developing rain, temperatures are in the low 20s in many places. that is the theme, really, through the week ahead. there is some warmth and some sunshine at times, but every now and again there is potentialfor some heavy and even thundery downpours. hello, this is bbc news. we ll be taking a look at tomorrow morning s papers in a moment. first, the headlines. sweden s ruling social democrats have backed the country joining nato. it s after finland also confirmed it will apply for nato membership, in response to russia s invasion of ukraine. their membership in nato would increase our shared security, demonstrate that nato s door is open, and that aggression does not pay. a british military intelligence assessment suggests russia may have lost a third of its ground forces since the start of its invasion of ukraine. president biden says america must do all it can to end hate filled domestic terrorism, after ten people are killed in a shooting in buffalo. the uk government says
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the author and journalist yasmin alibhai brown, and kate maltby, columnist for the i newspaper. good evening to you both. the headlines. the financial times which leads with finland and sweden announcing they will bid tojoin nato. it says the move would cause a geopolitical shift in europe. and lots of focus on the belfast telegraph, which boasts an exclusive essay by borisjohnson where he sets out his northern ireland policy. the telegraph, too, covers the ongoing discussions over the northern ireland protocol also featuring a picture of the margaret thatcher statue which was egged after being unveiled in grantham. and it s the same lead story for the independent, which quotes government sources urging the eu to help resolve the protocol standoff. it also shows a picture from protests after the shooting in buffalo in the us. the mirror takes the us massacre as its lead,
at jubilee celebration events. so let s begin. journalistic royalty tonight. jazmine and kate, good to see you both. we are going to start with to but different stories about the police. i know you want to discuss the guardian, the headline is, police chiefs accuse home secretary of power grab. something that home office sources are telling the newspapers not the case at all. he has been, just talk us through this. the front page doesn t have as much detail perhaps is i would like to know. something is building up between some police chiefs and the elected commissioners as well and the home secretary priti patel put up the home secretary priti patel put up odd love to know where this is coming from. it seems to me power grab is a very vague term, what are they talking about? one has to remember that she was very
unveiled in grantham. the same story on the front of the i, which accuses the pm of triggering a trade war with th european union. the guardian leads with claims by police leaders that priti patel is attempting to give herself new powers without parliamentary approval. the mail splashes a picture of queen elizabeth attending the royal windsor horse show the first of her appearances at jubilee celebration events. and smiling as well. very nice picture there of her majesty. let s bring in the guests. hello to you both. good to see you. even though it s on video conference, it s good to see you. we will start with the bell cat belfast telegraph. a lot of people reporting on this story, and i suppose in a nutshell, having read most of this as a myself, he s