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of malden in washington stae, hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster david davies and stefanie bolzen the uk and ireland correspondent of german newspaper die welt. tomorrow's front pages. quite a few already in. britain's hit for six, says the daily mail, who lead on the news we've just brought you, that social gatherings will be limited to six people as coronavirus cases rise. the metro runs the same story — as borisjohnson is due to give a press conference tomorrow — with the headline safe six police will be able to split up large parties, and hand out fines,

says the mirror whilst the times reports that ministers have admitted that the number of coronavirus deaths will rise. and as the telegraph say, it is the first time the prime minister has imposed a national lockdown measure since restrictions were eased in may. the guardian say that senior conservative mps are urging the government to reverse their brexit plans for northern ireland that a minister conceded would break international law. which the i have used to make the pun ‘brittania waives the rules‘. so let's begin... welcome back. stephanie, let's go with the mail this time. britain's hit for six. this was obviously,

brief widely to the papers but the embargo at 1030 this evening. just talk us through this. how complicated is it going to be for the british government do you think to reimpose these lockdowns? haven't lifted them several months ago. to reimpose these lockdowns? haven't lifted them several months agom will be difficult to impose them because people have just got used a little bit to a bit more relaxed rules on coronavirus. also the weather is still quite good so people like to be outside. especially young people now going back to universities. this is i think, one of the very big questions, what is going to be happening in all those weeks? where there is interest in other places. how are they going to really impose these to restrictions and will the police then also demand people to pay fines? they haven't done very much so far. it is going to be interesting to see if they now felt

more strengthened through the prime ministers words. and you will hear tomorrow what he will say to then really cracked down on people who are not respecting the new rules. another question by the way, why does it only come in next monday? there is a lot of days away from now. you're obviously writing for a german title of taste over here. how strictly do a lease germany? they are quite robust. when i was back in germany over the summer i saw myself police actually running after people in the station where i come from. stopping people and giving them fines on the spot in a train station. so they are pretty robust. i don't know whether it's the fines or common sense in general i would say germans are a little bit better at wearing face masks. okay. david, let's go to the times. what the papers all have the same story with differing amounts of detail. if you

paragraphs down, police will be told to break up gatherings of more than six individuals indoors or outdoors in response to the new wave of infection. it's got to be a big job for the police, has in it? it's going to be a mighty big job for the police. i do wonder what the police reaction is tonight when they break into, have to break into a house of six people. only perhaps one grandparent or perhaps hang on a minute, the other grandparent is hiding somewhere else in the house. these are the real complications of what is being proposed. doris is evidently going to say tomorrow that he is simplifying and strengthening the rules on social contact. as i say, i went with the police reaction is going to be. these rulesjust say come in on monday, it could be quite a big party this coming weekend in

the uk. yes, stephanie you also mention that students are returning to university over the next few days. this is going to be a nightmare to try and enforce university campuses. we've been hearing from university officials that students who flunked the laws and not sociably responsible will be sanctioned. but this really flies in the face of so much student behavior. yes, absolutely. it's kind of unnaturalfor them. behavior. yes, absolutely. it's kind of unnatural for them. it's also in a way, and i do really sympathise, it isa a way, and i do really sympathise, it is a one—time opportunity, you go to university especially if you're a new student you already had a very difficult springtime with the eight levels not ta ken difficult springtime with the eight levels not taken place, no problems taking place. now if i know you're off to unique, independent from your pa rents off to unique, independent from your parents and then you are supposed to sit in your hall and not go out at all. so i wonder whether we will see measures coming in also concerning universities further down the road.

david, the guardian, the big story until the virus story before that was we are breaking the law with the brexit bill. notjust the junior minister saying this but a cabinet minister saying this but a cabinet minister in saying this in the comments. well, i can't get away from the fact that i have not got a memory of a senior cabinet minister from the united kingdom standing at the dispatch box and being quite open and say yes, what we plan to do does break international law. in a specific and limited way. so that's the cake was that that's what he appears to have said. it's quite clear that not everybody agrees with them looting the former prime minister of them looting the former prime ministerof our them looting the former prime minister of our country teresa mae. and others. i was looking at some of the other quotes from other senior tories. mp senior tory,

