tv The Papers BBC News June 9, 2019 10:30pm-11:01pm BST
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cocaine while working as a journalist 20 years ago. yes, it was a crime, it was a mistake. i deeply regret it. police in hong kong clash with protestors angry at a law that would allow suspected criminals to be extradited to china 130 firefighters tackle a blaze at a block of flats in east london — two people have been taken to hospital with minor injuries. so i picked up my sons and my missus, and wejust ran — just ran out. and as we came out the front door, behind us was the most raging fire i've ever — scariest thing i've ever seen. and england hang on to beat scotland 2—1 in the women's world cup.
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the parliamentary journalist, tony grew and the entertainment broadcaster, caroline frost. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the i says that the environment secretary michael gove has apologised for taking cocaine, and reports it threatens his conservative leadership bid. the metro leads on the fact that eight out of ii contenders to become prime minster have admitted they've taken drugs. the guardian reports that mr gove‘s challenge for number 10 is on the brink after his admission. the mail takes a slightly different slant insisting the beleagured minister is vowing to fight on. "gove pleads for second chance over cocaine use", is the headline in the times. the independent says that rory stewart, who's fighting the leadership race,
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has accused rival borisjohnson of not being honest about his brexit plans. the telegraph leads on boris johnson's pledge to cut income tax rates for 3 million people. and the ft breaks reports that renault has pledged to block nissan's plan to overhaul its troubled corporate governance increasing tension between the business partners. well, let's start with michael. metro having some fun with this. tories go nose to nose, form a line here. eight out of ii contenders admit drugs past but still having a crack at the leadership. there's so much into that one. that is fantastic. gove not having a great weekend. it's been disappointing at best for him. revelations in friday or saturday's newspapers. that he had taken cocaine, and it then
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worsened with the mail on sunday story yesterday that he hosted what they referred to as a cocaine fuelled party ie a party at his flat where people were taken cocaine they published an article in which she condemned middle—class users of the drug with hypocrisy and drug taking the problems that he is taking. in the problems that he is taking. in the field as white as 11 candidates it's easy to lose support and quickly. he looks wounded at this stage and definitely would not seize down and out but we will see what happens we get to the first round of voting for the conservative mps happens we get to the first round of voting for the conservative mp5 on thursday. getting into some countries abroad with missions like this rather tricky. there's talk that even the taking of the drugs may prohibit him from visiting the us which would be an interesting thing if he were to become a leader ofa thing if he were to become a leader of a political party. i did a very interesting because this is chicken. as we have heard all over the country nobody is without a past.
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it's all about, as they find with sporting heroes, at what point do you fess up and of course the temptation is only to fess up when you get busted as with all things, but if he had talked about this yea rs but if he had talked about this years ago, this would be by gone. now it is crucial. it is heating up the race and finally into those final two up for a judgement by the wider tory party. and it looks as though michael is going, it's a bad consternation of timing. which of course everybody would have known about how they planned that. they say his bid for number ten on the brink after the drugs admission. borisjohnson has not been grilled about his past yet. there's been talk about his bid for years. what have always said is that his off—screen life would not withstand the dissemination of a prospective p:m.. at that was a pre—trump era,
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andi p:m.. at that was a pre—trump era, and i think somehow trump and the people like nigel farage, the conversation has shifted and boris's controversy, he has learned. they say if you're going to be on stormy seas the on the boat that knows how to sail stormy seas. and he has withstood quite a number of controversies. aside from the cabinet in previous years. it's do you want somebody who has fallen off a bike, orwho will fall off you want somebody who has fallen off a bike, or who will fall off a you want somebody who has fallen off a bike, orwho will fall offa bike? you have to decide what category they are going to fall into. you have to decide what category they are going to fall intolj you have to decide what category they are going to fall into. i think that if he does, as is expected to get into the final two we have a month of extremely intense press focus on him. every aspect of his professional and private life will be picked over and i would be concerned that was one of his backers if there is something lurking in the background, however i hear what you're saying about the conversation. look at what is
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happening to michael gove. he confessed to taking cocaine in his 305. confessed to taking cocaine in his 30s. but that is branding. it's about him being a naughty boy. 30s. but that is branding. it's about him being a naughty boylj think borisjohnson is a colourful figure and of fun. he not standing to be conservative leader of the opposition, he is pitching himself as prime and not a prime minister in bad times but one of the biggest crisis eight country has faced. he certainly will be like this in a few weeks. the daily mail, new blow has amber red backed chair behind? the tides are going out for michael gove's campaign. he had been in negotiations and amber red is seen as the kingmaker in some senses. she is very much from the one nation, the moderate group of tories, leader within that and the senior cabinet
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minister however her own very small majority as well of the reasons why she herself chose not to put her hat in the ring along with everyone else. but it puts her in a strong position and if she is backing jeremy. he had tried previously to get her on board. borisjohnson try to get her on board and if these reports are correct that the big boost for jeremy. reports are correct that the big boost forjeremy. in his attempts to try and get to the final two. so matt hancock looks to me like he is hanging back. at the moment kathy outing that anything can happen there would be shocks and surprises along the way. do you think that's a direct result of these disclosures about michael? it's a really valid question. if you were amber red and mulling over whether it was going to be jeremy or whoever, the fact that these revelations have notjust hit these revelations have notjust hit the campaign but continued on, we are now the campaign but continued on, we are now on the campaign but continued on, we are now on monday and there still headlines about it. certainly might
