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a pakistani passenger plane carrying nearly 99 people has crashed into homes in the city of karachi. officials have so far confirmed 80 deaths, but at least two passengers have survived. brazil's supreme court has authorised the release of a video, that reportedly shows brazil's president bolsonaro confessing to interfering with the federal police to help his family. it's being reported that dominic cummings — who's a key adviser to the british prime minister boris johnson — broke lockdown guidelines by travelling to his parents‘ home to self—isolate while suffering with coronavirus. the british government has confirmed that from june the eighth people arriving in the uk will have to self—isolate for m days. anyone breaching the rules will be fined 1200 dollars.
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are author and journalist yasmin alibhai brown, and david bond who's brexit editor at the financial times. welcome at the financial times. to you both again. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the daily mirror and guardian report that the prime minister's chief aide, dominic cummings, has come to the attention of police after travelling to his parents‘ home 250 miles away in durham, while suffering coronavirus symptoms. a source close to mr cummings denies he was spoken to by officers. the guardian reminds its readers that at the time mr cummings left london the government had told people not to travel and to stay at their family home.
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labour is demanding a "very swift explanation" for what it calls an apparent breach of lockdown rules. firms will be required to pay a quarter of the wages of furloughed staff under treasury plans to unwind the state subsity scheme, according to the times, which says the chancellor will make an announcement next week. tensions between boris johnson and the chancellor are reported in the ft. it says treasury alarm over finances has led to rishi sunak pushing the pm to lift the lockdown. the paper also says that pet prices soar as pandemic loneliness sparks a serious outbreak of pupply love. the telegraph says it's learnt that the prime minister is to scale back huawei's involvement in the uk's 56 network in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. "let's all go on a british summer holiday" is the express‘s headline
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after the home secretary announced strict quarantine measures which the paper says could lead to a boost in uk tourism. and the mail reports on hopes that so—called virus passports and travel corridors could allow families to travel abroad this summer. nothing completely concrete at the moment. let start. welcome to you both again. yasmin, guardian and the mirrorand both again. yasmin, guardian and the mirror and thisjoint both again. yasmin, guardian and the mirror and this joint investigation. what do you make a big?” mirror and this joint investigation. what do you make a big? i am surprised it has taken so long. it isi surprised it has taken so long. it is i was a way that this happened. and i really don't think he he will resign or be held to account to any of it because he never is. but the interesting thing i was looking at twitter at the break, the
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interesting questions rvs, if you are ill, which he apparently, he and his wife were, and they took their child up to the elderly parents, there is something surely to be asked about who does that, because the other they are the most vulnerable. i a mostly white general question will be, it is not our investigation, although it seems this and confirm that they were spoken to. the wider question is whether this was the breaking the guidelines which were pretty draconian in the early days of this pandemic in this country. that is right. if you think back to the health secretary matt hancock, he actually said when they were first announcing the lockdown measures, this is not advice, it is an instruction. it was very clear that people were being told if they had
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symptoms of coronavirus to stay at home and self— isolate. symptoms of coronavirus to stay at home and self—isolate. certainly not the drive 260 odd miles to the northeast of the country and as yasmin just northeast of the country and as yasminjust said, to northeast of the country and as yasmin just said, to actually visit, nothing specific perhaps in the guidelines about this, certainly all the advice was coming from boris johnson and others in the government that you needed to protect the vulnerable and certainly if you had symptoms, going to see the elderly parents was not the right thing to do. i think the question now is really what this boris johnson know about this because ifjohnson knew about this because ifjohnson knew about that, remember johnson about this because ifjohnson knew about that, rememberjohnson became very seriously ill will coronavirus himself and matt hancock was ill with it. it was going to number ten very quickly. in the cabinet secretary. indeed. before the interview social distancing measures in numberten, clearly interview social distancing measures in number ten, clearly it was going through a wildfire through there. butjohn cena through a wildfire through there. but john cena must through a wildfire through there. butjohn cena must have known that he was planning to do this. ——
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johnson. big questions about that how. johnson. big questions about that now. yes a joint investigation with the mirror, i suppose the other issue here is politically, you say that you don't think anything will happen and he will not resign. number ten will not comment about this at the moment but number ten has been pretty forthright when it is come to medics, the guy professor ian ferguson, i think matt hancock was speechless when he heard that he had broken the lockdown guidelines. i suppose the argument is, or the argument could be leveled of hypocrisy here come if you've got people who are the architects of these guidelines and then breaching it. i think it was absolutely right for ferguson to leave because we trustees experts and i think he felt
