tv The Papers BBC News December 9, 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 at 11:30. frank talks between borisjohnson and his iranian counterpart over the imprisonment of a british woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. her husband says he's optimistic she can come home: i'm sure it will make a difference. i'm sure him being there and raising her case, it would be great if she came home ona it would be great if she came home on a plane and that would be beyond my wildest expectations. it is still possible she could be home by christmas. the met office issues amber weather warnings for large parts of england and wales as more snow is forecast to fall tonight. more violence in israel and the palestinian territories — after president trump's decision onjerusalem. the palestinians say they will not now meet the us vice president. thousands of people gather in the streets of paris — to pay tribute to the rock starjohnny hallyday, who died on wednesday aged 7a. jake gilland
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jake gill and hall stars in stronger. his life is changed drastically since the boston bombing. —— gyllenhall. coming up in the phil review. —— film. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentatorjo phillips and nigel nelson, political editor of the sunday mirror. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the mail on sunday reports that theresa may had to intervene in a stand up row between the defence secretary and the chancellor in the house of commons. the observer leads with a warning that the eu is under pressure not to give the uk a better trade deal than other non—member countries get after brexit. the sunday express says leading brexit supporting mps want the uk to make clear it will walk away
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from any trade deal they don't think is good enough. the sunday telegraph goes with tensions within the cabinet over the meaning of the commitments the prime minister made to move the brexit talks on. and the sunday mirror reports that some delivery drivers are working 1a hour days, it claims they're earning less than the minimum wage. let keep off this hour with the sunday express front page. this is a report that the brexiteers are demanding the theresa may should have demanded goldplated trade deal. if we don't get one then we say no more money and that's the end of it. in other words, a straightforward no deal and we would walk away. i'm not
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sure you can get away with doing no money. you can probably do less money. you can probably do less money. on the basis that if we did walk away, we would have to do it before 2019 when we're due to leave. one assumes the transition period wouldn't go ahead, you would save £20 billion that way. we would probably have to carry on paying for pensions as part of our obligations. interesting about the story is we are getting to the next stage, really, which is what we actually want? the one thing michel barnier, jean—claude juncker, donald tusk, all of them have been frustrated that britain won't come forward with actually what we think the endgame is. theresa may has a brexit walk cabinet coming up to thrash it out but it is quite important now that when we go back to europe, we have a clear idea of how we see our
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relationship after brexit which we haven't got. the sunday express is quite a leash. they have them over of durrell. —— bullish. quite a leash. they have them over of durrell. -- bullish. this is what the eurosceptics are clinging onto. —— barrel. the eurosceptics are clinging onto. — — barrel. that the eurosceptics are clinging onto. —— barrel. that we did show signs to collaborate after the collapse of the tu p. that is to be welcomed if you to anything in an negotiation. -- dup. you to anything in an negotiation. —— dup. they seem to think that just because we have got to this stage then we can turn around to the eu in six months or 18 months' time and say actually we won't pay you. this is already cementing, as if it needs any more cement, the hard lines between the brexiteers and the remainers. it all comes down to this
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thing, in the event of no deal, the uk will maintain full alignment with the customs union and the single market when it comes to the irish border. and continuing to abide by all of the eu's will. it is all about semantics. it is a positive headline for the prime minister, probably, but very... the full alignment phrase, moving on, texas to the sunday telegraph. much reference there about the talk in the cabinet. —— takes us to the sunday telegraph. if you can say that by sending borisjohnson sunday telegraph. if you can say that by sending boris johnson to iran, that keep him out of the way, thatis iran, that keep him out of the way, that is one way of looking at it. there is a problem between the brexiteers and the remainers. the brexiteers and the remainers. the brexiteers are so keen to walk away from europe that they would almost,
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you know, do anything just to be able to say, we have done it, we have done it, we are out of europe, regardless of the consequences. that comes back to the point that nigel made that it is difficult for the prime minister and the negotiating team and it is notjust david davis, it is an army of civil servants and lawyers and what have you. it is difficult for them to go there if it is not clear what we want. now we get to the next stage which is we ought to be honest because if we can lay on the table, at the moment, we're not saying anything. we are arguing that we must keep negotiating position close to a chest. now we are moving into trade talks and the question is why should we? let's say this is what we want, we? let's say this is what we want, we then negotiate to get there and see how far we go but at least if you utterly knew what we were going towards... we would speed up the negotiations but it would be the best way of helping both sides come
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to some kind of deal. because they have been negotiating on these three issues which we have gotten past, to a degree, only now would it be the right moment to say this is what we wa nt right moment to say this is what we want in the future. if that is their argument? s there is a point you have to take it step—by—step and i a lwa ys have to take it step—by—step and i always knew northern ireland will be always knew northern ireland will be a major sticking point. -- there is a major sticking point. -- there is a point you have to take. you have to do a point you have to take. you have todoa a point you have to take. you have to do a bit by bit but you have to know what your endgame is. talking of tru ces know what your endgame is. talking of truces or not, nigel, this is the mail on sunday which is talking about a bust up. this was an all out warand it about a bust up. this was an all out war and it was between the defence secretary david williamson and the chancellor philip hammond. according to the mail on sunday, their simmering feud, as they put it, turned into a full—scale shouting match. dependent on which side you
