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to hit the us gulf coast, has struck the state of louisiana. four people have been killed, including a 14—year—old girl. athletes from america's top basketball, baseball and tennis leagues have boycotted major sporting events in protest at the shooting ofjacob blake, a black man, by police in wisconsin. president trump is getting ready for the grand finale of the republican national convention. he takes the stage this evening at the white house to deliver his key convention speech. and the manchester united captain harry maguire has spoken to the bbc about being found guilty of assaulting police in greece. he said he didn't believe the men involved were police and feared for his life.
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are martin bentham, home affairs editor at the evening standard and barbara speed, opinion editor at the i newspaper. we will say hello to you and a second, but first let's take a look at the front pages. two passengers being taken off a ryanair plane bound for italy by officials at stansted in hazmat suits is the lead in the metro. getting back to a new normal because of coronavirus is the lead in the telegraph. it says borisjohnson is to launch a campaign to convince britons to return to the office. the times also leads on the prime minister's plans saying downing street wants to make it clear that going back to work is safe. meanwhile, back to school
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is the focus of the daily mirror. it says it's spoken to head teachers across england who insist they will be ready when schools open. immigration is the lead in the independent. it says since the start of the pandemic britain has not taken in any refugees who are facing persecution and war via its resettlement scheme. the daily mail's splash claims that the men convicted over the death of pc andrew harper have received more than 400,000 pounds in legal aid. over on the front of the guardian, it's exclusive. it claims the number of people who have died from coronavirus in individual care homes is being kept a secret for commercial reasons. and finally, to the express, which leads on brexit and says britain is another step closer to leaving the eu without a deal. so, let's begin. martin and barbara, let's say hi to you both again. very good to you have —— have you with
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us. good to you have —— have you with us. let's get stuck in straightaway. front page of the metro, track and trace onto a holiday debt. the paper says this is the moment a passenger was escorted off the plane by emergency workers in hazmat suits more minutes before take—off —— moments before ‘s. i haven't been on a plane for many months, but for many who have, sitting next to somebody who might have coronavirus. tell us more about the story in the video they're talking about. it's all quite high up compared to... what seems to happen is that passenger concerned had ta ken what seems to happen is that passenger concerned had taken a coronavirus test and that results came through almost as he was on the plane, but he left the house with coronavirus and travel to the airport. so that was obviously something he shouldn't have done. he was taken off the flight and then
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the area of the seat, where his bags we re we re the area of the seat, where his bags were were disinfected. in a way, it's a sign the system is working to some extent, but it is obviously a concern that he got that far. it does show a lot of the system is based on of individual responsibility, and if you have symptoms, you should not be travelling to an airport so to remember that a lot seems to be at the door of the passenger. martin, some people who haven't yet travelled on planes, including myself, are kind of concerned about social distancing. looking at this video, that plane looked like it was quite full. you mentioned in the last addition of of the papers you had been on the plane. how was the experience for you? was a crowded? the airport actually wasn't. that was very quiet and fine. the actual plane itself was fairly full, but it seemed fine to be truthful. i would
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say you encounter probably a greater risk going to a local shop or a supermarket or anything of that sort where people are coming pasty white close and so on. rather than a plane —— coming possibly quite close. they are all wearing masks and things, so probably the risk is greater on the high street, out and about around where you live, then it is necessarily on a plane. it's worth mentioning that the article says ryanair‘s mentioning that the article says rya nair‘s spokesman mentioning that the article says ryanair‘s spokesman said the passenger were taken to an isolation area. they were seated on the aircraft for less than ten minutes and they go on to say there was little if any risk of covid—i9 transmission to other passengers. 0f course, barbara, this comes as more countries are added to the uk quarantine list. anyone who is in those countries who want to come
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back to the uk, if they don't make it back before 4am on saturday morning, they will have to quarantine for two weeks. that list just keeps changing, doesn't it? quarantine for two weeks. that list just keeps changing, doesn't mm does indeed. coming on and off, it obviously doesn't marry up brilliantly with the pace of booking. last—minute changes are quite distressing, especially if you're ina quite distressing, especially if you're in a job where quarantining for two weeks could be a real deal—breaker. for two weeks could be a real deal—brea ker. it's very for two weeks could be a real deal—breaker. it's very distressing for people, and it is tough. i wonder if it might contribute to people deciding not to take the risk, just because countries we thought were really safe quite recently have made it onto that list. it does just show how uncertain the whole landscape is. that sums up our times. uncertain is the one word for everything right now. the front page of the times, get britain back to work, senior tories telljohnson. we're talking about
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people going on more holidays, but the government wants people to get back to work. martin, so many people used to working from home now. it feels like the way we do ourjobs is changing dramatically. feels like the way we do ourjobs is changing dramaticallylj feels like the way we do ourjobs is changing dramatically. i think it probably will have changed permanently, and there'll probably be more of a mix of people working from home and their offices. i think that probably is a permanent switch. we've seen some employers giving the all clear for employees to do that, partly because they're struggling to accommodate everyone, giving requirements to social distancing. so, part of it's driven by that. on the other hand, the important message that the times is referring to it seems the prime minister... it is of course quite a lot ofjobs do depend on people working in city
