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clears away from the eventually clears away from the south—east of england and then we get some sunshine. the weather sta rts get some sunshine. the weather starts to come down a little bit, get some sunshine. the weather starts to come down a little hit, it won't be as windy and temperatures down to eight or nine degrees. a brief rest but on wednesday because on thursday we have got the next weather system arriving, the new area of low pressure. another band of rain and this could be quite heavy as we saw on monday. it is again the western side of the uk which will see the strongest of the winds. gales are likely here. pretty windy elsewhere and it is a milder wind, temperatures easily into double figures across much of england and wales. some wet and windy weather pushes back in on thursday. that weather front then gets swe pt thursday. that weather front then gets swept away and the area of low pressure slowly retreats away from northern scotland. here, it is still going to be quite windy as we start friday, and still some wet weather not far away, especially in the northern isles. elsewhere the winds will be lighter, things are coming down, there will be some sunshine and there will be a few showers around as well. and those temperatures probably a little bit lower, actually, at around seven degrees for much of the country. as we head towards the end of the weekend into the beginning of the weekend, we are seeing a very different look to the weather map. instead of big areas of low pressure, high pressure is starting to build towards the uk. we still have some stronger winds around the top of that for northern scotland, and still some showers. a good chance that elsewhere it will be dry, and there will be some sunshine
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around as well, but it is starting to get a little bit colder, around 5-7d. we to get a little bit colder, around 5—7d. we started this week with a really strong jetstream which has been picking up those storms and driving them towards the uk, ringing with it particularly across the western side of the uk scenes like this, very big waves with some spring tides. as we head into next week, the weather couldn't be more different. it will be drier and quieter and probably colder as well. this is the position of the jetstrea m this is the position of the jetstream we're looking at into next week, so it is a very different orientation to the jetstream. with that sort of position, you tend to find one of those, an area of high pressure which sticks around for while. that is what we are expect into find, at long last, high—pressure taking charge. it will be turning drier, the winds will be getting lighter as well. the only downside is it will get colder and there may well be some frost around at night as well. that's it from me.
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goodbye. hello. this is bbc news with rebecca jones. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first the headlines: the queen says she is entirely supportive of the duke and duchess of sussex's desire for new roles, but says she would have preferred them to remain full—time working royals. boris johnson visits stormont to meet members of the newly—restored northern ireland assembly after three years of political deadlock there. five candidates are through to the next round of the labour leadership contest — four women and one man. storm brendan sweeps into the uk, battering northern ireland and scotland with winds of 90mph.
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lance price, former labour communications boss, and dia chakravarty, brexit editor of the telegraph. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the daily mirror leads on the queen's message to her grandson prince harry as he quits as a full—time royal. "i want you to stay, but you're free to go". "go...if you must" is how the daily mail sums up the queen's decision to allow harry and meghan to forge new roles in north america. the sun puts it another way — "orf you go — but one is not amused" is their headline.
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"you can go your own way" is the metro's summary of the queen's statement. the i newspaper says the queen has agreed what it calls a "reshaped royal family". the express says the queen has granted harry his wish but complex matters are still to be resolved after the historic summit at sandringham. as well as the queen's decision over harry and meghan, tomorrow's times reports on a new drug for high cholesterol that could save thousands of lives. the guardian sounds a warning about record heat in the world's oceans, harming sealife and threatening more frequent storms. and tomorrow's financial times says there is pressure on the bank of england to cut interest rates as the economy slows down. a as the economy slows down. sprinkling of other stl let's a sprinkling of other stories but let's face it, there's really only one story in town and that is the summit that's been taking place at sandringham today. let's look at the
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times' write—up of what's happened: duke and duchess two divide their time between canada and britain as talks on new role continue. what do you make of this? are you actually even interested in it? sorry, is that rude? or unfair? it is obviously of interest in the point of view of what's going on in the country, but i just of view of what's going on in the country, but ijust think... staying ona country, but ijust think... staying on a lighter note, it's quite interesting to see how brexit vote cadbury seems to have seen into all parts of our news now. we're hearing about hard mexit and soft mexit and transition period et cetera. what struck me about the queen's statement today was the tone of it.
