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weather, a south with a lot of dry weather, a little bit of rain at times in the north. in a word, mixed. that's all for now. hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first, the headlines. a jury find president trump's former campaign chief paul manafort guilty of eight charges, including bank and tax fraud. a judge calls a mistrial on the remaining 10 counts. paul manafort is a good man. he was with ronald reagan, he was with a lot of different people over the years and i feel very sad about that, because it involved me, but i still feel it is a very sad thing that happened. this has nothing to do with russian collusion. in a separate case, the president's former lawyer, michael cohen pleads guilty in a manhattan court to violating campaign finance laws. in other news, the former police chief sir norman bettison, accused of trying to blame liverpool fans for the hillsborough disaster, has all charges against him dropped.
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the brexit secretary, dominic raab says the rights of eu nationals to remain in the uk after brexit are secure, even in the event of no deal. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political strategist jo tanner and the head of news at huffpost uk, jess brammar. thank you so much. most of tomorrow's front pages are now in. the times leads on accusations against donald trump made by his former aide, michael cohen, who claims the president ordered illegal campaign finance payments. the government took in £2 billion more than it spent last month,
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the healthiestjuly surplus for 18 years, that's the report in the ft. the daily mail asks what it actually takes to get locked up, following an investigation by the newspaper, which it claims shows violent thugs, burglars and drug dealers all escaping jail terms. the guardian leads on the home office's admission, that 164 people from the windrush generation may have been wrongly removed or detained. the national trust has been blasted for allegedly allowing people wearing nazi uniforms to parade around a stately home in wiltshire. that's on the sun's front page. the metro leads with a new report showing more people are in work, but wages have dropped by more than £50 a month, compared with a decade ago. the chair of the magistrates association says that hiring more magistrates with criminal records would help boost diversity. that's in the daily telegraph.
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and the daily express hails what it calls a new "wonder drug" for cancer patients, which it says can shrink tumours by a third. so, a varied set of front pages. let's see what our reviewers make of it all. first of all, to this the united states, to donald trump's former aids ina states, to donald trump's former aids in a lot of trouble. —— two of donald trump. it is almost cliche to say it is the biggest day in the presidency, but today has to crank up presidency, but today has to crank up there. the last few hours are some of the most dramatic moments we have seen. we have had to make the developments this evening. —— two. notjust from paul
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developments this evening. —— two. not just from paul manafort, developments this evening. —— two. notjust from paul manafort, but also the plea deal with michael cohen, his lawyer and personalfixer and why that is so interesting and damaging potentially for donald trump is that he has said that he has admitted making payments against electoral law at the direction of the candidate. the point being that thatis the candidate. the point being that that is donald trump. so it really is bringing it as close to his door as it can and we saw in that last newsround, that incredible response from donald trump where he said the paul manafort stuff has nothing to do with russian meddling, it has come increasingly difficult for him to deflect this stuff. is interesting, those names may not meana interesting, those names may not mean a lot to a lot of you was in the uk or the us, but what does it mean for donald trump and how much trouble does it lent him in? interestingly, the rest of that
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quote is that for instance, part of the plea deal is where this former fixer said that he confessed to making payments to this particular individual, stormy daniels, who is said to have a relationship with donald trump. for the principal purpose of influence the election. this is the first time we have had this connection around this and propriety deliberately to influence the election. previously it was all about russian collusion and this is about russian collusion and this is about paying off people because it would reflect badly. that front page in the times, trump told the two break election law. that is the sort of headline that would horrify the white house if they were to see that. absolutely. i suppose i have to caveat this by saying that how many times have we said surely this has to stick? lot of american voters
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and trump supporters may not care much. donald trump has talked about a witch—hunt against him and so on, he has sort of paved the way for all of this and maybe desensitised the electorate. potentially. he set up the betrayal now before anything happens. you cannot claim this is fa ke happens. you cannot claim this is fake news, which is the standard donald trump responds. when you have somebody in court making statements under oath and has actually gone through a process with investigators to go as far as a plea deal, this is not fake news, this is actually happening now. you can claim it is an establishment stitch up, which is presumably what he would do. until the evidence is shown and we see what happens. it will be interesting to see this unfold. this is another story that has been unfolding is the windrush scandal. the guardian newspaper, which has been pushing this story all the way. the home
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office admits injustice to schools. this is the first charge in the review of cases. after the scandal broke there was the suggestion that the files would the dawn too and we would start seeing what happened to people. —— dawn. — gone. what has happened now in this horrific saga is that a total of 164 people have been identified as potentially having been wrongly removed or detained, according to this analysis and the home secretary has said he will apologise to 18 of those so far. apparently letters have been sent. some of these people have been sent. some of these people have already left the country, who knows how successful they will be in tracking these people down, but we are talking the thin end, that of the iceberg, lots of phrases but ultimately there will be many more and this is the start of a painful
