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hello, this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — but first, the headlines: nearly 200 nations have agreed rules on implementing the 2015 paris agreement, the agreement aims to deliver the goal of limiting global temperature rises to well below 2 degress celcius. the work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, says it's time to build a cross—party consensus on brexit, as the church of england calls for national reconciliation. an investigation is under way after a woman and her eight—year—old daughter died in a house fire in nottinghamshire. over 60,000 protestors take to the streets in france, clashing with police, in a fifth weekend of anti—government demonstrations. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow.
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with me are the sun's chief sports reporter martin lipton and playwright and broadcaster bonnie greer. thank you for being here. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the sunday times leads on claims that two of theresa may's most senior allies are preparing for a second eu referendum behind her back. brexit also leads the observer which says delivering the uk's withdrawal from the eu is forcing the government to neglect vital domestic reforms. foreign secretaryjeremy hunt believes the uk will prosper even if it walks away from the eu without a deal and wants to be the next prime minister, according to the sunday telegraph. the online independent splashes on news of a row in the labour party over when to call a vote of no confidence in theresa may's government. the mail on sunday says that some of the bbc‘s highest—paid executives have been awarded huge annual pay rises of up to 30%. and the sunday express carries
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warnings from a thinktank which claims fathers are being left out out of parenting advice by nhs bosses. there we are, as expected, brexit is gci’oss there we are, as expected, brexit is across a lot of the front pages. no! absolutely not. we will start with the sunday times, their headline is that prime minister's team plots new referendum. this is apparently a secret talk. this is tim's byline, he is usually inside on all of this, and he has a few scenarios. first, he says that they are going around trying to get something together for a second referendum. allegedly, theresa may is talking to david cameron, who i would imagine is the la st cameron, who i would imagine is the last person she should be talking to about advice. then there is jeremy
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hunt who says that would be all right if they didn't have a deal. so there are all of these other factions going around. though he feels that there is living up to this effort is possibly another referendum. this is probably the only thing that they could get through the house of commons at this moment in time. what do you make of this? i think there are signs that things are afoot in that it may well bea things are afoot in that it may well be a recognition by government that the deal as it stands is never going to be passed by the commons, therefore, something has to be done. the problem is of course that theresa may has made it clear that she is utterly opposed to the concept of a second referendum, that she was elected to make good the referendum result. yet, it would appear, according to this at least, that behind her back, whether or not she knows it, people are saying, 0k,
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we have to go for a second referendum. it says here that he spoke to a number of labour mps who are not necessarily friends of jeremy corbyn, it is fair to say within the labour party, to try to stick together some sort of coalition unofficially to get this over the line and to get something done. because otherwise we are left with an impasse, and the genuine danger it would be increasingly as a no—deal breaxit back. danger it would be increasingly as a no—deal breaxit backi danger it would be increasingly as a no-deal breaxit back. i was also going to say, the people who think that harry deal will be all right if there is some subtle kind of legal say so for the backstop, what jurisdiction with is happening? i don't understand how this happens, whether the jurisdiction be? all that it whether the jurisdiction be? all thatitis whether the jurisdiction be? all that it is very strange and i think that it is very strange and i think that the only way for sure the brexit will get the house of commons off the hook is that goes back to
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the people. is that there is no will of the british people about things as they stand. if there is a second referendum, what is on the ballot paper? is it best of three? is it a tra nsfera ble vote ? paper? is it best of three? is it a transferable vote? this is suggesting they would offer voters a choice between may's deal and a no—deal brexit. choice between may's deal and a no-deal brexit. and everyone know what theresa may's deal is, it is 500 pages of what? if that is the referendum option, that will not get past the commons anyway. no, it would get out. there are enough remainers who say they have to put that on the paper as well. is a visible majority like it was the first time? or a supermajority, which is what it should be. —— a simple majority. we are just over three months away of exiting ve you u nless three months away of exiting ve you unless something gets altered and rescinded. we have no idea where we will be. whatever your view about
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the merits of your decision to leave, how can we be in this position at the end of december 2018? it is quite shocking that the government, whose job it should be, is to wargame government, whose job it should be, is to war game every situation is an area that is possible, and they haven't done it. at least they haven't done it. at least they haven't presented it to the commons. so, we don't know... for us, even saying this is absurd. let's move on to the observer, not their main story, we can mention that quickly, but it is picking up the idea of a second referendum, saying there should be a free vote. if it was to be whipped, they would have today the government position, which is 110w the government position, which is now second referendum. if there was a free vote, people would have the option... they would be rebelling against the party which is on such a matter of principle would be a whip losing offensive you were to vote
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against. so, it gives them a bit of against. so, it gives them a bit of a get out ofjail card in that regard. but then they have to to be knowledge from above if that is what the government, or specific members, we re the government, or specific members, were in favour of. we think about amber rudd and philip hammond, they would go down this path. but it has to bea would go down this path. but it has to be a vote that will get through the commons. we don't know what labour's position is, because they don't know what their position is. they haven't known their position for some time. we will come to that ina for some time. we will come to that in a moment. it potentially gives a way out of... it gives a fresh air in the commons, which is what it needs right now. however, little bit of optimism perhaps in the sunday telegraph on thatjeremy hunt... the uk will flourish without a brexit deal. this is what is crazy to me. how does jeremy hunt know this? there is no precedent for this, how does he know it? other than having some sort of idea about what britain will be able to do, we have no idea.
