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this is bbc world news, the headlines hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are talkradio presenter daisy mcandrew and katy balls — the deputy politcal editor of spectator. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. the i reports on the start of coronavirus virus human vaccine trials in oxford. they'll begin on thursday — and the times says the government will ‘throw everything' at being the first country to develop a succesful vaccine. the race for a vaccines also features on the front of the daily express, alongside the uk prime minister's return to work — as he recovers from coronavirus. the telegraph reports that nhs workers have been given flawed virus tests. the guardian leads with claims that the uk missed chances to buy
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16 million face masks over the past month. while the financial times says a ‘political decision' kept britain out of a joint eu ventilator pact. the mirror reports that boxes of visors in a british warehouse may be exported, because the government hasn't agreed to buy them. and the mail says thousands of cancer cases are being missed each week, because patients aren't going to see their gps during the pandemic. with me is talkradio presenter daisy mcandrew and also i'm joined by katy balls, the deputy political editor, spectator. quite a few from pages focus on that vaccine trial potentially this week and met hancock, the health secretary and the downing street briefing since that for him this was a bit of good news that he is able to announce. i do not want to be
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cynical about this but certainly number ten will be delighted that a number ten will be delighted that a number of newspapers are leading on the story because as you said, it is a tiny bit of good news amongst all of the horrendous of the news. that is not to say that this is not a big story, it will be a big story if and when these vaccine tests turn into concrete vaccines that can be used across the country. and we've had all the warnings today not to get too overexcited that the professor in charge, one of them is two different testings that are going on, one in oxford and one in london. imperial is starting injune, but there are so excited because as the newspapers are saying, is actually starting the day out tomorrow this coming thursday. on human testing and we then become only the third country to have tests carrying on and on humans, which is a very important stage but as i said
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before, and ea rly—stage important stage but as i said before, and early—stage in the professor said that it couldn't possibly turn into a vaccine that the general public as user nhs workers could use or the elderly could be given into the autumn at the very earliest. so certainly a bit of a health warning not to get too excited, but it is good news and it isa too excited, but it is good news and it is a great relief for matt hancock to have something good to talk about. and exit strategies for the lockdown and the vaccine is the ultimate exit strategy. yes and i think that if you talk to figures in government about ways spec to some form of normality, you do keep hitting blocks in the road when you do not have a vaccine. if you are trying to have a route back to functioning as you were before with social distancing, it is really hard to see how you go back fully to normal without a vaccine in which everyone has access to it. that is
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the government is so hopeful about this. i think as they said, leading several from pages giving us negative stories, which is again this idea of having an optimistic story to tell that is interesting that the chief scientific officer has repeatedly said his press conferences and he was not at the one today but as said that he was very cautious of the chances of a vaccine and talked about how we should make it out of ourselves but if you look at the oxford study and speaking about everything be ready by september, saying that it be 12 to 18 months at the quickest because you have to go through all of these ordeals to make sure that it is safe. let's look at the daily mail and there focusing on cancer being missed 2700 cases missed each week
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because people are simply not going to the gp. this is cancer research and there are so many consequences on their of this coronavirus epidemic. and of course, highlighting the risk to cancer patients who do not know if they have cancer because they're not going to get those tests they did not realise that those reading this story that a lot of hospitals have stopped the testing and in a few weeks i meant to go for my annual mammogram is just a weeks i meant to go for my annual mammogram isjust a precautionary issue, but according to the daily mail, i'm not going to get that test along with many thousands of other people and if you start to think about that and the knock on effects of that, people are not discovering early that they have cancer and not being able to have regular treatment device only when disease. we heard that many people who have heart palpitations are not phoning 999 because he didn't want to go to the hospital. many people have suspect
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that strokes and are not getting the treatment. you see that many of these five o'clock press conferences that whoever it is scientist a politician is saying please, the reason why you built these nightingale hospitals is so that the hospitals can still continue to do the work they do for non—covid—19 patients. if you add on top of that, many people saying that the number of deaths of already risen dramatically it will continue to do so, enough of these medical issues, but from suicides, from domestic violence, from all sorts of other issues, addiction, issues that are not going to be treated and those are some of the hidden deaths that could be and will be caused by coronavirus and the politicians and scientists have got to weigh up the hidden deaths that will be huge with a very visible deaths that people and care homes and hospitals in their life to work out which one do
