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hello, this is bbc news, with martine croxall. we will be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first the headlines: the former prime minister gordon brown has called for labour to adopt the internationally recognised definition of antisemitism. he said the party must act now or undermine its values. the eu's chief negotiator has said he strongly opposes parts of theresa may's brexit plan. the prime minister has insisted she will not be pushed into compromises that are not in the national interest. the number of staff found smuggling banned items into prisons in england and wales has risen by more than 50% in the past six years. the prison service says the figures reflect the actions of a tiny minority. warnings about in—game purchases are to be added to video game packaging. the icon showing a hand holding a credit card is intended to warn parents that their children can spend money while paying. idris elba makes his directorial
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debut with yardie. find out what anna smith thought of that and the rest of the week's big releases in the film review. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are parliamentaryjournalist tony grew and the entertainment journalist and broadcaster caroline frost. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro leads on the critcism from the eu brexit negotiator, michel barnier, of theresa may's chequers plan for brexit. mr barnier describes it as illegal and insane. more critcism of the chequers plan leads the telegraph. borisjohnson says the uk is going into battle with the white flag fluttering. —— criticism. more trouble for the prime minister in the times.
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they say 20 conservative mps are preparing to wreck her brexit plan, which all means, as the i says, the prime minister faces a fight to keep her brexit plan alive. the guardian leads on the labour antisemitism row, after speeches from backbencher margaret hodge and the former prime minister gordon brown. the daily mirror says 600 police stations have been closed since 2010 due to tory austerity. anger at nearly £100 million worth of foreign aid to india leads the express. and the ft says mark carney is under pressure to reveal whether he is staying on as the governor of the bank of england. so most of the papers leading on brexit tonight. that is where we will begin. the telegraph in particular, the scandal of brexit is not that we failed but that we haven't tried, a quote from something reason for the paper by borisjohnson, who was the former
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foreign secretary and could have been instrumental in getting these plans through. strange, isn't it? he spent three years as one of the most senior members of theresa may's government, and saying we have failed, as opposed to him not having the influence he should have had on the influence he should have had on the government's exit policy. theresa may has drawn a lot of lines around her policy negotiating position, which doesn't give her much room to move. she has put forward her chequers plan saying there should be some alignment with there should be some alignment with the eu over goods, and that is seen as another red lion to the hard brexiteers, led by jacob as another red lion to the hard brexiteers, led byjacob rees—mogg, and this as borisjohnson has left the cabinet, someone who was seen as a potential successor to the theresa may. we are leaving the eu at the end of march, we expect the eu to agree a final deal or we will find ourselves in an ideal scenario, in
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0ctober ourselves in an ideal scenario, in october or november. so boris johnson is circling theresa may but is nowhere near strong enough position to challenge that will take her down at this stage. some of the descriptions he uses in this are quite florid, as we come to expect from borisjohnson. quite florid, as we come to expect from boris johnson. he quite florid, as we come to expect from borisjohnson. he expects that the whole thing is preordained and we won't do well out of it. no one has ever doubted his powers of metaphor, imagery and colourful prose. today he likens the battle to one as preordained as about between giant haystacks and big daddy, which isa giant haystacks and big daddy, which is a reference to wrestling in the 19805. that is a reference to wrestling in the 1980s. that is the point he is making, but it is choreographed and the outcome is known before they go into the ring. i find it quite churchillian language, as well. he we re churchillian language, as well. he were like that. she means the
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nodding dog from the television. this is the worry. it is attractive, colourful and attention grabbing. and as tony said there is a grown—up debate to be had. there are 208 days, i read yesterday, until d—day, which is brexit at the end of march, and we are still having this fight. if they are going to have a leadership challenge i would like them to get on with it, get over it, and get on with the challenges. we don't countdown to christmas any more, we count down to brexit. because brexit will dominate the rest of your life in one form or another. does it really matter? yes! let me finish my sentence. it is like being at home, being interrupted all the time, tony. sorry, continue. does it really matter what these 20 mps are going to wreck the brexit plans and really think when we have on the metro
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barnier rubble, the eu's chief negotiator saying it is unworkable. borisjohnson has pushed theresa may into a position where she has very little room to manoeuvre and they will attack over not being flexible enough over what sort of deal she should be seeking from the eu. what barnier is making clear is something the eu has said from the start of the eu has said from the start of the process. you can't cherry pick what bits of the eu you want to align yourself with, in this case keeping the same standards while not agreeing to the other freedoms and duties of the european union, and the key to the british context is freedom of movement. so here saying you can't have unfettered access to the single market while refusing to accept freedom of movement. that is essentially his position and it is a real dilemma for theresa may. but if we can't get these issues sorted before october and november than the uk will come close to having no deal
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with the european union, and that means effectively what it says, no deal means we won't have a framework to go forward, we won't have a transition period which has provisionally been agreed between the eu and our government, which means nothing will change between the eu and the uk until the end of 2020. so the stakes are really high here and although in any negotiation both sides will talk tough and eventually we should come to some sort of deal, given barnier‘s comments today and boris johnson's comments today and boris johnson's comments the other day, theresa may finds herself in an impossible position. when you see these headlines, it is immensely combated between the uk and the eu 27, but you see barnier and raab, at those press c0 nfe re nces you see barnier and raab, at those press conferences they give, and it is very cordial. i think time is running out, and as the point was made this morning, raab has already spent more time with the eu leading negotiators than david davis ever did. so that side of things is very