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centres, but there are all sorts of cafes, restaurants and so on that depend on big retail shops, depend on people to actually do theirjobs. it isn't a better mix from working from office is at home, then there'll be a knock on effect. general prosperity will be hit with consequences or lots of other people'sjobs that may consequences or lots of other people's jobs that may not immediately be affected by the jobs lost in city centres, that will have a knock on effect of those people haven't got the money to spend on the products they make. barbara, the times is saying by all sources say one in ten officials in the cabinet 0ffice have returned to the workplace after resistance from the unions. there's been a bit of a
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split in the cabinet over this because you got the prime minister saying people need to get back to work and the chancellor saying that, but actually, a different message somewhat from the health secretary. indeed. he was asked how many had gone back in his department. he said he had no idea, which does kind of undermine the message the prime minister and chancellor have been trying to send. he cares more about the work they are doing, he says, which i think a lot of employers of officejobs which i think a lot of employers of office jobs thought. office jobs moving which i think a lot of employers of office jobs moving on to the daily telegraph, which has the same story basically. it says go back to work or risk losing yourjob. people are going to feel the pressure, some people who don't want to go back to work. yes, this is slightly more threatening to say if you don't go back, you could be fired. i'm not sure that
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necessarily always the case, but that's the stamp put on it. it's certainly true that there is a knock on risk to people'sjobs in general if the economy doesn't do as well as it might, being sort of ghost towns for a long period. so there is that risk and the message clearly that the prime minister is apparently going to be delivering from next week, when schools start going back, and for some people it will be easier to go back to work. then that's the message it going to give. there's a slight in some of the messaging. —— slight contradiction. 0n the one hand, they want people to go back to work. on the other, masks and schools, mask and public transport, as if everyone is a walking infection. that message is
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perhaps, maybe people think it's a hassle just to wear masks to do things. they'd rather not bother if they can avoid it. i think when you send a message that everyone is potentially affected, it doesn't help with confidence and getting people back to work —— potentially infected. lets bring barbara and for the other story we're looking at on the other story we're looking at on the front page of the daily telegraph. "no healthy child has died from covid in the uk." it's a study of more than 79,000 admissions to hospital in britain, effectively says that no healthy child has died from covid in the uk. that's quite a staggering piece of research and actually it might help as a country sta rts actually it might help as a country starts to open up. indeed, yeah. the timing has been usefulfor the
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government, given its very keen to get children back to school that something the government's scientific advisers did see for their most recent statement on this. it is encouraging and it does show that children are not very susceptible to the virus. what they say is they don't know of any child who've died for the virus, they do say a severe form of the virus in some of those longer—lasting symptoms that were still slightly unclear how they work, but that's rare in children. but it still happens and there is still a risk of that. but it is dramatically less than in adults and older people. one thing i pulled out that i thought was interesting in looking at different groups who have been affected in different ways by the virus, the end of this article says the findings as children of black ethnicity were 30 times more likely to suffer severe covid—i9. the absolute risk was low, it made
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little different and parents to be concerned. when we look at groups, as the older people who are more likely to get coronavirus in a bad way, but also black and minority ethnic communities. yes, it hasn't fully been established yet, exactly the reason whether it's something genetic and some disposition, or whether it's more related to socioeconomic factors. a high proportion of people from those backgrounds are in more deprived conditions, so i don't think it's fully established. clearly, if you're in one of those groups, then you're in one of those groups, then you will be a bit more nervous and a bit more concerned. clearly, perhaps it still isn't a big risk if you're talking about children, but the ethnicities... you will be slightly more at risk from a black or
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minority background. let's move the daily mirror. school heads will be ready for kid ‘s return. barbara, thatjust moves on nicely from what we've just been talking about. still some reservations about how this has been handled. yeah, this is kind of the latest in an ongoing sort of series of statements from teachers unions, from head teachers, from the government. the government has been very clear. it was very keen to have a sort of... there have been various concerns raised by teachers around, we we re concerns raised by teachers around, we were talking about how children have low risk. that doesn't extend to teachers. some teachers might have underlying health conditions or just worried about the straightforward risks, so many workers are. this is an interesting in terms of teacher saying they're ready, it's happening, but still with those few concerns around the
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government messaging, the messaging has changed on various things, including masks for pupils in some parts of the country's. i suppose head teachers are saying they can't necessarily cope with the constant to the changing situation. there probably will be things that change, so probably will be things that change, so it'll be interesting to see how that works. i'mjust so it'll be interesting to see how that works. i'm just going to stick with you for the next one, barbara, because that your newspaper. this is the i paper. care home deaths kept secret to protect providers. tell us about the story. it was a very big story through the pandemic. deaths and care homes in the uk have been very high. higher than perhaps any... any death is not a good thing, but early on, the government said there would be this kind of wall around care homes. that did not happen. then there were thousands and thousands of deaths.
