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this is bbc world news, the headlines prosecutors in the us city of atlanta have charged a white former police officer with murder and ten other offences after the killing of rayshard brooks, an african—american man. he was shot twice in the back in a car—park last friday. more than a thousand flights into and out of beijing have been cancelled as officials try to contain a fresh outbreak of the coronavirus. people are being prevented from leaving the capital. donald trump's former national security adviserjohn bolton says the president tried to get leader xijinping to help him secure re—election. mr bolton's allegation is in a forthcoming book, the trump administration is trying to prevent its publication. the english premier league is under way again after an enforced three—month break owing to coronavirus. when the whistle was blown, all players and officials knelt
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. i'm joined by lance price, a political commentator & the former labour pa rty‘s director of communications, and anna isaac, from the wall streetjournal. so lets take a look at tomorrow's front pages, starting with. prince charles is warning of the "potentially devastating" impact of coronavirus on younger generations — that's the lead story for the telegraph. there's an urgent call in the mirror, for the prime minister to get all children back to school — or risk ruining their education. doctors are also calling on borisjohnson to reopen schools — in an open letter signed by more than 1,600 paediatricians. that's on the front page of the times. the guardian leads on the news that
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oriel college in oxford has announced that it wants to take down the statue of cecil rhodes. according to the i, the "triple lock" pledge on pensions is at risk, due to the large increase in spending during the pandemic. the same story makes the front page of the express, which says millions could be worse off, if the triple—lock guarantee is axed. and the financial times reports that the us has upended global digital tax plans, after pulling out of talks with europe. so, let's begin. the guardian. this campaign that it must fall. the confirmation that oxford university has voted in favour of removing its statue of the victorian imperialist cecil rhodes and this has been a long time coming. yes, the campaign started in
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2015 there was led by some undergraduates that believed the, this huge event in bristol has brought down and reignited this debate this long—running debate about having social —— cecil rhodes, someone who's set up —— cecil rhodes, someone who's set up the biggest diamond company in the world and was at the centre of the world and was at the centre of the colonialism. in the decision by the colonialism. in the decision by the college will be a surprise to some but the pressure was building there. there'd been protests in recent days on the streets to try and ramp up the pressure on the situation and they're saying they're going to try to think about what they would do with the statue now.
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maybe put it in the museum and give it some historical context. he is a very important historical figure that merits very critical analysis. and i think it underlines how wide ranging, particularly on universal campuses that we are seeing renaming buildings, whetherfunding campuses that we are seeing renaming buildings, whether funding comes from historically. this debate is going to go on and on that is going to cascade in areas of life that we don't necessarily expect. and also, plants, and particular. they're talking about a commission to deal with the issue of cecil rhodes legacy. and the black asian and ethnic community will go to these colleges and get this level of academic excellence that ideally eve ryo ne academic excellence that ideally everyone aspires to. yes and as you
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might expect from an oxford college, they are trying to insist that this isjust a knee jerk they are trying to insist that this is just a knee jerk reaction to what is just a knee jerk reaction to what is happening on the streets the past few weeks and days, and they spent a long time thinking about it and indeed they have because it has been brewing for a very long time. the issue of the statue is clearly of great importance to a lot of people, a lot of students and tutors as well, but far more important is the second part that you said that they are going to take very long hard not only at how the college history is compatible with its modern—day commitment to diversity and a good education for all regardless of her they come from but also looking at ways in which they can make it easier for people who come from the pride backgrounds, and find their way to oxford and oxford has had a problem with that for many, many
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years and they haven't have a statue of rhodes above its front door but a lot of them have to address this issue going forward and it's important that they do. on the front page of the daily telegraph is winston churchill, this one had been boxed up to protect it in parliament square. it is now that encasing is being removed as we can see there ahead of the french president's visit on thursday and a slight, a difference because there was concern that winston churchill's statue could come under attack. it had been defaced. very complicated history in terms of his relationship with racial politics and fewer people remember when they think about his involvement and the second world war
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and he is a complex figure and it is very unlikely in the case of winston churchill, given his involvement in this like the battle of britain that he will be, that that statue will be removed. but when he started to move in the figures that people don't have that real residents with, some many people won't know who cecil rhodes is an when you start to have to deal with the complexity of these historical figures, to deal with the complexity of these historicalfigures, we have to to deal with the complexity of these historical figures, we have to see how what context you give them, how do you explain someone's role in history. what was their view of the period and what did they move aggressively towards in dire problematic ends and how do you make a country more representative of what it is now than what it used to be wild not making people feel com pletely be wild not making people feel completely alienated and that they
