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into longer spells of rain. some sunny spells in between. a windy day, 13—17. similarly on wednesday we'll see showers. these perhaps focused over the western side of the country. further east, not as many showers. some spells of sunshine. temperatures 13—15 degrees. as we head through the week it is going to stay unsettled, heavy downpours, sunny spells. it will often be windy.
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tens of thousands of people from taking to the streets. they started firing volleys of tear gas over the wall through these trees and down into the street. the protesters are responding by pouring water onto the tear gas canisters or throwing them back. the parents of a teenager killed in a road accident involving an american diplomat‘s wife make an emotional appeal for her to return to the uk. i wouldn't want to think that she put herself on that plane to go home to avoid what she's done. because i couldn't live with myself. days to decide if there can be a brexit deal — emmanuel macron tells the prime minister his proposals will be evaluated by the end of the week. ginger baker — ground—breaking rock drummer has died at the age of 80. and bbc click investigates the possible state manipulation of wikipedia. more on that in a quarter
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of an an hour here on bbc news. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the independent‘s deputy political editor, rob merrick and the the broadcaster lynn faulds—wood. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the telegraph's front page says mrjohnson is prepared to launch legal action to allow a no—deal brexit. the metro also leads on british politics. its front page headline reads: "squat a nerve" and says borisjohnson will refuse to leave number ten, even if he's voted out by mps. the daily mail's front page says a judge has criticised the police watchdog for its investigation into how officers responded to false allegations of a vip paedophile ring. the independent leads on the findings of a new report
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which says far—right activists are exploiting the safety of women and children to spread hate. and the financial times talks of continued protests in hong kong — as a news crew are hit with a molotov cocktail. let's with a molotov cocktail. go through those in more detail. let's go through those in more detail. we are going to start with the daily telegraph, borisjohnson said he would rather die in a ditch than ask for an extension and this is what he's going to do, it explains what he is going to do to try to prevent it from happening? hopefully people know that if a deal has not been passed by the house of commons on the 19th of october, the so—called benn kicks in. he said he will not send the letter but take it to the supreme court. people remember the last time borisjohnson went to the supreme court he got
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thrashed 11 votes to zero. this time he will definitely lose. the other one was open to question, we all know how this will go. it is the law, he has to sign the letter to ask for an extension. the answer is about not trying to prevent having to ask for the delay, it is not about trying to secure a no—deal brexit, it is about winning the blame game afterwards. he is looking forward to the general election that will almost certainly follow a brexit delay and his only chance of winning that election is to convince the public he is on their side, be a martyr, portray himself as the victim and he was obstructed by the politicians and the interfering judges. he will be saying i did everything i could to deliver no deal even to the extent of taking it to supreme court. the suspicion always was that somebody, whether it
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is prime ministerjohnson or dominic cummings, really they want and no deal, they are not interested in having a deal and if you can dally around in the court for a bit longer, that prolongs the chances of you hitting the 31st of october, halloween, and getting chucked out of europe. the mood music coming out of europe. the mood music coming out of europe. the mood music coming out of europe hasn't been all that positive to say the least? the fog is clearing on what is going to happen with brexit and this is an attempt to throw smoke in our eyes by dominic cummings and the government. we know there is not going to be a deal in europe, not on the basis of the proposals the prime minister has put forward. the message from number ten tonight, there is no further compromise and in which case there is no deal and in which case there is no deal and in which case, the benn act kicks in and he will have to send the letter and he will have to send the letter and brexit will not happen on the sist and brexit will not happen on the 31st of october and we are into a general election almost certainly. if it is about the blame game, will
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people be convinced by this, if it is allan people be convinced by this, if it is all an act, try to pit him against the people and when those voters over and convince them he has done everything he can to get a deal, will people be convinced?m depends how much mud is thrown. what i'm not looking forward to is him going to the supreme court is the amount of stick these judges will get. lady hale, the chiefjudge, she has a lot of stuff chucked at her and she made a comment, picked up on boris's comments, but she was making mocking references to boris, i am sorry prime ministerjohnson. if you rememberthe sorry prime ministerjohnson. if you remember the judges being envious of the people, ithink remember the judges being envious of the people, i think these judges are in fora very the people, i think these judges are in for a very difficult time and they will get a lot of stuff chucked at them. not in the independent, but
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elsewhere. let's move to the metro, picking up a lot of today's papers, squat and earth, suggesting boris johnson will not budge from number ten even if mps vote him out. he will have a sit in. clever headline. he has got a lot of nerve, prime minister johnson, he has got a lot of nerve, prime ministerjohnson, he is brazen, he has been found to be a liar. they are picking up this in the sunday times and he would only leave the building if the police dragged him out. it may come to that in some others might enjoy the spectacle, after what we have put up with here. i think also this week in the paper, we will see more ofjennifer arcuri, the 27—year—old student suddenly being put forward by prime minister johnson when he was mayor of london for running a quango called tech
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city a 6—figure salaryjob. for running a quango called tech city a 6-figure salaryjob. and the accusations she wasn't qualified. we know the prime minister went round to her flat know the prime minister went round to herflat in know the prime minister went round to her flat in east know the prime minister went round to herflat in east london on several occasions purely for lessons in how to improve technology. who am ito in how to improve technology. who am i to dispute in how to improve technology. who am ito dispute that? in how to improve technology. who am i to dispute that? anything is possible. there isjust a touch i to dispute that? anything is possible. there is just a touch of the look of lust in the eyes from those two in every photograph. backbench mps trying to form some kind of government in the event that this vote of no confidence goes through. is it possible? it doesn't look like it tonight. it didn't look like it over the last week. they we re like it over the last week. they were united in one cause which was to stop a no—deal brexit on the sist. to stop a no—deal brexit on the 31st. beyond that, they don't agree and what they disagree most of all is he would be the replacement prime minister. jeremy camp's insisting it should bejeremy corbyn. the liberal
