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at least ten people have died. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are former conservative adviser mo hussein and chief executive of the new economics foundation think tank, miatta fahnbulleh and tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the ft focuses on tensions between the eu and uk over brexit. it says the government was warned as early as january that the current agreement gave the eu control over most of its state aid policy after the end of the transition period. the telegraph features a piece from the prime minister, who accuses the eu of threatening to impose a food blockade in the irish sea. borisjohnson adds that this would destroy the economic and territorial integrity of the uk .

the front page of the express quotes the prime minister's trade negotiators, who say they are confident britain will thrive outside of the eu. meanwhile the mirror leads on the rise of coronavirus cases warning that other cities could face restrictions after birmingham. the times also looks at coronavirus, saying that borisjohnson, is drawing up plans to fine people who breach self—isolation rules. the is front page story reports on the british army preparing to help carry out mass vaccinations for coronavirus in the future — if a successful vaccine is achieved. the mail leads with a poll of its readers, which suggests 40% want children under—12 to be exempt from the ‘rule of six' limit on gatherings. so let's begin... let's bring in our guest now. great to see you both again. let's start

with a daily mail. save our children's christmas. now, this is interesting. not all britons wanted under twelves to be exempt from the rule of six mac let's start with you, me at all. i think the government is going to come under increasing pressure. the rule of six is simple and so far as you know, it's easy to communicate, we all know what it means. and it moves us all beyond the confusion of what was applied when coming out of lockdown. i think the difficulty is because scotla nd i think the difficulty is because scotland and appears wales are taking a slightly different interpretation of the rule which allows children under the age of 12, children that we know tend to contract the virus less frequently and severely than adults but also transmitted. it feels like there is a logic in exempting them. but we haven't done that here. and so i think you know, backbench mps are

going to be putting a lot of pressure on the pm. i think a lot of people are going to be wondering what the logic of us haven't such a stringent interpretation of the rule when others and scotland don't. and i suspect they are probably going to u—turn on this and replicate what we have in scotland. right. moe, this is obviously, there is this emphasis on christmas. it just is obviously, there is this emphasis on christmas. itjust brings on the fa ct on christmas. itjust brings on the fact that people do want to go back to doing normal things and are quite worried about what their christmas is going to look like if the situation does not improve. yeah, i think purple people and certainly aren't worried. and i think it's an emotionally charged headline. i don't think anybody in government is sitting back thinking how do i mess up sitting back thinking how do i mess up peoples christmas was that we are in the middle of a global pandemic. you do have to take action which everyone's had to make sacrifices so far. and if this means that this will continue. i think the question around why the different nations in the uk is a valid one. and there is

a line in this piece that says downing street is refusing to back down which i don't think has thing into it as it once did. this point really to mp5 being frustrated with the government. there is a lot of angerand how the government. there is a lot of anger and how this was announced. this wasn't debated on the floor of the house. ithink this wasn't debated on the floor of the house. i think the this wasn't debated on the floor of the house. ithink the relationship and the communication between backbench and the executive as we've seenin backbench and the executive as we've seen ina backbench and the executive as we've seen in a northern island political, has not been great. there were some issues that they would become lightning rods to try and resolve those issues. as well as resolve the substance of families being able to see each other. if we look at the front page of the daily bear, they are also talking about coronavirus and the fact that the cases have doubled in the week. the rate of infection is rising, other cities are going into lockdown. so far people have been listening to and

responding generally quite well to advice. but do you see more negotiation coming ahead in the sense that restrictions are going to have to be debated a little more. people want to understand why even more than before. i think so. because i think when this was a novelty, there was a sense that we didn't really understand what was happening. a lot of people had and engage with the science behind covid—19 and what we should do or shouldn't do. so there was quite a lot of compliance. it is wearing thin for a lotta people. ithink lot of compliance. it is wearing thin for a lotta people. i think the government has to pivot its strategy. if you want people to be adhering to these strict restrictions which i believe will be necessary for a release a same period, i think that's the key thing, when we went into lockdown it was only going to be short term. where is our talking about restrictions that will be without us for months on end potentially years on end. and so you've got to have an honest conversation with a population that says, this is why