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the fact that he is now presenting david to back up his optimism, and bodyis david to back up his optimism, and body is asking him to do it, is what is making the rest of the world look at the uk and say, what is going on here? because it isjust wacky. what does he mean? the headline says one thing, if you at what. .. does he mean? the headline says one thing, if you at what... i'm a journalist, we have done this before. you think they are overdoing it? in a nodal situation, this is a great country, we will find a way to flourish and prosper, we faced much bigger challenges, the headline says will, this says may. he also says, we shouldn't pretend there wouldn't be destruction, impact and risk will stop so, he is a little bit less certain. but the key paragraph is the third, because he said he wants a crack at the job. anybody who wa nts a a crack at the job. anybody who wants a crack at the job, you think they would want their head examined. i think there will be an election before you get the chance. because
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thatis before you get the chance. because that isjust not quite happen. but if theresa may goes, he may be as a former remain, a bit of a brexiteer now, has not got any obvious enemies, might slip through. theresa may slipped three in the first place. but if you talking about a no—deal brexit, why would they let him in? but he's not saying they will have this, he's not david davis 01’ will have this, he's not david davis or michael gove or borisjohnson who says anything will be fantastic he says anything will be fantastic he says they will make it happen. he says they will make it happen. he says they will make it happen. he says they will muddle through. theresa may was an accidental prime minister. she ended up becoming visible candidate out of all those potential candidates. it all fell apart, they knifed themselves all... they fell off the stage. john major was out with his dodgy thread and illness. you do have a history of accidental prime ministers. illness. you do have a history of accidental prime ministerslj accidental prime ministers. i would think they would be an election before that. we will talk about
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labour ina before that. we will talk about labour in a moment, but at the bottom of this article, there is image of former labour minister tony blair who has the coming underfire from theresa may for interfering. blair who has the coming underfire from theresa may for interferinglj from theresa may for interfering.” do get this, and please forgive me, but this guy used to be prime minister. so he is in the prime minister's club, he is in the good people's club. that is the problem! he opens his mouth and says what he says, but he does talk to these people, he can't negotiate with anybody, he has no visit to do so. he says —— she says he is undermining. he is coming back and opening his mouth. you pay attention to him or not. but he can't do anything. for how to sort of take her attention over to him is basically succumbing to gossip, and we do have time for that. talking about people's attention turning, the other issue with brexit but is in this article in the telegraph, two, is the idea from amber rudd who says the time has come now to look
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for a coalition and to be more open to cross—party approach is on brexit. there is no workable coalition, we have got them in a different factions... you have the labour party... labour party has factions. the tory party is in three 01’ factions. the tory party is in three orfour different groups. factions. the tory party is in three or four different groups. the factions. the tory party is in three orfour different groups. the dup are holding the government imposition at the moment. we are... we have never been more ill served by our politicians and we seem to be 110w. by our politicians and we seem to be now. i would love there to be a consensus as amber rudd says, but there is no consensus. the problem is, in the whole of the world, because of other things, there is only your way, and anything that isn't your way is wrong. there is no reaching out. i'm glad you said that, because the country is actually starting to lose face of rod, because this country, as someone rod, because this country, as someone who didn't grow up here, when the british came into the room, everybody thought, the grown—ups are here, this will be sorted. it
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doesn't look like that now, and that is no good at all. it is a global phenomenon, in america, there... a lot of the supposedly mature democracies are having this schism and allowances and sense of frenzy. this is a big shock. before leaving brexit, let's talk about the independent online, martin, this is the labour angle on this. the shadow cabinet is split over no—confidence vote. this is a row and monks to —— amongstjeremy vote. this is a row and monks to —— amongst jeremy corbyn‘s team. vote. this is a row and monks to —— amongst jeremy corbyn's team. we know he is a brexiteer and he tends to bea know he is a brexiteer and he tends to be a remainder. he said he didn't vote to leave. i'm sure he must be telling the truth, he always does. you have leadership... significant figures in the labour party, who are clearly strong remainers. you also
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have other people who are going between physicians and stop they can't make their minds up. this is the problem, they are all useless. —— between positions. the problem, they are all useless. -- between positions. the city likes john mcdonnell. they like what he has said. i would be amazed to hear that. they are quite fond of him. so it is an interesting split within the party, because they have a pretty large swathes, ten mps who are in lead constituencies. they believe they could lose the seat. it would be ridiculous, i believe they could lose the seat. it would be ridiculous, lam believe they could lose the seat. it would be ridiculous, iam100% remain, but it would be ridiculous for any leader of a party to put that many people and throw them under the bus. we will do more brexit in the next hour... no! never let it be said that we don't deal with other stories that come at us. the mail on sunday... money money money. what is this? can i say
