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efigflgfi eurflw (hm the english channel. temperatures, given it is northerly, not surprising. overnight, some of the cloud begins to dissipate, having formed in the afternoon. it should stay dry for many. may —— not may be just as cold as last night, but single figures. monday very decent day indeed. if you have a plan for the outdoors, i don't think the weather will get in the way. bye— bye.
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hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines: calls for students in the uk not to go back to university in case it sparks a second wave of coronavirus. we are really worried that we could see universities becoming the care home of any second wave of covid—19 in the uk. european countries are urged
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to offer "a place of safety" to hundreds of migrants — rescued by ships in the mediterranean — including one paid for by the street artist banksy. more opposition protests expected today in belarus — as the government there is accused of cracking down on foreignjournalists. take your plastic beach toys home with you! the message from clean—up campaigners warning of possible harm to marine life. before the papers — sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. news of the community shield game. asa news of the community shield game. as a sort of game where if you win, it is just as a sort of game where if you win, it isjust a as a sort of game where if you win, it is just a trophy, if you lose, it is just it is just a trophy, if you lose, it isjust a it is just a trophy, if you lose, it is just a friendly. i'm saying it is just a friendly! first bit of silverware of the new season and it's arsenal simply
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picking up where they left off a few weeks ago, their second trophy in the space of a month after their fa cup win. this time they beat liverpool on penalties in the commuity shield with pierre emerick aubameyang again proving just how important he is to this arsenal side. alex gulrajani was watching. new season, it's a message. while sports in the united states temporarily stopped, those in england continue to show their solidarity. liverpool look to start the new season with a flourish. the goalkeeper prevented —— van dijk prevented to do so by the office side flag. with aubameyang's future in the balance, current reminder to his current employers. liverpool had a feeler season, they couldn't combine to level the match before the break and after it, coming up
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short. jurgen klopp calls for the reinforcements and takumi minamino delivered what was required to force penalties. he came onjust in time to ta ke penalties. he came onjust in time to take one, he didn't make it count so to take one, he didn't make it count so it felt to equity to seal victory and a second arsenal win at wembley ina and a second arsenal win at wembley in a matter of weeks. —— it fell to aubameyang. well, it was a double header at wembley. in the early kick off, chelsea made a statement in the first women's community shield. the wsl champions beat manchester city 2 nil. after missing a host of chances in the first half, chelsea finally got themselves in front midway through the second, and from an unlikely source. england defender millie bright scoring in spectacular fashion. the victory was sealed right at the end of the match. scotland international erin cuthbert doubling the scoreline. do you know what? i was so surprised as soon sit went in, i have had a
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tough pre—season. i came off well but i got injured and i didn't think i would be able to make the game, so credit to the medical staff. they have been outstanding to get me back fit as well. the goal is for them, but as soon as it went in i was so surprised. it is a shame there is no fa ns surprised. it is a shame there is no fans and we couldn't celebrate in run to the fans, but hopefully we will get them back as soon as possible. but elsewhere — fans made their return to a premier league stadium for the first time since march, with around two and a half thousand spectators allowed in to brighton's amex stadium for yesterday's pre season game against chelsea, with fans having to follow social distancing and hygiene protocols. the game finished i—i, you wonder just how much noise they made... i'm sure they put an effort in. rangers hit a milestone yesterday as they moved three points clear at the top of the scottish premiership. steven gerrard's side were two nil winners at hamilton, their sixth consecutive clean sheet — equaling
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a ”4—year defensive record. celtic face motherwell this afternoon. lewis hamilton will be hoping to extend his lead in the formula one drivers championship at the belgian grand prix this afternoon. it was another flawless performance for him during qualifying, beating his mercedes team mate valtteri bottas by half a second to claim his sixth pole at the circuit and 93rd of his career. afterwards he paid tribute to black panther actor chadwick boseman who passed away on friday. i wanted it to be perfect today, i wanted to show strength and i wanted to be out front on my own. that is what i chose, to make it significant and important and impactful because today is a special day to be able to dedicate that to chadwick. i feel very honoured to be able to do that. after a two—month delay due to the pandemic, the tour de france got under way in nice yesterday. there were fewer fans at the roadside,
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with masks being worn and social distancing in operation. norway's alexander kristoff sprinted to win stage one to claim the first leader's yellow jersey of the tour, and take his place on the podium. at windsor yesterday, hollie doyle made history by becoming the first woman in british racing to win 5 winners on the same day. at odds of nearly 900 to one — the highlight of doyle's achievement was this group victory on extra elusive to confirm her place as one of flat racing's biggest talents. live english cricket returns to the bbc later today for the first time since 1999. england's second twenty20 match against pakistan will be shown on bbc one, coverage starts at 1:45. the first t20 match was abandoned on friday because of heavy rain,
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with england 131 for 6 after 16.1 overs. 1999, can you remember what you were doing? feels like a long time ago 110w. i don't think i had even been born then. i believe you, thousands went. great stuff, many thanks indeed. heres a quick look at what still to come on bbc one the home secretary has called those who attend illegal raves and party selfish, issue right or people need to off stea m ? selfish, issue right or people need to off steam? we will meet a former satanist on the way to become a priest. join us at ten. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be
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bringing us. with me are ben chu, economics editor at the independent and robert fox, defence editor at the evening standard. a very good morning to you both, thank you for sharing your sunday morning with us. and with everybody else. let us run you through the front pages. the sunday express says a coronavirus vaccine could be ready within the next 6 weeks in the ‘best case scenario‘ — and britain is now at a crucial stage in the fight against the virus. as a result of the pandemic the uk is set to have the largest tax rise in a generation — that's according to the sunday telegraph — which suggests treasury officials are pushing for the move. the observer reports that the prime minister is facing a showdown with what they call ‘furious mps' over his handling of covid—19. the papers calls his leadership chaotic and says the conservatives have surrendered a massive lead over labour. and the mail on sunday talks about rupert murdoch's plans for a rival news channel to the bbc — that they say is being spearheaded by a former bbc employee and downing street adviser.