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himself when he did what he did. —— we trust these experts. this is a very different story so everything will be done to protect dominic cummings. everybody knows that boris is not going to ask him to resign. and all of that shock horror that we saw with ferguson, we would not see from some of the people in cabinet closest to boris johnson. from some of the people in cabinet closest to borisjohnson. but i wonder what people who so far have really gone with everything that johnson and his close advisers have been doing and saying, whether they will feel betrayed. i don't know. we will feel betrayed. i don't know. we will find out. on social media, the last point about the story, a lot of criticism of him, but interestingly, he has his detractors with him, tori ra nks he has his detractors with him, tori ranks as well. absolutely. he is a very divisive figure. not only among liberals and among remainers, how
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cummings really came to prominence because he was absolutely pivotal in the leave campaign. and boris johnson, to underline that point that yasmin made, borisjohnson really relies on him and really needs him. he will really fight and you can see already on social media tonight, people rallying in sources speaking on his behalf saying that he will fight it and others dismissing the investigation as fake news. dismissing the investigation as fake news. but it should be clear, he is a very divisive figure within the conservative party as well. there will be a lot of people who will be sharpening their knives for him tonight. let's go to the times newspaper. firms must start paying a quarter of staff wages, the can reduce when the lockdown is ease. numberii, reduce when the lockdown is ease. number 11, the treasury, pretty concerned about the way forward economically. yes. it is a valid concern. and i think some companies
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especially those who have been very profitable until very recently should share the burden. it is ridiculous that people with huge businesses and huge profits still wa nt to businesses and huge profits still want to keep that level for themselves. in palm this on to the state. i think it is incredibly good that rishi sue nick did what he did when he did it. to protect workers. what this was not a free gift. —— a rishi hsu. there are egregious cases of very wealthy individuals using the scheme. but by a large, the 8 million people have been furloughed, a lot of these companies just would have gone under already, were they not? had the scheme not been in place. i think there are a lot of companies who can afford a quarter off. the workforce wages. and they should pay up. it means that their
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shareholders will get less and some of the top brass will have to take less, but that is what they should be doing. , pension funds and the whole economy generally will suffer as well. it is complicated. what do you make of this? there is no question that it was the right thing to do on the chancellor announced the furloughs came and rolled out all the various loan schemes that have been supporting businesses and also help for the self—employed and all the various of the package of measures. but we are now heading towards sort of ten weeks, 12 weeks down the road from that, the furloughs scheme has been extended to october and at the time rishi sunak did that there was this big question right so about what he companies really going to be asked to do here. now we know it will be a quarter, which should be manageable
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for the vast majority of companies, but you cannot outline just how seismic this economic damages and already start to seek rishi sunak is clearly worried deeply they are all very worried at the treasury that the economic damage being caused by the economic damage being caused by the lockdown is really going to be difficult to repair and there are doubts under how quick and he bounced back will be. your got this on the front page. let's go to a response from yasmin. the ft, rishi sunak pushes him to lift lockdown. the tensions really come to the fore between number ten and number 11. i wonder how much you think the prime minister's on personal experience of suffering from the coronavirus and becoming dangerously ill plays into this caution on his part. i'm not sure that is what is happening, but i think he has been very rattled by think borisjohnson i think he has been very rattled by think boris johnson has i think he has been very rattled by think borisjohnson has been very
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rattled by the incessant accusations that in my view have been rightly leveled at him that a lot could've been done sooner and fewer people could've died. i think he has found that he is a man who likes to be like. when i think that is affected him. ina like. when i think that is affected him. in a way, this is notjust between the number ten a number 11. this is a nation and argument. i'm having this argument with my son, who is a very sick. he is on the side of rishi sunak. i am oddly with the prime minister. —— who is a barrister. we had to be very careful. if they open up too soon and there is another pay, who will be blamed? it is not the easiest of decisions that. —— another wave. your paper, david, has done this, the economic consequences of staying on the lockdown for too long are
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just devastating to martha? absolutely right. you start with the terrible state of the public finances in april revealed today. the ratio in the government borrowing has now a ratio of his debt to the national income in his highest level in 57 years. these are staggering numbers and these are really serious economic consequences that we are likely i think the question for boris johnson of the government is the thing that is in their mind is they can start to think about public inquiry into the way they've handle this. the public might forgive them for mishandling the missteps around the early stages. no government or country could've expected to deal with this epidemic. he quite the way that it is come along. but they will not be forgiven if they mishandle the steps
