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hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: the shooting of another african—american men during a us arrest has prompted fresh condemnation of the use of deadly force by police. rayshard brooks was shot dead as he fled officers in atlanta late on friday. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, believes there's more "more margin for manoeuvre" on the 2—metre social distancing rule in england as the number of infected people falls. a government reviemlisiakingplacl president emmanuel macron has defended his coronavirus strategy and set out a plan to return france to normal. he said borders would reopen from monday to many other eu countries. the united states‘ top infectious disease official, anthony fauci, has warned that it may be some time before restrictions on foreign travellers can be lifted.
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kezia dugdale, director ofjohn smith centre at glasgow university, and former scottish labour leader, and giles kenningham, political commentator and former conservative party press chief. tomorrow's front page starting with. .. the metro leads with the image of personal trainer patrick hutchinson, who has been hailed a hero after he carried a protester to safety during clashes in london on saturday. as shops reopen from tomorrow in england, the daily mirror urges its reader to ‘shop for britain‘ with shopkeepers assuring customers that it will be safe to visit stores. and encouraging people back to the shops leads the times.
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the paper reports that the chancellor has hinted at a temporary vat cut to try and tempt shoppers back to the high street. the daily mail has a warning from health leaders that the closure of schools could worsen the obesity crisis for a generation of children. the guardian reports that the world health organization has warned the prime minister not to ease lockdown restrictions further in england until the government's contact tracing procedure is proved to be "robust and effective." the prime minister has written a piece in tomorrow's daily telegraph promising to "fight with every breath in his body" any attempt to remove the statue of winston churchill from parliament square. and on the third anniversary of the grenfell tower fire, the financial times has a picture of people paying their respects to those who died. so let's begin. affair spread of stories there, but
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course coronavirus continues to dominate. giles, inglorious technicolour after some technical problems earlier, quite a stark headline with the world health organization addressing the prime minister directly, don't live long down until contact tracing works. yeah, what you are saying is scientist similar to the economist there are no concerns emerging out of covid—19 emerging, you put 100 scientists in a room, you get 100 different views. i think the government will be encouraged by the death toll fallen to its lowest level i think today since the third week of march, and clearly, there are tough choices which have got to be made, but i think they think they are getting on top of the crisis. we need to get the economy moving again and there is a huge health cost of not getting the economy moving again, and you are seeing in the
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other papers reporting the government is grappling with its decision reducing social distancing from two metres to one metre or 1.5 metres. i don't think this. the government cracking on opening the economy and slowly trying to get things back to normal, i hate to use that word, but back to some kind of normality again. do you agree that this is scientists disagreeing as they will do, or do you think it is damaging to the british government saying the who saying until our system is robust and effective, there shouldn't be these kind of changes, the suggestion being it is not as robust as things stand. changes, the suggestion being it is not as robust as things standm changes, the suggestion being it is not as robust as things stand. it is a mixed bag for the government because on the one hand, the world health organization congratulated the government saying 8000 people we re the government saying 8000 people were trapped in trays last week who we re were trapped in trays last week who were infected with coronavirus, they managed to find another 31,000 people they had come into contact with. it is about one in four people, one person infected, that is
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really good. the world health and exaggeration applaud us for that. the critical thing is one third of the people we know are infected does could not be traced by the system, they couldn't find any of their contacts, and that is not enough in the view of the world health organization if we're going to try and unlock country even further. as ever go back to work, they are encouraged to go on public transport, shop freely, go to pubs, they have to do better with one third of people not being contacted if this is going to work. let me stay with you as we move onto the tyres. you talk about things badly opening up. from tomorrow we see nonessential shops in england opening, but there is a suggestion with his headline that shoppers are nervous and there were people who will anxious about going back, but here an idea that the chancellor might try and lure us back to spending our money with a bit of a tax cut. yes, it is a very gentle
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thing, he was talking yesterday about what he was doing to get the economy moving again and asked about whether he would consider tax cuts and he said that i cut in vat was an option. it was a very gentle hint. he wanted to say that this recession coming our way is very different than the one most people would have experienced back in 2008. then it was a question of whether people had the money to spend. now is a question of they have the money and people have been locked in their houses a long time not spending, but do they feel safe to spend it? are they ready to go to the high streets and start touching product again, picking things up, being surrounded by so many people? he wants people to have the confidence to go out and shop. it is not about having money this time around. giles, are you prepared to put a wager on if we will see a flood or trickle of shoppers tomorrow?” will see a flood or trickle of shoppers tomorrow? i hope we see a flood. i think the highest rate is the most potent sign of whether the economy is recovering. the revenue
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rings and is much bigger than the cash, it is a confidence thing that will have a ripple out into the wider economy, and as you say, it is a different thing to a recession, if this one was stopped, people do have cash, we do have to restore the confidence and we do have to get people back on the high streets. i do think there is a sense of optimism. i don't think people are wedded to algorithms. people are sociable, they like getting out and high streets are more than just shopping for people, they are the heartbeat of many communities need to encourage people to get back out there. clearly, before this crisis hit, the highest rate was having an existential crisis and it will have to rethink the way it does things, andi to rethink the way it does things, and i think going forward in the future we have to think about having more public services on the high street to increase, think about having more residential areas, but
