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on the cusp of life and death. like many iraqis, jamileh saadoun has endured much in her lifetime. her son has been by her side for the last ten days. he is risking his own life to care for her. and he will stay until she recovers, or until she passes. in this battle, the doctors are heavily outnumbered. drjafar nassir says he only has half the medics he needs.
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they are dealing with the double trauma of nursing the sick and putting their families in danger. outside, safir el mehdi is helping someone find the remains of a loved one. before the outbreak, safir was a taxi driver. now, he drives bodies to the cemetery. none of the usual burial sites will accept the bodies
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of covid—19 patients. so, safir drives the bodies to the desert, south of the capital, where a vast new city for the dead has risen from the sands. all 3,000 graves are for victims of the virus. sadly, jamileh, who we filmed with her son a few days ago, did not survive. workers try their best to provide some dignity in death. the government has been overwhelmed. it has turned to groups who fought so—called islamic state to bury the dead. iraqis are used to conflict, and this fight will get worse before it gets better. reda el mawy, bbc news.
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the continuing problems of the coronavirus pandemic worldwide. in the third and deciding test against the west indies, england's cricketers have recovered after a shaky start, reaching 258 for four before bad light stopped play. 0llie pope steadied the ship hitting 9i—not—out. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss has more. look who's back. after missing the last match for breaching england's biosecure bubble, a recall forjofra archer. earlier in the week archer revealed he had received racist abuse on social media, and once again the players showed they were united, taking a knee in support of black lives matter. with this series hinging on this again, england needed to start well. commentator: must be, yes! oh, dear. a duck for dom sibley. the west indies clearly meant business. including their new cult hero, 6'6" 22—stone rahkeem cornwall.
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minimal run—up but maximum spin. commentator: beauty! england's problems soon deepened. captainjoe root needlessly run out, while ben stokes was clean bowled. no heroics today. and soon cornwall was centre stage again. commentator: 0h, what a grab that is. a brilliant catch off rory burns, while wearing two hats as well! the west indies had well and truly seized initiative. butjust when england needed him, 0llie pope led a rousing fight back. an unbeaten 91 from him whilejos buttler also have some fun. cornwall the bowler, probably where this was heading had the advertising hoardings not got in the way. buttler also reached his half—century by the close as the pair turned the tide. what threatened to be a punishing day for england was ultimately a promising one. commentator: lovely shot. andy swiss, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night.
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good evening, i'm asad ahmad.
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hello to viewers in the uk joining those around the world. it's now time for us to take a first look at the national and international front pages in the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the author and journalist, yasmin alibhai—brown and the deputy political editor of the sunday times, caroline wheeler. tomorrow's front pages starting with. .. the telegraph leads with the manslaughter conviciton of three teenagers for the death of pc andrew harper. the paper's headline quotes his wife
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lizzie harper who expressed anger at the verdict. a photo of two of the teenagers smiling during the case is shown alongside lizzie harper. the mirror also leads with the reaction from lissie harper to the verdict on the trial of her husband's killers the express of her husband's killers. the financial times lease with the settlement. action leads with the settlement. the guardian has details of the prime minister borisjohnson‘s interivew with the bbc political editor laura kuenssberg who said the government didn't understand the virus and admitted there were things they could have done differently. the i reports that polling suggests 80% of people who have worked from home during the coronavirus want to continue once the virus has been suppressed.
