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hello. this is bbc news with chris rogers. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment with nigel nelson and jo phillips. first the headlines. at the g7 summit in france boris johnson says the chances of a brexit deal are "touch and go". i do think that they understand that there is an opportunity to do a deal. so it is more likely than it was? i think it's going
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to be touch and go. tonight a show of unity after a day's diplomacy. earlier president trump promised to deliver a "very big" trade deal with the uk after brexit. batting brilliance from ben stokes — his sensational century leads england to a nailbiting victory over australia and keeps the ashes series alive. 40,000 troops begin a major operation to fight fires in the amazon. a major operation to fight hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentatorjo phillips, and the political editor of the sunday mirror and sunday people, nigel nelson. you always seem to come on the
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programme together. it is the perfect pairing. it is the perfect pairing. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the greatest ever innings says the telegraph — they show a picture of ben stokes, whose brilliant batting saved england from the jaws of defeat in the ashes. the back page is very much on the front page tomorrow. the back page is very much on the front page tomorrow. meanwhile, the mail says that stokes' performance — described as one of the greatest individual ashes displays of all time — combined with the scorching temperatures, means britain was the "land of heat and glory" this bank holiday weekend. the i says borisjohnson‘s chances of gettng a brexit deal are "touch and go". they report that nothing new has emerged from talks with the eu at the g7 summit. but the prime minister has said britain can easily cope with a no—deal brexit, says the guardian. that is a little glimpse at some of the papers. you have been going through them all. no escape from
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what boris johnson through them all. no escape from what borisjohnson has had to say. he was going to bring a smile to everyone's faces whether you voted for brexit are not. mr stokes. this is brilliant. for anyone who thinks cricket is dull and slow and boring, these last two matches have been absolutely nail—biting, as you said. for ben stokes it is brilliant. the chap you were talking to before we came on air... simon hughes. he said he started slowly and he built it up and he misdirected people. he was really conducting this, a maestro performance. but for him personally, a year ago he was zero and now he is a year ago he was zero and now he is a hero. he is up there with brian la ra a hero. he is up there with brian lara and ian botham. this is being compared to the ashes of 1981 with
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ian botham's performance. the same ground as well. headingley. it is not as though cricket needs invigorating. certainly where i live in essex everybody was out playing cricket today in the heat. you still see it out there, people are still playing it, a lot of young people are into it, and the world cup performance was fantastic and now this as well. i am no great cricket fan, however this is one i wish i had seen. there are few sporting moments in life you want to witness and this is one of them. the 1966 world cup, which i think chris will have missed. what people said on the world cup is that because it was shown on terrestrial television, and pa rt shown on terrestrial television, and part of the problem is kids do not get to see it, and it is not in pubs any more. but this is great and it might make people more interested.
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it shows the value of having access. that is right. what i found disappointing is when i came into this afternoon, i switched on the news channel to look at it and you are running only still pictures and not to see moving pictures was a bit ofa not to see moving pictures was a bit of a shock for something like this. that is sport, it is all about rights and what we can get access to. when it is a moment like this, it isa to. when it is a moment like this, it is a shame. the people who wrote of england must be feeling like lemons now. it is a national celebration, a bit like a sense of national emergency. that is the next one for you. not quite, we are sticking with the guardian. heroic stokes they are calling it. that picture will be celebrated by cricket fans and non—cricket fans across the country. did you see the picture of him in the changing room? yes, idid, picture of him in the changing room? yes, i did, and i thought it was great. collapsed, head between
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these. he must be overwhelmed by his owfi these. he must be overwhelmed by his own achievement and he must be absolutely exhausted after doing that. you could see the bottle of champagne by his feet. it was not even drunk yet. after the heat and emotion, the champagne can wait. yes, absolutely. what do you want to to next? no deal? the guardian? this is borisjohnson to next? no deal? the guardian? this is boris johnson being to next? no deal? the guardian? this is borisjohnson being his usual sort of bumptious, cheerful, gung ho self. we can easily cope with no—deal brexit. this is what has been happening at the g7 and as we have just heard he been happening at the g7 and as we havejust heard he is beginning to up havejust heard he is beginning to up the ante. he is saying if there is no—deal brexit, it would be the fault of eu leaders and their obduracy. the blame game begins. it is putting the blame onto them. are you both saying the language we are