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exercise that will happen over time. it has been a bit embarrassing for the government for a long time, they have apologised and offered compensation, but a lot of the windrush victims are still not satisfied. understandably, because their lives have been considerably changed by what happened to them. is very difficult to see about how large amounts of compensation can turn back the clock. and how to calculate it. some people fought for long time, there were mps who were getting anywhere, it has taken a long time. it is interesting, amnesty have said they are worried about the narrowness of the apology. we are not even talking about abroad, catch all apology. we are not even talking about abroad, catch all apologym we are not even talking about abroad, catch all apology. if you are going to apologise, do it fully, it is not helpful when people criticise when you do it. letters
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onto the daily telegraph, a story about the ispca. —— rspca. onto the daily telegraph, a story about the ispca. -- rspca. this is the rspca being tipped off about a former pay—out —— a pay—out about a former pay—out —— a pay—out about a former boss. it goes into the narrative lately about these large charities and are feeling about the dell make them becoming too unwieldy. is interesting because they have two attract top talent, pay private sector wages, they run like enormous businesses but it leaves a bad taste in the mouth and it is interesting to see the charity commission obviously feel that that needs to not be the case, people needs to not be the case, people need not be given huge payoffs. this is the new head of the charity
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commission, who took over much seen asa commission, who took over much seen as a controversial appointment when she started because the select committee that was supposed to second the appointment didn't approve her. interestingly, showing real teeth. this is a rare official warning that has been given to the rspca and it means that unless there are improvements in the rspca running as a charity, the commission can step in and take over. an unusual step and a sign of what the new leadership is going to do. quite a scary story on the front page of the guardian about more evidence of climate change, really. climate fears as the arctic‘s oldest sea ice brea ks fears as the arctic‘s oldest sea ice breaks up. with each of this earlier on bbc news. —— we featured this earlier. the planet is changing. on bbc news. —— we featured this earlier. the planet is changingm is extraordinary. they have said here it has never been recorded before and it is twice this year.
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clearly, anecdotally, you have to look outside this summer to realise there is something strange going on with the climate, but something like this is pretty hard evidence. this is the oldest and the thickest sea ice in the arctic which has started to break up. a phenomenon which has been recorded before, but it has happened twice this year. for scientists that it means they might need to revise theories of what is going to happen because this was almost the bit that would never break up what it was not expected to, ithink break up what it was not expected to, i think it has caught everybody unaware. asjess to, i think it has caught everybody unaware. as jess said, to, i think it has caught everybody unaware. asjess said, the issue with the weather, climate fear, the beast from the east which seems like a long time ago from the summit we had, but this is a really big deal it is you start to see areas like this that we were not expecting and really, if the great scientist start scratching their head and wondering what will happen next, we need to be quite concerned. it doesn't seem
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that long ago all climate change discussions were theoretical and suddenly we are seeing more and more evidence either around us or use, from the arctic. or wildfires from europe, floods, it feels weak on week there are 70 records being broken globally. it is all the stuff that they warned us use ago that might happen is starting to happen. it is exam times again, gcse‘s, so many stories, but the daily telegraph has a story on that. this is saying that although the outcomes will be can parable, one of the things that has changed is the reliance on coursework, i think many we re reliance on coursework, i think many were relieved. actually, because previously many of the schools had relied on that, it will show where that balance, where it has been
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tipped. because there is going to be far more reliance on actually the exam itself. suggestion here is that schools that were giving unfair help, i think that is a bit of a stretch as it could have meant that the coursework produced was extremely good, but the suggestion here is that the chairman of the independent schools council is suggesting that actually disproportionally some schools will suffer because of the reforms. some will say that coursework is a deeper test of your intellectual ability, otherwise to an exam which is a memory test. there matey something to that. i think, when talk about stories like this talking about coursework being harder than exams, we have to remember that although everybody is it the same exam, you might go to a school we get extra tuition, your parents might pay for extra tuition on the weekends. it is
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not a level playing field. it is interesting, it says people with lower ability are given extra help, the implication that it is unfair that there may be students that would struggle with exams that would get a big grades at a better outcomes. i am an employer, i find these stories every year really hard because i wonder when i see a cv and icy exams, i don't know, year on year, was that year when it should have been easier? for the kids, you do really well and everybody says the exams are easy. we didn't even get a stars, there were grades that we re get a stars, there were grades that were not even achievable. is record surplus forjuly, we have been talking about the extra 1 million quid in philip hammond's back pocket. undeniably good news for the government although it is worth saying thatjuly is is usually