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i have to look after and what order. katie, what are you hearing and there is a lot of talk about splits in the cabinet about when and how to ease and lift the lockdown. is there still is split and what is boris johnson's latest thinking? as he been affected by having had the virus himself was yellow as he understand it, he is not fully back at work but he is definitely easing himself back in and he has spoken to the president of the united states today. you'll be speaking to the queen. and from those who have been in touch with them, the impression that we get is that borisjohnson is cautious about the sudden into lockdown and there are suggestions that after his own experience, he must be particularly cautious to avoid a second peak. but i think within the cabinet there are growing concerns within the cabinet there are growing concerns about the general cost, not just the economic costs but because in the daily mail front page and costing of the lives and continued
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lockdown in its current form. i think what is really going to be key here is that we have other countries in terms of infections and the peaks are to speak. other countries have begun to ease and does that work and if it does, i think we might see what works and then take it. if it does not, i don't know where that leaves us but it might even see us get to where for example germany is right now if before we get there, it looks like it is backfiring. let's go to the financial times in this row about whether or not there was a kind of a political decision for britain to stay out of european union push to get ventilators and tell us about that. they had some good coverage in the papers today saying that they wanted to talk
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about the possibility of a vaccine. this is the stuff he does not want to see on the front page of the papers. i'm just point out one thing that the financial times goes earlier than other newspaper so it is not therefore that the story is now no longer true in some ways, no longer up—to—date because since they've got it on their online version, the senior civil servant who gave evidence to a committee today sent the reason why the government did not take part in the procurement invoked by the eu proposing for ventilators and so on, she said quite clearly and i re—watched it tonight and he clearly mentored, he did not fumble over his words, he said was a political decision. it was not the story that the government had previously put out and was communication error for stop he did not get the e—mails, we didn't get invited, so we did not ta ke didn't get invited, so we did not take part. then the press conference or teddy short after to the select
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committee, matt hancock completely denied it and said simon mcdonald was wrong and that that was not how it gone down, it wasn't how it happened and it was not a political decision because we did not anything, we did not anything to do with the eu and because we are now leaving the eve. matt hancock supposedly wrong but anyway, it would not have made a difference because the eu has really sourced any ventilators. but the point is, it has been a very embarrassing day with senior civil service cabinet ministers, even more embarrassing to simon mcdonald at the end of the day that they have not had time to show on theirfront page, that they have not had time to show on their front page, he that they have not had time to show on theirfront page, he has com pletely on theirfront page, he has completely changed his story, written it is and be a culprit to the chairman and said i got it all wrong and that is something smells very fishy about this. fundamentally, we do not think it makes much difference to the
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coronavirus story as to who is getting what ventilators by what it does make a difference too, i think, is the sense of the government is in control. it is very bad to have these types of stories when we really need our politicians and our civil servants to be all growing in the same direction. telegraph. on that theme of embarrassing stress to the government, they have nhs workers getting flawed virus tests but the plane in turkey trying to get that personal protective equipment and some of the papers are commonly get a kind of fiasco. and from the government point of view how nervous do you think there will be that there is going to be a reckoning how they handle all this. there's going to be at some point a inquiry. i don't think anyone is looking forward to their inquiry and
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i think there's going to be a story of many parts and if you speak to various figures that are handling this crisis, some will say that this was the mistress decision and what i think will be interesting about your inquiry is looking at the scientific advice is that they say it relies on it heavily. and looking at that how is that going be portioned a clear chain of who did what wrong win. i think that is something they'll be very illuminating from the inquiry in terms of that with the pp issues, the biggest promise of this government has right now is the decision to announce that we can in this light is going to lender this protective equipment. and it's become a bit of a farce. the telegraph lead story and the tests that have been currently given to nhs staff in public health in contests, they are moving from doing
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that to commercial tests and this is due to concerns over the accuracy and however it is worth pointing out in the piece that there are government officials saying that it was always a case that they will move to commercial tests as they became available and if anything this more home—grown test was a holding pattern. the guardian, they are talking about how the uk missed chances to buy 16 million facemasks in the last months. what you make of that when? at the get is quite similarto that when? at the get is quite similar to that stirring the telegraph and with the point of view that we are looking at at the moment is that the newspapers which are insta ntly is that the newspapers which are instantly having a horrendous time as far as their instantly having a horrendous time as faras theirfunding instantly having a horrendous time as far as theirfunding is instantly having a horrendous time as far as their funding is concerned because they have no advertising, they also have this insatiable appetite for their readers in its the same for the broadcasters, an insatiable appetite for new spark runa insatiable appetite for new spark run a virus and is there is little bit different to everybody else's epic by the dangers is for
