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tv   The Papers  BBC News  June 11, 2019 11:30pm-12:00am BST

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this hello. this is bbc news with ben brown. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first the headlines: the prime minister pledges the uk will cut greenhouse gases to zero by 2050, making britain one of the first major economy to do so, affecting all our daily lives. in one of her last measures as prime minister, theresa may will say the uk must lead the world to a cleaner, greener form of growth. three more conservatives set out their stalls in the leadership contest and brexit remains the defining issue. labour is to make a fresh attempt in parliament tomorrow to stop the uk leaving the european union without an agreement. oxfam is given an official warning by the charity watchdog, following allegations of serious sexual misconduct
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by its staff in haiti. dozens of survivors and relatives of victims of the grenfell fire are taking legal action in the us against three firms they blame for the tragedy. is hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the brexit editor at the telegraph, dia chakravarty, and the broadcaster, david davies. most of tomorrow's front pages are now in. the i leads with the headline: ‘prime minister in waiting' — as tory leadership favourite borisjohnson is set to launch his campaign tomorrow.
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the express also leads with boris johnson's leadership campaign, reporting that tomorrow mrjohnson will signal his readiness for a ‘titanic clash' with brussels by insisting the uk leaves the eu without a deal by the 31st of october. labour has tabled a cross—party motion tomorrow to try to stop future conservative leadership favourite boris johnson from pushing through a no—deal brexit against the wishes of mps — that's according to the telegraph. oxfam must produce a radical reform plan in the next three weeks or risk losing access to hundreds of millions of pounds — that's according to the times. today the charity commission heavily criticised oxfam for the way it dealt with claims of serious sexual misconduct by its staff in haiti in 2010. the mail reports that the bbc‘s decision to remove free tv licences for up to 3.7 million pensioners and only offer them to low—income households where one person receives pension credit has sparked a full scale rebellion.
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the removal of free tv licenses for most pensioners is also the main story in tomorrow's sun, with the paper reporting that over 180,000 people have signed a petition to get the bbc to reverse its decision. prince harry plans to visit angola to help rid the country of landmines, following in the footsteps of his mother princess diana who started the mission before her death in 1997 — that's according to the mirror. and the uk is heading for its wettestjune on record with up to double the average rainfall for the month to fall tomorrow and thursday — that's according to the metro. it will be wet. let's talk about the prime minister in waiting. he is
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clearly the favourite and the frontrunner, albeit a somewhat gagged one up to this point. matt who is going to... my instinct is that others have told him to keep quiet and let others make the m ista kes quiet and let others make the mistakes early on but tomorrow he is going to launch his campaign. something i am not clear about is and you may know the answer to this, is boris as unpopular in the foreign 0ffice, is boris as unpopular in the foreign office, with senior civil servants as one is led to believe... they are not voting in this... certainly, one of the soft areas of his support is when people talk about his personal qualities and i am sure the drug issueis qualities and i am sure the drug issue is going to surface with him
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tomorrow, whatever he has or has not done... you mean he will be asked about it? for sure. and whether he isa about it? for sure. and whether he is a details person. has he got the capacity? michael cove, let's be quite clear that when he effectively has alleged to have stabbed boris in the back in the last leadership campaign, he made it perfectly clear that he did not think boris was qualified. but the party membership to get the vote, on the whole they love borisjohnson. to get the vote, on the whole they love boris johnson. that has been the general sense. there would be a mutiny if boris was not one of the final two. the only way that would happen is if his mp colleagues kept him off the list. it is quite interesting that one of the poles that we're going to talk about it later on but if i could bring it in
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i'iow later on but if i could bring it in now that a poll we are featuring on out now that a poll we are featuring on our front page today, it is indicating that boris johnson could a majority of 140 seats, assuming he would have the capacity to bring back tory voters from the brexit party as well as the jeremy corbyn camp, which is interesting. this is just one pole and i am not saying it is definitive but it is interesting. those colleagues not keen on boris johnson, for whatever reason, when they think this is the only person who might be able to lead them to a victory or has the greatest chance ina general victory or has the greatest chance in a general election, which is becoming more and more of a possibility, that might change their views. it is terribly difficult to predict in any general election. british politics is in such a state of flux. absolutely. theresa may
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we nt of flux. absolutely. theresa may went into that election thinking it was a shoe in. it is right to stress that point. this is the sort of information his colleagues would have to go through. the telegraph have to go through. the telegraph have the story about the remain mps start the process of trying to thwart an modal brexit. there is some evidence tonight that they may have the votes to at least seek to do that. ultimately, perhaps they cannot do it, they cannot legally do it but we shall see. there are so many imponderables. can boris stop us many imponderables. can boris stop us giving 39 billion to the eu must make is it legal to do that? this attempt, there are clearly members of parliament are now who have been