we re population that says, this is why were doing it, these are the trade—offs and these are the reasons you comply and be flexible when you can be. but it's a really, really tough balancing act that the government has to put in place. and a big part of that is confidence. and confidence comes when people believe that the government is taking the right measures to constrain this. it's putting up the right infrastructure, test and trace area right infrastructure, test and trace are a critical part of that. until it gets that part of the equation right, it's very, very hard to ask people to fully comply will stop because they will start questioning the validity and the judgement of what the government is doing. which is been an absolute disaster in the pandemic. mo, there is the reminder in the story that the coronavirus cases are doubling. dr rate has topped one. how concerned should people be? i think people should be very concerned. this is going back

to where we were a few months ago. but potentially even more damaging because in the winter when people tend to gather more indoors and it's all pressure on the nhs. this could have a much more profound effect on all of us. so i think the concern should be real. ithink any all of us. so i think the concern should be real. i think any guidance that comes up especially with the rule of six come again for example, people should really follow that. i think it is being done to try and contain this as much as possible. and of course, there is always that question of how do you get people to follow rules? that's the conversation on the front page of the daily star. doug's army is what they are calling this. they've got there his phrase here that boris johnson's army of covid marshals will take to the streets amid fears they will prove to be powerless busybodies and laughing stocks.

hahaa, harish. just a little bit harsh. i think underlying there is a really valid point. obviously, the government is thinking, trying to think about the range of measures that going to put in place in order to try and constrain the virus. and in order to get people to comply weather basics restrictions and social distancing is waffles up these idea of covid marshals are people all go and try to make sure that people are keeping space and doing the things that they need to. there is a genuine question about firstly, who these people are going to be, how are they gonna recruit them in time? if you remember the recruiting people to operate the test entry system, how long that truck. how are we going to get these marshals up and running? and critically, what powers will they actually had to enforcers? i think probably a more sensible route is for the government to probably push

down to government who can use organisations that are already there wire it doing that whether it's neighbourhood policing in order to be able to work and communities to explain to people what the gardens are. and to help them adhere. i think that's probably a far better attacked than trying to create an arbitrary army of marshals that it's quite hard to know that they'll be doing and how they be doing it. quite hard to know that they'll be doing and how they be doing itm what powers they will have. but r, what powers they will have. but r, what about just a signalling of this? is there enough power and that knowing that they should be wearing their masks —— shouldn't be wearing their masks —— shouldn't be wearing their masks —— shouldn't be wearing their masks below their noses or not listening to guidelines. is there just a fact that there are marshals around? i think there is. i think the devil will always be in the detail with these things. this is the government acting, to try and change situations and introduce something new. because compliance really is an issue. people were

compliant we would not have to do things like introduce marshals. yes, there are questions around what will they do, how much power will they have. these questions you need to be answered they haven't even started work yet so i think this is a slightly unfair framing work yet so i think this is a slightly unfairframing in work yet so i think this is a slightly unfair framing in terms of how to start. it goes again certainly many libertarian values. a lot of people just want to get on with their lives and not be told what to do. but in the middle of a pandemic everyone's life will be disrupted, has been disruptive. sol think the object of this, somebody keeping an eye, somebodyjust making sure that rules are being followed, is being done. because the judgement is being done. because the judgement is that is what is needed given compliance levels. take us from doug's army to the real army. looking at the front page of the eye, it's talking about the army, plans being made for the army to help with uk mass vaccinations. yes, the army has played a role already