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we will talk about all those front pages. let us start off with the sunday telegraph, why don't we? robert, the bombshell tax hikes to pay for the virus. not really a bombshell because even if they do happen, these have been long predicted because clearly tens and tens of billions have been spent on this crisis. yes, come on. good old tabloid headline. we have known this has been coming practically since rishi sunak started dishing out all the money for people to stay—at—home and we had no idea, even by the calculation is of the sunday telegraph and the sunday times, that somehow this has got to be paid for. the overall national debt is as big as the overall national product now
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so there has to be a tax plug. it is very interesting now that they veer between 20 billion which is a lot and 30 billion. it is very, very interesting that they are saying that, and of course, there was a tremendous bus stop across the headlines, you may remember, during the last election campaign when jeremy corbyn proposed a tax rise, cooperation —— corporation, a 1k billion which was seen as outrageous. i think it will look pretty modest by the end of this exercise. and we're going to have to know very soon, within weeks, if not months, but i am sure my colleague knows more about this than i do. you knows more about this than i do. you know a lot about everything, robert. don't be so modest. then, you are economics editor, so let's ask you. the sunday times have a very similar story in fact. rishi sunak plans a
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triple tax rate on the wealthy. they are talking about a budget that will hit pensions, second homes and businesses. so many people have suffered through this crisis, individuals and businesses. it is very ha rd to individuals and businesses. it is very hard to tax anyone without causing real pain. absolutely, this is the traditional kite flying exercise now, so the treasury puts out this capacious menu of potential tax rises and seas which ones are least offensive to people. ahead of the budget. that is what is going on here. it is pretty normal in many ways. but what i find interesting about it as if you speak to public finance experts and economists, they earn by no means clamouring for tax rises, certainly not in the immediate term because they think the economy is still very, very depressed, still operating well below capacity and they argue actually that this is not the time
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for a fiscal consolidation. that may come down the line, but that is years down the line in their view, not months. so, actually, it is interesting that the treasury is putting this out now because it suggests treasury officials are pretty concerned about the fiscal implications. the economist, experts, not so much so there is a bit of a disjunction coming there. fiscal consolidation, that is one of the reasons you are and economic editor, that you know terms like that. let's go to the observer. talking about the political problems that boris johnson might talking about the political problems that borisjohnson might be facing within his own party, from his own backbench tory mps. they are getting a little bit fed up with all these u—turns. a little bit fed up with all these u-turns. yes, as indeed the bbc have been reporting today. with quotes from charles walker, who is the deputy chair of the always termed
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influential 1922 backbench committee. they are the chorus leaders in parliament for the conservative party, and very, very important as well. they seem to have got fed up with what really seems politely to be government by indecision at the very top from borisjohnson. the indecision at the very top from boris johnson. the observer indecision at the very top from borisjohnson. the observer is no fan of the tory cause and goes to town a bit on this, but there is a very strong case by the political editor insight. he said to remember when harry comment famously said when harry comment famously said when he succeeded as president, he had on his desk at the buck stops here. and he says, and boris johnson's desk, might as well be a slogan saying not me. it is the multiple sackings of senior civil
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serva nts multiple sackings of senior civil servants and multiple unit returns. people like brady, the chair of the committee and charles walker have talked about a climate of uncertainty which erodes morale. it is just uncertainty which erodes morale. it isjust one uncertainty which erodes morale. it is just one swallow in a very late summer. the observer is reporting today an opinion that puts conservative and labour, i think for the first time, as neck and neck. some of those u—turns have been in the field of education and that is what the telegraph frontpage has. it has the education secretary gavin williamson saint parents who refuses and the children back to school risk putting a huge dent in their future life chances —— saying. many people is preparing to return to schools, but parents and teachers, many of them are still anxious about that return to school. the story cites a survey by the office for national
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statistics saying two thirds of parents remain worried about sending their children back to school next week. my children will be amongst those going back, i am very pleased to see them going back, but a lot of parents do not feel the same. that is understandable considering the huge fear that was generated, intentionally by the government, back when a virus in the lockdown saying stay—at—home, back when a virus in the lockdown saying stay—at— home, shutting back when a virus in the lockdown saying stay—at—home, shutting the schools, taking drastic action. it is understandable that the education secretary is writing to parents saying it is safe, pointing to the scientific, rigorous evidence that children themselves are not at risk. that said, i think it is legitimate for people to be very critical of the government and particularly the education department for its last—minute handling of the advice to schools about what will happen if there is another look lockdown. they have been asking for this information, teachers and teachers unions have been asking for this information for a long time. it has