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something as an american, we don't have listed broadcaster, yes. we pay for the licence fee. the majority of the income of this corporation comes from us, so of course people have something to say about it. but let me say that the money these people are getting paid is peanuts compared to what they would be paid in the private sector. and at some point, the director—general has to sit down and be for real. it looks bad to us, because we have no money and bugle are paying the salaries. but £375,000 a year for what some of these people are doing, you can't... they are paid for by the british public, it says that ken mccauley... 30 grand extra. that is the good, because we are paying for it. but you put these salaries down, and
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thatis you put these salaries down, and that is the issue with the bbc. in the real world, this is nothing.” will let you two carry that on, i will let you two carry that on, i will have a copy. we will see you again that's it for the papers this hour. thank you martin lipton and bonnie greer. we'll will be back at 11.30 for another look at the papers. next on bbc news it's click. the children at this north london school have invited lara and me to learn about one of the most important events in british history. it has been 100 years since the first women in the uk were able to vote in a general election. and this vr experience is attempting to demonstrate how important it is to make your voice heard. and now repeat after me, this is my voice. all: this is my voice. before the suffragettes, a woman had to know her place. make noise is an eight minute interactive animated documentary story which you use your voice to interact with and it's
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about the story of the suffragettes. i walked down the strand and the first shop i came to, which was a jeweller's, bang went my hammer through the window. in the early 20th century the british suffragette movement fought for the right of women to vote by protesting and damaging buildings, all the while facing ridicule and anger in the media. sing a note and make a monument with your voice. holding for as long as you can. and that's something that seemed to resonate with everyone in the room. yes, it did make me feel quite self—conscious to simply make noise, but that was the whole point — for both the female, and maybe more importantly, male participants. reminding everyone of the importance of their voice being heard and valued.
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what did you think of the experience today? really good and epic. how much of a difference do you think it made learning about a subject like this in vr? i know more about history compared to other games. we can understand it rather than looking at old footage, which makes it seem as though it's boring. if we this way it is more fun watch. when we think about the suffragettes we think about these women, in starched, neat clothing, and we think they're not us. and actually when you hear what they say and the way that they say it and they are giggling and punk as hell, you think, 0k, actually you can teach me something about how i need to be. this isn't just about them. do you think men and women are equal now? they're not equal. in what ways? men still get paid more than women. look at the buckets, one by one, and call out the names of the women who've inspired you. my mum!
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sonia! my mum! theresa! they seemed very excited when they could shout out the names of women who'd inspired them. who were yours? um, well, i'm only here because of tomorrow's world, the bbc science programme. and so maggie philbin and judith hann. ..before it can ever fly again. sadly, we may now have taken a step backwards in terms of female figures in technology. the 1970s saw the invention of the computer—driven wordprocessor, built by evelyn berezin, who died this week at the age of 93. in the 80s, almost 40% of american computer science majors were women. but by 2012 this number had halved. today, in silicon valley, the heart of tech innovation, women only make up a quarter of the workforce. and female founders, on average,
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get less than half the investment of their male counterparts. that's maybe not surprising when you hear that only 7% of investors are women. so with stats like these we end up living in the world where most things are still designed by men, even if they are designed for women. case in point, this audio interface was recently being marketed specifically to women. great, isn't it. . ? the company has since apologised. now, if the tech industry has issues with gender balance, you want to take a look at the maritime world, where just 2% of seafarers are female. emily bates has been to snowy turku in finland, land of a thousand lakes, to track down a female captain whose career is about to be transformed by technology. there are many of them, but there
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are just a few ladies on board. but, yeah, if you do yourjob well, then it shouldn't be a problem. anu loved her life at sea, working her way up the ranks over many years. but once she started a family, she found it increasingly difficult. it became kind of obvious that i need to have a shorebased job to continue. i wouldn't want to miss them growing up. but new tech may allow anu to continue her career at sea while still coming home to herfamily each night. i went to turku to get on board what is being called the future of shipping. ships like these make up part of finland's road network and complete millions ofjourneys each year. i'm about to get on one that doesn't have a driver. this ship has been retrofitted with a variety of sensors
