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has visited the city of kenosha and spoken by phone to jacob blake — whose shooting by police triggered days of unrest. international rescue teams in beirut are looking through the rubble of a building destroyed in the huge blast a month ago. scanners suggest there are signs of life. in the uk, there's a growing divide in travel advice between westminster and the devolved administrations, after england kept portugal and greece on a list of coronavirus—safe countries, but scotland and wales didn't. officials in charge of the testing network in the uk have apologised — after people say they're being asked to travel hundreds of miles to get tested. those are the latest headlines.
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are claire cohen of the telegraph and sienna rodgers of labourlist. tomorrow's front pages, starting with the metro, it leads with the scale of care home deaths at the height of the coronavirus pandemic — it says more than 400 people in care settings died daily staying with coronavirus, the independent reports concerns from health leaders about rising case numbers, as positive tests reach the highest rate since may. the is front page labels the uk's testing strategy of moving capacity around the country as "flawed "and dangerous" the daily mail calls prime minister boris johnson to get britain flying again — suggesting a lack of covid—i9
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testing at borders is harming the uk economy. the financial times highlights another concern at uk borders — as customs and logistics associations ask for clarity over preparations for the end of the brexit transition period in december. the guardian says borisjohnson is facing mounting pressure to backtrack over the appointment of former australian leader tony abbott as trade adviser. the daily telegraph reports that new director general of the bbc tim davie will crackdown on staff who share vocal opinions on social media and the times also features comments from the new bbc chief on the corporation's future — as well as a picture of actors lotte verbeek and charles dance at the venice film festival, which is currently under way. so, let's begin... we are going to start this time with
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the daily mail and this is the call for borisjohnson to get britain flying again. claire, this is an interesting one, because, of course, we know the aviation industry has been usually impacted, but we have got this divide across the uk over how different nations are dealing with this, this travel corridor, but in terms of getting britain flying again, this is, yeah, the industry calling on boris johnson again, this is, yeah, the industry calling on borisjohnson to do something about it. and very strong words in this article. i mean, the government, as you say, is under increasing pressure from many quarters now to get britain flying again. in the times article, tony blair is quoted as saying, "inability to do so is in crippling -- is "inability to do so is in crippling —— is killing international trade." so not mistake his word, and the piece also points out that 30 plus countries are testing people on arrival. —— mincing his words. so why isn't the uk? this is something we also picked up in the telegraph
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this weekend launched a campaign simply calling on the government to introduce testing out uk arrivals for everyone by christmas. and this will completely revitalise the travel industry, or it will certainly help too. it will also give people confidence back on going on holiday. at the moment, we have these mad scrambles when routines are announced, hordes of people trying to get back. it's incredibly shambolic. and we are sort of trusting them to self—isolate, and it's really very confusing. it's really the last thing the travel industry needs. it's also really worth pointing out, this is something the airports want as well. you know, the male story that we are talking about quotes saying, he really wa nts talking about quotes saying, he really wants this to happen, he does not want people to lose jobs. either actually has a testing facility ready to go. it's just waiting for the government to go ahead. so all the government to go ahead. so all the signs are pointing to increased
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pressure on them to get this sorted and get britain flying again is —— as the headline says. sienna, the words from john holland that manker one was mentioning, he says it makes him angry, talking about making —— putting this country's future risk. really strong words. when we see what is happening in terms of the traveller divide, when we have got england keeping portugal and greece on the list of countries that it's safe to travel back from, scotland and wales are not, and then you've got different times when people have to get back to scotland and wales before that 14 day isolation period kicks in. i mean, for travellers, not even talking about the huge hikes in airfare travels when these countries come off the list, it's must just be countries come off the list, it's mustjust be exasperating. countries come off the list, it's mustjust be exasperatingm countries come off the list, it's mustjust be exasperating. it is very confusing for anyone who wants to travel. they will be having to ta ke to travel. they will be having to take these big risks. a lot of
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people just aren't going to be willing to do that. i mean, there are also lots of reports that our quarantine measures at the moment aren't actually being implemented properly either. so you have to fill out a form. but if you go through the gates, for instance, you don't have to sure that form to anyone. so there are all these kind of missing gaps, where, the system isn't working. so there are these quarantine measures in place that are putting people off and threatening the travel industry, but they are not even effective at the same time, and that kind of goes to show that there are lots of problems with the testing regime as well. so there is a myriad of problems there in the government doesn't seem to be getting a grip on this, despite this happening for months on end. yes, those locator forms where you then get the qr box, and if you are a technophile like me, you touched on