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come in the weekend before schools go back. i think that is pretty bad handling of the situation. it doesn't build confidence, so they are sending out a double message saying you can be rest assured, but in their handling of it they are not being reassuring and i think that is the fundamental crux of the problem here. the school pupils have already gone back in scotland, but in the rest of the uk, preparing to go back. and students, this is in the observer. the union, the college union saying that students shouldn't go back to universities because that risks a second wave of coronavirus, it risks a similar, they are saying, a similar crisis to the one we saw in care homes. i was talking to leader of that union suggesting that was rather alarmist language, considering that young students are often not suffering the same kind of symptoms as older people. yes, i
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absolutely symptoms as older people. yes, i a bsolutely follow symptoms as older people. yes, i absolutely follow you and agree, but the problem is congregation, isn't it? what the observer reported pointing out is the movement of lots of students, flowing through the country and we don't quite know how it works. run a virus is around us and it is in the papers and to quote the observer again, there is a very good, long article about the almost political russian roulette she sees is being played, this is laura spinney who wrote a good book about viruses and the spanish influenza of 1918, and it is rather different, but it was a huge pandemic. the conclusion of her report, which chimes in with the university report, is that we do not know enough yet. the efficacy and the
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imminence ofa enough yet. the efficacy and the imminence of a vaccine has been grossly overplayed by all accounts, and that is what the observer reporter is saying, be careful. we have got to be as vigilant as ever and we are adding another element with another big movement of people comparable to that that happened in the care homes, at the beginning of the care homes, at the beginning of the pandemic. 0k, the care homes, at the beginning of the pandemic. ok, let's go to the sunday telegraph. they go to a striking picture of the banksy rescue boat in the mediterranean. it is really highlighting the plight of migrants who are being rescued day after day from these very small vessels on these very perilous journeys. you can imagine that some people will be quite cynical of this exercise, celebrity graffiti artists funds to do good in boat to go into the mediterranean, but there is a very serious underlying problem as you mentioned, which is that these
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desperate people are making these voyages desperate people are making these voyages in very dangerous conditions and the fundamental problem is, the reason why this boat is there, being funded to do this mission, is the european government in the mediterranean are not doing the job of rescuing these boats. there is a monetary plaint looking for migrant vessels in distress, they said they sent a message saying one vessel was in trouble and none of the european governments, who run their own fleets supposedly to try and help these vessels responded, and it was banksy's boat that actually came to the rescue of this stressed migrants and rescue them. now, it is full. there is a big problem there because they cannot do any more picking up they cannot do any more picking up the pieces of the problem, which european governments are not dealing with. so that is the underlying problem which this story draws
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attention to and it is a very serious situation. 0k, robert, let's go to the mail on sunday. they are talking about a top tory, robert gibb who worked in downing street, having worked in the abc, trying to launch a news channel, a to us. this is to rival the walk, white bbc we are reading. i was a member of the bbc, it is where you and i first met. i think it is both funny and a bit sad, this. murdoch towards the end of his time backing what we have been told elsewhere will be a fox news for the uk, which apparently murdoch land thinks is vitally
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needed now. now, given the performance of fox news, especially over the latest events in the presidential race in america, do we really wa nt presidential race in america, do we really want that? the fact is that the bbc‘s standards are still there, i salute my erstwhile colleague and friend, still a friend, tony hall was sticking to impartiality and some kind of attainment to a rule of objectivity in news reporting. are we going to have biased news? are we going to have the shop jocks? are we going to have the shop jocks? are we going to have the shop jocks? are we going to have the hallidays of this world who have praised the 17—year—old sniper. i think it is very worrying. i wrote a long article about reaction to local news, either way i do not think it is going to work. that is pretty conclusive. let's go to the observer
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again. theirfront page has a picture of chadwick bozeman who was the black panther star who died very sad day on friday from cancer. only 43 years of age. not only a terrific role model, but he had been working for a long time with that cancer, quite extraordinary. that was the most shocking thing, the fact he made all these films whilst being so desperately ill and i have watched a lot of his films, and i had no idea. it is absolutely tragic of course. i think it is also important to recognise what he represented and what the projects he was part of represented. it is easy to see superhero films as kind of cultural trivia and sheer escapism, but black panther, the role he was most famous for, was a really, really important cultural milestone. it had a mainly black cast, a black director and it was massively successful in the box