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hearing from the prime minister and in interview with the bbc is not aimed at the public, it is aimed at the people he is negotiating with? he is saying things like it is touch and go. it is also aimed at the public because we know within the next few weeks there will be a general election and he wants to position himself. you are placing your bets firmly on that. absolutely. it is becoming increasingly likely. he wants to be ina increasingly likely. he wants to be in a position if we leave on october the 31st with no deal he does not wa nt to the 31st with no deal he does not want to be the bloke who pulled us out over the cliff edge. he wants to be able to blame it on somebody else. all of this stuff like, we can manage but it is up to them, i think thatis manage but it is up to them, i think that is upping the ante slightly. but this comes a week after operation yellowhammer, the leaked report about what government was planning for in the event of an
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no—deal brexit, which borisjohnson appears not to have read. it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. food shortages? highly unlikely. food shortages? highly unlikely. food shortages are likely. he did say to the bbc that there would be issues when we came out of the eu, brexit, we are trying to do our best with everything, but there will be problems. it would be quite nice if he told us what the plan is to avoid that. and also what the problems are. after the yellowhammer documents were leaked, and the government keeps distancing itself from them, it is time they told us what the planning is. what are the problems? industry keeps saying they have not heard what the plans are to deal with no deal. we are two months away from it. what he should be doing is telling us his assessment of exactly what no deal looks like. and what is being done to mitigate
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it. there are really serious issues here. it is notjust shortages of out of british season vegetables, it is medicines and things like that. and it is about transport and keeping the country moving. the independent also reporting on the brexit deal as touch and go. again it is that language. the language he is using very much seems to be aimed at everyone, including the people he is negotiating with. the language he used during the tory leadership was there was a million to one chance of ano there was a million to one chance of a no deal happening. now it is touch and go, but it is a 50—50, so he has come down and off a lot. he was not saying that a couple of weeks ago, was he? exactly. it is perfectly clear that unless he can find a miracle that theresa may cannot, there will be no deal, assuming we pull out on the 31st. we still have
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the problem of the irish backstop. angela merkel says you have got 30 days, which i think is german humour, and theresa may spent two years finding an alternative. the moment we find an alternative, the backstop goes. we were talking before we came on air, it is a little bit like trying to get an oversize sofa through an upstairs bedroom window. no matter how often you measure it, either you will have to cut the sofa in the half, get rid of it or take the window out. we are at the sofa stage now. a very technical time. are we really comparing this to the carving up of a sofa? comparing this to the carving up of a sofa ? it comparing this to the carving up of a sofa? it is more serious than that. it is a lot more serious, but the principle is you try and solve a problem that in the end you have to recognise is not solvable. the argument is then what happens next to try and break this? angela merkel
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did say today at the g7 summit that it is possible to find an alternative to the backstop deal. but she said it was up to the uk to find it. there is an alternative which is a technological one, which is the one that theresa may explored, it was rejected by europe. the idea that we can come up with it in the two year transition period, we have not got a two—year transition now, we have got until october the 31st. given we have been looking for it for two years and it still has not happened, it ain't going to happen by the end of october. 30 days. i think she was joking. shall we go back to the telegraph, because we have not seen a story like this about the nhs for some time. it is quite interesting. it is based on freedom of information request to a hospital
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trust. the headline is nhs counsels patients ten times a row. the hospital patients are having appointments and it is not quite clear, iam appointments and it is not quite clear, i am assuming appointments as opposed to operations, and they are having them cancelled over and over again. there has been a rise in theirs. many of these people are elderly and are suffering repeated cancellations and in some cases are given the information the night before the letter has been dispatched in a taxi. it is astonishing. if they cannot even have an e—mail. astonishing. if they cannot even have an e-mail. but the mental health implications of that as well. presuming it is something physical thatis presuming it is something physical that is wrong with them, you know that is wrong with them, you know that when you are ill and something is not right, you worry and worry and you have to get it sorted. you getan and you have to get it sorted. you get an appointment a few weeks away and then it gets cancelled and cancelled. you might have to arrange
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transport and care for a partner or kids or whatever. the disappointment and the uncertainty. it also means people might not be getting treatment. to be fair, some of the trusts who responded to this freedom of information request say that their statistics may have included patients who were offered an early appointment, or those given a block booking of several appointments that we re booking of several appointments that were then cancelled. but one of the other things apart from the taxi stuff, which is shocking, is some patients have talked about waiting months for appointments because staff were u na ble months for appointments because staff were unable to read illegible referrals. there are a lot of things wrong. they are blaming the fact doctors will not work overtime because of their pensions. or they can't read their notes. surely you can't read their notes. surely you can do it on a computer?” can't read their notes. surely you can do it on a computer? i thought they were transcribed anyway. they
