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the deep red colours the sahara, the deep red colours indicating that extremely high temperatures. that air making its way up, clipping iberia, cooling off as it moves north, and reaching western pa rt of as it moves north, and reaching western part of the uk. the other side of europe, a completely different wind direction, across scandinavia. it is much colder and the wind is blowing out of the arctic circle. over the next 2a hours, further temperature records forjune will be broken almost certainly, possibly reaching the mid—40s, which is a middle east type temperature, it is really extraordinary to get these sorts of values. there is thursday's weather values, pretty much wall—to—wall sunshine across most of the uk. very pleasant, some local heating effects, in scotland around 26 degrees, but temperature is pretty much where they should be. thursday night into friday, by this stage we
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are starting to import some of that warmth into the south. on friday, that could be around 15 degrees, so a humid, balmy start to friday. this high pressure dominating the weather across much of north—western europe, so across much of north—western europe, $03 across much of north—western europe, so a lot of sunshine. friday might start of a little cloudy, but then the sun is out. notice where the wind arrows are. the wind coming in from the south meaning that plume of hotair is from the south meaning that plume of hot air is in place across western parts of the uk. we can see temperatures in the high 20s in one oi’ temperatures in the high 20s in one or two spots. much cooler further east. then, a subtle shift in the wind direction, that wave of heat will be transferred little bit further towards the east, so that southerly hot air is going to be reaching central and southern england, the south—east, many parts of england, really. this is where the highest temperature will be, around 32 in the london area and pushing 30 around the midlands and
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into yorkshire. then a dramatic change in the wind direction between saturday and sunday. on sunday, the wind, rather than coming from the south, will be coming straight off the atlantic. so in here, the much cooler. much cooler compared to the new continent. look at these colours. deep red in germany, we are into yellow across much of the uk. around 2a in london, so a big drop in temperature. the atlantic breeze is set to continue through most of next week, meaning it will keep things cool across the uk, low pressure a cross things cool across the uk, low pressure across scandinavia, driving those cooler westerlies. at the same time, while they may be coming from a cooler source, we have high pressure building and this time with sunny skies it does mean that temperatures recover, despite the wind coming off the atlantic. they will still recover with the sunshine, so temperatures will be somewhere close to where they should be at this time of year. you could
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probably argue it is going to be the perfect summertime weather, but perhaps a little bit unsettled in the north. hello, this is bbc news. we will be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first the headlines: as the us—mexico border crisis worsens, the mother of a man pictured dead next to his baby toddler after trying to enter the country says she feared it could happen. outrage as the labour party readmits chris williamson, after an investigation into comments he made about the party's handling of anti—semitism allegations. a jury is shown cctv of an argument on a train, moments before a passenger died after being stabbed 18 times. england's care system failing financially and failing the older and disabled people who need it, says a new report.
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are former pensions minister baroness altmann, and mihir bose the writer and broadcaster. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the i leads on the conservative leadership race. it claims that 20 mps are preparing to block borisjohnson‘s plans for a no—deal brexit. the telegraph front page also features mrjohnson, with a story about his plans for a points—based immigration system. the front page of the mirror leads on its campaign to save free tv licences for older people. it sasteremy hunt is committed to retaining the benefit if he becomes prime minister. the express says the other conservative leadership candidate, jeremy hunt, has pledged to protect free tv licences. the guardian leads with a warning from care industry bosses, who say tens of thousands of older and disabled people risk losing help with things like washing and dressing if a funding crisis is not addressed.