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office. it took over $1 billion worldwide when a lot of people assume that black films, as they would classify them, were just not going to be commercially successful. that proves them wrong, it will open up that proves them wrong, it will open up so much in hollywood. as an important cultural milestone in general. he was right at the centre of that project and it is all very seriously. he fought very hard for the black panther actors not to have american or european accents, but to have african accents. he was very conscious of the standard he was carrying on behalf of the black community worldwide. that is another reason it is such a tragic loss in this year of black lives matter protests and debates. thank you, lovely tribute there actually. let us lovely tribute there actually. let us end with a quick look at the sunday times picture which is notting hill carnival, which is rather different this year because
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it isa rather different this year because it is a virtual notting hill carnival. like so much, like so many cultural events, it has gone virtual. yes, and what it stands for, there is a lovely article and tribute in the sunday times by rachel edwards as to what she will mess by not having it life, but can i pay mess by not having it life, but can i pay tribute to ben's organ the independent? i have been looking up the independent guide to the virtual notting hill carnival, the four main aspects that you can enjoy, you can participate online. it is a terrific service, please do it and let's really hope that it doesn't go virtual for ever really hope that it doesn't go virtualfor ever and it really hope that it doesn't go virtual for ever and it comes really hope that it doesn't go virtualfor ever and it comes back for real next year. are you getting a bit fed up of pretty much everything being virtual at the moment? yeah, it is interesting saying it is the first one in 54 years, it is not obvious why you would do it otherwise in these extreme circumstances. i think it is testament to how valued it is,
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because it would have been quite easy presumably for them to say we are not doing it this year, we will come back stronger in 2021, but there are so many people who are invested in this, sony people who made this costumes as we see in those pictures that attract so many people. that shows how important it is an robert is right, we should log on and watch it. many thanks to you both and this has been a virtual newspaper review. available only on this news channel, no other news channel will have you. thank you for looking through the papers with us the sunday morning and let us take a look now at the latest weather. hello, after a pretty chilly start to the day on sunday, it looks as though the rest of the day is going to offer up the prospect of some sunny spells. it will after that chilly start to feel pretty cool
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throughout the course of the day wherever you happen to be spending it. they settled conditions thanks to an area of high pressure which, as you see, is close by out in the atlantic. further to the east you have a little bit of influence from the low pressure over the near continent and the squeeze in the isobars has given some gusts are ready today up at around 40 mph or so. the winds will gradually moderate through the course of the afternoon. one and two showers coming in to these eastern counties ona coming in to these eastern counties on a notable northern wind, but further to the west, it is going to be dry and fine for the most part, and odd light shower here or there, more across the north of scotland. the wind is from the north and that is not a warm direction, so after the cool start, we maxed out at best around 17 or18, the cool start, we maxed out at best around 17 or 18, and if you are out on the east coast, 12 or 14 could be the order of the day. overnight comment, what cloud has developed in some areas will dissipate and that will allow the temperatures again to fall down into single figures, perhaps not as low as the night
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passed but offers the prospects of a pretty decent start monday. bank holiday monday of course for some bar scotland. that higher pressure much a dominant feature and it will have the effect of keeping that amount to confront out into the atlantic. if you cast your mind back to where we were 12 months ago, i am afraid we're not going to be offering anything like the 33 degrees or so, notjust offering anything like the 33 degrees or so, not just for monday but indeed for the foreseeable future, as you will see in just a second. it is a decent enough start to the day, there will be some gorgeous blue skies for some, but i think is a day goes on in the cloud to develop, perhaps a shield of cloud gets into the western side of northern ireland and there are a bank holiday temperatures. scotland's well, you are down into the mid—teens. at best in the south you are looking 18. that weather front to stagger since across on tuesday, weakening affair, nothing wea k tuesday, weakening affair, nothing weak about that set of weather fronts which gives that spell of wet
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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. calls for students in the uk not to go back to university in case it sparks a second wave of coronavirus. we are we a re really we are really worried that we could see universities becoming the care home of any second wave of covid—19 in the uk. to hundreds of migrants, rescued by ships in the mediterranean, including one paid for by the street artist banksy. tight security in belarus ahead of more expected protests. the government there is accused of cracking down on foreignjournalists.
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