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this is bbc news with chris rogers. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first, the headlines: officials in the us say they are treating the murder of 20 people at a shopping centre in texas yesterday as domestic terrorism. hours later america saw a second deadly gun attack — this time nine people killed in ohio. these are two incredible places. we love the people. hate has no place in our country. a 6—year—old boy is airlifted to hospital with critical injuries, after being thrown from a viewing platform at the tate modern art gallery in central london. a teenager has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder efforts to shore up a damaged dam in derbyshire continue as police urge those who remain in homes within the evacuation zone to leave immediately.
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the entertainment journalist and broadcaster, caroline frost and the parliamentary journalist, tony grew. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. most of the front pages feature the mass shootings in the us. the independent‘s lead story is the criticism faced by donald trump in the wake of the el paso shooting in texas. el paso is the hometown of presidential contender beto o'rourke, who says president trump bears some responsbility for the attack, as he ‘stokes racism' in america. that criticism of president trump is echoed on the front page of the guardian, alongside reports that police in el paso are investigating links between the gunman and white nationalism. the main picture on the front of the telegraph is from el paso, from a candlelit vigil held to remember those killed
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by the gunman. ‘american nightmare' reads the front of the i, which is also reporting on the 29 lives lost in the 2 mass shootings. onto another big story tonight — ‘horror at the tate' reads the daily mail, which is leading on the arrest of a 17 year old after a child was thrown from the 10th floor of the tate modern in london. the photo on the front page of the metro shows the viewing platform at the gallery and the air ambulance arriving to take the boy to hospital, where he is said to be in a critical condition. and finally, politics from the times, with details of borisjohnson‘s planned cash injection to the nhs — £1.8 billion with a promise of more to come.
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we've of more to come. got a bit of politics and therefore we've got a bit of politics and therefore you. i'm so excited. we've also got the frenchman on the hover board. you want to talk about the exit, tony. people versus politicians pole. some people saying a general election is going to come sooner a general election is going to come sooner rather than later. we don't know. he is laying the ground for it. mps really need to be careful what they wish for. principally because the prime minister who decides if there is a vote of no—confidence. we're then going to have a 2— week period was something called alternative government might be formed. there is no compulsion on the prime minister to resign so parliament will then be dissolved, won't exist but it's the prime minister who decides the date of the election. he doesn't have to consult with anyone. it's the prime minister
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‘s decision. if the house of commons pushes, the prime minister will ask for a general election date. in other words, the first week of november. i thought the maths didn't quite add up and that telegraph piece. what we are seeing is mps talking tough about how they are going to stop dorisjohnson, blocking this, blocking that. the ultimate sanction they have is a vote of no—confidence against the government which will precipitate an election but may be massively playing into his hands. the people have been saying consistently, we're not going to an election. a person who wants to represent themselves as a man of the people. also, he can see these people, i can't even work with them, they forced my hand. it displays into his narrative, this populist prime minister, a man who
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is actually going to pose, people versus politicians. despite the fact he has been a politician. he is telling his cabinet, with only got a few weeks to get the policies out. would you like to say anything?” few weeks to get the policies out. would you like to say anything? i am fine, i support him. the scary thing for all of this, it does look quite attractive, as a nonpolitical journalist, to see movement of some form after all those years, it feels like, of deadlock but there were reasons for the deadlock. there was a seeding this factor but with dominic cummings firmly behind the desk in ten downing street, somebody is known the disruption. the least amount of responsibility and worry. he masterminded the mostlyjust by targeting key areas of the country in sucha targeting key areas of the country in such a way, and clearly he is the
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power behind this particular throne. this is quite exciting. there is a bit more to the story, apart from the very effective picture of frankie zapata, he sounds like a prog rock star. he is actually made a historic cross—channel success story of hisjet a historic cross—channel success story of his jet powered board. many, many headlines are writing themselves however there is a bit of history to this. the french army in the french defence authorities have realised they need to recruit sci—fi writers because they are not imaginative enough to picture threats. they are too focused on narrowminded. recruiting the likes of franky zapata as well as other
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people. we will see a lot of saintliness coming out. see hot—air balloons and all sorts of things going on. we're going to talk about that story later. of course, once again, we are seeing on ourfront pages, the gun horrors of america. very grim. the telegraph, which i think, i don't know about you, it sums it up. a lot of newspapers and photographs with armed police and cordons, that is what upsets people. that is what grabs our attention. time after time, again, america suffers a loss, nothing changes. there is barely any point in talking about it, nothing changes in america. sandy hook, many children we re america. sandy hook, many children were murdered in their school, america did nothing. it was one of those key moments were at doesn't