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the daily mail says borisjohnson plans to make restaurants and take away chains publish calories in every meal as part of an anti obesity strategy following his brush with coronavirus in april earlier this year. looking abroad, the japan times reports once again residents in the capital tokyo are being urged to stay inside and avoid all nonessential travel following an unprecedented surge of coronavirus. and the straits times reports how with an uncertain economic outlook, firms are being asked to ensure singaporean workers are treated fairly as job losses are expected to increase. so let's begin. thank you forjoining me. let start with the daily mail. talking about these new labels we might start saying on alcohol and our meals out. let start with you, caroline. yes, this is part of a much vaunted
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obesity strategy that was promised not long after the prime minister came out of hospital. after he had his own brush with death having contracted coronavirus himself. he was said to have come out of the hospital really enthused by the idea that actually we should all be losing weight and a bit to try and combat this particular virus. which as we know, is more severe for people who are overweight and i think the daily mail has quite astonishing statistics which is that that it could if you lose weight it would reduce your ability to encourage your ability to get over this by up to 90%. so there is a real emphasis behind this so the idea we phrase some of them before is they will put calibri labels on pints of beer and things like that and understanding that there is a lot of empty calories and alcohol and sometimes they don't realise what they are calorie intake is from drinking alcohol. so interesting array of ideas including watersheds and also publishing calories on menus so
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and also publishing calories on menus so when and also publishing calories on menus so when you and also publishing calories on menus so when you go out for dinner you are already aware of what these sugar content will be of your meal. you are right. it can be quite shocking when you discover how many calories you consume without really being aware of it. yasmin comeau referred from the advertising industry already that this is actually going to lead to job losses. not everybody is excited about the. i don't think i've ever knowingly approved of anything boris johnson has ever done in his life. that is quite severe. it is true. i have not. but this one come if he means it, is a really important step in the right direction. doctors, dietitians, parents have been going oi'i dietitians, parents have been going on for a long time, and having the calories come i have only two recipe books which give you the exact calories of what you are cooking. and it really helps you understand
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what you eat and what not to eat. and i think come having that number is both information and a deterrent. some of the calories, some of our most popular cooks, some of the recipes some a single recipes come have over 1200 calories. sol recipes some a single recipes come have over 1200 calories. so i think this is a good idea. is it really a silver bullet because knowing and doing are two different things? some people may know that there is a lot of calories and what they eat but maybe not really care. so when it comes to obesity, how will this be's caroline is right. if it came out of a person experience, i don't know if thatis a person experience, i don't know if that is true, there have been so many papers written by so many people that we need to do this, school meals, we have been to all of this. and it is always the business interest that rises up and says oh
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no, this is aboutjobs interest that rises up and says oh no, this is about jobs and interest that rises up and says oh no, this is aboutjobs and about our businesses. i think we have to break that vicious cycle for the sake of the people. caroline, there is more expected on these plans, isn't there? as well as a ban on by one, get one free supermarket deals. yes. i think we will see a whole raft of measures are on monday. also looking at advertising of high fat goods online for example and other things they will be looking at. but what some of the critics are going to say, it will stop short of looking at sugar tax. boris johnson say, it will stop short of looking at sugar tax. borisjohnson has been very clear that he is not in favour ofan many very clear that he is not in favour of an many taxes and is very clear he doesn't want to pursue that route. but that is something that you might find some of the nutrition the list and other experts in this bill come forward and say that is a very simple and effective way of encouraging people to lose weight. if you are affect make those foods which are high in sugar much more expensive to him as we have seen
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with the tax on sugary drinks. i came in sometime ago. you will see a real mixture of people reacting to this as yasmin said, you'll get some from the industry talking about the impact will have on jobs which will also going to get people on the other side saying this doesn't go far enough. right. the point of sugar is quite important. let's move the guardian. this makes for a summer the guardian. this makes for a summer reading. women in sacrificial lambs and the privacy childcare crisis. quite serious, isn't it. for working mothers especially come half of them unable to get childcare they need to work. yes. there was nothing in the budget from in the announcements that rishi sunak has been making, i don't think the word childcare came up once. so why are we surprised. women pay the price at every corner. when we are in recession, wilma will lose their jobs. women have been doing the bulk
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of the work. that's woman will lose their jobs. of the work. that's woman will lose theirjobs. it is a thanklessjob. even when men are at home, my husband is not like that thank god, women are carry the burden and i just don't know how we can get to the 21st century and still live in this very unequal gendered world and it is not aware since coronavirus, i'io it is not aware since coronavirus, no doubt about it. do you agree with that caroline, that the coronavirus has made things even worse for women? yes. speaking personally, i probably had it better than most, as a mother of three children, and also a mother of three children, and also a single parent, trying to hold down a single parent, trying to hold down ajob, a single parent, trying to hold down a job, look after their children, and home—schooling them all, cook three meals a day, keep the house tidy, and doing that for 12 weeks throughout like that has been difficult and i think a lot of women have found it with a lot of pressure
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on them, particularly if they are juggfing on them, particularly if they are juggling work and home—schooling chilled it and i think that is why these things are so shocking suggesting up to 60% of what men we re suggesting up to 60% of what men were cutting the hours in order to accommodate additional childcare. —— of women. even more shocking, 30% of women are saying of women. even more shocking, 30% of women are saying that their contract ended and they will echo or front—load ahead of their male counterparts. —— let go. because childcare was considered an issue. i do think it is been an issue massively overlooked. and i don't think we are out of the woods yet. we are hoping that schools will go backin we are hoping that schools will go back in september. but they probably will not go back necessarily full time for all years we hearing about staggered start times in different days of the week that children are going in to maintain social distancing. and again, that burden is largely going to follow a woman who will have to leave work early and go pick up the children at school gates if there is no sports

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