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lance was talking about it a bit earlier in our previous segment, how informal it was and it was really very respectful the way she was talking about these two young royals. she said they were valued members and they remain valued members and they remain valued members of her family. members and they remain valued members of herfamily. she said "my family", and she said, "while i'm saddened they will not be full—time members of the royal family any more, we understand and respect that they want to live a more independent life". that is quite a nice way for her to have talked about it. but, of course, what becomes of political significance, and i do think it is of political significance, is when the queen talks about the complex matters that require more work. what are these? it will be questions around the funding of the sussexes. questions around who picks up the bill for their security, for example. frogmore cottage, does that
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remain with them or not? it will also be about... they will always have the royal branding behind them and they will always carry certain weight because of the celebrity that comes with their family background. how is that going to transfer into financial gain for them? and if that happens, what is there in place to see whether there's been any mishandling of how that wins a name is being used... sussex name in their case. these are of political and constitutional significance. it will be interesting. that is why our most senior civil servants have been involved in threshing these arrangements out, which hopefully we will find out more about in the coming days. the times story correctly says this was somewhat of a holding statement when none of the details were shared, and that's because the details are still being thrashed out but to answer your earlier question, that part is really of interest and we should be
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interested. lance, we can also perhaps glance at the daily mail, they make it slightly more sensational. mexit, which carries on with the brexit language, sandringham showdown and the queen's historic personal statement after summit. i appreciate you've never worked at the palace before but you were head of communications for the labour party. way this is being reported, its almost like the queen has sat down and written this statement. how much of it will be her own words and how much of it will be her advisers?‘ lot of it will have been put to her by her advisers, like drafts, including the cabinet secretary, so there's an overlap between downing street, where i worked, and the palace, where thankfully i have never worked. she takes the advice of her advisers and ministers and although this is a personal
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statement, as dia says, and it does have her personal imprimatur on it, the content in terms of the consequences for the royal family and so on and the way in which this transition might work will be as a result of what her advisers have suggested coming out of it. but, having said that, it was a very private family meeting. this wasn't one where there were lots of flunkies around advising them, this was the heart of the family coming together to try to see if they could see a way. to be honest, we don't know how far they got on with that process. in that respect, the times is much more honest in its reporting because it is full of qualifications. it says the queen appeared to be going out of her way to offer reassurance and it appears the talks were held in the long library and the palace is conscious there's been too much briefing going on about this in the past and they have been very careful today to make sure that tomorrow's papers don't
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have rival briefings from different camps. all they have is the statement from her man d2 go on. it's been interpreted in different ways and i do think the daily mail are out of line on that. "go if you must" sounds like a resentful queen, relu cta nt must" sounds like a resentful queen, reluctant to allow the sussexes to do what they want to do but the statement is different to that. interesting. a striking front page but in some way, the headline doesn't fit the content, does it? 0k, shall we move on to labour? dia, in line for next labour leader, a picture of the five candidates that we know are standing for the labour leadership. what do you make of the lineup that we have ended up with?” think it is quite an interesting lineup. people here are bringing in quite a lot of variety in their
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worldview, i would suggest. what is interesting to see as an outsider, none of the candidates seem to be putting themselves forward as the different person. they are trying to paint themselves in a way that they seem to think would win over their membership is my reading of it. i'm not a labour insider but this is how it comes across to me. it might have been interesting for example if keir starmer could say," i'm going to put myself forward because to an extent i think that the heartlands can't be won at this stage but maybe we could work more with the city is that we have already won and the newer people who have joined the movement over the last five years. i don't know if that would be a winning formula or not but it would be slightly more honest. also as an outsider, what was interesting for me to observe was i think it was naz
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shah, a bradford mp, saying she was going to endorse and campaign for keir starmer because he was her candidate of choice but because she understood the importance of diversity, she was going to vote for emily thornberry or rebecca long—bailey, i forget. that emily thornberry or rebecca long—bailey, iforget. that sounds like the way the plp haven when they nominated and elected corbyn as their leader. a lot of people like sadiq khan, then an mp, who was nominating mr corbyn all the while saying we don't think he will win and he's not necessarily my favourite candidate but we need diversity and therefore i'm going to put this person on the nomination paper. i wouldn't say so much worried, that's not for me to worry, that's for the blairite part of the party to worry about this, but again the party might be going down a way