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have been a factor. i don't her her thinking but it might have been a factor. johnson to cut income tax bills for millions, already promises being made. i think this is several things. have a forensic look at the figures and he's promising to increase the point at which people start playing a higher rate of income tax, this is not of immense benefit to the average man in the street. this is about telegraph readers, it's that little chunk. and of course it looks like it is talking for the masses, but i see this as borisjohnson wanting to be taken seriously talking about things other than brexit because other people have succeeded in doing that. we have had jeremy coming out with strange things, michael attempted to talk about that this weekend. it failed because of other things taking over his headlines. this is borisjohnson taking over his headlines. this is boris johnson having taking over his headlines. this is borisjohnson having overtures and saying take me seriously i could leave this country, i have an
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accounta nt‘s brain as leave this country, i have an accountant‘s brain as well as the charisma that the party seemed to need to. i think it is red meat to those readers. it's not the first promise he made. he promised we would leave only slst of october, that the catastrophic position to ta ke that the catastrophic position to take for anyone in his position. into that will appeal to quite a lot of lever voters. but the second he becomes part minister he will have to renege on it. the eu are not going to negotiate with us. there's i'io going to negotiate with us. there's no longer negotiations, negotiations endedin no longer negotiations, negotiations ended in novemberand not being reopened. and how many times we have to keep saying this before people start to believe it. the second thing about this plan is it will cost {9.6 billion but it's ok because they will pay for it from the set—aside of the no—deal brexit preparations, you will have to make note of preparations because you're going for no deal as you are saying we are living the slst and that is not time to negotiate a deal. purses
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made lots of promises already, he has already boxed himself in. the most significant things that happened this weekend was backing steve baker. the hardliners have said they have complete faith in borisjohnson that will said they have complete faith in boris johnson that will not last a week if he gets elected. that's a significant problem. you make call them had bankers. sorry he called himself the hard made of brexit.“ we get him on the phone we will ask and what description he would like. let's look at the independent. johnson is poisoning our politics says tori rival. rory stewart. 98 people to back them and don't think he has got that manyjust yet. people to back them and don't think he has got that manyjust yetlj would be very surprised if he does not make it much further the people think you well. in the part of it is this, part of it isjust saying borisjohnson is poison. this, part of it isjust saying boris johnson is poison. and making claims about brexit that will not be
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able to be see—through he must feel he is banging his head against a brick wall. i think history will judge them so favourably against these are the people who have shifted incrementally to the right at the days of gone by. have seen mcveigh saying she would not rule out provoking, how do i say it? randy words for a new era. and saying the queen would like to set aside problem the introduction of democracy. all of these people are doing what david cameron did in 2016 which was say that they are not worrying about nigel and yet data i would say alone they are standing vertical and saying i don't believe in and this is why, and all of these people are quotes, poisoning our politics. i agree with him. ithink you will see a lot more of this. i think this will be significantly more aggressive as time goes on and
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nobody is who bring up. i think it's really refreshing that he is not afraid to say it as it is. he is poisoning our politics and talking nonsense , poisoning our politics and talking nonsense, shall we say. is that a stronger word when he was interviewed about in the sunday times yesterday. someone needs to inject reality in here at least he is trying to do that. as for esther, i would be surprised if she gets the eight that she needs. she is not seen as eight that she needs. she is not seen as a eight that she needs. she is not seen as a shockjock any more. this time two years it would be seen as a comic fill and auch is another part of the conversation. some sport. back page of the metro, the lionesses roared to victory. this took place in france, beating scotla nd took place in france, beating scotland to — one. took place in france, beating scotland to - one. not an convincing fashion but good news is they want
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in theircampaign fashion but good news is they want in their campaign continues to friday. even their manager was not impressed with their performance particularly in the second half and he was on the pitch before the crowd had even gone home giving them a stern pep talk which it's a good think of it means they're being taken seriously by their coaches, by the fans and long may it continue. not much time to enjoy the victory. no, but it's good to see women in association football, it's really good to see female teams getting a lot more coverage and scotland as well they have been getting a lot more positive coverage. the first time they have taken part in this competition. one of the things i have noticed is there six significantly larger amount of people going to watch the games including a lot of young women. people going to watch the games including a lot of young womenm argentina not at all favourites to do well, so on friday england hopefully, if the pep talks... they will have to step it up after today,
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apparently. according to their manager. i'm not speaking out of turn. i would or how far we are awake, from say the women's world cup and the men's world cup. differentiating in that way other than just saying world cup and assuming it's the man. than just saying world cup and assuming it's the manlj than just saying world cup and assuming it's the man. i think we are far away, may some decades. that's it for the papers this hour. tony grew and caroline frost will be back at half past eleven for another look at the papers, and don't forget you can see formula e.
