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this is bbc world news. the headlines. in new york — shops and cafes have begun reopening as the city emerges from the coronavirus lockdown. but public transport and streets were relatively empty on monday as many companies kept workers home. health officials in south korea say they believe the country is going through a second wave of coronavirus infections. that's despite recording relatively low numbers of new cases. a new phase in britain's easing of coronavirus measures — is set to be introduced — with pubs and restaurants to begin reopening from the 4th ofjuly. fresh guidance for cinemas and museums is also expected. spain has opened up its tourism sector for british holiday makers without any requirement to quarantine. the spanish government said the decision was taken "out of respect" for british people who have a second home in spain.
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are harriet line — the deputy political editor, pa and the whitehall correspondent for the financial times sebastian payne. welcome back to you both. let's look through more of the first additions that we have got in before discussing them in a bit more detail. the i leads on the loosening of lockdown rules in england, reporting that bars and restaurants will ask some customers for identification to help with contact tracing. the telegraph also leads on this story, reporting that cinemas and museums are set to reopen in england as the two—metre rule is eased at the start ofjuly. going moronic cultural angle.
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going moronic culturalangle. —— going more on a cultural angle. the express focuses on the 2.2 million vulnerable people who have been shielding since the start of lockdown — and how they too will enjoy more freedom on the 4th ofjuly. the loosening of the lockdown in england is the main story in the times too — and the paper also reports on the tributes paid to the three friends who died in the reading knife attack at the weekend. staying with the attack in reading, the guardian quotes friends of the three victims, who describe the men as being the "kindest and loveliest people". so, let's begin. welcome back to you both. harriet let's look at the guardian first of all. museum, cinemas and pubs. interesting the difference going for the cultural emphasis rather than as many points as you can drink on the
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fourth. talk us about the guardian. they are reading on this cultural reopening, welcome news for the sectors, museums, cinemas as well as pubs, restaurants, and air bridges as well from the 4th ofjuly which is hugely welcome for the economy, the sectors have struggled the normalcy and we are also expecting to hear from the normalcy and we are also expecting to hearfrom the prime minister tomorrow that the two metre social distancing rule will be reduced to one. the guardian points out this is a political decision. it is a judgement of the risk that his post from coronavirus now in the community. that judgement is from coronavirus now in the community. thatjudgement is so that it is sufficiently low and safe to relax the two metre rule down to one metres plus, which means you might have to wear face masks and see shields and restaurants to stop the spread of any kind of droplets of coronavirus from reaching other
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people and other patrons. a real positive step towards a return to some element of normality but definitely not there yet. but sebastian how to police this especially after people have had four or five especially after people have had four orfive or more pints of especially after people have had four or five or more pints of beer and also how does make sure that these rules are kept? the idea of mixing between households now and having one other bubble for example oi’ having one other bubble for example orjust having one other bubble for example or just avowing six having one other bubble for example orjust avowing six people to come to your home, surely the government has got a set rules and laws that people will follow? the point is the lockdown is essentially over, anyone who has been out to a park or wandered along the street in england over the past couple weeks will have seen the country has moved on from this very strict regime where you we re this very strict regime where you were not allowed to leave the house except for exercise and discouraged from going to shops into more of a phase where it is about common sense, andl phase where it is about common sense, and i think that is where we are going to end this next phase of
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the lockdown because all of the individual measures and restrictions that are coming in during the next phase are quite specific and i am quite sure the people will not be able to get a handle on what they can can do byjuly four because everyone has gotten used to the 2mm social distancing rule which is expected to be scrapped tomorrow in situations where it cannot be observed but then you will need to have face coverings and certain places plastic shields. i think what the government is saying to people is we have got the reproduction rate of coronavirus down significantly i'iow of coronavirus down significantly now we have got to get the economy going up again. when you're out and about, use your common going up again. when you're out and about, use your common sense going up again. when you're out and about, use your common sense to try to not spread the virus and went to go out of control again because i think fundamentally that is what the hope will do and will have to see if this works or not. there is a caution from the government tonight saying that if the virus spreads out of control, then we will reverse these rules. they are saying to
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people you have got to listen, you have got to try and follow, use your common sense or if not will be back to everything... the trouble is harriet it is more than common sense when one things about litigation or potential litigation. will people have to sign a waiver in terms of insurance if they go drinking and pubs and if they catch it in pubs with a not suit the pub? the eye is leading on the pub id checks, was talk about the drinking and pubs but also what this means in terms of personal information and personal details being shared with pubs and clu bs. details being shared with pubs and clubs. —— the i. details being shared with pubs and clubs. -- the i. i have not seen talks of possible litigation and hopefully people will apply common sense and if they are concerned they will not be the ones returning to pubs but it will be the people who are the most cautious. the i saying there will be id checks are people going into pubs and restaurants make sure that they are who they say they
