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the widow of an african—american man who was shot dead by police in atlanta has appealed for protests to be peaceful. rayshard brooks died while running away from two white officers. his widow keisha says the family will never heal. border controls have been lifted across much of europe — easing three months of coronavius restrictions. the eu is hoping to kick—start badly damaged economies ahead of the lucrative summer holiday season. china has moved to shut down a corona virus outbreak linked to a massive market in beijing. more than a hundred cases have been confirmed. some neighbourhoods have been closed off and schools shut. in a watershed ruling, the us supreme court has decided it's illegal to fire someone for being either gay or transgender. the judgment, which took many people by surprise, was authored by one
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is economics editor at the indepdent ben chu — and former fleet street editor, eve pollard. the guardian says the adviser leading much of the work to form the commission on race and ethnic disparities announced by the prime minister has cast doubt on the existence of institutional racism and has condemned previous regimes for fostering a culture of grievance. the daily mail reports that a government minister has admitted he knew he was saving a tory party
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donor tens of millions of pounds — in approving a one billion pound property scheme — saying all the rules were followed. the financial times says borisjohnson has set an end—of—july deadline for sealing a uk—eu trade deal, amid growing optimism in london and brussels that a post—brexit agreement might be possible. that's also reflected in the daily express, which says eu leaders have indicated that they will drop their hardline demands. the metro says mile—long queues formed as shops across england reopened today — following three months of lockdown — it's after government pleas for shoppers to help put the economy back on track. the daily telegraph carries an interview with former tory party leader, william hague, who says the coronavirus lockdown has been
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a "disaster" for our society that will cause "economic catastrophe" for hundred of thousands of people. the times carries a study finding two million children have done little or no schoolwork at home during lockdown, and a separate study finding that that four million pupils had not been in regular contact with theirteachers — and up to six million had not returned the last assignment they had been set. and the daily mirror says england and manchester united footballer, marcus rashford has vowed to fight on after borisjohnson refused his plea to give 200,000 vulnerable children free school meals this summer. so, let's begin. lovely to have you back. let us kick off with the guardian. institutional
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racism exists. that is the splash for the garden. was this person leading it and what is the context of this? of the person leading it is a p pa re ntly of this? of the person leading it is apparently nearing a special adviser to borisjohnson apparently nearing a special adviser to boris johnson and apparently nearing a special adviser to borisjohnson and they go back quite a long way, they go back to when he was london mayor. among ethnic minority communities in x—rays protest that we have been having around the country, concern about policing, concern about opportunity and a whole host of areas of public life were black and minority people are perceived to be not getting a fair chance of facing discrimination. the context of her is that she has made some very controversial statements in the context of this question about whether institutional racism really exists or not, or claims about its existence are being politically but the nicest and written in the past,
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black lives matter organised and ethnic minority campaign groups do not believe she is a credible person to be leading the choice of someone to be leading the choice of someone to head up a commission like this. use the word perceived racism and whether things that she is quoted as saying is that institutional racism is often perception. more than reality. and she is also thinking about appointing trevor phillips to this commission, which would be controversial in some peoples eyes as well. i think trevor phillips might be quite interesting in this group and the other person they should get, i mean, i group and the other person they should get, i mean, lam so impressed by the story because this is coming from all the sports organisations look to one another and all the big ones, the association, rugby, they discovered that they had one black board member between them. and so, whoever is
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involved and they said to themselves, we cannot solely rely on successful black athletes or footballers to speak up, we have to look at ourselves, we have to have difficult conversations we have to look at what we can do and we have got to be held to account. i think whoever is running that should be pa rt of whoever is running that should be part of it because this is not a problem you can solve overnight, this is a problem where there will be many difficult conversations about both sites. all sites, every side, but every life matters in black lives do matter and it seems extraordinary when there are so many people in athletics who do come from africa originally or wherever, and there is only one board member and all of the major sports organisations in this country. it's
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gutsy to announce this today. you have to hold themselves to account andl have to hold themselves to account and i think before we start saying people should or shouldn't be on the sport, this board should be pretty wide and should include other people from ethnic minorities too and it should be open, it should be transparent. there should be as discussions that people will be really interested to see it even if it is shown on some youtube or wherever or it is shown on some youtube or wherever or some it is shown on some youtube or wherever or some part of the bbc or wherever, i think people will be interested to know, what is being discussed, did not do it behind closed doors and throw it open. throw it open. and the seed that it get as many people as you possibly can but there's many criticism of the government over the fact that
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this, therefore other commissions. theresa may came in and such was very clear that she wanted to tackle this problem of discrimination and she said up a review which was in 2017. there has not been any obvious improvement in the situation since then and i think that the campaigners are concerned about, not another review, action and credibility as needed. this mess of a different remit. i'm sorry to cut across you because and what about you come? retail therapy, therapy for some but not for this, strengthening the uk economy? therapy is probably the right word in the context of a deeply ailing
