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tv   The Papers  BBC News  February 25, 2017 11:30pm-11:46pm GMT

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hello, this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines: labour's deputy leader tom watson says now is not the time for a leadership contest, but warns the party must do better at winning over voters. president trump announces he will not be attending the white house correspondents dinner this year. a man has died and two other people injured after a man drove a car into pedestrians in the german city of heidelberg. three men have appeared in court on slavery charges after the discovery of a cannabis factory at a disused nuclear bunker in wiltshire. and coming up after the papers, we'll get jason solomon's take on patriot's day, the hollywood blockbuster based on the boston marathon bombing in the film review. hello and welcome to our look ahead
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to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are caroline wheeler, the political editor of the sunday express, and anne ashworth, assistant editor at the times. welcome. let's take a look at the front pages that have arrived with us so far tonight. the sunday telegraph has an interview with the new independent reviewer of terrorism legislation. that's max hill, who warns that the threat of terror attacks is at its highest since the 1970s. in the sunday times — changes to visa regulations for migrants, is the lead story. the paper says plans include limiting access to benefits for new arrivals to the uk. the sunday express has more details about the man who murdered the children's author helen bailey. kicking off with the telegraph and
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the story about brexit, lord uniting potentially to soften brexit. that will pause consternation for some people? of course. it seems like this has been going on for ages, these debates around brexit, and we still haven't triggered article 50, the formal mechanism by which we leave the european union. the withdrawal from the eu bill has already been driven house of commons, it went through unamended and is now going through the house of lords, where the relationship is different and the arrangements about patronage, they will get voted out if they don't follow the will of the people as it were. it doesn't quite apply to the house of lords, so of course they are little bit freer to tinker with the legislation. they have put through a raft of amendments. one of them concerns the
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rights of europeans over here and one is about having a vote on the entire deal once we get there. these are the things the telegraph is telling us there will be some cross—party telling us there will be some cross— party support for telling us there will be some cross—party support for as they try to have their influence over the bill. they are free to tinker, but at the same time they have to be careful because this is a referendum with a huge exercise in democracy. the house of commons pass the bill without change? you might say they have to be careful, but i don't think they are minded to be. they are almost becoming like an opposition party. they will be asking questions about migrants' writes, about the very fine detail and under exactly what terms the exit. i think it will be a very interesting process. is that democratic? they are there to review legislation and they see that as
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being difficult in this crucial piece of legislation. they see that as their role. whether they have any great success with this is still very much up for debate. there will be this process of ping—pong with a meant legislation and it will then be cast again by mps, who will reject it, as they did beforehand, and of course the whole intrigue around this is that it will affect the timing of triggering article 50. we have to get this bill passed before we get article 50 enacted and it was suggested that good we done as early as march the ninth, the suggestion is now that it will be pushed later, possibly towards march 17. you wonder what theresa may will think about that. she was there at the beginning of the debate in the lords, looking at the peers as they we re lords, looking at the peers as they were debating it. now of coursejean miller, the businesswoman in the
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independent‘s front page. she is pictured and the independent say that she says the lords need to show backbone on the brexit bill. she was the woman who of course brought the original legal case, which then went to the supreme court, that the parliament had to debate this and pass this legislation. an extraordinaire woman in her own way who has put herself into the limelight and received a huge torrent of abuse over it, over her questioning of brexit. she has once more in merged to say that the lords must do theirjob. she sees it very much as their role to be the irritant in this process. she is a marmite person. people are very divided about her, but on a lot of people who really admire her for the percat henning on the amount we pay for pensions. —— for all of the things she has done. people on both
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sides of the debate. nigel farage says he can't go to the pub any more because he gets a torrent of abuse when he goes out. but she is an interesting figure because it takes an enormous amount of interesting figure because it takes an enormous amount of courage i think on an issue as divisive as the one we've just seen in terms of the referendum to actually then take up the mantle and take this to the high court. then of course the government took it to the high court. so a great deal of courage. in many ways what she is saying is what we would expect it to say. she is going to the lords to try to soften brexit and she sees the prime minister... cheesy turning up in house of lords as somehow being a bully, breathing down their next. it will be increasingly divisive. a quick look
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at the sunday times. they've got another angle on the whole brexit story. a story about an offence from migrants and of this revolution. an interesting story that we just seeing. trade deals on the sidelines. what we are talking about is the right to migrants, both those who might come in the future and those who are already here, but we think this is most interesting for a very interesting date. is the cut—off date at which you can stay here, if you are an eu migrant, the date of the referendum, or is it the date of the referendum, or is it the date on which we trigger article 50? i think this is going to be a cause of huge dispute. this particular article suggests that the lawyers have looked at this and what they are saying is that it could be the date that we trickle article 50. which could be a couple of weeks away. exactly. much to be determined. if everything goes well.
