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officers are questioning the driver, who's 25 years old and has been identified as alex minassian. the guardian leads with a pledge from the uk home secretary amber rudd that britain's windrush generation will be granted british citizenship. she added caribbean migrants would acquire the status they deserve at low cost and with proactive assistance through the process. meanwhile, an investigation by the independent has revealed black students seeking a place at university are 21 times more likely to have their applications investigated for suspected false or missing information than their white counterparts. the telegraph business section says the world risks a full—blown oil shock within months as various geo—strategic crises come to the boil and saudi arabia hints crude oil prices could $100 a barrel. and, finally, on the front of the the times, like many uk papers, prince william and the duchess of cambridge are celebrating the birth of their third child, a second boy, whose name
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is yet to be announced. of course we are asking for your suggestions, you have sent us many. so, let's begin. with me is oliver cornock, who's editor—in—chief at the oxford business group. he oxford business group. has put all of in as a suggestion, he has put all of in as a suggestion, we don't think they're going to go with that, though, do we? sadly not. that in a moment but let's start with coverage of what's happened in toronto, horrific scenes ofa van happened in toronto, horrific scenes of a van going and 70—80 mph down the pavement where pedestrians were walking. something very unusual there. yet again the centre of a global city brought to a standstill and carnage, ten dead, 15 injured, some twitter pictures were horrendous. at the moment they're saying this isn't a national
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security issue, as you've reported, but one has to ask the motivation behind this. the g7 foreign ministers and security ministers we re ministers and security ministers were meeting not far away, speculation isn't helpful and i'm not going to start down that route, but you can't help wondering if there's a point being made there. canada are politically on the global stage is fairly neutral, they are a fairly vanilla force globally, so it's odd, doesn't have a huge terrorist history. not many conclusions drawn about the suspected driver either, 25—year—old alek minassian, not much known about him, authorities say they didn't know about him prior to this event. also as well, a hire van, this has happened in london, in manhattan, and now on the streets of toronto —— hired. in germany, a modus operandi that's happened time and again. i go around the world for business group with myjob and every city has these
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barriers, tourist sites are surrounded by them, and you can't help questioning and agreeing whether this is the right way to go about protecting people but it is changing the way we live. terrorism therefore on one level succeeding. obviously the investigation is ongoing and they haven't drawn conclusions as to the activity, but that's the latest we know, the canadian press are looking at that closely. the guardian has had this story on its front page for many days, almost a campaign on their part, saying uk citizenship for windrush generation, the home secretary pledging she will grant this. the government trying to draw a line under this, what many would describe as a scandal. definitely scandalous. as you rightly say, the guardian have campaigned on this, it is their story, they broke and pushed this story and that's a reflection of the domestic political
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situation. the guardian, a left leaning labour supporting paper you have championed this. this isn't political, most people have condemned this, it is pretty ghastly, they came to the uk after world war two to reconstruct britain and they have been treated terribly. you can't help recognise this happened when the commonwealth heads of government meeting was on, there was a real frisson around this, and the government have been on the back foot. theresa may, the current prime minister, and the home secretary, are part of the changing rules, this hostile environment around immigrants. the flipside, people won't want to talk about this, immigration remains a big issue. it was a divisive issue when we voted for brexit in the uk, and the labour party have to get a position on this. i'm not saying this is the right moment, that is very crass, but we have to accept this is a political situation that's not going
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away and this is one part of a much bigger situation. add into that furthermore, eu citizens within the uk, how are they going to be treated post—brexit? uk, how are they going to be treated post-brexit? indeed, a huge issue with wide implications and it's an issue that seems to be at the forefront in many around europe, being debated this week in the french parliament, some of emmanuel macron‘s own new ideas are being seen as being very controversial in france and across europe with the elections in the last 12 months, it's been the key issue. this rising nationalism is global, notjust here, and this has to be discussed more openly and candidly. which leads us neatly onto our next story, and exclusive the independent has which says black student applicants in the uk are 21 times more likely to be scrutinised for admissions —— an exclusive. what have they found? we heard in the previous summary of
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the about the stephen lawrence memorial day on the 22nd of april, you will remember the metropolitan police in london was branded as institutionally racist then and the independent use that phrase here against the university application system in the uk, ucas. it seems the figures are really quite shocking. if you are black you are far more likely to be interrogated, have your application scrutinised for plagiarism, fraudulent detail. as i say, step back, this isn't great. some of the figures at oxford, there wasn't a single offer to a black a—level student at one of the colleges for almost six years. and there's been this push for equality in education and we are still in this position. when you look at people campaigning, you wonder why, but then you look at the figure and you realise. this story on the front
