tv The Papers BBC News November 8, 2018 11:30pm-12:01am GMT
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hello. this is bbc news with rachel schofield. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first, the headlines: a man who opened fire at a bar in california killing at least 12 people has been named as 28—year—old ex—marine ian david long. prince charles tells the bbc he'll no longer air his opinions on topics important to him when he is king. he was speaking ahead of his 70th birthday. a sharp rise in the number of prescriptions for diabetes is now costing the nhs in england more than £1 billion a year. toshiba dumps plans to build a nuclear power plant in cumbria, dealing a blow to local jobs and investment. a 16—year—old boy who died after being stabbed in south london on monday has been named. police are appealing for witnesses. he has been
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named as john ogunjobi. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are george eaton, political editor of the new statesman, and the chief executive of inhouse communications, and former political strategist for the conservative party, jo tanner. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. brexit is on the front page of the daily telegraph with a warning that the eu will demand its fishing fleets have access to british waters in exchange for a final deal. the times has a leaked letter from downing street, which says a no—deal brexit will result in a new border in the irish sea. the i says theresa may faces a cabinet rebellion as she looks to finalise an agreement with brussels. the metro picks up on comments from the brexit secretary, dominic raab, who's faced criticism after saying he didn't realise the importance of the port of dover to the uk. the express focuses on diabetes,
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labelling it the biggest threat to the nhs after it was revealed a drug to treat the condition is costing the health service £1 billion a year. and the state of the high street is the guardian's headline, it claims retailers are pressuring the government for decisive action after a report revealed the thousands of shops left empty. so brexit dominates the front pages with different takes on the final deal with the european union. we will wade our way valiantly through that in a moment, but george, let's start with the guardian and a strong picture here, which places us firmly in the white house among the press call, and the question is who touched to. a big i’ow question is who touched to. a big row after a fractious press conference yesterday. there is, jim acosta, from cnn, has had his press credentials removed. this is the
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biggest challenge donald trump has made to the press since he's been president. the white house is coming under particular criticism because it has shared a doctored version of the video which accenture awaits the reporter's contact with the white house staffer —— accentuates. makes it look like he did a karate chop on her. the other thing that comes to mind is some might say that donald trump isn't best place to give lectures to others on inappropriate contact with women. finally, you haven't had a walkout by other journalists over this, so some would say other journalists should journalists over this, so some would say otherjournalists should have made it clear and attack on one is an attack on all and if the president once to take this approach, there will be a collective boycott of the white house by the media. you've been in this position, jo, media. you've been in this position, jo, trying to get the mike fromjim acosta, he'd been told to end his questions and give up the mike. is it too much to describe it as a
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tussle? it's ended up with him being told he's not welcome, at least temporarily. i spent many a time in a press conference shuffling along the floor to get a microphone. it's interesting, there's an unwritten rule if you are working as an adviser and you got in shot with the person you're working with, there was almost the suggestion you had to buy cakes for everyone in the office. a punishment if you were caught as it were. this staffer has become headline news over this incident worldwide. as george says, this suggestion, almost a karate chop that this girl seems to have been involved in. it's the most bizarre situation. i don't know why that microphone was handed... and the attempt to take it back. she ke pt the attempt to take it back. she kept looking to drum for guidance as to what to do, which was really weird. almost as if something... you think she was looking uncomfortable
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and didn't want to be in that position? —— looking for trump. and didn't want to be in that position? -- looking for trump. she didn't know whether she should step in or not. that is not the kind of thing that should be happening in a big press conference of that nature. what does this say about the relationship, george, between trump and the media going forward? we know he has strong views about certain media organisations and the so—called fake news, he paradedjim acosta at the time saying cnn should be ashamed to have you. he then said to another guy who jumped in and he said i'm not that fond of you either. he's pretty out there in terms of the hostility between him and certain sections of the media. terms of the hostility between him and certain sections of the medial think the us is going to only become more polarised. if trump is showing this level of hostility in the wake of the mid—terms, obviously he hasn't been president for two years yet, what is the level of hostility