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journalists trying to break stories with this huge, huge global crisis, it's that there's a little bit of nit—picking going on in order to make your front—page big nit—picking going on in order to make yourfront—page big difference to other peoples and it is difficult, with political journalists and we are used to putting the boot and the politicians, but times are different at the moment and i'm going off on a bit of a rant about journalistic ethics, but i do feel like now is not the time to be nit—picking too much about. unless it is a very political decision which is why simon mcdonald upon spots answer was very important. if politicians are playing politics with peoples lives, clearly lived is something that they have to be held up on. but there are things going on about ordering things going on about ordering things that are clearly not intentional or whether it is the nhs whether it is public health england or whether the civil servants, i do feel a little bit of leeway should be given. i totally answered your question. and actually katie, something that we keep hearing and
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the standing street briefings is that yes, there may be criticisms of the government but the important thing is to get on with it now and make the right decisions now whatever it might of been done on lock down in the last few weeks. yes andl lock down in the last few weeks. yes and i think the general steps of government given the current circumstances, we think people and perhaps the media should cut them a bit of slack concerning their parts of general crisis and that is what they're pushing for. and certainly i think attempts to try and start the inquiry now is not happening because there are so many problems that had arrives before we even get to it. at the same time, journalists are going to try to ask questions about issues which are being ignored and i think the social care and the folks that we've had on social care and that is largely in part because there is a pressure to at least address public and more what we are doing there. back to the telegraph and there is a
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highlight and interpretation of the figures that there was to be over. since the peak of april the 8th and it was the peak and those following other countries like spain. in this isa other countries like spain. in this is a question that is quite unhelpful and of course, if the british public are told we are over the peak, we are going to start relaxing and that is the exact thing the government does not want us to do. and this particular research is carl hannigan and we know, because i have seen many things he has said. he is very anti—lockdown in general. the unseen deaths that will be caused by the lockdown and he is
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very keen for lockdown to be lifted and one of things the government is doing at the moment is in some ways, we are lucky to have and it is horrible to say it, that of other countries being three weeks out of us so we can countries being three weeks out of us so we can watch and learn from any mistakes and any successes they make and if they lift the lockdown, thatis make and if they lift the lockdown, that is what will be watching and waiting on. what the reasons why the government is so adamant tonight give us any hint about when the lockdown is coming because they do not know the lockdown is coming and they don't want us to start planning our weekends away or whatever it might be that might blow the whole theory and everything around it. so theory and everything around it. so the telegraph has got the story, the worst may be over and since we hit the peak on april the 8th, does slightly shoot its own story and the fluid with the very last sentence of the story on the front page saying that this was put together by carl, who has been floating how the numbers have been coming down. yesterday, we had a very big jump
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and he was saying that we have had nojumps in the last and he was saying that we have had no jumps in the last few weeks. so, iam nota no jumps in the last few weeks. so, i am not a scientist, but it does not read very comfortably to me. katie, what is interesting is i hear what you're saying about the worry that people are going to start to think that we can start to ignore the restrictions, but the time, the government and i'm think i am right of saying it, they are surprised at how obedient the british people have been and following all the strict protocol surrounding social distancing. i think it is very hard to predict where public opinion is going to go. ultimately at the moment, i think the government could have difficulty selling a lockdown to the public. you have pulling out today that at the moment, the public in general is undecided about whether or not this three week lockdown extension ends, whether it should be eased off after that are continued. sol should be eased off after that are continued. so i think that people are very worried about this illness and that means that when you start
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talking about how you eventually get to an exit strategy, a pillar that is going to be in the way is how to convince people that it is safe to go outside and do normal things and not to go to awkward, facemasks and something that is being discussed and people could use that outside that can make them more protected and less likely to pass on as you start to get to that phase. thank you so much for being with us and daisy too. katie. thank you very much indeed for reviewing the papers for us. that is it. goodbye. good evening. the latest sports news and european football governing body
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is still planning for a june restart across its lea ks, is still planning for a june restart across its leaks, but the following crunch talks with the organisation has admitted, for the first time, the completing the current season will be impossible for some weeks. our football correspondent has the latest. where we are at the moment is that the ua five today presented all 35 associations their outline and the remainder of the season will be. and that is called leads to com plete be. and that is called leads to complete for be. and that is called leads to com plete for lea ks to be. and that is called leads to complete for lea ks to restart in june and the champions league and the europa league to either run with them as you would have been normally, or to conclude after the leagues have finished and we're looking at august. either way, they hope u efa uefa will have one on the 29th of august and the europa league final can do this on the 26th of august.