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are and therefore that they can be traced if someone who they have been sitting near in a restaurant turns out to have fall ill with coronavirus and then they can be traced to stop another wave and infections. a lot of people will find this idea uncover that it is almost a right to go to a pub in england and you do not expect to be asked who you are and be able to provide id apart from perhaps proving you are old enough to drink for some it will be seeing a lot of people as an invasion of the privacy and not being him to go about daily life in a normal way by the government thinks this is crucial in order to stop a second wave and make sure that they can effectively do localise lockdowns to stop another second wave of coronavirus. do you think there is a demographic divide here sebastian and generational divide? i think it was a yougov or another point organisation saying that sissy presented people would not be happy to go back and returned
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to pubs because of their fears about catching coronavirus. —— saying 60% of people. there is fierce particularly in westminster called fogo as opposed to foam the country has been conditioned to stay inside, social distancing, wear a mask and reduce the spread of coronavirus. the government is saying in two weeks' time we want you to get back out and go to the pub, go to a cinema and go look at an art gallery, go to all of the things you have not been allowed to do because it's focus is to try on getting society back up and running again. that pulley referenced there, one thing it did show is an age divide that people who are over 60 and 65 do not want to go out and want to stay at home and of course those the people with the most disposable income and most propensity to spend on things like going to the cinema
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or museums, whereas younger people we re or museums, whereas younger people were the ones who are less at risk from covid—19 who are willing to get out there straightaway. it will be really interesting to see when you get to the state which has been called by some of the papers independence day or super saturday how successful it is because with shops opening up again, because my local shops feel like they have been much busy over the local —— past week interests so, but i went to london and it was nowhere near as busy, maybe ten or 20% which will worry rishi sunak and people in the treasure that britons are not spending and getting the economy going again separates for a thought harriet looking at the front page of the daily express that all this people who have been shielding live... shielding under... not being allowed out at all. there is some respite for them by picking up on what sebastian said, many of these people will still be
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very anxious with underlying health conditions? there have been criticism that this 2.2 million group of people who hire considered the most clinically vulnerable have been forgotten in this pandemic and the government are moving to ease the government are moving to ease the restrictions a few weeks ago and we are having another easing for them injuly we are having another easing for them in july and july we are having another easing for them injuly and july the 6th they will be able to visit if they are alone or living increment they will visit their household as a support bubble and meet in groups of six outside while maintaining social distancing and from the bidding of august, and there will be a pause of the shielding scheme. they will not be receiving their food the shielding scheme. they will not be receiving theirfood parcels, the statutory sick pay the some of them will have been receiving, it will come to an end and be encouraged to return to normal life. but many of those people will be worried because been scared into submission, walked away unable to go to go to the
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supermarket, they did not have a garden, they have not been able to get fresh airfor garden, they have not been able to get fresh air for months. there will be real fears get fresh air for months. there will be realfears in some get fresh air for months. there will be real fears in some charities are warning that the government is moving too quickly here because we know that some people are more vulnerable than others within that group as well. while the government and deputy chief medical officer was saying that if they need to reimpose the shielding programme it will be donein the shielding programme it will be done ina the shielding programme it will be done in a more tailored way, at the moment we do not seem to mow actually who in those curves is considered most at risk. it is a real concern to a number of those people who are not going to embrace the new pound freedom because they will still be so scared even though the number of cases after navarre is in the community... despite the easing of restrictions on those people shielding because they're so vulnerable, we have lost sight of schoolchildren because we still have no children back at school. this is one of the most extraordinary things that if you're an 18—year—old in written that you can go get a pint
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in your pub but you can go to school to finish her a—levels. but this is something the government has got confused over, they said schools would all be back by the summer break and everybody would have some face to face time with their teachers, that hasn't happened, they failed to do that and you can point the blame in various directions. the government would say it is the fault of the teaching unions and labour run local authorities that don't wa nt run local authorities that don't want to risk it whereas the schools would say that it is because they have not had enough support, not enough time to get all these new procedures in place to observe social distancing. i think the real charge of the government is going to be september because it is not that far away and if they're going to maintain these stringent rules about 2mm and not being in contact with other people and plastic screens and facemasks, than the question is can also skip back to september because you can do all this about getting hospitality and getting tourism again but until you get kids back at school, that is going to have a huge
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impact on working families and really this —— restrict how much the country can get back to normal. there is a big focus on government that they don't want to fail in septemberas that they don't want to fail in september as they did in the summer. harriet your pete is westminster. what are you hearing about how much blame is an attribute it to gavin on that? there seems to have been a bit ofa that? there seems to have been a bit of a row over this. it looks like gavin williamson will be bearing the brunt of this was of gavin williamson wake me not to be the education secretary when the premise or does his next reshuffle in the autumn. likely not to be when the premise or reshuffle. he will not be because he has been too weak in the face of unions and not been able to push hard against them. dominic cummings and numberten push hard against them. dominic cummings and number ten has battled with unions before and overruled them along with michael gove when he was education secretary. i think there is little sympathy in number ten for gavin williamson not having put upa ten for gavin williamson not having put up a fight against the unions.