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you're going to see when he stands for re—election? it's very hard to see how us democracy emerges from this without being permanently damaged in a sense. i saw something on the ft, which caught my eye, democratic freedom has fallen this yearin democratic freedom has fallen this year in the us to the lowest level among g7 nations, according to freedom house, the ngo focusing on government transparency because of ethical breaches by the trump administration. it feeds into the impression that trump isn'tjust a president that people have difficult opinions with, but someone even republicans would fear is putting previously unquestioned freedoms at risk. ironically, jo, we were saying that he put himself out there, he a nswe i’s that he put himself out there, he answers the questions, 0k, within his own boundaries in his own way,
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but he took a lot of questions. the press conference was nearly two hours. we don't have anything like that in this country. actually they are also... there was a lot of criticism in the last election about how controlled the environment was, and how restricted the outlets were that were asking questions. there's a general creep. there's been a sense of trying to control these occasions more and more. interestingly, theresa may gave one of the most amusing answers recently at one, on a plane recently, from one particular trip, when she was asked whether... something about her faith in god around whether she still asked for guidance or something from god in her decisions, shezow directed only pray for journalists to ask sensible questions —— she says she regularly
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prays for. this is all playing into the mid—terms. trump relaunching in a way after getting over the bump. he's making a great play of the fact he's done well in the senate, but the house of representatives in hands of the democrats and he might have to change tack saying i'm appealing for us to work together. we will see if that happens! the way he might try to play it is to blame the democrats for things going wrong, saying these guys have had control of the house... in some ways the fear among the democrats is it could be useful for trump to say i'm not all powerful, my hands have been tired and the democrats are trying to... if, as expected, they launch investigations to get him to release his tax returns, that gives him a chance to say they're distracting from the real issues. a deep breath, moving towards brexit at a slow and
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cautious pace. several stories, moving towards brexit at a slow and cautious pace. severalstories, i'm going to work through them, and jo, to you for the first one in the metro, dominic raab, the brexit secratary, bit of a pickle, having the mickey taken out of him. a lovely pun here. this is to do with the dover calais crossing and perhaps his lack of appreciation over how significant it was. the irony isn't lost on me that this is on the front page of the metro, who have changed their letter of into a wreath of poppies or remembrance sunday, saying you don't understand the significance of diver given its significance during many of the conflicts that the uk has engaged in seems a bit strange —— dover —— letter of. it was a technology about. talking about customs arrangements and the
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technology of tracking goods, there's a big way they are in point because there's suggestions technology will be the answer. everyone thinks technology is the answer but we don't know what it is so everyone answer but we don't know what it is so everyone is hoping boffins can work it out. there's a big stretch of water between dover and calais, but unfortunate for dominic, he has a big issue around his food choices, i would say... would you say lampoon 01’ i would say... would you say lampoon or ridiculed online —— lampooned. i would say... would you say lampoon or ridiculed online —— lampoonedm was known as the dominic raab special. unfortunate to get into a food story, which doesn't work out well for any politician. the miliband is with bacon sandwich is and bananas! we will see what happens next —— milibands. everytime
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we look at the front page there's a story about brexit that isn't helpful in some respects, this is a big week end. the government will apparently make big cabinet meeting on monday now, and dominic will get a rough ride from his colleagues. george, this is grist to the rail for remainers —— grist to the mill. joe steve ns for remainers —— grist to the mill. joe stevens saying we finally have an admission of what we've known all along, the brexiteers happen through any of the impacts of leaving the u. —— the any of the impacts of leaving the u. -- the eu. great fodder for them. it is. dominic raab has great two made the —— has made the classic era of being too honest. everyjournalist has learned this about the eu and the uk in relation to brexit, perhaps it isn't wise for the recently appointed brexit secratary to make this point. dominic raab is one of those who has greater
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ambitions. does hope to stand for the conservative leadership at some point. this is the first time he's made a gaffe that's landed him on the front page. he thinks he's a savvy operator so i think he will learn from this. staying with you, george, you'rejust the man learn from this. staying with you, george, you're just the man to explain the times lead story. no deal plan would include snowboarder in the irish sea bash new border —— new border in the irish sea. this gives us more insight into what might be the plan with the border in various places, in the irish sea, between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. try and explain this. theresa may has said all along it would be unacceptable for there to be any kind of border between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. as the prime minister of the uk, she can't access any divergences. the dup, the northern ireland party,
