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owe i’ the week. this summer is not over yet. hello, this is bbc news with clive myrie. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment, first the headlines: as the hot weather continues, the met office has issued a health alert, urging precaution in all the heat. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has warned the uk could crash out of the eu without a deal by accident unless officials in brussels change their approach. the home office says it won't oppose the use of the death penalty if two british men suspected of being islamic state militants are put on trial in america. labour mps will be balloted on whether the party's rules on anti—semitism, should correspond with internationally—recognised norms. president trump threatens to revoke the security clearances of former us intelligence and security chiefs who criticise his administration. hello and welcome to our look ahead
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to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. it's a do over, we're back. with me are the broadcaster and journalist, aasmah mir, and the editor of politicshome, kevin schofield. pretty much all the front pages are m, pretty much all the front pages are in, let's take a look at them now. the ft leads with american banks calling on the government to cut taxes and red tape they say could lead to financial assets and jobs leaving the uk after brexit. "stay out of the sun until friday," says the express after brits were warned to stay indoors after the hottest day of the year. the mail reports hospitality industry leaders are calling that advice to stay inside nonsense, and are urging families to enjoy the weather while it lasts. the metro focuses on the row over whether two alleged members of islamic state, accused of beheading fellow britons on camera, deserve protection from the death penalty. also on that story, the telegraph leads
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with borisjohnson‘s warning that helping america prosecute the two alleged killers would stop britain demanding others are spared in the future. and the guardian's headline is the king's college london report warning of a growing threat from women and minors linked to islamic state. we're going to start, kevin, with the front page of the daily mail, tourism chiefs fury and summer, killjoys as nanny officials tell you to stay inside. does that work?m does for me. the daily mail working themselves into a fury over this. the met office has issued an amber health alert for parts of the country, saying essentially stay out of the sun, it is going to be boiling hot this week so don't go
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out between 11am and 3pm for your own good. obviously the daily mail like to get a negative slant on it. this has angered tourism chiefs who said, hang on, this is going to hurt oui’ said, hang on, this is going to hurt our industry because lots of people are stuck indoors then they won't be out spending money and travelling and going on holiday. two competing tensions. probably the same newspaper that if people started dropping dead... dying... because of the hot weather they will say, why weren't we warned not to go out between 11am and 3pm? that's my point about whether or not this headline works. you've got the met office, i interviewed a gp this morning who said she is seeing increased incidence of people coming up increased incidence of people coming up and saying they need help. primarily elderly people, it has to be said, but this is having serious health effects so far it would seem.
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one wonders if people should be criticising the met office for their advice in saying tween the hours of iiam advice in saying tween the hours of 11am and 3pm, be careful. when it comes to extreme weather stories in the uk, not everyone, but there's a proportion of us who get oui’ there's a proportion of us who get our backs up about being told the obvious or being told to do something in a nanny state we. if you are told to stay indoors, that's the nanny state, and if you're not, it is irresponsible. it's the same about transport on trains with extreme weather, the beast from the east, the terrible winter we had, you can't win with these stories, it's the same thing, you just can't. whatever you do... there is something particular with the british and their weather, like the british and their weather, like the british and their cats. whatever you say is going to be the wrong thing so say is going to be the wrong thing soi say is going to be the wrong thing so i feel for the met office. this
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is theirjob, this is what they are doing. we are not used to weather like this. back home where we are from, this is crazy weather. this is the equivalent of 100 degrees for you guys, isn't it? this is hotter than the sun, i said earlier. ridiculous. what would one say about one's cat that would be problematic? if you say anything about cats... cat lovers or dog lovers? pet lovers. don't mess with the pets. or the weather. all right, ok. the front page of the sun, interesting story, kevin, did you get a heads up on this one? prime minister, 3.5% rise for 1 on this one? prime minister, 3.5% rise for1 million public on this one? prime minister, 3.5% rise for 1 million public sector staff. if you remember, david cameron at the beginning... near the
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start of austerity in 2012, george osborne, david cameron's chancellor, imposed a 1% cap on public sector pgy- imposed a 1% cap on public sector pay. i don't think it was intended at the time to last as long as it has but the longer it has gone on, the disquiet among public sector workers understandably has built up and the political pressure on the government has accordingly increased. finally the dam has broken and we've seen this with other... the police and teachers have had slightly more than 1% but now, according to steve in the sun, it's going to be squaddies, doctors, prison officers who will get tween 196 prison officers who will get tween 1% and 3.5% —— the sun —— get between. i wonder where the money is coming from. philip hammond, the chancellor, famously told the cabinet when the prime minister announced £20 billion extra for the
