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a» x " law to prosecute jihadists you have bought in syria. a boot licking inferno is the headline in the metro. it will ease with the wildfires in athens, showing firefighters battling the blaze. it says that the death toll could be more than 100. betrayal of raf heroes, says the express. 0ne more than 100. betrayal of raf heroes, says the express. one of its historic airbases will close to make way for a new housing development. and the guardian leads with another picture of the greek wildfires. it focuses on the new demann —— brexit secretary dominic raab announcing that the government will have to ta ke ste ps that the government will have to take steps to ensure adequate food supplies for britain if it leaves the eu with no—deal. let's talk to oui’ the eu with no—deal. let's talk to our guests. shall we take the metro, these pictures of a biblical inferno? it is across all of the
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papers, and quite rightly, it should be. the wall of flame that greeted these poor people in this little holiday area, locals and tourists alike on either side of athens. gale force winds whipping up the flames. people described it as being like a flame—thrower. seemingly they had the run, if you try to get in your car to drive away the flames were quicker than you, and hundreds of people jumped into the sea. that is what saved them. theyjumped in the sea after their next to keep a wee —— to keep away from the heat and flames. the whole thing is just horrible. and the story of a man who would jump into the sea with his baby, and he does not know where his wife is. and anotherfamily baby, and he does not know where his wife is. and another family who were overta ken, wife is. and another family who were overtaken, trying to get into the sea, overtaken by the flames, and they just hugged sea, overtaken by the flames, and theyjust hugged their children. it is just dreadful. the
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theyjust hugged their children. it isjust dreadful. the pictures show lots of people trying to get away, trapped in their cars. and they could not escape from their cars. this is a woman going back to her car. that picture is on the front of the telegraph as well. you could have chosen one of hundreds of pictures and they were dug up across the same message, how horrifying this fire has been. looking at her left arm, she has been bandaged up again. and all of the tires on the cars again. and all of the tires on the ca rs of again. and all of the tires on the cars of melted onto the roads. you just cannot imagine what these people have gone through. then all of that those that turned out to rescue hundreds of people from the beach. no doubt inside as well. traditional greek families standing in the sea, sitting on seats in the sea, that is the only refuge that they have. amazing pictures. speaking to a hotel owner earlier,
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the fires are out, which is extraordinary. a couple of hours ago the smoke was still there. that was on the main highway into the peloponnese down from athens, which was closed. let's hope that is open again. that will take a long time to recover from. let's move on to the daily telegraph. jihadist should be prosecuted for treason. this relates to is sending to the united states a couple of notorious... who is speaking here, and what is happening? this is the think tank, policy exchange, who have said that america have these good laws where you can actually get prosecutions of
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jihadists who have fought against the allied powers and fought in syria and come back. we don't necessarily have those laws, and they have kind of wave the opposition to the death penalty, and these jihadist terrorists will city america. this report says we have a treason law which is not fit for purpose because the treason act of 1351 focuses on things such as people who have attacked the sovereign, the king, anyone who slays the chancellor, treasurer or kingsjustices. in terms of slays the chancellor, treasurer or kings justices. in terms of the modern world it is not any good. it was last used against william joyce, lord haw haw in 1936 and since then has fallen into misuse. we need tougher laws. there was outcry that we are allowing our own citizens to go to america to face the justice and possibly the death penalty. this
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could be the solution to that. call me cynical... never. this is the only paper that this was in. with this being the party of law and order whether we were being softened up order whether we were being softened up to have tougher laws brought in because we were told a few days ago that our laws were not tough enough to prosecute these jihadists. that our laws were not tough enough to prosecute thesejihadists. when they came back to britain we might have to let them go because the laws we re have to let them go because the laws were not tough enough, and now we need laws on treason. lots of people think they should do, having been over there. there is an argument that something such as the treason law is something that could be used against these people and we could get convictions because people worry that these jihadists are returning, not facing realjustice then they are back on our streets. not facing realjustice then they are back on our streetslj not facing realjustice then they are back on our streets. i hope that all that is true... they did break the story originally that opposition
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to the death penalty has been effectively waived by the home secretary. i think hats off to the daily telegraph. it is not some conspiracy. i will wait until it is in the express and then i will believe it! now, the financial times, 0k, believe it! now, the financial times, ok, i'm afraid it is back to brexit. theresa may seizes control. i thought the prime minister was going about to be in control. but this is something a bit need. what is it about? first of all you have got david davis who resigned because it was not moving their way... his chief of staff used a phrase about a shadow operation going on with number ten seeming to do the agreement that we had, was it ten days ago now? they came up with the
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deal in chequers. they felt that there was a shadow operation to what david davis was doing. he resigned feeling he was not being supported. dominic raab came in as secretary of state. that was 15 days ago. he seemed to think he was in control although he said he always knew that she was going to take it over. basically, theresa may is now running the show. now dominic raab appears to be doing the domestic stuff. theresa may has taken personal control of the negotiations. the worry being that her chief europe adviser, 0lly robbins, is he the guy that is actually in control? he's a senior civil servant. and uncollected. 50 people moving out of dominic raab's
