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tv   The Papers  BBC News  March 10, 2018 11:30pm-11:46pm GMT

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pressure building and will settle things down. it could be a chilly start with mist and fog around but we should see sunny spells. a couple of showers developing across the south and south—west. a caulfield to things, not as mild as the weekend. looks at it becomes unsettled once again with more cloud and outbreaks of rain. picking up more of a breeze in the east and south—east as well. hello. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines: police have found traces of the nerve agent used to attack surrogate and yulia skripal. the investigation has identified more than 200 witnesses. this investigation is focused on making sure that we keep people safe as a priority — that's what the cobra meeting was about — and also making sure
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that we collect all the evidence so when it comes to attribution, we'll be absolutely clear where it should lead. no more changes to exams and a reduction in teachers‘ workload — the promise of the education secretary as he attempts to resolve the school recruitment crisis. ireland have won the six nations championship, beating scotland by 28 points to eight with a bonus point. meanwhile, england lose to france in paris, scoring just 16 points to their rival‘s 22 points. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are nigel nelson, political editor of the sunday mirror, and the political commentator, jo phillips. lovely to have you both again.
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many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the observer leads on government figures that reveal almost four times more men than women are in britain's highest paid posts. same old story, hague? —— hey? the sunday express says that the ex—russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia may have been poisoned by the contents of a parcel that went undetected in the post. the sunday telegraph reveals that senior government figures are leading a plan to ban russian officials involved in corruption and human rights abuses. the sunday times claims that since becoming prime minister, theresa may has received over 800,000 pounds worth of donations from russian oligarchs. the sunday people says that the russian president vladimir putin is planning eight more attacks. he is not done yet!
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of course, it's worth a reminder that russia has not yet been found responsible for the salisbury attack. the sunday mirror front page features claims that up to 1,000 children could be involved in a new child abuse and trafficking scandal. and finally, the mail on sunday headlines allegations of bullying against a former executive of the one charity, which was founded by bono. the accusations have been denied by the person accused. so russia dominating the majority of the front pages, as it has for the past few days, so let's have a closer look. we will stay with this of course, the express, and the story that the poison may have been delivered by literally, delivered by parcel? yes, this is slightly contradictory to what we have just heard in the news
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headlines that they do think that a possibility they were contaminated in the restaurant that they went to but according to neighbours, they have seen courier vans delivering parcels which is not unusual because most of us have deliveries from time to time, but it is obviously another line of enquiry. they are investigating that. what is quite interesting in the express story is that they have spoken to an expert, who knew there were so many experts coming out of the woodwork apart from myself and nigel, of course, that this particular expert is saying that any would be ssts and is probably now safely back in russia, this would have been very well—organised job, if indeed it was carried out by russian orbiter such —— sanction of the russian government, it would have been a 3—person team. weather has done it probably dropped the gas and all the nerve agent and would be awake —— who we are. there is an awful lot of
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stuff for people to go through as he referred to, they have 200 or something witnesses. you think we will ever be able to trace it back, nigel? i have no way of knowing that. i think it will probably be able to work out at some point who is probably responsible. a signature... yeah. i do think anyone is hiding at the moment, i think they are sitting in the kremlin at they are sitting in the kremlin at the moment so you have to put a cave yet out on no evidence yet but even so, we're pretty sure who is behind it. so the important thing is the spy it. so the important thing is the spy fraternity knows who is behind it, they will all be gossiping amongst themselves on the various networks and those of them who are traitors to russia will be feeling very frightened at the moment. let's turn to the people because there is a story of a list? this is coming
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from a former kgb fsb major who defected to britain 20 years ago. he is on defected to britain 20 years ago. he isona defected to britain 20 years ago. he is on a hit list, i have known him for four years, his name is on a hit list, i have known him forfouryears, his name is is on a hit list, i have known him for four years, his name is boris, he says he had a call back in the brutt 12 which happens to be his birthday, too, warning him he had been put on this hit list along with scrip fell and the number of others. the kind of people who would not be surprised that they are on the hit list, in fact we talk to one of them today, your brother, who was the american—born british financier who has been born in russia and he brushed it off, of course i am on a hit list, i expect sort of the russians to come after me but they haven't got me yet. he said that to the commons select committee last week. yes. it are the most appalling
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and chilling thing, i do believe they want to kill me but they haven't figured out how to do it but in my analysis, this wasn't an attack on an individual, this is an attack on an individual, this is an attack to send a message on all the other spies, policemen and senior military about the devastating price of disloyalty. that is what is going on, about sending out messages. the various people who appeal in this, —— who appear in this, our best war double agencies in the list, christopher steele, if you remember, took those unsubstantiated claims about donald trump and prostitutes in moscow, and the variety then of people who have defected. they have something in common — they have upset by the mayor putin at some point or another, and if they have ended up on the hit list then they would expect it. —— vladimir. ended up on the hit list then they would expect it. -- vladimir. what about this unspoken rule that you do
