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tv   The Papers  BBC News  November 30, 2019 11:30pm-11:46pm GMT

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hello. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — first the headlines. tributes are paid to the first victim to be named in the london bridge attack.
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cambridge graduate jack merritt, was running a prisoner rehabilitiation conference — to which his attacker had been invited. police have commended the bravery shown by members of the public, including convicted criminals who overpowered the knifeman. it's emerged that usman khan had been released on licence for his involvement in planning terror attacks. and in other news, millions of commuters will have to pay an average of 2.7% more, for rail tickets in the new year. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are uk correspondent for france 2a and the president of the foreign press association,
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benedicte paviot and i'm alsojoined by new european columnist & playwright bonnie greer. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in and almost all focus on the london bridge attack. the observer leads on borisjohnson announcing that those convicted of the most serious terror offences should never be released from prison. the telegraph says the prime minister will order a review of dozens of violent terrorists released from prison in recent years. the sunday times has a picture of jack merritt there on holiday one month ago with his girlfriend and the headline of boris vowing to lock terrorists up and throw away the key.
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the sunday mirror has an exclusive picture of usman khan buying fast food shortly before the attack. the sunday people leads on a tribute to one of the victims, jack merritt, from his father who describes him as a ‘beautiful spirit who took the side of the underdog'. the sunday express claims thejustice system is playing russian roulette with people's lives by allowing terrorists back on the streets. the independent has an interview with former top prosecutor nazir afzal, who says he warned borisjohnson about releasing terrorists who had not been deradicalised. and the mail on sunday is alleging further impropriety from prince andrew in his role as a british trade envoy. buckingham palace has defended him saying he was representing british companies, not individuals. lets start our chat. there is a lot to let's begin with the front page of the times. there is basically one
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story, maybe two angles to the same story. the story is the deadly attack that started in fishmonger‘s hall on friday shortly before two p.m.. we know that the suspect, usman khan, 28 years old, a former terrorism prisoner released early is responsible for having started a rampage. so all the implications are there. the radicalisation and the implications of that. the other side of that and bonnie mentioned earlier, the right place to start, this young man, 25 years old, jack merritt. people react to grief in different manners and it is surprising that his family have
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chosen, apart from saying that they did not believe at this stage in the investigation that anyone else was involved, they said that they were aware the family had identified one of the two dead that the british way of doing things, i am told that, the police do not give the name but the family chose to talk about him. and it is clear from everything that this was a loving young man, a talented young man. who had a lot to give other people. and what the sunday times talks about and i think it isa sunday times talks about and i think it is a good way for review into that life a little over a month ago he was drinking gin and tonic‘s in seville with his girlfriend and on instagram he gave thanks for a surprise birthday weekend, living the dream. and he was living the dream because clearly he was rather brainy with good looks and he really wa nted
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brainy with good looks and he really wanted to make a change. i'm sure he would never have imagined he would be on the front page for the wrong reasons and here he was, snuffed out by this man who obviously had bad intentions and stabbed him to death. to add to that ijust feel moved and really... this guy was a great man already. at 25 years old. he already attained it. and i think that is probably one of the reasons his parents want us to know about him. this was a bridge builder. a very young man and as benedicte points out, he had a life that he could have made a lot of choices that most people in his culture can't make. he had an oxbridge education. he was handsome white guy stop he is on top, basically, and he chose to be a bridge builder. he chose to try and
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open a door in the most difficult sort of prison population you can reach. he tried to do that. that is a great thing and it is a tribute to him. the flipside of that, of course, is now we have, he died in the middle of the campaign. in which the middle of the campaign. in which the conservative party... it is so fascinating to me. we were talking about this because we are from both outside the culture. we are in it but grew up outside it. sorry, i didn't mean... but i am perplexed as to why the electorate think that there was some other party in charge of the home office when all of these programmes were cut and police have been talking about this for years, about the car stop they have been begging to get the numbers up, the
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programmes have been taken down, why does the electorate think there is some other party. you punish a political party for this. as we talk about this, just quickly otherwise we won't get to the end of our list. a former counterterrorism official said it was hard to advise ministers on the dangers of extremism in jails that he wanted in 2016 that the pa role system that he wanted in 2016 that the parole system could not cope with terrorist, he says he was ignored for three years full of talking about warnings, the front page of the independent this morning coming from a former chief prosecutor. what is he saying? he said he saw boris johnson at some gathering, not when he was prime minister but mentioned in his position as prosecutor that he thought the cuts were dangerous, the programmes were being cut down,