in response to the virus whether it's the nightingale hospitals instructing them in wrecking time or transporting —— constructing. whether it's ppe in the country. i think the real question here is about the vaccine and when are we going to see one, as it can be an effective? the going to see one, as it can be an effective ? the story going to see one, as it can be an effective? the story is lightly getting ahead of itself. because without that vaccine that is effective and that we know does the job we all want to needed to do. we can go back to some type of normality. the army has transport. that is really the question and i know a lot of people are working on. certainly. let's change tact a little and talk about brexit. the daily telegraph has borisjohnson writing and defending his recent rules. he's issued a direct plea to tory mps who are threatening to rebel over his plans telling him

that if they stand in his way they will reduce the chance of getting a trade deal with the eu. what do you make of this whole situation and boris johnson's defence? this article i find really bizarre. the claim is that the eu have either threatened or could threaten to either impose tariffs or goods coming from northern ireland into great britain and worst case scenario could actually put in blockades by refusing to grant great britain a third party status. i don't know how much credibility there is in these claims. and i think it would definitely go against the types of relationship that you hope we will have with the eu which would be one that is kind of partners. law took back allies and

friends. i don't actually think there is probably that much weight behind the claims that the prime minister is making. i think this is an attempt to paint the eu as the bad guys in this negotiation. it's an attempt to rally the supporters and base around the reasons for brexit. and reason why we want to ta ke brexit. and reason why we want to take a hard line with the eu. i think it's really dangerous. i think we should be negotiating in good faith, we should be negotiating amicably. because a free trade is in both of our interest. and i worry that all of the tactics are inflammatory and they will sour the relationship with our trading bloc and set us on relationship with our trading bloc and set us on course relationship with our trading bloc and set us on course to no deal. when we have the economy on its needs will be the most reckless thing that any government could do. and ijust hope that all economic reason but actually in the end january care for the country and sure that that is not the course that they hate. because in the

current context it would be unbelievable if that's where we end up. well, if we look at the ft weekend. there is a piece there that says actually we could have seen all of this coming. it's as if the government was warned in january that boris johnson's government was warned in january that borisjohnson's brexit deal would leave brexit durer section of large amounts of uk state aid policy. yes, and i think the issue is with their brief withdrawal agreement are well known and have been the cause certainly without party to the fall of trees that maze government. they struggled to get a sensible and workable solution for this —— theresa may. to say these issues have nowjust come to light and hacks that readers i think is quite wrong. i do think it will lead people to really question what is going on here. and i think the questions around this is a well and the reason that many mps are quite

frustrated by this. because it opens up frustrated by this. because it opens up many other issues that we are trying to deal with. whether it is credibility on the world stage to get new trade deals, we already heard from the us and congress about the impact they could have on that. whether it is holding other countries to account for things that we do not want them to do which i am a klingon in flagrant violation of law. how can we do that if we are being accused of this ourselves? this i think actually goes beyond the old argument of leave or remain. there are many brexiteers, prominent conservatives who do not like what the government is trying to do here. i think this ft story it willjust bolster their case. staying with the brexit theme, and this is somewhat related in the daily express boris saying we've only just related in the daily express boris saying we've onlyjust begun. trade negotiators are confident that britain will thrive outside the eu as that deal is signed with japan.

£15 billion. me, in contextjust how much of a dent will that make? it's a good news story afford the government and the prime minister. it's good that they've made progress ona it's good that they've made progress on a trade deal with japan. but the net impact of this is not the point not percent, over 15 years. and that's not, inconsequential but you have to compare it against the loss in terms of gdp. of both extra kidding ourselves from the eu which isa kidding ourselves from the eu which is a loss anyway but if we do end up ina is a loss anyway but if we do end up in a knot scenario we do end up failing to negotiate a free trade deal with the eu, the cost of that will completely blow out of the water the net benefit of this trade deal. it seems very odd to me that if the government is so determined