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not target swapped spies? is this a mess? it is maybe more observed in the bridge really because the whole point is about being a traitor. —— breach. the russians it is the worst possible crime and as a result you are never quite safe. there haven't been trying to bump up a lot involved in spy swaps but they have had a cloud hanging over them. don't forget it was vladimir putin in 2006 who brought in the law, or changed the law, allowing the fsb to operate abroad and is the implicit encouragement was that just abroad and is the implicit encouragement was thatjust be inventive, be innovative, act on your own initiative. it is still russia but it is russian donors that are on the front page of the sunday times, jo. are on the front page of the sunday times, 10. when theresa may became prime minister she said that she would distance her party, the conservative party, the russian donors. and allies that the her
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aides, she was stuck with a long spoon but according to the sunday times, the conservatives have received over 800 thousand pounds. it isa received over 800 thousand pounds. it is a register donations so they are not illegal. but the russian oligarchs and their associates have given them. that this is another stick with which to beat the prime minister, accusing her of being linked in response to the poisoning scandal. —— limp. that is obviously come from unnamed british ministers but the fact that it is company is interesting. it talks about lobbying companies who have links to the kremlin and russia. it also talks about the wife of a former minister of putin who gave £160,000 to play tennis with david cameron. very quickly nigel you may have to explain who the redheaded bombshell is on the front page of the times, just so we... context? indeed! anna
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chapman had a go on twitter today which seems to be her preferred method nowadays, and of course she was a part of the spy swap from the us who some of the people on the hit list were also swapped for.|j us who some of the people on the hit list were also swapped for. i take, the sunday telegraph, and what we are talking about possible action here but we have to say that this has been written, we don't know yet if it is russia, we don't have any, you know, talking about someone action that might be taken. this is action that might be taken. this is a good point, before we can actually do anything, we have to have pretty conclusive proof who is behind it. so we are making assumptions, russia, it sort of looks like russia but we don't know. certainly, no sanctions can come into play and till that has been satisfactorily be improved but the idea is we joined the us and canada which is obviously
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much better if we do proper sanctions and the kind of things they are talking about is these bands, stopping certain russians coming here with their money, freezing the assets in this country of which there is quite a bit —— visa bans i would like to see it go a bit further and talk about actually expelling russian intelligence officers. we know who they are. there would be a tit—for—tat, some of our good blues in moscow but it seems to me if you don't stand up to it, if you don't make some kind of, a stand, to say we won't put up with this, and you guys will have to go. 10, do you think britain has too much to lose by upsetting, because there is a little bit of weighing up here. by upsetting, because there is a little bit of weighing up harem you look the instance, we talk about oligarchs and people with vast sums, unimaginable amounts of money, who are heavily invested in property particularly in london and around europe as well, but you know, if you
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ta ke europe as well, but you know, if you take those people, wherever they come from, whether it is russia, china, the middle east or wherever, and you take them out, of the investment game, you cause a huge crush at a time when our economy is precarious anyway because of the uncertainty over wrecks it. and i think you know whether it is russian 01’ think you know whether it is russian or whether it is any other... —— brexit. it is a case of show me the money, isn't it? i don't think it's... money, isn't it? i don't think it's. . . are money, isn't it? i don't think it's. .. are you talking about the conservatives? if they were to give back the £800,000... absolutely. the venue and i would have to go and prove that who we are to sell a house or buy a house or anything else, it seems that different rules apply to different people who have a lot of money. 0k, somebody who will have a lot of money, it seems, let's turn back to the express and who
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dares wins, this is the sas training. you are looking lost, nigel. i am only lost because that is not me. i am lost no longer! crosstalk. honestly, he is dreaming. this is the sunday express, they must from this story, how many were all weddings are we had, because it is training for the imminent next in line or close in line to the throne, hostile environment training, but meghan markle had hers before the wedding and has been out with the sas allegedly and they used live bullets to frighten the wits out of her. 0k. let's turn to the observer, her. ok. let's turn to the observer, i saw this and i thought here we go again. did you? what did you think of this? i am a bloke and i cannot say that, but... i cannot say that,
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i don't have one. that is the gender difference. the store is reporting four times more men than women are in high paid post, that is basically it, and the trouble about it is the figures initially sound awful, the extension 81,000 men, only £100,000 compared to 179,000 women. when it comes to millionaires, 17,000 men, 2000 women. the trouble is if you drill down into those figures and find out what it actually means, i do think it gives you a picture of a gender pay gap. and surely, where the gap exists is where you have men and women to bring exactly the same job and the women are paid less. that is patently wrong, it is different from those figures to say that this is. it is also, it doesn't put it in any context because if you go in that sort of money the chances are you are not in your 20s and what would be more interesting... not in an averagejob. would be more interesting... not in
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an average job. it would be would be more interesting... not in an averagejob. it would be more interesting to look people in their 30s where we will be in 20 years time. let's go very quickly, i don't no if we 50s in in about 90 seconds, back to the sunday times. let's talk about general newton —— gender neutral cards. it is a marketing ploy. neutral cards. it is a marketing ploy, honestly. we stay

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