the other quotes from other senior tories. mp seniortory, the the other quotes from other senior tories. mp senior tory, the rule of law is not negotiable. you do wonder how the government is going to deal with this. but they are heading, this can'tjust with this. but they are heading, this can't just happen. with this. but they are heading, this can'tjust happen. this minister couldn't have just said this in this way without somebody encouraging him to do it. and so we are ina encouraging him to do it. and so we are in a very, very difficult stage of this negotiation with eu. you see stephanie, what the response has been from the eu, the commission and the council about this. in all this ona the council about this. in all this on a date when michelle bonnier is backin on a date when michelle bonnier is back in london. trying to get some sort of deal with britain about the brexit withdrawal agreement. what do you think are the lasting consequences of that is if this does go through? because of course we are waiting for this bill which is going

to be published tomorrow of internal market bill which will either have this information are not. it could just be some huge kite or grandstanding by the government, presumably. well, that is the question. if it's grandstanding i mean, this is a very serious matter. this is legislation, this is a draft thatis this is legislation, this is a draft that is coming into the house of commons so the government obviously wa nts commons so the government obviously wants us to become law. if you look at this from the outside, it feeds into the idea of quite ruthless british government. also a government you cannot rely on. it started long ago already with teresa mae with the brexiteers in the tory party saying we're not going to pay the divorce money and all that. but this has a different quality, i think. because if this becomes law it could mean in the very worst case that actually the republic of ireland has to introduce controls again on the irish border. they don't want that, of course not. but these laws mean that for example,

london could give subsidies to northern irish companies and therefore they can undermine standards and competition with european companies. and so ireland asa european companies. and so ireland as a member of the european union and obliged by the treaties to protect the single market would then have to control the irish border. and i thought actually, that was really iron cast promised by both sides at this would never happen. david, moving the ft which has really been leading the way on the story. they've had all these groups over the last two or three days including the jonathan jones resignation. the governments legal officer. it's interesting to see what the tactics are here by number ten. what do you read into it? the sixth senior civil servant in 2020 two leave hisjob

sixth senior civil servant in 2020 two leave his job that's the reality tonight. now number ten and mr cummings were quite open about the fa ct cummings were quite open about the fact that they were not declaring war but they were going to have a shake—up of the several service and the higher echelons. and boy have they managed to do that. now if the price of that, the consequences of that are still playing out. but it's a very serious situation. sir jonathanjones a very serious situation. sir jonathan jones seems to have a very serious situation. sir jonathanjones seems to have been very, very concerned that these stepping outside the law would breach the civil service code. which he was of course expected to abide. some of the other newspapers talk about a senior government law related ministers who will have to consider their positions if this it where there's legislation to come to the house of commons. just on the

strategic direction of this, do you think it's possible that number ten is just wanting a no deal outcome? because that's going to be really uncomfortable, devastating for europe and for us, isn't it? nobody is going to own up to that publicly that i can imagine. although this government never fails to surprise you. they will take it to the wire i suspect. or where is the wire? a man may not be the 15th of october. it officially is the 315t of december. watch this space. can i just officially is the 315t of december. watch this space. can ijust bring stephanie and on this issue before we hear the stories because in the old days of nuclear power that we used to have mad. mutually assured destruction and that stop nuclear war. do you think there's a bit of a mad element to this debate now between europe and great britain?” would've said that until sunday. but when on sunday night i saw the

financial —— wouldn't. draft legislation it completely changes the whole situation if that goes through. again, this is going to be law. i'm not so sure. the advantage for the british government of having ano for the british government of having a no deal and not being bound at all to european rules and regulations, that's pure brexit. and i think that is what borisjohnson and especially people around him and people in the tory party really want. they want a com pletely tory party really want. they want a completely sovereign, united kingdom and therefore a no deal allows them not to do any compromises on things like state aid, level playing field, the fishery and so on and so forth. at the end of day i think that this country will pay a very high price for that. but they are free to do whatever they like. yeah. and of course supporters would argue the opposite. page two of the times, at a time of so much money being paid

off forfurlough a time of so much money being paid off for furlough schemes and everything else, we don't really need to be worrying about collecting taxes from multinational companies? well, amazon and its tax affairs in the uk are a regular source of controversy on the business pages of some of our major newspapers. and sometimes like tomorrow, they get rather nearer the front page. and this is page two of the times. amazon paid about 2.1% of its revenue and tax last year. despite its earnest... earnings having surged by a mere 25% to 13.73 billion. now amazons defence is that they have invested a lot of money in they have invested a lot of money in the uk over many years. clearly the pressure on amazon is growing. the treasury has indicated that it's considering an online sales tax to address the imbalance between fast—growing online retailers like