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give her the majority house of commons, they will never accept that. the clue is in their name, the unionist party. there for her mission has been to get the eu to agree to a temporary customs union, which the whole of the uk will remain in, so you avoid that border but the times have suggested in a letter, the prime minister reveals the eu is still pushing for a potential border between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. the fear here is the pressure from brexiteers to get the uk out of the customs union so it can sign these trade deals would be so great that the eu is not prepared to accept the assurance that the alternative solution would be sustainable. interestingly you've got arlene foster, the leader of the dup, saying the prime minister's letter raises alarm bells for those that value the integrity of our precious
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union. that's quite strong language. there's two schools of thought on this, one is the dup aren't bluffing and they're prepared... they're not afraid of a general election and they're prepared to bring the house down essentially if theresa may doesn't stick to her word on this. others will say that this is, to some extent, for show. they want to show that they're fighting and that their tough negotiators. in the end, eve ryo ne their tough negotiators. in the end, everyone will find a compromise and ambiguous wording they can all agree to. it is an aggressive move, to leak a letter. letters don't accidentally end up on the front page of the times. it's an orchestrated move to leak this and to put the spin on the wording that's been suggested. this particular point, that there is a suggestion that the prime minister is still pushing for the backstop to the backstop. you can imagine everyone at home sighing, a collective sigh about backstop the
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back stops, but this issue would never back stops, but this issue would never allow a divide between ulster and great britain to come into force and great britain to come into force and this is the suggestion, there would be wording somewhere but would it happen? this is a big move for the dup to go this far, there were suggestions the dup would try to cause trouble over the budget and not really allowed the budget to pass essentially by causing trouble in terms of votes in the house of commons. didn't happen. something was given, something was assured but they've obviously decided for some reason they're going to push this now, either because they know they are going to get what they want and they want credit or they're generally —— genuinely worried. when it comes to genuinely worrying, ta ke when it comes to genuinely worrying, take this on to the independent. the independent has a forecast on growth for britain following a brexit, which doesn't read very happily. no.
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i think we saw the office of budget responsibility, who have the responsibility, who have the responsibility to provide forecasts for the treasury, they give, essentially, the figures to the treasury and say to the chancellor this is what we are predicting. it gave a little bit of independence around what those numbers look like so around what those numbers look like so there wasn't a suggestion that politicians could mass sarge them. they were suggesting 1.6% growth for the uk -- they were suggesting 1.6% growth for the uk —— masse. the eu and are predicting 1.2. it is not surprising that the eu are coming up with something more negative. but the idea that their predictions essentially gave philip hammond wriggle room, because he had obviously pledged money for the nhs, it was almost rooting around down the back of the sofa and find a significant sum. the prince was there was more money available. it is that the outlook is not looking
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as great. and we would end up similarto as great. and we would end up similar to italy in the performance of the economy. but actually still does not take into account what happens if we have no deal. that really is an unknown. this is not a great prediction, even if we have a smooth brexit. as we were just discussing, we may not even get that. i will spare you the daily telegraph's fishy story about fishing rights. just because time is tight and we have done quite a bit brexit. but we will go to the guardian again. this time, george, a story about the high street and the decline at their off. —— thereof. new statistics show us with it with the winners and the lewers and there area the winners and the lewers and there are a lot of losers. there are. restau ra nt are a lot of losers. there are. restaurant are having a particularly ha rd restaurant are having a particularly hard time. i think this is the rise of the gig economy, that people are rebel to get takeaway is now from deliveroo and uber eats and so on,
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ofa deliveroo and uber eats and so on, of a quality that you perhaps could not before. and it is a mixed effect. the weakness of the economy, not having the growth you had at that level before, the rise in business rates, the rise in vat. there is an interesting political dilemma for the conservatives. one school of thought says you can't buck the market, essentially the economy is changing, there are a lwa ys economy is changing, there are always winners and losers in a market system. and consumers are going online. so you are naturally going online. so you are naturally going to have a shift they are. others would say, well, actually, conservatives can serve. the high street are part of the identity of a lot of pounds and cities —— co nservatve. lot of pounds and cities —— conservatve. if that was allowed to disappear it would feel quite gutted and empty and they need to make more ofan and empty and they need to make more of an effort to preserve heritage. that is a dilemma for them. i will move us