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and the front page story for the times has the news from scientists that the hpv vaccine has been so successful, cervical cancer could be eliminated in britain. let's begin with the care crisis in england, which is a hugely important issue. mihir, first, what do you make of this? it is far from being issue. mihir, first, what do you make of this? it is farfrom being a new warning but it seems to be ramping up the pressure on whoever becomes prime minister that you can't put this off much longer. yes, and we have kept putting this off. it is basically emphasising this report from the association of adult social services that the cutbacks mean that basic care of washing and dressing and so on may not be possible. if you look at the figures, in the last five years, £160 million have been cut in total
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spending on older people's social care, and we have had the 2014 social care act and we still have a postcode lottery. five years on, not very much has changed. the thing is there hasn't been joined very much has changed. the thing is there hasn't beenjoined up thinking. we had theresa may cosmic attempt atjoined thinking. we had theresa may cosmic attempt at joined up thinking. we had theresa may cosmic attempt atjoined up thinking at the time of the election, and that lasted, what, a few hours? and what this report highlights his we really need to think properly. we need to have a royal commission or to sit down, and where we are going, our population is growing older, and the demands that it is making has to be sorted out. this is the biggest failure of social policy in our times. we had a royal commission in 1999, we have had umpteen reviews and recommendations and we have even had legislation, and still nothing has happened. there is no money set aside anywhere to fund future social
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ca re aside anywhere to fund future social care needs. we have an ageing population, we know more and more people are going to need care, and get the funding for care is being cut, and it is being cut and cut again. and finally, i think, cut, and it is being cut and cut again. and finally, ithink, the government is waking up to the idea that maybe it has been cut too far. certainly that is what this report yet again says. we have had reports like this so many times, but councils are seeing their care homes closing, domicile care, home care providers, are going out of business, pulling out. the basic problem is councils are not paying enough to cover the costs of care. and there is this lottery, this almost arbitrary distinction between what is considered healthcare and what is considered healthcare and what is considered social care. this goes back to the founding of the nhs, and again it is part of the kind of dealmaking that had to be done to get people to agree to the nhs. bevan allowed local authorities
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to retain social care, with the hospitals effectively nationalised, but then nobody seems to have thought longer term about how you maintain some kind of standard, both in terms of quality of service and also quantity, and what you are spending. and it seems to really depend on where you live in england. absolutely, the postcode lottery goes on, and also nobody has taken into account the sort of diseases now that require attention, alzheimer's and things like that, which actually in 1948 was not an issue that was a big issue in that sense. if the science has moved on, diseases that are killing people and making them helpless have emerged in the way they haven't then. we haven't gone forward in our thinking at all. when beveridge designed a welfare state, he couldn't imagine that when you were old you needed anything but a pension, because in
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those days when you got old, if you are ill, you died. and people are living on for a number of extra yea rs. living on for a number of extra years. people are living much longer and they need more thanjust a pension. we are talking about a pensions crisis and we don't have enough intentions, at least there are hundreds of billions of pounds, but with social care, nothing. after the recent election, the row over the recent election, the row over the dementia tax, as it was called, 01’ the dementia tax, as it was called, ora the dementia tax, as it was called, or a death tax, so essentially they have all played the politics of this, but the government puts, if i can put it this way, on the nameplate of the office of the secretary of state for health, social care. what has happened in the social care part of that in the last two years? virtually nothing, we're still waiting 18 months on for a promised green paper, not even a white paper. and a green paper is
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proposals before you legislate. and it is supposed to be proposals for how you reform funding of social care. money alone isn't enough, but you have to integrate health and social care so that you don't have this artificial distinction, if you get cancer and you are a millionaire, everything gets paid for you by the nhs. millionaire, everything gets paid foryou by the nhs. if millionaire, everything gets paid for you by the nhs. if you are a widow and all you have is a house that you have dementia, you don't get a penny from the public purse. this is clearly unfair and unsustainable, but successive governments have continued to kick the can down the road. it is a poisoned chalice, and they have tried to wait for the next one to pick it up rather than running with it. mihir, you had a suggestion of a lesson that could be learnt from another continent about how we might improve our social care. yes, bring back thejoint improve our social care. yes, bring back the joint family system, you know? the way it worked in india, historically, is up until the age of 25 your parents looked after you, 25
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to 50, you looked after your pa rents, to 50, you looked after your parents, 50 to 50, you looked after your pa rents, 50 to to 50, you looked after your parents, 50 to 75, your children looked after you, after that you took apart and blanket and said you are going to the forest. if i went to epping forest, the council would have something to say about it.|j hope we can improve on that particular model. that seems an appropriate moment to move on. let's talk about the front of the i. and ros, you will have a vote as a party member. what will you do with the power given to you as a party member? the headline is very interesting. we have two candidates, one who says we will leave on 31 october, you will die, deal or no deal, and then you face the reality that actually parliament itself has said we won't accept no deal, and at least 20 mps on the tory side have said that they will not allow the country to be dragged out with no deal, and they will block whatever