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the highest class of competition for electrically—powered racing cars. it is still very young, with its inaugural season taking place in 2014. but it's quickly becoming incredibly popular. this is the car the teams race in, it is the generation 2 car, completely battery—powered but still capable of achieving speeds of up to 174 mph. 0—60 in 2.8 seconds. we know how popular formula 1 is, but formula e is looking to overtake it in the world of motorsport. big names like bmw, nissen and mahindra are involved, with races taking place all over the world from mexico, to france, to china, to germany. we are here at the xl centre which will be home to next year's london race. what is interesting is that this will be the first track in the world that runs both outside...
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..and inside a building. we will have more on formula e later in the show. but first i want to tell you about someone that has been happening in baltimore in the us. because just over a month ago, on 7 may, this city of 3 million people was struck by a massive ransomware attack. almost instantly, get this, the entire city's municipal functions were shut down, and they have been ever since. even now, a month on, no—one seems to know what to do about it. dave lee has been finding out what happens when hackers take down an entire city. baltimore is a vibrant city of the us east coast. around 10 million people live here. but right now it is in the grip of a massive cyber attack. this malicious attack, this virus, forced city
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officials here to shut down some crucial services. today is the 10th day of a crippling cybersecurity attack on baltimore city. city leaders say the fbi has opened a criminal investigation. technicians are working to resolve the issue, but until then many files in the city's computer systems are unusable. the city's interim mayor, who is less than a month in the job, faces a crisis. our team is working very hard. i can't give you a timeframe, because you know, when the virus hit, we had to find out where it is throughout the whole system. the hackers are demanding $100,000 worth of bitcoin to set the city's computers free. i am just heading to one of the municipal buildings they were early reports that hackers
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may have used a flaw not discovered in china or russia, but perhaps here, just 20 miles away from baltimore. the new york times reported that the hack may have used an exploit known as eternal blue, developed by america's own national security agency, the nsa. the nsa however denies its exploit was used, and even if it was its, advisers argue that baltimore should have protected itself, as a security patch for the vulnerability has been available for more than two years. so focusing on a single exploit, especially one that has a solution through a patch that was issued years ago, is really shortsighted. vulnerabilities will continue to be found, doing the basics is required for responsible network administration. regardless of how exactly the hackers breached baltimore's open defences, security experts say it speaks to a bigger problem. unfortunately baltimore city's it operations are not in great shape. the city is underfunded for its it department. it is a man—made disaster.
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and it is a disaster that is the result of negligence and of putting things off until tomorrow. so i'm on my way now to city hall, to meet with the woman tasked with leading baltimore's recovery from this attack. there is talk that they will apply for federal emergency funds, that is the same thing as if there was a big flood or some other natural disaster. baltimore, like many governments, faced challenges in terms of resources and systems being antiquated, that may make them vulnerable to these types of attacks. what our city has shown is that our employees are willing to work really hard to find ways to keep the operations of city government moving, and to support our citizens and our employees, and that is what we are doing. the city has said it won't pay the ransom, but more than a month on now, recovery efforts are still ongoing. the eventual cost will run
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into the tens of millions of dollars, and unless millions more are spent bringing the network up to scratch, it could happen again at any time. now, formula e is notjust a competition between electric powerhouses. it is also a testbed so the teams can further develop the tech in these racers. the idea is that this tech then filters down into everyday electric road cars, in the same way that other motorsports have influenced petrol and diesel vehicles. but one of the main features of formula e is that all teams have to drive this car, they are not allowed to change anything about it. except for one thing. so what is that? kate russell went for a spin in berlin to find out.
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woohoo! this year's formula e season has been a beauty pageant for the latest in electric car tech. as second—generation racecars eat up the tarmac with more power than ever before. i was one of a handful ofjournalists who got to drive a generation two car for the first time on a track, following the berlin e—prix. with 25% more torque and 25% more power than the gen one cars, gen 2 goes 0—60 in a blistering 2.8 seconds.