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department at moving into the cabinet office in number ten to one this. and it looks like he has been sold a pup, although he says he was not sold a pup. and it isjust sold a pup, although he says he was not sold a pup. and it is just a shifting of whitehall deckchairs. this is one that will get the brexiteers very angry. this keeps being called brexit. i am scottish. ifi being called brexit. i am scottish. if i was irish, northern ireland is not part of britain but the united kingdom. why are they not calling this uk—exit?! kingdom. why are they not calling this uk-exit?! the guardian has the story that dominic raab may be feeling a bit bruised and demoted but he is planning to secure food supplies foray no—deal brexit. but he is planning to secure food supplies foray no-deal brexit. we will eat after brexit, but the thing is... he has to, hasn't he three wrote he is admitting. he said this
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to the committee, the government will have to take steps to ensure that if there is an ordeal that we will have adequate food supplies. the guardian who are clearly more remainers say that this will alarm those who worry about crashing out of the eu. but he cannot really win with this. he has to say, yes, we are preparing to stockpile food in case there was a problem. however he does not think there will be a problem. he emphasised that the chance of disruption to food supplies is negligible. we have a population of 60 million and whatever. how do you stockpile enough? it sounds like nonsense. we are not leaving for a while. i doubt that we are stockpiling food that will last for a couple of years or it will get wasted! we are stockpiling medicine also, because
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and matt hancock, the new secretary of state, announced that the day. i am not sure that the people who voted for brexit knew that this was going to happen. they have to say that, otherwise they will say that you're not preparing for everything. at what point do you then have a run on people? there was talk yesterday by the amazon boss that there could be civil disobedience. very quickly, the express, michael, your paper. betrayal of raf heroes. it had been trailed but it has been confirmed today that the red arrows airbase was going to be sold off, raf scampton a lincolnshire. a lot of out scampton a lincolnshire. a lot of our readers are very upset. this is a famous base of the dambusters. our readers are very upset. this is
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a famous base of the dambustersm moves me, if we knew what was going to happen to the site... it is going to happen to the site... it is going to be housing, isn't it? around our way they are all executive homes getting built. if it is social housing and we are building social housing and we are building social housing that benefits people locally, then i would be possibly in favour of it. a former air chief marshall has said that it is a good airbase that could still be used particularly well to defend us. u nfortu nately we have ru n particularly well to defend us. unfortunately we have run out of time. we will have another go shortly. that is it from the papers for this hour. thank you to my guests. we will be back with me at 11:30 for a longerlook at the front pages. good evening. for many but not quite
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for all it has been another hot, humid day. parts of east anglia again at above 30 degrees with some sunshine. very different across the north—west of scotland. thick cloud temperatures topping out at 18 celsius. you can see this cloud out in the atlantic, an area of low pressure that will come into play as we head towards the "i of that we have this hot air coming up from the south, particularly across south—eastern areas. talking about the south—east, going through what is left of tonight, it will remain very warm and muggy with some spots not getting below 20. generally speaking, through the night, clear skies overhead. pool a and pressure towards the north—west, nine degrees in aberdeen, some mist patches which lee clear by tomorrow, then a beautiful day if you like dry weather and sunshine because there will be plenty of it. a bit of extra
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cloud and patchy rain into the west of northern ireland and the far north—west of scotland. pool a, here, although still 22 degrees in belfast, 23 in glasgow. towards the south is, you're looking at highs of around 32 degrees. in thursday, lots of dry weather for england, wales and scotland. some extra cloud into northern ireland with a band of rain fringing in. the wind picking up across the north—west. but towards the south—east, another very hot day. in fact, the south—east, another very hot day. infact, even the south—east, another very hot day. in fact, even hotter. the south—east, another very hot day. infact, even hotter. in the south—east, another very hot day. in fact, even hotter. in the middle of london, up to 33 celsius. some places might reach 35. even manchester up to 30 degrees. that will change for some as we get into friday. by this stage that low pressure will be drifting close to the north—west. frontal systems pushing in, bands of rain drifting m, pushing in, bands of rain drifting in, and thunderstorms spreading up
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the east of england and into eastern scotland. some uncertainty about where these will crop up but were they do, they could cause disruption with huge amounts of rain in a short time. the saudis clinging onto some heat. we pushed those downpours to the east and things look pressure for the weekend. —— fresher for the the for the weekend. —— fresher for the "—— the weekend. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00: wildfires sweep across coastal towns near athens leaving more than 70 dead in greece's worst fire disaster in more than a decade. in memory of those who perished, we are declaring three days of national mourning but we should not let that
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memory hurt us, we should use it to create solidarity. a million public sector workers are set to receive their biggest pay rise in nearly a decade, following a government announcement. labour says it's a pr stunt. under scrutiny for paying thousands into the private bank account of an african politician, aaron banks, who donated millions of pounds to the brexit campaign. also coming up, shale gas company cuadrilla gets government approval to begin
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