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and cameras which allow it to navigate by itself. it can set sail, complete the crossing and even dock itself, all without any human intervention. anu has been heavily involved in the development of the tech. we have object detection, which is done by our intelligent awareness system, which is doing sensorfusion. it's using ais radar and camera to detect an object. this is going to the autonomous navigation system, which is then the brains who is kind of deciding whether these objects are dangerous for the vessel or not and whether we need to avoid them. while ship's captains like anu went eventually be on board, they will be piloting multiple craft from the shore. should something go wrong with an autonomous vessel, one of these places will be able
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to take control of it from onshore and steer it to safety no matter where it was in the world. this technology may never be a substitute for the romance of the sea, but it could let people like anu balance the life they want using their years of training and expertise with family life. afghanistan — a country in turmoil. leading an ordinary life in this war—ravaged country is hard, especially if you're female. it's been described as the worst place on earth to be a woman. kabul‘s babur gardens were lit up this week to mark the close of the un's 16 days of activism to end gender—based violence. yet in the western city of herat, this group of teenage girls cast
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aside day—to—day concerns over safety, security and mere survival to do something most girls in this country can only dream of. aptly, they are known as the afghan dreamers. translation: every child has a dream, robotics became mine when i watched cartoons with robots as a six—year—old kid. seeing them walking and talking like humans made me think about how they're built, and what makes them different from us. every week, they get together to code and build robots. their inventions are trying to find solutions to very local problems. translation: more than 8096 of the afghan population works in agriculture, which is still a very manual process here. we would like to change that.
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our bot can cut wheat and handle the first process, and eventually we would like it to separate the wheat as well, making it easier for the farmer. fatima is the team leader. unusually, her father had greatly encouraged her, only tragically she lost him last year in a suicide bombing, a stark reminder of life here. the girls won last year's prestigious robotex contest in estonia, and that gave them the chance to be able to better their device. so this year, they've gone back with the improved version hoping they could win the big—money prize on offer this time around. congratulations on reaching the final of the competition, how are you feeling? i'm so excited for this. so we have in here two robots. as you know, saffron is so famous in afghanistan. it is hard for women collecting the saffron by hand. so with this robot, we can help them
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to collecting all the saffron easier than by hand. we can cut the saffron in here and then we have a process in here. we can do process, and then in here we have an elevator so all saffron can go in here. from there, they can be packaged and transported by the other robot. as a girl interested in robotics in afghanistan, what challenges are you up against? the big challenge is that some families don't allow their girls to go to a robotics convention, because they think a girl isjust for home. i think it's wrong because girls can be like man to do something. i want to be a mechanical engineer in the future, and i want to help my country to improve there, like, customs, whatever they want. so i want to help them. while change won't come overnight, we may be seeing the dawn of a generation who want to think anything is possible, and surely that's a start.
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that's all we have time for for the short version of click. the full version is on the bbc iplayer. to keep up with the team throughout the week you can find us on facebook and twitter... @bbcclick. on instragram... @bbcclick. at youtube.com/... bbcclick. thanks for watching. see you soon. the weather should be improving later on in the night, but we still so have some amber weather warnings from the met office. snow, mainly across scotland, most of it to the
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north of the central belt. but icy conditions from the central belt of scotla nd conditions from the central belt of scotland down into northern england continue into the early part of sunday morning. we also have some windy weather across the coast of west wales and the north—west of england. the wind should use, the main band of wet weather is sweeping away into the north sea, some rain will push in behind that across northern parts, some more snow over the hills. things will come down later on, the wind will ease, skies will clear and it is a bit mother as well. not too bad by the morning, a bit trickier in higher areas in scotland, the showers will become clear. sunny start for england and wales, but it will cloud over a bit more in the afternoon. western areas will see some showers and longer spells of rain. it will be as windy or cold tomorrow. should feel a bit milder. —— won't be as windy or cold. this is bbc news. i'm rachel scofield. the headlines at 11:
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a deal is reached tonight by nearly 200 countries, on international rules to tackle climate change. we have seen countries come together, they have responded to the science topic haven't done enough, but they have done what is possible yea rs. but they have done what is possible years. —— what is possible here. the work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, says it's time to build a cross—party consensus on brexit, as the church of england calls for national reconciliation. an investigation is under way after a woman and her eight year old daughter died in a house fire in nottinghamshire. over 60,000 protestors take to the streets in france, clashing with police in a fifth weekend of anti—government demonstrations. staff are working hard to track down all the animals, after a fire at chester zoo. and at half past eleven we'll be taking an in—depth look
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