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nhs, he told the cabinet that's it, there is no more money for anything else. that caused the mod defence secretary to kick off and an more money. i wonder how this will be funded. 1 million public sector workers, that's a lot of money. i'm not saying they don't deserve it, they do, but it has to be paid for and we're still in the middle of austerity. i'm wondering where this has come from, i'm being a bit cynical. you think there will be a general election called in the next hour? don't rule it outjust yet! i just wonder, giving a pay rise even no, it's not what the unions wanted, the unions wanted 5% to make up for the unions wanted 5% to make up for the years of the freeze. i wonder, is ita the years of the freeze. i wonder, is it a popular thing to do? does the timing seems strange or not? these pay rounds come round on and annual basis —— seem. it's the timing of it —— an annual. there's
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been some movement up until now by the government without officially saying the 1% cap is gone, but if some are getting 3.5%, you can safely say it is scrapped. on the question of where the money is coming from, there's discussion it could have come from departmental savings again. i can't necessarily prove that but that's something the papers have mentioned, if it is, what does that mean in terms of the level of services that are being left behind? all right, ok, let's move left behind? all right, ok, let's m ove o nto left behind? all right, ok, let's move onto the front page of the times. dozens of twin babies die every year because of nhs failings. we know that this happens, it comes down to something very simple, which is when you know that you're having twins, ideally you're supposed to be assigned a specialist team because this is no ordinary birth. this report is saying that it's potluck
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as to where you are in the country, which hospital you go to, who you are seen which hospital you go to, who you are seen by and whether you get the full, proper treatment you're supposed to get when you're having a multiple birth. there are shocking statistics saying that about a fifth of the 270 twins who die before they are one—month—old could be saved, equivalent to 55 babies a year across britain, if they got that specialist service. again, it feels like a no—brainer. you're having twins, you know this for quite a while, as does the hospital, why can't be automatically assign a specialist team squirrel it seems obvious. i'm sure it comes down to cost, but you know... it is worrying that depending on where you live in the country depends on how high or low risk is of losing your twins. i don't understand why some hospitals are better than others if they are meant to be following the same guidelines. the numbers, as you say,
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they're not small numbers. 55 babies a year could be saved, that's a lot of babies and a lot of heartache prevented for parents. indeed. good front page on the times there. moving on to the mirror. i test to beat dementia, simple checkup at opticians good spot the early signs of the disease. —— eye test. we seem to get bombarded with stories on how to prevent dementia. the sun has stories on sugar, if you reduce your sugar the sun has stories on sugar, if you reduce your sugar intake it has been prove n reduce your sugar intake it has been proven to reduce the chances. the mirror front apparently thin retinas are linked to brain decline. so obviously if you have this eye test which can assessed whether or not you are at risk... i don't know what that means, what they can do about it -- that means, what they can do about it —— which can assessed. would you
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rather not know? -- assess. there's nothing they can do about it. we've only got three parts to go on, to be fair. -- only got three parts to go on, to be fair. —— three paragraphs. the rest of the front page is taken up by a huge, great, whopping shot of the sun. in case you didn't know what it looked like. in case you were wondering what it is. i suppose, the holy grail in dealing with dementia would be early diagnosis and quick, simple and cheap diagnosis as well. if this is a way to try and establish that then that would seem to be quite an interesting thing. asi interesting thing. as i said, there does seem to be a lot of different factors that would indicate whether you're at risk... which put you at risk, as i say, there's the retina test here but in there's the retina test here but in the sun, there is sugar and another story in the sun saying a woman's
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dementia risk depends on how many kids she has. all kinds of different factors. all right, ok. going onto the guardian, how margaret thatcher blacklisted subversive civil servants. there's another one of these stories, a blast from the past, you would think, again, i'm not surprised this happened in hindsight. a secret blacklist of its own civil servants who were thought to be subversives so that they could be kept under observation. this is the national archives disclosing this today. and also to be kept away from computers and revenue collection rolls. i don't know what that would protect us from but anyway. 733 individuals, the majority are identified as trotskyists, while a further 607 we re trotskyists, while a further 607 were listed as communist. it gets better, 45 were said to be fascists