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proposals come. now, borisjohnson has not ruled out probing parliament, suspending parliament, in order to get this through —— proroguing. i think that would be an absolutely monstrous thing to do, a real outrage, but he is painting himself into a corner, and the idea that we can leave on 31 october either with a new deal, when there isn't a parliament to negotiate with, and when the eu has clearly said the withdrawal agreement is it, no more negotiations, or we will just leave with no deal and somehow be fine and the eu will cave in at the last minute and give us what we want, is fantasy, quite frankly. the last minute and give us what we want, is fantasy, quite franklym isa want, is fantasy, quite franklym is a lovely image, i can imagine boris, oliver cromwell like, striding into parliament. boris, oliver cromwell like, striding into parliamentlj
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boris, oliver cromwell like, striding into parliament. i think thatis striding into parliament. i think that is unlikely but i am not sure 20 conservative mps will bring down their own government. we have had figures before about how many might support another referendum and things like that. when push comes to shove, maybe i can see kenneth clark and a few others, but will they actually bring them down? that is really the key question, because thatis,if really the key question, because that is, if you like, the threat that is, if you like, the threat that would stop boris from proroguing parliament. that would stop boris from proroguing parliamentlj that would stop boris from proroguing parliament. i do detect that there is a real determination now to protect the country and to put country before party, and of course, if you are self interested, if we come out of the eu with no deal, the chaos that that would cause would mean the tories would be unelectable. our claim is that we are a responsible party, the party of business, that you can trust us with the economy. leaving with no deal would be a disaster for business and the economy, so from the mps' point of view, a tory mp
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who wants to be re—elected would presumably have also some recognition that they need to oppose no deal if they want to have credibility afterwards. mihir, what do you make of the related story, whatever form that brexit takes, boris johnson's pledge whatever form that brexit takes, borisjohnson's pledge according to the front of the times, a points —based system to immigration in a more practical way than the arbitrary target we have had in the last few years? the first thing about this, it must be said, is that johnson has completely eliminated this question of 100,000. remember that great cry of theresa may? that has been completely abandoned and the talk now is of an australian points —based system which on the face of it is a very good idea. yes, we need skilled workers, we make sure these skilled workers can come, they must know english, and so on, and he also says they must not abuse
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oui’ and he also says they must not abuse our hospitality. so that stick is still there. but the problem, the point, is we also need unskilled workers, and also the australian system workers, and also the australian syste m ca n workers, and also the australian system can also be quite hard at times. so you know, we need to make sure the system is a fair one, and how fair it will be, and whether it will be implemented properly if we have a system like this, is really an open question. and the unskilled workers in a sense is the politically sensitive issue, because people still fear that somehow that squeezing out british people getting work, people who are born or live here, have always lived here, that they are somehow disadvantaged by this, but it of course depends on things like employment levels, demand forjobs, things like employment levels, demand for jobs, availability things like employment levels, demand forjobs, availability of labour and all the rest of it. demand forjobs, availability of labour and all the rest of itm demand forjobs, availability of labour and all the rest of it. if we need jobs done and there is no—one to do the jobs because we don't have the workers, and that is the case in many sectors, then the jobs won't get done, and that is lost output. sol get done, and that is lost output. so i think what boris is trying to
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do, andl so i think what boris is trying to do, and i think it will be popular, it will come across quite well, is to say let's not have these arbitrary political targets. we want to have the skills that we need and the people that we need, but we don't want to have our hospitality abused. he wants to commission the migration advisory committee, which is again quite sensible, to report back on the australian system, making sure that people do speak english, making sure they have a job, checking their qualifications, and focusing perhaps on younger ones rather than older ones. all of these things do make, actually, some sense. but we clearly can't just say we are going to abandon immigration if we need certain types of skills that we don't have in this country, and jobs done that otherwise wouldn't be done. let's move on, this is the picture some people mightfind this is the picture some people might find distressing. this is on
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the front page of many of the papers tomorrow morning. oscar romero ‘s and his daughter, valerio, who was a month short of her second birthday, and their bodies were found washed up and their bodies were found washed up on the rio grande river, as they had been trying to get into the us via texas, crossing the border from mexico. we have heard from oscar's mother, describing how terrible this has been for her and herfamily, and the tragedy of losing her son and granddaughter. this is a very striking image, but will it make any difference? it is a very striking image, it might make some difference, there will certainly be a lot of popular sympathy about what should be done, but the problem is that it doesn't solve america's migration crisis, he won the election on the basis he was going
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to win the wall. this also makes sure that where people are coming from, something was done there. this is the biggest country in the world, the most powerful country, and this will ensure that people don't co nsta ntly wa nt to will ensure that people don't constantly want to rush into america come hell or high water. rhetoric towards the southern neighbours is not exactly one of cooperation, let's solve this problem. i think there is a need for some carrots as well as sticksmy heart goes out to the people whose parents are trying to give them a better life but they are innocent pawns in all of this.