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where they might putting forward someone and getting somebody elected who they don't think should really be their leader. ok, let's bring you in lance, who sees himself as the outsider... perhaps you are a bit more of an insider. what's your take? i think there is a wildcard in that pack, actually, which isjess phillips. yes. she doesn't look like an identikit politician, doesn't speak like one, and she's going about hercampaign in speak like one, and she's going about her campaign in a different sort of way and she's the one candidate for me amongst the five who is speaking to the country rather thanjust the who is speaking to the country rather than just the party. who is speaking to the country rather thanjust the party. that might not help her chances of being elected leader but at least she is being honest about the situation the labour party finds itself in. she is seeking to communicate with the country more widely about the need for the party to have a passion and a belief in ordinary people's lives and what we can do to help them. she's absolutely a breath of air in
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the campaign. i think the others who are positioning themselves according to the electorate they are up against at the moment, the ones who will choose the leader of the party rather than in will choose the leader of the party ratherthan ina will choose the leader of the party rather than in a general election when everybody gets a, they are being more cautious about it and hedging their bets a little bit. i think lisa nandy and jess phillips are being pretty straightforward about the crisis that the party faces. but there are some good candidates there. obviously it's a complex process. they have got across the first hurdle and there is another big hurdle to come over the next week, getting trade union support and support from various organisations and constituency labour parties and so on. you would have to be a kremlinoligist to understand how the whole process works but people have the chance to have their say. there is a 48 hour window when anybody can pay £25 to
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become a registered supporter and have a vote in who the party leader will be and i hope people take up the opportunity. whether you are a strong labour supporter or not, it is important for our democracy to have a strong and effective opposition and the leadership is crucial to that. moving on to the financial times, contracting economy adds to pressure for rate cut. lance, let's talk to you about this first off. it struck me when i read this story. on the one hand you've got one member of the bank of england monetary policy committee saying, "oh, well, the monetary policy means we should cut rates", but others are saying we should leave ends where they are. it is an either/or piece, isn't it? does it go into much detail about why the economy is contracting? yes, the economy isn't actually
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contracting yet but it is very much teetering on the edge and there are some including the tuc who fear that if things don't recover quickly we could be headed into a recession. there was one month when there was contraction and then there was a slight recovery for a couple of months. the quarterly figures show a very sluggish... so the headline is somewhat misleading. yes. is what you are saying. yes, but there are some very deep underlying problems in the economy. manufacturing is in the doldrums, elements within manufacturing, the motoring industry in particular doing very badly. and previously when that has happened, the service sector has taken up some of the slack. the service sector seems to be in the doldrums as well at the moment. so the whole of the economy is behaving in a very sluggish way. now people obviously point two the brexit uncertainty as one of the main reasons for that, andi one of the main reasons for that, and i am sure that is the case. but you can't strip out brexit and say
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brexit had this impact on the economy but other things have that impact, it is just economy but other things have that impact, it isjust impossible economy but other things have that impact, it is just impossible to do that. but i think there are many other underlying problems, whether or not we have brexit there, including changes in customer behaviour, which may be affecting the motor industry and other aspects of manufacturing. people are changing their buying habits perhaps in response to the climate crisis. which we will come onto in a moment. sterling has slumped to the 1.30 dollar mark which is being linked to this set of figures. i agree with everything that lance just said. there isn't much to add other than the fact that after the election, stirling was also seen to be coming up. —— sterling. it is not necessarily at all to do with people wondering how the new administration is going to behave. at this stage it
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is going to behave. at this stage it is not a commentary that i am trying to make on that at all. it isjust to make on that at all. it isjust to say that when an economy the size of ours actually shows some political stability, things do tend to improve as far as the markets are concerned. but as i was saying last time as well, things were really uncertain last year. things are not quite that uncertain this year because there is a slightly clearer view of where we are heading, and thatis view of where we are heading, and that is likely to increase the numbers and improve the numbers, is what we are hoping. what external factors could have a much bigger effect on anything going on in the british economy. there is a story on the front of the ft about the possibility of the us and china resolving their trade war. if that we re resolving their trade war. if that were to happen, that would have a dramatic effect on the world economy and the british economy as well. and on the other hand, if the middle east situation really, really deteriorates, that might have a negative consequence. i think lance is absolutely right to point that