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can not be a part of institutions and our seats of learning. places that want to welcome and more stu d e nts of that want to welcome and more students of colour, particularly from black groups which have been chronically underrepresented in these avenues. these repressive places where black students know that history and feel that history when they walk in and it's how you make environments feel in public squares feel and it will change everything on what we feel being british looks like in public spaces. underneath that picture, the daily telegraph underneath the image of winston churchill statue being unveiled is the article of contact tracing the apps which will be delayed until winter following that
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pilot that took place on the isle of wight. and apparently, humans prefer personal contact. this is another unannounced you turn that at one point, they were not long ago making a great deal of this app long ago making a great deal of this app and singles going to be world beating and that it was going to be a very important part of the containment strategy going forward for covid—19. clearly, there been very severe problems with that, technical problems with it. governments, british governments in particular that seem incapable of doing any large—scale high—tech innovations like this making them work and my suspicion is that this technical problem, rather than a sense that the rest of us going back to our business concerned about getting the bad news that we may have been close to somebody in physical contact with somebody who
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has covid—19 by way of an application or a text. but it is interesting that the suggestion that the health secretary told mps that another problem is that apple has been seeking to block apps that do not or are not compatible with their owfi not or are not compatible with their own tracing system and this may be one problem with it and i think there will be a lot of pressure on there will be a lot of pressure on the government to say that is true but also on apple to say whether or not they're actually getting in the way of what could be an important health step forward. where are we in terms of tracking tracing? we have been hearing from those who have been hearing from those who have been doing the work, they have not been doing the work, they have not been doing the work, they have not been doing that much tracking and tracing, in fact. it is very difficult, even with the figures that we have had, they're very low and they are nowhere close to where they need to be in the same with the testing has not reached the scale it
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needs to end it is very difficult to rely even on the figures that we are provided with because of the way they are collated. with the testing figures we have seen, sometimes it's one individual being tested, they just happen to be sent to different forms of the testing kit. how many people were tested for so many tests we re people were tested for so many tests were done, or how many kids were set out. and his problems with the contact tracing app, very low numbers, especially me compare it to the rapidity of other countries and how they are performing track and trace. new zealand being a great example. if at their own issues with that, as we have seen recently with them having the first cases in several weeks, but the rigour and the pace of the track and trace responsibilities as a government has left britain and the dust, really. this issue around apple and whether 01’
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this issue around apple and whether or not it is blocking the platform is only part of the story and it does not explain why testing has not been rolled out at scale quickly enough. it does not explain some of the other problems on the isle of wight and the response to, notjust the point where everyone has the apple he mentioned it but when these details get passed on and we have people working and contact centres, calling and letting them know have you had contact with someone, it's me ofa you had contact with someone, it's me of a third of people say i do not wa nt to me of a third of people say i do not want to participate in this and it is not compulsive compulsion area and delaying this until the winter and in the point in the winter was not put on this by them when they appeared on the select committee. winter is flu season. select committee. winter is flu season. if you have a second wave covid—19 in the midst of flu season and you cannot keep track of who may
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haveit and you cannot keep track of who may have it and try to contain contagion properly, that's going to be really challenging as people try to open up the economy as people try to get back to running their shops, the restau ra nts back to running their shops, the restaurants in some way, shape or form. it is very hard to see how this level of tracking traces compatible with the reopening the rest was to be seeing in the coming weeks. and also what happens to schools, schools not completely close because key workers in various different age groups are attending. but they're not open for everybody and concern for the times, we've got this letter signed by 1600 pediatricians urging the prime minister to reopen schools or as they say, risk scoring the life chances of a generation of children. they are not mincing their words with this. and know there's a lot of focus on the papers tomorrow morning from different angles on the whole issue of children's education ina way whole issue of children's education in a way that suffering as a result of this, not to suffering health
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consequences but life consequences because their education is being in this way. this is the first letter those been organised by the royal couege those been organised by the royal college of pediatricians and child help and they do not mince their words. they say that there is a real threat the future of the particular kids who are suffering at the moment from a lack of education and they wa nt from a lack of education and they want to see it addressed and it is definitely building on the government around us. it has become something of a political football that was raised to prime minister's questions today with the prime minister trying to somehow blame the leader of the opposition in the labour party —— labour party for not helping the health unions, the teaching unions to be reopen. but it is another example, track and trace as they have been talking about this as they have been talking about this as well now when the government does seem as well now when the government does seem to have thought about it rather