amazon and the struggling high street. how big a debate is there in germany about this? it is a valley doing a very similar debate. also the european commission is trying to interfere with that. although they cannot very much interfere on tax issues. of course there is also the question about the high streets now coronavirus people tend to say much more home doing online shopping for some at the same time they all crave our high streets was that we crave going out and having no shops and just having a coffee and then going into nice places. the idea of maybe putting a levy on sales, online sales might be a good run but then again, you are taking the money away from the very consumer. of course. talking about online deliveries and e—mails and things. back to the telegraph, just at the bottom royal mail may scrap saturday delivery. a shake—up since the introduction of

the pen about 100 years ago. let me tell you, the royal mail is been going through a difficult time over many years. they figure i saw today was the first five months, in the first five months of this year we wrote 1.1 billion fewer letters. and covid—19 has accelerated the decline of letterwriting. and someone who loves, i still live in hope of getting... oh david, ithank loves, i still live in hope of getting... oh david, i thank you letter? i love letters. i like reading them, i like writing them.” don't know why i'm laughing i am exactly the same. and i always write thank you letters. that is the one thing that made it stand out, i think. what about you stephanie, is there a fall back in mail in germany as well? the e—mail is taking over?

yes, definitely has. until recently i still had to send all my expenses, every little receipt for restaurants i had to send it by royal mail to germany. it cost me a fortune until i actually... i'll tell you what the computer model which some organisations some races have the computer i was there is no on any expense ever submitted. david you must remember those days as well.” remember, i have many stories in the back of my brain. my miniature brain about expenses over the years. this decline of letter—writing is one of the worst things i think, of my lifetime. i regret it hugely. i think a lot of people would argue it sort of sums up manners as well doesn't it? the actual effort taken to sit down and write something rather than just knocking off an

e—mail or text. but that's me being old fogey and old—fashioned. let's end with the other story on the telegraph. queen plans to return to her buckingham palace office. do germans get as excited when angela merkel returns to her official residence? she's a very, very frugal woman, angela merkel. and similar to the queen one might say because they are both very... know they are both very, i respect both a lot and they are very hard working women. i mean at the age of 94, she heads back to windsor and plans to be back in her london office in october, of course if you now have a social gatherings of not more than six people that's also a problem for the queen. because usually they have these large gatherings. but i find it admirable that she's headed back.

what is incredible, really a stephanie was 894, the queen is still going to do her official duties but will be commuting from windsor. she is going to be, if commuting, there's going to be less commuting, there's going to be less commuting in the post covid—19 then there has been in the past. they will be one extra commuter and she's called her majesty the queen. okay. lovely to see you both thank you very much indeed for taking us through the second look at the papers. here on bbc news. hello, this is sport today, we start to football will get to england and a minute we start with

more history for cristiano ronaldo tonight as he scored his 100th goal for portugal. he's only the second ever player to reach the landmark in international football. in the first player in the men's game. he did it in style getting both goals to know when over sweeting in the nations league. just eight of the world record 109 scale delete max he's nowjust eight off the world—record 109 scored by iran's ali daei. scale his side stay top of league a — as kitty corner reports. the mind of england's manager has been somewhat preoccupied recently with two of his best young player sent home for break and quarantine rules this was a chance to get back to the football. but there was much to catch the eye and the first half where england looked vulnerable. as he once did first firs erickson was pulling the strings for denmark and they could not level the break. so far england's plan wasn't working and there were made to wait until the 70th minute for the first proper

chance. harry came close but not close enough. one by one south gate turn to those had left out with religion on a for mac english players making their debut in copenhagen. a proud moment they couldn't mark with a victory as england searched for a winner. it never came. despite numerous disciplinary and england had home with fork points into games. all adding up to one and eventful week for southgate. two scottish premiership games to be played in front of fans this weekend. 300 spectators will be allowed to the turnstiles to watch celtics trip to ross county. the same number of supporters will be at aberdeen zone game was on its after the scottish government approved them as test events. they will both be played on saturday. most of the outbreaks in scotla nd saturday. most of the outbreaks in scotland have been in central rather than the north. which is i suspect why both of those pilots have been approved in the way that they have. we are extremely grateful to the government and the cooperation that