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and we really need to talk about this and think about it. and boris johnson said, basically and i am paraphrasing, if we're going to talk about money let's talk about something else. there you go the political implications, however, is that borisjohnson, if indeed the conservatives to win the general election on december 12, they are announcing new antiterrorism laws. and he has made it clear on his trip with the police commissioner and home secretary the draconian sentences, home secretary the draconian sentences, no more home secretary the draconian sentences, no more business of halving a sentence. and many people in the united kingdom will feel worried about themselves because they will be worried he needs to ta ke they will be worried he needs to take some responsibility. that's my point. they have been in charge of the home office since 2010. can't they say we must stop, we are sorry
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and we will do better. he might not have been prime minister but the party was in charge. the sunday express describes it as softjustice playing russian roulette with our lives. to bring the two together, he is talking about tougher sentences and serving the full sentence but from what we have heard today, without the money in the funding, the rehabilitation, once you serve that sentence then what? it is not just about money? you need experts. this is not something you improvise. you need a proper programme, a consistent programme that is proven. holland, france, britain, find something that works, put consistent money into it. it will not be done overnight. people live in a fairytale in the sense that in this country the only remedy is rehabilitation. there is no other
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one. how do you rehabilitate and ideologists? that is what the system should be investing in. we don't know but there are people who do know and if the system was serious, andi know and if the system was serious, and i am talking about the governing party, if they were serious they would have invested in people to get this organised because people stay in jail this organised because people stay injailfor this organised because people stay injail for 40 this organised because people stay injailfor40 years, this organised because people stay injail for 40 years, you can stay injailfor injail for 40 years, you can stay injail for 60 injail for 40 years, you can stay injailfor 60 years, injail for 40 years, you can stay injail for 60 years, you are still in jail. injail for 60 years, you are still injail. what are people going to do about rehabilitation? front page of the observer. this is being written as being included as part of the general election campaign. should it be? should it be at the centre of the election battle? life is, it is not about potential or maybe is, it is not would have could have, it is happening. the observer is right. it is not the prime minister who thrust this into the centre of the battle, he did so by saying what i was just
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saying about announcing that if they win they will bring in certain laws. jeremy corbyn responded and is posing some important questions about the parole board and its role and wants to see what comes out of that. yes, it does have a place, absolutely. it is a big issue because of the something about a reflection of our society and how we treat people and what we do with them. austerity affected this and if they were honest people they would say they made a mistake. have either of you noticed prison reform, apart from building prison and police officers, and the otherjudicial pledges made in manifestoes, either party, the lead parties, mentioning judicial rehabilitation? and that is the nation of election campaigns. in all fairness i should point out that in the observer it says that on
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sundayjeremy in the observer it says that on sunday jeremy corbyn will sundayjeremy corbyn will blame successive leaders including tony blair for stoking hatred with the disastrous foreign interventions such as, for example, and he says he warned against the invasion and occupation of iraq saying it would set off a spiral of conflict hate and desperation. it is very political. a shocked paul and we have a few weeks to go. there is a video going around on social media, an amazing video, of people in dominic ra's constituency. apparently he is in trouble because his constituents, and they are not millenniums, they are really, really upset. these people are saying that the fact that michael has alternate is sitting find a liberal democrat sign is upsetting to them. they do not recognise the party, they are
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lifelong conservatives and they are not voting conservative. he only has a five point lead according to one poll over the liberal democrats with less than two weeks to go before voting. when you compare this to the massive over 23,000 majority at the last election, could, it is asked, could dominicjack merritt have his moment. it could be a big surprise. we are, probably, into some shocks. who knows. let's leave it there. we have run out of time. we could have used a bit more time, right? thank you very much indeed. that is the papers for this evening.
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thank you, benedicte and bonnie. 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. next on bbc news it's the travel show. we are starting off in iceland this week. it is one of the best places in the world to see whales in their natural habitat. but it's also now providing a home for a pair of these amazing mammals who spent their lives in captivity but are now looking forward to their retirement in an environment that is closer to their natural home.

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