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another story is about the labour party, which we have been discussing since the fallout from the by—elections. tom watson, the deputy leader, suggesting they could face wipeout in england as they have done scotland. yes, the analysis, if you look at the level of swing we saw in koh plant, would suggest scores of labour seats under threat. —— copeland. who will naturally be pooling their resources together. it is interesting to see how theresa may discussed the idea of the conservative party now be the workers party. the conservatives are very much trying to... this is a major concern to those in the party at the moment, especially the moderates who don't see any way out of this. there is no kind of white knights charging to their rescue, that anyone can see. nobody really
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thinks that any candidate other than another from the left will actually win out, should there be another leadership contest. if david miliband going to enter the fray? very big comment in my paper this morning, this is the darkest time he has seen the labour and he sees it as impossible. will tony blair come back? that's been another one around the fringes. come back to rescue the party. but with the party elect david miliband? it would depend. the interesting thing about this is the reason they want to jeremy corbyn to hang around is because there is more change they want to instigate in september, which is the john mcdonnell rule, which will mean they don't have to reach such a high threshold in order to get another left—winger onto the ballot paper. quick word. you got a story in the express. you have the summit up about ukip. there were two
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by—elections. the fallout from labour. paul nuttall obviously didn't win the seat of stoke and basically party's biggest donor will issue an ultimatum and say, there could be chairman, that's me modernise the parties we can become electable and if you don't do that i will set up a rival party that will basically destroy ukip. he has set up basically destroy ukip. he has set upa basically destroy ukip. he has set up a rival log. but would he actually like to be prime minister? does he see himself as the leader of ukip? and the sunday telegraph. the terrorism chief, as they call him, talking about the threat of terror, the worst in a generation. this is an extraordinary story. max hill, the new independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, the man who keeps an eye on the people who keep us safe. he has said that the
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terrorist threat is at its worst since the 1970s. now, you might expect him to say that he has a seriousjob and expect him to say that he has a serious job and a great deal to do, but it's a very, very sobering tale. however, there are lots of things that they don't seem to ask him in the story. one of the things i would have liked to have heard from this interview is what about all of the isis fighters who have returned to britain? the people who have been radicalised and returned? is he going to be keeping a special eye on them? does going to be keeping a special eye on them ? does he going to be keeping a special eye on them? does he want new measures, new surveillance techniques? it is interesting you should say that. one of the things i was saying before is the reason terror is back on the agenda is because of the death of the guantanamo bay detainee who had gone out and blew himself up in iraq. of course i would have wanted him to talk more about surveillance and what we are doing to make sure
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people don't give out of the country when they have been a cause for concern. when they have been a cause for concern. but from your point, the thing that alarms me is that actually he talks about reviewing terrorism prevention and investigation measures, which are the most draconian, although not as draconian as the control orders, because he thinks they are an extraordinarily serious infringement on freedom. he seems to feel he will go the other way and actually look at civil liberties, rather than looking at the angle of these people posing a grave threat to us and what we can do to keep us safe. a quick look at the sunday telegraph. the oscars. la la land is tipped to sweep the board. the picture of emma stone, the hot favourite to be named best dress. you went to see it and you didn't like it? i didn't like it, but i think the interest will be in what sort of level of virtue signalling we see from the stars. how many impassioned anti—trump speeches will we see? usually i can
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get really focused on the frocks. that's what really interests me. but i will be wondering how beautifully choreographed and scripted all of these impassioned, seemingly off—the—cuff, speeches are. but, no, ididn't off—the—cuff, speeches are. but, no, i didn't enjoy la la land, but it's a hollywood film. there will be frocks and politics tomorrow. there will be. we've seen a bit of that already. we've seen some protest today with the likes of michaelj fox and jodie kidd making speeches about trump. that will be a feature of the oscars tomorrow. they will probably be looking at the frocks. i don't get to go to the movies very often. you haven't seen anything for ages, have you? no, very disappointed. as i was saying, this is the best night out at had in ages! thanks very much. that's it for the papers. coming up next, the film review. hello and welcome to
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the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is jason solomon. so jason, what do we have this week? this week we sift the debris of the boston marathon in the company of kevin bacon and mark wahlberg in patriots day. we take a long, sad look at the life of footballer and alcoholic, george best. examining how the swagger became a stagger. and putting you off fluffy robes for life, we seek a cure for wellness in a swiss alpine spa. so, let's start with patriots day. it is the story of the 2013 boston marathon bombing and the manhunt afterwards? yes, the aftermath. it gripped the world.
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there was this extraordinary bombing of the boston marathon, which takes place on patriots day. it is a well known national event. it was bombed by two brothers.

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