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we don't want to keep seeing pictures like this. we have seen in europe the same kinds of problems with children washed up on beaches, when the boats that their parents we re when the boats that their parents were taking them over in didn't make it. it is so heartbreaking. we don't hear so much about people smugglers in the us case, but there is plenty of reason to believe that much of it is down to people smugglers, in this case encouraging people to cross the rio grande, which is a very dangerous river. are happier photograph on the front of daily telegraph. prince william sending a message to lgbt people that he would be very relaxed and happy and supportive if a son or daughter of his was gay. yes, that is what he said, if they came to him and said they were gay he wouldn't be bothered about that. he did say that he would be worried about the persecution they may face. but for
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him to make that statement is a historic thing, and it shows how far the present generation has come. the fa ct the present generation has come. the fact that he recognises that even his children could face persecution if they declare themselves to be 93v, if they declare themselves to be gay, that shows how much further we still have to go. i think it is great that he has been big supporter of lg bt great that he has been big supporter of lgbt rights, and of course he was the first royal to be photographed on the cover of a gay magazine, i think it was attitude, wasn't it, in 2016. he has done an awful lot to promote this idea of equality and of preventing the sort of persecution and discrimination that so many have faced over the years. he was making these comments, visiting the albert kennedy trust, where young people we re kennedy trust, where young people were rejected by their parents and had to be looked after by some kind of charitable trust. he clearly feels for other people, he has this
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common kindness, if you like, and understanding, empathy, and sympathy with different groups. one can't help applauding what he is doing.- will be a people's king, as his mother was the people's princess. we can't finish without a reference to the cricket. yes, i'm afraid england went into the world cup looking absolute favourites, we were going to win, and now they need to win their last two matches against india and new zealand. not exactly easy competition. it won't be easy, jason roy, one of their main batsmen, has been absent through injury, he will probably come back, but england have a hard task in front of them. i read somewhere that borisjohnson had gone to a cricket match and fallen asleep. of course, the migration
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point system could help to solve some of the problems. yes, maybe we could bring in a very good batsmen from australia or somewhere. thank you both arejoining us. and thank you both arejoining us. and thank you for watching the papers tonight. coming up next is the weather. good evening. here is your latest sports news. england's task of qualifying for the semi finals of the cricket world cup has been made more difficult this evening. that is because pakistan, one of the sides that could pip them to a top—four place, have beaten new zealand by six wickets at edgbaston. if pakistan win their last two matches, against afghanistan and bangladesh, then england would have to win their last two games against india and new zealand. patrick gearey reports.
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if pakistan have a planet is not an easy one to work out. six games they had had no steady level but constant volume. new zealand's martin guptill swept away in the energy that pakistan thrived on. their captain, sarfaraz, somehow got ross taylor. like the shark spin of shadab khan, another wicket fell. england were nervous. they were the third team in this matter. pakistan could catch them. new zealand made it to 237. so, how would pakistan cope when faced with the kiwi attack? laurie ferguson made imam—ul—haq flinch. a
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time for level heads. they call mohammad hafeez the professor, but this was a miscalculation. were they about to blow it? every drive drained the menace from new zealand's bowlers. not long after, the match was over. in 1992, pakistan one world cup after a similar start. watch out england, they are behind you. england centre—backs steph houghton and mille bright remain major doubts for tomorrow evening's women's world cup quarter final against norway. this challenge near the end of their last 16 tie with cameroon left houghton with an ankle injury. she trained with the group earlier today giving hope she could recover in time. millie bright however was the only one absent from today's session.