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out. lance, let's move onto the guardian. record heat in world ocea ns guardian. record heat in world oceansis guardian. record heat in world oceans is the dire warning on the climate crisis. and this does make some very climate crisis. and this does make some very sobering reading. scientists say the warming of the planet is irrefutable and exhilarating. you were explaining it is quite easy to measure the temperature of the oceans. yes, and this is done by some very highly respected academics in the united states, and it is another nail in the coffin of the climate change deniers, i think. the coffin of the climate change deniers, ithink. because the coffin of the climate change deniers, i think. because the evidence is so clear. and it is not just for one year or two years. it goes back over ten years, and every single one of the past ten years are amongst the top ten on record for year on year increases in temperatures in the oceans. and what do hotter oceans lead to? obviously hotter ocea ns do hotter oceans lead to? obviously hotter oceans lead to the melting of ice caps and the impact that has as well, but it is notjust the
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immediate impact that it has. is the way in which they reflect a measure of what is going on in the climate emergency more generally. and they are important because, of all the climate... of all the gases that are emitted that are causing damage to the climate, more than 90% of them are absorbed, normally, by the oceans. so that's why the temperature of the oceans is such a good and useful and easily read measure of the emergency we are confronting. as i say, it makes sobering reading, doesn't it? confronting. as i say, it makes sobering reading, doesn't mm certainly does. because i come from the developing world, i am conscious about that. this is a global problem, climate change, it absolutely is. the problem is also made ten times more complex by the fa ct made ten times more complex by the fact that some of the countries who are considered to be the worst polluters, usually in the developing world, are also people who are
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struggling to make ends meet and are in need of a certain amount of industrialisationjust in need of a certain amount of industrialisation just to get by. and for those leaders, it is actually quite difficult to balance the two needs. on the one hand to be green and better able to deal with the climate emergency, by including or introducing and investing in greener energy, at or introducing and investing in greener energy, et cetera, on the other hand keeping their economy going and keeping people fed and clothed, et cetera. so this is really why this becomes such a complex issue. and just going one way without thinking about the other side just doesn't seem to work. and thatis side just doesn't seem to work. and that is the complexity, it isjust the way it is. it seems almost vulgar to finish on this story, but anyway, social media addicts — let my food go cold, according to heston. is this about the fat duck?
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heston. is this about the fat duck? he has several restaurants with michelin stars. what is his problem, lance? as problems go, it is not a bad one to have. i have never been, but now i have read this, i never will. apparently, having spent £650, and ifi will. apparently, having spent £650, and if i spent £650 on a new watch i would probably want to take a picture of it, but people are spending £650 on their dinner and they want to take a picture of it before they consume it, and he is worried that their dinner is getting cold while they do it. if he is making a more serious point, i think he is saying that people generally are getting disconnected from the moment either need to take pictures. and i think that is true, whether it is taking a picture of a dinner before you eat it, i can't see that thatis before you eat it, i can't see that that is doing a great deal of harm,
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but an lot of people, and we are all guilty of it, go through life thinking that would make a nice picture, that would make a nice post on facebook, rather than just putting the phone away and concentrating on the moment and enjoying the moment. what are your thoughts? what i like most about this report is i am an economist, andi this report is i am an economist, and i can talk quite openly without having to toe a fine line of keeping eve ryo ne having to toe a fine line of keeping everyone happy and staying unbiased or whatever. reporters are different. when you write a report, it is meant to be quite sort of evenhanded, it is stoic, you are not letting too much passion... i love how matthew more, the media correspondent at the times, in this article... well, i don't know if it is the end of the article, but in this segment with quite a snarky comment —— matthew moore. the meal cost £650, excluding drinks. and then he goes on to say perhaps patrons could be forgiven for wanting a memento of their food. patrons could be forgiven for wanting a memento of theirfood. i love it, that he can control himself and thinki love it, that he can control himself and think i am going to add that line in there. it clearly has had an impact with the times correspondent, andi
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impact with the times correspondent, and i can understand why. and heston as well. that's it for the papers tonight. 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 so much for watching. until next time, goodbye. good evening. despite winning the spanish league title in both his years in charge, and being top of the table today, barcelona have sacked manager ernesto valverde. even with his domestic success, valverde has been accused of not upholding the club's famous playing style. and the league and cup wins in spain have not been matched in the champions league, with dramatic losses to first roma and then last season in the semi—finals to liverpool staining his record further. barca have replaced valverde with the former real betis boss quique setien.