is shown in allowing these to take place. also to the clubs. who put in a huge amount of hard work to get the test events approved. and where now the first step towards any semblance of normality. to the racehorse where crowds will be allowed a british horse ration fixture for the first time in six months off at the unst to 3006000 people work be permitted entry more than 6000 other days including saturday. which the oldest classic race. manchester city mid failing to burn or has been voted player of the year by the professional football association. he said it was a big honour to win association. he said it was a big honourto win an association. he said it was a big honour to win an award voted for by his fellow players. it is the first time manchester city player has won the award sends its inception. in 1970 for. meanwhile, chelsea striker beth england won the women's player of the year award after she help chelsea climb the women super league and league double. bronze is back in

the women super league. she's re—signed for manchester city on free transfer. the england defender moved to france in 2017 where she went on to win three successive championship titles along with a host of other owners. she says she's returning to a much stronger league than the ones she left behind.” returning to a much stronger league than the ones she left behind. i can only see the english league get a better. in the way that it's improved already in the past four yea rs. improved already in the past four years. even six years when it first had the scene. it's change every single year. ijust can't had the scene. it's change every single year. i just can't see that coming toa single year. i just can't see that coming to a halt anytime soon. anglin especially with the fa, all the teams man united who come in totte n ha m , the teams man united who come in tottenham, westtown, i think it's just growing bigger because these are global brands all around the world. everybody‘s heard of them and everybody wants to be part of

english football. they had already won the series but england lost the final t20 in southhampton. england said the targeted and 146 to win and haven't talked scored with the bat it was a moment to forget for beer so. he made a complete and utter mess of this catch. which would've removed the australian captain early in their run chase. australia never really looked like losing the game though. in the end they want by five wickets. it's one of the few major sporting events that's pressed ahead despite the pandemic. as a reminder of the potential for tour de france. five had tested positive including the director. the rates continued this afternoon without doing that with sam bennett claiming victory in station. the tour de france was delayed by coronavirus and organisers of the desperate the first came today with race director that the race director christian prudhomme had tested positive for coronavirus.

he's been forced to leave the race after it was confirmed that he had the virus. all the writers are cleared for now but for staff members tested positive. as well as prudhomme four staff members from four different teams also tested positive and have been dropped from the race bubble. today's fast and offered little respite. there were several crashes on the hundred and five region among the rest goes to france. all the main contenders survived to the finish where ireland bennett battled his way through to his first stage victory of the tour. slovenia is retain the overall leaders yellow jersey while britain's late night britain's adam gates remained eight. there will be plenty more test to come. no more coronavirus runs until the next best day on monday. the us open tennis continues in new york tonight. you can follow it all live by on the bbc sport website. and at. that is all from us for now good night.

hello. it will be a fairly mild start to wednesday across most parts of the british isles for some of you but some will have to wait before you see skies like that particularly in england and wales where you are close by this weather front. won't have an a lot of rain but there will be a fair amount of cloud. that takes a time to pull its way a little way further towards itself with a skull in northern ireland far north of england drier, brighter perhaps one or two showers coming through and a notice of breeze across the north of scotland. elsewhere you are in for a pretty dry day. eventually we break up the cloud in the south and it rain dies away. while the human still across the south we temperatures mid teens to about 20 degrees. through the evening and overnight willjust drag the last of that clout away towards the near continent. that sorta time of year the nights are we bit longer the skies are clear

the winds are fairly the skies are clear the winds are fairly somwhere across the english side of scotland it's going to get down to three or 4 degrees. so a cool start to thursday. thursday is shaping up to be a decent day for many parts. certainly to start with this area of high pressurejust nosing in. there is no disguising the fact that a little bit further to the north and west and closing on the northwestern british isle eventually will be enough cloud to rob you of your sunshine in northern ireland. may be a passing shower and certainly more on the way of wet weather into the north and the northwestern parts of scotland. temperatures notjust as high after that chilly start. as they would've been in the first part of the week. that weather front gradually works its way in across northern parts of the british isles in the first part of friday. and then staggers its way a wee bit further south weakening all the while. before it does that, it will deliver quite a bit of rain into a good part of scotland and northern ireland and eventually

across the border. further south it's a dry enough day top about 2021. things turn a wee bit more showery and breezy across the northwest scotland to finish out the day. that's the way you start the weekend in that neck of the woods. notice the number of isobars and quite windy. for the northwest and isles and north of scotland. high pressure trying to dominate many areas it doesn't keep the front bay for the north north and west of scotland. elsewhere try and find weather with some sunshine.

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