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looking at the metro, sebastian work on sound after all those days and weeks of the government saying we are just following the science and the science and the message from the scientists was confusing they disagreed each other, so much of this in fact all of this really is political and that is what the focus for the metro, 15 deaths 950 cases but would be called. and on this, a prime minister positive reputation and place in history as potential going to be remembered. we should note those numbers of deaths from covid today were really very sort of since the beginning of march in fact and that is one of the reasons why borisjohnson and and that is one of the reasons why boris johnson and the government and that is one of the reasons why borisjohnson and the government is pushing forward to ease the lockdown because they do feel they have got this thing under control and it's really not spreading in a big way there. but this question about the science versus politics is a fascinating one. when the crisis began, orestjohnson fascinating one. when the crisis began, orest johnson was fascinating one. when the crisis began, orestjohnson was inflamed with the chief scientific officer and chief medical officer on the
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other hand, people were calling it boris and the boffins that of course it was political but by having a medical and scientific expert, it does shoulder some of the blame away from the pm. but the fact is we heard from many notable scientists and people in the medical profession and people in the medical profession and they feel it is too early to relaxing this. when matt hancock that health secretary was asked about this on sunday, he simply said that the prime minister would make the decision, inferring that no longer the science is driving this but the politics and economics have come into this too. the real question is if it does spring up again and we have to have a further walked out whether mrjohnson will be willing to take the political and economic had to do that on the advice from his scientist. i think you will be keen to keep the likes of chris woody and patrick vallance on board with his latest easing of the lockdown, we will hear more on that tomorrow. —— the likes of chris whitty. and of course the dreadful
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events in reading. yes, ican yes, i can hear you, with australia. can you hear me? we can i was the programme. can you hear me now? can you hear me now? about? i think we have got a slight prom with harriet at the moment. let's go back to sebastian. just picking up on the reading stabbings, a story which has dominated the headlines for years and years in terms of the terror threat now resurfacing at the time ofa threat now resurfacing at the time of a big put up a decision about the virus. absolutely, and some of this we are starting to hear stories coming out from the victims of that terror attack over the weekend. it is absolutely tragic, so many britons have ta ken is absolutely tragic, so many britons have taken to the parks as their main means of socialising, i've spent plenty of time and purse with my friends over the last couple weeks and what appears to have
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happened in reading is at an awful particularly for the teacher and the american attacked in reading on the pathway and i think one thing the government is very pathway and i think one thing the government is very aware pathway and i think one thing the government is very aware of is these lone wolf terrorist attacks on very difficult to stop —— are very difficult to stop —— are very difficult the site. they try to work with the security services and the suspect was someone with the security services and the suspect was someone who with the security services and the suspect was someone who was with the security services and the suspect was someone who was known to the security services. but the problem is as always the number of people, the list to be watch has doubled i think in the past year. here it we have got you back, we have about five minutes left. let's move have about five minutes left. let's m ove o nto have about five minutes left. let's move onto the telegraph. the bbc we would have to meet diversify —— never seek, we were at the show diversity in terms of production and presumably on—screen as well. the bbc has this 50-50 presumably on—screen as well. the bbc has this 50—50 policy. this is the only way forward in terms of bringing about real change? the only way forward in terms of bringing about real change ?|j the only way forward in terms of bringing about real change? i think it is for that the bbc and lots of
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other organisations want to take action following black lives matter protests a nd action following black lives matter protests and of course the set killings of george floyd and other black americans in america and i think it is seen that this is one of the ways in which you can begin to kind of move the situation on and actually have positive change from this. one fifth of the production tea m this. one fifth of the production team would have to be from a diverse background and they are also investing £100 billion to collude to make sure that the content in bbc is diverse and conclusive. —— increase. the media are historically an impenetrable industry and particular for those of more deprived and diverse backgrounds to get into. i think this is a really positive step. whether it will go far enough, there will be people who are critical of quotas. you know what the makeup of the press association is? i will ask you the same question
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sebastian for the ft. do you have that positive determination where you work as well? i am not aware of positive discrimination. as journalism and industry and political journalism, journalism and industry and politicaljournalism, there are very few women and also very few ethnic minorities. it is something pa has a diversity scheme to try and improve. i wasn't putting you on the spot but i wasn't putting you on the spot but i was interested to know. what about the ft, sebastian? ithink it's similarto the ft, sebastian? ithink it's similar to what harriet was saying that our editor has tried to make sure our newsroom is as that our editor has tried to make sure our newsroom is as diverse and inclusive as possible and over the past couple of weeks she has e—mailed around and said that ft will be doing more in this front and seeking to improve the diversity of its staff or its editors and of its cove rage. its staff or its editors and of its coverage. i think all organisations are trying to report and represent society and better reflect it. obviously the protests from the black lives matter movement from