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it already, but if we just go to the times also repeating those demands for those tests, coronavirus tests at airports. interesting to hear that heathrow does have those facilities, claire. yes commend this is where the tony blair quote has come from. so many strong quotes in the paper, it's hard to keep up. we have gotjeremy hunt and chris scaling acting our campaign, so lots of government and former government figures like tony blair getting on board with this. as you say, heathrow has these facilitate elite —— facilities already. all signs point towards this being a really good idea. i mean, portugal is the obvious example to use as it's being in shambles this week. i mean, it was less than two weeks ago that it was given the green light. now, cases are rising again. scotland and wales have already rescinded the travel corridor. england resisted it for now, but it looks like it may be
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headed that way. so, we're just going to have this constant squinting merry—go—round if something doesn't change to help the travel industry to help holiday—makers who, as you rightly point out, are losing money when they have to rush back from their holidays. that's not helping the economy or them at all to feel confident that they can travel and get back to normal. sienna, the paper mentions that there are 30 other countries testing at airports. so why are we not following their example, do you reckon? well, that's the big question. so, there is airport testing happening. it's in place of the moment. you know, neighbouring countries, germany, france, austria, dubai, and all of these countries, they have managed to do it. why is it that we haven't managed to do it here? itjust seems as if, you know, it's become kind of as if, you know, it's become kind of a cliche, but the government went slow into lockdown, it's been slow on testing, it still slow on
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testing, and it's getting worse in some areas. it's been really slow at supporting industries like the travel industry. you know, it's got to get a grip on this airport testing issue, because it really is going to be defining for these airlines were really struggling. looking at the broader question of uk testing, it's headline pretty damning there. "strategy is flawed and dangerous." we have got apologies, yeah, it's a difficult situation. of course, people having to travel long distances to get to their possible near testing centre. imean, their possible near testing centre. i mean, this is a list of —— a damning list that no government wa nts to damning list that no government wants to read. the head of nhs testing and tracing programme apologising that they can't keep up with unmanned, or health officials admitting that they have to ration tests. senior doctors criticising the long distances people are having to travel, and saying that potentially, that could mean that logo breaks are being mist. i mean, the travel thing is really astonishing to me, and that's something that's come out this week. —— missed. 0h north colleague of mine was advised that there —— or
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told to go to rouge, i mean, it's extreme eric and i think we reported in the telegraph that people had been on 350 mile round trips to testing centres, and there have also been cases of people being told that centres were full and they have gone a nyway centres were full and they have gone anyway and found them empty. so, something clearly needs to be done urgently something clearly needs to be done urge ntly to something clearly needs to be done urgently to rectify this situation. it also comes as we have been given the statistic that in the last week of august, there was a 6% rise in the number of positive cases, which is the highest since late may. that is the highest since late may. that is being blamed simply on a testing backlog, swab tests taking too long to come back from the lab and not going onto the national database quickly enough. so itjust seems that at every level of the system, there are problems. nobody is doing anything to sort them out. i mean, the government is that it is trying
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to improve the technology. it's committed to have a million tests a day by the end of october, where have we heard something like that before? and to focus on testing capacity in areas most at risk. i just don't know if that's going to solve the problem at this stage. at such a huge list of issues. the issueis such a huge list of issues. the issue is that also we need confidence in being able to return back to work. sienna, we see kids go back to work. sienna, we see kids go back to work. sienna, we see kids go back to school, parents being urged to get back to work, you need a form of confidence in the testing facilities to be able to do that. absolutely. the government is so intent on the economy reopening, and us intent on the economy reopening, and us all getting back to normal, as they say. there was supposed to be this campaign, although they denied it existed today, which was quite weird, getting people back to the office. in the meantime, tracing, we know that that needs to be 18% close
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contacts being reached and told to self—isolate. at the moment, that's under 70%. that's the first time that it has dipped below that mark, which means it's getting worse and that's key aspect. the tory peer who is in charge of the test entry syste m is in charge of the test entry system is now being lined up to head up system is now being lined up to head upa new system is now being lined up to head up a new body as replacing public health and good, but this test entry syste m health and good, but this test entry system hasn't been sorted out. you know, first thing is first. get that working. let's leave coronavirus for a little bit and turned to the daily telegraph, which is focusing on the new director general of the bbc. he is replacing tony hall. now he's come out with a speech and various plans on how to move the bbc how he sees its future. claire, picking up ona sees its future. claire, picking up on a crackdown on twitter warriors. who are these warriors? l, warriors isa who are these warriors? l, warriors is a strong word, i admit. but this is a strong word, i admit. but this is something that's been bubbling for a while. —— well, warriors is a