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the man responsible for racially abusing england cricketer jofra archer has been banned from attending international and domestic fixtures in new zealand for two years. the fast bowler was subjected to racist abuse by a spectator during the final day of the first test defeat by new zealand at the bay oval in mt maunganui. the 28—year—old man was issued with a verbal warning by police. aston villa have completed the signing of pepe reina on loan from ac milan until the end of the season. the former liverpool player was in the stands as villa were thrashed 6—1 by manchester city yesterday. dean smith moved to sign reina after tom heaton was ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury. tottenham managerjose mourinho says christian eriksen will start tomorrow's fa cup third—round replay against middlesbrough, despite speculation surrounding his future. eriksen is out of contract at the end of the season and has been strongly linked with a january move to inter milan.
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if you ask me if i think this is the best christian eriksen, i have to be honest and say no. if you ask me the reasons, if i know the reasons, i am not an idiot. i am reasons, if i know the reasons, i am notan idiot. iam not reasons, if i know the reasons, i am not an idiot. i am not blaming the player. i am not an idiot. i am not blaming the player. iam not not an idiot. i am not blaming the player. i am not criticising the player. i am not criticising the player. i'm just saying that it is normal that a player in this — in this situation doesn't perform at the highest level. england lionesses will start the defence of the shebelieves cup title against the hosts and world champions the united states. the lionesses won this event for the first time last year, drawing with the us along the way, and they will also play japan and spain in the tournament in march. the trial of former world athletics president lamine diack has been delayed. diack is accused of taking payments of more than 3 million euros to cover up drugs cheats in russian athletics after a four—year investigation by french authorities. his arrest in 2015 plunged the iaaf
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into an unprecedented scandal and resulted in his court appearance in paris today, when he asked to leave france but was denied permission. diack denies the charges, but if found guilty, he could face up to ten years in jail. the case been adjourned untiljune after new documents were submitted to the court concerning testimony that his son and co—defendant gave last year. stephen maguire has completed a sensational comeback at the masters snooker. he was facing australian neil robertson in the first round and was 5—1 down when he played what steve davis called the most amazing shot in the history of snooker. it didn't do him much good, as — watch it. the white went in. but maguire went on to win that frame and then the next four in a row, to snatch an amazing victory, to go through to face dave gilbert in the last eight.
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i can't believe i won that match, to be honest. he was a much better player all the way through the match, i thought, player all the way through the match, ithought, and he player all the way through the match, i thought, and he should have put me about 6—1, 6—0. that is the game. it was nothing to do with me. i think the game just came back and bit him. that's all the sport for now. hello there. storm brendan brought some very strong hello there. storm brendan brought some very strong winds departs northern ireland in western scotland, gusts of 80, 90 mph. that storm is retreating northwards and we look to the south for the next area of low pressure moving up across the country during tuesday. so we start off with some sunshine. further wintry showers across the north. sunshine diminishes, replace with cloud, wind and rain from tuesday afternoon. some of that rain will be quite heavy. in the wind gust as well reaching 40, 50 mph across england and wales, 50—60 across england and wales, 50—60 across west and south—western areas, maybe even more than that across the far south—west. there will be another blustery day in the north as well. here it will be cold, but further south, 10— 13 degrees. it
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will actually be quite mild. that system pushes off into the north sea for wednesday. a bit of a hang back with this weather front across south—east east anglia, eventually the range should clear up through the range should clear up through the day and a much brighter day for many of us. plenty of sunshine around, still blustery with wintry showers across the north and west scotland, one or two dotted around irish sea coast. you will notice temperatures in single figures, it will feel a little bit cooler.
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welcome to newsday. i'm kasia madera, in london. the headlines: queen elizabeth agrees to harry and meghan's plans, to step back from being senior royals. but there's still a lot to work out. the bbc is given access to al asad in iraq, one of the american airbases ta rgetted by iranian missiles last week. this is the crater from one of five missile barrages. look at the enormous blast, enough to force over these concrete barriers. i'm mariko oi, in singapore. also on the programme. more people flee the philippines volcano, amid fears of an imminent explosion. this is the scene live there,
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