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tv   The Papers  BBC News  May 27, 2018 11:30pm-11:46pm BST

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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. after celebrations in dublin, calls for change in the north, where abortion remains largely illegal. a teenage girl and a 20—year—old man die at a music festival in portsmouth. no end to the political deadlock on italy, as the man designated as the country's prime minister gives up his bid to form a government. a study suggests human interaction may improve the quality of life for dolphins held in captivity. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rob merrick, who's the deputy political editor at the independent, and the author
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and broadcaster, natalie haynes. let's have a look at the morning's front pages. the health secretary has written in the telegraph, saying that the nhs needs a dramatic transformation in technology in order to meet the health care challenges posed by a rapidly aging population. the i has splashed on the growing pressure on the prime minister to reform northern ireland's abortion law — following the referendum in the republic of ireland. the express says after the "mother of all storms", and some incredible displays of lightning, we now face what might be the hottest day of the year. the mirror reports on the death of 18—year—old georgia jones — who died at the mutiny festival in portsmouth this weekend.
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the financial times says that theresa may's power to threaten to walk away from brexit negotiations is undermined by a lack of preparation for a "no—deal" scenario, with some officials briefing that the uk is unprepared for a no—deal scenario. and the times says the prospect of a meeting between president trump and north korea's leader kimjong—un seems back on the table — just three days after the president pulled out of the meeting due for early next month. let's ta ke let's take a look at those papers then. we will start off with the follow—on from the referendum and we start in the guardian, and it's all about women's rights and pressure on theresa may. rob, do you want to start that on? we spoke earlier about pressure on theresa may about allowing parliament to reform the restrictive abortion laws in northern ireland. and they might permit a referendum on abortion in
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northern ireland which would certainly be very unusual because it's in the irish constitution to have a referendum before social and political change and even though we've had a few referendums in britain recently, it is still fairly alien to the culture and you would expect politicians to decide if abortion law should be changed, normally by every vote but there is normally by every vote but there is no storm on assembly, so the only possibility might be at westminster and as we pointed out, theresa may is reluctant to get involved because of her political allies. and they are very opposed to liberalising abortion laws in the dup. and for a referendum, i'm sceptical that that would happen. theresa may is very cautious but who knows, we might read that put —— reach that point. stella creasy is making moves. what is she saying? she is saying she might add it as an amendment to the
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domestic violence bill which would force a vote on the issue. i think it's very awkward for theresa may, and she is saying this is a devolved matter when there hasn't been a devolved government for 16 months. the people of northern ireland haven't had functional political representation for a long time, and in my social circle they are rightly annoyed about it and it is simply ludicrous that the people of northern ireland can just ludicrous that the people of northern ireland canjust sit and wait it out. amnesty did a poll in october 2016 which found that 72% of people in northern ireland were in favour of relaxing abortion laws except in the case of fatal beetle abnormality. they have to have their voices heard. it's crazy that people in ireland and the rest of the uk have different rights to the women of northern ireland and i don't see why they should tolerated a minute longer. when you look at the figures, it is shocking. between
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2013 and 2014 only 23 abortions were deemed necessary to be carried out. i wonder. absolutely. they do have this condition in northern ireland that it's only when life is in danger that they will carry out the abortion and there was only 23. which doesn't mean nobody else had an abortion, they just which doesn't mean nobody else had an abortion, theyjust travelled to the rest of the uk, which means it isa the rest of the uk, which means it is a privilege extended to women who can afford to travel and not extended to women who can afford to travel and also means that a at some people might find it an easy medical procedure, and some people will find it harrowing when a longer term pregnancy has a fatal abnormality, most people will not be with their friends and family, they will be in a fairy or on a plane to the rest of the uk to get it sorted out —— a ferry. i think it was thought that it would just go away, but what is the likelihood it will slip off the front pages and be forgotten? unless
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women disappear, she will be laughing. i think there is a real momentum at westminster to act on this and mps will find a way of forcing a vote in parliament, which i still think blogs are far more likely scenario than a referendum. we already discussed the mooted amendment to the domestic violence bill that is expected to come forward and i would imagine there will be a free vote and i imagine parliament will vote to change the law. theresa may's only option would be to whip her mps to vote against it which seems unlikely. stella creasy, the mp behind it, is also trying to liberalise the abortion laws in england and wales. that, perhaps, has been forgotten in the discussion about ireland and i know there is a real push to allow women to ta ke there is a real push to allow women to take abortion pills at home rather than go to a doctor, and the two doctors rule, and the recognition that abortion is still an offence in england and the law
