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an african—american who died being detained by police in minneapolis. in dozens of american cities, there have been more protests and violence, but the president ignored calls for a unifying message. you have to dominate. if you don't dominate, you're wasting your time. they're gonna run over you, you're gonna look like a bunch ofjerks. you have to dominate. england sees its lockdown relaxed further with up to six people now allowed to meet outdoors. but there's criticism from some scientists. and singapore, the city state with the highest number of covid cases in south east asia, takes gradual steps to reopen its economy.
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster and author, john kampfner and the comment and features editor at city am, rachel cunliffe. we'll be looking at tomorrow's front pages in a moment but first this is the scene at the white house. let's go live now to the white house's rose garden — where president trump is addressing reporters he is going to be speaking to reporters and to the nation after seven days of consecutive —— consecutive days of protest following the killing of george floyd in minneapolis. several cities including washington, dc, new york,
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minneapolis, are under curfew. president trump has been telling state governors they must dominate protests a nd state governors they must dominate protests and has been calling on law enforcement to get much tougher, so it will be really interesting to know exactly what he's going to say at this press conference. we will go to it live of course during our review if it does happen, so do stay with us for that. first, let's take a look at what's on the front pages. the times features a warning from britain's biggest head teacher's union that a full return of all primary school pupils before the summer holidays ‘will be impossible.‘ a child has her temperature checked in an image on the front of the mirror as some students returned to socially distanced classes in england today. the i reports on the uk government's plans to use summer camps to help children who have missed out on weeks of education due to the coronavirus outbreak. the telegraph says ministers are working on plans to replace quarantine for arrivals to the uk. the paper reports that the prime minister borisjohnson is now ‘personally in favour‘
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of introducing air bridges. according to the guardian, new arrivals to the uk will be able to go food shopping and use public transport from airports during a 14—day quarantine. draft plans are to be laid before the uk parliament tomorrow. and the financial times international front page reports several facebook employees have publicly criticised their chief executive mark zuckerberg for refusing to take action over posts by president trump which have been described as ‘glorifying violence.‘ the death of george floyd in police custody has led to six days of protest across the united states and a level of civil unrest not seen in decades. so let‘s begin. thank you both forjoining us here this evening. of course we start with the independent. the front page, this is not going to stop. this is the heart of america‘s
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george floyd protest. this has been going on for days now and there is so going on for days now and there is so much anger understandably amongst people over what happened with george floyd and beyond that, what is happening to race relations in the united states. absolutely. racial tensions in the united states is anything but new. it goes back to slavery, segregation, all the problems with america that they‘ve had from the get go. the difference is this present president. with the first president in memory, the first since the civil war, who is an entirely reluctant to be seen as the president for all americans. he has not done that at all during his tenure. he has reinforced his
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so—called base, which tends to be middle american, white, almost exclusively white working class, lower middle class, angry folk. everything that he has done in recent weeks has been fuel on the fire of racial divide, almost paradoxically willing to be greater social unrest. what do you think, rachel? is he willing it?” social unrest. what do you think, rachel? is he willing it? i think the headline says it all. this is not going to stop. it really isn't. i think it's telling the address we are waiting for will be the first time that trump has addressed the nation about those protests in those six days. most of his response so far has been via twitter, which is not something we've seen before.
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past presidents, have made a real effort to calm the situation. i also think it's telling to contrast president trump, not just with past presidents, but with his own comment about the charlottesville demonstrations, which was a white supremacist rally. his quote was there were great people on both sides and bad people on both sides. this was obviously a rally where somebody who was not protesting who was demonstrating against the white supremacist ended up being killed. so the real difference in tone there, i don't think we should under underestimate the fact this is an election year. he is trying to whip up election year. he is trying to whip up his base. we probably should not ta ke up his base. we probably should not take it out of context which is covid—19. other people in america who have, depending on what state they are in, endured some form of
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lockdown. they've seen their businesses, theirjobs destroyed unprecedented. huge economic unrest as well. a real sense that there is i'io as well. a real sense that there is no leadership from the white house during this pandemic. i think that's factored into that. they started out as widely demonstrating against the unlawful, unjust killing of an african—american man at the hands of police, but i don't think he can re move police, but i don't think he can remove it entirely from the context that frustration and anger and fear across the us. john, what will it ta ke across the us. john, what will it take for americans to move forward? i think more moving forward will be incredibly difficult. moving backwards is more likely. rachel is right to bring this back to covid, and also to the economic consequences of covid. the unemployment rate in the united states has soared to levels not seen
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since the great depression. america is absolutely not unique in that every country is going to see social dislocation. it‘s incumbent on all governments, the one thing covid has not done to bring people together, this sense of we are all in this together is not true. the more co mforta ble together is not true. the more comfortable people like myself have been more protected. the people have less money and who have less access to public health are the ones who have been most exposed. in the united states, without the national health system and certainly not one that helps people really on the redline, and with job security is far more precarious in other countries, these intentions will get a whole lot worse. let's move on to the guardian.