for us to be global britain to have all these trade deals that it would ta ke all these trade deals that it would take a little bit more energy and effort into negotiating the deal with our biggest trading block right on our doorstep. mo, will the government be hoping that the relative speed with which this deal was executed will give people confidence that there is a bright future for britain after leaving the eu? yeah, i think it certainly will. i think it is a good news story for the government. and even though the value of monetarily may not be that very much i think the point is well made about how the contract a lack of deal with the io. the symbolism of deal with the io. the symbolism of this is really important. this deal and the government is very keen to show that it could get at a deal for the uk to show that it could get at a deal forthe uk and to show that it could get at a deal for the uk and the current eu, japan deal. even though it may not feel like much, there are clauses in this around data and digital, around food and drink that do benefit sectors in

the uk much more that the current deal that the eu has withjapan. so i think the government will hold that up as a sign of things to come and things that could happen that could benefit the uk much more specifically. and much more in a relative way in our economy. we can talk a bit of football before we go looking at the support page of the guardian. and clopp is saying he wa nts to guardian. and clopp is saying he wants to bring fans back to stadiums miatta, i don't know if you're a football fan but his argument is that football plays a crucial role in bringingjoy to that football plays a crucial role in bringing joy to peoples lives. perhaps that depends on whether your tea m perhaps that depends on whether your team is winning or losing. absolutely. i think this just sums up absolutely. i think this just sums up the complete nightmare that the government is going to have. because we we re government is going to have. because we were supposed to be moving towards trialing close to lynette covid compliant stadiums. but it

looks as the our rate increases as the number of cases increase that the number of cases increase that the government is likely a unlikely to move on this. and he comes back to move on this. and he comes back to the crux of the matter, for some time to come we are going to have to have these trade—offs between the things that we like to do in our lives and keeping this thing under control for public health. it's actually a miserable place to be. it's impossible for any government to do. but unfortunately, that is the world in which we find ourselves. for me the thing that has to be paramount as public health. because if we get that wrong it has huge repercussions on everything else. and it's quite hard for businesses, isn't it. businesses are relying on things like fans coming into stadiums. yes, definitely. this article talks about the cost £10,000 article talks about the cost £10,000 a month i think 100,000 jobs that are connected to this. this is happening in many, many sectors. it's interesting that this kind of

speaks to some kind of desire to return to normality and why the struggle was the line of psychology of people being in crowds again which i found really, really interesting. and that feels like a very long time ago. it still feels like a very long time in the future for the reasons that miatta has outlined. as we know it isn'tjust being there is how do they travel they are, where they congregate? so they are, where they congregate? so the public health side of things will definitely take much longer than any of us had hoped. it's almost hard to remember what it felt like to be in a crowd, isn't it? thank you so much to both of you. that's it for the papers tonight. goodbye.

hello i'm sarah with abc support center. england have been beaten by australia and the first of 31—day internationals in manchester. they got off to a great start taking the first five aussie wickets for just 123. but a century partnership between martin and glenn maxwell help to 290 for for nine out there of their 50 overs. and why england struggled to get their chase going when butler was fourth man out they had just 57 on the scoreboard. it did take them towards the target billings made his first century at this level. but when he was last man out they were still 19 runs short of the australian total. it's u nfortu nate the australian total. it's unfortunate that we've come up short tonight. and we still have some areas of improvement but huge

positives billings scores made and out of the hundred he's been in the waiting room, if you like for the last four years. his opportunities have come few and far between. but the character and resilience that he showed today is a real positive for us. showed today is a real positive for us. at this point i couldn't get the team over the line. so unfortunately, yeah, very much mixed feelings. it's been kind of a long time coming in and out of the side. but glad obviously on a personal level to get a score. just a shame it wasn't a winning forward. when you get a big partnership through that middle part you know you still have to keep taking wickets to win the game. and you can do that by over attacking or defending the ball and really tighten. i thought it was fight on delete next watt on today. brilliant. first game back in the championship with a one note win over middlesborough on the opening night of the new season. defender