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which permitted it, in certain circumstances, rather than fully legalising, i think i'm right in saying, so it's notjust northern ireland i think there is a recognition of the change in need in england and wales. let's turn to the ft and it's all about no deal and brexit not being in as a powerful position as she thought she might have been, but what are they talking about exactly here, natalie? here we are again trying to work out how good theresa may's hand is in the game of poker she's trying to play with the eu, the slowest and dullest poker game in the world. she is left ina poker game in the world. she is left in a position where she has been consistently told in the last 18 months that it think is go bad we can walk away and everything will be fine. except, of course, it gradually has leaked out over the la st gradually has leaked out over the last few months that nobody is making any plans for that to happen at all, even if they could, because the consequences would be so disastrous that with periodic get
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discussions of lorry parks in dover to be able to get goods across the channel and it seems impossible that things will go that way and unfortunately theresa may is being undermined by her own officials. this will infuriate, the people working on brexit making comments such as this. i think theresa may gave up such as this. i think theresa may gave up a such as this. i think theresa may gave up a long time ago on the idea of no deal and it's one of her biggest blunders to talk so long about the idea that no deal can be better than a bad deal. it's obvious that no deal is the worst possible deal. who it will infuriate is the brexiteers, like jacob rees mogg, and he's got one of these greatest fantasies that we could walk away with no deal. the reality is we can't and if they vote down the theresa may deal in the autumn it will be for parliament to decide
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what happens next and there will be enormous pressure for theresa may to seek an extension to the article 50 to timeline and potentially keepers in the eu for longer because we've made so little progress in negotiations. talking about deals, let's turn to the times. is there a deal? there may be a deal. this is the deal about the summit, just talk. trump revives home for a peace summit in north korea. what you make of this? the characters involved for a start? it'sjust so absurd. it's entertaining. it would be if no nuclear weapons we re entertaining. it would be if no nuclear weapons were involved, then i would enjoy it as the slightly rubbish superhero film it is, but it's essentially to unbelievably petulant overgrown toddlers stamping their feet at each other across an ocean so their feet at each other across an ocean so impossible not to feel reassured that those people are in charge of things that could wipe out hundreds of thousands of people. did
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i say reassured ? hundreds of thousands of people. did i say reassured? i meant to say i am sad. do you think it will happen? it's on and off and it's almost as if donald trump doesn't know what he is doing. how could you say such a thing? you can be briefly amused because he screwed it up so badly. it is such amateur hour and he's desperate to have this summit and then they pushed north korea too far and gave the impression that they wa nted and gave the impression that they wanted to end up like colonel gaddafi, bolivia option. because those are one of those things are things one of the dying peacefully in his bed like colonel gaddafi handles the prospect of ending up like colonel gaddafi, started it kick up wrath about the summit. like colonel gaddafi, started it kick up wrath about the summitlj suppose he appears... are you taking it seriously? when you watch the manoeuvrings? trump is obsessed with doing deals in the idea that he is a
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deal—maker even though the guy who wrote the book for him likes to point out he is the worst deal—maker in history and we have all seen that. nevertheless he is obsessed with deals, so presumably he wants this. there doesn't appear to be any strategy behind it. he will get the headlines whatever happens byjust randomly tweeting. he doesn't have too actually do anything. if these things come in threes, another deal, a broken deal on the front of the daily telegraph with italy facing chaos as the coalition deal falters. i don't know if you saw the story earlier? poor italy. three months m, earlier? poor italy. three months in, and no closer to getting anywhere like a functioning government and if anything slightly further away because it looks like everything has fallen apart and italy's famously impartial president stepping away in saying it cannot work and i think we will get new
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elections but it's hard to see that they could possibly be more successful than the last lot. they are saying autumn for the possibility of more elections. are saying autumn for the possibility of more electionsm holds the record for the longest period of time without a functioning government, so that was over a year. i say is the parsley belgian person in the room. the differences -- partially belgian. don't be mean about the belgians. this is the one where brussels worries about it. we like to think they worry about brexit and wear as they regret it, they know it's a disaster the britain overall and they are not as worried as we think, but they are worried as we think, but they are worried about italy and when italy is electing populist politicians who throw the kitchen sink at brussels, thatis throw the kitchen sink at brussels, that is worrying for them. i agree it is hard to produce a different
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result, but the overwhelming party have been rejected. we will end on the drama of the last 24 hours. back to the guardian and it reminds me of the photo we are interested in, the lightning strike over london. it is on again for tonight. zeus is angry with us. we might as well leave rob out of this because he slept through it. i have been the victim of a slur, because there was an allegation that the lightning was at 10:30 p:m., and i have given the impression i was asleep, and i think first swanky north londoners it was around that time. down in the river, it was much later. he needed a pumpkin taking him home because he used the. if you've just joined us
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we re used the. if you've just joined us were talking about... it is not cinderella. i'm sorry, i don't know who you are or what to say to you. i came in to talk about seneca and its now turned into pumpkins.“ came in to talk about seneca and its now turned into pumpkins. if you'd like to take a further look at lightning pictures, we've been keeping up—to—date, and the weather presenter picked up on the mother of all storms. they go. how is that? he does the weatherjust before strictly as well. that's all for the papers tonight. thank you both, rob and natalie, it's been a pleasure, plenty more on the news website, seven days a week and the address is there. next on bbc news it is the phil review. have a good evening. goodbye.
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