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the powertrain is what converts the electricity from the battery into power to drive the wheels. and what they learn on track goes directly into the production vehicles. the teams all have the same core hardware, so eking out a winning performance is about tuning the powertrain. there is also more race strategy this season, as battery range has almost doubled — meaning no need for a pitstop, as long as you can manage your power regen over the 45 minute race. coasting, that is something we do during the race. we have to use our energy most efficiently, and then using the regen because you can slow the car down incredibly well byjust using the regen, and not using mechanical brakes. and in a move to make the sport more exciting, the fia has added an engine boost
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feature reminiscent of triggering power—ups in a video game. basically you have to go off the ideal line to trigger this attack mode, where you have more power, 25kw additional power, during eight minutes. and if somebody is right behind you, it means they will likely overtake you. then you will have to overtake him again using more power. so it is like playing chase while driving. the other striking change for season five is the look of the cars. with the combined look and sound, it does feel a little like driving into the future. wow.
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and new to formula e this year is the market leader for electric consumer cars. we were able to use a lot of our knowledge in the production side to come racing. of course racing will help us develop future technologies, but we really wanted to demonstrate what was capable today. has someone gone in the wall and the exit... this season jaguar launched the i—pace e—trophy, racing on the same city circuits, and well, it would be rude not to, really, wouldn't it? this i—pace may have been stripped down for racing but it is the same basic car you can drive out of a showroom. the road car is focused on comfort and driver ability to use it every day, whereas this is a pure race car. and lessons learned on race day are vital for future innovation. which is why so many carmakers want in. what we hope is that season one, we focus on development of the race car, and then season two,
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three, beyond, we can bring what we learn from the race, or the race track, back into the road car. the same engineers who developed the i3 and i8 powertrains have developed our motor on the formula e car, so it is really directly related. like their formula e siblings, these cars are quick and quiet. you said there is no frills, you can hear the noise of the track going under the car. you are able to hear a lot more of what the tyres are doing and almost what the brakes are doing as well, so it adds an extra dimension to it. and after spending a day on the track here in berlin, i am going to look at electric road cars with a lot more respect in future. the full—length versions win for you
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right now on our player and if you need us through the week we will be there on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter. thanks for watching and we will see you soon. hello again. well, i suppose there was a modest improvement with the weather today. we didn't have the persistent cloud and rain that we had on saturday, but instead, it was a day of sunny spells and heavy showers — those showers captured earlier in the day in cornwall. and perhaps the rain we should get used to — the weather over the next few days looking very wet for some of us. overnight tonight, many of the showers will tend to fade away. but later on we will see some cloud taken across the east anglia and south east england with outbreaks of rain developing here and turning progressively heavier. and that really is a key theme
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for what we've got coming over the next few days. a real clash of air masses takes place with a warmer, moist air coming up from north africa across the mediterranean and into central europe. in this collides with cooler, drier air working down from polar regions. it's this clash of air masses that will make a very potent weather front that'll bring some heavy rain. now the met office have got weather warnings already enforced for this — the amount of rain very variable on monday, but some places could see 60 mm of rain. that's anywhere from a month's worth of rain, so there will likely be some localised surface water flooding from that very wet weather. and through the day, the rain will spread westwards into wales and western parts of england. further north into scotland and northern ireland, by and large a similar kind of day. today — sunshine with some slow—moving, heavy and thundery showers. temperatures for most between 14—16 celsius, so it's not especially warm forjune. now through monday night, that rain continues to pour down — notice the weather front not really moving very far and fast, hence those large rainfall
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totals really do build up. and we have more of the same to come on tuesday with scotland and northern ireland still missing out on the wet weather by and large — some bright and sunny spells across the north, but the rain could cause further significant issues across england and wales and will really begin to mount up. so through tuesday and on towards thursday, it's across these eastern areas of england that some areas can pick up as much as 80mm of rain — although again, the amount of rain you see in any one place will vary. wednesday sees more of that wet weather, and certainly up north you see this heavy band of rain — but the main focus across northern england and wales, scotland and northern ireland perhaps turning cloudier with an increasing threat of rain later in the week. temperatures still below par for many of us for this time of year. that's your latest weather.
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this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00pm: michael gove acknowledges he committed a crime when he took cocaine while working as a journalist 20 years ago. yes, it was a crime. it was a mistake. i deeply regret it. police in hong kong clash with protestors angry at a law that would allow suspected criminals to be extradited to china. mourning the deaths of more opposition supporters in sudan, as a general strike is called. it has come through here, and she has hit in number two for england. and england hang on to beat scotland 2—1 in the women's world cup. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers,
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