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late in the day and does not seem to have had a plan in place that would've enabled there to be a clear set of guidance to racial parents, kids and teachers. but schools can be made safe to return to and to find additional premises, whether they are close to school in order to be able to have the space to be able to give the kids at least some form of education throughout the summer break. and that is something that is touched upon by the daily mirror, the daily campaign for kids, get them back to school, they talk about this idea of urging the prime minister to find alternative class space to fund extra teachers and anybody with the children in the school know how oversubscribed schools are, how crowded they can potentially be and so this alternative class space would not be easy, this leads to a lot of
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logistical planning events to happen. it does we talk about this, we need to talk about in many cases, depending on the space, you're doing more thanjust depending on the space, you're doing more than just cutting it in half. do you have a blended system, a debate recently because there's been some disagreement because in terms of warning, it is whether or not this to be a long—time blending system where you'll have students coming infora system where you'll have students coming in for a day, two days a week, the rest of the time they are learning from home and i want to keep that up for it when you try to move as quickly as possible, how stu d e nts move as quickly as possible, how students are in full time. but we are seeing as they gradually bring back some students to primary schools, that they can just with the confines of space but also with able to understand that you can only learn from a very small group and you are to be very careful about social distancing and also have the
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of, ok, you can train in other classrooms if space in the classroom itself. what do you do about corridors? would he do about bathrooms? with the dubai transport? school? how does that work? —— what do you do about transport. this should be focusing on their exams, getting keep qualifications and what the next stage in life will be. instead, they are being met with, you might have one or two days at school we can manage maybe by september and that uncertainty is very challenging thing. is also stressful for the teaching staff as well. the teaching staff, they have appended global digital tax plans after pulling out of talks with europe. so, retaliation is if they face levees, tell us about the
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spent. there's been an indicator for some time that no individual country can deal with the problem of high—tech companies, whether it is apple or facebook or google, or amazon, not paying their due taxes for the should be. so they want there to be some form of regulation, individual governments of all felt that but they also recognise that if they do not do it, they love to do it collectively. there is to be an agreement for the larger economies and they were making some progress on all of this, but suddenly the americans have decided that they don't want to play ball and they have pulled backed out of the talks and it's very hard to get an agreement anyway but if the americans are so threatening against the european union, the eu were to ta ke the european union, the eu were to take action as a poses a new problem outside the united states and is a curious time that he comes in that because back in the united states,
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president trump is now having a running with those companies, twitter, facebook whether they are seeking to censor him or put orders on some of the streets that they shouldn't be taking a face value. so, it may not be the end of the story and the americans will at some point be back in. but, it is an important issue that it's be addressed but we have seen the way in which the americans of pulled out of other important international discussions whether it is over iran re ce ntly discussions whether it is over iran recently over the world health organisation and it is a symptom of the kind of dysfunctional white house that we have at the moment and it is one that causes immense disruption. let us turn on the times, the footballers leading the way in many different ways that we have been listening to ashford and changing policy and free school meals, the front page of the time showing footballers, the english premier league making a comeback,
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but they're also showing a sign of respect and solidarity to the black lives matter movement and also a moments silence for all of those who have died from coronavirus and so we have died from coronavirus and so we have the premier league leading the way. it is a small initial step towards something resembling normality. the lack of sports fixtures, especially when some have so fixtures, especially when some have so many people on furlough and it is but not a lot to do, not even being able to watch sports is been a massive thing. so, there's been a lot of excitement for this game which ended in a draw, which was not the most exciting outcome for a lot of people watching. they also have the options with some canned cloud noise and an overly a bit of atmosphere to try to make you feel more normal, but i think the image that was chosen here shows how
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radical, some people are benevolent to do. the skill of black lives matter around the world the scale of the deaths of tens of thousands of people, what you think of the last match being played in march and qbr injune, the match being played in march and qbr in june, the world match being played in march and qbr injune, the world really has changed. people's feelings of being able to divide personal from the political is changed and when it comes to the inequality in combating the coronavirus, people would die delivering on housing situations and social backgrounds, and wider social inequality and will be look at the relationship between people and the police and so many different countries, where they feel and evidence shows that there discriminated against because there racial background, comes in system
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frequency that is very hard to ignore. you see a lot of tension between the cops and they felt like he could not because the position as professional sports people. now, he could not because the position as professionalsports people. now, it is very different. there's a sense they canjoin is very different. there's a sense they can join the fight in taking they can join the fight in taking the and it is accepted that they will be able to express their political views as well as on the pitch being that professional sports then you. on that note, we will leave it there. thank you so much for joining leave it there. thank you so much forjoining me tonight. that's it for the papers for tonight. my thanks to lance and anna. i'll be back with the day's main news at the top of the hour. goodbye for now.