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out of it. so if the easy lockdown too soon and there is another spike ina lot too soon and there is another spike in a lot more people die, they would not be forgiven for that and i think thatis not be forgiven for that and i think that is on the minds of boris johnson and his advisers. let's move onto the telegraph. pm to scale back huawei 5g role in the wake of the virus. we a controversial move by the government after allowing them to build 35% of the 5g network. this could well be right back. yes. this is to do with really are this relationship to the united states. where they have been trying to do a trade to a borisjohnson is going to go for a g7 meeting and trump and his lot were very angry with the deal that was then here and now i think you are seeing two things. one, we are in the middle of a new cold war, this time when china and who knows what will happen. china is
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a superpower. incredibly influential internationally now. and also, this relationship, this special and really quite humiliating relationship that we are going to have to form with the united states after we leave europe. is that how you really, david ? after we leave europe. is that how you really, david? ithink after we leave europe. is that how you really, david? i think that is certainly part of the thinking here. timing is really interesting. —— how you read it. it is not like the uk did not know what the us view of the deal was. i covered the story excessively. the pressure from the us was immense and from the security agencies and from the politicians to not allow huawei a big role in the role of 56. so nothing has changed in that sense, but what has changed is obviously the desire of the uk to have the us trade deal and the situation post with the coronavirus and china in the us putting pressure on them over the amount of
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information that let out into the international community after the outbreak and will hand. i think it is what is shifted in the conservative party itself, there are now a lot of hocks in the tories who wa nt now a lot of hocks in the tories who want to see a much tougher line taking with china and also a wider talk of new defensive measures around chinese take over the bridge companies which look like they're in the works. you can see a hardening and that would fit with a tougher sta nce and that would fit with a tougher stance on huawei. back to the coronavirus. the daily mail. corona passports to save holidays. is that the right way forward or is there clear messages do you think about this? ijust don't understand the story. what does it mean to have this passport, that you've had the illness, that passport says we are clear, we don't know we are clear evenif clear, we don't know we are clear even if we had it. until time passes and that is proven, we don't know
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that having this gives you permanent immunity yet. so i don't understand this story at all. maybe davey can explain. also because a few days ago we talked about having a special deal with france because i having restrictions there, that is now being cancelled. —— of not having. we do have the republic of ireland and people have to self—isolate them they can go by tube or bus to where they can go by tube or bus to where they go to self—isolate. they can go by tube or bus to where they go to self-isolate. it is very confusing. i think it is a bit premature. just to start saying this is what we can do and what will happen. david, the express points that we can all go on a british summer holiday, which should be a shotin summer holiday, which should be a shot in the arm for the british tourism and travel industry. which presumably will help with the national finances. quiet. presumably will help with the nationalfinances. quiet. it felt presumably will help with the national finances. quiet. it felt to me that the message that priti patel
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was trying to give out today was that it was going to be difficult to have a foreign holiday if not impossible in the idea of these air bridges, look like the government is backing away from that idea, but we don't yet know if it will be possible to even go away in the uk this summer although judging by possible to even go away in the uk this summer althoughjudging by some of the bookings for the count side, read a story couple of days ago thinking it was in the times, is said bookings are already up for august and september at capsize as people are desperate to try and salvage something of the upcoming summerand of course salvage something of the upcoming summer and of course with the weather having been so good over the period of the lockdown, people are probably desperate to try and get away and do something but it isjust not clear and until next week when borisjohnson will start not clear and until next week when boris johnson will start to make this decision added the june the ist deadline, looking at the rate of infection, and all the signs are that that is definitely sort of coming down, just not clear the howling and he will be. it will be tricky. pointy every reviewed every
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three weeks. —— quarantine rules are reviewed every three weeks. people cannot plan to have. let's go back to the time. jk rowling on the front page. that cannot plan ahead. she has went to twitter debunking the myth about writing the harry potter books and what the inspiration was for her. if thatjust books and what the inspiration was for her. if that just to exasperation do you think?” for her. if that just to exasperation do you think? i think she loves playing these games. i love her. she's very active on twitter and she plays tricks on people but actually, the most remarkable thing about those books is that they came entirely from her head. and she says in the times of the front page summer that was well on the train to mature from manchester,. a delay train i think she said. —— two manchester. the samples in new york. a lot of shops they are claiming to be the inspiration for the books. —— in
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york. she said she never had even been there. i know. it is her imagination. extraordinary imagination. extraordinary imagination. i'm just saying imagination. extraordinary imagination. i'mjust saying british tourism leads to another blow,. a lot of places, york, edinburgh, oxford, we've all been any claim to have some connection the potter books and this could be the birthplace. another blow for them. some. under saying they're willing to the film because the films and the producers have been around the shambles. —— some are saying they're willing to the film. thank you very much but the you for taking us to the first edition of the papers. thank you yasmin and david. goodbye for now. that's it for the papers tonight.