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are only talking about 185 patients, we have to put it into context. yes, but they are 185 people. and those who had five cancelled, it is still a significant figure. shall we finish with the daly mail. the land of heat and glory. this is the optimism that boris johnson of heat and glory. this is the optimism that borisjohnson loves. the heat bit is probably down to climate change anyway, so we should not be celebrating too much. in all seriousness we are being told to expect these scorchers. and it is too hot, for many people it is too hot. i am sure boris would take the credit for this. it did not stop us playing great cricket. and it has been lovely in the sunshine. 33 degrees at heathrow and it could be hotter tomorrow as well. we will see you again to take as three more papers. we hope to see you again at
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11:30pm. that's it for the papers this hour. jo and nigel will be back at half past eleven for another look at the papers, and don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, jo and nigel, who'll both be back for our second papers review in just over half an hour. in the summerand in the summer and autumn of 2018,
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california experienced its deadliest ever wildfires. they claimed the lives of over 80 people and whole towns were destroyed. but as residents tried to escape, the firefighters did what they always do — they ran towards the danger. it is a profession that relies on courage, education and, increasingly, the latest science and technology to better understand how fires behave and how to beat back the flames. and if you want to be a firefighter, this is where you learn the craft. the international fire training centre in darlington, in the north of england. this is where brave firefighters come from around the world to learn the latest techniques in fighting all kinds of blazes. they can simulate a huge variety
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of fire scenarios here, oil rigs, industrialfires. that is an overturned fuel tanker, and they can simulate any size of aircraft from the smallest to the largest. that is an airbus a380 and this is a boeing 747. and it is notjust about gearing up and grabbing the hose. every fire is different. and each needs to be treated intelligently to make sure you and the people you are trying to save have the best chance of survival. wow! my goodness. they are using the water as a protective shield. so it keeps the two fires apart, using the water. keeping the left—hand one at bay and then extinguishing the right one before we deal with the left.
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the centre tries to make each scenario as realistic as possible, not just the fire, but the treatment of the casualties as well. it is fascinating to see the science behind firefighting. for example, in a kerosene fuel fighter, water will not put it out. this cone of water controls the blaze so that another firefighter can come in with a powder extinguisher. that is what finally tames the flames. and once they're gone, does that mean the job is done? well, that is where this thermal imaging camera comes in to see what our eyes cannot. so once it looks like the fire is out, you still have to cover the area in waterjust in case there are hotspots. you can see here the vent on the top of this engine is still white hot according to this thermal imaging camera. and there are many other ways to detect and deal with fires. lara lewington has been
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looking at some of them. for the past two years, half of the uk's fire brigades have been deploying these drones. they focus on the safety of firefighters and their onboard hd and thermal imaging cameras can provide much greater visibility which means a better understanding of a fire and the way that it is spreading. using a drone we can get pretty much an instant overview of the entire fire in underfive minutes and start moving our machines and our firefighters around just like chess pieces, really, all controlled by drone footage. it also brings us a massive benefit as we can see fires as they develop. the team have also used them for rescues and searching for missing people in quarries or in water. the hd camera is able to clearly zoom in on a face up to half a mile away.
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but of course when it comes to the spread of fires, what has happened recently in california is at the forefront of our minds. the university of westminster is researching a system that combines sensors on the ground and those in a drone. the aim, a solution for wildfires. these solar powered prototype sensors are tracking carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, oxygen, humidity, temperature, gps and altitude. the aim is to combine them into one miniaturised cost effective version which could be deployed en masse in areas susceptible to wildfires, providing immediate feedback. if there is something it will alert all their neighbours also, form into a network, alert, take measurements, convey to the master node which then conveys it further up to the server which then alerts the drones that
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come up and get a visual. the plane comes with all the information that it has got from the drones, from the ground sensors and it knows what the windspeed is what wind direction is, what the temperature variation is. it knows where the fire will be when the plane rendezvous with it and then it makes a list from the air and then the heavens open with these lovely pellets flying in as they hit the target where the fire is and you can fight fires day and night, 2a hours a day with no visibility. meanwhile, this is the stinger. it can pierce through metal and pretty much any roof, dramatically blasting foam or water into the heart of a blaze. the quantity and force of that water is pretty incredible. this pumps 1000 litres a minute, with an even more powerfuljet
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to the side, capable of 11.5 times that. it also has an on—board thermal imaging camera to assist with that precision. blackburn is currently the only uk fire service using this kit. i'm told it costs around £600,000. but maybe as costs drop and this technology evolves, this next generation of firefighting will become the norm.