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and 35 were described as welsh or scottish nationalists... kevin. black or asian racial extremists or anarchists. black or asian racial extremists. i wasn't sure about that either. sounds very strange. does it surprise you that there was a list, kevin? not really in the fact that most of the ones who came under suspicion were of the left, perhaps doesn't surprise me given margaret thatcher's government. i'm sure there's something very similar at the present time i would have thought, obviously the types of subversives that they're looking for are probably different. they will be terrorists, potential terrorists. but i guess the government will a lwa ys but i guess the government will always be on the lookout for people trying to get into the system and who want to do destroy it from within. it's like it's from the pages of a spy novel. we don't have
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to wait 40 years later for the national archives to disclose because someone national archives to disclose because someone will leave the list ona train. because someone will leave the list on a train. on a photocopier. if you're a civil servant you deal with sensitive documents and the machinery of government, isn't there a pledge machinery of government, isn't there e you machinery of government, isn't there ign? machinery of government, isn't there a pledge you sign? you sign the official secrets act and that is meant to prevent you from spilling the beans. they wouldn't be doing thatjob, the security services, if they weren't keeping an eye on those who have access to potentially sensitive material. and revenue collection, would that be to stop them funnelling money towards their own particular little niche causes? who knows. you wouldn't be able to keep them away from computers now, that would be a difficult thing. no work would be done if that was the case because there are no
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typewriters left. this follows on the story of denis thatcher letting people going to number 10 for parties. the archive stories are a treasure trove for journalists. the archive stories are a treasure trove forjournalists. it's always great fun when they get opened at the national archives at kew. denis thatcher, his ticks, those who are top chaps, tim rice i think was include! a question over paul mccartney. and all bbc employees. pinko lefties. that lot out there, bunch of pinko lefties. i can hear them in my ear being subversive now speaking to me. some things never change. finally, trump seeks to isolate mass fear controlling iran. words fail me with donald trump. but
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word neverfail him. he has been very angry on twitter. you can tell he is angry because the caps lock is on. to the iranian president, never ever threatened the united states again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which you through history have ever suffered. we are no longer a country who will stand feel demented words, violence and death. the cautious! this is a long—running battle between america and iran's, donald trump, threatening suction —— sanctions and he is just up threatening suction —— sanctions and he isjust up pmt. talking about making it personal. alleging he resides over a personal off the hook
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hedge funds. the islamic revolution guard corps. that's not the kind of thing that vladimir putin would ever do. ijust don't know where this leaves us. this is the same thing he tried with north korea. he would say it worked, it brought them to the table. the suggestion is the north korea already had a nuclear weapon. that is by the by. he clearly feels that this is a tactic that has worked before. is that dangerous? with the iranian is as opposed to the north koreans? i would say it is because israel is thrown into the mix as well, israel and iran are at loggerheads. it is a strong
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supporter of israel and its powderkeg region as well. when you start meddling in the middle east with such a bellicose way, you are really playing with fire. stopping the oil getting out. he doesn't do things ina the oil getting out. he doesn't do things in a normal way. he is fiercely critical of president obama who thinks he was too soft on iran. signing up and downgrading. he is going to be the hard man. i don't know, it'sjust a dangerous game. you don't want to push too hard. and on that note, potential nuclear armageddon. don't forget to consider
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front pages of all the newspapers on the website. and if you ever missed the website. and if you ever missed the programme, relive the magic on line. but a the programme, relive the magic on line. buta big the programme, relive the magic on line. but a big thank you to my guests and also to you for watching. goodbye. germany's football association has emphatically rejected allegations of racism from mesut ozil, following the arsenal midfielders retirement from international football. ozil says he no longer wants to play for germany, citing "racism and disrespect" within german football. the 2014 winner says he received hate mail and threats, and was blamed for germany's disappointing world cup. the 5 time german player of the year was criticised by the german fa and in the german media after being photographed with controversial turkish president recep tayyip erdogan at an event