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matter, there is no price too high, no burden to great that americans won't accept because of their gun laws. none of that is held by the fa ct laws. none of that is held by the fact that washington is just riddled with money from the nra. fact that washington is just riddled with money from the nrai fact that washington is just riddled with money from the nra. i was reading recently that gun sales have gone down under donald trump. they we nt gone down under donald trump. they went up significantly under president obama has some gun manufacturers are going bust because americans aren't buying as many guns of the biggest fear is that young people in america, they are done with the guns. the young generation are not buying it. that is what i hope will come from. was it a year ago when that dreadful shooting happened and it did mobilise all those students, the young people, they stood up and said, i'm not a victim. it was bone chilling stuff. i really thought that would be the time. i thought it would be the time
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when congressmen were answerable to different lobbies. i thought that would mobilise it. they will never get rid of guns in america but the mindset might change. we have seen laws changing. legislating catching up laws changing. legislating catching up with the social consciousness. if you think of things like drink—driving, it's a much more reduced, not because police are having to be more active but because people now frown on it. there is no longer tolerance for that kind of behaviour and are wonder if this might go in the same direction. something else that needs to change as the regulation of the internet and social media. journalists have been talking about it for a long time. the daily mirrorfocuses on instagram's shame, the sick —— sick suicide posts that are still on line
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after bosses vowed to remove them. we saw the tragic case of molly and other young people who took our lives, and having seen instagram posts and being bullied on line, it is shocking. instagram likes to present itself as the friendliest social media network, not with all the vitriol of twitter and some of the vitriol of twitter and some of the people —— problems people have with facebook. you're more exposed on twitter. instagram things disappear very quickly. instagram is a social media platform that exists to make money. it doesn't exist for any other reason but to make money so any other reason but to make money so because they are not going to pay attention to what the british government says they should be doing. of course they are not going to be paying attention to this step all these depths because let's be frank, their only interest is profits are they going to be coerced into it, legislated into taking responsibility for what happens on
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the platform. the british government has certainly been talking. when theresa may was in office, she was talking about fines, quite big fines on companies that are found to be responsible. damien collins, the chair of the committee, summoning mark zuckerberg, and then it became a trip to washington. all of these people. tony is absolutely right. if you can't work out what the product is. that's because you are the product. it will have to be foisted on them. years of gently, softly softly, it hasn't happened. i feel like a whole bunch of stuff has started to come down on youtube, ramping up their moderators, and perhaps it will take another terrible personal tragedy had mine
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to be seen to act. the best thing you can do for your kids is to regulate. it has to start at home. do you think this is true? certain nearby colleague has had a terrible straw using incidents. it doesn't work. i love the headline, "that sucks". mcdonald's paper stores nonrecyclable but axed plastic ones are reusable? they brought in these awful stores that are barely usable. the top of it gets all soggy. a lot of people have taken to social media. hated by consumers. clearly a certain recent milkshake drinker apparently. it's just certain recent milkshake drinker apparently. it'sjust a disgrace. the thing is, not to drink milk
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shakes, they are bad for you. it is the takeaway. don't drink any other cold drink you are served donald ‘s. speaking as an apologist for the recycling industry, it has been heartening to see just how many of these snack high treat —— high street stores. it's interesting to see what the supply chain is like, not the ridiculous messages they are trying to send. i've noticed on many of the shelves of the supermarket now, metal cans containing mineral water are starting to appear to stop people using plastic bottles. water are starting to appear to stop people using plastic bottlesm supermarkets also offering, if you ta ke supermarkets also offering, if you take in yourown, supermarkets also offering, if you take in your own, any kind of bucket, they will serve you fresh produce. pannier, that's a posh
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word. i hate to sound too left—wing, but if they standardise the containers across all the supermarkets and delicatessens, then the problem goes. don't use a straw, ta ke the problem goes. don't use a straw, take the lid off and just get. and we ever had a milkshake at mcdonald's? no, they are bad for you. ortake your mcdonald's? no, they are bad for you. or take your own spoon in your pocket. carry your spoon with you. shall we have a look at other board man? i have so much more to say about him. —— hoverboard man. man? i have so much more to say about him. -- hoverboard man. we first saw him at the bastille day celebrations, where he was zipping around. he has become basically macron's personal mascot. we can definitely expect to see him at the next olympic

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