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i've seen the demo and the fire looks quite intense, but i don't think it will be what i am used to. let's see. all the scenes in the training are scanned from the real world. this is a good reference for investigators looking for clues. the environment is like i am standing on ash. it feels very real. 0h, environment is like i am standing on ash. it feels very real. oh, my gosh. there is a body down there. ash. it feels very real. oh, my gosh. there is a body down therem you enjoyed the training, you will get more out of it. it has been proved in a study in the united states if you train with virtual reality, the attention rate is 75%. most of my talks are powerpoint and the retention point is 5%. you can see why we are looking at this
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because it will help our training so much. you can just skip forward and fa st forward much. you can just skip forward and fast forward the fire. in the scene so saw a fast forward the fire. in the scene so saw a minute ago, that tv monitor was completely melted. you can see how it physically affects things that are not burning yet. as they stop, we did not show the people putting out the fire, but you get the ability to dive back in the scene and now you are in that scene. seeing the impact of the fire is pretty awful. part of the reason this experience feels so intense is the realism behind it. for leicestershi re the realism behind it. for leicestershire fire and rescue this was important, that they move away from games and into real life. the scenes are created using cameras and
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lasers photographing real—life, 363 degree scenarios up to thousands of times. we have seen how fire services are using virtual reality, but what about other first responders? here they are hard at work on how police might use virtual reality in their training. number seven ferguson house, a violent disturbance. i don't think people would expect to put the police and virtual reality together. why is it important that the police are working with this? you can replicate one of events and you can recreate it as one of and people would never get the opportunity to rehearse that. but we can give them that vehicle, that opportunity to do a one—off scenario and do it safely.
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0h, one—off scenario and do it safely. oh, my gosh. 0k, one—off scenario and do it safely. oh, my gosh. ok, i one—off scenario and do it safely. oh, my gosh. 0k, iam going one—off scenario and do it safely. oh, my gosh. ok, i am going to see if the woman is alive. she has obviously taken some pills. there is a heartbeat here. i can see already how it could be used in the way a lot of games are used, to open up your mind to possibilities around crime and why people may have committed criminal activities, those kind of questions are definitely there already. that was more enjoyable than the fire one i think, which perhaps should not be my takeaway. i could go back into that world. whereas in the fire scene i just wanted to get out. that is eight from the international fire training centre. the full—length version comes highly recommended and it is waiting for you on iplayer right now. we will put more amazing
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footage up on social media on facebook and twitter. thank you for watching, and we will see you soon. good evening, under the sunny skies today temperatures got up to 30 three degrees. but western parts of the uk were cooler because of this extra cloud. some areas of sea fog and mistand extra cloud. some areas of sea fog and mist and that cloudy, murky where they will become more widespread across the western half of the uk as we go on through tonight. further east we hold on to some clear skies, temperatures between 12 and 16. if you are travelling early in the morning in
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wales, the midlands and south west scotland, it could be quite poor travelling conditions and that mixture of low cloud and mist and fog could take time to clear. rain in the western isles later. otherwise, plenty of sunshine. a cooler day in the north and the west of the uk and in the south—east we could get up into the low 30s. it cools off through the coming week and we will see outbreaks of rain at times.
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this is bbc news. i'm chris rogers. the headlines at 11pm: the prime minister says the chances of a brexit deal are touch and go, having previously said odds of a no—deal brexit were a million to one. it's going to be touch and go, but the important thing is to get ready to come out without a deal. also at the g7 summit, there's optimism around a us trade deal after talks with president trump, though borisjohnson acknowledges it's likely to take more than a year. commentator: cutaway! cutaway batting brilliance from ben stokes leads england to a nailbiting victory over australia and keeps the ashes series alive. brazil's military begins a major
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