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countries across the world have been a wake—up call i think for everybody in the media. they are working on the street with a c now in their own newsrooms as well. i think that's what organisers are trying to do to be as reflective as possible to understand issues that may not come naturally to everyone in their organisations. i think we have time for one more, what's look at the times the main story is the art galleries and museums to reopen. and also state occasions will be allowed from july the 11th which is good news in terms of the weather forecasts but that also comes with a health warning, harriet it does, a lot of people will brew —— we were addressing because of rising temperatures this thursday for some it will be the hottest it has been so far this year which is welcome because none of us are going on holiday but of course warnings run alongside that it town or hot what a breeze health concerns and plays into the coronavirus crisis where the last time we saw decent weather,
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i think we saw crowds of people at hotspots bike dirdle door and chopping off cliffs and people become injured as well. but temperatures hotter than it beats of will be welcomed by a huge number people who are not able to go to a pizza this year. and it will get a nice suntan. —— go to it this year. i guess this comes with the lockdown as well and how that his change in the last three months and what it means for global warming and everything else because there it is extraordinary that we republic all wrong 19 and 20 degrees and now we will be hotter in just a matter few days. we have seen externally weather in the way it has oscillated between the searing hot in the frigid week—old for summertime. it does show the effect of mobile warming here, ithought does show the effect of mobile warming here, i thought it was interesting on the times front page
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that the hottest day in june was recorded in that very hot summer of 1976 which was 35.6, recorded in that very hot summer of 1976 which was 356, so i think a lot of meteorologists will be looking out to see whether we break that level there as well because there is no doubt that british summers are getting hotter all the time to tickle the warming. a lot of our society is not built for that. i am thinking offices might be warm in that circumstance, a lot of them will be taking outside to stay cool as much as possible but i think given how bad the weather was last week to have a bit of sunshine and heat will be welcome. they will want to get out of there flats and enjoyed the british sunshine because of the moment we can't go anywhere else. and if you have to go running to it early on in the morning. sebastian, harriet think you very much indeed forjoining us here on bbc news and looking at those first editions of the papers.
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hi there, good evening. i'm chetan pathak with your sports news. we start with manchester city who are making liverpool wait a bit longer to be crowned premier league champions after a 5—0 win over burnley. two goals in the first half from riyad mahrez. this, his first, had city 3—0 up at half—time. and david silva got on the scoresheet early in the half before phil foden's second of the game capped a miserable night for burnley. so, manchester city's win consolidates their hold on second—place. and it means the runaway leaders liverpool can no longer win the title on wednesday if they beat crystal palace at anfield. but should they get that win and manchester city drop points at chelsea the next day, then liverpool would be champions on thursday. now, jose mourinho is no stranger to responding to criticism,
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and he's been at it again today — this time defending his record of nurturing strikers after the former arsenal player paul merson said harry kane won't score as many goals at spurs because of mourinho's style of play ahead of tomorrow's game against west ham. this was the tottenham manager's response. dear paul, i have lots of respect for you. i think harry kane has no problems at all to score goals in my teams, especially when he's fit, when he's fresh, when he has routines of playing. so, that's my message to somebody that i have lots of respect for. next, the two—time wimbledon champion andy murray will play his first match in seven months at a british
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exhibition event this week. he also says he wants to play the us open and french open later this year providing the grand slams are safe. i would go and play, absolutely, providing that... ..i'm given the assurance that it will be safe to go there, but things can change quickly like we've just seen in the last there so with what's happened with adria tour thing which if things kicked off again in new york or there is a second wave coming over there, then that would obviously be something that i would consider. but providing that it's safe and we are told by government and the governing bodies that it is fine to play, then i would do it regardless of what the rules are with regards to the amount of people and stuff that you can have with you. i would do it, yes. well, the us pga championship will go ahead in august but without fans.
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it'll be the first men's golf major of the year with the us open moved to september, and the masters set to take place in november whilst the open championship was cancelled. brooks koepka looking for his third us pga title in a row. three members of the pakistan squad due to tour england this summer have tested positive for coronavirus. batsman haider ali is one of them, along with fast bore haris rauf, and spinner shadab khan — all three were asymptomatic but tested positive on sunday. —— along with fast bowler. pakistan are due to fly to england at the end of the month for three tests and three t20s in august and september. england's cricketers will honour key workers from the coronavirus pandemic during their test series against the west indies next month. players will wear training shirts with names of doctors, social workers, carers, and teachers.
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