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hello, i'm chetan pathak with your latest sports news. first... in an exclusive interview with the bbc, the premier league's chief executive has told us they're as confident as they can be about resuming next month... and that he's optimistic fans could be back in stadiums at some stage next season. richard master has been speaking to our sports editor dan roan: it may be hard to believe, but this was the last time the premier league was in action. two and a half months after leicester city's win over aston villa, players have had to wait until this week to start an initial phase of non—contact training, and today, in his first interview since the start of this crisis, the man in charge told me about his hopes for a resumption of the season next month. i sense there is some momentum and positivity behind it. we've gone back to training but it's only a first step. it's step by step. all of the clubs' work in the communities, the 100,000 jobs the premier league supports, all of those are potentially at risk, as with other industry sectors, and i believe ultimately
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we have a responsibility to try to get back to business to protectjobs and to move forward. but, with unresolved rows among clubs over the safety of players, the use of neutral stadia and whether relegation should be scrapped, plenty of hurdles remain. you have to have contingency plans. curtailment is still a possibility, so what would happen in that environment is something we are yet to discuss with our clubs. contact training could start next week but, as six cases of the virus among premier league clubs revealed, some players have refused to train over their concerns. today the premier league held a meeting with the footballers union to discuss the increased risk to black, asian and minority ethnic players. we have done everything we can to make return to training as safe as possible for you, and therefore for you and your family. we've put in place testing programmes and all the different protocols in order to protect you and your livelihood, and we think it's safe to return. the decision, ultimately, we have to respect those players
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that take the decision not to return to training — that is their prerogative. if you were a footballer, would you play? i think i would. i've listened to the arguments. i've been in the meetings, talked to the medical advisers and i would be comfortable to do so. last weekend, the bundesliga became the world's first major league to resume. as in germany, football here will have to get used to playing without fans, but for how long? nobody knows the answer to that. i just think we have to plan accordingly. we have to take it step by step. at the moment, there is still optimism we will see fans back in grounds next season. the premier league will not be back to being itself, at its best, until we get fans back through the turnstiles. with an unprecedented financial crisis facing cash—strapped clubs in the football league, could the top flight do more to bail out the rest of the football family? our clubs are suffering significant financial losses. our support for the rest of the game is unprecedented across european football, and we are very committed to that. like all sporting competitions,
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the premier league is waiting to re—emerge from its enforced shutdown. when and whether the action will resume remains unclear. dan roan, bbc news. australia's cricketers are still planning to tour england later this year. cricket australia says september's t20 and odi matches remain on their schedule. and that they'll closely watch how the west indies and pakistan tours go beforehand. meanwhile some england players returned to training this week. all—rounder chris woakes has been talking to bbc radio five lives adrian chiles about how his body has reacted to training after being in lockdown: i have been keen to get back out there and do some training but it is like riding a bike to be honest. you jump like riding a bike to be honest. you jump back on and in a way you go. as isaid, a jump back on and in a way you go. as i said, a little bit sore this morning with the body. i feel it. but it is nice to have those aches and pains back. i haven't had that make it comes back quite naturally.
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a couple of months. it didn't seem like too long. that's all the sport for now. hello there. we have seen some unusually windy weather for this time of year, and on friday the strongest winds reached 60 miles an hour in northern ireland and parts of scotland and in north west wales where we had the low 70s mph. these have been bringing large waves to the coastline, many beaches are patrolled for understandable reasons and with similar rough seas expected this weekend, probably best to stay well away. at the weekend we have more rain and strong winds thanks to this slow—moving area of low pressure with the strongest winds closer to the centre of it, just to the north of scotland, and through saturday, although we start off very windy in the north—west, the isobars slowly space out and the low pressure gets a bit less intense put up the winds will lose some of their strength.
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these are the temperatures starting saturday, blustery winds first thing in western scotland, reaching 60 mph and only slowly easing some rain as well in northern ireland and scotland, wet for most of the day and quite cool. england and wales, some sunshine, they could be the odd shower just about everywhere. 30—110 mph winds but still up at 50 in northern scotland. just 11 degrees in glasgow on saturday afternoon, 19 in london and even in the wind, not feeling too bad. saturday night, a bit more rain coming through and that it will tend to ease down through sunday with brighter conditions spreading from the west. some more sunshine coming into western areas, 17 in belfast but 22 around london and this warming trend to the weather is set to continue next week as the high pressure builds towards the south. the sunniest weather will be
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a england and wales, in england and wales, but we could do with some rain. the weak weather front will move in from the atlantic bringing some rain back into western scotland and northern ireland but probably not too heavy. quite a bit warmer in eastern england, temperatures reaching the mid 20s, and we could see mid to high 20s as we head into the first part of the new week as the weather gets quite a bit warmer. that is your latest weather.
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this is bbc news. i'm tim willcox with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. miracle in pakistan, survivors pulled from the wreckage of a plane crash in karachi —but 80 people are confirmed dead. the british prime minister's chief advisor is reported to have broken lockdown guidelines by travelling to his parents' home to self isolate when suffering with coronavirus. president trump demands us state governors reopen all places of worship this weekend. brazil's supreme court releases a video of the president allegedly admitting to interfering with law enforcement to protect his family. while muslims around the world prepare for the end of ramadan — we look at how eid

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