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economy, and a high street after the past few months to lock down. it's very important for a huge amount of retailers that they actually get customers back in the door for the very survival of the merits of the broader economy as a. retail sales for 20% of the entire economy. if people are not spending on the high streets and departments and shops, thatis streets and departments and shops, that is bad news from the overall economy and that is why they want to be seen being doing these photo calls and people are doing with the government wants them to be doing. 0bviously, they come with health concerns as well, because you can see that people are not socially distancing. people are queuing, and a very orderly way, aren't they. shopping. but the losses have been huge. 1.8 billion i think. huge in one of the reasons why they're being
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crowded out is because there are bargains because nothing for the summer is sold because none of us have been able to go shopping since about january or february. so, there are bargains they do think that, i have not been out shopping and i don't suppose i will have gotten used to online. but women enjoy shopping. it is quite nice to have a look around. i have been nosing around and this is interesting, it is very important for the economy. nosing around. like through the keyhole of the shop. you got it in one. it is really important to see what is there and also, it is women who buy most of the presence of the family, it is women forward about their children, family, it is women forward about theirchildren, their family, it is women forward about their children, their grandchildren, all these people that they love and they've they've shutout
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all these people that they love and they've they've shut out during lockdown that something is happened to these children, they've gotten much bigger. it is important that the economy gets off its knees it is important that the economy gets off its knees and start making money again and a lot of people have saved again and a lot of people have saved a bit during this lockdown and so, what better reason to go out and spend? you are doing it because it's the sake of the country. let's go to the sake of the country. let's go to the telegraph, ben. more scientific disagreement whether or not this two metre rule needs to be continued, whether that will be reduced to one metre which is the who original distancing, was it. but the main splash, lockdown and disaster compared to dunkirk. the result of massive failure. very strong failure but we see what he means. look at some the stories that we are about to talk about later on education being disrupted, the economy and shops being disrupted and it has
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been a huge disaster for the economy. the figures showed it fell a fifth, which is absolutely extraordinary, but they say they can afford and of if you have a second speck of this virus, we may not have a choice. we do not want to have it in that a site is so that we do not have another second spike, which is why we need this test and tracing system why we need this test and tracing syste m u p why we need this test and tracing system up and running. and they're not saying that this is a massive failure despite the british government, but he is saying to swallow your pride from tony blair in not putting more into this testing system. on that, i agree because we have seen in other countries that they've had a very sophisticated testing system, like germany, south korea, taiwan, they have cut down, i think the fatalities and i think it's very important and under the nhs went to the isle of wight are planning to do
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something wonderful, if it didn't work, let's go to someone who can make it work by thursday. in some organisations can. it got to just following the steps. we need to track and tracing. we need tracking tracing. we needed desperately now and it's really important because here we stand on the edge of the cliff of possibly going possibly through the worst and thank heavens they're less and less cases in less deaths. some of the entertainment sectors are saying that millions could lose theirjobs. answer to speed you on, what's good for see more titles. the express brexit by july. express brexit byjuly. it does seem like there is some movement about both sides come together on this. it is certainly very warm words and optimistic language, but the trouble
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is that they have not agreed on key fundamental issues fishing, the level playing field, it is extraordinary to imagine that no one month's time, there was some may have solved all these problems. i think with the hope is, is that there will agreed to seriously start talking and make one process during a bare—bones deal by the end of the year. that's probably the best hope in that signed sealed and delivered brea ks in that signed sealed and delivered breaks a deal by next month is utterly bizarre in my view. entry negotiators, borisjohnson is different syntax. a bit of power. anything from a simple organisation. if you want to do it, you can do it in that office in brussels is full of millions of people who can discuss trade deals. whether we want to or not, we are leaving the european union and it would be so much better if we can leave for the deal that makes life easier so we
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can continue to get the economy going and we don't have tariffs and we are not still arguing. and important for the tourist supporters who came over at the end of last year. absolutely and all of that built on adding to our economy, perhaps ta ken of built on adding to our economy, perhaps taken of our economy and we let china run and do this. and if you are a serious and we seem to be, if you seem to be getting some serve agreement by the end of the year. and is it too late for a new generation of schoolchildren, millions of people doing their work, the figures are horrendous and a lot of kids, especially from deprived families aren't even getting a lessons at all, according to recent surveys. so many of them don't even have access to a computer. the