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democrats and the ex tories kicked out of the party would rather die in a ditch than thejeremy corbyn in number ten and on that disagreement, it is floundering. this is the problem with the opposition at the moment, the remain side haven't been able to get their act together. nearly half of the people who voted, voted remain and i feel in all of this, although there are plenty of people getting on twitter now and accusing me of being the usual things they accuse me of, we have to honour the nearly half the people that voted remain and honour... they are the benign oratory, they argue. they are onlyjust a minority, it is too black and white. extinction rebellion shutting london down for two weeks will alienate the public. this is a warning to the climate change protesters? will be a big day in central london tomorrow and other cities. in april, extension
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rebellion surprised everybody by the strength of the protests and were able to disrupt traffic for many days. working at westminster was the most peaceful and enjoyable time of the year. all around oxford circus, westminster. parliament square was a peaceful place. this time we have been told it will be bigger and i think extinction rebellion six routes into central london last time, this time they say it is 12. they have more supporters than last time. i read they had 20,000 people who said they are prepared to be arrested in the cause for tackling climate change. no surprise ministers have said it will alienate the public if it goes ahead. i am sure there are many people who will resent having their lives disrupted over the next week or so. i would like to think there are more people who would admire them. these are people who made enormous sacrifices to protest. perhaps people are thinking i wish i had half of their guts. also they are going to shut
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down westminster, they say. westminster parliament, it is being prorogued on tuesday, so it is shut anyway. if they were intending to have that influence, it won't have. the daily mail, headline about a judge blasting a police whitewash, i retired high court judge judge blasting a police whitewash, i retired high courtjudge who is condemning in the strongest of terms, this police investigation into officers who were involved in the nick so—called investigation. into officers who were involved in the nick so—called investigationm is quite complicated. it is a heck ofa is quite complicated. it is a heck of a read. you go first. we have only got a briefing of it, but it is utterly damning. he is basically saying the independent office of police conduct, which was only set up police conduct, which was only set up less than two years ago out of the old ipcc, whatever those letters stood for, but it isjust incredible
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that things they did not do. there we re that things they did not do. there were five officers involved in getting warrants to search the homes of all these prominent people and the districtjudge who of all these prominent people and the district judge who gave the warrant was misled, they say. but only one of those five officers was interviewed by the independent office of police conduct. i mean, i mind was boggling reading this stuff. it is quite astounding. he says, i concluded the search warrants had been obtained u nlawfully warrants had been obtained unlawfully and i called for a vigorous investigation into the decision to apply for warrants. no such vigorous investigation has taken place. it is absolutely slamming the independent office of police conduct and the police. he says, who guards the guards? if you cannot rely on the people who are supposed to investigate people in position of power, who have failed
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to carry out theirjobs properly, where are we? some of these people are in prominentjobs are one of the five people involved in operation midland, was steve rod house, deputy assista nt midland, was steve rod house, deputy assistant commissioner at the time and is now on a £240,000 job as director—general of the national crime agency and is one of the country's top coppers. he has been exonerated, but it doesn't look like it will rest there. he is calling for the home secretary to take action, what can she do?” for the home secretary to take action, what can she do? i am not aware of her powers in terms of reopening an investigation but that is where the pressure lies. it depends who is running the country at that time, and who is home secretary, it is priti patel at the moment. the only officer question face—to—face was detective chief inspector dan treadway, who by reason of the passage of time was unable to recollect what information was available at the time. the whole thing isjust was available at the time. the whole thing is just unbelievably awful. was available at the time. the whole thing isjust unbelievably awful. so
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what do you do? several of them have retired already, so you cannot sack them because they have retired. but they certainly have to take some reprisals? maybe taking their pensions away. a lot of them will be on hefty pensions. maybe they should ta ke on hefty pensions. maybe they should take away the independent office of police conduct. they have been really asleep on the job. it says the threejunior officers really asleep on the job. it says the three junior officers who were prosecuted, those investigations had taken so long, they had retired. people are allowed to retire before they face the music. plenty more to come and that, i am sure. thank you very much for taking us through the section of the papers, i will see you in an hourfor the next look through them. that's it for the papers this hour. rob and lynn will be back at 11.30 for another look at the papers, 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
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later on bbc iplayer. next on bbc news it's click. some call it fake news, some call it disinformation, online manipulation or even information warfare. the tech giants call it coordinated inauthentic activity. false news articles on facebook, bots putting questionable opinions on twitter. what we now know is that nation states have and are weaponising these techniques to their own ends.
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russia to interfere with elections, china to spread disinformation. but there is one place which hasn't been associated with deliberate disinformation recently and that is wikipedia. it is the largest collection of human knowledge ever created, arguably the first digital wonder of the world, the font of all internet knowledge. it has nearly 6 million pages with a staggering 18 billion page views every month. and it was created in the best spirit of the internet, transparent, we may have been naive to believe everything we read on facebook
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