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ahead skipping ahead towards thursday, now, we will dredge up some warm air for this time of year from a long way south. those temperatures on thursday, would you believe it, could hit 22 celsius. that is around about what we would expect in the middle of summer. in the middle of july, it is unusual to see temperatures that hide towards the very end of october. but that is what is coming. that means that when autumn finally turns up, it will feel that bit colder. and that is your weather. hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. we will be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first the headlines: the catalan leader says the region's people cannot accept the spanish government's decision to strip the catalan authorities of their powers. carles puigdemont says he will take the matter back to the catalan parliament. the head of the world health organization says he is rethinking the appointment of president mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. highways england is considering
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raising speed limits through sections of roadworks from 50 mph to 60 mph, to combat congestion. the sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant says a bomb disposal team has successfully destroyed all potentially hazardous chemicals that were found in storage at the site yesterday. the death of stalin is a satirical ta ke the death of stalin is a satirical take on the dictator's final hours. find out what we made of that and the rest of the week's cinema releases in the film review. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are bonnie greer, the playwright and columnist for the new european newspaper, and anne ashworth, associate editor of the times.
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tomorrow's front pages: the sunday express says what they call rogue estate agents are being targeted under tough plans drawn up by the government. the sunday times says britain's betting industry is facing its biggest crackdown on child gambling, with the regulator demanding operators pull hundreds of casino games from their websites, following an investigation by the paper. the sunday telegraph claims theresa may is set to make concessions on universal credit, amid fears it could become her poll tax. and the observer says spain has been plunged into crisis after the prime minister, mariano rajoy, announced that he was stripping catalonia of its autonomy and imposing direct rule from madrid, in a bid to crush the regional leadership‘s move to secede. let's begin, and we will start off
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with the telegraph, and theresa may plots welfare climbdown. universal credit, there has been huge calls for it to be reformed, even as it is just taking effect, and the waiting time people have for this, which can be as long as six weeks, we have seen huge evidence it is causing real property and distress, it may be reduced to a month. and this could be happening as early as the budget on the 22nd of next month. and you can sort of tell when a political party has clamped down, because things start falling off it like an old car, and universal credit was supposed to be welfare reform. and this is the big flagship of the 2010 government. this is ids's of the 2010 government. this is ids‘s master plan on how to get eve ryo ne ids‘s master plan on how to get everyone working and make working paid. even when was launched there
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we re paid. even when was launched there were questions about how intense but was in terms of the bureaucracy it was in terms of the bureaucracy it was taking in the government. it has still not launched, and what theresa may has been warned is that if she does not make the starting date sooner does not make the starting date sooner she could be faced with her own poll tax situation. because there are many people in her own party, on the other side of the commons, who are very distressed about this because they see constituents yet. any reform as large as this is maybe going to be... inaudible. the problem is, the chancellor said whatever you do, whatever you do, make sure you can pay for it. it was he has got to put aside a chest for brexit. and he is worried, and now
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here we are with this. so here you go. i think, come here we are with this. so here you go. ithink, come the here we are with this. so here you go. i think, come the budget, here we are with this. so here you go. ithink, come the budget, he will have to find some money for this. there is no alternative. we will stick with the money, turning to the observer, and mr hammond again linked to this story. austerity putting public workers' wages below the private sector again. the budget is coming up and he will have to pull something out of the hat here. more pay for probably all public sector workers. certain groups will have a small increase, this is against the great pay squeeze which is happening. wages have been stagnant, most people's earnings are not keeping up with inflation, but public sector workers were always perceived to be, whether this is the reality, slightly better off than their cou nterpa rts slightly better off than their counterparts in the private sector. new figures show that has not happened, and that will be another call on the public purse in the budget. it seems as though... i
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cannot see that hammond is going to be able to resist this pressure. what must keep him awake at night is that we are borrowing more money as consumers, for that we are borrowing more money as cofisuttiei’s, for very that we are borrowing more money as consumers, for very small things, relatively speaking. the bank of england has got to raise interest rates. it has too, because it has got to at least make the currency look attractive, and it is going to be really, really horrible. and as you say, hammond has to find a way to deal with this pressure, and also put some money aside. do you think he will lift this cap is making you think he can lift it? well, he has got to make some sort of concession on this front. my problem is that, you know, whatever he does, that people are still not going to be keeping pace with inflation. and we are going to be seeing banks being slightly more reluctant to give people credit cards, give them