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she is suffering with a virus and has been kept apart from the group. it could lead to abbie mcmanus or leah williamson being called up instead. you plan to these moments — i said six months ago we don't want to get toa six months ago we don't want to get to a quarter—final of the world cup and a young kid in, or throwing someone we and a young kid in, or throwing someone we haven't tested or tried and doesn't know our system, so there has been a plan behind it. it is for moments like this where i am totally relaxed. when i got into management i said from day one, only worry about girls that can get on the bus. and those who can get on the bus. and those who can get on the bus. and those who can get on the bus other fit ones. and they can work if they are called upon to be the best players on the pitch. manchester united have reached an agreement with crystal palace to sign right—back aaron wan—bissaka. the deal is worth £50 million and the england under—21 international is set for a medical shortly before going on holiday. united have offered wan—bissaka a long—term contract and wages of up to £80,000 a week.
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he was earning about £10,000 at palace. meanwhile, leeds's teenage winger jack clarke is due to undergo a medical at tottenham ahead of a £10 million move. it will be the club's first signing since january last year. to tennis, and preparations for wimbledon are continuing at the nature valley international at eastborne. it was an all british affair this evening, as kyle edmund beat cameron norrie in the second round to move through to the quarter—finals. he breezed through the match, winning in straight sets, 6—2, 6—2. he will face another brit, dan evans, tomorrow for a place in the semi—finals. bad news forjohanna konta, though, whose patchy grass court form has continued ahead of wimbledon. she was beaten today in the third round of the eastbourne international. ons jabeur of tunisia got the better of the british number one in straight sets. konta has just five days to get ready for wimbledon now, where she will be seeded 19th.
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don't forget you can find all the latest on the bbc sport website. that is bbc. co. uk/sport. that's all the sport for now. enjoy the rest of your evening. the much anticipated summer heat this week is yet to kick in here, and when it does it will be very brief. but across on the continent, as you may have heard, the european heatwave is in full swing, and on wednesday new june temperature records were set in germany, in poland, even into the czech republic, the best the uk could manage was 25 in wales. to start thursday under clear skies it could be intermed single figures. from east wales across central england and western england, the cloud will clear. some may linger into norfolk, and it may clear the north sea coast later in the day. northern and
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western of cloudy, elsewhere abundant sunshine. sunny in glastonbury. some strong winds through thursday and into early friday in the far south—west. elsewhere in the sunshine, widely in the low to mid 20s. as we go through thursday night and into friday, low cloud advancing again in from the north sea across many central and eastern areas, but it is on friday we are starting to see some changes in the weather pattern. putting out towards the north sea. there will be some continental heat and humidity across western parts of the uk, which will see temperatures soaring to the upper 20s and maybe even near 30 degrees in hotspots. this is how friday will play out. another disappointing start across eastern parts, the cloud may linger keeping the temperature in the midteens,
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whereas in the west there will be sunshine and temperatures peaking near 30 celsius even into western parts of scotland. into the start of the weekend, scotland and northern ireland starting to see a north atla ntic ireland starting to see a north atlantic influence, with showers and thunderstorms around. it gets hotter across the eastern side of the uk with the humidity, and england will be close to 30 degrees, maybe 32 or 33 in the hottest parts. all change on sunday, a cold front moving through, cooler atlantic air following on, and temperatures falling back closer to average.
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i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: after the death of a father and his daughter on the us—mexico border, president trump blames the migrant crisis on the democrats. they want to have open borders, and open orders mean crime, and open borders mean people drowning in the rivers. and candidates to be the democrats' nominee for president go head—to—head in the first tv debate. i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme: indonesia's constitutional court is due to rule on last month's general election, with the defeated contender refusing to accept the result.

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