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healthy with tax receipts. he has ended up with a pretty healthy extra chunk of money, above and beyond what was expected, which hopefully will give him some wiggle room in the budget come november. will he loosen the purse strings? that is the question for the budget. no, i would say almost certainly not. the question for the budget. no, i would say almost certainly notm is the great unknown what will happen. even members of the government don't know what is in the budget until it appears and is read out. may be the chancellor doesn't know. sometimes he doesn't understand the full implications of what he announces, when we have had reversals of announcements in the past. philip hammond change the schedule of the budgets and made a big deal about that. and then there was a lot of lobbying especially from the prime minister and others about having extra money to the nhs as part of its anniversary celebrations this year. that additional money is the case where will he find it? normally you
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announce it with a plan and the plan wasn't there. now there is this extra money, it is a case of what will they do. we also know that planning for no deal, for example, is well under way stop a lot of contingency money is needed for that. whether he has as much to spend as we think, we don't know. we will see. we will also see who will direct the next bond movie. we did think it was danny boyle, and it is not going to be danny boyle. why is he not doing it? well, we don't know. creative differences, we are told. i am very much looking forward told. i am very much looking forward to the leaks coming out regarding what is behind that phrase, creative differences. this was going to be the 25th bond movie, i can't believe they have done 25. there is already speculation about the next bond, and who it will be, and now there is question about whether this film
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will be made on time. when you see the stunts and what goes into these films, it is huge. so the take over a film like that is a big ask, and these are not people with a lot of time on their hands. are you a bond fan? yes, i am a bond fan. i quite liked the idea of danny boyle and daniel craig teaming up. it is a shame, i think, daniel craig teaming up. it is a shame, ithink, because daniel craig teaming up. it is a shame, i think, because they both feel like proper british institutions. especially after the olympics opening ceremony, i think people were excited to see what he would do with bond. and it needs refreshing, do you think is that otherwise you end up with the same formula all the time. daniel craig himself to a different level, didn't he? he did, and his bond was a bit darker, edgier, more travelled than the previous. the fact that he was blond, and everyone said you can't have a blonde bond. yes, does it need freshening up? i don't know,
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not that much. i suspect a lot of bond fans will say don't touch it, it is good enough as it has always been, and it is so iconic and such a big thing the fans. you don't mess around, and it will be interesting to see whether what was coming out wasjust a personality to see whether what was coming out was just a personality clash, whether it was more about the direction the film will go in. they hadn't started shooting, so what happened in that process? and it is due out next year. did someone come in witha due out next year. did someone come in with a great idea and of rudd said hang on a minute, this is not what we are going for. must be huge. maybe he was going to kill off james bond. that would have been a disaster. they wouldn't have allowed that. let's end with a lovely story about a mother who gave birth in a coastguard helicopter over the cornish coast. we reported this yesterday but now
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the papers have pictures of the baby, complete with little helicopter. how cute is that? baby, complete with little helicopter. how cute is that7m baby, complete with little helicopter. how cute is that? it is very cute. they also have a picture of the mother, looking fantastic, i have to say. it is a lovely summer story, as well, isn't it? there is not a lot of nice summer stuff around. can you imagine giving birth ona around. can you imagine giving birth on a helicopter? i mean, getting me on a helicopter? i mean, getting me ona on a helicopter? i mean, getting me on a helicopter, and in the idea of having a baby, there must have been a degree of knowing what was coming. she was visiting the isles of scilly. and she went into labour unexpectedly, so they had to call the coastguard to get a helicopter in to get her to the mainland. what i would love to know, and the next bit of the story is, what is the place of birth going to be
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registered as. that is a really interesting one as to how you declare it. how do they get it into that box on the birth certificate? even on your passport, your place of birth is listed. maybe you can just put helicopter. place of birth, helicopter. the floor of whatever coastguard helicopter it is. orjust up coastguard helicopter it is. orjust up in the air, maybe. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it is all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, jo and jess. coming up next: the latest from the bbc sport centre. england's cricketers stand on the brink of defeat in the third test against india, despite managing
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to take the match into a fifth and final day. a maiden test century from jos buttler had given the home fans some hope, before the wickets began to fall at trent bridge. patrick gearey reports. this test match will go into a fifth day but india are now inevitably going to win it, they need one wicket to do so. india did show some fight, but they also had a batting collapse. jennings caught behind, alastair cook caught in the slips, sparking fresh doubt about how longhi will go on an england side. joe root was caught in slips, and polly pope, another caught in slips. england's two most attacking batsmen had to help them out, ben stokes and jos buttler. stokes went to his lowest ever test 50 after tea. the real star was jos buttler who lowest ever test 50 after tea. the real star wasjos buttler who went to his maiden test century having been dropped on one. it shows his maturity as a test match batsman.