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personal loans. there are already getting more expensive because the bank of england has said rein back on personal borrowing. so ijust think there are a lot of households going to be feeling the squeeze, and they are going to be looking to the government to do something for them. and this is a political situation, so as you and this is a political situation, so as you say, he has got to find something. staying with the observer, it is events in catalonia which dominate. we heard from catalan president carles puigdemont earlier. are you clear in your mind is what exactly he is doing next, either of you? he has declared, and that nobody knows it, he has declared independence and it has happened. the problem for catalonia and the problem for spain is that, according to spanish law, and i am saying according to spanish law, the referendum was illegal. so mariano rajoy has got to do something in
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order to hold the state together, in light of the rest of the world, and at the same time, catalonia has its own issues and its own matter of independence which it has been moving towards the many years. so 110w moving towards the many years. so now we have reached an impasse, which is a real kind of situation. i am old enough to remember when spain was governed by generals. none of us remember franco, what there is a lwa ys remember franco, what there is always that kind of layer on top. there is also the idea that arsal owner resisted franco, while madrid was franco. —— barcelona. so there are all of these bits and pieces into woven into this situation. for mariano rajoy there are compelling problems about the damage this is doing to the spanish economy, that tourism is down, consumer confidence is falling, and businesses are leaving catalonia. now, it seems to
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me it is all very well for the cata la n me it is all very well for the catalan leaders to invoke... to call mariano rajoy a second franco, but it is not quite clear exactly what they envisaged as their future as an independent state, and exactly where thejobs independent state, and exactly where the jobs would independent state, and exactly where thejobs would come independent state, and exactly where the jobs would come from. he did appeal to businesses not to leave when they heard. and the banks are leaving, it is the banking centre of spain. a lot of people are saying is this an identity thing or an economic thing? turning to the mail on sunday, i haven't seen this. brexit a car crash, motor investment plummeting. the impact of brexit on car investment in the country. remember, the car industry employs about 160,000 people, and around 800,000 more who are dependent on the car industry in the industries that supply it. now, it seems as though car companies want certainty, they want to know what is going to
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happen by 2019, and they are delaying investment decisions. now, we know that there has been the nissan sunderland activity and they had to be assurances made on this, and the car industry is of totemic importance to the economy and any lessening of investment in it has to be worrying. what is underreported in relation to brexit are the back pages. the financial situation, what is happening in the financial world. i got the worst tweeds in response to this, but the fact that the head of goldman sachs sent out a tweet the other day. he has tweeted only two times in his life, and he basically says i am loving frankfurt, adios, is something in the banking world which is causing people to shiver. this is very serious stuff and we don't talk about had enough. it is the
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uncertainty, people need to know what is going on. they are not taking a political position, but this is 2019 for a lot of these businesses and they don't know what is going on. staying with brexit, the sunday times. labour to back tory rebels on brexit deal. keir starmer has six red lines he will not cross as to what will be a cce pta ble not cross as to what will be acceptable in the next bill. it is extraordinary how there is this cohort forming of labour and conservatives who are not that happy with brexit. we want to see what happens next with these guys. but this is the problem. that already is that labour will have the largest party in the next election, whether they have a majority we don't know. jeremy corbyn went over to meet like—minded politicians and got a wonderful reception, so the tories
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are now looking like the lame ducks. so this is really the problem, especially for the pro remain tories. they are looking to see how they get off this sinking ship. we have three stories to get through. the sunday times, and this investigation is shocking, really. the sunday times, and this investigation is shocking, reallylj still investigation is shocking, really.” still can't get over my shock at this whole story. 450,000 children are regularly gambling online. how does that happen? what ages are they? just under 18. ok, does that happen? what ages are they? just under18. 0k, it is does that happen? what ages are they? just under 18. ok, it is very upsetting. it seems as if the companies have not taken down these sites which they advertise with cartoon characters. they are delivering them because they are a market. and i am not a mother, but i have friends who are, you have young kids. these kids are so tech savvy, they are so smart, they know how to get around a lot of things. and
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these companies are talking directly to these children, and they are creating a generation of gamblers, and can cause addicted people as well. the sunday express involves two of our favourite people. the first story is rogue estate agents clamping down. getting the housing market moving and boosting the economy. that summarises that one nicely. and finally... are they going to get married? the only thing is, i don't know what the express means by autumn. we are still in summer. did you not listen to chris fawkes? we are still in summer.” couldn't care less, i am not a royalist, but he is a good guy and i hope he gets married to her. i saw them walking down the road, because i live nearby, and nobody knew who
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they were, and nobody bothered them. this time, they will have an american in the family they like. the last one they didn't like so much. this one they will like. and america loves harry? and nobody loves harry, let's do this. he is a good guy, as royals go. on that note, we will be waiting for our invitations. that's it for the papers this hour. thank you, anne and bonnie. coming up next, it is the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news.
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