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critics on number ten over ridiculous quarantine. this is about the plans to quarantine tens of thousands of new arrivals to the uk. this article says they are going to be apparently under the plans allowed to go food shopping, change accommodation, use public cancer work when they use the airport during this 14 date quarantine. rachel, does this sound like a real quarantines? rachel, does this sound like a real quara ntines? it‘s rachel, does this sound like a real quarantines? it‘s really contributing what the plan is going to be —— confusing. contributing what the plan is going to be -- confusing. when i first read about this a couple of weeks ago, the plan was very clear. it was 14 days of self—isolation. the application being it was self—isolation in the same way that people in the uk have been told to self—isolate if they have covid symptoms or if a family member does. getting other people to not go out to exercise, etc. now it's like the plan says if you come, you will have to, from anywhere else, whether by plane or by ferry or whatever, you
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will have to quarantine for 14 days. but you can get to that residence via public transport from the airport, you can shop for yourself, and apparently you can give multiple residences and switch between them. one in five people will be checked, which is actually quite a high number. the find is —— the fine is £1000 for breaking it. not like the 60# for breaking other lockdown rules. what i think is not on here was the original plan was very strict. then people started raising concerns about how they will get to those addresses and feed themselves. so the rules have been changed in order to kind of accommodate every objection inching along, but what we've ended up with is a quarantine syste m we've ended up with is a quarantine system where people would now be justifiable in asking what the point of it at all? and what's the point
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of it at all? and what's the point of it at all? and what's the point of it specifically if it's going to be enough to deter people coming here and to our tourism industry, they are very concerned about. it's going to be enough to cause you huge economic damage, but not enough to actually mitigate the risks. at the risk of sounding facetious, i couldn‘t —— in the sense of the government has absolutely no credibility, and i say this with great sadness because we are talking about people‘s lives. the lockdown easing, with more to come over the next few weeks, the great dangers talked about today and a number of experts to, is that people will ignore each and every one of the
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rules. because at the very highest level, members of this government have been seen to do it and to get away with it. as i say, i think that‘s a terrible situation, because the risk of a second about and we are still, even though we had the lowest daily death counts today of 111 since march, that is still a lot of people. the death toll in this country is shamefully high, and we do have to abide by the rules. but sadly, the credibility of this government on this issue is seriously undermined. rachel, the daily telegraph has the same story. it talks about air bridges being pa rt it talks about air bridges being part of the plan. can you explain what air bridges are? they would be other countries with much lower infection rates. australia and new zealand, obviously greece and a lot
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of european countries, we would allow passengers from those countries to come in and did not have to quarantine or self—isolate while keeping quarantine from more high—risk countries. the idea of that would be it would sort of smooth tourism and business travel. ican see smooth tourism and business travel. i can see why the australians might be laughing at us a little bit, saying, hang on you want our citizens to quarantine if they visit your country. it's you guys with the problem. it's looking at how this policy will look and practice what damage will it do, what risks is it designed to mitigate against? it seems like the prime minister is a fan of the air bridges amendment to the 14. we should be seeing some movement on that by the end of the month. —— the quarantine. domestic tourism all the way. you rachel is
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right to point out how it will be impossible for other nationalities to come here, whether or not this is implemented, if there is the threat of quarantine. british travellers going abroad, it‘s a double whammy. i will have to enter up to you, let‘s go live to the white house. president trump is addressing the nation. to defend our great country and the american people. i swore an oath to the laws of our nation, and thatis oath to the laws of our nation, and that is exactly what i will do —— uphold the laws. all americans were rightly sickened and revolted by the brutal death of george floyd. my administration is fully committed that for george and his family, justice will be served. he will not have died in vain. but we cannot allow the righteous cries of peaceful protesters to be drowned
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out by an angry mob, the biggest victims of the writing are peace loving citizens and our poorest communities. as their president, i will fight to keep them safe. i will fight to protect you. i am your president of law and order, and an ally of all peaceful protesters. but in recent days, our nation has been gripped by professional anarchists, violent mums, arsonists, looters, criminals, rioters, and others —— violent mobs. governments have failed to take action to safeguard the residence. innocent people have been savagely beaten. like the young man in dallas, texas was left dying in the street or the woman in u pstate n ew in the street or the woman in upstate new york viciously attacked by dangerous folks. small business