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also, as we heard, the chancellor eluded that the government may have to bring in extra measures to kick—start, they are talking about a vat holiday there, a business rates holiday, but the one company who has raked in during crisis is amazon. they should get a sales levy. they must pay more tax. lots of measures suggested there. some short term, some long—term. the daily telegraph focusing our attention on the other suggested rule change that may happen from the two metres distance to one metres. interesting tension here perhaps between politics and science. yes, but it also speaks of tension within the conservative party over the past week where we read lots of newspaper reports about quite a few tory mps pushing really ha rd quite a few tory mps pushing really hard internally, this to metre rule is killing hospitality and tourism
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across the country. it has to be reviewed by the time bars reopen otherwise it is not economical for them to do so. when it comes to pubs, it reduces the occupancy to maybe 10% of what they were before. they cannot make any money at that rate. dropping it to one metre means those bars and restaurants can suddenly hit about 70% occupancy rate. at that level, they might just be able to make a profit. it is back to health versus the economy. is it right to keep two metres or can we just about have this control to drop to one metre and start spending in pubs and restaurants again?m to one metre and start spending in pubs and restaurants again? it will be interesting to see what happens on this one. government saying they will review it and we will hear july. at the hospital sector would like to know by tuesday because they are important decisions. the daily mail, different angle on covid, talking about closed schools leading to an obesity crisis. they are
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worried that pupils are not at school, they will be piling on the weight, getting bad sleep and it is not good for their mental health. they raise a fair point there. i think there is also wider issue, especially in the capital, historically we have seen spikes in crime amongst young people during the summer when they are spending more time on the street. obviously at the moment kids are not at school, it is another social issue which needs grappling with. it some extent, it is a bit of a dilemma because there is no right answer. i do have a lot of sympathy with the government on this one. what did you make of this child health experts and it is a hidden toll we are putting onto pupils? it is a fresh new argument for the campaign to reopen schools, because of because a lot of people can't go back to work until their children can attend
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schools and this is a new angle for the daily mail to proceed that particular agenda. it is difficult because a senior scientist says the health costs more than does the damage the virus does. sometimes the health cost is the price and the economy not working, the unemployment, people going hungry. whether we can address that is by getting kids back to school, and with that comes to tackling the obesity crisis as well. while we talk about schools, take us inside, to the back pages of the sport in the guardian. i have an article about marcus rushford telling mps vulnerable children need help with meals. marcus rushford has said that he himself, he grew up in quite a bad area and relied on food sends out as for meals. as that the scheme should be extended throughout the summer should be extended throughout the summer to help kids in poverty at
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the moment. i have to say he has emerged out of this crisis as a sportsman, very famous iconic figure. he has used his position and his status as a force to good, unlike some of the football club is busy furloughing staff at the start of this crisis, by paying millions. he raises a very important point. the government has an epicjob in terms of helping out and subsidising staff who have been furloughed, there is not an endless pot of money. we have to hope that the economy gets moving, there is a kick—start and they have more things earmarked for schemes like this. he raises a very fair point and a very emotive issue. i would love to talk more about that, but we must part covid, because another hugely important story at the moment, the black lives matter campaigns, and on
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the metro, this amazingly powerful pic to of a man we now know to be patrick hutchinson. he has been speaking today, carrying an injured man through police lines to safety. a really iconic photo and it has again spoken volumes about this movement. yes, it is one of those photos that will be remembered from 2020. it is that powerful. he has been interviewed on channel 4 and the bbc news today. he has come across as the most decent, humble guy who doesn't quite appreciate what he has done. he said there was a whole group of people there who put a ring around this one injured person and helped him get, police helped him get to decide for help. i just happen to be the guy who had this photograph taken. in his message today, it said this is an black versus white, this is everyone versus racists. the power of his message i hope very much will live on throughout the rest of the protest in the coming weeks because
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it is not going away anytime soon.|j was about to say, this is going to remaina was about to say, this is going to remain a story we will be revisiting nightly alongside covid. such a powerful moment in time around this issue. yes, certainly. ithink you have the prime minister writing in the telegraph, talking about the issue of black lives matter and the issue of black lives matter and the issue of black lives matter and the issue of tearing down statues, and i think i would like to see, i don't think i would like to see, i don't think we can erase our past, but let look at putting more statues around, iconic figures, heroes from the nhs that have emerged out of this crisis, a great feminist, women doing great things in society. i think that is the way we need to move forward on this. but with black lives matter ‘s there are underlying issues the government will address and do need addressing. issues the government will address and do need addressinglj issues the government will address and do need addressing. i would love to talk more about this, but sadly, we're out of time. a huge thank you
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to both. good to have you with us this evening. talking through tomorrow's one pages. that is it for the papers. good night from all of us. hello and welcome to the film review with me mark kermode rounding up the best movies available for viewing in the home. comedian pete davidson plays it close to home in the king of staten island, a bittersweet comedy drama which he co—wrote with director judd apatow best known for films
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