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conservative members of parliament who are going to be the selected, whether they want to or not and if they have no reason to support an incoming no deal proposing prime minister. my point earlier is it doesn't matter what they want to do, what we tend to forget some time in this country, whenever ideal is it struck, the parties to a deal. eu has to agree to what we propose and vice—versa. we could scream at the top of our head but if we cannot convince the eu and we cannot agree to theirterms, no convince the eu and we cannot agree to their terms, no deal is what we're looking. unless the mps revoke article 50. the eu has already agreed a deal with the british
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government. that is the understanding but they also know that deal has to be ratified by the parliament which our mps have not been able to do. let's go on to the guardian. they have more on that attempt by labour and they also have attempt by labour and they also have a picture of rory stewart with larry the cat. does he have an ally in number10? the cat. does he have an ally in number 10? he the cat. does he have an ally in number10? he has turned his back on him in the picture. he does not seem super impressed by rory stewart but some who did not know rory stewart very well— and i got to know a few in recent times who admittedly are not in politics who have been hugely impressed by rory stewart for his time in the prisoner department and even more recently. and people who have never heard of rory stewart
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until quite recently, it has been quite interesting the different campaign that he has run. i am quite surprised to see him still standing. he had to have his eight mps... will to get through the next round? i think it is a struggle for him. do you? i cannot see how that happens. in terms of the final two, boris johnson plus another a lot of people think, maybe not michael gove now because people say, based on the cocaine admission that he has lost admission therefore it could be jeremy hunt. jeremy hunt has managed to get a lot of big beasts behind him. there were rumours that philip hammond would offer him his support
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as well so it seems that, if the ultimate choice is to be a brexit candidate and a remain candidate... jeremy hunt is a born—again brexiteer, is it here? laughter. what i cannot see is how somebody like rory stewart, a solid remain potential, he's not trying to many brexiteers although penny ward is supporting him as far as exit is a concern. supporting him as far as exit is a concern. but it is very interesting that all the people getting excited about rory stewart our remainers or not tory voters and don't intend to be tory voters which makes it quite difficult for him. the fallout from the michael gove episode which was
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all over the weekend, admitting revelations about his cocaine taking about 20 years ago and now his wife, sarah vine, who is a columnist in the mail has written a piece about what the drug confession has taught me about trust and a true friendship. should one lapse of judgement negate years of good work. a defence for her husband. she says it was the hardest column she has ever had to write and it is a very frank column and very supportive of her husband but of course, the paper, the daily mail, has been very supportive of her husband. look back over the past two mornings of the daily mail that monday morning, michael gove i fight on and then this morning, tuesday, hejust bounces back... they were very
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supportive of theresa may and now you think he is their preferred candidate. you cannot at the moment see him come out against the husband of one of the big columnists. let's put it like that. what did you make of that column? it is very frank and it cannot be easy to write a column like that, i would imagine, it cannot be easy to write a column like that, iwould imagine, however privileged position you hold because it is talking about her relationship with her husband and how she had a role to play when her husband first decided not to run way back when miss ismay became prime minister. when he decided not to support boris not stand himself. the trouble is, the charge against mr gove, even the cocaine confession, might have been 0k cocaine confession, might have been ok but it is the hypocrisy charge
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that sticks... he was writing articles about middle—class people taking cocaine at the same time. people saying middle—class cocaine users have blood on their hands because they are not thinking where this is coming from... that is why borisjohnson may this is coming from... that is why boris johnson may well be this is coming from... that is why borisjohnson may well be asked about his past... i think every co nte sta nt about his past... i think every contestant to make a keepsake contested but it is not a game show, every candidate will be... so it is difficult to see how people can simply forget about it. it is difficult to know what his answer is going to be. boris 's? boris. the first major economy to legislate on climate change. an attempt in the dying days of her premiership for a
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legacy. a legacy and a legacy that will be hugely popular with a lot of people, equally, the reality of what it means if it doesn't really mean is some columnists are suggesting it could require people to eat less meat and dairy and take fewer flights. that is before you get to the heating of homes with traditional gas boilers and all the rest of it and more clean electricity. it is notjust about government. it is a way we leave our lives. it is lifestyle decisions that we have to make. the interesting point is of the treasury warning that it could cost at least £1 trillion and that would obviously come but ultimately it will be worth