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health costs have been really obvious in this pandemic but i was starting to see the more hidden costs. a whole generation of children going potentially up to six months without any formal schooling and particularly more disadvantaged children. the government needs to really do something to reach these children to correct this damage or just being 0k, whether that is extra lessons over the summer holiday, intensive training for the students are falling behind but the damage is huge and stretching well into the future potentially. can i take you to the mirror because we have the appeal to the government to go around giving vulnerable children free school meals. this really does highlight how important these schemes are for kids who are being brought up, often by single—parent families, who really just need this by single—parent families, who reallyjust need this in the can i match without it. you're talking from his own experience. it costs
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£15 to feed a child for a week and before i was suggesting that perhaps in charity could be started up because the government said really, we don't have any more money and they're worried about unemployment benefits and all those things that may well happen down the line. i suddenly thought, find don't premier league football and string together and help these kids over the six weeks of the summer holidays? will be brilliant pr for them, most of them can afford it, i suspect, because they import a lot and they will have a real relationship with the schools and i'll be rather important for the future. and we could offer £15 a week for a child but it really does make a lot of difference and with a bit of luck, they'll be eating the right sort of food and feeling better about life six. and this is a strop in the
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water compared to the other figures. sometimes that figure is * is the £80 billion plus cost of the furlough scheme. that really is a dramatic drop in the ocean. and that's what 7 billion. it does seem to be over the pavement and the size of it and we know, i agree with eve, would be great if the charity could for the gap but if that does not happen, this is such a good way to reach vulnerable children and is a mechanism to help them and with the other of the moment, it seems like a no—brainerfor them to other of the moment, it seems like a no—brainer for them to continue with that. let's look at the telegraph again, the china outbreak because as a correspondent was saying, it shows
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really the best and the worst side of the way chinese do things in terms of how theyjustjumped on this outbreak in beijing in terms of mass testing, closing things down and the only way that an authoritarian regime can do. with thatis authoritarian regime can do. with that is quite terrifying but much more scary is why has it come back 7 is more scary is why has it come back up? is it another one of these animal market site they had in wuhan which some suspects started off the first, the beginning of this covid—19 pandemic. and the fact that the chinese were so ruthless in wuhan and now it has sprung up in another part of china in beijing, it is really quite scary and that is where i love to believe that there will be no second spike and i hope there is not. but that is so we have to be so careful because we do not run our country like that and it is amazing that this has occurred at all. for the truth is will we ever get the truth about the figures
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about what actually survived or indeed when it started. correct. the chinese absolutely adamant that they would not let this turn into a second wuhan. it is a bit of an odd explanation. . this does going to distrust in china, which is very high but some of their handling of the crisis has been, as you say, shutting things down very rapidly. there's a big trust gap in the way that they handled the initial stages and this is going to continue until they do open up and to allow inspections on the ground and do ta ke inspections on the ground and do take a more transparent and open approach to their whole handling of it. let's see along the screen outbreak last and we can put that one down. thank you very much
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indeed, that is her second and final look at the papers. know if clubs to restructure the leak, but today the vote draws a line under the matter but they're calling it unjust and unfair, saying a legal challenge is not their only choice. yours are sports correspondent. scottish football has beenin correspondent. scottish football has been in turmoil ever since the decision to end the season early due to coronavirus and it was a decision
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that led to the relegation of hearts, and of the players. all three clubs furious because they did not get to finish their season. in an attempt to redress the balance and some of that unfairness, scottish football has been looking at restructuring the leak setup in this proposal was seen as the best chance for clubs to vote in favour of that, but in the end, quite surprisingly, only 16 of the 42 clips have voted in favour, so we now go with the status quo. clearly furious and they have decided that they would take legal action. just exactly where that goes what they can gainfrom exactly where that goes what they can gain from that remains to be seen. it is understood that there be looking for some sort of compensation but that compensation could well run into the millions. but of course, like everything else in scottish football, people decide to wait and see where it all in the.
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in facing sheffield united in the first match behind closed doors of the financial impact was felt by all clu bs the financial impact was felt by all clubs and the team faced a £1 billion reduction in revenue due to the pandemic of five relating to matched a revenue and rebates and they face a torch of million pound black hole. does the sheffield united manager think there needs to bea united manager think there needs to be a rethink her on how things are run. possibly should. and we could. ido run. possibly should. and we could. i do not think it could happen though. i was asked about spending but i don't think spending will. the premier league clubs, first and foremost will look after the roomful ballclu b. foremost will look after the roomful ballclub. but the other game will see go to manchester city and
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positive for coronavirus was swiftly followed by the league being suspended in march and are looking ata can suspended in march and are looking at a can just suspended in march and are looking at a canjust a suspended in march and are looking at a can just a few weeks to com plete at a can just a few weeks to complete the resume season, the arsenal bosses more young players will get the chance to play in five substitutes. we have five games in 15 days but that is a game every three days. we do not know how the players are going to respond physically because they have really sure preparation and so, yeah, we have to use them and you some really have to usethem and yousomefeallyl talented %; and they're
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