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requests for more detail on that data, we know there have been a0 deaths within a single care home, but that's board of more widespread data. it's a pretty stark thing to say that the commercial interests of these care homes is more important than our national knowledge about this disease. equally you can see the mass panic of people withdrawing elderly relatives from care homes without all the contacts. you can see that would be —— wouldn't be an ideal situation. i think it probably is quite important to recognise that there is a value to the public knowing this kind of thing, and that the commercial interest of these ca re the commercial interest of these care homes should be our highest priority. care home deaths were kind of one of the most important stories of one of the most important stories of the pandemic, weren't they? let's
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move on one more story. scottish daily mail, the pandemic housing boom. prices rocket, home selling before they been view. i've seen selling before they been view. i've seen other stories about this as well, not just in seen other stories about this as well, notjust in scotland, about people buying up houses in rural areas. a kind of goes back to what we're talking about before, people don't have to commute in. they think they can work from home. yes, i'm sure that is the case, although it might also be the case. i know somebody who's left london because they're on furlough and unsure they can afford their house for a different reason. it can happen both ways, unfortunately. clearly, some people will be thinking that they can exist outside the city and still do theirjobs. indeed, maybe they think because of what's happening,
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for a lot of people there's been a reset in terms of people's lives and taking stop through necessity. it may be many people have a different view of life and what they want to do, so i'm sure... although i noticed there is a reference to people from hong kong.|j noticed there is a reference to people from hong kong. i was about to mention that. i'lljust bring that in very quickly because we only have a minute left. it says they're experiencing exceptional interest from hong kong. it could well be political reasons. the protests in hong kong have been in the news for quite a while now. this whole pandemic does seem to have, it seems like cities have become slightly less attractive to people in general. hong kong is a very urban
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environment, so there's a lot of interest in the highlands in particular. you can see that rural ideal might be appealing to people across the world. indeed. a beautiful place to live. thanks very much barbara and markin. —— martin. that's it for the papers tonight. my thanks to martin and barbara. thanks to you for watching. goodbye. hi there, i'm chetan pathak with your sports news. the manchester united and england defender harry maguire has spoken for the first time about being found guilty of assaulting police and bribery on the greek island of mykonos. in an exclusive interview with the bbc, he says he didn't believe the men involved were police and feared for his life. the officers were in plain clothes and he says he thought he was being kidnapped. maguire also denies offering money
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to get himself out ofjail and says he has nothing to apologise for, though he regrets putting his club and fans through this. he's been talking to our sports editor, dan roan. since he left a greek court house on saturday, harry maguire's not been seen or heard. two days ago, in his absence, he was found guilty of assaulting police and handed a suspended sentence after a night out on mykonos went wrong. but finally, the united and england star has broken his silence, telling me what it was like to spend two nights in custody. it was horrible. it's not something i ever want to do again. i don't wish it on anybody. it's the first time i've ever been inside a prison. who do you owe an apology to? i don't feel like i owe an apology to anybody. an apology‘s something when you've done something wrong.
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do i regret...| regret being in the situation. obviously, the situation has made it difficult, i play for one of the biggest clubs in the world, so i regret putting the fans and the club through this. do you accept that you were, in a way, asking for trouble, being in that place that night? no. i think it could have happened anywhere. i love greece. maguire says trouble began when he suspected his sister, daisy, had been attacked by two strangers. these two men approached my little sister. they said... asked her where she was from, she responded, and then my fiance, fern, saw my little sister's eyes like go into the back of her head. and... she ran over, and she was fainting, she was in and out of consciousness. and...
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