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owners have seen “— by dangerous folks. small business owners have seen —— new by dangerous folks. small business owners have seen —— new york‘s finest have been hit in the face with bricks. brave nurses who have battled the virus are afraid to leave their homes. a police precinct has been overrun here in the nation‘s capital. the venetian memorial —— lincoln memorial and the world war ii memorial have been vandalized. one of our most historical churches was set ablaze. a federal officer in california, an african—american enforcement hero, was shot and killed. these are not a cts was shot and killed. these are not acts of peaceful protest. these are a cts acts of peaceful protest. these are acts of peaceful protest. these are acts of domestic terror. the destruction of innocent life and the spelling of innocent blood is an offence to humanity and a crime against god. america needs creation,
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not destruction. cooperation, not contempt. security, notanarchy. healing, not hatred. justice, not chaos. this is our mission and we will succeed, 100%, we will succeed. our country always wins. that is why iam taking our country always wins. that is why i am taking immediate presidential action to stop the violence and restore security and safety in america. i am restore security and safety in america. iam mobilising restore security and safety in america. i am mobilising all available federal resources, civilian and military, to stop the rioting and looting, two in the destruction and arson, and to protect the rights of law—abiding americans, including your second amendment rights. therefore, the following measures are going into effect immediately. first we are ending the riots and lawlessness
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that has spread throughout our country. we will end it now. today i have strongly recommended to every governor to deploy the national guard in sufficient numbers that we dominate the streets. mayors and governors must establish an overwhelming law enforcement presence until the light violence has been quelled. if a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residence, then i will deploy the united states military and quickly solve the problem for them. i am also taking quick and decisive act in two protect our great capital, washington, dc —— decisive action. what happened in the city last night was a total disgrace. as we speak, i am dispatching thousands and thousands of heavily armed soldiers,
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military personnel and law enforcement officers to stop the rioting, looting, vandalism, assault and the want and destruction of property. we are putting everybody on morning are seven o‘clock curfew will be strictly enforced. those who threaten him and innocent life and property will be arrested, detained and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. i want the organisers of this terror to be unnoticed yet you‘ll face severe criminal penalties and lengthy sentences in jail. this includes anti—fuh and others who are leading instigators of this violence —— antifa. one law and order and that is what it is. one law. we have one beautiful law. and once that is restored and fully restored, we will help you, we will
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help your business and we will help yourfamily. america help your business and we will help your family. america is help your business and we will help yourfamily. america is founded upon the rule of law. it is the foundation of our prosperity, our freedom and our very way of life. but where there is no law, there is no opportunity. where there is no justice, there is no liberty. where there is no safety, there is no future. we must never give in to anger or hatred, if malice or violence rains, then none of us is free. i take these actions today with firm resolve and with a true and passionate love for our country. by and passionate love for our country. by far and passionate love for our country. byfarour and passionate love for our country. by far our greatest days lie ahead. thank you very much and now i‘m going to pay my respects to a very, very special place. thank you very
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much. studio: president trump has addressed reporters and the nation in the rose garden at the white house. he talked about not allowing an angry mob to drown out peaceful protesters. he talked about a number of states having failed to safeguard their areas. he said he was bringing immediate action to stop violence by mobilising federal resources, civilian and military, to stop looting and writing. he announced he was going to deploy the national guard to dominate the streets and if the city or states refuse it, he would then deploy the us military. these are pictures life of the scene in washington, very close by the white house. he talked about announcing thousands upon thousands, he said, of heavily armed soldiers and officers being dispatched to the