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page the business telegraph about oil, $100 a barrel soon? these swings, we will wait and see, but it is all about supply and demand as ever and add in a liberal dose of geopolitics and you get a perfect storm. the opec cartel have been vindicated in a sense in their process of cutting, saudi arabia often vilified has cut hugely when it probably needed those figures up to bolster domestic income. they are desperate for the price to go up. not only for the price to go higher for their revenues but they are about to sell a part of their national oil company and they want that valuation to be increased. but step back and we see the political problems in venezuela imp acting oil production, that has bottomed out there —— impacting. if donald trump reneges on the iran nuclear deal... new sanctions against yellow that would mean the asian buyers,
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if the price surges to that degree the increase in inflation in many countries could have a big impact so keep an eye on that. some good news, lovely to have some good news, amazing news for william and kate, the safe arrival of their third child, a son. absolutely. today at 2pm there will be a 42 gun salute in hyde park, true british pageantry, you have to wonder about the name, will it be a truly british name? what is your money on, you wanted oliver, we have agreed it would be oliver. oliver is the most popular name in the uk at the moment —— we have agreed it won't be oliver. have you had something to do with that? philip is a strong contender, the duke of edinburgh in his 96th year,
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he has stepped back, there is wonderful circularity about a new baby and the duke of edinburgh having this wonderful life of service in his twilight years, that would be lovely. and we know how close william and harry are to their grandparents and that would be a fitting tribute to philip. of course he is fifth in line to the throne, this newborn, and it's an historic moment for princess charlotte as well because she remains fourth. and she gave her first royal wave as well. i suppose the other name, born on saint georges day, but george is already taken. it is, absolutely, prince george. thank you for being with us, oliver. we've got barry, michael, alfred, albert, philip. keep them coming in and i will see you soon. well, this week the weather's going to go pretty much back
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to normal, certainly compared to what we had last week, with that heatwave, and those temperatures in the high 20s for some of us. this week it's going to change a little bit more, from sunny spells to darker clouds. it will remain very fresh. in fact, the indication is that, as we head through the week, the temperatures will keep on dropping. it could turn really chilly by the weekend, and the nights will be nippy as well. now, there's a lot of cloud out there in the atlantic which is ready to come our way, lots of showers, too. this is cool air, it's streaming in, and it's here to stay for the next few days. so, for the early hours of tuesday morning, a lot of cloud across southern areas. that actually is going to stop the temperatures from dropping too low. we're talking about 10—12 degrees across the south. in the north, where clear spells develop, around about seven or eight degrees, six there in the very far north. and then tuesday itself is going to be a bit of a mixed bag across the uk. there will be some sunshine around, for sure, but also a lot of cloud
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and some rain later in the morning, spilling into parts of wales. that rain will probably move across this central swathe of the uk, probably a little bit in the midlands, quite possibly some across yorkshire, certainly moving through wales as well. in the north of the country, we'll have a mixture of sunshine and showers, particularly across scotland, and there'll be some showers across northern ireland as well. and cool in the north, 12 degrees. typically in the south, we're going to get around 15 celsius. and then tuesday night into wednesday, that weather system moves away. in its place, this low comes in from the north atlantic, carrying quite a lot of fresh air. and what happens this time of the year, when we've got cold air sitting on top of us, and then you get the strong sunshine? basically that means you get big showers forming, and it's going to be a real rush of them on tuesday... on wednesday, that is. so wednesday is going to be a very changeable day, from sunshine, to downpours, back to sunshine again. and then, through thursday, we're in that cool air stream off the atlantic, which is here to stay into the weekend as well. and this is normalfor the time of the year.
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the average for this time of the year in the south is around about 14—16 degrees, a couple of degrees lower than that in the north, and that's pretty much what we're getting on thursday. you can see around 15 there in london, 11 in glasgow and in edinburgh. and again, a mixture of sunshine and showers on thursday. now, this is thejet stream here. whenever you see a dip in the jet stream, it basically drags the cool airfrom the north. so, as we head into friday, saturday and sunday, that cool air establishes itself across the uk. hello — this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. 10 people killed and 15 injured after a van ploughs into pedestrians in toronto. a suspect is under arrest. officials say the incident was deliberate but the motive remains unclear. everybody, all these people on the streets, and they were hit one by one. good morning — it's
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