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strong word, i admit. being vocal on twitter has often led to criticism that it twitter has often led to criticism thatitis twitter has often led to criticism that it is fanning the flames of left—wing bias. so it's no surprise that tim davies would want to make a statement on this in his first week in thejob. it's statement on this in his first week in the job. it's essentially telling people not to be too opinionated. now, obviously too opinionated is extremely great area. who knows really what this will mean. it will be very interesting to see which journalists flout this new rule and which don't come and whether any of them actually decide to leave social media. —— which they may well do. you know, i always really sympathise with them because obviously the bbc impartiality rules are well—known, set in stone for all their employees. itjournalists set in stone for all their employees. it journalists come set in stone for all their employees. itjournalists come in so many of them on twitter are coming wa nt to many of them on twitter are coming want to be passionate and opinionated, that is sort of part of thejob, certainly when
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opinionated, that is sort of part of the job, certainly when you are starting out. so can i do feel sorry for them that is a really hard line to tread. but he is determined that they will tread it. you mentioned they will tread it. you mentioned the rest of his speech, it seems like he's trying to go back to the co re like he's trying to go back to the core message of informed, educate, entertain. that's on which the bbc was built. that will appeal to a lot of people and a lot of licence fee player —— payers if he can pull that off. what do you make of this? sienna, what do you make of the bbc, it is about impartiality, at the very heart of it. reading this article from a left perspective, because it's all very much concerned about a left bias at the bbc, but of course, the labour party, a lot of members particularly at the left of the party that says the bbc is biased the other way. so does get a
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tax on both sides. because the tories and labourers have both become both polarised and more distinct in recent years, i think that's mainly where you see thisjob isa that's mainly where you see thisjob is a lot harder, and it has garnered more criticism because of that. i think that's interesting, maybe now that the labour party is moving toward sort — — that the labour party is moving toward sort —— more toward centre, i wonder if there will be a lick —— but that could change things for the bbc, certainly. we will see going forward. let's turn to the financial times now. customs and logistics associations are demanding an urgent meeting, urgent being stressed with three she soon, and also michael gove. this comes after warnings that brexit border preparations are inadequate. the paper says that they risk causing severe disruption to supply chains next year. this is something we have heard before, but we are now in a situation where we are only 85 days away from december the 31st. these leading industry figures are going to the financial times to essentially say, "we need
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to meet rishi sunak can michael gove to meet rishi sunak can michael gove to sort out these border issues in these customs issues." they're struggling to get that meeting. it's extra ordinary stuff. we know that negotiations have been stalling this week. it still looks like we could get a no—deal, may be a very thin deal. regardless of whether we get a deal, these customs issues are going to have to be sorted out. itjust seems like these industry figures are accusing the government of burying their head in the sand over it. essentially, the article says, 50 yea rs of it. essentially, the article says, 50 years of customs processes needs to be undone and rebuilt. they've only got 85 days to do it. thoughts, sienna? i mean, it's looking like chaos at the borders is pretty likely. that's quite a scary thought, because obviously, we sought the getting of the pandemic, these shortages in supermarkets which use these just—in—time systems, and it's quite particular to the uk. if those kind of scenes
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are repeated, i mean, they could be much worse, even, when, you know, brexit happens properly when we are outside the transition period, that could really spell disaster for the government because it might be having the nhs in crisis for a second wave of coronavirus, brexit problems, and according to this article, the report says, that experts are saying, welcome to the officials are just not on top of the detail. they don't seem to grasp the complexity of these processes and they are not on top of it. we have got a minute left, and that's a shame. quickly we will look at the guardian. the pressure on the permit is to to drop the misogynist trade adviser, in reference to tony abbott, he is not 100% confirmed yet, but a lot of talk that he will be appointed. it's usually controversial. well, as women's editor of the telegraph, i wouldn't be doing my job if i telegraph, i wouldn't be doing my job if i said yes, what i? he has
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a lwa ys job if i said yes, what i? he has always been a polarising figure. i mean, who knows whether he is the best man for the post brexit trade job. he was prime ministerfor less than three years. so that's questionable. comments he's made in the past about women, abortion being the past about women, abortion being the easy way out. you know, at a time when westminster is still embroiled in various sexual—harassment scandals, it's just emerged this week that one of dominic cummings researchers made inflammatory comments on twitter. so it can't be seen as hypocritical by bringing someone like him on. no ‘ boris pressure to backtrack. siena? i completely agree. - street is completely agree. downing street is trying to say that no decision has completely agree. downing street is trying to say but: no decision has completely agree. downing street is trying to say but: no deit's in has; 7 completely agree. downing street is trying that y but: no deit's in has; 7 completely agree. downing street is trying thaty but we deit'sm hi completely agree. downing street is trying thaty but we will t'sm hi completely agree. downing street is trying thaty but we will end hi completely agree. downing street is trying that y but we will end in l to say that now. we will end in agreement. claire, sienna. inc. he as always for staying with us on talking as to the morning editions of the papers. if you would like to
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