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tv   The Papers  BBC News  September 17, 2017 10:30pm-10:46pm BST

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over the past few days the weather has not been changing very much. we've had that continuing theme of sunshine and heavy showers, sunday was no exception. we had some big showers around, this was the scene in derbyshire earlier. you can see the cumulus clouds there, they bought thunder and hail across parts of the country, particularly heavy over parts of the pennines. as we move through tonight, we will see the showers easing away. low—pressure sitting towards east, but higher pressure taking charge in the northwest. many western part of the country will have a chilly night with clear spells, light winds. it won't be quite as cold further east, where we have some low cloud, and a breeze coming in off the north sea. monday will have a fresh, autumnal feeling to the day. towns and cities around 9—11, but in the countryside, we are likely to see some frost. as we had through the course of the week, we start with that theme of sunshine and showers. there will be some rain through the middle of the week. the temperatures will be on the rise. we will lose the risk of frosty nights later in the week.
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heading through monday, we have this breeze coming in off the north sea, bringing showers to eastern england, perhaps one or two to eastern scotland. further west, you're more likely to avoid the showers. there might be the odd one coming up through central parts. temperatures generally around 15—18. but it is cool with the breeze around eastern scotland and north—east england. monday evening, we will start to see cloud and showery rain pushing across the country for a time. then the skies clear again for the early hours of tuesday. it might be fresh for towns and cities, and lower than this on tuesday morning. tuesday similar to monday, dry settled weather around. there is a little bit of a breeze around the far north—east, many places staying dry with fairly light winds. some rain working into the far north—west later in the day, the temperatures around 15—18. it is slightly cooler than average, but feeling fine
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in the sunny weather. during wednesday, things are turning wet and windy from the west, but central and eastern parts are looking warmer, up to 19 or 20 in the sunshine. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines at 10:32pm. the terror threat level has been lowered to ‘severe‘ from critical, where it was placed after friday's bomb attack on a london tube. borisjohnson is accused of misusing official figures, for repeating claims that leaving the eu will free up £350 million a week. after the damage caused by irma, us forecasters say another major storm has strengthened into a hurricane on its approach to the eastern caribbean.
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human rights campaigners say the exodus of rohingya muslims, who've been driven out of myanmar by a military crackdown is "a world class humanitarian disaster". aid workers claim around 1,300 of the refugees in bangladesh are unaccompanied children. my my guest is the bestselling novelist robert harris whose new thriller is set in the political crisis that was the prelude to the second world war. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the journalist james rampton and henry zeffman, political reporter for the times. we will have to get you a little
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p"°p we will have to get you a little prop if you come back, james. front pages then. the metro questions whether that cctv image shows the person who put a bomb on the london tube on friday. the sun has the same image and a similar question. the ft leads with the statistics authority questioning borisjohnson‘s arithmetic, over that 350 million pounds a week claim. the guardian goes with the same story, saying he's facing growing pressure over what's been called a misuse of official figures. boris is the also lead in the telegraph, which reports that he'll tell theresa may that a £30 billion brexit divorce bill would be unacceptable. and there's even more borisjohnson in the times, which says the foreign secretary has been left politically isolated after michael gove refused to back his brexit intervention. and plans to change the way compensation is paid to prisoners is on the front of the express. so let's begin. it is the ongoing investigation into
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the bomb attack on the tube on friday. here it is on the front of the telegraph. the police spoke to the telegraph. the police spoke to the bomb suspect two weeks ago, and we are getting more detail about this 18—year—old who was stopped in dover, particularly who he was living with the foster carers who we re living with the foster carers who were trying to look after him. we found out yesterday that the suspect, who is 18, had been living with a foster parent couple who had been praised for their work in taking in refugee children for several decades. the telegraph reports that neighbours believe he was an 18—year—old iraqi refugee, but also he had been spoken to the police —— spoken to by the police area number of police —— spoken to by the police are a number of times, and we don't know whether they necessarily spoke to him suspecting him of relating to anything about this case, but it is
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anything about this case, but it is an insight into that kind of person who went to parsons green with the little bag with the bomb in it. we also have this cctv image and there isa also have this cctv image and there is a lot of speculation about whether it has captured this person. yes, we are on thin ice. we have to be careful with what we say because we do not want to fall into the trap of donald trump who seem to prejudices enquiries by saying that the suspect was already in sight of the suspect was already in sight of the metropolitan police and that is exactly what you don't want to say, because if he is and he has associates that you don't want to alert them to the fact that they are being surveyed. i think it is even more reprehensible what he said, and the police are absolutely right not to have named any of the suspects because they still have a lot of work to do. they have done brilliant work to do. they have done brilliant work so far but they clearly have more to do. it's not the first time that donald trump has tweeted something that might have not been
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particularly helpful to the authorities here. after the manchester attacks during the general election campaign, he gave away classified information that had been shared with him under the information sharing arrangement and tweeted it out early while watching the tv news, in the oval office. at that time theresa may did not go far and got some flack for it as part of the election campaign but this time she went further and said it was unhelpful and perhaps we are seeing why. i suppose what is heartening, if you can say that, is that the threat level has gone down from severe. absolutely. i saw one of your correspondence earlier saying, yes, it is down to severe, the fourth out of the five gradations. but critical, which also happened after manchester is scary because the official designation is that an attack is likely that puts everybody their mettle. the arrest of these