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positive. i think both sides are aware the clock is ticking. i gave you han solo an hour ago, and now i give you noddy, who tried to paint the bathroom floor and found himself in one corner of the room with a door on the other and i fear this in one corner of the room with a door on the other and ifear this is happening on both sides of the channel. you said that britain can't cherry pick. you can't blame britain for trying, though, surely. no full member has ever tried to leave the eu so no one knows what is possible. yes, and there is obviously... a deal will hopefully be done in the interest of both the eu and the uk, but an important point to make is that if you are the european union, brexit is not the most important thing on your agenda or the only thing on your agenda or the only thing on your agenda. europe faces significant problems and there is brexit fatigue among the eu 27, not ireland, obviously, because they
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haveissues ireland, obviously, because they have issues over the border. but i think that might help us towards some sort of deal at a summit in 0ctober some sort of deal at a summit in october or november. in the independent, hundreds of staff leaving the brexit department, these people who are supposed to facilitate the plans being drawn up. first of all, it is a very small department compared to other government departments. but if half your staff leave, that is quite significant. but it is a small department, a new department and a temporary department. we expect this department to be wound up at some point, after we leave, and also theresa may has effectively taken control of the negotiations, so as a department used to have david davis in charge, and now you have dominic raab, who might be in a more supplicant raab, who might be in a more supplica nt position to raab, who might be in a more supplicant position to the prime minister. but obviously it is a real issue and there has been an extraordinarily high turnover. if you think about it from this point of view, if you are the department who is supposed to be leaving our
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brexit strategy, first we didn't appear to have won and now we have one which is not acceptable to parts of theresa may's party or the european union, so i imagine that would be quite frustrating working environment. staying with the independent, gordon brown. we are fighting for the soul of labour. this was an impassioned speech to the labour party from gordon brown to try to move on and put to bed this anti—semitism row which has been going on for months. we have seen been going on for months. we have seenin been going on for months. we have seen in the last few years that when gordon brown speaks people listen. this happened with the scottish independence campaign, that he stood up. ithink independence campaign, that he stood up. i think what he is doing is very effectively keeping his powder dry. he is not by losing his brand like other elder statesman by coming out on every issue. so this is something he keenly, as you said, passionately feels that it is in danger of tearing the labour party a part, which he has worked for his entire career. he hasjoined other elder statesman of the party in mounting
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this challenge. margaret hodge has spoken today, tony blair says very similar things spoken today, tony blair says very similarthings in an spoken today, tony blair says very similar things in an interview tomorrow. it is a very co—ordinated. .. tomorrow. it is a very co—ordinated... i don't want to say attack, because they are playing the ball, not the man, this is one very specific thing thatjeremy corbyn could do something about needs to do something about urgently, otherwise everything else they have worked for so everything else they have worked for so effectively will be in tatters. and the national executive meet this week and a decision should be made about whether they are to accept this internationally acknowledged and recognised definition of anti—semitism. and recognised definition of anti-semitism. and it contains examples, and some labour have objected to it. gordon brown's position was clear that labour should accept the definition in full. there is an important point to make here about leadership. the labour leadership have allowed this issue to dominate the headlines over the summer, a summer when they should be talking about policy. it is also to do is leadership in that
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apart from jeremy corbyn's own views and the row about anti—semitism, this is about a party in the party leadership that doesn't appear to be able to control its own narrative. that is a concern for labour mps as well. and on the guardian, gordon brown during that speech, hodge and brown during that speech, hodge and brown piling pressure on corbyn. and whether or not the party will split, asjohn mcdonnell whether or not the party will split, as john mcdonnell has whether or not the party will split, asjohn mcdonnell has been talking about. she is saying that that might have been enough three months ago to start the conversation, to have these discussions about amending the definition. but she is saying frankly, now that moment has passed, and she said, to applause, and she was at the jewish labour and she said, to applause, and she was at thejewish labour movement conference, so she was preaching to the quiet, but she said the problem is corbyn. it has been around for 100 years, and he has only been there for three damaging years —— choir. she like those other people
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are recognising there is a kernel of discontent around corbyn and his momentum, the fact that the dedicated, effective... she has extended the debate into allegations of bullying and intimidation towards the other members of the party. going back to the daily telegraph for our final story. drivers who fail roadside eye tests will have their licences revoked on the spot. the headline tells the whole story but embellishes a bit. it follows this tragic case when a teenager was killed when an 87—year—old man lost control of his vehicle in essex, and it later emerged he had actually failed a police eyesight test only days earlier at a legal loophole had enabled him to remain on the road. vesely that is a tragic case to come into the headlines. there have been enough examples of often elderly people but not limited to elderly people, people who had acute eye set when they passed their driving test
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at 17 or 18 but they are on the road many decades later. it creeps up on you. i am not sure about this, but i think after a certain age older people are required to have tests. also there will be a concern about age profiling. we talk about it regarding teenagers, but you have age profiling going on for older people. it also says basically you have to read a number clearly from a distance of 20 metres and if you can't do that your licence will be taken from can't do that your licence will be ta ken from you can't do that your licence will be taken from you and you will be left either side of the road. and call a cab. —— by the side of the road. 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.do.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, tony grew and caroline frost. coming up next on bbc news, it is the film review. hello, and a very warm welcome
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to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's top cinema releases is anna smith! nice to see you, anna, chair — president, in fact, of the critics' circle, among other things. good to see you. what have you been watching? right. well, this week's an interesting week. we are starting off with cold war. this takes place primarily in poland and paris and a very interesting story of a troubled relationship between a musician and a singer. then we're off to sanjose in the current day for searching, which is a missing person thriller and it's told entirely on computer
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