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streets of washington, dc. to stop looting, writing, and destruction of property. he talked about 7pm cu rfew, property. he talked about 7pm curfew, which by my calculation, is going to kick in and about eight —— eight minute time in washington, dc. he talked about the mission to have justice in america, not chaos. as he spoke, scenes apparently close by to the white house of tear gas on protesters in nearby in washington, dc. let‘s bring injohn. you‘ve been watching that, haven‘t you? the tone of president trump throughout this whole affair has not really been one of unity and reconciliation, has it? his opening—round mark was towards that —— opening remark. talking
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about how george floyd would finally getjustice. being very sympathetic, and then when he got onto the substance, you could tell he was much more comfortable when he went back to his usual ways of using very belligerent language. at one point, he even used the word terror, which is often used as a shortened form for terrorism. and threatening states to deploy the army if they didn‘t get tough. i mean, this is... it was combustible, and as you said, the violent scenes literally outside the white house, it‘s come right to his door. it‘s incredibly combustible. i fear, it‘s come right to his door. it‘s incredibly combustible. ifear, and i say this with a very heavy heart,
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it‘s going to get a lot worse. i say this with a very heavy heart, it's going to get a lot worse. he talked about thousands upon thousands of military, law enforcement officers, pouring onto the streets of washington, dc. teachers we can see here life. it is not going to help —— is that going to help? the number one duty of the state is to keep people safe and to enforce the law. no president, no prime minister, no leader could standby while riots take place in so many cities in the united states. that much is clear. and yet his whole tenure is not to be the healing president, the president for the one nation, he never has been. why would he begin now? he won the
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election controversially by dividing the nation, by identifying his base and going after it. people thought he‘d —— he would become more moderate. he‘s done anything but that. he has used twitter to really sound off whenever he doesn‘t like things. he has absolutely made no attempt to reach out to that other half of the united states, which includes the vast majority of the african—american population to say "i want to represent you as well and to make your life better. " it‘s been very confrontational, which is now going to meet some incredibly dangerous, very violent scenes on both sides. john and rachel, sorry i
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married you there. thank you for joining us these evening —— this evening. thank you for your company more on our website as always. another bone dry and sunny day again today. there is some good news on the horizon for gardeners and growers, we are expecting a little bit of rainfall, not an awful lot, but it is heading our way. on top of that it‘s going to turn quite a bit cooler in the coming days. now, in the short—term, you can see no rain clouds across the uk, but there are changes taking place in the very far north. in fact, watch what happens over the next few days. the warm air is replaced by a cold or northerly wind, certainly by the time we get to thursday and friday, those temperatures will be a lot lot lower, we are talking around 12—17. now, how much rainfall are we going to get? the truth as it is going to be very hit and miss.
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initially, there will be rain across scotland, that‘s on tuesday. after that, it will be very hit and miss across the rest of the uk. so no widespread rainfall predicted at the stage. as i said it is quiet on the way the front at the moment. a case of clear skies by early on tuesday morning. temperatures will be in the range of 7—14. so, relatively mild. —— on the weather front. here is tuesday‘s weather map. high—pressure across the atlantic here, stretching into western parts of europe. sort of awkward weather front stuck on the periphery of this high—pressure. that does mean though that there will be some clouds across scotland during the course of tuesday, the possibility of rainfall, much fresher air they are getting to northern scotland. 12 degrees in stornoway, but still in the low 20s for glasgow and edinburgh. now, come the middle part of the week, we have got this middle part, sitting on top of the uk, that does mean overall it is going to be a much cloudier day. right across the board. you can see where the winds
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are coming from straight out of the north, so much fresher air establishing itself across the uk. the possibility of some patchy rain and some showers there across the south or southwest of the country. quite a bit cooler, only 11 degrees in aberdeen, maybe just about scraping 20 degrees in london. then on thursday, those temperatures will be lower still around 16 in london and barely making double figures across the far north of uk. as you can see, towards the end of the week we keep those temperatures in the teens, but predominantly, we are still talking about dry weather.
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this is bbc news. i‘m maryam moshiri with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. protests against police brutality continue in dozens of american cities a week after the killing of unarmed african—american george floyd. president trump says he wants to obtain justice. all americans were rightly sickened and revolted by the brutal death of george floyd. my brutal death of george floyd. my administration is fully committed that, for george and his family, justice will be served. he will not have died in vain.

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