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that is a dilemma for them. i will move us onto the express. the story about diabetes. i promised diabetes and diabetes we shall do. this is the drug bill to the nhs, nhs, because so many people are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, which is all to do with lifestyle and eating habits and so on. there have been a lot of drives to try and deal with this issue. and actually the government have launched their childhood obesity strategy as part of their efforts. but there is a fundamental problem in this country that, really, people don't know what they are reading. it is a growing issue that we don't necessarily... rm ten years ago people talking about the decline of family sitting around a and eating together. the rise in people eating convenience meals, no one knows what is in them, the calorie count, the salt levels are high... is it fair to say that? we have all these labelling systems. you should be able to work it out. lot of people don't understand. we
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have a traffic light system, red, green, yellow. should we still be struggling? the availability of cheap and large quantity food, and alcohol as well, i think the dilemma here is you have had some like tom watson, for instance, he lost seven stone. he has managed to reverse his diabetes. he is promoting the message that don't see diabetes as irreversible, if you make an ever you can reverse it. of course it is easier said than done. not everyone may have tom watson's willpower. do you make gastric band is more widely available? if you look at it from a cost perspective, the costs of treating chronic conditions like diabetes is high than making weight loss surgery and others more easily available. then it is the basic strain on the nhs budget. so there is this big spending, it will go up by 27 billion by 2023— 202k. is this big spending, it will go up by 27 billion by 2023— 2024. it is this big spending, it will go up by 27 billion by 2023— 202k. it is a huge amount of money, but when you
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factor in! billion huge amount of money, but when you factor in 1 billion for diabetes, the cost of an ageing population, the cost of an ageing population, the cost of new drugs and high—quality medical, you can see how it adds up. that will lead to the more general debate, do we need to put taxes up, essentially? vat and national insurance, will one of them have to go up if we are to make them have to go up if we are to make the nhs sustainable and remain free at the point of use? a final thought, some people saying things like diabetes type ii, people don't need be drugs, if they can make the lifestyle changes we could shave a loss of their medication. the medication is only one aspect. there are joint issues, so many other, i have lost a lot of weight this year. it is the related conditions that are also expensive. this isjust one aspect of the problem. 0k. there we must entered. —— and it. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the paper front pages on the bbc news website at bbc.co.uk/papers, and watch this review again on the bbc iplayer. a big thankyou to my
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guests this evening, george eaton and jo tanner. and from all of us, goodbye. good evening. here's your latest sports news. four british clubs were in action in the europa league this evening with scottish champions celtic hoping to keep their qualification hopes alive. rivals rangers wanted to keep their unbeaten start going, but it wasn't to be, beaten 11—3 at spartak moscow. a contrast with celtic then who got a much needed 2—1win over rb leipzig in glasgow, as patrick geary reports. thursday night, disco lights at celtic park. but lister rb leipzig and it would be european kicking out home. just as well that a switch seems to have slipped in recent weeks. celtic have scored ten in their past two games. ten minutes
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and they found the extra man from the isle of man, kieran tierney, 1-0. the the isle of man, kieran tierney, 1—0. the energy from all around and plated onto the pitch. all that was missing was another goal. and a bit of insurance against a side that is fourth in bundesliga. rb leipzig threaten more in the second half. celtic buckle. jean—kevin augustin left alone to equalise. now brendan rodgers had a problem. only briefly. rai ryan christie picked up odsonne edouard. the goal merely registered on the richter scale. rb leipzig sozykin. kevin kampl may have spoiled it all. the lights are just about on for celtic in the europa league. rangers were in moscow. at this time of you not a place to find yourself exposed. if you are a fan of depending look away now. everyone else's was great fun. first there was this is not partisan goalkeeper. that set the tone. no—one from rangers notice this run. only 21
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minutes gone, but his teammates were ina minutes gone, but his teammates were in a hurry. their defence are certainly seem to have somewhere they needed to be, they left daniil unaccompanied. he was sent off after celebrating in his last match. he kept it low key vista. the game hurtled on in fast forward for a second connor goldson's mind scrambled. 2—2. glenn middleton snuckin scrambled. 2—2. glenn middleton snuck in to score his first european goal. steven gerrard's side back ahead. scorelines were very temporary mismatch. spartak reverse this one in a couple of setting up minutes. they were level again. then straight from the kick off, they took aim. that decided a freezing frenzy of a match. patrick geary, bbc news. chelsea are through to the knockout stages. that was thanks to olivier giroud.