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it but where will you plug the immediate shortfalls of that. it is a question they will have to ask themselves. this is definitely the la st themselves. this is definitely the last day of the government and they cannot have failed legacy behind them but to legislate in haste is often quite a dangerous thing. i shall be 102 in 2050 and i would love to report back. we look forward to that. 0k. and on that thought let's move to the times. they have the 0xfam story that we have been reporting on all day and shamed 0xfa m reporting on all day and shamed 0xfam given three weeks to reform. the charity could lose hundreds of millions of pounds in aid cash after the report into the way they handled themselves after these haiti scandal. there has been a statutory
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enquiry into how 0xfam failed to come clean about a lot of stuff that was going on within the organisation and the allegation against them is that the charity was motivated by a desire to protect its own reputation and relations with big—money donors and relations with big—money donors and that is why victims appear to ta ke and that is why victims appear to take second place. and that is a serious allegation for an aid organisation with such a huge operation. some of the stuff coming out saying abused victims were sent back to war zones when they complained, made a complaint against 0xfam. workers, that is a serious allegation and there will be serious questions to answer. finance has already been withheld. let's be clear. government has withheld aid from oxfam since february and emphasised that oxford —— oxfam could not receive public funds again
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until officials could be reassured that they meet the high standards required. onto the mirror. prince harry will finish his mother 's work on landmines. a famous picture of princess diana in the helmet and visor. that association of diana, the late princess diana with angola and clearing landmines is still vivid in the memories of a lot of people, i am sure. and vivid in the memories of a lot of people, lam sure. and i vivid in the memories of a lot of people, i am sure. and i was lucky enough with him and his older brother, to get to know them a little bit a few years ago and they we re little bit a few years ago and they were absolutely determined, at that time, to fulfil their mothers ambitions in this field. so prince harry is going to angola? yes. and possibly taking his family as well. and then harry and william have both done a lot of charity work on things
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such as mental health and the landmine thing would be very much something she would want. possibly. and with harry in particular he has often expressed a wish to be involved in charity work in africa somehow so that trends quite well with that ambition. and it is following the pattern of the royals getting involved in this sort of work and raising its profile. he is already and has been for some years involved in charity work in africa but this is a logical step forward again. the final story is that the mailagain, day again. the final story is that the mail again, day two of the license fee reporting. bbc‘s decision to scrap free tv licences for the over 75 u nless scrap free tv licences for the over 75 unless they are harder because they are on pension credit. many of
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they are on pension credit. many of the newspapers are campaigning now against this. when the story broke yesterday my mind went back to chairing a government enquiry on what are the so—called listed events, the events that are guaranteed free to wear by the government and by legislation. i chaired a government enquiry into this back in 2008, 2009. at the time iremember this back in 2008, 2009. at the time i remember talking about was there a situation where there were certain events that it did not guarantee them just for everybody you could guarantee them for people over a certain age. and it is a hugely sensitive issue. all i can say is in my humble opinion we got it wrong because i personally would have been in favour of it that a majority of people were not. and there is no vote in it. how about you? other bbc
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right or wrong? they would guided to it by the government with the last license fee settlement but it was their choice in the end. with a right to scrap the license fees? the absurdity of it all that this case highlights, if you forgive me for saying this, the criminalisation of not paying the license fee. itjust does not make any sense for any group of people. but it makes even less sense for a 75—year—old. group of people. but it makes even less sense for a 75-year-old. but then how do you enforce it? there has got to be another way. and isn't that what the conversation has been around for a long time? that many other service providers and entertainment information providers found another model that works. perhaps it is time for the bbc to move perhaps it is time for the bbc to m ove o nto perhaps it is time for the bbc to move onto that. that is a whole other debate. thank you very much
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for both of you for being with us tonight. taking a good look through the front pages for tomorrow. a sneak peek for our viewers there. that is it from us, good night. good evening. i'm chetan pathak, here's your latest sports news. the united states have recorded the biggest ever victory in the women's world cup as they crushed thailand 13—0. alex morgan scored five times for the united states, the defending champions were 3—0 up at half—time, and then scored four times in 10 minutes in the second half before six more goals followed in the last 16 minutes. the result beats germany's11—0 win over argentina in 2007 and sets a new record.