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two suspects seems to have persuaded the police and security services that perhaps the threat has gone down a bit and that is a tiny chink of good news that has come out. three stories about borisjohnson. boris and theresa may in brexit bill showdown. how did we know that the foreign secretary was going to say that the £30 billion is too much?” imagine none of his loquacious associates have told him that. he has a victorian guard of sycophants. i first encountered him more than 30 years ago at the oxford union giving a speech that was highly amusing but even thenl a speech that was highly amusing but even then i thought it was bombastic, self—indulgent and clownish. those are the adjectives i would still apply to him and if he we re would still apply to him and if he were to write an autobiography, it would be the ego has landed, it's all about him and an unsettled attempt to ask —— oust theresa may from power. the fact he has brought
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up from power. the fact he has brought up this wretched figure of £350 million again, in contradiction to the office of national statistics strikes me as idiotic. it is one of the things that inflamed the remain voters, that he seems to have bent the statistics to propagate a false view of what of was going to happen with the money. amber rudd was asked this morning if he was guilty back—seat driving and she agreed with andrew marr and it was his —— his form of words and he should stop it, but here's the foreign secretary and we know that he was a leave campaign, and a prevalent one. why should he not talk about the type of brexit he foresees? when you take a step back from the internal politics of the conservative party, and you think hang on, hang on, on national television the home secretary told the foreign secretary to be quiet, that's an extraordinary place to be. the weight they are presented is
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kind of apps. it's not difficult to imagine that being the conservative leadership concept —— contest. the language she used was amazing. she said he was irrepressible and enthusiastic, which is the way you talk about a well—trained puppy or a toddler. but the politics of this, it's toddler. but the politics of this, its extraordinary for him to bring up its extraordinary for him to bring up £350 million again because it annoyed the remainers, but that is not who he is trying to appeal to. he is trying to remind the tory backbenchers who spent the summer flirting with jacob rees mogg, saying i am still over here, back me. he wants to derail the momentum forjacob rees mogg. but he is a bit ofa rerun forjacob rees mogg. but he is a bit of a rerun of the debate they had during the referendum campaign where they said he was not safe in taxis. there is clearly some animus between them. you are right they may well be
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them. you are right they may well be the future candidates for the leadership. let's look at the ft which takes us to the numbers. number crunchers take johnson to task. this brings us back to why he is bringing it up now, because he was so is bringing it up now, because he was so discredited by so many people and here we have the uk statistics authority saying this is wrong. misuse, a clear misuse, of official statistics. for mandarin is to use the language is the most outrageous thing they have ever said. and i do think the ft have broken it down well because they have said in detail fashion that the figure does not account for the british rebate from the eu which was manufactured by the conservative party heroin, mrs thatcher, or the subsidies that the government vowed to maintain. mrs thatcher, or the subsidies that the government vowed to maintainm was always a gross figure, wasn't it? it is gross in many ways, in my view but i understand what you are
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saying. the amazing thing is not just the letter but the response to it. this row —— row has rolled through today, a two page letter and then boris's team said no, he's only talking about the telegraph headline, which meant the uk statistics authority had to clarify that they were talking about your 4200 word article and taking issue with the whole argument. typically, rather than fighting back against the independent statistics authority, the ministers say, fine, iam authority, the ministers say, fine, i am sorry. the foreign secretary is fighting back and like the home secretary, fighting on national television, that's a big deal. reminding myself of mrs thatcher, can you reminding myself of mrs thatcher, can you ever reminding myself of mrs thatcher, can you ever imagine peter carrington, the most loyal foreign secretary ever saying anything against her in public or that might contradict a policy. this is why it is so extraordinary. even the allies of mrjohnson has called the
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intervention on the day after the terror attack in london, inept, and thatis terror attack in london, inept, and that is the word i would use. terror attack in london, inept, and that is the word i would uselj terror attack in london, inept, and that is the word i would use. i know you have the bit between your teeth on this subject but we need to move on this subject but we need to move on to two other stories in the ft. we could talk about it all evening. two other stories, which are connected. women suffer illegal levels of low pay in silence. two thirds of women are paid less than minimum wage —— two thirds of workers, i should say. and then they lack is likely to take their claim to the low pay commission. the finding about two thirds of people being paid under the legal minimum wage being women is awful, if perhaps, and this is bad, not as startling as it should be. but the really extraordinary thing is the second sentence that women are less likely than men to file a complaint. the consequences that h mrc only launches investigation when complaints are filed, so if women
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are suffering in silence there is nothing that could have been done about it, and that is really awful and shows that companies need to step up rather than leaving it to the individuals. it is shocking, everything from the bbc, to hollywood, it's a hot topic, and i speak as the father of three daughters who looks forward to them being kept in the style by my high earning children. i am being facetious, but the way in which women have been systematically discriminated against is a disgrace. i love my daughters and i love women, and a know it sounds like swiss toni. but i do think it is absolutely shocking that in this day and age we should have this massive gulf between pay. how shocked are you, then, james that there is a poor uptake in shared parental leave 7 poor uptake in shared parental leave? the assumption is that ms —— women are still doing all this.
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every day my three daughters tell me lam part every day my three daughters tell me i am part of the problem because i am part of the patriarch e. so this entrenched system where men rule, and the self perpetuating continue to rule has not been budged an inch in 20 years. that is probably a function of pay as well. if a man and woman have a baby and the man earns more, can afford less to lose his wage than hers. absolutely. as the bbc campaigners for equal pay have said, amongst others, through a long time, the solution is simple, start paying women the same as men and other things will flow from that. and when we have these, k to discussions about that there is this factor and this factor, if companies just paid women the same amount they pay the men for thatjob, that just paid women the same amount they pay the men for that job, that would ta ke pay the men for that job, that would take you some way. homer simpson like, they might think, why didn't i do that? it would solve the problem in an

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