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arsenal are also through but their goalless draw at home to sporting lisbon was marred by a serious looking injury to forward danny welbeck. he was taken to hospital after being stretchered off in the first half at the emirates. two goals from two debutants helped england's women to a 3—0 win against austria in a friendly in vienna. this openerfrom chioma ubogagu gave the lionesses the lead in the 26th minute. and phil neville's side doubled their tally in the second half when georgia stanway, also making herfirst appearance, scored after the break. england have now extended their unbeaten run to eight matches. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. good evening. the weather is going downhill. batten down the patches goes the saying. western parts of the uk are in for some rough weather for the next few hours or so. into tomorrow, tomorrow morning and
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afternoon. this weather front you can see is sweeping across the atlantic. it is heading in our direction. friday will bring some wet and very windy weather. initially to western areas of the uk. this is what we have right now. heavy rain out towards the west, which is actually petering out slowly. it is moving across scotland. southerly winds so it is male. temperatures ten in some spots. had a little colder towards the eastern areas, maybe four or five. this weather system, that is the low pressure that is sweeping across the atlantic. lot of isobars, rationalise, that is what indicates the really strong winds which will accompany this weather system. in fa ct, accompany this weather system. in fact, the rain and wind combined could cause some problems with transport during the course of friday, some delays, possibly even some damage to some vegetation, to some damage to some vegetation, to some trees from the strong gust of wind. they will be mostly confined to western areas of the uk. friday
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lunchtime, the heavy rain sweeps into western areas, plymouth, cardiff, much of western wales, belfast. initially central and eastern areas not too bad, not too terrible. we moving closer. these black arrows are the gust of wind. 60 mph. that is on the south coast. strong winds blowing across wales, the irish sea into northern ireland. in some areas may be stronger than 60 mph. on top of that you have the heavy rain. some pretty atrocious conditions for a time. dai green is going to sweep across the country with the wind during the course of friday afternoon, friday evening, and into saturday morning. all of us will have seen some wind and rain by the time we get to saturday. here is saturday morning. it is a fairly breezy day, but better. the worst of the web is to the east. it is a mixture of sunshine and showers —— was to be weather. some will get the showers, others not as many. here is remembrance day, sunday, we have
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sunny spells, occasional showers, not as windy. relatively mild, 13 in the south, 10 degrees in the north. we are in for a rough ride for the next couple of days. as i say, batten down attaches. —— those patches. welcome to newsday under bbc. i am sharanjit leyl in singapore. —— on the. the headlines: freed from prison and in hiding, now the lawyer for the pakistani christian woman acquitted of blasphemy tells the bbc she's free to leave the country too. asia bibi can still move anywhere she likes and she not detained in pakistan because of that review condition. the united states authorities say they will block asylum claims by people who illegally enter the country. i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme: a former us marine with suspected mental health problems is named as the gunman who shot and killed 12 people in a bar in california. and none of us are getting any younger —
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