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this is your latest sports news. after three months being suspended we saw the return of premier league football. all matches are being played behind closed doors thought spectators. the team also served a moments silence and there was a show of support from the black lives matter movement. our sports editor reports from the stadium and a big night for british sport. two down, 90 more matches to play over the next five and a half weeks, project restart fundamental way, the premier league season is resumed after more than three months away in up off earlier on with aston villa taking on sheffield united. just after the referee blew for kick—offs, all the room and the players took a knee, show solidarity a strong statement of support for the black lives matter movement before that, there is been admitted for silence —— minute of silence for the
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coronavirus crisis. the match and goalless but it will be remembered for being yet another technology controversy. the ball clearly crossing the line and giving should feel united the lead but they were cruelly denied because the system failed to pick up the fact that it was a goal because he said in a statement after the match, that their goal line cameras had been obscured in a way never seen before and 9000 matches. just as villa park, the players and also to the knee before the action got under way because by rahim sterling, giving the hopes a comfortable 3—0 victory for several of the 300 people and say it is a very surreal experience watching a top—flight match with no fa ns watching a top—flight match with no fans being able to hear the players talk and shout at each other, having to go through temperature checks on arrival here with the bio secure
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ground. but, this reopening night was most are memorable for all of the players taking the knee at both matches and reinforcing this since that admits these two great forces that admits these two great forces that forces, football here had found its voice. we missed the people. it's not the same. it is nice because it is football but hopefully, we can finish and come backin hopefully, we can finish and come back in front of the people. i do not want to be late. they came from the hard right, a lot of things happened and taking a lot of things in this game. it was very strange. something i'll probably never get use or enjoy. you need the football team will understand or doing at the
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moment. hopefully you enjoyed it and players thrive on support. promoted back to the english football league, national league cloud to determine the season on eight points per game basic and he said that his last available and seeking final ratification of the day two with the future rates of the prince of wales saw 5—1 lead. and they were second with barney roy third. the strong favourite was japan and it was in the fourth. the former star willie thorne has died of the age of 66. he revealed in march there was being treated for leukaemia, but for the past week he had been in the
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hospital. thorne retired in 2001 having reached to world championship quarterfinals a year high ranking of number seven in the world. and that is all for the sport for now. hello there. it's a sundry across the country thanks to warmth and the humidity in the next few weeks will see more downpours. wednesday, we saw some pretty intense thunderstorms across parts of england and this is where the lightning was captured by one of our weather watchers and this was some slow moving downpours which gave rise to a lot of water, giving rise to social water flooding. we also gotan area to social water flooding. we also got an area of more persistent rhema should be moving on to the continent and also be pushing into the midlands in england thursday morning. will be a mucky start and those who have fog. and it will move
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its way further into northern england and parts of well systems parts of scotland will be around 56 and its in southern wells of central southern england into the afternoon but we could see a furthermore rooted practice developing. some flash flooding it and also a lot of rainfall and a lot of a warm and muqqy rainfall and a lot of a warm and muggy day with temperatures reaching 520 122 degrees but was cooler along the north sea these thunderstorms across the mouth that he makes of the country could cause some issues and stay tuned for your local radio. as he moved to thursday, looks like the thunderstorm is pushing its way northwards to parts of scotland and northern ireland by the end of the night and will also see eastern areas, so muggy not to come and we
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will store that ran across the west, a lot of cloud around but the sunshine will break in the afternoon and i'll spark off some every downpours and will look a little more favoured and it looks like another warm and muggy day for most. and there was some big changes into the weekend and we lose the humidity in the thunderstorms in the near continent in this area of the pressure will sweep in bring stronger winds across the board and also a band of rain which removed her saturday night into sunday. so, when the fresher conditions with some rain at times and there will also be some sunshine too.
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this is bbc news. i'm kasia madera with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a white police officer who fatally shot an african—american man in atlanta has been charged with murder. as coronavirus cases start to rise again in china, we visit the wet markets blamed by some as the original source and consider the latest theories. a bombshell allegation from donald trump's former national security adviser. he claims the president asked china's leader to help him win re—election. the premier league is back in action, as players open the matches showing solidarity with the black lives matter movement.
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