed the petition, the high court will consider the case again tomorrow after new evidence was put forward. wyre davies reports. charlie gard's parents say they will accept help and support from wherever it comes. guide and lead them and we continue to pray for their precious, beautiful son, who has captured the imagination of the world. 11 month old charlie is severe disabled and brain damaged. his future has been the subject of a long legal battle. doctors at great ormond strett say no treatment will improve his quality of life around they should be allowed to switch off the life—support system. a view supported by a high court ruling. today his parents delivered a petition to the hospital after they say n

the spectator and the journalist and broadcaster, james rampton. the pressure on robert mugabe is intensifying, with the military and his own party taken steps to remove him. the ruling zanu—pf parties to remove the 93—year—old at a meeting this morning. in last the zanu—pf youth league, which until now has strongly supported him, has called for him to step down. tens of thousands of protesters lined the streets of harare yesterday, calling for his resignation. mr mugabe has so for his resignation. mr mugabe has so far resisted. we can speak to richard dowden, journalist and director of the royal african society. today could be a significant day? more pressure on mugabe, but he is a very stubborn man. it will be interesting to see whether he finally says, all right, i will step down. i think he still believes he is president of zimbabwe and he wants to stay there. so, it's going to require an awful lot more arm—twisting. going to require an awful lot more arm-twisting. what is your feeling about what he will do today? up until now we have not heard from him, only his nep

guestsjoining me tonight are the journalist james rampton and lucy fisher, senior political correspondent at the times. the headline is: can the head of the national counter terrorism unit says police have taken hold of a large part of the manchester terror network but that more arrests are likely. the 41—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences. with the security level at critical, armed police patrol trains for the first time, ahead of the bank holiday weekend. labour leaderjeremy corbyn criticises the government over police cuts — and says there has been a link between foreign policy and terrorism. the g7 group of industrial nations have agreed to do more to fight terrorism and extremism at a summit in sicily in italy. theresa may said the battlefield was moving online and that the g7 had agreed a range of steps to encourage internet companies to remove extreme content. i began by asking about the summit being the first for a number of the leaders. very much a new era, i think, four out of the seven leaders are new. all eyes on the most impo

journalist, james rampton. donald trump's son—in—law and senior advisorjared kushner has publicly denied any wrong—doing or collusion with russian government officials during the presidential election campaign. he was speaking outside the white house, after being questioned by a special senate committee investigating links between the trump campaign and russia. this is what he had to say: first in business and now in public service, i have always focused on setting and achieving goals and i have left it to others to work on media and public perception. since the first questions were raised in march, i have been consistent in saying that i was eager to share any information i have with the investigating bodies, and i have done so today. the record and documents i have voluntarily provided will show that all my actions were proper and occurred in the normal course of events of a very unique campaign. let me be very clear. i did not collude with russia, nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. i had no improper contacts. i have not relied on russian funds for my bus