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when he got out he was trapped lbw, sparking a new flurry of wickets. so, stokes and works. —— bairstow. the fifth day might only last on—ball. it is inevitable now that england will make take the series 2-1. it is important to us to show up 2-1. it is important to us to show up and show a lot of character and a lot of fight, and not give it away too easily. we did that really well through the day, with the two dies at the end of the day. making sure we come back tomorrow and showing that no matter what it is we're not going roll over. the second new ball, because of the new seam, it was seaming a bit more than the older ball. so i was focusing on that, and just trying to get one wicket. not looking too far ahead, and just taking one wicket at a time, and everything will follow. great britain won more medals on day
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two of the european para—athletics championships in berlin, three of them gold. kate grey was trackside. it has been another golden evening for the british team here in berlin, with three athletes reaching the top of the podium. the first went to sabrina fortune in the f20 shotput, followed by gold in the t35100m, and when i caught up with her after the race, she talked about her difficulties with overcoming her mental health over recent years. difficulties with overcoming her mental health over recent yearslj have had a few difficult years and when you don't perform as well, a kind of its view as a person and you feel like it reflect the new, like you are not training hard. but in fa ct you are not training hard. but in fact you are, so that can be a bit hard, and also things in my personal life. but, you know, i've got all the right people around me, i've got british athletics who are helping me out, and my family, parents and my coach. so i am on the mend. paralympic champion richard white
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had won the third gold of the evening in the t61200m, and even though they were only two hill three athletes in his race, he still sees the importance of these championships. a lot of the time you have to understand that it is a title, and it wasn't obviously the competition that i would be wanting with the build—up towards the world championships and the paralympics in 2020, but you can only race against who you are against. there was also successful northern ireland's jason smith, who competes for ireland. he won gold in the 200m. looking forward to tomorrow, there will be an exciting head—to—head between british athlete including hannah cockroft in the t34100m. leeds united twice came from behind to draw 2—2 at swansea to maintain their unbeaten start to the championship season. former swansea midfielder pablo hernandez struck late on to cancel out two goals from man of the match oli mcburnie.
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the point was enough to move leeds to the top of the table on goal difference. there were plenty of goals elsewhere this evening. queens park rangers remain bottom of the table after losing to bristol city, they've lost their four opening matches to pile more pressure on steve mclaren. two second—half goals gave frank lampard his second league win of the season. hull city recorded their first league win, beating rotherham. and that is all the sport. good evening. it was another warm and humid day, but sunshine was a little easier to find an over the last couple of days. this was how the day ended on the north norfolk coast, beautiful sunset there. but a bit more cloud in the mix further north and west. because there is a weather front approaching, bringing some rain across parts of northern ireland and scotland, and behind that frontal system, as it continues to trundle its way south eastwards
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during tomorrow, we will begin to introduce some cooler, fresh air. but, as we head through what is left of this evening, and tonight, we will see that rain and some of it on the heavy side across northern ireland and western scotland, patchy rain getting into eastern and southern parts of scotland later in the night. further south largely dry with fair amount of cloud. temperatures 13 to 17 degrees to the south of our weather front. further north, something cooler and fresher. ourfrontal north, something cooler and fresher. our frontal system through tomorrow will continue to work southwards across northern england, eventually down into wales, the rain sizzling all the while. a fair amount of cloud with some sunny breaks for the south—west, the south—east and east anglia, and here very much in the warm and humid air. further north and west, see the lighter colours on the chart. it will turn cooler and fresher despite some sunshine for scotla nd fresher despite some sunshine for scotland and northern ireland. 17 or 18 compared with 26 or 27 across east anglia and the south—east. during tomorrow evening, this frontal system continues to trudge
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further south and east. not much rain left on it i then. we say farewell to that aren't in most areas by thursday, still hanging around in the south—east. another front pushes into the north—west, and behind that, that is where we get into this significantly cooler, fresher air. you really will notice the difference as we had through thursday. there is ourfirst the difference as we had through thursday. there is our first weather front clearing the south—east, and heading across scotland, northern england and northern wales. a mixture of sunny spells and heavy, thundery showers. by the breezy day, especially across the north—west, and the temperature is well down for the likes of aberdeen, glasgow, belfast. we are looking at highs of 15 or 16 degrees. 24 perhaps in london, but by friday we will be down to 20 at the very best. as we head into the weekend, pretty mixed. some rain at times, some dry weather, and the much cooler, fresher feel. hello, everyone. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: president trump's former campaign chief, paul manafort, found guilty of eight criminal charges, including bank and tax fraud. president trump gave this reaction.
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this russian collision, this is absolutely nothing to do, this is a witch—hunt, this is a disgrace. and it doesn't end there: the president's former lawyer, michael cohen, pleads guilty to tax evasion and violating election campaign finance rules. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme:
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