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in london in may. the german fa issued a statement on monday saying they reject the allegations. the last thing you want to hear as the german fa president is that not only have you not dealt with this controversy but also fanned the flame of the races, certainly putting the finger of blame very much on him, saying that in his eyes, i was german when we were winning and! eyes, i was german when we were winning and i was an immigrant when we lost and this goes to the heart of the masses. if ozil felt more backing by the german fa rather than seem backing by the german fa rather than seem to be blaming him for the ordeal, you might still be there. there is a statement there are praising themselves for all the work they have done, and it came to integration and social responsibility. i believe the damage
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has been done and it's going to take a long time to rectify. ryan lochte has been given a ban after a photo you posted on line showing him receiving an intravenous injection. the iv did not contain a banned substance but it exceeded the amount of vitamins banned by anti—doping rules. he has been banned from competition untiljuly 2019 which means he can't compete in the national championships this week. it was a rest day on the tour de france ahead of the race hitting the pyrenees on tuesday. team sky's geraint thomas is in the yellowjersey, with a 1 minute 39 second lead over his teammate and compatriot chris froome. but when push comes to shove in the final week are the two riders on the same side
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or now direct rivals? it's quite funny because everybody is so keen to try to talk up this rivalry between us but it doesn't exist. we are not looking at each other as rivals, we are looking at the other guys. they are the ones who could put us under pressure but between us, it just who could put us under pressure but between us, itjust doesn't exist like that. it's about keeping those quys like that. it's about keeping those guys behind us and not rising against each other. and then letting somebody else win, that would be the biggest hiccup, i do know about to history but pretty bad. american troy merritt secured his second pga tour title with victory in the weather—delayed barbasol championship in kentucky. when competition gets under way at the end of september. american
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players have won five majors in a i’ow players have won five majors in a row but molinari stopped that run. we were in a pretty good state and i'm quite happy with where we are and we don't look at the americans. after 25 years of experience about being around the ryder cup. i can't remember them showing up. we know what they are going to come with. that is what we are up against. that's not actually a problem for us. that's not actually a problem for us. it will motivate us and we know we have to play our best. they are a lwa ys we have to play our best. they are always in that situation but it tends to be a tight match and doing the right things when it matters. it has been officially the hottest day of the year so far. we have had
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temperatures out there widely above 30 degrees and in suffolk, it reached 33. certainly a hot day. we will see the speed of their coming in from the south and south—west, particularly across parts of england over the next couple of days. here is the satellite image working into the north—west of the country. it's been producing some rain it will continue to do so for the rest of tonight across parts of southern eastern scotland. at the south and eastern scotland. at the south and east of this weather front, it's hot and humid with temperatures holding up and humid with temperatures holding up in the what high teens. things will turn pressure to the north—west, not quite as sticky. the weather on tuesday, fairly similar to what we have out there. this weak front will bring a bit more cloud of the far south of scotland. trailing down across parts of wales as well. central and eastern england, hot and
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sunny central and eastern england, hot and sunny once again. central and eastern england, hot and sunny once again. not quite as hot as it was today across scotland. one of two showers for the western isles. lots of scotland and northern ireland, some sunny spells, temperatures of 21 in belfast. a bit patchy rain across the north of england. elsewhere across england and wales, pretty warm and sunny. temperatures not quite as hot as they were today. as we moved into wednesday, lots of sunshine. also parts of eastern england. the odd rogue shower cropping up. temperatures around 21— 31 celsius. it looks like the warm weather will stay with us but we have this front moving on from the west so it could change things a bit later on in the week. we still have the orange colours on thursday saw another hot day. the hottest day this week but
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cooler conditions not far away in the atlantic. looking ahead towards the atlantic. looking ahead towards the weekend, you will notice those temperatures do is starting to do down. it's been extremely hot. for scotla nd down. it's been extremely hot. for scotland and northern ireland and wales, some slightly pressure conditions with a chance of a few showers here and there but no significant rainfall in many southern and eastern parts. you can check the full forecast on our website. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: public anger grows after the revelations that one of china's major pharmaceutical firms has been selling sub—standard vaccines. trends that we have been let down again and again, from milk powder to food safety, to this vaccine, it is all on safe. the uk government sparks a political row, saying it won't object
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to the execution of two islamic state suspects if they're convicted in america. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: we report on how victims of natural disasters in south east asia face a rise in sexual and gender based violence. and extreme weather is taking it's toll in australia's new south wales.
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