scored the only goal of the game after 11 minutes. scored the only goal of the game after11 minutes. heading scored the only goal of the game after 11 minutes. heading the keeper the hornets who were relegated after five seasons in the premier league. are now under new boss. st. helens of gone back to the top of super league with a golden point win over kingston rovers. the reigning champions were knocked off the top spot earlier this week after the rfl decided to change these standings two points percentage. they were held to 20 all after normal time but this drop—kick from the first of his professional career is sealed a one point win to keep them undefeated since lockdown. and it was another drop goal that separated the leads and hold his field. they are at half—time but it's 1312 and hold his field. they are at half—time but it's1312 with five minutes ago. that is how it stayed. fans have returned to formula 1 for

the first time since march for this weekends tuscan grand prix. bought us weekends tuscan grand prix. bought us topped the time sheets for mercedes and both practice sessions. several drivers found tricky driving and the circuit in italy for the first time second practice was suspended twice. first after a crash in mclaren and then racing points sergio perez tangled with recommends alvaro male. extending the lead in tour de france after martin is one stage 13. martinez broke just before the finish to take the first tour stage victory of his career. slovenia got away from his rivals including defending champion to extend his lead. britain's adam gates last a0 seconds but hasn't moved up to seventh overall. meanwhile yates his twin brother simon now leads the italy toughest stage of the race. thomas finished

second to move up to third overall with three stages to go. and britain's secco frito team won the opening team trial of the juror rosa as lamborghini took the leaders jersey on the first stage. the tenth stage in italy is the only women's grantor. that stage in italy is the only women's gra ntor. that is stage in italy is the only women's grantor. that is all your support for now. good night. hello. the weekend is upon us and the weather is looking a bit mixed. something of a north, south split. across much of england and wales we've got a fairly decent weekend ahead. it's looking largely dry, pretty warm as well with some sunshine on offer. but for scotland and from northern ireland, a different story. here things will be turning increasingly windy particulate through saturday and there'll be some rain at times. heaviest northwest of scotland on sunday.

but for here and we've got this week weather front that's been slipping its way slowly south of the past 25 hours or so. a more active weather front waiting out in the atlantic. that is what will bring the rain to the northwest. saturday morning we just got a band of cloud on this week weather front pushing south could be the odd spot of drizzle for southern england first thing. but that clears away, much of the uk looking bright with some long spells of sunshine but there will be more of those blustery showers for scotland and northern ireland. more rain arriving by the weekend. temperatures on saturday will move to about 13 to 21 degrees. as we move through saturday overnight we see that system of rain arriving across northern ireland and scotland to really heavy around those hills in west in particular. the south should stay dry overnight. and for all of us it is going to be mild. most places temperatures are in the low teens to start sunday morning. through the day on sunday high pressure to the south keeping things settle but we've got

this weather front, this warm front which is going to be quite slow moving through the day. on sunday more heavy, persistent rain which could lead to some flooding and disruption of course northern highlands in particular have a weather warning for that. elsewhere of dry weather. the best of the sunshine towards the south and east when temperatures will be up to about 2a degrees on sunday. that warming trend is going to continue to your working week. moving on to monday is that warm front pushing its way through further north it is pulling in this warmer air from spain, france. it is can feel quite warm for many of us on monday long spells of sunshine. could be more cloud and perhaps the odd shower along some northwestern part of the uk. most places are avoiding it. for the sunshine, those temperatures in the southeast 29 possibly 30 degrees was that many of us in the low to mid 20s on monday. stays warm to the middle part of the week, gradually turns a bit cooler and fresher as we head towards the end of the coming week. bye— bye.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm nancy kacungira. bahrainjoins the united arab emirates in normalising relations with israel, a move which further erodes the arab world's boycott of the jewish state. protests in lesbos against conditions on the greek island with migrants demanding to be allowed to travel to mainland europe. dozens of people are reported missing in a wave of deadly wildfires in the us state of oregon. many more evacuation orders have been put in place, including right here, such that now, more than half a million people in the state have been told to leave their homes. coronavirus is back on the rise in the uk,