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we really just we reallyjust came into this game wanting to showcase ourselves and what we have been preparing for and what we have been preparing for and what we have been preparing for and what we have been working on and i think we did that. but every goal matters in this tournament and that is what we were working on this game and we had many attacks and i think we we re and we had many attacks and i think we were clinical in the number of attacks that we did get. the netherlands beat new zealand in group e. jill roord scored the only goal, late into stoppage time to seal the win for the european champions. they're now unbeaten in five games in all competitions and have gone 400 minutes without conceding a goal. meanwhile the match betwen chile and sweden had to be halted in the second half due to a thunderstorm in rennes. but swedes were quick to capitalise once the match resumed. kosovare asllani with the pick of the goals as they beat chile 2-0. in the men's game, scotland and wales both suffered blows to their hopes of qualifying for euro 2020.
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northern ireland were also in action tonight — they were the only home nation to win — as our sports correspondent david ornstein reports. facing belgium on home turf is among international football's most difficult tests. not least for steve clarke, in only his second game as scotland manager. belgium's line—up read like a who's who of the premier league, and two of the star names combined early on to signal danger. scotland's goal was under siege, and shortly before half—time their defences were breached. romelu lukaku rising to open the scoring. after the break, he made it two, and with that went scottish hopes. kevin de bruyne finished the visitors off, a 3—0 defeat denting their chances of reaching a first major tournament since 1998. at the futuristic borisov arena in belarus, northern ireland were looking to break new ground.
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and with a superb late finish by paddy mcnair, they did. brilliant! winning four consecutive qualification games for the first time. in control of a group that includes germany and the netherlands, although they still must play them both twice. semifinalists at the last euros, wales are struggling even to be a part of the next tournament. they had to get points in hungary, but failed. a 1—0 loss that could prove costly. david ornstein, bbc news. britain's chris froome remains eighth after stage three of the criterium du dauphine. ireland's sam bennett won the stage. bennett prevailed from a bunch sprint with belgian van aert second. froome, competing in preparation for the tour de france, finished among the peloton. fellow briton adam yates is 10th. dylan teuns retained the overall lead. britain's lizzie deignan came second on stage two of the women's tour in kent. dutch rider marianne vos came first
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in gravesend to take the overall lead. it's deignan's first podium since returning to the sport after the birth of her daughter. that's all the sport for now. time now to check on the weather. it has improved in some areas of the country but in others it is still pouring with heavy rain, particularly northern areas of the uk. on wednesday we can expect thundery showers in the south and it is not just here thundery showers in the south and it is notjust here in the uk with u nsettled is notjust here in the uk with unsettled weather, most of western europe is under the influence of this that has been stuck here for quite some time and it is not in a hurry to move or not for the next few days. the cool air from the north and the arctic across the uk whereas central and eastern parts of europe are in the mid—of a heat wave, relentless heat wave with the wind blowing in from the south.
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through the early hours it still rains quite heavily in the north—east through yorkshire, the north—west of england, a fair bit through the lake district and northern parts of wales as well. in the south, the weather is drying up and you can see blobs of blue around the new continent, that come swinging back in again and basically this low pressure has these weather fronts spiralling back in towards on itself into france that we will see areas of heavy rain drifting out of the south once again. temporarily on wednesday for later in the morning in the afternoons of rain will ease in the afternoons of rain will ease in the north but then it will come back again and you can see the rain clouds gathering once again on the north sea. in the south you can see these colourful areas here, they are thunderstorms to difficult to save they will be exactly here but the risk is almost anywhere across southern britain to torrential downpours in the clouds are gathering looking more and more menacing in that heavy rain sweeping across northern england, reaching the borders, reaching scotland and nudging into northern ireland. but
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not the north—west of scotland here. the weather will remain cool and cloudy with a little brightness from time to time. so that was wednesday. let's look at thursday's weather forecast and the rain this time is across scotland, whether in aberdeen, glasgow as well, nudging into belfast whereas in the south across england and wales it is a mixture of sunshine and thundery downpours. of downpours could be widespread across the country on thursday. they have a nasty day and for as long as this low pressure is over us for as long as this low pressure is over us the unsettled weather will remain unsettled. it will wobble around a little bit but essentially speaking through the rest of the week into the weekend not an awful lot is changing. there are hints if you want warm weather that there could be one weather on the way next week.
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hello everyone, glad you could join us. this is news on the bbc. —— newsday. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: preparing for more protests — activists are arriving at hong kong's parliament before the second reading of the controversial extradition bill. us media report the murdered half brother of kim jong—un was a cia informant. i'm kasia madera, in london. also in the programme: at least 19 people have been killed and thousands more left stranded after record rainfall hits southern china. the us—china tariff war leaves a sour taste
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