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listen to, it seems that gavin williamson thinks the chancellor wa nts to williamson thinks the chancellor wants to cut the army down to 50,000. the wants to cut the army down to 50 , 000. the chancellor says wants to cut the army down to 50,000. the chancellor says he doesn't want to do this at all. we then get insults thrown both ways. they went toe to toe in the commons. it sounds like dancing. the chancellor calls gavin williamson... i don't think it is the chancellor, i think it is people in his department. this is his description of him. pike as in dad's army. the stupid boy. we have this full—scale i’ow stupid boy. we have this full—scale row and the backdrop to this, of course, is whether or not gavin williamson is thinking in terms of succeeding theresa may when she
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finally goes. well! and neat segue. simon walters, political editor of the mail on sunday has actually done exactly this and point out the remarkable similarity between the gavin williamson's meteoric rise into the cabinet to that is john major in 1990. then you had margaret thatcher with the blonde bombshell michael heseltine seen as her net —— natural successoi’. michael heseltine seen as her net —— natural successor. she would have rather had anything happen than that. now you have the same with gavin williamson. interestingly, it is said in other reports that he has now aligned himself with boris johnson and michael gove, giving a majority, albeit a slim one, to the brexiteers in the cabinet. you know,
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he is siding with dubious people. let's move on and talk of other things. among them, fast tracked degrees. it takes us back to the telegraph and it is the suggestion that they ought to be two—year degrees rather than three. yes, i think a lot of people would think it isa think a lot of people would think it is a jolly good idea. now, this is not least of all, it would save a considerable amount of money. it would also get people into employment a lot quicker. but i think what is significant is that this is about universities having to offer more value for money. it is as well as three. exactly. but it is a choice you can take and it will be unveiled by the government tomorrow, and joe johnson who is the universities minister thinks it is skewed in favour of traditional degrees and offers a pitifully low numberof degrees and offers a pitifully low number of courses. this comes at a
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time when there is an enormous fury over the vast salaries being paid to vice chancellors and senior university staff. because if you introduce fees, you are then putting students in the role of consumers and therefore they will expect more for their money. this is a good way of seeing whether they can get it. the figure suggested is quite significant. it is suggesting that it would save the students £25,000. it isa it would save the students £25,000. it is a bit ofa it would save the students £25,000. it is a bit of a sleight of hand because you would save 5500 on tuition fees although you would be paying 20% more for each year. that it still gives you 5500 and you get this extra money besides you won't have to take out a maintenance loan fee of third—year is the fact that most students get a job afterwards. 19,000 is the average amount. most students get a job afterwards. 19,000 is the average amountlj most students get a job afterwards. 19,000 is the average amount. i will squeeze to mooring in the last 2.5
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minutes. civil partnerships to go straight. something that has been speculated upon for a while. indeed. again, absolutely right. a private members bill. the idea is to try and basically bring the law into line for both heterosexual and homosexual couples. very sensible. it should have been done a while ago. the only reason that heterosexual couples couldn't enter into civil partnerships was the argument that 93v partnerships was the argument that gay couples were in civil partnerships because they couldn't get married and of course now they can get married and this is simply a matter of equality so everyone's then can either have a civil partnership or get married. and it's sensible for all those reasons but also it actually makes it a lot easier for cohabiting couples to put things on a much better footing in terms of pension rights and wheels, property. ——
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terms of pension rights and wheels, property. — — wills terms of pension rights and wheels, property. —— wills to stop people make the mistake that because people have lived together for 100 years they are treated as a married couple and they are not. —— wills. it is charles keaton and rebecca stone fell to have their case held next year. i know we shouldn't promote other channels but those of us in political circles are familiar with the political editor of itn. on first—class, i thought this was tom bradley. i'm sure it's not, but it isa man bradley. i'm sure it's not, but it is a man dressing after apparently emerging... thomas is that mad. he was probably looking at brexit. why would you go into the serpentine in
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hyde park in any freezing temperatures yesterday in london? i don't know but it is a good photograph and the lady next to him looks like she is ignoring it and she is quite used to seeing it. she is more appropriately dressed. have either of you being tempted at this time of year? know but i do live on the coast and date to have a friend who goes swimming at least once a week regardless of the weather. hasn't appeared yet on the front of the sunday times. it is not newsworthy. that is it for the papers this hour. thanks tojo and nigel. coming up next, it's the film review. welcome to the film review on bbc news.
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to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. what have you been watching, mark? we have stronger, which is a film about the boston bombing survivor jeff bowman. human flow, a very affecting documentary by ai weiwei. and the dinner. steve coogan and richard gere together at last. we can discuss that.
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