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with that, there is hope for the season to finish but also, uefa exerting a note of caution because of the first time, they have accepted that they will listen to, in their words, accepted that they will listen to, in theirwords, in accepted that they will listen to, in their words, in special cases, any league that thinks that it has a good reason to finish early. so on one hand we've got a positivity of what they see as a season that will conclude in june, july and what they see as a season that will conclude injune, july and by the end of august on the other, we have an understanding that this may not be possible and for some weeks, they may want to get out of this earlier than others. uefa have set the next european women's championship will ta ke european women's championship will take place in july european women's championship will take place injuly 2022 the tournament that will be held in england has been pushed back a year after the men's european championship in the tokyo olympics
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are both postponed until 2021. the plan is to use the same venues as the original tournament and moving the original tournament and moving the euros to 2022 will avoid two instruments in the same summer. a look at some the other news stories. selling the title rights for one yearin selling the title rights for one year in an effort to raise money for the fight against the coronavirus. the spanish cloud said they would donate the entire fee raised by selling the rights to the company to fighting the global pandemic. the european captain says there is no appetite for either side of the atla ntic to appetite for either side of the atlantic to pay the —— play the competition behind closed doors. and the magic weekend is the latest event to be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic and it is one of the major events in the rugby league calendar that was supposed to be held in newcastle at the end of next month. onto some news and the
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world of sport today, the director of uk athletics is died at the age of uk athletics is died at the age of 60. he was a physiotherapist for the organisation before moving through the ranks to take the top job in 2012 before leaving the position just last year. among those paying tribute was denise lewis is that the news has rocked our athletics committee. humble, hard—working athletics committee. humble, ha rd—working and committed. athletics committee. humble, hard—working and committed. and we will miss your laugh and dry sense of humour. reading this. olympic 400 metre medallist also tweeted that he was not a celebrity, he was not known by millions but he was respected and liked by so many.
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just before we go. the streets of boston should have been swarming with thousands of runners on monday but the coronavirus put a halt to the fedex of one man who did decide to run the road and they signed up to run the road and they signed up to ta ke to run the road and they signed up to take part and not to be outdone, he did manage to complete the back half before the streets largely deserted as you can see, he does get to have another crack at it though. giving it another go at september and that is the rescheduled date for the boston marathon. good effort on the boston marathon. good effort on the same. that is it goodbye for now. hello there. ourfine sunny the same. that is it goodbye for now. hello there. our fine sunny dry warm spell of april weather is said to continue for a time and this is one of the weather watcher pictures that we had sent to us on tuesday showing the clear skies over the western aisles from what looks like
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to be almost like a white sand beach. suddenly, you can see the extent of the clear skies across northern europe and the uk and underneath the area of high pressure with low pressure remaining in the mediterranean in here it is quite windy he could see some rain in spain across southern france and italy as well and more rains come here on wednesday. the isobars are getting more widely spaced on wednesday and what that means is the winds will not be blowing quite strongly and it could be a little bit of cloud to start the day across the pen nines and also clearing away very quickly with high cloud across western areas to make dissension lunch and a little bit on the hazy side at times but for most it is another day with unbroken sunshine and it is going to be a warmer day as well with those later winds helping temperatures to push on into the low 20s across england and wales with the high teens for parts of northern ireland and western scotland. looking at the with the picture as we head into wednesday night, again will keep clear weather for the most part but, we could see a few mist and fog patches towards the end of the night and he will not
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be quite as cool as recent nights given that the site temperatures by day, overnight we're looking at temperatures staying up at around six to eight celsius. and if we do see some mist and fog patches they will clear away, fairly quickly and be strong april sunshine as we go through this morning in the afternoon looking fine with long spells of sunshine. thursday promises to be the warmest day with the warmer temperatures reaching around 24, maybe 25 celsius with the warmest weather across parts of southern england. taking a look at the weather charts this week, we head towards the end of the week with the area of high pressure is declining —— declining, weakening and another finding friday will be for most of us on friday. so again, a day of spells and sunshine, perhaps a little bit more the way of cloud building just for a time as we head into the afternoon. but a fair weather clown. the northerly winds will be in the highland but
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temperatures will be dropping to run 9 degrees but otherwise another warm and sunny day. we could be seeing the remains of weak weather fronts trying to move away towards the uk, moving into that area of high pressure. there will be very weak features indeed. but we could see just below the way of cloud and perhaps a few isolated showers and the showers on saturday are most likely to be across the far north of scotland, particularly the northern aisles but it could be another dry day and with those temperatures in the high teens to low 20s. those temperatures are notjust coming down a few degrees, but it still warm for the time of year. on sunday next week, our area of high pressure will continue to weaken and low pressure starts to move a little bit closer to the uk and with some uncertainty about whether or not we'd see a big change in the weather, but we probably will see is weather, but we probably will see is we go to sunday the early part of next week as there will be a bit more cloud around, the weather will be getting a little bit cooler and we may as well start to see a few
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isolated showers here and there as well, so it might not be entirely dry. temperatures as you can see, coming down from london to 19 degrees on sunday to around 16 towards the middle of next week. that is your weather. goodbye for now.
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this is bbc news — i'm ben brown — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president trump confirms an executive order to suspend immigration into the us — he says to protect workers, following the coronavirus outbreak. by by pausing immigration that we will help with unemployed americans first in line for jobs as america reopens. an economy in crisis — people in parts of new york form long queues forfood — as the big apple reels from the pandemic. the number of deaths in england and wales — in the week ending the 10th of april — was double the level normally expected — and the highest level for 20 years. the world heath organisation issues a stark warning

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